"Elephants?" Zhang Fei and the others were stunned, what is it that is bigger than the white tiger? "Why haven't I ever heard of it?" he asked.

Li Hui explained, "This animal only lives in the jungles in the south, but not in the north, so everyone has never heard of it, but it is extremely huge, capable of lifting thousands of catties, and extremely destructive."

"Huh?" Everyone was taken aback, and even vented to Wei Yan, who was full of confidence, "If there is such a thing, how can it be broken?"

Mei Changsheng naturally understood the power of elephant table tennis, but he also understood the weakness of this thing, and said with a smile, "Although elephant table tennis is huge, it is not easy to train, elephants are not like horses that can understand people's surnames, I have my own way to deal with it."

Li Hui and Lu Kai were very surprised, Mei Changsheng had never been to Nanzhong, and Jingran also understood the elephant, not only was he not surprised in the slightest, but he looked like he was successful, and he couldn't help but wonder.

But he heard Mei Changsheng say to Gao Ding, who had returned to Yuechen at the end, "King Lao Xuan Gao went to various counties to collect fire oil and other materials, the more the better, and sent them to the military camp within three days."

Gao Ding agreed—just as he was about to leave, Mei Changsheng said to Lu Kai again, "Mr. Lu and the king will go together, and buy back a thousand pigs."

"Pigs?" Zhang Fei was surprised, it is understandable to collect fire oil, but why do you want pigs?

Mei Changsheng smiled strangely, "Light the fire and roast the whole pig, let's win a big victory, and we should be treated to the next three armies."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, just let Meng Huo go, this big battle is imminent, why do you want to kill the Lord and sacrifice the Third Army? Before he finally came back to his senses, Mei Changsheng had already laughed and left the big tent.

Coming to the edge of Lushui, looking at the surging river, Mei Changsheng secretly rejoiced, he was curious back then, and he specifically checked the fact that elephants were afraid of mice, which was a pure fallacy.

Many people believe that elephants, the largest animals on land, are the most afraid of rats, so much so that rats are set as "natural predators" of elephants in board games, but studies have shown that this is not the case at all.

Elephants, whether in captivity or in the wild, have long been accustomed to rats, and there is no fear at all, elephants will only be afraid of unfamiliar scenes and sounds.

During the ancient Roman period, elephants were used as tools of war, and there are records that they fled for fear of the pig's cry.

But for Xiang Ping, Mei Changsheng still understands how powerful it is, although Zhang Fei still doesn't care, it is because he has never seen it, even if he is a ten thousand enemies, in front of the manic elephant, I am afraid it will be unbearable.

Now that he understands that Meng Shu wants to use elephant ping, he must take precautions to reduce unnecessary losses, otherwise he will be sorry for his identity as a crosser.

Crossing the Jindai Mountain, referring to the map in his hand and Lu Kai's introduction, Mei Changsheng and Deng Ai and others observed the terrain, and finally chose the battlefield in a wide area.

There was a long and narrow valley to the east of this place, which could be used to set up an ambush, and after a brief discussion, the people went back to the camp to make arrangements, and ordered the generals to raise their tents.

Zhang Feigang returned from training with Guan Suo and said, "It has been more than three months since the expedition, although the enemy chief was captured, but Meng Huo was stunned and unconvinced, we have never seen the elephant table tennis used this time, since I have thought of a way, let him arrange it."

Mei Changsheng spread out the map, showed everyone the terrain, and then said, "Deng Ai will dig a horse pit on the east side of the Valley of a Thousand People, and a large pit three zhang wide and three zhang deep must be completed within five days, and a pontoon bridge will be built on it, so that it can withstand the passage of war horses." Deng Ai frowned and said, "General, since you want to dig a horse pit, but you can let the war horse pass, isn't it useless?"

Behemoth

Mei Changsheng said with a smile, "This pit is arranged for elephants, although Shizai can do it with confidence, he won't let you do it in vain, the elephant is very large, you will know it when you see it."

Lu Kai and Li Hui had seen elephants before, and said, "What the general said is true, there are not many elephants buried in such a big pit."

Deng Ai was secretly frightened, feeling that this behemoth was simply a monster, and he couldn't imagine it, so he immediately took the order to prepare.

Mei Changsheng also ordered Hu Yu and Qin Yu to prepare materials for the fire, whether it was wood or forage, all of which were piled up about ten zhang behind the big pit dug by Deng Ai, blocking the entire valley intersection, leaving only two sides for the ping pong horses to pass through.

Lu Kai went to the folk to collect white cloth ten zhang, on which to ask people to draw all kinds of monsters or strange things, the more fancy the better, this is not difficult for Lu Kai who has been in the south for a long time, Yi and barbarian tribes, all kinds of colorful monsters are too much.

