At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 246
Outside Hengshan Pass, the two armies formed a formation.

On the side of the Zhancheng army, since they had the thigh of the Ming army to hug, their energy and spirit became completely different.

In the past, I was held down on the head by others, and I had a crazy output, but now it’s all right, Feng Shui turns, it’s time for you to kneel down and call Dad!
On the Annan Army's side, the ace army was dispatched, the Xiang Army!

After more than fifty years, the Annan people fully learned the lessons of the failure of the last battle. In order to prevent the Ming army from repeating the old tricks, they let the elephant slaves blindfold the war elephants.

The principle is very simple, as long as my elephant can't see it, it won't be afraid!

Fan Lai, commander of the Champa Army, stepped forward and said, "I would like to report to His Royal Highness King Tan and Lord Jingguo. According to reports from the scouts, there are about [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, and [-] elephant soldiers in the enemy's formation. Your Highness and Lord Jing are welcome to join us." Show me!"

This person was originally just a small leader, with an official position like a hundred households. Because his ancestors were survivors of the Song Dynasty, he would learn some Chinese for generations. This time it finally came in handy, and he was appointed by Zhu Qiyu as the spokesperson of the Champa Army.

After all, when two people are talking, it is awkward to need a third person to pass the word in the middle, especially when discussing military affairs, it is very annoying to have to wait for the translator to pass the word on such a tense matter.

Fan Lai speaks Chinese well, is also very intelligent, and knows how to seize opportunities. In less than a month, he was promoted to the commander of the left sentry army.

At present, the configuration of the Champa Army is the Left Sentinel Army, the Right Sentinel Army, the Left Ye Army, the Right Ye Army, and the Rear Wing Army, each with [-] soldiers.

The left sentry army and the right sentry army are responsible for the investigation and intelligence work ahead, and when the battle starts, they stand in front of the Shenji camp to form the first fortification to prevent the enemy from approaching the Shenji camp.

The Left Ye Army and the Right Ye Army are responsible for the cover of the two wings respectively, and the rear wing army is responsible for guaranteeing the grain road.

In a word, the Zhancheng army has only one mission, which is to assist the Shenji Battalion.

Appreciated by Zhu Qiyu, Fan Lai was promoted from Baihu to the commander of the left sentry army, and his position in the Champa army was already second only to the great general Shi Lisadovarman.

Shi Lisadovarman is a veteran of the three dynasties in Champa. He is a stable person. His only disadvantage is that he does not understand Chinese. Therefore, he stays in the front and leads the army, and all the work that needs to be reported to King Tan is handed over to Vatican.

What the Champa army needs to do is to unconditionally obey the arrangements of the Ming army, and we will do whatever they tell us to do, it's as simple as that.

Zhu Qiyu is kind and generous, so naturally he would not treat the Zhancheng army as cannon fodder, and only needed them to provide assistance.

Therefore, every time a battle started, the task of the Champa Army was to stand in front of the team, wait until the artillery of the Shenji Battalion defeated the enemy, and then rush forward to beat the dog in the water.

However, what we have to face today is the trump card of the Annan people, Xiangjun.

This army is not a joke. Just imagine, when a group of elephants launches a collective charge, such a huge monster, or a large group, who can bear it?

Not to mention the impact of the elephant herd, just this kind of scene will cause people great psychological panic.

The two armies faced each other, and Annan's army was formed like a fortified city, with the elephant army in the center, followed by infantry and cavalry on the two wings.

Looking at the tall war elephants of Annan's army, Chen Ying couldn't help taking a breath, and turned around and said, "Your Highness, in the past when the British conquered Annan, when facing the enemy's elephant formation, they used lion skins to cover their horses. Therefore, it is better for us to avoid its edge first, follow the example of the British Duke, and be fully prepared before sending troops."

Zhu Qiyu also saw the opponent's elephant formation. From the looks of it, this army should be the entire possession of the Annan people.

"Tell me, is the elephant powerful, or our Flying Tiger Cannon?"

Chen Ying thought for a while and said, "It should be because the Flying Tiger Cannon is powerful."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Since the Flying Tiger Cannon is powerful, why should we worry?"

Chen Ying suddenly said: "Your Highness is right, you have been taught!"

Through these days of experience, Zhu Qiyu has gradually adapted to the rhythm of war.

Of course, with a hole card like Shenjiying in his hand, as long as he didn't have a brain problem, nothing would go wrong.

"Send the order, act according to the original plan, Shenji Battalion is ready!"

The low-pitched horn sounded, and the artillery of the Shenji Camp was ready and aimed at the front.

Annan's army's elephant formation also began to move out, and it seemed that they were preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming army.

