As soon as these words came out, except for Xiao Shizhu and those old men, the soldiers and ghost captives were all stunned. A look of astonishment immediately appeared in their eyes, gradually revealing their sockets, creeping up between their slowly frowning brows.

They have been in the military for a long time, and they all know that the elephant army has a long history in the underworld. This kind of ancient cavalry, which is mounted by elephants, although it is not very mobile, has to have strength and strength, and it has to have destructive power.

In the land of the two continents of the Southern Barbarians, which are rich in elephant beast souls, the elephant army is also one of the weapons for the major vassal states that can afford to raise this kind of high-cost cavalry, attacking cities and plundering land.

And elephants are not clumsy, not only clumsy, they are also very intelligent, human, and easy to tame. In their eyes, the steep mountain road of 45 degrees is like a smooth road, and in a mountainous place like Xuanyanzhou, the elephant army is almost invincible among the land cavalry. When there is no war, the elephant army can also be used as a means of transportation, as a postman or something, killing two birds with one stone.

In addition, the elephant army is strong and thick-skinned, even if a lion * soldier is mobilized, it will be difficult to match.

It's just that the elephant army is formed, and the cost of raising elephants is too high, so although the major vassal states in the Southern Barbarian Department have elephant armies, there are not many of them after all. And the Communist Workers' Republic actually hid the killer weapon of the seventy or eighty thousand elephant army, which was what shocked the ghost captives and those soldiers the most.

In the current situation, the disparity in strength between the two sides is already obvious. Fei Xiao Shizhu has a cavalry composed of all snakes, otherwise it is difficult to compete with a behemoth like the elephant army.

Xiao Shizhu glanced at the soldiers who were still stunned, then looked at the water tiger, and asked leisurely: "Then what is the method you said can help us defeat the main force of the enemy?" His face remained unchanged, calm and unwavering, as if he didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at all.

What elephant army is not at all terrible in his opinion, he has artillery, he has muskets, he is not afraid of such things at all. What he was really worried about was the enemy's warships and sailors.

This time, the water tiger did not rush to talk, but after quickly sweeping his eyes on a few old men beside Xiao Shizhu, he stopped talking with hesitation.

"Old man, please go and rest first. Seeing this, Xiao Shizhu understood it, and smiled apologetically at the old men.

Several old men didn't say much, and saluted and said goodbye.

"These elephants are stationed in the city with the dragons. After the old men left, Xiao Shizhu turned his head to look at the water tiger again, and he slowly spoke: "And our people are responsible for collecting grain and grass for their mounts every day. We can easily poison these elephants without noticing. ”。

When Xiao Shizhu heard this, after pondering for a while, his face showed a little satisfaction, and he bowed his head slightly: "It does sound good, but what are the conditions for you to help us?"

"Give us freedom and an equal and just life. The water tiger bent his knees, knelt down in front of Xiao Shizhu, and said in a deep voice: "As long as you can promise and do this, my people and I are willing to swear allegiance to you." ”。

This condition is not difficult at all, so much so that Xiao Shizhu is even more surprised.

"Add a pound. But he didn't rejoice, but still kept smiling, leaned over to help He Yonglin up, and said slowly: "I remember, your clan is also very good at water fighting, and is good at water fighting and diving. When our army is attacking, you are responsible for opening the bottom of the Gonggong's warship. ”。

"This ......" He Yonglin was slightly stunned, and then his face showed embarrassment and panic.

"I'll add a pound, and if you do that, then you and your people will be given three times as much land after the war. Xiao Shizhu looked at He Yonglin's face with a smile, squeezed his eyebrows and said: "I specially plant small cucumbers for you (it is said that water tigers especially like to eat small cucumbers)." ”。

He Yonglin stood stunned in place, thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and said a little hesitantly: "I can only tell you about this matter, our clan can only do our best, and we can't guarantee that it will be done completely." After all, the Gonggong clan is also good at water warfare, and the water nature is not bad. ”。

"Well, just do your best. But if you can't do that, we won't give you three times the land, but as long as you can make their elephant army incapacitated, I will do what I promise you an equal and just life. Xiao Shizhu took a step forward, raised his hand and patted the other party's shoulder heavily, and said, "Think about it." ”。

"Take him down to rest, so that he can settle down. Xiao Shizhu didn't wait for him to speak, and waved his hand to the soldiers: "Invite Lu Wu Wanhu and a few other Qianhu again, and I will give them a combat mission." ”。

The cool autumn breeze blew and blew the branches of the old banyan tree with a rattling sound.

It blew Xiao Shizhu's hair and clothes, and blew up the fallen leaves on the ground, causing it to spin in the air a few times before heading higher and farther.

