If its master were killed, a troupe of elephants would be left without a leader. Losing heart for battle, injured and frightened, they might scatter in all directions, trampling friend and foe alike as they fled the field. An elephant show Limited by their relatively clumsy bodies, elephants were gradually "phased out" of military service.
象主被殺後，群象無首，軍心大亂，加上受傷及驚嚇，無心戀戰，四處逃命，往往敵友不分踩撞傷人。