Five hundred elephants were blindfolded and charged heavily with heavy steps.

Although invisible, the elephant slaves on their backs have already trained a unique way. They have a special way to command the actions of the war elephants.

Annan's army took the elephant soldiers as the lead, followed by the infantry, and the cavalry on both wings were sickle-shaped, and charged at the Ming army's position at the same time.

Seeing such a formation, the Champa army in the front row couldn't help feeling fearful.

On weekdays, they might have surrendered long ago, or thrown away their weapons and fled for their lives.

This thing... how to fight?
Can your sword, gun, bow and arrow hurt an elephant?
However, this time is different. The Ming army behind them is invincible, but they don't know how effective their artillery is against elephants...

Fan Lai was standing in front of the formation, and seeing many people getting scared and retreating involuntarily, he couldn't help frowning.

Seeing the elephant getting closer, finally, someone couldn't help but start to back away.

However, as long as one person retreats, it will immediately infect the second, third...

Fan Lai had a bad heart, stepped forward decisively, and drew out his knife: "Everyone listen, those who retreat, cut!"

Even so, there were still people who took chances and quietly retreated.

A murderous intent appeared in Fan Lai's eyes, he slashed at it with a knife, and a head fell to the ground.

"Say it again, those who retreat, kill without mercy!"

This time it worked, and the retreating pace of the soldiers stopped.

The Annan elephant array is getting closer and closer, and the ground is trembling.

Holding the knife in his hand, Fan Lai stared closely at the elephant in front of him, and he couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

How to play this thing...

boom!
Just as he was thinking wildly, the Ming army fired.

Fan Lai stared closely at the trajectory of the cannonball, drew an arc in the sky, and landed in the elephant formation.

Boom!

The first shell exploded right under the feet of an elephant, and the shock wave generated by the explosion directly lifted the elephant into the air, knocking down a dozen people at once.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The shells exploded one after another, amidst the flames and crackling sound, the elephant soldiers controlling the elephants fell to the ground one after another, and were trampled to death by the crazy elephants, splashing white and red all over the ground.

The elephant's skin is rough and fleshy, and its natural defense is extremely high. If it is scratched by shrapnel, it is just a bloodstain.

However, this thing is a beast after all, and has a natural fear of loud noises.

Although the eyes were blindfolded, the ears were not blocked, and the distance of the explosion was so close that the elephants were frightened and began to charge indiscriminately.

For a while, Annan's army was already in chaos before they rushed to Baizhang in front of the Ming army.

The frightened elephants could no longer distinguish between enemy and friend, and were blindfolded, unable to tell the direction, but they could tell where the shells came from by hearing, and they all turned around and fled backward.

In this way, the infantry following behind the elephant formation will suffer.

Elephants were originally prepared as a secret weapon for the Ming army, but now they are all being greeted by their own people.

"fire!"

Chen Ying was still directing the battle, and the Flying Tiger Cannon continued to spit out its flames, devouring the Annan people's position mercilessly.

The battlefield was filled with gunpowder and shells were constantly hitting, and huge war elephants fled around, trampling to death and wounding a large number of Annan infantry.

"Add two to the height of all artillery positions, and continue to attack!"

"Got it, add two to the high and low, and continue to attack!"

The artillerymen quickly moved the shells, transmitted and loaded them in an orderly manner, and then tilted their heads and hid aside, covering their ears.

Boom!

Boom!

Annan's [-] infantry will not only be trampled by crazy war elephants, but also attacked by artillery fire. The battlefield has become a hell on earth.

At this time, Annan's army still had no fighting power, and they all cried for their parents and mothers. When they ran away, they only hated their parents for losing two legs.

At this point in the war, the Zhancheng army in front finally felt relieved.

It turned out that the seemingly invincible Xiang army was not worth mentioning in front of the artillery of the Ming army!
At this time, Fan Lai received the semaphore from the Chinese army, and immediately stepped forward, raising the bloody knife in his hand: "Everyone, attack!"

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

It doesn't matter whether he is infantry, cavalry or elephant soldiers, as long as he is a defeated soldier, he will fight the same!
The left sentry army and the right sentry army went out in an instant, shouting and killing the Annan army who was in a mess.

At this time, Annan's army had long since given up resistance and fled one after another.

In the face of the enemy's attack and the war elephant's defection, where is the courage to resist...

At this time, Chen Ying suddenly realized that something was wrong!
"Your Highness, the enemy cavalry is outflanking you!"

The formation of Annan's army is that the elephant soldiers are in front, the infantry is behind, and the cavalry on both wings is detoured.

The artillery repelled the elephant soldiers and infantry in front, but did not guard against the cavalry on the flanks.

