The Arab cavalry who lost their minds did not even think carefully about why the Tang army who escaped today did not use grenades or other things to hinder their pursuit.
After running for almost half an hour, the Tang cavalry rushed into a small forest.
There must have been a caravan passing through here, so there is a straight road in the woods.
The Arab cavalry followed closely behind.
Duan Zhixuan looked at his son who was leading the troops out of the woods, smiled slightly, and then shouted: "Let go!"
At the exit of the woods, many trees had been chopped down to the last bit. After hearing Duan Zhixuan's order, his soldiers used ropes to pull them and axes to cut them.
Soon the roaring trees blocked the exit of the forest.
No matter how good the horses of the Arab cavalry were, they could not jump over so many fallen trees.
Then, only then did their hooded noses smell a familiar smell.
"It's black oil!"
"There's black oil on the ground!"
The oil on the ground is actually not their country's oil, but the taste is somewhat similar.
Duan Zhixuan's cavalry team had jars hung on the buttocks of the dozens of horses behind them. After they entered the woods, they smashed a hole in the jar with the handle of their knife.
The kerosene they brought was splashed all the way as the horses galloped.
It was only because there was too much smoke and dust along the way that these Arab soldiers only wanted to chase people and were covered with turbans, so they did not notice them.
It's too late to find out now.
The rockets fired by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, which had been prepared long ago, fell into the woods and soon ignited a raging fire.
At the same time, Tang Ping, who had ambushed the entrance to the woods in advance, commanded artillery to bombard the entrance.
Their purpose was not to bombard the Arab cavalry, but to prevent them from escaping from inside.
After the trees were blown up by artillery, they were in a mess and the entrance was quickly blocked.
The woods were not too big, and there were more than 10,000 cavalry who did not rush in. They were also blocked outside at this time.
"Kill!" There were about 10,000 cavalrymen around Tang Ping. Their purpose was to block the cavalrymen who entered the woods while preventing the cavalrymen outside from rescuing them.
Bows and arrows were bent, and several rounds of volleys suppressed the speed of the Arab cavalry, and the Tang cavalry rushed forward.
At this time, Duan Zhixuan also led people around from both sides of the woods, killing the Arab cavalry who fled hastily from the woods to both sides, while surrounding the cavalry outside.
When the cavalry in the forest encountered the fire attack, their fighting strength was reduced to the last ten. The few who managed to escape fell to the ground and coughed hard.
Soon the Tang cavalry surrounded the more than 10,000 cavalry outside the woods, and then military formations from several directions took turns charging towards them.
The power of the Tang Dynasty's military formation was revealed at this time.
The Arab cavalry lost their impact speed, and they were trapped in the middle and became a target. They were overwhelmed by the successive charges from all directions, and soon began to reduce their numbers in large numbers.
Duan Zhixuan touched his blackened face and said to Tang Ping with some dissatisfaction: "Ping Guogong is always playing dirty tricks. How come my Duan Zan is in front?"
Tang Ping said speechlessly: "Didn't you tell him to lure the enemy into defeat but not victory? If they didn't kill their general, how could they pursue him so desperately?"
When these Arab cavalry chased them, they really rushed forward, otherwise they would not be able to achieve the current effect.
Soon the battle outside the woods ended, leaving almost no prisoners.
Duan Zhixuan and the others did not have the energy to take any more prisoners, and the Tang army suffered more than 2,000 casualties in this battle.
Letting the wounded take shelter in a nearby uninhabited village, Duan Zhixuan and the others took the captured horses and chased Fakhr al-Din's large army.
If Fakhr al-Din goes all out, he can reach the east in more than ten days.
Duan Zhixuan naturally wanted to stop them.
"How about we do it again one, two, three, four?" Tang Ping said looking at the Arabian war horses.
Duan Zhixuan nodded: "Okay!"
This time they planned to disguise themselves as Arabian light cavalry who were out to pursue, once again confuse the audience, and then launch a charge against Fakhr al-Din's army.
The rest of Fakhr al-Din's army are now heavy cavalry and heavy infantry. No matter which type they are, their mobility is inferior to them.
They can definitely charge inside for a while and then leave.
After some repairs, they put on the horses and armor of the Arabian Qingqi, and then put on their turbans, so that no one could recognize them.
After chasing for almost a day, I saw the marching Fakhr al-Din army in the distance.
Tang Ping and Duan Zhixuan were not in a hurry. It was still early and the best time to get through was to wait until it was getting dark.
So they rested for a while, ate something, and then they caught up after seeing that the time was almost up.
Holding high the flag of the Arab light cavalry, they indeed approached Fakhr al-Din's army, but they showed no reaction.
Just as it was getting closer and Duan Zhixuan was about to order a charge, the picture Tang Ping saw from the drone felt something was wrong.
"Old Duan, they have cavalry covering our back."
"What?" Duan Zhixuan was startled, and then shouted: "Break through to the west!"
Although I don’t know how the enemy found out, Duan Zhixuan has not forgotten his mission at this time, which is to prevent the opponent from going east, so even if he breaks out, he chooses the direction to the west. If the opponent pursues, he will inevitably be able to delay them It's time.
"Humph, people of the Tang Dynasty, you didn't expect that you would be fooled one day!" Fakhrdin said through gritted teeth as he looked at the Tang army preparing to break out in the military formation.
Since the Arab light cavalry disguised by the Tang Army has returned, it means that his real army of light cavalry should have been annihilated by the Tang Army.
When he said this, his heart was actually bleeding.
Fortunately, their sacrifice was not in vain. When the light cavalry set off, he told them that if they came back, the whole army would light torches no matter what day or night.
The disguised light cavalry of the Tang Army obviously didn't know this, so when the Tang Army quietly approached, the Arab army looked unchanged on the surface. In fact, they were all ready for battle, and their heavy cavalry also started to attack. A circle of encirclement was formed on the outside.
The Tang Army knew that it could not be surrounded. As light cavalry, once they lost their mobility, they would lose more than half of their combat effectiveness.
So they all took out the last grenades they had and threw them out.
Countless explosions created chaos, and the Tang Army wanted to seize this moment of chaos.
A desperate breakout to the west began.
