The Tang army's crossbowmen advanced and retreated in a very orderly manner, first the range of three hundred steps of the Fuyuan crossbow fired, the long crossbow arrows in an arc whistling towards the enemy, so that hundreds of large cannibal cavalry synchronized with the light infantry were hit by arrows and planted on their horses, the big cannibals were shocked by the Tang army's long-range attack, they immediately adjusted their formation, the cavalry moved back, and the light armored shield soldiers were at the forefront.

When the march reached two hundred paces, the Tang army's crossbows began to exert their might, dense crossbow arrows from the gaps in the shield, from the top of the enemy's heads, began to have infantry arrows fall to the ground, the speed of the Great Food Army's advance slowed down significantly, to one hundred and twenty paces, including the horn bow crossbow, single bow crossbow and other bows and crossbows all the bows and crossbows fired at once, the powerful crossbow arrows even shot through the shield, the front of the big food soldiers like rows of crops cut to the ground.

At eighty paces, the archers of the Tang army began to fire, the speed of the archers was significantly higher than that of the crossbowmen, and the feathered arrows were like heavy rain, although the big cannibals were protected by giant shields, they still couldn't dodge the all-pervasive arrows, and the soldiers of the first phalanx were completely swallowed by the rain of arrows.

In the cavalry corps on the right flank of the Great Eclipse, Mo Yali stared at the Tang Army's bows and crossbows in turn, the arrows were overwhelming, and the inferiority of long-range weapons made his eyes erupt with fire.

He snatched the horn, raised his head to the sky and blew vigorously, and the low sound of the horn spread throughout the battlefield, and the ten thousand Sassanid cavalry behind him rushed out, wielding a sharp Damascus scimitar, like a fierce wind rising from the ground, and slashed at the left flank of the Tang army.

The light armor and cavalry also accelerated at the same time, throwing spears like a rain, intensively stabbing at the Tang army's crossbowmen, and the Tang army's camp also began to appear dead and wounded, and the enemy's advance was already less than fifty paces.

As the agitated drums of the Tang army sounded, the formation of the Tang army changed again, and the crossbowmen retreated like a tide. The Tang Army's ground spear battalion came out with guns, and 5,000 spearmen formed a gun formation, and the standard spears with oblique stabs were like dense forests. Exudes a powerful murderous aura.

Rumble! There was a loud bang on the ground, like two huge waves colliding, and the light armored infantry of the Great Food Army and the Long Xiang spearmen of the Tang Army came into close contact. It was a contest of strength and discipline, and even if you knew that you would die, you could not take a step back, and when one soldier fell, another person immediately stepped forward. The two Longxiang spear barracks of the Tang army were all Han Chinese, and the soldiers came from Fengxiang and Kaiyang counties, and were personally trained by the veteran Li Fei Yuanli. This is a kind of army that fights by collective strength, similar to the Roman legions in the West, but unlike the Roman legions, they are equipped with a thousand escort cavalry on each flank to prevent the enemy cavalry from attacking from the flank.

Today is the first time that 5,000 dragon spearmen have been put into actual combat. He faced the Great Food Army that fought in all directions. But fortunately, the light armored infantry in front of them was not the real Great Food Army, but the Great Food Local Army, most of the soldiers came from Tochar, Kang, Shi and other vassal countries, and some came from Egypt, both equipment and combat power were inferior to the Great Food Honzong army.

Under the attack of the Tang army's powerful gun array, the light armored soldiers suffered heavy casualties. The ground was littered with dead bodies. The formation began to move backwards, at this time. Wang Siyu saw the weak point of the enemy's army, and he immediately ordered: "The second battalion of cavalry flanks the enemy infantry. ”

The red order flag waved, and 3,000 cavalry were separated from the Tang army, which was fighting the Tocharian cavalry on the left flank of the enemy, and began to attack the Dashi light armor from the flank.

At this moment, 10,000 Sassanid cavalry on the right flank of the Great Food Army arrived, their tactics were the same as the Tang Army, trying to defeat the Tang Army's spearmen from the side, although this cavalry was not the most elite guards of the Great Food, but they came from the Sasanid Army, the place where the Abbasid Dynasty started the army of the Black-clothed Great Food, both equipment and training were significantly stronger than the light armor soldiers and Tocharian cavalry, especially they were equipped with the best Arab war horses, making them extremely fast and agile

The Sassanid cavalry divided into two routes, one with 6,000 men to meet the left wing cavalry of the Tang army, and the other with 4,000 men to attack the Tang spearmen.

At this time, Wang Siyu had also discovered the unusual speed and attack power of this Great Food Cavalry, and he immediately ordered: "The crossbow army retreats to the camp, and the Modao army meets it!" ”

Under an order, the Modao team turned from the central main formation to the left flank, they marched like a wall, although the Sassanid cavalry was well-armed, but in front of the powerful Modao, they still suffered heavy casualties, the landlord of the Modao army will be the first fierce general of the Xiliang Army, Cheng Lie, the Modao army is composed of all burly men, all of them are long and powerful, but Cheng Lie is still a head taller than them, and his physique is majestic, like a god.