The two men and horses made full use of the terrain when they made a roundabout, and when the Ming army found them, they were already close.

Zhancheng's Left Ye Army and Right Ye Army were in charge of covering the two wings of the Shenji Battalion respectively, and they fought against Annan's cavalry first. However, the infantry was already at a disadvantage against the cavalry. The Divine Machine Battalion is coming!
Of course, the Annan people knew that the artillery of the Ming army was powerful. To deal with such a single-arms unit, they had to either use more fierce firepower, or they would just hit their faces.

Your artillery is powerful, then I will fight with you hand-to-hand, so that your artillery cannot be used!
So, when the Shenji Battalion was bombarding the frontal battlefield with all its strength, the two-winged cavalry circled around silently.

Seeing Annan's cavalry approaching, Zhu Qiyu immediately became nervous.

However, he still believed in Shenjiying.

"Don't panic, act according to the plan, you are in command, no need to ask for instructions!"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Yes!"

After finishing speaking, he greeted: "Everyone give up the artillery and line up!"

The Ming army immediately left from the gun positions, equipped with rifles, and began to line up.

After Annan's cavalry broke through the Zhancheng army's defense line, they rushed towards the Shenji Battalion immediately.

They knew very well that this artillery unit was the core of all battles, and if they were killed, they would win!
They held the reins in one hand, brandished their sabers in the other, and came galloping, shouting.

boom!
Suddenly, there was an explosion, and the cavalry at the front immediately turned on their backs.

The troops behind were still running at high speed and couldn't stop at all, but after running a few steps, they exploded again.

This is the anti-infantry mine planted by the engineering team of the Shenji Battalion. Every time the artillery position is ready, the mine will be planted at a position about [-] feet away.

Annan's cavalry was about to approach the Ming army's position, and they were first baptized by landmines.

Finally, after paying the price of hundreds of people, they finally crossed the minefield.

Chen Ying stared closely at the enemy, and ordered decisively: "Grenade!"

At this moment, the Annan cavalrymen were already red-eyed, and they were getting closer and closer to the Ming army, but what greeted them were grenades one after another.

However, they don't know the situation yet, and they thought that the Ming army was impatient and started throwing stones...

boom!
The explosion effect of the grenade is no less powerful than that of artillery and landmines, because it is filled with the latest yellow powder.

After being baptized by the grenade, the Annan people threw down another pile of corpses.

However, they have no way to retreat now, so they can only bite the bullet and continue to rush forward.

They expect hand-to-hand combat, because it requires close combat to neutralize the power of the opponent's firearms.

Immediately after...

boom!
boom!
boom!
In the formation of the Ming army, the rifles began to fire, continuing to cut off the vitality of the Annan people.

At this point in the war, the people in Annan were about to cry.

They don't understand why the Ming army has so many styles of firearms, how can people play with them?
However, things have come to this point, what else can we do, keep going!
boom!
boom!
boom!
In the Ming army formation, gunshots sounded again, as if it had never stopped.

As the gunshots sounded, the Annan cavalry fell one after another.

Moreover, in addition to the effective killing when the rifle is fired, the explosion sound can also cause a certain deterrent to the horse.

In Annan's formation, some war horses were frightened, raised their front hooves, threw off the cavalry on their backs, and ran around.

At this time, the entire Annan army was charging with all its strength, and the horses in front stopped suddenly, and the cavalry behind had no time to dodge, just like countless speeding vehicles rear-ended on a highway, one horse hit the other, and the entire cavalry formation was in chaos. Make a ball.

In the formation of the Ming army, there was still a steady stream of firecrackers ringing out, causing Annan's cavalry to fall into chaos.

"Come on, go up..."

The generals in Annan's army yelled desperately, but to no avail.

Because their formation was already in disarray, some were retreating, while others were still rushing forward, trampling each other, the short distance of more than ten feet was like a moat, and they were still unable to take another step forward.

In the panic, no one obeyed the orders at all, and ran around like headless chickens.

People around him kept falling, and in an instant, hundreds of elite cavalrymen died.

Countless people were injured. Some fell off their horses, with one foot still wrapped in the stirrup, and were dragged by the frightened horses to run wildly.

Even if no one fell off the horse, there were fallen men and horses everywhere on the ground at this time, let alone charging, even if they wanted to retreat, they would not be able to do so.

boom!
boom!
boom!
In the Ming army formation, the sound of rifle shooting continued.

These gunshots have become a reminder for the Annan people. Every time a gunshot sounds, someone will fall down.

After half an hour, the gunfire finally stopped.

Five thousand cavalry have disappeared.

(End of this chapter)