A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

These elite troops naturally had no suspicion of their allies, having cooperated many times before. They assumed they would be invincible again this time, so they deliberately moved closer to the elephant herd, hoping to reap the rewards when the enemy was defeated.

Before they arrived, these troops had fought fiercely over positioning, each using their own unique methods to compete for the closest position to the elephant herd.

Some even went so far as to spend huge sums of money to bribe Song Zhong and Qiao Gu in order to gain military merit.

They wouldn't lose out either. After they seized this position, a large number of high-ranking officials and nobles flaunted their wealth and sent their descendants to them, hoping to gain prestige and some military merit.

The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

The elephant herd is now going berserk, and since they are so close together, they are the first to be affected.

What used to be a lucrative post for gaining merit in battle has suddenly become the most dangerous place.

In particular, there are some pampered young soldiers among them. If it weren't for the fact that they could easily earn military merit and gain prestige this time, they would never have gone to the front line.

Tonight, on my first trip to the front lines, I encountered a herd of elephants that had gone mad. They were no better than ordinary soldiers; as soon as they saw the elephants go berserk, their legs trembled and they began to flee.

Qiao Gu was able to barely maintain the battle line, but under the leadership of these people, the army completely lost control and scattered and fled.

People trampled and bumped into each other, and fought each other to seize horses and run faster. The entire Song army was in complete chaos, with herds of cattle and elephants running rampant and indiscriminately.

Encountering a herd of cattle is better; at most, you'll be seriously injured, losing an arm or a leg, or breaking a few ribs.

However, those who were hit by the elephant herd were sometimes thrown more than ten meters away, and upon landing, they were either dead or maimed, with most of them dying.

Those trampled by the elephants suffered even more horrific consequences, their remains completely obliterated, mingling with the mud and turning into a pool of rotten flesh and red mud.

After the elephant cavalry had vented their anger and been brought under control, most of them fled the battlefield, and almost all the old oxen were killed. Wang Xuance and Jiang Shiren each led an army of 5 men and attacked the Song army from both sides.

The Song army had just suffered heavy losses from the elephant cavalry and oxen, and their morale was low. They were simply unable to resist the large army attacking from both flanks.

Faced with the Tang army at its peak, the Song army immediately knelt down and surrendered.

The Tang army captured tens of thousands of prisoners with almost no effort, inflicting a major defeat on the Song army.

After Qiao Gu rallied the remaining troops, he brought back less than 100,000 soldiers to the Song capital. In just one battle, the Song Dynasty lost as many as 100,000 elite troops.

The Song Dynasty's trump card, the elephant cavalry, also suffered heavy losses. Of the 500 elephants, nearly 100 were injured and unable to fight, and another 200 suffered from war syndrome and were also unable to return to the battlefield.

The Song Dynasty's elephant corps, which it relied on to intimidate the world, had dwindled to less than 200 heads, greatly diminishing its deterrent power.

Especially after this battle, the surrounding countries also learned about the weakness of elephant troops, and from now on, all armies fighting against the Song Dynasty will probably use herds of cattle as standard equipment.

After defeating the Song army, Wang Xuance led his troops straight to the Song capital, Songjing. Wherever he went, people surrendered at the sight of his flag, and he easily arrived at Xiaoyi, the gateway to Songjing.

If we can capture Xiaoyi, we can reach the Song capital directly.

Song Zhong redeployed 20 troops in Xiaoyi, maintaining a strict defense and giving important responsibilities to the veteran general Xue Kui, ordering him to only defend and not attack.

Wang Xuance sent men to shout from below the city walls, telling the soldiers inside why he wanted to borrow troops to attack the Song Dynasty, and that this war was started by the King of Song and had nothing to do with them.

Now, with just a few troops he casually borrowed, the Song Dynasty has been driven to the gates of its capital. If it remains obstinate, the Tang army will arrive, and the Song Dynasty will perish.

Under Wang Xuance's verbal attacks, the morale in the city continued to decline. Even though Xue Kui was a veteran general, it was difficult to boost morale without a victory, given that Song Zhongming had clearly ordered that defense was the only option and offense was not permitted.

Under the leadership of Jiang Shiren, the Allied forces launched a valiant attack, with Jiang Shiren leading the charge at the forefront.

Under his leadership, the entire army fought with all their might, becoming more and more courageous in battle!

On the third day alone, they climbed the city wall several times and nearly captured it.

On the fourth day, seeing the possibility of the Song Dynasty being destroyed, many surrounding countries increased their efforts and sent more troops to help, bringing Wang Xuance's army to as many as 15.

With more troops, Wang Xuance was more confident and divided his soldiers into several groups to attack in turn.

Several days later, in the early morning, Wang Xuance used a tactic of harassing the enemy to weaken the city's defenders.

At the crack of dawn, Wang Xuance launched a full-scale attack. He personally led his troops uphill and, taking advantage of the defenders' exhaustion, captured the city wall in one fell swoop.

Subsequently, Jiang Shiren also led his troops up and, while holding the city wall, advanced outwards.

More and more allied troops stormed the city walls, and Xiaoyi fell!

The Great Song Dynasty was shaken! All other nations were shaken!

Among the surrounding countries, the Song Dynasty ranked in the middle, not the weakest.

The Song Dynasty's elephant cavalry was feared even by the strongest kingdoms. Such a nation easily captured the capital after a Tang general casually assembled a coalition army of 10 men.

It couldn't possibly be because the Song Dynasty was too weak, because they were enemies and extremely familiar with each other.

That could only mean that the generals of the Tang Dynasty were too strong. Wang Xuance was just an envoy, yet he was so powerful, which made these people think of the historical records about Han envoys.

Ban Chao, Zhang Qian, Fu Jiezi, and others.

How strong must the Tang Dynasty have been? Could it have rivaled the mighty Han Dynasty?

If Wang Xuance was so powerful, how strong must the generals of the Tang Dynasty, such as Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, and Li Ji, have been?

What about Li Jing, who just passed away? He was known as the head of the Tang Dynasty's military, and what kind of charisma did he possess?

As expected of the Divine Empire, it is indeed a land of outstanding people and abundant resources.

Amidst the sighs of the surrounding nations, Wang Xuance led his troops to approach the Song capital.

Song Zhong was in a panic and hurriedly sent envoys to the allied army camp to negotiate.

Wang Xuance looked at the city walls of Songjing, then at the envoy sent by Song Zhong, and made up his mind.

He received the Song envoy in his tent. After the envoy explained his purpose, Wang Xuance laughed and said, "Now you know fear? I still prefer Song Gong's unruly demeanor, hahahahahahaha!"

The Song envoy looked grim, but he had no choice but to bow his head when he was under someone else's roof.

"My lord has promised to return all the looted money and treasures, and hopes that the Tang envoy will withdraw his troops."

"Hmph! Is Lord Song still half asleep?"

"How can we just let this go after so many lives lost in our Tang Dynasty delegation?!"

Jiang Shiren snorted coldly. As the security personnel of the mission, even if the Song Dynasty were destroyed, his future was already predictable. To obstruct someone's future was tantamount to killing their parents. How could he easily let go of this hatred?

"Two Tang envoys, our Great Song Dynasty has also lost many soldiers; that is more than enough to atone for our sins!"

The Song envoy said with dissatisfaction, "They have already lost hundreds of thousands of troops, isn't that enough?!"