Chapter 787, 788 The king fainted!
Since the four-nation coalition forces were prepared and waited for work and had an absolute advantage in the army, they successfully launched the tactic of encirclement on all sides.
"Boom-"
Hundreds of thousands of people came from all directions, and were arrogant and aggressive, bullying the few Tang soldiers.
Such a fighting-style tactic seems to be very low-level and has no technical content at all. However, when combined with tens of thousands of wild elephants, it can turn decay into magical effects.
If you fall into such an encirclement, you will be able to finish any powerful force.
Tens of thousands of wild elephants, led by a few well-trained war elephants, followed the militia in front of them, rolled up their noses and made a creepy roar, and bumped into them like a rumbling torrent, carrying a scattered and invincible power.
The militia in front suddenly realized that they were actually being chased by elephants.
As long as they dare to stop or retreat, they will be trampled into meat paste by the elephants behind them.
It seems...it can only survive if you rush into the enemy's ranks and fight.
Behind the huge elephant herd, the coalition cavalry set off firecrackers, fired torches, and drove away the elephant herd. Although the elephant herd was blocked, some explosions could still be heard.
As long as the encirclement becomes smaller, the wild elephant can only charge forward inertia and cannot run to both sides, because both sides are elephants and have no room to escape.
This is the awesomeness.
Several kings from the Shuanglong Temple coalition camp climbed up and watched the army siege, and they were smiling.
It's done! It's done!
Even the always steady Siamese king Lang Ganheng grinned and touched the Golden Buddha Lord and said to the Buddha's blessing.
At this time, even if Li Luo reacted, it would be too late.
It's too late, haha.
So what if Tang’s arms are powerful? At most, they can kill more than 100,000 Lang Sikun’s soldiers. Can they kill tens of thousands of wild elephants?
As long as the wild elephant rushed in, the heavenly soldiers and generals would be destroyed.
Not to mention, there are cavalry behind the elephant group, and there are fierce armored soldiers and guardians behind the cavalry.
Not to mention breaking the wild elephant formation, the Tang army would be too late to break through even if it was scattered.
"Amitabha!" Su Shan, the commander of the Dharma Protector and Sang, also shouted the Buddha's name and showed a solemn smile.
"Subduing dragons and tigers, protecting the Dharma and eliminating demons, today! My Buddha is merciful!"
The three kings proclaimed the Buddha's name together, "My country of Thousand Buddhas, the holy land of the pagoda, is saved!"
"Kill the Tang Lord Li Luo and lead the army north, today!"
"The Great Song Dynasty restores the country in this way! The official family will not perish! It won't perish! It won't be long before the official family will be able to arrive in Lin'an!" Xiang Wan, the Song envoy was excited and his face was flushed when he saw this scene.
As for the fact that the Song Dynasty was actually destroyed by the Mongol Yuan and Lin'an was captured by the Mongol Yuan, he subconsciously ignored it.
"Transfer this king's order! Those who kill the Tang lord will reward gold the size of a head!" The Siam King said loudly.
"It's about to rush up! Good job!" King Zhenla pointed at the warship several miles away.
Three miles, two and a half miles, two miles!
At this moment, a thick smoke suddenly rose from the Tang army formation, and a huge roar was urgent. Lang Sikun's army in front immediately flew with blood and blood, killing and injured.
The Tang army artillery finally showed its power. More than a thousand artillery pieces of all sizes roared together.
"Boom-Boom-Boom-"
Tang munitions and weapons lined up in a hollow square formation and bombarded all sides. The large and small cannons fired together, and the grape bombs fired at the front, which killed and injured Lang Sikun's army, who was in great danger and was scattered.
This scene is really terrifying for the Three Kingdoms militia who have never seen the world.
The kings said that the Tang army had big firecrackers, but these firecrackers were really terrible.
Because the team is relatively dense, a shell often kills several people, either dies of life, or breaks bones and tendons, and blood and flesh are flying everywhere, which is a terrible sight.
The entire battlefield was filled with smoke and blood, and the screams of death resounded for miles.
"Ah-" The militia were so scared that their hearts were broken, their legs were weak, and they subconsciously wanted to retreat, but when they looked back, the huge elephant herd was rolling in the back, how could they retreat?
The few guardians who took the lead were not afraid of it. They shouted enthusiastically: "This is the devil's method, and Buddhism will definitely be able to be subdued! Don't be afraid! Rush up! Only when you die can you be reborn in the Pure Land! Amitabha!"
The militia could not retreat. At this time, they were encouraged by monks. As long as they suppressed their fear, they were surrounded by people and rushed forward.
