Chapter Ninety-Three: The Battle on the Outskirts of the City (3)
Almost as soon as the military horses were moved, the Tiance army began to react. The front line of the car hanging array began to unfold almost instantly, the originally cramped infantry formation began to form four huge gears around the Modao battalion according to the shouts of their respective officers, and the people and horses of An Xiuxiu, who were originally entangled by the first battalion, were involuntarily carried out of the formation by the large infantry formation like a sea tide and involuntarily rotated from left to right, this scene almost made An Xiuxiu cry happily, and his army was inexplicably released by the other party, So An Xiuxiu, who almost didn't think twice, immediately took the remaining thousands of men and horses to turn around and retreat directly.
And before he turned around, the crossbow arrows roaring from the Tiance army behind him instantly covered the sky, five hundred ballistas, including more than a hundred specially modified ballistas that could fire five crossbow arrows at a time, this kind of weapon that made the enemy frightened took over the battlefield. Li Siyuan's charging momentum was instantly blocked, and this weapon, which had a range of more than 800 steps, almost blocked the opponent's first wave of charge together with the fire oil bomb catapult behind him.
Li Siyuan looked at his cavalry being blocked by the other party and didn't care at all, after fighting for so long, how many weapons the Tiance army could basically put on the table, no matter how powerful the crossbow arrows were, they couldn't block this kind of 100,000 cavalry cluster charge, so almost in an instant, Li Siyuan didn't even look at Zhou Dewei's face beside him, and directly ordered the whole army to charge, and in an instant, hundreds of thousands of horses' hooves trampled the earth, and the shock caused by it made the Tiance army feel a palpitation. And Zhou Dewei, who was beside Li Siyuan, sighed silently, didn't say more, turned around and walked behind him, he was going to see how An Xiuxiu was, although the relationship between him and Li Cunxiao was not good, but at this time, there must be no mistakes.
"Archers ready, targets are in front, ready to throw, three, two, one, fire." Xu Tianxiang's war drum team made the archer brigade in the army join the shooting frenzy, almost just after the opponent entered the firing range, the first wave of arrow rain also fell immediately, the rain of arrows that covered the sky completely blocked the sunlight in the sky, and the black pressure of the arrow rain made the soldiers of the Tiance Army in the vanguard feel cold, these whole 10,000 archers are the first formed long-range shooting unit since the Tiance Army became an army, and the arrows with cold light almost instantly put down the cavalry that charged to the arrival, and the blood on the arid land began to gather in an instant, The wails of fallen cavalry and horses rang out loudly, becoming the main noise of the battlefield.
"Look, my lord, the ballista brigade is starting to shoot back, why don't you let them block the forward troops with the archers?" Cen Tianshi was the first time to come to the battlefield of such a big war, and there was a trace of excitement in his trembling voice.
"This is to prevent the follow-up shock force of the Shatuo people, and the ballista brigade is more likely to use its powerful projection power to disrupt the opponent's deployment for this kind of cavalry charge of more than 10,000 people, and it is best to block the opponent's road, so as to effectively support the front-line operation. Sir, do you see that there is a riot in the middle of the enemy army? Li Xuanqing explained, nodded from afar, and said: "It seems that Li Siyuan is not as good as Tianxiang, and I don't know what this guy is stimulated, this is almost a whole army assault." ”
Li Xuanqing's discovery was soon discovered by Xu Tianxiang on the command platform, who glanced back at Li Xuanqing, and when he saw him smiling at him, he immediately nodded heavily.
And at this moment, the cavalry of the Shatuo people began to make contact with the Tiance Army. Unlike the previous infantry who needed to rely on the tower shield to delay the speed of the cavalry and buy time and space for the follow-up infantry, the car suspension array was launched almost at the moment when the opponent charged, and all the soldiers began to run fast according to the pace of the rehearsal, and the strange gears also began to roar, and the most extended blade of these huge gears was the bright tip of the spear of the captain of the team, and the sword and shield hand was responsible for blocking the cavalry's weapon attacks, and the middle was a longbow with a curved bow and arrows, only to see that these soldiers did not fight hard with each other at all. Instead, they quickly leave after one move per person, ignoring whether their attacks have worked or not, and even whether the opponent's weapon has cut them or not. This kind of relay-like action made the Shatuo people who rushed over a little at a loss for a while. And just when the other party fell into this temporary confusion, the weapons of the Tiance Army unceremoniously beckoned to the past, whether it was a soldier or a war horse, as long as they were hit, they were instantly put to the ground.
