Chapter 338: The Tang Army Was Defeated by 500,000 Ambushed Troops (Part 2)

The next day.

The long-dry Talas seemed to be about to usher in the first heavy rain since the beginning of summer. The originally blue sky was covered by thick dark clouds, and the vast wilderness was even more windy, with flying sand and rocks.

It was quite a mood of dark clouds pressing down on the city and destroying it.

After a night of rest, the Anxi Iron Cavalry soldiers of the Tang Dynasty stationed in the Western Regions were fully revived and assembled on the battlefield, ready to fight a decisive battle with the Arab Empire army on the eastward expedition.

The Tang Dynasty's leading general, Anxi Hou Lan Yu, personally put on his armor and stood proudly in front of the three armies. His handsome face was full of the domineering spirit of "who else but me".

Today, he, Lan Yu, will personally lead the army to defeat the Arab Empire army on the eastward expedition from the front.

On the other side, in order to boost the morale of his soldiers, Turhong, the general of the Eastern Expedition of the Abbasid Dynasty, moved his central army command tower forward by thousands of steps, no more than two miles away from the battle zone between the two armies.

If the war horses of the Tang Dynasty sprinted at full speed, they could reach Turhong's central army from the battle zone in dozens of breaths.

It is not difficult to see that both sides have already put on a life-and-death posture, striving to achieve success in one battle.

Boom, boom boom--

At this time, bursts of muffled thunder came from the thick dark clouds in the sky.

On the solemn battlefield, there was only the whistling sound of the wind and the occasional snorting of the war horses.

The next moment, Turhong, the general of the Eastern Expedition of the Abbasid Dynasty, who was sitting in the central army watchtower, was the first to release the falcon in his hand, which was the signal for the Arab Empire army to attack.

At the same time, Anxi Marquis Lan Yu, who was riding his horse to the battlefield, slowly drew out his sword, pointed the tip of the ring-handled sword domineeringly, and roared like a bell: "All the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, listen to my order--"

"Follow this general to march out, crush the enemy camp, and kill!"

"Kill--"

In an instant, shouts of killing rose up on the huge battlefield of Talas, the neighing of war horses shook the sky, and the gongs, drums, and horns of the two sides sounded together, accompanied by the dull thunder from the sky and the whistling wind between the earth, interweaving into a tragic war march.

On the Tang army side, Anxi Marquis Lan Yu, who led the troops, led more than 30,000 Anxi cavalry and marched forward without fear in the face of enemies that were several times their number;

On the Arab Empire's Eastern Expedition Army side, Persian cavalry, Persian war elephants, and camel cavalry came out in full force. Under the command of Turhong, the first Arab warrior, two fierce generals, Ershiding and Caesar, marched forward, trying to surround and annihilate more than 30,000 Tang cavalry on the battlefield with an absolute advantage in force.

The collision of two super cavalry from the East and the West was destined to be a tragic and unprecedented duel from the beginning.

In such a large-scale cavalry corps battle, the influence of individual bravery on the battlefield has become insignificant, and it is more of a test of the tactical application and coordination between the two armies.

The Tang cavalry, under the personal command of Lan Yu, made full use of the speed advantage and individual equipment advantage of the Anxi Iron Cavalry. More than 30,000 cavalry soldiers followed orders and charged strictly according to the guidance of the battle flag;

Lan Yu's goal was also very clear, to capture the leader first, and he went to the enemy's central army tent.

On the battlefield, the Tang cavalry soldiers were not afraid of the enemy cavalry that surrounded them from the side and rear. They did not avoid or dodge the arrows shot from the side and back, but just tightly grasped the reins of the warhorses in their hands, followed the guidance of the battle flag, accelerated, accelerated again; sprinted, sprinted again!

Three thousand steps!

Two thousand steps!

After a while, the dense charging wedge formation composed of more than 30,000 Tang cavalry, like a swift lightning, hit the central army of the Arab Empire's Eastern Expedition Army.

The oncoming Persian cavalry tried to stop the edge of the Tang cavalry, but in vain.

As soon as the cavalry of the two armies collided, the formation of the Persian cavalry was torn apart by the powerful Tang cavalry. However, the Tang cavalry did not want to fight, and did not care to clean up the Persian cavalry that was rushed to pieces, and continued to sprint towards the enemy's center.

