"Dong~Dong~Dong~Dong~"

With the low sound of war drums, two huge armies appeared on the vast plains. Among them, the troops from the east were neat and solemn. The cavalry on the horse were wearing black light armor, holding long horse lances, with horn bows behind their backs, and scimitars hanging around their waists. They were the grassland cavalry under Li Zhen and Li Yun.

The grassland cavalry side is divided into the central army and the left and right wings. The central army is the same grassland cavalry, with a total of about 20,000 people, which is also the main force of this side. The left and right wings are composed of the black and thin Indian army, with about 40,000 people together, most of which are infantry.

This mixed army of grassland cavalry and Tianzhu soldiers is naturally the army of Li Zhen and Li Yun. Among them, the Tianzhu army is called the escort army. It was built by Li Zhen to recruit new Brahmins. After more than a year of training, it is also very elite. It is worth mentioning that Li Zhen came from the town in the central army of this army. In addition, Fang Yiai and others who came from Taiwan also rode on horseback and looked at each other's army from afar.

The army opposite Li Zhen and others were composed of all Indians, but the arrangement of the troops was not very neat, and there was no central army or two wings. The front line of the army was composed of elephant soldiers composed of tall battle elephants, which together had more than a thousand heads. These elephants were wearing vine armor and hunched on their backs. There were four elephant soldiers in the box, two of whom were holding spears in their hands for close combat, while the two behind were holding bows and arrows in their hands for long-range attacks.

In fact, the real lethality of elephant soldiers is not the soldiers on the battlefield, but the war elephant itself. Whether it is a strong nose or a thick elephant legs, it can become a weapon for war elephants to kill on the battlefield. Moreover, if the war elephant charges, the indomitable momentum is almost irresistible. What is even more hateful is that the war elephant itself will emit a smell that will make the war horse very uncomfortable. Therefore, if the cavalry who has not been specially trained faces the target soldiers, they will often suffer a great loss.

Behind the elephant soldiers were followed by the Indian infantry. The number was not very large, with only more than 20,000 people. After the war began, they would charge immediately behind the elephant soldiers and be responsible for protecting the war elephant. After these infantry, there were about 30,000 Indian cavalry. The cavalry and the elephant soldiers were separated by infantry because they were worried that the cavalry's war horses would be affected by the war elephant. After the cavalry, there were another group of dense infantry, with about 50,000 people.

This battlefield that is about to start is located at the border between South Tianzhu and Central Tianzhu. Li Zhen and Li Yun defeated the nominal ruler Palawa Dynasty in South Tianzhu. At the beginning, the opponent's forces shrink to the northwest corner of South Tianzhu and prepare to resist stubbornly. Unfortunately, after Li Yun stabilized the rule of the newly occupied area, he began to advance step by step against the remnants of the Palawa Dynasty, which eventually forced the Palawa Dynasty to escape to Central Tianzhu.

However, when it comes to Zhongtianzhu, we have to mention Zhongtianzhu's original overlord Zhaloqi Dynasty. This Zhaloqi Dynasty had repelled the attack of the Jiji Dynasty many years ago. It was precisely because of this failure that the talented Jiji, who had a great chance to unify Yiji, had to be trapped in the Northern Tianzhu area.

However, although the Zhaloqi Dynasty defeated the Jieji Dynasty, it also suffered great losses. Therefore, in the subsequent war, it was defeated by the rising Palawa Dynasty in the Southern Heavenly Kingdom, and the country was occupied. Even before Li Zhen and Li Yun defeated the Palawa Dynasty, the Palawa Dynasty was still the nominal ruler of Zhongtianzhu.

Although the Zhaloqi Dynasty was defeated, it was a regional power after all, and the foundation of the country was still there, so even if it was occupied by the Palawa Dynasty, internal resistance continued, and as time went by, the power accumulated by the Zhaloqi Dynasty became stronger and stronger. When the remaining power of the Palawa Dynasty fled to Central India, the rebellious power of the Zhaloqi Dynasty finally besieged the remaining power of the Palawa Dynasty under the leadership of the King's son, Chaori King I. As a result, the Palawa Dynasty finally became tragic. The nobles surrounded the king were slaughtered, and the remaining troops were demoted to slaves.

Although the Chaori King of the Zhaloqi Dynasty destroyed the Palawa Dynasty, it was not easy for him to restore the rule of the Zhaloqi Dynasty over Zhongtianzhu. This gave Li Zhen and Li Yun a chance to take the opportunity to attack Zhongtianzhu. In fact, they were also preparing to do so.

However, King Chaori was not an easy person to restore the country under the rule of the Parava dynasty. He quickly felt the threat brought to him by Li Zhen and Li Yun in the south. It was also under this threat that he temporarily gave up restoring the rule of the original Zhaloqi dynasty, and instead negotiated with the various kingdoms and forces in Central India, and made the first priority to fight against Li Zhen and Li Yun in the south.

