Chapter 25: Battle of Talas (Part 2)

"It's not polite to come but not to go! General, it's our turn!" The generals asked for a fight and demanded an attack.

Geshuhan has no plans to attack: "Justice Bai will definitely not be willing to attack in just one round of attacks. He will still attack. Let us defend first. Let them know that our defense is not something he can defeat."

The Dashi army is indeed good at fighting, and the generals want to try the attack, but unfortunately Ge Shuhan disagreed, so he had to stop talking. Although the Dashi army is now frustrated in the first round of attack, its spirit is still there. Although the attack is pleasant, it has to pay a high price. Just wait first and consume their spirit before attacking. The price is too small.

Geshuhan actually wanted to attack, but he was the commander and could not act voluntarily, so he could only do so.

The generals of the Dashishi did not expect that their attack was so vulnerable that they could easily repel Tang Jun. They gasped and looked at Gu Taibai involuntarily, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Correction and attack again. This time, team after team follow." Gu Taibai was not so easy to convince.

Although the first round of attack was frustrated, it was mainly because the Tang army's arrow rain was too dense, and the Dashi army had only one wave of offensives, and the Tang army could concentrate bows and crossbows to effectively kill and injure. If the army was connected in front and back, one team after another, the Tang army's arrow rain would be dispersed, and the Tang army would have enough combat power to rush to the Tang army.

As soon as the order was passed, the Dashi army lined up in an orderly combat team, moving forward one after another. If they looked out from the air, it would be like a surging tide, boundless and endless, pressing towards the Tang army.

"They really want to die!" Tian Renwan saw it and smiled in his heart: "One team after another, it's so close, never stop until death! Enough planting!"

Ge Shuhan smiled and said, "This is the real contest! That round just now is testing us."

Just as they were talking, the Dashi army had moved forward a lot of distance. The neat formation, the rainbow-like momentum, and the fierce fighting spirit were all qualities that only a first-class army could possess. Geshuhan and the others saw it and kept nodding.

The Dashi Army is good at fighting, and the Tang army is not bad either. The generals have supreme confidence in the Tang army.

Gradually, the Dashi army entered the attack range of the Tang army. Gao Xianzhi waved the flag in his hand, and Fu Yuan crossbow shot upwards, and countless crossbow arrows shot towards the Dashi army. The crossbow arrow fell, and the Dashi army hurriedly set up a shield formation to resist, but because the crossbow arrows had a strong force and strong impact, they still paid a considerable price.

The number of Dashi army is too large. It cannot adjust the angle and concentrate the arrow rain to effectively kill as in the first round of attack. It can only start shooting from the farthest distance.

Every time a round of arrow rain is banned, the Dashi Army's army will be slightly in chaos. If other troops had been defeated after several rounds of arrow rain, they would have been defeated. The Dashi Army is worthy of being one of the most war-friendly troops in the world at that time. The chaos that occurs only lasts for a very short time, and the arrow rain will immediately return to order.

They are not afraid of life and death, and move forward bravely!

However, every step forward they have to pay a considerable price. The reason why there are four types of crossbows of the Tang army is to deal with this kind of human sea tactic. In this case, if there is not enough rain of arrows, you will be at a disadvantage.

The four types of crossbows of the Tang army pulled the range of the farthest, starting from the farthest distance. By the time the forward of the Dashi Army rushed to the range of the bow, the team was already messy and no longer as neat as before.

The crossbow is to disrupt the enemy's formation through killing and injury, so as to facilitate further attacks. After all, a dignified formation is difficult to break.

After being shot by the bow, the vanguard of the Dashi Army finally rushed to the heavy infantry, and the deadly Modao greeted them. Every time the Modao was swung, the Dashi soldiers would fall down in pieces.

Occasionally, a few large-scale soldiers rushed over the heavy infantry, but they were cleaned up for the light infantry of the Tang army.

The Great Food soldiers shouted "Allah", regardless of life and death, and went forward bravely. The one in front fell down, and the one behind stepped on their bodies and continued to charge, and no one retreated.

At this moment, their religious fanaticism has reached its limit!

The Modao in Tang Jun's hand reaped their lives without hesitation. The corpses on the ground were piled up more and more, and a thick layer was piled up. The flowing blood had not had time to soak into the dry soil and began to gather into blood streams, which was extremely sad and beautiful under the sunlight!

