Chapter Twenty-Eight: War Elephants
With gauze around his face and a bulging corpse under his feet, Wu Shengjun began to advance in an all-round way, Xiaolin and Peng Jiu had already penetrated deep into the valley, with crossbow arrows and gunpowder bullets to open the way, and in a short period of time, they defeated Nong Zhigao's four or five counterattacks, and at the same time, Zhou Tong and Wu Jie, Sun Dazhi and others dragged ballistas to follow. (When the attack of Pingnan Xiaolin and others is blocked, they will immediately throw dense gunpowder shells over to open the way for them to advance.)
Yun Zheng dodged a boulder that rolled down from the upper ridge next to him, and raised his eyes to see that Xiaolin had already attacked the mountain, a spear was lightning like a swallow, and he couldn't hear the screams of those wingmen, he could only see them rolling down the hillside.
In contrast, Peng Jiu's attack speed was not very good, and Yun Zheng watched his subordinates being hit by the falling boulders, and the blood in his mouth spurted out more than a zhang high...... The stone that rolled down just now came from the left side that Peng Jiu was in charge of.
The mountain ridge is not high, Peng Jiu is attacking from the back, and the rolling wood and stones are raining down, suppressing him to the yam, and he can only shoot the enemy there with crossbow arrows......
After Wu Jie tested the distance, he cut the twist on the gunpowder bullet to an extremely dangerous point, and placed it in the bag himself, as soon as the soldiers were at one point, he smashed the machine with a wooden mallet, and the four "life-urging ghosts" in the bag flew up the hillside, after a very bewitching white light, the cyan flames in the sky were sprinkled all over the mountain, Peng Jiu jumped up from behind a boulder, roared and attacked the top of the mountain, this time there was no rolling wood and stone falling, only scattered arrows, flying sparsely.
Seeing that Peng Jiu succeeded, Yun Zheng's team continued to stop forward, and when he walked up the high slope, Yun Zheng found his starting place. There are countless people cleaning up the battlefield, and groups of Great Song soldiers are constantly rushing from behind, and Di Qing's banner is walking in the front.
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly, there has never been a shortage of people in this world who pick up bargains. Even people like Di Qing are no exception. It is estimated that he has long suspected that Nong Zhigao is playing a ghost, that is, after waiting for his arrival. Fight a bloody way out for the Western Army.
In his eyes, Wu Shengjun is actually a one-time consumable, unlike the Western Army, which can be recycled, so he will definitely not have any guilt when he takes the lead in Wu Shengjun.
The valley is not long. It was only about two miles, and the Wu Shengjun paid a great price in order to fight for the valley of about two miles, and the complex terrain and mountainous environment offset the power of the gunpowder bullet on a large distance. Wu Shengjun had to engage in hand-to-hand combat, which he was not good at, in order to capture many nodes one by one, but fortunately, the wingmen were very afraid of gunpowder. As long as there are gunpowder shells exploding nearby, they will often collapse.
"What? Behemoth? Long nose? Yun Zheng saw the battle report from Xiaolin from the front and knew what he was going to face at a glance, no wonder the attack was getting easier and easier, it turned out that Nong Zhigao had found the "war elephant".
War elephants. As far as Yun Zheng knows, it is a kind of special forces that has appeared in the history of ancient warfare, and it plays the role of a tank in modern troops in warfare. Trained war elephants, brave and invincible, can break through city gates, destroy barracks, break weapons, step on enemy troops, trap enemy formations, and often cause great damage to the enemy.
Now I am not surprised to see the elephant Yun Zheng in Guangxi, of course, this is for myself, the elephant has not been touched in later generations, not only has seen this thing paint, but also received a massage of this thing, although I am very worried about being trampled to death by its hooves, but fortunately, this kind of naturally festive big guy is very docile, and there is not much danger in rolling himself up with his nose.
But for his subordinates, this thing is very scary, and even a guy like Xiaolin is terrified, let alone others.
"Order Xiaolin and Peng Jiu to come back, build a position on the spot, set up a fire wall at three hundred paces, and the ballista team immediately demarcate the area, and once the war elephants break through the fire wall, immediately bombard them with gunpowder shells!
This thing is afraid of fire, and even more afraid of gunpowder bullets, even if he is a giant beast, as long as it is flesh and blood, it will also be torn to pieces by gunpowder! It's not a long-nosed beast, it's an elephant, and there's nothing to be afraid of. ”
Xiaolin and Peng Jiu quickly retreated from the front, their faces frightened!
Di Qing saw that Wu Shengjun not only did not advance, but was shrinking his position, and stepped forward to ask Yun Zheng: "What happened." ”
Yun Zheng spit out the bloody spit in his mouth and said with a smile: "The striker found the war elephant, and I heard that there are hundreds of them. ”
Di Qing looked around at the surrounding environment and said decisively: "Retreat, retreat immediately!" We, our lack of preparation, this thing is infinitely powerful, only the "lion army" can overcome it, ordinary flames can't hurt it at all, we retreat, and then try to come! ”
Yun Zheng said in astonishment: "Lion Army? What is that? ”
Di Qing said anxiously: "During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong appointed Zong Yi as the general of Zhenwu to crusade against the Linyi Kingdom. The king of Linyi was in danger and ordered the ace army "elephant soldiers" to meet the battle. This invulnerable behemoth made the Song army unable to parry, and there were many casualties.
