From the watchtower, Mberzek looked south.

Completely oblivious to the tense battle unfolding beneath his feet.

Another wave of enemy troops attacked from the south, probably because it was too far away, and the catapults in the Han army camp were not launched.

The Black Khan army that came back to attack was wearing iron armor that glittered in the early sun, but more than a thousand people made Mberek completely ignore the thousands of Black Khan light cavalry outside the camp under his feet.

It's Iqta!

Even though he had never really seen the brutal Black Sweat people in his father's and brother's mouths. But their characteristics, from the day they were born, are constantly mentioned and described in the stories told by their elders, and then deeply engraved in their memories.

This is the most cunning, the most ferocious, and at the same time the most difficult mortal enemy.

The Ghulam guards rarely crossed the Green Ridge. Most of the time, his father and brother were in conflict with the Iqta cavalry of Shule.

Seventy or eighty years ago, when Khotan fell, the Black Khan people intended to continue to attack Qiuci and Gaochang. Fortunately, the Khitans in the north, as well as some other Uighur tribes, moved south to the Ili River [Ili River] and pinned down the Black Khan army. Later, the Black Khan was also divided into two parts, the east and the west, and the big wars and small wars continued every year, and until now, only the border has been fighting from time to time. But it also cost him many of his elders and friends.

In so many years of war, the Iqta cavalry from Shule was the main force among them, especially when there was no big war, and the Black Khan people were all fighting against them.

In the description of the elders, Iqta is the evil spirit of the scriptures, cruel and ruthless, but also fierce and good at fighting. If you can cut off the head of such an enemy, you can show off your ten-year achievements to your family and friends.

But today, these evil ghosts are like a ragtag army that has just stepped into a trap, and in front of the thin front of the Han army, people are on their backs.

Mberzek rubbed his eyes in surprise.

Ikota is all elite soldiers in armor, and when did they become as useless as those poor bastards of Oghuz?

But right in front of him, the crossbow archers of the Han army, facing the rushing Iqta cavalry, kept shooting.

As soon as the heavy crossbow in their hands is fired, a new well-wound crossbow will be handed from behind them. The soldiers at the rear of the array, their task is actually to wind the crossbow. With a simple but labor-saving winder, the crossbow bows are wound one after another.

This is true in the military. Even Mbezek himself was forced to contact how to wind the heavy crossbow of the Han army. In the camp where he was, there were only a hundred soldiers who were specifically responsible for shooting. But they can shoot like a thousand people in a row, and as long as there are still people who can wind up, their shooting will not stop......

As the army marched westward, he saw with his own eyes that there were fifty or sixty carts of carts loaded with weapons and food of all kinds. There are also nearly 100 craftsmen who accompanied the army. After arriving in the city, he was responsible for building catapults, repairing armor, bows, and arrows.

Their results are astonishing, and the thunderbolt cannons erected high in the camp are the work of Han craftsmen, as well as the winding machine hidden in the city. Unlike a single-player winder, the winding machine is pulled by animal force and can be used to wind the bow and crossbow at a faster speed. He didn't see it with his own eyes, but he had a companion who grew up with him, and because his ancestors were Han Chinese, he was able to work in the Han army. He spoke to Mberek about the strength of the winding machine.

But just the winding device used by a single person has already made the heavy crossbows in the Han army's array not stop for a moment.

The bowstring buzzed. The lingering sound of vibrating strings, amid the howls and hiss of thousands of people, was still clearly transmitted throughout the battlefield.

As a child, he vaguely recalled, the most violent wind howling through the desert and through the city.

In front of the position of the Han army, it was as if a line had been drawn.

Let Mberyk hold his breath and fear the death line!

The ground was full of people and horses lying on the ground in various distorted positions. Some have become corpses, others are still struggling and moaning in pain. An invisible barrier held them back ten paces. That's the closest position they can hit. In a storm of fierce arrows, they could not take even half a step forward.

Deliver heavy crossbows, place arrows, aim at enemies, and snap their teeth.

This is the standard shooting procedure for crossbowmen at the cutting edge. Under a set of procedures, a skilled soldier only needs three breaths to send a short arrow less than a foot into the eye socket, throat and heart of the enemy in front of him. Then repeat the cycle and aim at the next person and start shooting

Regardless of whether it was the party, the Khitan, or the black sweat in front of him, Xie Chi's movements never changed in the slightest. A team leader who has been in the army for half his life, starting from Hengshan, has experienced all the battles in the past ten years such as Hehuang, Lanzhou, and Ganliang, and now he has come to the Western Regions.

The equipment of the Black Khan people is better than that of Dangxiang and Khitan, but no matter how strong the iron armor is, it is impossible to resist the shot of the Divine Arm Bow on ten steps, and many arrows penetrate the armor and then pierce the heart, throat and other vital points.

But most of the Iqtar cavalry, before they could reach twenty paces, were shot at their mounts and rolled to the ground. The clever man hid behind his mount and then became the target of several marksmen who could be compared to Wang Cha's jurisdiction. And the daring ones rushed straight over, and then were shot into hedgehogs with furious arrows. Whether virtuous or unscrupulous, the result is the same.

