Yunnan, Mengding Prefecture.
In a mountain forest, there were no villages or houses on the shore. At this time, thousands of Ming troops emerged from the forest paths, and the scene was extremely embarrassing.
No one can imagine that this is the Ming army.
The army rushed towards a camp in front of them in a chaotic manner.
There are undulating mountains on both sides, only this stretch of river beach is relatively open, and in this wilderness, there is only one majestic camp with a towering arrow tower.
After the Ming army was chased out of the mountains and forests, the enemy did not rush to catch up.
But after a while, at the edge of the woods at the foot of the mountain, some huge creatures suddenly appeared one after another!
The soldiers in the Ming army's camp all stood up and watched in surprise.
"Mohou——" A strange giant creature called out, like thunder.
The Ming army soldiers in the camp finally recognized it. It turned out to be an elephant!
The elephant was very big, covered in leather armor, and carrying people on its back.
One, then two, and finally a total of 10 elephants came to the camp in a swaggering manner, with arrogance written all over their faces.
Although the elephant moves slowly, it has rough skin and thick flesh, making it seem invulnerable and looks very scary!
On the sides and back of each elephant, there are barbarians dressed in random clothes, marching with the elephants.
Behind the elephant, there were more than two thousand people, with feathers on their heads, animal skins on their bodies, holding homemade bows and arrows, and their faces were full of joy.
"Ada, these Ming troops are no match for us at all."
The young and energetic Han Shan had his big mouth opened, revealing jagged teeth, and he was covered in leather armor. Not to mention he was very proud.
Next to him, there was an old man in his 40s with cracked skin and green juice, squinting and looking ahead.
He is Hanba, the chieftain of the entire Mengding Mansion.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial court established Mengding Yuyi Mansion, and the chieftain was named Dao. During the Zhengtong period, the prefect Mengding fled due to chaos, and the chieftain surnamed Han was hereditary to Mengding Mansion.
Nominally speaking, he is the prefect of Mengding, the real ruler here.
After taking over the Yunnan Prefecture, the Ming army quickly regained the Han prefectures, centering on Kunming and Dali, and continued to subdue the centrifugal chieftains.
And Li Dingguo, a black-hearted man, followed Sun Kewang all the way from Chuxiong to Hanlong Pass in Lauchuan, and almost crossed the border.
After more than half a year of stop and go, the chieftains along the way were first plundered by Sun Kewang. He thought that when the king's army came, he would be able to seek justice. However, Li Dingguo used the excuse of rebellion and either conscripted troops or returned to his hometown.
Good guy, there are more than a dozen big chieftains and hundreds of little chieftains. Qingzhuang has lost more than 10,000 people inexplicably, and half of them have returned to their hometowns, and the big chieftains have become small chieftains.
This move immediately caused an uproar throughout southwest Yunnan.
The chieftains have been married for generations, and they are basically relatives. They feel the same way. The rabbit dies and the fox grieves, and countless cavalry rebels.
Li Dingguo was also unambiguous, cleaning up everything like melons and vegetables.
The huge southwest Yunnan area immediately calmed down.
At this time, the Han family in Meng Ding Mansion was panicked.
Without him, as the chieftain, the Han family had helped Sun Kewang stabilize Yunnan, gained a lot of benefits from it, annexed a lot of land, and even secretly robbed many people in the imperial state capital.
Now that the Ming army is back and the court is back, naturally some people will complain and want to get their land back.
At this time, the Han family couldn't bear it anymore and had no choice but to rebel.
Fortunately, they had connected with Toungoo Kingdom (Myanmar) as early as the Wanli period and gained the support of some elephants.
Now that the Ming army was retreating steadily, they were naturally very happy.
"Ada, this Li Dingguo is nothing special. Just three thousand people want to capture us. If we work hard, we can get four or five thousand to come and die."
"When the time comes to take out Li Dingguo's head, who in the whole of Yunnan will dare to go against us?"
Han Shan grinned, unable to contain himself with excitement.
"What are the benefits of killing Li Dingguo?"
Hanba touched his head and said in a deep voice: "There are countless Ming armies in the world. If we kill this Yunnan general, all the soldiers and horses in Yunnan will come to wipe us out."
"In addition, strong soldiers from other places will also come. How many men do we have in Meng Ding? Can we win once or a hundred times?"
"What do you mean?" Hanshan asked confused.
"Taking this opportunity, let's negotiate terms with General Li."
Hanba smiled slightly: "We are only in Meng Ding Mansion. We don't care about anything else. The court also doesn't care about us. He will definitely agree to this condition."
"The General Soldier of the Ming Dynasty cannot afford to be embarrassed like this."
But in the military camp, Li Dingguo showed no signs of being discouraged. Instead, he was extremely interested. He picked up a telescope, stared at the huge elephant soldiers, and marveled:
"I have been in Yunnan for many days, and I have long heard about the greatness of the elephant soldiers. Today I finally met them."
The guerrilla general on the side wiped the dust from his face and smiled: "You still have a clever plan."
It turns out that this battle is to lure the snake out of its hole.
The Han family's hometown is in a steep mountainous area. The camp is not only made of stone, but also has running water, land, and a large amount of food and grass.
It can be said that this camp alone is enough to hold on for several months.
And what about the Ming army? The supply of food and grass was in danger of being cut off, the water source was not clean, and it rained from time to time, so everyone got sick.
There are countless leeches and other insects and beasts in the forest, so it is not a good place to fight.
Therefore, only by luring the snake out of its hole and fighting on the plains can we have a chance of winning.
"It seems that Han's main force has come out. We must wipe them all out this time, but we can't leave any tail behind."
Li Dingguo ordered in a cold voice and waved his hand.
In an instant, the entire army was dispatched.
"Boom!" Suddenly there was a loud noise, a flash of fire in the air, and a cannonball fell on the ground, like a bolt from the blue, scaring the elephant.
Then, the gate of the camp was lowered with a bang, and the neatly armored infantrymen inside ran in columns and rushed out.
"Crackling——"
A burst of musketry sounded, a large amount of smoke filled the air, and the thick smell of sulfur choked the mouth and nose.
But the elephant was completely frightened. It kept roaring and turned around and ran away. The driver above could not control the frightened elephant at all. The elephant turned around and rushed towards the barbarian soldiers following behind.
Now, it was their turn to be chased.
The musketeers who rushed out of the camp gave way, and a group of Ming soldiers armed with spears, swords and shields followed closely, killing everyone on sight.
Trampled by their own elephants and brutally pursued by the Ming army, the barbarians were defeated and had no fighting power at all. Thousands of people did not resist at all and just ran.
The Hans and his son were shocked. Knowing that the situation was not good, they turned around and ran away.
It was a pity that Li Dingguo had seen them a long time ago, so the army persisted and chased them all the way to the entrance of the camp in the mountains.
It's a pity that the Han father and son, who were running desperately, had no one to defend them even if they escaped back to the stronghold. In the end, they were no longer able to defeat the Ming army that was gathering strength and strength, and lost their lives.
