Chapter 3337 Wanton Killing
Not far ahead, a camp was set up under the rolling hills.
Naturally, the Tang army did not know at this moment that the Arab army had gone through a lot of twists and turns from the front formation to the rear formation, and then from the rear formation to the front formation last night. They only knew that the sheepskin map clearly marked this place as the beginning of the Arab army's hoarding of ordnance, so they took it as a matter of course. as the goal of this trip.
The main purpose of cavalry raids is to kill and injure enemy troops, because if you want to advance and retreat freely, you must send a small number of cavalry. You cannot engage the enemy head-on, otherwise the entire army will be annihilated once trapped.
As the name suggests, it ends with the word "disturbing", which constantly disrupts the enemy's troops, making them exhausted and unstable in morale.
But if we can accidentally harass the enemy at the critical moment, that will be a real surprise...
The Arabs ran rampant in the Western Regions, burning, killing, and plundering wherever they went. The Hu people in the Western Regions hated them to the core. Although they had no choice but to rely on them, they still harbored deep resentment in their hearts. In addition, the Arabs were extremely backward in military organization and had almost every loophole. It was easy for the Hu people who later relied on them to spread the news from within.
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The enemy camp was not far ahead. Thousands of Tang troops followed the flag and galloped across the open field. Their hooves sounded like thunder and they galloped like tigers. In the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the military camp.
The camp had obviously discovered that the Tang army was approaching, and it was a mess inside and outside.
More than a thousand soldiers were driven out of the camp by the general, trying to form a formation to resist the Tang army's surprise attack, but how could such a formation be in the eyes of the Youtun Guards?
Running to a stone's throw away from the enemy, the Tang army dispersed in order to avoid being covered in large-scale injuries by the enemy's arrows. Then, instead of stopping, they accelerated again and charged forward to face the rain of arrows fired by the enemy.
Although the light cavalry had no armor and could not withstand the arrows, they were successful because they were fast enough. In just a few breaths, the enemy only had time to fire two rounds of arrows before the Tang army came to kill them.
"Boom!"
The sounds of countless war horses colliding with their bodies rang out, and in an instant they merged into a huge muffled sound. Countless Arab soldiers were knocked upside down by the horses, and their bones and tendons were broken.
The Arab soldiers who had not had time to deploy their horses to resist fell into disarray in an instant. The horizontal knives in the hands of the soldiers of the Tang army flashed with cold light, and they slashed in all directions with the impact of the horses. Blood spattered and their stumps flew everywhere, and more than a thousand soldiers were killed. The Arab soldiers dispersed, killed, and then rushed into the camp without any hindrance.
There are few enemy troops in the camp. This is a camp where weapons are stored. None of the soldiers are elite soldiers. If they are heavy transport troops, their combat effectiveness is poor and their morale is even worse. Seeing the Tang army rushing into the camp like wolves and tigers, the rest of the Arabs The soldiers shouted and fled in all directions.
The soldiers of the Tang Army rode into the camp. Seeing the mountains of ordnance piled up behind the camp, they took off the kerosene bombs they carried on their horses, lit them and threw them around.
This kind of kerosene bomb is similar to what the navy uses. A layer of cast iron shell is wrapped with flammable material soaked in kerosene. The fuse is ignited and then thrown out. When the fuse burns out, it ignites the gunpowder in the cast iron shell. The gunpowder explosion exploded the entire iron shell, and the flammable materials inside were ignited at the same time and scattered in all directions with the explosion.
This flammable substance is contaminated with kerosene and will instantly ignite everything wherever it goes. Even masonry and other objects will not be extinguished until the kerosene is completely burned out.
The power of gunpowder explosion is huge, so a kerosene bomb can easily cover the ground in a radius of ten feet. Once ignited, it will not be extinguished by water splashing.
The Tang army roared past the enemy camp, and kerosene bombs were ignited and thrown everywhere. The entire camp instantly burst into flames, and thick black smoke rose into the sky, but was torn apart by the biting north wind. , the smell of fire oil spreads between heaven and earth.
In less than a stick of incense, the Tang army entered through the south gate of the camp and exited through the north gate, with the burning ordnance tent behind them.
Wang Fangyi succeeded with one blow, but was not satisfied.
He did not lead his troops to evacuate in time. Instead, he led his cavalry to run northward and stopped only before reaching a mountain col.
More than a thousand people and horses stood in the cold wind. Except for the snoring of the horses from time to time, there was no sound. Only the whistling north wind blew freely between the sky and the earth.
Wang Fangyi asked for the sheepskin map, looked at it carefully, then raised his head to check the surrounding terrain, feeling confident.
This place is close to the Tianshan Mountains, with many undulating mountains and ravines. Although there is no natural moat at the beginning, the terrain is extremely complicated. The Arabs temporarily retreated last night, and more than 100,000 people were scattered among the crisscrossing mountains, leaning on each other and supporting each other.
