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Chapter 48: All-out attack

The retreat of the cavalry is the same as that of the infantry, and it is orderly, showing good training and winning the praise of the other party.

"Sir, the third round is about to be a battle of equipment. It's time for our catapult to fight." The general of the Arab Empire said excitedly: "The stones thrown by our catapult are very heavy and far away. Even the city walls cannot resist. When the Tang army encounters our catapult, there will definitely be heavy casualties."

The Arab Empire's catapult is the best in the world, with great power and long range. The stones thrown out are very heavy, even if the city walls encounter catapults.

Arab trench manufacturing technology is famous all over the world, and this is not something to be said.

The reason why the Southern Song Dynasty perished was closely related to the Arab slashing force.

Lu Wenhuan guarded Xiangyang for several years and fought with great success. The Mongols attacked many times, but he shattered them, leaving the Mongols helpless. Although Lu Wenhuan later became a traitor, his contribution to guarding Xiangyang was not to be erased.

Kublai Khan had no choice but to transfer trenchers from the Arab region. At that time, the Mongols had conquered the Middle East, so it was not difficult to transfer trenchers from here.

After these trench machine manufacturers came to Mongolia, they created the famous "Hui Hui cannon", which was actually a large trench machine. The Mongolians formed a Hui Hui cannon army and had a large number of Hui Hui cannons, which were specially used to deal with the cities of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although the Song Dynasty did not achieve decent martial arts and always failed in foreign wars, it had advanced city building techniques and was extremely solid and difficult to destroy. Without these Hui artillery, the Mongols could not have the strong city of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The first battle was that a large number of Hui artillery were concentrated outside Xiangyang City and launched an attack on Xiangyang City. The movement was too loud and shocking, destroying the fortifications on which the Xiangyang defenders relied on.

Lu Wenhuan was frightened by this and surrendered.

As soon as Xiangyang was lost, the northern gate of the Southern Song Dynasty was opened, and the Mongolian army went straight to the south of the Yangtze River. It eventually destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty.

When it comes to trenchers, the Arab Empire generals were full of confidence. They had absolute confidence to defeat the Tang army.

"The catapult is our treasure. Of course, we have to go to fight, but we can't fight like this." Gu Taibai's eyes shining brightly, and a sneer flashed across the corner of his mouth, saying, "The order: The whole army attacks! This time, we must catch the Tang army off guard. We will definitely defeat the Tang army."

"My wise." The generals praised it in unison and were very happy.

"The infantry and cavalry of the Tang army are not worse than us. If we dispatch elite troops, we are more likely to beat us. Unfortunately, the battlefield is not a competition of troops, but also coordination and strategy of troops. Li Longji, you must have never imagined it." Gu Taibai said proudly.

With the order, all the Arab Emperor teams were dispatched to start the array.

The ones clothed at the front are heavy cavalry.

Heavy cavalry is one of the ace troops of the Arab Empire. It is the treasure of the Arab Empire and is mainly used to rush into the formation.

Heavy cavalry are people and horses, all wearing heavy armor to protect their bodies. Hundreds and thousands of heavy cavalry charge forward, like a tide of overwhelming seas, which is unstoppable.

It is precisely because of the sharpness of heavy cavalry that the Arab Empire is so proud of.

The heavy cavalrymen were wearing heavy armor and the horses were wearing thick vests, shining brightly, emitting cold light in the sunlight, which made people scatter.

"Tang Army, I will let you know how powerful our heavy cavalry is." Gu Taibai looked at the extremely purged heavy cavalry and suddenly became heroic.

Then there are the knife hands and the archers line up in sequence.

The second is the trencher. The trenchers were assembled and stood on the ground, like ancient ferocious beasts, which was very terrifying. The trenchers of the Arab Empire were not only used to attack cities, but also to fight field battles. Therefore, the Arab Empire had a large number of trenchers. At first glance, there were so many trenchers.

The cavalry protected the wings.

Just as Gu Taibai made the decision to attack the entire army, Li Longji also made the same decision.

"In this third formation, the entire army attacked and caught Dashi off guard." Li Longji said immediately.

"Haha!" The generals laughed in unison. They had been looking forward to this matter for a long time. Who wouldn't be happy?

With Li Longji's order, Tang army drove out from the city one by one and lined up outside the city.

The front is Mo Dao Hand. Thousands of Mo Dao hand hold Mo Dao hand in hand, lined up in an orderly manner. Mo Dao is shaky and very terrifying.

Behind Mo Dao Hand is the knife hand archer, and then the crossbow formation. The two wings are protected by cavalry.

"Heavy cavalry." The generals of the Tang army commanded the Tang army to form a formation while looking at the Arab Empire formation. When they found the heavy cavalry, they couldn't help but laugh: "This is a broken thing abandoned by the Tang Dynasty. The big cannibal actually picked it up and used it, which is ridiculous!"

Heavy cavalry once flourished in Chinese history, especially during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which was the golden period of heavy cavalry. At that time, once a war broke out, it would be a performance of heavy cavalry.

