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Chapter 475 Annoyed
Pan Gongji didn't expect it, not at all.

If he was fighting in normal times, he would consider the surrounding terrain in an all-round way, but this battle was not a dignified battle for him, he was attacking.

Although he didn't know why Ruan Juan set up his formation at the foot of Beishan Mountain in the thick fog, or whether the Ming army would enter the battlefield, but to him, it was a sudden attack, and there was no call for a fight, no appointment for a fight.

The Southern Dynasties never pinned their hope of victory on the illusory Ming army. It is better for them to join the battlefield, even if it is false news.

It's not that they don't have the strength to fight Ruan Juan, it's just that the western capital is besieged and their morale is low.

But when the roar of war elephants came from the rear, and eight huge war elephants with their tusks sticking out and carrying thousands of soldiers came out from the valley on the left flank, Pan Gongji wanted to retreat at that time!
"Don't look back, the enemy line ahead is attacking!"

No matter how Pan Gongji yelled, the messenger broke his leg, and the commander broke his hand, none of them could stop the panic of his subordinates. Seeing that the decline was about to be irreversible, Pan Gongji ordered: "Please lead the left-wing general Lai Shiqing to lead the troops to fight against the enemy in the rear." Army, let's move against Ruan Juan, fight east and retreat!"

Pan Gongji had only one idea, he couldn't let Zhan Xiang enter his rear.

War elephants are not cavalry, with rough skin and thick flesh. A centurion infantry, spearman, archer, and crossbowman rely on good location and a little luck, and may be able to block the impact of a hundred cavalry.But a centurion may not be able to stop a war elephant.

Because the war elephant phalanx is never just an elephant, an elephant is a phalanx, ranging from seven to more than ten people, both offensive and defensive are invincible.

When the battle elephant phalanx appeared on the battlefield, there was no need to engage the enemy at all, and the enemy army was about to collapse.

In the past, Pan Gongji often enjoyed such victories, and today such results also happened to him.

"General, the enemy is attacking, attacking!"

The orderly's horse was frightened when it passed the elephants in the formation, and the rider was knocked to the ground. The soldier clutched his broken arm and screamed. The sound of the great shield slamming to the ground even made the ground under his feet tremble.

A thousand steps away, twenty cannons placed on wooden frames were moved to the front of the formation, the muzzles were padded with wooden blocks, and salvos were fired at him from four directions, followed by the sound of overwhelming footsteps from the front.

Ruan Juan attacked amidst the wailing of a war elephant whose leg was smashed by shells.

The distance was less than a thousand steps, and Ruan Juan's front and rear flanking attacks were like fire, but the order was detailed but he fought steadily. stop for a while.

Their guns were reloading.

"Marshal, there is one mile left, let's fight in a moment!"

On the north mountainside, the flag army shouted loudly to Chen Mu's army formation at the foot of the mountain. Chen Mu, who was in the army formation on his horse, could no longer see the grand situation of the battlefield. Before the army took part in the battle, they fired three cannons, and after the enemy charged at us, they fired three bursts of eleven cannons."

Chen Mu pulled the reins and glanced at the valley behind him. In time, the cavalry should have found out the reality of Ruan Juangu's camp.

He raised his arms and waved forward, saying: "Raise the flag, blow the drum, and move forward!"

There was a bang of the drum, and the suona blew high-pitched at the mouth of the North Valley, and the Great Banner of the Heavenly Dynasty was erected at the mouth of the valley, and the triangle flag inlaid with dragons waved left and right, and the army formations that were completely different from the soldiers of the Annan, Southern and Northern Dynasties filed out.

As soon as they came out of the valley, they set up a formation, and the hundreds of households of the supply soldiers with long shields on their backs led the team to move forward at a fast pace.

The distance was only two li, and at first Ruan Juan's troops kept playing, until they were six or seven hundred paces away, and no one noticed the army rushing behind them, which immediately caused great confusion to Ruan Juan's left wing.

