As Qibiheli charged out of the army, over ten thousand soldiers from his Sijie tribe followed suit.
The Turkic army halted, forming their ranks and awaiting Qibiheli's outcome.
At this moment, two lines, one long and one short, were less than five hundred meters from the front of the Turkic formation.
Qibiheli, leading his own troops, galloped forward and soon encountered the convoy.
When he clearly saw the chains connecting the vehicles, he was initially dismissive. Wielding his curved saber, he charged forward without hesitation.
"Kill!"
"Kill them!"
*Gangdegang~ Gangdegang~*
Li Shimin, perched atop the pickup truck, chuckled. Watching the approaching Turkic cavalry, he clicked the safety off his "wild chicken neck" twice with his right hand.
The ammunition belt was already in place. He blew a smoke ring, slightly adjusted the muzzle, and pulled the trigger.
*Kaka-kaka-kaka~~!*
Bullets, like a storm of pear blossoms, rained down upon the Turkic cavalry.
*Puff puff puff~~!*
"Ah~~!"
*Xililil~~!*
The continuous sound of bullets entering flesh, accompanied by the screams of Turkic cavalrymen and their horses, instantly erupted amongst the Turkic riders.
Qibiheli was terrified.
"What in the devil is this thing!"
He knew the Tang army had firearms.
He also knew the Tang army had cannons.
But how could these bastards, at least two hundred paces away from them, fire bullets this far?
Moreover, these seven gleaming iron boxes not only moved fast but could also fire so many bullets in an instant!
In just this short time, hundreds of his subordinates had been shot off their horses. It was too terrifying!
Li Shimin and a few old fellows were ecstatic!
Firing head-on was far more satisfying than shooting at fleeing soldiers.
After emptying one ammunition belt, he immediately replaced it with a new one.
In the back of the pickup truck, brothers Li Tai and Li Ke felt utterly stifled.
Sections of ammunition belts and spent casings fell from above into the truck bed. If they weren't careful, they'd get hit. While it didn't hurt, it was scorching hot!
Even so, they had to wear gloves, retrieve the ammunition belts from the piles of casings, load them, and prepare them for Li Shimin.
On the other trucks, it was the Xuanjia Army doing this work.
It was true they were his sons, but this unreliable father was doing the work of a grandson!
Listen to him, he's even singing!
"Come on~ Let's have fun~~ We have~~ plenty of time!~"
The sheer power of the "wild chicken necks" unleashed could be seen from the sight of the Turkic soldiers falling like wheat in front of them.
Under the covering fire of the seven "wild chicken necks," the Turkic formation, which had been charging in an arrowhead formation, had been beaten into an inverted U-shape.
Qibiheli had been shot off his horse at some point, and even the large banner of his unit was nowhere to be found!
The cavalry charging from behind, upon seeing their leader's absence, instantly fell into a panic.
"Run! They are devils!"
"Too terrifying!"
This was a massive cavalry charge, and running back was impossible. They all turned their horses and charged towards the flanks.
"Report! General Qibiheli has been killed!"
The scouting cavalry watching the scene quickly turned back to report to Jieli.
"Bang!"
Jieli was furious and slammed his whip onto the ground.
"Bale Menggan, Gu Rouxianglian!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
Two tribal leaders responded and stepped forward.
"You two tribes, take over for Qibiheli! This Khan wants to see what these devilish things the Tang army is using!"
"Yes!"
The two mounted their warhorses, leading their subordinates, and charged out.
Li Shimin had fired six ammunition belts. When he reached out for another from Li Tai, he heard Li Tai say aggrievedly.
"Father Emperor, you shoot too fast. My brother and I don't have such quick hands~~!"
Fang Er, who was driving, was scorched both inside and out by the surprise. He glanced over and saw that the wrists of both brothers had blisters from the hot casings.
At this moment, it wasn't just Li Shimin; Li Jing, Yuchi Jingde, and others were facing the same problem.
The speed of reloading far outpaced the speed of firing.
"Kid, speed up, and ram them hard for me!"
Li Shimin had no choice but to take a "Yun Er Shi" from the car and shoot randomly, taking shots here and there. With so many people, he could hit them even with his eyes closed!
Nearly half of Qibiheli's ten thousand Sijie warriors were annihilated by the "wild chicken necks"! The rest were desperately fleeing to the sides.
But they hadn't fled far before they were cut off by the cavalry from the Bale Menggan and Gu Rouxianglian tribes!
Bale Menggan and Gu Rouxianglian knew better than anyone the consequences of fleeing soldiers crashing into formations.
Therefore, anyone who dared to flee towards them was met with death.
"May the Eternal Heaven bear witness, the Great Khan is watching you from behind!"
"Show your courage and chop down these strange things!"
"Anyone who dares to desert their post will be killed!"
Bale Menggan rode his warhorse, holding a shield, and with a single saber stroke, cut down a fleeing Sijie cavalryman who was charging towards him. He yelled at the Tie Le tribal cavalry behind him.
Gu Rouxianglian also led his own tribe, the Pugu tribe.
The combined forces of the two tribes, nearly thirty thousand strong, charged forward, cutting down the fleeing Sijie soldiers, and appeared before the convoy.
In the blink of an eye, the convoy collided with the two cavalry tribes.
*Bang! Bang!*
*Crack!*
"Ah~~!"
*Yue~~!*
*Dang! Dang!*
The sound of vehicles crashing into warhorses, the sound of bones breaking, the sound of cavalrymen being thrown off by the chains, the neighing of warhorses, and the clanging of weapons against the armored cars and chains intertwined.
It became a tragic song of iron and blood.
The seven vehicles, along with their chains, were less than a hundred meters wide. Facing nearly thirty thousand enemy soldiers, they could only impact a small portion of the enemy.
The two cavalry tribes that had bypassed the vehicles from the sides were preparing to turn around and attack the pickup trucks and armored cars.
But the next moment, they were stunned!
Behind these few vehicles, thirty "three-wheeled trucks" appeared with a rumbling sound.
A three-hundred-meter death line was rapidly charging towards them!
Was this considered escaping the first blow but not the fifteenth?
ps: Third update