Jinyi Night Walk

Chapter 1018 Great Disparity in Strength

On the pier, one hundred elephant soldiers and four hundred cavalry formed a circular formation, surrounded by two thousand Ming soldiers.Hundred Books (full-text e-book free download)

Among the two thousand Ming soldiers, there were only [-] cavalrymen, and the remaining [-] were infantrymen. Although the number of Ceylon soldiers was small, the hundred elephant soldiers put a lot of psychological pressure on the soldiers of the Ming army. .

These soldiers are the elite of the Beijing camp, they have experienced hundreds of battles, and they are not afraid of death. However, such a tall mount is really the only one they have ever seen in their life. The huge monster twice as tall as a horse made them unable to think of it for a while. The way the opponents confront each other, they can only hold the crossbow nervously, because other weapons can't reach the enemy soldiers on the elephant.

Of course, if it was Yunnan soldiers who appeared here today, they would not take war elephants seriously at all. When the Ming army first entered Yunnan, they also encountered opponents riding war elephants. Their tactics were also a bit messy, but they quickly mastered the method of dealing with war elephants.

Due to the inconvenient transportation at that time, and the tactics of Yunnan soldiers had regional tactics, spreading this tactic to other places became a "dragon-slaying skill", which was useless to learn, so the methods developed by these Yunnan soldiers in actual combat It did not spread, and the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp knew nothing about it.

However, although the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp didn't know how to deal with war elephants, there was Xia Xun here, a mere war elephant, so how could he be troubled?

The soldiers brought by Prince Senak watched the huge ship carrying the prince sail away from the pier, and they didn't dare to turn their faces for a while. They were also deeply jealous of the sharp-looking bows and crossbows in the hands of the Ming army. There are 2000 men and horses, which is four times that. If all arrows are fired at once, they will easily become live targets riding on the elephants, so the two sides are so stalemate.

The two sides were in a stalemate, and suddenly people screamed in the distance, and a group of people came running wildly.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were in a commotion, thinking that the enemy was coming for reinforcements, but when they looked at it, the horses and horses galloping towards them were obviously in the uniforms of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.The officers and soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly sent people forward to greet them. These people galloping over were exactly the Ming army that had protected Zheng He and other envoys all the way back.

Xia Xun was making secret deployments on the pier. Under his arrangement, the warships and merchant ships left the pier one after another to prevent Ceylon soldiers from boarding the ship or setting fire to the ship. The guns were all aimed in the direction of the pier, and they are still at the pier The remaining three warships were used to meet Zheng He.

As soon as Zheng He's troops arrived, Xia Xun immediately went up to meet him and asked, "Elder-in-law, what happened?"

Zheng He's face was ashen and authentic: "For some reason, the king of Ceylon suddenly launched an attack and wanted to take me down. The whole text of Baishuwu has no advertisements."

Xia Xun hurriedly told about Prince Senac's cheating on the ship, and Zheng He suddenly realized: "So it is! The majestic lord of a country is really shameless for doing such a dirty trick!"

Zhang Xin, a member of the Ministry of Industry, said in a hurry: "This is the territory of the Kingdom of Ceylon. We don't want to take advantage of the land and people. Since the king of Ceylon has malicious intentions, we should leave quickly and wait for the king of Ceylon to send troops." Come chase, I'm afraid it's not good."

Xia Xun said calmly: "I've made preparations in advance, but it's up to Eunuch Zheng to decide whether to go or fight."

Zheng He is an imperial envoy, and Xia Xun's mission is to find the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen, so he does not have the command over the entire fleet, so he can't do it for him. If Zheng He really died in the palace, then Zhang Xitong would be the one with the command of the entire fleet .

Whether Zhang Xitong obeyed Xia Xun's words was another matter, but he couldn't direct the entire fleet directly.

Zheng He said: "Of course I will leave immediately. Do you want to stay here and start a war with that rogue king? Let's board the ship immediately... huh?"

Just halfway through speaking, Zheng He suddenly realized, staring at Xia Xun, and asked in a deep voice: "What does the Duke mean by this? Could it be that...we still have a reason to fight?"

Xia Xun said: "My father-in-law didn't come back for a long time, and Prince Senac came to the ship to swindle property again. I knew something was wrong, so I immediately called the ships to take precautions, and took Prince Senac as a hostage. At the same time, I called the merchants of my fleet back to the ship. .However, some merchants went to the city to trade, and just counted the number of people, and there are still more than 300 merchants who have never returned.”

Zhang Xin hurriedly said, "But I'm a businessman from Ming Dynasty?"

Xia Xun glanced at him and said, "There are merchants from the Ming Dynasty, and there are also merchants from various countries in Southeast Asia who attached to my fleet along the way."

After Zhang Xin heard this, he stopped talking. If those businessmen who were too late to recall were from countries in the South Seas, he would dare to suggest sailing immediately and leaving Ceylon, but there are still people from Daming who are stranded in the capital of Ceylon People, he would never dare to say he was gone.

Abandoning the city when encountering bandits, abandoning the people in danger, what kind of official do you still do?As long as someone impeaches such an official, the emperor must be beheaded.Of course, any system will have no lower limit when the discipline is gone, but this is still the Yongle Dynasty, not only the system is like a mountain, but the officials also have this awareness.

