"Release!"
Xu Keyi commanded the remaining ballista soldiers to work with the beehives to fire at the oncoming Western Turkic and Ouzan cavalry.
Dalun Ruozan's catapults had had far more impact than expected, especially on the ballista army led by Xu Keyi. All of them were the main targets of the Dalun Ruozan's catapults. The successive volleys of catapults had destroyed forty to fifty ballista carts, and many more had been damaged by the catapults and were still in the process of being repaired.
Although Chen Burang's catapults had succeeded in destroying the ballista army, the Western Turks and Ouzan cavalry had managed to get to the second defense line. Xu Keyi could only seize this moment to shoot down the enemy and stop the Ouzan and Western Turkic assault.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Volley after volley of ballista bolts howled through the air. Behind the second defense line, Tibetan and Turkic horsemen fell one after another, their corpses kicking up clouds of dust as they fell to the ground. Translated by: Hypersheep325 Edited by: Michyrr But the killing power of Xu Keyi's attack was far from being as great as it seemed.
Dalun Ruozan and Duwusili had each of their cavalry equipped with a round shield. These Western Turkic and Ouzan soldiers were hiding behind the round shields and on the backs of their horses. As a result, the actual lethality of the ballista bolts was reduced by several times.
Often, a ballista bolt would only kill four or five Western Turkic and Ouzan cavalry, five or six at most. But to the one hundred and twenty thousand Ouzan and Western Turkic cavalry, this was a drop in the ocean. At the very least, it was not enough to heavily injure them.
"Ready!"
His vigorous and heavy voice resounded over the eastern battlefield like a great bell. Clang! Li Siye unsheathed his signature Tibetan sword from his Ferghana steed. As he unsheathed his sword, the five thousand Wushang cavalry swiftly assembled behind him.
The five thousand cavalry were armed to the teeth, wearing Meteoric Metal armor and wielding Wootz Steel swords. Whether it was in terms of spirit, energy, or physical strength, they were all at their peak. They could be said to be the strongest cavalry in the history of the Central Plains. More importantly, these five thousand cavalry had a tacit understanding and discipline that no other cavalry could compare to.
"Everyone, hear my order! Prepare to attack! "
The clattering of swords being unsheathed resounded through the second defense line. At this moment, Li Siye and the Wushang cavalry were far from the only ones preparing to attack. Chen Burang, Zhuang Zhengping, Chi Weisi, and the other elites of Deflecting Blade Manor, as well as the other officers of the Qixi reinforcements and the hired cavalry of the Western Regions, had arranged themselves into square formations, their eyes focused forward as they prepared for battle.
This was not the first time that the Deflecting Blade Manor and the mercenaries of the Western Regions had worked together with Li Siye in the Battle of Talas, and both sides were ready to attack at any moment.
Awooo!
Tens of thousands of wolves surged forward. Duwusili had brought countless wolves with him, and these wolves came wave after wave as if there was no end to them. As soon as the beehives were cleared, another would come howling in. In the sky, the vultures began to cry like babies as they swooped down once more. But most alarming of all were the more than one hundred thousand charging Western Turkic and Ouzan cavalry.
"Kill!!"
The Turkic and Ouzan cavalry roared as they picked up speed. Neither the attacks of the beehives nor the volley of ballista bolts could stop them.
Twenty zhang!
Ten zhang!
"Charge!"
Seeing that the Ouzan and Western Turks were about to charge, Li Siye immediately pointed his sword and charged out from behind the steel walls like a bolt of lightning. Boom! At almost the same time, the earth quaked as the five thousand Wushang Cavalry followed Li Siye like five thousand unsheathed blades.
The momentum of this charge was enough to shake the heavens and shake the earth. Not even fifty thousand could match the momentum of this charge.
"Kill!"
At the same time, Chen Burang, Zhuang Zhengping, Chi Weisi, and the other Qixi reinforcements also charged forward. Tens of thousands of cavalry roared as they charged at incredible speed toward the Western Turks and Ouzan. This time, behind the steel defense line on the west, Wang Chong had adopted a completely different strategy from the first defense line. More than forty thousand Tang Dynasty cavalry charged out from behind the defense line, holding nothing back. In the face of these Western Turks and Ouzan cavalry, the Tang Dynasty did not choose to retreat, but to charge forward.
In the Central Plains, the Tang Dynasty had no reason to retreat, whether it was the cavalry of the Western Turkic Khaganate or the cavalry of the Ouzan.
Rumble!
It was as if two prehistoric beasts had collided heavily. Behind the second line of defense, both sides did not hesitate at all, nor did they turn around at all. Rumble! In a flash, thousands of Western Turks and Ouzan cavalry fell to the hooves of the five thousand Wushang cavalry.
