Chapter 250 A Fierce Battle, the Destruction of Nanzhao

The war was about to start.

The Pyu elephant soldiers sitting on the huge elephants, holding spears and crossbows, urged the elephants under their crotch to charge in a dense formation.

Every step taken by the huge elephants seemed to be enough to make the earth tremble.

In the intervals of the galloping sprint, the long trunks of the war elephants swung wantonly, not only showing amazing power, but also bringing bursts of air-breaking sounds.

The Longcheng cavalry soldiers led by Lu Jiang overcame the terrifying deterrence brought by the elephant troops on the battlefield with strong fighting will and courage. They charged forward with firm eyes.

Thump thump thump!

Thump thump thump!

The sound of the iron hooves of the war horses sprinting at full speed broke through the void, as if to break through all obstacles that dared to block the charge of the Longcheng cavalry.

One thousand steps!

Eight hundred steps!

Five hundred steps!

The distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer. Lu Jiang, the vanguard commander of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army, who was riding on horseback, could even clearly see the wild light flashing in the eyes of the war elephants.

When the two sides were less than 300 steps apart, Lu Jiang immediately gave an order: "Archers, shoot!"

In an instant, the bows, crossbows, and crossbow carts in the front army, which had been ready, fired at the same time. Thousands of arrows cut through the sky and hit the moving Pyu elephant troops directly.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The arrows in the sky brought up the sound of breaking wind one after another, as if the god of death blew the horn of harvesting life.

The next moment, countless arrows fell, shooting the elephant soldiers in the Pyu elephant troops who did not have time to raise their shields to block into hedgehogs, and the thick-skinned war elephants were rarely shot to death by arrows.

Even if the thick arrows fired by the crossbow carts directly hit the eyes, joints and other vulnerable parts of the war elephants, it would be difficult to make them lose their combat effectiveness in a short period of time. Instead, the war elephants in pain would burst out with all their potential to charge.

The cavalry of the Nanzhao Kingdom following closely behind were also shot and killed by the arrows of the Longcheng Southern Expedition Army.

However, this did not stop the charging pace of the elephant troops, but instead made them continue to speed up their sprint.

"Change the formation!"

The vanguard commander Lu Jiang, who was riding the horse and charging in front, immediately issued an order to change the formation when the vanguard of the Longcheng cavalry and the elephant troops of the Pyu Kingdom were about to contact.

The well-trained Longcheng cavalry originally charged in a wedge formation. Following the order of the vanguard commander to change the formation, they immediately followed the guidance of the flag bearer and split into two, leaving space for the elephant troops of the Pyu Kingdom.

When Longcheng started the army, they went around the two wings of the elephant soldiers, and then used the long spears in their hands to sprint at high speed, stabbing the elephant soldiers of the Pyu Kingdom on the back of the war elephant.

After stabbing with a spear, no matter whether it hits or not, they will never look back, continue to ride forward, draw the saber they carry with them and fight with the Nanzhao cavalry following closely.

Boom!

After a moment, the elephant soldiers of the Pyu Kingdom broke away from the contact with the Longcheng cavalry and ran head-on into the second line of defense of the Longcheng army - the infantry composed of chariots and shields.

The elephant soldiers' impact force was so fierce that they only took one charge to smash the chariot and shield phalanx of the Longcheng infantry into pieces. Countless soldiers flew to the bottom under the fierce impact of the war elephants, spitting blood.

Under the resistance of the battlefield and the line of defense composed of shields, the attack speed of the elephant soldiers was finally slowed down.

At this time, the Longcheng infantrymen who had been ready for battle came forward with long spears, sabers, hook-and-sickle spears and other weapons, and stabbed the eyes, joints and other vulnerable parts of the war elephants, trying to knock down the huge war elephants.

The elephant soldiers on the back of the war elephants would naturally not surrender, and immediately used their spears to stab the Longcheng soldiers who surrounded them.

Under the command of the elephant soldiers, the war elephants kept swinging their trunks to try to force back the Longcheng soldiers who surrounded them.

People were constantly knocked away by the elephant trunks, but more were the Longcheng soldiers who rushed up to besiege the elephant soldiers.

For a time, the Pyu elephant soldiers who rushed into the Longcheng infantry battle formation were in a dilemma and fell into a fierce battle with the Longcheng army.

The 10,000 Nanzhao cavalry who followed closely behind were also surrounded by the Longcheng cavalry.

The vanguard commander Lu Jiang saw through the intention of Nanzhao Emperor Mu Rongfu at a glance. This guy was going to use war elephants to charge the formation and attack the center army.

Lu Jiang shouted on horseback: "Hey!"

"The Nanzhao thieves actually want to raid the center army of my Longcheng army. You have to get past General Lu first!"

As he said, Lu Jiang rode forward, the tip of the spear in his hand pointed directly at Nanzhao Emperor Mu Rongfu: "Thieves, look at the spear!"

As for the former Pingxi King, the current Nanzhao Emperor Mu Rongfu, his horseback skills have not fallen behind after so many years, and he actually fought back and forth with the vanguard commander Lu Jiang who was in his prime.

Unfortunately, his hope of attacking the center of the Longcheng army was dashed. He could only fight with Lu Jiang on horseback while looking up to the sky and shouting: "I want to kill the thief, but I can't do anything to save the situation!"

"The heaven wants to destroy my Nanzhao Kingdom!"

"It's not the heaven that wants to destroy you, it's General Lu who wants to destroy you!"

On the other side, Lu Jiang on horseback seemed to recognize Mu Rongfu's identity, raised his spear and stabbed again: "Go to hell, dog thief!"

On the battlefield, the vanguard commander Lu Jiang and the Nanzhao Emperor Mu Rongfu fought back and forth, and the Piao Kingdom elephant soldiers and Longcheng infantry who were trapped here also killed blood.

Under the human wave tactics of the Longcheng army, the war elephants began to seem powerless under the attack of dense arrows and countless spears.

Facts have proved that the elephant troops without infantry and cavalry cover are just like the tank armored troops that lost air superiority and infantry cover in modern wars in later generations. They can only passively take a beating on the battlefield.

As time went on, the war elephants finally couldn't bear the heavy burden under the close cooperation of Longcheng cavalry and infantry. Countless tall war elephants fell to the ground after being seriously injured, splashing a cloud of dust.

The elephant soldiers who fell to the ground were naturally taken care of by Longcheng soldiers. They were either hacked to death by random swords or crushed into a pool of rotten meat by the iron hooves of war horses.

On the observation tower of the central army of Longcheng, seeing that the Nanzhao and Pyu coalition forces were doomed, the deputy marshal of the army and horses who stabilized the central army tent finally stood up;

He said to the deputy general Su Chen beside him: "Sir Su, let's go and accept the surrender of Pyu!"

Ah?

Su Chen was confused. He was just about to say that there were at least 10,000 or 20,000 Pyu infantrymen on the opposite hill who had not yet been deployed to the battlefield. He was afraid of a trick and wanted to remind the deputy marshal of the army.

Unexpectedly, this deputy commander Chang actually called him directly to accept the surrender of the Pyu. What was going on?

Although Su Chen was full of doubts, he still followed Chang Yuchun step by step to see what the deputy commander Chang was selling.

"Report--"

"Report to deputy commander Chang, the vanguard commander Lu Jiang killed the emperor of Nanzhao, Mu Rongfu, in front of the two armies!"