After nightfall, the Imperial Army's war elephant artillery position suddenly appeared densely packed with red dots, and trees and sand and stones flew over the defensive position of Jinglong Jindian Kingdom on the other side of the Mekong River.

Under the cover of the Imperial army's artillery fire, shells exploded on the enemy's positions like fireworks, which looked bright and beautiful, but in fact it was the call of death.

This final battle of the Indochina Peninsula has lasted for half a month since the prelude, and the Duan family father and son have adopted the strategy of national resistance in the face of the oncoming imperial army, and stubbornly defended every inch of land.

I don't know how the Duan brothers brainwashed the people of Jinglong Jindian Kingdom, in short, these soldiers who also use cold weapons such as bows and arrows, knives and guns, are really not afraid of death, and gave the two major armies of the empire a head-on attack in the early days of the war.

Fortunately, Zhang Shuye and Yue Fei were not ordinary people, and the encroachment tactics they adopted step by step, steady and steady, beat back the sky-high offensive of the Jinglong army.

After receiving the battle report from the front, the Duan brothers are also restless and conflicted.

The two Duan brothers also knew that although they had 400,000 troops and 10,000 war elephants, and the number of soldiers was twice that of the two major armies of the Imperial Army, it was basically impossible to defeat the Imperial Army equipped with advanced firearms.

The position of Jinglong Jindian Kingdom is extremely embarrassing, when the Bagan Kingdom was peacefully taken by the Empire, they were left in the entire Indochina Peninsula, and the east, west, north and south were the territory of the empire, which could really be said to be inescapable, and there was no way to retreat.

Duan Zhengming and Duan Zhengchun are both wanted by the empire for a long time, it can be said that if the Jinglong Golden Palace Kingdom is captured by the empire, then others still have a chance to live, and the two of them have only a dead end, so they will order the soldiers to resist stubbornly, hoping to repel the imperial army.

"Boom, boom, boom......" A series of explosions sounded, and to the surprise of the Duan family brothers, this sound was too close to Jinghong City.

Duan Zhengchun angrily questioned the Dai generals around him, "Didn't you say that Zhang Shuye's army was still intercepted on the other side of the Mekong River?" How can there be cannon fire here? ”

"It's... I don't know, huh? The Dai general looked at the direction from which the cannon came from, and his face was also at a loss.

"Report!" At this moment, a soldier who had lost his armor and was still wounded ran over, and after seeing Duan Zhengchun, he hurriedly said sadly: "Shengshang, Paya Zhen, who is responsible for defending the Lancang River, led his own army to surrender to the imperial army, and now the enemy army has crossed the Lancang River and is approaching Jinghong City!" ”

"What? Paya really surrendered? This news shocked the two brothers Duan Zhengchun and Duan Zhengming.

Although it sounded very surprising to them at first, when they thought about it carefully, they found that it was inevitable.

Paya Zhen has always been the titular lord of the Jinglong Golden Palace, but this is because the Duan family brothers are afraid that exposing themselves will attract the attack of the imperial army, so they use him to confuse the Chinese Empire.

As a puppet lord on the surface of the Jinglong Golden Palace, Paya Zhen also has an identity, that is, the leader of the Dai tribes, and it can be said that he has a cooperative relationship with the Bai clan controlled by the Duan brothers.

In the past, when the Jinglong Golden Palace Kingdom attacked from all sides and occupied a large amount of territory in Bagan and Zhenla, this alliance relationship was quite stable, but now the imperial army is attacking with the momentum of vowing to destroy the Jinglong Golden Palace Kingdom, which immediately caused a rift in the relationship between the two sides.

Just like the Duan brothers thought, the empire could let go of anyone in the Jinglong Golden Palace, but it would not let go of the two of them, so for the sake of his own people, Paya Zhen saw that the general trend had gone, and he could only choose to surrender to the empire.

"Boom, boom, boom......" The artillery outside did not stop for a moment, but the sound was getting closer and closer, even if he stayed in Jinghong City, the capital of the Jinglong Golden Palace, he felt that the earth began to tremble.

"The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming! The defenders of the city began to shout warnings, and a large number of soldiers climbed the walls to prepare for the defense.

As for why the artillery of the imperial army could maintain continuous artillery fire and keep approaching the capital, Duan Zhengchun and the soldiers and civilians of Jinglong Jindian Kingdom were very surprised.

In fact, this tactic is also very simple, after surrendering the Paya Zhen Dai army, Yue Fei led the troops to quickly cross the Lancang River, and then the infantry relied on the war elephant artillery, and the artillery continued to advance in a progressive manner.

Soon a cannonball fell on the wall of Jinghong City, and sensing the imminent threat, Duan Zhengchun and the others immediately moved to the pre-built underground buildings in the city.

The Duan family brothers, who were familiar with the Imperial Army, built this place in order to prevent similar things from happening, but they didn't expect to use it so soon.

Today, the artillery of the Imperial Army has a longer range and is more powerful.

The artillery placed on the two-wheeled sports car has a total weight of more than 200 kilograms, a range of two to three miles, a slightly slower rate of fire, and it cannot be guaranteed to be accurate after exceeding two thousand meters, but the covering attack of the imperial army does not need too high accuracy, as long as it can be hit.

The birth of the detachable light mountain cannon further promoted the development of the imperial mountain arms, and Ye Zhao was pleased that the prototype of the artillery was made by several junior officers, which was also a microcosm of the invention and creation of the whole people of the empire.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! Bang bang bang ......"

Under the roar of gunfire and artillery fire, the soldiers from the Seventh Legion of the Empire, with the cover of fierce firepower, continued to approach the capital of Jinglong Jindian Kingdom.

Huge boulders flew out of the city, hundreds of boulders inflicted huge casualties on the charging Imperial troops, and even three or four war elephants with artillery were killed on the spot.

This wave of counterattack by the enemy surprised the entire imperial army, after all, no one expected that this small country on the Indochina Peninsula would build so many trebuchets.

As the commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the Seventh Army Corps, Wang Ping will lead his soldiers to rush to the front line against the enemy in every battle, and this time is no exception.

Seeing that many of his brothers were smashed into meatloaf by boulders, Wang Ping's eyes were red with hatred, but he knew his duty, so after glancing around, he led his troops to the woods about two miles away from Jinghong City.

Since the trees in this forest may be hundreds of years old, the trees are relatively tall and stout, which can completely withstand the attack of catapults, so Wang Ping hurriedly ordered the artillery carts to gather here.

Two thousand meters has already reached the effective attack distance of artillery, and it is estimated that Duan Zhengchun and the others did not expect that the imperial artillery could hit so far, so they left the trees here without cutting down.

Fortunately, the launch speed of the catapult was relatively slow, and the stone reserves in Jinghong City were not rich, so the sight of flying stones like locusts soon disappeared.

Taking advantage of this gap, all the sports cars of the Seventh Legion gathered towards the woods.

When all the artillery carriages were fixed towards Jinghong City, Yue Fei also brought Paya Zhen, the titular lord of Jinglong Golden Palace, to this forest.