Fortunately, after the Tang army's artillery was fired, it did not launch again soon, which made the militia brave.
"Boom boom boom boom"
The militia had just rushed out most of the militia, and the Tang army's artillery roared again, killing and injuring the Three Kingdoms militia.
"The Tang army's magic cannot be cast continuously! Bounce! Bounce!" The remaining guardians shouted hysterically.
Finally, a militia did not dare to rush back, but saw that the extremely terrifying huge group was not far behind, so they could only continue to rush.
Soon, after two more rounds of artillery bombardment, and after tens of thousands of casualties, the militia finally rushed within half a mile. The elephant group also rushed within one mile.
The Tang army's artillery fired four consecutive times, and was loading ammunition nervously, preparing to bombard the elephant group. According to the loading speed of the Tang army's gunners, three kilograms of ammunition and six kilograms of ammunition can be loaded once in one minute, while ten kilograms of ammunition cannon can be loaded once in two minutes. This is the fastest.
The 20,000 musketeers of the Tang army were carrying muskets and aiming at Lang Sikun's army that was about to rush up.
Lang Sikun's army had more than 30,000 casualties at this time, but the team was still dense. In fact, there were so many of them, it was difficult to evacuate them.
Everyone was so scared that they flew out of the sky. They were chased by the elephant group and saw that Tang's arms were no longer launched and could soon rush up, so they could only sacrifice their lives to continue rushing.
If you rush up to fight hand-to-hand combat, you may still survive, but now you will be dead!
Now the encirclement is not only completely closed, but the encirclement is already very small. The militia themselves are also trapped in the encirclement at this time and have nowhere to escape. They can only move forward and forward! Even if the dead souls emerge, they must move forward!
Among them, the smart militia already knew that they had been fooled by the kings, and the kings were asking them to die. But so what? It's too late to know now.
Yan Jun and other firearm soldiers, as they watched as they got closer and closer, the Langskun army, whose faces were distorted due to fear, calmly issued the order to shoot.
"preparation--"
"put-"
With the flag waving, 20,000 flintlock rifles were fired together.
"Bang bang—"
Twenty thousand lead bullets were like heavy metal rain, setting off a rush and bombarding the dense militia team, causing terrifying casualties in an instant.
I don't know how many people died under this round of volleys. Lead bullets penetrated their simple vine armor, penetrated into their bodies, and bite their flesh and blood.
The militia rushing from all directions was cut off a layer. The strong smell of gunpowder and blood were terrifying wails that were astonishing as hell.
However, since the musket cannot be shot, only the person in the front was killed and injured, while the person behind was fine. Under the pressure of the huge elephant herd, he still rushed forward without any choice.
They also understood the law of Tang arms, that is, they cannot be continuously deployed, and there must be an interval in the middle. This short interval is their only chance to survive.
Under the tragic threat of death, if one has no choice, he will temporarily forget the fear of death... and fight desperately!
The Tang army's several fierce firearm bombardments made them realize that this was not magic, but a firearm like a firearm. The unknown fear was eliminated, and they became more courageous.
The people in front fell down like harvesting wheat, while the people behind continued to fly moths into the flames. Those who didn't know thought they were so ready to die.
Of course, if there is no torrent of elephants as the "supervisor team" behind them, then they can be well deservedly named the title of Fearless Warrior.
Unfortunately, this was ultimately a desperate attack under the pressure of the "supervisor" of the elephant group.
"What a great firearm! It's amazing! No wonder Dayuan lost Jiangnan!" Even though the Siam King and others were mentally prepared, they couldn't help but feel scared and frightened when they saw the heavy firearms of the Tang militia.
Although more than 100,000 militia were victims, they would be nonsense if they said they didn’t feel sorry for them.
The Siam King wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Fortunately, he is about to rush forward! Even if all people die, as long as the Tang army's firearms are consumed and the elephant group is allowed to rush forward, they will not die in vain!"
"Amitabha! They will be saved, and the Western envoys will take them to the Pure Land. They will die for the subduing of demons, which is great liberation." The temple owner Su Yamaguchi preached the Buddha's name, with a solemn look on his face and a faint joy, as if he was really happy for the dead militia.
Just as the kings were surprised and happy, they suddenly heard a loud bang, and the artillery in the Tang army roared again.
This time the bombardment was not the Lang Sikun army that had already rushed in front of him, but the supervisory team behind Lang Sikun army: the elephant group.
Large pieces of artillery shells blasted into the elephant group, splashing blood mist. The elephant hit by the cannonballs immediately fell down, but the elephant hit by the small cannonballs could still scream and continue running.
