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Under normal circumstances, nitroglycerin cannot be used as a cannonball.

Nitroglycerin is a static, troublesome, high-power explosive. Even in the 21st century, nitroglycerin is one of the most powerful explosives, but it cannot withstand heat or vibration. It can explode anytime and anywhere, making it extremely unsafe to use.

If you shoot it out of a cannon or something, it will explode in the barrel first, like a beautiful fast boy, which is pretty but useless.

Even the initial velocity of the pistol is not the normal value that nitroglycerin can withstand. But with the star array, it's different.

The Wind and Waves Star Array is a popular star array that is commonly used for both flight and combat purposes. Its core is the control of air flow, and more in-depth, the control of molecular movement.

Although only the first and zero-level wind and wave star arrays are not enough to be used as an accurate driving force, they are perfect for the control of nitroglycerin.

The first wave of attacks was launched by thirteen Star Warlock apprentices who owned the Wind and Waves Star Formation.

They will attack within the calibrated orbit to see if Jiang Huangxing Warlock's bombardment theory is correct.

Cheng Jinzhou is very confident in this.

A series of thirteen 1-kg nitroglycerin was sent to a height of about 100 meters in the air, and then began to slide horizontally.

The rumbling sound was heard continuously in the next 5 seconds, the smoke and dust rose up to 50 meters, and the sound of the cavalry's iron hooves seemed to be obscured.

The fast horses fighting beside Cheng Jinzhou cheered. They rode small and thin inferior horses, like dilapidated jeeps, and did not want to collide with the cavalry troops of the Northern Han Dynasty.

"Continue to attack, continue to attack, the angle is 0.4 degrees north, the height is increased by 25 meters, the height is increased by 25 meters." Cheng Jinzhou reported the general parameters, and other apprentices would determine the final data based on the weight of nitroglycerin in their hands.

On the position in front of them, there were only improvised logs and some piles of coal as a barrier, which might be able to stop the cavalry for two minutes - no one wanted to encounter the final situation.

Fortunately, there is enough nitroglycerin. The mine uses hundreds of kilograms of nitroglycerin every day. The glycerin produced by Bai Jing and others weighs several tons. Now they only need to pack it into smaller containers. jar.

The cavalry shouted and charged, followed by a huge explosion and miserable shouts, and then the sound of charging continued.

The soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty had a strong will and discipline, and they ignored the casualties one after another. Perhaps they could not see the situation of those in front of them.

However, Warlock Liu Kuangxing in mid-air was dumbfounded. He carefully counted the large pits more than 5 meters deep on the ground one by one, watching the scattered bomb craters turn into scattered horse traps, watching the scattered horse traps turn into scattered trenches, watching the yellow and black The ground turned into red and black mud.

The rolling dust was quickly stained with blood. A cavalryman tried his best to cover his eyes with his hands, and then began the final sprint at the urging of the officer. He lay low and drove the horse to jump over two deep ditches in succession. , while crossing over, he couldn't help but glance down. When he was still thinking about what could cause such a dangerous explosion, another loud noise sounded in his ears...

The cavalry officers of the Northern Han Dynasty soon discovered that it was becoming more and more difficult for their horses to cross those deep pits. There was almost no good place in the one-kilometer-wide charging zone. Although the horse has a certain jumping ability, once it exceeds the width of five or six meters, some knights will be eliminated.

Without the need for a commander-in-chief to command, subsequent battlefield commanders automatically expanded the attack width. Although the usual way to deal with Star Warlocks is to maintain a narrow and spread out attack formation, the battle before them was obviously not an ordinary battle.

I saw a box of obviously overweight nitroglycerine being sent to the other end of the battlefield, then blowing up a piece of flat ground into a deep pit, and then watching more than a dozen knights fall into the pit like dumplings. Liu Kuang finally couldn't help but said: "What are they using?"

"A dynamite."

"How can a low-level star warlock judge so accurately?" Liu Kuang has discovered that Cheng Jinzhoufang's attack has a clear target, clear tactics, and precise control of the landing point of the explosives.

Jiang Huang laughed and said, "You have seen the situation. They have their own methods."

Liu Kuang sighed, seeing the third thousand-man team standing on the front line of the assault, many young cavalrymen began to be afraid. The billowing smoke swallowed up two thousand-man teams in just over ten minutes, which was not even enough time for the cavalry to cross the front line in teams.

No one knew what was going on ahead, which was even more daunting.

"If they have a lot of such explosives." Liu Kuang took a breath in the sky and said, "It reminds me of something."

"Oh" Xia Jing once had a big explosion, and the son of the Zhao family died in that explosion.

"Yeah." Jiang Huang didn't take it seriously. Everyone guessed that Cheng Jinzhou did it, and he thought so too, but what does it matter? A star warlock killed a nobleman without a title, it was nothing.

While the two were talking, the third thousand-man team of the Northern Han Army suffered all casualties. At least a third of the casualties, the others either fell off their horses or hid aside in fear.

The big pit was full of frightened and trembling Northern Han soldiers, as well as their corpses.

An Wenchang couldn't hold on anymore. He did not expect that the battle would be so cruel. For generals in the cold weapon era, it was bearable for a 20,000-strong army to lose 3,000 people in three days, or to say that the entire army was defeated and 3,000 people were killed. The loss of three thousand men during the charge was simply beyond his imagination. The soldiers who were injured and lost their will to fight did not even have a chance to withdraw, as if they were being sent to the butcher's knife.

The four astromancers took off at his urging. During the war, the rights of the so-called Star Warlocks must be put aside. They must ensure the victory of the war, which is their first duty.

However, when Jiang Huang saw the four flying star warlocks, he said without hesitation: "The Northern Han Dynasty failed."

"Yes." Liu Kuang sighed longly.

In terms of competition for star warlock resources, the Northern Han Dynasty was obviously at a disadvantage, even though their star power was more abundant.

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The drizzle fell on the wet ground, thoroughly drenching An Wenchang's heart.

The failure of the second round of charge made him lose confidence in continuing. Hurrying with hundreds of wounded soldiers and leaving thousands of corpses behind, the Northern Han army retreated.

Liu Kuang looked at Warlock Jiang Huangxing and said softly: "Maybe we need to talk about Shengya?"

"Do you want to talk to Cheng Jinzhou?" Jiang Huang said in a relaxed tone, holding two cotton berries in his arms.

"I don't want to." Liu Kuang refused.

"Then there is no point in talking about Shengya." Jiang Huang looked down and said calmly: "He will soon be a three-star warlock."

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