Seeing the Han army's elephant cavalry trampling on countless flesh and blood and about to arrive at the Wuping camp, Li Yuan immediately waved his hands and shouted: "Fuyuan crossbows are ready! Crossbowmen are ready!... Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!" they!"
While Fuyuan's crossbows kept roaring, thousands of Wuping Army crossbowmen were seen bending their bows and setting arrows, and finally poured an overwhelming rain of arrows into the war elephant herd within the shooting range. Covered by thousands of feathers and arrows, even the war elephants whose teeth are protected are a little overwhelmed. After all, they still have some parts that cannot be protected, such as the most fragile eyes.
After several rounds of intensive arrow rain attacks, five or six war elephants fell to the ground, like hills collapsing, splashing dust all over the ground. The soldiers of the Wuping Army cheered. It turned out that these elephant cavalry were not completely invincible and could also be shot.
The rain of arrows also killed many elephant trainers on the backs of war elephants. Although the anti-arrow measures on the elephant seats were already complete, the elastic green bamboo elephant seats were surrounded by oak shields as armor against arrows, and even Wooden covers are built on top of the elephant seats to prevent arrows from falling from the sky.
But these protective measures can only protect against some mild and moderate attacks. Countless strong bows and crossbows hit the elephant seat, the oak shield began to burst, and the wooden roof was shot to pieces. Then the elephant trainers inevitably suffered the baptism of arrows and were unable to escape.
After all, the power of the Tang Nu was well-deserved. After more than ten war elephants fell in succession, the elephant herd finally slowed down. Most of them lost the instructions of the elephant training soldiers. The front elephant let out a mournful cry and suddenly turned around. Running wildly on the road. The rest of the war elephants also responded with mournful hisses and followed closely behind the head elephant, turning back and rushing towards the Han army's front army who had finally escaped the ravages of the war elephants.
In the blink of an eye, the frantic elephants once again waded through the same sea of blood. In front of their eyes, most of the five thousand Han army soldiers had become broken corpses, either covered with arrows and dead, or dragged behind. With his broken limbs and body pierced by arrows, he was rolling on the ground and howling to survive.
But God did not show mercy to them because they had just experienced the catastrophe. On the contrary, it was a second nightmare. The speed at which elephants run is extremely astonishing, and their full sprint speed in a short period of time is comparable to that of a horse. In just a moment, the war elephants were like meat grinders, rampaging through the Han army's formation again until they completely destroyed every life.
Under the flying flag of the giant elephant, Xie Gui, the commander-in-chief of the Han army, stared at everything in the distance with his mouth open, and the astonishment in his heart was indescribable. At this time, it was impossible to express this scene in words. In Xie Gui's view, it was a nightmare before him. The situation that was originally a sure win seemed to be about to be reversed again.
After the order was sent to the former army to evacuate, although thousands of soldiers were mercilessly shot and killed by the Wuping army on the way to escape, the remaining three to four thousand lucky ones who were expected to escape successfully now unexpectedly died in the Han Dynasty. Xie Gui and the generals at the rear felt extremely painful and were unable to save him.
Although there were not many of these war elephants in front of him, even though Xie Gui knew their habits well, he couldn't think of a way to quickly kill all these behemoths. Most of the five thousand soldiers in the front army died, but they continued to let the war elephants rampage without trying to stop them. I am afraid that even the Han soldiers in the rear would not be spared. He could have expected heavy casualties beforehand, but he never expected to pay such a heavy price before even breaking into the camp.
Can this camp still be attacked? Can this battle still be fought? Looking at the setting sun and the messy battlefield, Xie Gui felt regretful. The reason for regret is that I provoked Li Yuan. I was so stupid that I forced myself to stand out and despise the enemy for the sake of meritorious deeds.
Although so far, Xie Dutong, who claims to be a victorious general of the Han Dynasty, is still dissatisfied with Li Yuan in his heart, he has to admit that Li Yuan has unparalleled luck...
