The elephants sleep standing up, and the ignited fodder instantly panics them. The growing flames cause them to hit the fence!
"Moo!"
"Bang!"
"This guy is so strong!" Zhou Tai sighed.
Ling Tongtong grabbed him and said, "Stop sighing and leave quickly!"
"What's going on? Why did the elephant escape?"
"What are you... uh..."
"Pfft!"
"Ming Jin quickly! There are enemy troops!"
"Ding ding ding!"
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"Ding ding ding!"
A patrol team of fifty people came to check because of the roar of the elephants, and mounted Xu Sheng and others.
"Kill out quickly!" Xu Sheng slashed the leader Du Bo with a knife.
"Moo..."
"Dong...dong..."
"Bang……"
The roar of dozens of elephants, the sound of elephant hooves chopping on the ground, the sound of hitting tents, charcoal basins, and fences...
Mixed with the sound of ringing gold and the shouts of killing from Xu Sheng and others, the camp was in chaos!
"What's going on?" Liu Cong, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the movement.
Xing Daorong, who was waiting at the tent, quickly explained, "My lord, there is an enemy attack! The elephants are running around in the camp."
"What?" Liu Cong opened the quilt and walked to Xing Daorong barefoot, "Quickly lead the troops to suppress it!"
"But, my lord..."
"Go! There must not be many enemy troops coming in, otherwise they wouldn't be able to use the elephants."
"Your Majesty, Pang Tong, pays homage to your lord!" Pang Tong, dressed in armor, hurried in.
"Shi Yuan, hurry up and ask the generals to suppress the elephants and bring the tamers with them. Those who can tame the elephants will be tamed, but those who cannot will be shot to death by Gu Fang's arrows!"
Liu Cong could almost imagine what kind of impact the panicked elephants could have on the army in the camp!
"My lord, I have already informed the generals. Please sit in the center of the army and I will go and deliver the order."
"Go quickly!"
"Xing Daorong, let someone come and pierce Gu's armor!"
"Moo!"
An elephant whined and ran around even more crazily. In front of Xu Feng, there was an elephant trunk, which fell to the ground bloody.
"General Xu! Stop cutting off the elephant's trunk!" Pang Tong rode over and shouted.
Cutting off an elephant's trunk will not only kill it, but will also make it even more violent!
"Huang Zhong! Let your Japanese soldiers shoot the elephants with their repeating crossbows!"
"The last general takes command!"
Elephants have rough skin and thick flesh, and only a crossbow can penetrate its skin.
"Wei Yan, Samoko, and Xu Feng, lead your troops immediately to stop the enemy!"
"The last general takes command!"
"Huo Jun, Huang Zu, help me integrate the army!"
"As you command!"
"Where are the thieves?" Samoko yelled loudly while riding his horse.
Xu Sheng and others could already see the camp wall. Unfortunately, they were surrounded and there were less than 200 people left around them.
"Boom..."
Shamoko brandished his long mace and attacked the surrounded Wu army.
"Wen Xiang, go quickly, Youping and I will cover you!" Ling Tong shouted to Xu Sheng while fighting.
"How can I abandon the two generals and flee alone?"
"Humph, none of you can leave!" Wei Yan and Xu Feng also led their troops to fight!
Wei Yan waved his sword and asked, "Surrender or not?"
"No surrender! There are no cowards in Jiangdong who surrender!"
"Shanrong, Samoko, one for each of us!"
"good!"
The soldiers were fighting, and Wei Yan and his three men faced Ling Tong and his three men.
"Ding!" Xu Sheng fell to the ground as gold and iron clashed. Wei Yan, who was already brave, used his horse power to knock Xu Sheng down.
The big knife was placed across Xu Sheng's neck, "Tie him up!"
"Wen Xiang!" Zhou Tai, who was not far away, yelled while resisting Shamoko's mace.
"Bang!"
The mace hit Zhou Tai hard on the head, and Zhou Tai fell to the ground. Shamoko spat on the ground, "Fight me, how dare you be distracted?"
