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Chapter 303 The elephant has a long trunk

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    The strength of the troops was large enough to offset the advantage of the city's location. The Chu army's strength was almost ten times that of the Western army. They launched a fierce attack on three walls at the same time. The defenders in the city immediately felt outnumbered and under great pressure. After two days of fierce fighting, they fought hard.  After repelling multiple attacks by the Chu army, the defenders in the city gradually became exhausted. Finally, the Chu army attacked the city and gained a foothold, opening a breakthrough.  The city was broken and surrounded by three walls, leaving a way to escape. The Western Army in the city gave up resistance and fled from the south gate. They were chased from behind by the Chu Army and did not stop until they reached the front of Guan Suoling.  Guansuoling is a mountain with Yilong Fort in the north. The mountain forts are connected to block the "East Yunnan Road". The terrain here is very dangerous. The ancient post road passes through the valley of Guansuoling and is blocked by Yilong Fort.  Although the Chu army had an army of 100,000, they could only send a few thousand people into the valley to attack Yilong Fort. The large troops behind were all spectators.  Yilong Fort is not too big and can only accommodate more than 2,000 defenders. However, this small-town-like fortress is built on the mountain, completely covering the ancient post road at the rear. Qi Sansheng can send additional reinforcements to Yilong Fort at any time.  After Zhou Guodong and Liu Tichun figured out the nearby terrain, they both felt that it was very difficult. The troops that could be deployed in front of Yilong Fort were limited, and it was difficult to break it at once. If they could slowly fight it like Qujing, Yilong Fort could be attacked at any time.  With the support of Qi Sansheng, the defenders finished one wave and then replaced it with another wave. If this continued, there would be no end.  In fact, when Wang Kefan saw Yilongbao¡¯s detailed battle report a month later, he blurted out something that no one could understand.  "It looks a lot like Stalingrad!" In the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II, the German army had a clear advantage at the beginning, but the commander, General Paulus, made a serious mistake. He did not concentrate his forces to cut off the supply line of the Volga River, so that Stalin  The Soviet army in Gullah could receive a steady stream of support, but could never be completely eliminated. In the end, it lost the entire battle and the entire war (the reason why the German army lost the Battle of Stalingrad was of course not that simple, but please grasp  The key point is to understand what the terrain advantages of Yilongbao are).  This battle is not easy to fight.  If you put Yilongbao aside and attack Guansuoling first, first of all, this steep mountain is not easy to conquer. Secondly, it is not very useful to conquer this mountain. The road to East Yunnan must pass through Yilongbao. After the Chu army captured Guansuoling,  , looking back, we still have to attack Yilong Fort. At most, we don¡¯t have to worry about the safety of the flanks. Every time we attack, we can invest one or two thousand more troops.  Zhou Guodong and Liu Tichun discussed repeatedly, but could not think of a better way. When they were at a loss, they led the party to achieve great achievements again.  "The general knows a path that can bypass Guansuoling." Zhou Wuding picked up a pen and paper and drew a simple map: "This path is very secret, and the general also knew it unintentionally. Although the road is difficult to walk, fortunately it is not difficult to walk.  It¡¯s not too far. If we march on foot, we can get around to the back of Yilong Fort in two days¡± That night, Liu Tichun led thousands of elite troops, with Zhou Wuding as the vanguard, and walked into a remote mountain path.  Two days later, Liu Tichun appeared behind Yilong Fort and forcibly cut off the ancient post road, separating Yilong Fort from the rear.  Before that, Zhou Guodong launched a fierce attack on Yilong Fort. There were only two thousand defenders in Yilong Fort, and each one was killed. As long as Liu Tichun could block Qi Sansheng's reinforcements, Zhou Guodong could definitely pull out Yilong Fort.  The fight for this nail now is to see who can get it first.  Yunnan has a vast territory and difficult roads. Western troops from remote areas are still arriving in Kunming one after another. During this period, Qi Sansheng was running between the front line and Kunming. When Liu Tichun cut off the ancient post road, he was at Tuerguan. I heard that  The Chu army came around to the back of Yilong Fort. They immediately realized the threat and quickly mobilized their troops to attack Liu Tichun aggressively.  Because he had to mobilize troops from Kunming, Qi Sansheng's movements were a beat slow. When he arrived near Yilongbao, the emergency signal for help from Yilongbao and Guansuoling was already very urgent. According to the fireworks, only more than a day had passed.  Over time, the defenders of Yilongbao had suffered hundreds of casualties. If they had not been unable to escape, they might have collapsed. Although they were still resisting hard at this moment, they might not be able to hold on for long.  Attack immediately and rescue Yilong Fort!  Qi Sansheng commanded the troops and launched a fierce attack on Liu Tichun.  The nightmare in front of Tuyun Pass in Guiyang happened again. Liu Tichun took a small road to outflank the enemy's rear. Knowing that there would be a fierce battle, he brought the most elite 3,000 musketeers. Qi Sansheng's thousands of armored soldiers were defeated by continuous volley fire. In a short time,  In just a quarter of an hour, thousands of people were killed or injured.  "Elephant soldiers, come on!" Qi Sansheng played his final trump card and sent an elephant soldier unit composed of more than thirty war elephants to launch a second wave of attacks. Including Qi Sansheng himself, the Western Army had already attacked the Chu army.  