Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1058: A Battle Without Precedent in History (II)

Chapter 1058: A Battle Without Precedent in History (II)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

The soldiers of Governor of War Qutaybah were the vanguard of the battle and also the most experienced army on the battlefield. Even though they were seeing the beehives for the first time, they had almost instantly executed the ideal countermeasures.

These Arabs, who saw war and conquest as their duty, did not think much of camaraderie. As long as it could help in achieving victory, they would feel not even the slightest remorse even if the corpses of those soldiers were riddled with so many arrows they looked like hedgehogs.

Thumpthumpthump! As one corpse after another was thrown over, more than half of the beehives were swiftly obstructed.

"Damn it!"

The Great Tang commanders behind the steel defense line all grimaced at this sight. The Arabs had reacted far too quickly, and the callousness of their methods had completely caught the Tang by surprise. In just a few seconds, the powerful beehives were rendered into wall decorations. None of them had ever foreseen this.

"Kill them!"

But the Arabs cared little for what the Tang thought. The moment the beehives were dealt with, the Arab cavalry once more descended like a crushing cloud of locusts.

Neigh!

The neighing of horses and the thunderous barrage of hooves against shields rang through the air as the first defense line once more came under a furious storm of attacks. All the Tang soldiers felt a large increase in the pressure on their shoulders.

"Pikemen, attack!"

A voice rang out over the front line, not in the Han tongue, but in the language of Greater and Lesser Balur.

Bang!

The thousands of pikemen suddenly stepped forward and thrust their extremely sharp pikes out from behind the first row of shieldmen. Plushplushplush! Blood gushed into the air as the formidable pikemen of Greater and Lesser Balur displayed their ability to pierce through armor.

The sharp pikes all managed to find their way through the chinks in the Arabian armor to strike

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