The Cochin people sacrificed the elephant soldiers, and Tang Ning's side, except for using gunpowder to disturb the elephants, there was really no good way to deal with the elephants.

But Ruan Duyun said that in order to prevent the elephants from being frightened, the elephant soldiers prepared a chisel. Once the elephant is frightened and goes into a panic state, the elephant knight will drive a nail into the back of the elephant's head.

In this way, it is possible to control the direction in which the elephant is going again.

I don't know if this statement is true or not, but Tang Ning suddenly remembered a story.

Almost 600 years ago, during the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Song Emperor of the Southern Dynasty took the Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Tan and Zhi as the main commander and conquered the Nanyi Linyi Kingdom. Lin Yi is now the Zhancheng State, although it has a good relationship with the Great Song Dynasty now, but in those days, it was also a thorn.

And they also had elephant soldiers at that time.

When the Song Emperor of the Southern Dynasty was preparing to conquer Jiaozhi, his younger brother Liu Wengong recommended someone to him. His name was Zong Yu (Yincho), and he was the general of Liu Wengong, the king of Jiangxia.

So the Song Emperor of the Southern Dynasty awarded Zong Yu as the general of Zhenwu and asked him to besiege Sucheng with Tanhe.

At that time, Fan Yangmai, the king of Linyi, sent troops to rescue Sucheng, and Zong Yu faced the battle as the main general.

He divided his troops into several ways, sneaked in with Yanqi, broke through the reinforcements of Linyi, took advantage of the victory to capture Sucheng District, and advanced to Xiangpu.

Fan Yangmai gathered the strength of the whole country and launched a decisive battle with the Song army at Xiangpu. He charged with a herd of elephants in armor and defeated the Song army.

Zong Wei believed that lions could "conquer all beasts", so he made a large number of lion models and pushed them to the front of the battle to confront the elephant herd. The elephant herd was frightened and ran away, and the Lin Yi army was defeated. The state of Lin Yi collapsed, and the capital was soon broken by the Song army.

Whether this story is true or not, Downing doesn't know. Because Downing thinks that elephants, social creatures, should not be lions, but lions are more afraid of elephants.

But since the story was so good in some books, Downing finally decided to give it a try.

So he sent someone to make a lion model, and before the lion model was made, Tang Ning resolutely refused to react to how the Jiaozhi people scolded and insulted under the city.

The Jiaozhi people shouted under the city for a day, but the other party didn't make a sound at all as if he was cold. Li Changjie felt that sooner or later he would be pissed off by this little bastard.

A general under his command proposed to attack the city directly, but Li Changjie frowned and said how to attack? Do only 60,000 people still want to surround Guangyuan City? Song Jun did this before because they had gunpowder, but we didn't have it!

Unless the 30,000 defenders of Luocheng in the rear are transferred, but that place is already in the defense zone of Thang Long Mansion, how can those selfish officials in Thang Long Mansion agree?

When the subordinates heard this, they were ashamed. Li Changjie sighed, but from another angle, if he could delay Song Jun here

, it's also a good thing.

The longer they stay here, the easier it will be for them to get a turning point in the war in the south, and once they lose the battle of Zhancheng and are repelled by General Chen Gu Chen, then they can fight the Song army without distraction.

His Majesty will also send some soldiers to support him in the battle against the Song army.

However, this battle has been fought for a while, and Chen Gu's good news has not been spread, but the Zhancheng State has been advancing all the way, not only taking away Hengshan Pass, but also taking away the land of Buzheng and Mali Prefecture.

Thinking of this, Li Changjie felt another nameless fire in his heart. Could it be that there is a huge Annan country, and only one of them can fight?!

The Jiaozhi people called for battle to no avail, so they retreated to a place two miles away and set up camp. In order to prevent the Song army from repeating its old tricks and attacking the camp again, the Jiaozhi people sent many people to patrol and strive to be foolproof.

But Tang Ning didn't have time to pay attention to the Cochin people outside the city all day and night today, he was busy making lion models.

Before and after the outbreak of the war, the Song people in Guangyuan City either fled back to the Great Song Dynasty by themselves, or were captured as strong men and sent to fight against the Champa State.

