The musketeers' attack did achieve unexpected results. When the musketeers on our side opened fire, people on the north side of the camp fell down in large numbers. Many of them knelt directly on the ground and lay there obediently. They believed that this was beyond the ability of ordinary people and that it should be the power bestowed by the gods on the Tang Dynasty. In their hearts, the Tang Dynasty should have gained the trust of the gods more than the Arab Empire, otherwise why would we be defeated so miserably?
On the battlefields of the West, they believed the Crusaders had been abandoned by the gods, otherwise how could they have been defeated by us? But now they thought of those failed Crusaders, and they thought, we must have been abandoned by the gods, that's why we are in this state now, so there is no need to resist, just lie down here and wait for the Tang army to judge us.
When the musketeers entered their camp, what they saw was a large group of people lying there. Of course, the smell around them was not very pleasant, mainly because the artillery fire was too fierce. It even felt like the meat was cooked. Many soldiers who had just arrived at the battlefield were already holding on to the fence and vomiting.
"All troops advance."
Li Chengyi finally gave the order for the entire army to advance. The cavalrymen rushed forward like wild horses. Many of them put away their serial poisons and drew their swords, attacking the fleeing enemies in front of them with their swords.
In this day and age, if the cavalry wants to reap victory, it will do so very quickly. The people of the Arab Empire have no will to fight anymore. All they want now is to seize the opportunity to escape. So when our cavalry caught up with them, they slashed at their backs with a knife, and the next moment these people were dead.
For the people of the Arab Empire, today is an extremely sad day. The death of General Muhammad has left everyone leaderless, with nearly 100,000 troops scattered in the surrounding desert. This is indeed a huge test for Li Chengyi's army.
So at this time, General Li Chengyi immediately made a decision, which was not to take any prisoners for the time being, but to hunt down the Arab Empire's troops to the maximum extent. If these people were not killed completely, they would run to other camps in the future, and they would also be the main force to deal with us.
After receiving the order from General Li Chengyi, the cavalry general immediately ordered his men to pick up the crossbows again, because the crossbows had a fast shooting speed. If you rely on your sword, I'm afraid many people would have run away.
Every time one more soldier runs out, one of our soldiers may be killed. Don't think this is a joke. If you kill this soldier now, it is equivalent to saving a brother's life. This is what the cavalry general told them.
Many cavalrymen like to kill people with sabers. They want to experience the feeling of the saber scratching across bones, but at this moment they also know what to do. They mount their horses, hold the crossbows in their hands, aim at any running target in front of them, and directly reap their lives to ensure the hegemony of the Tang Dynasty.
It lasted for nearly three hours before the entire camp finally quieted down. A reinforcement of 5,000 cavalrymen arrived from behind Li Chengyi. These people were from the Gaochang Kingdom. They might not play a big role on the battlefield, but they had no problem gathering the scattered soldiers.
After taking over the military camp, Li Chengyi immediately asked the logistics officer to go to their warehouse. As expected of the people from the Arab Empire, there were very few things in their warehouse. Most of the supplies had been distributed to individuals. It didn't look like a warehouse for a military camp of 100,000 people at all.
Although there aren't many things in here, it's enough for more than 10,000 people to eat for half a month. According to Li Chengyi, even a small mosquito is still meat. What's more, there are many tribes around. After we settle down, we can rob all the tribes, which will at least be enough for our food supply for a month.
As for how these robbed tribes should live, this is not our concern. You are all Arabs. We did not invade you, but your people extended their hands to the Western Regions and caused a certain degree of instability on the border of our Tang Dynasty. Everything we did was just to punish you.
These words were all passed down by Li Xiang in order to let all the Tang soldiers understand that this is the real reason why you are fighting. Fighting on other people's land will harm the people of other countries. If Arab soldiers rushed into the Tang Dynasty with scimitars, you can imagine what the consequences would be for your families.
Therefore, under such ideological education, most of the Tang Dynasty soldiers understood that they could not let the Arab soldiers rush into our homes, and they must kill all these Arab soldiers here. Only in this way can the security of the Tang Dynasty's border areas be guaranteed. Only when the Tang Dynasty's border areas are safe can the people in the interior be more secure.
"Continue to send messages to the rear, asking them to send people from the various tribes in the Western Regions to search the surrounding area for Arab Empire soldiers. We have only captured a few prisoners so far, and most of them are still fleeing. This is a very important labor force."
Li Chengyi was obviously extremely dissatisfied with the 5,000 people who came to support him. The number of people who came was too few and they had to be increased. Unfortunately, due to the difficulty of traveling in the desert, they would not arrive until at least tomorrow morning.
Li Chengyi had just calculated that if they came tomorrow morning, more than 10,000 to 20,000 people would have to escape. These Arabs were familiar with the surrounding terrain. As long as they were given a camel, five or six of them would be able to escape. These people would become our enemies again in the future.
Although Li Chengyi had changed his tactics before Heitian and did not let his soldiers capture prisoners, but only shoot the soldiers of the Arab Empire, even so, a large number of people still ran outside, and now the search had to be intensified.
At this time, both sides were racing against time. The soldiers of the Arab Empire gritted their teeth, thinking that even if they ran one more meter forward, they would have a greater hope of escaping.
If the Tang brothers searched more areas, they might be able to bring back more than a hundred people, so both sides were now putting all their efforts into it, one hoping to gain freedom, the other hoping to obtain more slaves...
