Chapter 635, The Army of War Elephants

The Confucian scholars' faces changed drastically, and they looked at each other, and only then did they realize that what they had just said seemed to be intolerable in the eyes of any ruler! A Confucian scholar argued in a strong voice: "We are just drinking and chatting, you must not spew blood!" All the Confucian scholars chimed in.

The butcher pointed to the Confucian scholars and said, "General, I can testify that these dogs are indeed inciting us to betray our ancestors and join the Nanban!" The drinkers also proved that the Confucian scholars did incite everyone to defect to the enemy. The Confucian scholars were pale, flustered and did not know what to do, and hated the people who had accused them to the extreme.

The officer clasped his fists at the people and said, "Thank you for testifying!" When the general judges these Confucian scholars, please come to the court to testify! Everyone said that they must arrive, and the businessman said loudly: "Yan Yunjun is working hard for our people!" Now we can finally help Yan Yunjun a little, and the definition is unavoidable! Others chimed in. The officer was moved, hugged his fists and thanked him, then turned his head and shouted: "Escort these beasts to me!" The soldiers of Yanyun had long been angry with these Confucian students, and when they heard the order, they were immediately unkind, and dragged the Confucian students down, and for a while the voices of crying and begging for mercy came and went. When all the people saw this scene, they couldn't help but feel relieved.

The officer turned around, clenched his fists, and said, "Excuse me." The people only felt flattered and hurriedly said that they were fine. The merchant couldn't help but ask, "Dare to ask the general, can we hold Nanning?" ”

The officer said with a smile: "Previously, General Shi Liancheng led 10,000 light cavalry to recapture Qinzhou, and then fought a fierce battle with more than 50,000 enemies, and finally defeated the enemy!" Now our army has 40,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Qinzhou, and the enemy army is only about 200,000, do you think we can hold it? ”

When the people heard him say this, their hearts that had been hanging on were immediately relieved. The officer continued: "In addition, Yelu Niangniang is leading dozens of troops to come, and the Vietnamese army has no chance of winning at all!" When the people heard this, they could not help but be overjoyed, and their hearts were completely relieved.

The officer smiled: "You don't have to worry about anything at all, just live in peace." I believe that it will not be long before you hear the news that the Vietnamese army was defeated by our army and fled back! The people laughed. The officer clenched his fists and said: "I still have official business, I can't stay for a long time, so I will leave." All the people hurriedly returned the salute. The officer hurried away.

The people sat back in their seats and began to talk, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed than before. The people discussed the war between the Yanyun army and the Vietnamese army for a while, and then the topic turned to those Confucian scholars, and they cursed one after another, and for a while, the sound of scolding the mother came and went in the tavern.

Shi Liancheng publicly tried the arrested Confucian scholars and scholars, and after the testimony of many ordinary people, he pronounced a verdict on the spot and sentenced all those involved to death. After this verdict, all the Confucian scholars and scholars were greatly frightened and shocked, they never dreamed that their wayward nonsense would bring such serious consequences! The Confucian scholars and the scholars cried and begged Shi Liancheng for mercy, but Shi Liancheng ignored it, waved his big hand, and shouted: "Drag it down and cut it!" Sergeant Yan Yun, who had been waiting impatiently, immediately stepped forward and dragged the Confucian scholars and scholars involved in the case to the city square, these people who read poetry and books cried desperately for mercy, although they knew that their fate was irreversible, but they were not willing to give up even a little bit of hope, at this time, where did they still have a little bit of noble temperament that they were usually proud of.

More than 100 Confucian scholars and scholars were publicly beheaded for the crime of traitors, and the bloody scene greatly shocked those Confucian scholars who were lucky enough to escape. At the same time, the word 'traitor' also spread among the people, probably because these Confucian scholars and scholars were the first people to be executed for the crime of traitors, so the common people took it for granted that Confucian scholars and traditional scholars were traitors. This situation soon spread throughout China, causing the status of Confucian scholars and scholars to plummet, and at the same time, it also caused great trouble to those decent Confucian scholars and scholars. But that's all for later, so I won't say much about it here.