"You don't really believe the ghost of this demon, do you?" Looking at Xiao Shizhu, who was watching He Yonglin leave with the soldiers, the ghost asked with a puzzled face, "You're not such a stupid ghost, are you?" Even he could see that this demon spirit was obviously deceiving.

After all, the outcome of the two sides is undecided, and there are defectors, which is too ridiculous.

"I said it to him on purpose, are you serious?" After watching He Yonglin's figure disappear from sight, Xiao Shizhu retracted his gaze, glanced at the ghost captive and chuckled: "If I don't deceive him, how can he attract the main army?" In his eyes, a look of cunning appeared again.

"I'll just say, how can you be so stupid!" the ghost captive secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Before that, he was really careful that Xiao Shizhu was fooled.

After all, Xiao Shizhu suddenly became a prince, and such joy and great shit luck could easily make the soul of any race so arrogant that they were dizzy.

Fortunately, Xiao Shizhu can keep a cool head. This made the ghost captives feel fortunate, and their admiration for him added a little more.

"Don't they like to play? So let's have something fun with them. Xiao Shizhu took a deep look at the chessboard supported on the bluestone under the tree beside him, and then turned his head to look in the direction of Yingzhu City, raising the corners of his mouth to reveal a light smile......

Tiantong City was shrouded in the morning mist that was about to disperse, and everything in heaven and earth became blurred.

In the fog, the strong smell of blood and gunpowder smoke mixed together to form a complex smell, which rose to the sky with death. The screams and shouts of killing kept coming, and they were earth-shattering. The earthquake shook the water in the rice fields that had just been harvested around the city, and they trembled slightly, causing ripples one after another.

After a long time, when the morning mist completely dispersed, the Nine Shadows Army and the Xiao Family Army defending the city finally saw the number of their enemies, and they were shocked, but they could only describe it with the words endless.

The surrounding wilderness is covered with the army of the Communist Workers' Country, just like a colony of ants, making the small Tiantong City impassable.

No one knows when the Communist Labor Army mobilized so many sergeants. At first glance, there were at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops on the open land around them.

Everywhere you look, you can see carts and ladders, as well as trebuchets that keep throwing boulders onto the city walls. In addition, there are many elephants in armor, caught in the ranks of the besieging enemy.

These elephants have crossbows or repeaters on their bodies and necks. The small ones can fire ten arrows at a time, and the large ones can fire fifty arrows in a row. In an instant, the Jiuyou Army and the Xiao Family Army, who were guarding the city, suppressed the battlements and did not dare to come forward.

On closer inspection, it is not difficult to find that there are many strange human souls in the Communist Labor Army, and they are all ghosts with three heads in the same body, and they are the three heads of the Three Heads of the Three Heads Country.

These souls are also a clan that claims to be the old gods. They are one of the humans created by the ancient gods, and their three heads facing each other in six directions allow them to see the six paths, and they are more agile and agile than other souls.

The three shouguo have been located in the south of the head army since ancient times, and they have no hatred or resentment against Xiao Shizhu, but they have always been flattering to the communist workers, and they obey orders. As soon as the three kings received the letter, they took the initiative to gather an army of 10,000 to join the battle.

After all, it is much better to offend a small country of Nine Shadows than to offend a large country of communists with five counties.

The three armies were supposed to attack the county from the south, but they found that the abyss south of the county was difficult to cross, and the defense of the southern part of the army was extremely strong. So they marched west and floated back to the division, and attacked Tiantong City first.

This attack learned the lesson of the last time, Tiantong City was not directly facing the river, and there were large areas of fertile fields outside the city, so that his warships could not directly attack the city.

Therefore, in this battle, his warship did not directly approach the north and south of the city, but stopped the warship five miles west of the city. Let the soldiers disembark and embark on the shore and attack the city by land.

In this way, the defensive tactics prepared by Hu Hui and them such as dock forts along the river, iron locks across the river, and artillery attacks on ships will not be used. The Communist Labor Army can even assemble all the siege equipment calmly and calmly five miles away, and then kill it.

Although the city wall is not a tofu scum project, the city wall is high and thick, and the communist army is fierce, but it has not been able to break the city wall for a while, but the army defending the city has also suffered heavy casualties.

Many soldiers died under the boulders thrown by trebuchets and the dense locust arrows fired from the elephant army, and Tiantong City, which was already small in strength, fell into a bitter battle under the onslaught of the Communist Labor Army, which became more and more courageous in the war.

[Ba Snake - The snake in the story of Ba snake eating elephant, recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas, Ba snake skin is green, yellow, red, black mixed with color, colorful, you can eat elephants. After eating an elephant, it takes three years to spit out all the elephant bones. And Ba snake meat can make people not suffer from heart and abdominal diseases for life. 】

[Chongche - also called the opposite building, is a kind of siege tower with eight wheels and five stories high. The main siege weapon that destroys the walls or gates with the force of the charge. 】