Reborn as Liu Hong: Building a Divine Great Han Empire

Emperor Ling of Han was the last powerful emperor of the Han Dynasty, a figure who could have altered the course of history, yet he became the root cause of the empire's collapse.

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Chapter 1316 The Terrifying Equipment of the Han Army

Soon, ten thousand soldiers from the Mapi army, armed with spears, marched in formation to meet the oncoming Canaanite army.

Although the spears used by the Mapi soldiers were only about three meters long and of poor quality, they were still quite lethal against the unarmored Canaanite soldiers.

As the soldiers clashed, plumes of blood mist rose from the billowing dust. Canaanite soldiers at the forefront were pierced by spears and fell to the ground in pools of blood, howling in agony.

At the same time, the dust raised obscured the vision of the Canaanite soldiers behind them. Coupled with the chaotic formation during the charge and the driving force from the rear, they could only push their comrades forward in complete darkness.

"Hmph, these useless Canaanites are still the same as before. I really don't know where they get the courage to want to fight a decisive battle with our army!"

In the center of the army formation, watching the Canaanite soldiers who charged forward fall one by one, Mosin-Nagant revealed a contemptuous smile on his face.

He had been wondering if the other side's sudden launch of a decisive battle was part of a conspiracy, and therefore he had been very cautious.

Seeing the enemy soldiers dying one by one like moths to a flame under their own gunfire, Mosin-Nagant was also blinded by victory.

Then, he raised his head and looked at the second Canaanite prince in the center of the opposing army, and then reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Mosin-Nagant drew his scimitar and shouted, "All troops, charge! Slaughter these Canaanites!"

At Mosin-Nagant's command, the Mapi soldiers in the rear roared and charged towards the Canaanite ragtag army, while the three hundred elephant soldiers remained in the rear to await orders.

Faced with the general offensive launched by the Mapi Kingdom army, the Canaanite ragtag army in the melee was unable to resist and was killed and forced to retreat.

"Central army, attack!!"

Seeing the army on the verge of collapse ahead, the second prince of Canaan drew his weapon and dispatched nine thousand elite royal guards.

He knew very well what the ragtag troops on both flanks looked like, and the reason he sent them up first was to lure out the entire army of the Mobi Kingdom.

As the nine thousand elite palace guards were mobilized, a thousand personal guards clad in Han army armor also revealed themselves.

From a distance, these soldiers clad in black armor stood like an iron wall, guarding the second prince of Canaan.

"That's... the Han army...?"

Upon seeing the thousand soldiers behind the second Canaanite prince, Mosin-Nagant's expression changed, revealing a look of surprise and uncertainty.

Although the number of soldiers was small, the Han army they represented made him very wary.

"No, the Han army said they wouldn't get involved in this matter. They wouldn't send troops to help Canaan. This must be a batch of equipment that the other side bought from the Han army!"

Upon hearing the message from the Han army, Mosin-Nagant immediately understood the reason behind it.

However, even so, the thousand Canaanite soldiers dressed in Han army armor still made him very uneasy.

His intuition told him that these thousand fully armed soldiers could very well change the course of the battlefield.

Unfortunately, he had already committed all his troops to the front lines, and at this moment, he simply could not spare any extra forces to resist the fully armed Canaanite soldiers.

"Kill them all!!"

Just as Mosin-Nagant was pondering, nine thousand elite soldiers from the Canaanite royal palace also rushed into the battle.

These elite royal troops were a force that the old Canaanite king had built over many years with a huge expenditure of money and supplies in order to deal with the Maha kingdom.

The soldiers in the ranks were not only tall and strong, but also all wore leather armor and carried meticulously crafted weapons, making them far more powerful than ordinary troops.

With the participation of the Canaanite royal palace's elite troops, the Maha kingdom's attack was also repelled.

For a time, the battle between the two sides reached a stalemate.

"Pass down the order to send the elephant cavalry forward!"

Seeing the battlefield engulfed in chaos, Mosin-Nagant showed a hint of anxiety and immediately dispatched three hundred elephant soldiers from his rear.

As the roar of elephants filled the air, three hundred elephant soldiers charged toward the battlefield, trampling the Mopi soldiers who couldn't escape in time into a bloody mess.

The momentum of the three hundred war elephants charging was terrifying. Although these behemoths were not fast, the tremors they generated on the ground made the soldiers on both sides feel terrified.

Upon seeing the elephant cavalry charging into the formation, the second prince of Canaan's expression changed slightly. He turned to look at the thousand soldiers behind him, but quickly regained his composure.

"Prepare the bows and arrows!!"

At the second prince's command, a thousand fully armed guards immediately removed their large bows and nocked the armor-piercing arrows specially made for the Han army onto the bowstrings.

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Immediately afterwards, a thousand guards stepped forward slowly and aimed their bows and arrows at the charging elephant corps.

Before long, these men arrived at a distance of two hundred paces from the elephant cavalry, and then drew their large Han-made bows with all their might.

"Release the arrows!!"

With a shout, a thousand armor-piercing arrows whistled out and headed straight for the elephants.

Although these armor-piercing arrows could not cause any real harm to the elephants, the intense pain they caused made the elephants howl incessantly, and the riders on their backs were pale as they tried to soothe the elephants beneath them.

"Keep firing!!"

At the same time, a thousand guards fired a second volley of arrows, shooting down many of the riders on the elephant's back.

The elephant, out of control, became even more chaotic, charging around indiscriminately without distinguishing friend from foe.

"This...how is this possible?"

Mosin-Nagant looked on in disbelief as he watched the elephant cavalry formation being disrupted by just two waves of attacks.

He knew the Han army had strong weapons, but he never imagined they were this strong.

"Kill them!!"

Just then, a roar reached Mosin-Nagant's ears.

Then, a thousand Canaanite soldiers clad in iron armor, wielding standard Han army longswords, charged straight into the center of the battlefield.

Although the armor worn by these soldiers was not as good as that of the Han Dynasty navy, its defensive capabilities were still quite impressive, and the spears thrust out by the soldiers of Mopi were directly broken by the impact.

Their long swords easily cut through the leather armor of the Mopi soldiers.

In an instant, these thousand soldiers, like tigers among sheep, charged straight into the center of the Mopi soldiers.

Seeing their comrades in such an invincible state, the other soldiers of Canaan were greatly encouraged and began to fight fiercely.

Within half an hour, the soldiers of Mopi began to collapse, and everyone turned around and ran back desperately.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

Seeing this, Mosin-Nagant shouted for a retreat and spurred his horse to flee towards Hank.