Chapter 834: The Power of Firearms (2) (2nd Update)
"Horses, the enemy has another elephant soldier joining the battle!"
Feeling a vibration from the earth that was even more obvious than just now, the generals beside Zhang Lian hurriedly reminded.
Zhang Lian didn't care, just now those elephant soldiers were made by his cannons, no matter how much it didn't matter, he looked at his subordinates who had already prepared, and said casually, "Prepare to meet the enemy!" ”
The infantry behind the two hundred elephant soldiers, seeing that three hundred more elephant soldiers had joined, all moved out of the way, so the earth-shattering elephant soldiers roared again.
"Volley!"
"Bang bang bang!"
The artillery was once again powerful, but only nine guns fired, and the power was obviously somewhat insufficient. Although the elephants suffered more casualties, under the command of the elephant soldiers, they continued to rush towards the camp of the Tang army.
Seeing that the elephant soldiers were getting closer and closer, Chang Wei ordered the muskets to fire
For a moment, the lead bullets converged in the air into a huge web of death, enveloping the rushing enemy elephants.
But there were too many elephants, and the array of thirty or so people could not completely block the valley, and the battle of the elephants was also a little scary, and the musketeers were chaotic when they changed formations.
And the enemy's elephant soldiers took advantage of this confusion to approach the Tang army's camp, and they were only less than twenty paces away from the sword and shield soldiers at the front.
"Change formations, pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, and prepare for the earth-shaking thunder!"
Seeing that the elephant soldiers were about to rush into his camp, Chang Wei hurriedly shouted, but the enemy's bright pikemen.
Immediately, someone ran over with a thunderbolt and handed it to the soldiers in front, and many soldiers put down their muskets and picked up spears, swords and shields.
These weapons were intended for musketeers, and were fine against infantry and a small number of cavalry, but they were so powerless against an enemy mounted on the back of an elephant.
When a pikeman stabbed the sharp head of the spear at the elephant, he found that it only broke the elephant's skin, but did not stop the elephant's attack.
On the contrary, it was the pain that made the elephant go berserk, and he used his tusks to overturn the pikemen, and the sharp tusks pierced the pikemen's chest.
"Whew!"
Another musketeer's body was caught by the elephant soldier's spear, and the blood rushed out at once.
More and more swordsmen, shields, and musketeers were left alone as the elephants rushed in, and they were unable to deal with the thick-skinned elephants.
Although someone ignited the earth-shattering thunder, the explosion that was too small made the elephant even more crazy and rushed forward directly.
"What now, colt?"
A decision must be made!
As the elephant soldiers rushed into the camp, Chang Wei's muskets suffered heavy losses, and in just this moment, hundreds of musketeers and sword and shield soldiers died from the trampling of elephants and the spears of elephant soldiers.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Lian was also a little caught off guard, couldn't he block it just now? Why let the enemy's elephants rush in now?
"Do you want artillery?" Zhang Lian said hesitantly.
This meant that the artillery would directly cover the melee between the enemy and the enemy, and it also meant that while the artillery killed and injured the elephants, it would definitely affect the friendly forces that were still resisting.
This is to kill his own people, Zhang Lian is still a little hesitant.
"Kill!"
A pikeman stabbed an elephant soldier with his spear, but was stabbed with a spear by an enemy elephant soldier who rushed from behind, and when he fell to the ground, he was trampled on the chest with a hoof. The heart guard could not resist the heavy impact at this time, and the pikeman's body trembled a few times, and his eyes exuded unwillingness, and he fell silent.
There were still hundreds of Tang soldiers in the melee, but they were faced with hundreds of elephants and thousands of infantry behind elephants.
Chang Wei also rode over, he pulled out his knife and rushed in with the people around him.
But even if Chang Wei led people to join the battle, he was still a little invincible in the face of the soldiers.
After killing several elephant soldiers, the war horse under Chang Wei's seat was suddenly knocked over by an elephant, he couldn't dodge, and the whole person fell backwards, and the war horse was also pressed down.
"Both!"
Soon the nearby soldiers rushed over, a few people went to stop the elephant soldiers, and the others tried to pull Chang Wei out.
The war horse also knew that its master was crushed under it, and it neighed a few times and wanted to stand up, but it could not stand up despite all its strength.
Only then did everyone notice that a big hole appeared in front of the war horse, and blood flowed down the stream.
"Ahh
A few screams came, and the soldiers who were blocking the elephant soldiers fell one after another.
The cavalry could not deal with elephants, let alone the infantry.
It was here that a wounded Tang soldier saw the earth-shattering thunder more than ten paces away.
When he saw the generals who were crushed under the war horses and couldn't move, and saw those comrades who desperately resisted but died tragically, he gritted his teeth and crawled over without hesitation.
At first, Chang Wei didn't pay attention, and he didn't notice it until the soldier was leaning against the box full of earth-shattering thunder with a torch.
"What are you going to do?" Chang Wei yelled, "Stop! ”
Only then did the others around notice the soldier's movements, and they were all stunned, looking at each other incredulously.
Hearing Chang Wei's shout, the soldier turned his head to look over, and his bloodstained face barely showed a smile.
"Will, please forgive me for not being able to saddle your horse and horse for you!"
As he spoke, he lit the fuse.
"No!" Chang Wei roared.
The big Chang and the national infantry next to him surrounded him, and even the elephant came, and when they saw what the wounded soldiers of the Tang Army in front of them had ignited, they were also a little puzzled.
"Hahaha, dogs, come with me for the funeral! Hahaha! ”
At the moment when the fuse was about to burn out, the soldier looked at the dead and still resisting comrades around him, and suddenly shouted with all his strength with determination.
"Long live Datang!"
Only then did the enemy soldier realize that something was wrong and wanted to kill the Tang soldier, but with a few loud bangs, a scorching flame surrounded them, and before they could notice the screams, the flames consumed them.
The violent explosion affected the people within ten steps of the surroundings, and even Chang Wei and the others could feel the scorching sensation generated by the violent explosion after a dozen steps.
That's a dozen earth-shattering thunders, and the power is not small.
The violent explosion frightened the birds and beasts in the mountains into a panic in Sichuan, and when the rumbling black smoke cleared, the two warring sides were stunned when they saw the scene.
The ground was littered with stump fragments, and several elephants around it were also affected, the nearest one had fallen in a pool of blood, flesh and blood were blurred, and there was little intact skin on the whole body.
Although the other elephants were better, they also fell to the ground and wailed, and there were many more wounds on their bodies, more like their skin was cut by sharp blades, which was called a miserable one.
As for the soldiers, those who died near the center of the explosion could no longer die, and the others were more or less affected, falling to the ground and wailing.
Just when everyone had not come to their senses, there were explosions one after another, it turned out that because they saw someone ignite the earth-shaking thunder, other Tang soldiers also decisively ignited the earth-shaking thunder around them, and died together with the surrounding enemy troops.
Taking advantage of this effort, Chang Wei was rescued from under the horse by his men, and when he had not recovered from this grief, his subordinates reminded him.
"Everything, retreat quickly, the cannon is going to be fired!"
Chang Wei looked back and saw the cannon waving his flag, signaling his comrades in front of him to dodge on their own.
And when he saw the battlefield in front of him, he knew that in order to force back the enemy, the artillery would cover the entire battlefield.
Of course, he knew that this was also a last resort, their Shenji Battalion was not as strong as the other forbidden armies in close combat, and if it continued, these three thousand soldiers might have to be confessed here.
Just when he couldn't bear to retreat, the artillery of the artillery capital opened fire again, this time it was not as simple as nine guns!