Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 693 Desperate Counterattack
The Ming army is full of elites, and military orders are passed down like arms.

On the cavalry side, it is definitely unrealistic to fight the war elephant troops head-on.When they received the military order, they dispersed immediately, or bypassed the elephant troops and continued to attack Dongwu's defeated soldiers, or simply rushed through the gap between the elephants.

However, no matter what, the Zhanxiang army is Dongwu's trump card, and it is the confidence of Dongwu's army.With the war elephant troops blocking the front, Dongwu's defeat was less panicked.In this way, they no longer run for their lives one after another, and the advantage of a large number of people is revealed again.

If it is said that the Ming cavalry drove away Dongwu's defeated soldiers before, it was as easy as driving a flock of sheep; now, it is not so easy, it is like a lions driving a pack of wolves, and it is necessary to prevent the wolves from counterattacking and fighting for their lives.

The defeat of Dongwu's army is still becoming less and less obvious, but tends to stop.

The attack of the Ming cavalry on the side of the war elephant troops was basically equivalent to scratching an itch.The leather armor on the war elephant, together with the original thick skin of the war elephant, effectively reduced the damage of the war elephant.

Soon, the front of the Dongwu War Elephant Unit was the Ming Army's infantry unit.

The fusiliers lined up in rows and took turns shooting: "Bah bah bah..."

Gunshots rang out continuously, lead bullets shot out, and the targets of the war elephants were so big that they could basically hit them.

Although the power of the flintlock spear is higher than the damage of ordinary bows and arrows, as mentioned before, the protective ability of the war elephant is indeed good.

After several rounds of shooting, these trained war elephants were only slightly frightened, or a little bit uneasy when they felt the danger.

The elephant soldiers on the elephant's back immediately comforted the elephants, preventing their panic from continuing.

King Talong was overjoyed when he saw that the war elephant troops were not afraid of the musketeers of the Ming army. He immediately issued an order loudly and charged the Ming army.

With his military order, the war elephant troops started to move again under the driving of the elephant soldiers, and the infantry of the Ming army slowly changed from slow to fast, and began to gallop.

From this point of view, as long as Dongwu's war elephant troops rushed up, the Ming infantry, even those heavily armored infantry, would definitely not be a match for the colossus.If that's the case, I don't know if we will win or not. The Ming infantry must have suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing this scene, not only the imperial guards of King Long, but also the morale of those Dongwu troops who fled to the back were also boosted.They all expected that King Long's war elephant troops would teach the Ming army a painful lesson, and let them fight more with less. They really thought it would be so easy to fight!

He, King Long, looked at all this, and finally showed a smug smile on his face, thinking in his heart: How much money was spent on the training of the lonely war elephant troop, is it really a display?

However, he had just started to feel complacent when he saw some Ming soldiers coming out of the Ming army camp. There were only two Ming soldiers in a group, and one of the Ming soldiers had a very long spear on his shoulder. The position of the handle is controlled by another Ming army soldier, who is aiming there.

There are ten groups of Ming soldiers in groups of two, that is, there are ten long spears.

Just by looking at this long spear, one can tell that its power is definitely not comparable to that of the previous Ming army's muskets.Immediately, whether it was him, King Long, or the elephant soldiers on the back of the charging elephant, they all became nervous.

Dongwu's thinking was right, since Daming knew that Yunnan, including Dongwu, had elephant soldiers.How could it be possible that Emperor Chongzhen was not prepared at all when he set off for the expedition.

The artillery of Cheying is the best weapon to deal with war elephants. No matter how thick the skin is, it is impossible to block the bombardment of the artillery.In addition, Emperor Chongzhen also prepared ten carrying guns as spares.

The lifting gun was originally a heavy-duty shotgun in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. It was about 1 foot long and weighed more than 30 kilograms.Its structure is exactly the same as the general soldier's shotgun, but its charge, range and killing power are far greater than that of the soldier's shotgun.Two people are required to operate when firing, one person acts as a gun frame in front, puts the body of the gun on the shoulder, and the other aims at the gun.

This kind of gun was even brought out to fight the Japanese devils during the Anti-Japanese War.This kind of weapon is displayed in many movies and TV series.Of course, Emperor Chongzhen had seen it, and he had built a military battle bureau, and it happened to be used now.

"Blah blah blah..."

Raise the gun and fire, the sound is much louder than that of the flintlock, and the effect is naturally obvious.

Seeing the front of the gun-carrying queue, the nine-headed war elephant that was running suddenly let out a mournful cry. After running a few steps, it fell to the ground with a bang, and even the elephant soldiers on their backs fell to the ground. It was even crushed by the body of the war elephant.

The sudden occurrence of this situation immediately stunned everyone on Dongwu's side.

