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Chapter 695 The First Battle of the Western Expedition (4)

"boring!"

More than ten thousand cavalrymen raised their sabers together, but when they saw the scorching sun, the sabers stood like a forest, and the bright reflections converged into a dazzling galaxy. This kind of momentum is not small, but in Li He's view, it is nothing more than a trivial skill. He didn't care about it at all, curled his lips, and cursed disdainfully, but he didn't order an attack, but concentrated on observing the formation of the Great Food Cavalry.

"Attack! Kill all the Tang thieves!"

Jiyadh bin Salissa waited for a while, and saw that the Tang army on the opposite side was only on the sand beam, but there was no sign of attacking. He thought he was deterred by his own power, and he bullied the Tang army. Immediately, the fighting spirit was aroused, and regardless of the fact that one's own side was in a disadvantageous position in terms of geography, he loudly shouted, took the lead and started to charge forward.

"Come with me, kill the thief! Don't you see the Hanzhong army, the weak crown is the captive, please Changying..."

Seeing that the Dashi Cavalry Army had already launched, Li He was not to be outdone, he pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, pointed forward, roared, and rushed down Shaliang singing loudly. Seeing this, the three thousand Tang troops One after another rode their horses to move, and everyone sang loudly. The resounding war song resounded through the sky, and the battle spirit boiled instantly.

The two opposing cavalry armies are both Qingqi, but their equipment is very different. The Qingqi of the Tang army basically wears leather armor. Only the officers at the first level of generals wear Mingguang armor. In addition to horizontal knives, there are also A series of short crossbows, a round shield, and a firecracker. The horses under the crotch are all Qinghai horses. They are considered to be the best horses among the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, but compared to the Arabian horses under the seats of the Dashi cavalry, they are not as good as horses. In terms of size and sprint speed, it is slightly inferior, but the gap is not large enough to affect the strength of the two armies. This is the only advantage of the Great Food Cavalry Army in terms of equipment. The white robes he was wearing, the short scimitar in his hand, and even the small round shield on the saddle were not as good as those of the boss of the Tang army in terms of quality. It is not as good as the serial crossbows and firecrackers owned by the Datang Cavalry Army. Of course, the strength advantage of the Great Food Cavalry Army is more than three times that of the Tang Army, but it is also an influencing factor that cannot be ignored. From the book point of view, it seems that the two sides should be In an evenly matched situation.

With the successive mobilization of the two cavalry armies, the desert that was originally dead and silent suddenly became noisy. Songs, roars, and neighing of horses were intertwined, forming a high-pitched melody of war. The morale of both sides was so high that it exploded. , I believe that my side will be the last laughing winner, but obviously, there must be one side that will become the opponent's stepping stone.

"Use the short crossbow!"

Li He is a very proud person. Although he is very ruthless when fighting, he is not a man who does not know how to adapt. He will never let go of his own advantages and fight to the death with his opponent. When the distance between them was as close as 150 steps, but hearing Li He's roar, the three thousand Tang Qi who had been prepared for a long time untied the chain crossbow hanging from their waists, and aimed obliquely at Li He. The big food army that came galloping.

"The archers in the back row are ready!"

Giyadh ben Salissa is also a person who has fought old battles. He is arrogant, but he will not forget the basic combat instinct because of it. Almost at the same time as Li He ordered the short crossbow, he also raised his head. Shouting orders to the Cavalry Cavalry in the back row to prepare for a cavalry and archery attack.

"Fire arrows!"

The distance of 150 steps is not short, but under the wild confrontation of the two cavalry troops, it is nothing. Li He didn't dare to delay even the slightest, and issued the general order with a loud roar.

"Whizzing……"

The cavalry under Li He is the old foundation of the Hehuang Army, and it goes without saying that the tactical quality is strong. As soon as the general order is issued, all the cavalry pull the trigger almost at the same time, and three thousand strong crossbows are fired at the same time. Six steel arrows from the machine shot out violently, and in a flash, more than [-] arrows were densely packed like locusts, overwhelming the forward of the Great Food Cavalry Army.

"Counterattack from the back row, follow me from the front row! Kill, kill, kill!"

The Dashi Cavalry Army obviously didn't expect Tang Jun's crossbow arrows to shoot so far, and it was too late to react when they saw the arrow rain covering the sky, before the Dashi Cavalry forward put the small round shield on the saddle Picking up, the rain of arrows fell into the army formation unceremoniously, and there was a continuous stream of howls immediately, and the originally neat square formation immediately looked like it had been chewed by a dog. The piece of meat is like a piece of land in the east and west, and more than a thousand riders fell under the looting of the Tang army's arrow rain. Once such a situation occurs, Jiyad bin Salissa will become popular He rolled his eyes and roared at the top of his throat.

