Several layers of walled gates made of two or three meters high, the thickness of a bucket of logs, were easily smashed by the herd of war elephants, and at the same time, a loud noise spread throughout the mountains and fields.

Hundreds of catties of gunpowder were placed on the gate of the wall, and more than a dozen war elephants charged at the front, in this earth-shattering explosion, the shattered bodies and bones were blown up, and countless broken wood and elephant flesh flew out......

A large amount of black smoke drifted out from the site of the explosion, and the startled herd of war elephants began to go berserk, in addition to most of them rushing towards the narrow road in the mountains, some of them ran towards the way they came, but the prepared Cochin army and the elephant slaves attacked together, forcing them back with torches and spears.

Thousands of war elephants were like a tide of rage, and although arrows and grenades were constantly being fired downward from the mountains on both sides, only a few of the soldiers sitting in the elephants were killed, and the elephants were unharmed, and the elephants continued to gallop forward, crushing any object that dared to stand in their way.

Li Changjie, who was sitting on a war horse, thought about it for a moment, in such a fierce impact of the war elephant herd, no matter how many soldiers Li Nan deployed in the rear, there would be no left, so he decided to let the precious cavalry rest for a while, and waved his hand to order the infantry to move.

Tens of thousands of elite Jiaozhi infantry raised their swords, guns and shields, followed the smooth road trampled by the war elephants, and marched forward.

The Jiaozhi infantry walked through the narrow mountain roads, and the crossbowmen guarding the mountains on both sides shot a large number of arrows, but the effect was not great, because these elite soldiers of the Li Dynasty actually used rare iron-clad shields in their hands.

After seeing that their arrow attacks failed, Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen, who were in charge of commanding at the top of the mountain, ordered the grenadiers to attack and throw grenades below.

This time, the effect was very obvious, the grenade clanged down on the iron shield, and then there was an explosion, and the shock wave at close range not only killed many people on the spot, but also caused a large number of nearby Cochin soldiers to faint to the ground, and then a dense rain of arrows fell.

The black smoke on the mountain pass road had not yet dissipated, and Li Changjie, who was watching the battle in the rear army, said loudly after listening to the news brought back by the scouts: "Except for the defenders stationed on the peaks on both sides of the Song army, the rest of the troops should be trampled clean by the war elephant herd, and this is a good opportunity to kill the enemy!" Tell them to rush forward at the cost of casualties! ”

The elite infantry of Jiaozhi, who had been strictly ordered, could only continue to move forward under the baptism of grenades and arrows, and this section of the path, which was only more than 30 meters, caused them heavy casualties.

With the hope ahead, the Cochin soldiers finally walked out of the mountain pass at the cost of a lot of lives, but they were greeted by a Roman battle formation composed of tens of thousands of slave soldiers.

General Jiaozhi, who commanded this elite infantry, shouted in an unbelievable tone: "This is impossible! No one can survive the onslaught of a mad herd! ”

Spartacus couldn't understand the words of the Cochin man, and even if he could, he would not have any scruples about it, and the flag was waved, and the trebuchet and the crossbow at the rear of the battle array smashed the gunpowder bullets and crossbow arrows frantically at the bewildered Cochin soldiers.

Escape? I have to go through that hell of death dozens of meters long!

Attack? Rows of large shields and slave soldiers armed with short swords are ready to fight!

The Jiaozhi soldiers died in the continuous explosions, and the battlefield was enveloped in the breath of death, and the only morale of this elite army of the Li Dynasty completely dissipated, some of them wanted to attack forward, some of them wanted to flee for their lives, and in the chaos they blocked the entire road.

The killing continued, and finally some lucky Jiaozhi soldiers fled back to their own formation, and were quickly brought to Li Changjie.

Looking at the gray-faced soldiers, the cross-toed military god asked eagerly, "What is going on ahead?" ”

"Outside the mountain pass, the Song people laid down tens of thousands of infantry, as well as catapults and archers......"

"Impossible!" Li Changjie drew the sword at his waist and stabbed the soldier to death, then shouted angrily: "After the war elephant army charged, how could there be any living survivors, you damn liar!" ”

The soldier who had just escaped fell down like this, but several soldiers who came back later still said this, although Li Changjie didn't want to believe it, he could only accept this fact.

At this time of the battle, the slave soldiers of the Jiaozhi people died two or three thousand when they began to try, the war elephant army all disappeared without a trace, and most of the 10,000 elite infantry were killed and wounded.

Beginning on the second day, the Cochin Army changed its mode of warfare, and they began to climb the mountain from both sides steadily.

Li Changjie's intention is obvious, his troops are numerous, so he wants to steadily seize the commanding heights of the mountain pass, and then advance forward.

Population is very important to Li Nan, every one of his people and soldiers is precious, and he doesn't want to let his people exchange lives with the Jiaozhi people, so on the two wooded hills, there are large minefields.

This kind of wooden-handled grenade originally had a pull line, so as long as a thin wire was extended on the pull line and tied to the nearby grass and trees, it would explode as long as someone touched it.

The Cochin people were killed countless times at first, and then they finally learned to be smart and began to explore the way with long bamboos, but at this time, the Song Army's divine arm crossbow hiding in the distance began to shoot again, and they could not break through quickly, so they could only turn around and flee, and when they came back, the minefield was reset again.

The battle lasted for seven days, and every day the Jiaozhi people would throw down hundreds or thousands of corpses, and Li Nan's army, except for a few unlucky guys who were killed by Jiaozhi bows and arrows, had basically no losses.

Using the Rat King Xiaobai, Li Nan mastered every move of the Jiaozhi Army and handed over the command to Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Spartacus and others, he was also busy with an important matter, he was persuading a group of big guys to surrender.

Long before the army led by Li Changjie attacked, Li Nan came up with a way to deal with the elephants, and he ordered people to prepare a large number of logs and dug potholes behind the mountain pass.

These elephants have survival instincts, so even if they are angry or crazy, they will not suicidally hit trees and cliffs, so Li Nan took advantage of this.

When the herd of war elephants did not start to charge, tens of thousands of slaves erected a wooden wall with logs next to the rock wall, connecting the original type II mountain pass to a slanted branch road, using optical illusions to lead all the war elephants to the side of the main battlefield, and the violently attacking elephant herd crashed headlong into this pre-dug mire.

At this time, Li Nan was squatting next to the huge mire, communicating with the more than 800 elephants trapped inside, in the language of beasts.

"As long as you are willing to help me, then I can guarantee that you will be fed the best food, and no one will hurt you from now on."

An exceptionally sturdy elephant in the quagmire said angrily, "No, we don't believe you humans. ”

"You don't believe in humans, so why are you helping those cochins?"

"The Cochins have locked up our children and the female elephants, and if we don't obey, they will punish the little ones."

"Oh." Li Nan nodded, it turned out that the Jiaozhi people were using hostages, no, it should be elephant hostages to threaten these male elephants to obey orders.

These elephants are very smart, but they have some tendons, and after persuading them for a long time, Li Nan became a little impatient.

Pointing to the soldiers holding cluster grenades around him, Li Nan said, "You came to take the initiative to attack me, so it is only natural for me to kill you, right?" ”

After a moment of silence, the strong elephant hummed, expressing his approval of Li Nan's statement.

"If you die here, then your mother elephant and baby elephant who were detained by the Cochin people will not end very well, and they will probably be eaten by the angry Cochin people."

Speaking of this, Li Nan shook his head and sighed: "Oh, those little guys are so pitiful......"