Using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Crossbow">crossbows</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_dynasty" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Song dynasty">Song dynasty</a> troops soundly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Song_dynasty#Founding_of_the_Song" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of the Song dynasty">defeat</a> a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_elephant" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War elephant">war elephant</a> corps of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Han" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Southern Han">Southern Han</a> at Shao.