Dadu has seen that there is no way up the mountain at this time, the entire mountain wall has been destroyed by the Gulaqin people in advance, the gravel is messy, don't say that the horse goes, that is, the person rushes up, and if you are not careful, you will break your foot, and the edges and corners of those gravel are very sharp, even if the Tariq warrior is wearing leather boots, the boots will be pierced.

There are two lines of defense on the mountain, the arrows of the first line are slightly weaker, and the main melee warriors with broadswords and spears are on standby, and the archers are the main force behind the second stone wall.

A part of the Tariq cavalry rushed to the foot of the mountain, on which were like rain of arrows, under the horse's hooves was messy gravel, between people and horses, many soldiers landed, and even were stabbed by the protruding gravel water chestnut, the scene was quite chaotic for a while, although the Tariq cavalry to the rain of arrows suppressed the Gulaqin warriors on the mountain, but if you want to climb up the mountain, every step forward, it is already very difficult.

In the battle between the two armies, hundreds of Tariq warriors have been killed or wounded in such long-distance arrows fired at each other, and the previous momentum has been suppressed a lot.

Although it was true that a few Tariq warriors approached the first line of defense with difficulty, the Gulaqin warriors guarding the first line of defense had already been prepared, and before the Tariq warriors approached the stone wall, the spears had already been stabbed from above.

Blood was splashed, and thousands of people were shouting at the foot of the mountain as the Tariq warrior rushed forward, and he was entrusted with the first battle, which was full of strength to make a war exploit, but the Gulaqin soldiers were all fighting for their relatives, and in the face of the elite Tariq warriors, they were fearless, and the Tariq warriors could not take advantage.

Chu Huan looked at the battle situation of Eagle Head Peak from the right wing peak, from the perspective of the situation, the herdsmen and warriors of Gulaqin were not at a disadvantage, but Chu Huan could also see that if it was about the hard power of the battle and the sophistication of the equipment, Gulaqin and Tariq were too far apart, and fortunately, Gulaqin retreated to Montenegro and used Montenegro as a defensive barrier.

Maha Vajra watched the Tariq warriors who were attacking the mountain rolling down the mountainside one after another, and his face suddenly became ugly.

Capture Montenegro and capture Mahazang, this is naturally an unchangeable goal, but the Tariq warrior is the treasure of the empire, and every Tariq warrior is a wealth of the empire.

After all, he is the dignified king of the North Courtyard of Xiliang, not a wine bag and rice bag, and he can see clearly the battle ahead, if he continues to attack like this, he may really be able to go down to the Eagle Head Peak with the brave combat power of the Tariq warriors, but with the current defensive posture of Gulaqin, even if the Eagle Head Peak is captured, the three thousand Tariq warriors are afraid that there will be very few left.

The three peaks of Montenegro, if you just attack the Eagle Head Peak, thousands of people will be killed and injured, such a price is unacceptable to Maharaja, and he believes that Maharaja is also unacceptable to pay such a heavy price.

He clenched the whip in his hand, and finally made a movement, and the trumpeter beside him blew the horn again, which was to order Dadu to withdraw for the time being.

Dadu was annoyed and angry when he saw the serious casualties of the Tariq warriors in front of him, and was in the middle of shouting and scolding, when he heard the sound of a horn behind him, hesitated for a moment, and finally ordered the whole army to retreat.

Three thousand Tariq warriors, the first attack, the number of casualties has exceeded three hundred, and the companions can only barely take the injured Tariq warriors down the mountain, even if the dead corpse is not taken care of for a while.

Dadu galloped back to his team and said ashamedly: "King, ...... lowly duty!" ”

Maha Vajra didn't wait for him to finish, and he already said in a deep voice: "Gulaqin, these cheap slaves have been prepared for a long time, and our casualties are too heavy to attack so strongly. The herald said: "Shieldmen!" ”

The herald immediately gave the order.

The military operations of the Western Liang have always been mainly cavalry, supplemented by infantry, which is the opposite of the military structure of the Qin State.

The cavalry of the Qin State was almost all light cavalry, while the infantry was varied, sword soldiers, pikemen, hook and sickle soldiers, etc., while the Western Liang infantry was relatively single, but the cavalry was divided into heavy cavalry and light cavalry.

The heavy cavalry is well defended, once the heavy cavalry rushes into the infantry formation, then there is almost no suspense, the infantry will suffer from the catastrophe, but the cost of the heavy cavalry is extremely high, although the West Liang has heavy cavalry, but the proportion is very small, usually also serve as the main general of the guard, not until the last resort, never easy to use.

The infantry of Xiliang is an auxiliary army, a long time ago, it was not even equipped with a shield, but later learned from other countries, and gradually equipped with a shield, but the iron ore and copper ore of Xiliang are very scarce, and the limited metal deposits also need to be used to refine knives and guns, if you make a real metal shield, the copper and iron consumed is enough to make several or even a dozen war knives, and Xiliang is mainly cavalry, and a lot of cost is invested in the infantry, and the Xiliang military is not reluctant.

Except for a small number of heavy cavalry guards around the generals who were equipped with iron shields, the shields of the ordinary infantry were made of animal skins, and most of them were made of cowhides.

