There was a sudden sound of killing sounds on the head of the city of Zhenyang County, and the city gate was slowly opened, which was indeed beyond the expectations of the Wei soldiers who were camping outside... However, several generals quickly reacted and thought that it was very likely that someone in the city was unwilling to be held by Yue Kingdom to fight and die, so he launched a rebellion at night, so he immediately summoned the cavalry soldiers, rolling towards the direction of Zhenyang City like thunder and wind.

The Wei Dynasty's army arrived at Zhenyang, Yingzhou to set up camp. Before he had time to launch an offensive, he also shot a proclamation of surrendering into the city, advising the soldiers and civilians to surrender early... The city gate was already wide open, and the rest of the guards were caught off guard. When he realized that a large number of civilians and strong mutiny and led the Wei army into the city, he saw the black-clad iron-armored cavalry shuttled around the streets and alleys... Before the war, the Yue State defenders were unable to fight, and some of them surrendered. The rest of the soldiers had to escape from the city in a mess...

This was just a night, and the prefecture was taken down here, which was adjacent to the capital of the Yue Kingdom's capital Xing Mansion.

The Wei Dynasty claimed that it would not be taxed for three years, and promised that it would be light taxes and levies in the future spreading under the territory of Yue State. A large number of refugees walked out of the mountains and rivers and rushed to seek settlement of the Wei Dynasty's military... Other people who were still under the rule of Yue State heard the news, of course, they were inevitably ready to move.

The common people naturally hope to live a prosperous and happy life with their wives and children. However, Liu, greedy and violent, has been oppressed so much that the people dare not speak out. Now that the Wei Dynasty has entered the territory of Lingnan, and has the opportunity to change the world, how can he not fight for it?

So within three days, when the Wei army headed south from Qianzhou, southern Gannan, moved to Haiyang County, Chaozhou capital in the eastern corner of Yue Kingdom, he saw that the flag was raised and landing on the city gate tower. The city guard generals who were interested in surrendering gathered military and civilians, launched a mutiny to kill Shangguan, hung the head of the rod, and simply opened the city and surrendered to the Wei Dynasty.

In this way, the two Wei troops continued to take advantage of the situation to advance south. Not only did they face the city of Qichangfu, the accompanying capital of Yueguo (located in Fenglinping, Chengbei, Xingning City, Guangdong Province), but the troops passing through Yingzhou had also advanced to the boundary of Qingyuan County, located in the northern corner of Xingwangfu.

However, the vanguard of the Wei army was defeated by the 30,000 Yue troops who came to fight against him... After fleeing to the main army, the Yue Kingdom actually used hundreds of elephant troops to deploy in front of the army. The impact of the cavalry alone could not shake those special troops that were above the meter of height... The Yue army took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. Seeing that the Wei army's vanguard was defeated, they had to turn around and evacuate as soon as possible. Fortunately, with the advantage of the more mobile maneuverability of the cavalry's advance and retreat, although they suffered a defeat, the number of casualties was not large.

However, even the generals and soldiers who were used to fighting in the past have never had the experience of fighting with special forces such as war elephants, which were mainly used in war jungles in tropical and subtropical jungles... Most people have never seen them at all. They have pieced together various information, and they only know that the elephants are huge in body and thick in skin and flesh. Although they move slowly than war horses, they travel through mountains and rivers and walk through the forests like flat ground. If these animals with super weight and great strength gather in one place, they will run wildly and crush them, it will be difficult to block them...

In the official history, the Southern Han Kingdom did have elephant soldiers, and there were also historical records of the third generation of king Liu Sheng who sent the commander of the giant elephant to lead the elephant soldiers to conquer Hezhou. At this time, the Yue Kingdom has "teached elephants as a formation, and each elephant carries more than a dozen people, all holding troops. Every battle must be set up in front of the formation to strengthen the army's power."

The Wei army troops who marched to Qingyuan also had many Shatuo generals who were surrendered to the Later Tang Dynasty. They were used to riding horses, but they had never dealt with creatures like elephants in their lives... Faced with such a military force with zero combat experience, how should they fight this battle?

