"Everyone, charge! According to a secret report, the Mo Family's gunpowder is about to run out. With such a powerful firearm, the Mo Family shouldn't have too many gunpowder weapons left." Lun Trinling's voice was hoarse. Now, apart from the sand, Tubo still had two thousand soldiers. In terms of numbers, they had the advantage. He still had a chance of winning this battle.
Under Lun Trinling's leadership, almost all of the Tubo soldiers pressed forward. No matter how powerful the Tubo soldiers were, they still quickly closed in on the chariot formation.
"Thirty paces!"
"Twenty paces!"
Seeing that the Tubo soldiers were about to reach the chariot formation, Meton coldly shouted, "Grenades!"
Immediately, another wave of grenades was thrown. A series of explosions once again caused heavy casualties to the Tubo soldiers. Unfortunately, most of the grenades from the Firearms Supervisor had been given to Xue Rengui to attract the Tubo cavalry. There were only a few left in the Firearms Supervisor's position. The Tubo soldiers took the opportunity to reach the chariot formation. After paying a heavy price, the two armies finally clashed.
Outside the sand, Mo Chi's thousand cavalry were entangled with the three hundred Firearms Supervisor soldiers led by Xue Rengui. They constantly attacked and retreated.
But now, only eight hundred of Mo Chi's thousand cavalry remained. The other two hundred had fallen under the crossbows of the Tang Army cavalry. Similarly, the Firearms Supervisor soldiers had also suffered several dozen casualties.
"Huff!" Xue Rengui panted heavily. He had just shot several arrows and killed several Tubo soldiers. Then, he used grenades to break free from Mo Chi's siege.
When he heard the bugle horn of the Tubo Army, he turned his head and saw the overwhelming number of Tubo soldiers rushing toward the Firearms Supervisor's position. His heart sank. Mo Chi could not help but laugh.
Mo Chi couldn't help but smile coldly. He had to admit that Tang Jiang was an extremely difficult opponent. He was cunning, calm, and highly skilled in martial arts. Mo Chi and Tang Jiang had repeatedly clashed, but Tang Jiang had always been at a disadvantage. However, Tang Jiang wasn't without weakness. His weakness was the firearms monitoring position in the sand. As long as the young master attacked the firearms monitoring position, Tang Jiang would be anxious. At that time, Mo Chi would have the opportunity to win.
Xue Rengui took a deep breath and said, "Everyone, do you still remember how we charged into Tuyuhun and rescued General Cheng?"
Dozens of firearms officers could not help but laugh. One of them said in a clear voice, "Of course. We were in the midst of tens of thousands of soldiers, and we used a grenade to blast open a path and save General Cheng!"
"We even dared to charge into an army of thousands of men and horses. Do you all dare to charge into a mere eight hundred cavalrymen with me?" Xue Rengui said in a clear voice. Although he had been promoted, he still referred to himself as a lieutenant. This was the title he used when he followed Meton and led fifty people to reunite.
"We pledge our lives to follow you, lieutenant!" At this moment, nearly three hundred soldiers responded to Xue Rengui. Fifty of them could charge into an army of thousands of men and horses, but there were only eight hundred people on the other side. Why wouldn't they dare?
Xue Rengui waved his hand, and the three hundred soldiers immediately got into an attack formation and waited.
On the other side, Mo Chi also noticed the abnormality of the Tang Army. He waved his hand, and the eight hundred Tubo cavalrymen gathered under his command. Unexpectedly, Xue Rengui didn't take the initiative to charge. Instead, he waited for Mo Chi to get into formation.
"He's really a hero!" Mo Chi couldn't help but be moved by the other side's honor of defending the cavalrymen. This was an opponent worthy of respect.
"Hyah!" Xue Rengui and Mo Chi shouted almost at the same time. Both sides urged their horses at the same time. The two cavalrymen, who had fought countless times in the future, fought for the first time in the Western Regions.