When the Tang Dynasty arrived, heavy cavalry withdrew from the stage of history.

Why did the heavy cavalry, an ancient military that played a huge role in history, withdraw from the historical stage in the Tang Dynasty?

There are many reasons. One of the important reasons is that the invention of the "steel filling method" caused the steel production of the Tang Dynasty to increase sharply, far exceeding any previous dynasty, which led to the birth of the luxurious weapon Modao and was widely used in war. Modao's power is very powerful, and it can not only be used for charge, but also for street fighting. It is not inferior to the power of heavy cavalry and has more uses.

This made it unnecessary for heavy cavalry to exist anymore, so the Tang Dynasty abolished heavy cavalry.

Heavy cavalry charges are very powerful, but they are not flexible enough, which is one of its fatal flaws. Modao is very flexible. In street fighting, Modao can be used in great use, while heavy cavalry is of little use.

When the Modao Battle Formation was widely used, it became inevitable that heavy cavalrymen would withdraw from the stage of history.

Of course, Modao is too heavy and consumes amazing physical strength. Modao's hand cannot hold Modao to chase the enemy, which requires the assistance of light cavalry to drive away the enemy and intercept the enemy. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty had a large number of light cavalry.

"That's Mo Dao?"

"The Chinese are so crazy that they actually use such heavy swords. Are they fighting hard? Can they fight for a long time?"

"Such a heavy sword is of great power, but it cannot last long, and it cannot be pursued. It is useless."

At the same time, the generals of the Arab Empire discovered the Tang army's Modao battle formation and were very disdainful.

Although they had heard of the power of the Modao Battle Formation, they had never seen it with their own eyes or experienced it with their own eyes, and they didn't care at all.

"The Chinese are really useless. They don't even have heavy cavalry."

"We have heavy cavalry, and we will definitely defeat the Tang army."

The Arab Empire generals had absolute confidence in heavy cavalry.

"I heard that China's Modao Battle Formation and cavalry cooperated with it, it was extremely powerful, and I don't know whether it was true or not." Gu Taibai had known the usage of the Modao Battle Formation for a long time, but he just didn't believe it as powerful as the rumored one.

After a sarcasm, Gu Taibai looked at the crossbow formation again, and his eyes flashed with a gleam, saying, "That is the crossbow formation of the Tang army. I heard it is very powerful. No matter whether it is a human or a horse, it cannot resist it. I just don't know who is stronger or weak compared to our catapult? Well, it should be inferior to our catapult."

Gu Taibai also knew about the crossbow formation of the Tang army and had long heard of the legend of the crossbow formation. However, he had greater confidence in the catapult, because the Tang army's crossbow formation could not compare with the catapult in terms of range alone. Because the catapult can be used to attack the city wall, and strong crossbows cannot attack the city wall. Based on this alone, Gu Taibai thought that the catapult was better.

"That's the big cannibal's trencher. I wonder how powerful it is?" The general of the Tang army looked at the trencher and was a little surprised.

"The range of the catapult is farther than our strong crossbow. Therefore, when encountering a catapult, you must first attack and take the initiative to attack." A glimmer flashed in Li Longji's eyes, reminding the generals.

The range of a powerful crossbow is more than one mile or two, while the range of a catapult is even longer. When encountering a catapult, you must first attack and not let the catapult work. Otherwise, failure may not necessarily lead to a considerable price.

Soon, the two armies were deployed in formation.

Gu Taibai slapped his horse, came to the front of the formation, shouting: "Li Longji answered."

Li Longji rode Zhaoye Lion King to the front of the formation. Gu Taibai's eyes suddenly fell into it, his face was so painful that he exclaimed: "Zhaoye Lion King."

The Night Lion King was Yusufu bribed Wu Sanshui to assassinate the Mi Nirvana Master. There were not ten such good horses in the Arab Empire. Gu Taibai knew about the Night Lion King. Not only did he know, but he was also very envious. At this time, he could not help but be surprised when he saw the Night Lion King.

"Thank you for giving the horse." Li Longji teased.

Gu Taibai's face turned red, surpassing the cockscomb. The Arab Empire's assassination of the Nirvana Master was destroyed by Li Longji. Li Longji's words were like a loud slap in the face, making Gu Taibai's face hot and uncomfortable.

"Li Longji, you don't keep your promise." Gu Taibai took a breath, forced himself to calm down, and loudly accused Li Longji: "The three formations that had been agreed to fight, and the third round of equipment comparison, why did your entire army appear?"

"Gu Taibai, there is a saying in our Tang Dynasty that is good, 'You must be a bitch and a archway', you are such a person." Li Longji sneered: "You obviously want to take advantage of the third round of battle to catch us off guard and order the entire army to dispatch, but you still have the nerve to blame us."

"I... am sending troops to protect the catapult." Gu Taibai didn't want to admit it.

"I know you have the courage to do it, but I don't have the courage to admit it. I have to say more to you." Li Longji said coldly: "You have a great trick, just use it, let's continue."

After saying a word, he didn't care about Gu Taibai's reaction and returned to the formation with a slap in the back.
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