Chapter 272 Storm

The whistling elephants were whistling from the bushes in the valley, and the sound came from the elephant's trunk, as loud as a trumpet.

The heavy elephant stepped on the ground, and the earth seemed to be trembling.

Many local soldiers and dozens of elephants came out of the mountains and forests one after another!

Wow!An elephant screamed and uprooted a shrub with its nose, and many soldiers carrying swords and guns rushed out of the valley.

...Zhao Ping stood on the rammed earth wall at the East Village Gate, looked at the undulating mountains and forests in the distance, and turned to Xu Caiqi and said: I am afraid that this place cannot be kept for a long time. Manager Xu brought some people with him and could leave first.You can walk the south road and then turn the road eastward, or you can escape to Tengchong Qianhu.

Just now, Xu Caiqi heard the military situation reported by the scout with his own ears. He pondered for a moment and then clasped his fists and said: Since that's the case, I wish Zhao Baihu's flag a victory!

Zhao Ping nodded, then turned to look at Diao Ya, the daughter of the natives, who was in charge of the matter: Miss Diao Ya also left first with Manager Xu.

Diao Ya asked: General Zhao isn’t leaving with us?

Zhao Ping said: It is the duty of our general to defend the people. The general lost his city and lost his territory and escaped at the last minute. This has always been a serious crime in the Ming Dynasty.I can't leave, otherwise I can escape back or be a death sentence!

Diao Ya shook her head and said: Then I won’t leave. When Meng Yang Tusi Army arrives, Zhao Baihu also needs a person who speaks dialect to talk to them.

Zhao Ping did not advise much, but said: There is so much danger here. Miss Diao Ya is not a soldier in the Ming Dynasty. She can try to escape from birth and decide whether to stay or not.Manager Xu, it’s time to leave without further ado!

Xu Caiqi clasped his fists and said: If I could return to Yunnan, I would definitely report all the things here to the Han Palace truthfully.Goodbye!

A group of merchants left the Nanzhai Gate and left the mine.

But in less than half an hour, a scout came to report that Xu Caiqi and his group were intercepted by the chieftains on the road and were all killed on the road!

After hearing this, Zhao Ping shouted: All the troops are ready for war, and the Minzhuang brings equipment to help!

Get order!

Diao Ya asked: The envoy of Sijia came a few days ago and agreed to wait for the Yunnan government to send envoys to discuss.Why is Sijia eager to attack each other now?

Zhao Ping frowned and said: Maybe because Sijia was extremely dissatisfied with the original share of profits, he wanted to retake the mining area first.

Meng Yang Xuanwei envoy's headquarters was located more than ten miles east of the mine. The native army that arrived first had reached the Dongzhaimen gate of the village.

On the undulating roads in the mountains and forests, there were no less than a thousand elephant soldiers and infantrymen who came first!

More than a dozen elephant soldiers were mixed with the chieftain infantry holding swords, guns and shields. The infantry surrounded the elephant, as if to protect the elephant legs, and rushed towards the village in a mighty way.

There were already military flags with the word Ming written on it on the gate of the East Village. More than 40 armored soldiers, two bowl guns, and more than 20 copper muskets were waiting for this rammed earth wall, and more than a hundred people were strong and helped to defend.

The Ming army's village wall was not high, and the rammed earth wall was only high in chest, with a dense wooden pile fence on it; in addition, a ditch outside the wall was also considered a fortification.

When the soldiers saw that many people came, they all looked solemn.

Diao Ya was at the gate of the village and translated for Zhao Ping: Please answer the people who miss the family, why did you come this time?

But no one paid attention to the shouting on the wall. The elephants and people outside were noisy. Five elephants rushed towards the earthen wall surrounded by a large group of infantrymen.

The chieftain army rushed to the earthen wall within ten steps, and suddenly someone shouted on the wall: Let's go together!

Boom boom!The two bowl guns first sprayed out flames and thick smoke, and the huge explosion sounded shocking the sky and the earth.

In an instant, the copper musket and the bow and arrow were fired together, and the bang bang sound exploded in the fire, and the entire earth wall was shrouded in white smoke.

The elephants who had just approached were frightened by the loud noise and turned around and ran away like crazy. The local people screamed in tears.Those who were injured by muskets, bows and arrows, and those who were knocked over and trampled by elephants were unknown.

The chieftain's army was in chaos for a while, and he did not get close to the earth wall for the time being.But more people came from the forest and the mountain roads. They detoured the village from a distance and surrounded the Juntun village.

In the sunlight, the long weapons of the chieftains were shining. They installed short blades on the long wooden poles. I don’t know if they were knives or guns, but there were many long weapons like that.

There were also many people holding colorful wooden shields, and countless people were screaming in a strange way on the wilderness of the mountains, and no one on the Ming army could understand it.

After a while, the chieftain infantry on all sides carried the wooden ladder and began to approach and besiege the village.The elephant seemed to be afraid of the sound of firearms, so the elephant soldiers were far away and stopped coming forward.

The Ming army at the east gate reloaded the copper muskets with iron gunpowder and stood in two rows on the earthen wall.The front row knelt on one knee and stood in the back row. When the chieftains and infantry approached within a few steps, they would rise together.