"Lord, the power of this car suspension array is not bad, you see that they actually led the enemy army to start following their pace, and the Shatuo people are going to be unlucky." Cen Tianshi looked at the battle situation below and smiled, ignoring his own voice Li Xuanqing could hear it.
However, Li Xuanqing shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Sir is too optimistic, if this car is suspended in formation, the power will be even greater." It was also the first time for the Shatuo people to face this strange formation, so they were temporarily knocked unconscious. It is estimated that it will be able to adjust soon, and the other party, like us, is a division of a hundred battles that has been fighting all year round, and it will not be so easy to lose. ”
However, this kind of adjustment will take time, and Xu Tianxiang is determined to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, while instructing Yang Tiancheng, who is in charge of commanding the vehicle to hang the formation, to run at full strength, and on the other hand, let the archers block the battlefield, forcibly block the cavalry counterattack of the Shatuo people, and cover the offensive of the infantry, at the same time, the Modao battalion, which has been in the second wave position, also received a long-lost order and began to reassemble and prepare to carry out a counter-charge.
After receiving the order, the drum team suddenly became rapid and violent, and the drum beat was like rain to convey the command of the command platform to all the soldiers, and at this moment, the morale of the Tiance army soared, Yang Tiancheng on the front line looked up to the sky and roared, led the guards to join the front line, the long knife waved, and the huge heads rose to the sky, the war horses screamed, and the rows of horses were cut off and fell to the ground. At this moment, the offensive of the Tiance Army made the Shatuo people stop the pace of the charge, and also pushed the battle line forward more than ten zhang away in an instant.
But seeing that the blood-stained land was frantically absorbing this long-lost wetness, streams of blood began to wash over the land, and the loess, which was supposed to be brownish-yellow, turned into a strange black and red at this time.
On the side of the Tiance Army, people kept falling to the ground, and a team of medical guards under the jurisdiction of the Logistics Department began to carry the wounded down and send them to the rear army, where all the current medical officers of the Tiance Army were concentrated.
"Hellfire Brigade prepares." Xu Tianxiang roared directly on the command platform, and the roar of internal force suppressed the noise of the battlefield, which made Su He, who had been preparing, slammed down, and then roared angrily: "The whole army of the Hellfire Brigade is ready, the target is directly ahead, and the distance is eight hundred steps. ”
And with Su He's voice, Yang Tiancheng in front began to adjust the car suspension formation before the other party reacted, preparing to retreat. He has completed his plans and steps, and the rest needs to be left to the brother troops. Therefore, after Yang Tiancheng stabbed the cavalry in front of him off his horse with a single shot, he suddenly roared, returned to the position of the car hanging array, and began to regain command of the large array.
However, although the car was ready to retreat, it did not mean that the offensive on the front line would suddenly stop at this moment, but under the command of Yang Tiancheng, the soldiers moved like crazy, facing the cavalry that swarmed to adapt to their own formation.
And these changes also made Li Siyuan, who came to the front line with the army, look at it, and Li Siyuan scoffed at relying on the infantry to try to fight his own cavalry, and he had never seen this kind of record. Therefore, Li Siyuan's steps are very simple, that is, he constantly urges his troops to step forward, rely on the impact of the cavalry to tear up all the obstacles, and directly rush to the front of the Tiance Army and take Li Xuanqing.