Before the edge of the WuZi Steel swords, the armor that the Western Turks and Ouzan were so proud of was like paper. In a flash, swathes of Wushang Steel had been cut down. The five thousand Wushang cavalry cut through the crowd like they were vegetables, none of them able to last one round.
Rumble! In a single charge, the elite cavalry of the Western Turks and Ouzan had been crushed, throwing the army into chaos.
"Charge! Those who offend my Tang Dynasty will be executed no matter how far away they are! Kill them all! "
Provoked by Li Siye and his Wushang cavalry, Sun Zhiming, Zhuang Zhengping, Chi Weisi, and the other elites of Deflecting Blade Manor felt their blood rush to their heads, and they led the cavalry behind them in a charge. Boomboomboom! Defensive halos, charging halos, offensive halos, strength halos … all of them exploded like bamboo shoots after the rain.
Halos clashed with halos and warhorses collided with warhorses as the two sides clashed.
Sun Zhiming, Zhuang Zhengping, and Chi Weisi each led tens of thousands of soldiers in a courageous charge. But unlike ordinary cavalry, Sun Zhiming and the others were not simply fighting with the Turks and Tibetans, but working with Li Siye to widen their gains.
"Neigh!"
Sun Zhiming's cavalry followed behind Li Siye in an arc, instantly crashing into the flank of the eight thousand Ouzan cavalry. Moreover, they had chosen the spot where the eight thousand soldiers were most disorderly. Be it in terms of timing or positioning, this wave of assault was impeccable. Hong hong hong! The sound of horses colliding against each other could be heard, sabers flashing and horses neighing could be heard. The army led by Sun Zhiming had arrived at just the right moment. With just a single charge, the eight thousand soldiers were torn apart.
The two armies that had been thrown into disarray by Li Siye's charge were once more thrown into disarray by Sun Zhiming's assault.
At the same time, Zhuang Zhengping, Chi Weisi, Gao Feng, Nie Yan, and the other members of Deflecting Blade Manor worked together, charging through the path Li Siye had opened up to the left and right flanks. Whether it was Zhuang Zhengping, Chi Weisi, Gao Feng, or Nie Yan, they had all received Wang Chong's education in the art of war in Deflecting Blade Manor.
Not only that, when Wang Chong was not present, they had also learned from each other under Wang Chong's instructions. Sun Zhiming had once given a public lecture in Deflecting Blade Manor on what he had learned from Wang Chong and his own understanding of cavalry tactics, imparting them to everyone. Under the guidance of the future number one cavalryman of Great Tang, regardless of whether it was Zhuang Zhengping, Chi Weisi, Gao Feng, Nie Yan, or the others, their understanding of cavalry and tactics far surpassed that of ordinary people.
Their strength might not be very strong, but their ability to sense and execute battle tactics was extremely shocking.
Boomboomboom!
The bone-chilling galloping of horses could be heard from the second defense line as wave after wave of Great Tang cavalry, led by the men of Deflecting Blade Manor, charged forward like a tide, sweeping away everything in its path. The forty thousand Tang Dynasty cavalry instantly scattered the sixty thousand Ouzan and Western Turkic cavalry.
Even Duwusili, Dalun Ruozan, Huoshu Huizang, and Dusong Mangpoje couldn't help but widen their eyes at this sight.
"Who are these people? When did the Tang dynasty have so many formidable individuals? Even the Qixi Protectorate has so many famous generals! "
Duwusili was an experienced and knowledgeable person, and he had originally thought that he would only be dealing with Gao Xianzhi and Wang Chong, as well as a few other famous generals of the Anxi Protectorate army. He had never imagined that Wang Chong would have so many formidable tactical generals under his command. They didn't seem to be very strong, but their ability to grasp opportunities in battle was simply unbelievable.
Even standing on the hill, Duwusili could feel the threat of this unsheathed edge. The thousands of cavalry led by the junior generals of the Tang Dynasty were like sharp swords, repeatedly thrusting in and out. Even the experienced and battle-hardened elite soldiers that Duwusili and Dalun Ruozan had brought were being scattered. One could easily imagine the sharpness of their edge.
"I don't know!"
Dalun Ruozan finally said, his brow creased. Duwusili was not the only one surprised. In the past, he had only known that Wang Chong was a master of strategy, tactics, and commanding, but he had no idea that even Wang Chong's subordinates were so formidable. With such subordinates, Wang Chong was like a tiger that had grown wings.
As for their own weaknesses, they weren't that important at a time like this.
"I heard that the Tang Dynasty had three specialized military training camps, all of them established at the behest of the Tang Dynasty's Holy Emperor. In the Kunwu Training Camp, there's a Deflecting Blade Manor that was established by the current Qixi Protector-General. That Deflecting Blade Manor absorbed quite a few students from the Kunwu Training Camp, so it's probably them. "
Dalun Ruozan's hair flew in the wind as he spoke.
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