"Boom!"
The army came closer and closer like a tide. In just a moment, they had completely entered everyone's field of vision.
An army numbering in the hundreds of thousands was like a tiger, and even though they had clashed with the Arabs many times, this aura was still frightening.
And from the powerful energy seeping out of the army, Wang Chong could tell that the Arab army had gathered even more powerful governors than before.
"Attack!"
At the front of the army, an Arab governor with an aura as vast as the sea unsheathed his sword and pointed it at the majestic city of Talas.
"Kill! — "
With this order, the two carriages of Arab cavalry transformed into a flood of steel that swept past the Arab governor and into the distance. At that moment, the earth was silent, and the entire world lost its color.
After a long period of preparation, the Arabs finally gathered another army and launched an attack on the Khorasan coalition army.
Boom boom boom!
Thirty thousand feet, twenty thousand feet, one thousand feet … Just as they reached the banks of the Tigris River, a massive black metal bridge rose up from the Arab camp, crossing several dozen feet before landing on the other side of the Tigris River. Following a series of earth-shattering battle cries, one warhorse after another quickly stepped onto the iron bridge and charged towards the opposite shore.
The neighing of horses, the clattering of armors, and the shouts of battle rang out.
In an instant, the atmosphere became somber.
One, two, three, four … As the sturdy black iron bridges landed on the opposite bank, a wide path quickly appeared on the Tigris River.
Tens of thousands of warhorses neighed and surged forward.
Five hundred paces, four hundred paces, three hundred paces … the quaking of the earth intensified, but the walls of Talas remained motionless.
One hundred and fifty steps, one hundred and thirty steps, one hundred steps … The distance was getting shorter and shorter, and just when the Arab soldiers were preparing to fire their chains up the walls, the situation suddenly changed.
"Get ready!"
A resounding roar cut through the air like a sharp sword, shattering the silence of Khorasan. With this roar, the silent walls of Khorasan suddenly began to clatter and clatter. This clatter was like a tide, one after another. This unique sound made all the Arab generals uneasy.
A moment later, under everyone's shocked gazes, the walls of Khorasan began to open up, revealing tens of thousands of massive metal machines. At the very front of these machines were sharp crossbows that shone with a dazzling cold light in the morning light.
"Ballistae! — "
Suddenly, a panicked voice resounded through the air. Some soldier who had participated in the Battle of Talas immediately recognized the gap. These were the ballistae of the Tang Dynasty that had struck fear into the hearts of the Arab cavalry.
In the Battle of Talas, just five thousand Tang ballistae had been enough to give the hundreds of thousands of Arab soldiers nightmarish memories, and now, more than ten thousand Tang ballistae had emerged from the gap in the walls of Khorasan.
Even the high walls of Khorasan were covered in the seemingly invincible Tang Dynasty ballistae.
Tens of thousands of Tang Dynasty ballistae had transformed Khorasan into a fortress armed to the teeth. This was an existence that could make even the most resolute of Arab cavalry crumble.
"Retreat! — "
The Arab horsemen who had participated in the Battle of Talas immediately began to flee the battlefield.
Their reaction was very fast, but it was still too slow. Before these soldiers could get very far, boomboomboom! Long ballista bolts were fired from the walls of Khorasan like a swarm of locusts. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Ah!"
Screams and booms filled the air as tens of thousands of soldiers outside Khorasan, caught off guard, were nailed to the ground by ballista bolts along with their horses.
"Release!"
"Release!"
"Release!"
… …
On the high walls, Su Hanshan stood like a god, his sword rising and falling again and again. At this moment, Su Hanshan's eyes were cold and his expression aloof. He was like the god of death of the underworld, proclaiming the fate of the Arabs below the walls.
Boomboomboom!
Wave after wave of ballista bolts rained down on the Arab army on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, dealing them a destructive blow. In just five waves, the vast expanse of the battlefield from the Tigris River to the walls of Khorasan was littered with corpses and rivers of blood.
An army of fifty to sixty thousand men was instantly annihilated and annihilated.
Cold!
Fear!
Trembling!
This hellish scene that had taken place in less than a second made all the Arab cavalry on the western bank of the Tigris River feel like they had been plunged into an icehouse, the tens of thousands of Tang Dynasty ballistae forming a dreadful nightmare. Everyone felt like they were going to stop breathing.
But what was even more chilling was yet to come. Whoosh! Like a fierce gale, countless banners suddenly appeared on the walls of Khorasan like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.
