The elephant army is the trump card in the Annan army. Whenever there is a national war, when the Annam people are at a disadvantage, they will always use this background.

The elephant's body is huge and sturdy, and it is almost invulnerable on the battlefield in the era of cold weapons. War elephants are used not only by the Annamite people, but also by Siamese, Burmese, and even Indians.

Alexander, who was once awesome and vigorous, broke the enemy with the Macedonian phalanx, occupied Egypt, and swallowed Persia. When Alexander attempted to conquer India, he encountered an Indian elephant formation, and the proud Macedonian phalanx suffered heavy losses and was trampled to pulp by Indian war elephants.

Elephants may seem docile, but they are extremely aggressive. When you step on it, your liver and gallbladder will be broken. A nose flick over can lift a person seven or eight meters away and break it into a comminuted fracture.

Thang Long City, the originally crowded city gate, instantly jumped with chickens and dogs, and everyone desperately avoided it. When the city was about to be broken, the Annan army came out

"Returning to the horse gun" and sending war elephants to counterattack the Ming army, intending to turn the tide. A large group of behemoths rushed out of the city gates, and they charged en masse, and the ground shook.

The Ming army scrambled to flee. Not to mention the impact of the elephant herd, this kind of scene alone can cause great psychological panic to people.

"Hahaha!" The generals of Annam burst into laughter and their morale was greatly boosted. There are 200 war elephants, see how the Ming army fights!

Taking advantage of the retreat of the Ming army, Hu Yuancheng immediately issued an order to reorganize the army. In front of the Ming army. The generals looked at the tall war elephants with solemn expressions.

It's not about fear, it's just about paying attention. The Ming army also had war elephants, and the senior generals were no strangers to elephants.

In the honor guard of the Ming Emperor, there are several elephants, but whenever they go out on patrol or major festivals, there are elephants appearing.

There is also a training center in the Jinyi Guard. At this time, Hu Yuancheng, the commander of Annan, lined up the war elephants in front of the Annan infantry, and the cavalry was placed on both flanks.

The formation of the Annan army is like a city, like a herd like a fortress, and the heavy cavalry is like a city wall surrounded by it. Absolute defense!

Xiping Hou Muchun proposed: "The emperor's grandson, the minister suggested getting some black oil tank trucks, the car contains giant beasts, and when the war is spewing fire in the mouth, smoke is in the ears and nose, and the sound is like thunder, the giant elephant ridden by the thieves will be frightened, and the rear team will trample on each other!" Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, nodded and said, "This Wuhou Ping Nanban's method!" Mu Chun's suggestion is indeed feasible, and this method was used by Zhuge Liang to pacify the Nanban back then.

But...... Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said, "It's too troublesome." He looked ahead, calm as the sea, and said, "Bombardment directly!" "Soon, the Shenji battalion pulled out the artillery.

The large artillery of the Ming army was very heavy, requiring several horses to pull each cannon, and the march was slow. So as early as a few months ago, it was shipped from the sea in advance, and then transported along the Red River from the mouth of the sea.

If it weren't for the previous fear of being intercepted by the Annan army, Zhu Yunxi would have planned to use artillery to forcibly blast open the so-called multi-state defense line when fighting Duobang.

...... In the position of the Shenji Battalion, dozens of eight-pounder cannons were lined up. Everyone breathed and breathed, and the four fields were quiet.

Zhu Yunxi took a deep breath, waved his hand, and shouted majestically: "Fire!" Feng Cheng replied loudly: "Yes!" "One of the gunners lit the cannon fuse and began to test the range of the gun.

The leads sparked and hissed. Suddenly, the thick muzzle of the cannon flashed, followed by a loud bang, and a large thick smoke erupted.

The cannon body shook violently, and a large black iron bullet rushed out of the barrel and flew quickly towards the position of the Annan Army in the distance.

The gunners of the Shenji Battalion looked up one after another, looking at the direction of the flight and the place where the shell landed. To report the distance, each cannon quickly adjusted.

The horn of the attack characteristic of the Shenji Battalion sounded.

"Fire!" Dozens of artillery pieces roared in unison, like a series of thunderbolts, and a deafening roar erupted from the artillery array of the Shenji Battalion.

Dense white smoke, covering the artillery positions ahead. So loud. Startled, the Annan elephant herd screamed, and even the Annan array in the rear caused a big commotion.

Mu Chun and the others felt the power of the artillery up close, and their hearts beat violently. The cannons of the imperial grandson are so earth-shattering!

The Annan elephants standing on the war elephants had stiff smiles, and they stood high and saw far away. I don't know how many huge shells came at me.

"Ahh A lot of people screamed. Boom, boom. One by one, the blazing iron balls flew into the Annan elephant array.

Puff puff puff! The five-pound iron balls roared in, shooting out streams of blood mist. The tall and strong elephant blooms on the spot like tofu under the strong impact of the iron ball!

There was a loud sound of fractures, and several elephants hissed in pain and fell out in different positions. An elephant soldier riding on the elephant was hit by an iron ball fired from the artillery, and the whole thing cracked on the spot, and there were no bones left, only a pool of brown blood.

A round of artillery bombardment went down, and the Annan army was dumbfounded. The elephants' eyes widened, full of fear and incredulity.

The elephants fryed instantly, and the elephants hit by the artillery screamed and scurried. In the chaos, the elephant soldiers who controlled the war elephants rolled down one after another, and were ruthlessly trampled to death by the war elephants behind, splashing white and red on the ground.

Elephants look like, but they can't be used for war at all. They were very easily frightened, and as soon as the cannon fired, they had to scatter and flee, and the formation was suddenly disorganized.

The horses of the Ming army were also afraid of the sound of firearms at first. Later, after a lot of targeted training and selection, the cavalry was able to cooperate with the firearms unit to attack.

The galloping war elephants were frightened and neighed, and they turned around and fled, scattering the Annan infantry behind them, trampling on countless dead.

There was a pile of large intestines and small intestines on the ground, and the Annan army was in chaos, and even the cavalry on both wings couldn't sit still, so they hurriedly stayed away.

In the same hurry, there are also Annan generals. They were already stunned. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't have believed that there was such a ferocious weapon of murder in the world!

"The cannon of the Ming people is really big!" At the head of the city, Hu Yuancheng, who has always loved firearms, exclaimed! When all the Annan generals looked at it, they all felt bad.

The tragic situation of the Annan army under the city, the soldiers defending the city saw it, and they couldn't help but tremble, and they were greatly uneasy about the artillery fire of the Ming army.

This kind of terrifying artillery also makes them afraid. A general named Nguyen Fei Minh in Annan reminded: "King Wei, they have powerful artillery, we have flying spears and rockets, please use King Wei to order a counterattack!" "It's a big rocket.

Hu Yuancheng immediately came to his senses and said: "Yes, there are also powerful firearms in our army!" He came up with the idea of his own flying gun rocket.

"When our army's flying guns and rockets shoot out, the Ming army will not be able to eat and walk around!" Hu Yuancheng said confidently.

Annan's rocket test was extremely powerful and had a wide range of damage, but it was never used in actual combat. Not long after the research and development, the war was too urgent to have a chance to test.

This...... Hu Yuancheng immediately ordered all the rockets in the city to be fetched and placed at the head of the city to be launched.