Santa, a small city about forty miles away from the border between Kushan and Shen Poison, is the territory of Kushan.

The walls made of earth, brick and stone are not towering, and even appear a little shabby, which is also the norm of the Kushan city walls.

Ancient China has always been far superior to other countries in terms of defending cities and building city walls. In addition to the height and thickness of the structure, there are also precautions such as moats. Therefore, the siege equipment of ancient China was mostly aimed at attacking or climbing the city wall rather than attacking the city wall, and the ladder was the main one.

In the west, the walls are relatively fragile, mostly made of mud bricks and wood, which cannot be protected from fire attacks, and are prone to crumbling and damage when pushed by force. As a result, many siege engines in the West were designed to destroy the walls.

Outside Santa City, an army of Kushan is approaching. In addition to the 20,000 foot soldiers, there were 500 well-trained war elephants. There was a neat line, and the momentum was quite amazing.

Saraka sat on top of the leading war elephant, looking at the not-so-tall walls of Santa City in the distance, his eyes full of excitement and disdain. With 500 war elephants and 20,000 troops under his command, he is full of confidence and ambition to capture Santa City.

Little did he know, however, that on a high mountain far away from him, a large army was resting deep in the forest.

Looking at the army and the city wall in the distance, Lu Xun thought thoughtfully: "Is this going to attack the city with elephant soldiers?" ”

The arrival of Lu Xun and Sima Yi aroused Zhou Yu's thoughts of fighting, and after synthesizing the information of all parties, they rushed here by day and night through the dense forest. Prepare to observe the battle between the two sides, and by the way, see if you can pick up any leaks.

"The body is poisonous, and he is known as an elephant soldier. Although the elephant soldiers have obvious weaknesses, they are indeed extremely powerful in land warfare, and with a large number of foot soldiers, their combat power is extremely considerable. Its huge tonnage and great power are also quite effective for breaking the city. Zhou Yu explained.

Sima Yi glanced at the simple city walls of Santa City, and sneered without writing: "Sure enough, it is a barbarian country, and the city walls are so dilapidated that they are like nothing." That is the kind of city wall, the poisonous elephant soldiers can still exert some power, if it is replaced by the city wall of my Han people, I am afraid that I will hit my head and bleed. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly and said, "Not bad." Except for my Great Chu, other empires don't pay much attention to the city wall, so the elephant soldiers can have a stage to perform. If it's for me......"

Elephant soldiers like this are basically waste in front of the Han people's cities, and I am afraid that they don't know what a moat is. Even if the moat was crossed, the strong walls were enough to make it helpless.

"With so many elephant soldiers dispatched by the poison, Guishan won't have received any news. I don't know how it reacts. Lu Xun said.

"The poisonous army is scattered, harassing and attacking from all sides. Due to their superiority in forces and the fact that they were on the offensive, Kushan could not muster much of his forces to deal with them while maintaining a defensive line and keeping a reserve army. These elephant soldiers are already difficult to deal with, and Guishuang is afraid that he will suffer a loss in this battle. Zhou Yu said.

"It's been like this for months. The poisonous commander is extremely old and spicy, and he has always adopted this tactic. Most of the army hid in order to contain most of the main forces of the other side, expanding the superiority of the attacking army, and forming a situation in which more troops fought less. ”

"Although the original itself has a lot of poisonous troops, its actual combat power is still much worse than that of Guishuang. During this time, the two sides were almost tied and lost in half, and it was this tactic that was the result of this tactic. ”

Zhou Yu still admires the two commanders, Murvardi and Sugdi. Although the detailed command is much worse, and the means and strategies are too simple, they are indeed very mature and sophisticated in terms of the overall situation and command experience.

"Look, the offensive has begun." Zhou Yu said.

The mountain where they led the army was hiding was not far from Santa City, and they could clearly see the situation on the battlefield.

Due to the scarcity of troops, coupled with Zhou Yu's own legion talent, he was not afraid of being discovered.

With Zhou Yu's words, the body poison army began to attack.

Five hundred war elephants were lined up in five rows, and they rushed towards the city wall under the drive of the soldiers.

The walls themselves are mostly made of wood, and there is no rammed earth to cover and reinforce, which is relatively fragile and afraid of fire.