When Ruan Juan, a general, received the news, he turned his head and saw that the army with a clear banner and everyone in armor had rushed three hundred steps behind its left wing.

The left-wing rear army with unknown enemies and friends could only form a small formation to block them. The armor holds short soldiers, even if they are arrayed, what deterrent is there?

It's not as good as those riders who swim behind and hold short spears and long knives.

"There are more than a thousand soldiers, no matter where they are soldiers, the cavalry will defeat them!"

Just as Ruan Juan gave the order, there was a muffled sound in front of Chen Mujun's formation.

Hundreds of big cards stood in front of the formation, and one by one was supported by the soldiers behind the shield. Then two hundreds of soldiers shouted loudly, and the two hundred soldiers withdrew, followed by the flag army.

On Beishan, General Sanmen Zhenshuo's cannon exploded, and the shell flew and screamed at the rear of Ruan Juan's left flank.

The firing point of the cannon was too high, and the jumping power of the iron bullet was not as powerful as Chen Mu imagined, but it didn't matter.

He rode his horse and stood behind the formation, and several banner troops ran forward beside him holding guns. He let go of the rein and pointed to the sides, and shouts came from behind him.

"Quick, the artillery team is moving forward!"

General Zhenshuo's 33 artillery units on the mountain are directly under the artillery team of his family. There are also four hundred artillery households on the battlefield, and there are artillery flags under each general banner in front of the battle.

This is the military guard of the Nanyang Army of the Ming Dynasty. What firepower are you talking about?
Twenty pack horses mounted on the same mounts as the cavalry of Ruan Juan's troops dragged ten two-pound cannons and galloped quickly, untied the cannon carts after the gap in the front of the formation, each with hundreds of artillery households ordered immediately, and launched at the enemy formation at intervals of [-] steps shelling.

"Enemy cavalry!"

From the rear of Ruan Juan's army, several cavalry came galloping, trying to bypass Chen Mu's army and launch an attack from the flanks. Under the order of Qian Hu, Bai Hu of the infantry and Bai Hu of the cavalry headed out head-on.

There are many guards and horses in the military mansion. There are horses for Erjin Cannon, General Zhenshuo Cannon, Tiger Crouching Cannon and even the General Banner Arrow. Except for the family soldiers, there are no horses. So the so-called hundreds of cavalry households are actually There are no cavalry, but hundreds of pack horses and carriages are in charge of escorting artillery shells during the march.

In other words, it was actually two infantrymen who were sent out to meet the cavalry.

Two small hollow formations stand outside the large formation. The outer shield and spearmen kneel down, and the four sides of the shield stand with eight long spears. The middle musketeer stands and shoots at the galloping cavalry.

This is not a hollow formation for anti-cannon, it is just for the gunners to fire in bursts, so the hollow is very small.

Horses can really hit the phalanx directly, as long as the rider controls it properly and has the courage to face death, because their eyes cannot see the front, and they need to shake their heads left and right while running to see the front.

As long as it can't see, it dares to rush into the spear formation.

But once you see it, the horse will also be afraid, especially the war horse.

And when the rider is also afraid, he is helpless in the face of the hedgehog shell. He can only gallop back and forth between the two phalanxes. The slow efficiency of musket shooting also gradually eroded them.

In comparison, the banner troops behind the shield wall in front of Chen Mu's formation were a little idle. The enemy infantry did not charge them, which made the scene a bit embarrassing. Or cannons shoot at them, they cannot fire guns.

Only the small artillery flags of the various ministries were busy, and a tiger squatting gun was moved to the front, firing shotguns at the enemy's formation through the shield wall.

Chen Mu stared angrily at the enemy formation. There were still only three cannons ringing on the mountain. He rode on the horse and walked around twice, saying: "The enemy's courage is overestimated. Raise the flag and give orders to the mountain. They will fire even if they don't charge. !"

(End of this chapter)