Chapter 1342: Immortals Fight
In fact, they should retreat to the west, but the canyon in the west is too narrow, if you bring such a group of people over, then I am afraid that you will suffer losses because the retreat is too slow, but you understand that the south is wide, don't the Tang army know?
Retreat before fighting, this is also the most morale-affecting way of fighting, but General Rahman saw it very clearly, because of the Tang musket team, his men did not dare to rush forward, if it was a tough order, it would cause huge morale, and the army of their Arab Empire fought like this anyway, if they couldn't run, just wait until we gathered and then fight back.
That's how they used to fight, so when they retreated, their enemies thought they had won, so they were celebrating the victory, but when their enemies relaxed a little, the cavalry of the Arab Empire would immediately kill me with a rifle.
Cheng Chuliang already understands how the people of the Arab Empire fight, how can he let you run out from the south? So when they ran less than a few hundred meters to the south, 1,500 Loulan cavalry appeared in front of them.
Behind the Loulan cavalry were 2,000 Western Turkic cavalry, and they formed two lines of defense, which you would have to cross if the people of the Arab Empire wanted to rush out of here.
If there were no losses in peacetime, it would be effortless to break through these two lines of defense with the combat strength of the cavalry of the Arab Empire, and even be able to turn the people who had killed these two groups of cavalry on their backs, but now after the baptism of artillery bombardment and muskets, many people are still trembling all over their bodies, how to fight?
What's more, they drank and went crazy all night last night, and they didn't slow down all their strength, even if they didn't suffer from the shelling, they would not be able to exert their full combat effectiveness, and they might be wiped out by this army that they looked down on.
But now they have no way to escape, there are Tang troops in the north and east, it is like an iron wall, if they can rush through, they will not choose other directions, the road to escape in the west is too narrow, even if someone in the south is in the way, now they can only fight.
"Kill me."
General Rahman took the lead and immediately rushed up with his men, but they were no longer the cavalry of the original Arab Empire, if they didn't carry so much gold and silver on their bodies, then they would definitely be able to kill, but now everyone has a burden on their bodies, and the war horses are loaded with all kinds of things, and when they charge, they can clearly see their speed, which is not the original speed at all.
Now don't talk about the cavalry of Loulan Kingdom, even the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty can catch up, and after they Cheng Chuliang found out about this situation, he decisively ordered the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty to kill them.
General Rahman also discovered that he was able to charge faster without carrying anything himself, including his personal guards, but the other soldiers were slow, and in the eyes of others it was still fast, but in his opinion, it was more than half as slow as before.
The cavalry of Loulan and the Western Turks also saw that the combat effectiveness of this group of cavalry of the Arab Empire was not very good at all, and there were Tang cavalry behind them, as long as we could block it for thirteen moments, then these people would definitely run out, and it was really eye-catching to see the things that fell out of their baggage.
The cavalry of the two countries also rushed forward, and the cavalry of the Arab Empire instantly melee with them, but their combat effectiveness was indeed inferior to that of the cavalry of the Arab Empire, although these people were drunk last night, but their combat effectiveness was still stronger than them.
Just as they were about to rush out, the Tang cavalry rushed over from the north.
The Tang cavalry directly wielded the knife and slashed and slashed The two sides are easily distinguished, the black robes worn by the Arab cavalry are all worn, and the white robes worn by the Loulan cavalry are all black and white, and the black and white on both sides are clear, as for the cavalry of the Western Turks, they are all animal skin armor on the grassland.
In addition to the weapons in their hands, there were many people in the Tang cavalry who were carrying serial poisons, and they rushed all the way over, and more than a dozen Arab cavalry were immediately shot.
A Tang cavalry can kill more than a dozen, which is more than a thousand people rushing over, so the cavalry of the Arab Empire soon couldn't hold on, and some people still wanted to run around, but unfortunately you have to rush out of this battle group, you are the best live target, when you people are fighting, the musket team of the Tang Empire has already set up a formation around.
Anyone who dares to rush out will not be stingy with your pellets, and they will be properly prepared for you.
The entire battlefield lasted for nearly three hours, and it can be said that it was dazed, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Arab Empire was okay, but after various calculations, they had to throw away the scimitar in their hands.
This is really a stubborn army, this is Cheng Chuliang's evaluation of them, it is said that after seeing that they are surrounded, these people should surrender, who knows that these people will continue to rush out, bringing nearly a thousand losses to the Loulan State and the Western Turkic cavalry.
However, our results were still very good, more than 10,000 people were basically annihilated, as for the local army they recruited, these people did not have any intention of charging at all, and honestly tied up in the city.
In their eyes, the kind of war outside the city is basically a war between the gods, what are we doing when we get involved? What's more, do we have that qualifications to mix?
Of the more than 12,000 people in the Arab Empire, more than 5,000 were killed in battle, more than 4,000 were captured, and the rest were all seriously wounded.
According to Cheng Chuliang's order, these seriously injured people gave them a stab, so that they would continue to suffer here, and we didn't have so much strength to save them, and more than a thousand people died on our own side.
As for the more than 4,000 people who were captured, 2,000 of them will be transported back to Chang'an, which represents the comprehensive national strength of the Tang Dynasty, and the remaining 2,000 people are our slaves, and now they will serve the war first.
After the war is over, these people will be distributed to the countries of the Western Regions, and they will accumulate for the time being, including the more than 6,000 Arab Imperial servant troops in the city, all of them are treated like this, and for a while, the labor force on our side can be said to have been liberated a lot.
As for General Rahman, this guy was shot in both legs and had his throat cut by Li Chengyi......