Because he agreed to Zhen Ding, coupled with Lin Bei's own bad taste, in the next few days, Lin Bei studied how to capture the elephant very carefully, and also asked Master Bian to check the information.

In ancient times, because there was no **, so the soldiers paid great attention to the use of special animals to defeat the enemy, and the war elephant was formed in this situation.

As we all know, the elephant is very large, and very heavy, is the largest animal on the 6 earth, don't look at the elephant is very big, but the action is not clumsy, in addition, the elephant is also very smart, the ancients believed that the elephant is very spiritual, as long as a little domestication can understand the meaning of people.

Compared with elephants and horses, soldiers have always believed that elephants are much stronger than horses, their strength is greater than that of horses, their body size is larger than that of horses, and their skin is thicker and rougher than that of horses, and even their endurance is far greater, and the only difference may be the degree, but elephants are actually not slow, and they generally run three times that of ordinary people.

There are so many advantages, it is said that the elephant soldiers should be widely used, but unfortunately, the number of elephants has limited the size of the elephant soldiers, the elephant herd in ancient times is indeed much more than the modern one, but the elephants at that time were mostly concentrated in the modern southern area, that is, in the dense forests of Southeast Asia, too far away from the Central Plains, so that it became quite difficult to capture elephants, which is the most important reason.

The biggest role of war elephants is to impact the enemy's battle formation, tearing through the enemy's line with their strength and size, so if the elephant has too few soldiers, it will definitely not be as effective as horse cavalry.

"My lord, if there are a thousand war elephants, then they are simply invincible." Bian Fuzi said.

Lin Bei nodded, thinking deeply, you must know that the city wall of this era is actually not high, except for some strategic fortresses, such as Tiger Prison Pass, most of the city walls of small counties and small cities are only about three zhang, and the ancient zhang This unit of measurement is not consistent, the Three Kingdoms period followed the Han Dynasty's zhang, one zhang is about 2.4 meters, and three zhang is about seven meters.

This height is of course enough for horse cavalry, but it is far from enough for the target soldiers, as long as someone rides on the back of an elephant and uses weapons, they can even easily stab the people on the city wall, such as Lu Bu, as long as they can attack people, they can be said to be invincible in contemporary times, and it is not a myth for one person to break the city.

Another point is also quite important, as we all know, the horse cavalry of the Three Kingdoms period is without a saddle and horse pedals, the cavalry to move freely on horseback, it is obvious that skilled horse skills are needed, this horse skills must be trained day and night, and the elephant's back is wide and flat, the technical requirements are reduced to a minimum, just like in modern times, even if many people do not know how to ride a horse, sitting on the back of the elephant is as stable as Mount Tai, which is also the advantage of the elephant soldier, which can make the rider become.

The more Lin Bei and Bian Fuzi studied, the more they felt that the elephant soldier was really blessed, and it could be called the most powerful class of troops in the cold weapon era, and of course, the weakness of the elephant soldier was also obvious.

Let's put it this way, the elephant soldier is a modern version of the tank, the advantage is that the load and impact force are very strong, the weakness is the ability to resist interference is very weak, and it has a great reaction to fire attack, smoke, and even manic sounds, but these weaknesses are also available to horse cavalry, because horses are also afraid of these.

"What a class." Lin Bei muttered admiration, recalling the historical record about the elephant soldiers in his mind, when did the elephant soldiers disappear? It seems to be in the Ming Dynasty, because at that time the firearms were already clear, and the elephant could not block the firearms no matter how thick the skin and flesh were, and the cost of the elephant soldiers was high, so it was gradually eliminated, but now it is the Three Kingdoms, and the elephant soldiers will definitely shine, I have to say that although Xu Yu has a very low evaluation in history, he does not live up to his reputation as talented.

"Asian elephants are on the verge of extinction in modern times, but as long as elephants are integrated into people's lives, like horses, cattle and sheep, then humans will protect the elephants, and even if they are slaughtered, there will definitely be more left than dead in the end."

Lin Bei thought about protecting these Asian elephants, but only with his personal strength, can do very little, only human beings realize the role of elephants will protect themselves, elephants in addition to fighting, can also replace the cattle, can replace the carriage, when the elephant has become a well-known domestic animal, the elephant will naturally not have the fate of future generations, then, start from Xishan Township?

"Master, didn't Cui Lan say that there are only twelve ploughing cattle in Xishan Township? Five of them belong to the government, so what do you think I should do if I catch a few elephants and give them to the villagers to domesticate instead of ploughing cattle? ”

Master Bian already knew Zhending's requirements, because Lin Bei had already sued him, so it was not strange to hear this, but thought about Lin Bei's mention very carefully, and finally raised his own concerns: "My lord, this matter should be a good thing, but my lord, the food of the proboscis beast is not small, I'm afraid it is not something that those hunters can afford." ”

Bian Fuzi naturally knows the benefits of raising elephants, even if he doesn't fight, it's great to carry people or carry heavy objects, but elephants do eat too much, Bian Ji is worried that the hunters can't afford to raise them at all, after all, even people are a little hungry now, and they have to raise a big stomach.

Lin Bei explained: "Although elephants eat a lot of food, the main food is grass, hay and fresh grass, usually there are people in your township who specialize in raising cattle?" ”

Bian Ji knew about this kind of thing, and nodded when he heard this: "There are cowherds in the imperial court who are in charge of this matter every day, and those ordinary people should be their own children who take the cattle out to be raised." ”

"That's it, the amount of food of cattle is actually very large, but what they really eat is the wild grass outside, and the same is true for elephants.

"If that's the case, then it's okay." Since Lin Bei said so, Bian Fuzi had no reason to object, because if the elephants could be raised by this free-range method, it would not only be no burden for the villagers of Xishan Township, but all benefits.

"Also." Lin Bei pondered for a moment and said, "You tell the villagers that these proboscis beasts only have the right to use, not the right to execute. ”

After Lin Bei's explanation, Bian Fuzi understood the difference between the right of use and the right to execute, which meant that villagers could use elephants as domestic animals, such as ploughing land, such as carrying goods, just like ploughing cattle, but they could not kill elephants at will.

"Adults don't have to worry, although many villagers are illiterate, they also understand this truth." Bian Ji reassured Lin Bei, although many farmers could not read, they cherished livestock very much, because this is a kind of labor, and everyone understands this truth.

There must be some things that need attention, but Lin Bei can't think of it for a while, so he will finish this matter first, and then slowly add it later, now, Lin Bei can go to capture the elephant herd, of course, this kind of thing definitely needs the help of the hunters.

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