Clang!
Faisal slowly took out the scimitar on his back. Amid the sound of metal clanging, he unsheathed the scimitar and raised it above his head.
"Move out!"
Boom! The river of ice shattered as Faisal swung down his scimitar and charged forward. Behind him, the ten thousand Mamelukes who were born to fight and had an instinct for slaughter roared and charged out of the camp like a tide.
… …
Whoosh!
The moment the Mamelukes began to move, Wang Chong's eyes and ears focused on their surroundings. On the Tang Dynasty's side, Wang Chong, Gao Xianzhi, and Cheng Qianli immediately sensed something and turned to look.
"Milord, the Mamelukes have moved out!"
Xue Qianjun said.
The Sassanid Dynasty messenger from Khorasan had given the Tang Dynasty a great deal of information. Thus, even though this was the first time the Mamelukes had entered the field at Talas, all the top-class generals of the Tang Dynasty had immediately recognized them.
"Banahan, I'll have to trouble you to make a trip."
Wang Chong suddenly said.
"Haha, I've heard of the Mamelukes of Arabia a long time ago. To be able to fight with them at Talas can be considered fulfilling one of my dreams."
Banahan faintly smiled as he rode away.
The greatest weakness of the Wushang Cavalry was that they lacked Brigadier Generals. This was also because Wang Chong was too inexperienced in the army and did not have any subordinates of this level. Thus, pairing the Wushang Cavalry with a Brigadier General had been a decision that Wang Chong had made after much thought.
Banahan was a powerful and renowned general of the Western Regions. More importantly, Wang Chong had helped Banahan fulfill the long-cherished wish of this Ferghanan chieftain and bring the Great Fire Crow Art to the highest level.
This was why Wang Chong had chosen him.
Di da da!
At the rear of the army, a warhorse sneezed and kicked its hooves, its mane fluttering in the wind. At the very front of the army, Banahan and Cui Piaoqi stood side by side. Behind them were ten thousand Wushang cavalry. After the tempering of war, this army had grown even more powerful, especially in the battles against the Mutri Great Cavalry, the Celestial Wolf Cavalry, and other top cavalry of the world. This army had honed their skills and developed an aura that could look down on the world.
There was no one in the world that the Wushang Cavalry could not defeat.
"Everyone, listen up! Let's go! "
With a solemn expression on his face, Cui Piaoqi said his last words as he abruptly pulled out his longsword. The sharp WuZi Steel Sword flashed a glimmer of dazzling cold light under the gloomy and cold sky. Rumble, in the next moment, the earth shook and the sky shook. More than ten thousand Wushang Iron Cavalry formed into formations, and like thunder, they suddenly leaped out from the rear of the army.
Neeeigh! There was an earth-shattering neigh, and in the next instant, time seemed to stop. As countless people watched, a black warhorse covered in armor suddenly shot out of a gap in the first defense line, its pitch-black eyes clearly reflecting the dense ranks of Arab cavalry and the countless scimitars in their hands.
Boom!
The warhorse crashed into an Arab horseman outside the defense line, sending him and his horse flying. At the same time, clang! A pitch-black war halo erupted from beneath the hooves of the warhorse. In a flash of light, this massive war halo was as sharp as a sword, instantly cleaving two approaching Arab horsemen in two.
"Rumble!"
The earth rumbled, and as the warhorse landed, time returned to normal. The ten thousand Wushang Cavalry charged into the sea of Arab cavalry outside the defense line.
"Ah!"
Screams resounded over the battlefield as the ten thousand Wushang Cavalry began to topple the previously unstoppable Arab cavalry like dominoes. Four thousand, six thousand, eight thousand … the Arabs outside the defense line were dying at an astonishing rate.
For the first time since the start of the battle, the Wushang Cavalry had reached the level of ten thousand. This was a qualitative change, and the ten thousand Wushang Cavalry were on a completely different level in terms of momentum, offense, and ferocity.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! It's the Tang Dynasty cavalry! "
"Run! We're simply no match for them!"
"Have the Mamelukes deal with them!"
… …
The Arab cavalry outside the defense line were in chaos, and the soldiers of the Governor of Iron and Blood were fleeing as if they were the plague.
From the start of the battle until now, all the soldiers under Abu Muslim's command had witnessed the terror of the Wushang Cavalry. Countless soldiers in the army had died to their swords, and in terms of pure lethality, they were basically a moving ballista of the Tang.
Rumble! Dust churned as the ten thousand Wushang Cavalry charged through the army, sending the Arabs into disarray as they charged toward the Mamelukes.
"Huoba Sangye, you should go as well. We can't miss out on this feast."
