Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 231 The Might of the Giant Beast
Successfully deciphering the snake array, Liu Chan's army that passed through the west mountain of Kunze did not rush to besiege Dianchi Lake because they could not figure out the details of the opponent.

Instead, after leaving the mountain, they began to cut down trees and build camps steadily.

After leaving Kunze West Mountain, the opponent has no danger to defend, but if one's own side loses in the battle, it will also face an embarrassing situation with no way out.

Just like the Cuan family who raised troops before, they were killed all the way and panicked and hid in the swamp area.

The soldiers under his command are already familiar with the construction of the camp, and the soldiers of the Scarlet Star Army are more experts.

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

Set up the camp wall high, look out at the four corners, dig deep trenches, and set up more antlers...

The outside of the camp had begun to take shape. At the same time, after learning that the other party was a clan that was good at controlling beasts, Liu Chan felt that the so-called "big gift" of the other party was probably an elephant soldier.

Elephant soldiers have had few victories in battles in history, and there are many counter-examples in which they killed the enemy without causing much damage to themselves.

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

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

When he thought about it, the opponent had no danger to defend, and the army drove over. As long as the Leigong Cannon was well protected and the range advantage was used, it would not be difficult to capture Dianchi Lake.

With less than [-] poorly equipped barbarians, can they break through their own battle formation and destroy the Thunder Cannon?
"This should be just right, Cuan Sima, do you know what kind of warfare the beast-riding clan is best at?" Liu Chan looked at Cuan Xi.

Cuan Xi mused: "Well... this department rarely contacts outsiders, and the subordinates really don't know about it. But I heard that the king of Kunming had a giant beast mount, which was donated by this department. It is rumored that this beast is three or four feet long and has thick fangs. It is like a human arm. It is as heavy as a mountain, and its strength is infinite. This beast alone can destroy a city..."

"Hmph!" Zhang Yi snorted coldly, "It's nonsense. If they can control this strange beast, why don't they just go north and dominate the world? It must be exaggerated and bluffing."

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

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

"Anyway, it's groundless and not necessarily without reason, we still..."

"Report—!"

I was planning to give a few words of advice, and the Red Star scouts flying horses will come to report.

"Prince, a large number of enemy troops have driven giant beasts from the direction of Dianchi Lake, and they have come more than ten miles away from our military camp! Those giant beasts are similar in appearance to the 'elephant' the prince has 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 came quite quickly.

"How many elephants does the opponent have? How many soldiers and horses?"

"The subordinates are incompetent... Apart from the elephants, the enemy army also has cavalry scouts who drove away packs of wolf dogs. They quickly spotted us, so we couldn't find out the details."

Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "This is not your fault, let's go down."

"Prince, how dare the barbarians go out of the city on their own initiative, and we just wiped them out in one fell swoop, which saves the trouble of besieging the city. The last general is willing to be the vanguard!" Zhang Yi clasped his fists and said.

Cuan Xi and Li Hui also stepped forward and said, "The last general would like 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 generals for the prince!"

Although ordinary bows and arrows are difficult to cause damage to the target, the throwing spears of the Scarlet Star Cavalry and the rhubarb crossbow should still have a killing effect.

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

I have heard of similar battle examples. Once a war elephant goes mad, it is often a more terrifying disaster for friendly soldiers than enemy soldiers.

"Alright, let's go meet these barbarian beast soldiers for a while, and see how strange they are." Seeing that the generals were fighting high, Liu Chan reminded, "High morale is a good thing, but don't underestimate the enemy. The soldiers were really difficult, so they withdrew to the camp in time."

"As ordered!"

They immediately led the troops to march in the direction where the barbarians came from.

After marching for a while, I saw many huge monsters from a distance, mixed with the enemy crowd.

"Array, prepare to meet the enemy!"

With Liu Chan's order, all the ministries quickly deployed their formations.

Zhang Yi led two thousand soldiers in front, and all the rhubarb crossbows he brought were delivered to the front army.

Liu Chan personally led the Red Star Army and [-] soldiers in the middle, and Li Hui and Cuan Xi led [-] soldiers in the rear.

The crossbowman has two wings, spread out obliquely forward, like an eagle spreading its wings if viewed from the air.

Hu Li led the Red Star Cavalry by his side.

The reason why he chose this relatively rear formation of the infantry phalanx is that Liu Chan has a full estimate of the power of the target soldiers. This thing cannot be blocked by spear formations...

