Pan Gongji did not expect it, did not expect it at all.

In peacetime, he would have taken into account the surrounding terrain in its entirety, but this battle was not a battle for him, he was attacking.

Although he didn't know why Ruan Ti was stationed at the foot of the northern mountain in the fog and whether the Ming army would enter the battlefield, it was a surprise attack for him, and there was no war letter or appointment.

The Southern Dynasty never pinned its hopes of victory on the illusory Ming army, and it was better for them to join the battlefield, even if it was fake news.

It's not that they don't have the strength to fight with Ruan Ti, it's just that the west is besieged and their morale is low.

But when the roar of war elephants came from the rear, and the eight huge war elephants pouted their fangs and wrapped thousands of soldiers from the valley behind the left flank, Pan Gongji wanted to retreat at that time!

"Don't look back, the enemy line in front is attacking!"

No matter how Pan Gongji shouted, the herald ran and broke his leg, the colonel waved his hand, and no one could stop the panic of his subordinates, seeing that the decline was about to be irreversible, Pan Gongji ordered: "Please ask Lai Shiqing, the commander of the left wing, to lead his troops to meet the enemy army in the rear, and resist Ruan Ti with his division under the wave, and fight and retreat to the east!" ”

Pan Gongji had one idea, he couldn't let the war elephants enter his formation.

War elephants are not cavalry, they have rough skin and thick flesh, and a hundred-man infantry spearmen and crossbowmen may be able to block the onslaught of a hundred-horse team by relying on geographical advantages and a little good luck. But a hundred-man foot soldier may not be able to stop a war elephant.

Because the war elephant phalanx is never just an elephant, an elephant is a phalanx, with as little as seven people and more than ten, both offensive and defensive and invincible.

When the phalanx of war elephants appears on the battlefield, there is no need to engage the enemy at all, and the enemy army is about to collapse.

In the past, Pan Gongji often enjoyed such results, and today such a result has also befallen him.

"General, the enemy is attacking, attacking!"

The herald's horse was frightened and flipped the rider to the ground when he passed by the war elephant in the formation, the soldier clutched his broken arm and shouted, Pan Gongji looked at the front of the battle, and the enemy formation on the endless plain heard the cries, and the sound of spears and large shields even made the ground tremble under his feet.

A thousand paces away, twenty guns placed on wooden racks were moved to the front of the formation, and the muzzles of the guns were padded with wooden blocks, and a volley was fired at him from four directions, followed by the sound of footsteps from the front.

Amid the wailing sound of a war elephant being smashed by a cannonball, Nguyen Ti attacked.

The distance is only a thousand steps, Ruan Ti front and rear flanking offensive like fire, down to the order but steady and steady, the front and rear two divisions have not engaged, the rear thousands of soldiers will follow the war elephant to run wildly, the main force of the front army steadily advanced, and even walked a hundred steps and stopped.

Their artillery is recharged.

"Dashuai, there is still one mile left, and we will engage in battle in a moment!"

On the north mountainside, the flag army shouted to Chen Mu's army formation under the mountain, and Chen Mu, who stepped on the war horse and was in the middle of the military formation, could no longer see the grand situation on the battlefield. ”

Chen Mu pulled the reins and glanced at the valley behind him, counting the time, the horse team should have found out the reality of the camp in Ruan Ti Valley, and Zhang Shijue had not returned, so this battle could only advance and not retreat.

He raised his arm and waved it forward, saying, "Raise the flag, blow the drum, and move forward!" ”

Booming a drum, the suona at the mouth of the North Valley sounded high-pitched, the Celestial Empire Boundless Daxu stood up at the mouth of the valley, the dragon pennant waved left and right, and the military formation that was completely different from the soldiers of the North and South Dynasties in Annam came out.

Out of the valley, the formation was opened, and the 100 households with the long shield on their backs led the team to march quickly, and the rest of the team led the phalanx to advance steadily, marching towards the back of Ruan's left flank.

It was only two miles away, and at first the drums of Nguyen Ti's troops were non-stop, and it was not until six or seven hundred paces away that anyone discovered this army that had struck behind them, which caused great confusion to Nguyen Ti's left flank.

