At this time, everyone looked at Yang Yan, hoping that he could come up with a way to break the elephant army. Yang Yan didn't have any embarrassed expression, for him, there is no absolutely invincible army in the world, whether it is Tiefutu, or Manichaeism relies on faith, it is not without weaknesses that can be defeated, and the elephant army is no exception. Otherwise, wouldn't the Cochin Kingdom be invincible in the world with those thousand elephants? He waved his hand, called Wu Xi to his side, whispered a few words, Wu Xi nodded, and walked down the stands. Tell the soldiers to restart the competition.

At this time, the soldiers also rested for a while, and then they stepped on their horses again, and began a new round of effect.

However, this time the cavalry did not fight hard with the elephant army as they did last time, leaving only fifty horsemen in front to fight with the elephant army, and the remaining thirty horsemen were divided into two groups, from the left and right, attacking the flanks and back of the elephant army, so that the elephant army was immediately difficult to care, and the formation was in chaos, some continued to rush forward, and some turned back to meet the enemy attacking from behind. The original neatly arranged queue was also in chaos.

The cavalry did not engage the elephant army head-on, and kept galloping back and forth, trying to separate the elephant army one by one, and as soon as there was a lone elephant army, more than a dozen horsemen immediately came up to besiege it. The elephant team looked forward and backward, left and right.

A quarter of an hour later, when the two sides stopped again, only twenty-three of the cavalry had been knocked off their horses, and eleven of the elephants had been knocked off the backs, and all four of the elephants had been knocked off the elephants. With the same military strength, the results of the two contests turned out to be very different.

Yang Yan smiled faintly and said: "Judging from the scene in the first scene, if you talk about the impact of the front, I'm afraid that even the Tiefutu is not as good as the Elephant Army, but the deficiency of the Elephant Army is that their flexibility is too poor, although their speed is not slow, but the ability to turn and change lines is obviously much slower than that of the Infantry Army and the Tiefutu, so the weakness of the Elephant Army is in their flanks and behind." Therefore, in the second battle, I ordered Wu Xi to change his tactics and attack their weaknesses, and the elephant army was not so terrible. ”

This time, even Liu Renxian admired the five-body throw, just a training competition, Yang Yan was able to almost completely understand the strengths and weaknesses of the elephant army, and was able to adjust tactics for these weaknesses, the so-called natural famous general, probably refers to such a person. Liu Renxian suddenly felt that it might be a good thing for Yang Yan to lead the army to rescue Dali.

Yang Yan said again: "And in actual combat, on the one hand, I ordered the cavalry to fight with the elephant army, and on the other hand, I used the divine arm bow to deal with the elephant army, and if seven or eight arrows were not enough, I shot it seventeen or eighteen times." If it is wearing a rattan armor, it is easier to deal with, although the rattan armor is strong, but the oil-immersed person must be afraid of fire, and the rattan armor can be broken by shooting it with a rocket. ”

When the people heard this, they all nodded their heads frequently, and Wei Chang said: "In this way, the elephant army is not terrible." ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly and said: "The so-called impermanence of soldiers, impermanence of water, the magic of use, only one heart." Any kind of force and a tactic has its advantages and weaknesses, and all we want to do is to seize the enemy's weaknesses and limit their advantages, on the contrary, try to give full play to our own strengths and avoid weaknesses. ”

Liu Ren listened to it first, and said with a wry smile: "What the adults said is extremely true, but it is easier said than done. ”

Yang Yan smiled: "At least after knowing this truth, you can work hard in this direction." ”

Wu Xi smiled bitterly: "My lord, although the last general understands this truth, he really can't think of how to give full play to the advantages of the elephant army and avoid weaknesses?" If an adult were to command the elephant army, what would the adult do? ”

Yang Yan said with a smile: "That's very simple, mix the elephant army with other armies, put the elephant army in the middle during the battle, do a frontal attack, use cavalry on both sides to protect the two wings of the elephant army, and hand over the rear to the infantry for protection, and only use the elephant army when attacking the frontal fortification, sneak attack, expedition and other actions cannot be used, you see?" ”

Wu Xi's whole body was shocked, and he said, "What the adults said is extremely true. He thought for a moment, and suddenly said: "But the last general is confused again, if the Jiaozhi army also uses the elephant army in this way, then what should our army do?" ”

The others didn't speak, and Zhao Wanru said on the side: "According to Wu's command, it's not over." ”

