Looking around, there are mountains and mountains. Between the peaks and valleys, the narrow flat area is crowded with all kinds of military formations of the Siamese Army. In front of the main force of the Siamese Central Army, dozens of elephants are currently displayed. soldiers.
Elephants have huge bodies and although they move slowly, they are not clumsy. On the contrary, they walked across mountains and rivers as if they were on flat ground, treating even steep and uneven mountain roads as if they were smooth.
At the same time, the elephant is naturally intelligent and understanding of human nature, coupled with its daunting physical strength. If it is trained as a soldier and used in charge and battle, it will often achieve unexpected results.
In the third year of Longqing's reign in the Ming Dynasty, during the Thai-Burmese War, the royal city of Siam, Ayutthaya, was captured by the Burmese army. Siam subsequently became a vassal state of Burma for fifteen years.
Prince Naresuan of Siam was unwilling to accept the humiliation of subjugation, worked hard to accumulate strength, and with the support of patriotic officials and loyalists, he finally proclaimed himself king in the city of Siam in the twelfth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and declared independence from the rule of Myanmar. Lead the Siamese military and civilians to compete with Burma again.
In the battles that followed Siam's re-emergence, the importance of the elephant soldiers to Siam could be said to be indispensable.
In the 23rd year of Wanli, with the continuous participation of Siamese elephant soldiers in the war, Siam even attacked Bago, the capital of Myanmar. This also turned Siam's defeat into victory. Only then did Siam become as powerful as it is today.
Elephant soldiers are the most powerful unit in Siam. However, because elephant soldiers are difficult to train, Siam does not have many elephant soldiers.
However, even though Siam looks strong now and no one seems to dare to mess with it, as a general of Siam, Maro Guo doesn't know that this is just the calm before the storm.
Nowadays, the Burmese Yong Ji Ya have almost unified Myanmar, and more and more Mon people are fleeing to Siam. Maloguo knew that a full-scale outbreak of the Thai-Burmese war could happen at any time. In order to ensure the safety of the royal city of Ayutthaya, Maloguo would rather keep more elephant soldiers as military guards in the royal capital.
Moreover, Ma Luoguo believed that if he could not defeat Annan with 30,000 Siamese warriors, thousands of cavalry and dozens of powerful elephant soldiers, then he would have failed too much.
"It's really unexpected. The elephant soldiers who were originally intended to deal with the Annan army are now used to help them deal with the enemy. Annan's losers, if you can be more upbeat, you won't have to force our army to do it now. Let's go to the battlefield." Looking at the elephant soldiers in front of the Chinese army, Maroguo couldn't help but said proudly.
"Come here, tell me to go down and order the Chinese army to move forward and attack the enemy immediately."
"Yes, General..."
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"Uh-huh..."
Soon, the sound of horns sounded all over the battlefield of the Siamese army.
The elephants placed in front of the Siamese army were officially driven forward by the elephant soldiers, and their speed was also constantly accelerating. Behind the elephant soldiers were dense Siamese legions. Tens of thousands of troops lined up in the long and narrow ancient land, as close as migrating ants.
On the other hand, the Yi army's position was just a few ditches built according to the shape of the mountain, in a defensive posture.
"With just a few small ditches, do you think you can stop the charge of our Siamese elephant soldiers? Is the general of the Yi army on the opposite side out of mind?" It seems that he has seen the enemy trembling under the attack of the elephant soldiers, Maro Guo's mood Great, he said with a big laugh. It caused the people around him to laugh too.
"The general is right. I saw that the enemy on the opposite side had never seen our elephants at all. They didn't know what to do, so they thought of digging a few trenches, thinking that this would be able to block the elephant soldiers. I don't know if they are familiar with it. , completely useless.”
"I see, this battle will be over in just one stick of incense. Let's just wait to receive the prisoners!"
"Haha...that's right..."
"Woo...Woo..."
As the Siamese army continued to approach, at this time, a long sound of horns also came from the Yijun position.
"Everyone, watch out, the show is about to begin..." said a general beside Maroguo.
"Ha ha…"
…………
"jump……"
"jump jump jump…"
As soon as these people finished speaking, loud noises rang out from the advancing Siamese army, and clusters of cremations and thick smoke and dust rose up on the battlefield.
"jump jump jump……"
Loud noises started immediately and continuously, and the Siamese army was already in chaos. Affected by the powerful explosion, the elephant soldiers in front who could still walk were no longer under control. They retreated to the Siamese army behind them and trampled on the Siamese army that was wandering around.
Under the constant explosions, there seemed to be a faint sound of firecrackers.
"Bang...bang...bang bang bang..."
Looking at the tragedy of the Siamese army on the battlefield, Ma Luoguo and others' smiles froze before they could understand.
"How could this happen? What is this? Why is this happening? Why are there thunders rolling in the sky? Is it because we are not pious enough to the Buddha?"
"O Buddha! Please withdraw the thunder!"
Someone was already kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to the battlefield.
"No, it's not a thunder, this should be a cannon..." Although the well-informed Maroguo didn't understand what was going on, he seemed to have vaguely guessed it.
Cannons are rare in Siam. On the one hand, it is due to craft production issues, and the country is a mountainous land. There is no need to use this "gold-swallowing beast" to deal with surrounding countries.
Although cannons are rare in Siam, they are not without them. After all, Burma uses cannons. As Burma's perennial rival, Siam naturally has to find ways to get some to familiarize the North Korean generals.
"But don't cannons fire slowly and fire stones or iron balls? How could this powerful explosion come from a cannon?" Someone muttered to themselves in confusion.
"If this is a cannon, how many cannons must there be to have such a formation!"
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The explosion didn't last long, but it stopped after half a cup of tea. On the battlefield at this time, only the "bang bang" sound of platoon fighting was still ringing.
At this moment, many Siamese sergeants who were still on the battlefield did not even understand what happened. The broken limbs flying everywhere under the sound of explosions, and the smell of blood in the smoke constantly stimulated them.
With every volley of gunshots, people kept falling, and the originally ambitious morale of the Siamese army dropped to freezing point in an instant.
"Run...run away quickly, it's the devil, it's the devil's flame..."
"Run quickly..."
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The soldiers of the advancing Siamese Army couldn't bear the fear in their hearts, and fled in panic, shouting.
Siamese troops all over the mountains and plains fled in crowds, and soon there were trampled casualties in the army. However, for the Siamese soldiers who wanted to escape from this human resistance, no one cared about whether they stepped on the bodies of their companions.
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"Our army is defeated. Order the two wings to cover the retreating central army. Pay gold and withdraw the troops." Looking at the fleeing army, Maroguo helplessly ordered to the adjutant beside him.
Note ①: One of the major ethnic groups in Myanmar
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