Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

The scouts provoked and irritated the elephant herd by interspersed coordination, devious riding and shooting, which really made the angry elephants lose control and leave the group.

Hundreds of flexible scouts successfully attracted the attention of dozens of elephants, and finally divided dozens of war elephants into ten groups.

Seeing that the elephants could not form a joint force, Ou Jin hurriedly urged Fan Xi: "If the elephants disperse, they will lose their deterrent power. Hurry up and blow the horn to control them."

Fanxi picked up the horn and blew it, but unfortunately only a few elephants regrouped, "Those war elephants have been provoked, and now they are chasing independently from the group, it is very difficult to control..."

"Why don't you equip each war elephant with a driver? It's all because your horn is not easy to control. I remember there are people in your tribe. Why don't you let them ride elephants to fight?" Qu Lian asked.

"The two hundred elephants of the last general have not been fully tamed, and the riders are not yet proficient in controlling them. Riding on the back of an elephant is easy to get hurt..." Fanxi shook his head.

"My king can't wait for your two hundred war elephants to take shape, and I can't wait for your rider to be proficient in controlling them. It seems that you can't annihilate your opponent today, but tomorrow you must put the rider on the back of the elephant.

Do you see how cunning those Han people are?Use cavalry to lure all your war elephants away, while the opponent's infantry retreated very calmly..." Ou Jin saw that the war elephants had not achieved the effect of yesterday, and his frowning brows could not be relieved.

As the war lasted, Ou Jin distanced himself from the former army more and more, causing countless smoke and dust splashes in a messy manner.

After a while, several Linyi cavalry retreated in horror. Ou Jin drew his sword and stopped one of them and shouted sharply: "There are war elephants in front of you, why are you panicking? My king's infantry are still fighting hard in front. You cavalry have no shame." run back?"

The short cavalryman replied bitterly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the infantry has its opponents, and our cavalry has our cavalry opponents. The black-faced general who killed the general who protects the country only picks our cavalry..."

"Follow me, I have to personally supervise the battle, so I don't believe that he is so arrogant in front of the war elephant." Ou Jin forced the defeated soldiers to move forward.

When Qu Jin followed the guards to the front battlefield, Lin Yi's army was blocked by the Hoi An River in the north.

Fanxi could only command the elephants in the river to swim back, because Gao Shun and Lanyuan had made preparations in advance, the soldiers and Wuxi Man had already crossed the river from the pontoon bridge, while most of the cavalry detoured upstream to find shallows to cross the river.

"The Han people are really cunning." Ou Jin beat his horsewhip.

At this time, Fanxi came excitedly to report: "It's a happy event for the king. The young general in golden armor of the Han people led more than ten riders to escape to Hoi An port in the northeast direction. My brother led a few war elephants to chase after him. Capture the opponent's coach alive."

"Very good, very good, there are hundreds of troops stationed in Hoi An Port, that Lan Yuan is really looking for a dead end, everyone followed the king to capture the enemy chieftain."

Ou Jin excitedly raised his whip and lashed the horse's buttocks, and the pony started to gallop against the setting sun with its plump body on its back.

Chapter 759 The Sound of the Wind Mistakenly Swung the Sword and Slashed the Snake

The estuary of the Hoi An River is the closest port to the capital of Lin Yi. A few years ago, Wang Shi's merchant ship was detained in Hoi An Port.

The river got deeper and wider as it went east, and there were hundreds of garrisons in the port. Ou Jin suddenly felt that he was lucky, and Lan Yuan ran to a dead end.

Ou Jin intends to seize Lanyuan to negotiate with Lantian. Shi Xie is willing to spend money as a businessman these years. Let the wealth flow into Linyi.

Thinking of this, Ou Jin felt that his body was light, and the pony under him became more vigorous.

When he was about to arrive at the port, several elephants chasing past suddenly ran back, Spirit Snake General Fant waved wildly at Ou Jin.

"Have you caught it?" Ou Jin was overjoyed and urged his horse forward.

Unexpectedly, the war elephant ran back as if out of control, several guards in Qu Jin couldn't dodge in time, they were knocked off their horses by the war elephant running back, and one of them was directly trampled into a pulp, making Qu Jin's obese body tremble in fright.

At this time, Fanxi came to control and calm the mad elephant, and then brought his brother Fante to see Ou Jin.

"The war elephant was frightened and ran wildly, accidentally hurting your guards, please be punished by your majesty." The Fan brothers clasped their fists in pleading guilty.

Was trampled into mud by an elephant and accidentally injured?Ou Jin had to rely on the Fan brothers at this time, so he dared not and could not blame them. He comforted them and said: "Elephants are always animals, and it is normal to be disobedient occasionally, but haven't these dozens of them been trained? Will something go out of control?"

