The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1309

"It's not good, many brothers died in our striker, what should we do?" Pan Mei was reporting the latest progress to Zhao Xu, when the messengers from outside broke in.

"Why are my soldiers killed and injured? What's going on? Is the army of the Southern Han Dynasty so strong? Tell me what happened?" Pan Mei felt that the Southern Han Dynasty was not yet capable of hitting the Song Dynasty's army hard.

"Our army was attacked by something unknown. Our horses ran wild in fright when they saw those strange things, and many soldiers were trampled to death by those strange things, so we retreated." The orderly must have understood Otherwise, when Pan Mei asks a question, she can answer her questions fluently.

"Hmph, what monsters, I think you are making excuses for your failure, let's see how I deal with you." Pan Mei was furious, since she sent troops, she had never failed yet, but she didn't expect them to lose troops here.

"Wait a minute, you have to figure out everything before you draw a conclusion. Let me ask what's going on here?" Zhao Xu heard, what kind of monster, this Nanhan still has this thing, so he was very interested.

"Your Highness, they must be making excuses for their failures. Leave them alone. I think these people just want to escape responsibility. Where there are any monsters, this is all nonsense." Pan Mei always felt that losing so many people is definitely not a big deal. The problem of Song's combat power is the fault of those soldiers and officers.

"General, it doesn't matter if you listen, maybe there are other gains, you stand up and answer, what is the monster like, just tell the truth." Miao Xun also stood up at this time.

"I don't know what that monster is. It is tall, like a hill, with four legs as thick as pillars. Many of our soldiers were trampled to death by that thing."

"Also, its nose is very long, and there are teeth on both sides. There are only two teeth, which are very strong. We also tried to attack, but we were thrown far away by its teeth. Our leading general told us If we withdraw, we will lose hundreds of brothers in this short period of time."

"A long nose and two teeth?" Zhao Xu and Miao Xun looked at each other, neither of them was very sure, but they said in unison.

"Elephant!" The two talked again, not to mention that they were right, the monster was really an elephant, Zhao Xu knew it as soon as he heard it, why did he forget about it.

And Miao Xun knew that this thing couldn't be simpler, because his current Zhuge Liang had seen this monster in the seven captures of Meng Huo.

"What is that elephant? Why does His Highness and Mister seem to know this thing? Why haven't I heard of it?" Pan Mei heard that both Zhao Xu and Miao Xun knew about it, but she didn't hear it at all. Having said that, it was really depressing.

"General Pan, our defeat in this battle is not a loss. I didn't expect that there was such a secret weapon in the Southern Han Dynasty. It seems that we must be careful. This thing appeared when Zhuge Wuhou of the Three Kingdoms conquered the Southern Barbarian King Menghuo. It was called an elephant, and at that time there were tigers and lions, which made soldiers and horses tremble on the battlefield."

Zhao Xu motioned for Miao Xun to briefly explain what it was, and Miao Xun didn't refuse and named the elephant.

"Elephants can be trained, but they are cumbersome and have great lethality on the battlefield. I didn't expect that we would meet an opponent this time. We were really negligent in the past. There were also elephant soldiers in the Southern Han Dynasty. They were ordered to retreat ten miles and set up camp to be careful. The sneak attack of the Southern Han Dynasty."

Miao Xun, a military adviser, had a lot of power. He was able to directly order the army to retreat to prevent the Southern Han's sneak attack. Zhao Xu didn't raise any objections, which meant that he had agreed to Miao Xun's proposal.

After the founding of the Southern Han Dynasty, it had to face constant wars with many surrounding countries.To the west of it is the State of Chu, and to the north is the powerful Southern Tang Dynasty, which was second only to the great powers of the Central Plains in the country at that time.

To counter their neighbors, the rulers of the Southern Han Dynasty took great pains to expand their army.The most important step is to form an elephant formation with war elephants as the main combat tool. The Southern Han Dynasty is located in the south, and most of its southern neighbors are in subtropical regions, where elephants are abundant.

Moreover, southern countries have always had a tradition of capturing and training war elephants for combat. It is believed that Meng Huo, the Nanman king mentioned just now, once used this kind of elephants to fight against Shu soldiers.

Under such circumstances, the rulers of the Southern Han Dynasty also formed their own elephant army according to local conditions. In order to build the army, the Southern Han authorities spared no expense in buying a large number of war elephants from Annan, Dali and other countries, and at the same time hired a few local elephants to build the army. Minzu taught the Southern Han army how to control war elephants and use war elephant tactics, and now there are nearly a thousand elephants.

These tamed elephants are very powerful on the battlefield. Many people have never seen this thing. The horses feel extremely uneasy when they see the elephants. They run around. The entire army is out of shape. battle.

Facing the powerful offensive of the Song army, the Southern Han made a desperate decision to use the most elite elephant formation to save the defeat. Therefore, Emperor Liu Wei of the Southern Han Dynasty appointed Li Chengwo as the main general and mobilized nearly a thousand heavy-armored war elephants.In addition, more than [-] main forces have been assembled.He marched to Shaozhou to fight against the Song army.

The elephant is relatively heavy and the transportation is relatively slow, but there are also war elephants in the place closest to Shaozhou. The war elephants that fought against the Song army came from here, and they caught the Song army by surprise.

"Elephants are relatively cumbersome animals. Even tigers would not dare to do anything wrong when they see them. Only when we know how many elephants are there and what equipment are they equipped can we finally take countermeasures and appease the elephants. The emotions of the soldiers, don't panic, otherwise we will definitely lose, Pan Mei will leave this matter to you, and my husband and I will go to see those elephants later."

Zhao Xu made a simple deployment for the elephant army that appeared in the Southern Han Dynasty. At the same time, he also wanted to see the elephants. He saw elephants in the zoo before, but this time he saw wild ones, and he used them to Elephants on the battlefield.

"Your Highness, this is very dangerous. Let the general go. You and your husband are waiting for news from the general at the back. The general promises to let you know all the news in the lobby." Pan Mei heard that Zhao Xu wanted to Go, suddenly panicked.

Since this elephant is so powerful, how could he let the prince go? If something happened to him, even if he had nine heads, he wouldn't be able to cut it off.

"No need, my husband and I want to see with our own eyes what's so special about this thing. As for you, prepare Liu Cheng in the rear, and you must appease the wounded soldiers, otherwise there will be a big disaster." Trouble, my husband and I come here as we go, and people with ordinary skills can't find us."

(End of this chapter)