Chapter five hundred and eighth: Going to die
The battlefield situation changes rapidly.
Han Xin decided to lure the enemy with his own body, which moved Li Yuan.
For a long time, he had carefully studied this military general who had outstanding performance in the late Qin Dynasty, but Han Xin's statement today allowed Li Yuan to see another side of him. You must know that with Han Xin's current status,
As long as he moved his mouth a little, countless generals would immediately be willing to die for him. This was not a question of whether the generals were loyal to Li Yuan or not, but that they were eager to prove themselves through their performance on the battlefield.
For victory! He can risk everything. In order to command a battle, he can put himself in danger. This is Han Xin, a military god who regards the battlefield as his life.
"General, you must not do it. The general has the expectations of thousands of soldiers, how can he risk his life lightly——!" Jia Yi heard the truth from the side and hurriedly admonished.
As a scholar, he rarely had the opportunity to come to the front of the two armies. The arrogance of the men in the army and the desolation of the iron-blooded battlefield made Jia Yi's chest feel like it was on fire. But now, Han Xin is going to lead the army to fight as the vanguard. This makes Jia Yi
Jia Yi felt incredible.
"Sir, you are worrying too much. This war elephant unit is entering the battle, but it is a rare good luck. If Han misses it, he will regret it in his life." Han Xin broke the reins of the horse and laughed nonchalantly. Over the years,
Han Xin's desire to fight on the battlefield has never diminished. He is eager to meet new opponents and to prove himself in challenges again and again. This is natural and has nothing to do with political intrigue.
Li Yuan looked at Han Xin's high-spirited expression, and he felt proud in his heart: "Since the general is determined to go into battle, I will give you more strength -!"
"The Heavenly Thunder Army, line up on the left and right of the crossbowmen, wait for the first wave of crossbow bolts to pass, then throw!"
"Pike soldiers, sword and shield soldiers, line up, fight, fight, fight!" Orders were issued one after another, and were passed on in an orderly manner by Jia Yi and other staff.
The decisive battle between Da Qin and India is about to begin!
This was an upright and bloody battle. Li Yuan did not leave any behind, what he wanted was to use the crushing method to wipe out all the fighting will of the Indians in this battle. Only in this way, could Great Qin quickly defeat the enemy?
To achieve the unification of the various tribes of the Indian peninsula.
A quick victory over the Xunjia Kingdom is the first step. For the following small southern countries such as Baicheng, Mocha, Ceylon, and Magadha, Li Yuan hopes that they can become heroes and surrender directly to Qin. In that case, the Qin army will
Only with the vitality can we not be restrained by the Indians.
in the west.
The Romans are gradually recovering their strength. If the Qin army is stuck in the quagmire of India, it will lose the momentum to continue attacking westward. Moreover, without Li Yuan personally in charge, the Qin army in the Balkans will be on the defensive. This kind of
If the situation continues, it will shake the confidence of the dependent tribes.
Not to mention anything else, the Thracians alone could have turmoil. Spartacus, a young general promoted by the Qin State, was not qualified enough after all. If the Thracian upper class had different intentions, they could defect at any time.
It might happen, and Li Yuan didn't want to repeat the tragic defeat of Gao Xianzhi.
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It is ten miles upstream from Darrow City.
The Sunga army set out on the battlefield, with more than a thousand war elephants controlling the soldiers on their backs. They marched at the front of the team. As the commander-in-chief of the entire army and the king of the Sunga Kingdom, Pushyamitra naturally wanted to show his power.
Command ability.
"Your Majesty the King, the Qin army opposite is said to be commanded by their emperor himself. This is a powerful enemy. We must not underestimate it." The messenger leaned forward and reminded.
"Great Emperor, is that the Eastern boy named Li Yuan? His luck ends here. The war elephant of my Pushyami Tuo will definitely step on the Qin people's bodies and keep heading north." Sitting on a giant elephant.
King Xunjia on his back was condescending and laughed confidently.
Pushyamitra was convinced of the power of the war elephant.
During the Mauryan Kingdom's sweep of the Indian Peninsula, the war elephant was a symbol of invincibility. With its existence, Pushyamitra naturally became the general of this declining dynasty.
