As soon as the Tubo army came out of the ditch, they felt a trace of strangeness. The cavalry of the Tang army was arrayed on a higher earth platform, but such a gentle slope terrain could only slightly delay the speed of the Tubo cavalry, and it was not an excellent tactical formation. But judging from the layout of the formation, the number of the Tang army is superior.

Ge Xiaqin raised his horsewhip and said with a smile: "I said that the Tang people are eggless things, and they are really not bad, if I have such superior forces, I will inevitably distribute strong troops on both sides of the valley mouth, and when our army has just left the valley and has not gained a stable foothold to give a volley, it will definitely be able to return with a big victory." Is it a loss of initiative to arrange troops in this way, don't you know that the biggest advantage of cavalry is to charge? ”

"Pass on my military order, the four Haonu Dongdai took Dongben as the striker, turned into four sharp blades and attacked the center of the Tang Army, just like a vicious mastiff cutting open their soft belly with sharp claws!"

The Tibetan generals laughed at this wonderful analogy, then blew their horns, beat the drums of war, and attacked head-on towards the Tang formation. The galloping horses kicked out the dust on the ground, the pikemen in the front row galloped with their guns in one hand, and the Gui warriors with broad-bladed swords in the back crouched down and rode on their horses, ready to dodge the arrows of the Tang army.

Ge Xiaqin knew that the strongest of the Tang army was not the cavalry, but a combination of infantry and cavalry, with a powerful arrow array to cause physical and psychological pressure on the enemy.

However, he was not worried at all now, even if he was fighting against a group of cavalry, and they had never been afraid of anyone when fighting with cavalry. They had the most heavily armed lancers, and their men and horses were covered in heavy chain mail, and if they ran into the enemy, they would be devastated.

The biggest advantage of chain mail over zha armor is that it is easy to wear, and you only need to put on the body before going into battle, and you can charge directly. But compared to piercing armor, it is still slightly weaker in terms of protection. It can resist ordinary sword slashing and can defend against ordinary arrows, but if it encounters a heavy scimitar made of Damascus steel, a Mo knife with a long pole and a heavy edge, or a strong arrow with a strong crossbow and a Fuyuan crossbow, they are still as fragile as wood, so many Tibetan warriors like two layers of armor inside and outside, one chain mail and one armor, which is comparable to the light and mountain inscriptions of the Central Plains.

This is the reason why Ge Xiaqin is so happy today, the three powerful weapons they were afraid of just now, the Tang cavalry in front of them probably did not bring any of them, then his heavy cavalry is the strongest king today, an invincible existence on the battlefield.

Ge Xiaqin lined up the hoplites, silver chain mail covering the faces of the horses and extending to the front chest, and the spears in each horseman's hand were more than two feet long, and when they charged, any enemy troops in front of them would be crushed by them.

He wrinkled his nose and gave the order to attack, and the deputy Dongben beside him immediately blew the horns in his hand, and the hoplites began to charge forward in the dust. They were followed by light cavalry units, and when the heavy cavalry had knocked the enemy over, they could quickly extend their gains and never give them a chance.

Duan Xiushi's Han Navy General met this pressure head-on, and he rode his horse next to the artillery camp behind the cavalry, the yellow flagpole in his palm already wet with sweat. The muzzles of those rows of stocky artillery were already filled with gunpowder and filled with shells.

The Xuanwu artillery has proven itself in battle after battle, they have overcome difficult city defenses, they can easily tear through powerful infantry formations, and now they have to show their might in front of the cavalry.

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The sound of the horse's hooves running was rhythmic and approaching, and the Tang soldiers had already seen the chain armor of the Tubo warriors covering their bodies with only two eyes exposed, and they were already less than seven hundred steps away from their own formation.

Duan Xiushi waved the flag and ordered: "Ignite the cannon!" ”

With the general's order, the gunners held torches and lit the twists at the tail of the gun, and the sparks made a loud noise into the barrel, and the muzzle of the gun emitted a loud noise to emit thick white smoke, and the recoil also made the basalt guns retreat a few feet, but fortunately they dug a blocking slope in advance, so that they would not get out of the gun position.

