Ziad did pin his hopes on these catapults to gain the initiative of the war, and its projection distance did exceed that of the Fuyuan crossbow, in fact, the Tang army also had a three-bow bed crossbow with a longer range, but this expedition was not brought out, because it was too heavy, so it was inconvenient to carry.

The opponent can have enough time to relax, and this is the advantage of the home location, as long as there is enough time, they can build more and heavier equipment to rest and relax.

With such a long-range weapon, the big food army can take the initiative, the original advantage of the Anxi army is the long-range bow and crossbow suppression, the enemy's improved catapult will reverse this advantage, the Anxi army is small in number, can not fight hard to sacrifice and engage in enemy shooting, so it is necessary to destroy these catapults as soon as possible,

Li Siye turned his head sideways and said to Tian Zhen beside him: "We must remove the range suppression of our range by these dozen catapults, otherwise it will be a psychological deterrent to everyone, we have fewer people than them, and we can't lose them in vain." ”

"But this cart looks sturdy, and it will not be easy to destroy it, and since the catapult is guarded by the enemy's elite cavalry, they will not be able to let us get close to them." Tian Zhen raised his horsewhip and pointed into the distance and said.

Duan Xiushi suggested from the side: "Our army has a thousand people carrying fierce fire thunder, which can combine the arrows of the Fuyuan crossbow with the fierce fire thunder. Although the range of the Volvo crossbow is not as good as that of the catapult, it is not much worse, and its accuracy is controllable. It must take a short time to select a few dozen men in the army who are good at crossbows, take a few dozen steps forward, and then return after blowing up the enemy's catapults. ”

Li Siye nodded firmly: "Then you will organize the manpower of this matter and get rid of the catapult on the opposite side as soon as possible." ”

The catapult of the big food eater here is slowly advancing, and when the distance between the two armies is nearly four hundred steps, the big food army pressed down the throwing arm, and then there was a burst of drumming, and you can see a big food general riding on a horse in the distance, and the long scimitar in his hand waved down mercilessly.

The stones thrown by the trebuchet drew a parabola in the air, and the Tang soldiers in the front row of the shield were knocked to the ground in an instant, and the entire wooden shield shattered into four petals, two people were injured, and one died on the spot. Immediately after that, the whistling stones flew in, and several more people were smashed to death.

Li Siye immediately ordered the Chinese army to wave the flag and began to pull the team back, that is, the people in the first row quickly retreated to the last row, and then the people in the second row continued to retreat, so as to always ensure that the battle formation was facing forward and would not leave their backs to others. The phalanx of several thousand people had to go through many careful drills before it could keep the formation intact.

The big cannibal began to push the trebuchet forward, and it was much easier for the phalanx to advance than to retreat, even if he carried a baggage, he could still chase after the Tang army without letting go. And this form of retreat will not make much sense, once retreat to the river or separate the terrain, the scattered formation of the army will really turn into retreat, this time there will be no Qarlu pretending to pursue in front of them to block them, only to be chased and scattered by the big cannibals.

"Fuyuan crossbow come out!"

Duan Xiushi shouted, and led more than 100 people to rush forward with dozens of crossbows, they were set up two hundred and fifty steps away from the catapult, which was beyond the reach of the Great Food Infantry Archery, and the catapult began to adjust its range to attack the crossbowmen. It's a pity that this kind of heavy weapon is only suitable for fighting dense military formations, and the throwing degree is more casual than casual marksmanship.

Li Siye glared in surprise, he didn't expect Duan Xiushi to go on the field in person, he hurriedly shouted: "Duan Xiushi is back!" Don't risk it yourself! ”

Duan Xiushi looked back and smiled, and said with a sincere expression: "No one knows the Fuyuan crossbow better than me. ”

That doesn't sound right?

Duan Xiushi squatted in front of the Fuyuan crossbow on the flat ground, and asked the two Hercules crossbowmen to the left and one on the right, kicking the crossbow with their legs and grasping the strings with both hands, mobilizing the waist force and even the muscles of the whole body with the strength of their legs, and then someone carried the front of the crossbow and constantly adjusted the height.

He looked at the plane of the crossbow machine, and kept shouting: "Raise it, raise it!" Offset a little to the left, then to the right! ”

"Good!"

"Light the Flame Thunder."

The boulders thrown by the catapult kept falling beside them, like a drifting tile jumping non-stop, Duan Xiushi's eyes were staring at the front, and he directly deducted the crossbow machine.

The crossbow bolt did not fall on the stone thrower, but landed in the horse formation in front of it, and the rider looked down at the arrow that fell to the ground with pleasure, and looked at the iron pipe tied to its front end, the twist at the head of the pipe was gradually burning and disappearing, and the horsemen's hearts swelled with an ominous premonition, feeling that this was not a good thing.

"Boom!"

The fierce fire and thunder arrows rolled and smashed the pot with the waves of fire, and the two horses were frightened and neighed and ran around with their masters, and the nearest horse was directly overturned to the ground, and the people on the horse were lying under the horses, crying and crying and screaming miserably.

Ziad exclaimed, "What kind of witchcraft is this! ”

"Send a squad of cavalry to rush up and chop these things down for me!"

As soon as the cavalry of the Great Food Army rushed out of the queue, Li Siye immediately ordered a team of Hanhai cavalry to rush out from between the formations and confront the Great Food Cavalry to prevent them from destroying the Fuyuan crossbow.

Duan Xiushi didn't adjust the distance for the first time, but the second time he finally found his senses, and the arrows that flew out were pinned precisely to the wooden arm of the stone thrower, causing the people who operated the cannon to scatter and flee. Just in the next second, a thunderous explosion tumbled into a fireball, and the arm of the stone thrower broke, burning and crackling.

The small groups of cavalry on both sides fought each other in the field, and for the time being, no one could help anyone, but the explosion of the stone throwing machine brought a sense of crisis to Ziad, and he rode on his horse and waved his fist loudly and ordered: "The stone throwing machine aimed and smashed me, and smashed the magic crossbow of the Tang Army to me." ”

In addition to the lethality and long-range of the trebuchet, the rest of the things are all shortcomings, such as bulky and low accuracy, etc., and now the Tang Army has the magic power of fierce fire and thunder, and the battle between the two sides in the first battle seems to have eyebrows.

After Duan Xiushi's first shot was successful, it caused a thunderous roar of joy, and he turned his head and shouted to everyone: "Did you see my angle just now!" Just adjust it according to this! ”

Dozens of bed crossbows threw dozens of fierce fire thunderbolts one after another, smashing most of the catapults that Ziad had worked so hard to build, and he was furious, staring at the deep eye sockets and shouting: "Withdraw the catapults, and the heavily armored cavalry will charge the enemy's front!" The light cavalry flanked them on their flanks. The phalanx of soldiers followed the cavalry and crushed the Tang army for me! ”

Ziyad seemed to be in a hurry, and he sacrificed the treasure at the bottom of the box, knowing that there were only a few hundred sets of horse armor in the entire Khorasan region. The Arabs did not produce heavy cavalry equipment, they only produced light cavalry, and all the equipment was captured after the defeat of the Byzantine Empire.

Due to the complex and changeable terrain and vast area in the west of the moraine, neither the cavalry of the four towns of Anxi nor the cavalry of the Han Navy in Beiting were equipped with heavy horse armor, because the equipment did not meet the characteristics of long-distance running operations. But Li Siye and the others faced the four hundred ironclad walls that rushed in unison, and there was no pressure in their hearts, because they had been quite experienced in fighting this kind of armored cavalry since the early Sui and Tang dynasties, and now they had a big killing weapon like fierce fire and thunder, how could they let him take advantage.