Chapter 491: The Battle Elephant Sets Foot on the City

Hua Rong shook his head and said, "The order given to us by the prince is to prevent the Yue and the barbarians from escaping, not for us to attack the Yue and the barbarians. You take 3,000 men around the back of the barbarian barracks, and if the barbarians escape, you lead them to intercept them. Otherwise, it is not allowed to move lightly, and the offender will be severely punished. ”

"Yes."

The deputy general saw that Hua Rong was not moved, so he had to clench his fists and lead the troops to gallop away.

Hua Rong may be able to make a decision on the fly, but they definitely can't.

Chao Yong only regularly went to Tokyo to report the news of the front, not to ask Chao Gai in case of trouble, of course, this is also related to Chao Yong's full responsibility for the Liang's military affairs.

Chao Yong had full authority to decide the march of the army, and did not require the generals under his command not to cross the thunder pool, but gave the generals the right to make temporary decisions. However, this decision must not affect the overall situation, and if it is wrong, it must also bear the corresponding responsibility.

The news of Hanazu's greeting of the prince in Tokyo has long been spread throughout Tokyo. On that day, the people were forbidden to go upstairs, and suddenly a fairy-like woman appeared, and the people in the city were naturally curious. The gossip tabloid also tracked down Huafu from the restaurant and found out Hualing's identity. The story of Huarong Liangshan shooting and Hualing beauty loving heroes has also become a thing that people talk about in those days.

After Hua Rong and Qin Ming learned from Hedong, they heard about Hua Ling, and they knew Hua Ling's choice, and Qin Ming couldn't force it, so he could only stop the previous discussion.

The prince's mansion also asked Hua Rong to ask for marriage, and Hua Rong saw that her sister agreed, so she also accepted the princess's dowry.

As soon as the prince returned to Tokyo from the south, he married Hanazu.

Hua Rong's magic shot was originally a must, so Chao Yong let Hua Rong lead the cavalry, Hua Rong became the uncle of the country again, and all the generals under his command felt that Hua Rong was more noble than other generals, and he was a little arrogant on weekdays. However, Hua Rong stayed sober and never did rude things. Many dynasties have suppressed their relatives, and it is already kind for the prince to let him continue to lead the troops, how can he be uninteresting.

The lord of the thirty-six mountains saw a cavalry going around the back of the camp. I can't help but make a big mess.

"They're going to attack us, and our camp can't hold back the cavalry."

"Damn, we should go into the city to guard Yongzhou with the Yue people."

"Don't panic, don't panic. Now we can't outrun the cavalry of the Liang State when we go out of the camp, so we will unite to resist them. ”

"Yes, we can't run, and the Han people won't let us go when we run back, and no one in our family can stop the Han army."

"The Han people are afraid of snakes, insects, and miasma, so we hide in our own cottages, which are protected by mountains and forests. They must not dare to chase after them. ”

"You forgot about the Han people's spaceships, they can fly into the sky and bomb us with fire and thunder, and they don't have to go through the mountains and forests at all."

"Have you ever seen a flying ship?"

A new round of quarrels began, and the barbarians of the Thirty-six Mountains were many different ethnic groups, but they all lived in the left and right river basins for generations, and the lords of the Mountains also had official positions in the Song Dynasty. If it weren't for the fact that these people had all learned Chinese, they might not have been able to quarrel if they wanted to.

There are those who want to fight, and there are those who want to go. There was no result, but no one wanted to be the first to go out of the camp.

There is no doubt that the first to leave the camp will definitely be hit by the thunderous blow of the Great Liang cavalry. A few thousand cavalry were enough to wipe out all the men in a single mountain, and no one wanted to take the vast majority of the adult men of the tribe to death.

The phenomenon of yin flourishing and yang declining in Lingnan is very serious. The explanation of the Han people is that the weather is gloomy and steaming, and the yang energy is more cathartic, which is not suitable for men and women. The population of the Thirty-six Mountains is no exception. There are few men and many women, and the men are small and the women are stronger. On weekdays, women also work. Men rest at home, and only when there is a battle between the villages, will the men be armed to kill the enemy and protect the cottage.

The 100,000 barbarians are already the vast majority of adult males in the Thirty-six Mountains, and if the whole army is destroyed, the Thirty-six Mountains will definitely be greatly damaged, and they may not be able to recover for decades. What's more, there are Han people and other tribes living around, how can they be given a chance to recuperate.

The men of the Thirty-six Mountains were in a stalemate in the camp for more than half an hour, and the black-pressed Liang infantry appeared on the distant horizon.

One of the lords pointed to the spaceship in the sky and exclaimed, "Look, there's something in the sky." ”

"The spaceship, it must be the spaceship of the Han people."

