Chapter 779: Fighting Elephants
"Elephant!"
"It's an elephant!"
With the earth-shaking elephant roar sounding, the Qin soldiers shouted in horror.
The existence of elephants has long been known to the Qin people.
In the vast jungles of Minyue and South Vietnam, these giant beasts inhabit.
It's just that the Minyue and South Vietnamese did not have the ability to domesticate elephants for fighting.
Therefore, when the Qin army conquered the two large Yue countries, they had never fought with these giant beasts, at most some people saw the passing elephants from a distance when they were marching in the jungle, and let out bursts of amazement.
People who have never seen elephants have more or less heard Pao Ze talk about it, and they know that there is such a terrible giant beast in Yuedi.
But knowing and knowing, seeing and seeing, at this moment, the Qin soldiers saw with their own eyes more than a dozen giant elephants shaking their huge bodies and crashing towards them, and the great power seemed to crush everything.
Although the location where the elephant soldiers appeared, there were still hundreds of steps away from the Qin army's battle array.
But the scene of these giant beasts standing in a line and charging towards the Qin army cluster is still very scary.
Under this terrible oppressive force, the morale of the Qin soldiers who faced the charging elephant herd in the right flank of the Qin army immediately plummeted, many people trembled with fear, and some even instinctively wanted to turn around and run away.
This is man's instinctive reaction to the rush of a giant beast.
Compared to the reaction of ordinary Qin pawns, the two Qin generals in the rear had expressions that were really like this.
"The Admiral is really like a god. After our army defeated Minyue and Nanyue, the Luoyue people really couldn't sit still, and came to support Xi'ou with these elephants. Cao Shen whispered.
The Qin army went south to conquer Baiyue, and it would naturally do its homework for several Baiyue powers.
They know that there is a clan in Baiyue, which uses elephants as totems and is known as elephants.
These Yue people of the elephant tribe have mastered the method of domesticating elephants, and the warriors of the clan can control these giant beasts to fight. Its combat effectiveness is incomparably strong and invincible.
The place ruled by the elephant tribe is called Luo Yue.
In addition to knowing some information about Luo Yue in advance, the main general Zhao Tuo judged that Luo Yue saw that the two Baiyue powers were destroyed by the Qin army, and Xi'ou was disabled, and most of them would not be able to hold back and come to support, and it was very likely that he would join forces with Xi'ou to fight with the Qin army.
When Cao Shen, a strange soldier, came to the Ouyue border, he actually had the task of exploring intelligence, so as to prepare for the subsequent army expedition.
During this exploration, they really saw Luo Yue's elephant soldiers here.
The elephant soldiers rushed into battle, and the momentum was menacing.
But since the general judged that Luo Yue might come to support, the Qin army would naturally work out tactics to deal with Luo Yue's signature elephant soldiers.
"Han Xin!"
Cao Shen shouted, the means of dealing with the elephant soldiers was in Han Xin's place.
"Understood!"
Han Xin replied loudly, and immediately turned his head and took his personal guards to prepare a means to deal with the elephant soldiers.
But because of the suddenness of the incident, they still need a little time.
Cao Shen took a deep breath and turned his head to look at the battlefield, he needed to find a way to delay time for Han Xin's means.
At this time, the battle formation of the Qin army was inseparable from the Ou people, but because Luo Yue's elephant soldiers rushed out of the forest on the right side of the Qin army, the Ou people who were entangled with the right wing of the Qin army retreated one after another.
The Ou people are also afraid of being accidentally injured by friendly war elephants.
Their retreat completely exposed the right flank of the Qin army.
As long as Luo Yue's elephant soldiers rushed over, they would definitely scatter the right flank of the Qin army, and the dense phalanx of the Qin people would be broken.
As soon as the battle formation was broken, the elephant soldiers rampaged through the Qin army's formation, not necessarily killing many Qin people, but that kind of deterrence and destructive power was enough to collapse the morale of the Qin army and completely disrupt the Qin people's formation.
When the time comes, the Luo army that followed behind the elephant soldiers followed into the battle, and the retreating Ou people also took the opportunity to cover up and kill, and they would definitely be able to defeat the Qin army.
"Giant elephant, crush the Qin army for this king!"
King Luo, who came out of the mountains and forests, was very satisfied when he saw the elephants galloping and the Qin people were afraid.
In addition to Luo Yue's elephant soldiers pounced on the right flank of the Qin army, in the left flank of the Qin army, there were also tiger warriors led by A Tugu who also came out of the forest and took the opportunity to charge.
A cruel smile appeared on his face when he saw the roar of the giant beast that shook the sky in the distance.
"This time, we are attacking from three sides, and there are giant elephants to help, I see what else you Qin people can do!"
As A Tugu said, at this moment, the front of the Qin army's battle array is the Ou people, the left is the South Vietnamese Tiger Department, and the right is Luo Yue's elephant soldiers, the situation is very unfavorable, almost in danger.
Cao Shen, the commander of the Qin army, had sweat on his forehead, and he reached out to wipe it.
"Shoot the elephant herd with a bow!"
"If the elephant herd rushes over, the right flank will spread out into a straggler's formation, luring the elephant herd in other directions!"
Cao Shen gave orders one after another.
