But it doesn't matter, this time the Siamese Kingdom dispatched 150,000 troops, far more than the last time the Lancang Kingdom sent troops. As for the five thousand cavalry he carried, they appeared as bystanders. If all goes well, he naturally doesn't mind getting a piece of the pie. Otherwise, he will be able to run as fast as he can, and in short, he will not let the mercenaries catch him.

"Well, yes, come on, order the Iron Shield Soldiers to take the lead and move forward." Although being interrupted by Fan Yuhai made Godan a little unhappy, but this was a battlefield, and one more soldier killed was one more loss, so he still decided to listen to his words and send out the iron shield soldiers.

An iron shield with a thickness of more than eight centimeters can block the bullets of a musket, and a shield of more than ten centimeters can also block the power of a musket in close combat, which has been proven by countless facts. Before the war, Siam mobilized a lot of forces, gathered many blacksmiths in the country, and forced to create 5,000 iron shields, which were held by 5,000 strong men, in order to prevent the attack of the opponent's muskets.

At Godan's order, five thousand iron shield soldiers appeared. Once erected, the one-meter-and-a-half iron shield could cover their entire body and protect them from the threat of muskets.

"It's the Iron Shield." Above the city tower, the cold fronts screamed out, but only after they shouted, they quieted down again. Because they weren't worried, they hadn't forgotten that Governor Xiaoluan had buried a lot of mines with them before, which was the best weapon to deal with the Iron Shield Soldiers.

"Iron Shieldmen can only protect a part of the population, looking for opportunities to fight those who have no protection." Luan Xiaochen's face remained unchanged, and his voice was very calm.

This time it was a test for him. If he can resist the attack of Siam, then he will not only be an excellent local governor, but also a military general who can fight.

The general is not panicked, and the warrior is confident. Leng Feng and the auxiliaries began to look for opportunities to shoot continuously, although this could not stop the enemy's approach, but to a certain extent, it was also destroying the opponent's living force, and it was also a great deterrent.

As soon as the iron shield came out, the gunfire continued, and it became much more sporadic than before, and Godan, who was riding on the horse, laughed, he could fully bear such a loss. And as long as the main force of the army can be close to the city, with the help of trebuchets, morale will inevitably rise, and perhaps with good luck, a few storms of the city will take control of the tower, and the final victory will be achieved.

After the Siamese soldiers in front of them scattered hundreds of corpses, the catapult was finally arranged within a distance of 500 meters, and then the prepared boulders were lifted out, and under the action of the lever, the boulders flew into the air and smashed in the direction of Vientiane City.

From a distance, the momentum is amazing, the shortcomings are also very obvious, ten boulders thrown out, can have one smashed on the city tower is already very good, most of them are smashed on the city wall, attracting the sound of the earth shaking the mountain, but the overall situation is not hindered.

But it has to be said that the momentum of the catapult is still amazing, and under its encouragement, more Siamese soldiers followed the iron shield soldiers and began to move forward step by step. Shi Er can also see the appearance of the ladder through the gap, which is a powerful tool for climbing the city.

"Hit, hit." Upstairs in Nancheng, because of the condescending relationship, Luan Xiaochen could clearly see the figure of the enemy army slowly coming. The iron shield can only protect the front of the body, not the top of the head, so the appearance of the enemy huddled together is more clearly displayed in front of the defenders.

There is no need to aim at all, only one shot is needed to shoot the head of the pile, and an enemy will be shot and killed, this feeling makes Leng Feng's auxiliaries feel very happy, but they are more looking forward to what kind of scene will appear when the enemy enters the 300-meter mine defense line.

"Fifty meters to go."

"Thirty meters away..."

"Ten meters..."

There is still a cold front using his eyes to measure the opponent's position. "Boom... Boom Boom Boom! ”

Finally, when the enemy shield soldiers in the first row crossed the battle line of 300 meters with one foot, the mines were triggered, and the sound of a loud explosion sounded immediately, and the powerful power blew up the iron shields one by one, and the huge force sent an unknown number of people into the air, and the aftermath of the explosion was like a huge wave on the sea, overturning one enemy after another to the ground.

At this moment, the Siamese army suffered heavy losses, not only more than half of the 5,000 shield soldiers were killed, but most of the shields were also blown apart, everywhere, and the Siamese army behind these people was even more unguarded, and I don't know how many people died.

"Hit, don't be afraid to waste bullets, there are many more in the ammunition depot of the palace, give me a hard shot." Luan Xiaochen also took a ninety-five type, turned on the burst mode, and fired at the city in bursts.

Leng Feng and the auxiliaries who were originally responsible for the replacement were also all dispatched, and the firepower of 900 people was fully opened.

