Molested Zulong at the beginning

Mao Dun nodded lightly, although he felt that Bai Su was a little too cautious, but it was not unreasonable.

As long as this battle is won, all the way south along the Hindu Kush Mountains, there is almost a plain land along the way, and there are no natural dangers to guard against.

It is completely possible to go towards the capital of the Maurya Dynasty, Huashi City.

The first battle is the decisive battle, and it is normal to be cautious.

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The Maurya army slowly approached the valley.

The Brahmin Xiangguo stood on top of the luxurious chariot, raised his hand lightly, and the people stopped here

He glanced at his surroundings, his brows wrinkled involuntarily.

Queen Bactria wore a skirt armor and rode on a white horse. She drove the horse to the side of the chariot and said: "Xiangguo, this place is in a state of encirclement, and we lack border gates and city defenses here. Xia Jun ambushed here, I'm afraid there will be some trouble."

The Brahmin Xiangguo glanced at the queen with a slender figure and long golden wavy hair beside her.

He snorted coldly with disdain: "It's okay, our army is marching so fast, the Xia army may not be able to react, and although the environment here is suitable for ambushes, there are no huge rocks, dense forests and the like, so there is no need to worry about the fire attack. "

"Besides, with the [-] elephant cavalry of my Peacock Dynasty, they are invincible all the way. Even if they encounter an ambush from the Xia army, they can easily break their formation!"

The surrounding generals of the Maurya Dynasty nodded one after another, obviously very confident in their elephant cavalry.

Queen Bactria's slender eyebrows were slightly frowned, and her red lips were slightly parted. She wanted to persuade the Brahmin Xiangguo not to underestimate Xia Jun.

But looking at the surrounding war elephants wearing rattan armor like mobile fortresses, holding long guns and long bows, four or five soldiers sitting on them, and the Brahmin Xiangguo, they had a confident smile on their faces.

She finally sighed and said nothing more.

After all, this elephant cavalry is naturally powerful, with rough skin and thick flesh. It is like a mobile fortress. No matter it is a sword, a spear, or an arrow, it cannot be killed in a short time.

It can be said that as long as you don't take the initiative to go deep into the dense forest and encounter fire attacks, the elephants will panic.

Even in the event of a sneak attack by the enemy, they can easily break up the enemy's formation. With these [-] elephant cavalry as their trump card, there is really nothing to worry about.

The Brahmin Xiangguo waved his hand lightly, signaling the army to move on.

He is extremely confident in his army, even if there is a mountain in front of him, they can punch through it.

The Xia army is nothing to be afraid of.

at this time.

On the edge of the valley, in a dense forest.

Bai Su was holding a self-made binoculars, looking at the slowly approaching Maurya army.

Xiang Yu blinked his black eyes, looked at the war elephants, and said with some surprise: "This exotic country is really interesting. It's really interesting that someone uses elephants to form cavalry."

Bai Su put down the binoculars in his hand, and said with a smile: "The geographical environment is different, and the fighting methods of the armies are different. Back then, Chi You in the Central Plains used iron-eating beasts as mounts. From the perspective of outsiders, he was probably dumbfounded. "

A picture appeared in Xiang Yu's mind, and she couldn't help laughing. Looking at the elephant cavalry in the distance, she couldn't help but ask, "How should we deal with the elephant cavalry?"

After all, this was the first time she had encountered this kind of army, so it would be better if she didn't know where to start for a while.

If you are in a plain, you can also use a trebuchet or a crossbow to throw it remotely.

But now in this valley, there is not much room to maneuver. If you simply lead the cavalry to charge head-on, the size gap between the two sides is too big, and it is easy to be scattered by the opponent.

Bai Su said with a smile on his face: "The elephant cavalry is extremely powerful, with rough skin and thick flesh, it is like a moving fortress. It may be difficult to resist with only swords, bows and crossbows, but the elephant cavalry has a fatal weakness."

Xiang Yu was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "What weakness?"

Bai Su said: "The war elephants are relatively timid. A sudden thunder may scare them into disobedience and run around, easily dispersing the troops around them."

Xiang Yu seemed to have thought of something, his apricot eyes looked closely at Bai Su's cheek: "You mean... gunpowder?"

The corner of Bai Su's mouth curled up slightly, and he said, "I have asked Han Xin to bring gunpowder, and when the Maurya army half-enters the valley, it will be detonated immediately."

