Section 742 The River of Death
The result of the two armies fighting each other, dog-eat-dog-like back and forth, was that the Great Food Army was beaten piecemeal by the Tang Army and attacked by large brigades, and the number of losses reached a number that they could not believe: 50,000!
Compared with the losses of the Tang army, less than five thousand people!
For example, the most effective dispatch of the cavalry of the Imperial Forest Army by the Great Food Army to assault the Tang Army with many times the strength of the Tang Army gave the Tang Army a telescope to look far away and preemptively sound the alarm, so that the hopes of the Great Food Army were often disappointed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The Great Food Army used a large number of cavalry to open the way for the troops, although the main force of the infantry was safe, but the cavalry losses were not small, and at the same time, the horsepower was lost, after all, 10,000 Tang cavalry could pull the horsepower of 30,000 Great Food Cavalry.
When the two sides travel long distances, the horses will get tired, strain their muscles, and the horses will be consumed, and a large number of horses will often be wasted after a big battle.
Tang cavalry is a local battle, the loss of horsepower can be replenished, and the horses of the Great Food Army can not be supplied, now there are many people and horses are naturally fine, but when the situation is reversed, what kind of consequences will be brought by tired horses, it is difficult to predict.
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The Tang army was elusive, harassing the big food army with a small army in the morning, noon and evening, which made the big food army very annoyed, and he couldn't wait to find a large army of the Tang army to do it.
As they wished, a large force of the Don Army appeared!
The soldiers of the Great Food Army marched to the Syr Darya River and confronted the cavalry brigade of the Tang Army across the river.
The Syr Darya, known as the medicine killing water in ancient China, is also known as the Ye River, a river in Central Asia, which eventually flows into the Aral Sea.
In the summer, the river is swollen and the water is so shallow that in some places even horses can cross it directly, but the current is so fast that it can wash away people and horses.
Therefore, even if the Tang army has few people, the behemoth on the opposite side seems to be able to throw whips and cut off the stream, and the Tang army doesn't care.
The big food army is encamped, the distance between the front and the left and right is 100 miles, the front and back stretch for hundreds of miles, looking down from the sky, I don't know the head, I don't see the tail behind, and the camp tents are lined up.
There were so many people that they could scare people to death, but the Tang army was not afraid, because their general's golden daze stood by the river and raised high.
With the golden banner, in fact he has transgressed, but no one says anything about him.
Follow General Wei to fight, he has never been defeated!
Wei Xi personally led 200,000 cavalry to guard the Syr Darya.
In accordance with the general's military orders, the troops observed their own defense areas and made preparations, and the soldiers were forced to be demoralized and ready to deal a heavy blow to the enemy troops crossing the river.
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The caliph's royal drive came to the river
He himself dismounted, knelt on the carpet, and all the great cannibals knelt, facing the direction of their holy place, and prayed.
Their voices resounded through the sky like a mountain and a tsunami, and millions of people shouted in unison, like a muffled thunder, stretching out, and the river trembled for it, rushing straight into the ranks of the Tang army, which made the hearts and souls of the Tang people suffer a serious impact and make the horses uneasy.
Many horses neighed, and if it had not been suppressed by their masters, it would have almost caused a roar!
It seems that at this moment, there is a divine power blessed by the Great Food Army, the spears are like a forest, the military flag is like a wave waving in the wind, and their killing aura is like substance, as if it is invincible!
Wei Xi stopped at Gaogang, compared to the seriousness of the Tang Army, he smiled and said to the left and right: "The big cannibal is good, let us fight the country!" β
Jiang Zhi was beside him and issued a military order: "Blow the trumpet!" β
Fully considering the suppression of the enemy's multiple voices, each Tang Army issued a military trumpet!
The military horn has the simplest structure, loud pronunciation (loud), and good transmission.
When the Great Food Army prayed, the Tang Army's trumpets sounded in unison, and everyone puffed up their cheeks and played passionate military music vigorously.
