Chapter 24 Battle of Gul (Part 2)
At this time, Yousuf was like a cockfighting with a fierce fighting spirit, with a strange look in his eyes.?
He slapped the horse's back and came to the front of the formation. He was about to ask General Tang to come out to answer, but at this moment, Zhang Shuo arrived on a horse.
The two of them had their eyes wide open, and their eyes were focused on each other, with their brilliance shining, wandering around each other, as if they wanted to see through each other.
After a while, the two nodded at the same time, with no lack of appreciation.
"It is domineering, extraordinary, and has the power of swallowing the rivers and mountains. Good! Great! Great!" Zhang Shuo focused on the key points and did not hesitate to praise Yousuf.
Although Yousuf was ambitious and wanted to fight the Tang Dynasty and enslave China, he could also appreciate it as an opponent.
This praise was sincere, and Yousuf was stunned when he heard it, and said, "Thank you General Zhang for praise. I, Yousuf, have one eye, have one leg, and are hunched over. I am despised. General Zhang actually praised me. I really couldn't imagine."
Although Yousuf is notorious, he is an ugly person. He is not blind but also a limp leg and a hunchback. It can be said that Yousuf is extremely annoying, just in terms of appearance.
Zhang Shuo actually praised him sincerely. As an opponent, Zhang Shuo was really surprised that he did not catch his flaw and attacked him.
"General Yousufu, I believe that based on your understanding of the Tang Dynasty, I know that there is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that is good, 'Do not judge heroes by origin'. In the Tang Dynasty, there is no restriction on family background. As long as you are talented and virtuous, you can rise to the top." Zhang said with a joke: "If a person is beautiful, but without talent or virtue, everything he does is despicable, his uglyness is far more beautiful. Although a person is unbearable, he is broad-minded, talented and virtuous, and has a strong spirit. Looking down on all the heroes, he is also a great man. This is the case with the general."
Yusufu bowed to Zhang Shuo. With a deep bow, a strange look flashed through his eyes and said, "I, Yusufu, have been ugly all my life, and I am despised. Only the wise and great Caliph appreciates me. Today, General Zhang's words are the most heartwarming words outside the Caliph. Yousufu thanked me here."
Yusuf's life was legendary. Although he was extremely talented, he was far beyond ordinary people, especially his eloquence and eloquence. No one was his opponent. However, his appearance was too ugly, which made him despise and looked down upon, which caused him to suffer a lot. It was almost impossible to support himself, but with the help of his friends, he finally got the position of teacher.
It was not until he met the Caliph Malik that he became successful, rose to prominence and was entrusted with important tasks. With his extraordinary talent, he made many great contributions and thus he has today's status.
Zhang said this and said that it reached his heart. Yousufu, who has always been happy and angry, also had a warm current flowing in his heart: "It's a pity that I and the general are enemies but not friends, otherwise we will become friends."
"You and I are destined to be enemies but not friends. It is impossible to make friends with each other, but I can appreciate it." Zhang Shi shook his head and said.
"General Zhang is right! You and I are destined to not be friends, but only enemies, and I can only talk about this praise today." Yousuf pointed to the point and said, "Give me wine, I will drink three drinks with General Zhang."
"That's the point." Zhang said he focused his attention and agreed happily.
Both of them are great men, and when they meet, they have a great sense of mutual appreciation. However, they are destined to be enemies and cannot be friends. Being able to drink three cups in front of the formation is also a great pleasure in life.
The soldiers of the Arab Empire brought the wine, Yusuf took it, poured two cups, served one cup himself, and handed the other cup to Zhang and said.
Zhang said in his hand, and signaled to Yousufu, saying, "Please!"
"Please!" Yousuf raised his glass and said, raising his neck and drinking dry, looking happy.
Zhang said, drinking it dry, lit the bottom of the cup, and laughed: "Today, drink hard with the general in front of the formation, and sacrifice his life to fight again, I am sure that life is a happy thing!"
"I, Yousuf, have been living all my life, sweeping thousands of troops, and have never met an opponent. However, when I meet a general today, I will fight with all my might." Yousuf laughed and said, "If life is like this, what regrets will you regret!"
The two of them drink two more glasses and three glasses of wine.
Zhang said: "I have drunk the general's fine wine. Now I still ask the general to drink three cups of my fine wine, which is considered a return gift."
With a wave of his hand, the soldiers of Tang Jun came over with a wine pot. Zhang said he took it in his hand, filled two cups, served one cup himself, and handed the other cup to Yousuf, saying, "Please."
Yousuf took it in his hand, and after sniffing it, he felt the mellow fragrance, and he focused his head and said, "I heard that the Chinese wine has been fragrant and mellow, and the fruit is true. Please."
The two of them finished three drinks in a row, staring at each other at the same time.
"The general came from afar, and his journey was unstoppable, but your glory will stop here." Yousufu's eyes burst into light, like a sharp sword, scraping around Zhang Shuo's body.
"The general is ambitious and overestimated. He wants to invade the Tang Dynasty and destroy my China. It is really a dream. Your glory will stop the land under your feet." Zhang said tit-for-tat and said loudly: "And I will lead my army westward to destroy Dashi."
"It is useless to say more, and the truth will be seen on the battlefield." Although Yousufu is very eloquent, he may not win when he meets Zhang Shuo. Instead of having a quarrel, it is better to see him on the battlefield.
