Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Peaks and Loops
Kahtaba was very brave, and with a wave of his hand, he directly led two thousand cavalry into the battlefield in a roundabout way.
At this moment, the Tang army on this side of the Kabul River had retreated to the Tang Bridge, blocking the pursuit of the Arab army on the bridge.
The reason why the Tang Bridge is named after the Tang Dynasty is that the Tang Dynasty specially sent craftsmen to repair it.
During the reign of Gaozong, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was bordered by the Caspian Sea in the west, and the Tang Bridge was built in this era.
The Tang Bridge is very wide and can accommodate ten horses in parallel.
But in the face of tens of thousands of soldiers, it was extremely crowded.
The Tang army was held by bridges, and the Arabs could not attack it for a while.
Kakhtaba's cavalry was crowded out, watching the Tang army drag the winch crossbow farther and farther, and their hearts were burning with anxiety.
I couldn't wait, so I abandoned my horse directly, took the steel shield from the soldiers beside me, pushed away the crowd, and squeezed to the front line.
"Allah Allah's blessed sons, crush the thieves in front of me with me......"
He roared and sank his wrist, and slashed forward with an axe.
The tomahawk was indestructible, and everywhere it went, a powerful force penetrated the front, and three people fell backwards and died on the spot.
The steel shield in his hand stepped forward, directly knocked down a person, and the tomahawk in his hand flashed, and he slashed out with swiftness, and three enemies fell to death when he landed.
Kahtaba is extremely powerful, and the tomahawk in his hand is extremely powerful, and a single slash can often knock several people to the ground.
The Tang army showed full bravery, and they did not retreat to hold the Tang Bridge.
But the Arab two-handed swordsmen were clearly superior in both combat and experience, especially under the leadership of Kahtaba, who were like a heavy hammer, striking hard after another, although the moves were extremely simple, but they were really difficult to resist.
The Tang army, which held on to the Tang Bridge and did not retreat, was like nails, gradually weakening as the resistance was gradually weakened, and was constantly nailed into the soil by the hammer.
Tang Bridge finally lost!
Abu Muslim, fearing the rise of the Kakhtaba killing, forgot his main task and beat the drum to summon Kakhtaba to snatch the winch crossbow.
Their main purpose in this battle was to seize the right to accuse Tangqiao.
The goal has been achieved, but if the winch crossbow of the Tang Dynasty can be captured, it will undoubtedly achieve the greatest victory.
For this reason, Abu Muslim once again transferred his troops to the front.
Kahetaba was really a little red-eyed, and after receiving the order, he came to his senses, looked left and right and found the direction where the winch crossbow was withdrawn, and waved the squire to send the mount up.
Kahetaba led his cavalry in the direction of the winch crossbow.
"Boom ......!!!"
Suddenly, an earth-shattering loud bang came from behind him.
The earth trembled.
This was followed by a horrified wail.
Kakhtaba was inexplicable, and with his superb riding skills, he stabilized the frightened warhorse and looked back.
The scene in front of him made him feel a tremor in his soul......
Under the huge black smoke, the Tang Bridge, which was originally intact, actually collapsed, and countless soldiers on both sides of the river fell to the ground and wailed.
There are more than 100 soldiers in the Kabul River struggling in the water, like roosters falling into the water.
What's the situation?
What's going on?
Could it be Allah who is punishing his people?
Kahtaba was also a slave warrior trained in the Arab military system, he began to be brainwashed by the faith at the age of eight, did military training, went to war at the age of fifteen, and is still twenty-eight years old.
With the fear of God, he was not afraid of death, accumulated a lot of merits, and became the current general.
Faced with this incredible scene, Kahetaba instinctively thought that this was a heavenly punishment, and only the true gods had this energy.
Inexplicable fear welled up in my heart.
At this moment, there was another shout of killing behind him, and Kahetaba turned his head to look at it, and felt that his heart was cold.
The Tang army, which had originally retreated, actually rushed up again.
This time, they took the anger they had suppressed before, and the grief and indignation of their colleagues who died in battle, and they all vented it at once.
On the contrary, the Arab army, the inexplicable explosion and collapse of the Tang Bridge made all the soldiers fearful, and their morale plummeted.
It also frightened the siege of the Tang Army, and its strength could no longer be fully exerted.
The situation is completely reversed......
There were 9,000 on the other side of the Kabul River, and less than 10,000 Arab soldiers crossed the Don Bridge, and they were surrounded by about 13,000 Tang soldiers.
They were anti-guest, red-eyed, and rushed to and fro the battlefield in a matter of moments, and the corpses of Arab soldiers were piled up everywhere.
While the Tang army rushed and killed, they also drove the Arabs into the Kabul River, like chasing ducks.
Abu Muslim looked at the battlefield without saying a word, and watched his soldiers being slaughtered like pigs and dogs, his face turned pale.
He had been paying attention to every move on the battlefield, and since the inexplicable light of fire appeared under the Tang Bridge, he felt that something was wrong.
Before he could react, Tang Qiao had already been blown up.
The scattered rubble and heat wave were like heavenly punishments, taking hundreds of lives in one fell swoop.
At the moment when the Tang Bridge was blown up, Abu Muslim had already understood a little bit and had fallen for the trick.
From the failure of the Tang Army to demolish the Tang Bridge in time, to the appearance of the winch crossbow, the whole thing is a trap.
Tang Jun deliberately did not demolish the Tang Bridge, Tang Jun deliberately sent a winch crossbow, all to lure him into being fooled.
Now that the Tang Bridge has been destroyed, he has 9,000 soldiers who can turn the situation around, but he is unable to support the other side at all.
"Withdraw!" Abu Muslim snapped a word out of his teeth.
"Why?" The adjutant general was puzzled, and even defended: "We can still save ......"
"Withdraw ......," Abu Muslim shouted again, turning and leaving.
Nine thousand soldiers on the other side of the Kabul River slowly retreated.
Feng Changqing came to the bank of the Kabul River again, looked at a group of chickens and ducks in the Kabul River, and then glanced at the Arab army that had retreated, and also issued the same emotion, "Knowing how to advance and know how to retreat, it's not simple!" ”
Then he looked at the Arab soldiers who were still struggling without drowning, and said three words coldly: "Kill them all!" ”
The bowstring rattled, the Kabul River turned red, and floating corpses floated downstream.
In this battle, the Tang army annihilated 10,000 enemies, ushering in a good start to the duel between the Tang Dynasty and Arabia.
However, the Tang army also paid a lot of price, with more than 3,200 killed and almost half of the 15,000 soldiers wounded, which shows the tragedy of the battle.
"Sealing the Degree!"
A general walked quickly to Feng Changqing, "Pei Guogong is here!" He has led his army to the land of Udana, please come and meet you! ”
Feng Changqing's spirit was shocked, and he scolded with a smile: "What Pei Guogong, remember, I want to call Pei Shuai." Now Pei Shuai is the protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and we are all soldiers under his command. ”
Feng Changqing was brought out by Pei Min, from a shepherd slave to the current festival envoy, he loves Pei Min from the bottom of his heart, and will always regard him as his boss.
"You go and prepare, I'll arrange things here, and leave for Udana at once."