Chapter Forty-Nine: Defeat Gu Taibai
Gu Taibai originally wanted to rob Li Longji of Bai and appreciate Li Longji's obscure face and rise and rise, but he didn't expect that he would be robbed by Li Longji.
Not only that, but he also scolded him as a bitch who sold meat, which was intolerable, and he couldn't help but be angry.
"Kill all the Chinese!" The armies of the Arab empire erupted in a terrifying roar, and their eastward march was to prepare for the invasion and conquest of China.
This was the first war with China, and the soldiers of the Arab Empire all raised their voices and shouted, with inexhaustible strength.
"Bang bang." The first to strike was the trebuchet, and one after another the sound of the machine sounded, which was earth-shattering and shook people's ear drums.
"Whew! Shout! Shout! "One huge stone after another appeared in the air, drew a wonderful parabola, and smashed it towards the Tang army's formation.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "The stone smashed with great force, and the power was not small, and it smashed on the ground, making an earth-shattering loud noise, and the ground was trembling.
"Ahh Yes! Yes! "The Tang army was hit, either dead or wounded.
Those who are hit will become meat patties, and blood will overflow.
"Rumble!" At the same time as the trebuchet was wielding, the hoplites of the Arab Empire were dispatched and rushed towards the Tang army.
Needless to say, the majesty of thousands of hoplites charging up was truly shaking the mountains, the ground was shaking, and the loud sound was like a divine drum beating, which made people's ears hurt.
"Crush the Chinese to pieces!" Looking at the heavy cavalry rushing away, Gu Taibai's eyes lit up, and he was greatly excited, and roared loudly.
For hoplites. He had absolute faith. It will definitely be able to crush the Tang army to pieces.
In the battles fought by the Arab Empire in the past. The hoplites are invincible, as long as the hoplites are dispatched, there is no position that they cannot shake, and there is no enemy that they cannot defeat.
"The Chinese are going to pieces!" The generals of the Arab Empire saw it in their eyes, and their eyes were full of wonderful little stars, as if the Tang army had been trampled into a pulp by the heavy cavalry.
"In vain." Li Longji saw it in his eyes and sneered disdainfully.
"Strong crossbow. Put! Zhang Shuo waved the command flag in his hand and ordered loudly.
"Whew! Shout! Shout! "Countless bolts appeared in the air, weaving a net of arrows, covering the heavily armed cavalry.
The crossbow arrow, which was one zhang long and had the thickness of an arm, flew through the air, like a poisonous snake, and looked very terrifying.
"Poof! Burst! Burst! The dull sound of flesh rang out, one after another.
"Ahh Yes! Yes! The Arab Imperial hoplites were shot and let out a terrible scream. Like a pig being slaughtered.
"Yu Yu!" The horse was shot and let out a mournful neigh.
It is the same as the battles conducted by the Tang Army in the past. In the face of strong crossbows, the heavy cavalry of the Arab Empire is still useless, they will be shot by the Tang army, and they will be skewered into meat skewers.
The only difference is that there aren't as many meat skewers as they used to be, and the number of hoplites shot by crossbow arrows isn't as high as they used to be.
This is because the heavy cavalry is too heavy, and the heavy armor alone is more than 100 or 200 catties, plus men or horses, it is even heavier, even if it is strong with a strong crossbow, it is impossible to shoot several people and take people or horses through the air as before.
In other words, the power of the strong crossbow has diminished, and it is not as sharp as before.
Even so, the results of this round of shooting were still considerable, and the heavy cavalry suffered many casualties, and the formation was chaotic.
"The hoplites are really good." Li Longji saw it in his eyes, and there was no lack of appreciation.
If the Tang Dynasty hadn't had a better choice, it wouldn't have given up the heavy cavalry.
"Damn the crossbow! Damn crossbow array! Gu Taibai saw it in his eyes and was very unhappy.
Heavy cavalry, that is the treasure of the Arab Empire, each of them is the top of the heart, there are so many casualties, Gu Taibai only feels that his heart is dripping blood.
Despite the many casualties, the heavy cavalry was still imposing, moving forward and rushing towards the Tang army.
"Whew! Shout! Shout! "They were still greeted by an overwhelming barrage of crossbows.
Under the rounds of crossbow shooting, the heavy cavalry suffered more and more casualties. However, they still did not retreat and were still charging.
"The big cannibal is bold and fearless of death, which is worthy of admiration!" The generals of the Tang Army saw it in their eyes and greatly appreciated it.
Under the shooting of a strong crossbow, there are not many people who can charge like this, and the Turks and Tibetans can occasionally have such momentum, but more often they see that something is wrong and immediately retreat.
The Arab Empire's heavy cavalry can be so bold and so fearless of death, which is indeed admirable.
After being shot by a strong crossbow, the hoplites rushed to the front of the Tang army, and the spears in their hands pointed forward, intending to stab the Tang army.
After entering the range of bows and arrows, the Tang army did not release bows and arrows. Bows and arrows are futile for hoplites, they are just a waste of arrows, and there is no need.
"Mo Dao, split!" Zhang Shuo ordered loudly, and waved the flag in his hand heavily.
Thousands of Mo knives were raised high, shining brightly, emitting a dazzling cold light in the daylight, which was breathtaking.
Mo knife slashed down, like a wall of knives slammed down.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! The voices are endless.
The spear in the hands of the hoplites was struck by Mo's sword, and they were either let go or broken.
