The rain of arrows of the Jin army roared and fell towards the rushing Persian war elephant army, but the war elephant army continued to rush forward without fear, as if the Jin army's arrow rain could not hurt it in the slightest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Ang ......" with waves of arrows continued to shoot, several Persian war elephants fell, but most of the Persian war elephants did not have much damage, but continued to impact forward, the head and thighs of the war elephants are equipped with defensive armor, the war elephant trainer is holding a shield, the elephant saddle can also provide good cover for the two soldiers inside, as for the seven soldiers on foot, several in the front row are also equipped with shields, so that they can protect themselves and their companions well, at the same time, you can also take into account the protection of elephants, Prevent elephants from being shot in the lower legs by arrows.

Seeing that the dense rain of arrows could not stop the attack of the Persian War Elephant Legion, Song Cheng and the soldiers of the Jin army under his command were all stunned, these behemoths actually had such a strong defensive power, if they were allowed to rush into the camp, it would be strange that the soldiers of the Jin army would not be trampled into powder.

"General, the power of the Persian war elephants is too great, and our army must retreat immediately, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." A subordinate general calmly analyzed.

Song Cheng nodded, and immediately ordered: "Retreat, order the whole army to retreat immediately." With that, he ran to the mount not far away.

The soldiers of the Jin army had long been frightened by the huge body of the Persian war elephants and their strength that was not afraid of the rain of arrows, and after receiving the order to retreat, they immediately began to evacuate quickly to avoid being trampled into flesh by the Persian war elephants.

The periphery of the camp is a simple fortification made of horses, which can effectively block the impact of the cavalry, and will have a strong defense against the infantry, but it is very fragile in the face of the Persian war elephant legion, the war elephant does not care about the horse in front of it, the huge elephant legs step lightly, the horse is completely crushed, and the Persian war elephant and the attached infantry all rushed into the Jin army camp.

The main force of the Jin army camp had begun to flee a moment in advance under Song Cheng's order, but the huge soldiers and horses could not all be evacuated in a very short time, and there were always slow retreats, so they could not escape the attack of the Persian war elephants.

The huge impact of the Persian war elephant completely knocked some of the Jin army's camel cavalry to the ground, and then stepped on the body of the camel cavalry, and the Jin army soldiers and mount camels were powdered and covered with blood all over the ground at the same time.

Seeing that the Persian war elephants were so ferocious, all the Jin soldiers were greatly frightened and began to scatter and flee undisciplinedly in order to avoid the attacks of the Persian war elephants as much as possible.

In the process of fleeing, Song Cheng kept looking back at the Persian war elephant army, and was extremely shocked by the power of the Persian war elephants, and at the same time understood why the Persian army could dominate Central Asia and make Tochar and the small states in the middle of the river willing to follow.

Seeing that the Jin army began to flee, the Persian war elephant legion immediately launched a pursuit in the direction of the Jin army's rout, and because the Jin army was scattered and fled, for this reason, the Persian war elephant army was also divided into multiple groups to launch a fierce pursuit.

One of the two hundred war elephants bit a personal soldier led by Song Cheng to the death, and had the intention of capturing Song Cheng.

Song Cheng and his own soldiers deliberately slowed down the speed to allow the Persian war elephants to catch up, after all, they still had to complete Hua'an's mission to test the effect of thunderbolts on the war elephants.

"General, it's almost, the Persian war elephants are already very close, if we don't act immediately, the last general is worried that we will be trampled on the city!" The general said loudly.

Song Cheng replied loudly: "Immediately ignite the thunderbolt and throw it at the Persian war elephant." ”

"Yes, General." The general received the order, immediately ignited the thunderbolt in his hand, and threw it behind him with all his strength.

Thunderbolts have leads, and for this, it takes a little time to release their power, and after the Jin camel cavalry has run a hundred paces, the Persian war elephants just run to the point where the thunderbolt landed.

......With a loud bang, a large number of thunderbolts exploded among the Persian war elephants, causing certain losses to the Persian war elephants.

The loud sound of "Ang ......" was also a great stimulus to the emotions of the Persian war elephants, many of whom had begun to escape from the control of the animal trainers, and began to turn around and flee, and stepped on the bodies of the unprepared infantry, causing many infantry to die on the spot.

