The siege of Abadan involved a large number of Wei Xi's troops, and the cavalry, as the main mobile force, obviously did not need to participate in the siege, and they continued to put pressure on the Great Cannibals to attack the Great Cannibals in the two river valleys. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Great Cannibals had a large number of cities, villages and towns in the basins of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, all of which had entered a state of first-class combat readiness and resolutely resisted the invasion of the Tang people.

The cavalry of the Tang army was divided into several divisions and attacked the Great Cannibal from all directions, which also pinned down the Great Eclipse army to a certain extent, making it impossible for them to reinforce the city of Abadan.

The city of Abadan is important, but it is useless to send few reinforcements, and the two rivers region is dangerous.

"Drive!"

At dawn, Parrot, the general of the cavalry of the Don Army, led 30,000 cavalry to cross the Tigris River near a place called "Tikrit".

That place is famous in the other world, it is the hometown of the military strongman Saddam, and now, it is just an ordinary city, Parrott attacked it with cavalry, and found that it was not easy to fight, so he bypassed it.

Cavalry siege?

Cavalry can still attack cities, but big cities definitely can't, and small cities, villages, and stockades still have a chance.

At that time, not every city was tall.

The cavalry has no siege equipment, and the authentic cavalry will not dismount, the most important thing is to accompany the cavalry infantry to attack, and their common method is to carry a bag of soil before dawn, rush to the city wall, and throw the soil down, because the city is short, often quickly pile up the earth to the top, and the infantry rush up again to seize the city.

The moat is very important, and the city with the moat cannot be reached directly, and the general Tang cavalry does not care about it, unless a lot of natives can be caught nearby and used to fill the ravine. Tikrit was on the edge of a great river, and the water was drawn into a ditch to enclose the city, and the water was quite deep.

There is also a set of cannibal defenses, as long as there is water next to it, it will be a moat.

Parrott captured tens of thousands of inhabitants nearby to fill in the moat, but was met with stubborn resistance from the defenders!

Across a wall, the cannibals threw their bows and arrows, raining down on the heads of their own residents, causing them to fall one by one, unprotected.

The cavalry of the Tang Army also returned the direction from which the arrows came as cover, but the arrows of the big cannibal still kept shooting, and they shot in several directions, with high accuracy.

"The opponent must be prepared, pre-set the position of the arrow, attack through the wall, and be commanded by the person on the wall, not the wall attack (easy to be suppressed), there must be protection in the city!" Experienced Parrott agreed.

Soon, the bodies that filled the ditch quickly piled up, but the ditch was not filled much.

After trying a few places, I found that the defenders shot more accurately, and it was difficult to bargain.

In order to deal with the Tang Army, the big cannibal really spent a lot of scheming.

I had to stop and cross the river directly.

To say that Wei Xi's intelligence system is really not a parallel import, they have collected a lot of information about the river, and now the cavalry of the army is in a shallow place without engineering technology to build a bridge, so they ride their horses across the river.

They roamed and fought between the two rivers, conquering small villages, raiding large cities, destroying fields and fruit trees outside the cities, leaving them without food.

The best way to deal with cavalry is cavalry against cavalry, many cities have only infantry, and there are too few cavalry to dare to fight.

There is also a relatively easy way to use, that is, outside the city and on the road all over the iron thistle terrestris (four evenly distributed iron thorns, when you throw them on the ground, there is always a thorn head pointing up), horses step on it and have a lot of fun, but the iron tools of that period are quite expensive!

In the cities of the Central Plains, the nomads did not dare to be arrogant, because the bows and arrows of the Han people were more powerful than the nomads!

But the bow and arrow of the big cannibal could not be achieved, so he had to watch the Tang people wreak havoc, hated the big cannibal teeth itching, and the news was urgently reported to Damascus, which naturally triggered a strong counterattack by the big cannibal army.

"Enemy cavalry, there are a lot of them!" The scout paled in front of Parrott.

"The wind is tight! ! Without saying a word, Parrott immediately ordered a retreat.

There are indeed many enemies, a full 50,000 cavalry, riding Arab horses, and their speed can threaten the Tang army.

Parrott was running on his side, while the Great Eater Cavalry was chasing on his side, and they were under the command of General Jariba, who had been fighting in the North African cavalry for a long time, had rich experience, led the troops, and pursued them relentlessly.

On the Tang army's side, there were immediately more than 5,000 cavalry archers who fell behind, as long as the Great Food Cavalry approached, they would shoot arrows indiscriminately.

And the big cannibal took the shield and charged hard regardless of casualties!

They are right, shooting against the Tang army, who is proficient in bows and arrows, it is difficult for the big cannibals to please, it is better to get close to each other and fight hard with the Tang army.

The problem is that they think, Parrott does not want to, to fight the enemy's cavalry, only as a last resort or if the army has the advantage, otherwise they will definitely bow and arrow against them!

The bow and arrows are gone, and there are still a lot of them in the back!

If a person is gone, it will not grow in a year like a crop.

So Parrott fought and retreated, ran and ran, and suddenly saw a lot of smoke and dust in front of him, and it was a big cannibal cavalry coming towards him!

Jariba had previously sent 20,000 cavalry to detour to the front of the Tang army, and joined forces with the 50,000 cavalry behind to attack the Tang army!

Parrott was not afraid, and ordered the general Wang Wulang to lead 10,000 cavalry to block the headquarters of Jariba, and he himself led 20,000 cavalry to attack the front 20,000 cannibals.

The big cannibals formed a phalanx to meet the Tang army, and the troops were thick and magnificent.

"Death to those who stand in my way!"

The cavalry of the Tang Army raised their bows in their hands and looked at the air to shoot.

Thousands of silver lights in the air came one after another, and they fell fiercely into the big cannibal team, causing a large number of screams.

The big cannibal did not shoot at the Tang Army, but grabbed his tail and rushed forward!

If the bow and arrow can't play with the Tang people, don't play it, use the speed of the Arabian horse to charge directly.

After fighting an old battle, he naturally knows how to fight, and the big cannibals do not play with the Tang army with bows and arrows, but rush over at the fastest speed and cut them down, which is the right way.

They rushed very fast, but the Tang army was not in a hurry, and the front ones put their bows and arrows flat and shot at the horses that the Great Food Army was proud of.

With a precise shot, the arrows shot accurately pierced the horses through the chest, and the horses neighed miserably and fell to the ground, and some of the cavalry behind jumped over, and some were tripped up, and the scene was chaotic.

The Tang army continued to throw at the back, and the big cannibals who also killed and injured a lot.

However, the sacrifice of the Great Food Cavalry in exchange for the benefit was that they were close to the Tang army, and the front troops of the Tang army hurriedly rushed to the horses, and the horses on both sides collided together in the next moment!

The dust was high, and there were only swords and spears waving, horses' hooves flying, and the two sides were killed.

Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!

At the place of engagement, everyone slashed with sabers, spears and spears fought.

The two armies fought hard, and the advance of both sides was blocked, but the arrows of the Tang army were like flying locusts, and they did not just shoot at the enemy in front, but followed the arrows of the officers of the headquarters (a government army is about 1,000 people) to shoot left, center, and right.

The officer's arrows are tied with eye-catching red ribbons, which are not difficult for the archer's eye to track, and when the officer's arrows fly in whatever direction, everyone's arrows will follow his arrows.

Frontal shots often lead to shields, but the side strikes of bows and arrows can do a lot of damage to the Great Eclipse.

Shot away in waves, the originally thick Great Food Army Array actually had a sense of sparseness!