"Brother, let's talk about it." Fanxi nodded.

Fante nodded and clasped his fists and replied: "Actually, beasts are like people, they will be afraid of unknown things, and they will be more afraid of big ones. Just now we saw dozens of giant sea ships at the port of Hoi An, which moved like mountain islands. , the war elephants lost control due to panic..."

"When will there be a ship in Hoi An Port..." When Ou Jin was talking to himself, his eyes suddenly opened wide, and he exclaimed, "Is it a ship from Jiaozhou? Has the port fallen?"

Vatican nodded and smiled bitterly: "It seems that there are hundreds of ships, which are several times larger than the previous Guangzhou merchant ships. The loss of the port is certain..."

Ou Jin patted his forehead, "I finally know why the four northern cities are indifferent. These cunning Han troops came from the sea. They now have such powerful sea ships. Linyi has encountered the biggest crisis since the founding of the country."

"Your Majesty, don't be discouraged. With the last general's army of war elephants, we will surely ensure the continuity of the Linyi Kingdom." Fanxi patted his chest and promised.

"Well said, I have an elephant army in Linyi, which is not in the Central Plains. As long as the scale of the elephant army is maintained and expanded, it may not be afraid of those Han people who come from afar, but you have to send the emperor to command on the back of the elephant, otherwise you will not be able to fight again. Seeing something strange will cause chaos, which will affect our march too much." Ou Jin kindly reminded.

"The general will obey." Fanxi clasped his fists.

"My lord, what shall we do now?" Fant asked curiously, frowning.

Ou Jin pinched the base of his nose and concentrated on thinking. The main force of the Han army was driven to the north of the Hoi An River.

Just when Qu Lian was frowning, the scout sent the battle report in time: "Report to Your Majesty, the Han army crossed the Hui'an River and fled north for more than ten miles, and finally set up camp at the rocky beach."

"It's God's help. If the main force of the Han army moves towards the Hoi An River Port and merges with the huge warships in Jiaozhou, even if we can't defeat our war elephants in the end, we can escape the battlefield through sea ships, but now we have no chance. , I'm not familiar with the terrain, hahaha..." Ou Lian laughed wildly.

Fante looked excited, and he added with a smile: "Ten miles north of Hoi An Port, the seaside locations are all cliffs, and there is no way for Han Chinese ships to meet them. An Giang blocked the land passage between Hoi An Port and the rocky beach, and the main force of the Han army was forced to retreat to Nanhengshan, and the narrow valley mouth of Nanhengshan is more suitable for elephants to kill..."

"Hahaha, the hero sees the same thing, immediately send an order to cross the river, and they are camping on the rocky beach, isn't General Spirit Snake going to show his hand?" Ou Lian smiled knowingly.

"The general will obey." Fante clasped his fists and nodded.

Ou Jin left 200 people to watch on the south bank, and personally led the last [-] elite Zhan people to cross the river at dusk, and moved to the predetermined location to camp against the water.

At night, the big tent on the rocky beach was brightly lit. Lan Yuan arrived at the north bank by boat while the Zhan people were crossing the river. When he was at the port, he thought of a way to repel the Zhan people's war elephants, and Yu Fan also rushed from Lurong The rocky beach came to meet, and he also brought a strategy to defeat the enemy.

After the discussion in the military tent, everyone had a knowing smile on their faces, and suddenly the scouts brought back information about Zhanren crossing the river.

Lan Yuan clapped the case and said joyfully: "Zhanren doesn't know the art of war and stands in the water with his back. He is looking for his own death. Tomorrow I will capture Qu Company alive to repay the humiliation of being chased away by elephants today."

Gao Shun joked with a smile: "If Boyang hadn't gone to the port, he would definitely not have come up with a strategy to destroy the enemy. Being chased by an elephant this time is not a bad thing..."

"Even if I can't figure it out, isn't Prefect Yu also able to do it?" Lan Yuan shook his head lightly.

Yu Fan cupped his hands and said humbly: "The young general is an honor, but this old man is just icing on the cake..."

"Wait a minute, I remember that the Marquis of Huaiyin once won a big victory with his back, why did Boyang say that Zhanren didn't know the art of war..." Gao Ling suddenly realized.

Lan Yuan explained with a smile: "Father once told me in detail about fighting to the death. The Marquis of Huaiyin used this strategy in fact very dangerous. In addition, he also had the trick of 'luting the enemy to go deep, motivating the enemy, pulling out the flag and changing the banner, and attacking from both sides...'" In the end, I was able to win thanks to the timing, location, and people, and using it alone to fight to the death is tantamount to asking for a dead end."

