The war elephants that were originally running wildly were caught off guard and panicked, and the original neat shock formation was instantly misplaced, some of the war elephants were trying to stop their steps, and some of the war elephants directly stood sideways, and they all brutally rushed into all the obstacles around them, trying to escape from this terrible fire hell.

The long knife with the handle tightly attached to the ivory was now a weapon against their companions, and the wounded war elephant went even more frenzied, and the horsemen on the elephant's back screamed and fell off the elephant's back, and in an instant they were trampled into pulp by the wild and wild elephant's legs.

The chaos of the entire war elephant array immediately affected the cavalry trailing behind them, and the fate of those cavalry was even more miserable, some of the cavalry were lucky enough to rush past the elephant soldiers, but they were desperate to find that in the sky, there were grenades drawn in strange arcs and smashed towards their heads.

Ding Kesheng's eyes widened in disbelief, and he looked at the Quy Nhon city wall with all his might, but there were no clouds of gunpowder smoke after the artillery bombardment, but where did these powerful and terrifying explosions come from? Watching his elite subordinates being torn to shreds in the light of the fire, and watching the war elephants who were originally the forwards who were charging into the formation as he watched him trample on his soldiers in a frenzy, Ding Kesheng almost cracked the corners of his eyes and crushed his back molars.

None of the war elephants dared to rush through the exploding sea of fire, and even those war horses had the same idea, so that the originally imposing shock formation of the Xishan Army began to become chaotic under the rebellion of these two animal troops.

Just after two rounds of crazy and dense explosions, there was an instant pause, and Ding Kesheng's opponent was still standing quietly dozens of steps away, not even changing the formation at all.

Perhaps their secret weapon had been exhausted, with this in mind, Ding Kesheng, who was enraged by his own elite casualties, drew his war knife, roared loudly, and ordered the war elephants to be driven away, leaving a way for the cavalry and infantry to charge at full speed. In fact, the former order did not need to be given by him, because except for the dozen or so war elephants who had been stabbed by the long knives on the tusks of their companions, who had fallen to the ground and convulsed, the rest of the war elephants had fled to both sides of the battlefield under the control of the remnants of the dead-faced riders and the help of the foot soldiers.

"Brothers, this is the end of the time to watch the show, and we are ready to get to work." Liang Pengfei viciously spit out the cigar head, raised his hand and shot it, a knight who had rushed to the shield array was only a few dozen steps away, and fell to the ground, the front hooves of the war horse twisted into a strange shape, and kept screaming, the knight just wanted to stand up, and the bullets from the battle array directly made him return to heaven.

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"Fire!" With the shouts of those junior officers, the 1,000 musketeers under Liang Pengfei began to show their amazing lethality. The dense row of guns made the cavalry and infantry of the Xishan Army who rushed forward like they hit their heads on the door panel, and they fell to the ground one after another, and there were many archers among them, but in this kind of charging situation, it would be to pull the bow and aim at it.

The pitch-black helmet was the best protection for the musketeers, and although there were constantly people hit by the sparse feathered arrows, few of them hit the vital point, and the wounded quickly withdrew from the battle sequence, and were replaced by the bombardiers in the rear, who took their muskets and joined the firing column.

The white gunpowder smoke spit out by the rows of muskets formed a dense fog in front of the battle formation of the Liang family's army, and few of the Xishan soldiers who crashed into this fog could rush to the battle formation alive.

This kind of terrifying and intensive musket application method, these Xishan soldiers have seen it for the first time, and the killing of the large rain of bullets, watching their companions fall one after another, is like a sharp saw, cutting their courage.

At this time, the shouting order sounded again, and two more rounds of grenades flew out. This time, it is no longer to block the opponent's charge, but to effectively kill the opponent.

The result was simple, facing the opponent with a large number of musketeers and grenades, the Liang Jiajun, who had surpassed the individual intensive lethal weapons of this era, undoubtedly won another brilliant victory.

Three thousand against five thousand, as a result, left more than 1,000 corpses of the other party, and captured nearly 1,000 wounded, only more than 2,000 ran, and those frightened war elephants even had more than a dozen before they had time to take away, Ding Kesheng, the most trusted general of Ruan Wenqi, led more than 2,000 defeated soldiers who had been destroyed to fight and fled back to Phu My City to survive.

Although Ding Kesheng, who was ashamed and angry, had thought of martyrdom before the battle, but after being stopped by his own soldiers and generals, he gave up his will to die rationally, after all, not everyone wants to die at all times, since he can't die the first time, Ding Kesheng may feel that it is better to be alive, so after running to Phu My City, he sent an urgent document to Nguyen Van Hue.

Of course, he exaggerated the strength of the Qing [***] team against him a little bit, otherwise he would not have the face to report his defeat.