These shields are often made of several layers of cowhide, and although such shields are easier to damage than iron shields, they are also effective in resisting bows and arrows.

This time, Maha Vajra led all the cavalry to kill, and for the Tariq cavalry who advocated attacking, it seemed that shields were not needed, but in the end, Maharaja ordered that the vanguard be equipped with a thousand shields.

The Gulaqin warriors of Eagle Head Peak blocked the Tariq warriors with their bows and arrows, making it impossible for the Tariq warriors to advance, and Maha Vajra only wanted to achieve the greatest victory at a small cost, but did not let the Tariq warriors continue to charge with death, but decisively ordered to stop the attack for the time being, preparing to use the shield as a cover, and forced up the mountain.

In Maha Vajra's view, long-distance combat, the Gulaqin warriors can barely resist, but as long as the warriors under their command are close to each other, compared with the ability of individual soldiers, the Gulaqin warriors are far inferior to the Tariq elite soldiers, if the shield is used to resist the opponent's arrows, and then forced to go up the mountain, and the Gulaqin warriors are close to each other, the Gulaqin warriors will inevitably be defeated.

Maha Vajra summoned Dadu to come closer, and whispered, the meaning is also simple and clear, cover with a shield, break through the first layer of stone wall at all costs, as long as you cross the first layer of stone wall and the Gulaqin warriors are close to each other, and the two sides are mixed, then the archers above will not dare to shoot arrows easily in order to avoid shooting their companions, as long as they suppress the opponent's arrow array, with the bravery of the Tariq warriors, it is only a matter of a blink of an eye.

Dadulian claimed that he was so depressed that he couldn't get close to the Gulaqin warriors at this time, and he was confident that as long as his elite soldiers approached the hand-to-hand combat, one Tariq warrior would be enough to deal with three Gulaqin warriors.

The trumpet sounded again, and a thousand horsemen with shields came out of the ranks, and as Dadu rushed to the front, some distance from the foot of the mountain, Kudu reined in his horses, and the Tariq warriors who had previously retreated from the mountain were now regrouped, and after a thousand shield-wielding cavalry gave an order from Dadu, Kudu got down from his horse, took a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, forming two columns, five hundred men each, and stepped forward to the front.

These shields are made of three layers of cowhide, with extremely high toughness, and the area of defense is not small, as long as the body is shrunk, it is enough to protect the whole body, and more importantly, hiding behind the shield, there is no need to poke out your head to look ahead, because above the shield, there is a specially made observation opening, and the orifice the size of two eyes is enough for the soldier to hide behind the shield and be able to see the situation ahead.

Although the Western Liang Empire allowed all tribes in the Western Liang to have a certain number of sabers and bows and arrows, the armor and shield were always strictly controlled, and any tribe that was found to have more than the required number of armor or shields would be punished for treason.

Dadu also passed down the military order, behind each shield bearer, followed by a Tariq warrior, under one shield, there were two Tariq warriors, after a thousand shields, there were already two thousand warriors, this group of warriors were all shrunk back, holding a sharp saber in their hands, and began to move slowly towards the foot of the mountain.

That Sbogully saw the other party wield his shield, and his face became solemn.

The tactic he specified before was to build two barriers, the first barrier was dominated by pikemen with knives and handles engaged in close combat, and the second stone wall was followed by archers, as long as the enemy charged, then the archers behind the second stone wall would suppress the enemy with a rain of arrows, and those who guarded behind the second stone wall were all relatively excellent warriors in archery, although they were not as strong as the archers of the Imperial Guard, but they were condescending and had the danger of terrain, so Sboguli believed that they could resist the enemy.

He didn't expect that the opposing cavalry roared and prepared a thousand shields, and when these shields were sent into the field at this time, the effectiveness of the bow and arrow would be greatly weakened.

The Spogully was holding a knife in one hand and a fist in the other, and Squira was following behind Sbogully at this time, and he also felt that the situation was starting to get serious.

The Tariq warriors have relied on the cover of the shields, and began to advance to the mountain, although the action is very slow, but the two columns, the five hundred shields of each column are close together, and the fit is very tight, these Tariq warriors have been training together for a long time, and there is no problem with the tacit understanding at all, and the Gulaqin warriors on the mountain looked down the mountain, as if they saw the two walls moving towards the mountain, and for a while they couldn't find the target to shoot.

The expressions of the Gulaqin warriors were solemn, although there were a large number of arrows stored on the mountain, but there was nowhere to start at the moment, and they could not waste arrows at will.

Several archers found an opportunity to shoot a few arrows, but the other party's reaction was really sharp, and they felt the strong wind of the arrows coming, and they had already sealed the narrow gap, and the arrows could only be shot on the cowhide shield, and could not cause any damage to the Tarik warriors.

The Gulaqin warriors on the mountain could not find the time to shoot arrows, but the 2,000 soldiers under the mountain were already under the command of Dadu, bending their bows in formation and shooting arrows towards the mountain, which was to further suppress the Gulaqin warriors and let the shield soldiers approach the mountain more safely.

The first group of Gulach warriors still had the upper hand, killing nearly three hundred Tariq warriors, but this second group of Tariq shields was gone, and the situation on Eagle Head was already precarious.