Ruan Zhengyu saw that there were so many fierce generals in the Central Plains, and these people under his command were no match, so he no longer hoped for a one-on-one fight.
Ruan Zhengyu wanted to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses. Since he was inferior to his opponent in generals, he would send out his strengths, the four war elephant troops.
This war elephant unit is very popular among the small countries in the south, and these countries regard the war elephant unit as a symbol of their own country's strength.
However, due to national strength, most of them only raise a dozen or twenty elephants, because these elephants eat too much, and most countries cannot really afford to raise them.
Ruan Zhengyu spent a lot of hard work and finally trained more than 800 war elephants. These war elephants followed him in his expeditions south and north, and made great achievements in war. They invaded the borders of the Central Plains several times. The armies of the Central Plains
He was also fleeing, so he was very confident in his war elephant unit.
Ruan Zhengyu gave an order, and the four war elephant troops began to move from back to front, and the infantry in front opened the passage for these war elephants to come to the front.
In front of his own formation, Jia Ke saw that the formation on the opposite side began to change, and soon hundreds of monsters gathered in front of the enemy's formation.
Not only Jia Ke saw these war elephants, but also the soldiers under Jia Ke's command and the Eight Banners cavalry.
These people were all warriors from the north. They had never seen such a behemoth before, so they were all frightened.
Jia Ke turned around and looked at the troops under his command. Although they were still standing there and keeping their formations stable, seeing that their expressions had changed, he knew that if they didn't boost their morale, they might lose their battle.
In the first round, they were overwhelmed by these opponent's war elephants.
So Jia Ke rode his horse to the front of the formation and shouted to the soldiers under his command: "What are you afraid of? They are just a group of wild beasts. Our army has been prepared for it."
After listening to their commander's words, the soldiers below still didn't believe it, but their momentum picked up a bit. Each of these people clenched their weapons to fight to the death with the war elephants on the opposite side.
Jia Ke didn't finish his sentence and said to Liu Yu next to him: "Go and send the three-bow crossbow to the front of the formation. I want to see whether my bow and arrow are stronger or the skin of the opponent's elephant is stronger."
As soon as Jia Ke finished his instructions, Liu Yu hurriedly ran backwards. After a while, Jia Ke's formation also began to change, launching hundreds of crossbow carts of various types.
Jia Ke knew that this time when he went south, he would inevitably have to attack the city, which was different from the previous battles with the Tatars. So after getting the secret drawings of making weapons presented by Jia's mother, he ordered the craftsmen to make them according to these drawings. Unexpectedly,
They came in handy today.
This eight-oxen ballistae is equipped with three bows, two forward and one reverse. It requires at least thirty people to turn the axle before it can be opened. Its power can be imagined. This is the longest-range long-distance weapon in the world. If fired at close range,
Can be nailed directly into the city wall.
And this time, these eight-oxen crossbows are equipped with iron buckets on the bows. Dozens of arrows are placed in them, and they can be shot all at once. These arrows are called bucket arrows, because the scene when the arrows are shot randomly is like a flock of birds.
Like flying, it is also called "jackdaw arrow".
Jia Ke didn't believe that those elephants were really invulnerable monsters when faced with the Jackdaw Arrows of the Eight Bull Crossbows?
Ruan Zhengyu, who was on the opposite side, didn't know that Jia Ke had already made arrangements. He first ordered all the war elephants to start charging, and then, according to previous practice, ordered the 10,000 cavalry he had managed to gather to divide into two parts and outflank them on both sides.
The infantry followed the war elephants and attacked Jia Ke's formation.
Ruan Zhengyu's set of tactics is based on his experience in fighting in the south and north. Although he has no skills, in a real fight, these small countries in the south are really no match. First of all, these elephants have rough skin and thick flesh. As long as they are
As soon as you rush, no matter what your formation is, you will be reimbursed immediately.
And his 10,000 cavalry were rare in the south. He spent a lot of money to smuggle part of it from the Central Plains, and bought part of it from Hu merchants, and then he put it together. Just these two armies were enough.
Nguyen Ching Ngoc reigns supreme in the south.
Now Ruan Zhengyu is still full of confidence in his troops. He looks at the war elephants rumbling forward and feels that he will be able to defeat Jia Ke this time. If this battle goes well, he will go north to the Central Plains to at least
Expand the soil hundreds of miles.
Jia Ke looked at the elephants that were approaching. It would be a lie to say that he was not afraid. Hundreds of monsters kept rushing forward, but everyone would be frightened.
But Jia Ke couldn't show a trace of panic on his face. If he was scared, what would the soldiers below do?
Seeing the elephant getting closer and closer, Jia Ke felt that the time was almost up and immediately ordered the arrow to be released.
As for the crossbow troops, upon receiving Jia Ke's order, they immediately began to release their eight-oxen crossbows like elephants.
The troops controlling the crossbows had long been unable to control themselves. Seeing the hundreds of elephants charging non-stop, everyone was frightened and wanted to launch an attack. However, without Jia Ke's order, they did not dare to act rashly.
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Now that they had received the order, the soldiers immediately struck the mechanism with hammers. The Eight Ox Crossbows immediately shot out countless huge arrows.
But the elephants on the opposite side didn't know that the disaster was coming, and they kept charging forward. Suddenly, the bow strings on the opposite side sounded, and crossbow arrows several meters long were fired.
