"Fire!"
Boomboomboom!
The air trembled as thick crossbow bolts whistled through the air like a storm, blotting out the sky and covering the earth as they whizzed out. In a flash, the aura of death in the air became a hundred times thicker. Ballistae! These were the strongest weapons of the Tang Dynasty, weapons of slaughter that could intimidate all the clans, and in Wang Chong's hands, they were like the scythe of the god of death.
In the first battle with Umar, the more than seventy thousand Arab cavalry had crumbled to the dreadful edge of the ballistae.
One thousand five hundred ballistae could kill ten thousand Arab cavalry in a single volley. This was their dreadful power!
Roooar! Arab General Khaled gave a savage roar as he stared at the incoming ballista bolts, his eyes flashing with a fierce light. Boom! A pitch-black light erupted from Khaled's body and rapidly expanded. By the time it landed on the ground, it had transformed into two massive black and red war halos.
The moment these two halos appeared, an invisible energy spread across the battlefield, engulfing the tens of thousands of Arab soldiers of the Iron Beast Army. In the blink of an eye, the Iron Beast Legion's auras more than doubled. A metallic stream of light quickly enveloped all the Iron Beast Legion's soldiers. Not only that, but thousands of miniature black and red war halos appeared beneath their feet, rapidly increasing their strength.
The Iron Beast Halo!
The Dark Blood Shield!
Khaled had instantly used the two halos that had made him famous in Arabia. Unlike the other Arab generals, Khaled had two extremely high-level war halos. The former could greatly strengthen all the steel parts of the army warriors, including their armor, greatly increasing their defense and hardness, making them like iron beasts. This was also the origin of the name of Khaled's army.
As for the latter, the Dark Blood Shield allowed the Arab soldiers under Khaled's command to fuse with their horses, transforming their blood energy into a shield that fused with their armor, strengthening their armor.
It was these two halos that allowed Khaled's Iron Beast Legion to charge at the forefront in every battle, sweeping through everything before them.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Long crossbow bolts emitted an extremely dangerous aura as they shot out, each accurately hitting a soldier of the Iron Beast Army. But in the next moment, something that shocked everyone happened. The tens of thousands of soldiers of the Iron Beast Army suddenly formed extremely sturdy blood-colored shields. After the crossbow bolts pierced through the shields, they didn't stop there, piercing through the Iron Beast Army behind them.
However, it had only pierced through a single soldier of the Iron Beast Army. In the past, the ballista bolts had been powerful enough to pierce through seven or eight soldiers, but this time, their speed and power had been greatly reduced. It was as if the ballista bolts hadn't pierced through bodies of flesh and blood, but human-shaped steel.
Boom! Boom! Boom! After the first wave of powerful crossbow bolts, the scene of the Iron Beast Army collapsing did not appear. Only a thousand or so of the tens of thousands of Iron Beast Army soldiers had fallen. Some of them had managed to avoid being hit in their vitals and had even survived the volley of crossbow bolts.
"How is this possible?"
Behind the first line of defense, Chen Bin's expression shook violently as he jerked his head up. Around him, all the ballista soldiers also revealed shocked expressions.
Everyone in the world knew of the power of the Tang Dynasty's ballistae. They were the harvesting weapons of the God of Death. In their first encounter with the Arabs, the three thousand ballistae had already killed tens of thousands of Arab cavalry. But in the last volley, each ballista bolt had only managed to pierce through two or three people before running out of steam. Such a situation had never occurred before.
For a moment, all the ballista soldiers behind the defense line were deathly still, so shocked that they couldn't speak.
"… I forgot to tell you. Khaled's Iron Beast Army has an extremely terrifying defense. Our ballista bolts managed to hit them in the previous battle, but the effect was very limited. A significant portion of the Arab soldiers that climbed up the walls were Khaled's Iron Beast warriors. Lord Protector-General had to expend a great deal of his Stellar Energy to deal with these Iron Beast soldiers, which is why he was heavily injured by Abu Muslim. "
Cheng Qianli walked up from the rear, his long hair rustling in the wind.
These were the Arab soldiers that Abu Muslim had dispatched, and each one of them possessed extraordinary strength, a formidable foe of the Anxi Protectorate army. This battle was not as optimistic as had been imagined.
"Vice Protector-General, there's no need to worry. He's just a brute. There's nothing to fear. And isn't there General Xi?"
Wang Chong waved his hand, his expression calm and relaxed.
