Although the speed of more than 500 giant elephants wearing iron armor is not fast, every step they take is like beating a drum.
Pan Mei, who was in the distance, couldn't help but take a breath when she saw this situation, and her heart was beating fast.
To be fair, the power of these five hundred giant elephants is no less powerful than that of ten thousand galloping horses.
He glanced around. Whether it was brave generals like Mi Xin and Ding Deyu, or strategic generals like Yin Chongke and Tian Renlang, their expressions all showed a certain degree of uneasiness.
Animals like this have become extinct in the Central Plains, and ordinary people have no chance to see them.
What's more, this carefully selected giant war elephant...
Human beings inevitably have fear of unknown creatures.
The soldiers of the Central Plains are veterans who have experienced battles for a long time. Even if they are faced with enemies several times greater, they still have the courage and determination to fight. However, they are faced with this unprecedented giant elephant rushing into battle.
Morale was inevitably affected, there was some noise, and the military appearance was slightly untidy.
Be timid before fighting!
This was something that couldn't happen in the past.
Pan Mei didn't know how powerful the giant elephant was when it charged into the formation, but it was indeed terrifying.
Pan Mei even had some doubts that her trump card would not work.
According to Pan Mei's understanding, although the Southern Han Dynasty is located in the mountainous area of Lingnan, its economy is extremely developed and overseas trade is active. There are no fewer than dozens of types of goods imported from Lingnan through overseas trade, and it is known as the wealth of pearls and jade.
In addition to squandering the huge wealth for the Liu family, the biggest expense was the giant elephant army.
As the leader of the Twelve Lingnan Army, the Liu family spent a lot of money on the Giant Elephant Army.
Is such a terrifying monster army really that easy to deal with?
But at this point, the arrow has to be fired.
Pan Mei suppressed the anxiety in her heart and stepped out of the queue and shouted loudly: "Soldiers in the Central Plains, please don't be frightened by these elephants. They are just a group of cumbersome idiots, and there is nothing to be afraid of."
But obviously, the effect of his words was not significant.
With a sudden change of heart, Pan Mei personally came to the front of the formation of the two armies and shouted: "I, the son of Zhongyuan, are invincible, how can I scare a few beasts? The supervising team obeyed the order, and Bendu personally faced the enemy in front of the formation.
, if you take a step back, you can cut off someone's head. The same is true for others..."
Pan Mei set an example, and the soldiers in the front row stood in awe, suppressing their fear, and looked at the giant elephant army that was slowly approaching.
"Lance formation!"
Such as the forest spear formation, arrayed in front of the two armies.
"Pfft!"
It was Liu Baoxing's first time on the battlefield, and he was facing a famous general like Pan Mei, so he was inevitably a little uneasy.
But seeing this scene, he couldn't help laughing.
Use a spear array to stop the giant elephant army?
I really don’t know how high the world is…
Do you really think that tens of millions of dollars in military spending are in vain?
Flesh and blood, also want to reach the invincible giant elephant army?
Liu Baoxing was completely dismissive.
Central Plains?
Pan Mei?
But that's it!
But soon Liu Baoxing suddenly discovered that the enemy's spearmen on the opposite side suddenly fell to the ground, revealing the soldiers behind them who were full of crossbows!
Crossbow arrows filled the sky and shot towards the giant elephant army!
The Giant Elephant Army consists of one giant elephant and more than ten soldiers who fight together.
The crossbow arrows that chased souls and killed people over time shot down the soldiers who were assisting the giant elephants in attacking.
Many powerful crossbow arrows hit the giant elephant, but the Lingnan Mountains are rich in iron ore, and the smelting and casting levels of the Southern Han Dynasty were among the best among the countries in the Five Dynasties. The armor they made for the giant elephant was extremely strong.
Even the crossbow arrows with strong penetrating power could only barely break through the surface of the armor, leaving only a handful of arrows piercing the giant elephant's body, unable to cause fatal damage to the giant elephant.
The crossbow arrow pierced the painful part of the expression, but instead stimulated the animalistic nature of the war elephant, and under the control of the elephant slave's hand, it accelerated its sprint.
Elephants look heavy and have difficulty moving.
But if you really want to run, the speed is not slow.
The giant elephant in pain was a little out of control, and it was roaring like thunder, and its power increased instead of decreasing.
Pan Mei swallowed, looked at the giant elephant getting closer and closer, and shouted: "Get on the fire oil tank!"
The casualties caused by the crossbow arrows made Liu Baoxing feel a little distressed.
But then he saw the giant elephant army rushing towards the Central Plains military formation like crazy, and laughed again: "Just like this, crush them. Han Jieshuai, Sun Jieshuai, you also press forward, charge them, and let them see the King of Hell." …”
He laughed and arranged for Han Wei and Sun Qian to lead his troops to attack and clear up the soldiers from the Central Plains who had been scattered by the Xiang army.
Just when he thought he had a chance to win, what happened next was something he would never forget.
The Central Plains soldiers used some kind of magic and sprayed out streams of flames towards the giant elephant army.
Thousands of Central Plains soldiers sprayed out thousands of flames, like a wall of fire, blocking the front of the giant elephant army.
The flames blessed by the fierce fire oil are not the usual red, but a yellow flame.
Compared with ordinary fire, the temperature is higher.
The giant elephants seemed to have been greatly stimulated. They stopped and completely ignored the slave hands on their backs. They turned around and ran away, rushing towards the troops of Han Wei and Sun Qian who came up to harvest the battlefield.
The ecstasy in Liu Baoxing's eyes turned into fear, he was dumbfounded and at a loss what to do.
This time not only Liu Baoxing, but also Pan Mei was shocked.
Giant elephants are afraid of fire. This is the information Pan Mei got from Pan Chongche.
As long as there are wild animals, there is no animal that is not afraid of fire. This is common sense.
However, through human domestication, some animals can reduce their fear of fire.
The most common one is war horses. Almost all war horses need to undergo similar training to minimize their fear of fire.
Lingnan is also doing domestication in this area, but the results are minimal.
Elephants are too smart to overcome their fear of fire.
In order to deal with the giant elephant army of the Southern Han Dynasty, Pan Mei went on an expedition and brought a large number of fierce fire oil tanks with the army.
Flamethrowers first appeared fifty years ago, during the Liang and Tang Dynasties' struggles for hegemony. However, due to insufficient technology at the time, flamethrowers had a lot of hidden dangers and were not popularized.
The Central Plains has been improving the flamethrower, and in conjunction with the fire-throwing ships of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a new flamethrower was derived, named the fierce fire oil tank.
This is the first time that Fierce Fire Oil Tank has entered the battlefield.
Pan Mei didn't expect the effect to be so good, or that the giant elephant's fear of fire was more beneficial than he imagined.
Looking at the giant elephant army exuding an aura of invincibility, Pan Mei thought that this battle must be a tragic victory, but the result...
That's it???
"Go up, press up!"
Pan Mei reacted quickly and ordered the fire-breathing soldiers to press forward.
But the flamethrowers seemed to have been hit hard, and only a small number of them obeyed the orders.
The performance of the giant elephant army is dramatic, but the power it exudes is indeed real.
The fierce fire oil tank sprayed from a distance of two to three feet. The giant elephant saw the flames, felt the heat and began to escape.
The distance between them is only four or five feet, which is about ten meters away.
It was no different from a head-on contact. The fire-breathing soldiers were already so frightened that their legs were weak.
The attribute points of the Giant Elephant Army are all focused on the skill of Deterrence.