Facing the sharp firearms of the Tang army, the Dashi army dared to attack. It was not entirely arrogant, but prepared. No, as General Abboud, who was in charge of the front line command, shouted, a hundred giant shields came out.
It has already stood up.
The huge shield is very large, about one foot high and six feet wide. It is made of thick wooden boards, covered with two layers of rawhide on the outside, and lined with a layer of iron sheets in the middle. There are two rows of handles on the inside for holding.
, behind each giant shield were twenty officers and soldiers, five of whom held shields and were responsible for advancing, five archers were responsible for covering, and ten shield swordsmen were ready to attack at any time. The shield formation was divided into ten rows, each row
There were ten huge shields, with several feet between them. This arrangement was obviously aimed at the Tang army's firearms, so the preparations could not be said to be insufficient.
"go ahead!"
Looking at the neat rows of shield formations, Abboud felt proud, waved his hand, and gave the attack order neatly.
"Hoo ho, ho ho..."
This is obviously not the first time that the Great Food Army has practiced this kind of shield formation. After the general gave the order, the slogans rang out in unison, and the rows of giant shields began to move forward. Although the speed was not very fast, it was impressive because of its majestic momentum.
, it was really spectacular as the mountains moved sideways. At the same time, the various departments of the Food Army, which were responsible for containing the Tang armies everywhere, also began to move forward. As many as 7,000 troops were thrown into the attack at one time.
"Let's go."
In the rear formation of the Great Food Army, Mohammed Suben Hussein silently looked at the troops and horses that started to move forward, his face extremely dull. After a long time, he let out a sigh of relief and turned around.
He looked around at the old and weak soldiers lined up behind him, waved his hand expressionlessly, and then, regardless of the soldiers' expressions, he lowered his head and walked away towards the diagonal thorn first. Seeing this, all the soldiers couldn't help but hesitate.
There was some hesitation, but no one raised any objections. They all followed Mohammed Suben Hussein silently...
"Order the artillery to open fire and focus on calling out the enemy's shield array!"
As the Great Food Army Formation approached, the evil aura gradually arose, and the clouds of war became thicker. However, Xiao Sanlang, who stood on the top of the mountain, was unmoved. His face was calm and calm, and he put down the monocular telescope in his hand.
Upon receiving the order from the Chinese Army, Lu Mingquan, the deputy commander in charge of commanding the artillery regiment, did not dare to neglect it. He waved the small red flag in his hand and loudly issued the order for the artillery attack.
"Boom, boom..."
The Tang Army carried a total of twelve heavy artillery pieces during this expedition to Persia, three of which were led by the first battalion led by the artillery regiment commander Su Qingsheng to participate in the ambush of the enemies in Xiye City, and the remaining nine were all concentrated on Tianhuang Mountain.
Among them, there are three on the mountain ridge on the right, and six heavy artillery are arranged on the left main position commanded by Lu Mingquan personally, and there are 18 infantry artillery to cooperate. Although only six heavy artillery are firing at this time, there is a huge roar.
The sound was so earth-shattering. The giant bomb that flew across the sky let out a scream of death and slammed into the shield array of the Great Food Army. In an instant, six extremely terrifying mushroom clouds exploded, and shrapnel flew across the sky.
, the originally neat shield formation of the Great Food Army suddenly fell into chaos.
The giant shield is not useless. In fact, except for one giant shield that was directly hit by the Tang Army's heavy artillery shell and shattered into debris flying in the sky, the other giant shields did not suffer much damage. The problem is that the giant shield can only cover the front.
The shrapnel from the explosion did not block the other three directions at all. Facing the shrapnel flying in all directions, the officers and soldiers of Dashi hiding behind had no other choice but to gamble their luck.
Come to think of it, it is obvious that luck is usually unreliable. No, just the explosion of six huge bombs caused the death of nearly a hundred of the two thousand food soldiers who formed the shield formation.
"Don't stop, keep moving forward. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
Although the Dashi Army had practiced shield formations many times, exercises were exercises. Once they had seen the power of heavy artillery, they couldn't help but get confused. Not to mention the shield formations were scattered, and there were many soldiers who were stunned by the explosions.
He left his companions behind and ran away wildly. As soon as this happened, Abboud, who was commanding the attack, became anxious. He led his guards and rushed into the rebel army, slashed and killed several fleeing soldiers with his sword, and roared wildly.
After suppressing the attack for a long time, the commotion among the generals barely subsided.
"put!"
Loading the heavy artillery was quite troublesome. Fortunately, the vector had been measured early in the morning, so there was no need to make too many adjustments. Taking advantage of the opportunity for the food army to adjust its formation, the Tang army officers and soldiers worked together and quickly completed the loading together with the
As Lu Mingquan gave an order to adjust the artillery positions, the six heavy artillery roared again, and another six shells smashed into the shield formation of the Food Army. Unfortunately, the accuracy was not very good, and they only destroyed more than the first round of artillery.
Although it also killed a lot of Dashi officers and soldiers, it failed to cause chaos in the Dashi army like the first bombardment.
"Put it on, let it go again!"
The giant shield was too big and heavy. Even though it was carried forward by five strong soldiers, it could not move faster. Naturally, it became the best meat for the Tang army's heavy artillery.
