It's a war elephant.

A wooden frame was fixed on top of the huge war elephant, with several archers leaning on it to shoot.

These elephants have been specially trained and dare to charge and trample.

After rows of war elephants came out of the city gate, they immediately caused great damage to the Ming army.

Such a rampaging war elephant cannot be stopped by human power at all.

Especially siege ladders.

The war elephants would completely fall apart with one charge.

These were adult elephants that had undergone long periods of training, and each elephant weighed ten tons according to later calculations.

Combined with the impact force itself, anything that gets hit is basically destroyed.

The trunk of a war elephant is also a special weapon. When it whips down with its trunk, it can directly knock a person away.

“Wuwuwuwu!!!”

A long horn sounded, this was the sound of the Ming Dynasty's retreat.

Without time to worry about the siege ladders, a large number of soldiers began to retreat towards the Ming army's base camp.

It is very difficult for infantry to cause too many casualties to target soldiers.

At this time, there were still a steady stream of elephant soldiers coming out of the city.

The elephant soldiers who came out first, under the control of the animal trainer, did not rush to attack the Ming army's camp.

Waiting to assemble.

“Hahahahahahaha!!!”

At this time, Hu Jima, who had already climbed onto the city wall, let out an arrogant laugh.

He looked at the scene below and felt extremely refreshed.

Just in this wave, the Ming army suffered at least thousands of casualties.

Hu Jima's preparation included a total of two hundred war elephants.

"Today I will let the Ming army know that we in Annan are not easy to mess with."

"Speaking of which, the Ming army is quite powerful. When the Mongols invaded, they failed to force out our elephant soldiers. Now the Ming army can still fight here."

"But this time, I will let the Ming army know what a miserable defeat means."

Hu Jima, surrounded by a group of local military commanders, spoke loudly on the top of the city wall.

At this moment, he felt extremely happy.

The managers around also laughed arrogantly.

"Let the Ming army be completely defeated tonight."

"If we don't teach them a lesson, they will really think that Annan can be easily controlled by the Ming Dynasty."

"This time, we must let the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty know that we in Annan are not people that anyone can mess with."

Some smart ones have already started to curry favor with Hu Jima.

"Prime Minister Hu, tonight, will surely annihilate the Ming army in one fell swoop. This will not only be recorded in the history of Annan, but also in the history of the Ming Dynasty. This will make your name go down in history."

"Seconds, quickly summon the recorder and ask him to write down the details of tonight. If Ming Dynasty doesn't understand, we can send a copy over, hahahaha!"

"The people on the other side are two marquises of the Ming Dynasty. I heard they are some of the founding heroes. After tonight, the Ming Dynasty will never dare to easily provoke Annan again."

"From now on, the entire territory of Annan will follow the orders of Prime Minister Hu."

Hu Jima really enjoyed listening to the flattery from people around him.

The more tortured my mentality was in the past few days, the clearer my thoughts are now.

Thinking of the enormous pressure he had endured before, Hu Jima wanted to vent it all today.

What he didn't notice was that although the Ming army in front was retreating frantically, there was no sign of panic in the Ming army's base camp.

"This guy is really impatient. He sent out the elephant soldiers so quickly."

"I thought they would wait until we invaded before they would move out."

"There are quite a lot of them. Judging from the situation, there are about 200 of them. They are much more powerful than those guys in Yunnan."

Puding Marquis Chen Huan said calmly.

There was no need to worry about the powerful elephant soldiers in front of them.

How could the Ming Dynasty not know that Annan had hidden its elephant soldiers?

What kind of secret weapons can there be in Southeast Asia?

Besides, elephant soldiers are just leftovers from our ancestors.

In the past ten years or so, when we were fighting in Yunnan, we encountered elephant soldiers many times and were already familiar with them.

The soldiers were indeed not used to this hot and humid climate, but this did not mean that the Ming Dynasty knew nothing about the southeast region.

Zhu Yuanzhang had little interest in these small countries in Southeast Asia, not because he did not understand them. On the contrary, because he understood them, he felt there was no need to conquer them.

Even as for Yunnan, Zhu Yuanzhang actually didn't take it seriously to some extent.