"...Wild beasts are usually afraid of fire, and no matter how large the elephant is, they are just beasts... When Zong Que, a famous general of the Southern Dynasty, attacked the Linyi Kingdom in the south, the barbarian chief elephants turned and ran away because of frightened, which instead caused the Linyi army to be completely defeated.

What's more, when I, Shatuerlang, trained my mount, I must ensure that the war horses can remain calm and not be shocked every time the battle formation is fought. Otherwise, the war horse bombing will cause the entire formation to collapse. Although I have heard that elephants are easy to tame, they are greatly frightened. Once they start to be crazy, how can the Vietnamese soldiers control such giant beasts?"

Just as several military generals were talking, An Shenqi, who had now been in the south camp for some of his previous achievements in war, thought for a while, after thinking about it, his eyes were illuminated and he suddenly muttered. He then raised his head and said loudly:

"Although most of the Lingnan is mountainous and hilly, our army has been unable to transport most of the siege equipment since passing Shaoguan, and it will take some time to transport it to this place... But Suishang has more than a hundred fire bombs and is accompanied by several light stone-cattering guns.

Since the Vietnamese army took the battle elephant as the front drive, according to my opinion, we might as well wait for the effort and set up camp fences on the spot. Gather the crossbowmen behind the wooden fence, and then set up stone-cattering guns. When the enemy comes, we will use rockets, fire arrows, and fire bombs to attack the elephant soldiers in front. When the battle elephant explodes and runs, we will gather cavalry to take advantage of the situation to cover up and defeat the Vietnamese army in one fell swoop!"

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The Wei Dynasty army, led by An Shenqi, who had arrived at the boundary of Qingyuan County, Xingwangfu, stopped moving and began to wait for work and rest on the spot. They also sent soldiers to erect high fences and set up camp tents on the other side. The horses with sharp tips inlaid with inverted blades were carried to the front of the fence and tied together with chains. One end was stuck in the ground to block the enemy's rush.

Several viewing buildings have also been built, with people around them, and the busy soldiers were all sent to work. The generals and officers came and went, and those who called loudly urged the soldiers under their command to move as quickly as possible.

An Shenqi estimated that since his vanguard cavalry fought with the enemy troops with the war elephant as the front drive, he had to retreat and return to convey military information. In theory, the fall of the State of Shaozhou and Yingzhou in Yue Kingdom, the opponent must not allow the northern gateway of Prince Xing's Mansion to be controlled by the Wei army... The Vietnamese army would also be planning to seize and return the lost territory as soon as possible. After a small victory, it is very likely that he will continue to take advantage of the situation to advance north and try to defeat the Wei army heading south from the middle road as soon as possible.

To calculate the speed of the Vietnamese army's march, we are ready to face the battle here, and the opponent should be here within one or two days.

Two more days later, the soldiers on duty on duty carried bows and arrows, climbed up to the viewing tower and watched from afar. For a while, the soldiers who were invincible and bored and bored could not help but have a relationship with their colleagues around them, and chatted and chatted about family matters in a row.

But suddenly, a famous sharp-eyed soldier on the tower stared at the gaze. He quickly put his hands on the awning and looked into the distance. He saw the cavalry sent out to conduct a guard post to stalkers galloping from the south, and the sound of rolling hooves became clearer, which also made the rest of the soldiers on the fence alert.

The light cavalry that spread the warning net to conduct a whistle-detective attack were galloping and shouting for warning. When the Wei soldiers heard the sound, they quickly moved and ran to tell each other. A group of soldiers quickly assembled, and the arrows they carried were all tied to the grease-filled linen and other flammable materials. There were wooden wheels below, and they could also throw irritating oil bombs. The light casting car with a range of about a hundred steps was also pulled by the soldiers, and they settled and calibrated the direction one by one. Then, a group of soldiers brought the grrit-burning oil bombs, all of which were placed near the casting car.

The soldiers on the watchtower still stretched their necks and looked towards the direction of the whistle and light cavalry. After a while, someone saw countless black spots appearing on the other end of the horizon. However, in the past, when they discovered traces with the enemy, they immediately prepared for battle, some soldiers couldn't help but open their eyes wide. They could also see the troops in the marching Vietnamese army's front line, which were obviously several times larger than the magnificent and burly war horses, and slowly approached here like rows of moving hills...
Chapter completed!