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- Chapter 138 "Valley Meat Grinder"
As the battle unfolded, apart from the soldiers participating in the battle who endured painfully through the torment of blood and fire, the generals or commanders of both sides were happily watching the battle progress.
As the organizer and commander of the attacking side, Tie Li almost jumped for joy, because his soldiers rushed to the stone wall before he sent most of the forward troops. Although one climbed up on a ladder, one was chopped off by the opponent. Two people climbed up, and a pair were chopped off by the opponent. But it is a real fact that many soldiers have approached the stone wall. Many soldiers are fighting with the defenders, and many soldiers are throwing stones and wood they collected under the stone wall. []
With the stacking of stones, wood, and corpses, a gentle slope slowly appeared in front of the stone wall. Individual soldiers with flexible bodies could use the gentle slope to jump onto the stone wall to fight with the defenders without using a ladder.
"Haha, I can build this stone wall with another thousand soldiers or at most two thousand soldiers." Tie Li thought secretly a stone's throw away, but what he said was this, " Charge for me, General, and you will be able to rush over immediately. The first one to break through the stone wall will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold."
At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to move the armored male elephants towards the stone wall so that the archers standing or sitting on it could better aim and shoot. Naturally, these elephants were sitting on their backs. The remaining soldiers became the focus of care for the defenders.
What reassures Tie Li is that although the archers on the elephant's back have been replaced several times, the elephant's back is covered with gurgling blood, and even the four thick elephant legs covered with armor are constantly flowing with blood. But the blood was not the blood of the elephant, but the blood of the dead archers on the elephant's back. The elephants are not injured at all so far.
It's just that there are a lot of arrows stuck in the gaps in the armor on the elephant - the density of the defenders' bows and arrows is very high, but these arrows stuck on the elephant look like people have inserted them carefully for decoration, which is more impressive. The invincible aura of a giant like an elephant makes it even more daunting.
Mu Duo, who was behind the front army urging the troops to advance faster, turned back and saw that the battle was going so smoothly, and he was happy.
He shouted to Tie Li: "If you hold on a little longer, the elephant can attack!"
"Haha. Wait a moment when our elephants rush forward. You have to catch up! If the enemy separates our elephant soldiers from your infantry, then we will take care of itthen we will suffer great losses!" Tie Li originally said that he couldn't take care of them, but he changed his words and said, "We can charge you and follow up so that the loss can be minimized."
"Don't worry, general, wherever your elephants rush, our elite soldiers will follow. Make sure not to give the enemy any chance to breathe and separate our troops!"
"Okay!" Tie Li said happily.
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Xu Shu and Fazheng were not far from the stone wall, and they were also optimistically watching the changes on the battlefield. In the military camp behind them, some soldiers were building a high platform out of freshly cut trees.
Xu Shu still looked at the fierce battlefield, smiled and said to Fa Zheng: "Xiao Zhi, thanks to their imagination, even the elephant is covered with armor."
Fazheng stared at the majestic elephants for a long time and said: "But once they are covered with armor, they are indeed much more durable. Yuanzhi, you see, nothing happens when arrows are shot on them. I just don't know them." How much slower than other elephants?"
At this moment, Wei Yan came over and reported excitedly: "We are all ready!"
"Okay!" Xu Shu said with satisfaction. Then he gently turned his head and asked a scout not far behind him: "Have all the enemy troops entered the valley entrance?".
Tan Ma shook his head and said: "There is no news yet, it should be here soon. Because we agreed to send the news three times an hour" As he was talking, Tan Ma happily pointed to a mountain top in the distance and said, "The news is coming. The enemy's large forces have entered the valley!"
When Wei Yan and others heard this, they followed the direction pointed by Tan Ma. I saw a wisp of yellow smoke rising from a mountain in the distance. But because of the distance, it would be difficult to see clearly without someone else¡¯s guidance.
Soon, the eyes of these people were drawn back by an excited shout from the battlefield. They saw a Burmese soldier on the stone wall, covered in blood, shouting: "Come up! I'm coming up!"