Previously, the military firearms of Yunnan garrison used three-stage strikes created by Mu Ying. The continuous firearms were fired in turn, which mainly played a deterrent role; while Zhu Gaoxu's military firearms used to deal with infantry were fired together in three or two rows, increasing lethality with more dense firepower.

No matter how you use a musket, its power is extremely limited. Only when the enemy soldiers get close to you will have enough lethality.

After the soldiers set off their firearms, they replaced them with bows and crossbows to shoot, and waited for the enemy soldiers to climb the wooden ladder to the wall, and then used guns and shields to defend the enemy.The people and the strong helped with rolling wood and stones.

The chieftains were defeated several times by a hundred and fifty Ming troops. The smoke filled the sky and the sound of cannons and the banging muskets came one after another, and the world seemed to be in the hustle and bustle.

The formation of the chieftain army was chaotic, but the soldiers had a ruthless spirit of not being afraid of death. Many people rushed over with bare shirtless and without armor. They didn't seem to care how many people died.

The battle lasted until the afternoon.

At this time, dark clouds were covered with smoke.

Suddenly, huh... A heavy rain poured down, raindrops splashed on the ground, and the sound of firearms immediately subsided.

Only the remaining smoke of gunpowder was left in the sky, like white mist gradually dissipating in the rain curtain.

Dozens of elephant soldiers of the chieftain army quickly approached from all sides.

Zhao Ping's face turned pale. He looked at the elephants with sharp blades on their noses and teeth in the distance, and countless campers in groups, and felt a sense of something wrong.

The village is not big, but the number of Ming soldiers is also very small. It is scattered on four walls, making it difficult to resist the enemy from the earth wall.

Zhao Ping shouted: Send someone to the three gates of the north and south to send orders. When the generals heard the sound of gongs, they all went to the camp gate to form an array!

Several personal soldiers responded and rolled and jumped off the earth wall.

The rain was poured onto the armor like a pour, and the accumulated water flowed along the wide-brimmed iron hat to Zhao Ping's face. He reached out to wipe the water.

The soldiers were still pulling their bows to kill the enemy. The bowstrings trembled in the rain, splashing out waves of white mist, and the lethality of the compound bow after being wet was greatly reduced.

When the elephant approached the ditch, the soldiers on the elephant's back sat higher than the defenders, and they held the javelin and threw it on the city wall from a high place.

The Ming army soldiers were still fighting hard.

Soon, mud and water suddenly splashed on the main road of the village, and a horse rushed over. Before he could dismount, the knight clasped his fists and said: Report to Zhao Baihu, the south gate was opened!

Beat the gong!Zhao Ping shouted without hesitation.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang... The gong rang out in chaos and rapid in the rain.

Zhao Ping also jumped off the earth wall, and the soldiers left the earth wall and ran north with him.

Not long after, the village gate at the east gate was opened by an elephant. An elephant squeezed the simple village gate and roared in the rain.

The chieftain army infantry then rushed into the village.

Local soldiers chased the Han people and the strong people running all over the streets. A man was cut by a knife and blood was scattered, and a banner with rice was sprinkled with blood, and soon the rain was watered to the point of blood.

An elephant walked to the street, lifted it with her nose, overturned the roof of the wooden house, and the village was in a mess.

The remaining more than a hundred Ming army was arranged in a square formation outside the military camp gate.Listening to the screams coming from all over the village, the soldiers seemed very silent, with only occasionally one or two coughs.

No one wants to escape. It’s useless to escape in this side of the toast territory. Everyone looks depressed to wait for death in groups.

Zhao Ping rode on the horse, threw away the bow in his hand, pulled out the Yanling sword from his waist, and turned his head and said: I'm sorry, brothers.

A military general said: Sooner or later, this day will come, and only death will be achieved!

At this time, a group of chieftain infantry came with two elephants. The elephants with sharp blades tied to the two ends were driven away. They shouted a few times and rushed towards the Ming army formation with heavy steps.

Zhao Ping shouted: Prepare for crossbow!

The two rows of guns and shield soldiers in front squatted down. After a moment, the string sounded and the bows and arrows in the rain became much less powerful. Most of them failed to pierce the leather armor on the elephant.

But a few arrows also shot the elephant, and the elephant soon ran around uncontrollably.

The other elephant rushed over.

Ah!A Ming soldier screamed, and his breastplate was pierced by a sharp blade on the ivory, and blood flowed in the rain.

Other soldiers stabbed the elephant with a spear. The elephant was thick in skin and flesh, and was running around in the crowd in pain.

The formation of the Ming army was in turmoil, and chieftain infantry and elephant soldiers flocked to them one after another. On the mud in the rain, people fought in a mess.

As soon as the Ming army formed, many people were besieged by numerous natives. The armor was chopped to a loud bang. The sharp short blades on the wooden weapons of the natives penetrated flesh and blood from the soldiers' armor, and everyone struggled and screamed in the muddy water.

Zhao Ping was surrounded by a group of native people, and he was stabbed on his heavy armor for countless knives, and was pulled down from the horse by the enemy soldiers.

With a heavy clang, he fell to the ground with his back and was pressed by many people. He struggled for a while but couldn't get up, and he didn't know where the weapons in his hand were thrown.

He screamed and wanted to turn up, turned his head and looked between the countless mud legs. He saw the red blue-border military flag with the word "Ming" written on it, thrown into the bloody mud water, and was trampled back and forth by countless feet.