Chapter 616

But never mind, this time Siam sent 150000 troops, far more than the last time Lancang Kingdom sent troops. As for the five thousand cavalry he brought, he appeared as a bystander. If all goes well, he naturally doesn't mind taking a share of it. On the contrary, he will run as fast as he can. In short, he won't let mercenaries catch him.

"Well, yes, someone, order the iron shield soldiers to take the lead and move forward." although Ge Dan was a little unhappy when fan Yuhai interrupted his fantasy, it was a battlefield. One more soldier was one more loss, so he decided to listen to his words and send the iron shield soldiers out.

An iron shield more than eight centimeters thick can block the bullets of the musket, and more than ten centimeters can block the power of the musket in close combat, which has been proved by countless facts. Before the war, Siam launched a great force and gathered a lot of blacksmiths in the country to create an iron shield, which was held by 5000 strong men in order to prevent each other's fire and gun attack.

At the order of Gotham, five thousand iron shield soldiers appeared. Once the one meter five iron shield is erected, it can cover the whole body and protect them from the threat of fire guns.

"It's an iron shield soldier." on the tower, the cold front shouted out, but they just calmed down again after calling out. Because they were not worried, they did not forget that the governor of xiaoluan had buried a lot of mines with them before, which was the best weapon to deal with the iron shield soldiers.

"Iron shield soldiers can only protect some people and look for opportunities to fight those unprotected enemies." 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, he will not only be an excellent local administrator, but also a fighting general. Being able to write and fight will make his future road better and wider.

The general is not flustered and the soldiers are confident. The cold front and auxiliary soldiers began to look for opportunities to shoot continuously. Although this could not stop the enemy from approaching, it was also destroying the opponent's effective power to a certain extent, and it was also a great deterrent.

As soon as the iron shield came out, the gunfire continued. It became a lot more sporadic than before. Godan on the horse laughed. He can fully afford such a loss. As long as the main force can get close to the city, with the help of the catapult, the morale will rise greatly. Perhaps with good luck, if you rush to the city several times, you will win the control of the city tower and win the final victory.

After the Siamese soldiers in front scattered hundreds of bodies, the stone catapult was finally arranged within a distance of 500 meters, and then the prepared boulders were lifted out. Under the action of lever, boulders flew into the air and hit in the direction of Vientiane city.

From a distance, the momentum is amazing, and the shortcomings are also very obvious. It's good to throw one of the ten boulders into the city tower. Most of them hit the city wall, which attracted the sound of earth shaking and mountains, but it won't hinder the overall situation.

But it has to be said that the momentum of the catapult is still amazing. Inspired by it, more Siamese soldiers followed behind the iron shield soldiers and began to move forward and close step by step. Shier can also see the appearance of the ladder from the gap. It's a sharp weapon for climbing the city.

"Fight, fight hard." upstairs in Nancheng, Luan Xiaochen can clearly see the enemy coming slowly because of his condescending relationship. The iron shield can only protect the front of the body, not the top of the head, so the crowded appearance of the enemy is more clearly displayed in front of the city guarding soldiers.

There is no need to aim at all. Just shoot a shot over the head of the crowd, and an enemy will be shot and killed. This feeling makes the auxiliary soldiers of the cold front feel very happy, but what they expect more is what will happen when the enemy enters the 300 meter mine defense line.

"There are still fifty meters left."

"Thirty meters left..."

"Ten meters..."

There is still a cold front measuring each other's position with his eyesight. "Boom... Boom, boom, boom!"

Finally, when the enemy shield soldiers in the first row crossed the 300 meter front with one foot, the mines were driven, and the roar of explosion immediately sounded. The powerful power sent iron shields flying one by one, and the huge force sent unknown people into the air. The aftereffect of the explosion was like a huge wave at sea, overturning one enemy after another on the ground.

At this moment, the Siamese army suffered heavy losses. Not only more than half of the 5000 shield soldiers were killed, but also most of the shields were blown apart everywhere. The Siamese army behind these people was affected unprepared. I don't know how many died.

"Fight, don't be afraid to waste bullets. There are still a lot of bullets in the ammunition warehouse of the royal palace. Fight hard for me." Luan Xiaochen also took a 95 style and opened the continuous firing mode, shooting at the next round of the city.

The cold front and auxiliary soldiers who were originally responsible for the replacement were all dispatched, and the fire of 900 people was fully opened. It was fun to fight at this moment, and it was fun to kill.

