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Volume 1: The Li family has a son named Longji Chapter 50: Pursuit

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    The trebuchet posed a huge threat to the Tang Army's powerful crossbows. If it could not be destroyed in time, it would pose a great threat to the Tang Army. This should be done as soon as possible.  Even if Chen Xuanli and Xue Zhi didn't say anything, the soldiers knew what to do.  The Mo Daoshou who came with the cavalry jumped off the horse, holding the heavy Mo Dao tightly, quickly came to the trebuchet, and struck down the Mo Dao hard in his hand.  There was a loud noise, and part of the trebuchet was broken. After another burst of Mo Dao, the trebuchet was completely damaged.  The trebuchet is very huge. If it is chopped with a horizontal sword, it will take a long time to destroy it. Therefore, Li Longji specially mobilized some swordsmen to follow. This is a good idea.  The Mo Dao is heavy, and the force of one strike can be imagined. It can destroy a trebuchet in a short time.  In this way, under the protection of the cavalry, the Mo Daoshou destroyed the trebuchets one by one.  "Damn! Damn Mo Dao!" Gu Taibai looked at the destroyed trebuchets, his heart was bleeding, and he kept cursing Mo Dao.  "Quick! Get the trebuchet back for me." The trebuchet was too important to Gu Taibai. If the trebuchet was destroyed by the Tang army, he would lose the weapon to suppress the Tang army's powerful crossbows, and the heavy cavalry would be useless.  If the heavy cavalry cannot be used, it will be difficult for the Arab Empire to win the war.  Gu Taibai roared and personally led his elite troops to deal with the Tang army's cavalry, hoping to recapture the trebuchet.  "Well done!" Chen Xuanli and Xue Zhi led the Tang army's cavalry to entangle with him and hold him back, making it difficult for him to move forward.  "Damn! Hateful!" Gu Taibai could not break through the obstruction of the Tang army's cavalry, and watched helplessly as the trebuchet was destroyed by the Tang army.  Not long after, all the trebuchets were destroyed by the Tang army.  This means that the Arab Imperial Army has lost its most powerful long-range attack weapon.  There was no way Tang Jun could do anything anymore.  The Arab Emperor's army does not have strong crossbows.  The most powerful long-range attack was the trebuchet. The trebuchet was destroyed, which was tantamount to losing an arm for the Arab Emperor's army.  "Very good!" Zhang said, waving the command flag in his hand, and loudly ordered: "Cut off their retreat." Chen Xuanli and Xue Zhi saw the command flag waving, and knew what Zhang meant, and shouted: "Cut off the big food dog's retreat."  "No one can escape." Cut off the enemy's retreat first, and then attack. This is the consistent strategy of the Tang army, and this time is no exception.  "Attack!" After giving the order to the cavalry to cut off the retreat of the Arab Imperial Army, Zhang Shuo waved the flag in his hand again and directed the Tang army to attack.  The Tang army was good at attacking and defending, and its defense was like an iron barrel, indestructible; its attack was like overwhelming mountains and seas, and no one could resist it.  Under the command of Zhang Shuo, the Tang army mobilized its entire army.  Like a sea tide, it pressed up against the Arab Imperial Army.  "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The first to show off its power was the crossbow array.  Countless crossbows appeared in the air, weaving into a huge arrow net, covering the Arab Imperial Army.  "Ah! Ah! Ah!" The first unlucky one was the heavy cavalry, who was hit by the crossbow bolt and let out a scream before death, which was shrill and harsh, like a pig being slaughtered.  Heavy cavalry is used to rush into formations. Of course, they must be deployed in front of the formation. If the Tang army attacks, they will bear the brunt.  Although the heavy cavalry is powerful, when encountering a crossbow formation, they have no power to fight back and will only be massacred.  Hiding?  That's impossible.  Because the heavy cavalry is too bulky and not flexible enough.  "O Allah, please protect your loyal servants and send down divine punishment to kill these hateful and hateful Chinese people." Gu Taibai looked at the falling heavy cavalry, his face was twisted, but he had no choice but to go to the  Prayer to Allah that does not exist.  However, God did not appear, and the heavy cavalry were still shot and killed by the Tang army, resulting in heavy casualties.  The heavy cavalry is one of the aces of the Arab Empire. Each one is carefully selected and carefully trained. They are the darling of Gu Taibai.  Now, he could only watch helplessly being slaughtered, and he even wanted to die.  Soon, the Tang army shot and killed the heavy cavalry, and then shot the swordsman archers behind the heavy cavalry.  Even the heavy cavalry, a troop with extremely thick armor, was not enough to stand up to the crossbow, let alone the swordsmen and archers, who were quickly shot to pieces by the crossbow.  The deadly crossbow finally stopped. Not only did Gu Taibai not breathe a sigh of relief, he felt even heavier.  Because Modao Battle Formation has appeared.  Thousands of Mo Daomen held heavy Mo Dao in their hands, lined up in a neat battle formation, and pressed forward like an overwhelming mountain.  Thousands of shining Mo Dao form a dazzling wall of knives, giving people a heavy sense of oppression that makes people almost suffocated.  Not to mention hacking and killing, just looking at the scene in front of you is enough to make people despair.Sure enough, the Mo Dao Battle Formation came to the front of the Arab Imperial Army and began to show off its power, like a greedy meat grinder, ruthlessly devouring the lives of the Arab Imperial Army.  Heavy cavalry is very offensive. However, the offensive power of Modao Battle Formation is not inferior to that of heavy cavalry. The consequences of Modao Battle Formation's display of power can be imagined.  When encountering heavily armored cavalry, it is difficult to parry them, and they will only be massacred.  Similarly, when encountering the Modao battle formation, the Arab Imperial Army had no power to fight back and could only wait to die.  