"Kill!" Xue Rengui and Mo Chi's warhorses suddenly collided. Both sides' sabers flashed in all directions, and then they separated immediately after the collision.
Mo Chi sat upright on his horse and praised, "You're really a hero!"
Then, with a plop, the Tubo warrior Centurion Mo Chi fell heavily to the ground, and a stream of red blood flowed out. Xue Rengui touched the saber mark on his armor with lingering fear. In order to end the battle quickly, he didn't hesitate to exchange injury for injury. If it weren't for the Mo family's special steel armor that had super strong defense, he would have been seriously injured at this moment. Even so, his inner abdomen was also badly injured.
"Centurion is dead!" Seeing Mo Chi fall to the ground, a group of Tubo soldiers couldn't help but cry out in grief. However, these people didn't disperse, but rushed toward the Tang Army even more ferociously.
Xue Rengui roared, "Kill!"
Under his leadership, the Tang Army divided the Tubo soldiers into two halves like a sharp blade. As the Tang Army pierced through, they threw grenades at the dense Tubo soldiers as if they were free. For a moment, the Tubo cavalry could no longer form an effective resistance. Soon, they were separated by the Tang Army's charge again.
"Mo Jiazi, go to hell!" Zhamu roared and instantly smashed the mace in his hand at the chariot formation. This time, as if he had been blessed by a lucky charm, he dodged the Tang Army's crossbow bolts, the swarm of bees, and even the grenades. He rushed to the front of the Tang Army and fulfilled his promise to Lun Trinling.
However, Zhamu only felt a huge rebound force and couldn't help but stagger. He saw thin steel wires hanging in front of the Tang Army's chariot formation, and the steel wires were covered with iron thorns.
"Again?" Zhamu roared and waved the long saber in his hand. However, the steel wires were extremely elastic. Usually, he wouldn't care about a small steel wire. However, the steel wires were extremely tough to avoid the Tang Army's weapons. Now, these steel wires had become an obstacle for the Tubo soldiers. The Tang Army was right in front of them, but they could only passively take a beating.
Qu Zhisheng, who took the risk to see this scene, couldn't help but smile bitterly. He had just learned that these were also iron thorns. Everyone knew that iron thorns were scattered on the ground one by one. However, Mo Jiazi used steel wires to make iron thorns in the shape of steel ropes. Together with the Firearms Supervisor's chariot formation, it was enough to keep the enemy three feet away, and the Firearms Supervisor's strange long weapons could easily kill the enemy.
Why was it called a strange long weapon? It was because Qu Zhisheng thought that he was a member of the Gao Chang Royal Family and had seen a lot, but he had never heard of such a weapon.
"Lang Yi!" Qu Zhisheng frowned and read the strange name.
One by one, the soldiers of the Firearms Supervisor threw away their steel crossbows and picked up a long weapon. The top of the weapon was like a tree branch.
This was the famous combination of hot and cold weapons of the Qi Family Army, the Lang Yi. However, the Lang Yi made by Meton didn't use bamboo like the Qi Family Army. The Lang Yi of the Firearms Supervisor's Lang Yi was made of steel, and the wooden pole was tied with heavy gunpowder.
As the gunpowder was ignited one by one, the Lang Yi instantly spewed out hot flames toward the Tubo soldiers outside the chariot formation. This time, Zhamu's luck had run out. He was immediately hit by the hot Lang Yi and immediately screamed loudly.
At close range, the Lang Yi, which had been proven by outstanding military achievements, shone brilliantly. For a moment, all the Tubo soldiers near the chariot formation suffered heavy casualties.
With the Lang Yi above and the steel wires below, although the Tubo soldiers had the advantage in numbers, they couldn't break through the small chariot formation for a long time. Instead, they suffered heavy casualties.
"Mo Jiazi is out of gunpowder!"
But Lun Trinling gritted his teeth and persisted. He firmly believed that without gunpowder, Mo Jiazi wouldn't be able to last much longer. Victory was right in front of his eyes.