Gao Ling looked confused, and murmured: "So it's like this..."

Gao Shun frowned, "The art of war is a dead thing, and the specific situation should be used flexibly. How can you be so sure about dead things, and learn from Boyang's side in the future. I don't want my son to be a reckless man..."

"Understood." Gao Ling's cheeks were flushed by the criticism, and he said to himself that I haven't had the crown ceremony yet, and I'm not the commander in chief of the army.

"There will be a hard battle tomorrow, everyone go back to the camp to rest first, you have to get up and prepare at dawn, Yuanfeng (Gao Ling) you stay in the main tent, I have something to discuss with you." Seeing this, Lan Yuan rescued Gao Ling.

"Wei." The generals clasped their fists and left.

Everyone left gradually, Lan Yuan comforted Gao Ling a few words, and then dragged Gao Ling to his feet and fell asleep.

At midnight in the middle of the night, there was a strong wind on the quiet rocky beach, and the sound of musical instruments seemed to be hidden in the sound of the wind. Lan Yuan and Gao Ling sat up almost at the same time.

"There seems to be movement outside the camp. I have to go to each camp to have a look." Lan Yuan frowned.

"The wind is indeed different tonight. Boyang, you wait in the big tent, or the general will go to patrol the camp on your behalf." Gao Ling pressed Lan Yuan's calf, and a carp stood up straight.

Gao Ling took down the saber from the big tent wall, and suddenly felt something alive at his feet.

hissing...

"There are snakes."

With a flash of coldness, Gao Ling shouted and drew his sword, swinging the green snake at his feet into two pieces.

Chapter 7

Hearing the shout, Lan Yuan stood up. He looked at the broken snake at the foot of Gaoling and said vigilantly, "This rocky beach is close to the sea, so why are there snakes?"

"Who can say clearly about the barbaric land, Boyang, you should be careful, I will go out of the tent to inspect it first."

Gao Ling picked up Broken Snake, and just as he raised the curtain, he saw Shamoke rushing towards him.

"Major General, many poisonous snakes suddenly appeared in the camp." Shamoke shouted while running.

Lan Yuan instinctively felt something was wrong, but he didn't feel flustered, because there were many poisonous insects and snakes in Rinan County, and Lan Tian had made preparations from the beginning.

"Order the battalions to smear realgar powder and sprinkle insect repellent around the camp. Maybe it's the Zhan people playing tricks." Lan Yuan's expression was serious.

"Wei." Gao Ling cupped his fists and wanted to leave, but Lan Yuan stopped him again: "Send more people to patrol and guard, to eliminate the invading poisonous snakes and insects, and at the same time, don't cause panic among the soldiers."

Sha Moke quickly added: "Major General, there is no need to worry. My people are used to seeing poisonous insects and beasts. Even if there is no insect repellent powder, I am not afraid. I have sent people to start hunting snakes just now."

Lan Yuan nodded, "Snakes will not come to our camp for no reason. It seems that the Zhan people must be causing trouble, and these people should be not far away. I want Chu Qing's scouts to search immediately. General Sha How about together?"

"I can't ask for it." Shamoke clasped his fists.

Lin Yiguo's Spirit Snake General worked hard to domesticate thousands of poisonous snakes, and put them all on the rocky beach at night, and then used bamboo flutes to drive the snakes to attack. Unfortunately, the Han army had already made preparations, and half of the soldiers in the camp were Wuxi barbarians. Before the barbarians joined the army, they mainly fished and hunted. In their eyes, snakes were equivalent to food.

Thousands of venomous snakes were sent to the camp and encountered natural enemies (Wuxi Man), but they had to be forced to move forward under the sound of the bamboo flute's "order". , and eventually most of them flowed into the prisoner camps.

Many of Gao Shun’s captives brought by Zhu Wu and Xi Juan were attacked to death by poisonous snakes raised by themselves. Wuxi barbarians cleaned up the poisonous snakes in the camp, and Chu Qing, Sha Moke and scouts went out to search for the snake drivers .

For a moment, the sky over the rocky beach was illuminated by the light of torches. Linyi Wang stood in the distance and looked at the fire, thinking that although the poisonous snakes of Vatican would not wipe out the enemy, it would be good to confuse the Han army for one night. Tomorrow they will be exhausted, and they can defeat them in one battle.

When Ou Jin saw this situation, he went back to the camp to rest full of joy. He had already ordered the dawn to start marching, so he just closed his eyes and waited for the dawn.

As soon as the dawn fell into the army camp, the majestic general Fanxi rushed into the king's tent in the district, and the guards urgently woke up their sleeping king.