The Mo Dao battle formation was extremely sharp and ruthlessly drove into the battle formation of the Arab Imperial Army. It was like entering a deserted land and massacred wantonly. Wherever it passed, it was red.  When the war reached this point, the trebuchets and heavy cavalry, the sharp weapons that the Arab Empire's army relied on to gallop freely, no longer existed. The Arab Empire lost its most powerful support and was no different from the Turkic and Tubo armies.  When they arrived at Mo Dao's battle formation, they had no power to fight back. They could only wait to die.  "Retreat!" When Gu Taibai saw that something was wrong, he took a deep breath, calmed down, and decisively ordered a retreat.  He led his army to march eastward this time to prepare for his future march into the Tang Dynasty. He wanted to conquer Afghanistan and Pakistan and turn these two places into advance bases.  This withdrawal meant that he had failed and he could no longer build an advance base.  This was unacceptable to Gu Taibai, who wanted to conquer China.  However, the situation of the battle is like this.  It won¡¯t work if we don¡¯t withdraw.  Not to mention how uncomfortable he felt.  He almost vomited blood.  Not withdrawing?  Then it really becomes waiting to die.  Although the current war situation is unfavorable, as long as the troops are withdrawn, there is still a glimmer of hope and a comeback is possible.  If he stayed here to fight with the Tang army, the entire army would be destroyed.  Gu Taibai¡¯s decision was correct. The Arab Imperial Army received the order and began to retreat.  The Arab Imperial Army is well-trained and has strict orders.  Although the battle situation was unfavorable, there was no panic during the retreat. They evacuated the battlefield in an orderly manner and followed orders.  "Not bad! Very good!" Li Longji saw it and admired it greatly.  The true elites can not only win the battle, but also maintain military discipline and order after defeat.  Only this kind of army is truly elite.  The Arab Imperial Army is such an elite team.  "But. What's the use of this?" Then, Li Longji shook his head disdainfully. ??????????????????? The Tang army surged up from all directions and surrounded the Arab Imperial Army. ?? Gu Taibai led 50,000 elites to the eastward expedition, leaving some garrisons in the conquered areas, and suffering casualties along the way. Only 40,000 people reached Kabul.  The Tang army arrived with nearly 200,000 troops, which was five times his number. They had an absolute military advantage. Once they surrounded them, they would be enough to wipe out Gu Taibai.  "Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Gu Taibai knew very well that if he was surrounded by the Tang army, his entire army would be destroyed.  The only way to avoid this tragedy is to withdraw before the Tang army surrounds them.  However, the Tang army moved very quickly, and the Arab Emperor's army had no time to retreat. The Arab Emperor's army was constantly surrounded.  "Let's go!" Seeing that it was impossible to withdraw the army, Gu Taibai had no choice but to grit his teeth and lead more than a thousand guards around him to escape first.  He can¡¯t escape unless he escapes, otherwise, he will also be done with it.  In this situation now, one can escape one by one, so we can¡¯t wait.  "Chase!" Zhang Xiaofei was closest to Gu Taibai and led his army to chase him from behind.  "Yang Sixu, you lead an army of fifty thousand and pursue us from behind." Li Longji saw this and ordered Yang Sixu.  "Yes." Yang Sixu took the order and led 50,000 Tang troops to pursue him from behind.  The Arab Emperor¡¯s army who stayed here did not give up resistance because Gu Taibai escaped. They showed enough courage and still fought to the end.  "For Allah!" "For Allah!" "Fight to the end!" "Unyielding until death!" The howls of the Arab Empire's army came and went. They held their weapons tightly and fought hard.  "These Arab Empire soldiers are religious fanatics. For the sake of God who does not exist, they can abandon their wives and children, and they can die for God.  Although they were heavily besieged by the Tang army, they still fought hard and fought to the end, which is reasonable.  However, what they encountered was the Tang army. Even though they were unyielding and fought to the end, the result did not change. In the end, their entire army was destroyed.  Moreover, the casualties they caused to the Tang army were not large, because the Tang army opened the way through the Modao battle formation. When encountering the Modao battle formation, no matter how brave the Arab emperor's soldiers were, it was in vain.  However, it was precisely because of their desperate resistance that the Tang army took so long to annihilate them. It actually took a wholeIt took one day to wipe them all out.  Not one of the tens of thousands of Arab Empire soldiers flinched, and they all fought desperately until they were killed or collapsed from exhaustion.  Only a few Arab Empire soldiers were captured alive.  Even though they were captured, they still refused to give in. They were cursing, insulting the Tang army, and begging God for divine punishment.  "What a bloody battle!" Li Longji was riding the Zhaoye Lion King, covered in blood, like a bloody man, holding the bloody horizontal sword tightly, and sighed with emotion.  "Yes, what a bloody battle! There hasn't been such a bloody battle for a long time!" Chen Xuanli also sighed with emotion.  "This should be the most powerful, tenacious, unafraid of death, and most heroic and fearless army that the Tang Dynasty has encountered since its founding! Although they are enemies of the Tang Dynasty, they are worthy of admiration." Zhang said with a look of appreciation.  , said: "Prince, such enemies are respectable. We cannot let them die in the wild. They should be buried." "Yes." All the generals agreed in unison.  "Yes. They are worthy of admiration, let them rest in peace." Li Longji also agreed.  Since then, the Tang army began to bury the bodies of the Arab Empire soldiers. What is strange is that the Tang army did not complain, but was happy to do so.  (To be continued)
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