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Volume 2: Hope for Chang'an Chapter 17 Abu Muslim's Determination

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    Chapter 17 Abu Muslim¡¯s Determination

    Although the Zhou army's cavalry dispersed, the crossbow arrows fired in the same direction. The locust-like crossbow arrows shot far higher than the tribal cavalry's bows and arrows, and they started to cover the fire almost within two arrows. The first time  A single shooting killed more than 400 people. When shooting from a high-speed horse, a ten to one kill ratio was considered a very high ratio.  "¡·^It only takes 3 seconds to remember dankan genius)

    Some tribal cavalry carried crossbows and still persisted in the team. Falling off at this time was a dead end. The 10,000 cavalry were divided into two groups, outflanking the two sides of the Zhou army's cavalry, and quickly closing the distance. Although the horn crossbows were powerful, they were  It takes longer to string than a bow and arrow, but there are not many tribal cavalry who can shoot bows and arrows on horseback.

    At this time, there are not many warriors who can free their hands to shoot hard bows. The high bridge saddle is a key item at this time. The tribal cavalry has also learned some use of saddles, but for the Zhou army who has been training for longer, the level of the tribal cavalry  It didn't work, the tribal cavalry had already approached within shooting range, and their feather arrows began to fire. This was because the crossbows of the Zhou army's cavalry had been cocked.

    The close-range confrontation began, and the close distance brought an increase in hit rate. At this time, the tribal cavalry paid a full price of 700 cavalrymen falling off their horses, while only a few dozen cavalrymen of the Zhou army fell off their horses. This kind of battle loss  The momentum of the tribal cavalry suddenly stagnated. The two sides were hedging and soon exceeded contact. At this time, the Zhou army took the lead in changing formations. The cavalry began to slow down, then turned quickly, and began to wind up while controlling the horses.

    A flower bloomed on the grassland, and the Zhou army's cavalry was divided into countless small groups. This turn turned into the Zhou army's cavalry following the tribal cavalry. Such a shooting was not too simple. The superiority of the horn crossbow was obtained at this time.  It showed its greatest expression. Although its speed was slow, its accuracy on horseback was unparalleled. The tribal cavalry who fell behind were shot and fell off their horses. The two rounds of crossbow arrows plus the loss of this period of chasing fire, the loss of the tribal cavalry.  As many as 1,500 people, and hundreds of cavalry were injured. This kind of loss caused the tribal cavalry to quickly lose their fighting spirit. Before the close attack, the losses were so high. As long as the Zhou army continued to fire like this, then the 10,000 cavalry would only cost half  They will be completely wiped out in an hour.

    As for close combat, the Zhou army's strength is close combat. If they go up, they will die faster. What was originally a confident battle turned into a rout after a confrontation. This is very annoying for the tribal cavalry. Once it is confirmed that they cannot win, their  Escape is very quick.

    The scattered Zhou army cavalry pursued on the grassland. Although the 10,000 cavalry restrained Duan Heng and several thousand cavalry, they were only targets of being chased. The tribal cavalry who tried their best to escape quickly withdrew to where the large group of cavalry had gathered.  Duan Heng immediately ordered to stop chasing the opponent's scattered cavalry, and the Zhou army's cavalry began to concentrate.

    At this time, the Tocharian infantry was completely unable to withstand it. The third cavalry attack with landslides and earth-shattering forces effortlessly tore apart the infantry defense line. The first two groups of cavalry who retreated then charged in again. This became a pressure point.  The last straw that broke the Tocharian soldiers was that the last 5,000 Zhou army cavalry standing in the distance did not attack, but quietly monitored after changing their horses, because at this time, Tocharian still had more than 20,000 cavalry.

    Garissa was already helpless at this time. The frightened soldiers completely ignored the supervising team. The soldiers with liver and gallbladder split desperately fled back. Even if their heads were beheaded by the supervising team, they did not want to turn back to face the more ferocious Zhou army.  The cavalry, the entire battle line was retreating, and the tribal infantry was even more unbearable. They started fleeing on a large scale as soon as they came into contact with the opponent's cavalry. Garissa knew that it was time to retreat.

    "Leave the flag where it is and let's go. Saihazhi, you stay to contain the Zhou army. You can surrender if necessary." Garissa ordered a general beside him.

