Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

These foreign soldiers under Zhang Jian's command grew up herding livestock on the grassland and knew how to deal with cavalry.

Not long after digging, the soldiers soon discovered something was wrong.

They all raised their heads and reported loudly to Zhang Jian who was riding on a horse.

"General Zhang, there is hard soil underneath this grassland, and it is mixed with a lot of gravel!"

"Without special digging tools, I'm afraid it would be impossible to dig a few horse pits!"

"If you use brute force to dig, the edge of the spear might get bent!"

Hearing what the soldiers said, Zhang Jian's face changed and he quickly dismounted to investigate.

Zhang Jian held the spear in both hands and hammered the ground heavily with the sharp tip of the spear. Soon, the sound of iron and stone colliding was heard.

Feeling the vibration from the tiger's mouth, Zhang Jian cursed angrily.

"Damn it!"

Digging in such hard gravel ground can easily blunt the edge of the spear, which is not conducive to subsequent combat.

Zhang Jian shouted quickly, "Everyone, go out and see if there is any soft soil!"

Soon thousands of people spread out in all directions, using spears to constantly probe the softness of the soil.

After half a cup of tea, the soldiers found that the situation in the surrounding large area was the same.

Seeing the enemy cavalry getting closer, Zhang Jian hurriedly gave orders.

"Everyone come back, we are going to dig a horse pit nearby!"

“We’ll dig as much as we can!”

Just as 3000 infantrymen were frantically digging horse traps, another scout rushed back and reported to Zhang Jian.

"General Zhang, the enemy is less than 2 miles away from us!"

"They are charging faster!"

When the scout was reporting the news, the sound of horses' trampling could be heard from the distant valley.

Zhang Jian jumped on his horse and shouted, "The enemy is coming! Line up to meet them!"

"All infantrymen retreat to the horse trap and form a large circle."

"Shield soldiers in front, spear soldiers in the middle, archers in the back!"

Under Zhang Jian's order, 3000 infantrymen, under the command of several brave and resolute captains, formed a battle formation in an orderly manner.

"Boom~"

The dense horse trampling sounds ahead seemed to crush the land to pieces. As the sounds grew louder, the cavalry from Wugut City appeared in sight.

The enemy cavalry quickly split into three groups during the rapid attack.

The two groups of enemy cavalry on the left and right rushed towards the cavalry on the left and right sides of the Tang army, while the group of enemy cavalry in the middle rushed towards the Tang army infantry.

Zhang Jian shouted: "Cavalry charge to meet the enemy!"

As the battle flags waved, the 4000 Tang cavalry on the left and right sides also began to attack the enemy fearlessly.

"Dang~"

"Bang~"

The cavalry of both sides collided in an instant and began a fierce fight.

At the beginning of the battle, the cavalry on both sides had the most physical strength, and each of their attacks was swift and fierce.

When the cavalry of both sides were fighting, another cavalry of the enemy had already rushed to the front of the Tang army's infantry.

Just as the Wugut City cavalry, who were at the forefront, were preparing to raise their spears to break through the formation, something strange happened.

The warhorse was suddenly tripped by a horse pit and fell forward heavily, and all the cavalrymen on the horse fell to the ground.

"Bang~"

"what!"

The war horses were already in a high-speed sprint, and the ground was extremely hard, so many enemy soldiers fainted on the spot.

The enemy cavalry following closely behind could not rein in their horses and also charged forward.

Zhang Jian immediately ordered the archers, "Release your arrows!"

Suddenly, a rain of arrows shot forward, instantly covering the Wugut City cavalry and war horses rushing in front.

"Dang Dang Dang~"

There was a loud collision between the bow and the armor.

Except for a few unlucky ones who were shot in places not protected by armor, most of the enemy cavalry were not injured.

Because of the long distance and the fact that the cavalry from Wugut City were wearing thicker armor, bows and arrows could not cause much damage to them.

A general from Wugut City shouted, "The Tang army has dug pits to trap horses. Everyone, move to the sides and use arrows and crossbows to consume them first!"

"promise!"

The cavalry of Wugut City immediately rushed to both sides. They put their spears between their legs, took out the bows and arrows on their backs and shot at the Tang army.

Because the Tang army had shield soldiers in front and all the infantry were wearing helmets and armor, the enemy's bows and arrows could not cause much damage.

The Tang army's infantry and the Wugut city's cavalry fought a war of attrition.

Under the rain of arrows, soldiers on both sides were injured every moment.

In the wilderness on both sides, the cavalry of both sides were also chasing and fighting bloody battles. 4000 Tang cavalry and 6000 enemy troops were fighting in a group, and the battle was difficult to determine.

On a small hill not far from the battlefield.

King Yuanfen, escorted by two lieutenant generals and a group of personal guards, stood at the highest point of the hillside, looking down at the battlefield ahead.

They saw that thousands of Tang troops not only resisted the attack of tens of thousands of their cavalry, but also that the Tang cavalry had a slight advantage.

King Yuan Fen suddenly said with emotion: "The fighting power of the Tang army is really strong!"

"Gao Changyi, Cui Hexian and Sun Dae-in deserved their defeat!"

A general standing behind King Yuanfen clasped his fists and said.

"Yuan Nuosa, if we continue to fight like this, our casualties will be relatively high. Do we need to use General Yang's 2000 ambush troops to take action?"

King Yuan Fen shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice: "The Tang army's infantrymen are lined up in place. Yang Dachui's 2000 ambushes cannot inflict a fatal blow on them."

"There is an old Chinese saying that goes, 'You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb.' Now is not the right time."

In order to annihilate the Tang army, King Yuanfen did not mind paying a small price.

On the battlefield below.

The bloody battle between the two sides is still going on, and the fighting between the cavalry of both sides has entered a white-hot stage.

The war of attrition between the Tang army's infantry and a cavalry unit from Wugut City was about to turn into hand-to-hand combat.

Due to the massive consumption of bows and arrows by both sides, the quivers on the backs of the soldiers on both sides were empty.

Everyone held the spears tightly in their hands.

Zhang Jian, who was commanding the infantry defense, saw that the elite cavalry of Wugut City was not as strong as he had imagined.

His heart, which had been hanging in the air, slowly settled down.

At this time, the surrounding Wugut City cavalry also formed a large circle and gradually surrounded and compressed the Tang army.

As long as the war horses do not charge, the few horse traps ahead cannot stop them from moving forward.

Zhang Jian shouted sternly, "Shield soldiers block the enemy's weapons!"

"Spearmen stab horses!"

All Tang army infantry and cavalry began to prepare for battle.

The surrounding Wugut City cavalry were also constantly adjusting their formations under the command of their generals.

"Shieldbreaker on the left!"

"Spearmen on right guard!"

I saw a group of Wugut City cavalrymen armed with sledgehammers rushing to the front, and their colleagues armed with spears were protecting them on their sides.

Soon the two sides started fighting.

"Bang~"

The sledgehammer hit the shield heavily, causing the Tang soldiers holding the shield to feel numb in their palms, while the spearmen on both sides began to counterattack frantically.

Someone falls down every moment.

This battlefield has become a terrifying Shura field!