"As you wish." Zhang said, pulling the reins of the horse and returning to the formation.
Yousufra turned his horse's head and returned to the formation.
"attack!"
"attack!"
The two of them issued an order to attack at the same time as if they had a tacit understanding.
So, a battle of attacks against attack began. Generally speaking, one side attacks and the other side defends. There are either no or too many battles of attacking at the same time between the two sides.
"Boom!" The first thing that showed its might was the catapults of both sides. The sound of the launcher was earth-shaking, and it was even more powerful than the thunder falling in the sky.
Countless huge stones appeared in the air, drawing beautiful parabolas and attacking the opponent's army formation.
The Arab Empire's catapult target was the powerful crossbow of the Tang army. The powerful crossbow had a long range, strong penetration and terrifying lethality. It was the nemesis of heavy cavalry. If you want to defeat the Tang army, you must first kill the powerful crossbow.
Yousuf's command was very decisive, timely and accurate. The Arab Empire's catapult was very accurate and many powerful crossbows were smashed.
However, this situation did not last long, and the problem arose.
The target of the Tang army's catapult was the catapult of the Arab Empire, because the only one who could suppress the powerful crossbow was the catapult. As long as the catapult of the Arab Empire was killed, the safety of the powerful crossbow could be guaranteed. As long as the strong crossbow was fine, the victory of this battle was extremely high. The heavy cavalry of the Arab Empire was just futile to encounter the crossbow formation.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The Tang army's catapult was longer. The thrown stones were like the size of a millstone. This smash was very powerful and destroyed many catapults of the Arab Empire.
"Can the Chinese trencher really throw so far?" The generals of the Arab Empire saw it and looked in disbelief.
Although they had received military newspapers and knew that the Tang Dynasty's trenchers were even more amazing, they burned Talas with this. However, when they saw it with their own eyes, they still found it incredible.
"Mohamed, you lead the heavy cavalry and destroy the Chinese trenchers." Yusufu's eyes flashed with a sharp light and he ordered loudly.
If the Tang Dynasty's catapult cannot be destroyed, it will suppress the Arab Empire's catapult. The catapult has always been the most powerful long-range attack weapon in the Arab Empire. If it is suppressed, it will lose its long-range attack power.
Youssef's handling is very correct.
"As for the order." Mohammed responded and led a heavy cavalry to rush towards the Tang army's catapult.
"Xue Zhi, you lead the army to fight! Since you are here, don't let them go." Zhang Shi's eyes flashed with light and ordered loudly.
"As for the order." Xue Zhi took the order and led the Tang cavalry to meet the enemy.
"Rumor." The charge of heavy cavalry was earth-shaking, with the power of overwhelming seas, and it rushed in like a rolling tide.
The heavy cavalry of the Arab Empire held spears in their hands, and pointed thousands of spears in front of them. At first glance, it looked like a forest of spears.
For this heavy-armored cavalry, crossbows and bows are useless. The Tang cavalry did not use these two long-range weapons, but instead carried a horse lance and charged against the heavy-armed cavalry.
The two cavalrymen rushed like tides, trying to subdue each other.
Before the two cavalry met, the Tang army's crossbow formation provided strong support to the Tang army's cavalry.
"Strong crossbow, let it go!" With a command, the crossbow formation exerted its might, and countless crossbow arrows suddenly appeared in the air, rushing towards the heavy cavalry like poisonous snakes.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!" The dull sound of flesh sounded, and many heavy cavalry were shot dead and injured.
There were also many people or horses skewed into meat skewers.
For this type of army wearing heavy armor and extremely heavy, although the shooting of powerful crossbows is considerable, it is far from the terrible level of ordinary soldiers. There are only a few people or horses with meat skewers.
Despite this, this round of powerful crossbow shooting still caused many heavy cavalry in the Arab Empire to be killed and injured, and the formation became messy.
"This... how could their powerful crossbow shoot so far?" Yousuf looked in disbelief.
He was determined to conquer and enslave China, so he naturally had to work hard on the Tang Dynasty and knew very well about the powerful crossbows of the Tang Dynasty. He could not shoot so far.
The powerful crossbow is the nemesis of heavy cavalry. He wanted Muhammad to be far away from the crossbow formation, but he did not expect that he would still be covered by the crossbow formation.
"Quick! Bounce!" Muhammad was also stunned, but he was extremely alert and knew very well that when he was not hesitating, the faster he rushed over and fought with the Tang cavalry, the fewer casualties were.
His idea was very good, but it was destined to not be realized. The crossbow formation carried out in turn to shoot. After one round of shooting, the next round of shooting will arrive immediately.
In this way, after several rounds of shooting, heavy cavalry were killed and injured.
The Tang army's crossbow formation stopped, but the Tang army's cavalry arrived and after stabbing the horse spear, they would cut and kill.
This slash and slaughter encountered an opponent because the defense of both sides was amazing. The heavy cavalry had strong defense, which needed to be said. The Tang cavalry wore all the bright light armor, which was the top armor of ancient times, and its defense was extremely impressive.
Both sides have strong defense power, and when they hit each other, the result can be imagined, and the effect is not very good.
However, the number of the Tang army cavalry was superior. After some battles, the heavy cavalry was finally defeated.
Chapter completed!