Liu Chan's army, which successfully cracked the snake formation and passed through the Kunzexi Mountains, did not rush to besiege Dianchi because they couldn't figure out the details of the other party.

Instead, after coming out of the mountain, he steadily began to cut down trees and set up camps.

After leaving the Kunjersey Mountains, the other side really has no danger to defend, but if the battle is unfavorable, the opponent will also face the embarrassing situation of having no way out.

For example, the planner who raised the army before was covered up all the way and hid in the swamp area in a panic.

The soldiers under his command are already familiar with the construction of the camp, and the soldiers of the Red Star Army are more of a good hand.

In addition, there are many good trees and good materials everywhere, and the construction progress is gratifying.

Set up a high camp wall, four corners of the watchtower, dig a deep trench, and set up more antlers......

The outside of the camp has begun to take shape, and at the same time, after learning that the other party is a clan that is good at controlling beasts, Liu Chan feels that the so-called "big gift" of the other party is likely to be an elephant soldier.

There are few examples of elephant soldiers winning battles in history, but there are many counter-examples of killing the enemy without losing much of themselves, but this does not mean that such a behemoth is no threat on the battlefield.

Therefore, when digging trenches, the depth and width required by Liu Chan were obviously not prepared for war horses.

"Prince, is this trench too deep?" Zhang Yi was a little puzzled, "There are also hidden stakes and wooden thorns underneath, and it took several days to build this trench alone......"

In his mind, the other party has no danger to defend, and the army drives over, as long as the Lei Gong Cannon is protected and the range advantage is used, it is not difficult to capture Dianchi.

Less than 10,000 poorly equipped brute soldiers, can they still break through their own battle formation and destroy the Lei Gong artillery?

"That should be just right, Sima, do you know what kind of battle method the beast control clan is best at?" Liu Chan looked at Xi Xi.

Xi muttered, "Hmm...... The ministry has little contact with outsiders, and its subordinates really don't know about it. But I heard that the king of Kunming has a giant beast mount, which is offered by the ministry, and it is rumored that this beast is three or four feet long, and its fangs are as thick as an adult's arm. And as heavy as a mountain, and as powerful as infinite, this beast alone can destroy a city and pull out a village......"

"Humph!" Zhang Yi snorted coldly, "Nonsense." If they can control this strange beast, why don't they just go north and dominate the world? It must be exaggerated and bluffed. ”

Liu Chan was noncommittal, judging from the description, this is an adult male elephant.

If it is said that the city is destroyed, if it is a smaller local walled city in Nanzhong, it is really not an exaggeration.

"In short, it is groundless, not necessarily without a cause, we still ......"

"Report ——!"

I was going to tell two sentences, and I had my own Red Star Scout Pegasus to report.

"Prince, a large number of enemy troops have driven the giant beast from the direction of Dianchi Lake, and it has reached more than ten miles away from our army camp! Those giant beasts are similar in appearance to the prince's 'elephant' in Chengdu, so they should be of the same kind. ”

The soldiers of the Red Star Army had all seen Liu Chan's elephant, so they recognized it at a glance.

Sure enough, it was an elephant soldier, Liu Chan raised his eyebrows, and it came quite quickly.

"How many elephants does the other side have? Terracotta geometry? ”

"The subordinates are incompetent...... In addition to the elephants, the enemy had cavalry scouts driving hordes of wolfhounds, and we were soon spotted and therefore could not be ascertained. ”

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "It's not too much to wait, go down." ”

"Prince, the barbarians dared to take the initiative to go out of the city, and we just annihilated them in one fell swoop, saving the trouble of besieging the city. The last general is willing to be the vanguard! Zhang Yi hugged his fists.

Ji Xi and Li Hui also stepped forward and said: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard." ”

Li Er, Ding Feng and other generals of the Red Star Army also stepped forward and said: "The Red Star Army is willing to be the vanguard and kill the enemy for the prince!" ”

Although it is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to cause damage, the throwing spears of the Red Star Cavalry and the rhubarb crossbow should still have a lethal effect.

Although it is estimated that it will be difficult to kill those giant beasts, if they can be stimulated to go crazy and attack and stamped indiscriminately on the battlefield, it must be enough for those brutes to drink a pot.

I have heard similar examples of war, once a war elephant goes berserk, it is often a more terrible disaster for friendly troops than for enemy soldiers.

"Okay, let's go meet these barbarian beasts for a while, and see what is so strange about them." Liu Chan saw that the generals were high-spirited, and reminded, "High morale is a good thing, but it is not to underestimate the enemy, if the elephant soldiers are really tricky, they will withdraw to the camp in time." ”

"Yes!"

The people immediately led the troops out and marched in the direction from which the barbarians came.

After a long march, he saw many behemoths in the distance, mixed with the crowd of enemy troops.

"Array, prepare to meet the enemy!"

Liu Chan gave an order, and all departments quickly launched a formation.

Zhang Yi led 2,000 soldiers in front, and all the big yellow crossbows brought here were delivered to the front army.

Liu Chan personally led the Red Star Army and 3,000 soldiers in the center, and Li Hui and Jiao Xi led 3,000 soldiers behind.