It was because of Mu Ying's ability that he guarded Yunnan, implemented education, cultivated land, and suppressed rebellions. Otherwise, Yunnan would be no different from the present-day Annan.

There is no reliable talent like Mu Ying, or Mu Wangfu.

This was the situation with Annan, which was conquered by Zhu Di. In the end, it still split apart.

Hu Jima didn't know that the Central Plains dynasty's army had already fought against elephant soldiers during the conquest of Annan.

Chen Huan, Marquis of Puding, had participated in it before.

I had already guessed the possibility of encountering elephant soldiers, and had made preparations and arrangements.

At this time, all the elephant soldiers under the city of Dobang had gathered, followed closely by the densely packed Annan army, estimated to be as many as 300,000.

This is intended to be a direct decisive battle.

Woo woo woo woo～～～～～

A long horn sounded in Annan, followed by an earth-shaking feeling.

The visual impact brought by two hundred elephants is still very shocking, and the morale of the Ming Dynasty has obviously declined significantly.

"Commander-in-chief, it should be about time." Under such circumstances, Chen Huan, Marquis of Puding, said in a slightly leisurely tone.

Ye Sheng also nodded with a smile on his face, and then ordered: "Send out the lion soldiers."

Following Ye Sheng's order, a communications officer immediately shouted, "Commander-in-chief, send out the Lion Soldiers!"

Then the various summoners began to shout, "Commander-in-chief, send out the Lion Soldiers!"

The sound spread, and the army immediately opened up a large number of passages.

I saw simple carts being dragged out one after another.

And on the cart are carved lions.

There are hundreds of wooden lions.

These are the preparations for the Annan elephant soldiers.

What elephants fear most is lions, and this has been confirmed as early as on the battlefield in Yunnan.

In history, Zhang Fu defeated the Annan elephant soldiers by covering his war horse with a lion painting to scare away the elephant soldiers.

Ye Sheng is even more ruthless here.

The big lion was directly carved, and because I was afraid that the elephant couldn’t be seen clearly, it was enlarged.

Each wooden lion is two meters tall, almost as high as an elephant's back.

Of course, the lion is hollow inside.

That’s not all.

Ye Sheng gave the order again: "Light the fire!"

Because it was night, the elephants might not be able to see the lions clearly, so a layer of grease had already been applied on the lions' bodies.

After Ye Sheng's order was given, the soldiers quickly lit the wooden lions, and they turned into fire lions.

The soldiers pushed the fire lion and rushed directly towards the enemy's elephant formation.

Behind this fire lion, there is a large number of infantry charging, and there are cavalry assisting on the left and right wings.

War is imminent.

Hu Jima, who was on the city wall, saw the fire lion burning in the distance and his heart skipped a beat. He immediately felt that something was wrong.

"How is it possible? How could they know that we have elephant soldiers? Who spread the news?"

Hu Jima said in disbelief.

Elephants are afraid of lions; this is natural.

Opposite him was a lion with flames burning all over its body.

Hundreds of fire lions had obviously been prepared long ago. This is not something that can be made in a day or two.

In the flames, these wooden lions have different shapes, just like real lions, and they must be the hands of a master.

This had been prepared long ago, in order to defeat their own elephant soldiers at this moment.

The managers on Hu Jima's side were all silent, with their minds blank.

These elephant soldiers were gathered together by the general managers from various places.

The training of elephant soldiers is not so casual. Ordinary elephants have to undergo at least several years of training, especially war elephants. Most of them have participated in training since they were young elephants.

Elephants have a big appetite and have only recently gathered in Dobang City.

Two hundred heads were a number that the local manager managed to scrape together by chance.

In the sight of both parties.

The war elephant did not react at first, but when it saw the fire lion clearly, it was immediately frightened and turned around and ran away without paying any attention to the trainer on its back.

This run will cause big problems.

You should know that behind the elephant soldiers are a large number of densely packed Annan soldiers.

Immediately it was trampled upon.

There were collisions, trampling, and the sounds of Annan soldiers crying for their parents were heard everywhere.

Because there was no prior preparation, the Annan soldiers were very dense. Some soldiers saw the elephants rushing towards them and had no room to hide.

He could only watch himself being trampled to death.

It's a mess, everything is a mess.

At first there were only a dozen or so.

