Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Ali Musa felt ecstasy when he saw the light cavalry in red armor sent out again from the opposite side.

The Gulam guards he sent were full of heavy armored cavalry, hard to hurt with heavy armor and swords, let alone arrows, charging into battle was invincible...

As soon as this thought was born, a trace of uneasiness emerged immediately.

"What tricks are the thieves playing!"

Ali Musa let out a low growl with some fear.

There is no doubt that the enemy on the opposite side is the only powerful enemy he has ever seen in his life. He does not believe that the other party will foolishly use light cavalry to prevent his heavy cavalry from rescuing him, so he must have other reliance.

Ludwig could understand Ali Musa's feelings at the moment. He also knew that Dayu had a trump card, but no matter how hard he tried to think about it, he still didn't know what the other party's trump card was.

"Attention should be paid to the opponent's strong crossbow!"

The only way Ludwig could think of was the crossbow.

Eastern crossbows are capable of piercing armor...

Ali Musa frowned, and said: "It's okay, we are here to rescue Ibuyin, as long as we meet Ibuyin, the crossbow will lose its power."

Obviously, he has already taken this into consideration. The opponent is so powerful, can he even shoot with his own people?

The answer will be revealed soon...

The light cavalry running like lightning did not stupidly stand in front of the Gulam Guards and block their support. Instead, when the two sides were about to collide head-on at a distance of more than fifty steps, they suddenly changed direction, and the red The cavalry were like elves, one after another, galloping diagonally, galloping past the flanks of the Gulam Guards.

The shortest distance between the two sides when they staggered was no more than ten steps...

At the moment of staggering, black objects were thrown from the hands of Dayu cavalry one by one, some were thrown far away, some rolled down, and they all greeted the Gulam guards.

"boom!"

With a burst of loud noises, the heavy armored cavalry soldiers of the Gulam Guards turned their backs on their backs, and one by one the knights in heavy armor stumbled and fell heavily from their horses, making a mess.

The Dayu cavalry team circled around and attacked the panic-stricken Gulam guards.

Seeing this scene, Ali Musa's heart ached, and he almost vomited blood from the pain.

The Gulam Guards was his most trusted trump card.

He prepared for the battle in Talas for more than half a year, rehearsing tactics in his mind more than once, and thought that he might lose, but he never thought that he would encounter such an unheard of situation.

Ludwig was also speechless.

Zhe Yuqing on the opposite side of Dayu waved his fist excitedly, and said loudly: "I thought this terrestris grenade would have a miraculous effect on armored cavalry, but I didn't expect the effect to be so good. It is simply the nemesis of armored cavalry!"

The Caltrop Grenade is an improved version of the Caltrop Fireball.

Tribulus fireball is an explosive firearm. It appeared in history in the third year of Hampyeong, that is, 30 years after this time. It was invented by Tang Fuxian, the captain of the Shenwei water army. He took three six-headed iron blades and used gunpowder balls as the Spherical shape, plus eight pieces of barbed wire, each with an inverted beard, a hemp rope running through the middle, two feet long, with paper and miscellaneous medicines on the outside.Use a trebuchet to shoot the enemy's cavalry at the key points, and use the explosive force to burst out barbed wire to injure the horse's legs and feet, which is specially used to prevent the enemy's cavalry from attacking.

The Dayu court paid far more attention to gunpowder than the Song Dynasty, and Tang Lan, a member of the Science and Technology Department, had invented something similar six years ago, but I don't know if he and Tang Fuxian are in the same family.

Tribulus fireballs are actually not practical, they are too big to be carried around, and can only be used to defend cities. This is also the case in history. Tribulus fireballs were one of the important firearms for city defense in the Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties.

Luo Youdu rewarded Tang Lan and asked him to find a way to shrink the caltrop fireball so that it could be thrown by hand.

There have been no results for many years, because the power of gunpowder is too small. If you want to hurt the enemy, you need a lot of gunpowder. There is no reason to carry dozens of catties of gunpowder as a grenade.It wasn't until the year before last that the Science and Technology Department accidentally discovered that gunpowder and sugar could produce a large amount of reaction, which made it more powerful, and the tribulus grenade came out.

However, due to technical reasons, the power of thistle grenade is still limited, and it is difficult to cause effective damage to armored soldiers.But after testing, the tribulus grenade is very harmful to war horses, especially heavy cavalry.

Heavy cavalry with horse armor, charging into battle, with terrifying power, obvious weaknesses, not flexible enough, cavalry need to gather together to exert maximum power, and in special cases they are even connected by ropes.

The dense weak horse legs are the place where the Tribulus grenade can play.

Brother Yeluxiu was a little shocked when he saw the effect of the Tribulus grenade that was put into actual combat for the first time, but he frowned distressedly when he saw the sweaty horses that fell to the ground.

"Hey, the other party has withdrawn!"

Zhe Yuqing said with a bit of regret, and quickly reacted, saying: "They are trying to lure us to attack."

Brother Yeluxiu praised: "The other party has also seen the weakness of our firearms and cannot be used in melee. They lure us to pursue and then return the carbine. The opponent has an advantage in numbers, so there is no need to spend it with them for the time being, and they have plenty of time to play with them .”

Seeing that the opponent did not pursue him, Ali Musa showed a bit of unwillingness in his eyes, but he did not dare to turn back and fight again.

