Chapter 3331: Rush and kill
Outside the tent, there was loud wailing and chaos, and the whole camp was trampled on, making it miserable.
Is this the same powerful army that once spanned Europe and Asia and conquered the vast territory of the Arab Empire? They are simply a bunch of mobs, dolphins, dogs and lambs being slaughtered by others...
Ye Zide's dark and red face was pale and colorless, and the hand holding the saber was shaking slightly.
Is this going to fail?
Is it possible that the entire army will be wiped out?
Has his dream of conquering the world and becoming the heir to the Caliphate been shattered?
What particularly puzzled him was that since setting foot in the Western Regions, the Tang army had been defeated and retreated again and again. Many cities had fallen to the Arab cavalry, but the Tang army had retreated without chaos or defeat. Every time it retreated, When we arrived at the next city, we were still full of morale and held on to the city without any fear.
But the 200,000 troops under his command were capable of cutting off the flow of troops and running rampant, so why were they so defeated after being suddenly attacked by more than 10,000 Tang troops?
Is there such a big gap between my proud Arab warriors and the Tang army?
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"Commander! Get out quickly!"
"If we retreat fifty miles, stabilize our position and collect the defeated troops, we will definitely be able to prevent the Tang army from attacking!"
"Although the Tang army is powerful, they only have more than 10,000 men, and their armored cavalry cannot last long. As long as we retreat and stabilize our position, the Tang army can only retreat!"
The surrounding subordinates were all talking and had suggestions.
Ye Zide came back to his senses and knew that unless he was depressed now, he could not let the Tang army continue to attack and kill so unscrupulously...
He hurriedly asked: "Can the troops attacking the city be withdrawn?"
If the siege army can withdraw in time, it will form a situation of sandwiching the Tang army one after another. At that time, the Tang army will be surrounded at the cost of casualties, making it difficult for it to fly!
The subordinates around him said quickly: "The Tang army in Gongyue City has abandoned the city and is holding back the attacking army. They will not be able to come back at all!"
The combat effectiveness of the Tang army lies here. Once the siege army in front tries to retreat and is bitten by the Tang army in Gongyue City, not to mention the casualties, the entire army may be annihilated. Therefore, the engineering army could only fight and retreat, and did not dare to retreat with all its strength.
By the time they withdraw, the Chinese army may have been flattened by the Tang army's armored cavalry...
"Wow!"
Ye Zide yelled, venting the depressed and angry energy in his chest and abdomen, swung his machete fiercely, gritted his teeth and said: "Retreat, retreat! Retreat thirty miles, stabilize our position and assemble the army. Let's Try to fight back again!”
The 70,000 to 80,000 Chinese troops were actually scattered by more than 10,000 Tang troops, and were severely defeated. This situation simply made him feel ashamed!
When news of these achievements came back to Damascus, one can imagine how disappointed his father was with him, and how those opponents added insult to injury and ridiculed him...
Guarded by his own soldiers and troops, he mounted his war horse and fled all the way to the southwest, heading straight for the rear army camped at the foot of Tianshan Mountain.
The entire camp was in chaos, and their armor was thrown away under the sudden charge of the Tang army.
The armored cavalry is indeed a powerful weapon on the battlefield, possessing unparalleled impact and lethality, but this also means that the mobility is insufficient, and the armor requires a lot of physical strength, so it is difficult to last.
The light cavalry protected the left and right wings, and they charged and killed the armored cavalry wildly. It was as if they were in an uninhabited land. The enemy troops were in panic and confusion, and they did not organize a decent counterattack at all. They allowed the armored cavalry to run rampant in the camp. Wherever they went, corpses lay everywhere, and countless Arab soldiers fled wailing.
The Youtun Guards came from east to west and penetrated directly into the enemy's center. They made a brave sudden attack and charged fiercely. They forced their way out of the west of the enemy camp and penetrated the entire camp.
More than 10,000 cavalrymen smashed through the enemy's camp, then turned around and came back again. Seeing the flames soaring into the sky and the shadows of people in the camp, with corpses lying on pillows and the troops defeated like dogs, they not only shouted loudly that they were happy!
Fang Jun was covered in blood, holding a horizontal sword, looking coldly at the chaotic enemy camp, pointing the blade in the direction of Gongyue City, and said loudly: "Let's fight back to Gongyue City, and together with the Anxi Army, we will surround the enemy's front army and kill him." Clean!”
"Here!"
Thousands of people agreed in unison. Although everyone was sweating profusely, and bursts of white mist were sprayed out from their mouths and noses when breathing, everyone was in high spirits and their morale was high. The promise of this life was even more shocking, in the wind and snow. The decisive battle shook the clouds and resounded throughout the fields.
"Kill!"
Fang Jun took the lead and killed towards Gongyue City.