It is obvious that the killing of artillery on elephants is much less than that on humans. Moreover, the elephant has a huge body and can act as a shield to block shells. The shells are difficult to jump and cannot blow the bleeding trough to kill on a large scale.
Their ears were blocked, and the Tang army's artillery fired greatly reduced their intimidation. In addition, the cavalry behind them held torches and set firecrackers to drive them away, and the elephant group could not turn around. Under the huge inertia, they still rushed over, but the speed was reduced a lot.
At the same time, the Tang army's second round of muskets fired, baptized Lang Sikun's army, who rushed within dozens of steps, and more than 10,000 people were killed or injured.
The 160,000 Langsikun army finally rushed to within twenty feet of the Tang army at the cost of more than 60,000 casualties.
Many people think they are afraid and excited, and they shout excitedly.
"Roar! Go up! It's almost here!"
In a trance, they seemed to believe that they would win as long as they rushed up. The Tang army had just launched the firearm, so they did not launch it so quickly.
However, just as they attacked like chicken blood, they heard a sour sound of bowstrings. Then they felt a black look in front of their eyes and a large rain of arrows poured down.
The Tang army has a characteristic that not only crossbowmen can shoot arrows, but they all have to practice archery, which is also one of the reasons why the Tang army's elites are.
However, archers are all the best at shooting archers. The spearmen and swords and shields are also equipped with bows and arrows. If necessary, the Tang army's feather arrow output is extremely dense.
At this time, except for the firearms, all the Tang army infantry and cavalry fired feather arrows, rushing to the nearby Lang Sikun army, causing a more serious blow than the musket.
Tens of thousands of arrows and hundreds of divine arm crossbows and bed crossbows formed a terrifying death penalty area, firmly blocking the distance of twenty feet.
In just one volley, 20,000 or 30,000 casualties were killed or killed.
Even in the end, only twenty feet away, Lang Sikun's army was in a mess of casualties and could not rush over.
After the Tang army's rain of arrows poured down two rounds, the loaded 20,000 muskets also made a big blow, bombarding Lang Sikun's army at close range.
Tens of thousands of people were killed and injured under the firearm.
Then, more than 100,000 feather arrows poured down. Especially the Mongolian Seme cavalry and archers in the Tang army, they had excellent archery skills. At such a close distance, they were simply worthwhile to shoot.
At this time, the continuous output and intensive shooting of the bow and arrow have exceeded that of the musket.
Then, the Tang army's artillery was loaded and bombarded the elephant herd that had rushed to within forty feet, and thousands of elephants fell down.
However, because Lang Shikun's army consumed multiple rounds of firearm strikes by the Tang army, the target group's strikes would be at most two rounds. Before the third time the cannon was loaded, the huge elephant group would be driven over.
After the Tang army's dense arrow rains and close-range covered attacks, the Langskun soldiers who finally rushed to the front of the formation were almost completely injured and killed, with only more than 10,000 people. The team was scattered on all sides, looking extremely thin. They screamed in despair, and beat their chests and stamped their feet in place, as if they were crazy.
Their weapons were only spears and only protected by simple vine armor. They could not resist the close shooting of Tang army's bows and arrows, nor could they resist the bombardment of muskets, nor could they counterattack. They were really miserable.
"Boom--" Tens of thousands of elephants were driven away by 30,000 cavalry and finally rushed to within 30 feet.
Their speed is no faster than that of humans, but at such a short distance, the Tang army's artillery would not have the opportunity to load and fire.
At this time, only a few dozen men were left in the guardian monks who led them to charge.
These monks really reached the point of madness, and they shouted loudly: "Drink! Duh! The Buddha Demon Vajra came to the world! Rebirth in the Pure Land! Crush! The mount of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is here!"
The remaining more than 10,000 people had already sensed that the elephant group behind was about to collide. As long as hesitated for a while, they would be stepped into meat paste.
It would be better to die in battle!
"Ao—"
The remaining ten thousand people roared again, stepped on the corpses and blood, rushed over desperately, and some even threw spears hard. Of course, they could not throw the spear twenty feet to threaten the Tang army.
"Swoosh swish swish-"
Another round of arrows in the Tang army shot out, and the remaining tens of thousands of Lang Shikun's army finally wiped out when they rushed to the Tang army formation.
Sixty-one thousand casualties were exchanged for tens of thousands of elephants to rush to the Tang army formation. Many injured people were actually trampled to death by the elephants behind them.
