Guo Peng knew that it would not make much sense to get out gunpowder now.

Without supporting steel production capacity and forging technology, gunpowder does not have much actual lethality to boast.

But at this moment, what he needed was not the lethality of gunpowder, but the sound and noise generated by the explosion of gunpowder.

Horses are animals and will be frightened, and humans are also animals and will be frightened. A sudden violent explosion that has never been seen before happens around you, and a violent sound is heard around you. How will they react?

However, this requires extremely precise calculations and training preparations before it can be implemented.

The opponent is a light cavalry and is good at riding and shooting. They will use riding and shooting to attack the Han army, which is not as easy to deal with as the Yellow Turban Army.

Although the core of the tactic has been prepared, it obviously takes a lot of time to prepare for how to use gunpowder to achieve the final victory.

The thin iron shell and gunpowder that shook the sky were ready, but the leads were still lacking. Others couldn't get the leads, and Guo Peng had a batch of paper he made himself around.

There are not many, but it is enough to save some money.

Cut the paper into long strips, dip the stick with stone-relieving powder, shake it, and the stone-relieving land on the strip to form a long strip, then directly rub the paper into a thin strip, then dip the rice paste with your hands, rub it, and then dry it, and it becomes the simplest lead.

Everything was ready, Guo Peng found an unmanned valley west of Ning County and began the experiment.

There were thirty shocking thunders in the first batch. Guo Peng used these thirty shocking thunders to test the effect of the explosion, sound, lead combustion speed and explosion success rate, etc.

The first test started in January, and three more tests were conducted in February. By March, when he learned that He Lian was going south, seven tests had been completed. He also tried to tie the thunder to the arrow and shoot it out with a bow to achieve long-distance attack.

Anyway, Cheng Li never expected that Guo Peng was making this new weapon. After seeing it with his own eyes, he was very surprised and asked Guo Peng about the reason in surprise.

Guo Peng made up an excuse casually and explained his tactical ideas to Cheng Li. Cheng Li did not doubt that he had it, saying that with such a weapon, this battle situation would have a chance of winning.

Nomads rely on their courage to fight. Once they disperse, they will disperse like mobs. When they encounter something they cannot understand, they will think about the ghosts and gods.

Spreading some rumors at that time will scare the Xianbei Xiongnu and Wuwan people who are unaware of the truth and dare not fight against Guo Peng.

Cheng Li participated in the design of the thunder and thunder tactics and planned the usage key points for Guo Peng in detail. The two also calculated some distances, explosion time and counterattack points together, etc.

The main force of the Han army maintained the entire cavalry lineup, and the two thousand infantry were responsible for forming formations, and carried a large number of crossbows to go out to the boundary, and went to the endless grassland to fight against He Company, and set up formations with He Company face to face on the vast grassland.

Guo Peng put on his black armor and mobilized fifty of the most powerful soldiers and also equipped them with black armor to form a stormtrooper. He decided to charge himself and lead the entire army to defeat the enemy.

This is my own battle to establish my authority. If I win this battle, it will be much more convenient to do things in the future.

This battle must be won!

On March 11, all the sergeant sent by Guo Peng to seek the enemy rushed back and reported the movements of the cavalry in the He Company to Guo Peng.

At the same time, the Xianbei leader and company also knew that Guo Peng led his army out of the frontier to fight. He found out that Guo Peng's troops were only five thousand soldiers to challenge him, and the company laughed in unison with a group of generals of all sizes and sizes.

"There is no one in the Han Dynasty! He actually pulled out a boy who didn't understand soldiers. Could these five thousand people be all boys, right? Hahahaha!"

Another burst of laughter.

After laughing, He Lian was full of bloodthirsty desire.

"Kill all the five thousand Han people and then rob them once!"

He Lian's words aroused widespread approval from the generals around him.

In fact, He Lian went south this time not only for plunder, but also for his own purposes.

After his father's death, the three originally unified Xianbei tribes showed signs of separation to varying degrees.

He did not have the great achievements of his father in defeating the 30,000 Han cavalry, and no one was willing to listen to him sincerely, so he tried his best to stop it, nor could he stop this trend.

Although he was still the leader of the Xianbei, except for the Danhanshan royal court and some of the forces belonging to the central Xianbei, most of them were in a state of obedience to the tune but not the preaching.

So Helian urgently needs to prove himself.

He spent a lot of time before to stabilize his position. Now that he has a stable position, he needs greater military achievements to pursue greater power.

Military achievements are always the best way to gain prestige through military achievements, and prestige directly brings power, which is what Tan Shihuai said.

At this moment, He Lian learned that the new Huwuwan Captain sent by the Han Dynasty was a twenty-year-old young man, and was immediately surprised and felt that he had found a way to success.

Guo Peng is the stepping stone on his road to success, and he is destined to be killed by him in exchange for prestige.

So when he learned that Guo Peng took the initiative to lead his troops to challenge him, He Lian was very happy and felt that he would finally not have to spend time to attack the city. The Han people's city was really troublesome and it was too difficult to attack.

Early in the morning of March 13, the striker of Guo Peng's troops, Xiahou Yuan's troops, and the striker of Helian's troops, had an encounter. Both sides fought for a while, each with casualties, and retreated soon.

At noon, Guo Peng saw from a distance that a large number of cavalry appeared on the skyline, and he was lined up with not so standardized arrays slowly towards the direction where Guo Peng was.

Guo Peng looked around and saw that it was a vast grassland, so he decided to use it as a battlefield.

"Infantry lined up! The cavalry blocked the horses with a group of garages!"

Guo Peng ordered the entire cavalry to block the ears of the war horses with cloth, and then a group of cavalry dismounted and placed them behind the shield soldiers and spearmen with bows and crossbows.

The infantry arranged the large carts brought by Guo Peng and surrounded them. The shield soldiers took the shield to it. The spearmen set up a spear behind it. The body of the gun was extended outside the shield, and the tip of the gun was flashing with a cold light.

Not long after, a complete defensive and counterattack army formation was formed.

"Is that Guo Peng's army?"

"Yes, their banner is Huwuwan Captain Guo."

He Lianhe's confidants confirmed the identity of the chief general of the Han army opposite him.

He Lian looked at the Han army from afar and saw that the Han army was in complete lineup, a standard military formation composed of large chariots, shield soldiers and spearmen. There were cavalry in the military formation, but the number was too small and it seemed that it was not enough to fight by itself. I felt very happy.

This boy probably didn't know what cruelty means, and he didn't know how to fight. He dared to go out of the city to fight in the field with fewer troops than him. It seemed that he was not the one who was beaten to the army that year, so he became bolder.

In recent years, the Han army has not dared to go out of the city to fight in the field.

Teach him what cruelty means and what war means.

He Lian looked at the sky and said to the people around him: "It's over as soon as possible. Tonight, we can stay in the Han people's city for the night!"
Chapter completed!