"I didn't expect the Han people to really have a spaceship, damn the Yue people, Kunlun Pass must have been broken by a spaceship, and actually lied to us that it was Daliang who attacked Kunlun Pass."

Although the Lord of the Thirty-six Mountains had also heard of the Da Liang's spaceship, there were still many people who didn't believe it. They live near the left and right rivers, and they have seen countless boats. It is better to believe that the ship can fly to the sky, than to believe that the Han people can fly.

But now that the huge spaceship appeared in the sky, the people of the Thirty-six Mountains were terrified.

The people of the Thirty-six Mountains believe in ghosts and gods more, and many of them are so frightened that they lie on the ground and dare not move when they see the black dragon with teeth and claws on the spaceship. The thirty-six lords are also angry, and they want to escape but are afraid that they can't escape the spaceship in the air, not to mention that there are cavalry on the ground to intercept them.

"What to do? What to do? ”

"Come down, we can't beat the girder. Look at the sons and daughters of the mountain, who dares to fight with the beam? ”

The lord of the thirty-six mountains saw that at least half of the people in the camp were lying on the ground, and the rest of the people who were standing were shaking their legs, not to mention fighting, even if they had no strength to escape.

Six spaceships, all the while taking turns in the air, reconnoiter the situation in the vicinity.

Hou Jian watched the situation in Yongzhou City in the air for a while, and suddenly was overjoyed, and controlled the hot air balloon to descend. Ran to Chao Yong's horse and said happily: "The Yue people are killing themselves, we can watch a show." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "What's the situation? ”

"The Yue people blocked all the city gates."

Li Kui grinned and said: "These dog thieves locked themselves up, and the provincial ones chased after them, blew up a gap, and I split them all with an axe." ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "It seems that the Yue people are preparing to fight us to the death in Yongzhou, blow up a gap, and the Yue people will definitely use soldiers and horses to block it." ”

Hou Jian smiled: "Don't blow up, don't blow up." Just now I saw hundreds of elephants in the city, which should be the war elephants of the Yue people. We use spaceships to blow up elephants, as long as we frighten the herd. A few hundred elephants will surely be able to raze the city to the ground. ”

After Hou Jian finished speaking, everyone was stunned, and they felt terrible when they thought about that picture.

There are many wild elephants and tigers in Lingnan, and although the army walks on the official road, it can still occasionally encounter wild elephants and tigers on the official road.

In the meantime, I also saw a wild elephant that went berserk and rushed towards the army until it was full of sharp arrows. before he fell in front of the army.

The cavalry charged and was intimidating, but the elephant charged and shook the mountains, and the power was even more terrifying, that is the god blocking and killing the god, the Buddha blocking and killing the Buddha, and all the obstacles in front of him will be leveled.

Li Kui clapped his hands and shouted, "Okay, good, let the elephants trample those black monkeys more happily." No, I'm going to go on the spaceship to see it, the elephant must look good when he steps on the black monkey. ”

Xu Guanzhong sighed: "If it weren't for the Yue people who took all the people in the city captive to the Yue Li Dynasty. This plan cannot be carried out in any case, and hundreds of elephants will go berserk, and I am afraid that everyone in the city will be trampled into pulp. ”

Sun Li said: "Will this hurt Tianhe?" ”

Li Kui couldn't understand Sun Li's words, but he knew that he meant to stop him, so he glared and said, "What is Tianhe?" ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "The war was originally hurtful to the heavens and peace, and there is no need to have mercy for the Yue people, think about the tragic situation on Guangxi Road." What about the people who were burned to death and plundered? Come on, build a high platform, I want to watch the Yue people perish. Huang Xin, Han Tao, Peng Xi. You lead your troops to the west, south, and north of the barbarian camp, and you must not let the barbarians break through. ”

To the east of the barbarn is Yongzhou City.

The three of them took the order and left, and the deputy army in the army also advanced to the city wall dozens of feet to set up a high platform.

The lord of the thirty-six mountains saw that Daliang divided his troops to surround them, and he was even more anxious and at a loss. I wanted to break through, but I didn't have the courage to see the cavalry staring at me. The group of insects had no leader, and they quarreled for a while, watching the soldiers and horses of the Great Liang surround them. Still arguing.

In the city of Yongzhou, Li Gande also led the generals to the city to watch the enemy's situation. Seeing the neatly formed soldiers and horses under the city, he was also secretly glad that he was not prepared to fight with the soldiers and horses of Daliang.

Thousands of deputy armies are under the division of labor and cooperation. Soon a high platform of eight zhang was built with wooden planks, and the platform above was three zhang long and three zhang wide.

