The most arrogant in history

Chapter 735 The most cowardly battle.

Today's tear gas is made with chili powder, pepper and mustard powder, and has a very strong smell.

It can’t catch up with tear gas, but it can also make the enemy cry.

Huang Jian ordered: "Launch tear gas!"

The soldiers on the front line immediately began dropping bombs.

A round of tear gas was released, and there were continuous sneezes from the outer circle.

As expected, there were a lot of enemy troops.

Ye Kun shouted: "Throw the grenade and destroy the enemy."

There are a lot of black powder grenades here, about 30,000 or so.

There was heavy fog and the enemy was attacking at close range, so grenades were obviously the most appropriate.

At the same time, enemy arrows continued to fall from the sky.

Fortunately, everyone was wearing armor and helmets, so there were no serious injuries.

Huang Jian shouted, "This is the enemy's long-range projectile. The enemy archers are about 300 meters away. Adjust the firing angle of the artillery, the nine o'clock direction, about 300 meters, bombard me!"

On the high ground, hundreds of cannons fired at the same time.

After two hours of cannon fire, musket fire, and grenade attacks, the enemy's attack was finally repelled.

The fog gradually dissipated.

Ye Kun sent out a cavalry assault team to contact the troops at the South Gate and West Gate while counting the casualties.

More than seventy brothers died.

Some were shot to death by the rain of arrows, and some died on the first line of defense.

There are also those who were injured by themselves accidentally.

Ye Kun was very angry and gritted his teeth and said, "This damn fog has caused me heavy losses. Brothers, I will make Jermed pay for the lives of the brothers who died in the battle! Kill all the enemy soldiers to avenge today!"

This was the most cowardly battle Ye Kun had ever fought since he unified Kyushu.

Who could have thought that there would be such a heavy fog?

Hu Gaoyuan sent someone to check the ammunition inventory and reported: "Your Majesty, half of the ammunition has been used up..."

"Don't worry, at worst we can retreat first, and then we can deal with Jermed after the ammunition is delivered." Ye Kun looked around and said, "Let's go and see how many enemy soldiers we have killed."

The scouts in the army set out together.

Half an hour later, the scout reported:

"Your Majesty, we have killed about three to four thousand enemy soldiers around the high ground. Judging from their clothes, they are all slave soldiers from the Kushan Empire. It is obvious that Jermaid's main force is still there, and he is using slave soldiers to consume our ammunition."

"Jermeide is not simple, he is an expert in the art of war."

Ye Kun nodded.

Hu Gaoyuan smiled bitterly and said, "It is indeed not easy to use the death of several thousand slave soldiers to make us panic, consume half of our ammunition, and kill hundreds of our brothers."

Huang Jian said with some regret: "Your Majesty, if we had attacked yesterday, this wouldn't have happened today."

"Victory and defeat are common in the military, so don't be discouraged."

Ye Kun adjusted his mood and said, "Soldiers can dig trenches around the high ground and build a defense line. Jermed will definitely come back."

Not long after, Xiahou Jun's commando team arrived with the soldiers from the South Gate and East Gate.

They didn't suffer much loss, because Jermaid's goal was to deal with Ye Kun.

Ye Kun ordered his men to take care of the wounded, build fortifications around the high ground, and hold their ground to show weakness to Germed.

To appear weak when strong is the strategy of military strategy.

Sure enough, after a battle in the early morning, Jermed felt that Ye Kun was just so-so, and determined that Ye Kun did not have much ammunition, so he led his troops out in full force.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, 70,000 Kushan troops surrounded the high ground where Ye Kun was.

Ye Kun sent an envoy to accuse Jermaid of being dishonest.

Germed laughed and said to the messenger:

"There is an old saying in your Chinese country that war is all about cheating. A few years ago, the Han Emperor Ye Kun said that he wanted to be friends with our Kushan Empire and that we could do business and make money. But you broke your promise before and actually attacked us again. This time, I am just fighting back.

Go back and tell Ye Kun to surrender immediately, otherwise we will capture him alive!"

The messenger also deliberately showed weakness and left dejectedly.

When the messenger returned to the barracks, Ye Kun ordered: "Aim at the densely populated areas of the enemy and fire!"

Boom, boom, boom——!

Hundreds of large and small cannons fired at the same time.

The elite soldiers of the Kushan Empire were immediately in a panic, howling and running away in panic.

The war horses of the Kushan Empire, which had never experienced artillery fire, were frightened and ran away.

Xiahou Jun and Huang Jian, each leading a thousand cavalrymen, took advantage of the situation and charged, killing more than a thousand enemy soldiers before withdrawing their troops.

By this time, it was already dark.

Hu Gaoyuan said: "The Kushan Empire's army is still nearby and will definitely attack us again. We must be prepared."

Ye Kun nodded and ordered Huang Jian: "Bring out our latest weapon, the machine gun, and set it up on the high ground!"

This time, there were a total of eight machine guns and more than 10,000 rounds of matching bullets.

Ye Kun brought it from China, intending to deal with the Tamil Dynasty, but it was never used.

The structure of a machine gun is not complicated.

Ye Kun had already developed it a long time ago, but because the production of ammunition could not keep up, it was not equipped on a large scale.

Generally speaking, such a powerful weapon is not necessary to deal with enemies equipped with cold weapons.

Xiahou Jun and Hu Gaoyuan saw a machine gun for the first time and asked suspiciously, "This thing doesn't look like a cannon or a musket. Is it very powerful?"

Ye Kun chuckled and said, "This is called a machine gun. It can fire hundreds of bullets in a minute. Do you think it's powerful?"

Because there were not enough bullets, only four machine guns were installed and placed in the most important positions.

At midnight, the moon is bright overhead.

Germed finally launched the general attack.

Twenty thousand Kushan cavalry launched a fierce attack from all directions and quickly rushed towards the high ground north of the city.

Ye Kun held his breath, waited for the enemy to enter the range, and then fired the order: "Shoot, fire wildly!"

Boom boom boom boom boom——!

Machine guns in four directions began firing at the same time.

Other musketeers also fired their rifles at random, killing the enemy from a long distance.

The artillery inside the defense line also aimed at areas where the enemy troops were concentrated and fired continuously.

Smoke filled the air.

The front troops of the Kushan Empire were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

But the rear army could not stop and continued to rush forward.

Soon, Ye Kun's four machine guns fired all the bullets.

There are not many rifle bullets left.

But the enemy was still charging, charging suicidally, and it seemed that none of them was afraid of death.

Huang Jian shouted: "Pull back the defense line, save bullets, and prepare for grenade attacks!"

Today's grenades are much more powerful than before. They are made of bronze, have pre-fragmentation features, and are extremely lethal.

Everyone fought and retreated, shrinking the defense line.

Hu Gaoyuan stood by Ye Kun's side and whispered:

"Your Majesty, it seems that the Kushan Empire has a strong will to fight. They have suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but they are still charging and attacking. I think we should organize cavalry to protect Your Majesty and break through!"

The enemy did suffer more than 10,000 casualties, but they still had tens of thousands of troops.

As long as Ye Kun’s ammunition is exhausted and he no longer has an advantage in weapons, his troops will be at an absolute disadvantage.

Xiahou Jun shouted, "No need to retreat. Even if we run out of bullets and shells, we can still fight ten enemies with swords and guns!"

The soldiers were all very enthusiastic and shouted, "We swear to protect the emperor until our death and never back down!"

Hu Gaoyuan stamped his feet anxiously and shouted at Xiahou Jun: "Xiahou Jun, if something happens to the emperor, can you take responsibility?"