684 Victory?
“Mush…”
The smoke of gunpowder filled the Kunda tribe again, and the warriors of the Kunda tribe all turned over and fell to the ground one by one. In just a while, only a few people were still standing in front of the Ming army's positions. Moreover, these warriors of the Kunda tribe who could still stand were full of horror on their faces.
The other soldiers from Kunda team following behind all stopped and looked at the bodies that fell to the ground in panic. No one was screaming "screaming" anymore. They looked at each other and many people were looking back.
On the top of Awa City, everyone was staring at all this in a daze. It was not until this time that they realized that the firearms that they didn't really look down on were so powerful!
The combination of artillery and muskets makes the fire speed so fast and powerful, how should the flesh and blood be faced? Even the war elephant that Dongwu is proud of is vulnerable in front of these firearms!
"Roar, roar, roar..."
At this moment, rows of Ming army soldiers emerged from the smoke of gunpowder on the Ming army.
These Ming soldiers roared rhythmically while stepping forward neatly. Each soldier was wrapped in iron from head to toe. They were tall, holding long and long weapons in their hands, which made their spine cold. The way they walked was like a moving steel wall!
Behind these Ming troops, there were other troops. But in front of them, they were already eclipsed, or in other words, everyone's eyes were attracted by these moving steel meat grinders. It was not until the Ming cavalry guards on both sides appeared in their sight that they realized that the Ming army had taken the initiative to launch an attack.
If it were the past, if the enemy had only 5,000 troops and could launch an initiative to attack 15,000 or 30,000 enemies, they would definitely think that this was not a lie, or that the general had shit in his mind.
But at this moment, when they saw this scene with their own eyes, they found that the attack of the five thousand Ming troops was full of momentum, which made them feel that the Ming troops' active attack was so natural. The pressure they felt was as if they were not facing the five thousand Ming troops at all, but the 50,000 Ming troops!
The Kunda tribe, which was under the most pressure, could not stand even after seeing this scene, let alone continuing to charge. It was not one or two, but a group of people. The two groups of people started to flee back and then "slammed", and they didn't see the people from the Kunda tribe who were still there.
At this moment, the Ming cavalry began to accelerate and chased the defeated soldiers of Kunda's troops.
"Your Majesty, that's it, that's it." Seeing this scene, Taetae Tun shouted loudly, "The last time the Ming army defeated the last general, it was also like this. Their military cooperation is so powerful..."
Before, he explained that the military's military cooperation was not believed, and there were even more ridicule him. But at this time, he shouted out again, but no one refuted him, and he looked at him with lingering fear.
He Long Wang naturally understood it. At this time, he suddenly had no confidence in the war.
At this moment, he looked at the battlefield with a long look, without saying a word.
However, Taetae was still there and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you have to find a way quickly, otherwise the Ming army would drive Kunda's tribe to other tribes, and then it would be a big defeat!"
Hearing this, King Long finally turned his head to look at him, and then turned to look outside the city again.
Sure enough, they could clearly see the situation on the battlefield outside the battlefield. They could see that the Ming army was indeed purposefully driving the defeated soldiers of the Kunda tribe to run to the other two tribes that were plundering them. In particular, the cavalry in the Ming army put a lot of pressure on the defeated soldiers, just like sheep being chased by wolves. So no matter which direction they were running, I wanted to grow two legs, just to escape a little further.
The two tribes that were surging the formation had seen the Kunda tribe so badly beaten up close, and they were already scared to death. They dared to confront the Ming army head-on. After all, for them, the Kunda tribe was much stronger than them, and the Kunda tribe was beaten so badly, let alone them.
Thinking of this, before the defeated soldiers of Kunda's troops had run to them, they saw that the Ming army was inclined to fight here, some soldiers retreated intentionally or unintentionally.
At the beginning, this situation was still hidden. But later, as the defeated soldiers of Kunda's army fled closer and closer, the Ming army chased and got closer. The two tribes that had plundered the formation dared to take it forward, and they all ran to Awa City in a "slam".
On the top of Awa City, Taetaitun saw the great anxiety and quickly reminded him again: "Master, if you don't go out to fight elephants, I'm afraid that the entire army outside the city will be implicated!"
"Hurry up, the battle elephant will immediately go out and stop the Ming army!" King Long heard this and was decisive, and immediately turned around and ordered the personal guards beside him to lead the way.
In addition to the powerful artillery, the war elephant wearing armor is not very afraid of musket bullets and arrows shot from ordinary bows and arrows.
