Chapter 615

The northern city drill ground.

Standing beside Qin Mu were Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang, and the two Persian princes, Peroz and Narsieh. Also present were Old Li and Fang Xuanling.

He hadn't originally intended to call Old Li and Fang Xuanling, but they had heard that the two Persian princes wanted to see the military might of Great Qin.

This was an opportunity to observe the Great Qin army.

Thus, Old Li and Fang Xuanling had shamelessly followed along the whole way.

Qin Mu didn't mind.

He thought that as two civil officials, they would probably just feast their eyes on it.

The two Persian princes were in high spirits.

After entering the military camp, their eyes didn't stop, darting around everywhere.

"Your Majesty, why are there no camel troops in your camp? Not to mention elephant troops. If your cavalry encounters elephant troops, I'm afraid they won't be able to win."

Qin Mu knew that Peroz's words were still considered polite.

The mindset of these Persians was just like that, only pursuing more powerful troop types.

The Persian elephant troops were the kings of land warfare.

When the Persian Empire was at its peak, they only needed to place a dozen war elephants in the middle of the cavalry. Such a charge was unstoppable!

Of course, this was because they didn't understand military strategy.

That was why they would desperately pursue individual strength.

Qin Mu smiled slightly.

"You Persians have elephant troops; why did you still lose to the Arabs?"

The two Persian princes were momentarily speechless, not knowing how to answer.

However, looking at them, they seemed quite unconvinced.

The purpose of Qin Mu calling the Persian princes here today was to grind away the inherent arrogance in them.

He had to make them convinced and submissive!

"In my eyes, war elephants have fatal flaws. They are very prone to rage, and when they get angry, they will even trample their own soldiers and destroy their own formations."

"And formations, in Great Qin's military strategy, are valued much more than individual strength."

Qin Mu pointed his hand into the distance.

"With that thing there, war elephants are not worth mentioning in front of it!"

What thing?

Not only the Persian princes were very interested in the "thing" Qin Mu spoke of.

Even Li Er and Fang Xuanling didn't know what thing Qin Mu was talking about.

Yue Fei led everyone over together.

They saw the thing Qin Mu had just pointed to.

Several large and cumbersome strange war chariots!

They couldn't understand what they were for.

Having known Qin Mu for so long, Li Er knew he never spoke nonsense. Since he said this thing was useful, it must be useful!

"Your Majesty of Great Qin, how are these war chariots used? With them, how can one resist war elephants?"

Qin Mu beckoned to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei immediately ordered a team of soldiers to go up and operate the cumbersome war chariot.

The Persian princes stared intently, not knowing what kind of surprise this wooden war chariot would give them.

The soldiers were nimble.

They quickly prepared the war chariot, and in a giant spoon at the front of the long arm, they placed a large stone weighing several hundred jin.

They waited for Qin Mu's order.

Qin Mu waved his hand.

The operator swung a large hammer and knocked out the pin.

The long arm of the war chariot swung violently. The large stone whistled out, flew into the air, and smashed toward the distance.

This shot traveled a full hundred zhang and more.

After landing on the ground, it rolled forward for another stretch, sweeping away all the trees in its path.

Its range far exceeded that of all archers!

The Persian princes were dumbfounded.

Both were experienced in battle, and it was easy for them to judge that the attack power of this thrown large stone was terrifyingly strong.

Even if a war elephant were hit, it would turn into a pile of meat paste.

Even if it didn't hit, just landing beside the war elephant, startled by this, the war elephant would surely go mad and start attacking indiscriminately!

Indeed, in front of such a war chariot, war elephants were weak and vulnerable!

Li Er and Fang Xuanling were also stunned.

Both were from the Central Plains; how come they had never seen this thing?

If Great Qin used this kind of war chariot to attack the Great Tang army.

It was estimated that after just a few hits, the army being smashed would have its morale collapse!

An absolute super weapon!

Seeing this, the trip was not in vain!

Li Er hurriedly asked.

"Your Majesty of Great Qin, this kind of war chariot has such terrifying power; what is its name? And how was it designed?" Qin Mu glanced sideways at Old Li.

Was this guy being so blatant in his intelligence gathering?

"This war chariot is called a trebuchet, and it was just invented by the skilled craftsmen in the army. It's not worth mentioning!"

This wasn't worth mentioning?

The Persian princes saw the power of the trebuchet, their confidence had been deeply hit, and their speech was a bit slurred.

"Your Majesty, the Great Qin army possesses such a powerful war chariot; it is truly a strong army of the world."

"But I see the bodies of the Qin soldiers, they seem a bit weak; I don't know how their combat effectiveness is?"

Peroz had now learned to be restrained in his speech.

Although it was a challenge, it wasn't as arrogant as before.

Qin Mu was quite satisfied with Peroz's change.

However, just one trebuchet was not enough to shock them.

"Since you want to see individual combat power, let's go to the drill ground and play around."

Yue Fei called over several of his deputy generals to hold the line.

Yang Zaixing, Yue Yun, and Niu Gao were all generals in the Back-Wei Army.

Peroz was strong and sturdy, and he didn't put anyone in his eyes.

The first one he wanted to challenge was Qin Mu.