Dalun Ruozan suddenly said.
Rumble! A few moments later, the earth quaked and dust roiled as the six-thousand-some Mutri Great Cavalry left the camp, transforming into a flood of flames that followed the Mamelukes and charged forward.
"Shamshak, Chekun Benba, the two of you go as well!"
Duwusili stood not far from Ouzan, his eyes flashing as he gave the order.
In this three-way alliance, the Arabs had already dispatched nearly ninety percent of their soldiers, and even Ouzan had taken part. Duwusili naturally wouldn't leave any room for gossip.
A few moments later, there was another massive rumble as the five thousand Celestial Wolf Cavalry charged forward like water pouring out of a sluice gate.
The mood on the battlefield once more grew tense. Ten thousand Wushang Cavalry, ten thousand Mamelukes, six thousand Mutri Great Cavalry, and five thousand Celestial Wolf Cavalry — this was a battle between the best cavalry in the world, and it quickly became the focus of everyone's attention.
"Rumble!"
As the army approached, the quaking of the earth intensified and the tension in the air reached its peak.
"Cui Piaoqi, it's all up to you now."
As Wang Chong gazed at that majestic figure in the distance, this thought suddenly flitted through his mind. Every one of the commanders at Wang Chong's side had followed Wang Chong for a very long time, and a significant number of them had participated in the war of the southwest with him, experiencing the cruel and bloody battles of the battlefield. It was precisely because of their shared experiences that Wang Chong had a deep understanding of them, which was why he had given them command of the army.
For someone like Cui Piaoqi, who had almost never interacted with Wang Chong before, to command Wang Chong's most elite Wushang Cavalry was something that had never happened before. But even though Cui Piaoqi didn't have any astonishing accomplishments, Wang Chong's trust in him was no less than that of Li Siye or Xu Keyi.
Cui Piaoqi was different from the others at Wang Chong's side. When Wang Chong had first met him in Wushang Village, he had already been very strong, but this was not the true reason Wang Chong had chosen him. The most important reason was that Cui Piaoqi was born to be the most outstanding and valiant commander.
He had a keen perception and learning ability that no one else could compare to. In his last life, Cui Piaoqi had been the strongest general under Wang Chong's command. He was completely capable of commanding an army and assuming sole responsibility, not much inferior to Wang Chong.
"Second Brother, I hope you'll do as I said and really give those things to him."
As Wang Chong muttered to himself, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. For some reason, Wang Chong recalled a scene from more than two months ago.
"Little Brother, what is this?"
In the Qixi Protectorate headquarters, Wang Bei stared in confusion at the thick stack of paper that Wang Chong had handed him.
"Second Brother, help me preserve these things. After a while, someone will arrive here, and I need you to personally deliver these things to him. If there's anything he doesn't understand, I hope that you can tell him everything, no matter how big or small. "
Wang Chong earnestly said.
Wang Bei was bewildered, but in the end, he nodded.
… …
Cui Piaoqi's talent and comprehension ability on the battlefield were second only to his own, and Wang Chong had originally wanted to avoid involving him in this war. But when the nest was overturned, how could any eggs remain unbroken? If reinforcements were needed for the Talas War, the one Wang Chong hoped to send was Cui Piaoqi.
"Rumble!"
The two supreme armies of the east and west were getting closer and closer, and the energy on both sides was getting stronger and stronger. Roooar! The aura of the ten thousand Mamelukes grew heavier and heavier, their halos vibrating more and more intensely, and the light above their heads grew dimmer and dimmer.
From a distance, one could see an invisible shroud of light enveloping the entire Mameluke army, making it seem like a completely different world.
Terrifying roars could be heard from within the shroud of light. This was the sound of a world of death.
At this moment, the Mamelukes seemed to have connected the two worlds of life and death. The power of an ancient civilization from several thousand years ago had been concentrated on the bodies of these most elite, most terrifying, and most bloodthirsty Mamelukes. When the ten thousand Mamelukes charged together, their momentum was enough to topple mountains and overturn seas. It was like anyone who stood in their way, whether living or dead, would be flung into that dreadful world of death!
Two hundred zhang, one hundred zhang, fifty zhang …
The distance was closing!
Deputy Commander Faisal's eyes were cold and sinister, a bloodthirsty smile on his lips. At this distance, he could clearly see every soldier of the Wushang Cavalry. Their aura, equipment, strength, the intensity of their halos, and the valiant will they exuded … they truly surpassed any army they had encountered before.
Faisal did not doubt that such an army and such fierce cavalry would be able to smash a mountain into pieces if they charged at such a high speed.
"But the more they're like this, the more worth killing!"
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