The new Brahmanism of Li Zhen and Li Yun did touch the interests of the upper nobles, especially the various forces of Zhongtianzhu who were adjacent to them, and they truly felt this deterrence. In addition, the call of the Super Ri King, so the entire Zhongtianzhu quickly united at an extremely fast speed and integrated the army, preparing to fight to the death with Li Zhen and Li Yun.

Faced with this situation, Li Yun and Li Zhen's reactions were completely different. Li Yun was a little worried that the other party would be too strong to unite. With the army in their hands, it would be unimaginable if they were defeated. However, Li Zhen was obviously very excited, because in his opinion, if the other party could concentrate all the forces together, he would be sure to defeat all the hostile forces in one fell swoop, and no one could stop him from entering Zhongtianzhu.

It was also under Li Zhen's repeated insistence that their army headed north and soon reached the Watapi area, the capital of the Zhaloqi Dynasty. At this time, King Chaori also integrated the military power of Zhongtianzhu. The army of both sides finally met on the plains in the southern part of Vatpi. This decisive battle that concerns the fate of Tianzhu is finally about to begin. The confident Li Zhen firmly believed that he would be able to destroy the army of Chaori in one fell swoop. King Chaori also firmly believed that he would definitely defeat this invaders from the south like his father defeated the Jiji Dynasty!

Li Zhen, who was in charge of the grassland cavalry, held a telescope and carefully observed the formation of the Sun King opposite, and paid special attention to the elephant soldiers in front of the opponent. However, after watching, he curled his lips disdainfully and said: "It's the elephant soldiers again. These Indians really do not repent. Under our artillery, these stupid and stupid elephant soldiers may only bring huge casualties to them!"

However, as soon as Li Zhen finished speaking, Fang Yiai, who was extremely burly next to him, smiled and said, "Your Highness the King of Yue is such a bad word. I have read some information about the elephant soldiers before, and I also asked His Highness the King of Qi for advice. As a result, he told me that the reason why the elephant soldiers have huge shortcomings is that the elephants are too smart, so when they see the fire or hear the sound of cannons, they will appear chaotic!"

Li Zhen also said in surprise: "This is the first time I have heard of this statement, but since it was said by Brother Six, it must be true. It seems that these elephants are indeed very smart, otherwise they would not have started to run away immediately every time they were bombarded by cannons."

In addition to Fang Yiai, Li Zhen also has a military academy graduate from Taiwan, and they are also the best among them. They are all preparing to enter the army. It just so happened that Li Zhen had a big battle here, so he sent them here to experience the cruelty of the battlefield first and accumulate more practical experience so that he could grow up faster.

"Your Highness King Yue, are these Indians having problems? How can they arrange various troops layer by layer, looking like a thousand-layer Hu cake sold on the street? How can this kind of military formation play the advantages of each troops?" One of the young practitioners in his twenties asked.

Li Zhen was very happy about Fang Yiai and the arrival of these students, because he felt that this was an opportunity to show himself. In addition, the generals around him had been sent to the army to lead troops, so he had specifically explained before that if the students had anything they didn't understand, they could ask him directly.

Li Zhen smiled when he heard the words of the young trainees: "This question is very good. Maybe if any military school student arranges the formation, he will probably not be able to form a formation like the Indians. However, in the battlefield of the Indians, such interlayer-like military formations are very common, mainly because there are two aspects."

Li Zhen paused at this point, looked up at the other party's formation that had not moved, and then spoke again: "The first aspect is that the Indians rely too much on elephant soldiers. They believe that elephant soldiers are invincible, and even the city walls may be pushed down by elephants. Therefore, when they are war, they first charge with war elephants. Generally speaking, as long as the war elephants gain the upper hand, the army behind can rush forward, thus establishing the victory."

"The second reason is that although the civil strife in India continues, there are few large-scale wars. Unlike our Central Plains, troops of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands will be fought together at every turn. Therefore, the military thinking of India is very backward, and many generals do not even understand the cooperation and strategy of the troops. Therefore, in this case, my grassland cavalry will repeatedly defeat the more with less." Li Zhen said at the end, his eyes looking at the enemy army formation were full of contempt.

When he heard Li Zhen’s explanation, not only did the military graduates praise him, but even Fang Yiai nodded repeatedly, thinking that Li Zhen and the others could win battles in India and conquer such a large piece of land. As expected, they had put in effort. This understanding of the enemy alone was enough to give them the upper hand.

"Report to Your Highness, General Wang asks for a fight!" At this moment, a commander rushed to report. Although Li Zhen was in charge of the central army, the one who really commanded the army was Wang Xuance, a capable minister of Yunwen and Wu.

Li Zhen looked up at Tianshi and smiled: "It's already Chenshi, and the sunlight just shot out from behind us. It's a good time to attack. I'll send General Wang to a quasi-fight!"

"Here!" The messenger agreed and quickly conveyed Li Zhen's order. A war that determined the fate of Tianzhu finally began.
Chapter completed!