The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Songrot on 2025-02-09 19:08:58.

Original Title: TIL The Chinese Ming Dynasty deployed a heavy amount of Guns & Cannons, bombarding and smoking the entire battlefield against the Mongols, they fled without their spare Horses. According to an observer, they avoided battle several days later, “fearing that the guns had arrived again.” (1414)