This Beast of Arabia, Khaled, was truly formidable. This was the first time Wang Chong had seen his two halos reduce the power of the ballistae. But even the strongest beast was still a beast, and Wang Chong had several ways to deal with it. But the Qixi Protectorate was much stronger than it had been in the past. There was no need for him to personally participate in a battle of this level.
"Ready!"
At this moment, in front of the first defense line, Chen Bin's eyes flashed with a cold glint. He quickly responded and issued a second military order.
"Everyone, hear my order! Adjust the direction! Target the horse's legs! Joints! Fire! "
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Bin changed his target from the soldiers of the Iron Beast Army to the even weaker joints of the warhorses.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ballista teams each had five hundred soldiers, each taking turns to fire. A total of one thousand five hundred ballista bolts were fired, filling the sky with a torrent of arrows. This time, the ballista bolts were fired from even lower positions. With a heaven-shaking boom, the results of the second round of adjustments were immediately apparent. Neigh could hear the shrill whinnies of horses as thousands of legs snapped and countless Iron Beast Army soldiers fell from their horses into the dust.
Khaled's Iron Beast Halo and Dark Blood Shield could block the volley of ballista bolts, but they could not protect the weak joints of the warhorses. In the face of the terrifying might of the ballista, all the joints of the warhorses were as fragile as paper. Bangbangbang! Thousands of ballista bolts rained down, each one piercing through the legs of twenty to thirty warhorses.
The Iron Beast Army, which had been charging with ferocious momentum, was instantly thrown into chaos. Warhorse collided with warhorse, soldier with soldier, and the neighing and bellowing of horses filled the air. Not only that, as Khaled's Iron Beast Army fell into chaos, the Arab cavalry charging from the rear were immediately hindered. Some of the cavalry, unable to dodge in time, crashed into the Iron Beast Army soldiers in front of them.
Dust churned and the sounds of collisions rang out as the entire battlefield descended into chaos.
With just a minor adjustment, Chen Bin's ballista army had not killed a single soldier of the Iron Beast Army, but it had achieved an effect that no amount of ballista bolts could achieve. Moreover, the entire Iron Beast Army had been crippled in this attack.
"How could there be such a thing!"
Khaled, who had been so smug and crazed just a moment ago, stared at the ground littered with soldiers, the savage expression on his face instantly froze. In the first volley, only a thousand-some people had died, but in the second volley, the entire army had been wiped out, all the warhorses destroyed.
Without their warhorses, the Iron Beast Army's strength had dropped by at least half. At best, it was just a few formidable infantry soldiers, far from being an invincible army.
"Fire!"
Just as all the Iron Beast Army soldiers fell, Chen Bin's expression was cold as he once again gave the order to fire. However, this time, the target was not the warhorses, but the tens of thousands of Iron Beast Army soldiers.
"Damn it! I'll tear you apart! "
Khaled roared, his entire body exploding with savagery. Slapping his horse, he shot toward the first defense line of the Tang Dynasty like a black and red meteor.
… …
As Khaled charged forward with thunderous speed, Wang Chong turned his horse around and began to ride toward the second defense line. No matter how ferocious Khaled was, he was just one person. To Wang Chong, the moment the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Iron Beast Army were slain, his plan was complete.
No matter how formidable the Arabs were, they would still have to deal with his impenetrable defense lines. At the very least, they would not be able to break through these defense lines for a very long time.
"Next up are the Turks and Tibetans," Wang Chong said.
As this thought flitted through Wang Chong's mind, he turned his eyes to the east of the City of Talas. Awoooo! A wolf howl resounded in his ears as the situation on the eastern side of the battlefield underwent an astonishing transformation. Under Wang Chong's gaze, the rising sun in the east suddenly saw tens of thousands of giant wolves charging out from behind the Ouzan Cavalry and Arab cavalry.
These wolves were all baring their fangs and moving extremely quickly. In just a short while, they had already passed all of the cavalrymen. Like a surging tide, they covered the sky and the earth with the power to topple mountains and overturn seas. Wang Chong's vision was filled with these massive wolves.
Turkic wolves!
As this thought flashed through Wang Chong's mind, his gaze traveled across the plains to the hills on the other side. Under that enormous banner of golden wolves, Wang Chong could see a figure with bright eyes and a hawk-like gaze, a storm of wolves. Only the Celestial Wolf Great General Duwusili of the Western Turkic Khaganate could bring so many wolves.
Caw!
Before the first wave subsided, another wave rose. Right behind the overwhelming pack of wolves, waves of baby-like cries came from above. Wang Chong raised his head and saw that the sky was filled with dark clouds of Ouzan vultures, flying down toward the second defense line.
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