"The second column is for me to charge, we also have bows and arrows, everyone take out the arrows and shoot at the Tang Army! I don't believe that the Han people can be better at archery than our Turkic warriors! Tell Ashina Xiantu that I will give him full authority for the striker, and if he can't take the Tang Army, he won't come back. Pen, fun, and pavilion www.biquge.info," Jieli Khan shouted.

After receiving the general's order, Ashina Xiantu immediately acted according to the order, and after the second column of cavalry heard the order, he immediately took out the sharp arrow from the quiver on his back and began to shoot at the Tang army. The Turkic army's cavalry and archery skills were indeed much more powerful, and their shots were extremely accurate. This pair fired, and casualties immediately began to appear in the Tang army.

Qin Feng was slightly shocked by the dense arrow feathers of the Turks, and almost all of their arrow feathers were scattered among the soldiers, and they rarely missed the shot.

Without a certain foundation in archery, it is impossible to do this.

The name of the Turkic good archery is indeed worthy of its name.

But at the forefront of the battle was the Modao battalion, they were heavily armoured, holding a knife in one hand, hooking their bodies, like turtles, hiding their whole bodies in heavy armor. Only listening to the "doo" sound of arrow feathers shooting on the shield, only a few unlucky people let the arrow feathers pass through the gap in the shield and fall to the ground.

In the face of these changes, the soldiers in the rear collapsed from their comrades and filled the gap.

And the Turkic soldiers who were lucky enough to survive in the ditch also struggled to climb out of the ditch. However, as soon as they climbed to the ground, they were stabbed in the heart by the pikemen of the Tang Army, who were waiting for them.

The joy on Jieli Khan's face did not last long, and his expression became grim again. Because he found that the Turkic cavalry not only did not have the upper hand, but was suppressed by the archers of the Don army.

This is not because they are not good at archery, but because the Turks are all cavalry, and they are also wearing leather armor, which belongs to light cavalry, and the protection is very poor.

And the archers of the Tang Army were also wearing iron armor, and there were Mo swordsmen and shield bearers in heavy armor in front of them to resist. Most of the arrows fired by the Turks were blocked by shields. Even if a small half pierced through the gap in the shield and shot some unlucky guys. But that's a minority, after all.

"General, why don't we turn our horses around and attack the left flank of the Tang Army instead!" The lieutenant general with a few arrows hanging on his body suggested to Ashina Xiantu and said.

As the main general of the vanguard, Ashina first suddenly looked at the battle situation nearby, and saw that the second column of cavalry had already suffered more than a quarter of the casualties, and the rest were all on horses, running while desperately firing sharp arrows into the Tang army's formation, but the arrows they shot were resisted by the opponent's shield and heavy armor, and had little effect.

Although the archers of the Tang Army were not as accurate as the Turkic soldiers, they used longbows with a longer range and greater strength, and as long as they shot a Turkic cavalryman, they could easily pierce their leather armor and take their lives.

"Hateful! If only there was no such trench! Ashina first clenched the war knife in his hand and said angrily.

If it weren't for this ditch, he would definitely have been able to rush across the Tang Army's infantry phalanx, even if they were the elite Qin Feng Tiger Army.

"General, if you don't withdraw, everyone will be all here! You know, it's all our troops! It's not those wall grasses! The lieutenant said with a hint of crying.

Ashina suddenly woke up at this time. Although they are the ruling class, they are only a minority in the entire Turkic population, and it is thanks to these elite iron horsemen that they can intimidate these ruled tribes. Previously, it was mandatory for those troops who belonged to him to take the lead. If the lineage loses too much and causes a situation where the servant is strong and the master is weak, it will be a great disadvantage to him.

Ashina thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!" Let's withdraw first! Let's go back and report to the Khan King and see if there is a way to break through the Tang Army's defenses! ”

However, just as he was about to give the order to retreat, he suddenly heard the sound of a horn in the rear, which was an order to continue the attack.

Ashina suddenly looked back and saw that a large number of cavalry had been reinforced, and these troops were mainly miscellaneous troops, led by Har Chiman, the personal guard commander of Jieli Khan. They were overwhelming, and the sea was pressing up from the rear.

Ashina was suddenly startled, and when he was hesitating, he saw a herald rushing up and shouted: "General Xiantu, the Khan King ordered to continue the charge, even if it is filled with corpses, this trench must be filled!" ”

Ashina Xiantu no longer hesitated, turned around and shouted with wide eyes: "Turkic warriors! Let's work harder, rush over and win! As long as you break through the defense of the Tang army in front of you, there will be countless treasures and silver silks waiting for you, those Han people will become your slaves, and the women of the Han will be at your disposal to ravage and pick! If it's a man, don't be afraid of this ditch, rush over to me! ”

His words aroused the ferocity of the Turkic cavalry, and since the founding of the country, the Turkic soldiers have used cavalry against infantry in field battles, and they have never suffered such a great loss.

"Rush!"

These cavalrymen still retain the blood of their ancestors, and seem to have returned to the state of domination in the world. They roared and rushed towards the ditch desperately, not caring that they would be trapped in the ditch and become the target of the Tang archers.

And the ferocity of these Jieli Khan's descendant cavalry also aroused the courage of those cavalry of the northern land, and their own Khan kings were desperate, and they didn't dare to fight soy sauce anymore. What's more, Jieli Khan also led 5,000 cavalry to supervise the battle behind him. As soon as someone retreats, they are immediately beheaded.

They also howled and pounced like wolves.

In this way, the pressure on the Tang army suddenly increased. This ditch was hastily dug in only a short time, and only the width and length were paid attention to, but it was not too deep. As long as more carcasses were filled, the ditch would soon be filled.

