A herd of giant elephants rushed into the Qing army's formation, trampling over dozens of tents in an instant.

Those Qing soldiers who were still asleep were directly trampled into pulp, and they didn't even have time to let out a miserable scream.

Well-trained elephants are in no way inferior to horses, and in some ways even more spiritual.

They will only follow orders and will not disturb their companions.

This elephant corps was formed and trained by Li Dingguo with a lot of painstaking efforts, and it was usually not used to fight at all.

If it weren't for the Son of Heaven's personal order, he would not have used the killer weapon at the bottom of the box.

At this moment, Li Dingguo and Zhu Youlang were watching the battle on a low mound not far from the Qing army's camp.

Compared with hand-to-hand combat, the commander of the first army needs to control the overall situation and have a correct judgment on the battlefield situation.

"Your Majesty, our army has taken it by surprise and attacked it unprepared, and has already achieved a considerable advantage."

Li Dingguo is not a greedy and risk-taking person, but he can't suppress the joy in his heart at the moment, and takes the initiative to report the battle situation to the Son of Heaven.

From the point of view of a professional commander, the benefits of causing chaos on the enemy are the greatest.

Now that the Ming army has completed the most critical step, the next thing to do is to take advantage of the chaotic situation to expand the advantage.

Zhu Youlang nodded lightly.

The key to this battle is to wear down the vitality of the Qing army as much as possible, especially the elite of the Eight Banners.

Since the entry of the Eight Banners, the combat effectiveness has plummeted.

Nowadays, the number of soldiers of the Eight Banners who can fight is very limited, and one less dies.

At first, Zhu Youlang wanted to lead the team to rush and kill, but he gave up under Li Dingguo's desperate persuasion.

After all, he is the Son of Heaven, and the royal conquest is already the limit, and if he really goes into battle to kill the enemy, even if he has to become an ancestor Zhu Di to do it.

And now Zhu Youlang obviously does not have Zhu Di's prestige.

Prestige needs to be cultivated slowly, and there is a process of accumulation.

For example, after the last Kunming victory, Zhu Youlang's prestige increased greatly.

If he can win a big victory in this expedition, his prestige will inevitably rise to a new height.

"According to the King of Jin's opinion, the Wu thief may organize a counterattack?"

Although in my previous life, I liked to read some books about ancient warfare, but after all, it was only on paper.

Zhu Youlang is now desperately learning the battlefield experience, when to send troops, when to feint, when to attack, when to collect troops, all of which are knowledge.

And Li Dingguo has been in battle for a long time and is obviously the best teacher.

Zhu Youlang didn't care about face at all, and asked if he didn't understand something.

Chongzhen wanted to save face, and finally killed himself.

If he had taken the initiative to go to Nanjing, even if he asked the prince to go to Nanjing to supervise the country, the form of the Ming Dynasty would not have been so miserable.

"Back to Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, even if the thief Wu has the ability to reach the sky, it is impossible to fight back."

Li Dingguo paused and said: "After the defeat of Dongyu Kunming, the reason why Wu Thief was able to gather the rout was because he still had a certain strength. When the soldiers saw the flag, they would instinctively move closer in that direction. Even if they were originally Zhao Thief's subordinates. ”

Li Dingguo observed the emperor's expression, and seeing that he couldn't guess the likes and dislikes, he continued: "The situation is very different now. The soldiers were still asleep, trampled to death by elephant soldiers, and the soldiers were already in extreme panic. In this case, don't say that it is a thief, even the king of heaven and Lao Tzu is not saved. ”

As he spoke, Li Dingguo returned to the habit of using words when he was a peasant army in the past, and as soon as he said it, he felt that it was not appropriate, and smiled awkwardly.

Zhu Youlang didn't care too much.

The purpose of his initiative this time was to tell the soldiers that the Qing army was not invincible in field warfare, and once he cultivated confidence, the battle behind him would be easy to fight.

Otherwise, there is always this one demon in his heart, and most of the battle has already been lost before it is fought.

After all, not every battle has such good luck, and there is a strong city to rely on.

In fact, Zhu Youlang also had another purpose in this imperial expedition, that is, to rob the property and food of the Qing army.

The Qing army's own military pay was also very low, and the soldiers only had one tael of silver a month.

In this case, the extra income is all about grabbing.

After all, there is no cost to grab, and if you grab it, you will be your own.

The combat effectiveness of the Qing soldiers stems from this, and they have been fighting all the time.

Let's just say that Wu Sangui's army traveled all the way and looted countless money and grain.

The grain and grass may have been consumed, but the silver was really robbed.

Although Yungui is poor, if he digs three feet into the ground, he can still scavenge a lot of silver.

The reason why the Yongli Imperial Court couldn't receive too much money before was because the Ming Court used Yungui as a base to develop, so naturally it couldn't do everything to catch fish.

But the Qing army didn't care about this, and the army was ten rooms and nine empty.

Zhu Youlang can't rob his own people openly, but he can rob Wu Sangui.

In this way, you can not only see the rewards of the soldiers, but also accumulate a lot of wealth in case of emergency.

"Your Majesty, please look, the tent of the commander of the Wu thief has been messed up!"

Li Dingguo's eyes were extremely sharp, and he found the clue at once.

It stands to reason that the tent of the commander of the Chinese army is the core of the core, and it will not be chaotic under normal circumstances, but now even the vicinity of Wu Sangui's military camp tent is in chaos, which proves that the situation has reached the edge of getting out of control.

Zhu Youlang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted: "God bless Daming!" ”

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The Qing army was full of screams.

Some of them were trampled to death by elephants, some by horses, and even by panicked companions. The corpses were scattered all over the place, and the smell of blood filled the air.

Many of the Qing soldiers were trampled to pulp, and only some broken bones remained.

Because His Majesty the Emperor strictly ordered that arson should not be allowed, so as not to burn the grain. Although these grains are not much, they will be rations for the soldiers of the Ming army in the future. The soldiers of the Ming army disrupted the camp of the Qing army through repeated attacks, nipping in the bud their plan to gather to resist.

Only a dozen grenades were used, which had a momentum-building effect.

It is said that the reason is that there are not many grenades left, so they need to save some use.

However, the new type of firearm (Dreiser) that His Majesty the Emperor purchased from Tessie was very enjoyable to use.

Compared with the old-fashioned firecracker, this thing not only does not explode but is also very accurate, and many of the small leaders of the Qing army were shot directly.

Of course, the main combat force of the Ming army was still elephant soldiers.

This thing is invincible in the field.

The Qing army once tried to organize a revolt by shooting arrows at elephants.

But this thing is just to tickle the elephant, and the elephant's rough skin and thick flesh can't hurt it at all.

"The time has come to kill the captives and repay the country, and the brothers will rush with me!"

After the elephant soldiers broke through a bloody road, Bai Wenxuan led the cavalry to launch a charge.

Now that the Qing army is scattered, it is difficult to organize effective resistance.

What he has to do is to kill the enemy as much as possible and complete the orders of His Majesty and the King of Jin.

"Kill the captives and repay the country!"

"Kill the captives and repay the country!"

"For Da Ming!"

"For Your Majesty!"

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