    This general wore the same armor as Garissa, and had a metal visor on his face. This was one of Garissa's generals. He had been following him for more than ten years. After listening to Garissa's words, Saihazhi struck out.  Xiong said: "General, go ahead. Sai Hazhi will never surrender. Let Sai Hazhi die here."

    Garissa took a deep look at Saihazhi, patted him on the shoulder, turned and left. As soon as Garissa left, Saihazhi immediately stood in his position and loudly ordered: "All soldiers come forward to supervise the battle.  , whoever retreats will be beheaded regardless of their official position."

    The thousand soldiers left behind by Garissa immediately drew out their weapons and moved forward, attacking any soldiers who were retreating. They immediately chopped down the defeated soldiers, and the line that was about to collapse suddenly came to a halt. Going back meant death, and going forward also meant death.  It is better to die in the hands of the Zhou army than to die in the hands of the Zhou army, and it will not harm the family. So the Tocharian soldiers turned a little bit, and many soldiers began to charge towards the Zhou army. At this time, Heng's cavalry turned back and attacked from the side.  Rushed into the infantry formation.

    Duan Heng did not pursue the cavalry. The five thousand cavalry were monitoring the opponent's cavalry under the leadership of his father Duan Yuntian. I believeDo you have any questions? As long as the final resistance of the infantry is defeated, the Tocharian cavalry alone will not be able to withstand the attack of the most elite cavalry of the Zhou army. The brief engagement of the cavalry just now has already shown this. The combat effectiveness  The gap is really too big, mainly due to the disparity in long-range attack power.

    The intrusion of Duan Heng's cavalry caused the resistance of the entire Tocharian army to collapse. Time seemed to stand still, and then the Tocharian soldiers seemed to begin to collapse at the same time. The entire battlefield was full of soldiers screaming and running away. Saihazhi held a thousand relatives  The soldiers were like small blisters in front of tens of thousands of defeated troops. They could only form a formation and retreat to Saihazhi. Tochara's defeat was determined.

    Duan Heng was riding a war horse at the gate of the Tocharian camp. There were layers of corpses of Tocharian soldiers on the ground in front of him. The corpses were like hedgehog crossbows. This was the place where the Tocharian general died. The last thousand spitfires.  The Luo soldiers vowed not to surrender. After trying to persuade them to surrender to no avail, Duan Yuntian ordered the crossbows to be fired. A flag of General Tuhuo Luo hung down from the broken flagpole, and several crossbow arrows were flying wildly on the flagpole.

    Duan Heng sighed, this was a country's resistance, but it was so fragile in front of the powerful Zhou army. After the war, 40,000 of the 120,000-strong army surrendered, more than 20,000 cavalry fled, and more than 30,000 escaped.  The rest became dead bodies on the grass outside. Except for the slightly injured Tocharian soldiers, the rest of the Zhou army ignored them and let them fend for themselves on the battlefield. War has always been so cruel, especially between countries.  During this time, so much hatred has accumulated.

    "I must not let Dazhou become the losing party." Young Duan Heng secretly made up his mind. The sound of horse hoofbeats came from behind him, and a voice sounded: "Heng'er, your troops are organized and we are about to set off to pursue you.  The main event is later, you have no problem, right?"

    Duan Heng heard his father's voice and quickly turned around to salute: "I have seen the general at last. Our soldiers are also relatively tired. These Tocharians are more tenacious and are different from the original thought of weak combat effectiveness."

    Duan Yuntian smiled and said: "It is not easy for any nation or country to truly conquer. This battle will be a battle to destroy the country, so it is not surprising that these Tocharians are desperate, but they are really too poor.  Well, look at the equipment of these warriors, that¡¯s why they failed. The bloodletting in recent years has made the entire Tocharian country too poor, so it was possible to defeat the entire Tocharian army with tens of thousands of people.¡±

    Duan Heng said: "We have to pursue immediately, otherwise the opponent's cavalry will run away. Our cavalry will be able to set off in half an hour."

    Duan Yuntian waved his hand and said: "No, you guys have a good rest. The infantry has just arrived. Their horse power is nothing to cherish. Let the infantry ride horses to hang them first. The cavalry is following. The defeated army will not have the courage to turn around and fight us."  The infantry fights on horseback, so that we can attack continuously."

    Duan Heng said: "General, the infantry's riding skills are not very good. What if the enemy escapes?"

    Duan Yuntian laughed loudly: "Those Tocharian cavalry are running very slowly. Now I am sure that they just want to lure us to pursue, so let the infantry go first to compete with them. You cavalry have a rest and have something to eat."  Get on the road and clear up their ambush together when the time comes."

