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Gu Han's mind was in turmoil, and he no longer cared about the boast he had made to Meng Quan.

What does face matter?
The most important thing right now is to save the elephants.

If they stubbornly persist, their proud elephant legion will surely be annihilated.

By then, let alone making meritorious contributions, he would hardly even have a place under Meng Quan's command.

The thought had barely formed in his mind when Gu Han suddenly turned around and lashed the elephant with his whip.

The elephant, in pain, let out a deep roar and fled in a frantic escape with its four hooves flying.

But after rushing out a few feet, his heart sank.

It's too late.

In the Han army's formation, the second round of ballistae had been loaded, and the ballistae, like lurking beasts, accurately locked onto the front.

"put!"

A loud shout rang out.

Hundreds of massive arrows, each as thick as a bowl, shot through the air with sharp whistles, hurtling straight at the fleeing war elephants.

Guhan's pupils suddenly contracted.

The Han army had anticipated their escape, and their ballistae were not aimed at the chaotic battlefield, but at their pre-planned escape routes.

"Puff puff!"

A dense rain of arrows fell in succession, the giant arrows piercing through armor, the dull thuds of them sinking into flesh echoing one after another.

Caught off guard, the southern barbarian soldiers were pinned to the ground, along with their elephants.

A wail and a cry of agony instantly echoed across the wilderness, and a mist of blood rose into the air.

In a short while, the war elephants lay sprawled on the ground.

Guhan snatched the whip from his personal guard and lashed the elephant with all his might, urging it to break through the encirclement.

But at this critical moment, a ballista arrow, accompanied by a piercing whistling sound, fell from the sky behind him.

It moves as fast as lightning, making it impossible to avoid.

"Oh!"

A dull thud followed by two piercing screams.

The arrow pierced through the ancient Khan's armor and then plunged into the seated elephant's body, completely penetrating the human-elephant.

Guhan is dead.

The commander of the southern barbarian elephant troops was pinned to the ground by arrows, along with his elephant, and died on the spot.

With his death, the already panicked elephant corps completely collapsed, and morale crumbled.

Under the crushing pursuit of the Han army's elephant cavalry, the Nanman soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and were almost completely wiped out.

The Han soldiers watching the battle were initially stunned by what they saw, frozen in place and at a loss for what to do.

Time seemed to stand still on the battlefield.

The brief silence was broken by ecstasy when the last war elephant collapsed and the elephant army was completely annihilated.

More than 100,000 Han soldiers shouted in unison, their voices soaring into the sky.

"The Grand Marshal's strategy is brilliant!"

Wei Yan gripped his long sword tightly and looked back excitedly towards the city tower.

Then he took a deep breath, turned around, pointed his long sword directly at the enemy formation, and his voice boomed like a bell:
"All troops, listen to my command! Pursue our victory and wipe out the remaining southern barbarians!"

The war drums suddenly sounded, and the bugle calls pierced the sky.

Wei Yan had already planned ahead; after the elephant cavalry, Meng Quan's main barbarian army would follow.

Today, he intends to take advantage of this momentum to completely annihilate Meng Quan's main force of the Southern Barbarians and eliminate any future troubles.

"kill--"

"kill--"

The Han soldiers brandished their swords, spears, and halberds, shouting wildly in unison. The battle formation suddenly broke apart, and the army surged forward like a tidal wave, charging toward the scattered remnants of the war elephants.

In a short while, they wiped out the remaining troops of the war elephant corps and then advanced towards Meng Quan's main force.

Meng Quan, in the rear, was still leisurely and content in front of the central command tent.

He squinted, the image of the elephant cavalry breaking through the Han army's defenses and smashing open the gates of Nanli City already clearly appearing in his mind.

He even imagined Wei Yan bound hand and foot, kneeling at his feet, bowing and submitting to him.

"Hahaha……"

Meng Quan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

at this time.

Suddenly, billowing dust rose ahead, followed by deafening battle cries and the mournful bellows of elephants. In the blink of an eye, dozens of wounded, maddened war elephants roared and charged towards his main southern barbarian force.

