My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 242: Trapped Beast Fight

On the long and narrow official road, the Annan army was in complete chaos, and Fan Keyong's eyes turned red with anxiety!

Why? Why were the Ming army's muskets still able to fire in the heavy rain? Wasn't their gunpowder afraid of water?
How could there be gunpowder in the world that is not afraid of water? Moreover, the speed of this shooting is simply too fast, so fast that it is unimaginable!
"Bang bang bang bang..."

Intensive gunfire continued to be heard, and many Annan soldiers fell to the ground. Those who were not hit in vital areas lay on the ground wailing in pain, but no one came to rescue them, and they could only wait to die!

The scene was extremely chaotic. Everyone was stunned by the fierce attack of the Ming army and had no idea what was going on.

Under the power of bullets, many people fled in all directions, and some simply lay on the ground, but were stepped on by countless fleeing people, and their intestines were squeezed out.

In an instant, the narrow official road in Banla instantly turned into a horrible meat grinder. For the Annan army, this place was hell!
After the initial panic, Fan Keyong came to his senses and shouted:

"Don't panic, don't panic, keep your formation steady and find where the enemy is!"

After Fan Keyong screamed at the top of his lungs for a while, he finally calmed down the soldiers around him and re-established order. They were no longer as panicked as before.

As a cavalry general, Fan Keyong had fought for many years and was quite experienced. He knew very well that when being ambushed, the most important thing was to find the direction of the enemy and rush through the ambush area in one go.

However, in the surrounding jungle, there was only continuous gunfire, but no human figures were visible. It took Fan Keyong a lot of effort to figure out the source of the gunfire.

The enemy was so cunning that after the army entered Banla, they set up an ambush in the jungle and specifically attacked the front, middle and tail of the army. This caused the army that was ambushed at the beginning to think that the enemy came from all directions.

The Ming army has a good strategy, but do they think it can stop the Annan army?

Fan Keyong's eyes flashed with ferocity and a look of contempt appeared on his face.

Unfortunately, the Ming army was too clever for their own good. They thought they had set an ambush, but in fact they trapped themselves!
The Ming army that marched south this time had a total of only more than 20,000 people, and they set up three parts for ambushes, which means that there were not many people in each part of the Ming army.

Dividing your troops when you have too few in numbers is just courting death!

"Messenger, hurry up and pass on my order. Charge forward and break out of the Ming army's ambush!"

However, before the messenger could respond, Fan Keyong heard a "whoosh" sound, and then a big hole appeared in the messenger's head, and blood mixed with brain matter and other red and white substances splattered all over his face!
"Damn bastard!"

Fan Keyong stretched out his fingers and put them in his mouth for a long time, then pulled out a white, hard object. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was a small piece of the messenger's skull!

Looking at the big hole on the messenger's head, Fan Keyong couldn't help but take a breath. The Ming army's firearms were not only capable of continuous firing, but their power was also so terrifying!
He had never seen a firearm that could make such a big hole in the head. This was completely beyond his imagination.

Fan Keyong couldn't help but gasp. No wonder the Ming army dared to use only 20,000 men to fight against Annan's 200,000-strong army. It was because of these terrifying firearms!
However, no matter how powerful the firearms are, they are useless. The disparity in military strength cannot be made up by just a firearm.

In just a short while, countless Annan soldiers fell in a pool of blood, with the bullet holes on their bodies shocking!
And his generals,

If they continue to crowd here, the whole army will be wiped out. Fan Keyong's eyes turned red with anxiety and he shouted loudly: "Archers, shoot arrows forward!"

Then he called several messengers and shouted loudly: "Pass my order, tell the elephant soldiers to control the elephants, the cavalry battalion to follow the elephant soldiers, and after the archers shoot their arrows, charge forward regardless of everything. The rest of the infantry, follow the cavalry!"

Although he could not see the Ming army, he could not care less at this time. After hearing the order, the soldiers of the archery battalion hurriedly pulled up their longbows. Although many people were shot and fell, they still shot a lot of arrows.

At this time, the gunfire from the front seemed to have decreased a little. Taking this opportunity, the elephant soldiers rode their elephants and rushed forward frantically! There were countless infantrymen following behind them, but the army of more than 100,000 people was crowded on the narrow official road, bloated and heavy, and the army was under attack from all sides. Everyone wanted to leave this meat-mincing hell.

Seeing that the troops in the front could hardly move forward and everyone was crowded together, Fan Keyong made a prompt decision and ordered the troops in the middle and rear to rush into the jungle to look for the ambushed Ming army.

For a moment, there was a burst of gunfire in the jungle. Many Annan soldiers were hit and fell to the ground as soon as they entered the jungle, and then countless soldiers rushed in.

At this time, Li Jinglong, who was ambushing in the forest of Mengsong, was wearing a cloak made of green grass. If you didn't look closely, from a distance, it would just be a pile of grass and you couldn't find it at all.

Listening to the dense gunfire coming from the direction of Banla in front, he felt nervous and expectant, and kept wiping the sweat from his palms.

He saw it clearly when the Annan army passed by the foot of the mountain just now. It was his first close contact with the enemy, and he almost couldn't help pulling the trigger, if Zhu Di hadn't held down the muzzle of his gun in time.

There were more than 5,000 Ming troops ambushed in the Mengsong forest. Their mission was to block the Annan army that was planning to retreat. However, the Annan army did not seem to have any plans to retreat yet.

It seems that they are still hoping for a lucky break, thinking that they can defeat the Ming army by relying on their numerical advantage.

Zhu Di held up a telescope and looked in the direction of the Annan army, while reporting the enemy situation to the people around him.

"The enemy put the elephants at the front of the team, apparently intending to use them as shields and rush through the ambush circle in one go. The enemy generals were smart and decisive to make such a judgment in such an emergency.

Facing the charge of tens of thousands of enemies, I don’t know if my brother-in-law and his men can hold on. If the enemy breaks out of the ambush circle, it will be a huge disgrace to my brother-in-law!”

"Alright, alright, stop boosting the enemy's prestige and destroying your own ambition!"

Li Jinglong could not help but complain: "When will those guys retreat? I can't help itching to fight. Let's finish the fight and return to Kunming. I want to stay in the sun for seven days and seven nights. I'm going to get moldy staying here!"

"Nephew, does the sun come out at night in your house?"

Zhu Di laughed at Li Jinglong, but his eyes were fixed on the battlefield in the direction of Banla.

Faced with the sudden charge of the enemy's elephant soldiers, groups of elephants running wildly in the jungle did bring considerable pressure to Xu Huizu.

However, this Type 56 semi-automatic rifle did bring him a huge surprise.

It can fire ten bullets in one breath, the firing rate is almost ten times more than before, and the power is also amazing. The most important thing is that the bullets of the new gun are not affected by rain at all!

It was so painful to think back to when we were sailing at sea and our bullets became damp and couldn’t be fired.

With a "bang", after firing the last bullet in the magazine, an elephant soldier rolled off the elephant.

"Cover me, keep shooting, don't let the firepower be interrupted!"

While ordering his soldiers to fire, Xu Huizu pulled out a magazine from the ammunition bag, deftly pressed the bullets into the magazine, pushed the bullets into the chamber, and then continued to aim and shoot.

"Keep suppressing the fire, and never let the elephant soldiers and cavalry break through our ambush line!" Xu Huizu shouted loudly: "The elephant soldiers are too threatening, focus on the elephants first!"

(End of this chapter)