This offensive of the Ming army gave people a huge psychological shock. Especially the enemy in person will face huge pressure.
They couldn't imagine that if they were approached by this Ming army, it would be difficult for them to hurt someone with heavy armor protection; how could they resist being attacked by long-edged heavy weapons? Not to mention, behind the heavy armored infantry, there were archers and musketeers of the Ming army.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Dongwu tribe on the offensive line of the Ming army did not care about the clan leader's orders. They just wanted to stay away from the Ming army. Even if they did not run away, they wanted to see how others could resist the Ming army and whether they could resist it. Let’s talk about the Ming army.
But once someone retreats and runs away, others will inevitably retreat and run away. The trend of disintegration immediately started to show signs.
What will happen after the collapse, maybe the lower-level soldiers will not care. Most of the officials know it. They don't want to see heavy losses, so they try their best to shout. If they want to fight against the Ming army as a whole, not to mention attacking, it can be defended. ah!
However, at this moment, the Ming Dynasty's cavalry made a circle and rushed towards the gap again. Just on both sides of the heavy armored infantry, lined up side by side, groups of cavalry were tall and intimidating. They were slowly accelerating, and they looked like they would be able to kill them very quickly.
Once they saw this situation, the officers, clan leaders and others could no longer restrain their subordinates. At first they were only retreating inconspicuously, but when they saw the cavalry charging towards them again, they completely ignored them and all turned around and ran away.
The collapse of Donggo's army finally occurred.
Instead, the Ming cavalry controlled their horses' speed and did not pursue them too hastily. They just hung them from the backs of the Dongwu soldiers and drove them towards other Dongwu tribesmen. Dongwu's soldiers who escaped slowly took advantage of the situation and showed it to the others: If you don't escape quickly, this is what will happen.
As a result, these Dongwu troops were even more panicked. They felt that the sound of horse hooves behind them was the cry for life sent by King Yama. They didn't care about anything at all. They just wanted to run faster and escape with their lives. Come!
Of course, there were also some brave Dongwu soldiers who, seeing that they would only be massacred if they tried to escape, formed a formation and tried to resist.
Regarding these, the Ming cavalry ignored them at all and just drove the defeated soldiers to continue attacking the armies of other Dongwu tribes. The heavy armored infantry that followed later were like huge waves that could smash all obstacles into pieces with just one wave.
Those Dongwu soldiers who formed a formation and tried to resist were not enemies of the Ming army's heavy armored infantry at all, and they were all cut off in two.
"Ho ha, ha ha..."
Amid the uniform roar, nothing could stop the Ming Dynasty's heavy armored infantry.
Seeing the power of the Ming army, what other Dongwu warriors are thinking of forming a formation? They all want to escape as fast as they can.
These things may sound complicated, but on the battlefield, they only take a moment.
On the top of Ava City, King Talong watched dumbfoundedly as the Ming army attacked with overwhelming force. Seeing that the second tribe was attacked by the defeated soldiers of the previous tribe, it also became a mess and turned into a The larger fleeing group, deliberately driven away by the Ming army, rushed towards the next tribe.
It was like a domino, creating a chain reaction. Anyone who is not a fool can see that if no one stops this trend, a big rout will be inevitable for Donggo's army, regardless of the number of people.
The sweat on his forehead immediately broke out. He didn't care at all. He looked at the defeated Dongwu soldiers, then at the overwhelming Ming army, which was advancing inexorably, and then turned to look at the Ming army's carriage camp. At this time, it had moved to the vicinity of the city gate. It was obviously To prevent his army of war elephants from leaving the city.
Seeing this, he, King Long, could no longer hesitate. He knew very well that if the entire army outside the city collapsed, he would not be able to fight the Ming army with just the few guards in his city.
"Send the order, the imperial guards are dispatched, the war elephants clear the way, and go around the south gate." King Talong shouted sternly to the generals around him, "We must stop those Ming troops!"
Upon hearing this, his generals quickly agreed and left quickly.
When King Talong saw his son Pingdali, he stood nearby. He didn't know why, but he was very unhappy with what he saw. He yelled at Pingdali: "What are you doing standing there? The national crisis is at the forefront. Why don't you go and watch the fighting here?" Is it lively?"
Ping Dali was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He couldn't figure out why he was just standing here, and why a hat was slapped on him. However, when King Long was angry, he did not dare to violate anything, so he quickly agreed and ran away.
King Talong gasped, turned his head, and looked at the battle outside the city again. I heard his breathing getting louder and louder.
It was obvious that the pressure in his heart was increasing and it was already a bit unbearable for him.
Needless to say, if this battle is defeated, Donggo will die, and his throne will certainly not be saved, and he will not even be able to save his life.