Several defenders who had been hit by arrows were lying on the ground next to him. The archers on the elephant's back were still looking there and shooting, as if they wanted to protect the soldier who had finally stood firm on the stone wall for a few seconds. .
When Wei Yan saw it, he quickly shouted: "Swordsman, follow me, General!"
After shouting, Wei Yan rushed forward with his sword and stabbed the Burmese soldier in the head who was still shouting excitedly and had already climbed over the stone wall and rushed down a few steps.The screams of this Burmese soldier who was a little carried away suddenly stopped. Although he naturally raised his hand and made a knife-wielding motion when facing the sword that Wei Yan chopped off, how could he, a small soldier, block the head-on blow of a general like Wei Yan? : Wei Yan's broadsword slashed off the soldier's forehead. Cut through his helmet and battle clothes. It hit the soldier's crotch, splitting him into two symmetrical pieces!
Follow closely the swordsmen and axemen of Wei Yan. Immediately took over the battle here. When the defenders replaced this group of fresh troops, the offensive momentum was once again suppressed.
After the battle lasted for an hour and a half, the attackers finally retreated temporarily. What they left behind were more than 3,000 corpses and blood flowing like streams. Many wounded soldiers lay screaming among the dead because they did not die immediately. Some wounded soldiers struggled to stretch their hands or feet upwards from the fleshy remains, and some wounded soldiers tried to push away the corpses piled on their bodies. , wood or stone, they strive in vain
This retreat of the Myanmar Army does not mean that they are tired or admit defeat. On the contrary, when they saw the stone wall that was almost covered with corpses, stones, and wood, they knew that the battle ahead had achieved the purpose of attacking. They were retreating now to send back the tired, injured and wounded soldiers who had been snatched back, and to replace them with a group of new troops who were yelling and waiting impatiently at the back to come up. They are restricted by terrain. The replacement of fresh troops is not as easy as that of the defenders. Because the defenders are outside the valley mouth and the terrain is open, they can replace all the soldiers participating in the battle with fresh troops at any time. The offensive side cannot do that. There is not enough space in the narrow place for a group of soldiers to charge without mentioning substitutions. The road cannot be divided into two parts: one side for the fresh troops to rush up, and the other side for the tired or wounded soldiers to withdraw. In this case, it is not conducive to the commander's command. It can also easily affect morale: soldiers who are about to enter the battlefield may become timid when they see others running like this. Easier to make a fighting soldier or general opportunistic.
So Tie Li just kept throwing the soldiers into the battlefield. What he was thinking in his heart was: "Stuff them in! Stuff them in! Kill the enemies who can kill them, and fill the road with the ones who can't."
It was not until an hour and a half later that the stone wall was almost filled in and the elephants could basically pass through, and there were too many wounded soldiers on the ground, that Tie Li ordered the soldiers to retreat. Suspend the attack. At the same time, replace all the soldiers in front, and replace all the soldiers in the next charge with fresh troops. Both he and Mu Duo believed that the next battle was the prelude to destroying Xu Shu's army. As long as they passed the next hurdle and allowed the elephant to cross the stone wall, there would be no suspense in the subsequent battle.
So the second general ordered the troops behind to follow closely. Under the general's strict order, the soldiers pushed forward hard. For more than ten miles, soldiers were almost next to each other. Many soldiers even raised their knives, shields, bows and arrows above their heads to make more space.
The two generals placed in front of the team a thousand elite soldiers armed with swords and shields, followed closely by eight majestic bull elephants covered in armor. Next came three thousand elite soldiers, followed by more than a hundred elephants, and finally fifty thousand soldiers.
Their intention is naturally to use a thousand elite soldiers to attract the attention of the defenders or to use their bodies to fill the unfilled areas again. After that, eight extremely sharp bull elephants will tear open the defenders' front line. Three thousand elite soldiers will Guard at the back, and at the same time guard the gap that was opened. The more than a hundred elephants behind them were the main force against the defenders. As long as these one hundred elephants knock down the morale of the defenders, the last fifty thousand elite soldiers will almost come to capture prisoners and inventory supplies.
