690 Got out
This offensive of the Ming army gave people a huge psychological shock. In particular, the enemy in person will face a huge oppressive force.
They can't imagine that if you are approached by this Ming army, it will be difficult for you to hurt others if you are protected by heavy armor; How can you parry a long-bladed heavy weapon? Not to mention, behind the hoplites, there were archers and musketeers of the Ming army.
So, in the Dongwu tribe on the offensive line of the Ming army, those soldiers didn't care about the patriarch's shouting, they just wanted to stay away from the Ming army, even if they didn't run, they wanted to see how others could resist the Ming army, and whether they could resist the Ming army.
But once someone retreats and runs, it will inevitably lead others to follow suit. The trend of collapse immediately appeared.
What will happen after the rout, maybe the low-level soldiers won't care, when those who are officials, most of them know, they don't want to see heavy losses, so they shout hard, they want the whole team to fight against the Ming army, not to mention attacking, it's okay to be able to defend it!
However, at this time, the cavalry of the Ming Kingdom made a circle and rushed in the direction of this gap again. On either side of the hoplites, side by side, groups of cavalry, tall and intimidating, were slowly accelerating, seeing that they would soon be able to kill.
As soon as they saw this, those officer patriarchs and others could no longer restrain their subordinates. Originally, it was only an obvious retreat, but when they saw the cavalry rushing towards them again, they completely ignored it, and all turned around and spread their legs and fled.
The collapse of Donggo's army has finally appeared.
On the side of the Ming cavalry, on the contrary, they controlled the speed of the horses, and did not chase too quickly, but just hung down on the backs of the scattered Dongwu soldiers and drove them to the side of the other Dongwu tribes. The Dongwu soldiers, who fled slowly, took advantage of the situation and cleaned up for others to see: if you don't escape fast, this is the end.
As a result, these Dongwu troops were even more panicked, and they felt that the sound of horses' hooves behind them was the sound of the king of Yama sending them to ask for their lives, and they didn't care about anything at all, they just wanted to run faster and escape with their lives!
Of course, there were also a few brave Dongwu soldiers, who saw that they would only be slaughtered if they fled, so they formed a formation and tried to resist.
For these, the Ming cavalry didn't care about them at all, just drove those defeated soldiers to continue to attack the armies of other Dongwu tribes. The heavy infantry that followed up was like a monstrous wave, "snapping" a wave, and all obstacles could be smashed.
The Dongwu soldiers who tried to resist in formation were not the enemy of the Ming army's heavy infantry in one round, and they were all cut in two.
"Roar, roar......"
In the neat roar, in front of the heavy infantry of the Ming Dynasty, nothing could stop it.
Seeing that the Ming army is so powerful, what other Dongwu warriors are thinking of forming a formation, and they can all escape as fast as they can.
These things are tedious to say, but on the battlefield, in fact, they are only a matter of a while.
At the head of Ava City, King Taron watched in amazement as the Ming army attacked like a devastating attack, and saw that the second tribe was shocked by the defeat of the previous tribe, and it was also a mess, turning into a larger fleeing group, and under the deliberate drive of the Ming army, rushed to the next tribe.
It's like dominoes, and there is a chain reaction. Anyone, as long as they are not stupid, can see that if no one stops this trend, on the side of the Dongwu army, don't look at the large number of people, a major rout is inevitable.
The sweat on the forehead of the king of Talong immediately burst forth. He didn't care about wiping it at all, looking at the defeated Dongwu soldiers, and then at the Ming army, which was like a broken bamboo, and then turned his head to look at the Ming army's car camp, which had already turned to the vicinity of the city gate at this time, obviously to prevent his war elephant army from leaving the city.
Seeing this, King Ta Long couldn't hesitate any longer. He knew very well that if the entire army outside the city was dispersed, he would not be able to fight the Ming army at all with only this little Praetorian Guard in his city.
"The order is given, the Praetorian Guards are dispatched, and the war elephants open the way and bypass through the south gate." King Ta Long shouted to the generals around him, "You must stop those Ming troops!" ”
When his subordinate generals heard this, they hurriedly agreed and left quickly.
When King Talong saw his son Pindari on the side, he didn't know why, but he looked very unpleasant, so he yelled at Pindari: "What are you doing standing, the national disaster is at the head, don't you go to fight and stand here to watch the excitement?" ”
Pindari was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't understand why he was just standing here, and how he could buckle his hat over. However, King Long was angry, and he didn't dare to disobey anything, so he hurriedly agreed, and quickly flashed.
King Thalon gasped, turned his head, and looked at the battle outside the city again. I heard his panting sound getting thicker and thicker.
Obviously, the pressure on his heart was getting bigger and bigger, and it was already a little too much for him to bear.
Needless to say, if this battle is defeated, then Donggo will die, and of course his throne will definitely not be able to be saved, not even his life.
