Chapter 517 In this battle, the Tang Dynasty was completely victorious!
Author: The best is like no water
Chapter 517 In this battle, the Tang Dynasty was completely victorious!
After the Talos War in history, the Tang Dynasty gradually declined due to the Anshi Rebellion.
But the big food in black is getting stronger and stronger, gradually expanding its power.
The fate of the two huge empires was so different, which really made Li Yunze very unhappy.
Why am I not living a good life, but you can have a better life?
Just because you know how to buy traitors with huge sums of money?
Li Yunze didn't bother spending money to bribe them, so he simply went ahead and killed the traitors.
As for the real master, let’s defeat them openly and openly on the frontal battlefield!
Hearing the rumbling drums, the Tang army, which was at a numerical disadvantage on the battlefield, burst out with strong momentum. Under the command of the generals and captains at all levels, they continued to advance against their opponents.
The powerful fighting power of the Tang army deeply shocked the cannibals.
They were also veterans of the war for many years, having fought countless wars and even just overthrown the Umayyad dynasty.
But he has never encountered such a terrifying opponent.
They have seen many brave warriors who are not afraid of death, but almost the entire army is brave and fearless of death. This is the first time they have seen them.
As soon as Governor Abu came up, he smashed the strongest cavalry legion in his hand, trying to decide the outcome in one battle.
But when the cavalry charge failed to overwhelm the Tang army and instead retreated, the numerically superior Dashi army fell into a battlefield disadvantage.
It was impossible to retreat. Behind us was the Talas River. Although the river was not very spacious, once we retreated, hundreds of thousands of people crossing the river would fill it up.
Seeing the Tang army approaching step by step, Governor Abu hurriedly ordered the fleeing cavalry to regroup and rest on the two wings, and then the archers and infantry stepped forward to stop the Tang army.
He did not believe that his army of hundreds of thousands would lose.
The cannibal archers came forward first, forming a very dense formation.
First shoot upward, then throw, and finally shoot upward.
When shooting upward, one arrow will take more than ten breaths, and when throwing it, one arrow will take six or seven breaths. When shooting upward, it will switch to rapid shooting, shooting more than ten arrows in a row until the arm is sore and weak, and then retreat.
There were so many cannibal archers that the rain of arrows they fired was really like a dark cloud.
Dense arrows fell like raindrops, hitting the Tang army's armor with a clanging sound.
Tang Jun is not a Spartan who only wears underpants!
The national power and technological level of the Tang Dynasty were at the top of this era. Under Li Yunze's attention, the armor rate of the Tang army on the battlefield at this time was almost increased to more than 90%, and most of them were high-quality iron armor.
Among the soldiers of the Tang Army who were advancing, those who had shields naturally erected their shields above their heads.
If not, then simply lower your head and use your armor to resist.
The arrow landed on Tang Jun's armor and bounced away immediately after a clanking sound, leaving not even a white spot behind.
The man-eating arrow rain was spectacular in both scale and speed, but it could not break through the defense.
A rain of arrows that cannot break the defense is useless.
This also means that at least tens of thousands of large-scale archers have become decorations in this war.
This is because most of the archers of the Great Eclipse wear cloth armor, and a small number of them wear chain armor. In addition to bows and arrows, their weapons only include some short swords and even daggers.
In front of the soldiers of the Tang Army, these tens of thousands of archers were no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
By the way, the real Spartan is not the one in movies and TV shows. In addition to the shield in his hand and the Corinthian helmet on his head, he relies entirely on his pectoralis major muscles to deal with damage.
In movies and TV dramas, it is to highlight masculinity and for visual effects.
You must know the real Sparta in history, it was famous for its heavy armor!
Do you know what heavy armor is? It’s not about pants and pecs. If that were the case, even if their enemies were blind men shooting randomly with bows and arrows, they could turn Spartans into hedgehogs.
The real Spartan wore everything from Corinthian helmets to breastplates, skirts, and greaves, and he also carried a huge copper shield in his hand.
Therefore, armor is a real strategic weapon in the cold weapon era.
Throughout the dynasties, swords, guns, bows and arrows were not forbidden (not counting the era of tribal invasion), but armor was hidden privately for rebellion.
The Tang Army's armor defense here was at least two levels higher than that of Sparta.
Not only is it a fully protective heavy armor, it is also of better quality.
Seeing the Tang army gradually approaching amidst the sound of drums that resounded throughout the fields, Governor Abu was really panicked.
Is it possible that such a huge army like my own will be defeated?
The archers, who each shot an average of thirty arrows, quickly retired to rest and recover from their sore arms.
The real main force of the cannibals, the super-large infantry, finally began to line up, preparing to collide with the Tang army.
The food army in movies and TV shows is like countless cavalry, and the cavalry is the main force wherever they go.
The real situation is absolutely not the case.
Any normal empire cannot have all cavalry. Because the cost is too high, it is impossible to support them. Unless they imitate a certain nomadic tribe and continue to plunder.
The larger the empire, the more stable the infantry's main position becomes.
The battle between infantry is even more fierce because the two sides need to attack each other face to face.
On the Tang Army's side, walking at the forefront was still the rock-like Mo Dao soldiers.