The Han army that had completed the formation waited for the enemy to come into range.

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

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

Among them, a white elephant with extremely long tusks is very eye-catching. Not only is its body and tusks larger than others of its kind, it even wears a metal armor!
This discovery made Liu Chan frown. Nanzhong also lacks iron, so it is impossible to make such a valuable metal elephant armor with such a large amount of money.

On this white elephant sits a strangely dressed barbarian holding a large shield, he must be the leader of the Kunming clan.

On the other war elephants, there are two people sitting in front and back, one should be in charge of driving the elephant, and the other should be attacking.

Around each war elephant was followed by about ten barbarians. The two in front of the head were holding long sticks, who seemed to be assisting the elephant control, while the others were holding shields and spears, or bows and crossbows.

Seeing this, Liu Chan couldn't help but think, this is probably the earliest "Butan collaboration"...

There are also some barbarian cavalry on their flanks, each with a lot of wolfhounds, grinning and barking wildly at this time.

Behind these elephant soldiers, there are a large number of barbarian infantry. Although these people can't talk about battle formations, they march in disorder, and are even very noisy and lackluster.

However, they are not as poorly equipped as the Qingqiang infantry in Huobu'eri.

Some of them were actually wearing well-made leather armor, and the craftsmanship was clearly made by the Han people.

Moreover, the swords and guns in his hands are bright, and the style is probably made by the Han people.

Coupled with the concrete armor just now, Liu Chan immediately guessed that this was probably a good thing done by Jiang Dongwu's second child.

The corner of his mouth curled into a sneer, since you plan to play like this, don't blame me for following the prescription.

Liu Chan already had a preliminary plan in mind for the way of retaliation against Soochow, but the more important thing is to achieve the immediate victory.

Holding a long knife, Meng Huo rode his horse far behind the elephants, waiting for King Pu to attack first.

He is very familiar with the power of war elephants. The rest of them don't need to do anything. They just wait for the enemy soldiers in the elephant group to be in chaos, and then they can attack and harvest.

The tactics are very simple, but it is extremely difficult to crack.

Yong Kai, who was originally apprehensive, also regained his confidence along the way. With these giant beasts standing in front of him, it really made people feel very at ease.

This time, the Han army must be buried here!
"Come on!" Pu Wang Jitu raised his right hand high and issued an attack command, and the monkey on his shoulder also squeaked, looking very excited.

"Woo-!"

Driven by the elephant driver, the war elephants gradually began to speed up.

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

What happened next was also expected by Liu Chan.

However, for his generals and ordinary Han soldiers, it could be regarded as the first blow since the campaign against Nanzhong.

War elephants are huge, and they didn't move fast at the beginning, making them perfect targets.

However, ordinary bows and arrows hit quite a few war elephants, but they couldn't do any damage at all. At most, they were stabbed in the mouth by the crossbow arrow...

The barbarians who followed the elephants tried their best to hide their bodies behind the elephants, and then used wooden shields, so the damage was not too great.

The ordinary soldiers who didn't know much about this kind of beast suddenly panicked. These things are like copper skin and iron bones?How can I fight this?
And those barbarians had expected this for a long time, ignoring other attacks at all, and only drove the giant elephant to the infantry phalanx of the Han army.

"Raise the gun—!"

Hu Li, who led the cavalry in a roundabout approach, was very annoyed at these elephant soldiers ignoring them, and led his team to charge towards a war elephant from the side, estimating the distance between the two sides.

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

"Hey!!" The horses, which were originally very obedient, suddenly began to slow down against their masters, and some even stood up, causing the cavalry to be in a panic and almost fell off their horses...

"Drive! Drive! What's the matter? Let's go!" Hu Li anxiously urged the horse under his crotch, but the usually obedient horse kicked the horse's hooves restlessly at this moment, but refused to move forward.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Seeing the discomfiture of the cavalry of the Han army, the barbarians behind the elephant group burst into laughter.

The one who laughed the most was Yong Kai who had been deflated before.

He couldn't help but said to Meng Huo beside him: "This battle must call that little Liu Chan, to taste the power of my southerners, hahaha..."

"That's right! Brother Yong, let me avenge your defeat!" Meng Huo was obviously full of confidence.

The war elephants, who were constantly harassed by bows and arrows, gradually became irritable, and their speed began to increase. There were only twenty war elephants, but they stepped on the ground like a thousand troops, and rushed towards the Han army amidst the rumble. come over……

(End of this chapter)