Of course, due to the very limited number of thunderbolts thrown by the Jin army, and the size was relatively small, for this reason, only a small number of Persian war elephants were frightened and delirious, while most of the war elephants continued to pursue the Jin army.

"Evacuate at full speed, but exchange as a routine." Song Cheng completed the task assigned by Hua'an, immediately ordered a full-speed evacuation, and accelerated the speed of escape.

After all, the war elephant is extremely bulky, and the short-term charge can maintain a fast impact speed, but this is very not durable, after running for a while, the Persian war elephant can no longer run, and can only watch the Jin army camel cavalry flee to the distance, and the follow-up 30,000 Persian cavalry are busy competing for spoils in the Jin army camp, and naturally have no heart to pursue, besides, once out of the protection of the Persian war elephant legion, 30,000 cavalry may not necessarily be the opponent of the 60,000 Jin army camel cavalry, Instead of risking the pursuit, it is better to grab some more loot.

At the same time that the Persian army launched an attack on the camp of Song Cheng's army, Hua An also stood on the city wall, observing every move in the distance, and through some observation, he had a general understanding of the power of the Persian war elephants and the combat missions they could perform, and how to deal with the threat of the Persian war elephants.

"Your Majesty, the Persian war elephants are so powerful that they can directly break through the rejection of the camp and trample the camel cavalry of our army. Wang San looked at the Persian War Elephant Legion that was chasing the Jin army, and said with emotion.

Hua An nodded and said: "The war elephant is tall, the weight is about ten times more than that of a camel, such a huge body, the power of the impact is naturally very strong, if our army uses brute force to confront it head-on, it is naturally impossible to resist the attack of the war elephant army, however, you can also see that the war elephant is very powerful, but I am afraid of the sound of our army's thunderbolts, when our army threw the thunderbolts just now, more than ten war elephants all fled, and caused great losses to the infantry behind them, it can be seen, Our thunderbolts can completely restrain the Persian war elephant legion, and once our army defeats the Persian war elephant army, the entire Persian army will not have to worry. ”

"The king is Shengming, the last general also thinks so, our army will win this battle." Wang San said excitedly.

Not far from Mulu City, the Persian general Pratt had a smile on the corner of his mouth, the victory of the War Elephant Legion had long been expected by him, which was enough to prove that the combat effectiveness of the Jin army was not enough to compete with the War Elephant Legion, and it was not too difficult to defeat the Jin army at all.

However, after all, the 60,000 troops of the Jin army have occupied Mulu City, if the siege battle is launched, Pratt feels that the loss will be relatively large, after all, the soldiers and horses under his command are all field combat troops, and they will have a relatively large advantage in the field, especially the War Elephant Legion is invincible in the field, but if it is an attack on the city, the role that the War Elephant Army can play is relatively small, so he very much hopes to be able to fight face-to-face with the Jin army in the wild.

Pratt rode on his war horse, looked at the city wall of Mulu City, and saw Hua An and the others standing together, he could feel that Hua An and the others standing on the city wall were the core leadership group of the Jin army, and there was a provocative flame in his eyes, as if he wanted to tear Hua An and the others apart alive.

Hua'an, who was standing on the city wall, naturally also saw the golden-armored Paratt, however, in addition to the same hostile gaze, Hua'an could also see what Pratt was thinking, after all, through observation, Hua'an had discovered that the Pratt Legion had a huge advantage in field combat, so Pratt must be able to fight with the main force of the Jin army in the field to give full play to the advantages of his legion.

Now that he knew what Pratt was thinking, Hua'an naturally had to plan and take the initiative to ask for a head-on decisive battle in the field, so as to make Pratt's heart secretly happy, so as to use thunderbolt tactics to break the Persian Pratt army.

"The Persian general must be very happy with the victory in the first battle, and this king wants to make him happy again, and tell the Persian commander that in two days, our army will fight with him in a large open space ten miles outside the city, so that he can fight." Hua An Zhengse said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." A pro-soldier lieutenant received the order, immediately ran down the wall, and rode his horse towards the Persian army several miles away.

All the generals of the Jin army already knew Hua'an's strategic intentions, and were very confident in the Jin army's thunderbolts, so they all nodded in agreement with Hua'an's decision.