Under the double threat of mines and muskets, the Siamese army, which had left thousands of corpses, was finally demoralized and began to flee. This escape is self-trampling, and I don't know how many soldiers died at the feet of their comrades; In such an environment, if you are pushed to the ground, you will never have any hope of getting up.

"How so? How so? What the hell is that thing that suddenly exploded? What is it? "I watched my soldiers fall to the ground in droves, reduced to corpses; Seeing that those iron shields were thrown everywhere, and some of them were even deformed; Seeing that the army that was still majestic just now retreated back like a rabbit that had broken its guts at this moment, Godan was angry, and his eyes turned to Fan Yuhai's body, his eyes were red, and he was furious.

Fan Yuhai was also shocked by the scene in front of him. This was not seen in previous wars with such weapons by mercenaries, so he was not prepared at all.

He forgot that in the past, most of the time was siege warfare, and the use of mines was naturally limited. The only offensive and defensive battle of Hanoi City, because I didn't want to destroy the commercial street, and the Jiaozhi army was fierce enough at that time, there was no time to bury any mines, so it was useless.

Just because it's useless doesn't mean it can't be used. Now it has finally come in handy, and it has also taken the Siamese army by surprise and hit it head-on, and the effect is amazing.

"It's a landmine. In fact, Da Ming has already used it, but the power is not so great. Fan Yuhai deserved to be a famous general of Jiaozhi, and soon thought of the dead generals Ruan Gengwang and Chen Heijin, both of whom had encountered such a thing in the rainforest, and said that this was called a mine by the mercenaries, and it was the kind of powerful weapon that usually had nothing to do and exploded at the touch. And isn't that exactly what is happening right in front of you?

"Landmines? You know, why didn't you say it before? Godan continued to ask reproachfully. Obviously, he didn't want to suffer the consequences of losing the first battle, and he wanted to blame everyone else.

Fan Yuhai didn't answer, but looked ahead, and said in an extremely calm tone: "General, let's withdraw the army first, the catapult is no longer controlled, the morale is suppressed, and it is good to reorganize and prepare for battle." ”

Following Fan Yuhai's gaze, Godan noticed that his catapult had stopped working at some point, and the soldiers in front of the catapult were all lying all over the ground, apparently this was the result of the continuous firing of muskets.

The first battle was defeated like this, although Godan didn't want to admit it, but he also knew that this was not the time to be righteous, so he had to grit his teeth and say helplessly, "Mingjin withdrew his troops and retreated five miles." ”

The Siamese army retreated, and even the corpses of the soldiers, as well as the catapults and iron shields, were gone. Those war materials are within the range of the mercenary's muskets, who can grab them? Unless an all-out attack is launched, but the problem of mines is not solved, can they really do it?

"Victory, the enemy runs away with his tail between his legs!" On the south tower of Vientiane City, when the Siamese army retreated like this, bursts of cheers and tsunamis sounded, like a military song to see off, laughing at the incompetence of the Siamese army.

"Don't move around, Leng Feng will go down to clean up the battlefield. What can be brought back is brought back, and what can't be brought back is burned. Luan Xiaochen's face was also red, but as a commander, he still suppressed his excitement and said calmly.

You can only send Leng Feng down, because the mines have not been completely blown up, and if you send someone else down, it may detonate and there will be unpredictable consequences.

Next, the Leng Feng soldiers went out of the city one by one carrying barrels of fire oil, there are too many corpses of the enemy, the best way to collect the corpses is to set fire to them all, otherwise, so many corpses will inevitably appear for a long time, causing the plague.

The Siamese army, which had retreated from the army, could only watch the mercenaries carry out these operations under the city, and they also tried to sabotage before, but soon met with the dense gunfire on the city tower, and had to retreat after throwing down hundreds of new corpses.

This made General Gordan even more angry, jumping to his feet in the rear barracks and scolding, but there was nothing to do.

"Brother General, please don't be angry, the most important thing now is to find a way to crack their mines, otherwise, you will really be passive." Fan Yuhai is not a subordinate of the other party, and he has his own 5,000 cavalry, although the number is not large, fortunately, the combat power is strong, and when facing Godan, he naturally says whatever he wants, and there is a sense of detachment.

"Resolved? How to fix it? "It's okay not to say it, but when he talks about it, Godan is furious. When he hadn't fought before, Fan Yuhai said that the capture of Vientiane City was just a snap of his fingers, why didn't he say that there would be mines, and he lost thousands of men and horses in the first battle, and even the iron shield that could block muskets also lost nearly two-thirds. Now the number of iron shields in his hand is less than two thousand, and the preparation that has been taking him for a long time has been severely damaged in an instant, and he is already passive at this time.