Although the night was dark, Chu Sima could still feel the momentum of these people on the other side.

Just the neat and consistent pace, hearing the order to stop the whole team, can be regarded as the elite of the world at this time, who can do this can be called a strong teacher.

Foot combat encounters, with courage as the supremacy, if you can break through the enemy in one blow, it can often turn into a one-sided slaughter.

Especially in the Chu army formation, as long as these people can be sticked, then the Chu army will have the opportunity to organize the team and encircle them.

Chu Sima is also a brave general, he has been trained since he was a child, and he is skilled in chariot and foot combat, but as soon as he saw the opposite team, he knew that he would fight tonight, and he could not be chaotic in any case, so he could only rectify the team and engage again.

When the order went down, he knew that the two sides were only a few dozen steps apart, and if it was in the past, these warriors around him would often attack without obeying the order.

But today, this side was quiet, and no one rushed in advance, but kept approaching the people around them, and it was obvious that the queue of those people on the opposite side caused palpitations here.

The whole formation is strong, this is a truth that everyone in the world knows about soldiers, but it is difficult to train, especially the Chu people are mostly peasant soldiers, even if they know, they can't be trained.

Wu Qi once commented that the Chu people were in a good position.

It seems to be a very fair evaluation, but in fact, it is only because of Fu Bixing's habit of fighting.

The formation is not long, in fact, it means that there is no formation.

Being able to maintain a formation before a battle starts, and once a battle starts, the formation will be completely loose, which is no different from not having a formation.

Because formations are not for viewing, but for fighting.

But if it doesn't look like the formation is neat, then it won't be neat when the fight starts, which is something that children know.

Therefore, when Chu Sima saw that the opposite side was in array, he also had some worries in his heart, and even a little uneasy.

At this time, the two sides were no more than fifty paces apart.

Car battles are completely different from foot battles, although at this time they are all in one drum like a tiger.

However, the impact distance of the chariot battle is about 200 paces, so that the horses can exert the maximum impact, and the archers on the rook can shoot with crossbows, which is the most perfect distance.

The impact distance of infantry combat can only be within thirty or fifty steps, and the impact formation that is too early will be scattered, and the scattered formation will only be vulnerable.

Chu Sima not only knew how to fight in chariots, but also knew how to fight on foot, and he also understood that with such a short distance, the best means of attack required some archers who had been trained since childhood.

Shoot at close range with heavy arrows or crossbows, shoot the opposing formation out of the gap, causing it to loosen, so as to break through in one fell swoop and completely crush the opponent.

However, this is the night, and those who can approach at night and shoot with heavy arrows and crossbows must be warriors, and a certain number of hand-to-hand shock infantry will be required to follow the heels.

The Chu people did not have such conditions at this time, so the only thing they could do was to launch an attack after getting closer, and launch an impact at the same time as the opponent's impact, to see who could not hold it first.

At a distance of fifty paces, both sides did not stop, and both slowed down their pace, gradually approaching, as if they were waiting for the opportunity to impact in one fell swoop.

Chu Sima thought so.

He was right, and in the current world, it was absolutely right to think so.

It's just that these people on the other side have some weapons in their hands that are far ahead of this era.

One or two weapons do not determine the outcome of a war, but when the training and organization of both sides are not very good, weapons can be the last weight on the scales.

Gong Zaoye held a heavy iron lump in his palm, listened to the slow beating of the drum behind him, and slowly walked forward.

He hid behind the shieldman, and even if there was no crossbow on the opposite side, he chose to hit it directly.

He visually measured the distance between the two sides, counted his steps, and calculated the throwing distance between himself and his comrades and disciples.

The distance of fifty paces was constantly being shortened, and there was still not much sound on the ink man's side.

Gongzaoye secretly counted his steps, and when he walked from fifty steps to thirty steps, Gongzaoye knew that there were less than ten more steps, and both sides had to launch an attack and disperse the enemy formation with the help of the power of running.

Victory or defeat, if the number of both sides is about the same, if both sides are in formation, it depends on who can win the other side at the moment of impact.

It's just that times have changed.

When Gongzaoye's left foot stepped on the ground again, his cheeks slammed hard, and the whistle was blown, causing the advancing team to stop for a moment.

Then he shouted loudly, "Ignition!" Throwing! ”

With a shout, accompanied by a shrill whistle, he brought the iron lump in his hand close to the arquebus around his waist.

The sound of sneering and the bitter smell of sulfur filled the ranks in an instant, and fifty or sixty people at the same time lit the gunpowder mines in their hands.

Almost instantly, dozens of gunpowder mines that appeared in the battle array for the first time were thrown at the same time, with flickering sparks, cutting a wonderful and death-colored arc through the air.

It's not a rainbow, it's a dead meteor twinkling.

Dozens of gunpowder thunderbolts rolled in the air, with a sneering sound, turning into colorful and seductive lines.

