Chapter 106: The Battle of Talas (2)
When he saw the 3,000 Syrian cavalry and 2,000 Khorasan cavalry following the Mawali infantry suddenly turn around and pounce in the direction of the Qarluq cavalry with all their might, Gao Xianzhi immediately understood what the purpose of the Great Food Army was in doing this.
Ziyad made such a big move, sacrificing more than 10,000 Mawali infantry just to eat the less than 4,000 Qarluq cavalry! Did he think that the Anxi army would lose more than 3,000 Qarluq cavalry and its morale would be greatly demoralized? Will they be able to win?
What's more, they can eat it if they want to?
Gao Xianzhi pointed his horizontal sword in the direction of the five thousand Great Food Light Cavalry, and shouted sharply: "Archer, turn, five shots!" ”
With a series of flags waving, officers at all levels shouted loudly, and the four thousand archers immediately turned around on the spot and shot five rounds of arrows in the direction of the five thousand Great Eater Light Cavalry.
Four thousand feathered arrows flew into the sky almost at the same time, and the black pressure darkened the sky, and the rain of arrows fell, and the galloping light cavalry fell down, and a burst of people neighed on their horses, and the men and horses kept rolling on the ground. Then came the second round of arrow rain...... After four rounds of arrow rain, the four or five platoons of the 5,000 Great Eclipse Light Cavalry approaching the side of the Anxi array were almost swept away. Less than four thousand cavalry remained, which by this time was almost out of range of the archers.
Although the range of the Fuyuan crossbow and the open crossbow is sufficient, the formation is horizontal, if you change direction like an archer, you will accidentally injure your own people, and it will take too long to change the formation, so you can only give up and continue to attack the Maiwali infantry in front or support the Anxi cavalry further ahead.
In the midst of the battle formation, Don Viga paid close attention to the changes in the surrounding battle situation. When he saw the 5,000 light cavalry following McWalley's infantry suddenly turn desperately and rush towards him, and at the same time, the 7,000 cavalry who were confronting them on the periphery also accelerated towards them, and his heart sank. Mother, why do these big dogs only stare at us Qarlu?
He turned around and looked at the Anxi infantry formation, the Anxi archers were turning, and Gao Xianzhi's Lingqi was ordering him to withdraw to his own formation.
With the response of the archers, half of his more than 3,000 Qarluq cavalry may be able to retreat. Don Viga roared: "To the east, retreat!" ”
The more than 3,000 Qarluq knights also saw the danger of the situation, and they all turned around, kicked their horses' bellies like madness, whipped their horses' stocks, and rushed towards the right rear of the Anxi infantry formation.
On the battlefield at this time, less than 4,000 Syrian and Khorasan cavalry were intercepted in front, 2,000 Syrian cavalry were in hot pursuit, and 5,000 cannibal militia outflanked by the cavalry were like a triangle, and the Qarluq cavalry in the middle was surrounded from the three points of the triangle. The Arabian horses were faster than the steppe horses ridden by the Qarluq knights, and it would not be long before the three great horsemen would succeed.
Gao Xianzhi gritted his teeth, and pointed his horizontal knife in the direction of the Great Food Cavalry that intercepted and outflanked. The remaining more than 200 cavalry immediately understood, and under the leadership of the two small brigade commanders, they roared into lightning and shot at the intercepting more than 3,000 cavalry and the outflanking 5,000 cavalry respectively.
From a distance, two cavalry teams of more than 100 people, like two thin thin lines, rushed towards the Great Food Cavalry Army, which was far more than dozens of times more black than them, and rushed straight forward without hesitation!
Such a picture that made people's blood boil Gao Xianzhi saw it, six thousand crossbowmen saw it, Ge Lulu Ye Hutun Viga saw it, and thousands of food eaters also saw it in amazement. In addition to the 2,000 fanatical Khorasan religious warriors, the 3,000 Syrian mercenaries and the 5,000 Arab militia were deeply shocked by the indomitable momentum of the more than 200 Ansi cavalry.
It's like there's a mountain in front of them, and they can fall down in one rush! It's as if they are the one with the absolute superiority in forces!
In this world, there are soldiers who are even crazier than the Khorasan cavalry, and they don't want to die! Moreover, the combat experience of these Anxi troops is a hundred times stronger than those Khorasan cavalry. At this moment, these Syrian fighters and Arab fighters who had lost their original status suddenly felt that this time, the black-clothed food could not win!
The two sides rushed head-on, and the distance of a few hundred steps was negligent, and the two teams of more than 100 Anxi cavalry had already crashed into the array of the two big food cavalry armies. The mouth that is about to be closed, because of this impact, can't help but be stagnant. Because the Great Food Army formation was relatively relaxed, it was actually killed by more than a hundred Anxi cavalry for two or three layers, but the number of Anxi cavalry was also decreasing rapidly.