Gradually. The offensive from the Black Khan cavalry slowed down, and then stopped. There were only three or four hundred remnants of the soldiers who had not yet been attacked, and the group that had returned was wounded, while a third had not returned. In such a situation, how can you still maintain the previous offensive rhythm?

They were even more frightened, afraid of rushing to the front of the Song people's formation, and then being shot by arrows to hedgehogs, and dying meaninglessly at the end.

The arrows stopped firing, the bowstrings stopped ringing, and after a short exchange, everything was calm again in front of the Han army to the south

It's just that there are still people moving in front of the battle.

It was a Han soldier with a big axe in his hand, and he took the axe and fell, and beheaded all the Black Khan people lying in front of the battle.

Many black sweaters were furious when they saw it. Even the most vicious northerners will leave behind some fat sheep who can collect ransom money. Instead of being like now, whether you are rich or low, whether you are dead or alive, all of them will be cut off together.

But when they were asked to snatch the remains of their Muslim brothers, they did not dare to take a step forward. They also had crossbows, but the crossbows in the hands of the enemy were unsightly. What kind of crossbow is capable of shooting at the speed of a short bow? Before this battle, they could say with certainty that they didn't. But after today, there is an answer.

One by one, the heads were presented to Wang Sunsin.

The continuous dripping of blood turned the ground in front of him reddish-brown.

In just half an hour of fighting, together with the current more than two hundred beheadings, today's harvest is close to a thousand.

Wang Sunchen shook his head, relative to the elite of the Black Khan people. It was an easy victory.

The army composed of various clans, even though each is an elite soldier, is too poor in coordination and operation.

The Iqtar cavalry of the Black Khan is said to be a collection of large clans and tribes from all over the country. They all brought their own armor and horses. Among them, of course, there are rich and poor. The poor can only wear a rusty piece of chain mail, while the rich Iqtar, whose equipment is already on par with that of the Ghulam guards, is full of armor.

However, among the thousands, Iktar, who was rich enough to equip his horses with armor, was still a minority after all, and when he charged, he naturally fell behind. At the forefront were the poor who couldn't afford even a good piece of armor. Because of their light load, the speed of their horses, and the need for a chance to compete for military merit, in exchange for more rewards, or to choose the trophy first.

Wang Sunsin grinned heartily.

Although Huayi is different, the human feelings are the same. The son of a daughter can't sit down. Those who are rich in wealth are always reluctant to rush to the forefront. Those big cannibals don't say they died for the holy war, and they are surrounded by countless beauties after going to heaven. Why can't one or two of them look at it like this?

There is a lack of cooperation when going into battle, and no matter how elite the enemy is, it is dough that can be kneaded at will. And with a reliable organization, the combat effectiveness can be immediately multiplied several times. The failure of the Iqta cavalry was their lack of coordination, otherwise the armored cavalry in front and the heavy cavalry in the rear, at least they could force themselves to give the order to abandon the crossbow and fight with their swords.

Although it was a huge setback for the opponent, the real elite soldiers still did not move.

Even if the Ghulam guards don't move, just their presence can give people a great sense of coercion.

Even if you want to fight back, you have to take their existence into account, and you can't play it to the fullest.

Such an enemy is interesting.

Wang Sunsin thought. But he had no intention of fighting the Khan's guards today. It was almost time to withdraw to the camp.

The decisive battle with tens of thousands of troops, of course, must be carried out on an auspicious day.

The Black Khan people were not enemies that could be dealt with in a day, and Wang Sunsin was not in a hurry. Now is a small temptation. The combat effectiveness of the opponent has already been determined.

I played today just to try the depth and boost morale. If you can't defend and are attacked by the enemy in turn, your morale will drop rapidly, and you must always maintain a posture of attack.

However, if the opponent is really unbearable, Wang Sunsin will immediately lead the army to pounce, like a hungry tiger pounced. It is a pity that today's enemy is not a sheep that can be kneaded at will, and the shell is as hard as a stone. Wang Sunchen would rather watch the nearby fortifications be built than fight with them.

The last man is not rich. The population and fields are far inferior to Qiuzi, let alone Gaochang, and worse than Yanqi. Therefore, among the four towns of Anxi, there is no end barbarian. At present, the grain and forage that can be unearthed are all in the city. I don't know how much food the Black Khan people brought with them? Or do they have the ability to keep transporting grain from Shule? Now retreat to the camp and hold on, after three or five days, how much food will the Black Khan army on the opposite side have left?

Wang Sunsin had people ring the golden gong and call the gold to withdraw the troops. The Chinese army retreated first, followed by the cavalry, and there were corpses of men and horses to hinder them, and there was no need to worry that the Black Khan army would be able to keep up.

The army slowly retreated into the city, and the cheers rang out, the sound of which shook the heavens and the earth.

Wang Sunchen returned to the account, took off his armor, and the war entered the stage of stalemate.