Chapter 69: Night Attack
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The two knights took the order, turned around and beat their horses and walked away like the wind.
A thousand men would seem to be all over the mountains, not to mention that the Persian infantry on the slopes of the mountains numbered more than 20,000. Standing on the hillside and watching, Ma Yong and Ma Qiang brothers also felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.
The number of black-clothed thieves who came over the mountain this time was definitely no less than 30,000, and more than 20,000 soldiers were killed out of the camp at this moment, and there were more than 10,000 women, children, old and weak who stayed in the camp. 20,000 Persian infantry walked down the hillside, and the earth shook violently.
The Tang army scouts were on the hillside in front of them, but the leading Persian general didn't even look at it. The hundreds of guards behind him are all elite, and they also don't look at Ma Yong.
Behind them, more than 20,000 Persian infantry were disheveled in armor and armed with a variety of weapons, but their steps were extremely neat. The soldiers looked at the nearby Tang army scouts and cursed in a low voice, but the lack of cavalry was helpless after all.
This is also a real army, which has not been cultivated for almost a year since the battle with the Tang army in the Talas River last year. Able to escape from the Sogdians and the Turks of the Fergan Basin, they have gone through so many hardships that they have grown into true warriors.
With torches like dragons, the army marched rapidly across the meadow, and the sky gradually darkened.
The Tang scouts did not use their fearsome hand-held crossbow arrows anymore, but simply rode their horses on the side of the Persian army. From time to time, scouts came from the south to join the scouts, and at the same time, scouts left the team and accelerated to the south to deliver news.
If it weren't for the bright and refined armor on the Tang army, at first glance it would have been thought that these cavalry were guarding the infantry.
The Persian man pursed his lips vigorously, with an extremely cold look on his face, and strode on the meadow.
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Ma Yong and Ma Qiang looked at these Persians with crossbow arrows, and the look in his eyes was only excitement.
Tonight!
Ma Qiang tried to shoot a few Persians with crossbow arrows, but was stopped by Ma Yong.
He was only afraid that the Persians would be frightened, and he did not dare to fight the Tang army again.
More than two hundred scouts were distributed on the flanks of the Persian infantry, keeping a sufficient distance. Although the Persians were outnumbered, they did not pose any threat to them. They could shoot their crossbow arrows at the Persian crowd at any time if they wished.
Ma Yong's crossbow bolts were always aimed at the Persian general, and he didn't understand what this guy was thinking. Going to the night attack with such a swagger, is it really an ornament for the Anxi Army?
"These Persians want to repeat what happened to the Talas River."
Inside the camp, Ma Lan sneered, "It's a pity that there is no heavy rain today, and I am not a tall general." Since the Persian slaves have the courage to come, then leave them all for me! ”
In the corner of the handsome tent, Gao Qianqian snorted sullenly. Ma Lan suddenly realized that this girl was still with her, and the corners of her mouth twitched suddenly, and the heroism of the right talent suddenly disappeared.
Duan Xiushi couldn't help but smile and waved his hand to signal Gao Qianqian to leave first. Gao Qianqian glared at Ma Luan, and strode out with a horizontal knife.
"The defeat of the great general Talas is my mistake, Renjie will blame it in the future, so blame the old man." Feng Changqing waited for Gao Qianqian to leave, and said in a deep voice. Ma Lan is the coach of this battle, so he naturally wanted to give Ma Lan a face just now. Gao Xianzhi is his benefactor, how can he allow Ma Lan to slander Gao Xianzhi behind his back.
Ma Lan coughed dryly and said embarrassedly: "Gaffe, gaffe, hehe...... Doctor, I mean, my 5,000 soldiers can easily defeat the black-clothed thieves even if they are arrayed to meet them, not to mention that they have now set up camp. The black-clothed thieves went to defeat our Anxi army at the Talas River, relying on a night raid. Although there are many black-clad thieves tonight, the situation is completely different. ”
Feng Changqing nodded and stopped talking.
Bian Lingcheng said with a smile: "Let's go, Renjie!" A certain family has heard the footsteps of a Persian thief, and a certain family wants to see how you can break the thief! ”
Ma Ling glanced at Bian Lingcheng and nodded, but he was slightly shocked in his heart.
He also heard the footsteps of the Persians and judged that the Persians were still six miles away. He is a ranger, and his six senses are different from ordinary people, this lieutenant looks white and pure, not like a practitioner at all, but why can he have such keen hearing?
But he didn't say much, and immediately came out of the handsome account.
Inside the camp, it has become extremely lively at the moment. The whole camp was illuminated by torches, and the warriors had already taken their positions, lined up in a neat phalanx, ready to attack at any moment. Towards the northwest, hundreds of camels were scattered behind the fence, and on the backs of the camels sat the most elite knights.
Scouts are constantly moving in and out at a rapid pace, delivering military information to the barracks. In the distance in the night sky, a fiery dragon was slowly spreading towards the camp.
"It's time!" Feng Changqing said in a deep voice.
Ma Lan nodded, and the soldiers around him took out the flag and waved it a few times in a row. Han Wu rode out of the barracks with a thousand elite horsemen under his command, and walked around the back of the barracks.
