Chapter 108: The Battle of Talas (4)

Ma Lu pierced the chest of a Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms cavalryman with a lance, and the huge force of the shock caused the lance in his hand to bend instantly. Ma Lan shouted, under the impetus of the horsepower, the lance was bent into a half-moon shape, Ma Lan shouted with both hands, the tail of the lance was pressed down, and the lance bounced, and the whole person of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms cavalry was picked out of the saddle and bounced out of the lance.

Sweeping past the two wings of the charging Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms cavalry, the two thousand Anxi cavalry almost effortlessly cut off the two wings of the five thousand Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms cavalry like tofu. The real threat to the Anxi army was the 1,000 Khorasan cavalry that pressed behind the cavalry of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms. They were all equipped with chain mail and round shields, and it was difficult for them to be injured by the six-bucket and eight-bucket riding bows. If you use a spear or lance, you must first take a round of short spears thrown by them.

If in the past, Ma Lu was not afraid of them, the two sides hedged, after a round of short spears, the cavalry of the two sides collided together, and the loose formation was only crushed. But this afternoon, the high school man didn't even want to bear these losses, and warned him in words that he would only operate within the range of the Anxi crossbowmen, and if he dared to stay too far from the formation, the military law would be ruthless!

The battle had been fought all afternoon, and this was already the sixth group of enemy cavalry who had tried to storm the Anxi infantry formation, and Ma Lan felt very strange that there was something wrong with both sides of the battle. Because in his opinion, the other party is not rushing into battle, but sending him to death.

Except for the fourth time of the five hundred Khorasan cavalry, which formed a loose formation and charged within twenty paces in front of the Anxi infantry formation, less than twenty remaining knights threw a dozen short spears and killed several Anxi crossbowmen. The other attacks did not kill a single Anxi soldier, and this time it was the same, the five thousand Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms cavalry were killed by the Anxi cavalry, and the crossbowmen shot a group, and less than half rushed to the Modao soldiers. The Mo sword soldiers took thousands of two steps and split twice, and the surviving ones immediately collapsed, turned around and ran, and were fired by the Khorasan cavalry who pressed the formation with two rounds of short spears, and all of them were killed in one charge.

Do they want to wait for our arrows to be exhausted before pressing them down from all three directions? It's really ridiculous, when we cavalry, and more than a thousand Mo sword soldiers, are all dead?

There was also something wrong with the Anxi army's side, and it was too conservative. The Tang army has always advocated offensive warfare, even in the face of an enemy several times its size. Under normal circumstances, when the enemy attacked, the Anxi cavalry had to move from the flank to the rear of the enemy army, and flank the enemy troops on both fronts. However, this time, Gao Gao Cheng strictly ordered not to go around behind the enemy army, and only allowed to sweep through the two wings to intercept and kill when the enemy army charged.

This kind of fighting is indeed safe, but the results achieved are also very limited, the infantry does not take the initiative to attack, the cavalry does not go around to the rear to attack, so passively waiting for the enemy to rush into battle, I really don't know when to fight. In particular, the Great Eclipse seems to have seen our conservatism, and now their cavalry has surrounded us from three reverses, and is outside the range of the bow and crossbow to oppress the activity space of the Anxi army!

The form is very grim!

However, Gao Gao Cheng was full of confidence, and Ma Ling still clearly remembered Gao Xianzhi's pre-war lecture in the morning: "...... The husband should serve the country on the battlefield, carry a three-foot sword, and make immortal achievements! Ninety years ago, Xingguo Gong Su Dingfang fought a war to pacify the west of the Green Ridge, and the Tang Dynasty began to have a place in the river, and divided the governor's mansion of the sixteen countries; Thirty-six years ago, Zhang Xiaosong, the superintendent of the imperial history, led 10,000 people to drive thousands of miles, defeated the Tubo Great Food Alliance, spread the kingdoms, and shocked the Western Regions;

Eight hundred years earlier, the Talas River was also called Dulai Shui, and the famous general Chen Tang of the Western Han Dynasty led 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty, which was in this place to break and kill the Xiongnu Zhi Zhi Shan Yu, leaving a famous saying through the ages - those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away!