"When the tens of thousands of elephant cavalry were frightened and ran around, and the Maurya army began to be in chaos, Modun would lead the soldiers and horses who had been ambushing for a long time and fight out from the rear."

"In this way, the army of the Maurya Dynasty can't advance, can't retreat, and it's completely in chaos."

"At this point, it's General Xiang. It's time for you to go out in person. Lead eight thousand cavalry and charge straight to where the enemy's commander is, and take down the enemy's commander."

"I don't know what the general wants?"

Xiang Yu looked at the figure on the chariot inlaid with countless gold leaf and jade in the army, and nodded.

Seeing this, Bai Su waved his hand, and the soldiers behind him covered the horse's mouth, wrapped the horse's hooves with cloth, lowered their voices as much as possible, hid in the dense forest, and waited for the order to charge.

At this time, the army of the Maurya Dynasty hadn't noticed it in the slightest.

Queen Bactria was riding on a maroon horse. She looked around, in the quiet valley, with a vague premonition in her heart, but she didn't know where it came from for a while.

She carefully observed the surrounding environment and came to a conclusion.

There is little point in ambush here, the only thing that can cause them heavy losses is Skyfire.

But it is impossible for them to take the initiative to go deep into the dense forest, even if Xia Jun set fire to it, it would be useless.

After all, there wasn't much dry grass or dead wood in this valley. Even if a burst of rockets were fired, it wouldn't be able to ignite much flames, and there was no way there would be much threat.

As for the trebuchet...

In this steep terrain, it is almost impossible to move such a bulky big guy up on a large scale.

It seems that I was frightened by the coach named Bai Su, after all, he is just a mortal, not some invincible god.

Now Bactria, together with the Maurya Dynasty, has more than 40 soldiers and horses, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

40 against 30, like cavalry against cavalry, tell me, how can you lose with such a big advantage?

Just when she was thinking this way, she suddenly saw a valley in the distance, and suddenly threw down a black clay pot, which seemed to be sporadically emitting sparks.

Chapter 410 Three

Queen Bactria looked at the black jar that was projected and landed in the distance, and she couldn't help being stunned.

She never thought that Xia Jun was really ambushing in the valley.

only……

Xia Jun didn't shoot arrows, didn't push rolling stones, why did he throw some black jars?

Seeing this, Brahmin Xiangguo couldn't help but sneered, Xia Jun actually wanted to scare people with such a gadget, it was really ridiculous.

He looked at the Xia army soldiers on the valley, raised his hands lightly, and signaled the crossbowman behind him to shoot the Xia army in the distance.

Queen Bactria, looking at the sparks slowly flickering on the jar, instinctively clenched the rein in her hand, and suddenly there was an ominous premonition in her heart, and she subconsciously drove the mount back.

The longbowman on the elephant cavalry put the arrow on the bowstring and aimed at the moment when Xia Jun was in the distance.

"Boom!"

A roar like thunder from the Nine Heavens suddenly exploded.

As the huge fire lighted up, the rocks shattered for a while, the soil and grass were splashed, and the whole ground seemed to be trembling.

Cold smoke filled the air, and there was a burning smell in the air.

The soldiers who were closer were killed on the spot from time to time, or they were injured by the flying iron fragments, and their eyes were scorched black, which made people feel frightened.

What frightened them even more was that there were already seven or eight war elephants, startled by the sudden thunder, and began to shake their bodies continuously, disobedient to the command, and wanted to retreat.

The Brahmin Xiangguo couldn't help but said hastily, "Quick... quickly adjust the formation and appease the war elephants. We must not let them disturb our army..."

Before he finished speaking, the next moment, something that frightened him happened.

I saw the Xia army ambushing in the valley, throwing thousands of black jars towards the surroundings of their army.

A series of shocking thunders rang out.

Although the thunderbolt's lethality is very limited, most of them were scratched by the splashing iron pieces, not many people actually died.

But the panic and commotion caused by this weird thing was fatal.

I saw that the war elephants, which had been soothed with great difficulty, were like frightened birds, no matter how much the knight tried to appease them, there was nothing at all.

Tens of thousands of elephants were out of control and ran towards the rear one after another.

The Maurya army, which was marching in the rear, saw the mighty herd of elephants rushing towards their own position, and they were all stunned for a while.

Brahmin Xiangguo's blood vessels on his forehead rioted, and immediately ignored his image, he kept roaring: "Quickly end the formation, quickly end the formation..."