The Jin lieutenant ran towards the Persian army as fast as he could, and was intercepted by the Persian soldiers at a distance of two hundred paces from the Persian commander Pratt, and only after making sure that the Jin soldiers were not a threat did the Persian soldiers let the Jin lieutenant go to Palat's side.

Seeing the Jin military captain riding alone, a smile appeared on the corner of Snapat's mouth, the war elephant army under his command had just defeated half of the soldiers and horses of the Jin army, and now that the Jin army suddenly came, what else could it do? It's just negotiating or begging for mercy.

"Tell me, what are you going to do?" Pratt said proudly.

"The king of the Northern Jin Dynasty agreed to fight a decisive battle with the general's headquarters ten miles away from Mulu City in two days, and specially sent me to declare war." Captain Jin said loudly.

When Pratt and his generals heard this, they were all shocked, they didn't expect that the Jin army had just suffered a crushing defeat, but the commander of the Jin army not only did not show weakness, but also took the initiative to declare war, and wanted to fight with the Persian army in the field where the Persian army had an advantage, this courage made them stunned, and they all felt that the commander of the Jin army had gone crazy.

"Okay, Ben agreed, you go back and tell him that I, Pratt, will be on time." Pratt burst out and said loudly.

Captain Jin glanced at Pratt and rode his horse in the direction of Mulu City.

"General, the commander of the Jin army has already seen the strength of my Persian war elephants, why do you dare to ask us to fight a decisive battle outside the city, is he crazy?" A Persian general said suspiciously.

"General, I think there may be a conspiracy here, maybe the Jin army has a way to deal with our army's war elephants, otherwise, how dare they take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with our army?" Another general said suspiciously.

The Persian general Pratt frowned and looked in the direction of Mulu City, and said: "No matter what kind of conspiracy the Jin army has, fighting outside the city, our army's chances of victory will always be greater, if it attacks Mulu City, our army's losses will be much greater, and the war elephants will not play much role, don't you think so?" ”

When all the Persian generals heard this, they all nodded in approval, and they all felt that what Pratt said was very reasonable, it was easier to win in a field battle than in a siege, which was almost the consensus of all Persian generals, so they had to agree to the request of the commander of the Jin army to start a decisive battle ten miles away from Mulu City two days later.

Pratt stared in the direction of Mulu City, and said with a trembling corner of his mouth: "Two days later, Ben is going to inflict a heavy blow on the Jin army in one fell swoop, so that the Jin Kingdom will never dare to invade the Persian Empire again." ”

When the Persian generals beside him heard this, they all nodded in approval, they had high hopes for the War Elephant Legion, and felt that they would definitely achieve the final victory.

"Your Majesty, the Persian generals have promised a decisive battle outside the city in two days." The captain of the pro-soldier ran back to the city and reported to Hua'an.

Hua An nodded slightly, looked at one of his own soldiers, and ordered: "Go and inform General Song immediately that in two days, you will move closer to Mulu City and prepare to attack the Persian army from the flank." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The soldiers shouted their orders and immediately went to carry them out.

Soon, the Persian army began to slowly retreat, retreating to the large camp in the rear, preparing for a decisive battle with the main force of the Jin army ten miles outside Mulu City two days later.

Hua An looked at the retreating Persian army, a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, in the decisive battle two days later, Hua An was confident enough to defeat the Persian army in one fell swoop, and use strong force to force the Persian Empire to submit to the Great Jin.

Subsequently, the soldiers of the Jin army in Mulu City began to make a large amount of charcoal, after all, when they set out, they only brought a sufficient amount of saltpeter and sulfur, and did not bring much charcoal, for this reason, when making a large number of thunderbolts, the contradiction of a large demand for charcoal was highlighted, and they had to start manufacturing it immediately.

Of course, the reason why the army did not bring a sufficient amount of charcoal is because charcoal is very easy to make, and as long as there are trees, charcoal can be made from local materials, while saltpeter and sulfur are different, these two things must have special mineral deposits, and some areas cannot be made without these two mineral deposits, so in order to carry a sufficient number of reserves for the smooth progress of the western expedition, in case of emergency. (To be continued.) )