The Tang army's crossbowmen advanced and retreated in a very orderly manner. First, the Fuyuan crossbow with a range of 300 steps was fired. The long crossbow arrows drew an arc and flew towards the enemy, causing hundreds of Dashi cavalry who were synchronized with the light armored infantry to be shot down. The Dashi people were shocked by the long-range attack of the Tang army. They immediately adjusted their formation, and the cavalry moved backwards, and the light armored shield soldiers were at the forefront.

When they reached two hundred steps, the Tang army's crossbow began to show their power. The dense crossbow arrows passed through the cracks of the shield and above the enemy's heads. Infantry soldiers began to fall into the ground by arrows. The speed of the Dashi Army's advance slowed down significantly. At 120 steps, all the crossbows, including horned crossbows, single crossbows, etc. were fired at the same time. The powerful crossbow arrows even shot through the shield. The Dashi soldiers in the front were like rows of cut crops.

At eighty steps, the Tang army's archers began to fire. The archers' archers' rushing speed was significantly higher than that of the crossbowmen. The feathered arrows were like heavy rain. Although the giant cannibals were protected by the giant shield, they still could not escape the pervasive arrows. The soldiers in the first square formation were completely swallowed by the arrow rain.

In the right-wing cavalry legion of Dashi, Moyali stared at the Tang army's crossbows and shot in turn, arrows covering the sky, and the inferiority of ranged weapons made his eyes spurt fire.

He grabbed the horn and blew it to the sky. The low horn sound of the horn spread throughout the battlefield. The ten thousand Sassanian cavalry behind him rushed out, waving the sharp Damascus scimitar, like a strong wind rising from the ground, heading towards the left-wing strike of the Tang army.

The light armored soldiers and cavalry also accelerated at the same time, throwing guns like rain, stabbing densely at the Tang army's crossbowmen. Salts and injuries began to occur in the Tang army's camp, and the enemy's advance was less than fifty steps.

As the Tang army's drums rang out, the Tang army's formation changed again. The crossbowmen retreated like a tide. The Tang army's spear barracks emerged, and five thousand spearmen formed a gun formation. The standard spears stabbed in obliquely like dense forests, exuding a powerful murderous aura.

‘Boom!’ There was a loud bang in the ground, like two huge waves colliding. The light-armored infantry of the Dashi Army and the Longxiang Spearmen of the Tang Army were close contact. This was a contest of strength and discipline. Even though they knew they were dead, they would never take a step back. One soldier fell down and another person immediately made up. The two Longxiang Spearmen of the Tang Army were all Han people. The soldiers were from Fengxiang and Kaiyang counties, and were trained by veteran Li Fei Yuanli. This is a military branch that fights collectively, similar to the Roman legion in the West. However, unlike the Roman legion, their wings were equipped with one thousand guard cavalry on each wing to prevent enemy cavalry from attacking from the side. These two thousand cavalry did not attack the enemy, but only implemented defensive functions, just like the two protective armors of the Longxiang Spearmen.

Today is the first time that the five thousand Dragon Xiang spearmen have been engaged in actual combat, so they faced the Dashi Army that fought in all directions. Fortunately, the light armored infantry in front of them was not the real Dashi Army, but the Dashi Local Army. Most of the soldiers came from the vassal states such as Tochar, Kang, Shi, and some came from Egypt, and their equipment and combat power were inferior to the Dashi Army.

Under the attack of the Tang army's powerful gun array, the light armored soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the ground was covered with dead bodies, and the formation began to move backwards. At this time, Wang Siyu saw the weak parts of the enemy, and he immediately ordered: "The Second Cavalry Battalion attacked the enemy's infantry sideways."

The red flag was waving, and three thousand cavalrymen were divided from the Tang army, which was fighting against the enemy's left-wing Tochari cavalry, and began to attack the Dashi Light Armored Soldiers from the side.

At this moment, the 10,000 Sassanian cavalry on the right wing of the Dashi Army arrived. Their tactics were the same as those of the Tang army, trying to defeat the Tang army's spearmen from the side. Although this cavalry was not the most elite guards of the Dashi Army, they came from the Sassanian in the Black-clothed Dashi Abbasid Dynasty. Both equipment and training were significantly stronger than the light armored soldiers and Tocharian cavalry. In particular, they were equipped with the best Arab war horses, which made them extremely fast and sensitive.

The Sassanian cavalry divided into two groups, one by six thousand people fighting against the left-wing cavalry of the Tang army, and the other by four thousand people attacked the Tang army's spearmen. Under their powerful impact, they tore open the cavalry guards on the left side of the Longxiang spearmen in a moment.

At this time, Wang Siyu had also discovered the unusual speed and attack power of this big-food cavalry. He immediately ordered: "The crossbow army retreats to the camp, and the Modao army faces the battle!"