Because the distance between the two armies was very close, the formation of the Burmese Army naturally fell into the eyes of Xu Shu, Fazheng, Wei Yan and others.
Fa Zhengdao: "These two leaders are quite capable. If we were not fully prepared and had not made preparations before, I am afraid we would really be captured by them. We will deal with the enemy in this way when we have elephant soldiers in the future. ,Ha ha."
When Wei Yan was about to speak, Yan Yan said: "Humph, not necessarily. The brave will win when we meet on a narrow road. Didn't Zhou Yu come up with a strange trick to chop off the trunks of elephants? As long as we chop off their trunks and prick their eyes, they will only They can go crazy. By then, who will be trampled by these elephants will still know.¡±
Xu Shu sighed and agreed: "As long as there are soldiers and generals who are not afraid of death, miracles will happen on the battlefield." Then he asked, "Do you want to kill the thousand elite soldiers in front first and then take action? Or do you want them to get closer? Are we going to do something about our stone wall?¡±
Yan Yan said: "Of course we must first eliminate those thousand elite soldiers. In that case, the elephants will be closer to us, and they will be more frightened and the effect will be better."
Wei Yanze said: "That would be too risky. This elephant may not react so quickly. If the enemy doesn't care about the life or death of the soldiers in front, as long as the thousand elite soldiers in front engage us in battle, we will see that they have attracted our attention. The man drives the elephant to wildness?, then we will be in trouble. In this case, even if an elephant rushed through the stone wall, it would be very dangerous. It will greatly damage our morale and cause many casualties among soldiers. Now that the enemy army has entered the valley, there is no need for us to look at this little result. Wei's opinion is that as long as some of the thousand elite soldiers rush to the stone wall, we will take action. "
After hearing this, Fazheng said in agreement: "This is best."
At this time, Tan Ma shouted: "The enemy has begun to take action!"
After hearing this, Xu Shu waved his hand and said, "Let's take action too!"
Wei Yan¡¯s expression perked up and he shouted to the surroundings: ¡°Tear down the outer camp fence!¡±
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers crouching beside the fence of the camp immediately took action and demolished the outer fence in a few strokes. By laying them diagonally on the stone wall in order, the originally not steep slope becomes flatter, and now even a horse can run up it effortlessly. After these soldiers dismantled one layer of the fence and laid it, they did not dismantle it again. Instead, they returned to their original positions and continued to squat by the remaining fence - they were waiting for the next order.
At this time, the Myanmar Army shouted loudly. A thousand elite soldiers howled and charged forward, and eight armored elephants also began to take their "heavy" steps, their armors clicking against each other. As the eight elephants moved forward, all the troops behind them moved forward as a whole, first the three thousand elite soldiers, then the one hundred elephants, and then the soldiers with no end in sight
Tieli and Muduo were both sitting on the backs of the second batch of elephants. Encouraging the soldiers to charge, promising rewards after victory after victory.
All the attacking soldiers are full of confidence that they will win. Morale is at an all-time high!
With the shouts of the Burmese soldiers, Wei Yan issued the second and third orders:
¡°Archery¡ª!¡±
"light up the candle!"
The second order sounded really puzzling to the attackers. What kind of candles were they lighting in broad daylight? And how can anyone light candles during battle? Ask ghosts and gods to help?
The attackers did not think deeply, and they were not allowed to think deeply, because their general ordered them to make a final charge, and at the same time, the defenders' bows and arrows began to pierce them.
The battle has begun!
The defenders were different. They were hiding behind the stone wall - now I should say squatting behind the diagonally placed wooden planks. Because the stone wall had been covered with thick wooden boards - after the soldiers heard Wei Yan's order, the archers immediately stood up and fired arrows quickly, while another group of people were carefully beating flints and lighting them. Candles in their hands.
Hundreds of people were striking flints at the same time, and there was only a buzzing sound all around. Immediately, the air was filled with a scent of burning insect wax - all candles at that time were made of waxworm secretions. It¡¯s not like most oil refining now.
