Chapter 1428

Han Xin and the others truly did not expect the Prince to know so much.

He even knew some of the history of the Maurya Empire.

This exceeded their imagination.

They also did not know how the Prince knew these things.

They were incredibly curious in their hearts, but it was not appropriate to ask.

After all, this was the Prince's private matter; it would be bad to ask.

"The Prince knows so much!"

"We will not ask the Prince how he knows this."

Han Xin spoke up, fearing that someone oblivious would ask the Prince how he knew.

Unexpectedly, the Maurya Empire's strength is average, and it wasn't that strong even at its peak.

30,000 cavalry, 600,000 infantry, and 9,000 war elephants—that was all in the past.

Nowadays, the strength should be even weaker.

The sixth king, Shalishuka, is a cruel king.

With a cruel king in power, it would be strange if the Maurya Empire could be strong.

Having gained a bit of understanding of the Maurya Empire, Han Xin and the others felt much more at ease.

Originally, they thought the Maurya Empire was very powerful.

They were also worried that the Maurya Empire would be too strong to deal with.

Now that they knew the Maurya Empire's strength was not great.

They were no longer worried.

"Your Highness, what kind of unit is the Maurya Empire's elephant corps?"

"It wouldn't be elephants, would it?"

Li Xin asked curiously.

He also knew about elephants.

There were elephants in Nanyue, just not many.

Elephants are colossal beasts.

If they were used to form an elephant corps, he wondered how powerful it would be?

"Correct, they use elephants as mounts, hence they are called the elephant corps."

"The elephant corps is very powerful; you need to be vigilant about this."

Others might not know, but Ying Ying Zi Ye knew.

The Maurya Empire's elephant corps was very developed; war elephants were trained from wild elephants.

Once captured wild elephants were tamed, they were trained to be steered, turned, advanced, trampled, and killed.

As well as other combat training; the elephant corps had extreme charging power.

Fighting with elephants sometimes yielded poor results.

They failed to exert their power, not only failing to disrupt the enemy's formation but instead disrupting their own.

The reason for this is that war elephants are easily frightened, causing them to charge and trample indiscriminately, harming both friend and foe.

This is the weakness of the elephant corps; once frightened, they will not distinguish between friend and foe.

"Your Highness, those elephants are tall and fierce; how should we fight?"

"Is there a way to deal with those elephants?"

Han Xin had some reservations; after all, he had never fought against an elephant corps.

He truly did not know how to deal with those colossal beasts.

"There are some ways."

Ying Ying Zi Ye thought of the elephants' weaknesses.

It was understandable that Han Xin and the others did not know.

But he did know some.

Han Xin and the others looked at Ying Ying Zi Ye in astonishment.

They truly did not expect the Prince to know these things.

Some of the people present had seen elephants, and some had not.

Those who had not seen them also knew that elephants were colossal beasts.

In their understanding, no one could beat an elephant.

After all, the elephant's size was just too large.

A single step could crush a person to death; trampling them into a meat patty was not a problem.

"Your Highness, please tell us what the method is!"

Li Xin also leaned in; he was also very curious.

He had seen elephants; no one dared to provoke those wild elephants.

Once, he was almost trampled to death by an elephant.

The elephant's massive size had left a shadow in his heart.