In the face of the charge of the war elephants, the soldiers defending the city were frightened and frightened. The most effective means of fire attack could not be used at all, and I was afraid that I would not scare the war elephants away, so I set my own walls on fire first.

Countless arrows landed on the thick skin of the war elephant like tickles, and they did not cause any damage at all.

A large herd of giant elephants rushed directly to the city wall like a bulldozer under the rain of arrows, and slammed into the city wall.

"Click!"

Under the constant impact of the war elephants, the city walls continued to break, and after several collisions with the war elephants, they were already broken everywhere. The terrifying power of elephants is on full display.

"The power of the elephant soldier is truly terrifying." Seeing this scene, Lu Xun couldn't help but speak.

"Ordinary crossbow arrows can't penetrate the flesh and skin of these war elephants, only a giant crossbow or a spear can do enough damage to them." Zhou Yu said.

"It is better to have such a wall than not, not only can it not stop the attack of war elephants, but it also restricts the environment and makes it impossible for the foot soldiers to function. Coupled with the blow to morale, it is completely cocooned. Sima Yi said.

"If we can solve the many shortcomings of the elephant soldiers, integrate them into the army, and cooperate with other arms, the improvement of combat power will be extremely considerable." Lu Xun, who was extremely sensitive to military strategy, was suddenly attracted by the power displayed by the war elephants.

"It's hard. Compared to war horses, war elephants have too many weaknesses and are too deadly. If we can't solve the problem fundamentally, the war elephants will be a chicken rib for us. Zhou Yu said.

The sorcerers in the Southern Barbarians, who possess occult sorcery, are not omnipotent. Although elephants can be better tamed and controlled, elephants are naturally timid and can get out of control when exposed to fire or loud noises.

"It seems that there is no one on the Guishan side, knowing that it is not a way to drag on like this, but still do not take action, and the way to die." After looking at it for a long time, there was no change in the guards of the city in Guishan, and Lu Xun said with a little disappointment.

"This is also one of the differences between my Han people and them. The generals of the Guishan and Shenzhi countries were more reckless and had few schemes. Most of them are brave and brave in battle, and few are resourceful people, and their way of dealing with the enemy is often head-on, very simple, and lacks cleverness. Zhou Yu shook his head and said.

"It's ridiculous that you can't be brave and strategic, and you can be so stupid." Sima Yi couldn't help but sneer. He has never looked down on these foreigners.

"But on the other hand, it is precisely because they lack wit and simplicity of thinking that they will continue to improve in the training of soldiers and weapons and equipment. In the absence of strategy and toughness, the elite and well-equipped soldiers are the key to victory. Some of the ways we used to go have gone astray. Zhuge Liang said.

"This is also normal, the biggest enemy of my Han people for hundreds of years is Hu Lu. Fighting against the Xiongnu and Qiang people, the enemy army is mostly light cavalry, with strong mobility and changeable tactics, and the strong and heavy armor is of little use, but will affect the mobility and fall into a passive situation. And the Hulu itself is not armored, and the gun and halberd do not need to be too sophisticated to effectively kill, not to mention the advantage of the ring sword. To deal with Hulu, weapons and equipment are far less important than strategy and tactics. This is also the reason why the improvement of our Han people's weapons and equipment is slightly sluggish. Lu Xun said.

Although he is still young, he already has his own unique views on military affairs. In the way of commanding troops, Zhou Yu is good at military formation, Zhuge Liang is good at logistics layout, Sima Yi is good at static braking, and the three have their own strengths. And Lu Xun has a lot of knowledge, he knows all aspects of the army, and he can be called an all-round talent in military affairs, not inferior to Zhou Yu.

"There's nothing wrong with that, as long as the gap in combat power is less than a certain level, tactical strategy is crucial." Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "Don't look at the body poison and Guishuang in front of you look very strong, but if you really fight with the Northern Huns, nine times out of ten you will still be beaten." Mounted guerrilla tactics are not something that the so-called elephant soldiers and sophisticated equipment can deal with. ”

"Today's Northern Xiongnu seems to be weak and declining, but in fact it is still a terrifying force, and the combat power it can show is not inferior to the other three empires. Otherwise, Guishan and Anxi would not have been allowed to sleep soundly on the side of the couch for so many years. Zhou Yu said.

"Northern Huns, it's time to be dealt with." Zhuge Liang looked at the north and said in a complicated tone.