Immediately, crossbow arrows pierced the bodies of the elephants. The elephants howled and were struck with chills, and then rolled on the ground.
In fact, elephants are very timid. Once frightened, they will go crazy. Now that they suffered such a severe blow, those elephants who were not injured still dared to rush forward, so they all turned around and ran back.
But behind them were Ruan Zhengyu's infantry. Now these infantry suffered a disaster. They were originally elephants charging the enemy's formation, but now they turned around and attacked them. How could these people stand it?
Soon Annan's infantry was rushed to pieces.
But after all, Ruan Zhengyu has been fighting in the north and south for so many years. Although he has never fought on his own, as if he was taken advantage of by the enemy, he is still relatively calm now.
When he saw the war elephant, Jia Ke was disillusioned, but he did not give up. He immediately ordered people to wave the command flag, let the infantry clear the road, and let the war elephant escape.
The war elephants ran all the way to Ruan Zhengyu's formation before being comforted and controlled by the elephant slaves who controlled the war elephants one by one, and they lined up behind the formation again.
The infantry in front reluctantly regrouped and, urged by Ruan Zhengyu's soldiers, continued to attack Jia Ke.
Jia Ke smiled slightly when he saw this scene. He was now afraid that the troops would be loose in discipline and escape completely. Then he would have to spend a lot of effort to catch these people in the mountains and forests.
Since they have strict discipline, let them die together again today.
So Jia Ke issued an order for each ballista to continue shooting.
The Annan soldiers on the opposite side suffered a lot at this time. The arrows of those eight-oxen crossbows were several meters long and could penetrate more than a dozen people with one shot.
Before the Annan soldiers could approach Jia Ke's camp, a large number of people were already lying down in front of the formation.
Seeing that the opponent's formation had been eaten by him, Jia Ke immediately ordered the infantry to start moving forward.
Soon the infantry of both sides came into contact, and the superiority of the encounter was immediately apparent.
Soldiers from the Central Plains are not only tall and tall, but also wear armor and hold sharp swords in their hands.
Almost none of the soldiers of Annan Kingdom were fake, and the weapons in their hands were also of varying quality. Most of them had been used for decades and were already stained with rust.
At this contact, the soldiers of Annan Kingdom were immediately killed, and many of them fell off their backs. It didn't take long for Annan Kingdom's formation to be cut off in large pieces.
Jia Ke saw this scene from behind the formation and knew that the opportunity was not to be missed, so he immediately ordered the Eight Banners cavalry to attack from both sides.
The Eight Banners cavalry were originally afraid of those elephants, but now they saw these war elephants running away frantically after being shot by Jia Ke several rounds of crossbow arrows. They were relieved and immediately dispatched after receiving Jia Ke's order.
The Eight Banners cavalry attacked Annan's army from both sides. The movement of the Eight Banners cavalry covered the sky with smoke and dust.
Ruan Zhengyu, the leader of the Annan Kingdom, was shocked when he saw the cavalry from the Central Plains attacking from both sides. If these cavalry were allowed to rush over, his infantry would probably be sacked.
So Ruan Zhengyu hurriedly waved his order, and ordered the four Ma Xian guards who had already charged with the infantry to immediately divide into two groups to resist the Central Plains cavalry so that his infantry could return to the camp.
The cavalry of Annan State were galloping in the south and had never encountered an opponent, so they were very proud. Seeing the large number of the opponent's cavalry, they did not take it seriously. The general with the four guards immediately ordered the men and horses to divide into two steps.
, advanced towards the Eight Banners cavalry respectively, hoping to completely defeat this cavalry.
The Eight Banners cavalry couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw the other party's cavalry rushing over. They were now afraid of these people escaping, but they didn't expect that this group of cavalry would actually throw themselves into a trap. In this way, this group of people would be captured, and there would be one more person on the grassland.
Group slaves.
As a result, the cavalry from both sides collided, and the battle was immediately decided.
The Manchu Eight Banners grew up riding horses on the grasslands, and they all rode excellent war horses.
The cavalry of the Annan Kingdom were all trained, and they all rode short horses. As soon as the two sides came into contact, they were immediately killed by the Eight Banners cavalry.
In just a short time, these 10,000 cavalrymen were wrapped up. The last few thousand cavalrymen wanted to escape regardless of whether they were on the battlefield. Who knew that there were only a few of them and their riding skills were not very good. It didn't take long.
They were surrounded by the Eight Banners. When they saw that they could not escape and had no determination to fight to the death, they immediately dismounted and surrendered.
When the Eight Banners of the Manchus saw their surrender, they did not embarrass them. They immediately separated some people and tied them all up. These people were the best slaves and were transported back to the grassland. They could herd cattle and horses for themselves, which was very important on the grassland.
property.
As soon as Ruan Zhengyu saw that his cavalry was defeated by the opponent in just a moment, and now the entire army was wiped out, while the retreating infantry ran towards the camp in a chaotic manner.
And his elephant soldiers had just been assembled and before they could be put to use again, they were faced with another hail of arrows.
Except for a few elephants that were calmed down, the other elephants were either shot to death or ran into the mountains and could never be found again.
Only now did Ruan Zhengyu realize the power of the Central Plains Dynasty, so he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, "What will happen if Annan is destroyed by God?"