[284] Li Dingguo triumphs in Burma 2

On the 15th of January, black clouds rolled down the banks of the Tani River, lightning and thunder, heavy rain, and roaring rivers, and the Ming army and part of the Siamese army gathered 10,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry on the shore under the cover of God. It just so happened that before dawn the rain had passed and the sky was calm.

Ai Nengqi, who carried out this river crossing operation, said to Li Dingguo: "Second brother, after I cross the river, if Ta Long only leads a part of the Burmese army to attack you, and leaves the other part to defend the river bank, and also leaves the elephants, then you should not move, if Ta Long leads all his elephants to attack me, and only a small number of troops defend the river bank, then you can cross the river with all your strength." Because the horses are most afraid of elephants, the rest of the army will not cause us much trouble. ”

Li Dingguo straightened Ai Nengqi's clothes and said, "Third brother, be more careful." If you really can't do it, you will retreat, we will think about it in the long run, and besides, there are Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses in the north! ”

Ai Nengqi smiled: "How can such a great achievement allow Wu Sangui to rob it?" I'll come when I go. ”

Because of the fact that it was separated by a small wooded island, the Burmese sentinels did not notice. However, when the Ming army bypassed the island, it was completely exposed, and the Burmese sentinels found that the enemy was really coming, and immediately flew to report to Talon. At this time, Ainengqi was the first to disembark and land, and the rest of the infantry and cavalry also disembarked one after another. Unexpectedly, the Ming army did not advance far, and suddenly found that there was a wide river in front of them. After careful searching, it turned out that this was not the east bank of the Tani River, but just another larger river island in the middle of the Tani River. Because the terrain was unfamiliar and the island was large, the Ming army confused it with the east coast.

"Bastard~~ You Siamese people are at war with the Burmese all year round, don't you know the terrain?" Enengchi grabbed the Siamese army general Tony Jaja and shouted and cursed

Tony Jaja looked aggrieved and said: "I have been guarding the south all the year round and have never fought with the Burmese, and the general of the Celestial Empire has really wronged me." ”

Ai Nengqi was helpless, seeing that his previous efforts were wasted, he secretly complained bitterly. If you can't complete the task of crossing the river and have to start all over again, it will take a lot of effort. "Bring a spear." Enchi took a spear from a Siamese man and plunged it into the water to test the depths. Fortunately, the waterway between the island and the eastern bank of the Tani River is not wide, and the water is not very deep. When a person jumps, he can still show his head on the water. It was just that the heavy rain overnight caused the river to swell and flow very fast.

Enengchi estimated that Tahlon had not yet concentrated his forces here, so he did not dare to delay, hastily chose a place, and took the lead in rushing to cross the river without fear of hardships and dangers. The shallowest part of the river reached the chest of the infantry, and at the deepest point the horses could only stick their heads out of the water.

It is said that Talon received a report from a sentry that the army had crossed the river at the bend of the river. He came to the front of the battle to carefully observe the camp of the Ming army and the Siamese army, and found that a large army was waiting by the river. So he Long thought that this was just a small force of the Ming army, which was deliberately used to confuse himself, so that he could attack himself head-on when his large army went to prevent the Ming army from crossing the river.

"Pohonza!" He shouted, "Take three thousand soldiers and horses and twenty elephants to the bend of the river and destroy the enemy who crosses the river." ”

"Yes, my king." Pohoncha was a typical Burmese soldier, as his name suggests.

Burmese people have a first name but no surname, and their first name has at least one character, and most have six or seven characters. It is impossible to tell a person's family or family affiliation from the name. The Burmese people attach great importance to the distinction between men and women, the elder and the younger, and the inferior and inferior. To do this, each person's name is preceded by a "prefix" that indicates gender, generation, or social status. It is common to add "appearance" in front of a man's name. For example, if a man's name is "Ding Lun", when he was a child, both adults and children called him "Ding Lun"; When he grows up, people who are the same age and younger than him call him "Guo Dinglun", and the elders can call him "Guo Dinglun" or "Maung Dinglun"; When he is old or has a social status, people generally call him "Wu Dinglun", and people of the same age as him can also call him "Guo Dinglun", and he himself still humbly calls him "Maung Dinglun" or "Guo Dinglun". Among the commonly used honorific titles, "Guo" means "brother", and "Wu" means "sir" in addition to the accident of "uncle". In addition, the name can be preceded by some other honorific titles, such as "Bo", which means officer

Pohoncha was dark, thin, short, and obscene-looking, but at first glance he was a veteran who had fought battles, seen blood, and crawled in the pile of dead.

The Ming army who finally climbed to the other side of the river was soaked all over, and it was just in time for noon, the hot sun shone on his body, and there was no wind around him, not to mention how uncomfortable the Ming soldiers wrapped in armor were. So many people took off their armor to make themselves comfortable.

Suddenly, I heard a roar from the opposite side, and suddenly, twenty elephants rushed out of the opposite woods. These elephants are huge, with long trunks, and the most striking thing is that they have two long tusks on the side of their mouths. Although the soldiers of the Ming army had already seen elephants in the Siamese army. But the vast majority of people have only heard of it, and have never really seen such a terrible behemoth, and some people have begun to show a look of fear on their faces.

