When the Tang Army and the Great Food Army were three hundred paces apart, the Fu Yuan crossbow began to show its might, which was almost twice the distance of an ordinary longbow, when the shaft of the arrow it sent fell from the sky. The Great Eclipse Army held its breath nervously and raised the Great Shield above his head at the command of the phalanx commander.

The screams of the great cannibals rang out one after another, and the big shield stopped the shafts of the arrows, but many still fell to the middle and rear of the array, leaving many corpses behind.

The crossbow was fired again, no longer pursuing the effect of a salvo, and the crossbowmen began to look for their own targets, sporadically killing the phalanx that was steadily approaching, this situation was like knowing that there was death ahead, and they had to drive people to suffer arrows, and the psychological pressure they faced could be imagined.

The Great Food Army's array was forced into the range of the crossbows, and the arrays of the two armies were more than 230 paces apart, and with the addition of individual crossbows, the blows suffered by the enemy army became more and more dense.

The crossbowmen are divided into two teams, the front, the middle and the back, the legs and the crossbow are pulled with both hands, and the strings are wound with waist force, and then standing or half-squatting on the ground to aim and launch, the Tang Army crossbow is also very exquisite, and has mastered the essence of the three points and one line. After the front team shoots, the squadron fills the position, the squadron shoots, and the rear team rotates back and forth like a wheel.

The rain of arrows in the sky fell like flying locusts towards the formation of the Great Food Army, and the almost unbearable Great Food Army raised its longbow to fight back, but at this time it was far from the range of the bow, and the wind direction of the position where the two sides were standing suddenly changed, and the cross wind that was originally just interference turned into a headwind facing the direction of the Great Food Army, and the group of arrows fell crookedly on the open space in front of the Tang Army's formation.

Seeing this situation, Kang Huaishun, the officer in charge of directing the shooting, hurriedly shouted: "Speed up, aim a little for me, shoot!" ”

His meaning was obvious, the big cannibals running in array would soon rush into the range where both sides could hurt each other, and taking advantage of this opportunity to throw the arrows of the crossbow at a hurry without money, the big cannibal army continued to let out screams and fell, and many holes had appeared in the originally tight formation, like a crumbling ship full of holes.

The enemy general, Rasul, let out a strong roar: "Charge forward for me, get close to them and quickly return fire!" ”

At this time, the two sides have approached one hundred and sixty steps, and the Tang Army's single-bow crossbow has also begun to emit divine might, and many archers with strong arm strength have also begun to itch their hands to join the projectile process, and the previous Fu Yuan crossbow is still firing arrows, and only at close range can you feel the horror of its kinetic energy, and the wooden shield in the hand of the big cannibal was directly pierced, and the chest was shot through, at this time, the Great Food Army array was in front of the Tang Army, like an unprotected baby.

Li Siye always rode a horse and stood on the dirt slope that the Chinese army had piled up in advance, so that he could see the battle ahead a little, and he always watched every move on the battlefield with concern, and even wanted to grasp the movements of every soldier.

He turned around and immediately said to Bi Sishen: "Give an order to Tian Zhen's Han naval cavalry, and at the same time give an order to the cavalry of Gelulu Dun Viga, let the left and right flanks of our army prepare the Mo Dao team, and the Great Food Infantry Formation will not be able to hold on." The Great Eclipse Cavalry is about to attack on both flanks to save the field. Use cavalry against cavalry charges, and use the Modao team as a killing boost. ”

"Whoa!"

The Chinese army immediately used suona to send out a blowing signal, the herald stood on the tower and waved the five-party flag, the cavalry on both wings quickly made combat adjustments, and the Modao team on both wings also stood in the forefront.

The array of the two sides approached within a hundred meters, and the enemy longbowmen finally found a chance to fight back, they were almost suffocated in the long run, and they could not fight back after being beaten for such a long distance, it was simply driving people crazy. The archers of the Great Food Army let out a roar and threw arrows one after another, but there were more archers in the Tang Army's formation, and the lethality of the two sides could be imagined.

Ziad ordered in a cold voice: "Order, the cavalry will storm the two wings, the second phalanx of infantry will stick to it, and the first phalanx will be about to be unable to hold on, let them retreat in formation and retreat behind the second phalanx." ”

The Great Food Army attempted to attack the Tang Army's formation with two wings of cavalry and disperse the Tang Army's attack power, so as to quickly achieve a smooth rotation between the first and second phalanxes.

