Chapter 225
Chapter 225
Outside the city of Arakosia, there was dust and people.
Nearly 200,000 Mauryan troops set up battle formations outside the city of Aracosia, encircling the four city gates.
And the most attention-grabbing thing is the war elephant army lined up three miles from the main city gate.
These war elephants all came from the Magadha region in the northeast of the Mauryan Empire, reaching more than 9,000 at the peak, and the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty, Chandragupta, relied on a huge army of war elephants to block Alexander's army and establish a huge dynasty.
The reason why Sheli Yijia is brutal and murderous, but it can still make many small countries obey the order, in addition to the huge pressure given by Great Qin, these 5,000 war elephants are also a key factor.
And now, in order to do his best in the first battle, the relics directly took out all the hole cards, vowing to expel the Great Qin people from the province of Alacsia in one fell swoop and re-establish the reputation of the royal family!
"Great King, the Qin people have moved all our people to other regions, and now there are only Qin Dynasty troops in this city, and the spies have no way of knowing the news of the city. "
The intelligence officer said with a solemn face.
"The Qin people just want to carry out their conspiracies again!"
"But in the face of my mighty army of war elephants, all intrigue is impossible. "
"Siddhartha, your army of war elephants has brought a batch of siege rams and is ready to break the city!"
"The cavalry follows the two wings of the War Elephant Legion to prevent the Qin people from ambushing!"
"Today, we must let the Qin people know that even the city wall cannot stop the power of the war elephants!"
The relics laughed wildly.
The Elephant Legion has always been eager to charge on the plains, so when the opponent encounters the war elephant, he will often close the city.
In order to deal with fortifications such as cities, the Mauryan Empire specially developed a set of tactics.
That is to prepare a batch of siege rams weighing thousands of catties, and when approaching the city gate, use the nose of the war elephant to directly roll up the siege hammer, and only need a few strokes to hammer through the city gate.
The city of Alacsia in front of him is just the most ordinary city, the height of the city wall is less than three zhang, the thickness of the city wall is only a few feet, and the use of the most ordinary earth and stone is still used.
The War Elephant Legion can even use a battering ram to break through the walls!
Looking at the monstrous momentum brought by the charge of the War Elephant Legion, the faces of many small monarchs affiliated to the Mauryan Dynasty couldn't help but look ugly.
Although judging from the current situation, the Great Qin army will definitely be wiped out among the Alakosian ministers.
But once the Great Qin army is destroyed and there are no foreign enemies, the character of Yi Shili is only afraid that he will immediately take action against these vassal countries.
And their army had been placed in the vanguard by the Sarija before, and suffered a lot of losses.
Even if there were no losses, there was no ability to resist in front of these terrifying five thousand war elephants.
However, just as the War Elephant Legion was less than two miles away from the city wall, the wall facing the War Elephant Legion suddenly collapsed in half, bringing up a cloud of dust and obscuring the entire view.
"What's going on?"
Siddhi, who led the War Elephant Legion, was not as good as a moment.
"It should be that the charge of the War Elephant Legion was too loud and caused an earthquake, and the wall of Alacosia fell into disrepair and was directly collapsed, right?"
A thousand-man chief spat out the dust from his mouth.
"I guess so!"
"No matter, just rush up, the city wall is down, we can save some trouble and kill it directly!"
"Just watch out and don't step on the trap. "
Siddharna thought about it for a long time, but there was really no other explanation, and the War Elephant Legion finally accelerated, and now it was impossible to retreat and change direction, so he simply waved his hand.
In his future, now that the walls of Alacsia have collapsed, the threat to the Elephant Legion is a trap that has not been set in advance.
However, the war elephant is a behemoth, even if the Great Qin people can dig a trap one foot deep, at most, one or two war elephants can be filled if they fall into it, and they may not necessarily fall to their death.
This loss is completely within Siddhartha's range.
The Mauryan War Elephant Legion picked up speed again.
Two miles!
A mile of land!
Both Siddharna and Sarija had a smug look on their faces.
The favor of the goddess of victory has gradually become clear, and it is about to arrive.
However, at this moment, in the dust in front of him, there was a huge sound of gongs and drums.
"It seems that this Great Qin people are nothing, and they know that war elephants are afraid of noise. "
"It's a pity that due to the recent group charge, the general has already blocked the ears of all the war elephants, and it is useless for you to make a big fuss!"
"It's not as annoying as the dust you guys made!"
Siddha smirked.
Just when a gust of wind blew, most of the dust that covered the sky and the earth was blown away.
Siddharna suddenly became even more proud.
In his opinion, it was all the gods who were helping the War Elephant Legion.
However, the next moment, Siddhartha's pupils suddenly widened dramatically.
I saw that after a lot of dust had been diluted, countless fire bulls suddenly rushed out from within the collapsed city wall.
With sharp knives tied to their horns and flames burning on their tails, these fire bulls are frantically charging towards the War Elephant Legion.
Many war elephants were panicking and trying to avoid the onslaught of these sacred cows.
In the eyes of the people of the Mauryan Dynasty, these sacred cows are symbols of the gods, and to hurt the sacred cows is to hurt the gods.
However, a behemoth like a war elephant could not be manipulated so easily.
The war elephants in the front row not only did not make a U-turn, but collided with the war elephants behind.
And that's enough for a fire bull running at full speed to rush in front of you.
The tail was lit, and the fire bull was already crazy, and the war elephant legion had always been wearing red and hanging colors in order to show off its strength, which once again stimulated the bull's madness.
"Poof!"
"Moo"
Countless fire bulls with red eyes directly slammed into the chaotic war elephants.
Although Siddharna had already reacted, he commanded the war elephants to try to sweep away the herd.
But the mad bull doesn't care about any of this.
The bloodstains on the ground not only did not calm down the herd, but made them completely crazy.
The sharp blade tied to the horn of the ox, with great force, stabbed fiercely into the war elephant.
The war elephant that suffered from pain struggled directly, threw the elephant soldiers above and flew out, and was trampled into meat by countless war elephants and rampaging bulls.
And at this time, countless crossbow arrows with flames fell in the herd of war elephants.
Along with this, there was also a jar of fire oil thrown by a simple catapult.
Outside the city of Arakosia, it instantly turned into a sea of fire.
The flames of the sky, the blood on the ground, and the wails of their companions made the rest of the war elephants go berserk and scurry around like headless flies.
The Mauryan cavalry, which was originally guarding both sides of the War Elephant Legion, suddenly suffered heavy losses.
The rampaging war elephants and the sea of fire made the horses they sit on also mad, and they couldn't sprint at all.
The Mauryan cavalry could only wait for death in despair.
There were even many war elephants, which directly turned around the elephant's hooves and rushed towards the Mauryan Chinese army in the rear, who were also stunned.
Siddhartha, who was thrown away by his own war elephant, had just flashed a trace of horror in his pupils, and was trampled by countless elephant hooves, and he didn't even have time to scream.
Sarija closed his eyes in despair.
It's all over!
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