The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 593
It is a war elephant.

On top of the huge war elephant, a wooden frame was fixed, on which several crossbowmen leaned on them to shoot.

These elephants have undergone special training and dare to charge and trample.

After rows of war elephants came out of the city gate, they immediately caused great damage to the Ming army.

This rampant battle elephant cannot be stopped by manpower at all.

Especially the siege ladder.

When the war elephant rushed past, it fell apart completely.

These are adult elephants that have undergone long-term training, and each elephant weighs ten tons according to later calculations.

Coupled with its own impact force, the hit is basically useless.

The trunk of the war elephant is also a special weapon. Once the trunk is whipped off, it can directly send people flying.

"woo woo woo woo!!!!"

A long horn sounded, which was the sound of Daming's retreat.

It was too late to worry about the siege ladder, and a large number of soldiers began to retreat to the base camp of the Ming army.

It is difficult for infantry to cause too many casualties to soldiers.

And at this time, there are still a steady stream of elephant soldiers coming out of the city.

The elephant soldiers who came out first, under the control of the animal trainer, were not in a hurry to attack the camp of the Ming army.

Waiting for assembly.

"Hahahahaha!!!"

At this time, Hu Jisha, who had already climbed on the city wall, laughed arrogantly.

Looking at the scene below, he felt extremely happy.

Just this wave alone has caused at least thousands of damage to the Ming army.

In Hu Jiyak's preparations, there were a full two hundred war elephants.

"Today I will let the Ming army know that Annan is not easy to mess with."

"Speaking of which, isn't the Ming army quite powerful? When the Meng Yuan invaded, they didn't force out our elephant soldiers. Now the Ming army can still fight here."

"But this time, I will let the Ming army know what a fiasco is."

Surrounded by a group of local army chiefs, Hu Jishou said loudly from the top of the city wall.

At this moment, his heart was extremely happy.

The surrounding managers also laughed arrogantly.

"Let the Ming army be completely defeated tonight."

"Don't give them some flair. I really thought Annan could be manipulated by Daming at will."

"This time, we must let the emperor of Ming Dynasty know that not everyone can provoke us Annan."

Those who are smart have already begun to curry favor with Hu Jiyak.

"Tonight, Prime Minister Hu will definitely annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop. Not only will it be recorded in my annan history, but it will also be recorded in the Ming Dynasty at that time, so the name will go down in history."

"Miao, quickly summon the recording officer and ask him to write down the details of tonight. If Daming doesn't understand, we can send a copy, hahaha!"

"On the opposite side are the two Marquises of Daming. I heard that they are some of the founding heroes. After tonight, he will never dare to provoke me, Annan, again."

"In the future, I will Annan's entire territory, and the only one who will look after him is Prime Minister Hu."

Listening to the flattering voices around him, Hu Jiyao enjoyed it very much.

How tortured my mentality was a few days ago, how accessible my thoughts are now.

Thinking of the huge pressure he was under before, Hu Jiyao wanted to vent all of it today.

It's just that what he didn't notice was that although the Ming army in front was retreating crazily, there was nothing to panic about in the Ming army's base camp.

"This guy, I can't hold back anymore. He sent out the elephant soldiers so quickly."

"I thought we'd have to wait until we got in before we would move out."

"The number is really quite a lot. Judging by the posture, there are two hundred of them. They are much more powerful than those guys in Yunnan."

Puding Hou Chen Huan said calmly.

There is absolutely no scruples about the mighty elephant soldiers in front of them.

Annan is hiding the elephant soldiers, how can Daming not know?

As far as Southeast Asia is concerned, there are no other secret weapons.

Besides, elephant soldiers are all leftovers from the ancestors.

In the past ten or so years, when fighting in Yunnan, they often encountered elephant soldiers, and they were already familiar with the road.

The soldiers were indeed not used to this hot and muggy climate, but this did not mean that Daming knew nothing about the southeast region.

Zhu Yuanzhang has no interest in these small countries in Nanyang, not because he doesn't understand them, but because he understands them, so he feels that there is no need to conquer them.

Even in Yunnan, in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay much attention to it.