Luck is naturally also a part of strength. Xie Gui has now hit the iron plate. The Wuping Army camp in the distance is still standing under the sunset. Li Yuan under the banner of the Chinese Army must be grinning and laughing at his own self-defeat. What should I do now? Should we just call it a day or should we fight to the death?
Xie Gui, who was originally timid, suddenly had the idea of fighting with all his strength. He turned around and shouted loudly: "Line up to meet the enemy! Archers and crossbowmen, let me shoot arrows at the elephants!"
"Du Tong, that is our own war elephant! Besides, there are still some of our brothers alive there, so this arrow will definitely hit one of our own people." A general reminded.
Xie Gui opened his eyes and shouted angrily: "Is it important those beasts or our lives? I can't care about that much. Even if all the front troops die, we still have the advantage in numbers! Shoot arrows quickly!"
The generals did not dare to say any more. They saw that Xie Gui's eyes were blood red, and they were afraid that Xie Dutong was about to go crazy.
In desperation, the Han army's crossbowmen finally violated the rules on the battlefield. Regardless of the fact that their own front army soldiers were mixed with the war elephants not far away, they started to raise their hands and fire arrows. After several rounds of arrow rain, those who still remained The former soldier breathed his last, but he successfully died with the help of the general.
This is the cruelty of war. In fact, the Han army has become accustomed to ignoring the whizzing arrows above their heads, and is accustomed to the fallen comrades around them. At this moment, the most common thing is death, everything is like a gamble. Luck, so although most people were dissatisfied with Xie Gui's ruthless and cold-blooded military order, they gradually let go of their worries. After all, war is actually a bet on whether they can survive longer than others.
"Attack hard, attack hard! Don't stop for a moment!" Xie Gui rode his horse and stood anxiously, and the guards around him immediately conveyed his order to all units in the army. When looking forward, I found that the war elephants that had just been frightened and driven back by Wu Ping's army were hit by a hail of arrows, and they also seemed to have slowed down in front of the Han army's formation.
Seeing this, Xie Gui burst into laughter, and a general beside him also said excitedly: "The commander is wise! We have finally restrained those beasts! The Wuping Camp can no longer hold on for long!"
Xie Gui's brows softened a little, he nodded and stroked his beard and said, "Did you see that Li Yuan was just lucky, and he still couldn't crack Pontus's clever plan! Remember, as Pontus's side general, Pontus is the leader of Pontus. I sincerely hope you can learn something from this battle, and I will definitely give you more opportunities to fight and make meritorious deeds in the future..."
The war is not over yet, but Xie Gui seems to be sure of victory, and has even begun to summarize the battle... The lieutenant showed an awkward smile, and hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Thank you very much, general." Thank you for your kindness! The general will definitely learn from his experience and continue to fight for the capital in the future!"
After all, they are his trusted generals. No matter how incompetent they are, they are still his old subordinates. Xie Gui was waiting for Wen Yan to comfort him, when he suddenly heard the bodyguard beside him exclaim: "What is that?"
Xie Gui frowned and said, "What are you yelling about? It scared everyone. "
The guard hurriedly apologized and pointed to the south and shouted: "Xie Dutong! Is the villain blind? Why do I see something is wrong in the south?"
Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and everyone was surprised when they saw it.
"That's... it seems like a cavalry."
"It's the Tang Army, it's the Tang Army's cavalry, coming towards us."
Xie Gui hurriedly looked towards the south, and sure enough, with the thunderous sound of hoofbeats coming from his ears, countless figures were moving quickly on horses. Soon, the sunset on the horizon clearly illuminated the flag of this cavalry. It was countless Wuping Army cavalry galloping towards them. Their armor and blades shone in the sunset. The horses' hooves rose and fell, and the ground shook, like thunder. .
"What...what's going on? Reinforcements from the Tang Army?" Xie Gui said dumbly.
"Could it be the Wuping Army's cavalrymen who were transferred to the headquarters to harass them again?" The deputy general suddenly said in a deep voice: "Du Tong! I'm afraid they are going to repeat their old tricks again this time! At this time, they must know that our army is attacking the Wuping Army camp with all their strength. This is a sneak attack on our army’s rear..."