They never expected that the Ming army had prepared such weapons to deal with war elephants.With the protective ability of war elephants, there is no way to resist it!
Thinking of this, the rest of the remaining war elephants couldn't help stopping their steps, not daring to charge again.

He, King Long, was also stunned, the smile he had just now disappeared without a trace, and his heart sank into the abyss.If even his best war elephant troop could not deal with the Ming army, wouldn't there be no chance of winning this battle?

Thinking of the consequences of losing this battle, how could King Long bear it.When he came back to his senses, he suddenly discovered that the powerful long spears of the Ming army had never appeared again, nor had they been fired immediately.The soldiers of the Ming army were scrambling to load ammunition, but the rest of the fusiliers continued to shoot.

Seeing this situation, it was like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw, and immediately cheered up, and ordered loudly: "While the Ming army is still loading, go to Gu Chong!"

As long as you can rush over in time, then this kind of powerful musket is useless!

However, nine war elephants were knocked down just now, instead of one or two war elephants, this deterrent effect is still great.Although the elephant soldiers received the military order and wanted to drive the war elephants away, the war elephants were a little afraid to move forward when they heard the continuous sound of "呯呯呯".

If it goes on like this, the Ming army has finished loading that powerful musket, and it is waiting to be a target.

The opportunity must never come again. King Talong knew that if he missed this opportunity and the war elephant army suffered continuous blows, it would really collapse like the other Dongwu armies.

Suddenly, his eyes turned red again.Suddenly he pulled out his waist knife, pushed away the elephant soldier beside him, and stabbed the elephant in the ass.

The war elephant was in pain and jumped out suddenly.

Under the roar of King Long, the elephant soldiers quickly controlled the direction of the war elephants and rushed towards the Ming army.At the same time, King Long shouted at the other elephant soldiers: "All follow Gu, give Gu a charge!"

"Kill..." King Talong yelled hysterically.

"Kill..." King Talong continued to yell hysterically.

Seeing their King Capital rush out first, I have to say that this is a very morale-boosting thing.The other elephant soldiers also controlled the elephants and started charging behind King Long's elephants.

Elephants live in groups. When they see their companions rushing forward, they are not afraid of the rest, or they are still afraid, but they follow the crowd.

As a result, King Long's war elephant troops launched a charge against the Ming army again.

Seeing his own Wang Chong at the front, the morale of Dongwu's army following behind the war elephants rose again. They all roared to encourage themselves, and rushed after them.

"Ho Ho Ho..." The group of demons danced wildly, without any formation, they just ran wildly eating ashes.

On the side of the Ming army, the power of raising the gun is great, so the reloading time is naturally longer. At this time, it has not been loaded yet. Seeing the huge monster rushing over, some soldiers of the Ming army panicked, and the reloading speed was even more affected. .

Just now, the commander who raised the gun didn't think about taking turns to shoot.However, one is because there are only ten guns raised, even if they take turns shooting, affected by the loading speed, they may not be able to be consistent.The second reason, which is the more important reason, is that the Dongwu War Elephant troops rushed over just now, and their deterrence is very strong.If only one or two guns were raised to fire, even if two shots could hit both war elephants, the effect on stopping the deterrent charge of the war elephants would probably be limited.Instead, they fired together. Although one shot missed, the nine war elephants were shot and fell to the ground crying. This deterrent effect is still very good.

However, at this time, under the madness of King Long, he became very unfavorable to the Ming army.

If the Dongwu war elephant troops rushed over, at least the casualties of the fusiliers and archers could be imagined.

Even the Emperor Chongzhen in the distance felt his heart tighten when he saw it.

At this time, it can be said that everyone's eyes are all focused on the charging elephant.

Undoubtedly, at this time, King Talong who rushed to the front was the most dazzling one.Seeing that their king was about to lead the elephants to deal with the Ming army fiercely, the soldiers of Dongwu all cried out "ooooooooooooo" no matter how embarrassed they were before.

They all expected that their king would lead them to turn defeat into victory, and even if they couldn't win in the end, they would still have to fight back.Otherwise, what happened before would be too embarrassing.

It can be foreseen that if Dongwu is lucky enough to win this battle, then this time will be the turning point of the whole battle, and his prestige as King Long will be like the sun in Dongwu!

However, the Ming army is all elite, and there is no telling how many heroes the Ming Dynasty can produce based on a population base that is several times that of Dongwu.

At this critical moment, suddenly, a man from the Daming infantry came out in a crowd, dropped the long blade in his hand, and only held a hard bow in his hand, instead of retreating, he advanced to meet the galloping war elephants. Passed over and ran.

The appearance of this person immediately attracted everyone's attention, regardless of Dongwu's side or Daming's side.

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