Zheng He didn't hesitate any longer when he heard the words, and said decisively: "Zheng He is patrolling overseas on behalf of the emperor, how can he abandon our Ming people? We must not leave unless these people are rescued!"

Xia Xun said happily: "That's right! Since that's the case, we might as well take down these [-] Ceylon soldiers, plus a Prince Senak, we can exchange hostages with the King of Ceylon, and we can avoid making a big fuss." .”

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Ceylon General Crowley was ordered to hastily assemble a team of 1 people, ready to go to the port and capture and kill Zheng He.

As soon as the army left the city gate, dozens of war elephants rushed towards them. Some war elephants had only one empty basket left, and there was no one in it. It was gone, and the weapon was thrown away, and the basket was firmly grasped with both hands, and was knocked by the elephant like a torn rag in the wind.

Crowley was amazed, but the war elephant was frightened, and they couldn't stop it, and both elephants and cattle were protected animals in the country, so they didn't dare to use swords and guns to stop them, so they had to get out of the way to make way for the elephant.But tens of thousands of mighty troops are blocking the gate of the city, how can they escape?

The team was shattered by the elephants, and those who were too late to dodge were trampled and kicked to many people. Only then did they slowly stop the elephants from escaping. The dazed elephant knight asked sharply, "What's the matter with you?"

The elephant knight was so weak that he couldn't stand upright as if he was drunk.

He staggered and said: "Return...Report to the general, Prince Senac was taken by the Ming army, and they wanted to detain us again. We resisted with all our strength. We wanted to smash their formation with war elephants, but we didn't want their crossbow arrows to be like a sword. It was like rain, and the war elephants suffered pain and were out of control. They turned around and fled, and scattered our cavalry. We were lucky to escape with our lives, and the others were killed or captured alive."

Crowley was taken aback when he heard that, a hundred war elephants and four hundred cavalry were so vulnerable?Crowley became the commander of the army only by flattering the tyrant. He was very timid, and he immediately became timid when he heard it. He stroked his beard and pondered for a while, and then ordered: "The army is set up on the spot, waiting for my order." , I'm going to see the king!"

When Crowley saw what Ariel Kunel said, and exaggerated the strength of the Ming army as much as possible, Ariel Kuner was a little surprised, and immediately authorized him to mobilize all the troops to attack the Ming army.

It is being arranged here that another prisoner released by the Ming army brought a message from Zheng He, willing to exchange with Ariel Kunel, as long as he handed back all the merchants still stranded in the city, he would send The prince and soldiers returned him.

Ariel Kunel failed to blackmail, and lost soldiers and generals, so he was already very angry.He had more than one son, how could he swallow his anger, immediately drew his sword and beheaded the soldier who summoned him to the ground, and shouted sharply: "Never talk about peace, only a war!"

Those Ming merchants who entered the city to do business and merchants from various countries who joined along the way knew that something had happened when Zheng He and his party broke out of the city, but it was impossible to escape at that time. Hiding everywhere.

The tyrant Ariel Kunel sent troops to search and arrest these businessmen, and at the same time ordered Crowley to lead an army to arrest and kill Zheng He immediately to vent his anger.Crowley assembled all the troops in the royal city, and marched towards the pier in a mighty manner.

At Belori Wharf, the merchants have long since fled completely, and the ground is in a mess.

Taking advantage of the convenience of the beach, the Ming army excavated and built simple fortifications, and soldiers lay down in rows.On the opposite side, the flat and open field was filled with darkness, and the Ceylon army was rushing in like a tide.

At the forefront is a group of lions, tigers and leopards.

Allie Kunel sent out hundreds of beasts that he raised. Although these wild beasts prey on live animals every day, they are wild and untamed, but Ale Kunel domesticates them for fun, so there are special animal trainers. However, they are still obedient to these animal trainers.

The tyrant Allie had always thrown away those who offended him to fill his stomachs. Under his resentment, he obviously wanted the Ming army to suffer the same treatment.Dozens of animal trainers drove hundreds of wolves, tigers and leopards to the front, followed by a row of tall war elephant soldiers. In view of the powerful crossbow arrows of the Ming army, these elephant soldiers built sheds above the baskets to shelter from the rain of arrows. .

The elephant soldiers stood under the shed, holding on to their bows and arrows, and waiting for them.

Behind the elephant soldiers is the dark cavalry phalanx. In front of the cavalry phalanx is the firearms troop. Each of the firearms troop is carrying a wooden stick. The canister is their firearm.

This firearm is called a cannon, which is composed of a star letter, a front chamber, and a medicine chamber. It is actually equivalent to reducing the cannon at that time to the size of a hand-held one. It is called a hand cannon. This kind of firearm technology was still in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty.

Among the firearms soldiers, out of every ten or so people, there are two people working together to carry a blazing charcoal brazier, and two people are holding a small four-wheeled cart...

Behind them, the forest of halberds and the sea of ​​knives are dense and endless. Alekunel sent all the troops in his royal city. He is worthy of being the most powerful king in Nanyang. The entire army in the city actually has [-] people!

On the opposite side, only [-] infantrymen were still prostrate on the ground, and the other [-] cavalrymen had already avoided the embankment.

"Stop!"

With a loud shout from Crowley, the [-] troops stopped abruptly, like a black cloud suddenly settled in the sky ahead of the Ming Fleet.

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