Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 140 Elephant Soldiers
After capturing Lu Liangwei, Qi Dazhuang ordered the demolition of the fortress built by the chieftain army to open up a smooth path for the follow-up troops, and then continued to lead the troops southward.

The vanguard troops took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the defeated remnants of Tang Jiabin entered Guangxi Mansion (an administrative region in Yunnan during the Ming Dynasty, not Guangxi Province). After conquering Luxi, the soldiers pointed directly at Maitreya.

For Sha Dingzhou and his wife, Maitreya should not be missed.When the news of Tang Jiabin's defeat came back to Ami Prefecture, Sha Dingzhou and Wan Cailian finally panicked and hurriedly dispatched troops to support Maitreya's defenders.

Sha Dingzhou was fidgeting, and said anxiously: "This time, I have stabbed a big basket. Instead of being the king of Yunnan, I have provoked the Daxi Army and the Ming Army. Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen's imperial conquest, if it falls into the hands of the Ming Army Here, I am afraid that there will be no place for burial!"

Wan Cailian glanced sideways at Sha Dingzhou, and scolded: "You are just a silver-like pewter gun, not as good as a woman like me! Why panic, don't we have a trump card? If you are afraid, my mother will lead the army in person Go to Maitreya and fight to the death with the Ming army."

Sha Dingzhou said: "My aunt, how could I be willing to let you go to the battlefield! Forget it, I will go to Maitreya myself."

Only then did Wan Cailian smile charmingly, collapsed into Sha Dingzhou's arms, and said charmingly: "Sha Lang, I didn't misunderstand you. Go ahead, I'll help you look after the house, and I promise you won't have any worries."

The two of them had a storm on the gums, and after they were done, Sha Dingzhou mobilized an army of [-] men, and rushed towards Maitreya aggressively.

Maitreya originally had 4 troops, but now his force was nearly [-].Moreover, Shadingzhou has been operating in Maitreya for a long time, and the state city has been built extremely tall and solid.

Tang Jiabao reported the defeat to Sha Dingzhou, saying: "The Ming army invented a new tactic, which is very powerful. We can only avoid its edge and try our best to rely on the right time and place to consume the energy of the Ming army."

"If you had known this, how could you have been defeated?" Sha Dingzhou stared at Tang Jiabin, feeling annoyed.

But he didn't dare to do anything to Tang Jiabin, this kid was Wan Cailian's brother-in-law, he didn't look at the monk's face or the Buddha's face, so he could only scold him a few words.

Sha Dingzhou learned the lesson of Lu Liangwei's defeat, and the army retreated in the city.There is a canyon ten miles outside the capital of Maitreya, which is the main road to and from Maitreya. He sent 3 horses to guard it.

As soon as the Tusi army was ready to deploy, Qi Dazhuang led his troops outside the canyon. He saw the enemy army stationed on the mountain in the distance, and hurriedly ordered to set up camp.

Qi Dazhuang found a general of the Baigan soldiers, and said: "The chieftain army has occupied the high ground of the canyon. Our army will rush into the canyon rashly, and it will definitely suffer heavy losses. I remembered the matter of attacking Fotuguan. Can you see if you can send Baigan soldiers?" Soldiers captured the high ground?"

"General Qi just give orders, the white soldiers obey!"

Before the white-armed soldiers could move out, they heard shouts of killing everywhere. It turned out that the Tusi army took the initiative to attack and came from the canyon and the high ground to hide and kill.

Silly Dazhu said with a smile: "General Qi, it seems that the Tusi army healed his scars and forgot the pain. He is stupider than me. He doesn't know the truth of gaining wisdom through a pitfall. They will confront each other head-on. This battle will be much easier to fight." !"

Qi Dazhuang frowned and said, "Will there be fraud?"

"Whether he is cheating or not, the enemy is coming, let's fight first!" Silly Dazhu said.

Qi Dazhuang ordered the soldiers out of the camp, lined up, and still used line tactics to meet the enemy.

The chieftain army came out of the canyon, but stopped two miles away.Then a two-wheeled wooden cart was pushed out from the formation. Tang Jiabin was sitting on the cart, holding a goose feather fan in his hand.

