Chapter Thirty-Eight The Turning Point
Kahtaba was very brave and waved his hand and led two thousand cavalry into the battlefield.
At this moment, the Tang army on the Kabul River had retreated to the Tang Bridge, blocking the pursuit of the Arab army on the bridge.
The reason why Tang Bridge was named after the Tang Dynasty was specially repaired by craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty.
During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was facing the Caspian Sea to the west, and the Tang Bridge was built in this era.
Tang Bridge is very wide and can accommodate ten horses in parallel.
But facing tens of thousands of soldiers, it seems extremely crowded.
The Tang army defended the bridge, and the Arabs could not attack for a while.
Kahtaba's cavalry were crowded outside, and as he watched the Tang army drag the winch crossbow further and further away, his heart was filled with anxiety.
He couldn't wait, so he abandoned his horse, took the steel shield from the soldiers beside him, pushed the crowd away, and squeezed onto the front line.
"The children blessed by Allah, with me, crush the thieves before me..."
He roared and his wrist sank, and he slashed forward with an axe.
The battle axe was invincible. Wherever he went, a powerful force passed through the edge. Three people fell backwards and died on the spot.
The steel shield in his hand pushed forward and knocked down a person directly. The battle axe in his hand flashed with lightning, and he slashed out quickly and incoherently, and three more enemies fell to death.
Kahtaba is extremely powerful, and the battle axe in his hand is extremely powerful. A chop can often chop several people to the ground.
The Tang army showed great courage, and they stood firm on Tang Bridge without retreating.
However, the Arab two-handed swordsman is obviously better in terms of combat effectiveness and experience, especially under the leadership of Kahtaba, he is like a heavy hammer, hitting him hard one after another. Although his moves are extremely simple, it is really difficult to resist.
The Tang army, which was holding on to Tang Bridge, was like a nail, gradually weakening as the resistance was strong and was being stabbed into the soil by an iron hammer.
Tangqiao was eventually lost!
Abu Muslim was afraid of the rise of Kahtaba's killing, so he forgot his main task and made a special call to Kahtaba to steal the winch crossbow.
Their main purpose of this battle was to seize Tang Qiao's accusation.
The purpose has been achieved, but if we can seize the winch crossbow of the Tang Dynasty, we will undoubtedly achieve the greatest victory.
For this reason, Abu Muslim transferred his troops to the front line again.
Kahtaba was really a little red-eyed. After receiving the order, he woke up. He looked left and right and found the direction of the winch crossbow to withdraw, and waved his hand to send his mount.
Kahtaba led his cavalry toward the direction of the winch crossbow.
"boom……!!!"
Suddenly, a loud noise came from behind.
The earth trembled for it.
Then there were many terror and wailing.
Kahtaba was inexplicably aware that he stabilized the frightened war horse with his superb riding skills and looked back.
The scene in front of him made him feel like his soul tremble...
Under the huge black smoke, the originally intact Tang Bridge collapsed, and countless soldiers on both sides of the river bank fell to the ground and wailed.
There are more than a hundred soldiers in the Kabul River struggling in the water, just like roosters falling into the water.
What's going on?
What's going on?
Could it be that the true God Allah is punishing his people?
Kahtaba is also a slave warrior trained in the Arab military system. He began to undergo faith brainwashing at the age of eight and conduct military training. He went to the battlefield at the age of fifteen and is still twenty-eight years old.
With his fear of God, he was fearless and accumulated a lot of achievements and became a current general.
Faced with this incredible scene, Kahtaba instinctively thought that this was a punishment of heaven, and that only the true gods had this energy.
An inexplicable fear surged into my heart.
At this moment, there were waves of shouts of killing from behind. Kahtaba turned around and felt cold when he saw him.
The Tang army, who had originally retreated, rushed up again.
This time, they all vented their anger with the previous fight and the grief and anger of their colleagues who died in battle.
On the contrary, the Arab army and Tangqiao inexplicably collapsed, which made all soldiers feel fearful and their morale plummeted.
It was fearful to siege the Tang army, and its strength could no longer be fully utilized.
The situation has completely reversed...
There are still nine thousand other banks of the Kabul River, and less than ten thousand Arab soldiers crossing the Tang Bridge, and they are surrounded by about 13,000 Tang soldiers.
They turned against each other, with red eyes, rushed around the battlefield, and in just a moment, the dead bodies of Arab soldiers were piled up everywhere.
While charging, the Tang army drove Arabia into the Kabul River, just like driving ducks.
Abu Muslim looked at the battlefield without saying a word, watching his soldiers kill like pigs and dogs, with a pale face.
He has been paying attention to every move on the battlefield. Since the inexplicable firelight appeared under the Tang Bridge, he felt something was wrong.
Before he could react, Tang Qiao had already blown up.
The scattered gravel and heat waves were like heaven's punishment, and they took hundreds of lives away in an instant.
The moment Tang Bridge was blown up, Abu Muslim already understood something that he had fallen into the trap.
From the time the Tang army failed to demolish the Tang Bridge in time to the appearance of the winch crossbow, it was a trap.
The Tang army deliberately did not demolish the Tang Bridge, and the Tang army deliberately sent out the winch crossbow, all to lure him into a fool.
Now that Tang Bridge is destroyed, he has only nine thousand soldiers who can turn the situation around, but he is unable to support the other side.
"Retreat!" Abu Muslim popped a word from his teeth.
"Why?" The deputy general was puzzled and even defended: "We can still save..."
"Retreat..." Abu Muslim roared out again and turned around and left.
Nine thousand soldiers on the other side of the Kabul River slowly retreated.
Feng Changqing once again came to the banks of the Kabul River, looked at a group of chickens and ducks in the Kabul River, and looked at the retreating Arab army, and expressed the same feeling, "It's not easy to know how to advance and retreat!"
Then, looking at the Arab soldiers who were still struggling without drowning, he said three words coldly: "Kill them all!"
The bowstrings trembled, the Kabul River was dyed red, and floating corpses floated downstream.
In this battle, the Tang army annihilated 10,000 enemies, ushering in the Tang Dynasty and the Arab showdown was a good start.
However, the Tang army also paid a considerable price, with more than 3,200 casualties and almost half of the 15,000 soldiers injured, which shows the fierce battle.
"Feng Jiedu!"
A general quickly came to Feng Changqing, "Duke Pei is here! He has led his army to Wuzhan's country, please come over and meet!"
Feng Changqing was shocked and cursed with a smile: "What Duke Pei, remember, I have to call him Pei Shuai. Now Pei Shuai is the majority Protector of Anxi Protectorate, and we are all soldiers under his command."
Feng Changqing was brought out by Pei. From a shepherd slave to the current governor, he respected Pei from the bottom of his heart and always regarded him as his boss.
Chapter completed!