Time passed and the battle continued. Half an hour later, the Dashi army was still attacking! One hour later, the Dashi army was still attacking. Two hours later, they were still attacking, but their attack was no longer as brave and powerful as before, and their morale declined after being attacked by the Tang army.

Until the noon, both sides called out gold and stopped their troops, started to use lunch, and prepared to fight another battle in the afternoon.

At this time, corpses were everywhere on the battlefield, and blood dyed the ground red. If you look from the sky, this is a tragic war scene with red as the background.

While chewing the jerky meat, Gu Taibai said, "Take it for a while in the afternoon. If this is the case, we will retreat to the city and stay waiting for help."

"The Tang army is really hard to fight! Our attack is so fierce that they defended steadily. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have never believed it." Some generals sighed with emotion.

"In the words of the Tang people, this is called as stable as Mount Tai!" Gu Taibai took a sip of cold water and said: "After fighting for so many years, we have never encountered such a difficult opponent. In the past, we underestimated the Tang army!"

Just as they were discussing, Geshuhan was also summoning the generals to discuss. Tian Renwan sighed very much: "Look, one morning, the Great Cannibal paid more than 10,000 people. If it were other troops, the Tubos or Turks would have fled long ago, but the Great Cannibal was still attacking. They were desperate!"

The price of paying more than 10,000 people in one morning is already quite heavy. Few armies can bear this price, and the Dashi Army is one of them.

"A hard-to-kill hard bone! But it's chewy!" Gao Xianzhi also sighed.

Geshuhan chewed dry food and said, "After a morning of battle, Dashi paid a price of 12,300,000 yuan, and our casualties were only 2,300 yuan, and the situation was beneficial to us. However, I thought that Gu Taibai had never suffered such a loss. He realized that we were difficult to deal with and might retreat back to the city. If we really wanted them to retreat to the city, it would be very troublesome to fight street battles, so it would be better to eliminate them outside the city. In the afternoon, it's time for us to attack!"

"Okay! Let's attack! We want Gu Taibai to know that our attack is as indestructible as our defense!" Tian Renwan clenched his right hand into a fist, and his eyes flashed!

The generals had long wanted to attack, and the opportunity finally came, and they were all excited!

After lunch and a little rest, the two armies began to set up their formation again. As soon as the formation was completed, Gu Taibai had not ordered an attack, the Tang army moved. Heavy infantry holding the Mo sword in front, with several rows of light infantry behind them, archers behind, crossbowmen behind, and light infantry behind. The Tang army's cavalry guarded the two wings.

This is a front arrow formation. When attacking, heavy infantry must be supported by crossbowmen to be able to be powerful.

In history, Gao Xianzhi fought in the Battle of Talas. It was Abu who bribed the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty and let go of the side. Abu dispatched heavy cavalry to cut off the connection between the heavy infantry and the crossbowmen, which made the heavy infantry not have the support of the crossbowmen, and defeated the Tang army. If there was no rebellion from the vassal state, the Tang army did not split, but a whole, Abu would have no way to deal with the few Tang army.

While the Han army was moving, the Huer army and the vassal state army moved and guarded on both sides of the Han army. More than 140,000 Tang troops pressed towards the Dashi army together, and people were surging outside Talas City, as if the sea tide was surging.

"They moved!" The general of the big food market said with great anticipation: "I really want to see how powerful their attack is."

This was exactly what Gu Taibai thought, and he immediately ordered the Dashi army to defend.

As soon as the order was passed, the Dashi army was ready for battle. After fighting for a long time, only they attacked, and the Tang army had not carried out an attack. I really wanted to see how sharp the Tang army's attack was.

The Tang army's attack was completely different from the single attack method of the Dashi Army, which only charges. As soon as it entered the range, the Fuyuan Crossbow became powerful. Immediately afterwards, the Biao Zhang Crossbow showed its power again. As time went by, all four types of crossbows of the Tang army showed its power.

Defence is different from offense. Defense is to set up a good formation and wait for the enemy to attack the formation, but cannot move. Although the Dashi army set up shields, under the dense rain of arrows of the Tang army, the casualties were greater than those of attack. The reason is that the offense is a high-speed charge, which can avoid many arrows. There is no such good thing in defense, and you can only stand there and wait for shooting.

By the time the Tang army entered the range of the archers, the archers of the Dashi Army had already shot and killed many casualties. If they wanted to shoot arrows, it would not pose much threat to the Tang army. The Dashi archers were the key targets of the Tang army, and it would be strange if they didn't hit him.