That is to say, Muying has been guarding Yunnan, enforcing enlightenment, farming, and suppressing rebellion. Otherwise, this place in Yunnan will be no different from the current Annan.

There is no such reliable talent as Mu Ying, or Mu Wangfu.

The Annan that Zhu Di brought down is in such a situation, and he will split off in the end.

Hu Jishou didn't know that when they conquered Annan, the army of the Central Plains Dynasty had already fought against the elephant soldiers.

Chen Huan, Marquis of Puding, had participated in it before.

I had already guessed the possibility of encountering elephant soldiers, and I had prepared and arranged.

At this time, the elephant soldiers under the city of Duobang had all assembled, followed by Annan's army, which was estimated to number as many as 30.

This is intended to be a direct decisive battle.

woo woo woo woo~~~~~
A long horn sounded from Annan's side, followed by a feeling like the earth was shaking.

The perspective impact brought by two hundred elephants is still very shocking, and the morale of Daming has obviously dropped a lot.

"Commander, it should be about the same." Puding Hou Chen Huan said in a slightly leisurely tone under such circumstances.

Ye Sheng also nodded with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and then ordered: "Let out the lion soldiers."

Following Ye Sheng's order, a messenger immediately yelled: "The commander-in-chief ordered the lion soldiers!"

Then the messengers began to shout: "The commander-in-chief ordered the lion soldiers!"

The sound rippled, and the army immediately spread out a large number of channels.

I saw simple carts being dragged out one by one.

And on the cart, there are carved lions.

There are hundreds of wood-carved lions.

These are the preparations for Annan's elephant soldiers.

Elephants are most afraid of lions, and this has been confirmed as early as on the battlefield in Yunnan.

Including in history, when Zhang Fu defeated the Annan elephant soldiers, he also put lion paintings on his horses to scare off the elephant soldiers.

Ye Sheng is more ruthless here.

The big lion is carved directly, and it is still an enlarged version for fear that the elephant will not be able to see clearly.

Each wooden lion is two meters high, about the same height as an elephant's back.

Of course, the lion is hollow inside.

Not only that.

Ye Sheng even ordered again: "Light it up!"

Because it is night, these lions may not be seen clearly by the elephants, so a layer of grease has already been applied to the lions.

After Ye Sheng's order was issued, the soldiers quickly lit the wooden lions, turning them into fire lions.

The soldiers just pushed the fire lion like this, and rushed towards the opponent's elephant formation.

Behind the fire lion, a large number of infantry followed and charged, with cavalry assisting on the left and right wings.

War is imminent.

Hu Jishu on the city wall saw the fire lion burning in the distance, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately felt that something was wrong.

"How is it possible, how could they know that we have elephant soldiers, who spread the news."

Hu Jiyan said in disbelief.

Elephants are naturally afraid of lions.

Opposite is still a lion with burning flames all over his body.

Hundreds of fire lions are obviously already prepared, which does not mean that they can be made in a day or two.

In the flames, these wooden lions are of different shapes, just like real lions, they must be from the hands of the master.

This has been prepared long ago, in order to break through his own elephant soldiers at this time.

The managers on Hu Jishou's side were all silent, their minds went blank.

These elephant soldiers were brought together by the general managers of various places.

The training of elephant soldiers is not so random. Ordinary elephants have to go through at least several years of training, especially war elephants. Most elephants have already participated in training since they were young.

Elephants eat a lot, and they have only recently gathered here in Duobang City.

Two hundred is the number that the local manager can only patchwork together.

In the sight of both sides.

The war elephant didn't react at first, but when it saw the fire lion clearly, it was startled immediately, and turned around and ran away regardless of the animal trainer on its back.

This run, the problem is big.

You must know that behind the elephant soldiers, there are a large number of Annan soldiers densely packed.

Immediately was trampled on.

Crashing, trampling, the voices of Annan soldiers crying for their fathers and mothers can be heard everywhere.

Because there was no preparation before, Annan's soldiers were very dense. Some soldiers saw the elephant rushing towards them, and they didn't even have room to hide.

He could only helplessly watch himself being trampled to death.

It's messed up, it's all messed up.

At first there were only a dozen of them.