The musketeers developed fear and continued toIt was difficult for the attack to be effective. They pinned all their hopes on the elephant soldiers, hoping that these rough-skinned and thick-fleshed beasts could break up the formation of the Chu army's musketeers.  "Charge!" There are many flaws in any single military unit. It is not safe to rely solely on elephant soldiers to charge. Qi Sansheng personally led hundreds of cavalry and two thousand armored soldiers and archers to attack behind the elephant soldiers. The elephants'  There are huge baskets on their backs, which can carry three or four elephant soldiers. They hold firecrackers and bows and arrows in their hands to attack enemies close to the elephant. The elephant takes heavy steps and slowly walks towards the Chu army's muskets on the opposite side.  Soldiers and more than thirty elephants moved at the same time, shaking the ground and shaking the mountains for a while, with an astonishing momentum.  There were no zoos in this era. Most of the Chu soldiers, including Liu Tichun, saw elephants for the first time. Although Sun Kewang brought some elephant soldiers to Hunan, the number was too small, and the soldiers of the Western Expedition Army had been hiding in  After training in Shogunate Mountain, they finally missed the elephants. Suddenly, they saw these giant beasts that were far taller than other animals. The musketeers' phalanx, which had never been as motionless as a mountain, also started to commotion.  "Is this thing an elephant? It's so big. It weighs at least several thousand kilograms, right?" "Maybe ten thousand kilograms!" "Can it be killed with a musket?" "If there is someone on the elephant's back, hit the person first.  As long as people are killed, these elephants are just big beasts, nothing to be afraid of. " "What a long trunk" Seeing the elephants' stocky and heavy bodies, many musketeers felt that they had flint hair in their hands.  The gun was like a toy, and the small lead bullets would definitely not be able to kill such a big beast. Some quick-thinking people proposed to shoot the elephant soldiers on the elephant's back first. Wang Yi, the commander of the musketeers, hesitated and decided to try  Give this method a try.  "Fire!" The platoon of guns focused their fire and aimed at the baskets on the backs of the elephants in the front row. After the gunfire, the elephants suddenly roared angrily and charged towards the Chu soldiers like a moving hill.  When they came over, compared with the elephants, the targets of the Western Army in the basket were too small, and there were two thick shields placed in front of them. The effect of this shooting was not good. It did not hit a few people, but it angered those big ones.  elephant.  The elephants started running, not too slowly. Seeing these giant beasts approaching quickly, there was a commotion among the Chu army's musketeers. Some soldiers subconsciously wanted to run away, and some soldiers took out their bayonets and put them on the barrels of their guns, using their mantis arms as chariots.  They were usually preparing to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the elephants. At this moment, the two elephants in front suddenly made a loud noise and fell to the ground. Some small bullet holes on the huge elephant heads were bleeding.  "It works! The muskets can kill it!" The soldiers of the Chu army cheered. They had just fired at the basket on the elephant's back. However, the accuracy of the flintlock guns was limited, and the elephant was hit by a lot of bullets. It ran out.  Not long after, he couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground, letting out a dying cry.  "Idiot! A flintlock rifle can penetrate even iron armor, but it can't kill these beasts!" Wang Yi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and cursed with the spirit of hindsight. He didn't know whether he was scolding himself or others.  After scolding the officers who gave him random ideas, the other officers also reacted. They commanded the musketeers together and concentrated fire on the remaining elephants. It was difficult to miss the huge body. Under the continuous volleys of guns, an elephant  One elephant was knocked down one after another, much faster than before.  "The skin is quite thick." Liu Tichun could see clearly in the telescope that after these elephants were shot, the wounds would not spatter with blood, and they were much stronger than the human body. However, the Chu army's firepower was too dense, and every elephant instantly  They were all hit by dozens or hundreds of bullets, almost beaten into pieces, and finally fell into a pool of blood.  In comparison, those Western troops following the elephant soldiers appeared to be very fragile. Even if they were hit by just one shot, they would fall to the ground instantly. After the elephants in the front rows were knocked down, Qi Sansheng, who was in golden armor and white horse, became Chu.  The target that the gunners focused on was shot several times, both man and horse. The strong white horse jumped up suddenly, knocking the injured Qi Sansheng off, and then fell down suddenly, hitting him hard.  .  "Qi Sansheng is dead!" The Chu army repeated its old trick. Regardless of whether Qi Sansheng was dead or not, everyone shouted that he was dead. The Western army was in a state of confusion, and they turned around and defeated. Several soldiers grabbed the  Qi Sansheng put him on horseback and fled to Tu'er Pass with the defeated troops.  "Stop chasing. The most important thing is to block Yilongbao's retreat!" In addition to three thousand musketeers, Liu Tichun also had thousands of light armored soldiers from Zhou Wuding. After chasing the Western Army for a while, he saw the enemy fleeing away.  , just accept it when you see fit, come back to clean the battlefield, and set up camp.  "There is meat to eat tonight." Although Wang Yi was already the division commander of the Musketeers, he was actually not very old. He curiously came to a dead elephant and stabbed it hard: "This guyIt's so big, the meat must be hard, old and not tasty.  " "Even if it doesn't taste good, you have to eat more. It's a rare opportunity.  "Liu Tichun said with a smile: "I'm going to eat roasted elephant tonight. Let the brothers have a try. After returning to my hometown, I can brag in front of my wife and children for the rest of my life.  "
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