Chapter 1134: The War Elephant Defected
The Jin soldiers ignited the thunderbolt in their hands, waited for a while, and then threw it at the Persian war elephant that rushed over, and the thunderbolt exploded in front of the Persian war elephant. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Persian animal trainer who was in charge of controlling the war elephant, seeing that the war elephant was not controlled, rode on the top of the war elephant in great anxiety, and kept hitting the war elephant, wanting to regain control of it, of course, this kind of work was futile, the Persian war elephant suffered a huge stimulus, the nerves were completely confused, for this reason, no matter how hard the Persian beast trainer tried, it was useless, and he could only watch his war elephant step towards his comrades.
Seeing that the drive away the war elephants was completely effective, the soldiers of the Jin army were greatly encouraged, and more actively used thunderbolts to drive away the damaged war elephants in a planned way, calmly allowing the Persian war elephants to quickly attack the Persian camp according to the intention of the Jin army.
Nearly 1,000 Persian war elephants, stimulated by the continuous stimulation of the loud noise behind them, did not count the rout, and rushed the accompanying infantry to pieces, and many of the accompanying infantry were trampled to death by the war elephants.
Seeing that the soldiers under his command successfully controlled the Persian war elephants, and let the Persian war elephants attack the Persian army according to the predetermined plan, a big stone on Hua An's head finally fell, in this case, the Jin army is sure to win, and what he asked to do was to lead the main army, follow behind the war elephants, and launch an attack on the Persian army.
"Soldiers, the Persian war elephants have been used by our army, rush up and kill ......" Hua'an personally gave the order to attack.
......The morale of the soldiers of the Jin army was greatly boosted, and they rushed towards the Persian camp with a roar.
The Persian commander Pratt and the generals beside him, who were watching the battle in the rear, all broke out in a cold sweat, and the Persian war elephants not only did not succeed in breaking through the Jin camp, but turned around and scattered all the auxiliary infantry responsible for protecting them, and were rushing towards the rear army.
Once the Persian war elephants rushed in full force, he and his main Persian army would suffer a serious rout, and this was obviously inevitable.
"General, the war elephants are actually rushing towards our army, what can I do?" A Persian general said in amazement.
"General, our army must be evacuated immediately, otherwise, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out!" Another Persian general said nervously.
Pratt smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Retreat, it's too late." ”
As soon as his words fell, the frightened Persian war elephants had already rushed into the cavalry regiments in the rear, and the Persian cavalry troops were scattered, and many cavalrymen and horses were trampled into pulp by the war elephants, and the entire cavalry team could be described as chaos.
"General, the Jin army rushed over, and they followed behind the war elephants." A general said in surprise.
"General, it's not good, another Jin army is killing from the side." Another Persian general reported loudly.
When Pratt heard this, knowing that the defeat was a foregone conclusion, he couldn't help but feel extremely uncomfortable, at this time, if he continued to fight with the Jin army, he would inevitably suffer heavy losses, but if he turned around and fled, he would also be chased and killed by the Jin army, and the consequences were very bad, and both of these consequences were the results he did not want to see.
Moreover, the Jin army has already rushed over, even if he wants to lead his army to flee, he may not be able to escape much, maybe half of the soldiers and horses will become prisoners of the Jin army.
At this moment, the only thing that Pratt hoped for was that the animal trainer riding on top of the war elephant could quickly stabilize the war elephant's mood and make the war elephant turn around and attack the Jin army, which was their only chance of victory.
"General, retreat! War elephants are used by the enemy, and our army has no chance of victory. A general said anxiously.
"Yes! General, the Jin army has been stimulating the war elephants, so that the war elephants are not under the control of the animal trainers, and if our army wants to reduce casualties, it must be evacuated immediately. Another general said.
As the commander of the whole army, how could Pratt not understand such a reason, but this time he promised to defeat the Jin army in front of Shapur II, and now if he broke and fled, the war elephant army would inevitably be wiped out, and even captured by the Jin army, so that the Persian army would no longer have any hope of victory, and this was something he could not afford.
"Ben will not be reconciled, unwilling." Pratt roared angrily.
While Pratt was still hesitating, Hua An and his 50,000 elite army had already followed behind the war elephants, smashed into the phalanx of the Persian cavalry legions, and divided and surrounded the chaotic Persian cavalry legions, thus annihilating them one by one.