A scout galloped into Nanning and headed straight for the camp. Soon after, the scout rushed to the camp hall and saluted Shi Liancheng, who was talking to Huang Xin: "General Qiqi, the main force of the Vietnamese army has all crossed the Yongjiang River and is coming this way!" ”

Huang Xin was taken aback, Shi Liancheng remained silent, and said, "Explore again!" The scout said yes and ran down.

Shi Liancheng stood up and said to Huang Xin: "The enemy army will come soon, let's go to the city gate tower." Huang Xin stood up and clenched his fists in agreement.

The two left the camp and headed for the east gate under the escort of their own soldiers. Shi Liancheng remembered something and asked, "What I asked you to prepare, are you ready?" Huang Xin hugged his fists and said: "I have already prepared according to the general's orders, just waiting for the general's order." Shi Liancheng nodded.

The two came to the east city gate, turned over and dismounted, and climbed the city gate tower. Looking to the east, you can already see the smoke and dust surging in the sky in the distance. About an hour later, more than 100,000 Vietnamese troops appeared outside the city like a tide, and the momentum was also very huge, and the unique drums of the Vietnamese army kept ringing.

On the tower of the city gate, the war drums of the Yan Yun army sounded loudly, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the sound shook the sky, and immediately suppressed the drums of the Vietnamese army.

Immediately, I saw that the city gate was wide open, and Shi Liancheng personally led 30,000 infantry troops out of the city, and lined up in a large array with his back to the city. I saw that the Yanyun army's formation was like a mountain, as if it was indestructible, and 30,000 soldiers and horses were standing there, except for the sound of the wind dancing battle flags, there was no noise at all, and it was slaughtered; On the other hand, the Vietnamese army on the opposite side was a little noisy.

Li Hongwu, the crown prince of the Yue Li Dynasty, saw that Yan Yunjun dared to go out of the city to face the battle, he couldn't help laughing, pointed at Yan Yunjun in front of him with a horsewhip, and said to the generals around him: "How powerful the sect leader said about Yan Yunjun before! Now it seems that Yan Yunjun is clearly a group of idiots! With such a huge disparity in strength, they dared to go out of the city to face the battle, didn't they come to send them to death? The generals burst out laughing.

A middle-aged thin man dressed in the robes of a Han scribe said to Li Hongwu: "Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not be careless! The Yanyun army defeated the Liao State one after another, and destroyed the Western Xia, and not long ago defeated the 50,000 army of the general of the sect with 10,000 cavalry! Yan Yunjun's combat power is so strong, it is definitely not a joke! ”

Li Hongwu asked unhappily: "Do you want to say that we can't beat them?" It just doesn't make sense! ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly said, "That's not what my subordinates mean!" The strength of our Dayue army can be said to be the world's might! And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the brave champion of the three armies, and 10,000 people are invincible! How could Yan Yunjun be the opponent of the Great Yue Army and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Li Hongwu turned his anger into joy and said: "There is still some truth in this!" ”

The middle-aged man glanced at the Yanyun army array in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and hurriedly said to Li Hongwu: "But as the saying goes, 'the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength!'" Inevitably there was an unexpected situation, and his subordinates suggested that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should not waste time with the Yan Yun army, and attack with the most powerful force at the beginning, and strive to destroy the Yan Yun army in the shortest possible time to capture Nanning! ”

Li Hongwu nodded and said, "This prince also has this intention!" Then he said to a shirtless man beside him, whose face was covered with paint, and looked like a savage: "Ruan Hu, let your war elephant army take the lead in the assault, and be sure to step into the enemy formation with all your might!" Ruan Hu was very excited, turned his head to look at Yan Yunjun in the distance, and said contemptuously: "The army of war elephants of the last general will definitely trample the enemy army into pulp!" "Then it went down.

