Li Ye's dark murderous intention filled his heart. He was like a ferocious lion. Wherever he passed, there was a mess of blood and flesh, and corpses were piled up everywhere. The enemy soldiers would die if they touched him, and they would die if they were next to him. Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief.
He killed more than a hundred enemy soldiers. Under his leadership, the nine thousand soldiers were also extremely brave and good at fighting. They faced an enemy army twice his size without losing any of them.
The country of Bukhan was originally famous for its cavalry that was good at fighting, but it lacked some bravery. But now they have a leader who is like a murderer. The bravery of all the soldiers of Bakhan has been inspired, and they are all fearless.
He died and fought bravely with the enemy, killing the Sogdian cavalry and retreating steadily.
But in terms of ruthlessness in killing the enemy, it had to be the two thousand heavily armored Mo Dao Army. The slingers of the Great Food Army were burned to death, and the heavy hammer infantry was completely destroyed. Without a weapon specifically designed to counterbalance the heavy armored infantry, the Great Food Army
Still can only dispatch infantry and cavalry several times the opponent's number, trying to suppress the opponent with more troops.
However, the heavy armored infantry had two thousand Tang Army cavalry and one thousand to help protect them from behind, so that the heavy armored infantry had no worries. They also let go of their murderous intentions and fought all the way out. Both the infantry and the cavalry were cut into pieces by them.
If Li Ye is a fierce lion, then the two thousand Modao army is a pack of wolves, fighting with collective strength and invincible.
This battle lasted for more than two hours. The elite troops of Khorasan gradually lost to the Anxi Tang Army. The number of casualties of the Dashi Army was three times that of the Tang Army. Especially the heavy-armored Modao Army was like a cheating machine. They
Six thousand enemy troops have been killed, but not one of them has died.
Abu Muslim commanded the food army to fight desperately, and even put the most elite 5,000 armored cavalry into the battlefield. This 5,000-man cavalry was also called the Iron Guard. It was one of the two most elite armies in the whole country.
Another arm of the Caliphate's Guards was the Iron Guards of Khorasan. They once defeated the 50,000-strong army of the Umayyad Dynasty in one battle.
However, the introduction of five thousand armored cavalry into the battlefield only delayed the defeat of the Dashi Army. The Dashi Army was obviously defeated by the Tang Army and had fewer troops than the Tang Army.
Especially the 20,000 Sogdian troops on the right wing only had 8,000 left, and they gradually showed signs of defeat.
Both armies have fought to exhaustion, and it's up to them to see who can hold on to the end.
Five thousand armored cavalry charged into the left wing of the Tang army. Abu Muslim also realized that the left wing was the weakness of the Tang army, and most of it was composed of Bakhna cavalry.
Defeating them may be your last chance to win.
The sudden attack of cavalry greatly increased Li Ye's pressure. Fortunately, the Sogdian Army had collapsed and was unable to counterattack. Otherwise, with the five thousand armored cavalry and the Sogdian Army's counterattack, Li Ye, even a god, would not be able to save the situation.
"Withstand the enemy!"
The army of Bukhan was killed and retreated continuously, suffering heavy casualties. In just a quarter of an hour, the number of casualties exceeded a thousand.
Li Ye was so anxious that he once again charged into the cavalry group and killed more than 20 people in a row. He cut off the legs of the opponent's horse. After the opponent fell off the horse, he cut off the opponent's neck with a knife.
Li Ye's eyes lit up, and he found a way to defeat the armored cavalry, which was the tactic used by the Yue family army to defeat the Iron Buddha Tu.
The opponent seems to have strong armor and is very sharp, but they also have an obvious weakness, which is clumsiness. As long as they fall off the horse, they will die.
Li Ye came out and shouted: "Ningyuan's army is attacking the enemy's horse with its long sword, and Broken Ye's army is covering it with a shield!"
Xu Jian led two thousand swordsmen to kill them, and Pei Xiu and An Taixuan also led a thousand broken leaf swords and shields to kill them.
They transformed into infantry, focused on the opponent's horses, and cut off the horses' hooves with one sword. This move worked wonders. Li Ye's left wing gradually reversed the unfavorable situation. The long swordsman of the Ningyuan Army showed his power and cooperated with the Broken Leaf Han Army. The Broken Leaf Blade Shield
The military shield blocked the assassination of the cataphract, while the swordsman slashed the horse's legs below.
The other two thousand Bakhna cavalry dealt with the collapsed Sogdian army to prevent them from counterattack.
More and more war horses had their hooves cut off, and the armored cavalry fell off their horses one after another. They were too clumsy to get up, and the Broken Ye Han army rushed forward and cut off their necks with a knife.
In just half an hour, more than 2,800 of the 5,000 armored cavalry were killed, but the opponent was not a vase decoration. Ningyuan Army and Broken Leaf Infantry also suffered more than half of their casualties.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Abu Muslim ordered 5,000 food troops to support the armored cavalry, but was intercepted by 3,000 cavalry led by Xi Yuanqing.
The armored cavalry became less and less as the battle progressed, but Ningyuan Army and Suiye Army also suffered nearly half casualties, which was very tragic.
