"Chief, they are coming."
In the bushes beside the road, the Red Mud Clan scouts hurried back to report.
Everyone became a little nervous when they heard this. Although they were ambushed, a man's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Agulli was able to become a great chief at a young age because of his bravery.
It can be said that there is no one stronger than Agulli among the Southern Barbarians.
If they were not loyal to Chi Yan, they would not have ambush Agulli, after all, they might die.
"Are you all ready?"
Chi Yan took a deep breath and spoke. He was very nervous at the moment. If he couldn't kill Agulli and he escaped, the Chi Ni tribe would be finished.
We will definitely be targeted by all tribes, so this operation can only succeed and cannot fail.
Liu Xiao reached out and patted Chi Yan's shoulder, whispering, "Relax, I will help you."
Chi Yan nodded. Although Liu Xiao was only a few years older than him, for some reason he felt that he was dependent on him, just like he was relying on his father.
Feeling Liu Xiao's big hand, Chi Yan's mood calmed down a lot.
There was a slight vibration from the ground, which was the sound of the war elephants stepping on the ground.
War elephants are extremely precious war resources of the Southern Barbarians. Only the royal court owns war elephants, and the war elephants of other tribes must be presented to the chief.
Elephants have special symbolic significance in southern barbarian culture, representing power, rule and majesty, and are generally not used easily.
The last time Agulli invaded Yizhou, he did not use war elephants.
This time, in order to demonstrate his noble status as a great chief in front of the Jing Dynasty delegation, he mobilized war elephants.
As the ground shook, Agulli's team finally appeared in sight.
The first thing that caught the eyes of the Chini tribe was a giant white elephant. Seeing this giant elephant, Chini's pupils shrank slightly.
This white elephant named "Mountain" is the strongest among the Nanman war elephants. Only great chiefs are qualified to ride it. Its tusks are more than one meter long and shine like jade in the sun.
Every step made the ground tremble and startled the wild birds on both sides of the road. The gilded sedan chair on the back of the white elephant sparkled in the sun.
Agulli sat upright in the sedan chair, his eyes slightly narrowed, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Behind it were a hundred mounted royal guards. The horses of the Southern Barbarians were relatively short and suitable for running in the mountains. At this moment, they were lined up in an orderly formation and followed behind the giant elephant.
These guards are elite soldiers selected from various tribes and are specifically used to protect the chief.
However, although they were elite troops, they did not show any signs of vigilance and even talked to each other. After all, this was deep in the southern barbarians and there would not be any danger.
When Aguli's team was halfway through, Liu Xiao pinched Chi Yan's shoulder. Chi Yan understood and growled, "Throw it!"
The Red Mud Clan soldiers who had been prepared immediately threw out the "miasma bombs" in their hands.
Bang bang bang!
The miasma bomb exploded the moment it hit the ground, and the poisonous miasma enveloped Agulli's team.
"Enemy attack, protect the chief!"
The captain of the royal guards was shocked and roared in anger. He never expected that he would encounter the enemy in the depths of southern Xinjiang.
"It's the Red Mud Clan!"
Someone else shouted that only the Red Mud Clan had miasma bombs, and the symbol was too obvious.
"Shoot!"
Chi Yan roared, and immediately the Chi Ni people stood up from their ambush, drew their bows and shot arrows. The sound of breaking wind was heard, and more than a hundred arrows pierced through the miasma and went straight towards the royal guards.
Chi Yan raised his hand, aimed at Agulli and shot a crossbow arrow.
"Raise your shield!"
The captain of the guards roared. Unfortunately, although they would not lose their combat effectiveness immediately like the Jing Dynasty soldiers after being hit by the miasma bombs, their reactions were much slower.
Fortunately, they were all wearing rattan armor, so as long as they were not shot in the face, they would not die immediately.
"Chi Yan! You're looking for death!"
Agulli dodged the crossbow arrows shot by Chi Yan and was so angry that he slapped the war elephant's head. Suddenly, the mountain made a deafening roar and rushed towards the Chi Yan people who were ambushing on the side of the road.
Although the war elephant was also infected with the poisonous miasma, it had strong vitality and could withstand it for a short period of time.
The elephant's trunk swept across, instantly cutting several members of the Red Mud Tribe in half.
"Surround and kill him!"
Liu Xiao shouted, telling them not to worry about the royal guards as they would not survive if hit by the miasma bomb. And since Agulli was sitting on a war elephant at a higher position, he did not inhale too much miasma. If he escaped, it would be troublesome.
“Moo——!”
The mountain roared as its huge body rushed among the Red Mud people. No one dared to step forward to stop it. Its thick trunk lashed like a whip.
However, since the Red Mud Clan came to ambush, they were naturally fully prepared.
Three elephant-catching nets soaked in tung oil came out of nowhere, and the thick ropes spread out in the air, covering the war elephants like a dragnet.
Agili's face changed, he drew his scimitar and slashed out in an instant.
Three flashes of knife light flashed in succession, cutting through the three elephant-catching nets that were covering them.
"Throw it again!"
Liu Xiao spoke sternly.
Five more huge nets attacked from different directions. Although Agulli had good swordsmanship, he was poisoned by the miasma after all, and the nets covered different directions, so he had no way to cut through them all.
A net entangled the war elephant's left hind leg, and the elephant's huge body staggered.
"Release the arrow! Shoot the elephant's leg!"
Chi Yan yelled.
Suddenly, countless arrows whizzed out and shot at the left hind leg of the war elephant. The elephant stood up in pain and Agulli was almost thrown off the elephant's back.
Chi Yan seized the opportunity and shot a crossbow arrow, hitting the elephant's eye.
"Ouch!"
The war elephants went completely crazy and charged forward madly. Several people from the Red Mud Tribe had no time to dodge and were killed by the war elephants.
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