Li Hongwu issued another series of orders. Immediately, the sound of the Vietnamese army's leather drums rumbled loudly. I saw that the large array of the Vietnamese army was separated, and thousands of huge war elephants appeared in front of Yan Yunjun's eyes under the guidance of the Vietnamese soldiers. The huge body was like a small mountain, and the pillar-like legs trampled on the earth, causing the whole earth to tremble, and the proboscis flicked out, and the whining sound was even more shocking than the roar of a pack of tigers! This is the war elephant army of the Yue Li Dynasty, in front of such a behemoth, I am afraid that there is nothing to stop!

It was the first time for Yan Yunjun to face such a war elephant army, and he only felt extremely shocked. However, these war-hardened Yanyun elites, although they were shocked, they were not afraid at all! The purpose of Yan Yunjun is 'God blocks and kills God, Buddha blocks and kills Buddha', God and Buddha are not afraid, not to mention war elephants! However, in the face of such a behemoth, I am afraid that courage can not be defeated!

The soldiers of the Vietnamese army could not help but get excited when they saw their war elephants rushing towards the opponent's army formation in a large formation, and they just waited to see the sight of the enemy being trampled by the war elephants.

Li Hongwu pointed at the Yanyun army formation in the distance with a horsewhip, and laughed: "Look, the enemy army is dumbfounded!" I'm afraid they've never seen such a military might! The middle-aged Han man next to him hurriedly smiled and said: "Our Dayue Army has this trump card, not to mention eliminating the Yanyun Army in front of us to capture Nanning, it is not impossible to go straight to the Central Plains and occupy the world!" Li Hongwu nodded thoughtfully, his eyes revealing infinite excitement.

Seeing that the army of war elephants was about to storm the enemy's formation, Li Hongwu immediately ordered the rest of the army to follow, preparing to pounce on the army together to expand the results of the battle after the war elephant troops had rushed into the enemy's formation. This is the usual tactic of the Vietnamese army, and they rely on this set of tactics to dominate Tiannan and be invincible. Amid the rumbling sound of leather drums, Li Hongwu personally led more than 100,000 troops to set off, following the footsteps of the war elephant troops, and pressed towards the battle formation of the Yanyun army. The torrent of the Vietnamese army is constantly approaching the Yanyun army array, thousands of war elephants have begun to trot, rumbling loudly, more thrilling than the thunder, the whole earth is trembling violently, and the bloodthirsty cry of the war elephant echoes between the heaven and the earth, shocking! This is probably the most terrifying war machine of ancient times!

Master Xu climbed into the attic of his house and looked out of the city. This old man Xu is the largest scholar in Nanning City, with thousands of acres of fertile land, thousands of mansions, although it is not said to be rich and rival the country, but it is definitely a wealthy family with unlimited family resources, in the past in Nanning and even the entire Guangnan West Road, are well-known figures, even the Guangnan West Road Xuanfu envoy Zhenfu envoy is three short in front of him, and he has to speak softly. However, all this completely changed after the arrival of Yan Yunjun, not to mention a large amount of fertile land was confiscated, not to mention that even the many privileges enjoyed in the past were gone, not long ago after the Confucian scholars were arrested and executed, he, who was originally from a prominent family and envied by everyone, actually became a 'traitor' who even peddlers and pawns despised!

Old Man Xu was extremely resentful, and he hated Yan Yunjun and Yan Wang, the leader of Yanyun Army, to the core, and he really wanted to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin. However, hatred is hate, but there is nothing to do about Yan Yunjun, who is at the height of his military power and has the support of those poor legs. But now it is different, the Vietnamese army is pressing, and no matter how strong the Yan Yun army is, it is impossible to resist the hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese troops with 40,000 people! Hmph, I'd like to see how you die!

Master Xu stood in the attic of the backyard and looked out of the city, followed by several of his brothers and nephews. Everyone saw that the Vietnamese army outside the city was huge, and it was charging towards the Yanyun army with its back against the city wall, and the war elephant army at the forefront was even more overwhelming, like a sea surging, and couldn't help but be excited. Xu Dagongzi couldn't help but exclaim: "It's amazing! It's amazing! In front of such a heavenly might, who can stop it! Everyone echoed, and Master Xu's younger brother said: "The war elephant army of the Yue people is invincible!" That huge war elephant is simply not something that human beings can contend with! No matter how fierce Yan Yunjun is, no matter how fierce he is, in front of this army of war elephants, it will be vulnerable! Master Xu laughed, waved his fists and said loudly: "Today is a good day, I want to watch those deviant villains fly under the iron hooves of war elephants!" ”

As if in response to his words, thousands of war elephants outside the city let out a hissed at the same time, and a huge sound came from outside the city, but it was still terrifying. Master Xu and the others couldn't help but be extremely excited, and their eyes widened.