The rest followed Zhang Fei to advance the Chinese army, and Wei Yan led 20,000 elite ping officers as the vanguard troops, stationed in the open field in front of the valley, and sent scouts to monitor and monitor the barbarian army.

After a few days, Gao Ding and Li Qiang had already bought a thousand pigs, and Mei Changsheng had half of them to be raised in captivity on the hills on both sides of the valley, and at the same time the oil was also transported to the valley for later use.

In less than five days, when he was ready, the sentry horse reported that Meng Huo once again led the army from the west, Mei Changsheng let Yu Ban guard the Chinese army, and Zhang Fei came to the front, the formation was centered on riding table tennis, and Zhang Fei personally commanded it, making a posture of fighting to the death.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Mei Changsheng glanced at everyone and said, "As long as this battle is to eliminate Meng Huo's elephant ping, then the other barbarian armies will defeat themselves without a fight, who wants to take the lead?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Deng Ai and the others all stand up, and even Zhang Fei couldn't hold it back, and after several battles, those people found that the barbarian general was actually not very powerful, but he just looked strange.

Mei Changsheng said with a smile, "But this array can only be defeated and cannot be defeated."

Sure enough, everyone hesitated, but Kou Wei said, "If the general uses deception to lure the enemy, he will not be willing to fight."

Mei Changsheng nodded and said, "That's right, the key to this battle is to lure the elephant ping-pong of the barbarian army into the valley, and then destroy it."

Only then did everyone know that Mei Changsheng ordered, "Kou Wei led five thousand horsemen to fight the battle, if the barbarian army and elephant ping pong pursued, there was no need to respond, and retreated directly back to the valley."

Kou Wei was stunned when he heard this, and secretly thought that even if it was a fraud, he should fight first, and then pretend to be invincible and retreat, and run away without fighting, even if the barbarians are reckless, I am afraid they will not be easily fooled, and secretly plan in their hearts, and leave with their fists hugged.

Mei Changsheng said again, "Ling Hu Yu and Qin Yu each led five thousand men and horses to the mountains on the north and south sides to prepare, and when they saw the fire in the valley, they ordered Shi Ping to slaughter all the pigs, and there must be no mistake."

The two of them were looking forward to it, and suddenly received such a task, and they were a little embarrassed, and the dignified table tennis general went to the mountain to kill pigs, which was a big joke.

Just as he was hesitating, Zhang Fei suddenly laughed and said, "Killing pigs is my old job, if you don't want to go, then I'll go."

The two of them saw that Zhang Fei had expressed his position, and he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately received the general's order, and Mei Changsheng commanded again, "After you finish killing the pig, you will rush down from the back mountain and outflank Meng Huo's army from both sides."

The two of them heard that there was still a task to chase the enemy, so they turned their worries into joy and walked away quickly.

Mei Changsheng said to Deng Ai, "You take 5,000 men and horses, pour fire oil on the prepared fire, cover it with a canvas, and wait for Kou Wei to retreat back to the valley, light the fire, and go back to the back mountain with Kou Wei to kill Meng Huo's headquarters."

Several masters and generals were sent out, and Mei Changsheng looked at Zhao Guang and Guan Suo, who were anxious next to him, and asked with a smile, "Zhao Guang, how are you practicing archery?"

Zhao Guang immediately stepped up and said, "A hundred steps through Yang, the arrow is not vain."

Mei Changsheng said with a smile, "Don't brag, let's see it for granted, you and Guan Suo led two thousand men and horses to ambush halfway up the mountain near the mouth of the valley, and when you see the barbarian table tennis elephant coming in, someone must blow the whistle to command, and you will shoot the person in command."

In the end, only Zhang Fei and Wei Yan remained, and Mei Changsheng said, "General Wei and other barbarian armies such as Xiang Ping Ong dispatched and led 5,000 elite Ping Pong to the rear of Meng Huo's army, and set up an ambush on his way back, if Meng Shu escaped, he could be captured alive."

Wei Yan had understood that Mei Changsheng had been very different from the past in Hanzhong, and this time he was transferred back to Chengdu and ordered to march south, and he saw Mei Changsheng's ability to command Ruoding, and he was impressed by him, understanding that every step of his arrangement was carefully planned, and he didn't ask too much, and took the order.

Zhang Fei touched his chin and asked, "Everyone is gone, why are you leaving me behind?"

Mei Changsheng said, "The third uncle is a general in the unified table tennis, and he can't leave the Chinese army easily, otherwise he will lose control."

Zhang Fei said angrily when he heard this, "I would have known that I would not worship the general, and if I got a striker, I could still go on the field to kill the enemy, and I could rush out a bird here."