691 Desperate Counterattack
The Ming army is all elite, and military orders are handed down, like an arm.
On the cavalry side, it is definitely unrealistic to fight the elephant troops head-on. When they received the order, they immediately dispersed, either bypassing the war elephant troops and continuing to attack the defeated soldiers, or simply rushing through the gap between the war elephants.
However, no matter what, the war elephant army is the trump card of Dong Wu and the confidence in the heart of Dong Wu's army. With the war elephant troops in the way, Dongwu's defeated soldiers were not so panicked. In this way, there is no longer a honeycomb to flee for life, and the advantage of a large number of people is once again revealed.
If it is said that the Ming cavalry drove away the defeated soldiers of Dongwu before, it was as easy as driving a flock of sheep; At this time, it is not so easy, just like a lions drive away the wolves, to prevent the wolves from fighting back.
The rout of the Dongwu army is still becoming less and less obvious, but has a tendency to stop.
The Ming cavalry's attack on the flank of the war elephant army was basically equivalent to tickling. The leather armor worn by the war elephant, combined with the original thick skin of the war elephant, effectively reduces the damage of the war elephant.
Soon, the front of the Dongwu War Elephant Force was the infantry unit of the Ming Army.
The flintlock musketeers lined up in a row and took turns shooting: "Woo Woo ......"
The guns rang out incessantly, lead bullets shot out, and the targets of the war elephants were so large that they could almost be hit.
Although the power of the flintlock spear is higher than the damage of ordinary bows and arrows, as mentioned before, the protection ability of war elephants is indeed good.
After a few rounds of shooting, these trained war elephants were only a little frightened, or a little worried about the danger.
The elephant soldiers on the back of the war elephant immediately calmed the war elephant and prevented their panic from continuing.
When King Talong saw that the war elephant troops were really not afraid of the musketeers of the Ming army, he was overjoyed, and he immediately issued a loud order to charge the Ming army.
As soon as he gave the order, the war elephant troops began to move again under the drive of the elephant soldiers, and slowly changed from slow to fast to the Ming infantry, and began to gallop.
Looking at it like this, as long as it is rushed up by Dongwu's war elephant troops, the Ming State Infantry Army, even those heavy armored infantry, will definitely not be the opponent of the behemoth. If that's the case, I don't know if I win or not, the casualties of these Ming infantry troops will definitely be heavy.
Seeing this scene, not only the Praetorian Guards of King Talong, but even the morale of those Dongwu troops who fled to the back was also boosted. One by one, they expected that King Talong's war elephant troops could teach the Ming army a painful lesson, so that they could fight more with less, they really thought it was so easy to fight!
As he watched all this, he finally showed a smug smile on his face, and thought in his heart: How much food did the lone war elephant army spend to train, is it really an ornament?
However, he was just beginning to be proud, and he saw that in the camp of the Ming army, suddenly some Ming soldiers came out of the crowd, only to see two Ming soldiers in a group, one of the Ming soldiers had a very long spear on his shoulder, and at the position of the handle of the gun, another Ming army soldier was controlling and aiming there.
Such a two-person group of Ming army soldiers, there are a total of ten groups, that is, there are ten spears as long.
This spear, just by looking at it, you know that the power is definitely not comparable to the kind of musket of the Ming army before. Suddenly, whether it was King Ta Long or the elephant soldier on the back of the charging war elephant, his heart suddenly became nervous.
Dongwu's side is not wrong at all, since the Ming side knows that Yunnan here, including Dongwu, there are elephant soldiers. When Emperor Chongzhen set out on the expedition, how could he not be prepared at all.
The artillery of the car battalion is the best weapon against war elephants, and no matter how rough the skin and thick the flesh are, it is impossible to block the bombardment of the artillery. In addition, Emperor Chongzhen also prepared ten carrying guns for backup.
The carrying gun was originally a heavy bird gun in the middle and late Manchu Qing Dynasty, about 1 zhang long and weighing more than 30 catties. Its structure is exactly the same as that of ordinary soldier shotguns, but the charge, range and lethality are far greater than those of soldier shotguns. Two people must be in charge of the launch, one of whom acts as a gun mount in front of him, resting the gun on his shoulder, and the other aiming and firing.
This kind of gun was even moved out to fight Japanese devils during the War of Resistance Against Japan. In many movies and TV series, this weapon is displayed. Of course, Emperor Chongzhen has seen it, and he has also built a war bureau, and now it is just being used.
"Woo Woo ......"
Raise the gun and fire, the sound is much louder than the flintlock pistol, and the effect is naturally obvious.
Seeing in front of the queue of carrying guns, the nine-headed war elephant that was running suddenly let out a mournful roar, and 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, and some of them were unlucky, and they were even crushed by the body of the war elephant.
