[Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. Wang Siyu looked indifferently at this half-way slaughtered army, it also had nearly 20,000 people, all riding tall Arab horses, holding short spears and shields, and carrying more than ten throwing spears on their backs, this is the elite army of the Great Cannibals, one is the Persian Sassanid cavalry that fought with the Tang army, and the other is the Damascus cavalry that swept through Egypt, they are neatly arranged and majestic.

At the front of the Great Eclipse Army, a general who looked like a lion stared closely at their prey, and his face had a kind of pride that the prey was behind, he was none other than the commander of the Great Eclipse Army, Moyali.

In order to counter this Tang army, he did not hesitate to make a military order in front of Agush, and only then did he lend his most elite Damascus cavalry, and now, he has successfully introduced 20,000 hunting Tang troops into his predators, and now it is time to collect them.

At the same time as Murali appeared, Raschel, the main general of the Great Food Reinforcements, led the army back, and they were one left and one right, sandwiching the Tang army in the middle, "Kill!" With a loud roar, the 20,000 Great Food Sect army stirred up a monstrous murderous aura and swept towards the Tang army.

And Raschel did not move, although the 20,000 Zhaowu cavalry he led was far from being comparable to the army of the Great Food Honzong, but his own status was much higher than that of Muryali, and when he was in Baghdad, the two of them were both guards in the court, and there was a grudge because of different factions, and now, he was not willing to become a vassal of Muryali, he would rather be a vulture that ate carrion, waiting to clean up the remnants of the Tang army.

Facing the overwhelming slaughter of the Great Food Cavalry, Wang Siyu suddenly smiled, he was not intimidated by the Great Food Army, on the contrary, there was an inexplicable excitement burning in his blood, his 20,000 cavalry was also the most elite cavalry unit of the Xiliang Army, so why be afraid of them.

What made him even more excited was that without the Governor by his side to supervise the battle today, he could give full play to his tactics and duel with the Great Food Army, and he also saw that the cooperation between the two Great Food Army was obviously a little disjointed, and there seemed to be some kind of contradiction between them, maybe this was a great opportunity for him to take advantage of.

"Cloth Eagle Arrow Array!"

He gave a low order, and the camp of the Tang army immediately changed, with six thousand Tang troops forming two phalanxes in front and back, forming an eagle's head and an eagle's belly, while four thousand Tang troops scattered to the left and right, forming eagle wings.

The 20,000 Tang troops turned into two eagles in an instant, separated by about 500 steps horizontally, independent of each other, but echoing each other, distributed on a three-mile-long front.

The Great Food Army and the Tang Army were only a few miles apart, and with the explosive power of the Arab war horses, the Great Food Cavalry instantly killed the Tang Army 300 steps away, and the rolling yellow dust under the horses' hooves almost flooded the entire land, and they did not give the Tang Army a chance to line up.

"Shoot!" Wang Siyu gave a short order.

The Tang army fired thousands of arrows in unison, and the powerful crossbow arrows whistled and shot at the enemy cavalry, dense as a storm, and the big food cavalry that ran in the front fell from their horses one after another, and the war horses neighed and screamed, and nearly a thousand people were shot down in an instant.

The Tang Army's round archery array was launched, as if two huge wheels were rolling rapidly in the wilderness, and the eagle's head and eagle's belly were constantly changing roles, winding, loading, aiming, firing, turning and retreating, all in one go, like flowing clouds and water, without the slightest hindrance, and the two wings of the guards were flat with long lances, and they also retreated, falling together, like the wings of two eagles fluttering and dancing.

The crossbow arrow is accurate, the range is long, it is one of the sharpest weapons against the cavalry, and it is also the most advanced weapon of the Tang Army, the riding crossbow of the Western Liang Army is slightly different from the traditional hard crossbow, the traditional hard crossbow needs to be pulled by pedal when winding, which is very laborious, and the riding crossbow of the Western Liang Army is designed with two copper rods on both sides of the crossbow bow, and it is relatively easy to wind it by using the pry force of the lever, which is somewhat similar to the principle of the red wine opener in later generations.

But its weakness is also obvious, it is complex to operate, slow winding, often do not wait for the second arrow to be fired, the enemy's cavalry will rush to the front, so the use of the arrow array of round shooting, can perfectly solve this problem, so that the arrow is always shot like a rainstorm, do not give the enemy time to breathe, but this also has extremely high requirements for the cavalry, not only to be skilled in winding, but also to have superb horse control skills, but also must have strict discipline and cooperation, in order to ensure that on the one hand quickly retreat, on the other hand, but also can be smoothly rotated.

The Tang army's arrow array caused heavy losses to the Great Food Army, and the dense and stormy arrows made their shields not play much protective role, especially the war horses had a lot of arrows, although they were extremely sensitive, but the Tang Army's arrow rain was too dense, making them inevitable, row after row of war horses neighed and fell, throwing the cavalry on horseback to the ground, and was immediately trampled to death by the chaotic horses behind, and even when it was less than a hundred steps away from the Tang Army, the powerful crossbow arrows shot through the shield.