Shi Liancheng stared coldly at the army of war elephants that was surging in, and suddenly raised his long knife and shouted, "Ready!" ”

The sound of Yanyun's war drums rang out, and the large array immediately separated to both sides, and more than a thousand sergeants led more than a thousand buffalo cattle to the front of the military formation. Seeing this, Li Hongwu was stunned for a moment, then laughed, pointed to the herd of cattle in front of the Yanyun army, and laughed: "What are they trying to do, do they think that they can use the herd to defeat my army of war elephants?" The surrounding Vietnamese soldiers also laughed, and a Vietnamese general shouted: "The Han people know that they are not our opponents, so they want to surrender!" These cows are a treat for us! The crowd burst into laughter again. Although the Vietnamese soldiers were laughing, the momentum of the charge did not slow down at all, and it was obvious that they did not take those cattle seriously. At the same time, there was also a group of ridicule in the attic of Master Xu's house, and Master Xu mocked: "It is said that Yan Yun is so powerful, but when I saw it today, I realized that the so-called Yan Yun Warrior is just a group of idiots!" ”

The officers and men of the Yanyun Army couldn't help but get nervous when they saw the enemy army approaching, and the shock wave composed of thousands of war elephants was surging like a landslide, shocking the earth. Nervous in the face of the enemy's charge, this may be the first time for the soldiers of the Yanyun Army, no wonder, the power of the war elephant's charge is too amazing, that kind of majestic momentum simply shouldn't belong to the world! If Chen Xiao was here, he would definitely exclaim: "It's so good!" It's like a tank pack charging! ”

Shi Liancheng's forehead couldn't help but overflow with cold sweat, and he was really not sure whether this trick would work at all, but the matter had come to this point, and he had no other choice, so he could only try it if it was useful or not! Rushing forward, he shouted, "Attack! ”

As soon as the sergeants leading the oxen heard the general's order, they immediately put the wet quilts on the back of the oxen, and immediately put the quilts on the fire, and the quilts burned violently, because the quilts had been soaked in tung oil beforehand, so they burned immediately when they caught fire; The sergeants lit the quilts, and then lit the firecrackers tied to their tails, and the crackling sound was loud! The herd was burned by the flames, frightened by the firecrackers, immediately frightened, collapsed out, and rushed towards the war elephant troops of the Vietnamese army like crazy. The soldiers of the Vietnamese army couldn't help but be shocked when they saw countless fire cows rushing towards them like crazy!

The thousands of war elephants that rushed to the front couldn't help but panic and stop one after another when they saw the fire waves rolling in front of them and making a loud crackling sound. The rider on the elephant's back was very anxious when he saw this scene, and drove away with all his might, but although the war elephant was trained, his nature of being afraid of loud noises and flames had not changed at all.

In an instant, a raging wave of fire crashed into the middle of the war elephant with a huge cannon fire. Originally, the war elephant just stopped and didn't dare to step forward, but at this time, he panicked, and no longer listened to the orders of the pilot, and turned around and ran wildly! All of a sudden, the earth shook, the smoke and dust billowed out, and the terrible tide of war elephants actually ran backwards!

The large Vietnamese army that was following closely behind the war elephant troops, suddenly saw such a scene, you were shocked, and without waiting for the order, they threw away their armor and fled in all directions! Thousands of frightened war elephants, regardless of how many, crashed headlong into their own army, and the screams resounded in the rumbling sound, and the Vietnamese soldiers were rushed to pieces by their own war elephants, and they were crushed! The huge elephant's legs like a pillar of the house stepped on the human body, and with a thud, the human body exploded and flesh and blood flew sideways, the scene was truly thrilling! The soldiers of the Vietnamese army really saw the magnificent scene of the war elephants trampling on thousands of troops, but it was not the Yan Yun army that they trampled, but themselves! Li Hongwu was wrapped in the rout and fled backwards, the whole person was like a dream, he couldn't accept this kind of thing in front of him at all! Is this a nightmare? If so, wake up!