Beneath the war banners were countless figures that occupied every corner of Khorasan's field of vision. The tightly-shut gates of Khorasan were suddenly flung open, and countless soldiers of the coalition army surged out.
One hundred thousand, two hundred thousand … countless soldiers poured out of the city. At a glance, the number of coalition soldiers in the city was on par with the Arab cavalry outside.
Not only that, as the coalition soldiers poured out, many Tang Dynasty ballistae were also transported out of the city.
"Let's go! Let's go! "
All the Arabs were dumbstruck by this sight. They had originally believed that the Arabs had the advantage in numbers, but the situation was completely different from what they had imagined. In a flash, the courage they had felt when they had set out vanished. Before the battle had even begun, the morale of the hundreds of thousands of Arab cavalry had already plummeted to rock bottom.
Hong long, the army was defeated like a landslide. The first to lose their morale and run away were the cavalry at the back of the army. Then, all of the cavalry looked terrified and retreated even faster than when they had come.
Clangclangclang! The Arab generals, fearing that Khorasan would pursue them, unsheathed their swords and swiftly cut down the cavalry on the western bank of the Tigris River before fleeing with the rest of the army.
Bang!
All the soldiers on the eastern bank of the Tigris River roared with laughter at this sight. Not so long ago, the Arabian Empire, which had been unparalleled in siege strategy, had finally had such a day. Before they could even get close, they had been utterly routed, the entire line crumbling before the morale of the coalition army.
"Don't chase a cornered enemy! Let them go! With this lesson, I'm confident that they won't dare to attack us for a very long time! "
On the high walls, Wang Chong faintly smiled, his expression composed and composed. He exuded the aura of a strategist who could determine victory from a thousand li away. It was like there was nothing in the world that he could not predict.
"Preparedness leads to success, and unpreparedness leads to failure. I very much like Milord's words. The Arabs believed that their comeback would allow them to wash away their shame, but alas, they had no idea that their actions were all within Milord's calculations. Alas, the Tigris River is outside the city. Otherwise, I would have never let go of this chance and would have pursued them all the way! "
Bahram, standing next to Wang Chong, couldn't help but chuckle as he watched the Arabs retreat.
Bwoooom!
With Wang Chong and Bahram's orders, a horn blared through the city, and all the pursuing soldiers immediately sounded the horn to retreat. At the same time, they began to clean up the battlefield and retrieve the precious ballista bolts.
After several months of managing Khorasan, Wang Chong had transported tens of thousands of ballistae and nearly one million ballista bolts to this strategic fortress. This was the most important part of Wang Chong's management of Khorasan, and now, everything was finally being used.
Bang!
As the army withdrew, Khorasan erupted in heaven-shaking cheers. All the residents knew the result of this battle and were in high spirits.
… …
"A bunch of useless things!"
At the same time, in the distant Baghdad, the Caliph of Arabia received the news from the frontlines. Bang! A majestic storm of energy erupted from the body of the supreme ruler of Arabia, causing the entire Arab Imperial Palace to tremble.
In the Imperial Palace, all the maids, guards, and even the ministers, generals, and nobles were sent flying like broken kites in the face of this unstoppable force, crashing into the ground and walls around them. Some of the weaker maids and guards even fainted on the spot.
"Your Majesty!"
Looking at the furious Caliph in the hall, everyone was filled with fear. They didn't even dare to wipe the blood off their faces as they knelt on the ground.
"We have the world's largest empire, the largest elite army, the largest number of governors and Great Generals, and countless generals. Do you think we can't even deal with a puny Young Marquis of the eastern world?"
Mutasim III was on the verge of exploding from rage.
From the moment he had ascended to the throne, Arabia had always been successful in every endeavor. 'Conquer as soon as you see' was a true example of Mutasim III. Countless powerful empires had been reduced to ashes by the Arab armies and hooves, forced to kneel and submit. But when they ran into the armies of the Tang Dynasty, everything came to a screeching halt.
In just half a year, three large-scale battles had all ended in defeat. And this was only one of the armies of the Tang Dynasty in the east! If the Tang Dynasty of the Central Plains mobilized all its forces, would he be able to escape from Baghdad?
"Your Majesty, it is not that we are too weak, but that our opponents are too strong. Khorasan has prepared tens of thousands of Tang Dynasty ballistae and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. We … "
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