After the soldiers lit the candle, they carefully placed it in a windproof place. And his eyes were staring at the piles of upright bamboo tubes a little behind them, waiting patiently for Wei Yan's next order.
At this time, the energetic elite soldiers of Myanmar had already rushed to the place near the stone wall with shouts.
Immediately the sound of the attacker's war drums changed, and so did the soldiers' shouts: the rhythm of the war drums became faster and faster, and the soldiers' shouts became more and more excited and excited.
As the elephants let out several deep roars, the ground began to tremble: the Burmese general did not care about the life and death of the soldiers in front, and drove the elephants to charge as soon as the soldiers approached the stone wall. Many soldiers in front of the elephant were knocked down by the elephant's huge body before they had time to hide. There were also some soldiers who fell to the ground and were trampled to pieces by thick elephant legs. However, they died very quickly and did not feel the pain for long. They died before the elephant legs that fell on their bodies stepped on them. Blood spurted out from their mouths, noses, eyes, and ears, and excrement came from their lower bodies. gush.
As the elephants ran, the atmosphere on the entire battlefield suddenly became tense. Some of the defending soldiers' legs shook involuntarily and their hands began to panic: the psychological pressure brought by the elephants was too great.
Wei Yan still calmly shouted: "Light up the oil bombs!"
When the soldier squatting next to the candle heard this, he quickly grabbed the bamboo tube next to him that he had been attracted to for a long time, and then placed the oil-soaked cloth strip hanging from the bamboo tube on the candle to burn. When the oilcloth was just ignited and black smoke came out, Wei Yan shouted again: "Throw!" After shouting, he shouted again a short moment later. "Keep throwing!"
Wei Yan had just finished shouting the word "throw". Countless bamboo tubes filled with stone paint flew down in front of the stone wall. The stone paint was immediately ignited, and the place immediately became a sea of ??fire. Sea of ??smoke. The densely packed attacking soldiers were suddenly covered in stone paint, and the fire quickly burned on them, turning them into veritable burning men. Some of these burning people continued to rush forward, while others screamed and retreated, and even moreOthers fell to the ground. They didn't care whether there were corpses, rocks or more stone paint underneath. They just rolled hard on the ground based on memory or instinct. Little did they know that as they rolled like this, the fire got bigger and bigger.
The pressure on the defenders suddenly decreased, and several Pyromen who rushed forward despite the great pain were quickly chopped down by the defenders.
The fire created an insurmountable wall of death between attackers and defenders.
"Hand grease bombs" continued to smash into this area, while rack trucks were transporting such "hand grease bombs" from behind.
Fazheng had climbed onto the temporary high platform at some point, his eyes unblinkingly watching the changes on the battlefield.
The charging elephants didn¡¯t react at first. When the fire started in front, they still rushed forward. But after rushing for dozens of steps, they finally understood that ahead were the things they feared most: smoke and fire.
When they understood, they immediately straightened their legs and used all their strength to support the ground. After sliding on the ground for a short distance, they finally stabilized their heavy bodies. Then he turned around and ran away with extraordinary agility.
Several elephants that moved slower were hit by several "hand grease bombs" on their buttocks. Although the bamboo tubes were shaken off, there was still a lot of stone paint sprinkled on their buttocks. The fire is burning in their buttocks.
They screamed while running for their lives, passing messages of fear to each other.
Seeing that the fire on their bodies could not be extinguished, some soldiers who did not have much oil on their bodies but were still badly burned turned around and ran away, forming a fleeing fire dragon with the elephants.
And at this time, there was a south wind blowing. Although the wind outside was not strong, the north-south valley turned the breeze into a breeze. Even though the valley was not straight, the wind was still strong enough to carry the smoke from burning stone paint far into the valley.
The thick smoke frightened all the elephants. They all turned around in panic and ran back.
It only hurt those poor soldiers, who had no way to retreat and no escape. All we could do was watch helplessly as the elephants used them as meat pads, stepping on their bodies and running backwards.
The timid soldiers closed their eyes in fear, while the brave ones could only point their weapons at the crazy elephants in vain, trying to prevent them from harming themselves.