When Ruan Ti, as a general, received the news, he turned his head and saw that this army with a clear banner and all armor had broken through to the back of his left flank three hundred paces.

The left flank rear army that did not know whether they were friends or foes could only be blocked in small formations, and the bows and crossbowmen were all moved to the front, leaving behind the daredevils who were ready to surprise out after the enemy army fell into chaos.

It's not as good as those riders who are loitering in the rear and holding short spears and long knives on the left and right.

"There are only more than a thousand, no matter where they are, the horse team will defeat them!"

Just as Ruan Ti gave the order, a muffled sound sounded in front of Chen Mujun's formation.

Hundreds of big cards paused in front of the formation, one by one the word pole was supported by the soldiers behind the shield, and then the two soldiers shouted loudly, two hundred soldiers withdrew, and the flag army followed.

On the north mountain, the cannon of General Sanmen Zhenshuo exploded violently, and the cannonballs flew and screamed in the rear of Ruan Ti's left flank, and the soldiers in all directions avoided the shells in all directions, followed by a few bounces and plows out a few gaps.

The artillery firing point is too high, and the power of the iron bullet is far less powerful than Chen Mu imagined, but it doesn't matter.

He rode his horse and stood behind the formation, and several groups of bannermen ran forward with guns at his side, and he released the reins and pointed to both sides, and there was a shouting sound behind him.

"Quick, artillery forward!"

The thirty-three Zhenshuo generals on the mountain are the artillery team directly under his family soldiers, and there are four artillery units on the battlefield, and there are also artillery flags under each general flag in front of the battle.

This is the military guard of the Nanyang Military Government of the Ming Dynasty, what kind of firepower?

Twenty pack horses identical to the cavalry mounts of the Ruan Ti Department dragged ten two-pound cannons and ran quickly, untied the artillery wagons after the long card gap in front of the formation, and each artillery unit gave orders to launch artillery bombardment at an interval of 300 paces.

"Enemy cavalry!"

At the rear of Ruan's tired army, several horse teams galloped over, wanting to bypass Chen Mu's central card formation to launch an attack from the flank, and under the order of Qianhu, 100 infantry and 100 cavalry led their troops to meet them.

There are a lot of horses in the military government, there are horses in the two-jin cannon, there are horses in the general artillery of Zhenshuo, there are horses in the tiger squat cannon and even the general flag and arrows, but there are no horses except for the family soldiers, so the so-called cavalry Baihu actually has no cavalry, and when marching, he is in charge of hundreds of pack horses and carriages to escort artillery shells.

In other words, the people who were sent out to meet the cavalry were actually two infantry hundreds.

Two small hollow formations stood outside the large array, the outer shield hand spearmen knelt down, the four shield racks were mounted with eight spears, and the middle gunners stood with their end guns, shooting at the galloping cavalry.

This is not a hollow array of anti-artillery artillery, just so that the gunners can fire in turn, so the hollow is very small.

Horses can really hit the phalanx directly, as long as the rider is properly steered and has the courage to see death, because their eyes cannot see straight ahead, and they need to swing their heads from side to side to see ahead during the run.

As long as it can't see, it dares to rush into the spear array.

But once you see it, the horse will also be afraid, especially the war horse.

And when the rider is also afraid, he is helpless in the face of the hedgehog shell, and can only gallop back and forth between the two phalanxes, neither daring to attack the phalanx, nor can he ride his horse back, even if the phalanx only has more than ten bird's guns at the same time, the slow efficiency will gradually eat away at them.

In comparison, the banner army behind the shield wall in front of Chen Mu's formation was a little idle, and the enemy brigade infantry did not charge them, which made the scene a little embarrassing, according to the military order, the enemy troops were not close to fifty paces and did not shoot them with bows and crossbows or artillery, they could not let go of their guns.

Only the artillery banners of each department were busy, and a door tiger squat cannon was moved to the front, and scattered shells were released at the enemy position through the shield wall.

Chen Mu stared at the enemy formation with some annoyance, there were still only three cannons on the mountain, he rode on his horse and walked around twice in small steps, and said: "Overestimate the courage of the enemy, give the order to the mountain under the flag, they will fire the cannon if they don't charge!" ”