It was already late at night. The night sky outside Dali was particularly beautiful. The sky was full of stars. With the help of the starlight, one could see colorful clouds being blown by the wind. Xiao Heng lay on the grass outside the tent, looking at the sky with his head resting on his head. After a while, he heard footsteps. He did not turn around, but just asked, "What's up? Is there any news from the city?"
Su Rong walked more lightly to Xiao Heng's side, and he simply sat down as well.
In this military camp, people didn't really care about status. Xiao Heng was very clear about this. He usually ate and lived with the soldiers. Su Rong didn't care about so many false formalities. He sat next to Xiao Heng and said, "He said he has woken up. It seems that his life is saved."
Xiao Heng curled his lips and said, "You are really lucky to be able to survive like this."
"Isn't this perfect? With your archery skills, if you really want to kill him, how could you let him get away with injuries? Isn't this the day you have been waiting for?" Su Rong rolled his eyes. Xiao Heng's words were just to deceive the uninformed people. Doesn't he know Xiao Heng's deeper meaning
The reason why Mu Tong's wound could not heal was not because the wound was too deep, nor because the doctor's medical skills were not good enough, but because Xiao Heng had already poisoned the arrow. This was exactly the effect he wanted, to force Mu Tong into a desperate situation.
Only in this way will Mu Tong lose the support of the people, and the court will win the support of the people.
Xiao Heng was not embarrassed at all when his thoughts were exposed. He snorted and glanced at Su Rong: "In your opinion, when should they launch the final attack?"
At this point, Xiao Heng had already sat up and was sitting around the campfire with Su Rong.
Su Rong nodded to the ground and said softly, "Cut the Gordian knot."
For Mu Tong, delaying for even one more day would mean the end of his life. After all, his soldiers would not be able to recover quickly, and instead would create bigger problems due to lack of food.
Under this premise, they have almost no choice.
The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly. At the same time, Xiao Heng stood up and said, "Call all the generals to discuss the matter!"
Half an hour later, the generals came out of Xiao Heng's tent one after another and went back.
They met every night, and today didn't seem to be anything special.
The military camp was completely quiet. Except for the soldiers on guard and patrol, everyone else had fallen asleep.
The night was getting deeper and deeper. Suddenly, there was a sudden vibration in the quiet night. The vibration was rumbling, like a summer thunder or a rolling flood. The patrolling guards had noticed something was wrong. They opened their eyes wide in fear and looked not far away. They saw many densely packed lanterns suddenly appear in the darkness.
They were all stunned. The lantern was hanging in the air and moving towards them at a rapid speed. The scene was really terrifying.
When the lantern got closer, someone shouted in fear: "It's not a lantern, it's not a will-o'-the-wisp, it's an elephant!"
elephant!
Herds of elephants rushed towards the military camp.
Judging from their posture, most people would be crushed by them.
Even though they were well-trained, the guards couldn't help but feel terrified.
At this moment, someone shouted, "Form a formation!"
The military camp, which had been dark and quiet, quickly began to move. Countless people came out of the darkness and walked past the guards to the front without panic.
Xiao Heng and Su Rong were among them. They looked at the elephants running towards them without panicking. Instead, they had a sense of expectedness. Xiao Heng raised his hand and ordered in a cold voice, "Shoot!"
Before coming to Yunnan, Xiao Heng had already listened to Cui Daru's detailed analysis of the situation in Yunnan, and naturally knew that Dali had elephant soldiers.
Elephant soldiers were so brutal and powerful that even Duke Cheng had to avoid their attack. Whenever there were elephant soldiers, the imperial army was unable to resist.
However, Cui Daru found out from the local annals how the locals dealt with elephants.
Elephant soldiers are indeed powerful, but they are not without flaws.
Although they have thick skin and flesh and are difficult to be harmed by ordinary knives and guns, they are afraid of fire, which can burn their skin.
So this time Xiao Heng had already prepared a batch of rockets.
When he thought the time was almost right, he gave an order and the archers who had been prepared took action.
Those improved bows and arrows could shoot much farther than ordinary arrows. When the rockets fell into the elephant herd, the people controlling the elephants could be heard shouting and scolding in panic.
The elephants were afraid of fire, so the rockets fell on them and the soldiers, quickly igniting many things and forming a small sea of fire. The elephants immediately lost control, and some elephants rushed around recklessly, while others went crazy and threw the soldiers off their bodies and ran non-stop.
The number of people who finally rushed towards Xiao Heng and his team was incomparable to the previous number.
Xiao Heng continued his efforts and ordered his men to continue shooting arrows. Sure enough, the elephant soldiers were soon driven crazy.
Before, those people wanted to set kerosene on fire in the weaving mill. Now Xiao Heng used this trick on their elephant soldiers. His bows and arrows were all thicker and soaked in kerosene. Once the bows and arrows were shot out and caught fire, it would not be so easy to extinguish.
By the time those people were unable to take care of themselves and lost their composure, Xiao Heng and his men easily ended the battle at dawn.
Those elephant soldiers have been almost consumed.
Mu Tong has also used up the last trump card in his hand.
Moreover, at the same time, the worst was not yet the case. When Mouton sent out elephant soldiers, there was no way that so many elephant soldiers would not destroy the houses and farmlands of the people. Many people were trampled to death or injured, and many people's houses were destroyed. Everyone was heartbroken by Mouton's behavior of disregarding the lives of the people.
Mu Tong was so angry that he almost fainted again in the Mu Mansion.
If it weren't for his only remaining son in front of him, he would have really wanted to pick up a knife and chop someone.
To make matters worse, not long after the news of the elephant soldiers' defeat was sent back, even worse news was sent in - someone saw Miss Mu San and Mu Qinglu, and they were both sent back by the chieftain of Zhennan Prefecture himself, who said that they would testify against this unkind, unjust, disloyal and unfilial traitor.
Mu Tong finally couldn't hold on any longer, he vomited blood and fainted.
Qin Fen's face turned pale. At this point, even if he had a plan, he didn't know how to use it. After thinking it over, he immediately rushed back home to arrange for his children and wives and concubines to escape through the secret passage.
Who knew that before he could return, the city gate had already been broken.