But it was their collision that bought the Qarluq cavalry a ten-second break through, and a small half of the Qarluq cavalry rushed out of the mouth that was about to be encircled. There are also nearly 2,000 people who were flanked left and right by the two Great Eclipse Cavalry from the waist, and at this time they had been cut off and fought with the Great Eclipse Cavalry. There are many people in the Great Eclipse Cavalry, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Qarluq cavalry, and it is only a matter of time before these nearly 2,000 Gelulu cavalry are eaten.
After the catastrophe, the surviving Dun Biga ran forward with more than 1,000 surviving Qarluq cavalry, listening to the sound of fighting behind him, he was both happy and angry. He didn't dare to save it, so he had to shoot with a riding bow more than fifty paces away. When half of the Anxi infantry formation came to support, Xi Yuanqing also arrived with more than a thousand Anxi cavalry, and thousands of large food cavalry turned around and withdrew, and less than a hundred of the surrounded Qarlu cavalry were alive.
"Woo ......" encircled the Qarluq cavalry without success, and the Anxi infantry did not dare to rush in the big array, and it didn't take long for the Great Food Army to begin to withdraw, and the Anxi army did not chase it, and each collected its troops and returned to the camp.
…… A big war begins inexplicably and ends inexplicably. According to the casualty ratio of the two sides, Anxi's side should be regarded as a big victory, but in general, there are not many happy and happy ones.
General Anzai saw his own problems clearly through this battle: the infantry is strong and the cavalry is weak, and the number is inferior, it is difficult to take the initiative to attack and destroy the enemy in one fell swoop, and can only accumulate small victories into big victories; The Anxi soldiers said the most about the tragic majesty of the more than 200 Anxi knights, all of them were impassioned, and they couldn't wait to immediately raise their knives and kill the big food camp again!
Drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty regarded death as home, and the martial spirit of being aggressive and advocating offense can be seen.
In the northeast corner of the camp, the Qarlu camp is a different scene. The morale of the more than 1,000 surviving soldiers was low, and Kallulu Yehutun Viga frowned at his dinner for half the night, and sighed for a long time.
This time, they sent troops to help Gao Xianzhi go to the river, originally thinking that it was just an attack on a Talas city. Unexpectedly, Gao Xianzhi's ambition was so great that he planned to send reinforcements under Talas City to eliminate the entire Great Food reinforcements. Obviously, the army of Talas City was not heartbroken, and it was almost a drum, but Gao Xianzhi besieged it but did not attack, and turned his head to fight with the big cannibal.
After today's battle, the 4,000 Qarluq cavalry were beaten to just over 1,500. The Great Food Army is numerous, and although it has suffered a series of defeats, its strength is still there, and its morale is still there. If you continue to fight, I am afraid that the outcome will be unpredictable, even if the Anxi army can win, it will be a miserable victory!
In particular, this group of big dogs didn't know what kind of medicine they had taken wrong, so why did they just stare at our Qarluq cavalry? If this is the case tomorrow, I am afraid that all of the more than 1,000 Qarluq cavalry will be lost, and maybe they will also be lost in the formation!
If this is the case, he will die in battle, and the 8,000 elite Qarluqs who set out on the expedition will be killed and wounded, and I am afraid that within half a year, my tribes in the Jinshan (Altai Mountains) and Beiting area will be completely annexed by the Uighurs!
No! We must not let that happen!
He thought of Gao Xianzhi's comfort and promise to him after the battle; Thinking of Gao Xianzhi sending the last more than two hundred cavalry, he bought himself about three breaths of time to escape. But so what? He had no idea that if he and the remaining Qarluq soldiers were killed in battle, Gao Xianzhi would stand up for his tribe against the rising Uighur Khanate. On the other hand, no matter how righteous and tragic the Anxi cavalry is, the Qarluq warriors are not obliged to die with them!
It's just that when the war is fought to this extent, how can it be controlled by itself? It's a sad person!
After thinking about it like this for most of the night, Don Viga felt that his head was going to hurt to death. At this time, a personal guard Tuojie came in and whispered in his ear: "Ye Hu, there is a Turkic man named Yuanen who asks to see him, and he came from the Great Food Military Camp. ”
"Yuanen?" Don Bijia was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, it occurred to him that this Yuan En was the son of the original vice king of the Shi Kingdom, Tutun Qule. Last year, Gao Xianzhi slaughtered the stone country and expanded the city, capturing all the nobles of the vice king's family alive, I heard that only this prince fled to Da Shi, what is he doing now?
"Smuggle him in and send a few more men to guard the outside of the camp."