"Hellfire brigade, launch. Ballista units covered the infantry retreat. The archers cut off the battlefield with all their might. Xu Tianxiang's command platform has become the busiest place outside the battlefield at this time, after conveying all the orders in one breath, Xu Tianxiang felt that the clothes in his armor were all soaked, and the coolness from his back made him more and more sober, and the command flag in his hand waved rapidly, at this time, the test was the cooperation between the command platform and the former army Yang Tiancheng, if the infantry brigade could not withdraw, not only would there be no way to make room for the Modao battalion, but also would be surrounded by the other party because the movement was too slow, if it really came to that time, the slaughter would really begin, The cavalry of the Shatuo people were definitely able to wrap these infantry who had lost the cover of the formation.
So almost at the moment when Xu Tianxiang waved the flag, Yang Tiancheng in front of him also started his own movements as if his soul was blessed, only to see that the gears of the car suspension array that had been unfolding began to shrink inwards strangely, and the two huge circle formations of the city were transformed from scattered and rapid, and then all the sword and shield hands set up shields to block the arrow rain of the Shatuo cavalry, and retreated sharply.
And at the moment when the infantry retreated, the rain of arrows whistling from the archers suddenly changed direction, almost touching the scalp of the infantry brigade and sweeping across the battlefield, shooting the Shatuo people who were madly pursuing them into a sieve. And taking advantage of this momentary chaos, the heart-palpitating sound of the whizzing crossbow arrows sounded, and the sand head forward who took the lead in the charge shot a huge gap, and this crazy arrow rain made the other party shudder, and actually stopped at this moment.
"Bang bang bang" Hundreds of strange sandbags suddenly flew out of the Tiance army, and flew crookedly towards the place where the Shatuo cavalry was most concentrated, this kind of powerless way and even some things that were blown out of direction by the wind in the air made the soldiers below stunned for a while, and they didn't understand what this was. And Li Siyuan, who was in the front, also noticed this kind of thing, but the explosive bag was only used by the Tiance Army when Yuanzhou was fighting against the Tubo people, but no one knew about it in the Central Plains in that battle, and after the city of Gyeongju appeared, it was advertised by the Tiance Army as the Heavenly Thunder descended into the world, so this should be the first time that gunpowder appeared in the Central Plains.
The bag of explosives with the constantly flashing sparks fell, but it was obviously powerless, and the Shatuo cavalry that was smashed had nothing to do, so the Shatuo cavalry, which had been disrupted by a series of accidents, howled again, and the battle was staged again.
Li Siyuan didn't understand what these things were, so he didn't care, but years of battlefield intuition and jealousy of Li Xuanqing reminded him that this would not be a sandbag launched by Li Xuanqing out of boredom, but looking at the cavalry rushing past like a tidal wave, Li Siyuan let go of his thoughts.
But after this battle, Li Siyuan's intestines were green with remorse, if he had more thoughts at that time, then he would not have fallen to the point of pleading guilty in front of Li Ke's account. In fact, his reassurance also completely ruined the future of the Shatuo people in the suburbs of Chang'an.
These are all later words, the current situation on the battlefield is that the Shatuo cavalry continues to charge, although it is blocked by the archers, but this phenomenon can only be short-lived, at this time the Shatuo people are no longer confused by the Tiance army, and sacrifice their own housekeeping skills - group charge.
And after Su He finished firing the first wave of explosive packs, he started the second wave without stopping, and in the time that more than an hour has passed since the beginning of the war, Su He has already prepared all the work, and even violated the operating regulations, placing more than a dozen explosive packs on each ballista position for backup, just to be able to launch these killing gods as quickly as possible.
Seeing that the Shatuo cavalry finally rushed to the front of the Tiance army, and the opposing infantry also retreated to the front of the Chinese army in two ways, Li Siyuan's face raised a smile, and he finally won the invincible Tiance army under Chang'an City.
At this moment, an astonishing change suddenly happened, which made Li Siyuan's smile freeze, and this shocking change also made the situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed.
At the same time, on the other side of Chang'an City, Yang Shouliang's department, which was supposed to join Li Siyuan's group's attack on the Tiance Army, was also stunned by this earth-shattering change, and suddenly made a decision to change the situation of the battle in an instant after Yang Shouliang's face changed countless times.