With a command, the Modao team turned from the central main formation to the left wing, and they advanced like a wall. Although the Sassanian cavalry had excellent armor, they still suffered heavy casualties in front of the extremely powerful Modao. The main general of the Modao Army was Cheng Lie, the number one general of the Western Liang Army. The Modao Army was composed of all burly men, each with a long hand and strong force. However, Cheng Lie was still one head taller than them, and his physique was as majestic as a god.

Every time his Modao swung a knife, a Sassanian cavalry and his horse were split in half. The Dashi Army flew everywhere and retreated step by step. The route of attacking the spearmen was cut off by the Modao Army. The dead people and horses immediately piled up a wall of flesh and blood, but both sides still stepped on the corpse and moved forward desperately, as if two waves of rage intersected and the waves rolled.

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Sixty thousand troops fought on the three-mile front, while the reserve troops of both armies remained unmoved. Zhang Huan was obsessed with observing the tactical changes and combat effectiveness of the Dashi Army. Although his army had the advantage in number, he did not dare to be careless when fighting against the Dashi Army for the first time and still only carried out a tentative attack. In particular, the Dashi Army had 20,000 cavalry not dispatched, which made Zhang Huan deeply wary and did not dare to easily order the army to press the entire line.

From the current scene, the Tang army has a slight advantage, mainly manifested in infantry, killing the enemy backwards step by step, but the 10,000 cavalry on the right wing of the enemy were quite eye-catching. They were extremely flexible in tactics, taking advantage of the lightning and rapid Arab horses to avoid the frontal edge of the Tang army's Modao Army, and carried out harassing attacks on the Tang army's phalanx formation, sometimes killing towards the spear formation like lightning, sometimes penetrated through the Tang army's left-wing cavalry formation and attacked the Modao Army's back.

Zhang Huan frowned. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the performance of his left-wing cavalry. Under the flexible tactics of the Dashi Cavalry, they seemed very clumsy and rigid in tactics. They seemed to just try their best to maintain their formation, but forgot to fight with the enemy. The left-wing cavalry of the Tang army was 10,000 Qiang soldiers who had just arrived in Anxi. The commander was Wu Gaogeli, the general of the Central Army, or one of his brother-in-laws.

It is precisely because of the poor performance of this left-wing cavalry that the spearmen's offensive momentum against the enemy's light-armed soldiers was weakened. The great situation that could have defeated the light-armed soldiers and won the first battle has now become a stalemate.

Zhang Huan snorted coldly, and immediately turned around and said to his personal soldiers: "Order Wang Siyu to turn to the left wing and replace Ugaugli to command the left wing cavalry."

The personal soldiers took the order and rushed to Wang Siyu and sent an order.

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Like Zhang Huan, Agush was also focusing on observing the battle situation. So far, Moyali's tactical arrangement was pretty good. First, the sharpest bows and arrows of the Tang army were not played too much and then retreated from the battlefield. Secondly, the 10,000 Sassanian cavalry he personally led not only restrained 15,000 Tang army members, but also helped light armored soldiers to assist.

Agush nodded slightly. Although this Moyali was sometimes not very obedient, he had to be very experienced and could be useful. His 20,000 cavalry was even more sharp, but he could compete with 30,000 Tang troops. It seems that it is still unknown who will win the battle with the Tang army this time.

At this moment, a patrolman rushed over and reported in panic: "Your Highness, we found a Tang army of five thousand people going around Shule City from the south."

Agush smiled. He had been on guard against a possible sneak attack from the Tang army. There were still 4,000 guards in the city. The Tang army could not get the city if they only went to 5,000 people.

"But..." the patrolman hesitated and said: "We have also received news that the defeated Shule army is also moving closer to Shule City."

"What!" Agush was shocked. If the Shule people attacked the city, the result would be different. The Shule people in the city would definitely cooperate with them.

Agush grabbed the neck of the patrol general and shouted: "Why didn't you say it earlier!"

"We are not sure." The patrolman replied tremblingly.

"asshole!"

Agush pushed him away and ordered without hesitation: "Order to withdraw the troops!"

He knew very well the consequences of withdrawing the troops at this time that the Light Armies would be wiped out, but Agush did not care about the lives and deaths of these miscellaneous troops at all. He could just withdraw two cavalry.

‘Woo~Woo~’ The low trumpet sound continued to sound, which was the order to withdraw from the battle. Although Moyali was shocked, he did not dare to disobey and immediately ordered the retreat. The Sassanian cavalry and the Tocharian cavalry evacuated almost at the same time. Their horses were very fast and the losses were not great, so they quickly left the front line.

At this time, Wang Siyu ran back to the main formation and reported loudly to Zhang Huan: "Governor, the enemy's retreat in panic must be something wrong with Shule, and we can pursue it at full speed."

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Don't chase after them, let them retreat."

He pointed to the Dashi Light Armored Infantry who was still breaking through: "Encircle them and annihilate them all, and no one is allowed to escape."
Chapter completed!