There are tens of thousands of enemy troops attacking the city. It is impossible for the Anxi Army to hold them all back. As long as ordinary people retreat to the camp, they will form a pincer attack with the enemy's central army and surround Youtunwei. At that time, the enemy had the advantage in strength. If they were to attack regardless of casualties, the Youtun Guards would lose the mobility of the cavalry. No matter how sharp the firearms were and how brave the soldiers were, the tiger would not be able to hold off the wolves, and the whole army would easily be annihilated.
And by charging towards Gongyue City like this, they just happened to intercept the enemy's front troops who had withdrawn from the city, and made dumplings with the Anxi Army who were chasing after them...
Thousands of cavalry accelerated behind him, forming a formation on the snow and charging bravely. The sound of hooves was like thunder and the momentum was like rainbow. The soldiers even ran in front of Fang Jun to protect him in the middle to avoid being shot by the enemy. .
After running less than ten miles, they met head-on with the enemy's retreating front army.
The soldiers of the Youtun Guards did not slow down, and just slammed into the enemy formation. The cavalry was clanging, the swords were shining, and the crossbow arrows and thunderstorms were projected into the enemy crowd. Blood splattered everywhere they went. The remaining limbs were flying everywhere, it was extremely tragic.
The Arab army that retreated from Gongyue City totaled nearly 50,000 people, covering all the land as far as the eye could see. However, due to the chaotic formation during the retreat, and being chased by the Anxi army one after another, there was no formation at all. Suddenly encountering a surprise attack from the Youtun Guards, they were caught off guard and fell into a complete defeat.
Countless Arab soldiers were running in all directions in the wilderness, not knowing what was going on and running for their lives. How could they care about the general's orders?
In the wilderness, heavy snow was falling. The Tang army chased countless Arab soldiers who were running wildly like dolphins and dogs, killing them at will. For a while, the sky was dark and the ground was dark, and blood rained everywhere.
This battle lasted for a full hour. The Tang army fought until their arms were weak, their legs were weak, and even the horizontal sword in their hands was curled. Finally, they penetrated the enemy's formation, and the Youtunwei and Anxi troops met together.
The enemy army was completely defeated and fled in the dark night snow. The Tang army's cavalry was divided into teams of five and ten, and dispersed to chase the defeated enemy army. Scenes of extremely tragic killings were staged on the vast land...< br>
In front of the formations of the two armies, a blue dragon flag painted with crossed dragons and swallow-tail-shaped ribbons merged with a flag tied with five-color feathers.
The Qinglong Banner was used by the emperor and the princes when they went on an expedition. The emperor painted a rising dragon, and the princes painted cross-dragons. The strips on the emperor's Qinglong Banner were of five colors, while the princes were of one color.
This is Fang Jun's flag.
Zhi is the banner of the commander-in-chief. Although Xue Rengui is only the Sima of the Anxi Protectorate, he represents Li Xiaogong, the Protector-General.
Under the two banners, Xue Rengui took the lead in jumping off his horse, took two steps forward, knelt down on one knee to perform a military salute, and said loudly: "General Xue Rengui, please greet the Duke of Yue! The entire Anxi army would like to thank the Youtun Guards. Pao Ze rushes thousands of miles to help, and the Dukes and Dukes of the Yue Kingdom are powerful and mighty for generations!”
Behind him, countless soldiers of the Anxi army were filled with admiration and excitement, and they raised their arms and shouted: "Mighty!"
"Must win!"
The huge sound wave shook and rolled in the wilderness, stirring up the snowflakes in the sky into a messy and noisy mess.
Fang Jun also jumped off his horse, stepped forward quickly, leaned over and held Xue Rengui's arms, helped him up, and laughed and said: "Whether it is the Anxi Army or the Youtun Guard, they are all in the Tang Army's order, and they are all handsome! The Anxi Army Keep west alone Territory, we fought with powerful enemies in succession and never lost any dignity of our Tang Dynasty soldiers. I admire you very much! Now, our two armies are united to kill the enemy chiefs, expel the Tartars, and regain the territory!"
"Drive out the Tartars!"
"Reclaim the land!"
Warm shouts rang out on the ground, and the morale of both armies was high!
The Anxi Army defended the Western Region alone. Although they repeatedly lost cities in the face of powerful enemies, they always made progress step by step, annihilating tens of thousands of enemy troops, and taking the initiative.
Youtunwei came all the way west and successively annihilated powerful enemies in Dadou Bagou and Alagou, showing great majesty.
The joining of two powerful armies is enough to defeat any powerful army in the world, let alone a ragtag army of food?
The dawn of victory is already looming, and the humiliation of retreating step by step and losing the city and territory is about to be washed away. There is no strong enemy in the world who can be arrogant in front of the Tang army!
Fang Jun helped Xue Rengui stand up, patted him heavily on the shoulder, and praised: "The prince and I are always paying attention to the war in the Western Regions in Guanzhong, Rengui, well done!"
The neighborhood next door has been closed... I'm a little nervous.
(End of chapter)