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Chapter 323 The rebels are brutal!

The rebels are so fierce!

Li Qian saw that the two armies had just started fighting, and Li Guiren, one of the main generals of the rebels, actually took the initiative to use cavalry to attack the Tang army's formation. He could not help but be secretly surprised at the ferocity of the Anshi rebels.

The An Lushan rebels were unstoppable and captured important cities such as Luoyang, Tongguan and Chang'an. It was not because Gao Xianzhi and Geshu Han were incompetent, but because the rebels were too elite. In addition, the Tang army made various wrong decisions, so the rebels were so arrogant.

However, although Li Guiren was brave and good at fighting, could he really lead the cavalry to defeat the Anxi Army and Beiting Army which were leading the Tang Army?
Guo Ziyi knew that An Shouzhong and Li Guiren were both powerful generals, so he arranged Li Siye, the most powerful general of the Tang army, and the Anxi Army and Beiting Army, which were also elite frontier troops, in the first echelon to fight Li Guiren head-on.

The tip of the needle is facing the wheat awn.

"Fire arrows!"

The Tang army generals shouted, and wave after wave of arrows covered the sky and shot at the Yan cavalry who were charging.

"what!"

A cavalryman of the Yan army was hit by an arrow and only had time to let out a scream before falling off his horse and being trampled into a pulp by the dense crowd of war horses behind him.

However, the Yan cavalry endured the rain of arrows from the Tang army and rushed to the front of the Anxi army and the Beiting army. They thrust their horse lances out and, with the help of the impact force brought by the high-speed charge of the war horses, the horse lances pierced through the shields of the Tang army!

"Die!"

"Sweeping the world!"

Li Guiren wielded a seven-foot broadsword, and the cold blade light slashed forward. A group of Beiting army sword and shield soldiers, including the people and shields, were cut off by Li Guiren's broadsword!

Li Guiren, one of the main rebel generals in the epic battle copy, is level 105. His strength is higher than his normal peak state. His actual strength exceeds , and he easily kills a group of Beiting troops!

Li Guiren's cavalry unit and Li Siye's infantry unit were like two torrents colliding, splashing blood!
Rows of Anxi and Beiting infantry were stabbed to death by horse lances, and Li Guiren's cavalry forcibly rammed the infantry phalanxes formed by the Anxi and Beiting armies, and were knocked off their horses by long weapons such as spears and lances. The casualties were also heavy, with countless cavalrymen falling off their horses, and ownerless horses could be seen running on the battlefield at any time.

"My Lord, shall we attack?"

Qin Qiong saw that Li Guiren led the rebel cavalry to attack the front of the Tang army head-on, while Li Qian's army on the flank of the Tang army was not attacked. So he asked Li Qian whether he could take the initiative to launch an attack and attack Li Guiren's cavalry from the flank.

"not the right time yet."

Li Qian always felt that the rebels' eagerness to attack was a bit strange.

Although Li Guiren and An Shouzhong were two of the most powerful generals among the Anshi rebels, and their combat power was increased by a quarter in the difficult mode, and they had a large number of elite cavalry under their command, and the impact of the cavalry was very amazing, Li Qian still thought that Li Guiren's behavior of using cavalry to head-on attack the Tang army's infantry phalanx was a bit strange.

Under normal circumstances, cavalry would not easily charge the infantry square head-on, otherwise the loss would be too great. The best time for cavalry to deal with infantry is to wait for the infantry square to move and reveal a flaw, then launch a sudden attack like a wild wolf, to achieve the best effect.

Unless the gap between cavalry and infantry is huge, cavalry can attack infantry phalanxes without thinking, such as the Black Armor Army and the Yellow Turban Army.

Even if the Yellow Turban Army formed a spear phalanx, the Black Armor Army could still attack the Yellow Turban Army phalanx without any hesitation, because the Yellow Turban Army could not cause much casualties to the fully armed Black Armor Army.

Li Siye's Anxi Army and Beiting Army were obviously no match for the weaker infantry of the Yellow Turban Army. Moreover, Li Siye still had an extremely elite Tang Dynasty Modao Army that had not been put into battle. It made no sense for Li Guiren to lead the Yan Army cavalry to charge right away.

Unless Li Guiren wanted to break through the Tang army's camp before the Tang army had time to form their battle array, he would never take such a risk.

In addition, Li Guiren's special army "Yeluohe" has not yet appeared.

Yiluohe was once the most elite personal soldiers under An Lushan, known in history as the "Eight Thousand Yiluohe", all of whom were selected and raised as adopted sons by An Lushan. "Yiluohe" may mean "strong man" in Xi language.

At the time of the Battle of Xiangji Temple, An Lushan had already been killed, and Yeluohe was under the command of Li Guiren.

It was precisely because the rebels controlled such an extremely fierce cavalry unit that they were able to inflict such huge casualties on the Tang army in the Battle of Xiangji Temple, forcing Guo Ziyi's Tang army to ultimately win a tragic victory.

The elite cavalry of "Yeluohe" was also Li Qian's biggest trouble in the battle of Xiangji Temple.

Li Guiren led the Youzhou cavalry and some nomadic cavalry, but his most elite cavalry "Yeluohe" did not appear, which made Li Qian more convinced that Li Guiren did not use all his strength to attack the Tang army, and something was wrong.

"The Tang Dynasty's Modao Army, move forward!"

Li Siye, holding the Wansheng Modao in his hand, shouted loudly and led the Tang Dynasty Modao Army forward to block Li Guiren's heavy cavalry.

The ordinary Anxi Army and Beiting Army could not stop Li Guiren's Youzhou cavalry. At this time, Li Siye led the core force of the Tang Dynasty's Modao Army forward, and the Modao was aimed at the Yan Army cavalry that was charging over.

"cut!"

Li Siye roared again, and swung his sword with his strong arms, and all the Yan cavalry in front of him were shattered!

The Tang Dynasty's Modao Army formed a dense sword formation, slashed forward together, and killed the Yan Army's cavalry!

Behind Li Siye's first line, Guo Ziyi's second line of Shuofang Army drew their bows and shot arrows at the Yan cavalry behind them. The Yan cavalry in the rear were still under the attack of the Tang army's rain of arrows, and casualties continued to rise.

Li Guiren's cavalry's advance speed became slower and slower, and he was eventually forced to retreat.

“Victory!”

"Long live!"

The Tang army saw that the rebel cavalry was unable to break through their formation and was beginning to retreat, with the cavalry trampling on each other as they retreated. The Tang army could not help but rejoice and shouted "Long live the Tang army!"

"Great! We will be able to retake the capital soon!"

Prince Guangping Li Chu and Guo Ziyi commanded the Tang army. When they saw the Anshi rebel general Li Guiren and his cavalry corps retreating, smiles appeared on their faces.

As long as he recaptures Chang'an, he will have made a great contribution and may be appointed crown prince by his father.

"Pursue with all your forces, don't let the rebels catch their breath!"

Li Chu was overjoyed and ordered the Tang army to launch a full-scale attack, taking the opportunity to destroy the main force of the Anshi rebels.

Guo Ziyi frowned and said to Li Chu: "Your Highness, this is a strange thing. Don't chase after the desperate enemy."

"You worry too much. I think the rebels are scattered and their morale is low. This is a great opportunity to retake Chang'an. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"If Your Highness insists on pursuing us, please leave the cavalry behind and keep them in place, just in case."

Guo Ziyi knew that it would be difficult to convince Li Chu, who was eager to win and gain merit, so he took a step back and asked Pugu Huai'en and Prince Yehu's 4,000 Uighur cavalry to stay put as a backup.

(End of this chapter)