"Ready!"
Wang Chong's order was quickly followed by the creaking of gears. At the very front of the defense line, in the second line of the army, the ballista soldiers got down on one knee and began to load ballista bolts into the ballista with extremely practiced movements. At the same time, the soldiers in front of the steel wall began to push the bolts into the front of the beehives.
Boom! Boom!
The shield-wielding soldiers at the very front leaned forward, their left feet resting on their shields while their right feet straightened. Stellar Energy flowed through their meridians as they began to build up strength.
At almost the same time, clangclangclang! Cold blood-red light flashed through the black storm as the Arab cavalry at the very front pulled out their weapons. These were dark red Arabian scimitars, each one more than three feet long. They were twice the size of a normal Arabian scimitar, but they were also twice as heavy.
The Crimson Moon Scimitars!
These were the weapons used by the Crimson Moon Vanguard of Qutaybah's first line. These weapons had been forged by the best Arabian smiths for three thousand days and nights, adding in many precious metals in between to create these weapons. These weapons were extremely heavy and required enormous arm strength to use. Moreover, these weapons had been used by many Arab armies, but it was the first line under Qutaybah's command, the Crimson Moon Vanguard, that was able to display their full power and make them famous in Arabia.
Each soldier of the Crimson Moon Vanguard had been carefully selected for their outstanding arm strength. In their hands, the heavy Crimson Moon Scimitars were as easy to wield as their own limbs, and they were able to bring out the bloodthirsty nature of the Crimson Moon Scimitars.
It was precisely for this reason that Qutaybah valued the Crimson Moon Vanguard even more. Whenever he attacked a city, he would often send out the Crimson Moon Vanguard as the first wave.
And very few people knew that when the Crimson Moon Scimitars first came out of the furnace, they were a dazzling silver white, just like the silver moon in the sky. But because the Crimson Moon Vanguard had killed so many people, they had turned dark red. Every time they swung the scimitars, the air would be filled with the stench of blood.
This thick and suffocating stench of blood could also cause immense pressure to opponents with weak willpower!
"Kiiiill!" — "
With the Crimson Moon Vanguard leading the charge, countless savage Arab cavalry charged toward the first defense line.
Thirty thousand zhang, twenty thousand zhang, one thousand zhang … the countless Arab cavalry crashed into the Tang dynasty's steel defense line like a massive wave.
Rumble! In that instant, heaven and earth shattered, and all of the steel city walls began to tremble. Even though Zhang Shouzhi had used tens of thousands of kilograms of iron and rocks to reinforce the walls, the entire steel wall still couldn't help but tremble violently.
Buzz!
As the vast Arab army crashed into the Tang Dynasty's defense line, Wang Chong's eyes flashed with cold light and he stomped his foot down. Hong, that stomp seemed to weigh over ten thousand kilograms, and the entire ground was unable to endure such a terrifying force, causing it to tremble violently like a great wave.
In a flash, a white ripple shot out from Wang Chong's foot and assailed the entire Arab army. Bzzz! Time seemed to stop. As countless people watched, the 'sandstorm' that had engulfed the Arab army and concealed them instantly vanished. And under the feet of the Arabs, that shadowy wave-like figure on the ground also vanished.
Boom! There was a heaven-shaking boom as the Crimson Moon Vanguard bore the brunt of the attack, the halos beneath their feet shuddering. In a flash, the light was extinguished and the effect of the war halo was halved.
Behind the Crimson Moon Vanguard, the tens of thousands of Arab cavalry were even more affected. In the blink of an eye, the halos extending from the feet of these hundreds of thousands of Arab cavalry began to flicker like candles in the wind under the effects of the Bane of the Battlefield Halo.
In the Neigh, warhorses neighed, and the orderly Arab army instantly fell into chaos.
"How could this be?"
In the rear of the army, the eyes of the Arab soldiers guarding the rear almost popped out of their sockets at this sight. In their long history, they had never encountered such a situation.
"It's that Tang people Commander!"
Beneath the banner of the Nile, Governor Osman's pupils constricted as he grimaced. His eyes were like torches, and in a flash, he had grasped that the root of the problem lay in the young Tang commander behind the steel wall.
"Interesting! To think that there would be such an ability!"
After his initial shock, Mameluke Commander Aybak licked his lips, an amused look on his face. The Mamelukes were not only obsessed with defeating their strongest foes, but also extremely interested in enemy commanders with special abilities.
"This ability is very special, but it's not impossible to deal with. Leave this person to me!"
At this moment, Governor Osman's eyes flashed with cold light as he attacked. Boom! An enormous energy exploded from Osman's body and soared into the sky. At the same time, there was a metallic clatter and a halo of thick and pitch-black steel began to radiate out from Osman's feet, spreading to the feet of every Arab soldier.
