Chapter 249: The Emperor of Nanzhao, Riding His Horse to Charge Into the Battlefield

The Longcheng Southern Expedition Army and the coalition forces of the remnants of the Nanzhao Kingdom and the elephant soldiers of the Pyu Kingdom met outside the Kachin City in the Pyu Kingdom three days later.

In this battle, the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army assembled 30,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry.

On the Nanzhao Kingdom and the Pyu Kingdom, 3,000 elephant soldiers, 10,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry were assembled, almost exhausting the last troops of the Nanzhao Kingdom.

The Pyu Kingdom also sent out its elite troops.

The two warring parties confronted each other on the battle line that stretched for several miles outside the Kachin City, waiting for the moment of the decisive battle.

On the observation tower of the central army of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army, Chang Yuchun, the deputy marshal of the army, wearing Mingguang armor and a ring-headed sword on his waist, personally commanded the central army. Standing next to him was Su Chen, the former governor of Liangjiang and now the deputy general of the Southern Expedition Army, who was also wearing armor and a short sword on his waist.

The vanguard commander responsible for the charge was Su Chen's deputy general Lu Jiang.

Compared to Chang Yuchun, the deputy marshal of the army, who was sitting calmly on the central army observation tower, Su Chen, as the deputy general, seemed much more nervous, and his eyes never moved away from the front line.

Especially, when the elephant soldiers of the Pyu Kingdom appeared on the battlefield, Su Chen's heart was pounding so fast that it almost jumped out of his throat.

Even at a distance of thousands of steps, Su Chen could still feel the terrifying deterrence displayed by the elephant soldiers of the Pyu Kingdom on the battlefield.

I saw that the war elephants of the Pyu Kingdom were wearing heavy iron armor, as if they had turned into movable steel fortresses, and their whole bodies were full of wild power.

In comparison, although the cavalry of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army was well-equipped, some of them were assisted by the Longcheng Iron Pagoda, who were all heavily armored.

However, even the tall and strong war horses seemed so small when facing the adult war elephants, and the comparison of strength between the two sides was even more different.

Su Chen, the deputy general, couldn't help but sweat for the soldiers on the front line.

Similarly, Lu Jiang, the vanguard commander, was riding on a warhorse to command the front army to prepare for battle. Lu Jiang, who was only a thousand steps away from the Pyu Kingdom's elephant soldiers, could more directly feel the battlefield deterrence displayed by the Pyu Kingdom's elephant soldiers.

In the cavalry formation of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army, many war horses couldn't help neighing when facing the enemy's elephant soldiers out of the animal's instinct for survival, and some war horses tried to raise their hooves and retreat.

If it weren't for the cavalry soldiers desperately controlling them, some timid war horses would have run away long ago.

However, what made Lu Jiang happy was that when facing the enemy's elephant soldiers, none of the cavalry soldiers of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army were cowardly or retreated, and their determined eyes flashed with the desire to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

What Lu Jiang didn't know was that the cavalry of the Dragon City Southern Expedition Army were all super elite soldiers summoned by the [Born to be Emperors] system. In addition to being 100% loyal, they were also 100% obedient.

Not to mention that there were only a group of elephants standing in front of them, even if they were facing a heavy firepower interception network composed of Maxim machine guns, as long as they were ordered, these super elite soldiers would immediately charge on horseback, and would never retreat even if they fought to the last man.

Because of this, when facing the elephant soldiers of the Pyu Kingdom, the deputy marshal Chang Yuchun was still able to maintain a steady posture like an old dog.

He knew very well that although the war elephants were brave, they were not invincible.

The cavalry of the Dragon City Southern Expedition Army could completely rely on their flexible and mobile characteristics to continuously consume the physical strength of the war elephants on the battlefield until they were exhausted, and the battle would be won.

As for the rattan armor soldiers of the Nanzhao Kingdom and the infantry of the Pyu Kingdom who came to help, Chang Yuchun did not take them seriously at all.

In his opinion, the scattered soldiers of Nanzhao and Pyu were not even a mob, but a group of savages who could use cavalry.

This was indeed the case. In front of the well-equipped and well-trained super elite soldiers, the ordinary soldiers of Nanzhao and Pyu were indeed not good enough.

Only the group of war elephants in the elephant unit made Chang Yuchun afraid.

Otherwise, he would have fought to Naypyidaw, the capital of Pyu.

On the other side, Emperor Mu Rongfu of Nanzhao and King Mang Yinglong of Pyu, who were personally commanding the battle, were also observing the movements on the battlefield from the observation tower of the central army.

When they found that the Longcheng army had come out in full force to attack Pyu with a force of 100,000, Mu Rongfu and Mang Yinglong were also shocked.

In terms of the strength of the troops on the battlefield, the coalition forces of Nanzhao and Pyu were at an absolute disadvantage.

However, now that the two sides suddenly met and confronted each other outside Kachin City, the situation had reached the point where the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. They couldn't retreat to Kachin City, could they?

The simple city wall could not stop the sharp edge of the Dragon City's southern expeditionary army, but would make the elephant troops lose the advantage of battlefield impact.

Therefore, even if the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, Mu Rongfu and Mang Yinglong had to bite the bullet and fight this battle.

Today, the Nanzhao Emperor Mu Rongfu, changed his previous style of wearing a dragon robe, but instead put on a shiny armor with a sword tied around his waist.

And the King of the Pyu Kingdom, Mang Yinglong, still wore a python robe.

Mu Rongfu's expression was solemn, and he said firmly: "My dear brother, when the battle starts, we will do as we planned beforehand;"

"The elephant troops of the Pyu Kingdom will serve as the vanguard to break through the formation and carve a bloody path for the cavalry of the Nanzhao Kingdom in the formation of the Longcheng rebel army;"

"I will personally ride the horse to kill the enemy and go straight to the center of the Longcheng rebel army. As long as we cut down the large flag of the rebel army, the two of us brothers will be halfway to winning this battle!"

"Brother——"

Mang Yinglong was about to speak but was interrupted by Mu Rongfu who had made up his mind.

Mu Rongfu continued: "My dear brother, I have made up my mind, so you don't need to waste your breath!"

"If I fail to succeed, you don't need to cry for me. Just continue to lead the Pyu Kingdom to surrender to Chen Huaian according to the plan;"

"As I know Chen Huaian well, his purpose of this southern expedition is only to destroy my Nanzhao regime. As long as you lead the Pyu Kingdom to surrender, he should not make things difficult for you!"

After a pause, Mu Rongfu smiled bitterly and said: "At most, I will lend you a helping hand. We are brothers. I am grateful that you can lend a helping hand when I am in trouble;"

"So, if I can't save the country from extinction, I will never drag you and the people of the Pyu Kingdom to die for me!"

After speaking, Mu Rongfu walked under the observation tower without looking back.

Before walking down the stairs, he paused for a few seconds and said, "Brother, give the order, let the elephant troops clear the way for me!"

Hearing this, Mang Yinglong's eyes were filled with tears, and he finally gave the order to attack: "Pass the order down, the elephant troops will go straight to the enemy's center!"

"The elephant troops will attack, go straight to the enemy's center!"

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Woo——

The next moment, the drums and trumpets in the Pyu Kingdom's formation sounded loudly.

The elephant troops who received the order attacked in full force, and killed towards the center of the Dragon City Army in a mighty manner.

"Dragon City Cavalry, line up to meet the enemy!"

"Attack with the whole army!"