Li Ye was covered in blood, and the flesh and blood of the enemy soldiers stained his body red. His voice was hoarse, and his legs and arms were injured. At this time, a cold arrow shot out, 'Pfft!' It hit Huoyunma right in the head.
At the head, Huoyunma screamed violently, fell heavily to the ground, and soon foamed at the mouth, his limbs twitched, and the arrow was highly poisonous!
The archer was the opponent's general Aragorn. He was extremely cunning. He missed Li Ye with one arrow and immediately hid among the soldiers.
Seeing that his beloved horse was in great pain, Li Ye suppressed his grief and anger, pulled out his sword, and stabbed Huoyun Ma's heart, ending its pain.
However, the situation on the battlefield was extremely critical. Li Ye's left-wing Tang army suffered too many casualties and could no longer support it. Li Ye knew that he had one last chance, and it was up to him to see if he could seize it.
Li Ye changed his horse and shouted hoarsely to the hundreds of soldiers behind him, "Follow me to kill the enemy general!"
Li Ye kept an eye on the enemy's general Aragorn, and he urged his horse to charge towards the enemy's banner. His horse was not as fast and agile as Huo Yun.
But Li Ye had no choice. If they didn't kill the enemy's general, they would be defeated. Li Ye saw the enemy's general Aragorn, and the enemy also wanted to kill him, so he also gave Li Ye a chance.
Aragorn was also staring at Li Ye, he drew his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at him.
Li Ye had already put down his long sword and drew out his bow and arrow. When he saw the arrow coming in front of him, he kicked it away with great precision. He then unfurled his bow and nocked the arrow, took a deep breath, and shot three arrows at Aragorn.
This was his only chance to shoot the enemy general. Just to see if he could succeed? Li Ye's heart was stuck in his throat.
Aragorn dodged the first arrow, but the second arrow came to his eyes instantly. He was startled, and instinctively turned his head to the side. The second arrow passed by his face, but the third arrow was faster, and he could no longer dodge.
But don't go.
‘Poof!’ An arrow hit his forehead, and the arrow penetrated his head. Aragorn opened his mouth wide, the life force in his eyes quickly disappeared, and he turned over and fell off his horse.
General Aragorn was killed in battle, and the food army was in chaos. Li Ye was ecstatic. He roared and led more than a hundred cavalry into the crowd. Li Ye rushed under the battle flag like a gust of wind, and slashed out his spear, "
"Crack!" The flagpole broke and the battle flag was snatched by the Tang army.
Li Ye burst into tears, he won the battle of Talas.
Generally speaking, the main general is there and the battle flag is there. The main general dies and the battle flag dies. This is true for both the Tang Army and the Dashi Army. The death of the main general and the capture of the flag became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The Sogdian Army was the first to collapse. First, more than 2,000 soldiers began to flee, and then more than 6,000 other soldiers from the entire Sogdian Army followed suit. The last 1,800 armored cavalry were also frightened and turned their horses to flee behind.
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Li Ye led the few remaining troops to pursue him.
According to the barrel theory, the water capacity of a barrel depends on the shortest board. If one board is broken and damaged, the barrel will be useless no matter how strong the other boards are.
The collapse of the right-wing Sogdian Army brought the entire battle of the Food Army to a complete failure. Abu Muslim knew that the situation was over and felt so painful that he had to order the entire army to retreat.
This time Gao Xianzhi ordered the whole army to pursue. The Tang army's morale was like a rainbow and they burst out with great strength. The food army had no intention of fighting and ran away desperately. The cavalry abandoned their helmets and armor to escape. The infantry abandoned their armor and could not outrun the Tang army's horses. They all knelt down and surrendered.
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The Tang army pursued for more than 30 miles, killed more than 10,000 enemies, and captured nearly 20,000 people. The Dashi army invested nearly 120,000 people, but in the end, less than 3,000 people followed Abu. The Muslims fled back to Dashi.
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This was an unprecedented defeat since the founding of the Abbasid Dynasty.
But the Tang army also paid an extremely heavy price. Only 12,000 of Gao Xianzhi's 20,000 Anxi army was left, and only 7,000 of the 12,000 Beiting army were left.
But the heaviest casualties were on the left wing led by Li Ye. The two thousand Sui Ye army lost 1,200 people, while Bukhanna successively dispatched eight thousand troops, and in the end only three thousand people survived.
Li Ye himself also suffered seven arrow wounds and knife wounds.
If Li Ye hadn't killed the enemy general and cut off the banner, causing the Sogdian Army to completely collapse, and fighting for another half hour, the entire left wing of the Tang Army would have been destroyed, and the Tang Army would have been defeated in the Battle of Talas.
The reason why the Tang Army of Talos failed in history was not entirely due to the betrayal of the Geluolu people. Even if the Geluolu people did not betray, the Tang army would still have failed. The main reason was that it was alone and had too few troops. By the end of the battle, the Tang army had no more left.
Soon, the Geluolu people stabbed them at the last moment, causing the Tang army to be completely defeated.