    Abu Muslim was riding calmly on his horse in the valley at this time. He was already aware of the situation of the Zhou army's dispatch of troops, and the news of the defeat of the Tocharians. About 30,000 cavalry were chasing the Tocharian cavalry. Yu'er  We have taken the bait, and now it is up to us to see the outcome of this ambush. Everything we can do has been done, and the final competition is who can win. As for the rest, there is no use thinking about it.

    "Immediately send an order to Dalun Pass to set up an ambush, and go to deceive the switch gate in the middle of the night. Once the switch is opened, use all the troops to capture Dalun Pass for me. There will never be many troops in Dalun Pass now. If the Zhou army is alert, then in  Darun Pass is waiting for us to deal with the Zhou army's pursuers and then join forces to attack the key points." Abu Muslim ordered.

    The two cavalrymen immediately rode out of the valley entrance. They had to go far around the fighting site to deliver a message to the ambush troops at Dalun Pass. It was estimated that they would not be able to arrive until night, but the timing was just right. It was only at night that they could deceive the gatekeepers.  Watching the messengers except the valley entrance, Abu Muslim got off his horse, knelt down on the ground, and began to pray every day. All the food soldiers behind him knelt down on the ground, and the chanting became louder and louder, spreading throughout the valley.  There was an atmosphere of determination to risk death and survive. For the sake of food and religion, Abu Muslim decided to win even if he sacrificed his own life.

    The Tocharian cavalry was galloping. Due to the difference in horse power, the escaping cavalry was already very long. The Zhou army's cavalry could not catch up closely. But now the Tocharian cavalry's horses were tired, and many lagging cavalry were captured.  The Zhou army dismounted their horses. If the Tocharian cavalry had not been monitoring the outside of the group, the tribal cavalry would have scattered and fled. When others were pursuing them, maintaining such a group retreat would be the biggest target.

    Garissa was behind all the cavalry.At the position of ??, he coldly refused the request of his generals to go to the front. At the end, Garissa's mood would be better. Garissa suffered two disastrous defeats against Anxi's army. Now there is a fire burning in his chest.  He wished he could turn around and fight to the death with the Zhou army. Although he knew that there was a Dashi army ambushing in front, Garissa still felt uncomfortable. The combat power of the Zhou army was so great that he only used 15,000 cavalry to beat his own infantry to blood.  into a river.

    It has been a long time since the Tocharian army was so tenacious in battle, but under the attack of the powerful cavalry of the Zhou army, it was as fragile as an egg hitting a stone. Although the cavalry did not fight with all their strength, Garissa knew that even if the cavalry was fully loaded,  Going in is just delaying the time of failure. The stronger, the stronger. Now Tocharo is no longer the powerful country in the Western Regions, and Anxi is no longer the original Anxi. It is now the strongest side of the Zhou Dynasty.  Town, the combat effectiveness of both sides will no longer be at the same level after a few years.

    At this time, Garissa, who was rushing his horse forward, heard the shouts of the guards in front of him. He seemed to be asking something, because the sound of horse hooves could not be heard clearly. After a while, a guard approached Garissa from the outside and said,  Garissa loudly reported: "The Great Eater has sent a messenger. They have set up an ambush in the Gumul Valley. We will rush directly through the valley. The Great Eater's army will attack the Zhou army from both sides. General Aib, the General of the Great Eater, ordered us to rush through."  Immediately after the valley, we gathered together, turned over, and attacked the Zhou army together with the army of Dashi, so as to achieve full success."

    Garissa lowered his head and thought about it. There were dense forests on both sides of the Gumur Valley, but the valley was relatively spacious, which was actually not conducive to an ambush. Zhou Jun estimated that they would not be too vigilant when pursuing. There were two more places after passing the Gumur Valley.  The valley is relatively more conducive to an ambush, but the terrain is too dangerous. I am afraid that the Zhou army's pursuers will advance cautiously, so the possibility of an ambush is actually reduced. Garissa couldn't help but nodded, and admired Abu Muslim's calculation.  He is worthy of being the most powerful general in Dashi. Although he has just arrived in Tocharo, he has a very good grasp of the situation and terrain conditions of both the enemy and ourselves.

    Garissa also shouted loudly, otherwise it would not have been heard above the sound of horse hooves: "Tell General Abu that I, Garissa, will fight to the death for Tochara."

