The officers were shot one after another, and the Arabs finally noticed the clues. The remaining officers quickly took off the iron helmets on their heads, then took off the cloaks from the soldiers and wrapped them around their bodies to block the armor, and asked the soldiers to surround themselves as
bunker……
This move worked as expected. It was extremely difficult for the Tang army's crossbowmen to find officers among the densely packed enemy troops.
Seeing the enemy approaching, Gao Zhenxing said helplessly: "Get ready for battle!"
The soldiers' hearts trembled, and they clutched their weapons tightly, knowing that the last moment was coming.
On one side is a roaring river that is too fast to swim across, and on the other side is a steep mountain wall that is impossible to climb. They seem to be guarding the only way out between heaven and earth, even though the number of people on both sides is extremely different.
But there is still an aura of one man being able to control everything.
Behind them was Paoze who was running towards Gongyue City to report the news. They had to defend this place and at least give Paoze plenty of time so that he could arrive at Gongyue City first and notify the army to prepare. Therefore, they regarded death as returning home and had nothing to do.
fear.
The geographical advantage, people and people are all on the side of the Tang army.
The nearest enemy could already clearly see the thick beard on his face, his ferocious face, and his roar filled his eardrums. Gao Zhenxing yelled: "Shoot!"
Crossbow arrows rained down on the enemy array.
Crossbows can only attack from a distance, not close combat. Everyone knows that once the two armies engage in battle, it will be the last moment, and there will no longer be a chance to kill the enemy from a distance, so they gritted their teeth and fired all the crossbow arrows.
One is fired.
No matter before or after the emergence of firearms, the Han people's crossbows have always been unparalleled in the world.
This is not only due to the advanced iron smelting technology that makes the arrow clusters sharper, but also due to the unique crossbow manufacturing technology, which makes the crossbows equipped by the Han army more lethal and with a longer shooting range.
The crossbow arrows flew through the air and made a sharp and short sound. The Arab soldiers raised their round shields to block them, but they found that the round shields covered with iron sheets that could protect their bodies in the past were like paper. At this moment, they were easily defeated by the Tang army.
The cluster of arrows pierced through, and then pierced into the body fiercely, and even the remaining power was not exhausted, stringing together the soldiers behind him...
The Arab soldiers who were at the forefront fell in pieces like wheat in autumn.
However, there were too many Arabs, and the soldiers in front were shot and killed, while those behind continued to attack the top of the mountain, stepping on the corpse of Paoze.
Gao Zhenxing shouted: "Horse!"
"Here!"
The soldier behind him gritted his teeth and had red eyes. He first tore off a strip of cloth from his body to cover the eyes of the war horse, and then stabbed the knife into the back of the horse next to him with his backhand. The pained war horse suddenly raised its head and neighed wildly, going crazy.
Generally, they rush from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain.
Dozens of war horses started racing wildly, with such power that they were as powerful as thunder. They could not see anything and only knew how to run forward. In just a few breaths, they slammed into the array of Arab soldiers.
boom!
The Arab soldiers hurriedly raised their swords to kill the war horses. However, although the swords pierced the war horses, the huge kinetic energy of the war horses running down from above was still unstoppable. The war horses continued to move forward with a miserable neigh, until their physical strength was exhausted and their kinetic energy was exhausted, and then they rolled.
Fell to the ground.
The array that the Arabs had just gathered was once again smashed to pieces. The huge body of the war horse and the kinetic energy it carried were really a matter of death. Countless Arab soldiers had their bones broken, their tendons broken, their mouths gushing blood, and they were trampled on.
The impact killed hundreds of people.
The eyes of the Tang troops on the top of the mountain were red.
For soldiers, war horses are their close companions. They help soldiers kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, and they also help soldiers save their lives on the battlefield. If it were not for such a desperate situation, who could bear to send his own war horse into the enemy's formation and die in battle with his own hands?
Watching the Arabs at the foot of the mountain gradually calm down from the chaos and rally again, Gao Zhenxing ordered: "Form up!"
"Here!"
The soldiers behind him responded loudly.
More than forty soldiers came forward one after another. They did not have the large shields commonly equipped by the army, but only small shields made of fine iron. More than ten soldiers squatted at the front with double shields, using their bodies to resist the shields to defend against the enemy's impact. They were rare.