Target, under Lu Mingquan's roar, the Tang army's heavy artillery fired a total of five rounds. Thirty heavy shells exploded, and the food army was terrified. Before they could advance to the foot of the mountain, ten shields were lost, and the officers and soldiers were killed or injured.
There were even more than 200 people. However, at this time, due to the problem of shooting angle, the Tang army's heavy artillery could no longer function and had to temporarily stop.
"Rush, rush up the mountain!"
In just a short distance of more than 300 steps, more than 200 casualties were caused, which is not a small amount. However, Abboud was not moved by this, because all this was still within the range of his tolerance.
As the Tang army's artillery fire stopped, Aboudke became more energetic and roared out the charge order.
"The true God is above, the true God is above!"
Seeing that the destination was in sight, the surviving officers and soldiers of Dashi became very courageous. They chanted religious slogans in unison, connected all the shields into several shield walls, and started to attack with force against the shield walls.
Climbing up the mountainside, the speed suddenly became faster than the old and young.
"Prepare the kerosene bombs, throw them!"
The shield wall offensive is really useful to prevent fire guns, and it can even be used to prevent infantry artillery attacks. The Dashi Army was able to pull off such a move because they did a lot of research and deployment on the Tang Army's firearms, and the effect was quite good.
, but it is not unsolvable, at least in Lu Sansheng's view. If nothing else, Lu Sansheng has encountered this kind of shield offensive several times on the battlefield, and has already had a corresponding solution.
He said, he would not be afraid of the wild charge of the food army. He waved his hand and ordered calmly.
"Boom, boom..."
Just when the Dashi Army rushed against the shield wall and was less than 40 steps away from the Tang Army's forward position, with Lu Sansheng's loud roar, the more than 20 strong men of the Tang Army who had been prepared already threw out the ignition weapon with all their strength.
The kerosene bombs on the fuse, but saw the kerosene bombs as big as basketballs rolling and rolling on the shield wall, and instantly exploded into clouds of fire. Wherever the kerosene touched,
The fire burned wherever it reached, and even rawhide mixed with water could not stop the spread of the fire. Soon, the first row of shield walls had burned into blazing torches, thick smoke billowing into the sky, and the heat wave was scorching.
"shooting!"
The fire was fierce at the same time. The poor shield-carrying officers and soldiers in the front row were either lit by kerosene as human-shaped torches, or were burned by the heat wave and were thrown around. As for the giant shields that blocked the bullets, they had long been He couldn't hold it anymore and threw them all on the ground. When he saw this, Lu Sansheng could not be polite to the food army. With an order, the gunshots in the Tang army's formation rang out like fried beans. He stood up and instantly swept all the food soldiers exposed to the gun to the ground.
"Throw kerosene bombs!"
"shooting!"
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To break the shield formation, the sharpest weapon is kerosene bombs. This point has long been agreed upon by the Tang army. In fact, in order to prepare for this battle, half of the last batch of baggage transported by the Tang army from Hexi to Persia was The thing is kerosene bombs. Facing such sharp weapons, the food army is in dire straits. It can't move forward because there are flames in front of it. Why retreat? There are our own shield formations behind it. Obviously, it can't retreat. They could only stand there helplessly, facing the Tang army's living target. As Lu Sansheng issued orders one after another, the Tang army officers and soldiers methodically knocked down row after row of food officers and soldiers to the ground. , this battle was really easy and comfortable. Only a few officers and soldiers were injured by the arrows fired by the Shishi army in its last struggle, but more than 300 of the Shishi army were killed.
Everyone is afraid of death. Even if most of the food army is fanatics who have been brainwashed by religion, facing the irresistible end of death, they can no longer hold on. As the first three rows of people His robe died tragically on the spot, and the officers and soldiers behind him became timid. I don’t know who shouted first, and the entire army collapsed. All the officers and soldiers no longer paid attention to the order to attack, leaving behind the huge army that was inconvenient to drag. Shield, he turned around and fled towards the foot of the mountain in a noisy manner.
"fire!"
It didn't matter if the Dashi army fled like this. Lu Mingquan, who had been holding back for a long time, seized the opportunity. With a loud roar, eighteen infantry cannons opened fire at once, killing and injuring the fleeing Dashi army. In a mess, less than half of the two thousand food troops who participated in the attack on the main position of the Tang Army returned to the starting point intact. The losses were so heavy that Abboud, who was commanding the battle, immediately turned green.
"waste!"
Aziz Ibn Abdul is not a good-tempered person. Seeing that his own army attacking the mountain did not even touch the Tang army's position, it was defeated like a landslide and suffered such losses. There were so many people and horses, and the anger in their hearts immediately became louder. They rushed in front of Abboud on horseback, and slapped Abboud unceremoniously with a slap on the ear, until Abboud rolled and fell off the horse.
"The great emir calms down, the great emir calms down, the general is willing to lead the death squad to attack again and win the mountain to the death!"
Abboud had been following Aziz Ibn Abdul for some years, so he knew his general's temper well. Although his face was in severe pain, he did not dare to complain at all. He stood up and hurried away. He kneeled on the ground and begged.
"Hmph, this is your last chance. If you can't conquer the mountain, you should come up and see me. Get out!"
Aziz Ibn Abdul was angry, but he had no intention of actually killing Abd for sacrifice. He just glared at him, squeezed out a harsh word through his teeth, and then his head fell. He turned his horse back to the main formation without looking back...