Then, the Persian war elephant troops that faced the enemy were still fearless and brave, using the flexibility and mobility of the war horses to pass through the gaps between the enemy's Persian war elephant troops at high speed.

Even though, in the process of this forced assault, countless Tang cavalry were killed by more powerful enemy Persian war elephant troops, but they still could not stop the pace of the Tang cavalry's advance;

Seeing the death of their own comrades in battle, not only did not make the Tang cavalry intimidated, but it aroused their fighting will and determination for revenge, and continued to accelerate and sprint again.

Until, the enemy's Persian cavalry and Persian war elephant troops were left far behind.

When they were a thousand steps away from the enemy's center, the Tang cavalry suddenly split into three. In addition to the general Lan Yu who continued to lead the center cavalry to charge head-on, the two deputy generals Tan Li and Luo Quan led the left and right armies to encircle the Arab Empire's center infantry in one fell swoop, taking advantage of the high-speed mobility of war horses.

"General, it's bad, the Tang army, the Tang army is coming for the general and the center!"

On the watchtower of the Arab Empire's center army, a general immediately discovered the real intention of the Tang cavalry.

"What are you panicking about!"

Turhong pretended to be calm and said sternly: "Order the center army to line up to meet the enemy!"

"I have received your order!"

When the general left, Turhong's eyes finally showed a trace of fear.

In fact, when he personally witnessed the commander of the Tang cavalry leading the charge and tearing through the two frontal defense lines formed by the Persian cavalry and the Persian war elephants, Turhong was already afraid. The combat effectiveness of this Tang cavalry was too terrifying!

If the 500,000 reinforcements of the empire could not arrive in Talas by noon today, Turhong really did not dare to guarantee whether he could keep this powerful Tang cavalry in Talas.

According to the current situation on the battlefield, it is no longer a question of whether the Tang cavalry can be left, but whether Turhong can escape unscathed.

Fortunately, in front of the central army, there are not only 20,000 strong guards responsible for guarding the central army, but also countless chariots surrounding the city to block the impact of the Tang cavalry.

As long as the central army can withstand the attack of the Tang cavalry, it can buy time for the Persian cavalry, Persian war elephants and camel cavalry troops on the periphery to encircle the Tang cavalry.

"Line up--"

On the outskirts of the Arab central army, an Abbasid general took command and ordered to meet the enemy.

Swish!

At the command, countless Arab soldiers raised their spears and assembled battle formations with chariots and shields to resist the oncoming impact of the Tang cavalry.

"Fire--"

On the other side, Lan Yu, who was riding a horse and charging, raised his hand, and countless Tang cavalry archers who had been ready immediately drew their bows and arrows. Thousands of arrows flew out of the strings and headed straight for the Arab central army's defense forces.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Clang, clang, clang!

In an instant, the arrows in the sky pierced the Arab army's defense formation into a hedgehog. A few Arab soldiers who could not dodge were immediately shot to death by random arrows, and more people continued to rely on the defense line composed of chariots and shields to continue to resist the impact of the Tang cavalry.

"Fire again--"

Boom, boom, boom!

This time, the slingers of the Tang cavalry used the portable slingshots in their hands to throw stone bullets as thick as bowls into the Arab central army.

Under the hurricane of stones, even the Arab soldiers wearing armor and helmets were beaten black and blue.

Some soldiers who were hit in the face by stones had bleeding ears and noses on the spot and lost their combat effectiveness!

Then, the slingers of the Tang army retreated, and then came the cavalry holding hammers, whips, axes and other armor-breaking weapons, and launched a fierce attack on the central army of the Arab Empire.

The Tang cavalry became more and more courageous. The left and right wing cavalry led by two deputy generals Tan Li and Luo Quan also formed a situation of encirclement of the central army of the Arab Empire, and attacked the defense line of the central army of the Arab Empire from all directions.

At the same time, the Arab Persian cavalry, Persian war elephants and camel cavalry units that reacted also returned to support the central army and surrounded more than 30,000 Tang cavalry.

For a while, the following scene appeared on the battlefield of Talas: with the Arab central army as the core, the Tang cavalry formed an encirclement around it, and outside the Tang cavalry, a larger encirclement formed by the Arab army was formed.

At this point in the fierce battle, it depends on whether the Tang cavalry will be the first to break through the defense line of the Arab central army, or whether the Arab eastern expedition army, which is "cooperating from inside and outside", will be the first to destroy the Tang cavalry!