Then dozens of elephants, and finally spread to all the elephants, everyone was frightened.

The soldiers on Daming's side naturally pushed the fire lion towards the elephant.

The size of these war elephants is very obvious on the battlefield.

And because it is night, there are still burning torches on the back of the elephant, which makes the goal clearer.

For a moment, the city of Duobang immediately became a place of purgatory.

The first frightened elephant rushed to the gate of the city. The narrow gate is quite spacious for an elephant. When it came out, it could slowly line up.

But at this time, the elephant would not care about the command of the animal trainer, so it wanted to run in immediately.

So the city gate was blocked by several elephants.

Annan's soldiers didn't dare to go there at all, and they didn't even have a chance to retreat.

On the city wall, Hu Jishou and the local chiefs, as well as the guarding soldiers on the top of the city.

Just like this, I watched 30 Annan soldiers continue to die under the trample of two or two hundred war elephants.

On Daming's side, naturally he would not miss such a good time.

Immediately the cannon was called out.

Bombed wildly at the war elephants.

This made the elephants even more frightened, running around trying to get out of the battlefield.

But the gate of the city couldn't get in.

There are fire lions on Daming's side, and the elephants dare not come over.

The Annan soldiers had no choice but to stay where they were and die. They could only throw away their weapons and surrender to Daming.

On Daming's side, he immediately started taking prisoners.

"It's over, it's over."

Hu Jiyao felt his eyes go dark, his body swayed unsteadily, and he almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the guard next to him was quick to support him.

Even so, Hu Jiyao felt his body being hollowed out again and again.

In fact, there are still 20 troops gathered in the city.

But this no longer makes any sense.

Because the city gate has no way to close.

Elephants piled up at the gate of the city, and occasionally an elephant rushed past, which caused the gate to remain open.

The soldiers who wanted to close the city gate were directly killed by the elephant.

Occasionally, Daming would send one or two cannons over. Fortunately, it hit the war elephant and knocked it down.

The fallen war elephant whimpered, coupled with the loud noise, the elephant herd couldn't stop at all.

Those Annan soldiers were surrendering towards Daming in large groups.

Some of them charged, but they were directly killed by the Ming army's firecrackers and crossbowmen, and they could not pose any threat to Da Ming's side.

"Hu Xiang, let's go, if you don't go, you will lose your chance."

"That's right, we still have 20 troops, retreating to the capital, and there is still hope. As long as we can delay, the Ming army will not be able to live with us for a long time."

"Hu Xiang, give the order, it will be too late if it is too late."

Seeing this situation, the chief managers all abandoned the city and fled.

Duobang City can no longer be defended. As long as the elephant herd disperses, the Ming army will be able to easily seize the city gate.

At that time, don't expect the 20 troops in the city to be able to play any role.

In addition, the morale of Annan's soldiers has been completely lost. When the morale of the Ming army is high, even 5 soldiers cannot resist these 20 soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of Annan's soldiers is not at the same level as that of the Ming army.

Especially when it reaches a certain amount, it becomes more obvious.

"Let's go."

Hu Jiyu felt that his body's strength was completely exhausted. The secret weapon he had prepared for so long became the reason for his army's defeat.

If there were no elephant soldiers, the 60 troops guarding the city really didn't mean that the army could capture it in just a few days.

Now, in just three days, it has fallen.

The city gate has not yet been closed.

The 30 army can only give up.

Hu Jishou left with the remaining 20 troops, and took all the food in the city by the way.

He wants to create a large enough burden on the Ming army to reach the point where it can completely drag down the Ming army.

More than two hours passed, the eastern sky was slightly brighter, and the line of sight became wider.

Under the city wall, the war elephants have basically stabilized, and Daming has taken over 20 prisoners.

Don't look at the rampage of the elephant, in fact, not many soldiers actually died under the elephant.

Mainly because of trampling each other to death.

Even so, the total death toll was about 8 to [-] overnight, but there were a lot of injuries.

On Daming's side, they had no choice but to accept the more than 20 captives and this empty city.

Instead, it was delayed all of a sudden.

The number of captives is already very large compared to the number of the Ming army.

Processing and scheduling is a big problem.

(End of this chapter)