His spear poked out from between the gaps in the shield, killing the enemies who came up, while the others were holding horizontal knives and were waiting in full formation.
It stands to reason that such an array cannot withstand the impact of large-scale corps. There is no large shield for defense, and there are not enough spears to assassinate the enemy from a long distance. However, the enemies they face also lack the weapons to attack and annihilate. They are just Arab armies.
Judging from the equipment of one person with two horses or even three horses, the vanguard must have temporarily gathered the horses in the army to provide riding for these soldiers in order to catch up with the retreating Tang army.
They only have small shields wrapped in iron sheets, and the scimitars in their hands are not only not as sharp as horizontal swords, but also shorter and less lethal. Although the cavalry is a handy weapon when attacking, the terrain here is steep and full of rocks, making it impossible to fight on horseback and kill.
My strength is somewhat stretched.
…
The Tang army was ready to attack.
The Arabs at the bottom of the mountain shouted jabbering words, rushed to the top of the mountain, and attacked the Tang army's array.
The war breaks out instantly!
The Arab soldiers at the front were very brave. They ignored the spears protruding from the gap between their shields, gritted their teeth, stared, shouted, and rushed over!
The spears instantly penetrated their bodies, but they still waved the scimitars in their hands and tried to kill the Tang army behind the shields, but were instantly cut into two pieces by a sharp horizontal sword.
Blood spurts out and limbs fly.
The Arab soldiers did not care about their own lives and rushed up like crazy. The soldiers of the Tang Army behind the shield gritted their teeth and held on to the shield to avoid being scattered by the enemy. The robe Ze who was protected by them was waving a horizontal sword, as if he was practicing.
The light of the sword harvested the lives of Arabs without scruples.
Thousands of Arab soldiers launched a frenzied attack, but this place was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Not only was the terrain steep and unfavorable for charging, but one side was surrounded by a roaring river that was impossible to swim in, and the other side was an almost straight mountain wall, with only one in the middle.
The gap was guarded by the Tang army. No matter how many troops they had, they could not spread out to exert greater combat power. They could only crowd the limited space on top of Paoze's corpse...
The Arabs did not expect that the Tang army was so brave and fearless and dared to seek death to block the mountain pass. They also did not expect that although the Tang army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, its equipment was much better than them!
Their scimitars slashed at Tang Jun's armor, which could only explode a ball of sparks, but could not hurt Tang Jun's body. And Tang Jun's horizontal sword slashed at them, whether it was leather armor, Zha armor, or armor.
The chain armor passed by flatly, cutting them into pieces easily like cutting through wadding...
The Arabs, who once dominated the world, were proud at heart. They believed that as long as they could occupy the Western Region and cross the green mountains, the distant and fertile eastern land would tremble under their iron hooves, conquer it and spread the faith of the Prophet throughout the world.
On that land, things are naturally easy.
Even the dominant Persian dynasty was wiped out by their cavalry and scimitar, so why are they just Han people?
Although facing the sudden increase in casualties at this moment, instead of making the Arabs feel fear, it actually inspired their pride and bloodshed!
They shouted slogans that the Tang army could not understand, and each of them charged with red eyes and fearless death, trying to use wheel tactics to completely overwhelm and destroy the Tang army guarding the mountain pass.
The mountain pass at this moment is like a huge stone mill. The strong shields and sharp horizontal knives are like millstones. Countless Arab soldiers charged bravely without fear of death, but they all suffered head injuries and bloody injuries in front of this millstone, and their limbs were cut.
Grind into the grinding disc, cut, squeeze and crush.
Broken limbs and internal organs were piled all over the mountain pass. The two sides were constantly moving their positions. In order to prevent the other party from stepping on the corpses and occupying a higher height and swooping down, the Tang army slowly retreated while killing.
The sword shines like a sword, and the blood gushes out like a spring.
The red-eyed Arabs rushed forward one after another. They stepped on Pao Ze's body and the pool of blood. They charged with red eyes, but in the end they were unable to break through the Tang army's array.
The rock-like Tang people clung to the mountain pass, all covered in blood and even covered with minced meat and organs, but like the god of death, they blocked the Arabs' footsteps.
The two sides started fighting to the death in this narrow mountain pass. The screams of killing were shocking and earth-shattering. It was originally a beautiful and quiet scenery on earth, but now it is like hell. Even the river in the mountain pass that originates from the Atami has been gushed.