The injured elephant became even more furious, no matter what was in front of him. Just rush! rush! rush!
??Everyone, imagine what it is like to have more than a hundred elephants running wildly on a narrow road. The place where the elephant herd passed became a real muddy ground, and it was difficult to even find a complete bone of a soldier after he died.
Originally, these elephants had also undergone some fire prevention training. As long as the fire was not big and the smoke was not big, they could slowly calm down under the control of the elephant-taming soldiers. But like this stone paint, the fire and smoke are soaring into the sky. Not only were the elephants scared, but the soldiers themselves were also scared. Especially the hissing sound of the air being blown when the fire was burning scared these majestic elephants out of their wits.
Looking at the puddles of bloody flesh, blood, meat, feces, urine, etc. mixed together on the mountain road, the soldiers who were lucky enough to hide on the roadside or in the ditch were either frightened and looked at it with pale faces. , that is, vomiting profusely, vomiting bile after vomiting the contents of the stomach, or retching after vomiting nothing.
The smell of smoke, blood, feces, urine, and vomit were mixed together, and there was an indescribable weirdness in the unpleasant smell.
When the fire started, there was also a big fire on the top of the mountain in the distance. There was billowing smoke. Obviously this is used to report news, telling what happened in the distance. It is estimated that it can be seen from thirty to forty miles away.
Standing at a high place, Fazheng saw the elephant turn around and run away, and shouted happily: "The enemy has been defeated!"
Wei Yan heard the sound and immediately ordered the soldiers to stop throwing "hand oil bombs" and shouted: "Throw sand!"
So the soldiers who had been prepared threw bags of sand into the fire, and the intensity of the fire in the middle of the road also decreased.
When the open flame slowly disappeared, Wei Yan himself was already on horseback with his sword in hand like Yan Yan. He raised his sword and shouted with all his strength: "Demolish the camp and build the bridge, quickly!"
The soldiers who were in charge of dismantling the fences of the camp, who had already become impatient, immediately lifted up the removed fences and ran to the stone wall to lay them out in an orderly manner. Soon a road was paved in front of Wei Yan, Yan Yan and Tu An.
Although there were still fires burning under the planks, the soldiers who were ready to go, led by Wei Yan, Yan Yan, and Tu An, rushed forward quickly on them. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Kill!"
To their disappointment, when they rushed out, there were almost no enemies to kill. The enemies to be killed were basically taken care of by the elephants. The remaining soldiers saw Xu Shu's big body.When they came to kill them, they all breathed a sigh of relief and looked at these shouting soldiers expectantly, begging them to take them in and hoping they would take them away from the human world.
And except for the shouts of Xu Shu¡¯s army, the soldiers of Myanmar were silent. If anyone pays attention, they will find an "interesting" phenomenon. When the elephants passed by, almost all the soldiers shouted loudly, some howled, some shouted for kill, and some shouted for help. When the elephants passed by, the main sounds were the sounds of human bodies being trampled and bones being broken. After the elephant passed by, there was no sound, and only a few faint moans from the unconscious wounded could be heard.
Although the charging Xu Shu army almost only had the task of containing them, it was not easy either. Of course, this discomfort is mainly psychological. First they have to tolerate the unbearable smell; then their eyes have to adapt to seeing the almost unaccustomed "mud" on the ground. Furthermore, you should pay attention to your feet when running, and your feet should be firmly planted on the "mud". Prevent slipping.
Relatively speaking, the luckiest soldiers were the soldiers on horseback. They only had to endure the strange smell and let the horses endure the rest. They could look elsewhere and just howl and beat the horses.
Where are the two generals in the Burmese army, Tieli and Muduo? No one knows where they have gone! Just when the elephant turned around, I heard Tie Li shouting in panic: "Quickly use the water from the ditch to put out the fire!"
Soon after, I heard him say ah yo and never heard his voice again. He and Mu Duo must have been abandoned by the crazy elephants, because now there is no one on the backs of all the elephants. No one knows whether they were trampled to pulp by the elephants or were frightened and stayed among the soldiers. In all likelihood, it becomes part of the "mud". Because they were not seen even when the prisoners were counted after the war.