On the other side, Ling Tong and Xu Feng, one wielding a gun and the other wielding a sword, were evenly matched. Unfortunately, Xu Sheng was captured and Zhou Tai was killed, which still affected him.
"Pfft!" Taking advantage of Ling Tong's sideways observation, Xu Feng's sharp eyes and quick hands slashed him on the shoulder.
"Ding Dong." Ling Tong was in pain and his spear fell to the ground.
"Suffer death!" Xu Feng raised his long knife and prepared to chop it down!
Wei Yan quickly stepped out to stop him and said, "Shanrong, please stay alive!"
Xu Feng turned his wrist and hit Ling Tong's wound hard with the back of the knife.
"Ah!" Ling Tong screamed and fell to the ground.
"Tie them up!"
After a night of fighting and chaos, when the sun rose, the camp finally calmed down.
Liu Cong sat in front of the handsome case with a gloomy expression.
"My lord, the elephant is so powerful that no one can run away from it. Six thousand of our army died, most of them were trampled to death by the elephant, and nearly 20,000 were injured!" Pang Tong also looked ugly.
Liu Cong's hands hidden in his sleeves trembled and he asked in a low voice, "How did the enemy army enter the camp?"
"We have already interrogated the enemy generals Xu Sheng, Zhou Tai and Ling Tong. While our soldiers on guard were sleeping, they secretly climbed onto the camp wall." Pang Tong said and handed over the military report.
Liu Cong's hand still trembled when he took the military report. After reading it, he didn't speak for a long time.
"Bang!" The military report was slapped heavily on the case by Liu Cong.
"There are two thousand cavalry patrolling outside the camp, five thousand people are patrolling inside the camp, and five thousand people are standing guard. This has allowed the enemy troops to sneak in. Haha, aren't I being too kind to them!"
When he came, Liu Cong only brought two thousand cavalry. The terrain of Jiangdong did not require cavalry. Liu Cong only sent them to patrol at night or as scouts.
To be honest, using two thousand cavalry as scouts, Liu Cong is definitely more luxurious than Jiangdong.
"Last night, the seven people who stood by were treated as martyrs, and the houses of those who slept were ransacked! All their families were demoted to slaves! The women were brought to the Jiaofang Department!"
When he said this, Liu Cong was almost gritting his teeth!
Such a severe punishment was given to the soldiers. At this moment, no one dared to plead for mercy, and no one thought that these soldiers were innocent.
He gave these bastards such generous treatment. Is this how these bastards repaid themselves?
"Who was the general on duty last night?"
As soon as Liu Cong finished asking, Huang Zu knelt down and said, "My lord, I will apologize."
"You will be demoted to the rank of school captain and fined for five years. You will be punished with meritorious service."
"General, thank you so much, my lord." Huang Zu quickly kowtowed.
If such a mistake was made, Liu Cong would have killed him, not to mention being demoted and fined!
"Hu. Zichu, take 20,000 wounded soldiers to Jiangxia to recuperate."
Liu Ba stepped out of the queue and bowed, "I accept your order."
"Pour me a cup of hot tea." Liu Cong felt depressed. He really wanted to smoke a cigarette. Unfortunately, in this era, he couldn't even think about it.
What Liu Cong didn't know was that after Cao Cao was attacked by him at night, he was drinking hot tea and selling Ma Pi in his heart.
"Lord." Xing Daorong quickly poured the tea from the kettle, regardless of how hot it was, and placed it respectfully in front of Liu Cong's desk.
“How many elephants are left?”
Pang Tong replied, "Twenty-eight heads are dead, six are injured, and they probably won't survive. Only sixteen are usable."
"Well, it seems that we can't rely too much on external forces after all. Slaughter the injured and dead and share them with the entire army."
In this era, any kind of meat is rare. After becoming more rational, Liu Cong ordered.
"promise."
"Gu, now I can somewhat understand how Cao Mengde felt back then!"