The walls of Yongzhou City are only three zhang high.

Chao Yong led the crowd to ascend to the high platform, and the situation in the city was unobstructed.

The six silos have also been set up, and with Chao Yong's order, the six spaceships took off and flew towards Yongzhou City from a height of dozens of zhang.

Ruan Ping'an saw the spaceship coming towards the city wall, and hurriedly said to Li Gande, who was watching the formation: "I'm afraid that Daliang is going to blow us up with a spaceship again, please go down to the city to command, and the last general can stay." ”

Li Gande also knew that he was the king of a country, and he should not take risks lightly, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then the city wall will be handed over to you." ”

As soon as Li Gande left the city, he saw the spaceship flying over the city wall, and instead of throwing fire and thunder down, he flew towards the city.

"Whew"

A dull elephant roar came from the city, as if an elephant was greeting a spaceship.

When Li Gande heard the sound of the elephant, his face immediately changed, he turned on his horse and ran to the city wall, and shouted at the same time: "Order all the soldiers and horses in the city to run to the city wall, and the girder will blow up the elephant herd." ”

Elephant soldiers are the strongest combat force of the Yue Li Dynasty, although there are many wild elephants in the Yue Li Dynasty, but the elephant's appetite is amazing, and the national strength of the Yue Li Dynasty can only raise a few hundred war elephants.

After the army retreated to Yongzhou, Li Qiande deliberately asked people to demolish all the houses in a neighborhood and use them to raise these hundreds of elephants, preparing to use war elephants to deal with the soldiers and horses of Daliang. It's just that today I suddenly decided to defend Yongzhou, and I didn't think of these war elephants for a while. If the sound of the fire and thunder of the Great Liang was really like a thunderbolt, it was enough to frighten the war elephants, and thinking about the situation of hundreds of elephants scurrying around in the city, Li Qiande was also terrified.

I thought it was a clever plan to stick to it, but now I think about it, it's a big mistake. If you don't drive out all the war elephants, you will undoubtedly bring about your own death. In fact, they could not find enough food to keep the elephants in the city, and after retreating to Yongzhou, the elephant soldiers had to drive the elephants out to eat every day, and then come back after dark. But today, the temporary decision to block the city gate and defend Yongzhou did not take into account the elephants.

The people behind Li Gande were also so frightened that they wanted to pee their pants, and whoever was willing to give orders followed Li Gande to the city wall.

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Boom"

"Whew"

"Whew"

"Whew"

The spaceship was still dozens of feet away from the war elephants, and they began to throw fire mines, not to kill the elephants, but to make the elephants crazy.

The loud explosion frightened the elephant, and it roared and began to crash around the city.

As soon as an elephant soldier walked up to the elephant to appease the elephant, the elephant flew several feet away with a nose, and blood spurted out of the air.

Most of the elephant soldiers were frightened by the fire and thunder and hid everywhere, and they didn't care about any elephants. A few who did not care for themselves were also whipped and killed by the mad elephants.

Although these elephants were well trained, they ran to the ground with the sound of thunder, and in their panic they were left with only wild nature. How do you know these elephant soldiers who usually feed them?

There were houses blocking the way of the frenzied elephants, and the elephants would not give way, and they hit it head-on, and one house after another collapsed.

The Vietnamese soldiers resting in the city were chased by the elephants and fled, and no one wanted to stop the crazy elephants. A single slash or an arrow will not kill the elephant, but will only make the elephant even more frantic and attack its attackers. Unless it becomes an organized army and horse, it will be resisted by a rain of guns and arrows. But the soldiers and horses in the city were resting, and there was no time to line up, and the elephants were rushing around the city.

The Yue people, who were familiar with war elephants, chose to flee for their lives rather than die. No one wants to sacrifice. The elephant ran more and more happily.

The 10,000 reserves in the city who were ready to plug the gap were about to line up to shoot the deranged elephants, but the spaceships in the air had already flown over them, dropping fire and thunder.

The huge power of the fire and thunder suddenly blew up the Yue people in the array, and the huge sound made the elephants in the city even more manic, rampaging through the city, chasing the fleeing Yue people.

"Amitabha"

Li Qiande ran up to the city, looked at the hellish scene in the city, and couldn't help but recite the Buddha's name.

The Yue people on the city wall looked at the tragic situation in the city, and their dark faces actually began to turn white. Many people trembled and fell to their knees, praying for their yellow dragon to appear.

