Chapter 533: Li Li Escaped
The bazooka was launched, and the war elephants that hit them all fell to the ground and died, or they were frightened by the fire and ran in all directions, which relieved the pressure on some of the main forces of the mercenaries, but it still did not have much effect on the overall situation.
In the rear army, Hu Mang put down the binoculars in his hand, and said to Yang Chendong with some worry: "Young master, the pressure on the soldiers in front is not small. ”
"It's a lot of pressure. But when there is pressure, there is motivation, saving these boys from their nostrils facing the sky every day, a picture of the eldest in the sky, the second in the earth, and the third in them. Yang Chendong said this with a smile on his face.
Seeing that the young master could still talk and laugh here, Hu Mang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, so it seems that the young master should have a way to turn the situation around.
"Alright." Sure enough, when he saw that the war elephants were less than one hundred and fifty meters away from the cold fronts in front of him, Yang Chendong finally stopped joking, but said to the soldiers of the First and Second Guards who were still standing in front of the five mortars: "Prepare to fire, adjust the gun distance to fifty meters behind the direction where the war elephants are." ”
Although when it is said that when it is close, there is still a wave of grenades in the hands of the mercenaries to attack. But if the opponent is only a few hundred war elephants, it can be tried, but against a full 20,000 heads, this is a bit insufficient. And once the war elephant really rushed into the ranks of the mercenaries, the consequences would be unimaginable, and it was not what Yang Chendong wanted to see.
The first and second squads of the guards, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately began to operate the mortars, and even had a competition, that is, to see who could hit more accurately.
In this regard, Yang Chendong naturally watched the battle with his arms crossed. He had already given them the essentials of the operation, and it turned out that the team members were also learning quickly, which made him feel reassured.
The reassuring result is that when the mortar shells were fired again, they landed on the place designated by Yang Chendong, and then fell into the elephant herd.
After all, they were animals, not people, and although they had all been trained, in the face of the sound of thunder and the stimulation of light like fire, these war elephants showed their instincts and began to scatter in all directions. This caused the Cochin soldiers who were near them to suffer and become a piece of meat at the feet of war elephants. Even the cochin elephants who rode on the war elephants were not much better, and in the face of the disobedient war elephants, they were either thrown out or killed by cannonballs. Chen Heijin, one of the famous generals of Jiaozhi, was unfortunately hit by a cannonball, and it happened to be in the center, and the whole person suddenly turned into countless segments, and he couldn't find his original appearance.
There is a saying that Cheng Ye Xiao He defeated Xiao He, the hope that was originally counted on has now become the biggest threat, the moment the Jiaozhi soldiers were ruthlessly trampled, the failure of the impact has been declared, and the mercenaries took advantage of this opportunity to start a crazy counterattack, some bold fighters simply rushed out, threw the grenade in their hands forward, causing the appearance of a ball of fire, and then...
Then there was no more, the morale of the Jiaozhi army had been completely extinguished, and Fan Yuhai, one of the famous generals, saw the general trend, and also fled in another direction outside the city with 20,000 elite soldiers. The other soldiers who did not follow General Fan, now all they have to do is to flee back to Xiyu City, it seems that only in this way can they ensure temporary safety.
But at this time, where will there be a safe place. The same is true in the city of Xiyu, after Chen Di and his subordinates and the Chen clan smashed all the catapults in the city, they did not face the attack of the Jiaozhi army, but whether they didn't care or not.
Who let the news that the battle ahead had been defeated come back, that is, even King Li Li and Prince Li Yuanlong fled west from Xiyu City under the protection of the 5,000 prince's guards, and went straight to Duwei City?
The king and the crown prince ran away, General Fan also ran away, General Chen was killed, and these soldiers below became like headless flies, where would anyone care what Chen Di was doing? Especially the nearly 100,000 Jiaozhi soldiers who were originally waiting under the north and south of the city, they were like abandoned children, and no one cared about them.
According to the original plan, when the 100,000 elite Jiaozhi troops launched a charge in the east of the city, their 100,000 troops would rush out from outside the north and south gates, and cooperate with the main elite to attack the mercenary camp. After all, they still have an advantage in numbers.
But when the mortar suddenly sounded, these ordinary Jiaozhi soldiers were scared. They don't want to face death, especially when they know that they are the ghosts of the dead in the original plan, and they are all shields, it becomes normal to hesitate.
It was the general above who hesitated, and the soldiers below also reacted, and when the order was given for them to open the city gates and charge the mercenaries, they did not do it. Not to mention a collective strike, at least most of the people with brains are standing still and not moving.