Qin Feng watched from afar, and he was also a little moved, he didn't expect Jieli to be so disregarding the life and death of his subordinates, and insisted on using his life to break through his defensive lineup......

Qin Feng saw that the Turkic soldiers had already pressed on it in a big way, and said with a solemn expression: "It seems that Jieli is desperate, and he is determined to break through our defense from the middle lane at all costs." However, he also underestimated our Modao Battalion too much. ”

"I hope the Modao Battalion is as powerful as you say."

Cheng Yanjin nodded, and said solemnly: "Jieli has lost several battles in a row, if he can't fight a decent victory, I'm afraid he will no longer be able to convince the public." Besides, this time it was a battle against the water, he finally gathered his morale, if he withdrew, he would no longer have a chance to break through, and from the focus of his attack this time, he was actually targeting our center. Yu Chi Baoqing, Fang Yiai, and Xue Rengui have no way to retreat. Behind them is our Chinese army. Once it is broken through, even if there are only a few hundred Turkic cavalry, it can cause great harm! After all, the Turkic cavalry, who grew up on horseback since childhood, has a natural advantage over us in riding and archery, and besides, we are also light cavalry, and our protective ability is not much better than that of the Turks. ”

Qin Feng frowned, and after thinking for a while, he made a decision: "Li Mu, Qiang Jianfan, pass on my order, let Luo Tong and Zhang Shigui outflank the Turks from both flanks, let them not contact the Turkic cavalry for the time being, and use strong bows and crossbows to support and reduce the pressure on the Modao battalion." ”

With Qin Feng's order, the formation of the Tang army immediately changed, and the cavalry of the left army and the right army on the left and right flanks of Wei Chi Baoqing and Fang Yiai began to attack.

As they ran, they kept firing bows and arrows at the Turkic cavalry. Because the Turkic soldiers were crowded together, the Tang army almost didn't need to aim to shoot one at a time, and the vast majority of the arrows fired did not miss.

As a result, the Turkic casualties increased greatly, but now the Turkic army was like crazy, ignoring the cavalry on both wings, and they attacked the Modao battalion in front of them with overwhelming force, trying to open a gap for themselves and their allies, and then escape.

However, the cunning Tang soldiers, the archers behind the Mo Dao soldiers, in addition to bows and arrows, were also equipped with a large number of crossbows......

A powerful crossbow that can fire continuously!

Seeing that the Turks had filled the trenches, the archers abandoned their bows and exchanged their crossbows, and suddenly, the sky was full of crossbow arrows!

Ashina first suddenly looked at the black one, and was suddenly dumbfounded, at a loss: the crossbow of the Central Plains has always been the first weapon to deal with the nomads, and it is because of the deep study of the crossbow arrows of the Central Plains Turkic generals, the effective range of the Tang Dynasty's Fuyuan crossbow can reach three hundred steps, and the distance between the two armies is still less than a hundred steps at this time, even if the speed of the Turkic cavalry is too fast, it will take a lot of time to turn the horse head and retreat from the dense to the evacuation formation, and it is impossible to avoid it.

There is no way to hide, there is no way to avoid it.

In an instant, the soul-chasing crossbow arrows pierced through people and horses, often piercing three or four people with one arrow, and the Turkic cavalry neighed sadly, and the formation was suddenly chaotic.

"Bite them! Serial shooting! Yu Chi Baoqing's eyes flashed with a scorching light, just as Qin Feng had always said: the Turks were too naïve, how could the Mo Dao Array reveal such a big flaw? The slow mobility of the Mo Knife Soldier will indeed become a target, but before trying to use the Mo Knife as a target, the ferocious and domineering crossbow arrow will shoot the opponent into a sieve first.

In fact, there is no need for Wei Chi Baoqing to order, after a long period of training, every soldier in the Modao Formation clearly knows their role, and after a long period of practice, they launch in a neat and orderly layer, one after another, rather the arrows are sparse and the feathers are sparse, and they keep shooting.

The powerful firepower network forced the Turkic cavalry to stop at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, and even pressed to two hundred paces.

Watching the brave and warlike clansmen let the slender crossbow arrows shoot through and kill, Ashina suddenly burst blood in his heart, and couldn't help but roar loudly: "Rush, press it on me......" At this distance, once the crossbow arrows are entangled in a series of stacked shots, it will be difficult for the cavalry to turn around, let alone retreat in a short time, and the more they retreat, the more chaotic it will be.

Ashina first panicked and saw through this, and rushed to the front to fight hand-to-hand with the Tang army despite the loss, so that the power of the crossbow arrow could not be exerted.

Completely caught in a situation of being beaten, losing nearly 10,000 people before they could fight, all kinds of circumstances aroused the blood of the Turkic soldiers, one by one roaring and ignoring the crossbow arrows that came from the hurry, and stubbornly piled up a way forward with flesh and blood.

Hundreds of Turkic cavalry fell, and the Fuyuan crossbow was not as good as the machine guns of later generations, and it could not be completely suppressed by firepower, and the distance between the two armies was shortened at a speed visible to the naked eye under the Turkic assault.

Under the protection of the guards, Li Jing, who was standing at a high place and watching the battle, was also a little moved, the Turks deserved to be the fierce enemy of the Tang Dynasty at this moment, and this brave and fierce spirit that was not afraid of death really deserved the word strong enemy.

Li Jing looked intently at the Turkic soldiers who followed one after another, and suddenly gave an unexpected order: "Order General Qin, hold on for another half an hour, and then let me go, let these Turkic troops all break out, and then, strangle from behind." ”