Li Kui looked at the rampaging elephants in the city from the high platform, but he danced excitedly and shouted, "It's beautiful." It's pretty, it's much better than the elephants in the Tokyo show. ”

The Tokyo Imperial Family has white elephants, and when the imperial court salutes, the white elephants will bow to the Imperial Palace outside the Xuande Gate. There are also domesticated wild elephants performing in Tokyo's Waziri. Tokyoites aren't so unfamiliar with elephants.

All the generals were people who came from the sea of corpses and blood, and they couldn't bear to see this hellish scene. It is more merciful to let the elephants do their part than to let their soldiers and horses fight.

Li Kui suddenly pointed near the city gate and shouted, "Look." There was an elephant rushing towards the wall, followed by another one. ”

When everyone looked over, they saw an elephant chasing a group of Vietnamese soldiers towards the city wall.

Although the high platform was still dozens of feet away from the city wall, everyone seemed to be able to feel the high platform swaying with the ground. Everyone also knew that this was a psychological effect, but they were still intimidated by the elephant's madness.

Fortunately, there was a wall to stop them, otherwise they would have taken refuge too.

Although Chao Yong is invincible, when he sees the elephant's crazy momentum, he still thinks it's better to dodge.

Li Gande saw an elephant on the city wall chasing a group of Vietnamese soldiers running towards the road, and hurriedly shouted: "Archery, archery, don't let the elephant come up." ”

Seeing this, the Vietnamese soldiers on the city wall opened their bows and arrows, shooting sharp arrows at the elephants heading towards Yongdaochong.

"Whew"

After the elephant was wounded, its cry became even louder, and although hundreds of arrows had been inserted in its body, and its whole body was stained red with blood, it became a bloody elephant, but it still rushed up the city wall in a frenzy. With a sharp swing of the big nose, he swept the Vietnamese soldiers on the city wall to both sides of the city wall.

swept straight out of dozens of feet, only to howl bitterly, and fell on the city wall.

The first elephant fell, and the next elephant slain the city, continuing to sweep through the humans who had killed their companions.

The dying screams of the elephants seemed to attract their companions, and many of them rushed towards the city walls. There was an elephant sweeping over it, and the Vietnamese soldiers did not dare to shoot the herd of elephants. I could only watch the elephants approach the road, and the smart elephants ran along the road to the city wall, and the elephants behind followed suit.

Li Gande escaped the sweep of the first elephant on horseback, and when he saw dozens of elephants rushing up from behind, he was immediately frightened and fled on the city wall on horseback.

The Vietnamese soldiers on the city wall also fled one after another, but many people couldn't run away from the elephants, and were chased by the elephants and thrown under the city with a nose, and some of the Vietnamese soldiers were chased urgently, and they didn't wait for the elephants to move their noses, and jumped directly from the three-zhang high city wall and jumped into the moat.

Chao Yong saw someone swimming out of the moat, and said to Hua Rong on the side: "The cavalry is going to capture prisoners." ”

Hua Rong waved the flag, and a group of cavalry galloped towards the city.

Soon, elephants appeared on all four walls, and the Vietnamese soldiers on the walls jumped to the moat outside to avoid the rampaging elephants.

Before the elephant was about to stop, the ship threw a few fire mines down, keeping the elephant in a frenzy.

The six ships have been divided into three groups and take turns to take off and bombard the elephants.

At first, the barbarians didn't know what Daliang's spaceship was going to do, but when they heard the huge explosions in the city, the howling of elephants, and the screams of the Vietnamese soldiers, they thought of the target of Daliang's spaceship.

Later, they saw elephants appear on the city wall, forcing the Vietnamese soldiers to jump into the moat, which also verified their ideas.

They knew how many war elephants there were in the Yue Li Dynasty, and they also knew the power of elephants to go berserk. A few elephants can level a cottage, and a few hundred elephants are enough to sweep Yongzhou.

One of the lords shouted: "The soldiers and horses of the Yue Li Dynasty are finished, and the Great Liang is going to deal with us." ”

"Surrender, I want to surrender, we can't beat Daliang, and we can't outrun Daliang's cavalry, maybe surrendering will still have a chance to live."

"Yes, they're not going to kill us all."

"Surrender, even if you kill us, you can keep the tribe's son."

"Yes, these sons are gone, and our mountain is gone."

This time there was no much quarrel, and more than a dozen lords ordered the tribesmen not to move, and they personally went out of the camp to ask for surrender. The other lords saw that the coalition forces had been divided, and they also sent some leaders of the mountains to go out of the camp to ask for surrender. (To be continued......)

PS: (In the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty when countless beacons were everywhere, the heroes burst together, and the strong were respected!) For Chen Deng after the crossing, how to stand proudly above the crowd step by step, everything is in "Confucianism in the Late Han Dynasty"! )