Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 335 329. Taking Advantage of the Situation
Two days later, the day of the decisive battle arrived. Both sides lined up on the plain. The Han army's elite cavalry, infantry, and archers were lined up in formation, with neat rows, swords and flags fluttering. The atmosphere was so solemn and murderous that many young soldiers from the South who had never seen the world were so frightened that their legs were trembling.

In contrast, the situation in Nanzhong was a bit messy. The beast army of King Mulu was at the front. Many tigers and leopards sensed the killing intent between the two armies, growled uneasily or dug at the sand and stones under their feet, looking restless.

Many Nanzhong soldiers with strange patterns painted on their bodies kept a distance from the beast army in the front. Everyone could see their plan: the Nanzhong army wanted to use the beast army as the vanguard to disrupt the Han army's defense, and then the soldiers in the rear would press forward and kill them.

"Men of Nanzhong! Let the Han people on the other side see the bloodiness of us Nanzhong people! Blow the horn and march forward!"

Meng Huo rode a tall horse, which was a rare commodity in Nanzhong, and shouted loudly to encourage morale. Then Meng Huo waved his hand, and the buglers in the formation immediately blew their huge horns, making a long sound.

This sound was naturally the order to attack. The soldiers of King Mulu in the front patted the beasts and loosened the ropes that bound them. The beasts immediately broke free and rushed straight to the Han army's position. The soldiers of Nanzhong in the back followed closely behind and rushed to kill them.

"Brothers, don't be afraid. We can defeat the Wei army and the Wu army against these mere southern barbarians. Why should we be afraid of them? Light the fire!"

Guan Xing stood on a high platform in the formation and used a loudspeaker to loudly boost morale. Then, at his order, the Han soldiers in the front row holding torches threw their torches into the trench in front of them, igniting the kerosene in the trench that had been dug in advance. The flames rose up and turned into two walls of fire that divided the venue.

The beasts, who were originally arrogant and ready to pounce on the Han army and tear it apart, were now stunned. The wall of fire that suddenly appeared in front of them was like an insurmountable mountain to them. Many beasts stopped in their tracks, hesitating in front of the wall of fire and not daring to move forward, letting out a few roars of unwillingness and fear.

"Haha, the Han army really had this idea, but they are too naive. Do they think a mere wall of fire can stop our Southern Central Army?"

Meng Huo saw it clearly in the center of the army. When he saw the Han army's wall of fire rising and blocking King Mulu's beast army, he was not angry, but laughed instead, as if he had been prepared for it.

Sure enough, some soldiers of the Nanzhong Army who were hiding behind their companions in the rear took off the packages from their backs and threw them into the trenches of the Han army with all their might.

These packages were just hastily tied together, and they naturally burned up immediately when they fell into the burning trench. But unexpectedly, as these packages burned up, a section of the fire wall was lost.

It turned out that these unprepossessing packages contained some moist soil, which naturally scattered out after the fire burned the cloth and animal skins on the outside. When the moist soil met the burning kerosene, it was no surprise that it directly extinguished the flames.

As the soldiers of Nanzhong did this, the fire wall of the Han army suddenly lost a large section. Although it was not too much compared to the trench that stretched for a hundred meters, it was enough for the soldiers of Nanzhong to cross in one step.

...Of course, it is enough for the beasts to rush over.

The soldiers of King Mulu who came forward calmed the beasts down and pointed at the Han army formation. The beasts seemed to come back to life and rushed towards the Han army formation with a howl.

"Shoot!" But it was just a gap, and the defensive pressure was not that great for the Han army. With an order, strong bows and crossbows shot together. The dense feather arrows filled the gaps in the fire wall like a black curtain, and shot dozens of howling beasts that crossed the trench into hedgehogs on the ground.

It was naturally impossible for the Nanzhong Army to let its soldiers face the crossbows of the Han army directly. There was no shortage of trees in Nanzhong, and Meng Huo had temporarily asked his soldiers to cut down trees in the past few days and made a number of wooden shields to guard against the bows and crossbows of the Han army.

The two sides fought for a while in the gap of the fire wall. The Nanzhong Army's losses were not that great, and the most dead were the beasts. The Han Army suffered no losses at all, and the battle was a bit weird.

However, the Han army's wall of fire was constantly destroyed by the Nanzhong army from the outside, and even the trenches in some places were almost filled up. Now there are only a few trenches still burning.

"Hmph, the Han people's tricks are over! Dong Tuna, Ahui Nan! The two of you will follow King Mulu to charge into the battle formation and make sure to wipe out this group of Han troops in one fell swoop! Duosi, you stay in the center and stabilize the formation. Meng You, go get King Mulu to go out!"

Seeing that the Han army's "painstakingly built" defense line was filled up by his own manpower, Meng Huo showed a treacherous smile on his face. He expected that the Han army was powerless against King Mulu's army of beasts, and could only passively light some bonfires to drive away the beasts like hunters entering the mountains.

But as long as Meng Huo sent some auxiliary soldiers forward, he could easily solve these trenches. After all, even the soldiers from Nanzhong were human beings. As long as they were human beings, it would be easy for them to put out fires.

Meng Huo's seemingly mighty attack was actually just a feint. Even the beasts in front of Meng Huo were only two or three hundred in number, which was not a small number, but not all of King Mulu's assets.

In Meng Huo's view, the Han army had obviously fallen into his trap and exposed all their cards. However, he did not expect that his side would take advantage of the situation and launch a feint attack to consume the Han army's wall of fire, and then send out the main force. In this way, the Han army would inevitably be unable to resist King Mulu's army of beasts.

"Ang~"

With a heavy cry, the earth began to tremble. Even the soldiers in Nanzhong could not resist the temptation and turned around to look.

It was not a big deal to look at it, but it was shocking. I saw dozens of gray-white elephants coming from a distance, led by King Mulu.

Elephants have always been the trump card of King Mulu. Elephants are so huge that they can crush several people to death with one foot. Moreover, elephants have thick skin and flesh, and King Mulu has covered them with a layer of leather armor, which is difficult for ordinary arrows to penetrate. Several caves that once fought against King Mulu were fortunate enough to experience the power of giant elephants, and now they have become King Mulu's subjects.

"Haha, King Mulu is finally willing to use all his strength! Defeat the Han army today!"

Meng Huo naturally knew that King Mulu's trump card was these elephants. When he saw King Mulu personally taking part in the battle, he knew that King Mulu was not trying to fish in troubled waters again, but was serious about it. He could not help but be overjoyed.

(End of this chapter)