Soon, Song Cheng's army, which rushed from the flank, also launched an attack on the Persian camel cavalry corps.
In the face of such a fierce offensive momentum of the Jin army, the last trace of luck in Pratt's heart disappeared, he looked at the generals beside him, and ordered in despair: "Retreat, the whole army retreats immediately." Then he rode his horse and galloped westward.
As soon as Pratt gave the order, the generals under his command immediately conveyed the orders to the generals in turn, telling the soldiers to evacuate immediately.
At this time, the environment of the battlefield was extremely treacherous, and it was impossible for the orders of the Persian generals to be conveyed to every soldier, and many soldiers were already engaged with the Jin army's troops, and it was impossible to withdraw from the battle.
Driven by the thunderbolts of the Jin army, the Persian war elephants launched a fierce impact on the Persian army, and in a short period of time, the Persian army fell into a very big chaos, which was the great luck of the Jin army, but also the misfortune of the Persian army, and in this process, Hua An really felt the great power of the impact of the Persian war elephants, and felt an unstoppable momentum.
These war elephant legions are so powerful, if they can be used by the Jin army, they will definitely further enhance the strength of the Jin army and make the Jin army more unstoppable.
The Persian army was fleeing, the Jin army was constantly pursuing and encircling, and the defection of the war elephant army made the war completely in favor of the Jin army, and the situation faced by the Persian army became sharply worse.
"Your Majesty, the Persian army has been completely dispersed, and its general is leading some of its troops and horses to flee to the west, and our army has won a great victory in this battle." Wang San said excitedly.
Hua An was naturally even happier, at this time, he had completely relieved his mind and sat back and waited for the end of the battle.
"The Persian war elephants are extremely powerful, and if they can be used by us, they will definitely greatly enhance the combat power of our army." Hua An looked at the Persian war elephants who were still attacking the Persian army and said meaningfully.
When Wang San heard this, he said softly: "Your Majesty, haven't these war elephants already belonged to our army?" Look, aren't they storming the Persian army? He laughed.
When Hua An and the generals heard this, they all laughed, yes, at this moment, the Persian war elephants are indeed attacking the Persian army, and in fact they are serving the Jin army.
"The king's intention is to recruit the Persian war elephant army and make it the vanguard of our army?" A Jin army general said.
Hua An nodded, and said softly: "That's right, that's what this king meant, but our army doesn't have a beast tamer, I'm afraid that I can't control the war elephant normally, if the Persian beast tamer continues to control the war elephant, this king is worried that they will suddenly rebel, after all, they are Persians, as the saying goes, the heart of the non-our race will be different, the war elephant army is too powerful, this king has to be cautious!" ”
"Your Majesty, our army's thunderbolts can drive away war elephants accurately, so why fear that the Persian beast tamers will suddenly rebel? If the Persian animal trainers dare to rebel, we can force the elephants into the enemy's camp. A subordinate general said disapprehantly.
Hua An nodded slightly, feeling that there was some truth in what his subordinates said, he had an excellent weapon like a thunderbolt, why should he be afraid that the Persian war elephants would not obey orders?
"Soldiers, attack with all your might, be sure to inflict heavy damage on the Persian army, and capture at least half of the Persian war elephants." Hua'an gave a military order loudly.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The ministers will answer with a loud voice.
Immediately, the Jin army launched a more fierce attack on the Persian army, but the resistance of the Persian army became weaker and weaker, and even soldiers who surrendered gradually appeared.
The speed of the impact of the Persian war elephant is very amazing, which can create an unstoppable momentum, but the war elephant weighs a lot, and the elephant saddle and three adults are also carried on the body, for this reason, the physical consumption in the process of impact is very large, after a period of galloping, the speed of the war elephant has decreased significantly, and the Jin army has stopped continuing to throw thunderbolts, for which some war elephants directly stopped in place, dead and unwilling to continue to gallop.
After the Persian war elephants stopped, the Persian animal trainers riding on them tried in vain to control the war elephants, but it didn't work at all, and the Persian soldiers in the elephant saddle didn't know how to fight, after all, at this moment, they were completely vulnerable, surrounded by Jin soldiers and horses, as long as they exposed their bodies to the elephant saddle, they would be attacked by the Jin army's bow and arrow, causing great casualties.