Then the trumpets blew, the gongs and drums were noisy, and 200,000 people moved their hands and mouths together, and the loud noise made actually suppressed the voices of millions of people on the other side!
The person who blows the trumpet blows until saliva flows out of the horn of the trumpet, and all he hears is the noise of the army, and when the other side stops, the army stops for a while, and they can't help but laugh out loud: "Hahaha! β
Don't underestimate this detail, Tang Jun is relaxed, the other party is not Erer, so many people, and they can't suppress our voice!
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Compared with the relaxed attitude of the Tang army, Caliph Abdul Malik's face was slightly gloomy.
He wanted to pray to the gods to boost the morale of his party, but he found that the other party's voice was louder than theirs!
A cold glint flashed in his eyes: "Then, let them see the power of my millions!" β
He gave the order to attack!
From the binoculars, I saw the enemy's banner turning, the soldiers were dispatched, and the Tang army also knew that they were going to see the real chapter, and they took out bows and arrows one after another, yes, mainly against the enemy with bows and arrows, and then with catapults, etc.
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The Syr Darya River is a river flowing in the desert, with high evaporation and much seepage, so the river is not deep, so the attack of the Great Food Army is rough and direct: no boat, no bridge, the army crosses the river by force!
At a number of meanders with relatively gentle currents, the army on the bank that is so large that it hides the wilderness marches mightily towards the river, flowing across the river, which is an unprecedented spectacle!
They strode forward, rushed down, and with the fearless spirit of filling the river, forward!
Countless flags were waved fiercely against the river wind.
The heads of the people who could not be seen were towering, the dazzling cold light flashed on the spear tip knife like an iron stream, and the scorching sun in the sky seemed to be not as bright as theirs.
The cold breath rose up, and the heaven and earth were slaughtered.
It's spectacular, and the next one is even more spectacular.
When the Great Food Army drove to the middle of the river, one foot deep and one foot shallow, the formation became scattered.
"If you don't cross the river, hit it!"
The Tang Army fired 10,000 arrows!
Like a dead wind swept across the river, immediately a large cannibal fell into the river, and the terrible three-edged arrow played the role of cutting and bloodletting after the arrow entered the human body, causing the wound to bleed profusely, and the river surface was instantly dyed red!
It is useless to hold a shield, because the Tang army often attacks from the side, blocking the front, and the side is still under arrows.
Arrows rained down, and the soldiers of the Great Food Army were suffering tragic casualties.
The Syr Darya became a river of blood!
There were so many deaths, and even the corpses that went down upstream blocked the advance of the lower armies, and as a result, they were exposed to the attacks of the Tang army and died even more.
The Great Eaters were still very brave, chanting "Allah hu akbar!" Allah hu akbarοΌ "(Religious slogans) go after the other, and the end is to look at death as home.
They ran as if they were pouring out of their pockets, and the great cannibals flew into the river with the clods of earth and the stones and the stones that had been poured down.
The river flowed in a tumultuous manner, and thousands of human bodies stirred up thousands of splashes.
The splash quickly spread to the other side of the river, and the Tang army shot arrows desperately, and was horrified to find that it seemed that the big cannibals could not be killed, even if they shot the whole river and dyed red, the big cannibals were still advancing, and soon passed three-quarters of the width of the river.
"Huhuhu......" flaming fireballs flew overhead, hitting the surface of the river and exploding violently.
The river of blood suddenly turned into a river of fire!
The Tang Army's fire bombs have been tested, they are relatively viscous, and they still burn violently when they fall on the river (if the oil is separated too much, they will soon be washed away by the current, and they will not work), and the big cannibals scream and roll in the river of blood and fire.
There was fire everywhere, in addition to the fire bullets fired by trebuchets, there were also small fire bullets dropped by human hands, and with the constant bow and arrows, the Syr Darya became a river of death!
The sound of the horn of retreat blew across the river......