However, Zong Wei was not afraid of the enemy and avoided battle. He thought that the elephant's fierce enemy was lions, but it was impossible to immediately domesticate a group of "lion soldiers" to fight the enemy, so he had an idea and ordered his subordinates to make a batch of lion models overnight and transport them to the front of the battle to deter the enemy "elephant soldiers". This trick is really smart. When the "elephant soldiers" of Linyi Kingdom rushed in, the elephant suddenly saw that only a male lion was waiting for him, as if he was facing a natural enemy, he turned around and ran, no matter how the driver whipped him, he did not look back to meet the battle. At this time, Zong Yu gave an order, led his troops to rush and disagreed, and defeated Lin Yi Kingdom in one fell swoop.
We didn't have time to prepare, we had to retreat! ”
As he spoke, Di Qing's war horse under his crotch neighed, constantly turning in circles, and seemed to be extremely uneasy, and the earth began to shake at this time, and a burst of unhurried footsteps came from the mouth of the canyon, as if a golden armored giant was approaching the Wusheng army step by step.
Di Qing's face turned pale, knowing that it was too late to retreat at this time, as soon as he raised his hand, he took off the horse lance hanging on the war horse, and roared angrily: "Steady!" Steady! While patting his horse and running towards the military formation on the left, he wanted to help Yun Zheng stabilize his position.
When the elephant appeared, Wu Shengjun from top to bottom, except for Yun Zheng, all of them flew into the sky, and such a giant beast was not comparable to human power at all.
Yun Zheng laughed and said, "Brothers, get rich!" This is an elephant, as long as it is caught and transported back to Bianliang City, Tokyo, we will send it, I heard that there is only one in the palace, be prepared, don't let him run away! ”
Zhou Tong, Wu Jie, and Sun Dazhi also began to shout frantically with Yun Zheng! Everyone seemed to be very excited, especially Yun Zheng who ran to the front and kept kicking those guys who had urine flowing out of their crotches, like a madman.
But this works very well, I heard the general say that this thing is not a monster, it is a valuable treasure, Wu Shengjun, these guys who have long been fascinated by money, immediately boosted their morale, and if the vicious thing is related to money, it will not look so terrible,
However, there were many war elephants coming from the opposite side, and one hundred and ten war elephants filled the canyon to the brim, and the wingmen sitting on the back of the war elephants, their whole bodies were covered with patterns, and they made all kinds of strange noises with spears in their hands, and killed Wu Shengjun in the shaking of the mountain.
"Eight bull crossbow preparation, gunpowder shell preparation, armor-piercing cone preparation!" Yun Zheng stood at the front and roared.
"Eight bull crossbow preparation, gunpowder shell preparation, armor-piercing cone preparation!" Zhou Tong, Wu Jie, Sun Dazhi, Xiaolin, and Peng Jiu also roared, and at this time, they must believe Yun Zheng's judgment.
The first to be awakened were the veterans of the Jiazi Battalion, their trust in the general had long penetrated into their bones, and now they were the commanders in the Wusheng Army, and they were all the commanders, and they immediately learned to roar like the generals: "Eight bull crossbow preparations, gunpowder bullets preparation, armor-piercing cone preparation!" ”
When the whole army began to roar, Yun Zheng's heart could be regarded as relaxed, at least at this time, these people around him still had fighting spirit, and they were not stupid by the overwhelming war elephants.
At this moment, Di Qing and the guards felt like outsiders, all the people in Wu Shengjun were roaring and preparing, which made Di Qing very surprised, Wu Shengjun was not what he thought, if it was really an army that fought purely for money, it would collapse anyway at this time, but these people didn't ......
"Three hundred and fifty steps, three hundred and twenty steps! Eight Bull Crossbow Shooting! Molotov cocktails fire! Yun Zheng threw the armor-piercing cone in his hand with all his might, and the armor-piercing cone flew out of a distance and stuck it on the ground, and on the position behind him, the loud sound of the release of the eight-bull crossbow sounded almost at the same time, flying over a distance of three hundred steps and burrowing into the herd of war elephants.
The target was too large, and the arm-thick crossbow screeched into the body of the war elephant with a piercing screech, splattering the sky with blood. The neighing of the war elephants suddenly sounded, and more than a dozen of them collapsed like a mountain, while the injured elephants ran like crazy with red eyes.
A wall of fire suddenly rose from the ground, and a shallow trench was filled with fire oil, and the black-red flames mixed with billowing smoke immediately blocked the war elephants from the outside.
Everyone saw the effect of the eight bull crossbow shooting the elephant just now, and more than a dozen fell to the ground under a wave of arrow rain, which made the Wusheng army feel uplifted, as long as this thing can be killed, it is really not a problem, the most powerful gunpowder bullet in the Wusheng army has not been used.
I don't know what kind of stimulus these elephants were aroused, but they actually came out of the wall of fire, ignoring the gunpowder on their bodies, and continued to rush and kill, especially the riders standing on the elephants, who looked more like evil spirits after being smoked by the thick smoke, and roared in the house, urging the war elephants to continue to advance.
The distance of three hundred steps to two hundred steps Yun Zheng does not plan to take advantage of it, he really wants these elephants, once his army penetrates into Jiaozhi, he very much needs elephants to transport supplies, and wherever the elephants go, the beasts will run away, such a good thing, how can he let it go!
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