With more fights and less fights, Zhang Yuanzuo has enough confidence, but he won't do that kind of stupid thing of punching and rushing, what he needs to do now is the trick of cat and mouse, when to exhaust the prey play, and when to carry out the fatal blow.

Therefore, these thousands of cavalry did not fight with their infantry army formation at all, but found the big cannibal cavalry cruising around. There are less than a thousand cavalry in the Great Eclipse, how can it be Zhang Yuanzuo's opponent, it is to go around in circles with it, hoping to get rid of the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty with this method It is a fool's dream, because these are the elite cavalry of the Tubo people after a hundred battles, how can they be easily let go?

Riding crossbows and riding bows played an irreplaceable role at this time, and the bows and crossbows were fired alternately in the galloping horse caravan, and with each salvo, a large number of cavalry fell from their horses.

If this continues, it won't be long before all the cavalry of the Great Food can be exhausted and consumed to death.

However, this large food army reinforcing Jiuquan was obviously not a rabble, and the foot soldiers in the array saw that the Tang soldiers did not regard them as targets, so they quickly sent a large number of longbowmen to shoot the Tang cavalry that was harassing the pursuit of the cavalry of the headquarters.

The longbow of the Great Food has a very long range, and the longbowmen are all warriors who are one in a thousand, and being able to equip these three or five thousand people with three hundred longbowmen already shows how much Yusuf attaches importance to Jiuquan.

However, he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the elite of the Tang Dynasty, and the Shenwei army led by Zhang Yuanzuo was able to cross most of the Hexi from Chang'an unknowingly, and captured Jiuquan in a battle, how could it be easy to match it?

Unfortunately, Yusuf simply attributed the failure of Jiuquan to the cowardice and incompetence of the Persians. This great empire, which has been strong for a thousand years, has enslaved countless surrounding ethnic groups, and today its remnants have all degenerated into sheep without fighting spirit.

Since the invasion of the Western Regions, the performance of the Tang soldiers encountered has been too poor, and it is not surprising that they have misjudged the situation on the battlefield.

In fact, once the battle was fought, Hasim, the commander of the Great Food Commander, who led the team, had already realized that it was difficult to completely annihilate the Tang Dynasty with his little strength alone, and it would not be so easy to recapture Jiuquan.

But how could the warlike cannibals be intimidated by this difficulty? Hasim quickly adjusted his tactics, ordering the cavalry not to engage the Tang cavalry as much as possible, and ordering the longbowmen to shoot as many Tang cavalry officers as possible.

Zhang Yuanzuo soon discovered the problem, the cavalry of the big cannibals always circled around their infantry army within a stone's throw range, and the longbowmen of the big food could support it all the time, although the damage caused by the three hundred longbowmen was not very large, but the psychological shock to people was difficult to ignore.

Zhang Yuanzuo licked his dry lips, he realized that he had encountered a difficult bone today, and this reinforcement was not at the same level as the Persian soldiers he fought in Jiuquan.

With the issuance of military orders, the military flags changed repeatedly, and the cavalry gradually broke away from the pursuit of the Great Food Cavalry.

Since you can't bargain for the time being, why bother to pursue at the risk of your own constant losses?

As a result, in the vast Gobi, the 3,500-strong cannibal soldiers had to be trapped in place, and it was difficult to advance westward. And a large number of cavalry in the Tang Dynasty were separated from the front and rear, eyeing each other.

Any horse sent out to call for help was shot as fast as he could, and Hassim couldn't help but feel a little impetuous when he saw that there was nothing he could do.

"When did the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty become so powerful?"

No one could answer his question, because all the Great Eaters had the same question as him, how could the fragile Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses have such powerful cavalry?

However, they did not know that this was only the beginning of a nightmare, and this terrible cavalry would lead them step by step to hell and into the abyss.

After a short confrontation, the Tang Dynasty cavalry once again launched wave after wave of attacks, although it was just a show, there was no actual attack, but it still consumed a large number of arrows from the Great Eater.

Since this was a rapid advance of light troops, and they did not carry too many arrows with the army, after half an afternoon's consumption, they saw that the arrows had a tendency to bottom out.

Hasim had to give the order for the longbowmen to retreat to rest in order to save the few arrows they had on the edge of life and death.

The retreat of the Great Food Soldier Longbowman made Zhang Yuanzuo see an opportunity, and after several repeated temptations, he finally came up with a killer weapon that he had not used.

The Shenwu Army is best at firearms, although the Shenwei Army is only a small division, but it is also equipped with a lot of firearms, among which the Thunderbolt cannon, which has been improved by Qingxuzi several times, is the first choice.

The cavalry rushed to a close enough distance from the Great Eclipse Army at great speed, and then used a thick leather band to throw the thunderbolt out with great force, smashing straight into the Great Eclipse Army Array.

