The battlefield was littered with the corpses of barbarians and war elephants. Read it

Under the double bombardment of artillery and mines, few of the hundreds of war elephants were able to return.

The dozens of heads that went back were also wounded, and if they didn't take care of them for a month or two, they should not be able to go to the battlefield again.

The sound of the explosion woke Cao Shuo from his sleep.

Cao Shuo, who came out of the tent, watched the entire battle.

The explosion did not sound again, the Wei army began to clean up the battlefield, and Cao Shuo ordered Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao, who were standing beside him: "You two pass on my military order, and all the corpses of elephants are left." Keep the meat for military rations, and peel off all the ivory, and I will keep it useful. ”

The two of them received the order and went to convey the order to the Wei army who were cleaning the battlefield.

The Wei army was ordered to cut the flesh of the war elephant into pieces.

They also unloaded the ivory and piled it up to be guarded by a special person.

The tusks of hundreds of war elephants were piled together like a hill.

Cao Shuo stood beside Ivory Mountain, grinned, and said to Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao: "I'm getting big now." ”

Ivory is extremely precious in the Central Plains, and a small carved ornament can be sold at a sky-high price that ordinary people dare not think about.

"How is the lord going to get these ivory back?" Deng Zhan said to Cao Shuo: "It is impossible for Lingyun Pavilion to send someone over......"

"Who says they can't send someone over?" Cao Shuo grinned and said to Deng Zhan: "Their people are in the army. ”

Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao glanced at each other in astonishment, and both of them were at a loss on their faces.

"The lord actually arranged the manpower of Lingyun Pavilion in the army...... Deng Zhan replied: "It seems that this time in Nanban, the lord did not think of returning empty-handed. ”

"There are many treasures in the Nanban, and since we are here, we can't bring anything back." Cao Shuo smiled and instructed Deng Zhan: "You go to the quartermaster and find a sergeant surnamed Li who is in charge of the delivery of military rations, just say that I am looking for someone from Lingyun Pavilion." ”

"I'll go." Deng Zhan responded and turned to leave.

He really didn't expect that the people of Lingyun Pavilion were actually arranged by Cao Shuo to be in the army, and they were there for the military quartermaster, and no one had found out yet.

Not long after Deng Zhan left, he brought a sergeant.

The sergeant came to Cao Shuo, bowed down and asked, "The lord called me?" ”

"Look at these ivory, how do you bring them back?" Cao Shuo asked him.

The sergeant looked at the ivory and said to Cao Shuo: "The ivory is valuable, and there are so many more, I'm afraid it will take a lot of people to escort it." ”

"How many men do you have?" Cao Shuo asked again.

"Three or two hundred." The sergeant replied, "But they are all good hands, and ordinary bandits don't dare to break ground on the head of Lingyun Pavilion. ”

"There are bandits under my rule?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Not really, but there are still a few little thieves." The sergeant said, "Lingyun Pavilion can handle it. ”

Cao Shuo asked, "When are you going to hit the road?" ”

"We will leave whenever the lord wants us to go." The sergeant replied.

"It's not a problem that ivory is piled up here." Cao Shuo said: "Go on the road immediately, send it to Lingyun Pavilion, and tell the steward that these treasures will be handed over to him." He's going to have to make me a fortune. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I'll bring it." The sergeant answered, and withdrew.

It didn't take long for a group of soldiers to arrive at the ivory pile.

They saluted Cao Shuo one after another, and then each walked to the ivory pile.

In addition to the soldiers, there were twenty or thirty horse-drawn wagons for military use.

Watching two or three hundred people carry the ivory onto the carriage, Deng Zhan asked Cao Shuo in a low voice: "Lord, they use military chariots, so it's okay?" ”

"Look at the difference between a carriage and a quartermaster's." Cao Shuo replied.

Deng Zhan took a closer look and found that the body of the carriage was engraved with three small characters of Lingyun Pavilion.

The words are not very big, and if you don't look closely, you really can't find it...

"Even Lingyun Pavilion's carriage has entered the army, and we haven't found out." Deng Zhan shook his head: "Lingyun Pavilion is becoming more and more unpredictable now. ”

Cao Shuo just smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

The tusks of hundreds of elephants, carried by two or three hundred people, were all loaded into trucks in a short time.

After loading, the soldiers covered the cart with a black cloth, and it was impossible to see the ivory inside.

"My lord, the ivory has all been loaded." The soldier surnamed Li, who was in charge of this matter, ran to Cao Shuo and asked him, "Can you leave immediately?" ”

"Go ahead." Cao Shuo instructed: "Be careful on the road. ”

The soldier surnamed Li responded and beckoned the team to leave.

By the end of the battle, the night was dark.

They loaded their ivory and set off, and it was in the middle of the night.

Seeing the team go away, Cao Shuo said to Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao: "It's not early, General Huang will bombard Jiaozhi with artillery early tomorrow morning, let's rest early." ”

The two of them responded and escorted Cao Shuo back to the tent.

Cao Shuo arrived in front of the tent and saw Huang Zhong waiting there.

"Why hasn't General Huang stopped yet?" Seeing Huang Zhong, Cao Shuo asked with a smile, "Do you have a new plan?" ”

"I'm going to attack the city." Huang Zhong replied: "After two days of shelling, the barbarians were also stunned. Tonight we have destroyed their elephants, and the time has come for the siege. ”

"Although the barbarian elephant soldiers have suffered a lot of losses, it may be too early to say that they are destroyed." Cao Shuo replied: "Bring the cave master but haven't captured ...... yet."

"It's been caught." Huang Zhong said: "This guy is lying there and pretending to be dead, and he also gave away his headdress and girdle, if he hadn't interrogated other barbarians, I wouldn't know that he had brought the cave master." ”

"Caught?" Hearing that the owner of the cave was captured, Cao Shuo hurriedly ordered: "Quickly bring him to my tent, I have something to ask." ”

Huang Zhong said to the guards beside him, "Go and bring the cave master here." ”

After the guards left, Huang Zhong accompanied Cao Shuo into the tent.

The oil lamps in the tent were still on.

The two of them sat down, and Cao Shuo asked Huang Zhong: "Tomorrow will attack the city, what does Hansheng plan to do?" ”

"First blow up a round with artillery, and wait until sunset, and then our army will start the siege." Huang Zhong said: "In order to prevent the city from firing arrows at the city, I decided to use more soldiers and horses, and the ladders and siege towers were all sent up. ”

"It's the right thing to do." Cao Shuo nodded: "Don't feel sorry for the shells, the lives of the soldiers are much more precious than the shells." Tomorrow you can play as much as you can. ”

"I understand what my lord means." Huang Zhong responded.

The curtain was lifted, and Deng Zhan walked in: "Lord, the cave master has arrived." ”

"Bring him in." Cao Shuo commanded, and looked at the tent curtain with Huang Zhong.

Deng Zhan walked out and shouted outside: "Bring people in!" ”

After he had given the order, two soldiers escorted the cave master in.