King Chaori stared straight ahead. He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Although Lu Xuan understands that elephants are afraid of fire, it is not terrible. He ordered the soldiers who controlled the elephants to speed up the attack and rush over at full speed. .”
He already looks like a gambler.
Now there is no other way but to rush over. As long as we rush into Lu Xuan's camp, everything can still be solved.
The messenger quickly informed, and the Tianzhu soldiers sitting on the backs of the elephants waved their whips, whipping the giant elephants, urging them to rush forward.
Although the elephants sensed the fire ahead and became a little manic, after the elephants were tamed and the external environment was still tolerable, the elephants continued to rush forward with irritable emotions.
When Lu Xuan saw the elephant soldiers charging, he looked calm and said loudly: "Rocket, shoot!"
Guan Yu immediately conveyed the order.
The rocket soldiers quickly lit a fire, igniting the burning kerosene in the city, ignited the fire with cloth strips soaked in kerosene that had been tied to the arrows, and started shooting arrows outside the camp.
The dense rockets passed through the camp and fell towards the outside of the camp.
Some of the rockets had the bow string fully drawn, so they did not need to be aimed, and had a longer range, able to shoot a hundred paces away. These rockets fell towards the accelerating elephant soldiers. Although the rockets could not hurt the elephant, they made the elephant feel fear in the elephant's field of vision.
Some of the rockets had a short range and simply fell at the entrance to the camp. The rocket landed on the ground, and with a roar, the fire suddenly burst into flames, and flaming snakes scurried around, forming a sea of fire like flaming snakes.
Within sixty steps outside the camp, there were long ditches one foot deep and two feet wide every ten steps.
In these long ditches, kerosene was poured.
Then, they threw away the rags and wormwood to soak. Once the open flame fell, these rags or wormwood burned and quickly ignited the kerosene, forming a sea of burning fire everywhere.
Seas of fire were burning.
The burning of the fire further caused fires to appear in the field of vision in front of each elephant.
The outer layer of the camp is a sea of fire, and in the distance of the camp are dense rockets falling like rain. There are also specially piled and burning wormwood fires in the camp. The entire camp seems to be shrouded in a fire.
The rumble of war drums also resounded in the camp.
The drum beat was as fast as thunder.
Originally, the elephants seemed agitated after being affected by the sound of drums. Now being shot by bows and arrows, harassed by rockets, and exposed to burning fires, these elephants' already low endurance completely collapsed.
One by one, the elephants swung their trunks and roared, no longer under control.
The elephant instinctively turned around and began to retreat.
Moreover, he threw away his hooves and ran wildly.
boom! boom! ! !
Under the brutal running of the elephants, the ground was constantly shaking, and the elephants' backs were becoming more and more bumpy, and they could no longer maintain stability. The elephant soldiers in the giant basket were not only unable to control the elephant, but were thrown off.
Lu Xuan saw this scene, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
The opportunity has come!
The reason why he has not attacked is just for now, just to wait for the elephant to counterattack and destroy King Chaori's defense, so that he can take this opportunity to kill him and cover up King Chaori.
This is the greatest victory at the least cost.
Lu Xuan drew his sword out of its sheath with a clang and said loudly: "Attack, attack with all your strength!"
After the order was issued, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Xiahou Dun, Zhang Ren and others, who had been prepared for a long time, all led their cavalry to fight out of the camp one after another. These people were all going to cover up the killing.
The elephants counterattacked King Chaori's military formation. The cavalry went to cover it up first, followed by a large-scale sweep by the infantry. This was the simplest strategy.
Lu Xuan's side launched an attack, but King Chaori froze on the spot.
His mind was completely confused.
My mind went blank.
He never thought that the elephant soldiers he relied on would counterattack on this day.
Vishnu was even more anxious and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the elephant soldiers are coming. We can't stop them. We must retreat quickly."
King Chaori suddenly woke up. He felt the tremors on the ground and saw a crazy elephant rushing over. Gudong swallowed his saliva. After seeing the panic on his soldiers' faces, he also noticed that Lu Xuan's cavalry had followed. The elephant soldiers came to kill, and King Chaori was in despair.
The situation he envisioned was for his army to follow the elephant soldiers into Lu Xuan's camp.
Now, it was Lu Xuan who used his elephant soldiers to kill him.
How ironic!
Vishnu was extremely impatient, and regardless of the situation, he urged: "Your Majesty the King, time is running out, hurry up and retreat. Otherwise, once the elephant herd comes, we may also fall into it."
King Chaori came back to his senses, looked at the elephants getting closer and closer, his eyes were about to burst, and he gritted his teeth and ordered: "Withdraw the troops!"
The voice was hysterical.
King Chaori turned around and retreated.
Vishnu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately retreated with King Chaori.
The black Tianzhu soldiers, more than 100,000 people, including cavalry and infantry, collapsed at this moment like a mountain falling apart, and they were all scattered like a tide. Especially after the one hundred and sixty war elephants dispersed, the war elephants ran across the vast land while the Tianzhu soldiers fled in front.
From a distance, it looks like an elephant is chasing the Tianzhu soldiers.
Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and others led the cavalry to cover up the attack.
The initial cavalry cover-up attack mainly attacked from both wings, avoiding the elephant herd in the middle.
The cavalry charged into the crowd, attacking like a wave.
The Tianzhu soldiers who fell behind were killed one after another. There were also more Tianzhu soldiers who could only throw away their weapons and surrender because they could not withstand the killing.
