The golden saint Bagila finally arrived on a war horse. He and the Kshatriya warriors behind him were indeed brave and brave. They shouted the tragic language of Jili Gulu, as if they wanted to kill all these despicable attackers.
Down.
Feng Changqing suddenly blew the bamboo whistle again, and all the enemy's cavalry quickly turned their horses and retreated behind the captain who was carrying the flag on his back. Even during the retreat, they still turned around and fired arrows, continuing to harvest.
with the lives of the North Indian Army.
Bagila angrily took off his treasured bow and chased behind him and shot an arrow, hitting a Tang soldier in the back. The man lay on his horse and fell off at an angle. The other warriors followed him and chased him. You can do it on both sides.
I shot arrows at each other, and the distance between them became wider and wider.
The God of War Bagira probably also knew the principle of not chasing enemies when they were in trouble. He stopped everyone's chasing horses, raised his bow at a forty-five-degree angle, and shot another enemy a hundred steps away before they could escape.
The retreating Tang Army cavalry caused the surrounding North Indian soldiers to raise their spears and cheer, as if they had won a huge victory.
This was a small appetizer before the Battle of Ganges. The North Indian rear army lost thousands of low-caste soldiers. The Tang army lost two people in battle, and they were both shot by Balaji, the god of war. This is enough to show that the Brahmins and the Brahmins
The Tilly class represents India's highest fighting capacity.
Balaji stayed awake amidst the cheers of the soldiers. The Tang army would definitely not attack just this time. He decisively separated half of his personal guards and stayed at the rear of the team, and lined up the war elephants in the marching team.
The east side was used to defend against enemy attacks. It was absolutely impossible for the Tang army to emerge from the Ganges River in the west.
After this small trial, the Tang Army had a preliminary understanding of the combat effectiveness of the North Indian Army. It was only the small group of Kshatriya officers and bodyguard Vaishya soldiers. Most of the Vaishyas and Shudras had no protection and weak will to fight.
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Feng Changqing also discovered the biggest problem with the North Indian army, which was that the standardization of cold weapons had not been completed. They could not find two identical weapons in the hands of the enemy. The spears in the hands of the soldiers were of different lengths.
Their armor and weapons all have their own unique characteristics. Even the officers are the same. A wealthy officer may be holding a broad-edged long sword with a gold handle. His sword hilt is even engraved with an ingenious cobra.
Relief. The other officer may be holding a soft sword or double knives. The obvious difference in weapons prevents them from forming a tight and effective battle formation.
Bows and arrows are most affected by standardization. As we all know, strong bows should be equipped with heavy arrows. The arrows used in two-stone bows, one-stone bows, and badou bows are different. The craftsmen of the Beidu Ordnance Supervision customized two standards for the Tang Army's standard bows.
The length of infantry longbows is nine buckets, and the number of cavalry horn bows is eight buckets. All kinds of crossbows and horn bows are standardized. In this way, the arrows of all longbows can be used in common. Similarly, the arrows of all horn bows can be used in common.
It can be used universally. Only by completing the standardization can the unified accuracy of bows and arrows be guaranteed, and the intensive strike of crossbows can be formed.
The uniform standard for military weapons did not originate from the Tang Dynasty. Thousands of arrowheads unearthed from the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses were measured with a vernier caliper, and the size error of the arrowheads was within one millimeter. This is enough to show that the Qin Dynasty was the earliest era to complete the standardization of cold weapons.
In this way, Feng Changqing became more confident about victory. In order not to give the enemy a chance to breathe, he ordered his scouts to detect the changes in the enemy's formation and then reworked his attack plan.
"This time the harassment was divided into two batches. The first batch used the light cavalry of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion to harass the war elephants. The second batch used the cavalry bombardment team to use fierce fire and thunder to scare the elephants, causing them to turn around and go back to trample on their own people."
