The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

This war...

It can be said to be the focus of China's attention!

One is the sixth prince of the Barbarians, who has successfully led his people to "take over," accomplishing something the Barbarian race hadn't accomplished in thousands of years. It can be said that he has already been designated as the next Barbarian Khan!

In this battle, if Li Jize was defeated, he would most likely not only be the first Khan to lead the barbarians to rule, but also the first "emperor" of the barbarians.

The other one was Li Jize, the King of Qin of the Great Qi, who was personally appointed by the empress as the General of Heavenly Strategy and the Grand Marshal of the Army of the World.

If he defeated the Barbarian Prince Six and established a firm foothold in Qingzhou...

It's no exaggeration to say that before this national disaster, Li Jize will have completely established his character! It will also make the people of Qi no longer so afraid of the barbarians.

So……

How will this "Battle of the Two Kings" proceed?

Bochijin summoned the Baekje vassal army, the two Qi armies, and the Qi army slaves (the former surrendered after taking over, and the latter were brought in from the looting outside the Great Wall), a total of 50,000 people, and called it an army of 100,000!

Among this group of people, there were soldiers from the Qihuo Camp who were recruited after they defeated the rebels, as well as border troops who originally belonged to the Great Qi and surrendered Qi troops.

coincidentally……

There are also soldiers from the Beggar Camp in Li Jize’s Qin army!

It is surprising or not, shocking or not, that the two sides would meet on another battlefield.

In the 16th year of Xuande, as autumn was approaching, the two sides officially met in "Langya" in Qingzhou.

When Li Jize's Qin army arrived in Langya, it was very obvious that he was almost about to take the entire Qingzhou into his pocket!

That is to say...

This battle is a matter of life and death!

If Li Jize wins, his strategic vision will be fully realized, and he will take over the entire Qingzhou as his base.

If Bochijin wins, his army will have already penetrated deep into the heart of Qingzhou. If they want to escape to the seaside and use warships...

It's impossible!

That meant that his Qin army could only suffer a great rout over a thousand miles.

This was a battle of Qi people against Qi people, of bandits against bandits, and it might even be the first large-scale "firearms battle"!

Yes!

The first large-scale use of firearms in warfare was initiated by Li Jize, but it was a unilateral use.

This time, both sides are about to start using firearms!

As mentioned before, the old sixth prince of Manren was very good at learning. In the battle between Li Jize's Qin army and the rebels in Qinghe County, he used firearms on a large scale to win!

He already knew the importance of firearms!

and so……

Not only did he tinker with firearms after returning, but after attacking the capital of Da Qi, he also ordered the craftsmen to maintain Da Qi's "firearms production line" and work overtime to make them.

Originally, I wanted to use it later to deal with the south, or in the confrontation with Li Jize.

But Li Jize landed in Qingzhou, and everything happened too quickly. There was nothing he could do! Bo Chijin directly used all the muskets he could collect in the "Battle of Langya".

He even brought in 50,000 troops!

Even if the two sides were to engage in face-to-face shooting, five against one, it would be impossible for Li Jize to win in a pure duel of attrition, right?

After the encounter in "Langya", the two sides had no conspiracy or tricks at all. They just separated their troops and fought each other openly.

The accuracy of muskets in this era is very worrying, in order to create the largest-scale killing effect!

They are all lined up in rows and shot with intensive firepower. A blind cat will always catch a dead mouse, right?

result……

After studying Li Jize's tactics, Bo Chijin strongly agreed with King Qin's style of play!

He is good at learning, imitating and surpassing!

Naturally, and without prior agreement, a terrifying scene occurred across China...

Line up and shoot! Officially underway!

When the war broke out, Bochijin very politely sent people to make a statement, hoping that Li Jize would surrender before the war started!

Once he enters the Central Plains and becomes the new Khan and Emperor, he will confer titles on Li Jize and keep his title unchanged.

Li Jize found it so funny when he heard it!

"I am the King of Qin! General Tiance! Grand Marshal of the Armies of All Nations! Your current status, Bochijin, is only that of a prince. What else can you offer me? Unless you come down and let me sit on this chair under your butt, otherwise, forget it!"

Well! Since there's nothing more to talk about, let's officially start the fight.

The barbarians blew their horns. The front row of their phalanx was composed of shield soldiers, followed by musketeers, who carried their muskets and walked forward step by step. At the very end were the archers.

It is clear……

Bo Chijin's formation is perfect!

The front row of shield soldiers are responsible for resisting Li Jize's musketeers. When they get close, the musketeers will open fire!

The last archers were there to make up for the lack of muskets on their side.

As for Li Jize, it's the opposite...

His soldiers wore uniform clothing and had no armor or shields for protection.

This is a bit confusing!

until……

The artillery began to fire from a long distance, and huge iron balls came flying over, sweeping across like a row of bowling balls, plowing several furrows in the barbarian army like plowing the land.

It was my first time queuing up for execution, and I have to say it was a real test of my courage!

The artillery bombardment alone was enough to scare many of the Second Qi army so much that their legs started shaking and they were about to wet their pants.

However, under the threat of the supervisory team arranged by Prince Lao Liu, these people had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to advance forward.

No problem! There must be no problem!

Looking at the Qin army formation in the distance, Bochijin knew that the firing of artillery was limited, especially in this era when shrapnel shells had not yet appeared, and the lethality was limited.

Anyway, he firmly believed that as long as he got close, he could use the advantage of numbers to directly crush Li Jize's 10,000 Qin troops!

The most important thing is...

The dead weren't barbarians, but soldiers from the Second Qi Army! He wouldn't feel bad at all.

Fifty thousand versus ten thousand! The advantage is mine!

As long as we can get close enough and shoot each other, everything will be fine.

Everything……

Until the Qin army on the opposite side brought out some strange things, which made these people stunned!

what?

Those things were black lumps that looked... well, they looked a bit like miniature cannons!

Not good~~

Seeing this thing appear, Bochijin, who was sitting on a warhorse in the distance, twitched his eyelids and had a bad feeling.

really……

As the "Qin Army" in front carried out this thing, placed it on the ground, and then ignited it, only a "bang" was heard!

The soldiers standing in the front row, expecting to be "shot in line", were stunned!

Dense swarms of steel balls came like a storm, and then rows and rows of people fell down.