Chapter 69: Iron Cavalry Suppresses the Camp and Strengthens Itself Fourth

After breaking through the camp of Bahanna, Mudea and his men wielded spears and swords, wantonly slaughtering Bahanna's soldiers who had no time to escape. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info~,

In an instant, there were thousands of corpses lying in the camp of the Bahanna army, and the blood was flowing and drifting.

Thousands of feathered arrows and short spears, densely stuck in the corpses of Bahanna's soldiers and in the dirt of the barracks, reminded people of the fierceness of war.

Before the barracks were breached, Dou Wumo was once again forcibly pulled out of the south gate by the guards.

"Let go of me! I'm going to fight the big cannibal endlessly! Dou Wumo struggled desperately, but was pressed to death by the guards.

"Prince, should we go to the Anxi army camp, or simply go south to Tuozhi City and join the king?" The guards were eager to run back to the country of Bakhana in one go, but they didn't dare to say it so explicitly.

"Run! Run! Run! You know how to escape! Dou Wu was so angry that he trembled: "Don't hurry up and gather the rout, so as to avoid hitting the defense line of the Anxi army!" We bypassed the large camp of the Anxi Army and assembled in the south of the camp, waiting for the orders of Marshal Gao! ”

The guards took out their horns very helplessly and played the assembly horn weakly.

The sound of horns and killings.

When many of the remnants of the Bahana heard the sound of the trumpet, they immediately ran in the direction where Dou Wumo was; But there were also many soldiers, regardless of it, and fled south; was even more confused, and rushed to the camp of the Anxi army in a daze, and was shot on the spot by the crossbowmen of the Tang Army mercilessly.

As soon as Dou Wumo ran to the south side of the Anxi army camp, he saw 30,000 enemies riding like wolves in the mountains and forests, and they were killing the Anxi army at the north gate of the barracks.

Due to the rapid defeat of the Bakhana army, and the retreat of the Hui tribe, Mutaia led his army to the north gate of the Anxi army camp, and the Sogdian light cavalry, which was responsible for outflanking the two flanks, was not yet in place.

"Centurion Mudea, do we have to wait for the Sogdian light horse?" The subordinate reminded in a whisper.

"Don't wait!" Mutaia looked at the Anxi military camp in front of him, shook his head and rejected his proposal: "The battle is going more smoothly than expected, our army is superior in numbers, well prepared, and high morale, so we should rush into battle without waiting." Besides, the Governor didn't order us to stop! ”

The Anxi soldiers, on the other hand, were more calm than the most seasoned hunters, and they held their sharp blades, motionless as mountains, waiting for the enemy to approach.

At this time, the stars faded, and the eastern sky began to turn white.

Abu watching the battle?? Muslim noticed that the 30,000 vanguard was advancing too quickly, and that there was a disconnect between them and the Sogdian light cavalry. He hesitated for a moment, then cautiously observed the battle situation, but came down and sent heralds to urge the flanks to speed up the outflanking, but did not stop the morale of the vanguard army.

The 30,000 vanguard army was like a surging tide and slaughtered the Anxi military camp that was waiting for the battle. 30,000 cavalry according to Abu ?? Muslim had been instructed in advance to kill the three camp gates in the north, east, and west.

"Shoot!" Seeing that the enemy cavalry had entered the firing range, the 200 archers stationed at the north gate of the barracks continued to shoot upwards into the sky as ordered.

Eagles leaped over the formation of pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, leaped over the improvised horses at the camp gate, and pierced the Khorasan cavalry and Qarluq cavalry.

The two hundred crossbowmen mixed in the array of sword and shield soldiers kept winding and striking their teeth. Angry crossbow bolts shoot at the enemy like locusts.

"Raise your shield!" Mutaia knew that the Tang army's crossbows had a long range and great power, and they had to be dealt with cautiously. The Qarluq cavalry knew more about the Anxi army, and when they saw that they were going to attack the Tang army's formation, they intentionally or unintentionally dragged behind the Khorasan cavalry.

Although the Khorasan cavalry used their cavalry shields to protect their heads in time, many of them were killed by arrows, and many horses were wounded.

The offensive momentum of the Khorasan cavalry had to slow down under the blow of a rain of arrows.

"Accelerate! Keep moving! Can't stop! Mudea hid behind his riding shield and cried out.

The officers of all levels of the Khorasan cavalry also understood that they could not be beaten passively, and that they had to approach the Tang army to open the gap, so they also waved their short spears and scolded their men to advance.

From time to time, some of his companions were wounded by feathered arrows, but the Khorasan cavalry still steadfastly urged their horses forward. The big food horse neighs and grows faster!

The Qarluq cavalry and Sogdian light cavalry followed him, grabbing their bows and arrows, calculating when they would be able to shoot the Anxi army.

"Commander, the enemy army is attacking the north gate very urgently, once the Khorasan cavalry approaches, the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers may not be able to resist it, do you need to transfer Mo swordsmen to go up? It's a pity that our army was in a hurry to go north to rescue the Beiting Army, and did not carry the powerful eight-bow crossbow and cannon, otherwise how could the enemy ride so rampant! Feng Changqing was a little anxious when he saw that the archer's shooting effect was limited.

"The Great Food Rebel Army is fast and sharp, and its heart is like a stone, and its combat power is comparable to that of the Tubo Army, and it is really a fierce enemy! Pass on my military order, let Li Siye lead two hundred Mo swordsmen to the top, and never let the enemy ride into the camp! Gao Xianzhi ordered in a loud voice.

When Mutaia killed the north gate of the Anxi military camp, other Khorasan cavalry also rushed to the east and west gates of the camp, trying to contain and pull the Anxi army to cooperate with the main attack at the north gate and wait for an opportunity to conquer the Anxi army camp.