The elephant at the back of the ground was extremely huge, and on the elephant tower on his back, he sat Pohoncha

"Is this an elephant?" Eneng pointed to the other side and asked Tony Jaja.

Tony Jajaja replied, "Yes, General. Those are the elephants. The elephants on their backs are called elephant slaves, and their task is to raise these elephants and control them on the battlefield. ”

"When the battle begins, focus your bow and arrow on these elephant slaves." Although Tony Jaja had never fought against the Burmese, he was also a battle-hardened general, and he quickly made the right judgment.

Woo~~Woo~~~~

The Burmese army sounded the horn of the charge. The elephants lined up in front of them began to move forward. At first it was a slow walk, then a small stride, and finally a wild run. This rhythm is similar to that of cavalry charging. Even though there were only twenty elephants running on the battlefield, Enchi could still feel the earth shake violently. It felt like a tsunami, like an earthquake......

Some of the recruits of the Ming Army, who had only joined the army for a short time, subconsciously moved a few steps back, but were immediately blocked by the resolute and burly bodies of the veterans. Their composure quickly infected the recruits and stopped the spread of fear.

"Still playing with bows and arrows?" Although Ainengqi also understood that it was the correct tactic to shoot the elephant slave first, he was a little disdainful of the Siamese who were still in the era of cold weapons, and he shouted: "Fire!" ”

Bo Bo ~ Po Bo

Boom ~ Boom

More than a dozen flying thunder cannons roared together. But the Ming gunners were shocked to find that after a volley of cannons, only seven or eight of the elephants fell in front. The rest of the ground was completely ignored by artillery fire, and even the momentum of the impact did not weaken in the slightest.

"Archer, shoot, shoot!" Tony Jaja will also only start shooting arrows with Siamese soldiers.

A rain of arrows quickly poured out, and I saw that the elephant slaves on the elephant's back quickly shrank their legs and hid themselves in the elephant tower. The elephants that were shot obviously did not cause any fatal injuries to them. On the contrary, because of the pain, they rushed towards the Ming army even more madly.

Eneng didn't expect such a huge elephant to run so fast, and it was too late to shoot a second round of shells. Without the orders of the generals, the soldiers began to dodge the elephants whose flesh and blood could not be resisted, and no amount of shields could resist the onslaught of the elephants. The unscrupulous elephants rampaged through the army, and those who hid a little slower became the ghosts of the elephants' hooves, and with every roll of the trunk, a soldier was thrown far away.

An elephant rushed in front of Enench, who roared and slashed at the elephant's head. The elephant swept its trunk around Enench's left leg and threw it outward. Ainengqi suddenly flew into the air like a bird, and then slammed into the body of a Ming soldier.

Ai Nengqi suddenly felt that his eyes were full of Venus, and his internal organs seemed to be slammed by someone, and he couldn't climb up in pain. At this moment, an elephant slave commanded an elephant to rush over. With a roar, the elephant's huge hooves stomped down on Enench's chest. At the last moment, Tony Jaja Fei rushed over, bent down and grabbed Enench's belt, and dragged him out. The elephant's huge hooves fell heavily, trampling the corpse of a Ming soldier into a pulp

At this time, for the first time, Ainengqi truly understood how terrifying a specially trained elephant is. The Ming camp was already in disarray, and Ainengqi shouted frantically, trying to save the mess. "The gunners are in front, the musketeers are behind, don't stop the flying thunder cannon~~"

At this time, the sun is getting more and more intense. For the Ming army, which was not adapted to the tropical weather, this was undoubtedly a disaster. The soldiers had just swam in the water, and they had already consumed a lot of physical strength. Now some people are so tired that they can't even pick up their weapons.

Seeing that the elephant assault was effective, the infantry under the command of Pohongcha also began to be dispatched, and the confidence of the Burmese army, which relied on the elephant soldiers to occupy the battlefield advantage, was greatly increased, and the balance of victory had begun to tilt in favor of the Burmese side......

Eneng was like crazy. In the face of the swarming enemies, they don't care at all. The steel knife flew up and down, slashing at his enemies so hard that he couldn't even remember how many enemies he had killed.

Pohoncha had never seen such a brave and unafraid of death, and he drew his scimitar from his waist and was about to give the order for the whole army to assault

Suddenly, I saw a white object fly out of the sky and explode less than three feet from the elephant tower where Pohoncha was riding. The wooden elephant tower was shattered, and the flesh and blood on the elephant's back were blurred.

A Burmese soldier who was advancing was hit on the head by a heavy object, and when he looked at it, he immediately screamed and jumped in fright, it was the head of Pohoncha

It turned out that the Ming army's flying thunder artillery artillery saw that the distance was too close to launch the flying thunder cannon, so in a hurry, they directly lit the medicine package of the flying thunder cannon and threw it at the enemy with their hands. By mistake, he inadvertently blew up Bohoncha to death

The wounded elephants ran wildly and overturned four or five elephants of the Burmese army in a row. The disorganized Burmese army lost its commander again and had to retreat in a hurry.

Eneng, who had long been weak in his hands and feet, sat down on the ground, looked at Tony Jaja, who was also out of breath, and said, "I owe you a life." ”