"Boom boom boom boom" Tens of thousands of elephants were galloping, and the whole earth was trembling. It was much more terrifying than the charge of 200,000 cavalrymen. Although the elephant's speed was like a jog, it was still unstoppable.
Looking down from the sky, you can find a huge group of elephants rushing from all sides to the middle, and the encirclement is shrinking rapidly and then shrinking.
It was time to say that, but in fact everything that happened on the battlefield was only a quarter of an hour.
In a quarter of an hour, more than 100,000 people were killed or injured, which sounded like telling a story. It made the veterans on the battlefield unbelievable. But under the charge of Lang Sikun's death, it actually happened.
The Tang army fired ten rounds of cannons and guns, plus seven or eight rounds of bows and arrows, and within a quarter of an hour, the entire army of more than 100,000 Langskun was destroyed.
They didn't even kill a single Tang army. Rather than saying that they were killed in battle, they were sent here to kill the Tang army and consume the Tang army's ammunition and feather arrows.
But the loss of elephants was only two or three thousand, and the intact ones were still as high as forty-seven thousand. Moreover, most of these elephants were male elephants with long fangs.
Behind the huge elephant herd, there are 30,000 cavalry and behind the cavalry, there are 200,000 infantry!
This is simply irresistible force.
It seems that nothing is suspense.
"Okay! Sixty thousand Lang Sikun, finally not in vain! The elephant group rushed over! The Tang army is over, Li Luo is over!" The Siam King shouted excitedly, summoning his arms, "Bless by Buddha!"
"Blessed by Buddha!" King Zhenla and others also shouted.
The Siam King rushed down the watchtower and stepped onto his own war elephant, "Tell me the order and attack with me! This is the duel between the king and the king!"
However, when the King of Siam just said this, he opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
He actually saw that the Tang army's formation suddenly shrank sharply, revealing a large area of open space.
Immediately afterwards, I saw an earth wall that was more than one person high. It was blocked by the Tang army's queue before. At this time, the Tang army shrank significantly and then saw the clues.
When did this be practiced? Was it last night?
The Siam King's head buzzed and almost fell from the back of the war elephant.
He is as smart as him. If Li Luo had never seen through his intentions, he would have been a pig.
This... this is a trap, a trap!
As soon as he thought of this, the King of Siam suddenly became cold.
At this time, in the Tang army formation, the Tang army in front quickly passed through a wooden bridge set up by a ladder like a tide, quickly passing through a trench more than three meters wide and half a meter deep.
Behind the trench, a half-meter-high earth wall was built with the soil in the trench. The Tang army in front had just passed through the earth wall with a ladder when the elephant rushed to the front.
The trench is only half a meter deep and the earth wall is only half a meter high, but the drop is more than one meter, which is enough to block the elephant's footsteps and eliminate the elephant's huge inertia.
On the Tang Army Lookout Tower in the middle, Li Luo looked at the elephant group like a wave in all directions, without fear, his cold face was like a stone sculpture, and his eyes were indifferent.
"Your Majesty has made it clear. This Siam King is indeed this trick. Although it is cruel enough, it's a pity that he met Your Majesty." Wei Su said with a smile.
"The victory has been decided, it's time to chase the death and chase the north." Li Luo looked at the huge and tragic battlefield. The visual impact of these tens of thousands of elephants was too great, and it was even more shocking than a magic blockbuster.
At this time, the elephant in front could not stop and fell into the trench. The elephant behind continued to fall in, and soon filled the trench, but was blocked by the earthen wall. Although the earthen wall was not high, it was several feet thick. Where did it fall?
At the same time, the fried pots that had been prepared long ago were also shot out by the Tang army hundreds with a long fuse.
Thousands of turbulent oil bags were also ejected.
The reloaded cannon fired again.
"Boom boom boom boom" The explosions blooming everywhere accompanied by the firelight made the elephant group completely explode. The fried pots are not good at dealing with flexible cavalry, but they are a killer weapon for the gathering of elephants.
After losing speed, the elephant herd, blocked by the earthen wall of the trench, was frightened by the Tang munitions and had to turn the direction one after another.
Only when the inertia of one direction disappears can the direction change.
The 30,000 cavalry driven behind him could no longer drive away the elephant herd to maintain the inertia of rushing towards the Tang army.
More and more wild elephants jumped wildly towards the coalition cavalry.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s mount is here.
The Siamese King Lang Ganheng, who was watching the battle not far away, looked at the scene in amazement, and suddenly his body tilted and fell down like a back.
"King!" The left and right guards caught it quickly and shouted loudly: "Come here, the king fainted!"
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