The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 336 The King of the Cold Weapon Era

Sha Dinghai looked at the thousands of troops pressing forward with great momentum, and the war elephants in the formation neighed from time to time, which made people's hearts tremble.On the contrary, the slender horizontal formation of officers and soldiers on the opposite side looked extremely thin, as if they would be defeated at the slightest touch.

Seeing this, he shook his head secretly, thinking, the visitor at midnight that day said with certainty that as long as Du Qifei could be persuaded to fly out of the city to fight, the officers and soldiers would be able to defeat him quickly, why is there such a scene in front of him.

Then he thought, maybe this is just the imperial court's vanguard team, and there is another army behind.But if this is the case, I have invested more than 3 taels of silver in the "labor army" for nothing. When the main force of the official army arrives in Kunming, I will have to spend more taels of silver.

It's just some money, as long as it can make Sha Dingzhou unhappy, so what's the point of dissipating the family wealth? !He gritted his teeth tightly, filled with endless hatred in his heart, not only did Sha Dingzhou take away his chieftain position, what's even worse, Na Wan Shi also conspired with him, and finally kicked himself away like a dog!

Sha Dinghai is not capable and his mind is dull, but his heart is burning with endless anger of revenge.

The remaining meaning of his life is to see how Sha Dingzhou and that prostitute die.Even though he had this intention before, he didn't know how to do it.It wasn't until a mysterious person made a plan for him that day that he suddenly realized that he hurriedly came to Kunming from Mengzi.

He used the name of a laborer for his trip and paid for it out of his own pocket, so the people sent by Sha Dingzhou to monitor him could not stop him.When he saw Du Qifei, he talked about the weakness of the officers and soldiers, and boasted that Du Qifei would definitely kill the enemy in one battle, but no one could say anything about him.

This is simply a perfect conspiracy.He murmured in his heart, but the combat power of the officers and soldiers was too different from what the man said.

After a while, the sound of drums in Du Qifei's army became more and more intense. When he looked up, he saw his army advancing in layers, with the elephants as the front, getting closer and closer to the officers and soldiers.

Sha Dinghai waved to his followers to return to the city, he just turned around when he suddenly heard a series of cannons roaring, probably more than a dozen cannons.

He shrank in his heart, subconsciously looked back and saw more than a dozen gaps suddenly appeared in Du Qifei's formation, all his soldiers were stunned, and the forward momentum of the army suddenly slowed down.

At this moment, he and Du Qifei were thinking in the same way-there are so many cannons in the army? !

Immediately, another round of gunfire sounded from the opposite side.Du Qifei looked towards the front of the battle with a gloomy face. The distance between the two armies was still about a mile and a half, and the cannons in his army were far from reaching the officers and men.

What can I do?He was anxious, and from the corner of his eye he saw a smile appearing on Sha Dinghai's face.

Damn, you can't be looked down upon by this trash!He turned his head and ordered the officer beside him to say: "Wang Yuanwei, lead the cavalry to harass the enemy's artillery formation!"

"Subordinates obey orders!"

Du Qifei drew out his saber again and pointed, "The whole army is going to fight!" A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "After this moment, watch my war elephant trample all these officers and soldiers to pieces!"

These elephants were purchased by Sha Dingzhou from Burma. They are covered with thick armor, making it difficult for bows and guns to penetrate.On the back of the elephant, you can ride soldiers and shoot arrows down. It is simply a mobile fortress, and it is really the king of the cold weapon era.

In previous battles with Mu Tianbo's men and horses, the elephant soldiers have always been invincible, so Du Qifei has absolute confidence that as long as the elephants approach, the enemy will disperse.

Zhu Linmi could see clearly through the binoculars. With the shooting accuracy of the smoothbore gun, it was difficult to directly hit the five elephants at a distance of more than one mile.And these elephants are blindfolded, only driven by the rider, completely ignorant of fear.

To be honest, it was also the first time he saw war elephants on the battlefield.Leaving aside the combat power of this thing, the deterrent to the soldiers is extremely terrifying, so it must be handled with care.

He frowned, thought for a while, and gave Zhang Jiayu some instructions.

As the latter conveyed his order, the sound of the guns in the Dragon Guards gradually died down, and all the cannons were quickly concentrated in the middle of the infantry line, and began to estimate the firing angle and replace the shells.At the same time, all the hunters lined up on both sides of the cannon, forming a combined firepower with the artillery.

Soon, the distance between the two armies was less than [-] steps. Five war elephants in Du Qifei's army stepped out, and most of the other soldiers gathered behind him, just like the later generations of tanks and infantry coordinating to advance.

But at the next moment, Chen Xiongfei pointed his sword at the leftmost war elephant, and the team in charge of each gun immediately reported a series of shooting parameters, and then leveled the command flags in their hands to signal that they were ready.

Following Chen Xiongfei's loud order, "Let it go!" The order flags next to more than a dozen cannons were raised at the same time, and then thick smoke covering the sun was rolled up with thunderous noises.

In an instant, a total of eighteen six-pound and nine-pound guns fired at the same target, and hundreds of shotguns formed an "iron wall" to shoot at the war elephant in the distance.

Shooting with shotguns at such a short distance, no matter how bad the hit rate is, there is always a possibility of being blinded.Sure enough, the dense iron balls flew by, and two walnut-sized ones hit the elephant's right front leg.

Although the elephant's legs were covered by scales, they were extremely fragile in front of the cannon. The giant beast immediately let out a heart-piercing cry, fell sideways to the ground, and crushed more than a dozen soldiers nearby to death.

And those shotguns that missed the elephant were not wasted, passing through Du Qifei's formation, they also set off a mass of stumps and broken arms, killing at least 80 to [-] people instantly.

Chen Xiongfei saw that His Royal Highness' tactics worked, and calmly pointed to the next elephant.

With the reloading speed of the artillerymen of the Dragon Guards, those war elephants only walked about twenty paces, and the management team of each artillery signaled that they were ready to shoot.

The effect of this volley was still more astonishing, and it seemed that a nine-pound gun was on target.An elephant weighing four to five thousand kilograms was blasted to death half of its body, and the flesh and internal organs were sprayed out under the huge impact, dyeing everyone within twenty feet blood red.

Du Qifei's soldiers shook off the blood stains on their bodies in horror, and when they looked up, they realized that the war elephant they regarded as a sacred object had long since disappeared.The other three living elephants were still more than [-] steps away from the officers and soldiers. According to this situation, it is likely that these giant beasts would have been reduced to pieces before they could get close to the enemy army.

For a while, the chieftain soldiers moved forward more and more slowly, but Chen Xiongfei was already aiming at the third elephant...

When the distance between the two armies was more than a hundred steps, there was only one elephant left in Du Qifei's army and it was still alive.The elephant rider yelled desperately, and then stabbed the elephant's butt with an iron fork, and the war elephant under him immediately threw off its four hooves and rushed towards the dragon guards like crazy.

The infantry in the line of the Dragon Guards turned a blind eye, still holding their guns and standing firmly in place.On the one hand, this is due to their iron-like military discipline, and on the other hand, it is also because they firmly believe that the commander will definitely handle the danger in front of them properly, and they only need to strictly obey the orders.

Gan Xinda licked his lips, and the sight of the muzzle was already on the chest of the soldier riding on the elephant's head.As he held his breath and pulled the trigger, the man immediately groaned and fell with his head tilted, but was tied by the reins and floated in mid-air.

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