Tibet

Chapter 276
The 6000 soldiers of the crossbow army took turns to shoot rapidly. After the first group of 2000 people finished shooting, they pulled the strings and fired the arrows. The second group of 2000 soldiers also shot [-] arrows, followed by the third group of [-] arrows. The group raised their crossbows and shot quickly, taking turns to shoot arrows again and again.

Batches of dense crossbow arrows shot into the enemy army. Although the cavalry of the Great Eater Army had shields, the horses did not resist. They were continuously shot by the arrows and fell to the ground. swallowed up.

Groups of cavalry cavalrymen of the Great Food Army were shot by crossbow arrows, and the casualties continued to increase, from hundreds to thousands. Within 150 steps, the Tang Army began to shoot flat shots, which were more lethal, and the number of casualties of the Great Food Army rose rapidly. There were 500 people, and it soon exceeded 2000 people.
When the casualties approached 2000, the food army finally reached fifty paces away, "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of drums for the retreat of crossbowmen sounded, and six thousand soldiers picked up their spears on the ground and retreated quickly.

After all the crossbowmen withdrew, a large array of Modao was revealed, and two thousand heavily armored Modaomen were ready to fight.

They lined up in two rows, and all the heavy armored soldiers squatted halfway, with the Mo Dao facing upward at a 45-degree angle, the tail of the Mo Dao tightly touching the ground. The large pieces were shining so brightly that people couldn't keep their eyes open.

This is one of the most effective means to deal with the impact of the enemy cavalry, and it is also the bloodiest method. The cavalry finally rushed up. The cavalry in front were scared out of their wits in the face of the gleaming knife forest, and desperately wanted to rein in their horses, but they couldn't Unable to hold back, the powerful inertia of the cavalry behind them pushed them into the sword forest. The soldiers' faces were distorted in fear, and they screamed together.

'puff!puff!puff!'

With a series of stabbing sounds, countless horses and soldiers were slammed into the sword forest, and the long Mo Dao pierced through the bodies of the horses and people, killing thousands of people on the spot.

The corpses piled up in front, and the cavalry behind rushed up again. At this moment, Li Siye shouted, "Change!"

The heavy armored infantry didn't move, but they swung their long sabers at the enemy's horse's legs. In an instant, blood gushed out, and the horses hissed to the ground. Their front hooves were cut off, and the cavalry rolled to the ground one after another. The heavy armored infantry stood up immediately, and a piece of Mo Dao was chopped down, and all the fallen soldiers were cut in two.

The enemy's attack finally stopped. Two thousand Modao soldiers pushed forward like a wall, trampling on the corpses all over the ground. Wherever they passed, the cavalry were chopped into pieces, and the ground was covered with flesh and internal organs. Human and horse corpses were mixed together. , I can no longer tell whether it is a human or a horse.

The heavy armored infantry was too powerful, and the 3000-strong cavalry regiment couldn't resist the frontal attack. They were killed and retreated steadily, and the number of them dropped from 2000 to [-], including [-] who were shot and killed by the crossbow array. people.

Gao Xianzhi immediately ordered, "Attack the enemy infantry on the left and right flanks!"

"Woo! Woo!"

The low horn sounded, and Li Ye raised his long spear and shouted: "Brothers, kill me!"

Li Ye wore a bronze mask on his face, and his appearance was particularly ferocious and terrifying. He galloped on his horse, and five thousand cavalrymen rushed out after him, shouting loudly: "Kill—"

The [-] cavalry included [-] Broken Leaf cavalry and [-] Bahan Naningyuan Army. They followed Li Ye into the enemy's [-]-strong infantry formation.

Li Ye is like a fierce tiger. Wherever they pass, human heads are rolling and flesh and blood are flying. Array run division.

The cavalry is condescending to the infantry, with long weapons and an advantage, but the cavalry is also afraid of the formation of the infantry. Once the infantry is formed, it is not a person against the cavalry.

Li Ye soon realized that he had acted a little too hastily. His tactics did not meet expectations, and instead caused more casualties. Although his tactics were correct, he divided and encircled the enemy army as soon as possible.

But the opponent was an equally elite and powerful army. The cavalry of the Tang army was broken into pieces prematurely. Instead, they were surrounded by the opponent's infantry and concentrated their forces to defeat them one by one.

He should first concentrate his forces to form an iron fist, break up the enemy troops and then divide and encircle them.

Li Ye regretted in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Blow the trumpet and gather!"

"Ugh-"

The horn blew, and the cavalry began to gather around Li Ye again, and quickly gathered more than [-] people.