"Is it already dawn? Hurry up and change the clothes of the king, I will personally direct the attack." Ou Jin rubbed his swollen eyelids.

"My lord, my brother's troops have not returned all night, I'm worried..." Fanxi frowned.

Ou Jin heard a shock, and he sat up shaking his body in surprise, "Have you not returned all night? There are 300 people in the Spirit Snake Camp, and none of them have returned?"

Fanxi nodded with certainty, and Ou Jin swallowed his saliva shaking his big face. A bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart, and he quickly asked the guards: "Is there any news from the Han army?"

The guard shook his head and was about to speak when hurried footsteps came from outside the tent, "Your Majesty, thousands of Han troops are heading south, less than three miles away from our camp."

Ou Jin was a little nervous at first, but he gained confidence when he saw Fanxi by his side. He hurriedly ordered the guards: "Immediately order all the battalions to assemble and stand by. Since the Han army has taken the initiative to seek death, this king will help them."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The guards took the order and turned around to go out of the tent to communicate. Fanxi asked worriedly: "My lord, the Spirit Snake Camp disturbed the Han army last night, but they actually left so early to go south. Is it my brother..."

"This king doesn't know either. General, hurry up and gather the war elephants. After defeating the Han army, everything will become clear." Ou Jin looked extremely impatient.

"Uh... the last general will go here..." Fanxi turned around resentfully.

"General Fan, remember that every war elephant must be accompanied by a driver." Ou Jin reminded.

Fanxi turned around and nodded, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the final arrangements have been made last night..."

Half an hour later, the soldiers of Linyi, who were poorly equipped, met the Han army in front of the simple camp.

I saw that the Han army had a neat lineup, bright armor, bright banners fluttering in the wind, and all the generals and soldiers were full of energy, as if they hadn't encountered any poisonous snakes attacking the camp last night.

Ou Jin and Fanxi discovered that the golden armor would appear in front of the formation again, and the morning sun shone on Lanyuan's armor, reflecting an extremely dazzling light.

"When did this guy break through the line of defense?" Ou Jin looked at the guard and said to himself.

Because no one responded to Qu Jin, he waited until the Han army advanced to the attacking distance, and then gave Fanxi a serious order: "General Fan, the time has come to stand up for Lin Yi, crush them for me."

With a strong heart, Fanxi clasped his fists and nodded, followed by blowing the horn, waving the command flag, and directing the proud elephants to charge into battle.

Today, Fanxi specially assigned a driver to each elephant, so that he could better lead the elephants to fight for humans.

Ou Jin originally thought that Lan Yuan would escape, but the other party pointed the halberd forward, and dozens of strange things suddenly appeared in the gaps in the Han army formation.

It was a chariot brought by Lanyuan from Guangzhou. There was a huge wooden board fixed on the front of the car. There were various patterns of blue-faced fangs on the wooden board. Ou Jin felt that the wooden board was similar to the plaque painted by Zhanren to worship ghosts and gods. In fact, it was a chariot. Yu Fan spliced ​​it from a small painted plaque brought by Lu Rong.

Each chariot is pushed by eight people behind it. The torches used by the whole army at night are piled up in the carriage. Lanyuan arranges four people in each chariot compartment. Two are responsible for lighting the fire and two are responsible for throwing the fire. Come to scare off the elephant herd.

The war elephants were startled by those huge painted plaques while running, and the rider on the elephants' back knew that the Han army was setting up to play ghosts, so they controlled the elephants to continue to attack.

Gao Shun and Lan Yuan looked at each other and smiled, then raised the red flag and waved it.

Bang bang bang.

Suddenly, many stones flew out from behind the formation of the Han army, and the dense state was like raindrops. The first round of stone rain had just ended, and the second round of stone rain followed.

Lan Yuan used the catapult used to attack the city in the wild, while Gao Shun chose to camp on the rocky beach mainly because it was convenient to fetch stones.

Even rough-skinned and thick-skinned elephants suffered from the pain of being hit by thirty catapults "parabolic", and the herd of war elephants was held back by the rain of stones.

Just after several rounds of stone rain ended, the soldiers rushed to the front with their chariots, and countless torches were thrown at the elephant's face by the trapped soldiers.

moo moo moo...

The war elephants that were running northward suddenly turned around and rushed towards their own people. The elephants were stunned by the stones. They looked suspiciously at the monster pattern in front of them. Flames suddenly erupted from the body of the 'monster'. Let the minds of the elephant herd fall into chaos in an instant.

The more the rider on the elephant's back wants to control, the more wild the frightened elephant will be.

So far, the momentum of offense and defense is easy.

Chapter 761 It Only Takes Fifteen Days to Destroy the Country