The water of the Indus River, which was only waist-high, could not stop the attack on the huge battlefield. Under the command of Pushyamitra, thousands of war elephants stepped on their heavy elephant hooves, shaking the earth, and charged towards the Qin army camp on the other side.
. Behind the elephant formation, the Xunjia infantrymen were shouting one by one, waving various weapons in their hands, trying to defeat the Qin army with a single charge.
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Han Xin looked at the enemy's chaotic military formation coldly. If he ignored the two thousand overwhelming war elephants, such a battle would simply insult his commanding ability.
But now, the enemy has deployed its most powerful troops. If the Qin army cannot withstand this wave of attacks, the master will really be beaten to death by Pushyami Tuo.
"General!" Yang Yu followed Han Xin closely. He was ordered by Li Yuan to protect the Great Qin Army God. However, he was at the forefront and looked directly at the opponent's elephant formation, while he was watching from a distance at the rear.
, the feeling in my heart is completely different.
"Send the order, crossbow troops, prepare!"
"Tianlei Army, prepare!"
"Two thousand steps!"
"Fifteen hundred steps!"
"A thousand steps, release!" Following the command of the Qin Army general who was checking the distance, nearly five hundred crossbows were lined up in a row, like five hundred monsters that devoured everything.
With the creaking of beef tendons, crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm were fired from the crossbow frame, carrying sharp wind sounds, and headed straight towards the Xunjia people's elephants.
"Porphyrin!"
The crossbow body pierced the rough elephant body, causing a cruel sound of tearing flesh and blood.
A war elephant with a crossbow raised its front hooves high and its hind legs stood straight up. Its movement made the three Sunga soldiers sitting on it unprepared and rolled off the elephant's back.
, one of the unlucky soldiers even hit his head hard on the pebbles of the river bed, and died immediately.
"Hurry up, rush up!" Pushyami Tuo's screams were intertwined with the roars of the elephants' grief and anger. Seeing the tragic death of their companions, the other war elephants seemed to have gone crazy, desperately attacking the Qin army with crossbows.
The formation launched an attack, and they seemed to want to use this raw power to attack mankind's technological superiority.
The elephants roar.
Blowing across the Indus Valley like the wind, facing an elephant that was taller than itself and restrained by nature, the Qin army's horses neighed and some even refused to listen to the knights on the horses.
, started to step back continuously, look at their appearance, as long as they let go of the horse's reins, they are likely to run away!
Strength and weakness in the animal world come from natural instincts, and this cannot be changed by humans. Fortunately, in Li Yuan's Eastern Expedition, the cavalry troops were only auxiliary, and the real main force was the infantry.
Compared with the frightened horses, the Qin army generals all looked frightened, the ground under their feet was shaking, and the enemy's mounts were so huge, with long trunks, like
Like a waving whip, it rolls up flying sand and rocks, giving people a strong sense of suffocation.
After one round of couch crossbow firing, there were about sixty war elephants in the middle crossbow. This casualty was nothing to the more than 2,000 war elephant troops. However, the Qin army's second round of firing
Due to the sudden acceleration of the elephant herd, the intended target was lost, and the crossbowman responsible for aiming at the mountain was nervous, so the crosshair became even more inaccurate.
"Only three hundred steps left!"
When the elephants came over like riding waves, Yang Yu couldn't help shouting secretly in his heart. The distance of three hundred steps was just a blink of an eye for the running war elephants, and the launch of the couch crossbow had a long time.
With the natural separation, how could the Qin army resist the Indian attack now?
Relying on human power, spears and shields?
In this contest of strength between man and elephant, there is no need to guess who will win or lose.
Just as Yang Yu was sighing in his heart, he heard Han Xin's calm voice sounded again: "Thunder Army, shoot!"
Following Han Xin's voice, groups of Tianlei Army soldiers who were ambushing around the crossbows got up from the ground. They each stretched their arms and threw a pottery fou containing violently exploding gunpowder into the air.
The fuse is burning, getting shorter and shorter.
There was a strange light shining in the crazy eyes of the war elephants. When the inconspicuous black balls rolled down to the ground one after another, these crazy elephants still continued to run indifferently, towards the burial ground of death.
Chapter completed!