"kill…"
At the beginning, these Arab cavalrymen still hid their breath, trying not to be noticed by people in the distance, but when their horses ran to a certain speed, they no longer hid.
These people had ferocious expressions on their faces. The people in front of them were like fat sheep. They all raised their scimitars. As long as they could kill these people, it would mean that they had won the first war with the Tang Dynasty. No matter what happened next, this would be a moment of historical significance, and we would all be the ones making history.
From the mouths of passing merchants, they learned that the Tang Dynasty was an extremely powerful country, and those merchants also said that it was even more powerful than their Arab Empire, so these people were not convinced. Although there was a small failure yesterday, these people did not take it to heart. Instead, they thought that it was a despicable and shameless sneak attack by the Tang Dynasty. Today was a frontal battle. They said they didn’t know that it was also your sneak attack today, but you never think you are despicable.
"Prepare for war."
Seeing the cavalry coming in a swarm from afar, with a lot of dust raised into the sky, General Li had nothing to be afraid of. This was what we had prepared for. The soldiers under his command were all capable and good at fighting. They had fought countless battles in the entire Western Regions. Although our target today was the Arab cavalry, we didn't believe that you had an iron wall of steel.
What's going on?
Kebdullah personally led these people to charge, but he found that the people of the Tang Dynasty were not panicked. If it were any other enemy, the terrified expression on their faces at this moment would be what would make these Arab cavalrymen most satisfied.
But now the Tang Dynasty soldiers took out their weapons calmly and protected the carriages behind them. Two teams of soldiers rushed out. The first team of soldiers knelt on the ground, and the second team of soldiers stood up straight. What kind of broken things were those in their hands? Why haven't they seen them before?
Those cavalry?
This guy finally noticed the Gaochang cavalry in front of him. These Gaochang cavalry were wearing heavy armor, so he never took these people seriously. Even if your war horses are better than ours, we are as light as a swallow. Even if we can't beat you, we can still escape.
But at this moment, these Gaochang cavalry did not care. Instead, they split into two teams and dispersed around. Could it be that they were running away?
Let's ignore them for now. These cavalrymen are not our target. Our target is the infantry and scattered troops behind them. The cavalrymen are the weakest in the entire team. As long as we rush over, we can harvest their heads with scimitars and let you know how powerful our Arab Empire is.
Li Chengyi was measuring silently. After these people rushed into the shooting range of the wall of fire, these muskets would start attacking first. As for our crossbows, they would not be used now. If we fired, these people might be scared away, and temporary placement would also be a problem.
When the musketeers stood in a row, the people behind them were not idle either. They cut the carriages into a circular formation. After the musketeers finished fighting, they would enter the circular formation at an extremely fast speed.
"A platoon of shots."
Following the order given by the captain in charge, more than two hundred muskets fired.
Because they had just entered the firing range, not many people fell, only sixty or seventy cavalrymen. Such casualties were acceptable to the Arab cavalry, so they did not take it seriously.
"Second platoon shooting."
When the people lying on the ground started firing the second row, the number of people who fell down had exceeded 150 or 160, which was three times more than before. At this time, the Arab soldiers could no longer remain calm.
Before they could react, the original row had finished reloading and fired another round.
More than 200 people fell...
After these people finished shooting, they did not even reload their bullets. Instead, they ran towards the circular carriage formation behind at an extremely fast speed.
The remaining row of soldiers also fired their last bullet.
The Arab army was a little dumbfounded. During the charge, nearly 900 of our troops were killed, which was one-fifth of our total strength. We had never fought such a battle before.
When this row of soldiers dispersed, they could see clearly what was happening in front of them. It turned out that all the carriages were connected end to end, and various boxes were loaded on them, which looked like a circular defensive formation.
Bang, bang, bang...
Another round of gunfire was fired, and more than a hundred people fell down again, and many more were trampled to death by the cavalry behind them.
This is impossible...
Kubdullah was unwilling to believe all this, but the facts before him made it impossible for him not to believe it. More than 1,200 of them were killed on the way to the charge.
This was almost one-third of the battle. Looking back from his position, he saw the bodies of their brothers scattered all over the ground, and the battlefield was filled with running horses. Some horses were hit and fell to the ground, slowly floundering.
But it doesn’t matter. We are about to rush in. As long as we are allowed to rush in, there will be no chance of survival for you guys.
"Release..."
When the order was given, a large number of arrows flew out.
It has now reached a position of sixty meters, which is also the maximum range of the crossbow.
With a crackling sound, another group of people fell down.
According to the Arab cavalry's thinking, when you draw your bows and arrows next time, we will have already rushed in. At that time, we will not wait for you to kill us, but we will use our scimitars to harvest your heads and chop off all your heads.
Unfortunately, what they expected did not happen. Instead, more arrows came flying towards them.
How is this possible? We can already see the faces of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, but we don’t even see them drawing their bows or drawing their arrows. So what are these things that are shot out?
Many soldiers were howling and they no longer dared to charge forward, as if the circular formation in front of them was the gate to hell.
"What is that?"
Some people looked at the crossbow in the soldier's hand with fear. Every time the crossbow swung, an arrow would shoot over.
The Arab cavalry had nothing on their bodies except clothes, and it could be said that they had no defensive capabilities at all. In this state, they were slaughtered. With the war going on like this, don't even think about winning, just think about how to run away.