The chaos caused by the weakening of the halos was quickly pacified, and everything returned to its original state.
"Hmph, an insignificant trick. Only so-so!"
Osman's eyes were suffused with disdain and cold laughter, but before he could finish speaking, another invisible energy rippled out. The army that Osman had calmed down began to tremble once more. Without any warning, the auras of all the generals suddenly dropped, and the degree of weakening was even greater than before.
One, two, three, four … all the Arab generals were affected by the halos, their auras rapidly weakening. Without the support of these general halos, the auras of the thousands of Arab cavalry began to weaken, and the sandstorm that had just appeared in the air once more vanished with a pop.
The General Halo!
Wang Chong looked down from atop his White-hoofed Shadow, his eyes bright and his expression frigid.
To a certain extent, the Bane of the Battlefield aura could be nullified. However, it would require a General-level character to do so. However, it was not so easy to nullify the effects of a General Aura. At this level, even a General-level character would find it difficult to nullify the effects of a General Aura. Whether it was the Bane of the Battlefield Halo or the General Halo, the opposing Great General would have to expend a significant amount of energy in order to neutralize the effects of these two halos.
"Let me see just how strong you are!"
Wang Chong indifferently said to himself as he stared across from him.
… …
In the distant Arab camp, Abu Muslim, Osman, Aybak … all of them were paying close attention to this battle. If the appearance of the first halo had not been too noteworthy, then the appearance of the second halo was like a fierce slap to Governor Osman's face.
"Damn thing!"
Osman's face changed crazily. He clenched his teeth, and without the slightest hesitation, rumbled. Another dark red ring of light, thick like blood, shot out from his body, descending to support the entire battlefield.
As one of the most powerful and illustrious governors of the Arabian Empire, Osman rarely gave his army two powerful halos in a row without personally taking action. Even for a powerful governor like Osman, using two halos at the same time was no small burden. But Osman had a proud personality, and he would never allow himself to lose to an eastern infidel commander.
But in the next moment, something that Osman couldn't believe happened. Under the support of the second halo, all of the generals' auras suddenly rose by a level. But it was only a level. They still hadn't returned to their original state.
"This is impossible!"
At this moment, even Aybak grimaced.
He had known Osman for a long time and knew just how powerful he was. Osman might not be as strong as the Governor of War Qutaybah or the Governor of Iron and Blood Abu Muslim, but other than top-class governors, he had very few opponents. To be able to force out two powerful halos from Osman and still be unable to eliminate the negative effects on his soldiers meant that this young commander of the Tang people was far stronger than he had imagined.
"Osman, I'll help you."
Aybak's eyes flashed with cold light as he suddenly attacked. Boom! Aybak's body paused for a moment, and in a flash of light, a silver-white halo as thick as water began to spread across the battlefield.
The combined strength of Osman and Aybak had barely managed to neutralize the negative effects on the generals, but the halos of these generals had still been significantly weakened.
Wang Chong's battle with Osman and Aybak seemed to last a long time, but in reality, only a few moments had passed. In front of the steel defense line, the two armies had already clashed.
"Release!"
A youthful and icy voice resounded over the battlefield. Chen Bin stood upright on a transport carriage with ballistae mounted on it, his sword swinging down.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The earth roared as black ballista bolts shot forward like furious dragons, bursting with destructive energy as they pierced through the air and into the Arab army.
Bangbangbang! Ballista bolts pierced through flesh, each one accompanied by the whinnying of horses and the screams of Arab soldiers. In just one volley, six to seven thousand Arab cavalry had fallen to the ground along with their horses. Behind them, the dense horde of Arab cavalry charged over and trampled over them.
Those Arabs who were still breathing were instantly killed by the trampling of the warhorses.
In the first phase of the battle, the Tang Dynasty had won, but they had also paid an enormous price. Tens of thousands of soldiers had died and countless weapons had been destroyed, including the ballistae that the Tang Dynasty was so proud of. After the war, even though Zhang Shouzhi and the others had done their utmost to repair the three thousand-some of the powerful Tang Dynasty ballistae, they had only been able to assemble a little more than a thousand Tang Dynasty ballistae.
The sharp decline in the number of ballistae had forced Chen Bin to change his strategy. Chen Bin had waited for a long time for this volley, choosing not to fire as he usually did. Instead, he waited for the moment when the soldiers were the most concentrated and fired from the most optimal angle.
In Neigh, warhorses neighed. As more than seven thousand Arab cavalry were shot down, the rest of the cavalry in the rear began to charge forward, causing an even greater disturbance.
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