Outside the tent, there were loud cries and chaos, and the entire camp was trampled on by horses and horses. It was a terrible sight.
Is this still the powerful army that once traversed Europe and Asia and conquered the vast territory of the Arab Empire? It is simply a bunch of rabble, slaughtered like dolphins, dogs and lambs...
Ye Zide's dark and red face was pale and colorless, and the hand holding the saber was trembling slightly.
Is this going to fail?
Is it possible that the entire army will be wiped out?
Was his dream of conquering the world and becoming the heir to the Caliphate shattered?
What particularly puzzled him was that since setting foot in the Western Regions, the Tang army had suffered defeat after defeat and retreat 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 got to the next city, we were still full of morale and held on to the city without any fear.
However, the 200,000 troops under his command were able to cut off the current with whips and run rampant, but why were they so defeated after being suddenly attacked by more than 10,000 Tang troops?
Is it possible that there must be such a big gap between our 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 will have no choice but to 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He hurriedly asked: "Can the troops attacking the city be withdrawn?"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 in the middle. At that time, the Tang army will be surrounded at the cost of casualties, making it difficult for it to fly!
The subordinates beside him said quickly: "The Tang army in Gongyue City has abandoned the city and is holding back the attacking army. They will never be able to come back!"
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, let alone the casualties, the entire army may be annihilated. Therefore, the engineering army can only fight and wait.
Retreat, don't dare to retreat with all your strength.
By the time they withdraw, the Chinese army may have been crushed by the Tang army's armored cavalry...
"Whoaaah!"
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 completely defeated. This situation simply made him feel ashamed!
When news of these achievements came back to Damascus, you can imagine how disappointed his father was with him, and how those opponents added insult to injury and ridiculed...
The personal soldiers were deployed to protect him, 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, with unparalleled impact and lethality, but this also means that it lacks mobility, 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 he 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 and violent attack and rushed out from the west of the enemy's camp, drilling through the entire camp.
More than 10,000 cavalrymen smashed through the enemy camp, then turned around and came back again. Seeing the flames soaring into the sky and the crowds of people in the camp, corpses were lying on pillows, and the troops were defeated like dogs.
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 puffs of white mist erupted 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 clouds swayed in the middle, resounding 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
The army has the advantage of strength. If they attack regardless of casualties, the Youtun Guards will lose the mobility of the cavalry. No matter how sharp the firearms are and how brave the soldiers are, the tiger will not be able to hold off the wolves, and the entire army will be easily wiped out.
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.
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After running less than ten miles, we 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 iron cavalry was clanging, the swords were shining, and the crossbows and arrows were projected into the enemy crowd like thunderstorms. Blood splattered wherever 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 only running for their lives. How could they care about the general's orders?
In the wilderness, heavy snow was falling, and 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 its arms were weak, its legs were weak, and even the horizontal sword in its hand was curled. Finally, it penetrated the enemy's formation, and the Anxi army on the right guard met.
The enemy army was completely defeated and was running away in the snowy night. The Tang army's cavalry was divided into groups of five and ten, and they dispersed to chase the defeated enemy army. Scenes of extremely tragic killings were staged on the vast land...
In front of the formations of the two armies, a blue dragon flag with a swallow-tail-shaped ribbon painted with cross-dragons and a flag with five-color feathers merged together.
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, and the princes were of one color.
This is Fang Jun's flag.
Zhi is the flag of the division commander. Although Xue Rengui is only a Sima of the Anxi Protectorate, he represents Li Xiaogong, the protector of the general.
Under the two flags, Xue Rengui took the lead in jumping off his horse, took two steps forward, knelt down on one knee to perform military salutes, and said loudly: "General Xue Rengui, please greet the Duke of Yue! The entire Anxi army would like to thank the Youtun Guards."
The troops rush thousands of miles to help, and the princes and princes of the Yue Kingdom live for generations, and they are mighty and unparalleled in the world!"
Behind him, countless soldiers of the Anxi army were filled with admiration and excitement, and they all raised their arms and shouted: "Mighty!"
"Must win!"
The huge sound wave shook and rolled in the wilderness, stirring up the snowflakes all over 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 same line as the Tang Army, with great hands and feet! The Anxi Army
I defended the Western Regions alone and fought many bloody battles with powerful enemies without losing any dignity of our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. I admire you very much! Now, your and our armies are united. We should kill the enemy chiefs, expel the Tartars, and recover the country!"
"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.
The Youtun Guard came all the way west and successively annihilated strong enemies in Dadou 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 has already appeared. They have retreated step by step. The humiliation of losing the city and losing the land 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!"