The power of the elephant herd's charge is too terrifying, even if the Qin army forms a battle formation, it will definitely not be able to resist it, so it is better to disperse by itself before being rushed by the other party, so as to reduce casualties.
He pinned his hopes on the right flank to disperse, so that he could hold back the elephant herd for a while, so that they would not rush straight into the middle of the Qin army, and at the same time buy Han Xin the corresponding time.
However, before Cao Shen's order could be conveyed, a situation appeared on the right flank of the Qin army.
First of all, without waiting for Cao Shen's order, the Qin army on the right flank was already in fear, and many crossbowmen had already wound up and launched a shot at the herd of elephants approaching about a hundred paces.
But it happened suddenly, and many Qin soldiers were afraid, and their hands were trembling when they pulled the bow and wound it, so the arrows shot out were scarce.
Some arrows were shot at the elephants, and the thick-skinned beast was not only not harmed, but was enraged by the arrows that pierced its flesh, and opened its mouth to let out an angry roar, and at the same time ran faster.
The smoke and dust were filled, the earthquake trembled, and the elephant herd was only about ninety steps away from the soldiers on the right wing of the Qin army.
"If you can't stop it, run!"
Finally, someone in the Qin army couldn't suppress the fear in their hearts, and screamed and prepared to turn around and run away.
Flesh and blood resist the charge of the giant beast, and not everyone has the courage.
But as soon as the fugitive turned around, a machete swung from behind and slashed straight at the back of his neck.
Bones are broken, blood is spurting.
"The military order is like a mountain, and those who dare to flee die!"
Xiang Ji stretched out his hand to wipe the blood on his face, and shouted: "Liu Bang, if someone dares to escape, don't use those elephants to rush over, you will kill him for me first!" ”
Hearing this roar, I saw that the deserter was beheaded by Xiang Ji.
Liu Bang shuddered, retracted the steps he was about to run away, and shouted: "Naigong hates deserters the most." Whoever dares to run away will eat Naigong's halberd first! ”
Suppressing his subordinates who wanted to escape, Xiang Ji turned his head and stared at the elephant herd that was approaching eighty paces.
Nearly two men tall, these behemoths were muscular, with four legs like pillars supporting the house, long snouts waving powerfully in the air, and huge fangs at the corners of their mouths that made people's eyes hurt.
No wonder those Qin soldiers wanted to escape, this terrible beast was not something that ordinary people could deal with.
But Xiang Ji was not only not afraid, but also had a feeling of extreme excitement.
"If I can kill an elephant, I will definitely be able to make a name for myself in the Qin army, and even Zhao Tuo will notice me at that time! Even if I don't have a lord, I can approach him! ”
Thinking of this, Xiang Ji felt that his blood was burning all over his body.
Seeing that the giant elephant had approached seventy steps, the surrounding Qin soldiers had the idea of escaping again in fear.
At the same time, the main general Cao Shen also sent an order for the right wing of the Qin army to prepare to disperse.
Xiang Ji didn't care, his eyes only saw the figure of the group of giant beasts in the distance.
"I want to see Zhao Tuo, I want to kill the elephant!"
He roared and reached out to snatch a halberd from a Qin pawn next to him.
Xiang Ji held a machete in one hand and a halberd in the other, and took the initiative to meet the herd of elephants that were charging over.
"Feather ...... Tun Chief! What are you doing? ”
When Liu Bang saw this scene, he was shocked, and secretly said that his brother was crazy?
When the elephant herd was charging and the Qin army on the right flank wanted to retreat, suddenly a Qin army commander wearing a plate crown rushed out and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The main general, Cao Shen, looked at this scene with some surprise.
"There is such a warrior in our army, he wants to use his flesh and blood to stop the herd?"
On the other side, Alamo, the king of Xiou, saw this scene and sneered at his face: "Rushing at the elephant herd? It seems that this Qin man has been scared stupid, hehe, I didn't expect that there would be such a fool in the world. ”
King Luo also saw this scene, patted his belly and laughed: "Hahaha, look at it, this Qin man is about to turn into meat puree." The king's giant elephant is invincible! ”
The next moment, the laughter stopped abruptly.
I saw that in the middle of the battlefield, the commander of the Qin army, who took the initiative to run against the elephant herd, suddenly let out a heaven-shattering roar when he was about thirty steps away from the giant elephants.
"I want to make meritorious service!"
Xiang Ji roared angrily, his eyes widened, and he clearly reflected the giant elephant directly opposite him, and the figure of Luo Yue warrior on the back of the giant elephant.
"Give me death!"
With a roar, Xiang Ji waved his right arm, exerted all his strength, and threw the halberd he snatched in his hand at the giant elephant.
Sou!
The halberd burst through the air with a blast of wind under the great force, and in an instant it shot into the eye socket of the giant elephant.
Whew.
The giant elephant was shattered and let out an earth-shattering wail.
The intense pain and fear stimulated the other person to stand up and shake off the Locke man on his back.
All those who watched this scene were stunned.
Thirty steps to shoot the halberd, one blow to the elephant's eye.
Han Xin, who had already prepared the means to deal with the elephant herd with his short soldiers, was on his way to the run, and he saw this scene from a distance and was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.
Han Xin looked at the burly and sturdy body in front of the elephant herd and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Whose subordinate is this, so brave!"
(End of chapter)