This is the first time that this beautiful thing that can be used as fireworks has appeared on the battlefield.

So sudden, so brilliant, so seductive.

So much so that the Chu people on the opposite side stopped and paused, looking at the flickering brilliance in the sky, recalling the meteors they had seen when they were children, and forgetting to take a step forward.

Chu Sima sensed that something was wrong when he paused for a moment before Gongzao Ye made the team.

No one would choose to regroup when they were dozens of paces apart, and the opposite team never dispersed, and it was always extremely neat.

At this time, there was a sudden pause, and Chu Sima really couldn't figure out why.

He knew that the ink man was good at fighting, and it was precisely because he knew that the other party was good at fighting that it was impossible for such an unreasonable situation to occur.

Stop when you are a few dozen paces apart, and once the opponent strikes first, your side will be passive, because many people may not listen to orders or be slow to react due to panic.

Either way, it can create gaps in the team.

In foot combat, there are gaps or scattered teams, which is a taboo in combat.

Chu Sima's doubts only stayed for a moment, because then he heard a very angry business and shouted two words.

He couldn't understand it, because the person who shouted was in the native language of the Song people. It is neither Chu or Yayin, it is really an earthy Song dialect that can no longer be earthy, but this is the internal communication language of the Mo.

Afterwards, Chu Sima saw that behind the shield array on the opposite side, many strange things were thrown.

The night sky was dark, and it was dark and strange to see, the size of a fist.

The weirdest thing about these things is that they all have a flashing tail behind them, like a comet that flew by that year.

Chu Sima felt a little uneasy, comets always bring bad news, when Qin Bo died, there were comets in the sky.

Thinking of the rumors that the ink master was good at sacrificing ghosts and gods, Chu Sima Xin said, is this a means similar to the Enemy Shrine? Or is this asking some Heavenly Emperor and ghost god to help?

This is difficult to guess, and there is no way to know, but the inner uneasiness and the anxiety like a comet made Chu Sima panic in his heart.

Bang......

A black bump that no longer caught fire, but began to emit strange smoke, fell at Chu Sima's feet.

The thing was round, much larger than the stone thrown by the head of the catapult, and it looked much heavier.

However, when it comes to the damage, it doesn't seem to be very big, only a few people were hit and screamed in pain.

If you hit the head, you may bleed all over your face; The one who hits the foot is a jumping foot monster and screams.

It's just that there's a strange smell in the air, so strange that you can't smell it at all.

Slightly bitter and a little pungent.

Chu Sima thought to himself, what is this? What are these Mo disciples doing?

He just thought about it for a moment, and then subconsciously wanted to kick something under his feet.

However, as soon as his feet stretched out, there was a sound in his ears that sounded like thunder, not under his feet, but a few next to him.

The flickering of purple red is like the thunder of the night.

The roaring sound was like a monstrous river tide.

"Not good!"

This was the last thought of Chu Sima, the ruler of the Chu State, and then he didn't know anything.

Because the black bump under his feet had exploded when he thought something was wrong.

Fifty or sixty gunpowder mines thrown into the Chu people's array exploded almost instantly, this was their first roar in the world's military array, and it was also the first time in the world.

So the Chu people didn't know what it was, and they didn't know how to defend it, and some people even wanted to kick it.

Rumble......

Boom......

If someone who knows gunpowder, as long as this thing is ten feet away from him, he will block his ears at most, and laugh indifferently: "Gunpowder! Hassle-free! ”

However, for people who have never seen gunpowder, even if this thing is a hundred feet away, they can only think that this is the heavenly thunder, this is the punishment of the Heavenly Emperor, and this is the ghost god standing on the side of the ink man.

Loud noises, roars, thunder, and smoke.

All these things that will appear on the battlefield after all, appear on the battlefield before they should have appeared a thousand years ago.

The first time, it's always different.

The dense formation of the Chu people brought the power of these weapons into full play.

Months of secrecy, unused suddenness brought the intimidation of these weapons to the extreme.

On the one hand, I have heard it dozens of times and even know that it is called gunpowder, and on the other hand, I have never seen or heard it, and the mismatch between the two on the news makes the shock of these weapons to the extreme.

Originally, some Chu people who wanted to surround them were so shocked that their ears buzzed, and they didn't want to throw down the weapons in their hands and flee backwards.

Some Chu people thought of the previous rumors, thought of the direction of the crypt excavation from dozens of steps, thought of the theory of ghosts and gods, and thought that manpower could fight ghosts and gods? So he didn't want to fight anymore, he just wanted to escape.

The fires, sounds, and dozens of shocks that exploded at the same time all made the surrounding Chu troops frightened and overwhelmed.

"Ghost!"

"No, it's the Heavenly Emperor Thor!"

"This is the punishment for unrighteous war!"

"The words of the Mo family are right, the unjust war is not liked by the Heavenly Emperor and the ghosts and gods!"