Under the dual threat of mines and guns, the Siamese army, which dropped thousands of bodies, finally destroyed its morale and began to flee. This escape is trampling on each other. I don't know how many soldiers died at the foot of their colleagues; In such an environment, anyone who is pushed to the ground will never have any hope of getting up.

"How could this happen? How could this happen? What's the ghost of the sudden explosion? What is it?" I watched the soldiers fall to the ground in groups and turn into corpses; Seeing those iron shields thrown everywhere, even some have been deformed; Seeing the magnificent army just now, Ge Dan retreated back like a rabbit who broke his courage. He was angry. His eyes turned and stared at fan Yuhai. His eyes were red and angry.

Fan Yuhai was also shocked by this scene. In the previous wars, he did not see such weapons as mercenaries, so he was not prepared at all.

He forgot that most of the previous times were sieges, and the use of mines was naturally limited. The only offensive and defensive war in Hanoi city was because they didn't want to destroy a commercial street. In addition, the Jiaozhi army rushed hard enough at that time and didn't have time to bury any mines. This has been useless.

It's useless. It doesn't mean it can't be used. Now it has finally come in handy and hit the Siamese army with a surprise and a head-on blow. The effect is amazing.

"This is a mine. In fact, it has been used early in the morning, but it is not so powerful." fan Yuhai is worthy of being a famous general. He soon thought of the dead generals Ruan gengwang and Chen Heijin. Both of them had encountered such things in the rainforest, and said that it was called a mine by mercenaries. It is a powerful weapon that can explode when touched. And isn't that what's happening right now?

"Mines? You know, why didn't you say it before?" Godan continued to blame. Obviously, he doesn't want to bear the consequences of losing the first battle. He wants to put all this on others.

Fan Yuhai didn't answer, but looked ahead and said in a very calm tone: "brother, general, you'd better withdraw first. There's no one to control the catapult. Morale is pressed. It's good to reorganize and prepare for the war."

Following fan Yuhai's eyes, Ge Dan noticed that he didn't know when his catapult stopped working, and the soldiers in front of the catapult fell all over the ground. Obviously, this was the result of the power of the continuous firing gun.

The first battle was lost in this way. Although Godan didn't want to admit it, he also knew that this time was not a time for righteousness, so he had to bite his teeth and said helplessly, "call in the gold and withdraw the troops for five miles."

The Siamese army retreated, even without the bodies of soldiers, stone catapults and iron shields. Those war supplies can all be within the range of mercenary guns. Who can grab them back? Unless they launch a full-scale attack, but the problem of mines is not solved, can they really do it?

"Victory, the enemy is running away with his tail!" on the South Tower of Vientiane City, when seeing the Siamese army retreating like this, waves of cheers sounded like a farewell military song, laughing at the incompetence of the Siamese army.

"Others don't move. The cold fronts go down to clean the battlefield. What they can bring back and what they can't bring back are burned." Luan Xiaochen also has a red light on his face, but as a commander, he still pressed down his excitement and said calmly.

The cold front can only be sent down, because the mine has not been completely blown up. If someone else is sent down, it may detonate and have unpredictable consequences.

Next, the cold front soldiers went out of the city with barrels of kerosene one by one. There were too many enemy bodies. The best way to collect the bodies was to set them on fire. Otherwise, germs would inevitably appear in so many bodies over a long period of time, causing a plague.

The Siamese army, whose army had retreated, could only watch the mercenaries carry out these operations under the city. They also tried to do damage before. Soon there was a dense gunfire on the city floor and had to retreat after dropping hundreds of new bodies.

This made general Gotham angry. He jumped and scolded in the rear barracks, but there was nothing he could do.

"General Ge, please don't get angry. The most important thing now is to find a way to crack their mines. Otherwise, they will be really passive." fan Yuhai is not a subordinate of the other party, and has his own 5000 cavalry. Although the number is small, fortunately, his combat power is strong. When facing Godan, he naturally says what he wants to say, with a sense of detachment.

"Solve? How to solve?" it's OK. When it comes to this matter, Godan is very angry. Before fighting, fan Yuhai said that the capture of Vientiane city was just a matter of fingers. Why didn't he say that there would be mines? He lost thousands of people and horses in the first war, and nearly two-thirds of the iron shield that can block fire guns. Now the number of iron shields in his hand is less than 2000. He was ready to be hit hard in a moment. At this moment, he was passive.