Pei Xiu pointed to the northwest and shouted, "Xu Jian's army is surrounded over there!"

Li Ye shouted to the flag bearer: "Follow me!"

He rode his horse to kill in the northwest direction, the flag bearer followed Li Ye closely under the guard of a dozen cavalrymen, and more than two thousand soldiers followed the general's banner and ran to the northwest direction.

Li Ye swung his armor-piercing spear into the enemy army, slashed left and right, stabbed back and forth, and killed more than [-] Dashi soldiers in a row. In fact, he also hit three arrows in a row, but the Dashiren's bow and arrow could not penetrate Li Ye. His iron armor and precious clothes, he was safe and sound.

The Dashi soldiers looked at the general of the Tang Army who was possessed by a demon. His head was chopped off, or his heart was stabbed. The killing was like mowing grass. In addition, his bronze mask looked hideous, and the Dashi soldiers were terrified. Seeing him coming quickly, they turned around and fled, shouting: "The dark devil is here! Angela is here!"

The Dashi soldiers are all Khorasan people. They originally believed in Zoroastrianism and later converted to Dashijiao. However, the devil they fear most is still the demon Angela who is in charge of darkness.

Li Ye broke through the encirclement of 300 enemy troops, and saw the surrounded Xu Jian and more than 500 Bahana cavalry. There were originally 150 of them, but more than [-] of them had been killed.

Xu Jian saw Li Ye and shouted, "General, save us!"

Li Ye beheaded dozens of people, rushed in front of Xu Jian, and sternly ordered: "Take your brothers and follow my team, don't get separated!"

Xu Jian led his men to join Li Ye's team, and Li Ye continued to rescue other Tang troops and rescued the besieged soldiers. More and more Tang troops followed him, and soon broke through more than [-] people. Gradually regained his vitality.

This time, Li Ye was no longer scattered. He led more than [-] cavalry like a sharp sword to kill left and right in the enemy infantry formation. The Dashi infantry also continued to gather to fight against the Tang army cavalry. , entered a stalemate stage.

Li Ye's left wing and Cheng Qianli's right wing fought fiercely with 1 infantry each, while the [-] cavalry of the Dashi Army had lost [-], leaving only [-] cavalry, fighting fiercely with Gao Xianzhi's [-] main force.

At this time, the main force of the Tang army had begun to dominate, especially the two thousand Modao army, which was unstoppable, killing the enemy's flesh and blood everywhere they passed, just like a harvester harvesting wheat, slices of Dashi cavalry were cut to pieces In just half an hour, another 5000 people were beheaded by them.

There were only 3000 main cavalry left in the Great Food Army, and only [-] of the [-] infantry left, nearly half of the casualties.

Ziyad said anxiously: "Commander, we are defeated by the Tang army. If we don't retreat, we will destroy the whole army!"

Abu Muslim saw that although the army was still able to fight again, but the losses were too heavy, and the whole army would indeed be wiped out if the battle continued, he felt extremely regretful. He knew that the [-] troops from Baishui City would also bring along with them, and they would use [-] troops to deal with the Tang army. I underestimated the enemy.

Helpless, he had no choice but to sigh, "Order the whole army to retreat!"

"Woo-woo-"

The horn sounded continuously, and the food army began to retreat in an orderly manner. They quickly assembled into a large army and retreated in an orderly manner.

Gao Xianzhi saw that the opponent's position was not chaotic, and if he pursued hastily, he would be bitten back and defeated by the enemy. He immediately ordered: "Pass on my order, don't pursue!"

The cavalry rushed to pass the order, "The commander-in-chief has an order, no pursuit is allowed! The commander-in-chief has an order, no pursuit is allowed!"

Tang Jun resisted the urge to pursue and watched the big food army retreat.

In this battle, the Tang army won more with less, defeated the main force of the food army, killed nearly half of the enemy, and wiped out more than 6000 enemy troops, but the Tang army also suffered nearly [-] casualties.

Li Ye's army also suffered nearly a thousand casualties, including more than [-] soldiers of Bahana and more than [-] soldiers of Suiye Tang.

The wounded soldiers were sent to Talas City for treatment, and the army also retreated to Talas City for a short rest, preparing for tomorrow morning, when the army continued south to Whitewater City.

Li Ye was visiting more than [-] wounded soldiers of his own to appease the emotions of the soldiers.

At this time, a soldier came to report, "General, two young women came from outside the city and said that there was something urgent to tell the general. They said that the owner was Jinshan Ling!"

(End of this chapter)