"Who is coming? Report your name, and this general will not kill the unknown!" Tang Jiabin shouted in a pretentious manner.

Seeing Tang Jiabin's behavior, Qi Dazhuang couldn't help laughing and said: "It turns out that he is the defeated general of this general! Tang Guest, you compare yourself to Wolong, but I think you are a reptile. Why, are you taking your own humiliation again? "

As he said that, he took out the goose feather fan he picked up in Lu Liangwei, and said provocatively, "Guest Tang, do you want your fan?"

Tang Jiabin scolded: "Hmph, this general was careless for a while, and let you win a game by chance, don't be crazy, today is your death day!"

As soon as the words fell to the ground, the chieftain army rushed forward like a flood.

The Ming army beat the drums and was about to launch the line tactics when they heard earth-shattering roars.

Moo!Moo!Moo!
This roar sounded like a cow but not a cow, high-pitched and deafening, like the dull thunder rolling across the sky.

"What is roaring?" Silly Dazhu turned his head and looked around.

"Look, that's an elephant!" the white-bared soldier shouted.

"Elephant?"

The soldiers of the Ming army looked up one after another, and saw about twenty huge elephants appearing in the enemy's formation.Elephants are dressed in armor and colored cloth, swinging their long and thick trunks, and striding on their thick legs, kicking up a cloud of dust.

A huge bamboo basket was placed on the elephant's back, and several soldiers stood in the basket, either holding bows and arrows, or holding muskets, condescendingly shooting.

The soldiers of the Ming army had never seen elephant soldiers before. Even the white soldiers who fought in the frontier all the year round only heard of their names. They were stunned for a moment when they suddenly saw such a huge and unparalleled beast killing on the battlefield.

"Fire with all your strength!" Qi Dazhuang responded quickly and ordered loudly.

Helpless, the elephant's skin is rough and fleshy, and the lead bullets hit the body, causing little damage.

These elephants are well-trained, and they run rampant after running. They are completely meat tanks in the cold weapon era. They are far from what the cavalry can compare.

Elephants rushed into the formation of the Ming army, and either picked people to death with their ivory, trampled on them, whipped them with their trunks, or hit them directly with their bodies. The Ming army killed hundreds of people at once.

The soldiers of the chieftain army followed behind the elephant soldiers, took advantage of the situation and charged, gaining the upper hand.

"Underestimate the enemy carelessly!" Qi Dazhuang stomped his feet and said decisively, "Quickly withdraw, or the casualties will be even more severe!"

The soldiers of the Ming army turned around and fled. Thanks to the intense training and fast running speed on weekdays, and at the same time not too much panic, they were not defeated like a mountain.

Tang Jiabin stood up from the two-wheeled wooden cart, laughed loudly, waved his goose feather fan and said, "Do you know how powerful this general is? Chase me, this general wants revenge!"

The Ming army ran for dozens of miles, fled into the mountains and forests, and finally threw off the pursuers.

The soldiers were panting heavily, still feeling lingering fear in their hearts.In this battle, the vanguard of the Ming army lost more than 2000 people, dozens of tiger squat guns, and most of the food and grass were gone.

Qi Dazhuang drew out his knife and chopped it on a tree, he was full of resentment and blamed himself: "I'm sorry Your Majesty, I deserve death!"

Silly Dazhu persuaded: "Who would have thought that the chieftain army would have elephant soldiers? General Qi, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, so there is no need to blame yourself. Besides, you reacted quickly enough, and you didn't blindly love to fight. Our strength is still preserved."

Qi Dazhuang sighed: "In any case, we are defeated after all. The elephant soldiers are really powerful, how should we deal with them?"

"It's better to send someone to inform His Majesty. Your Majesty has far-sighted considerations and will definitely find a way to restrain the elephant soldiers." Silly Dazhu suggested.

"Let's do it this way. Let's go back to Lu Liangwei. The army led by His Majesty should also arrive at Lu Liangwei. I apologize to Your Majesty!"

Qi Dazhuang made up his mind. Although he was unwilling, he still restrained the urge of revenge and led the soldiers back to Lu Liangwei.

(End of this chapter)