As the battle raged on, there were Tang and Tutsu soldiers falling almost every second. In terms of combat strength, the firearms supervisor had the advantage. Furthermore, they had the advantage in terms of weapons and armor. Their casualty rate was much lower than the Tutsu soldiers. However, the Tutsu soldiers who had the advantage in numbers still held the upper hand.
Clap! With a crisp sound, the Tibetan soldiers who had exerted a tremendous amount of effort finally pulled the iron caltrops apart. In an instant, they reached the front of the Firearms Supervisor's carts and began to climb up crazily. The Firearms Supervisor's soldiers bitterly resisted and killed several of them. However, the Tibetan soldiers who came later actually stepped on the corpses of their comrades to climb up.
"Not good, the chariot formation is about to break." Qu Zhisheng's face paled. Once the Firearms Supervisor's chariot formation was broken, the furious Tubo soldiers wouldn't let him off.
"Explode!"
But he suddenly heard Mo Jiazi's light voice. As someone who could understand Han, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He immediately recalled the heaven-shaking explosion outside Gao Chang City.
But later on, he learned that Mo Jiazi had dug a tunnel to Gao Chang City and used gunpowder to blow up the city. But now, how did Mo Jiazi use gunpowder to blow up the Tubo soldiers? "
Suddenly, he felt his legs go soft. He immediately understood. No wonder the catapults had stopped firing gunpowder. Mo Jiazi had buried the gunpowder in the soft sand. And Mo Jiazi had chosen to fight in the south and west not only to take advantage of the sunlight, but also to let the Tubo soldiers take the initiative to walk onto the gunpowder.
Following the sound of the gong, the Firearms Supervisor's soldiers, who were still resolutely resisting, abandoned their positions and retreated. Qu Zhisheng's entire body quivered, and he hurriedly scrambled to the back.
"Mo Jiazi's escaped!"
Lun Trinling was overjoyed. Just as he was about to give the order to pursue, he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet shake. Massive flames and explosions soared into the air.
"No!"
Lun Trinling was scared out of his wits. He could clearly see that the explosion had come from the front of the chariot formation, and that the Tubo soldiers were within range of it.
"Breaking the city in one blow!" Lun Trinling couldn't help but recall the legend of Mo Jiazi breaking through a city in one blow. He had originally scoffed at it, but now that he saw the true power of Mo Jiazi's attack, he realized just how much he had underestimated Mo Jiazi.
The fresh corpses of Tubo soldiers fell in front of Lun Trinling in a cloud of sand, jolting him awake.
"That's right! Mo Jiazi broke through the city in one blow, so he must have broken through Mo Jiazi's chariot formation as well. This is the perfect opportunity to eliminate Mo Jiazi," Lun Trinling said as if he had gone mad.
"Young Master, look!" A guard pointed around him. There were less than a thousand Tubo soldiers who had luckily escaped the explosion, and in the distant Gobi Desert, Tubo's cavalry had already been routed. More importantly, the massive explosion just now had startled the Tubo horses. Many of them had fled, and those that remained had been scared out of their wits.
"Young Master, let's go. If we don't go now, we won't make it," a guard pleaded. As the sand settled, the fully-armed soldiers of the Firearms Supervisor strode out and finished off the Tubo soldiers who had luckily escaped the explosion.
"No, I can't go. Mo Jiazi must die," Lun Trinling muttered, his eyes unfocused.
The personal guards glanced at each other, then without prior agreement, they put Ronchinling on a frightened horse, and immediately fled in the direction of the Immensity Sea, more than eight hundred li away. Their five thousand soldiers had besieged Mo Jiazi's one thousand Firearms Supervisor soldiers, but they had still suffered such a crushing defeat. How could they possibly be a match for Mo Jiazi?
The rest of the Tibetan soldiers followed suit and looked around for warhorses that were running amok. They mounted their horses and immediately fled.
In this battle, the Firearms Supervisor had defeated the Tubo army with one thousand and five thousand.
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