Even so, the Tang army's arrow rain still did not stop. You should know that the Tang army can shoot arrows while marching with a bow. Of course, except for the heavy infantry that holds Mo Dao, the Mo Dao is too heavy. You can only hold it and not shoot arrows. Even so, once you enter the range, the Tang army can shoot arrows regardless of the military. The arrow rain is really dense.

Before the two armies began to fight hand-to-hand, the rain of arrows alone caused great casualties to the Dashi army.

Gu Taibai has experienced many battles and has never encountered such a fierce attack. The Tang army could cause huge casualties to his army without hand-to-hand combat. This was his first encounter in his life, and he couldn't help but feel very depressed.

Just when Gu Taibai was depressed, the two armies finally met, and they collided like two mountains. Gu Taibai was very confident in his army's fighting ability and believed that he would not lose to the Tang army in hand-to-hand combat.

However, his ideas were quickly confirmed to be wrong and outrageously wrong!

The Mo knife in Tang Jun's hand looked like a sickle to harvest wheat, and his soldiers were wheat. Every dazzling sword light flashed by, and the big-food soldiers would fall down in pieces.

The Great Food soldiers not only fell down, but they also turned into minced meat. The Tang army stepped on their bodies and entered the formation.

It is not that the Dashi army is not good at fighting, but that the equipment is too different from the Tang army. Not only is it inferior to the armor, but there is no crossbow or bow or arrow. It is just this close-knit fight. They have no weapons that pose a threat to the Tang army except Damascus swords, swords and spears.

The Tang army is different. The Tang army's undefeated swords are invincible. No matter what formation, whether it is a scattered formation or a dense formation, I will be able to chop you down.

The Mo knife in Li Siye's hand flew up and down, regardless of whether it was a man or a horse in front of him, and then he cut it down. Every time he cut down, no matter whether it was a man or a horse or a shield in front of him, he could not withstand it. The shield was broken and the horse was overturned!

The heavy infantry with Li Siye as the center waved the swords up and down in the hands of the heavy infantry soldiers, and rows of harvesting the lives of the Dashi soldiers. The Tang army's advancement speed was not fast, but their advance was because there was no force in front of them that could be stopped. The Dashi soldiers who had been through many battles seemed like a piece of paper in front of them.

The heavy infantry rushed through the Dashi Army with an invincible and fierce offensive, and ruthlessly entered the Dashi Army's formation!

The defense of the Dashi Army is very strict. If it encounters other troops, it will be impossible to shake their formation. However, the indestructible past can only be history in front of the Tang army. Looking at this scene, Gu Taibai's mind was blank. He really couldn't believe that the Tang army's attack was so sharp!

The Tang army's crossbowmen were not idle either and kept firing arrows, effectively killing the Dashi army in front. The attack formation and defense are different. When the Tang army attacked, the crossbowmen would adjust the angle of the upward shooting, concentrate the arrows as much as possible, and kill them in order to facilitate the heavy infantry to carry out the final strike.

This cooperation has been tested by countless battles and is very well coordinated. Whenever the crossbows disrupt the formation of the Dashi Army, the heavy infantry will arrive, and the sword in his hand will destroy the final resistance of the Dashi Army.

If the Tang army's attack was not continued, the Dashi army would be in danger of being divided. Gu Taibai said without hesitation: "Order the heavy cavalry to join in and encircle the Han army from the left and right wings!"

Heavy cavalry is a very important force of Dashi and is rarely used. The knights and horses are covered with heavy armor, and the sprinting power is very terrible. As soon as the order is passed, the heavy cavalry is dispatched, and they are in charge formation and rushed towards the Han army.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, heavy cavalry was once popular. By the Tang Dynasty, heavy cavalry had withdrawn from the historical stage. The reason why China's heavy cavalry withdrew from the historical stage was many. First, it was covered with heavy armor, and the sprinting power was extremely terrible, but its mobility was too low. Furthermore, the military technology of the Tang Dynasty was extremely developed. With the emergence of the Modao, the power of heavy infantry suddenly increased. It can be said that it is invincible and there is no need for heavy cavalry to rush forward.

At the same time, the crossbows of the Tang Dynasty had developed to a mature stage, with great power and amazing lethality. The ethnic minorities around China could not withstand the crossbow arrows of the Tang army at all, so there was no need for heavy cavalry.

More importantly, heavy cavalry requires a lot of fine iron, and it is not very useful, which seems a bit wasteful. In the end, heavy cavalry has to withdraw from the stage of history.