The army led by Lu Xuan followed up and began to kill and clean up the surrendered Tianzhu soldiers.
On the battlefield, it was a completely one-sided crushing.
Countless Tianzhu soldiers were killed.
Countless Tianzhu soldiers fled.
King Chaori retreated with his soldiers all the way to the direction of Qiancheng, but he did not stop. Because the army is fleeing, and now it is retreating to Qiancheng, it cannot be defended at all, so it can only continue to retreat.
During this retreat, King Chaori ran for a full day. When night fell, they were completely far away from its Qiancheng. It was also discovered that Lu Xuan's pursuers were gone from behind, so King Chaori ordered to stop and rest.
All the Tianzhu soldiers were in a miserable state.
Those who followed were cavalry.
Later, some infantry will slowly come back.
King Chaori's hair is messy, the hat on his head is off, his beard is messy under his chin, and his well-trimmed shoulder-length hair is spread in front of his forehead, like a beggar.
King Chaori panted heavily, he turned over and dismounted, and sat slumped on the ground. His face was pale and his eyes were even more absent-minded.
Vishnu and Moti also followed, both looking equally uneasy.
The Tianzhu cavalry following around them were also resting.
Everyone was breathing rapidly, and without exception, they had restless and hesitant expressions on their faces.
This battle was a terrible defeat.
Chaori King rested for more than a quarter of an hour before he came back to his senses a little. His eyes were a little out of focus and there was sparkle in them.
King Chaori looked at the cavalry general Tiwidi not far away and ordered Tiwidi to count the number of people. After an inventory, Tiwedi came to King Chaori and reported: "Your Majesty the King, we have more than 3,600 cavalry left. The number of other soldiers is temporarily missing."
King Chaori was stunned for an instant.
He knew it was miserable.
But it's so miserable now.
King Chaori was so angry that he wanted to faint immediately to avoid the current predicament. However, he couldn't fall into coma and could only face this dilemma. The more he thought about it, the angrier and sadder he became. He was so angry that his throat felt sweet and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Vishnu looked worried and said quickly: "Your Majesty, how are you?"
"I'm fine!"
King Chaori waved his hand, shook his head and spoke.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and gritted his teeth and said: "We suffered heavy losses this time. It can be said that Tianzhu has never encountered it in so many years. Although we will have many people come back in the future, but for Tianzhu The country’s national strength has already had an impact.”
Vishnu, Tivedi, and other civil and military officials all looked serious.
Everyone knew that the army was defeated and the impact was huge.
There is no doubt about it.
King Chaori felt a little dizzy, and at this moment, he felt like there was air in his stomach. He decisively ordered: "Tiwidi!"
"exist!"
Tiwidi immediately answered loudly.
King Chaori ordered: "Deploy a team of cavalry to quickly inquire about the surrounding news and find where the people gather. We need a large amount of food to supply the army. Otherwise, the soldiers will be hungry and have nothing to eat and will not be able to sustain themselves."
"As you command!"
Tiwedi responded quickly and made arrangements quickly.
After Tiwedi made arrangements, a group of more than a hundred cavalry quietly disappeared into the night.
King Chaori asked his soldiers to pick up some firewood from nearby and lit a bonfire to dispel the cold. Especially at night, the weather is freezing and very uncomfortable. Chaori King has no choice. Now that he is in the wild, he can only endure it for the time being.
King Chaori looked at Vishnu and said, "Vishnu, what should we do now?"
Vishnu had wanted to retreat before because the weather was very cold. Now, the army was defeated and the weather became colder. Vishnu no longer hesitated and solemnly said: "Your Majesty, I suggest you withdraw from the Western Region and return to the country immediately."
"no!"
Chaori King flatly refused.
He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Since I established the Tianzhu Dynasty, I have never suffered such a huge failure or such humiliation. This time, I will take back everything Lu Xuan has imposed on me. .I will never give up until I take revenge."
Vishnu advised: "The hatred of His Majesty the King is also the hatred of the minister. I also believe that we will never give up until we take revenge. However, if we want to take revenge, we need to recuperate first and recruit new troops."
The expression on King Chaori's face relaxed slightly.
Seeing this, Vishnu cheered up and further persuaded: "Your Majesty, we are facing a lot of troubles now. First, the army has been defeated, and we do not have enough troops to fight."
"Second, we have arrested many people from the Western Regions before, and these countries in the Western Regions also hate us. Once they know that the army has been defeated, they will most likely attack us in turn."
"Third, to fight Lu Xuan again, we need to recruit more troops. Therefore, we need to return to the country and recruit troops again to ensure that we have enough troops to fight."
"Fourth, the climate is too harsh."
"Although the sun is quite warm during the day in the Western Region, it is actually still extremely dry. At night, it is even colder and makes people shiver. In many places, ice and snow appear at night."
Vishnu listed four questions in a row and said: "In addition, there are some Lu Xuan factors. So I suggest that after we rest, we try to gather the follow-up troops as much as possible, slowly withdraw into the country, and prepare for war again. "
King Chaori nodded after listening.
Vishnu's advice makes sense.
This is a big problem at the moment. It is unrealistic to want to fight Lu Xuan immediately without solving these problems.
King Chaori sighed: "That's fine, everything is up to you."
Vishnu breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved. He moved closer to the fire to dispel the chill in his body. Because at night, the weather is getting colder and colder, which makes people uncomfortable.
Fortunately, not long after, the cavalry arranged by Tiwedi came back to report that there was a town ahead.
Chaori King led his people and continued on their way with torches, disappearing into the night.