Giyadh bin Salissa's order was decisive, but the cavalry formation was in disarray, and it was not easy to reorganize. The army of the rear of the Great Food, which was disturbed by the cavalry in the front row, fell at this time They were all busy adjusting their horse stances to avoid the corpses of men and horses lying on the ground. In a hurry, there were less than one in ten who could shoot arrows to counterattack according to the general's order. The sparse arrow rain was nothing to Tang cavalry at all. There was no great threat, except for a few unlucky cavalry who fell off their horses, the overall formation was not affected in the slightest.

"Raise the knife and line up!"

Li He has been serving in the cavalry army since he was in the army, and he is extremely proficient in the way of cavalry. Seeing that the Dashi army is in chaos, he will not let go of this great opportunity to destroy the enemy. Regardless of the fact that the rain of arrows was still falling sparsely above his head, he let out a loud roar and gave the final order to attack.

"The Great Tang is mighty, the Great Tang is mighty!"

With a general order, the battle horns of the Tang army suddenly sounded. Amidst the incomparably majestic roar, the original square formation changed in an instant. He Wei's arrow, like an indestructible sharp arrow, shot at the Dashi cavalry army in a state of chaos at high speed, and three thousand bright horizontal knives were raised high, shining a light of death under the scorching sun.

"boom……"

For the two cavalry advancing at high speed, the distance of sixty paces was only a blink of an eye. The sound of beating and howling rang out, and with just one contact, the scattered formation of the food army suffered a huge loss. The entire forward formation was like a thick piece of beef, and the boss's body was torn apart by Tang Jun's sharp breakthrough. There was a gap, and because the troops who rushed up later had just drawn their bows and drew their knives, their formation was also pitifully fragile, and they couldn't resist Tang Jun's wild assault at all. Without counting casualties, the entire cavalry formation was smashed into pieces by Tang Jun. The left and right are not connected.

"Turn right! Go back and kill again!"

Li He is one of the most powerful generals in the Datang Army. He has already gone through countless times of hedging battles of this level. His ability to capture fighters is comparable to that of ordinary people. With only one face-to-face hedging, his ability against the Dashi Cavalry is already second to none. With considerable confidence, in his opinion, the so-called big food and strong army is simply a big joke. Not to mention compared with the elite and unparalleled Tang army, there is a certain gap compared with Tang army's defeated Tubo army , that is to say, it is a little bit stronger than the ordinary Turkic light cavalry army. Li He really lacks interest in fighting against the big food cavalry army of this level, but it does not affect his determination to defeat the enemy. He never looked back to observe, but just by hearing the sound from behind, Li He knew that the Dashi Cavalry Army was completely in disarray. Formation, with a roar, he led his troops to circle the desert in a hurry, and from the right flank, he once again attacked the cavalry army who had just turned their horses and had not had time to organize their formation. The spirit is stretched to the limit.

"Don't mess up, make a team, make a team!"

In the previous confrontation, Giyadh bin Salissa did not stand in front of the sharp edge of the Tang army, but only made a few moves with a dozen or so Tang riders who were at the outermost edge of the Tang army's array, although he was not injured , but he failed to achieve the slightest result. Compared with the past that he must gain a lot in every attack on the Western Front in the past years, it is simply embarrassing to the extreme, but seeing Tang Jun go and come again at this moment, he can't care less about being ashamed , roaring again and again, trying to stabilize the chaotic cavalry brigade, but in the previous confrontation, including those who were shot to death by crossbows, the Dashi Cavalry lost a total of more than [-] cavalry, and the morale of the army has been lost. It was a big loss, and the rest were still in shock, and not many soldiers could hear the order to move. Rao, Giyad bin Salissa was screaming there with all his life, and swung a knife to kill a few more The chaotic soldiers scurrying around couldn't stop the decline of the Great Food Cavalry Army.

"Rush in and kill!"

This one, Giyadh ben Salissa, hadn't had time to straighten out his formation, but the other one, Li He, had already roared and led his troops to kill from the flanks of the Dashi Cavalry. The Dashi cavalry army immediately fell into a complete collapse, and there was no fighting spirit at all. No one cared about how their masters would shout, and they all fled to the way they came, without any trace of strength. The prestige of the army is simply a bunch of low-ranking grassroots bandits, who were chased and killed by the Tang army, leaving corpses all over the field, and the defeat has become an uneasy foregone conclusion.

"Chase, chase!"

Li He's task is not only as simple as defeating the Dashi Vanguard Army, but also has the heavy responsibility of luring the enemy into the depths. Seeing that the Dashi Vanguard Cavalry Army is about to flee, he naturally refuses to let the enemy leave just like that. Under the order, the cavalry army of the Tang Dynasty, who were on the rise, chased after the Dashi's defeated army without hesitation, as if they were going to eat up the Dashi's vanguard army.

(End of this chapter)