They lost more than a thousand soldiers and horses in this battle, a small number, but Dayu's unimaginable offensive method dealt a big blow to their morale.

It is better to suspend the army for the time being.

On the way to withdraw troops, Ludwig suggested: "Khan, it is better to divide a force to harass the enemy's rear, and we will leave a clamp."

Ali Musa rebuffed without hesitation: "It's not right, you have to test out the opponent's strength. You have seen the opponent's methods. Now divide the troops, and I am afraid that they will defeat them one by one. Besides, today we are just not familiar with the opponent's methods. , we are superior in number, so there is no reason to admit cowardice."

Eight days later!
Ali Musa said solemnly: "I think my brother's suggestion at the beginning was good. You can't follow the rhythm of the East and let him restrain you here."

At this time, he no longer had the slightest thought of defeating the enemy in front of him.

For eight days, the two sides fought for a full eight days.

Ali Musa exhausted all means, but failed to take advantage of Brother Yeluxiu, but lost a lot of soldiers and horses.

From being full of confidence at the beginning to having no confidence at all, Ali Musa only persisted for eight days.The combat effectiveness of the soldiers was slightly inferior, and Brother Yeluxiu was impeccable in commanding the battle. He suppressed him in every way. If it wasn't for the superiority of troops, relying on the superiority of numbers, he barely maintained the situation.

Knowing the seriousness of the situation, Ludwig said, "This subordinate leads the team personally..."

However, when Ludwig separated his troops and left the camp, Brother Yeluxiu took the initiative to attack rarely, forcing Ludwig to turn back for help with a sharp advantage.

It wasn't until this moment that Ali Musa came to his senses, punched the grass and said, "I understand, this bastard is trying to trap us here."

Ali Musa has been in correspondence with Rudius Guerra, who is in the central army, and has a certain understanding of the other two battles.

Zhambul Fort was not attacked, but Dayu had already assembled more than a hundred catapults outside the city, and all kinds of artillery stones were continuously transported from outside the desert.

The guard Odennell once burned the catapult in the night, defeating the prudent Zhe Yuqing, complaining that Ali Musa failed to threaten the Eastern logistics as described before the war.

On the contrary, the Chinese army has an absolute advantage in military strength and has achieved great results.

After another two days, the situation gradually became clear.

There is still no progress on Ali Musa's side, but Zhambul Fort has suffered an unprecedented attack.

More than one hundred catapults kept throwing flying rocks and kerosene into the castle, as well as poisonous smoke balls, iron-mouthed fire harriers, bamboo fire harriers, thunderstorms, etc. The power is not very powerful, but it is very vicious and heartbreaking. Morale stuff.

The catapults in Zhambul Fort were far inferior to Dayu's sophistication, and they could only be passively bombarded. How long could they hold on? Odennell responded with a pessimistic attitude.

Ali Musa said with a bit of reluctance: "Strengthen the offense in the middle, what do you think brother?"

Ludwig sighed: "It is true that we have to change our strategy. If we continue, we will have no way out..."

Ali Musa has the feeling that stealing chickens will not lose money. This time he thought he would hold the victory in his hands and become the heroic savior who broke the East this time. In the end, he encountered a hard stubble. The coalition forces of the Western Regions have uneven combat effectiveness, and they have picked up a ready-made bargain for Rudius Guerra, who does not know soldiers.

Ali Musa rubbed his brain hard and said, "That's it! Winning is more important than anything else."

He said that he personally repaired the book to Ludeus Guerra, asking him to step up his offensive and try to defeat the Dayu Central Army before the fall of Zhambul Fort.

Compared with Brother Yeluxiu, who was crushing Ali Musa, and Zhe Yuxun, who dared not probe the Zhambol Fort, which was bombarded with catapults, Li Chuyun of the Chinese Army did not progress very smoothly.

He led Ganzhou Uighurs, Gaochang Uighurs, Khotan soldiers and Dayu 5 troops, a total of [-] soldiers, against a Western coalition army composed of [-] Dafa believers and mercenaries.

The believers of the Great Eclipse fight fiercely, completely despise life, and regard sacrifice as a kind of glory, while the mercenaries have extremely rich combat experience, and their lethality on the battlefield is extremely terrifying.

They didn't have any tactics, they fought with more people and with a ruthless force, completely ignoring casualties, which made Li Chuyun suffer a lot.

"Captain, the opponent seems to have strengthened their offensive in the past few days."

The Lion King was a little worried. He didn't expect the Western Allied Forces to be so difficult, especially the believers of the Great Eater. They were stunned. Their hands were cut off and they didn't know how to retreat. When they got angry, they hit their heads and bit their mouths...

He saw with his own eyes that the opponent used flesh and blood to resist the impact of their cavalry, and used his body to hug the horse's legs to prevent the cavalry from advancing.

This is the first time he has seen this group of crazy soldiers...

Facing such a lunatic, he obviously felt that the morale of the army had been shaken.

Li Chuyun still had Zhizhu's expression on his face, and said: "They can't help Yelu and the two deputy commanders, and treat us as soft persimmons that can be manipulated. This is also the desired result. You have worked hard these days... Let's go back today Wuli, temporarily avoid the sharp edge..."

He paused and said, "Tomorrow will be the decisive battle!"