The tragedy continues but the extent is slowly decreasing. Although the elephant is powerful, there are times when it is weak. What's more, they would trample several people to death every time they took a step. Many soldiers had to resist at some point before dying. Some even used their swords and spears to use all their strength to block the huge elephant body, so Wei Yan and the others chased after them. There were more elephants on the road, and some were killed on the road. Some were lying on the roadside panting, and most of them were injured and wandering in place, looking pitifully at the pitiful soldiers. These elephants were covered in blood, and they had either knives, spears or arrows on them.
But the eight armored elephants were still running wildly, and the two elephants with burnt buttocks were still running. Their asses are still smoking.
These eight elephants drove dozens of elephants who were not injured and still had sufficient physical strength to move forward among the crowd.
Wei Yan and the others who were following the elephant also began to encounter resistance. Some soldiers began to resist. Although the number was small at first, as the distance increased and the proportion of surviving soldiers increased, the resistance became stronger and stronger.
However, this intensity was only compared to the beginning. In fact, after Wei Yan, Yan Yan and others killed them mercilessly, the resistance quickly subsided, and Wei Yan and the others did not slow down much.
When Wei Yan led his army to massacre in the valley, a cavalry force of more than 8,000 people suddenly came out from outside the north entrance of Water Snake Valley. As soon as they arrived, they surrounded more than 2,000 Burmese troops who were still waiting to enter the valley. After several charges, the two thousand soldiers were reduced to pieces. These cavalrymen shouted while charging: "The Burmese army in front has failed. You surrender!"
Just when these soldiers were suspicious and resisting, calls for help and screams came from the valley ahead. The two thousand Burmese troops surrounded by strong troops had no choice but to surrender.
?Then the cavalry waited at the mouth of the valley, charging and killing a group of them as they retreated. Because the valley is narrow, there cannot be many people rushing out each time, so the number of cavalry is always at an absolute advantage. In addition, the combat effectiveness of cavalry is stronger than that of infantry. Those people almost surrendered wisely as soon as they came out to take a look at the situation. It didn't cause much trouble for the cavalry.
As time went on, the screams from the valley became louder, the people who came out became more panicked, and of course the surrender became easier.
This cavalry is Zhang Liao¡¯s army! When did they get here?
After Xu Shu led the large army to leave, they first camped outside the capital with Wutugu's troops. After staying there for two days, they suddenly secretly left the camp at night and headed towards Water Snake Valley. Because they were cavalry, they were naturally much faster. When the Burmese army entered the valley, they were not far from here, and they hid in the distance waiting for them to enter the valley.
After receiving the news that Xu Shu and the others had succeeded in using the thick smoke from the top of the mountain, Zhang Liao led the cavalry to rush out from the ambush and accommodate the Burmese troops who had been frightened out of their wits. Except for some resistance at first, in the end almost only the containment work was left.
He?While happily accepting these frightened Burmese troops. While waiting for Wei Yan and the others to come out, there was no sign of them after waiting for a long time. Not only were Wei Yan and the others missing, but the Burmese army was also escaping less and less, and none of the elephants that were thought to be coming out were missing.
"What happened inside?" Zhang Liao asked himself in confusion.
The reason why Wei Yan and the others did not rush out immediately was because Tuan stopped them. When Wei Yan, Yan Yan, and Tu An chased for more than ten miles and were only three or four miles away from the exit, there were already very few soldiers on the road.
The soldiers here immediately exited the valley after hearing the screams in front, because the elephants had not yet come. The soldiers were not as panicked as the soldiers in front, and retreated in a more orderly manner. After part of the soldiers withdrew, the road began to become wider and they retreated faster. The elephants also moved briskly because there was no obstruction.
When Wei Yan and Yan Yan were about to ride in pursuit, Tu An shouted from behind: "General Wei! General Yan, please stop!"
When Wei Yan and Yan Yan heard the sound, they stopped their horses in shock and asked in unison: "Why? What's the matter?"
Tuan asked: "Do you two generals want these elephants?"
