The retreat of the cavalry, like the retreat of the infantry, was orderly, showed good training, and won the praise of the opposing side.

"My lord, the third round is the battle of the apparatus, and it's time for our trebuchets to fight." Some Arab Empire generals were very excited and said: "The stones thrown by our trebuchets are very heavy, and they are thrown far away, even the city walls cannot resist them, and the Tang army will definitely suffer heavy casualties when they encounter our trebuchets." ”

The trebuchets of the Arab Empire are the most powerful in the world, and their range is long, and the stones thrown are so heavy that the walls will collapse when they meet the trebuchets.

The Arabian trebuchet manufacturing technology is famous all over the world, and this is not a boast.

The reason for the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty has a great relationship with the Arabian trebuchet.

Lü Wenhuan guarded Xiangyang for several years, and the Mongols attacked many times, but they were crushed by him, leaving the Mongols helpless. Although Lu Wenhuan later became a traitor, his credit for guarding Xiangyang cannot be erased.

Kublai Khan really had no choice, so he transferred trebuchet makers from Arabia. At that time, the Mongols had already conquered the Middle East, and it was not difficult to draw trebuchets from here.

When these trebuchet makers came to Mongolia, they created the famous "Huihui Cannon", which is actually a large trebuchet. The Mongols formed an army of Huihui artillery, which had a large number of Huihui cannons, which were specially used against the cities of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although the Song Dynasty did not achieve decent martial arts and always failed in foreign wars, it had advanced city-building technology, and the cities it built were unusually strong and difficult to destroy. If you don't have these return guns. Let the Mongols ride and shoot. It is also a fortified city that has no choice but to be in the Southern Song Dynasty.

The first battle. It was a large number of return artillery concentrated outside Xiangyang City to launch an attack on Xiangyang City, which was too big and earth-shattering, destroying the fortifications on which the Xiangyang defenders relied on.

Lu Wenhuan was frightened by this and surrendered.

As soon as Xiangyang was lost, the northern gate of the Southern Song Dynasty was opened, and the Mongol army went straight to the south of the Yangtze River. In the end, the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed.

When it comes to trebuchets, the generals of the Arab Empire are full of confidence, they have absolute confidence that they can defeat the Tang army.

"The trebuchet, that's our treasure, naturally wants to fight, but it can't fight like this." Gu Taibai's eyes sparkled, and a sneer swept through the corners of his mouth, and said, "Order: The whole army will attack!" This time, we must take the Tang Army by surprise. It will definitely be able to defeat the Tang army. ”

"Your Excellency is wise." The generals sang in unison, and rejoiced.

"The infantry and cavalry of the Don Army are no worse than ours. If we send out the elite, we are more likely to outperform us. It's a pity that the battlefield is not a competition of arms, but also the coordination and strategy of the arms. Li Longji, you must not have thought of it. Gu Taibai said proudly.

At the sound of an order, all the armies of the Arab Empire were dispatched and began to array.

At the forefront were the hoplites.

Heavy cavalry is one of the ace arms of the Arab Empire, it is the treasure of the Arab Empire, and it is mainly used to charge into battle.

The hoplites were men and horses, all dressed in heavy armor and protected from the whole body, and hundreds, thousands, thousands of hoplites charged, like a sea of mountains, which was unstoppable.

It was with the sharpness of the heavy cavalry that the Arab Empire was unaspiring.

The heavy cavalrymen were heavily armoured, and the horses were covered with thick vests, which shone brightly, and the cold light in the sun made people palpitate.

"Tang Jun, I will let you know how powerful our heavy cavalry is." Gu Taibai looked at the unusually heavy cavalry, and his arrogance was abrupt.

Then the swordsmen and archers lined up in turn.

The trebuchet is again, the trebuchet is assembled, standing on the ground, like an ancient beast, very terrifying. The trebuchets of the Arab Empire were not only used to siege cities, but also used to fight field battles.

The cavalry guarded the wings.

At the same time that Gu Taibai made the decision to attack the whole army, Li Longji also made the same decision.

"In this third formation, the whole army will attack, and the big food will be caught off guard." Li Longji said immediately.

"Haha!" The generals laughed in unison, they had been looking forward to this for a long time, who could not like it?

Li Longji gave an order, and the Tang army drove out of the city one after another and lined up outside the city.

At the front is the Mo knife hand, thousands of Mo knife hands holding Mo knives, lined up in a neat formation. The Mo knife is bright and shaking, and it is very terrifying.

Behind the Mo swordsman are the swordsmen and archers, and then the crossbow array. The flanks were guarded by cavalry.

"Heavy cavalry." While commanding the Tang army to line up, the generals of the Tang Army looked at the position of the Arab Empire, and found the heavy cavalry, and couldn't help laughing: "This is a broken thing abandoned by the Tang Dynasty, and the big cannibals actually picked it up and used it, it's ridiculous!" ”

Heavy cavalry once shined in Chinese history, especially during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and it was the golden age of heavy cavalry. At that time, once there was a big battle, it was a show of heavy cavalry.

In the Tang Dynasty, the hoplites withdrew from the stage of history.

Why did the heavy cavalry, an ancient military that played a huge role in history, withdraw from the stage of history in the Tang Dynasty?