Then dozens of them, and finally all the elephants were frightened.

The soldiers on the Ming side naturally pushed the fire lion towards the elephant.

The size of these war elephants is very conspicuous on the battlefield.

And because it was night and there was a torch burning on the elephant's back, the target was even clearer.

For a moment, the area under the city of Duobang turned into a place of hell.

The first frightened elephant rushed to the city gate. The narrow city gate was spacious enough for an elephant, so when it came out earlier, it could line up slowly.

But at this time the elephant didn't care about the trainer's command and wanted to run in immediately.

So the city gate was blocked by several elephants.

The Annan soldiers didn't dare to go over there at all, and they didn't even have the chance to retreat.

On the city wall, there were Hu Jima, the local governors, and the soldiers defending the city.

They watched helplessly as 300,000 Annan soldiers were trampled to death by two hundred war elephants.

The Ming Dynasty would naturally not miss such a good opportunity.

The cannons were brought out immediately.

They launched a violent bombardment at the herd of war elephants.

This made the elephant even more frightened, and it ran around trying to escape from the battlefield.

But I couldn’t get into the city gate.

There is a fire lion on the Ming side, so the elephants don't dare to come over.

The Annan soldiers had no choice at this moment. Staying where they were would mean death, so they could only drop their weapons and surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty immediately began to receive prisoners.

"It's over. It's all over."

Hu Jima felt a black screen before his eyes, his body swaying, and he almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the guard next to him was quick to help him.

Even so, Hu Jima felt his body was being hollowed out.

In fact, there are still 200,000 troops gathered in the city.

But this no longer makes any sense.

Because there was no way to close the city gate.

The elephants gathered at the city gate, and occasionally an elephant would rush over, causing the city gate to remain open.

The soldiers who wanted to close the city gate were directly hit to death by the elephants.

Occasionally, the Ming Dynasty would send one or two artillery pieces over, and if one was lucky, they would hit a war elephant and knock it down directly.

The fallen war elephants whimpered, and due to the huge noise, the herd could not stop at all.

Those Annan soldiers were surrendering to the Ming Dynasty in large groups.

Some of them tried to charge, but were killed directly by the Ming army's muskets and archers, and could not pose any threat to the Ming army.

"Mr. Hu, let's go. If you don't leave now, you will miss another chance."

"Yes, we still have 200,000 troops. If we retreat to the capital, there is still hope. As long as we can delay it, the Ming army will not be able to survive here for long."

"Prime Minister Hu, give the order now. It will be too late if you are late."

Seeing this, the stewards all suggested abandoning the city and fleeing.

The city of Duobang could no longer be defended. As long as the elephants dispersed, the Ming army would be able to easily capture the city gate.

At that time, don't expect the 200,000 troops in the city to be of any use.

In addition, the morale of the Annan soldiers has been completely lost. With the morale of the Ming army high, even if there are 50,000 of them, they are not something that these 200,000 soldiers can resist.

The combat effectiveness of the Annan soldiers was not at the same level as that of the Ming army.

This becomes especially obvious when a certain number is reached.

"Let's go."

Hu Jima felt that all the strength in his body had been drained. The secret weapon he had prepared for so long became the reason for his army's defeat.

If there were no elephant soldiers, it would be impossible for the Ming army to capture the city in just a few days with an army of 600,000 soldiers guarding it.

Now, in just three days, it has been lost.

The city gate cannot be closed yet.

An army of three hundred thousand strong, we had no choice but to give up.

Hu Jima left with the remaining 200,000 troops and took away all the food in the city.

He wanted to create a heavy enough burden for the Ming army to the point of completely destroying it.

More than two hours passed, the eastern sky brightened slightly, and the view became wider.

Under the city walls, the war elephants were basically stabilized, and the Ming Dynasty received more than 200,000 prisoners.

Although the elephants seemed to be charging recklessly, in fact not many soldiers actually died under them.

Most of them died because they trampled on each other.

Even so, the total death toll overnight was only about 70,000 to 80,000, but there were a lot of injured.

The Ming Dynasty had no choice but to accept more than 200,000 prisoners and this empty city.

Now it's been delayed all of a sudden.

The number of prisoners was already enough to defeat the Ming army.

Processing and arrangement is a big problem.