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Text Section 207: The Tragedy of the Yi People

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.    Heavy footsteps bumped into me, and before I even got close, I felt like I was completely gone.  The vibration spread to the top of the coconut tree, causing the dense coconut leaves to flap against each other while shaking, making a frightening crackling sound.  The war horse neighed uneasily, trying to stay far away from the path of this powerful creature.  The sergeants could not control the emotions of the horses at all. They had to jump off the horses and pull the reins hard to prevent the restless horses from destroying the entire formation.

    Six adult male elephants appeared in the field of vision. The two-meter-long huge bodies seemed to be six heavily armored tanks. The sight of them made people's mouths go dry and they were speechless.  The curved ivory arched, as if breaking a thin layer of paper, and the first line of resistance was opened.

    After all, those "rejecting horses" are only designed to "reject" the "horses". Have you ever thought about hindering a group of elephants?

    The six war elephants were not bulky and could run faster than humans. They rushed towards the Nanhai Kingdom's defense line without hesitation and soon reached the second level to keep out the horses.  Once again, the fragile defense was blown away.

    There is only a charging distance of eighty meters in front, and there is no obstacle except for the meaningless first layer of horse resistance.  Fear was written on the faces of the Nanhai soldiers, making everyone turn pale.  Human beings are as insignificant as ants in front of this dominant creature.

    "Fire!"

    Lu Ce pulled out his long sword and pointed it directly at the six oncoming war elephants.  The trembling soldiers pressed the triggers, and 1,600 muskets spit out tongues of fire. The dense bullets swept through the coconut grove like a storm, causing sawdust to fly from the tree trunks.

    The rotating bullet hit the fish scale armor on the war elephant, using the impact force given by the propellant to break through those hard defenses, tearing through the layer of leather armor underneath, and drilling into the thick earth armor on the war elephant's body.

    But the bullet stopped after firing these earth armors, and the impact force was unloaded.

    Elephants always sprinkle ash on their bodies after bathing. When the thick mud dries, it will form a hard earthen shell like armor.  This is a kind of earth armor that is so strong that even the sharp teeth of a lion cannot break it.  The Nanhai people's mini bullets exhausted their last strength on these earthen armors, and there was nothing they could do against the thick elephant skin underneath the earthen armors.

    ¡°But that¡¯s sixteen hundred guns.  Half the time the guns hit their target.  The bullet rain was too dense.  The war elephant was hit by a hail of bullets and was stagnated.  Six adult male elephants howled angrily.  He rushed towards the last level of Juma with all his strength.  A body weighing three or four tons rolled over this way.  The huge elephant's legs made the ground shake like ripples in the middle of a lake.

    The humble human beings are far away.  Only fifty meters.

    It¡¯s not just these war elephants.  Following closely behind the war elephant, the army's flags were waving in the fields.  It came over like a black cloud.  Pang Ning opened his mouth in surprise.  Because he saw the southwest cavalry rushing up behind the war elephant.  A mighty two thousand Yi cavalry filled the field of vision.  Then the war elephant launched a charge.

    Not only the fishing and hunting peoples in the north have cavalry.  To the southwest of the empire.  The Yi people are also armed with their own cavalry.

    Sha Dingzhou is in the field.  They are all Yi people.  This nation was also called Qiang.  "In the past, Shaodian married You and gave birth to Emperor Huang as his concubine. Emperor Yan as Jiang."  They are the descendants of Emperor Yan.  They helped King Wu defeat Zhou.  They had helped the Qin Emperor unify and they were the undisputed overlords of the southwestern part of the empire.  The actual ruler of this land.

    They once retreated before the mighty Han Empire.  Willing to make toast.  Pay taxes and levies to the empire.  He endured the oppression and humiliation of local officials.

    But they have never given up their dominance over the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. They have always been the actual owners of this land.  When the Han Empire was at its weakest, this ancient nation showed its sharpest fangs.

    There are six war elephants in the dragon field alone, and two thousand cavalry are a terrifying combat power.  As long as the terrain can be expanded, no Ming army in Guangdong and Guangxi can stop the Yi people.  Long Zaitian was just a Yi soldier under the banner of Sha Dingzhou. Ning finally understood why the King of Yunnan was able to destroy the three southwestern provinces, like a whirlwind into an uninhabited land.

    This is not a native official rebellion in the southwest of the empire, but a war between the Yi and Han people competing for living space.

    But this time, the Han people on the opposite side are not the "Confucian scholars" who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, they are not the "military generals" who live in the cracks, and they are not the "Da Ming Banner Army" who don't know what military pay looks like.  In front of them is the Nanhai Army, composed of yeoman farmers. They are soldiers with sufficient wages and a sense of honor. They are veterans who have been training for several years and have fought many victorious and tough battles.

    "Fire!"

    The first row of musketeers squatted down, and the second row of 1,600 muskets fired another volley.  The hail of bullets swept through the coconut grove again, until all that could be seen in the field of vision were flying sawdust.  Just as the war elephant rushed in front of the third row of horses, it was hit by a huge wave of bullets again.  This time, the fragments of armor failed to help these rulers of nature. Dozens of bullets directly penetrated the elephant's skin, causing chaos.??Elephant meat, crack the elephant bones.