Everyone laughed for a while, and Wu Xi's face turned red with laughter. Liu Renxian said with a smile: "Wu Commandery, it's still the same sentence, it's easier said than done, Yang Commander said it lightly, but it's not so easy to do, it's not a simple thing to get the elephant to cooperate with the cavalry and the infantry army." At least as far as I know, our Dali, including Jiaozhi, Tianzhu and other countries, are used separately when using the elephant army. No one has ever thought of mixing the elephant army, the cavalry army, and the infantry army together to cooperate in battle. ”

Yang Yan said with a smile: "This is because the frontal impact of the elephant army is too strong, so that everyone ignores the weakness of the elephant army. However, I still have a way to deal with the mixed operation of the elephant army, but some details have not been thought out yet, so I will not talk about it for the time being. That's all for today, everyone wants to go back and rest. He turned to Liu Renxian and said, "General Liu, you first write a letter to Dali and gather all your elephants, I need them." ”

Liu Ren agreed first. Yang Yan called Wei Chang again, and said a few words in his ear, Wei Chang's eyes lit up, and he said, "Yes, why didn't I think of it?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Do you think it's okay?" ”

Wei Chang nodded, looked at the elephant again, and said, "I think it should be possible, as long as the size is changed to fit the elephant, but I have to take a closer look first." Tomorrow...... No, I'll bring someone to measure it this afternoon. ”

Yang Yan said: "I still have more than ten days to Lin'an, during this time, can you make a sample." ”

Wei Chang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it won't work, because the sample takes the longest time, and there is no guarantee that it will be made at one time, maybe it will be changed many times, and ten days is probably not enough." ”

Yang Yan said: "In this case, I will give you seven days to come up with a perfect plan and draw the drawings, so that I can ask the Privy Council to take you to Guangxi together." ”

Wei Chang said: "This is possible, but I can come a few more times in the future, because I still have to use elephants to cooperate." ”

Yang Yan said: "Don't worry about this, you can come over at any time, I will instruct Wu Xi to provide you with all the conveniences, ****************************** "You have always been inseparable these days, and your husband and wife have escaped, and now you come to see me alone, are you willing to give him up?" Zhao Yueru removed the teapot from the stove and put the boiling water into two bowls. Suddenly, the whole room was filled with the fragrance of tea.

Tomorrow Zhao Yueru will set off to Haizhou to appease the Red Jacket Army and inspect Jianghuai, and in another ten days Zhao Qianru will also return to Guangnan with Yang Yan, so the two of them plan to leave all the women and eunuchs, and only the two of them have to make tea together and talk.

Zhao Qianru picked up the teacup, took a sip, put down the teacup again, and said with a smile: "I thought that this time my sister sent me again, then I knew that I would come to see you off first." ”

Zhao Yueru also smiled: "You have been a prison soldier for almost a year, this time it is time for me to go out and take a turn, this time I plan to take the other female soldiers out." To be honest, the soldiers you brought out were really different after they came back, even if they didn't fight any battles, but in the end, they had seen the real battlefield, and their temperament and spirit were very different from the female soldiers who stayed in Lin'an. I really wanted to go to Quang Nam. ”

Zhao Qianru said: "That's easy to do, when Da Qian comes back from inspecting Jianghuai, I will ask the official family to come to Guangnan as well." ”

Zhao Yueru also picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "The official family specially arranged for the two of you to go to Guangnan together, so as not to separate you newlyweds, what is it if I go?" But to be honest, is Yang Yan good to you after getting married? Isn't everything going your way? ”

Zhao Qianru picked up the teacup again, put it to her mouth, and drank it slowly, but did not speak. Zhao Yueru couldn't help laughing and said, "Why don't you say it, are you too shy to say it?" Or is Yang Yan not good to you? But I think he used to care about you a lot, so he wouldn't be so fast. ”

Zhao Qianru put down the teacup and said slowly: "Does my sister want to ask me, or do you want to know about Yang Yan's situation." ”

Zhao Yueru was drinking tea, but when she heard Zhao Qianru say this, she was suddenly stunned, and slowly put down the teacup. Zhao Qianru didn't speak, just lifted the teapot and filled up the water in the teacup.

Zhao Yueru came back to her senses at this time, and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" Are you afraid that if you say that he is not good to you, will I go to Yang Yan Yiwu again? Don't worry, I won't be competing with him from now on. Besides, this brother-in-law and sister-in-law compete, it's not appropriate to say it. She couldn't help but laugh herself. But after laughing a few times, seeing that Zhao Qianru didn't react, she couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Zhao Qianru put down the teapot and said softly: "Speaking of which, the two of you have known each other since the competition, and then from childhood to adulthood, you have always fought like this."