On the northern line of Bo Ku, the sky was densely covered with clouds, and the breeze was lingering.

After receiving Ji Yaoguang's message, Leng Qingtang immediately assembled the army. Before dawn, he led 150,000 imperial armies and 30,000 Lang Armies to reach Xuede City.

From far away, the sentinels of Bo Ku Army saw thick dust rolling on the whitening skyline, like a beacon smoke or a sea of dark clouds, covering the sky amazingly.

Getting closer, they suddenly found that at the front of the army, the neatly organized team was actually hundreds of buffaloes covered in red cloth, with sharp knives on their horns. The scene was impressive but strangely funny.

The Bo Ku people on the tower looked at each other, wondering what they wanted to do with these buffaloes.

Since the enemy army came, they couldn't care about other matters. The commander in chief gave the order to open the gate to face the enemy immediately.

It was the same as the last time when they took the initiative to attack. The Bo Ku Army lined up under the gate of Xuede City. Then the earth trembled and the elephant formation set off, followed by five trainers’ chariots separating in batches on both sides to cover a retreat.

Seeing the weird formation that the army of Da Yi actually let buffaloes charge forward, the generals of Bo Ku was confused and they all burst into laughter.

Two bold men even rode horses to the front, dancing with joy and saying something on horsebacks.

Getting the news that the enemy generals were mocking them for herding cattle, Wei Zhao, the Hussar General of Northwest Army, couldn't help but spit and curse in a low voice,

"Pooh, I'll let you know our strength later!"

At this moment, the drums were beaten quickly and the flags were fluttering everywhere. On the five Bo Ku chariots, syllables were blowing out from copper horns. The cadenced voice sharpened the elephants' nerves.

The brown elephants shook their heads and flicked their tails in a hurry. They flapped their big semi-circular ears and pedaled very irritably.

The syllables of copper horns changed again, and the elephant group burst into sharp roars.

This time the situation was different. The front of Da Yi Army was all buffaloes and infantry, and the cavalry was all in the middle and rear.

In addition, Da Yi continuously beat gongs and drums at this moment, creating a chaotic momentum that was not much inferior to Bo Ku's.

On the opposite, the horns suddenly stopped, as if it was an order. Then hundreds of brown elephants immediately became aggressive, bowed their heads, and rushed towards Da Yi Army.

However, nearly two hundred meters from the herd, they were blocked by a black flowing straight line.

That black line was when Bo Ku Army was preparing to meet the enemy, dozens of infantrymen from Da Yi set up the elephant defense barrier by dumping malt sugar in front of the battlefield.

At that time, the scent of malt sugar attracted many ants. The sticky sugar liquid enveloped the ants and made them immobile.

In this way, many ants stacked repeatedly and struggled, gradually forming a thick black line that block the brown elephants.

The horns of the elephant trainers sounded to urge these elephants. However, the elephant group was unwilling to move forward, and all of them rolled their long noses away from the ground. Then they turned around and scurried away.

Upon seeing this, the commander of Bo Ku Army was furious and strangely yelled and drew out his saber.

In the middle of the queue, Leng Qingtang could see it clearly through the telescope. Then he shouted,

"Now, the Fire Bull Phalanx set off—"

The soldiers on the front line had long been eager to try, and when the Master gave an order, they immediately lit torches.

The first row of soldiers bent down and lit the long firecrackers tied to the tail of the buffaloes. The "cracking" noise disturbed the buffaloes, so they lowered their heads and rushed towards the elephants that were frightened by the ants like a flood.

Immediately afterward, the second row of buffaloes was dispatched, and then the third row...A few hundred buffaloes rammed and rushed towards the enemy.

While waiting for news from Qingche City these days, Leng Qingtang was not idle either.

Following the example of the ancients, he collected hundreds of buffaloes from Huolei City. Then he completely blocked the message of sending special personnel to train the herd.

The process was not easy.

On the training ground were erected scarecrows in the shape of Bo Ku Armies and the elephants, whose bellies were filled with high-quality forage. The Da Yi soldiers hid behind the scarecrows and shook violently in front of the buffaloes. Surrounded by gongs and drums, they simulated the bursts of shouts of killing the enemy.

The buffaloes were annoyed by the noise, and all of them rushed to the scarecrows with red eyes madly. When they pierced the scarecrow’s stomach, they could find the good forage, so they bowed their heads and ate.

With several rounds of training, they developed the habit naturally. As long as the buffaloes saw the elephants and scarecrows with the appearance of Bo Ku Army, they would rush to smash them in search of forage under the influence of conditioned reflex.

In order to stimulate the wildness of the buffaloes to the limit in the real battlefield, Leng Qingtang ordered that the buffaloes couldn't be fed every day, and asked people to collect a lot of firecrackers.

Right now, the hungry buffaloes, seeing so many elephants and Bo Ku soldiers, were very happy, thinking they could have a good meal.

Stimulated by gongs, drums, and firecrackers, the buffaloes were so excited that they puffed, and ran wildly.