Meng Quan's smile froze instantly, then was replaced by terror.

The elephant army suffered a crushing defeat!

"How can it be!"

Meng Quan's mouth gaped open, his face filled with disbelief, and his body swayed involuntarily.

The invincible elephant cavalry was actually defeated by Wei Yan?

Meng Quan racked his brains but still couldn't figure out what kind of strategy Wei Yan had used to break his elephant formation so quickly.

Not far away, Lü Kai's face was ashen, his legs trembling slightly as he stared at the fleeing remnants of the army, his heart filled with turmoil.

He had planned everything meticulously, but he never imagined that Guhan's proud elephant cavalry would be defeated by Wei Yan.

But the harsh reality before him left him no room for doubt.

Guhan was indeed defeated, and suffered a crushing defeat!

When they set out, there were more than two hundred war elephants, their momentum was overwhelming, but now only forty have escaped back.

Moreover, each war elephant was covered in wounds, and the barbarian soldiers on its back were either dead or wounded, their cries of agony filling the air.

Immediately afterwards, on the distant horizon, billowing dust rose, and the silhouettes of war elephants appeared with the dust.

Hope instantly ignited in Meng Quan's eyes, and his voice trembled with excitement:

"Guhan has not been defeated. I knew it! How could my Southern Barbarian Elephant Corps possibly be defeated!"

The tense nerves of the barbarian soldiers suddenly relaxed, and they breathed a sigh of relief, their faces once again showing expressions of relief.

Only Lü Kai's brows remained tightly furrowed as he surveyed the elephant cavalry approaching from behind.

The more he looked, the more frightened he became.

The armor and decorations worn by that elephant cavalry were not of the barbarian style at all!
Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the flags on their backs were actually those of the Han army!
Those are the Han army's elephant cavalry!
Lu Kai froze, then screamed in horror:

"The Han army! Those are the Han army's elephant corps!"

Meng Quan's heart sank, and he quickly looked up to the north.

really.

Amidst the rolling elephant cavalry, Han banners fluttered in the wind.

"How could Wei Yan have an elephant corps? This, this, this..."

Lü Kai was also stunned.

The surrounding southern barbarian generals looked at each other, their faces filled with bewilderment and fear.

None of them expected that Wei Yan could not only defeat their elephant troops, but also had his own elephant army.

What other tricks does Wei Yan have that they don't know about?
At this moment, all the Nanman soldiers were plunged into despair, the kind of despair where there was no hope at all.

Their previously taut fighting spirit completely collapsed, and they gave up the idea of ​​resistance.

Then, the Han army's elephant cavalry surged forward like an unstoppable torrent, instantly engulfing tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers in a cloud of dust...

The setting sun cast its last rays upon the battlefield.

The killing gradually subsided and eventually came to a complete end.

The fields were littered with corpses.

The once invincible Southern Barbarian army was thus destroyed.

The Southern Barbarians were officially declared extinct.

Inside Nanli City, a grand celebration banquet has already been prepared.

More than 100,000 Han soldiers raised their glasses in celebration, and cheers rose and fell.

Footsteps sounded, and two Han soldiers escorted Meng Quan and Lü Kai into the hall.

The two men, dressed in rags and covered in blood, were despondent. As they were led to the hall, they knelt down in despair, their heads bowed.

"Meng Quan, what else do you have to say?"

Wei Yan's gaze was sharp as lightning as he coldly shouted.

Meng Quan shuddered, kowtowed heavily, and spoke in an extremely humble voice:
"I am willing to submit to the Great Han, and from now on I will bow my head and submit to it, and I will never dare to have any disloyal thoughts again!"

"Please, General, give us a chance!"

This once arrogant king of the southern barbarians now displayed his utter disgrace, abandoning all dignity and begging for mercy in order to save his life.

Wei Yan, however, remained expressionless and coldly uttered:
"Those who are not of our kind will surely harbor rebellious intentions; how can we allow you to live!"

The room fell silent instantly upon hearing this.

Meng's entire body trembled, his face instantly filled with extreme fear. (End of Chapter)