After looking at it for a while, King Talong suddenly roared like a wounded beast, and strode down the city.
"Kill ......"
Under the city of Ava, the shouts of killing shook the sky, the sound of horses' hooves rumbled, and the one-sided battle continued.
The Ming cavalry drove the defeated soldiers of Dongwu to continue to attack other Dongwu tribes, and the more people who fled, the faster the rout. However, it is a pity that there are only more than 5,000 people in the Ming cavalry, and although there are more than 20,000 infantry troops, they are wearing heavy armor or something, and they have to maintain a formation, and the speed is not as fast as those Dongwu defeated soldiers who fled with their legs, and the distance is a little wider.
If nothing else happens, then none of this will change anything, and the victory of the Ming army is just around the corner.
However, at this time, the Praetorian Guards of King Talong came out of the city from the south gate and opened the way with war elephants, trying to stop the defeat of the Dongwu army.
However, the defeated soldiers kept retreating from afar, and an atmosphere of panic pervaded, that is, it was said that it could be stopped by stopping. Even this Praetorian Guard could not rush to the front line, and was coerced by the defeated soldiers, and it was impossible to advance or retreat.
On one of the war elephants, Pindari shouted angrily, "Dodge, dodge, dodge......"
However, it was useless to let him shout through his throat, and those soldiers who had fled in defeat just wanted to flee backwards and hide behind the Praetorian Guards to be safer.
All the defeated soldiers thought so, the rolling flow of people, even if some of them wanted to stop, it couldn't stop at all.
Pindari looked at all this and was a little dumbfounded. Turning his head to see, such a panicked atmosphere was also transmitted to the Praetorian Guards. I saw that most of the Praetorian Guard soldiers also had panicked faces on their faces.
At this moment, Ping Dali turned his head to look at the Ming cavalry that was following in the distance, and the Ming infantry army that was attacking like a moving city wall, he also had no will to fight, he was afraid!
But at this moment, he heard a special movement behind him. When he turned his head, he saw his father sitting on a war elephant, wearing armor and wading through a bloody path in the crowd, shouting loudly: "If you don't dodge, die!" ”
That's right, any soldier who dared to stand in his way was knocked out of the way or trampled on by the war elephants. Even the other soldiers on the back of the elephant shot arrows in front of the elephant, killing the defeated soldiers in their path.
Not only the war elephant of King Talong, but also the several war elephants behind him, all of them were doing what he did, and it was obvious that this was done by the military order of King Talong.
Not to mention, being killed by him like this, those defeated soldiers dared to stand in front of him, and they avoided and fled to both sides.
Soon, King Ta Long came to Ping Dali, and seeing that his son was just stupid here, he really wanted to chop this son with a knife.
Fortunately, the battle situation was urgent, and the Ming cavalry drove the defeated soldiers closer and closer, and King Ta Long hurriedly shouted: "All the war elephants are lined up with Gu as the center, and the Praetorian Infantry Army follows the war elephants to kill the enemy with Lone!" ”
Seeing that their king was so brave, I have to say that this gave the Dongwu soldiers courage, especially the Praetorian Guards of King Talong, and they were much less panicked, or they hid in their hearts, and immediately listened to King Talong's words and began to act.
The other soldiers, who had already arrived behind the Praetorian Guard, felt that the Praetorian Guard was in front of them, and when it was a little safer, they all stopped to catch their breath and see the situation.
And those Dongwu soldiers who were still fleeing saw it, and they all fled to this side, of course, there was a lesson from the past, they didn't dare to directly attack his side of King Long, but bypassed and ran.
The trend of the great rout of the Donggo army has finally changed a little.
When he saw it, King Long felt a little better in his heart, and when he saw the Ming cavalry getting closer and closer, his eyes suddenly turned red again, like the eyes of a wounded beast, and he roared violently, letting the elephant soldiers on the side drive him this war elephant, and the elephant took the lead and shouted: "Kill!" ”
He knew that at this time, this breath must not be dispersed. Otherwise, the rout that has been finally stopped will be re-defeated. If that's the case, then even if he has the ability, he won't have the ability to return to heaven.
The sudden changes on the side of the Dongwu army, of course, are clear at a glance on the side of the Ming army. When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he couldn't help frowning.
The Che Battalion is inaccessible, and this shortcoming is now being exploited by the King of Dongwu. At this time, it was too late to transfer the battalion to deal with Dongwu's war elephant troops.
Thinking so, he immediately issued an order and issued a banner to let the cavalry avoid the front of the war elephant troops, and attack the flanks of the war elephant troops while continuing to drive away the defeated soldiers of Dong Wu.
In addition, it is best to have the flintlock pissiers pass over the hoplites and attack the war elephant with bullets, so that they can shoot and stop the war elephant. If Dongwu's war elephants can't be stopped, then the general trend of this battle will not change, but the Ming army will definitely suffer relatively heavy losses.
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