The Thousand Cavalry Battalion lined up on the grassy slope. After Feng Changqing's whistle blew, they rushed towards the enemy's long column marching by the Ganges River.
This time the reaction of the North Indian Army was much sharper than last time. The war elephants marching in a long line quickly changed their direction. The driver sitting in the rattan basket stabbed the elephant's head with a long pick, causing the elephants to
Counterattack in the direction of the Tang Army's cavalry.
When the Qianqi Battalion was more than 70 steps away from the enemy war elephant, they began to fire arrows together. However, the elephant was indeed rough-skinned and thick-flesh, and the arrows hanging on the elephant only caused bleeding. There were also a few on the elephant's back.
The archer was shot down and fell out of the rattan basket.
The drivers stabbed the elephants' heads hard with their long picks, causing them to rush forward in pain, and the distance between the two sides gradually came closer.
When Bagira heard the damn whistle sounded again, these Tang troops would never dare to confront them head-on, so they quickly turned their horses and retreated.
Another Tang army cavalry took over and rushed towards the elephant formation. The two sides were more than 70 steps away. These Tang soldiers took out the black iron balls from the cowhide bags on their waists, lit the twisters with fire sticks, and held them in the hand.
He rushed forward another twenty steps, and at the same time waved his arms to throw the iron ball.
Unknown things are always scary. When the iron balls landed at the foot of the elephant array, the heads of all the North Indian army generals were buzzing, fearing that green miasma or some poisonous snakes and scorpions would emerge from them.
Thunderous explosions exploded on the ground, rolling into flames, and their heads were really buzzing. Hot fire oil spattered and burned on the elephant's legs or body.
The elephants immediately let out a long and mournful hiss, and were so frightened that they turned around and rushed towards the team on their side. A moment of panic and anger appeared on the face of the God of War Bagira, and he opened his throat and shouted: "Everyone spread out.
, stay away!”
The North Indian soldiers ran in the direction of the Ganges in fear. Behind them were elephants running in fear. They knocked the soldiers down and stepped on them with their thick feet. The fast-running soldiers stumbled into the Ganges.
The body bobbed up and down in the undulating river water, or plunged into the turbid bottom to take a gulp of water.
The Ganges water at this time is still quite clean, and you will not be reborn as an Indian after drinking three bowls of it.
But the elephants also rushed into the river, and the rapid stamping of their feet made the river boil. Some soldiers who fell into the water were just stepped on, and the entire bottom of the water seemed to be smudged with red ink.
Taking advantage of this chaotic moment, the Thousand Cavalry Battalion of the Tang Army came again. This time they used their horse troops in the front to break up the small groups of enemy troops gathered together, and used horn bows and horizontal knives to kill the enemy troops.
The God of War Bagila, with his Kshatriya officer corps and personal guards, came back to the rescue again, waving all kinds of weapons in his hands and rushing towards the Tang Army cavalry. The sharp soft sword he waved in his hand wanted to smash the heads of these sneak attackers.
Cut them all off.
However, Feng Changqing still chose not to confront him head-on. He blew the bamboo whistle and led the cavalry to retreat again.
A flying cavalry officer attempted to attack Bajra before retreating in order to gain the first-class merit. He fired a thunderbolt at him with his horn bow, and more than a hundred cavalry followed him and shot arrows at him.
Bagira wielded his two soft swords to break the flying arrows. Even if the arrows hit him, they would not cause any harm.
Feng Changqing turned around and scolded loudly: "What arrows are you shooting randomly! Don't waste arrows on that golden king's eight-shell! You can't break his armor!"
Bagheera was extremely angry at this loss, waving his riding crop and chasing after him, but the weight of his armor affected his speed, and what was worse was that he rode ahead during the chase. He knew that he was alone in the battle.
The lives of thousands of cavalrymen were easily in danger, so they had to withdraw.
Feng Changqing looked at the retreating pursuer Bagila behind him, smiled and said to the people around him: "You see, strategy is always more useful than bravery."