Since ancient times, there has been no city to defend. So it is with the city, and so it is with the camp. This thousand elite cavalry is the reserve of the Tang army, and the Tang army in the camp is the horn of each other, just waiting for the black-clothed thieves to begin to disperse, they are ready to rush out to cover the kill.
A small fire dragon separated from the big fire dragon and galloped towards the military camp, but it was the scout led by the two brothers Ma Yong and Ma Qiang. When the scouts rushed into the barracks, he ordered the camp gate to be blocked and the road was cut off.
The three camp gates slowly closed, and Han Wu's 1,000 elite horsemen behind the camp also extinguished their torches. The knights on the back of the camels looked solemn, ready to smash open the crossbow's cage at any moment.
The Persian infantry finally appeared in Ma Lu's field of vision, and after walking more than forty miles at night, the Persians looked extremely tired, but their steps were unusually neat. Two miles outside the camp, the Persian soldiers stopped.
At this distance, Ma Lan can already clearly see the appearance of every Persian. These Persians looked desperate, and became even more ferocious because of their despair.
Haven't they already defeated the Wuqi Jin tribe, why do they still seem so desperate? Ma Lan squinted at the Persian general at the front, and said in his heart that this guy is a character, and it is definitely a set to be so desperate to take a well-fed and well-fed Persian army.
Although there were no rivers behind them, these Persian soldiers already had the momentum to fight against the water. Ma Lan understood that if he rushed out at this time, it was inevitable to defeat the enemy, but he would definitely pay a considerable price.
Fortunately, he didn't have to rush out tonight.
"He should have despaired, because he was in a desperate situation. It's a good guy to make everybody realize that. ”
Glancing at the middle-aged Persian man with some regret, Ma Lu stood on top of the arrow tower and waited quietly.
The Persians came here in a rage, and after traveling dozens of miles, they couldn't do nothing.
The Persian general waved his hand, and 20,000 Persian soldiers sat down at the same time and began to regain their strength.
The soldiers on both sides confronted each other from a distance across the fence of the camp, and for a time it was extremely quiet, and no one spoke.
After resting for half an hour, the horse was almost impatient, and the Persian general stood up, drew his scimitar, and let out a hungry wolf's howl.
The 20,000 Persians roared in unison, and slowly pressed forward in a neat phalanx.
Ma Lan looked ahead and narrowed his eyes slightly.
The night of the decisive battle of the Battle of Talas seems to have been yesterday. The blood of the robe seemed to be flowing in front of his eyes.
It was the same night, but it was raining a lot in the sky.
Although it belonged to the memory of the Guanzhong man Ma Lan, at this moment his blood was boiling, and he clenched the horizontal knife in his hand hard.
Only half a mile from the camp, the Persians roared and accelerated suddenly, rushing forward like a tidal wave.
The Persian general rushed to the front, a giant scimitar in his hand, and rushed to the main entrance of the camp first.
Behind the main entrance, Bian Lingcheng was sitting on a camel and drove a strange sword knight down. Seeing the Persian infantry rushing towards him, Bian Lingcheng laughed fiercely and suddenly smashed down the crossbow of the Eight Ox.
"Crash!"
Three huge arrows flew out from the camel's back, and with a piercing whistling sound, they shot at the Persian general. The power of the eight-bull crossbow was so great that three huge arrows fell into the group of Persian generals' personal guards, and immediately pinned more than ten personal guards to the ground.
The Persian general was unharmed, and continued to rush forward with his guards.
Behind the fence, after Bian Lingcheng's eight-bull crossbow was shot, Tian Mingyuan smiled bitterly and waved the flag in his hand.
"Collapse Collapse Collapse! ……”
The sound of continuous smashing down the bracket, one-third of the Tang crossbow on the camel's back behind the fence was launched at the same time, and hundreds of crossbow arrows of different lengths were blasted out by more than 100 crossbow arrows with a piercing whistling sound, falling into the crowd of Persian infantry like a torrential rain.
Like boiling water pouring snow, the charging Persian infantry fell one by one in an instant. A faint sweet scent rose in the air outside the camp, diffusing in all directions.
The Persian general still dodged the volley, turning around and howling loudly. Ma Lu really heard that this guy was letting the Persians scatter and storm the barracks at all costs.
"General, he said we don't have many crossbow arrows, as long as we rush in, we'll be finished." Du Huan said with a smile.
Ma Lan nodded, and in the future, he had to gradually let them accept the fact that he knew various languages, and it was too uncomfortable to pretend like this.
"General, this guy is slippery, do you want me to shoot him?"
It was Li Zhengde who spoke, and he shot and killed Ziyad with one arrow and wounded another arrow in the city of Sa Mo. Posilin's guy.
Ma Lan shook his head and smiled, "No." He is the backbone of the Persian slaves, what if he is shot and the other Persians scatter in a hurry? ”
"That's what the general said." Li Zhengde nodded and put away the seven-stone bow he had obtained from the Anxi Mansion Treasury.
This salvo killed hundreds of Persians. The Persians rushed towards the camp at high speed with their torches, as if they had gone mad.
Tian Mingyuan's expression remained unchanged, and he waved the flag suddenly.
The tooth-aching whistling sound sounded intensively again, and the smell of blood in the air became even stronger. Long and short bolts rained down, nailing Persian soldiers outside the trenches.