The sudden occurrence of this situation immediately made everyone on Donggo's side stunned.
They never expected that the Ming army would prepare 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 but stop their steps and didn't dare to charge again.
King Ta Long was also stunned, the smile he had just now had long since disappeared, and his heart kept sinking into the abyss. If even his most ace war elephant troops can't deal with the Ming army, then wouldn't there be no chance of winning this battle?
Thinking of the consequences of losing this battle, how could King Ta Long bear it. When he came back to his senses, he suddenly found that the powerful spear of the Ming army had not appeared again, nor had it been fired immediately. The Ming soldiers were scrambling to reload their ammunition, but the rest of the flintlock musketeers continued to shoot.
Seeing this situation, it was like a drowning person grasping a life-saving straw, and he immediately cheered up, and ordered loudly: "While the Ming army is still loading, give Lone Chong!" ”
As long as you can rush through in time, then this powerful musket is useless!
However, the nine-headed war elephant was knocked down just now, instead of one, two war elephants, and this deterrent effect is still very great. Although the elephant soldiers received the military order to drive away the war elephants, the war elephants were a little frightened when they heard the continuous sound of "呑呑".
If it goes on like this, the Ming army will finish loading the powerful musket, and it will be waiting to be a target.
There was no time to lose, and King Talong knew that if he missed this opportunity, the war elephant army would be attacked continuously, and it would really be like the rest of the Dongwu army.
Suddenly, his eyes turned red again. Suddenly, he pulled out his waist knife, pushed away the elephant soldier beside him, and stuck a knife in the butt of the war elephant.
The war elephant was in pain and sprang out.
Under the roar of King Talong, the elephant soldiers hurriedly controlled the direction of the war elephant and rushed towards the Ming army. At the same time, King Ta Long shouted to the other elephant soldiers: "All follow Lone, rush to Lone!" ”
"Kill ......," King Talon shouted hysterically.
"Kill ......," King Talon continued to yell hysterically.
Watching their royal capital rush out as if they were the first, I have to say that this is a very morale-boosting thing. The other elephants, as well as the control elephants, followed the elephants of King Thalon and began to charge.
Elephants are social animals, and when they see their companions running forward, they are not so afraid, or rather, they are still afraid, but they conform to the herd.
As a result, King Talong's war elephant troops recharged the Ming army.
Seeing that his king was rushing to the front, and the morale of the Dongwu army following behind the war elephant rose again, and one by one roared to encourage himself, so he rushed behind him.
"Roar, roar, roar, ......" demons danced wildly, there was no formation, just eating ashes and running wildly.
On the side of the Ming army, the power of lifting the gun is great, and the loading time is naturally long, at this time, it has not been loaded, and seeing the behemoth rushing over, some of the Ming soldiers are a little panicked, and the loading speed is even more affected.
Just now, the commander who raised the gun did not think about taking turns to shoot. However, one is that even if you take turns firing a shot, depending on the reload speed, it may not be coherent. The second reason, which is more important, is that the Dongwu War Elephant Troops rushed over just now, and the deterrent effect is very great. If only one or two guns are raised, even if both shots can hit both war elephants, I am afraid that the effect of stopping the charge of deterrent war elephants is limited. They fired together, and although one shot missed, the nine-headed war elephants were shot together and fell to the ground and wailed, which had a very good deterrent effect.
However, at this time, under the madness of King Talong, it became very unfavorable to the Ming army.
If the Donggo War Elephant troops rushed over, at least the casualties of the flintlock pikemen and archers can be imagined.
Even Emperor Chongzhen in the distance saw it, and his heart tightened.
At this time, it can be said that everyone's eyes are all focused on the side of the war elephant in the charge.
There is no doubt that at this time, King Talong, who rushed to the forefront, was the most dazzling one. The Dongwu soldiers watched their king lead the war elephants to clean up the Ming army, no matter how embarrassed they were before, they all screamed "whooping".
They all look forward to their king being able to lead them to turn defeat into victory, even if they can't win in the end, they will fight back well. Otherwise, what happened before would have been too embarrassing.
It is foreseeable that if this battle can be won by the luck of Dongwu's side, then at this time, it will be the turning point of the whole war, and the prestige of King Ta Long will be in full swing in Dongwu!
However, the Ming army is all elite, and the heroes of the Ming Dynasty are not known how much they can produce in terms of how many times the population base of Dongwu.
At this critical time, suddenly, I saw that on the side of the Ming infantry army, a person came out of the crowd, lost the long blade in his hand, and only held a hard bow in his hand.
The appearance of this person attracted everyone's attention at once, whether it was Dongwu's side or Daming's side.