    Seeing the soldier riding out of the protective circle and speeding forward, Garissa breathed a sigh of relief. Now it was time to fight for strength and character. Garissa suddenly thought of Prince Rosali, who was the first to escape.  Has this timid coach escaped to the capital now? A contemptuous smile appeared on Garissa's lips.

    Prince Rosari was very embarrassed at this time, because all his carriages were broken down. After all, it was a carriage that was more gorgeous than practical. It was immediately too much for him to speed up. As a result, he fled from the camp and only made it fifty miles away.  All the carriages were falling apart. Prince Rosari was jumping to his feet and cursing the carriage repair slaves. The wheels of the last two carriages just came off, and the slaves serving Rosari were trying to install the wheels.

    Rosali's twelve beautiful female slaves were standing aside and watching the car being repaired. Rosali cursed: "You scum in the ditch, the carriage is repaired so slowly. How can I get on the road without a carriage? One by one  They say this is the best carriage in the country, and it looks like this after just a few dozen miles.¡±

    The slaves, who had shaved heads and were sweating profusely as they were trying to install the wooden wheels about a person's height, had no energy to answer. Rosali was a beautiful slave who couldn't bear to part with her. How could these delicate beauties get away without a carriage?  Is it easier for those rude and cruel Zhou Jun?  Rosari was extremely unwilling.

    The Royal Guards cavalry who protected him formed a circular circle around Rosari. At this time, the cavalry suddenly became nervous. Rosari also noticed it at this time. The ground began to shake slightly. The Royal Guards general stepped forward and said:  "Prince, if there is a large group of cavalry approaching, it is better to abandon the carriage and mount the horse. If it is the Zhou army cavalry, it will be dangerous."

    Rosali suddenly broke out in cold sweat on her fat face and screamed: "What if I leave my slave? Should I leave it to Zhou Jun?"

    The general said: "We can only protect the prince, otherwise there are not enough horses. If two people ride one horse, they will be easily overtaken. Prince, please get on the horse immediately."

    Rosali reluctantly glanced at all the slave girls with pleading eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he made up his mind. After all, his life was the most important. Rosali called out: "Come on, give me one right away."  Horse, get out of here right now.¡±

    The general brought a war horse with a gorgeous saddle. This was Rosari's mount. Although he had not ridden it a few times, it was the best Dawan horse. A soldier knelt down beside the horse.  , Rosali stepped on the soldier's knees and got on the horse. His body was a little shaky, but he stabilized immediately. At this time, a large number of galloping cavalry appeared in the north.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????The embarrassed state must mean that the battle has been defeated, so the pursuers must be chasing behind them. Now is the most nervous time.

    The cavalry general immediately slapped the crotch of Rosari's horse and ignored the cries of the slave girls, slaves and eunuchs. He had already left many of these servants along the way. After all, there were no such things as carriages.  Servants who were used to cooking and serving people were not eligible for the allocation of war horses at all, and could only be left where they were after the carriage broke down.

    Rosali didn't hear the cry. He didn't mean it, because he was concentrating on driving his horse. Even if Rosali rode a horse, the speed was very safe. Like now, it was completely speeding. Rosali only  I feel like I'm already dizzy just by moving.

    With a bang, the sound of people and horses neighing all around Rosali and his party were heard. The retreating cavalry arrived and paid no attention to Rosali and his party. These highly skilled cavalrymen were all anxious, and behind them were people surrounding them.  The pursuers of the army would either be shot to death or become prisoners of war if they were slower, so even though they saw Rosari's flag, no Tocharian cavalry came forward to protect them.

    The horses of Rosali and his entourage were all the best, but their speed was not as fast as that of the defeated troops, because His Royal Highness the Prince's riding skills were so bad. Even though he had galloped two miles, the general caught Rosali and rode with him.  , but the speed was definitely not as fast as one person and one horse. Soon countless cavalry surpassed Rosari. The frightened Prince Rosari shouted in fear on the horse: "Come and protect me. I am Prince Rosari, Garissa."  Woolen cloth?"

    None of the past cavalry paid him any attention. When Rosari was shouting, Garissa also passed near Rosari and heard Rosari's yell. Garissa ignored him, urged his horse, and accelerated past Rosa.  Not far behind, there was the chasing cavalry of the Zhou army. Rosali's shouts were drowned in the thunderous sound of the cavalry's hooves.

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