Firearms Beyond Their Era, the Trump Card That Ended the Age of Cold Weapons! Mad Bombardment!

The northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty!

On the Ming side, 250,000 elite Ming soldiers had already formed up in preparation: 80,000 cavalry and 170,000 infantry.

This did not include the frontier army, but rather the forces of the three main combat camps personally established by Zhu Ying.

North of the Ming battle formation,

nearly 300,000 Tatar troops had likewise formed up, with cavalry at the front and infantry at the rear.

For these former Northern Yuan tribes, nothing made them prouder than their cavalry warfare.

Although Zhu Ying had once led his army to crush their cavalry head-on at the Northern Frontier, they remained arrogant, believing that battle had merely been an accident.

"Reporting to Your Highness."

"Three hundred Red-Clad Cannons and seven hundred artillery pieces have all been deployed."

"Additionally, eight hundred Fire Chariots have been put in position."

"We have a full five thousand Explosive Shells, enough for six simultaneous volleys."

Chang Mao reported to Zhu Ying with excitement on his face.

Today

was the day the Ming Dynasty's new artillery would be deployed, as well as the first slaughter unleashed by a true weapon of the nation.

The test subjects were the hundreds of thousands of Yuan Army soldiers before them.

Five thousand shells.

It did not sound like much.

Yet their power surpassed even tens of thousands of previous shells.

That was the difference brought by a leap across the ages.

"Right."

"There are also five thousand Flintlock Musket troops and five thousand matchlock troops."

"They will serve as the forward defensive line and slaughter the barbarians." Chang Mao immediately added.

In the past,

firearms had been used in clashes before the formation, primarily as support. They had never truly been organized into formal military formations.

But now,

firearms had truly become an army.

It