These generals were angry when they saw that the soldiers did not obey the order, but they did not dare to do anything excessive. Who knows if these soldiers will take a knife at them if they are pressed?
It was at this time that news came from the front, the main elite was defeated, the king and the crown prince ran away, and the catapult force that was originally placed everywhere in the city to prepare for street battles was destroyed by Chen Di Chen Fu Yin, and I also heard that this Chen Fu Yin had taken refuge in the mercenaries and gained a certain amount of power.
When so much news came from all over the place, the 100,000 ordinary generals of the Jiaozhi Army had an even more unclear feeling that they were abandoned and suddenly couldn't find the way forward. However, there are some smart people who began to send people to contact Chen Di, wanting to see if there would be any benefits to be gained if they led troops to surrender now.
It cannot be said that these generals do not have righteousness, and under the general trend, this is actually the most correct choice. You must know that the puppet army cannot be just a product of any country.
As a result, with different thoughts, civil strife began in the entire city. The chaos lasted for five days.
For five days, the mercenaries stood outside the east gate of the city, without the slightest intention of entering the city. According to Yang Chendong's words, it is all a mess, and now it is a trouble to go in, and there will even be some senseless deaths, such worthless sacrifices are not what he wants to see.
The cold front in the mercenaries is all treasures, and even those auxiliaries are also treasures in the future, if he dies because he has to clean up a mess that has been won, it is not what he wants to see at all. So the best thing to do is to wait, waiting for Chen Di and the lark to figure out the order in the city before he goes in.
Of course, for five days, he didn't do anything. There are nearly 50,000 captives outside the eastern city under his command, these are the elite of Jiaozhi, and they are all composed of some strong men and adult men, which are rich human resources.
Nearly 50,000 people were captured at once, and 18,000 Jiaozhi mercenaries naturally came in handy, they were responsible for the care, and then the temporary auxiliaries were responsible for screening and registration, and Leng Feng and the auxiliaries were responsible for guarding, and the cooperation was still smooth. It's just that Yang Chendong is a little dissatisfied, but in the end, more than 20,000 people escaped, even with the famous general Fan Yuhai. Therefore, this battle outside the eastern city only killed about 30,000 enemies, but it has already laid the foundation for the destruction of the country.
Because just now, good news came from the side of Duwei City, Li Li, the king of Jiaozhi, and Li Yuanlong, the crown prince who fled there, had already sneaked into Duwei City and were captured alive by Wu Sheng, the commander of the first battalion of the Leng Feng Second Regiment, who occupied there.
Wu Sheng has been fighting in the Lang Son area with the main battalion and two auxiliary battalions. At their peak, they faced Chen Heijin's 30,000 black soldiers and Ruan Gengwang's 30,000 Jiaozhi soldiers, a total of 60,000 troops.
Even so, Wu Sheng and they did not fall behind, relying on the previous rainforest training, sophisticated equipment, and close cooperation, they finally killed more than 20,000 enemies, not to mention, they only lost less than 200 people.
After the remaining 1,000 people watched Chen Heijin retreat to Xiyu City, they were ordered to go to Duwei City, sneaked in, and occupied it without revealing a word. So much so that when King Le Li led people to the city and was surrounded, he knew that there was no way out. After a local battle, General Nguyen Shao Chong, who accompanied the army, was shot, and King Le Le and the crown prince Le Yuanlong were captured, which also announced the destruction of the highest level of the Cochin Kingdom.
Just the day before yesterday, Chen Bo, the commander of the second battalion who defeated 100,000 soldiers of the Lancang Kingdom and occupied Yinglou City, also returned to the team. He was accompanied by more than 90,000 Lancang prisoners.
Suddenly, the number of captives reached nearly 150,000, and the pressure was not small. Fortunately, 45,000 young intellectuals came out of Hanoi, the capital of Cochin. Their arrival relieved the pressure of guarding the prisoners, and they only needed to wait for two more days, and after the Nie Tong Regiment of the Navy came here to take over the prisoners, the overall situation could be decided.
From entering Cochin to the present, it is only a month before and after, if it is counted from the beginning of entering the Lang Son area, it is only about fifty days before and after, and even the peak time of the Cochin army that dared to call the Ming Dynasty was wiped out, and now except for a few cities and Cochin soldiers guarding, most of the main city is occupied by mercenaries. It can be said that from this moment on, Yang Chendong can already announce to the world that Jiaozhi has been destroyed.
Five days passed, and the city was not so chaotic. After Chen Di asked for instructions and the lark helped deliver the message, the east gate was opened again, and a large number of Jiaozhi prisoners took the initiative to come out of the city.