There is a distance of more than twenty miles between the camp where the ordnance is stored and the enemy's temporary Chinese army tent. It can be seen how panicked Ye Zide was after last night's battle. He had to hide his army behind the mountains, making it difficult for him to fight with the Tang army. There is such a ridge in the middle that hinders cavalry raids.
But if you want to rescue the ordnance camp, you must pass through here.
Moreover, at a distance of more than twenty miles, it is impossible to use infantry units such as archers and spearmen for timely rescue, only cavalry with faster mobility...
Soon, the rumble of hoofbeats was heard from behind the hillside, and enemy reinforcements arrived.
More than a thousand Tang Army cavalry formed a team. As Wang Fangyi waved his arms, a thousand people galloped up the mountain ridge like a dark cloud. After crossing the mountain ridge, they did not slow down and rushed towards the back of the mountain ridge.
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Ye Zide almost fainted when he saw the black smoke rising from the ordnance camp.
Tang Jun’s harassment methods are really hard to guard against...
He was so anxious that he immediately led his own soldiers to summon thousands of cavalry to rush to the rescue, and asked his lieutenant general to gather his troops and arrive later. Although he knew that the Tang army should not attack with too many troops, how could Ye Zide, who had already been killed by the Tang army, dare to be careless?
As he rode towards the north, the cold wind blew his face like a knife, finally calming down the fire in Ye Qide's heart.
However, when he led the cavalry to more than twenty miles away from the ordnance camp, a dull roar suddenly came from his ears, which made Ye Zide's expression change drastically.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Although he has a noble status, he has been in the military all year round. How could he not hear the sound of galloping horses?
However, it was extremely difficult for the charging cavalry troops to turn around or even retreat. Therefore, after he issued the order, the troops could only slow down. When they were about to take action, they had already seen the top of the mountain ridge on the left. , the dark cloud-like cavalry of the Tang Army swooped down using the terrain. As they galloped, snow foam and ice shards rose into the sky with a fierce momentum.
At this moment, where is the time to escape?
If he turns his horse around and retreats at this moment, he is afraid that he will be overtaken by the Tang army before he can pick up speed. At that time, it would be like committing suicide to turn around and fight. Once the cavalry picks up speed, its powerful impact will be irresistible. , even if they are also cavalry.
At this moment, Ye Zide only hated himself for being so impatient. He knew that the Tang army would be burned down after successfully attacking the ordnance camp, and it would probably be too late to rescue them, but he still rushed here like a headless fly.
If the archers or spearmen brought them, why would this happen?
Seeing the Tang army approaching like a whirlwind, Ye Zide could only grit his teeth and shout: "Line up! Meet the enemy!"
"Here!"
The cavalrymen under his command quickly gathered in front of Ye Zide and lined up to wait, all of them looking pale.
As a cavalryman, how could he not know what a powerful impact the cavalrymen would have once they fully charged? To resist such an impact with a flesh and blood body is just like killing someone with one's neck...
In an instant, the Tang army had rushed down from the ridge. However, in the desperate eyes of the Arab soldiers, they did not rush into the formation to fight as hard as they expected, but divided into two groups more than ten feet in front of the formation. Second, run close to the Arab soldiers in front of the formation and run towards the two wings.
At the same time, countless black lumps flew up from the Tang army's formation and fell straight into the Arab army's formation.
"Boom boom boom"
The earth-shaking explosion was deafening. Thunderbolts exploded in the Arab cavalry formation. Smoke rose into the sky along with the fire. Countless shrapnel were thrown in all directions by the violent energy. They easily penetrated the bodies of the Arab soldiers and horses, blocking them. Invincible.
The soldiers screamed and the horses neighed. Corpses were everywhere in the Arab formation, and the formation collapsed instantly.
The Tang army split into two, rushed out from both wings, and surrounded the Arabs. Countless thunderbolts were ignited and thrown into the Arab positions. When they exploded, blood and flesh flew everywhere.
Ye Zide was so frightened that he saw his soldiers crowding around him desperately. He hurriedly waved his riding whip and swore: "Spread out, all spread out!"
Do they want so many people gathered around to tell Tang Jun that I am a big fish, and then rush up to kill me?
Fortunately, not far behind him, he shouted to kill Zhentian, and the infantry arrived in time.
Wang Fangyi saw that the enemy army had been completely destroyed and the enemy reinforcements from the rear had caught up. He did not dare to fight. He took the lead in riding his horse out of the battle circle and galloped towards the north. The soldiers behind him rode up to catch up. With the roar of hoofs, they quickly Go away.
How did he know that among such a reinforcement team of more than a thousand people, there was actually an enemy commander hiding?
If he knew that he was so far away from being famous all over the world and being promoted to a noble rank, I am afraid that Wang Fangyi would regret it and die of vomiting blood... (End of this chapter)