Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 197 Prohibited Weapons
Laowosi, whose full name should be Laowosuanweisi, was established here during the Yuan Dynasty. Later, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Laowosuanweisi was established on the basis of the Yuan Dynasty.

However, like the Mengyang area, this is also the Jisi area, which is an area that belongs to the Ming Dynasty in name but is actually autonomous.

Zhu Zhanhe met Mu Sheng soon after setting off, and Mu Sheng had already advanced to Mangbei in the last attack. He only needed to cross the Nanwu River to reach his hometown of Xuanweisi.

It may be a bit vague to say this, but let's put it this way, Xuanwei Division, my old home, is at the corner of Lancang River, the most obvious place on the map.

Moreover, after crossing the Lancang River, Siam is on the opposite side, which is Zhu Zhanhe's main target this time.

With the arrival of Zhu Zhanhe, the morale of the soldiers led by Mu Sheng suddenly rose, and everyone looked at Zhu Zhanhe with enthusiastic eyes.

"How's it going? Why did you stop here?" Zhu Zhanhe turned over and dismounted, without looking at Mu Sheng who was rushing over, and looked straight in the direction of Nanwu River.

"what is that?"

Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Zhu Zhanhe pointed to the Nanwu River in the southwest direction with a displeasure on his face.

There, even with the naked eye, one can clearly see a very abrupt place that is incompatible with the surrounding green.

"Back to Your Highness, those are Siam's elephant soldiers..." Mu Sheng's face was full of bitterness.

Mu Sheng is a civil servant, but his more accepted identity is that of a military commander. As a military commander, the idea of ​​breaking formations and defeating enemies is inevitable.

Therefore, Mu Sheng also wanted to attack directly and capture the Lancang River occupied by the Siamese elephant soldiers in one fell swoop, but ideals and reality were two different things.

Although Zhu Zhanhe's act of burning Jiaozhi was very satisfying, it also caused many bad consequences. Most of these bad consequences were for Annan, and some were for Nanzhang, but There are also a small part that even Mu Sheng is troubled by.

Even in later generations, forest fires will be difficult to extinguish through manpower, especially in rainforest areas like this. Even if they can be extinguished, it will still require a huge price.

In this era where technology is underdeveloped, and it can even be said that there is no technology at all, the lethality of forest fires is naturally higher.

You know, Zhu Zhanhe made preparations in advance when he set the fire, such as opening firebreaks, preparing a large amount of sand, and carrying out backfires, etc., but even so, Yunnan was still slightly affected .

Although it was not very big, it was enough to make Mu Sheng feel frightened.

If this is the case in Yunnan, it is self-evident what Nanzhang and other congresses will be like.

The fire couldn't just burn out Annan and then stop. Nanzhang and Annan were directly bordered, and Zhu Zhanhe burned from north to south, so the fire burned directly into Nanzhang.

From the Taojiang River to the Lancangjiang River, the fire slowly stopped because it encountered a big river.

How many years has it been now?Although the vegetation has been recovering, except for the fast-growing balsa trees, most of the saplings have not grown much stronger. This kind of terrain is the most suitable for the elephant soldiers to perform.

With Mu Sheng's current strength and weapons and equipment, although it is possible to face the elephant soldiers, it is basically impossible to win, and it is even very likely that he will pay a heavy price.

For a long time, there were only two recognized methods for dealing with elephant soldiers.

The first is fire attack, and the second is making huge noise.

Because the vegetation has not yet recovered, a fire attack is very difficult and basically impossible to achieve. Although it is possible to make a huge noise, the effect is not very good.

Siam's elephant soldiers have been training for this for a long time. Now it is estimated that only the sound of artillery can scare the elephant soldiers, but there are no artillery in Yunnan.

Don't think that Ming Dynasty has the Shenji Battalion, and artillery is a conventional weapon. Why don't you think about it in the surrounding countries such as North Korea?That's because the Ming Dynasty protected it well!
If it were true that garrisons everywhere had artillery, then the gunpowder formula would have been leaked out long ago. How could it be the turn of the Mingming Shenji Battalion to dominate?
Therefore, Mu Sheng had to stop here and look for a solution to the elephant soldier problem.

"Send the order and have all the soldiers prepare to attack in one stick of incense time!"

After listening to Mu Sheng's explanation, Zhu Zhanhe did not blame him. Although this kind of thing can be solved through human power, not everyone can do it.

However, just because others can't do it doesn't mean Zhu Zhanhe can't do it.

"Yes!" Mu Sheng was in high spirits and responded immediately.

He didn't ask Zhu Zhanhe how to deal with Siam's elephant soldiers, and he just accepted the order without even the slightest question.

It wasn't because he thought Zhu Zhanhe was taking the blame that he could rest easy. The Elephant Soldiers were more difficult to solve than most people imagined. When there was no practical and effective way, the only option was to kill people.

Mu Sheng could accept listening to Zhu Zhanhe in everything, but he could not accept that the soldiers who had followed him for several years or even more than ten years were used as stepping stones.

The reason why Mu Sheng didn't hesitate at all was because he trusted Zhu Zhanhe and Zhu Zhanhe's past achievements.

Even, in Mu Sheng's view, if the elephant army can solve this problem, then the person who solves this problem must be Zhu Zhanhe, and it is the most efficient way.