He knew very well that his army stretched for several miles, and now nearly half of the army had entered the valley, and it was too late to retreat. For the current plan, he could only bite the bullet and carry it down.

After all, the morale of the army has been stabilized, and there is still room for maneuver.

Once the army's morale is in chaos, everyone runs to the back, and the troops behind don't know what's going on in front of them, so they rush forward one after another, and finally trample on them, causing chaos.

They didn't even need Xia Jun to take action, they were about to die and injure more than half of them.

Although these soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty were terrified, they were considered elite men, and they subconsciously obeyed the orders of their prime ministers.

Xiang Yu and others, who were watching the play in the distance, looked at the majestic herd of elephants, and the pale Mauryan soldiers holding their spears tightly in the distance, their eyelids couldn't help twitching wildly.

She glanced at Bai Su who was beside her, and couldn't help but said, "You are even more ruthless than Tian Dan, the famous general of Qi State, in the Fire Bull Formation."

After all, the Fire Bull Formation is nothing more than a thousand oxen rushing towards the enemy's formation. How can it be as spectacular as the scene of these [-] elephant cavalry charging together today.

Looking at the mighty herd of elephants, Bai Su rubbed his chin and said, "There is no other way, we only brought a few thousand catties of gunpowder, which is not enough to face the 40 troops of the Maurya Dynasty. "

"Gunpowder is ultimately used to frighten the enemy, to frighten horses and war elephants, and to create turmoil. What really determines the outcome of a battlefield depends on the sword in your hand..."

Although he didn't finish his words, Xiang Yu already understood the meaning.

This is to let her lead the cavalry to charge directly while the Maurya Dynasty army is in chaos.

In this way, the situation, which was finally stabilized, will completely fall into chaos under the back and forth rush of her and Mao Dun.

I am afraid that many soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty will die under the trample of their own people.

Although it was a bit cruel, Xiang Yu objected in his heart.

After all, as a military commander facing the enemy, what needs to be considered is how to eliminate the enemy as much as possible, as for the others, that is not important.

See below.

The [-] war elephants raised a cloud of smoke like a torrent, and rushed towards the Maurya army.

Many soldiers were sent flying by the trunks of the elephants before they could get ready, and were trampled by the war elephants following them.

The soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty quickly disappeared under the stampede of the elephant herd.

The panicked elephant herd carried a huge impact, and almost instantly, the army formation formed by thousands of people in front was instantly dispersed.

Under the sweep of the elephant herd, the sound of bones breaking and screams could be heard endlessly.

Xia Jun above the valley felt his scalp tingling for a while. They were all from the Central Plains, and some of them were from the Guanzhong. They had never even seen an elephant on weekdays, let alone such a terrifying sight.

They suddenly breathed a long breath. Fortunately, Daliang was a wise and powerful man who saw the plan of the Maurya Dynasty in advance and used gunpowder to scare the elephants away.

Thinking that these elephant herds were originally used to charge towards them, their scalps tingled just thinking about it.

They saw it with their own eyes, in front of the rough-skinned and thick-skinned war elephant, bows, arrows, and swords were completely irresistible, they were simply lethal weapons.

Thanks to Daliang's ingenious calculation.

However, their concerns are clearly unfounded.

The reason why this war elephant can exert such power is because the terrain in this valley is narrow and there is not much room to hide.

If fighting on the plains, the slow moving speed of the war elephants is completely a moving target in front of the bows and crossbows equipped by the cavalry of the Xia army, which is not a concern at all.

After a long time, the shaking ground slowly stopped.

Queen Bactria supported the stone wall on the side, and crawled out from under the horse that had lost her breath. She supported her aching forehead and looked up.

I saw fallen flags everywhere in the valley, scattered swords, and dying soldiers on the ground.

The luxurious and exquisite chariot has been overturned to the ground, and the wheels are slowly idling.

Brahmin Xiangguo was crushed under the chariot, and the surrounding soldiers were rushing to help him.

She looked back and saw that the surroundings were in a mess. There were quite a few soldiers who could stand up, but more wounded and fell down.

Such a sudden riot caused heavy losses to the coalition forces of the two countries, and the morale that was originally high fell into a slump at this time.

But what worries her even more is that the coalition forces are in chaos right now, no matter how you look at it, it is a good opportunity to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Xiangguo must be reminded as soon as possible to rectify the army formation and prepare for the battle.

Just when she was about to speak.