At first, the Great Eclipse thought that the Tang Dynasty cavalry was going to forcibly charge into battle, and they were all ready to resist, but when they saw countless iron bumps being thrown over, they were a little confused.

It's just that soon they knew that these iron bumps were powerful, and after an instant, huge explosions came and went, and countless sharp pieces of broken iron were scattered and splashed in all directions, and the big food soldiers walked more, and suddenly fell into chaos.

Flesh and blood flew and howled, and soon they were all shrouded in the thick smoke that gradually rose.

The Great Cannibals had never been in this situation, and they hadn't even figured out what was going on, why were those iron bumps so terrifyingly powerful?

In a panic, many unexplained things will eventually be attributed to mysterious forces, and these great eaters from afar are no exception, and soon it will be believed that it is the devil's seed that is punishing them.

The originally neat and tight military formation was divided at once, and Hasim was quite competent, although he tried his best to restrain his subordinates, it was difficult to maintain the stability of his subordinates after all, and once the deserters began to appear, they would spread immediately like a plague, and even Da Luo Jinxian could not stop it.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yuanzuo's face showed a sneer, he expected that the thunderbolt cannon would shake the mountains as soon as it came out, but he never imagined that even if he was as powerful as a big cannibal, it would be difficult to withstand the effect of the thunderbolt cannon to dissipate the morale of the army.

In fact, whether it is a thunderbolt cannon or a stone cannon, the weapons of the Shenwu Army are not aimed at killing and injuring the enemy's vital forces, and the ultimate purpose is only to crush the enemy's military spirit and make them lose their will to fight.

"Chase down the remnants of the enemy, don't let go of the big cannibal!"

Half of these reinforcements were big cannibals with their heads entangled, and Zhang Yuanzuo didn't plan to let them escape back to Zhangye's main military camp, which was tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain.

Taking advantage of the fact that they are now in a mess, why not pursue them separately and completely annihilate them on the way back to Zhangye.

In the Great Eclipse Route, neither the foot nor the cavalry could escape the pursuit of the Tang Dynasty cavalry, because since they took away the war horses of the Cutan Horse Farm, the situation of one person with four horses or one person with five horses abounded in the army. So, they have enough foot strength to pursue any rout.

Of course, Zhang Yuanzuo did not forget to capture the thief and capture the king, this big food army of three or five thousand people must have a general whose status is not low.

At this time, Hasim was trying to stabilize the morale of the army, he knew that once the whole army retreated, it would be all over, and as long as the Tang cavalry followed the pursuit all the way, they could kill all of them unscathed.

Almost instantly, Hasim made the most difficult decision of his life, since he could not prevent the rout of his subordinates, he could only lead his henchmen to stay behind and block the Tang cavalry, hoping that those fleeing routs would have some chance to live.

It's still a slim chance, but it's better than giving up altogether.

"If you are not afraid of death, stay with me and stop Tang Bing!"

How could anyone not be afraid of death? Hassim did not shout, and such a shout led to a larger-scale rout.

Although the Great Cannibal is strong in combat, it does not mean that they will choose to die meaninglessly in the Jedi, most of them think that the battle has reached this point, and the Tang Dynasty people can actually recruit the devil to help, and only fools will fight to the end.

"Run for your life, these Tang Dynasty people are in the company of the devil......"

Panic and despair dominated the Great Eater, and the combat effectiveness naturally collapsed in an extreme time, and Hasim's eyes were almost bursting with fire, he knew that ordinary soldiers could be reintegrated into the army after escaping back, and he, as the main general, would definitely kill himself with Yusuf's temper.

Hasim killed a dozen deserters around him in a row, but he still couldn't stop the rout and let them stay.

In the end, Hasim also despaired, he gave up stopping the rout, and also gave up resistance, rather than fleeing back and being killed, it was better to be a prisoner of the Tang people.

Thinking of this, the fire of hope rose in the heart of Hasim, who was already desperate.

Zhang Yuanzuo watched the rout soldiers continue to flee, and he was already very sure in his heart that they would not be able to escape the pursuit of the cavalry, and to his surprise, the main general of this big food army actually took the initiative to surrender.

A middle-aged man with short and fat stature and dark skin kept bowing in front of Zhang Yuanzuo, and he didn't know what to say. Fortunately, a large number of Persians surrendered in the First Battle of Jiuquan, and they also brought many Persians with them in the army, so they could be used as interpreters temporarily.

Hasim's words were translated by the Persians, and Zhang Yuanzuo finally knew what this short and fat big food master had said.

"Venerable General Datang, I, Hasim, am willing to serve you......"

A long list of meaningless flattery, in a word, all mean the same thing, I surrender!