As for the Ming army's pursuit and artillery inconvenient movement, it is certainly impossible for them to rush forward.
In the Ming army camp outside the city, seeing the two tribes surpling were also defeated by the defeated soldiers and tended to attack Dongwu's army outside the city. Zhou Yuji couldn't help but smile and praise: "Master Cao is indeed a veteran with rich experience and good fighting!"
Huang Degong on the side also nodded, and then suddenly turned around and clasped his fists to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops to attack and help General Cao defeat the Dongwu army outside the city with one move!"
"Your Majesty, I will ask for a fight!" Zhou Yuji was extremely excited when he heard this. He immediately stepped out of the line, stood beside Huang Degong, and clasped his fists to Emperor Chongzhen.
In their opinion, this situation is indeed an opportunity.
However, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said, "It's not that easy. King Dongwu in Awa City will definitely find a way. If I expected it to be right, King Dongwu will definitely send out the elite troops in his hands, that is, his war elephant troops. Without artillery assistance, I don't want the soldiers to suffer too many casualties!"
The war elephant of Dongwu's army was seen once when he was in Yunnan.
For those who have never seen an elephant in the north, elephants are indeed giants. Especially if dozens or hundreds of war elephants are rushing together, the momentum is more stressful than the cavalry charge.
When I recalled the power of those war elephants in my mind, Huang Degong and Zhou Yuji were a little regretful. They were unable to fight and decided to Dongwu. But thinking about it, after all, they were to destroy a country. If it was so easy to destroy it, Dongwu would not offend the majesty of the Celestial Empire again and again!
But they were also a little surprised, why did the emperor be sure to conclude that the King of Dong would send a war elephant?
After they saw the war elephant in Yunnan, they were very interested and understood. They knew that they didn’t know how much they had to eat in a day just a war elephant. Also, if an elephant wanted to train to become a war elephant, the price was very high. Yunnan was not without elephants, but the war elephants of the toast were pitifully few. This shows how difficult it was for this war elephant to come!
That is, Dongwu used the power of a country and rested for decades before he had the strength to have so many battle elephants. That Dongwu King was really willing to send a battle elephant? And could he have such a fast reaction speed and send a battle elephant in time?
They were thinking, suddenly, they heard many elephants screaming. When they heard the sound, they saw the gates of Awa City open. One by one, a huge number of behemoths were jogging out of the city. There were many Dongwu soldiers on the back of the battle elephant.
Seeing the war elephant troops appear, the soldiers of the Dongwu tribe outside the city suddenly started to scream again, as if their morale suddenly increased.
In just a short while, more than 30 battle elephants ran out of the city, and dust was flying behind them. Obviously, there were still battle elephants leaving the city.
After these war elephants left the city, they rushed directly to the defeated soldiers who fled to Awa City. No matter which tribe they belonged to, those who dared to rush over were all trampled into meat pies by the war elephants. At the same time, it was obvious that the Dongwu army soldiers on the back of the war elephants were shouting something.
In the end, the defeated Dongwu army soldiers seemed to have learned their lessons and no longer ran under the city, but ran to both sides of the war elephant and hid behind the war elephant and started to gather again.
The war elephants slowly lined up in a line and met the Ming army that was chasing the defeated army. Behind the war elephants was the elite army of King Dongwu following.
"Dangdangdangdang..."
A golden sound sounded from the big banner with the character "Cao". The sound was crisp and sharp, and it was spread far away.
The Ming army soldiers who were chasing and even some of the Ming army soldiers who were preparing to attack the battle elephants. When they heard the sound of gold, they immediately turned around and retreated no matter what they were doing. They did not drag on the slightest, without any hesitation, and fully reflected the effect of orders and prohibitions.
Seeing the Ming army withdraw, Donggo's war elephant troops did not dare to pursue him, but just watched the Ming army return to the camp.
Suddenly, cheers broke out from Dongwu's army. They seemed to have not seen the corpses on the battlefield at all, and they were all the corpses of the Kunda tribe and the other two tribes.
The same was true on the top of Awa City, as if they had won a great victory. They were angry and began to flatter the war elephant army again and flatter their great king.
When the war elephant troops returned, the cheers reached their peak.
As for the recovery of morale, King Long nodded with a smile on his face, said a few words to encourage morale prestige, and then turned back to the palace in the city. At the same time, he also called out the name of Taetae Tun and asked him to accompany him back.
In a place where others could not see it, King Long's face suddenly became gloomy, and he was obviously in a bad mood.
Chapter completed!