"The order is to go down, not to harm the elephants, and all the Persian soldiers to surrender and avoid death." Hua'an gave a military order loudly.
After the generals accepted the order, they immediately followed Hua'an's order to surrender to the surrounded Persian army, and persuaded the Persian soldiers to surrender on their own initiative.
At this moment, the besieged Persian soldiers had no hope of winning and successfully breaking through, so under the surrender of the Jin army, they quickly surrendered with their hands raised, and even the Persian soldiers in the elephant saddle also walked out of the elephant saddle and surrendered to the Jin army.
Seeing that tens of thousands of Persian soldiers and horses had raised their hands to surrender, Hua An was in a good mood, and asked his subordinates to immediately count the results of the battle and escort all the captured Persians to Mulu City.
Under Hua'an's order, the Jin army immediately escorted the Persian surrendered soldiers to Mulu City, but the Persian war elephants did not leave, which made the Jin army very troubled.
"Your Majesty, these war elephants are all lying in place, and they can't be driven away at all." A Jin army soldier looked at Hua An and said helplessly.
"Why, can't even the Persian animal trainers do it?" Hua An asked in a low voice.
"Yes, your king, even the Persian animal tamers will not be able to drive away." The soldier said truthfully.
"Your Majesty, it will be the last general to see that the Persian animal tamers deliberately let the war elephants not leave, it is better to kill a few animal trainers first to see if they can drive the war elephants." A Jin army general Zhengse said.
"That's right, your majesty, if it weren't for the Persian animal tamers, how could the war elephants stay where they were, after all, they are animal tamers, and they can't do anything about these war elephants." Another Jin army general said.
When Hua An heard this, he also had such a question in his heart, but after all, these war elephants had just experienced a fright, and for this reason, they had exhausted too much physical strength, and they didn't leave at this time, maybe there was really a reason.
"Go and ask the Persian animal trainer why the war elephants are not leaving." Hua An looked at one of his generals and ordered.
Hearing the order, the general went to inquire about the Persian beast tamer, and soon returned to Hua An's side, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, these Persian beast tamers don't know what is going on. ”
"Your Majesty, from the point of view of the last general, the Persian animal tamers are completely pretending, they have been taming elephants for many years, how can they not be able to control the war elephants, they are completely deliberately not following the king's orders, they should be killed to make an example, to see if they are still honest." A subordinate general said angrily.
Hua An waved his hand and said: "Maybe the Persian beast tamer is really unable to control the war elephant, this king believes that since the Persian beast tamer has surrendered to our army, it is impossible for all of them to deliberately disobey the order, maybe it is the thunderbolt launched by our army that caused this consequence." ”
When the generals heard this, they all put on a suspicious expression, and stared at Hua'an.
"Your Majesty, these war elephants are too heavy, since we can't leave, we can't carry them into Mulu City, what should we do?" A subordinate general asked with a frown.
Hua An frowned and thought for a moment, and said: "Let the soldiers and horses under General Song's command be stationed nearby to take care of these war elephants, this king believes that it won't be long before these war elephants will be obedient." ”
"Your Majesty, is this really okay? And what about these Persian animal tamers? Also stay with war elephants? The general then asked.
Hua An nodded and said: "This is natural, nearly a thousand war elephants need to be guarded by nearly a thousand animal tamers, in addition, we must keep the three thousand army always watching them, so that they can't play tricks." ”
"Don't worry, the king won't let them play tricks." The ministry will respond to the road.
Hua An nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and urged his soldiers to press the rest of the Persian surrendered soldiers and horses into Mulu City for centralized supervision.
"Report, Your Majesty, in this battle, our army annihilated nearly 10,000 enemies, captured more than 30,000 Persian soldiers and horses, nearly 1,000 war elephants, and suffered less than 500 self-losses, and our army won a great victory!" The general in charge of counting the casualty data excitedly reported to Hua'an.
When Hua'an and the generals beside him heard this, they were naturally all very happy, and such a huge victory was the result of the joint efforts of all the soldiers, and every soldier was excited about it.
"Your Majesty, the greatest credit for this battle is these Persian war elephants, and these Persian war elephants should be credited!" Wang San said jokingly.
"Yes, these Persian war elephants should be credited." All the generals were also happy to answer this way. (To be continued.) )