Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1030: Mo Saber Unit!

Chapter 1030: Mo Saber Unit¹!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

"Lord Gao, you also know that the majority of our army is infantry. In truth, the Great Tang's strongest force is its infantry, even though a significant part of the army is cavalry. However, in terms of cavalry, there are very few forces in the Great Tang besides the Wushang Cavalry that can compare to the Arab cavalry," Wang Chong earnestly said.

He had thought about this plan for a very long time, but in order to truly implement it, he needed Gao Xianzhi's agreement.

"This truly is the case. The Anxi Protectorate army is already the best amongst the Great Tang protectorates, but it's still disadvantaged when facing the Arabs. If we don't rely on the walls of Talas, we simply won't be able to hold for very long on plains like these against so many Arabs," Gao Xianzhi sternly said.

Whether it was the Arabs, Western Turks, or Tibetans, these were all people who lived on horseback. An agricultural society like the Great Tang could not compare to them in terms of cavalry. This was a publicly acknowledged fact that there was no need to deny.

"When fighting with foreigners, we normally rely on a mix of many soldier types, like infantry, cavalry, and ballistae. In this aspect, we're different from the Arabs and the Turks, so we can't directly compare our ways of fighting. But on open plains, cavalry still possess the absolute advantage," Gao Xianzhi said.

Wang Chong nodded. Gao Xianzhi's final words had illustrated their true circumstances. Talas was situated on an open plain, the worst kind of terrain for the primarily infantry Tang armies. In this place, the flexibility of cavalry far surpassed that of infantry, and the flat and open plain also made it easier for cavalry to take up formation and pick up speed.

If not for the two steel defense lines Wang Chong had erected outside of Talas and the lethal power of the Great Tang ballistae, the Great Tang infantry would have found it very difficult to hold the line against so many elite A

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