And when the vanguard of the big cannibal finally approached the Tang army, the throwing guns immediately overwhelmed, and the several rows of Tang troops in front of them were stabbed to the ground, Wang Siyu immediately ordered, "Defend the two wings, and retreat with the crossbow array." ”

The cavalry on both wings immediately closed up to resist the impact of the Great Eclipse Cavalry, and at the same time covered the retreat of the cavalry archers, and once again opened the distance, once the distance was opened, the two wings immediately dispersed to both sides, revealing the forward of the Great Eclipse Army, and the crossbow arrows of the Tang Army began a new round of shooting.

In this way, the Tang army's arrow array has shot more than a dozen rounds, more than 100,000 arrows poured into the cavalry of the Great Eclipse, in just a quarter of an hour, the casualties of the Great Eclipse Army have exceeded forty percent, while the Tang army has lost less than one percent, most of them were wounded by the enemy's guns.

Meria's passion has disappeared, he painfully tasted the power of the Tang army's bow and arrows, he changed two tactics in a row, first to both sides, but the Tang army's arrow array was also dispersed to both sides, and then, he ordered Da Shi to form a phalanx and connect the shields as one, but in this way, the speed of the cavalry slowed down significantly, but on the contrary, the Tang army's arrow rain became more dense, and the shield could not withstand the powerful crossbow arrows.

Seeing that his casualties were getting bigger and bigger, Meria finally reluctantly stopped the attack, while the Tang army continued to retreat until it was two miles away and slowly stopped.

The miles of wilderness were densely covered with the corpses of the Great Food Army and the wounded and wailing cavalry, the ownerless war horses were wandering around like ghosts, and the 20,000 Benzong army was only a little more than 10,000, and the formation was incomplete, while the Tang army only damaged a thousand people, and still maintained a tight formation, Meria's heart seemed to sink into the abyss, at this time, he would rather his army not be a disciplined elite, and he could stop the pursuit by himself when the opportunity was not good, but he could save more soldiers.

He turned his head sharply, staring viciously at the Raschel Department in the distance, his eyes were almost spewing fire with hatred, at this critical time, if they could cooperate and attack the Tang army from the side or behind, the situation would be completely different, but they didn't, they watched themselves being killed and injured in large numbers, didn't they know that there was no reason to finish the eggs under the nest?

"Raschel, I'm going to tell Harry about you!" He gritted his teeth and roared under his breath.

At this time, the commander of the Damascus cavalry regiment saw that his army had suffered heavy casualties, and his heart was extremely dissatisfied, and he stepped forward with a gloomy face and asked: "General Meria, do we still have to fight!" ”

"I'm afraid we're out of our hands." Melia pointed to the Tang Army, which had changed its formation in the distance, and said with a wry smile: "The hunter did not expect the strength of the prey, but was bitten by it. ”

He had already found that today's Tang Army was completely different from the Tang Army he had seen in the last battle, that is to say, last time they had preserved their strength, Meria's heart was gloomy for a while, and he began to believe that another version of the Battle of Talas that year circulated in the army in private, the Great Food Army was not the opponent of the Tang Army at all, and only successfully rebelled against Qarluq to win the battle.

The facts told him that the official propaganda about the weakness and vulnerability of the Tang army would lead to a complete defeat for them.

The formation of the Tang Army has changed, and it has changed from a defensive arrow formation to an offensive gun formation, and nearly 20,000 long lances have risen from the end of the brush, like the endless Black Forest.

They did not rush like a rage, but formed three phalanxes, and in the front two rows of each phalanx, the 'V' shaped shields of the Tang army formed a complete shield protection system to deal with the throwing guns of the Great Food Army.

The Tang army slowly moved closer to the Great Food Army, which seemed to be dragging tens of thousands of catties of sediment, exuding an incomparably dignified, powerful momentum like the top of a mountain.

"General, what should I do?" The commander of the Damascus cavalry asked with some horror.

Melia's heart is full of contradictions, whether to fight or not to fight, if he retreats like this, he will be severely punished by the prince, but if he wants to fight to the death with the Tang army, they are obviously not opponents, and it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated.

The commander of the Damascus cavalry also glared back at Raschel's troops, who were quietly retreating, and he whispered to Meria: "General, I am willing to testify for you that the defeat in this battle was caused by Raschel's non-cooperation. He also tasted the strong strength of the Tang army, and he did not want his Damascus army to be wiped out here.

Melia let out a long sigh, "Okay! We withdraw. ”

With a wave of his hand, more than 10,000 cannibal cavalry retreated like a gust of wind, and withdrew north with 20,000 reinforcements.

"Thou shalt not pursue!" Wang Siyu waved his hand and ordered the Tang army to stop, he stared at the Great Food Army gradually moving away, and immediately turned back to Liang Tingyu and said: "You stay and clean up the battlefield, the governor has an order, the wounded enemy army must not be killed, and must be brought back to the camp." ”

"What about you?"

Wang Siyu smiled, "Have you forgotten?" The Great Food Reinforcements are divided into two routes, and there should be 10,000 people behind us. ”

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(In the Battle of Talas, it was the Tang Army's crossbow arrows and the Modao Army that killed and injured a large number of enemy troops. Give me the motivation to make the big war more intense! (To be continued, if you want to know what happens next, dnovel.) , more chapters, support authors, support genuine reading! )

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