"Cavalry! Above! ”

The Great Eclipse General with the black flag behind him rushed out first, his black Arabian horse's hair shining shiny, their horses holding their spears in their hands, and the horse's hooves jumped and stirred up clouds of dust on the ground.

Tian Zhen's Hanhai cavalry was on the left flank, and in order to maximize the damage to the opponent's cavalry, he deliberately controlled the time of the attack by pulling the reins of the horse, leaving a charge distance for the infantry Modao team.

"Everyone, hold on! Don't move. As he shouted this, the horses beneath him were kicking the ground with their legs in frustration, and they couldn't wait to drink the blood of their enemies.

The enemy cavalry was less than a hundred and fifty paces away, and they could clearly see the silver chain mail covered in a waterfall under the scorching sun, and they were charging forward with their rifles in their hands, adjusting their speed and methodically.

"One hundred steps, steady!"

The two sides had approached more than 60 paces, and arrows were thrown from the left flank array of the Tang army, but only a few dozen casualties were inflicted on the Great Eclipse Army.

"Horse Lance Team! Cavalry! Charge! ”

"Mo Dao Team! Above! ”

Both sides were light cavalry, so in the short course of the charge, they first drew their angular bows for a round of projectiles, and then unloaded their lances or lances from their backs, and both armies began to slow down as they approached, and the front rows began to stab each other as the horses met.

The Modao team rushed forward closely behind the cavalry, and they well supplemented the slightly lacking flexibility of the cavalry, and became an anti-cavalry team with infantry and cavalry. The Mo sword soldier passed through the gap of the war horse, the silver light was raised high, and the lightning slashed down, and the war horse and the soldier let out a mournful sound at the same time, and collapsed like a small mountain.

The situation on the right flank was similar to that on the left flank, except that the coordination between the Qarluq cavalry and the Modao team was not very tacit. The two sides entered a brief stalemate on both wings.

The alternation of the first phalanx and the second phalanx in the center of the battlefield was not smooth, because the phalanx of the Tang army took advantage of this time to advance forward, and the lethality of their arrows was far superior to that of the Great Eclipse Army, and in the process of advancing, the focus of the attack was gradually shifted to the second phalanx in the rear, and the first phalanx retreated in columns thanks to the calm and stable combat quality of the Arabs, but the significance of this battle was not great, even if it was supported, it was still the big cannibal who was defeated.

Ziyad decisively ordered the horn of the retreat to be sounded, and the Arab phalanx quickly retreated back, and the formation remained solid in the process of retreat, and the rear team held high their shields to block the arrows pursued by the Tang army. The cavalry also quickly broke away from the battle and escaped from the battlefield.

Li Siye immediately ordered everyone to stop advancing the pursuit, and the first day of the battle was over, and the two sides did not distinguish the winner or loser, but the losses of the great cannibals were much greater.

The Great Food Army withdrew to the camp and continued to cut down trees to strengthen the camp to prevent the other side from attacking the camp late at night, and Li Siye also withdrew the Chinese army to the high platform, and both sides were repairing and preparing for the next battle.

Rasul, the general of the first phalanx, returned to the camp in a rage, his blood-stained robe with three arrows in his body, and chased after Ziad and asked hatefully, "Why do you want to retreat?" The Tang Army is about to run out! ”

Ziad turned around and glanced at him indifferently and said: "The main forces of the two sides have not yet entered the state of white-knuckle engagement, and the first phalanx has already suffered nearly thirty percent casualties, and the Tang army can't hold on?" Where did you see that? ”

"We are more than twice as many as the Tang Army!"

Ziad thought calmly for a while, nodded and said: "Twice is not enough, we must continue to increase our troops, and immediately order the Samarkand garrison, asking them to send all 30,000 people, leaving only a few people to stay behind." ”

He was glad that he didn't believe the letter of peace written by the generals of the Tang Army and the false information they spread, and today's battle was definitely not something that a person who was afraid of battle could command, if it weren't for the sharp and fierce hole card in his hand, he would definitely not take the initiative to come and fight this battle with little victory.