The Arab Empire was different from the Tang Dynasty. Its military technology was not as developed as the Tang Dynasty. It had no strange swords and not enough crossbows, had single attack methods and amazing sprinting power. It became the flesh of the heart and soul and would not be taken out until the last moment.

The heavy cavalry's attack power is amazing. The momentum of the sprint alone is scary enough. The rumbling sound of hooves is even more amazing than millions of thunders. The splashing smoke can block the sun.

The big-food soldiers have unparalleled confidence in the heavy cavalry. Whenever the heavy cavalry is put into operation, it means victory. Looking at the heavy cavalry rumbling forward, all the confidence increases greatly, and the sound of joy sounds is heard. As they think, the Tang army will suffer a great loss!

Looking at the heavy cavalry coming like a sea of ​​tides, Ge Shuhan pulled the corner of his mouth, feeling very disdainful. Others don’t understand the reason for the heavy cavalry withdrawal, can he still not know? Gu Taibai sent the most powerful heavy cavalry, but it would be useless to meet the Tang army.

The crossbow soldiers of the Tang army immediately adjusted their direction, and the dense rain of arrows shot out at the heavy cavalry. The crossbow arrow was heavier than the bow arrow, and then shot from hundreds of meters away by the crossbow machine, with an astonishing impact. Although the heavy cavalry and horses were covered with heavy armor, it was still very uncomfortable to shoot on the body, and even if they were not injured, it was unbearable.

It’s okay to have people’s pain, but you can hold it back. If the horse hurts, you will jump around and run away in a panic. Although the knight’s riding skills are good, it takes a lot of effort to stabilize it.

The Tang army's crossbow arrows were shot one after another, like locusts. In front of such dense, powerful crossbow arrows, heavy cavalry also had to pay a heavy price, and there were many people who fell off horses.

When the heavy cavalry rushed to the Tang army, there were no small casualties. The heavy cavalry of the Dashi Empire had never suffered such a loss when it charged. Gu Taibai's face looked extremely ugly. The Dashi soldiers who were originally excited couldn't help but be frightened and cheered no longer!

With the sound of the war drum, the heavy infantry had already adjusted their formation, and they held the Mo sword to move towards the heavy cavalry. When they met, the Mo sword slashed down. This time, it was not a person or a horse, but a horse's legs.

The weakness of cavalry is horse legs, especially heavy cavalry. They have few weaknesses, but horse legs are fatal. It is precisely because of this that axes were popular in the Song Dynasty, and infantry training was specially used to chop horse legs.

Although the Tang army did not have heavy cavalry, they did not abandon their training to deal with heavy cavalry. The mob cut down, and the war horses were neighing continuously. Countless war horses fell down, and the knights on the horse's back also fell down.

The light infantry behind the heavy infantry seized this opportunity and rushed forward, and the horizontal knife in his hand slashed at the fallen knight. In this case, the heavy armor protecting the body was a burden, and the cavalry had no power to fight back, so they cleaned up the Tang army.

The whole body of heavy cavalry must be covered with heavy armor. After all, it was made of steel. In the era of cold weapons, steel was synonymous with money, which required a lot of money. The steelmaking technology of the Arab Empire at this time was not yet at the level of the Tang Dynasty. It took money to build heavy cavalry. Although the heavy cavalry was amazing, it was not large in number.

Gu Taibai had only five thousand people at his hand, and five thousand heavy cavalry were not enough to block the Tang army's teeth, and they were all solved in less than half an hour.

The heavy cavalry is Gu Taibai's sharp knife and the spiritual pillar of the Dashi army. Even the heavy cavalry has been solved. What else can stop the Tang army's attack? The morale of the Dashi army has plummeted.

Geshuhan is a famous general who is good at seizing fighter jets and knows that the last chance of attack has come. He waved the flag in his hand, and the sound of thunderous war drums sounded. Tang Jun shouted and rushed over like a splattering wind.

At this moment, the Tang army completely broke out, like waves surging at high tide, unstoppable.

Ge Shu Han flew onto a horse and shouted: "Longwu Army, fight with me! Capture Gu Taibai alive!"

"Capture Gu Taibai alive!" Longwu Army burst into a shocking shout.

The shouts of "Catch Gu Taibai alive" instantly spread throughout the Tang army, and the Tang army yelled in unison: "Catch Gu Taibai alive!" The sound waves went straight to the sky.
Chapter completed!