Pan Mei received the news from Pan Chongche and clenched her fists excitedly.
He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Luo Youdu had already revealed to Cao Bin that he would be his commander when he went on an expedition.
Pan Mei was fully prepared for the attack on the Southern Han Dynasty.
He sent people many times to inquire about information and understand the national conditions and politics of Southern Han Dynasty.
Pan Chongche, the number one general in Lingnan, was naturally under Pan Mei's sight, and he conducted an in-depth investigation into his situation.
When Luo Youdu and Cao Bin attacked Jiangnan and Bashu, Pan Mei sent people to find Pan Chongche.
The most powerful thing about Pan Mei is that she didn't let Pan Chongche surrender.
A veteran like Pan Chongche loves face and does not want to live in the world bearing the name of a traitor.
In order to cater to Pan Chongche, Pan Mei gave him enough face, even devaluing herself and improving his status.
Pan Chongche didn't have to do anything, he could gain fame and status just by watching.
Facing such caring Pan Mei, he had no room to refuse.
And Pan Mei's move was equivalent to destroying the 100,000-strong army of the Southern Han Dynasty.
After receiving the news from Pan Chongche, Pan Mei left a small group of troops to set up a suspicious formation outside the city, pretending that the army had not moved, but in fact she had quietly bypassed Shaozhou and headed towards Yingzhou.
Yingzhou.
As soon as Liu Baoxing arrived in Yingzhou, the first thing he did was to capture Guo Chongyue, the envoy who only knew how to pray to gods and worship Buddha, and held a funeral ceremony for Zhi Tingxiao, who died in the battle, to commend his bravery.
Liu Baoxing has never been on the battlefield, but he has read a lot of military books and knows some principles of life.
Compared to a weirdo like Guo Chongyue, it is much better.
To be the tallest among the shortest, Liu Baoxing's most basic set of operations actually had a miraculous effect on the Southern Han army, stabilizing the influence of Yingzhou's coach praying to God and worshiping Buddha, and stabilizing the morale of the army.
At dusk that day, Liu Baoxing came back from inspecting the Giant Elephant Army.
The Giant Elephant Army was the trump card of the Southern Han Dynasty and the most important weapon to win. Liu Baoxing also regarded it as a must-win weapon and attached great importance to it. He would go to the Giant Elephant Army to walk around it every day.
Looking at the burly elephant, Liu Baoxing felt a surge of pride in his heart. They said that the heroic soldiers of the Central Plains were invincible, but they had not encountered our giant elephant army in Lingnan.
Liu Baoxing was imagining in his mind the scene of the giant elephant army overwhelming the Central Plains army, when he suddenly received the news that Tian Renlang had invaded Yingzhou again.
"Your Majesty! Tian Renlang bypassed Shaozhou. They filled the river near Qinshui River and seemed to plan to block Qinshui River."
Liu Baoxing pondered for a moment and shouted: "No, the thieves from the Central Plains are indeed cunning."
Due to the emergency of the war, he and Li Chengwo's troops did not carry too much food.
Shaozhou now has 100,000 soldiers and horses, and its food and grass supplies are only enough for half a year.
It's not long, it's not long, it's not short, it's short.
Tian Renlang wanted to fill the Qinshui River and made it clear that he would fight a protracted war with them.
To transport grain from Prince Xing's Mansion to Shaozhou, it is most convenient and safest to take the Qinshui Waterway.
But once the Qinshui River was blocked by the Central Plains, they could only transport grain by land. The mountains in Lingnan were easy to set up ambushes, and there were cavalry in the Central Plains, so raids on the plains were difficult to guard against.
"We can't let him succeed!"
Liu Baoxing immediately made up his mind and asked: "How many soldiers and horses does Tian Renlang have?"
The scout said without hesitation: "About ten thousand!"
Liu Baoxing had no doubt that he was there. At first, Pan Chongche in Shaozhou only had 20,000 troops, and Pan Meishang only dared to send 10,000 troops south. Now that Shaozhou has 100,000 troops, how could Pan Mei dare to send too many troops south?