…… As long as you win today's battle, the river is under control, and the time for the decisive battle has arrived! Today, we are going to break the main force of black clothes and food here! Create a brilliant record that is not lost to the ancestors, and today's battle will surely be immortal! Soldiers, the time has come to make a meritorious contribution, and let the blood of the enemy soak our robes! God bless Datang! The Don Army will win! ”

Anyway, since Gao Cheng is so confident, we only fancy Cheng's means!

About a hundred paces behind the Anxi army's infantry array, Don Biga led more than 1,000 Qarluq cavalry to guard here for more than two hours.

Dun Bijia stood up with his feet in the stirrups, and watched from a distance as the Zhaowu Jiu** team in front of the formation was killed by the Anxi Mo sword soldiers, and he fled back and was killed by the Khorasan Governor's team. How many cavalry did you charge? The blood stained the grass and the soil under the grass red with the blood of the horses and soldiers in front of the Anxi infantry formation, which was in stark contrast to the green grass under the foot of the Anxi infantry formation.

What they didn't know was that it wouldn't be long before the grass at the feet of the Anzay infantry would also be soaked in blood and covered with corpses. Don Bhija glanced at the sun on the opposite side, and when it fell to the horizon, it was time to launch itself.

Dumbhija waited with great anticipation and great nervousness for that moment to come. Before today's battle, Don Biga asked Gao Xianzhi to protect the safety of the crossbowmen behind the Anxi infantry formation, citing the heavy losses of yesterday. Gao Xianzhi thought for a while and agreed, comforted him very sincerely, asked him to strengthen his confidence, and promised that after the victory in this battle, in addition to Talas City, along with Broken Leaf City, he would also give it to Qarluq. Of course, Don Viga immediately expressed his willingness to die for the high school and repay his death.

After that, things went as expected, and even better! The Anxi army did not move, the big food army rushed to the battle several times, and twice rushed to the front of the formation, and there were no trenches, deer bars, thistles and other obstacles in front of the formation, and the big food cavalry also surrounded the Anxi infantry cavalry on three sides, just waiting for the sun to set, and he led more than 1,000 Gelulu cavalry to suddenly attack, and the more than 10,000 Anxi troops were in a catastrophe.

Kedun Viga always felt that something was wrong! He also heard Gao Xianzhi's pre-war speech, and Gao Xianzhi said conclusively that today would be the last day of the decisive battle, and the Anxi army would definitely win!

This made Don Bijia feel very strange, what gave Gao Xianzhi this certainty of victory? Could it be that Gao Xianzhi already knew about last night's incident? How can it be. When Yuan En came yesterday, it was almost ugly in the early hours of the morning, and Yuan En came secretly, and came from the north direction in a big circle, and then he also sent people outside to guard and search, and no one found it at all.

Moreover, if Gao Xianzhi knew that someone had come to look for him yesterday, how could he not be suspicious of himself, and how could he let his more than a thousand Lulu cavalry be responsible for the security behind the Anxi infantry formation. Now, at the sound of his own order, the more than 1,000 Lulu cavalry could rush into the crossbowmen's formation from behind within two or three breaths and slaughter them wreak. The Anxi army is still the same fiasco, how can it win?

Could it be that Gao Xianzhi did this just to boost morale? But why is he so sure that he will be able to decide the winner today? If not, isn't that a slap in the face?

Dumbiga let out a long breath of turbidity, he really didn't like the feeling of being incomprehensible. Anyway, since he couldn't figure it out, he looked at the dusky sun behind the Great Eclipse Army Array in the distance, and muttered: "Hurry up and fall, hurry up and reveal the answer!" ”