Chapter 24 The War Elephant of King Juba (2)
In the sound of the horn, the Tatan civilian infantry and cavalry shouted together. Their phalanx cavalry began to speed up their pace and launched a rapid and intensive assault about two far away from the Setratai warriors. Following behind were the civilian infantry holding spears and swords, and they also ran behind the cavalry.
At this time, the little Hottenhus and Sabokemus raised their flags at the same time, and with this signal, the Setratai warriors suddenly separated from left and right, and changed from a horizontal formation to four separate small formations. In this way, the four small formations left three wide passages, and then the greatest fear of the Tatan cavalry appeared. Three huge beasts ran out of the three passages. Everyone present felt the trembling of the earth, and the air waves that could blow away the helmets and hats. This is Li Bida's
Killer weapon - In the jungle of spears and swords, the war elephants of the Afrika forest that quickly emerged. They had ringing bells hanging around their necks, four pillar-like legs, and long rolled noses all covered with bronze armor to protect themselves. They were covered with two outstretched fangs of the iron. They were originally putting cork into their mouths, but now they stimulated it with a thorn, and hedging towards the phalanx of the Tatan cavalry with an irresistible momentum!
The roar of the forest war elephant, with its running, could subvert the terrifying scene that could overturn the entire world, frightened the original pace of the Tatan cavalry. Many horses bared their teeth and shouted, and suddenly turned around and fled. However, the cavalry lined up in dense assault phalanxes were easy to advance and retreat. Soon, the infantry and cavalry of the Tatan people collided in chaotic ways. In the long roar, three war elephants covered with copper and iron rushed in one by one. Li Bida and all the entourages watching the battle saw that several Tatan people riders were knocked upside down in the air. The whole scene was like three huge meteorites hitting a large brittle earth wall - the formation of the Tatan civilian army was smashed to pieces.
"Long live!" The little Hottenhus and Sabokemus were on the horse's back and flattened the flag. The Setratai warriors all responded and shouted, and then followed the unobstructed war elephants and rushed into the chaos of the Tatan civilian army camp. The second wave of attacks followed completely destroyed the morale of the Tatan civilian army. Many people and the war elephants fled in the direction of the city gate in a crowded manner. They were limbs provoked by elephant trunks and ivory, flying in the air, and the rest of the more courageous ones were also squeezed back to back in the waves of air caused by the giant beasts. They were either chopped by the long sword of the Setratai warriors or stabbed in front of the hunting spear thrown from Numidia, who had been surrounded by two wings.
At the city gate, more than a hundred civilians wanted to defend this place and resist the assault of the Setratai warriors, but they were soon broken into pieces by the war elephants who roared with "can't stop at all". Li Bida's subordinates took the opportunity to follow the elephant's pace and broke into the city wall. Soon, black haze was raised in the towers and houses of Tatan.
"General Ma Ge, everything is over. The time is for you and I to harvest the crops." Li Bida smiled and made a casual gesture to Ma Ge who was equally proud.
It was almost evening when Tatan City was effectively and quickly looted. Li Bida's men did not waste time slaughter. They drove all the residents into the houses and threatened them not to let them out. Then the team robbed the temple, warehouse and the noble house. The war elephants were still running back and forth in the streets of the city. One of them collapsed the statues of the indigenous gods and the altars. The collapsed wood and tiles, and the priests ran away in scattered and cried like frightened little spiders.
"Don't just rob the gold and silver, you also need a lot of forage, a lot of forage. Now the forage is more expensive than gold and silver." Li Bida, who was standing in front of the fire temple, waved his baton and personally guided the details of the robbery to the centuries. Behind him, the three elephants were still walking around in a turbulent manner on the streets where fireworks were still rippling everywhere.
When the Spanish garrison was inexplicably panicked, after three days, they saw only the looted city and various horror legends about the robbers: three armored elephants, swordsmen with lightning and fire, strange armor and flags, soldiers speaking in various languages, and a general with black hair, black eyes and yellow skin. When verifying the losses, it can only be said that Tatan City and the dozen surrounding market towns alone were robbed of property worth no less than one hundred Tarantes. The army was still advancing northward towards Betnery, but the garrison did not have the courage to pursue it.
The strange army swept across Betnari like a whirlwind within ten days. The towns and settlements that were loyal to Lusitania were attacked by them, and the same was true for those who were loyal to Rome, robbing money, robbing men, robbing forage and food, robbing various weapons, robbing livestock, and robbing everything. In this way, when we arrived at the border of Betnari, in spring, Li Bida's troops had expanded to 5,000 people, many of them were scattered horse bandits and heroes, 3,000 military slaves, a legion was completely formed, and it also carried the robbery income that even Sabo Kemus was frightened by fear, 400 Tarante, "Your Excellency of the Finance Officer! I think - we can no longer turn back. If we go to the Tagas River to meet the governor, we will all be executed..." Sabo Kemus hugged his head and murmured in a daze.
Li Bidaze was half lying under a poplar tree to rest. The soldiers around him walked around him, tidying up his luggage, and Habaruka placed the letter of Caesar's questioning before him, "Just say, just say that." He said hesitantly, obviously thinking about how to deal with it, "Just say that we are snowing all over the mountains and valleys, yes, the so-called here refers to Kimela and Osir, don't say that we have passed Betnery, so we have to camp in place to ensure the training and morale of the soldiers. And the elephant given to you by the King of Numidia, yes, there are only three left, one died on the way to transport by sea, it is called Vader, I feel very sorry and sad about its death-Habaruka, don't ask any stupid questions like corpses, Your Excellency Caesar will never ask such stupid questions.
Chapter completed!