"Elephant? Of course you want it. What can General Tu'an do?" Wei Yan asked quickly after hearing this.
Yan Yan shook his head and said: "What's the use of such a stupid guy? If you don't use it well, you'll hurt your own people, so don't use it."
Tu'an smiled and said to Yan Yan: "General Samoko doesn't use it very well at first? As long as it is used properly, it will still be of great use." Then he turned to Wei Yan and said, "There is no smell of smoke in the valley now. As long as we don't chase them now or provoke them, they will slowly calm down after running for a few miles. Find people who know how to tame elephants to comfort them, and these elephants may become ours."
Wei Yan said: "That's right. All the Burmese troops in front have escaped. They should be quieter if they run in an open space without people. You have a good idea."
After Wei Yan finished speaking, he said to the guards around him: "Look for the place where the elephants have been tamed among the prisoners. Call a few of them and let them try. Maybe these big guys can really help us fight."
As soon as the guards left, the three generals led the soldiers forward slowly.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????? Their pace slowed down, and after jogging for about a mile, they simply stopped and waited there at a loss. Some elephants even turned around and looked at them, as if waiting for their masters to command them. What they don't know is that most of their owners have been trampled to death by themselves.
After a long time, a few soldiers escorted a dozen Burmese soldiers who were depressed. Tu'an told the prisoners what he wanted, and promised that whoever could bring back one elephant quietly would not be killed. If he brought back two elephants, he could join Yizhou's army, and if he brought more elephants, he could choose to stay or leave. , the prize money left goes to the prize field.
The prisoners left in doubt. It was beyond Wei Yan and Yan Yan's expectations. These elephants who were still crazy just now suddenly calmed down. Obediently obey the instructions of these people and stand in line on the roadside. Even the eight armored elephants were very well behaved. He stood very carefully at the designated position. Except for his nose and tail, which were still moving to drive away mosquitoes, his four legs covered with blood were motionless at that time.
One of the bold soldiers whispered to Tuan: "As long as you give them some grass to eat now, they won't move around."
When Tuan heard this, he immediately ordered hundreds of soldiers to go to the steep slopes on both sides to pull grass for them to eat. Although there was not much grass and each elephant only got a few handfuls, they seemed very happy and even barked a few times in comfort after eating.
It¡¯s really hard for people to regard the docile ones in front of them as the same group as the vicious guys who have caused countless deaths, if it weren¡¯t for the blood and brains all over their bodies reminding people.
At dusk, when Wei Yan and others appeared at the mouth of the valley with prisoners and elephants in the north, Zhang Liao was so happy that he said repeatedly: "Great, great, we can also form an elephant army."
After the two armies joined forces, they only had a hastily cooked dinner together. Without much rest, Xu Shu, who received the notification from Wei Yan, sent an order from the mouth of the south valley. He ordered the three generals Wei Yan, Yan Yan, and Tu'an to take the captured elephants and 10,000 horses to Nangukou overnight to prepare for a new battle. Zhang Liao led the cavalry and the soldiers left behind by Wei Yan and others to guard and reorganize the prisoners and clean the battlefield.
When Wei Yan led the tired and excited troops to the entrance of the South Valley in the early morning, Xu Shu, who had been waiting for them, ordered: "You put on the clothes of Burmese soldiers, disguise yourself as Tieliang's troops and set out overnight to attack the Golden Monkey City. There is There are only five thousand people guarding the grain and grass base of the Burmese army. They already know that Tieli and we are fighting here, but they don't know the result.What. Just tell them that they have defeated the Yizhou soldiers and rested, so they should be able to trick them into opening the city gate. "
Tu An immediately said: "But we don't know if anyone in the city knows Tie Li. If they recognize that we are fake, wouldn't it miss the big deal?"
Fazheng smiled and said: "Can't you just say that Tie Li died in the battle? At most, it will only take one more bloody corpse. Haha"
Xu Shu also said: "After meeting the elephants, even if they doubt it, they probably won't doubt it anymore. Let's set off immediately before the news spreads! You can just sleep on the horse, haha."
Chapter 138
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