After watching for a while, he, King Long, suddenly looked like a wounded beast. After roaring angrily, he strode off the top of the city.
"kill……"
Under the city of Ava, the shouts of killing were loud, the sound of horse hooves rumbled, and the one-sided war continued.
The Ming cavalry drove Dongwu's defeated soldiers and continued to attack other Dongwu tribes. The more people who fled, the faster they collapsed. But it is a bit regrettable that the Ming Dynasty cavalry only has more than 5,000 people, and although there are more than 20,000 infantry, they are wearing heavy armor and so on, and they have to maintain their formation, so they cannot keep up with the defeated soldiers of Dongwu who ran away. , the distance widened a little.
If nothing else happens, then none of this will change anything, and the Ming army's victory is just around the corner.
But at this time, King Talong's imperial guards left the city from the south gate, using war elephants to clear the way, trying to prevent the defeat of Dongwu's army.
However, the defeated soldiers kept retreating far away, and the atmosphere of panic filled the air, which can be stopped by stopping them. Even this imperial guard could not rush to the front line, and was trapped by the defeated soldiers, unable to advance or retreat.
Pindali was on one of the war elephants and shouted angrily: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way quickly..."
However, it was useless to let him shout at the top of his lungs. Those soldiers who were defeated just wanted to run back. It was safer to hide behind the guards.
All the defeated soldiers thought so. Even if some of them wanted to stop the rolling flow of people, they couldn't stop at all.
Ping Dali looked at all this and was a little dumbfounded. Looking back, I saw that such an atmosphere of panic had also spread to the Imperial Guards. I saw panic on the faces of most of the Imperial Guard soldiers.
At this moment, Pingdali turned his head and looked at the Ming cavalry that was following them in the distance, and the Ming infantry that was attacking as neatly as a moving city wall. He also lost the will to fight and was afraid!
But at this moment, he heard a special movement behind him. Turning around, he saw his father sitting on a war elephant, wearing armor and wading through a bloody path in the crowd, shouting loudly: "Don't dodge and die!"
That's right, any soldiers who dared to stand in front of him were knocked away or crushed by the war elephants. Even other soldiers on the back of the war elephant shot arrows in front of the war elephant, killing the defeated soldiers on the way forward.
Not only his war elephant, King Long, but also several war elephants following him, all imitated his behavior. It was obvious that this was done under the military orders of his King Long.
Not to mention, after being killed like this by him, those defeated soldiers dared to stand in front of him and fled to both sides.
Soon, Prince Long arrived in front of Pingdali. Seeing his son just dumbfounded and dumbfounded, he really wanted to kill this useless son with a knife.
Fortunately, the battle situation was urgent. The Ming cavalry drove the defeated soldiers closer and closer. King Talong quickly shouted: "All the war elephants are arranged around Gu as the center, and the imperial infantry follows behind the war elephants." Kill the enemy alone!"
Seeing that their king was so brave, I have to say that this gave the soldiers of Dongwu courage, especially the imperial guards of King Long. The panic was much less, or it was hidden in their hearts, and they immediately listened to his roar. With the king's words, action began.
The other soldiers who had already arrived behind the Guards felt that they were a little safer with the Guards blocking the front, so they all stopped to take a breath and take a look at the situation.
When those Dongwu soldiers who were still escaping saw him, they all fled this way. Of course, having learned from the past, they did not dare to directly attack King Long's side, but ran around.
The trend of Donggo's army being defeated has finally changed a little.
When King Long saw him, he felt a little better. Seeing the Ming cavalry getting closer and closer, his eyes suddenly turned red again, like the eyes of a wounded beast. He roared suddenly and asked the elephant soldiers on the side to drive him away. This war elephant, one elephant in the lead, shouted: "Kill!"
He knew that at this time, this breath must not be lost. Otherwise, the defeat that was finally stopped will collapse again. If that were to happen, then no matter how capable he was, he wouldn't be able to make a comeback.
The sudden changes on Dongwu's army were of course obvious to the Ming army. Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but frown when he saw it.
Cha Ying's mobility is inconvenient, and this shortcoming is now being taken advantage of by King Dongwu. At this time, it was already too late to mobilize the car battalion to deal with Dongwu's war elephant troops.
With this in mind, he immediately issued an order and sent out a flag, instructing the cavalry to avoid the front of the war elephant troops, while continuing to drive away Dongwu's defeated soldiers, while attacking the flanks of the war elephant troops.
In addition, let the fusiliers pass over the heavy armored infantry and attack the war elephants with bullets. It would be best if they can shoot and damage the war elephants to stop them. If Dongwu's war elephant cannot be stopped, the general trend of this battle will not change, but the Ming army will definitely suffer relatively heavy losses.
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