Yusuf had indescribable remorse and anger in his heart, and he was somehow beaten into such a situation when he had the chance of winning, luring the enemy into an ambush and being beaten stupidly and passively, and avoiding the enemy's edge also turned into a catastrophic rout.

The patchwork tribal armies fought on their own, and did not carry out the military orders issued by Yusuf, and rushed all the way to the west, only the Great Food Army, which Yusuf regarded as the main force, methodically slowed down the army.

From Zhangye to the west to Jiuquan, it is a long and narrow Gobi passage, there are high mountains on the north and south sides that are difficult to climb, and there is no room for maneuvering in the north and south directions along the way, so it is not the best decisive battle venue.

What's more, the tribal armies of the coalition army, like a rabble, have been scattered, and Yusuf's original plan to retreat to wait for the enemy has completely aborted the strategy of harassment along the way.

Therefore, for the safety of these 20,000 * sharps, we can only reach Jiuquan as quickly as possible, which is a place where we can attack and retreat.

If you can't stop the counterattack of the Tang soldiers, then you will retreat to the vast Gobi and desert in the Western Regions, where the terrain where the Great Cannibals are best at fighting.

The Persian defenders of Jiuquan were the grass on the wall, and the Tang soldiers surrendered when they came, and the big food soldiers surrendered when they came.

The Persian commander Shawasz had seen many coalition troops a day earlier, but for his own safety, he did not let these people into Jiuquan, he was waiting for Yusuf and the elite food army he led.

Until Yusuf is met, it is impossible to determine whether the Great Food Army has been defeated.

Yusuf has been almost invincible since the Western Expedition, which has left a deep impression on people, and his prestige cannot be completely swept away in a day or two.

It wasn't until he saw the neatly groomed Great Food Army at the head of the city that Shawasz showed an expression that was really like this, the Great Food Army would not be defeated so easily, but somehow, there was a faint disappointment in his heart.

"Open the gates, I'm going to meet the greatest general of Khorasan!"

This is the highest honorific title given to Yusuf by the officials of Khorasan, and Shawasz blurted it out almost subconsciously.

He had already had the stain of surrendering to the Tang cavalry before, and this time he could not leave any bad impression on Yusuf.

In fact, Shawasz is also very sure that at such a critical moment, it is the moment when Yusuf wins people's hearts, and he takes the initiative to come over, in exchange for only smiling faces and applause.

Shawasz was not mistaken, and Yusuf was relieved when he saw Shavosz's leading messenger.

The Persians who guarded Jiuquan still chose to stand on their side at the critical moment, and did not go back on their word again, and at the same time gave him the trouble to work hard.

Yusuf's army entered Jiuquan City, and on the same day began to send envoys to collect the defeated tribal army. After stabilizing his position, he sent several units of 1,000-man cavalry to the east, their main purpose was to announce to the scattered tribal army that the Great Food Army could still fight, the second was to hunt the horse rangers sent by the Tang soldiers, and the third point was the most important, that is, to harass the advance of the Tang soldiers, so that they could not pass through this narrow strip of land for hundreds of miles.

In three or two days, the scattered tribal army had gathered forty or fifty thousand people, densely arranged outside Jiuquan City, and the morale was as grand as a rainbow.

After making a series of arrangements, Yusuf still failed to let go of Shavosh, who had surrendered to the Tang soldiers.

Shawasz was sent with 3,000 of his men to the town of Fulu, fifty miles east of Jiuquan.

To the north of Fulu Town is an endless desert, to the south is a remnant of the Kunlun Mountains, and to the east is the Kongtong Mountain, which can be regarded as a dangerous place. However, the city defense facilities here had been burned down by the Tang rebels in Hexi before Yusuf arrived, and Kongtong Mountain was not a towering and dangerous mountain, so it was almost impossible to block the steady stream of Tang soldiers with the strength of 3,000 people.

"Yusuf, this stupid donkey, without the help of the tribal army, wants to conquer the East with only those 20,000 cannibals?

On the third day of arrival in the town of Fulu, Hasim's secret messenger actually arrived.

Shawasz wondered how Hassim's envoy had escaped the hunt of several large * sharp cavalry, he had already known the news of Hassim and Abu's defection to the Tang Dynasty, and this person was extremely flattering to the Great Cannibal, and even gave up the name of the Persians and used the name of the Great Eclipse, so his impression of Hashim was very bad, even very bad.

The current situation is not the time to decide on the basis of likes and dislikes, and Yusuf clearly no longer trusts any forces other than the Great Food Army, a young aristocrat from the Abbasid dynasty who has great military talent, but whose innate arrogance and frivolity will eventually become the source of his death.

As an old Persian nobleman, Shawash has experienced the wars and changes of the Umayyad Dynasty and the Abbasid Dynasty, and has always been able to stand, naturally relying on the ability to meet the source left and right, but what is buried deep in his bones is the unwillingness and pride of the Persians.

The rise of the Great Cannibal was only a little more than a hundred years old, and he was convinced that these barbarians who escaped from the depths of the desert would sooner or later return to their desert. The Persians have been the rulers of that land of Persia for thousands of years, and the king of the Persians has even had the honor of capturing the Roman emperor, and the Roman emperor has stepped on the feet as a stone......

The sound of hurried footsteps pulled Shawasz back to reality from this illusory drowsing, and the messenger of Hashim was in front of him, a man he also knew, and with whom he had voted for Abu of the Tang Dynasty.

"Brother Shavosz, drive out the big cannibals, and the opportunity to restore the country has arrived!"

Before this sentence, Shawasz wanted to sneer at Abu that he was not qualified to call each other brothers. However, the words of restoration made him tremble as if he had been struck by lightning.

I have been living in this world for 50 years, and the idea of recovering my country has gradually dimmed with the passage of time and age.

Now, suddenly from the mouth of Abu, a traitor, it made Shawash not know what to say.

After a flurry of emotions, Shawash regained his composure and responded coldly to Abu.

"Is it up to you?"

Although Shavásh looked down on these shameless Persians, he did not want to kill them.

Abu didn't seem to care about Shawash's coldness, and said with a smile:

"The Shawasz brothers listened to me, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty had personally led an army of 100,000 to Zhangye, and met with me and Hasim, and personally promised to help me restore the country of Persia......"