Every time he swung out a knife, a Sassanid cavalry company with men and horses was split in half, the Great Food Army was bloody for a while, retreating, the route of attacking spearmen was cut off by the Mo Knife Army, and the fallen men and horses instantly piled up a wall of flesh and blood, but the two sides still stepped on the corpses to move forward, as if two angry waves converged, and the waves rolled.

The 60,000 army fought on the three-mile-long front, and the reserves of the two armies were not moving, Zhang Huan was engrossed in observing the tactical changes and combat effectiveness of the Great Food Army, although his army was superior in numbers, but the first time he fought with the Great Food Army, he did not dare to be careless, and still only carried out a tentative attack, especially the Great Food Army and 20,000 cavalry were not dispatched, which made Zhang Huan deeply vigilant and did not dare to easily order the army to press on the whole line.

From the current scene, the Tang army has a slight advantage, mainly in the infantry, killing the enemy army retreating, but the enemy's right flank of 10,000 cavalry is quite eye-catching, their tactics are extremely flexible, using the advantage of the Arabian horses light and fast, avoiding the frontal edge of the Tang army's Modao army, harassing the Tang army's array, sometimes lightning to the spear formation, sometimes from the Tang army's left wing cavalry formation, attacking the back of the Modao army.

Zhang Huan's brows furrowed, he was obviously very dissatisfied with the performance of his left flank cavalry, under the flexible tactics of the Great Food Cavalry, they looked very clumsy, and their tactics were also rigid, as if they only wanted to try their best to maintain the formation, and forgot about the fight with the enemy, the left flank cavalry of this Tang Army was the 10,000 Qiang soldiers who had just arrived in Anxi, and the commander was Zhonglang General Ugao Geri, or his brother-in-law.

It was precisely because of the ineffective performance of this left flank cavalry that the momentum of the spearmen's attack on the enemy's light armoured men weakened, and the good situation that could have been able to defeat the light armoured soldiers and win the first battle was now in a stalemate.

Zhang Huan snorted coldly, and immediately turned back to his own soldiers and said, "Order Wang Siyu to turn to the left flank and replace Ugaogli to command the cavalry on the left flank." ”

The soldiers received the order and galloped to Wang Siyu to give the order.

Like Zhang Huan, Agush is also concentrating on observing the battle situation, so far, Murali's tactical arrangement is not bad, first of all, the sharpest bow and arrow of the Tang army did not play much role and withdrew from the battlefield, and secondly, the 10,000 Sassanid cavalry led by him not only contained the 15,000 people of the Tang army, but also helped the light armor soldiers to assist.

Agush nodded slightly, although this Meridian is sometimes not very obedient, but it has to be said that he is experienced and can be of great use, his 20,000 cavalry is even sharper, and he can defeat the 30,000 people of the Tang army.

At this moment, a sentry galloped in, and he reported in alarm: "Your Highness, we have found a Tang army of 5,000 men heading around Shule City from the south. ”

Agush smiled, he had long been prepared for a possible sneak attack by the Tang army, there were still 4,000 guards left in the city, and the Tang army could not take the city with only 5,000 people.

However, the sentry hesitated and said, "We have also received news that it seems that the defeated Shule army is also approaching the direction of Shule City. ”

"What!" Agush was taken aback, if the Shule people attacked the city, then the result would be different, and the Shule people in the city would definitely cooperate with them.

Agush grabbed the sentry by the neck and shouted, "Why didn't you say it earlier! ”

"We're not sure." The Patrolman replied tremblingly.

"Bastard!"

Agush pushed him away and ordered without hesitation: "Order to withdraw!" ”

At this time, he knew very well the consequences of withdrawing the army, the light armored army would be wiped out, but Agush did not care about the life or death of these miscellaneous troops at all, as long as he withdrew two cavalry.

The sound of a low horn sounded continuously, this was the order to withdraw from the battle, and although Meari was shocked, he did not dare to disobey, and immediately ordered to retreat, and the Sassanid cavalry and the Tocharian cavalry withdrew almost simultaneously, their horses were extremely fast, and the losses were not large, and they soon broke away from the battle line.

At this time, Wang Siyu rushed back to the main formation and reported loudly to Zhang Huan: "Dudu, the enemy retreated in a panic, it must be something wrong with Shule, and we can pursue it at full speed." ”

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Don't chase after them, let them retreat." ”

He pointed to the Dashi light armored infantry who were still breaking through and said: "Surround them, annihilate them all, and not one of them is allowed to escape." ”

The Tang army pressed on and surrounded the remnants of 5,000 light armor regiments, and soon, the desperate light armor soldiers surrendered to the Tang army en masse, and the first tentative battle ended with a slight victory for the Tang army.