A Nation Conquered in Fifteen Days

Lan Yuan swept his halberd forward, and the troops of every camp moved on command, shouting as they followed behind the chariots to press the attack.

War elephants had originally been Linyi Kingdom's greatest reliance, but their sudden turncoat betrayal caught everyone off guard. Holy Elephant General Fan Te puffed out his cheeks and sounded the call, yet the elephants were completely out of control today.

The elephants charged wildly like little mountains, smashing Linyi's formations into disarray. Qu Jin drew his sword and cut down several fleeing soldiers in succession, but it was already too late to reverse the collapsing rout.

The Cham people shouted as they scattered in all directions, but the broad Hoi An River at their rear became an obstacle in their path of escape. Yet at the brink of life and death, they could not afford hesitation. One after another, they threw away their weapons and leaped into the water.

Like herding pigs, the Han army drove the elephants and the Cham troops toward the Hoi An River. From the very beginning, the battle had been utterly one-sided, and countless corpses carpeted the grasslands north of the river.

The Cham people were short, nimble, and agile, and most knew how to swim. But King Qu Jin, bloated with fat, did not dare jump into the river to flee for his life.

Qu Jin repeatedly called for his guards to protect him, but when catastrophe struck, no one had time to spare him a glance. In the end, he was captured alive by the arriving Gao Ling.

In the battle at the Hoi An River, the Jiao Province army utterly crushed Linyi's main force. Only several hundred who plunged into the water survived. Qu Jin's vaunted war elephant corps, after its commander was captured by Shamoke,