The Mo knife weighed fifty catties, and under the chopping of Hercules, it weighed hundreds of catties, and its power can be imagined. Although the heavy cavalry had a lot of strength, they couldn't stand it and had to let go.
The power of the Mo knife is too great, and it is reasonable for the spear to break.
After splitting the spear, Mo Dao did not stop at all, and slashed at the heavily armored cavalry.
"Poof! Burst! Burst! The dull sound was deafening.
"Ahh Yes! Yes! The heavy cavalry let out a terrible scream before death, as if someone was digging into the heart.
In fact, it was even more miserable than digging out the heart, because they were chopped into pieces.
Mo knife slashed, the power is unparalleled, even heavy armor can't stop it. Not to mention, a heavy cavalryman has to face three or five Mo knives, and if he doesn't want to die, he can't do it! If you don't want to be a broken piece, you can't do it!
"Yu Yu!" The war horse is struck and neighs before death, and it will also be split into pieces.
This round of offense. The hoplites were wiped out. And the price paid by the Tang army was minimal. The casualties were mainly from trebuchets. Other than that, there were almost no casualties.
"......" looked at the corpses and fragments of the hoplites that fell to the ground, and the generals of the Arab Empire were collectively speechless.
Even Gu Taibai is unspeakable, as if he has seen a ghost.
The hoplites were the treasure of the Arab Empire, invincible, and in previous battles, as long as the hoplites were dispatched, the Arab Empire would win a great victory.
As it is today. The annihilation of the heavy cavalry was the first time they had encountered it, and Gu Taibai felt like they were in a dream.
"Is this true?"
"I didn't dream?"
"Are our hoplites really finished?"
After a long time, the generals of the Arab Empire saw it clearly, but they were shocked and disbelieving.
"Damn the crossbow array!" Gu Taibai was the first to sober up and bitterly accepted this reality.
"The crossbow array is too terrible for us to charge again." Gu Taibai has extraordinary military talent, and he knows very well that if he charges again. It's just an increase in casualties.
In the face of the powerful crossbow array of the Tang Army, any flesh and blood is in vain. Even heavy cavalry will not help.
"Trebuchet, smash it at the crossbow array, smash the strong crossbow." Immediately after, Gu Taibai thought of the crux of the problem.
As long as the crossbow array of the Tang army is broken, the heavy cavalry will have a place to use and can be used to charge.
Although the Tang Army's Modao battle formation is very good, the heavy cavalry is not necessarily worse than the Modao battle array. Because these two types of troops have strong attack power, if the heavy cavalry is in a neat formation and rushes with all their might, although the Modao battle formation is good, it may not be pleased.
Therefore, breaking the Tang Army's crossbow array is the first thing.
As soon as the command was laid, the trebuchet adjusted its direction and prepared to attack the crossbow array.
At this moment, I saw Zhang Shuo waving the command flag in his hand and ordering loudly: "Cavalry attack!" Destroy the trebuchet! ”
The trebuchets of the Arab Empire had a longer range, and the strong crossbows of the Tang army could not reach them, so they had to send out cavalry to destroy them. If you can't destroy the trebuchet, you'll be in big trouble with the crossbow.
"Rumble!" The cavalry of the Tang Army received the order and galloped out.
This time, the Tang army dispatched elite cavalry, and the cavalry at the head was wearing all the same color of Mingguang armor. Behind them, it was the general cavalry of the Don Army.
The cavalry of the Tang Army divided into two roads, left and right, like two iron pincers, and rushed towards the trebuchet.
"Don't think!" Gu Taibai understood the purpose of the Tang Army's cavalry, sneered, and ordered: "Cavalry, intercept." ”
"Rumble!" The cavalry of the Arab Empire came out and met it like a whirlwind.
Soon, the two cavalry met together. This encounter was very different from the outcome of the second round of the meeting. In the second round of confrontation, the cavalry of the two countries was evenly matched, and no one could help anyone.
This time, it was the cavalry of the Tang Army that pressed the cavalry of the Arab Empire.
This is because the cavalry of the Tang Army first dispatched elite cavalry dressed in Mingguang armor, and secondly, they used hand crossbows.
The elite cavalry dressed in bright light armor, that is the tip of the spear, indestructible. Although the cavalry of the Arab Empire had good swordsmanship and slashed fiercely, the slashing on the Mingguang armor was just a spark, and it could not cause damage to the elite cavalry of the Tang Army.
On the other hand, the elite cavalry of the Tang Army was cut on the cavalry of the Arab Empire, and they were either killed or wounded.
The elite cavalry of the Tang Army opened the way, and the general cavalry followed, as if destroying the withering and decaying, and the cavalry of the Arab Empire was scattered and scattered, and it was not in formation.
Not to mention the hand crossbow, the Tang army shot with the hand crossbow from afar, the cavalry of the Arab Empire suffered heavy casualties, the formation was chaotic early, and in the next spear vs. horse lance battle, it was at a disadvantage.
Equipping the cavalry with long weapons is to create chaos for the enemy and create more favorable conditions for the next slashing, which is at a disadvantage in the battle of long weapons, which is even more unfavorable for the next slashing.
Soon, the cavalry of the Tang Army repelled the cavalry of the Arab Empire, and then, like a whirlwind, went straight to the trebuchet.
"Stop them! Stop them! "The Arab Imperial troops, who were protecting the trebuchets, shouted and rushed up to intercept them, but they were no match for the cavalry of the Don Army and were quickly killed.
"Destroy the trebuchet!" Chen Xuanli and Xue Zhi, who led the army, yelled. (To be continued......)