The cannonball landed in the line of the hoplite charge, exploding a flowering fireball that caused the horses to fall to the ground sideways and the Katsura warriors were crushed.

But this was only part of the huge horizontal team, and although they were frightened by the artillery, they were still able to adjust their direction and rush towards the Hexi army.

Ge Xiaqin obviously did not realize the seriousness of the matter, thinking that what they encountered was nothing more than a large crossbow arrow, and continued to blow the horns. They reached the bottom of the slope and drew broadblades from their waists and held them high in their hands.

Li Siye looked coldly at the direction of the battlefield, he was not worried about the victory or defeat of this war, as if he was outside the war, and regarded this place as a meaningless experiment.

The gunners lowered the elevation angle of the gun, began to charge the charge with flowering shells, ignited the twist, and the muzzle of the gun again emitted hot white smoke. Some of the Tibetan heavy cavalry horses stumbled and fell to the ground wailing.

Ge Xiaqin, who was immediately behind the horizontal knife, frowned, and asked in surprise: "What the hell is this, and it can be put back again and again?" Like thunder, more powerful than a crossbow arrow? ”

Behind him, the three Dongdai Dongben muttered, "Why don't you take the people down first and retreat to the valley before we discuss." “

Ge Xiaqin was already completely on top at this time, where could he still listen to different opinions, raised his palm and said, "Don't say it, how can the arrows shot out be recovered?" Thankfully, they were slow to fire, and I had to drink a cup of butter tea to fire a shot, and at most three or four wheels, and our heavy riders would be able to rush in front of them and see how they could break. ”

As they spoke, the artillery once again spewed white smoke, and many heroic Tibetan warriors fell from their horses and fell into the dust.

"There's less than a hundred steps left, rush over to me, and kick that at me."

Li Siye ordered Bai Xiaode on the right flank in the rear army: "Immediately make a detour to copy the back road of the Tubo army and block the valley mouth, they will be defeated and retreat immediately." ”

Bai Xiaode was convinced of the lord's prophetic speech, and immediately led the right wing of the Flying Tiger Cavalry to make a big detour on the open plain.

When Ge Xiaqin saw Tang Jun's actions, he didn't panic but smiled and said, "You want to copy my back road, thinking that they have won?" At this time, the troops in front of us are withdrawn, and it is we who will win when the time comes. ”

The muzzle of the basalt cannon is adjusted to flat-fire, and the slope is even lower. Duan Xiushi ordered the gunners to replace the flowering shells with sharp pieces of broken iron for a more powerful scattering ultimate.

The Tibetan heavy cavalry was getting closer and closer to the Xuanwu cannon, their eyes burst out with red bloodshots, and the cavalry guns in their hands were already raised, eager to poke the gunners behind the artillery out of the transparent holes.

Duan Xiushi ordered in a loud voice: "Han Navy, prepare to charge!" Basalt cannon ignition! ”

The Han Navy soldiers lined up behind the basalt cannons tightened their grip on the reins, and when the last round of artillery was fired, no matter what the consequences, they would rush out of the gap in the gun positions and engage the enemy in a desperate battle.

The hustle and bustle of artillery is just fireworks before the war, and the swords, guns, swords, and halberds of cold weapons are the real dishes.

Peng!

The white smoke from the muzzle of the cannon was released without hesitation, and the fragments filled in the barrel of the cannon were scattered without dead ends, far more powerful than the little fireballs of flowering shells, and the horses were the first to be hit, and countless people fell and fell.

"Han Navy, charge!"

The first platoon of horses had already rushed out of the gap in the gun emplacement, and the stunned Tubo cavalry suddenly slowed down or even stagnated at this moment, and the next moment they turned around and fled, causing the formation of the rear charge to also be disrupted, and the Han navy followed closely behind to pursue.

The curse of defeat was fully manifested at this moment, and the Han naval cavalry stabbed the enemy's backs with their horses in their hands.

Li Siye decisively ordered: "Flying Tiger ride on the left flank and attack from the flank!" ”

They had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and they chased after them with their marbs and spears in their hands, and the soldiers in the back rowed with their horned bows and threw arrows at the fleeing enemy.