……

Soon, Mu Sheng's 1 soldiers were assembled. Together with the more than 4 soldiers brought by Zhu Zhanhe from Yunnan, more than [-] soldiers did not seem to be many.

Zhu Zhanhe has seen armies of 10,000+, 20 and even 50. In comparison, these 4 are really not many.

"Zhu Ling Zhu Ping." Zhu Zhanhe stood on the top of the hill, looking at the Siamese elephant soldiers camp below, his eyes narrowed.

"Take out the things, and you two will raid the formation in person. You must ensure that there won't be any problems!"

"Yes!" Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping took the order and left. Under the curious eyes of Zhu Zhanqi and Mu Sheng, several large boxes were moved out from behind.

"Second Uncle Mu." Zhu Zhanhe got on his horse and gave an order to Mu Sheng.

"Pass down the order. Everyone will defend Zhu Ling, Zhu Ping and the people they lead. They will not attack unless they are ordered. They will only defend!"

"Yes!"

Although it was strange, Mu Sheng still chose to follow Zhu Zhanhe's order.

"Zhanqi." Zhu Zhanhe turned his head to look at his younger brother.

"Get on your horse, follow me, don't run around."

"But you should also open your eyes wide and take a good look at what this war is about."

Zhu Zhanqi looked at his brother silently, and then got on his horse after a long time.

……

With the low sound of the horn, the Ming army began to advance slowly, and the sound of the horn also alerted the Siamese elephant soldiers stationed on the bank of the Lancang River, who also assembled at an extremely fast speed.

However, in this relatively suitable terrain for charging, the Ming army had no intention of charging at all. They just advanced slowly, as if...

Want to confront the two armies of the elephant soldiers?

Almost everyone in Siam subconsciously discarded this idea, because it seemed impossible to them.

Although they only have about 2 people, there are [-] elephant soldiers. Even though there are only [-], with the size and impact of the elephants, they are enough to charge back and forth several times among the more than [-] Ming troops.

However, as the Ming army got closer and closer, when the Siamese general saw the young man on horseback, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

He had a bad feeling.

Immediately, the Siamese general ordered the entire army to advance and prepare to fight, but he himself calmly retreated slightly.

woo~~
The low horn sound sounded again. Without any warning, Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping suddenly used their knives to pry open the wooden box and quickly distributed the contents inside.

The Siamese general also saw the actions of Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping, and immediately ordered the elephant soldiers to disperse, firstly to prepare for a charge, and secondly to avoid what Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping brought out.

Mu Sheng's heart was beating fast because he knew what was in that box.

The bowl-mouth blunderbuss was the artillery most commonly used by the Ming army during the Yongle period!
Mu Sheng really didn't expect that Zhu Zhanhe could bring this thing to Yunnan, and he didn't expect that Yingtian would agree.

However, the reality did not give Mu Sheng a chance to think. Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping directed the guards Zhu Zhanhe brought from home to fill the ammunition, and the first wave of artillery was fired!
Although there are only six artillery pieces, everyone attaches great importance to firearms.

The Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the role of firearms, while people in other countries paid attention to the lethality of firearms in order to be able to adjust the battle formation layout in time.

They don't have firearms, so they can only reduce the damage caused by firearms to them as much as possible, just like the Wala in history.

However, Siam did not expect, Mu Sheng did not expect, and everyone except Zhu Zhanhe did not expect that this time the artillery was different from the regular artillery of the Ming Army Shenji Battalion.

Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping often went to Shenji Camp when Zhu Zhanhe was conquering the Japanese country, because Zhu Zhanhe had already asked them to learn more and learn all the experience related to firearms, especially artillery.

Facts have proved that the two years of study were not in vain. The cannonballs flew towards the Siamese elephant troops very accurately.

Everyone's eyes were focused on this. The Siamese general was just about to order to evade, but a sudden change made him unable to respond for a while.

Cannonballs exploded in the sky!
Many people have misunderstandings about artillery, because ancient artillery did not explode when it landed like the cannonballs of later generations, but fired solid projectiles that destroyed city walls through impact.

It is not that there were no explosive shells during the Ming Dynasty, but they were different from the cannonballs that ordinary people thought. The explosive shells during the Ming Dynasty did not use the power of explosion to destroy city walls, but used the explosion to launch some iron nails and iron pieces. and poisonous things, causing harm.

Moreover, this kind of artillery that fired explosive shells was usually only available in the Hongzhi, Chenghua and other dynasties, but not in the Yongle period.

Therefore, when the people in Siam saw this scene, they were completely stunned. They couldn't figure out what the Ming army was doing.

However, they soon had their answer.

The shells exploded in the sky like fireworks, but the difference was that the "flowers" exploded by the shells did not disappear, but fell into the Siamese phalanx.

Contaminated by the sparks, the Siamese soldiers habitually began to beat the fire or use other methods to extinguish the fire, but this time they discovered...

This fire is like a maggot attached to the bone and cannot be extinguished at all.

If there was a person from the 21st century here at this time, he would definitely exclaim.

I blanch!Burning eggs! ?
　Don't worry about which egg should be this bomb, I did it on purpose, for fear of being cheated.

　
(End of this chapter)