The crossbowmen are divided into two wings and spread out diagonally forward, like an eagle spreading its wings when viewed from the air.

Hu Li led the Red Star cavalry on the side.

The reason why this infantry phalanx was chosen was that Liu Chan had a full estimate of the power of the soldiers, and this thing could not be blocked by the spear array......

The Han army, which had completed the formation, waited for the enemy to enter the firing range.

When the enemy soldiers gradually approached, the clear appearance was also revealed in front of the Han soldiers.

There are about 20 war elephants, walking side by side at the front.

Among them, there is a white elephant with extremely long tusks that is very eye-catching, not only is the tusks larger than other similar ones, but it is even wearing a metal armor!

This discovery made Liu Chan frown, Nanzhong was also short of iron, and it was impossible to build a valuable metal elephant armor with such a large amount of money.

On this white elephant sat a strangely dressed barbarian holding a big shield, which should be the leader of the Kunming clan.

The other war elephants are divided into two people, one should be in charge of the elephant, and the other is attacking.

Each elephant was surrounded by about ten brute soldiers, the two in front of the head holding long clubs that seemed to be assisting the elephants, while the others were armed with shields, spears, or bows and crossbows.

Liu Chanzhi couldn't help but think when he saw it, this is probably the earliest "Butan synergy"......

On their flanks were some barbarian cavalry, each with a number of wolfdogs, grinning and barking wildly.

Behind these elephant soldiers were a large number of barbarian foot soldiers, although these people could not talk about battle formations, and the march was chaotic, even noisy and lackluster.

However, they were not as poorly equipped as the Qingqiang infantry of the Fire Buuri.

Some of them were also wearing well-made leather armor, and the craftsmanship was made by the Han Chinese.

And the swords and guns in his hands are shining, and the style is probably also made by the Han people.

Coupled with Fang Cai's elephant armor, Liu Chan immediately guessed that this was probably a good thing done by Jiangdong Wu's second child.

The corners of his mouth hooked up into a sneer, since you plan to play like this, then don't blame me for taking the medicine according to the prescription.

Liu Chan already had a preliminary plan in his heart for the way of revenge against Soochow, but the more important thing was to achieve the victory in front of him.

Meng Shu held a long knife and rode his horse far behind the war elephant cluster, waiting for King Pu to attack first.

He knew the power of the elephants very well, and the rest of them did almost nothing to do, just wait for the enemy army to be in chaos as the elephants rushed into disarray, and then they would attack and harvest.

The tactics are simple, but they are extremely difficult to crack.

Yonghong, who was originally nervous, also regained his confidence along the way, and with these giant beasts in front of him, it really made people feel very sure.

This time, the Han army will be buried here!

"Rush!" King Pu raised his right hand high and gave the order to attack, and the monkey on his shoulder also made a squeaky cry, looking very excited.

"Woo——!"

The war elephants, driven by the elephant riders, gradually began to pick up speed.

"Shoot arrows to stop the enemy, cavalry guerrillas!" Liu Chan also waved his hand, and when the flag waved, the confrontation between the two sides officially began!

What happened next was also expected for Liu Chan.

However, for his generals, and ordinary Han soldiers, it can be called the first blow since the conquest of Nanzhong.

War elephants are large and don't travel fast at first, making them excellent targets.

However, many ordinary bows and arrows hit war elephants, but they did no damage at all, and at most they were pierced by crossbow arrows......

The brute soldiers who followed the war elephant tried to hide their bodies behind the war elephant as much as possible, and then used wooden shields, and the damage was not great.

The ordinary soldiers who didn't know much about this beast were suddenly a little panicked, these things were like copper skin and iron bones? How can this be fought?

And those barbarians had expected this, and ignored other attacks at all, and only drove the giant elephant to rush towards the infantry phalanx of the Han army.

"Raise the gun ——!"

Hu Li, who approached with his cavalry, was very angry with the elephants who ignored them, and led his team to rush to a war elephant from the side, estimating the distance between the two sides.

However, just as it was about to enter the range......

"Boom!!" The horses, which had been very obedient, suddenly began to slow down in disobedience to their masters, and some even stood up, causing the cavalry to be embarrassed and almost fall off their horses......

"Drive! Drive! What's wrong? Let's go! Hu Li anxiously urged the war horse under his crotch, but the usually obedient horse, at this time he was restless and kicked the horse's hooves, but he refused to step forward.

"Hahahaha......"

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the Han cavalry, the barbarians behind the elephant herd burst into laughter.

The one who laughed the most was Yonghong, who had been deflated before.

He couldn't help but say to Meng Shu beside him: "This battle must be called that Liu Chan child, taste the power of my southerners, hahaha......"

"Not bad! Brother Yong, watch us avenge your defeat! Meng Huo is obviously also full of confidence.

The war elephants, who were constantly harassed by bows, arrows and crossbows, gradually became irritable, and their speed began to increase, and only twenty war elephants trampled the earth out of the effect of thousands of troops and horses, and rushed towards the Han army in a rumbling sound......

(End of chapter)