Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 336 330. Response
Feng Xi stood on a high platform in the formation, picked up his telescope and looked at the smoke-filled rear army of the Southern Central Army in the distance. In his field of vision were countless huge gray-white elephants. They were unstoppable, and every step they took seemed to cause the sky to collapse and the earth to split.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have been in a mess by now. How could ordinary people fight against such a monster? Apart from other things, these giant elephants in this era were like tanks, and they could tear through the defense line formed by infantry. The South Central Army only needed to "coordinate infantry and tanks" and follow the pressure.

Unfortunately, Feng Xi had the advantage of foresight and intelligence, and was well aware of King Mulu's three tricks. Feng Xi had read the four great classics, and often watched TV dramas on various TV stations. Not to mention the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, even if Feng Xi was exiled to Water Margin, he would be able to take it calmly.

"Sure enough, there are such things as war elephants. But it doesn't matter. Although elephants are extremely powerful as weapons, they are still wild beasts in the end."

Feng Xi shook his head. He was well aware of the elephants in the south. In the original timeline, Zhuge Liang was defeated by giant elephants during his southern expedition. Later, Zhuge Liang relied on making a wooden fire-breathing monster to scare away these beasts.

Feng Xi certainly didn't have the time to make some wooden monster on the spot, so he had a simpler and more brutal method.

Do you really think that all the preparations of the Han army are just a trench with no deterrent effect? ​​Then Feng Xi might as well find a piece of tofu and kill himself.

This trench was nothing more than a camouflage to confuse the enemy, giving the enemy a feeling that the Han army was at its wit's end and placing all their hopes on this trench.

As expected, Meng Huo used the opponent's strategy and used some means to fill the trench with the fire wall, leaving the Han army with no means to deal with the army of beasts.

But in fact, Meng Huo's little trick was just what Feng Xi had expected. Feng Xi just thought about it from another perspective. If it were him, what would he do when facing such a trench? The answer is to feint and fill it up when the opportunity arises. Because although the fire wall is a good defense, the flames will also affect the vision of the people inside.

If the enemy came prepared, it would only be a matter of time before the unprotected firewall was breached. Even in the Battle of Xiangfan, Feng Xi had used the composite multiple firewall once against the Wei army, but it was only used when defending the city.

The city wall is high up, and the view is not blocked by the fire wall. But it is different on the plain.

Therefore, Feng Xi had already calculated that Meng Huo would be able to break through the firewall. He just couldn't be sure whether Meng Huo would be reckless and rush over in one wave or enter the battlefield in batches.

However, this doubt was completely dispelled by Feng Xi when the decisive battle began. He had already seen that there were only a hundred wild beasts in front of the Nanzhong Army, and they were all ordinary tigers and leopards, which could not be the main force of the wild beast army.

Therefore, Feng Xi was certain that Meng Huo was trying to play tricks on him. He pretended not to understand the Han army's fire wall tactics and used the first wave of beasts as bait to force the Han army to set fire. Then he broke through the fire wall and trenches, making it impossible for the Han army to repair the gaps in the flame trenches in a short time, allowing his main force to press forward and decide the outcome of the battle.

"It's a good idea, but it's just at the level of a tribal chief."

Feng Xi shook his head. Not to mention the biggest variable, which was the weapons and equipment on his side, Meng Huo's level was quite low just in terms of strategy. He was definitely not as good as Jiangdong and Wei.

"Send the order, change the formation."

Feng Xi calmly gave an order, causing some commotion in the Han army's formation, and then they began to change formation.

"Hmm? Why are the Han people in chaos?"

Although Meng Huo didn't have a telescope, his eyesight was very good, and the Han army's movements were indeed quite loud, so he could still make out a rough idea even with his eyes narrowed. In Meng Huo's eyes, the Han army archers who were originally in the middle withdrew, and were replaced by some strange soldiers in white robes. They also held something like a box in their hands. Meng Huo had never heard of it before, so naturally he didn't know what it was.

"What is the Han army doing...?"

Meng Huo didn't know what to do, but when he looked at King Mulu riding an elephant and driving the beasts to form a herd of beasts, he didn't bother to think about it. No matter what means the Han army used, they could not stop King Mulu's attack.

Guan Xing had already arrived at the battle formation and started to give commands. Since Feng Xi had arrived, it was natural for the commander-in-chief to be responsible for coordinating the overall situation. Guan Xing only needed to be responsible for one part, which reduced Guan Xing's pressure sharply.

"put!"

Seeing King Mulu leading countless wild beasts rushing towards his position, Guan Xing was exceptionally calm. He waited until the enemy followed Feng Xi's instructions and got within a hundred steps before he ordered his men to shoot arrows.

The unit that just replaced the Han army's archers was naturally the Shenji Battalion, which was nominally under the Shenwu Battalion, but its actual duties were completely independent.

At this moment, the Shenji Battalion, under the protection of the Han army's sword and shield soldiers, held various crossbows in their hands, with a soldier holding a torch beside them as an assistant, aiming at the herd of beasts that were rushing towards the position with great momentum.

Although the soldiers of the Shenji Camp knew the power of the weapons in their hands, it would be a lie to say that they were not nervous when facing a herd of beasts of this size.

Upon hearing Guan Xing's order, the soldiers holding torches immediately lit the fuse connected to the crossbow arrow, and then all the soldiers of the Shenji Camp immediately fired the crossbow arrows in their hands, then reloaded the second arrow, and shot it out immediately after ignition.

"Haha, the Han people are really at their wit's end. Although the Han people's bows and crossbows are sharp, what use are these bows and arrows in the face of a herd of beasts of this size? What's more, King Mulu's war elephants are not afraid of these bows and arrows."

Meng Huo couldn't help but laugh when he saw that the Han army was still using the same old three-axe tactics. In his opinion, the defeat of the Han army today was already doomed. As long as he defeated the Han army and used the momentum of victory to pressure Yang Feng, even if he gave the Han army a favor and asked Yang Feng to leave with his family, he could still take over everything in Yinzhi Cave.

However, while Meng Huo was still daydreaming, the situation on the battlefield ahead suddenly changed.

The crossbow arrows fired by the Shenji Camp not only injured and killed the charging beasts, but this crossbow arrow was somewhat different from ordinary crossbow arrows. It was tied with a thin tube, and a burning fuse quickly burned into the inside of the tube and disappeared.

"Pah! Whoosh~ crackle!"

Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard in a corner of the battlefield, followed by a series of sporadic explosions and some colorful flames.

And just like a signal, as this strange sound rang out, the same scene appeared on the battlefield one after another. For a moment, fire splashed and noises continued where the beasts were.

(End of this chapter)