Even though they suffered heavy losses under the attack of the cavalry group, the surviving Mo Dao soldiers still followed Li Siye's footsteps firmly and collided with the cannibal infantry.
The cannibal's infantry mainly use shields, longhairs, swords, and scimitars.
These weapons are no problem against the pectoralis major, but against the armored monster in front of them, all they can do is scratch the itch and listen.
When the Mo Dao soldiers slashed at them with their Mo Dao, the large food infantry who only had chain armor on their bodies could only rely on their shields.
However, in front of the unparalleled sharp Mo Dao, all kinds of shields and chain armor are useless.
On the front of the Mo Dao soldiers, they kept advancing and advancing, and under their feet were strewn with broken limbs, even so dense that there was nowhere to stand.
The nearby Tang army was not idle either. They were also well-equipped and determined to fight.
The various long weapons and horizontal swords in his hands can also break through defenses.
As for the cannibal's weapon, its damage is mainly based on the sound it makes.
What is the suppression of technology and strength? This is it.
Governor Abu, who originally thought he could win with numerical superiority, fell into despair when he looked at the battlefield in front of him.
Why?
Obviously we have more people, but why can't we defeat them?
In addition to the initial cavalry charge, which caused a lot of damage to the Tang army, the remaining archers and infantry were almost just decorations in front of the Tang army's armored formation.
Decoration waiting to be chopped down by the Tang army.
"This is impossible."
Governor Abu pulled his hair back hard, his eyes full of disbelief, "Why do they have so many strong iron armors? Why are there so many!"
It's normal for him not to understand, because the technology and productivity of the Middle-earth Dynasty have been at the pinnacle of the world for thousands of years.
The black-clad Dashi felt that their national productivity and technological level were already very high, so there was no problem in defeating others around them.
But in fact, when compared with Middle-earth, the gap is more than two levels.
This difference is most likely due to India's desire to compete with China in terms of technology and productivity in future generations.
The Tang army cut one with a sword, regardless of whether the shield was raised or armor was pierced.
But on my side, no matter how I cut, I could only hear a sound. Unless I hit it with a heavy weapon, or I was lucky enough to hit the eye socket, or someone was very clever, I squatted on the ground, kicked my legs and hit my ankles. Otherwise, it would be completely useless.
Cannot break the defense.
Under this situation, the Dashi infantry, who suffered horrific casualties, finally couldn't bear the pressure and began to turn around and run away.
They don't care if there is a river behind them, they are their own governor.
They just want to get as far away from these murderous gods in front of them as possible, and run as far as possible.
What does it mean to be defeated like a mountain? This is the scene in front of you.
When hundreds of thousands of infantry began to collapse, the decisive battle that broke out in Talas had basically come to an end.
Li Yunze finally stood up from the horse.
Looking at the fierce battlefield in the distance, Li Yunze took a deep breath, "I let you cross the river. Do you still want to go back? Please stay!"
At this time, the Tang army, which was constantly advancing, had already advanced the battle line to a position no more than ten miles away from the river.
It seems like a long distance, but it is actually crowded with hundreds of thousands of foodies and soldiers and horses from their vassal countries.
The most important thing is that these soldiers and horses have fallen into chaos and turmoil at this time.
Governor Abu, who was completely desperate, immediately turned around and rushed onto a pontoon bridge, escorted by his personal cavalry, and rushed off the bridge all the sergeants on the pontoon who were still crossing the river for reinforcements.
The commander-in-chief's escape dealt the heaviest blow to the defeated soldiers.
As Governor Abu fled, the defeated soldiers went completely crazy. They rushed onto the pontoon with all their strength and ran towards the other side regardless.
It is not easy for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to escape to the other side through several pontoon bridges.
You know, when they came here, it took them almost two days.
Amidst the chaos, there are smart people.
Most of the cavalrymen who retreated made a smart choice to escape from the two wings along the river before the Tang army arrived to encircle them.
Their actions also led many people to follow and escape from the two wings.
But as the Tang army's formation approached, both wings were gradually blocked by the Tang army, and there was no way to escape.
The floating bridge has become a hell on earth, with countless people crowding on it and desperately pushing the people in front of them, trying to get to the other side faster.
As a result, people on the bridge fell into the river like dumplings.
When a person wearing armor falls into the water, he will sink gurglingly without struggling a few times.
Some people couldn't wait to jump directly into the river and tried to cross the river by swimming.
But there were too many people and it was too crowded, so not many people could swim through in a panic.
In fact, if there were not these pontoons, it would be impossible for the giant cannibals in desperate situation to fight to the death.
But with a way to survive, they lost the courage to fight.
With the continuous oppression of the Tang army, more and more people fell into the river, so many that they even covered the surface of the river.
At this critical moment, Tang Army cavalry appeared on the upper reaches of the river like dark clouds.
The Tang army, which was going to pursue Tuqi Shi Huihe Geluolu and other tribes, crossed the river at the shallow water ferry in the upper reaches and reached the other side at this critical moment.
Next, all that's left is a crushing defeat!
Seeing the cavalry group arriving at the battlefield at the appointed time, Li Yunze looked up at the blue sky and roared in anger.