    Thick blood overflowed from each bullet hole

    , dyeing the entire elephant head blood red.  The seriously injured bull elephant roared and charged, throwing the panicked mahout far away on his back.  The blood was still flowing out, and the fate of these bull elephants was undoubtedly death from excessive blood loss.

    But before they fall, they will be the most formidable enemies.  In front of the heavy elephant legs, Juma was knocked down like a toy and kicked down a large area. The furious war elephant roared, raised its bladed tusks, and rushed towards the human who hurt him.

    ¡°Woo~!!¡±

    Amidst the huge roar of the elephants, the front row soldiers' field of vision was completely occupied by the six blood-red figures. The heavy footsteps were like the giant drum of death, making people tremble all over.  No one believed that the bayonet array could stop a blow weighing several tons.  Forty meters away, Lu Ce gritted his teeth and looked at Pang Ning who ran behind to give instructions.

    Pang Ning kicked a trembling Pohai Battalion soldier in the chest and shouted loudly, "Attention, front row! Pohai Battalion throws a bomb!"

    No one dared to save firepower in front of this destructive creature, and they all tried their best.  With the assistance of the spring ejector, more than a thousand grenades were thrown out from the Pohai Camp position like a hailstorm. Those oval iron balls made of cast iron bounced on the ground several times, covering the area where the war elephants were.

    There were also a few bastards who got into trouble and threw grenades on the back of the musketeer in the front row, making a dent in the musketeer's back armor.  This was no joke, as nearby soldiers would pick up the grenade without hesitation, throw it toward the front of the formation, or even throw it from both sides before the fuse detonated.

    No matter which generation you are in, such beautiful sound and light effects can only be seen on the battlefield.  In the rumbling sound, hundreds of dense small explosion flames merged into a huge shock wave, which shocked the musketeers in the front row and almost fell to the ground.  The dazzling red light dissipated, and the six male elephants fell in a bloody mess, without any life left.

    The musketeers in the front row blinked in fear and exhaled a long breath.  These terrifying war machines were finally stopped by the Nanhai people.  Almost, just a little bit, they turned into meat under the elephant's legs.

    But the war has just begun, and Long Zai¡¯s army has already moved away the third level of resistance.  Two thousand southwest cavalrymen appeared in front of the vanguard camp 1,300 meters away, whipped their horses, and charged towards the musketeers.

    "Fire!"

    The distance was only fifty meters, and the third row of muskets cut through the cavalry line like scythes with unparalleled precision, cutting off hundreds of lives in an instant.  The surging wave of cavalry fell in large numbers after just one pause.  Half of the cavalry were blocked by the fallen knights in the front row and had to stop their reins.  But half of the Yi cavalry refused to stop and continued to charge at the vulnerable musketeers.

    "Fire the bayonet!"

    "Bayonet formation!"

    The soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion quickly moved the bayonets under the gun barrels to form a bayonet array.  Their layout was stronger and more stable than Gaishui camp.  Maybe this bayonet array can't stop a war elephant weighing several tons, but it is definitely not something that two thousand cavalry can break through.  More than a thousand Southwest Plateau horses crashed into the white mountain of swords, unable to even move the front one bit.

    The soldiers in the third row took a step forward, exerted force on their waists, and stabbed with their bayonets.

    Long Zaitian obviously didn¡¯t know the enemy he faced very well and chose the wrong tactics in the right terrain.  In front of the bayonet formation, the cavalry casualty ratio was tragic.  But this failed to defeat the bravery of the Yi people.  Just when Lu Ce was delighted with the solidity of the bayonet array, he saw seven thousand infantrymen rushing up behind him, roaring.

    "These foreigners wear the scales and leather armor of the Ming army, and hold the spears and swords of the Ming army, but they are a hundred times as brave as the Ming army, and a thousand times as unyielding as the Ming army.

    They are members of the Long family of Shiping. They are the Long family that has been inherited for more than a thousand years and has ruled Shiping for more than a thousand years.  They were the Long family who were driven out of the Central Plains by the Han people and fought for survival in the corner of the empire for a thousand years.  In the deepest part of their hearts, no one is prouder than them.

    When the Han Empire was at its weakest, they were determined to use their swords to take back the world that should belong to them.

    Only this time, they were facing Han Chinese from Nanhai Kingdom.

    "Throw a bomb!"

    Three thousand grenades were thrown from the hands of the auxiliary soldiers of the vanguard battalion, piercing the sky, falling behind the cavalry, and smashing into the crowd of people who were not afraid of death.  Amidst the roar, the brave warriors seemed to have broken into a suddenly erupted volcanic crater, and countless flowers exploded from beneath their feet.  What exploded was not gunpowder, but the blood of the Yi people.

    More than a thousand Yi people lost their combat effectiveness in the explosion. The killing efficiency of this hot weapon era destroyed the fighting will of all Yi people.  In just ten seconds, the outcome was decided.

    "Kill the thief!"

    The bayonet array opened a gap, the long sword was raised high, and Lu Ce rushed into the enemy's line.

    "Kill the thief! Kill him back to my Han family!"

    ? www.piotia.comsp; The bayonet array opened a gap, the long sword was raised high, and Lu Ce rushed into the enemy's line.

    "Kill the thief! Kill him back to my Han family!"

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