Chapter 1555: Cavalry vs. Infantry, a miserable defeat

In various battles, the Arab cavalry has almost summed up their experience. There is no need to be afraid of such infantry. Just swing your sword and go over. As long as your speed is fast enough, you can accumulate several military exploits.

And after destroying this infantry, all the valuable things on these people will be yours. You can take out all the things on them calmly and put them in your pocket. This is also a good way for the Arab army to make a fortune.

Now in the eyes of many Arab soldiers, the Tang army in front of them is like walking wealth. As long as we can chop off their heads, we can clean up the battlefield later. As for the Tang army in the distance, we don’t need to care about them at all. After we chop off the heads of the army in front of us, those people will definitely be afraid and call us desert demons. The army of the Arab Empire likes such nicknames very much because it represents the fear of others.

Just when their speed reached the extreme, a lot of white smoke suddenly came out in the front row. They didn’t understand what these things were. Could it be that the Tang army was casting a spell?

You have to know that in this era, no matter which country, people are very superstitious, and many people are also very clear about this. So when they were still wondering, some people had already fallen off their horses, and some horses and camels were also killed.

How is this possible? How could such a thing happen? Many Arab soldiers are looking for the reason. They don’t know what happened to these people who died, but one thing is clear, that is, the death of these people is directly related to the white smoke.

The cavalry troops who were still high-spirited just now don’t know what to say now. They used to harvest people’s heads in the past, but now it seems that it is far from the case. It is very likely that they will be harvested by these people. If this is the case, then we are really finished.

The first wave of attack by the Tang army only killed about 400 people, mainly because the Arab cavalry rushed too slowly. If they could rush faster, then we could kill 700 to 800 of them in the first wave. You have to know that the Tang cavalry fired 1,400 projectiles and only killed about 400 people. This is a very embarrassing result.

When they were training in the training camp in Chang'an City, most of them were able to achieve excellent results. If the number of enemies was large enough, the previous wave of shooting could at least harvest the lives of 700 people. Now there are only 400 people, and many people feel hot on their faces. In normal training, they think they are the ace. Only when they are on the battlefield do they know that there are many ways to restrict military merit.

Just when the Tang soldiers repented, the Arab soldiers felt fear. You know, they lost more than 400 people in just one encounter. If you count those who fell to the ground, there must be at least 500 or 600. They have never fought such a war. This is a group of infantry. Even if their archery skills can penetrate the willows at a hundred steps, they probably don’t have such ability. What’s more, how did their arrows shoot from such a distance?

In the hearts of many Arab soldiers, they don’t know what a musket is, and naturally they don’t know that it is because of gunpowder that these projectiles fly so far. They all think it is because of bows and arrows, but many people did not see arrows on the battlefield.

When the first row of soldiers finished shooting, they stood still and reloaded bullets. The second row of soldiers immediately passed from behind and fired at the front. When they finished shooting, the soldiers behind them had also finished reloading. Nearly three thousand musketeers took turns shooting and moving forward in this way.

When each of them fired four bullets, they were already fifty meters away. It was unknown how many soldiers of the Arab Empire fell. Now these people finally knew to run back. Just now, some people ran forward stupidly, but they were shot into honeycomb coal all over their bodies.

When these people ran back, only half of the more than 7,000 cavalrymen were left. If it weren't for the camels and war horses running around in the original place, delaying the sight of the Tang army, then the Tang army would still continue to move forward. However, even so, the army coming out of the south gate had been crippled.

Although their movement speed was fast enough and they could run back to the Arab camp, after they ran back, in addition to saving their lives, they would also spread fear about the Tang army, especially the new combat methods of the Tang army. When all the soldiers of the Arab Empire understood it, it might not be so good.

Muhammad looked at all this in amazement. The infantry of the Tang army was so powerful. How did they create all this? In the past, someone said in front of him that although the Arab Empire was very powerful, it was still a certain gap compared to the Tang Empire in the East.

There were more than one person who said this, but General Had, like his caliph, chopped such people directly. You people don’t know the power of the Arab Empire at all, so you say such childish words.

But now he thinks he is extremely wrong. If someone had told him this, he would have listened to him and investigated the news of the Tang army and worked out a series of practical plans. Only in this way could he defeat the Tang army and win.

Unfortunately, some things were not as good as he thought. Even if he started to pay attention at that time, he might not be able to win now.

Muhammad heard a commotion in front of the military camp. It turned out that the burning fire was extinguished, but it was not necessarily a good thing for them, because the artillery fire of the Tang army began to extend, and the musketeers on the left, after they organized the team, began to slowly approach the main camp. As for the spoils on the battlefield, they didn't even look at them. This was completely different from the Arab Empire. After the Arab Empire's army finished fighting, the first thing they wanted to see was the spoils. (End of this chapter)