After receiving the news that Na Dinh Kesheng's 5,000-strong army and 10,000 Qing troops had fought a life-and-death battle under the city of Quy Nhon, and that they had to retreat to Phu My City, Nguyen Van Hue's illness became even more serious.

These days, He Lin finally waited for the reinforcements he longed for, as well as the heavy artillery used in the siege, coupled with the siege weapons that had been vigorously built during this time, made the situation in Lang Mall become grim.

The siege battle of more than ten days made Ruan Van Hue cry bloody, and just as he was considering whether to retreat to Nasheng Dragon City, Ding Kesheng's urgent military report was like a heavy hammer smashing on his nerves, which were already a little fragile.

He understood the combat effectiveness of his brave general, so he did not have doubts about Ding Kesheng's emergency military report, since there was no doubt, then the Qing army behind him was no longer just a simple threat, but a strong opponent.

The feeling of having a tiger and a leopard in front and a jackal in the back made Nguyen Van Hue, who was already pessimistic about the situation, suffer a heavy blow again. Although he still didn't show it, vaguely, among the courtiers, there had already begun to be some bad rumors, but because of Ruan Wenhui's prestige, and the military power was in the hands of Ruan Wenhui, those subordinates were at most secretly squeezing their eyebrows.

Just to re-restrain people's hearts and boost morale, there are ...... There is also the matter of retreating, which is already imperative. As if because of the pressure that stimulated the motivation, Nguyen Van Hue seemed to forget about the pain for a while, and handled various affairs with vigorous energy every day.

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But now, in his dormitory, Nguyen Van Hue, whose gray hair had almost turned snow, was reclining on the couch, and next to him, a royal physician was taking his pulse with a nervous face, and in front of him, a general stood up from time to time and walked a few steps, opened his mouth to speak, and then sat back in a huff.

"Your Majesty is fine, you just need to rest and recuperate, and the minister will prescribe a prescription for recuperation in a while......" The imperial doctor let go of his hand and said to Nguyen Van Hui.

After Ruan Wenhui bowed his head slightly and waved away the imperial doctor, he raised his head and nodded at the general, although his spirit still seemed good, but his hard work not only whitened his beard, but even the wrinkles on his face were like the annual rings of the old tree: "Just sit down, I know my illness, and I can't die for a while." ”

"Your Majesty, you better be less careful, look at your current body. The minister's heart was really uncomfortable. "This general who was called by Nguyen Van Hue is his nephew Nguyen Quang Hye. It is also the only son of the elder brother of their three Ruan brothers, in fact, in terms of seniority, Ruan Van Yue can only be regarded as the second, but the eldest died of illness before the uprising, so the Xishan Ruan family generally only refers to the three of them.

However, this Nguyen Quang Xian is also quite talented, and now, he is already Nguyen Van Hue's right-hand man.

"Your intentions, I know very well, however, that and Lin is really a headache, actually had the patience to wait for reinforcements and heavy artillery, before starting to attack again, these days, Lang Mall is in dilapidation, it is no longer suitable for garrison, so, I decided to evacuate Lang Mall tomorrow and retreat to Thang Long." Ruan Wenhui stroked her snow-white eyebrows and said.

"Your Majesty is wise. It's just that Your Majesty, the Qing Kingdom in the south, how to deal with it, please ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible. Ruan Guangxian paused and then spoke. The strength of the other party seems to have grown too fast, if it can't be annihilated or suppressed by them in a short period of time, and then allowed to develop, Annan will be in danger. ”

"Oh......" Ruan Wenhui replied lightly, but was silent again, making Ruan Guangxian stare dryly.

After a while, Ruan Wenhui spoke: "Do you think that with Ding Kesheng's current strength, he can defeat the more than 10,000 Qing troops?" ”

"This ......" Ruan Guangxian couldn't help but stagnate, pursed his dry lips and slowly shook his head: "No, now in order to deal with the main force of the Qing Dynasty in the north, the forces of the court are almost exhausted. If Na Ding Kesheng arrives in Quy Nhon City ahead of schedule and gathers the 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city, even if he can't win, it will be more than enough to defend. ”

"Yes, but who would have thought that the other party actually took the lead and defrauded Quy Nhon City, 5,000 soldiers and horses, and less than 1,000 people escaped, and Na Ding Kesheng wanted to take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold, intending to lure the enemy into battle, who would have thought, actually let the other party ...... Alas, even the defeated troops in Quy Nhon City are now only more than 3,000, and with this little force, let alone a counterattack on Quy Nhhon, it would be good to be able to defend Phu My City to the death. Ruan Wenhui smiled faintly, as if she didn't have much anger and chagrin at Ding Kesheng's defeat, but it was this that made Ruan Guangxian even more uneasy in her heart.

(To be continued)