"Hmph! Do you think Gu is a fool like Guo Chongyue? Do you really think Gu is like him and doesn't dare to fight?"
Liu Baoxing thought for a while and immediately ordered: "Come here, please pass the order and ask the three military envoys Wu, Han, Sun and Gao to go to Qinshui to defeat the enemy early tomorrow morning!"
He paused and then added: "Call the commander in chief as well."
Except for the giant elephant army of Wu Xun, the commander of the giant elephant, the rest of the soldiers and horses in Liu Baoxing's hands were all 50,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of Guo Chongyue.
Most of Zhi Tingxiao and his Tuan Lian army were killed in the battle, leaving only 42,000 remaining in Yingzhou.
With the addition of the 5,000 giant elephant troops, Liu Baoxing now has 47,000 troops.
Liu Baoxing originally planned to lead 40,000 soldiers into the battle, but after thinking about it, he felt that he was inexperienced, so he added 5,000 soldiers from Fang Xiang to be on the safe side, making a total of 45,000 soldiers.
Forty-five thousand against ten thousand, and the invincible giant elephant army is holding the battle.
How to lose this wave!
Early the next morning!
After leaving two thousand soldiers to garrison in Yingzhou, Liu Baoxing personally led Wu Xun, Han Wei, Sun Qian and other generals, commanding 45,000 soldiers and horses to march north through the thick fog.
Lingnan is mountainous and foggy, and visibility is not very high. Along the way, we cleared out the roving horses that appeared sporadically on both sides. Finally, when the fog cleared, we arrived at the Qinshui River where Tian Renlang's army was located.
What appeared in front of them at this time was a banner covering the sky and the sun, and a 60,000-strong Central Plains army advancing as far as the eye could see.
Looking at the murderous military formation on the opposite side, Liu Baoxing was dumbfounded and looked at each other with the generals.
What's going on?
Something wrong with the number of people?
Isn’t it ten thousand people?
Isn’t this more than 10,000?
A truly experienced general can judge the size of his army by the density of his soldiers.
Liu Baoxing did not have this ability, but he could clearly see that the opponent's number far exceeded his own.
"No matter what, we can only fight first!"
Liu Baoxing was in a state of panic. An inexperienced rookie like him was most afraid of encountering unexpected changes. Now that he was close, the opponent had cavalry, and retreating would only give the opponent a chance to pursue the victory.
In this situation, he could only pretend to be calm and bite the bullet.
Liu Baoxing glanced at Wu Xun and said, "Commander Wu, it all depends on you."
Wu Xun nodded solemnly.
The elephant army is bulky and bulky, and its flexibility is definitely not as good as that of the cavalry.
He also doesn’t have complex tactical conditions and has always focused on breaking through ten guilds with one force.
With the roar of war drums.
The giant elephant army jumped out of the formation.
The Southern Han Dynasty regarded the giant elephant army as a treasure. Each elephant was at least one foot tall, two feet long, and well-equipped.
The war elephant is covered in heavy armor, lined with thick cowhide. The outside is densely hung with multiple layers of fish scale-like or iron or steel armor leaves. The chest and abdomen, which are the least well-protected, are covered with a thick piece of iron. It has a plate-like chest and a belly plate to protect it. The elephant's legs are also covered with iron armor with movable knee pads. The elephant's head is equipped with a face protector, and even the trunk is wrapped in chain mail. The ivory as the main weapon is covered with long The sharp spear tip reaches seven feet.
On the back of the war elephant is a tower made of thick wooden boards. The tower is divided into two floors. The first floor is for the driver. The second floor is for the crossbowman. With the war elephant as the core, there are infantrymen holding swords, spears and shields on each side. Death.
A giant elephant is a fighting formation, with more than five hundred giant elephants lined up.
Under the command of Wu Xun, the giant elephant army rushed towards the Central Plains military formation step by step.
The war kicked off with the giant elephant charging into battle.