Shi Liancheng was very excited when he saw the success of the plan, and immediately raised his long knife and shouted: "The whole army is attacking!" Thirty thousand soldiers roared in unison, surging up like a tide! With whom is the war elephant, rushing forward, the Vietnamese army has been rushed into chaos by their own war elephants, where can they resist the ferocious rush of the Yan Yun army, only to see that the Vietnamese soldiers were cut down by the Yan Yun army, with heavy casualties! This is a one-sided slaughter!

Above Old Man Xu's attic, Old Man Xu and the others were all dumbfounded! They barely believe their eyes anymore! Everyone was pale and trembling, and Old Man Xu's younger brother said in a trembling voice: "This, how is this possible?!" Yan Yunjun, Yan Yunjun is so terrifying! At this time, everyone's hearts were already filled with fear of Yan Yunjun, and it felt as if a huge demon shadow was enveloping the heavens and the earth, and they were trembling all over their bodies!

Yan Yunjun defeated the Vietnamese army in one go, but still did not give up and continued to pursue and kill. The Vietnamese army was defeated like a mountain, and they couldn't hold their feet at all, and fled to the south bank of the Yongjiang River, seeing that the Yanyun army was still chasing and killing endlessly, and hurriedly fled towards their own border in a panic.

A day later, the remnants of the Vietnamese army were defeated and fled to Phu Sui. As soon as he stopped, a herald rushed to the frightened Li Hongwu. Li Hongwu thought that Yan Yunjun was chasing after him again, and asked in horror, "Has Yan Yunjun caught up?" The herald hurriedly said: "Oh no, prince, a Yanyun cavalry has attacked Pingxiang Pass!" Li Hongwu and the others only felt like thunder, and couldn't help but be shocked, Li Hongwu sat on the chair, his face was pale, his lips trembled, his expression was extremely frightened, and he didn't say anything for a long time! The expressions of the other generals were similar!

Li Hongwu came back to his senses and angrily asked the herald: "How could Pingxiang Pass be lost?" Where did the enemy troops come from? ”

The herald said: "The enemy army is a cavalry from the Qinzhou side, there are 6,000 people!" ”

Li Hongwu was furious, slapped the table, and said loudly: "The sect has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered in Shangsi, how can it be raided by the enemy army at Pingxiang Pass?" The herald said: "The enemy army has bypassed Shangsi, and when the general of the sect has reacted, it is too late to intercept it. Li Hongwu only felt that he was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, he just wanted to take the sect to open the knife, and shouted angrily: "The sect is bad for me, damn it!" Damn it! All the generals looked at each other, and they all felt that this matter was actually no wonder to the sect, and it should be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was too careless. Before the defeat of the general Zongtong in Qinzhou, he wrote that the Yanyun army was strong and difficult to defeat, and asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be careful, but at that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not take it seriously at all, and said that Zongtong was a coward! Now that the army has suffered a crushing defeat on the front line, and has been cut off by the other party, the result of all this can be said to be caused by the prince's arrogance and underestimation of the enemy, and it really has little to do with the general of the sect! However, although everyone thinks so, no one dares to say it, everyone knows that now the prince is angry, if anyone wants to come out uninterestingly, it is not that they have nothing to do, and they are looking for hardship!

After Li Hongwu scolded, he couldn't help but be worried, pacing back and forth in the lobby, muttering: "Pingxiang Pass is lost!" How good is that? How good is that? Thinking of the terrible result, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. In his heart, he thought of his father, and hurriedly said, "We must ask our father for help!" You must hurry up and ask your father for help! Immediately, he hurriedly repaired a letter and ordered a close general to carry it and rushed to the Yue Li Dynasty to ask for help.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.