The elephant was big and mighty, which was like a mountain to a hill compared with the buffalo. However, a hero couldn't fight with a pack of wolves. It seemed that the elephants couldn't stand the scary ants and buffaloes. The big animals couldn't move forward but were driven by the scurrying buffaloes.

The formation of Bo Ku Army was disturbed, and countless soldiers were pierced by the sharp knives on the buffaloes' horns.

The buffaloes lowered their heads and licked the blood, feeling not quite right. Then they went to chase other living Bo Ku soldiers. The taste was not right still. Several times in succession, their questioning turned into anger and became more infuriated gradually.

The "scarecrows" cried and scampered off like frightened rats. They just regretted that they only had two legs.

The fifty iron armored chariots of Da Yi Army were dispatched at the same time. The best archers set up their arrows and launched an attack at the elephant trainers on the enemy chariots.

Screams continued, and the trainers fell off the chariots with the long-handled copper horn slammed heavily on the ground.

Spears flew towards the running brown elephants. The sharp spearheads were quenched with poisons. The cold light broke through the sky, cracking the bloodthirsty blade light. Urged by the irresistible force of inertia, they pierced the elephants’ skin mercilessly.

The poison was indeed worthy of its name, "falling like mountains". The elephants that were attacked by the poison fell off, like a mountain falling down. Each of them looked at the sky and screamed. they lifted their trunks in pain and then fell to the ground like a mountain. Their heavy bodies crushed many panic-stricken Bo Ku soldiers. The dust and sand were covered with blood everywhere.

The tower was hundreds of feet tall, and the wide world suddenly became a merciless meat grinder, cruelly crushing soldiers’ lives.

Screaming, moaning, and roaring from human beings, horses and buffaloes were all mixed together.

The defeat of Bo Ku Army was already evident, and they fled in desperation.

Seeing this, the commander-in-chief at the top of the city wall ordered people to guard the city gate firmly to prevent the defeated soldiers into the city.

Everyone knew that the great momentum of Da Yi was in full swing. As long as the gate of Xuede City was opened, Bo Ku Army would be doomed eternally.

Qingche City was already under control. This matter should not be delayed. Today, Xuede City must be taken done.

Leng Qingtang wielded his sword, and the 30,000 Lang Armies like agile jackals in the middle charged forward to the tower. A life or death battle started.

Bows and crossbows appeared on the tower. Suddenly, the arrows were shot sideways one after another.

The imperial soldiers set up ladders, rushed to the city but fell down.

Under the city gate, the battle flag flew and horses galloped wildly. Rolling stones were like thunder and the swords were horrible.

With the loud beat of drums and the clang of weapons, it seemed that heaven rent asunder and the earth cracked.

An overwhelming number of soldiers rushed together. Their limbs were scattered all over the sky when the weapons penetrated their bodies. Every place where the horses passed was filled with broken iron armor.

The sun rushed out of the clouds at this moment, illuminating the blood-clotted loess ground.

On the battlefield, the fire and sunlight echoed each other, reflecting on everyone's face and drawing their expressions. There was fear, ferociousness, and anger, all of which were clearly and profoundly depicted.

A new round of fights began.

The imperial soldiers roared, gathered in front of the Gate, and hit the Gate heavily with crosspieces.

The ladder was erected high, and soldiers climbed up to the tower like reptiles. In the blink of an eye, they spread and occupied the entire city like a torrent.

…

As night fell, the stars and the moon were dimmed.

The fierce battle that lasted for a day finally stopped.

The Da Yi Army won a decisive victory in the battle by using fire buffaloes to fight against the elephants. Not only did they occupy Xuede City in one fell swoop, but they also annihilated more than 198,000 Bo Ku Armies and obtained countless spoils of war. Only a few thousand Bo Ku Armies broke out of the siege, and the commander-in-chief guarding them hurriedly fled to Qingche City.

Leng Qingtang didn't order anyone to chase them because it was meaningless at this time.

Even if the more than a thousand defeated Bo Ku Armies fled there, what awaited them were the pirates of Da Yi and Lang Army who had dressed like Bo Ku Armies. Madam Yaoguang and Lang Huan would be merciless with the defeated even if they were down.

With cheers, Leng Qingtang went up to the gate tower and stroked the rough bricks. Looking at the smoke that had not yet dissipated in the sky, he slowly closed his eyes, savoring the memories of the fierce battles of life and death. Now they were all like shining pearl shells, deeply carved into his mind.

The soldiers in front of him were like towering mountains and fierce seas, adhering to the military order to contest every inch of ground. In Southern Jiang of Da Yi, they created one after another miracles and myths.

It was these lovely people who went through thick and thin together with him and supported each other.

The war in Southern Jiang finally ended...

Leng Qingtang watched the unknown insects flying in mid-air, and the human height grass on the mound below the city gate swaying gently in the wind. He suddenly smiled and said softly to the sky,

"Girl, the battle is over. I'm going back..."