Han Khan

Chapter 105: The Karakhanids in the Northern Desert
Nearly four thousand feather arrows flew off the bowstrings with the sound of bowstrings banging. They whistled into the air. The second wave followed the first wave, and several waves followed.

Suddenly, feather arrows as dense as raindrops appeared in the sky.

Feather arrows shot at the enemy, and Ubili and the Karakhanids had no time to dodge and fell off their horses to the ground one after another.

Almost none of these people had iron armor, so many of them fell under the arrows.

The arrows shot by the Jin Han people were all iron arrows, not bone arrows. Especially now that Zhang Sheng had built five blacksmith shops, he could produce about 500 iron arrowheads every day.

The arrows of the Jinhan tribe kept falling like raindrops, making it difficult for them to resist. The cavalry of the Ubili tribe and the Karakhan people were caught off guard and stopped one after another, trying to find cover. But there was nothing to cover them on the flat and wide grassland.

When the first wave of arrows appeared from the bushes, the Karakhanids who were rushing in the front were stunned on the spot. They were suddenly filled with fear and hurriedly spurred their horses to make evasive gestures. They looked at each other in despair.

These Hu people, who had lived on horseback since childhood, were helpless in the face of the arrows that suddenly appeared.

The surviving Hu people hurriedly pulled the reins to change the course of the horses under them. The horses turned sideways and ran away.

As for the Karakhanid cavalrymen who were running in the front, more than a hundred of them fell. The rest did not stop and continued to gallop forward, but soon they had to stop.

On the grassland in front of the Jinhan sentry tower, there was a scene of people and horses falling to the ground. The muffled groans of people and the neighing of war horses instantly made the place lively.

Most of the Ubili cavalrymen chasing behind were shouting "ambushed", while some were asking how many enemy troops there were. The situation at the scene was very chaotic.

The gorgeously dressed Karakhan man, not a boy, looked extremely embarrassed at the moment. He said anxiously to the woman beside him:
"Sister, we may die here! We originally thought that after entering the prairie in the east of Jinshan, we could reach the Tang Dynasty by heading south. We didn't expect that there were enemies ahead. The traitor Satuk actually reached out here."

Her sister slapped him on the head and said angrily:
"You idiot, didn't you notice that the people on the other side are even fighting the Ubili people? It's obvious that they are not enemies bribed by Satuk. Hurry and run towards them!"

Then she shouted loudly to the armored cavalry beside her:
"Everyone, drive your horses towards the people on the other side, shouting as you run, we are not Ubili!"

In the midst of this chaos, the sound of orderly footsteps suddenly appeared. Because the sound of the footsteps was so consistent, the Ubili and Karakhanid people all fell silent instantly.

Everyone turned their heads and looked towards the high slope in the direction of the sound.

It seemed that everyone felt that a strong threat was approaching from behind the high slope.

At this moment, an excited voice suddenly sounded:

"The people of Haotian, the warriors of Jinhan and the Holy Church, in the name of God, will defeat these invading enemies..."

"As ordered!"

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves rumbled through the sky like thunder.

Suddenly, on the high slope in front of the Ubili and Karakhanid people, many blue flags embroidered with golden eagles and holy symbols fluttered. Those warriors holding lances with flags, all wearing iron armor and extremely elite, rushed towards them in a mighty force.

When the Karakhanid Sara heard what Zhang Sheng said, he was shocked and delighted. Has Jinshan been occupied by the Tang people?

But I heard from the caravans traveling between Beiting and Kashgar in the Qihe area that the Tang Dynasty had already withdrawn from the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and the northern desert? Then who were these armies speaking the Tang language? Zhang Sheng's words made the Karakhanids look stunned and frightened. The cavalry of the Ubili tribe was also stunned. They actually chased the notorious Jinhan tribe.

Looking at the elite warriors charging and getting closer and closer, Sarah and her brother, Ilhan, were surrounded by the surviving subordinates, and the guards were defending in the middle as human shields. She could not see anything.

I can only keep shouting:
"I am the princess of the Karakhanid Khanate, the daughter of Bogd Khan Ogurchak. This is my brother, the future Bogd Khan of the Karakhanid Khanate. We are being hunted by the Ubili people. Please let us go."

She thought that with such an identity, she could become their amulet.

But it does work!

Zhang Sheng also heard the Karakhanid people's request. The one running in front was a Karakhanid. After he requested not to attack, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Zhang Sheng said: "Let their leader lead his troops backwards and attack the Ubili cavalry together with us!"

"As you command, Your Highness!"

After hearing this, everyone shouted loudly, "Karakhanids, move back, move back, attack the Ubilis!"

Hearing the loud shouts of the Jinhan general, the Karakhan woman named Sarah immediately shouted to the people around her: "We are saved! The people in front are the Tang people, they will help us, now everyone, step back and charge towards the Ubili people!"

Upon hearing this, the Karakhanid cavalry turned around and rushed towards the Ubili people with sabers and spears in hand.

The swift Jinhan cavalry soon appeared beside them, and they charged towards the Ubili people in a semicircle.

Sarah and her brother, who were originally panic-stricken, now took the lead, holding bows, swords and spears, and galloped towards the Ubili cavalry.

After a while, the left and right wings and rear of the Ubili people were blocked by the Jinhan people.

This is to prevent them from escaping. These people are all cavalrymen. With the speed of their war horses, they often run away when they cannot win.

The battalion commanders and centurions of Jinhan's army were well aware of this, so even though the two sides had similar numbers of men, Jinhan surrounded the Ubili people, which was really insulting.

However, the Ubili people did not think so. Seeing that they were blocked from behind and on both sides by the armored Jinhan people, they did not dare to engage in close combat, and the arrows they shot could not hurt the enemy at all, so they were extremely anxious at the moment.

Autumn is the harvest season, but there is nothing to harvest on the grassland at this time. The earth begins to turn yellow and wither.

The Ubili people were in chaos. Seeing themselves surrounded and their members who tried to break out being killed one after another, they subconsciously called for their people to gather together, with the horses outside and the people inside, in an attempt to protect themselves.

At this moment, the Ubili people saw that there were only two hundred people blocking them in front of them, so under the orders of several centurions and thousand-man commanders, they charged forward.

This place is garrisoned by Zhang Sheng and the 200 soldiers produced by the system.

He looked at the Ubili people who were getting closer and closer, and decisively gave the order to the crossbowmen to shoot. In an instant, the Ubili cavalrymen wearing leather coats who were running in the front fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)