At the east and west gates, there were also 400 crossbowmen who plucked the strings and shot the approaching enemy with a rain of arrows and crossbows.

The Khorasan cavalry, besieging the eastern and western camp gates, fought hard to approach the camp under the rain of arrows, and then threw their short spears in their hands.

The Anxi sword and shield soldiers raised their huge infantry shields to form a tight shield formation, and most of the short spears were flicked apart.

As soon as the short spears passed, the bows and arrows of the Qarluq cavalry and the Sogdian light cavalry rained down. Some of the arrows happened to pass through the gaps in the shields, injuring the sword and shield soldiers, but the entire shield array was still indestructible!

At the north gate of the barracks, the Khorasan cavalry projected three rounds with short spears, not only unable to break through the solid Ansi shield array, but instead killed and wounded hundreds of horsemen under the blow of the rain of arrows.

Before the Khorasan cavalry threw their spears, the Ansi crossbowmen had retreated behind the sword and shield men and pikemen, and scattered behind the walls to continue shooting the enemy.

"Charge!" Seeing that the spear was ineffective, Mudea kicked his mount fiercely. The war horse Xiao Xiao neighed, soared into the air, crossed the rejection horse at the camp gate, and entered the shield array.

When the war horse landed, the huge momentum shook the shield array out of many gaps. Mudea's spear entered the gap and stabbed one of the sword and shield men in the chest.

The sword and shield soldiers endured the great pain, and used the last of their strength to hold the giant shield, trying to maintain the shield array. But more Great Eclipse War Horses came into the air, pressing thousands of catties of weight on the shield array, and the entire shield array was suddenly full of flaws.

The spears of the Khorasan cavalry stabbed out like a forest, and the Anxi sword and shield soldiers swung their swords to fight and fought to the death, and the two sides were killed.

After several battles with the Beiting Army, Mu Tai'a knew that the Tang Army's armor was heavy and not easy to pierce. Therefore, he condescended, and his spear deftly stabbed at the gap where the armor of the sword and shield soldiers was connected, and stabbed several sword and shield soldiers one after another.

"Sword and shield soldiers, spread out, retreat!" The sword and shield soldiers, who had suffered heavy casualties, still had to resist desperately, but they listened to the military order to retreat from behind.

The sword and shield men raised their shields and quickly spread out to the sides, making way for a passage at the not-so-spacious barracks entrance.

"Has the enemy changed formation?" Mutaia's spear stabbed the shield twice in succession, but it did not pierce through, and he felt a little annoyed.

When the Khorasan cavalry saw that the Anxi sword and shield soldiers were separated like waves and separated into a passage, they drove their horses and tried to continue along the passage.

The Great Food Army besieging the east and west camp gates cheered when they saw that Mutai'a had successfully charged into battle, and they also accelerated the pace of the attack. The Khorasan cavalry, who followed Mutai Amma, was even more triumphant, thinking that the Anxi military camp would be quickly overcome.

"Kill!" The Anxi pikemen, armed with infantry spears nearly a foot long, marched in a neat pace towards the Khorasan cavalry. The remaining sword and shield soldiers formed two small shield formations on either side of the pikemen to help them protect their flanks.

Hand-to-hand combat, an inch long and an inch strong, not to mention the infantry spears used by pikemen were much longer than those held by the Khorasan cavalry.

The Khorasan cavalry could not rush to the pikemen, either men were stabbed with spears or horses were stabbed.

"Retreat! Retreat! Shoot pikemen with short spears and bows! Seeing that his cavalry continued to fall off his horse, Mu Tai'a was in a hurry, and hurriedly shouted for his men to retreat.

Mudea's response was incorrect, but the passage was narrow and crowded, and in his eagerness, he couldn't turn around.

The Anzai pikemen were slow, but they were resolute and pressed forward step by step. The spears that pierced the forest continued to reap the lives of the Khorasan cavalry.

"Raise your shield!" Mudea roared loudly after parrying the attack of the two infantry spears with his spear.

The Khorasan cavalry was ignorant and did not understand what Mutaia meant, but they still hurriedly covered their heads with their riding shields.

"Qarluqs, Sogdians, shoot!" Mudea turned his head and screamed in broken Turkic.

The Qarluq cavalry that followed closely behind did not hesitate, bending their bows and firing from their backs. The Sogdian light horsemen hesitated slightly, and when they saw that the arrows of the Qarluq tribe had been fired, they also bent their bows and arrows. A dense rain of arrows immediately covered the Khorasan cavalry and Ansi pikemen.

The spears used by pikemen were so long and heavy that they had to fight with both hands, so it was impossible for them to carry shields. At the same time, in order to save physical strength and be able to hold a spear for a long time, the armor of the pikemen is also lighter than the heavy armor of the jumping vanguard sword and shield soldiers.

In combat, pikemen are adept at stopping cavalry in close combat, but they are very afraid of the damage of the enemy's long-range weapons.

However, the Tang army's bow and crossbow were extremely powerful and had an extremely long range. Guarded by crossbowmen, the Anthy pikemen had never been continuously attacked by an enemy with feathered arrows before.

Although the Qarluqs were not as lethal as the strong bows and crossbows of the Anxi army, they were enough to deal damage to the pikemen.

The Khorasan cavalry and the Ansi pikemen were screaming at the same time. Mutaia was stabbed in the shoulder by Bai Xiaode and was hit by another feather arrow, but he didn't pay attention to the pain on his body.

"Be ruthless to your enemies, and even more ruthless to yourself! Such an opponent, I like! After the pikemen formation, Anxi Zhonglang held Li Siye with a snowy Mo knife, pulled down his armor, and admired the decisiveness of the enemy: "However, no matter who you are, you are unlucky to meet me!" ”