There are many reasons, one of the most important reasons is that the invention of the "steel filling method" made the steel production of the Tang Dynasty increase dramatically, far more than any previous dynasty, so that the Mo knife was born as a luxury weapon, and was widely used in war. The power of the Mo knife is very large, and it can not only be used to charge, but also to fight street battles, which is not inferior to the power of heavy cavalry, and has more uses.

This made it no longer necessary for the hoplites to save the zài, so the Tang Dynasty abolished the hoplites.

The hoplite charge was very powerful, but it was not flexible enough, which was one of its fatal flaws. The Mo knife is very flexible, in street battles, the Mo knife can come in handy, while the heavy cavalry is not very useful.

When the Modao battle array was widely used, it became inevitable that the heavy cavalry would withdraw from the stage of history.

Of course, because the Mo knife is too heavy, the consumption of the body is very amazing, and it is impossible for the Mo knife hand to chase and kill the enemy with the Mo knife, which requires the assistance of light cavalry to drive away the enemy and intercept the enemy. Yes, the Tang Dynasty had a large number of light cavalry.

"That's Modao, right?"

"The Chinese are really crazy to use such heavy combat knives, are they fighting with iron? Can you play for half a day? ”

"Such a heavy war knife is certainly very powerful, but it can't last, let alone pursue, it's useful."

At the same time, the generals of the Arab Empire discovered the Mo Dao battle formation of the Tang army and were greatly disdainful.

Although they had heard of the power of the Mo Dao Battle Array, they had never seen it with their own eyes, had not personally comprehended it, and they didn't care about it at all.

"The Chinese are really useless, they don't even have heavy cavalry."

"We have heavy cavalry, and we will definitely be able to defeat the Tang army."

The generals of the Arab Empire had absolute confidence in the hoplites.

"I heard that China's Modao battle array and cavalry are combined, and they are extremely powerful, and I don't know if it is or not." Gu Taibai had known about the use of the Mo Sword Battle Array for a long time, but he didn't believe that it was as powerful as rumored.

After sneering, Gu Taibai looked at the crossbow array again, his eyes flashed, and said: "That's the crossbow array of the Tang Army, I heard that it is very powerful, whether it is a person or a horse, it can't resist it." I just don't know, compared to our trebuchets, who is stronger and who is weaker? Well, it should be inferior to our trebuchet. ”

Gu Taibai also knew about the crossbow array of the Tang Army, and had long heard the legend of the crossbow array. It's just that he has more confidence in the trebuchet, because in terms of range alone, the crossbow array of the Tang army is not comparable to the trebuchet. Because trebuchets can be used to attack city walls, crossbows cannot attack city walls, and based on this alone, Gu Taibai thinks that trebuchets are superior.

"That's a big cannibal trebuchet, I don't know how powerful it is?" The generals of the Tang Army looked at the trebuchet and were a little surprised.

"The range of trebuchets is farther than our strong crossbows, so when you encounter trebuchets, you must strike first and take the initiative." Li Longji's eyes flashed, reminding the generals.

The range of a strong crossbow is more than one mile or two miles, and the range of a trebuchet is even longer. Otherwise, failure is not necessarily, and it will pay a lot of price.

Soon, the deployment of the two armies was completed.

Gu Taibai patted the horse's back, came to the front of the formation, and shouted, "Li Longji answered." ”

Li Longji rode to the front of the battle on the Night Lion King, Gu Taibai's eyes suddenly sunk in, his face was painful, and he exclaimed: "The Night Lion King." ”

According to the Night Lion King, it was Yousuf who bribed Wu Sansi in order to assassinate the Nirvana, this kind of good horse, even the Arab Empire does not have ten horses, Gu Taibai knows about the Night Lion King. Not only do I know, but I also admire it. At this time, at first glance, he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the Night Lion King.

"Thank you for giving away the horses." Li Longji teased.

Gu Taibai's face turned red as soon as he brushed it, and he passed the cockscomb. The Arab Empire's assassination of Nirvana was sabotaged by Li Longji, and Li Longji's words were like a loud slap in the face, which made Gu Taibai's face hot and uncomfortable.

"Li Longji, you don't keep your promise." Gu Taibai took a breath, forced himself to calm down, and loudly accused Li Longji: "The three battles that were said to be good, the third round of the competition, why did you show up in the whole army?" ”

"Gu Taibai, we Datang have a saying that 'you must be a bitch and build an archway', you are this kind of person." Li Longji sneered: "You obviously want to take advantage of the third round of fighting to catch us off guard and order the whole army to dispatch, and you are embarrassed to accuse us." ”

"I ...... This is to send troops to protect trebuchets. Gu Taibai didn't want to admit it.

"I know that you have the courage to do it, but you don't have the courage to admit it, I have to talk to you more." Li Longji said coldly: "You have a very good move, even if you use it, let's continue." ”

After saying a word, regardless of Gu Taibai's reaction, he patted the horse's back and returned to his own formation.

"You ......" Gu Taibai wanted to say more, but he saw Li Longji leave him with the back of his head, so he had to pull the horse's head, return to his own formation, and said hatefully: "Attack!" Offensive! Attack me hard! (To be continued......)