Nowadays, there are not so many craftsmen in Guangyuan City. However, there are many people who are ingenious among the soldiers, but their proficiency is not high, so progress is slow. It wasn't until late at night that 500 lion models were made.

The number of five hundred is not too much, but it is not much less. If you pull it up, it's also usable. But one question has been plaguing Tangning, that is, does it work against elephants?

He thought so, but Su Song and Cheng Yang raised their thumbs and said that Tang Ning was smart, saying that Tang Ning was really clever, and such ideas could be thought of.

This sentence gave Tang Ning some confidence, and he also encouraged the soldiers under his command like this. said that Zong Wei could win like this at the beginning, and we will definitely be able to win too!

The soldiers were noncommittal, and the next day, Tang Ning opened the city gate to meet the enemy. Five hundred lions were placed in front of the formation, and Wu Dazhuang was sent to the front of the Jiaozhi formation to call the formation.

returned the words of the Jiaozhi people who scolded Song Jun yesterday as they were, and the Jiaozhi people squeaked angrily one by one.

"Brother Ruan, is this trick really good?" Before the start of the war, Tang Ning asked Ruan Duyun again to confirm.

Ruan Duyun said with a bitter face: "General, Ruan has never been an errand in the army. Ruan didn't know much about everything in the army. Elephant soldiers are afraid of lion soldiers, and it is indeed recorded in history. But Ruan has never been on the battlefield, and he has never heard rumors about it.

Ruan Mou had already said these words to the general yesterday, whether it would work or not, Ruan really didn't know. ”

Tang Ning's heart was uneasy, the Jiaozhi people had already sounded the horn of marching, and the next time was to test whether this thing was good or not.

since

This killing move has been revealed yesterday, so there is no need to hide it anymore. The elephant soldiers were at the front of the military formation, and under the control of the knights on their backs, the elephants in armor were slowly advancing towards the Song army.

Tang Ning stood on the tower and counted, there were more than thirty war elephants. He couldn't help but be surprised, this is not a small amount.

There were still seven or eight hundred paces away from the Song army, and the Jiaozhi army stopped.

In the dark, Tang Ning felt a pair of eyes looking straight from the Jiaozhi military formation, stabbing his cheeks with pain. Hurriedly put on the helmet she was holding from 0 Pei Xiantong's hand, and then looked around for the source of that gaze.

But I regretted it in my heart, I knew that I would not stand in such a conspicuous position.

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly there was a sharp sound in the slanted ground. At the same time, Qi Fu took a step forward and blocked the shield in his hand in front of Tang Ning.

There was only a ding, and an arrow fell to the ground. Tang Ning said angrily: "A gentleman can't do anything unruly, why does a thief hurt people with an arrow?!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were silent, and they said in their hearts that there are many times when you hurt people with secret arrows, so don't say that other people's are wrong......

The war elephants lined up in front of the formation, standing still. Seeing this, the soldiers of the Zhenjiang army outside the city immediately took a step back and revealed the lion model behind them.

To be honest, this lion is fake at first glance. The craftsmen in Guangyuan City are not highly skilled, and the things they make are fake and make people want to laugh.

But they did what they should have about lions, so when the elephants saw the five hundred lions, they began to get agitated.

Tang Ning was a little excited, this trick is indeed useful, the ancients honestly did not deceive me!

But before he could be happy, he saw the knight on the elephant's back maneuver and stabilized the elephant again. Subsequently, a person from the Jiaozhi army came to call for battle.

"Listen to the Song army in Guangyuan City, you are already at the end of the road! Lay down your arms now and surrender now! I, the emperor of Annan, have a kind heart, and I can spare you a way to live.

Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless! ”

Song Jun scoffed at this, and what answered him was a dense rain of arrows.

"Shameless Song people!" The Jiaozhi soldiers who shouted in the formation turned their heads and ran away with a strange scream, and seeing this situation, the Jiaozhi soldiers behind naturally did not stand still.

The elephant hissed and began to run forward.

"It's not easy to use!" While ordering the archers' rooms on the city walls, Downing shouted angrily, "Who came up with this idea to be able to deal with war elephants?!" ”

Everyone, you look, I look at you, and finally they all look at Tang Ning.

The rain of arrows fell like locusts in the formation of the two armies, and the elephants were gradually approaching the Song army outside the city......