Chapter 1406: Retaking the City of Elam
Early in the morning, a wooden prisoner's cart was placed in front of Ibn for the first time, and he was a little depressed when he heard that it was specially used to escort him.
If you are put in this kind of wooden cage-like prison car, let alone escape on the way, even if you hold it, you can suffocate people to death.
But now he is like a trapped beast, he has long lost the ability to resist, and can only be at the mercy of the enemy.
It's not that Iben didn't think about dying, but the most difficult thing for a man is to take this step, after all, in his heart he still hasn't given up on luck, hoping to be born one day.
Then you have to endure any torture and humiliation before that.
The Tang army was stationed along the Shali River for about seven days, during which time more routs were captured. The disbanded Praetorian Guard did not go far, but waited for an opportunity to attack, and was bitten by the cavalry of the Grolu and attacked fiercely, losing more than thirty percent of its manpower, and finally fled far away.
The day before the captives were escorted to their journey, news came from the city of Elam, that Elam had been captured by the Don soldiers, and that Ilam had changed hands.
When Ibn learned of this news, he had no doubt about its authenticity, his Praetorian Guard had been defeated, and who else could stop the clutches of the Tang soldiers?
This is really a disgrace to the Empire, is this still the invincible Great Food Empire?
There was a wry smile of helplessness on Ibn's face, which had nothing to do with him anymore, the only thing that could be connected was that he had once guarded there, and now he had been taken prisoner because of his defeat.
The Grohs violently pressed Ibn to the ground, tied the wrist-thick bars to his wrists and ankles, and then slipped a red-hot stick into the hole and smashed it with a hammer, so that the chains without locks and keys were the safest, and it would take more effort to remove them than they already have.
Fortunately, the Grolu people's subordinates are still on the head, and if they miss a bit, the bones of their hands and feet will be smashed.
Immediately afterwards, Ibn was brutally stuffed into a wooden cage prisoner cart, and when everything was ready, an escort team of 200 men drove thousands of captives slowly north.
Gao Changhe carefully examined the interpreter Kang Chulu, who had worked hard in this inventory of prisoners.
The Sogdians were highly trusted in the Shenwu army, so many of the tasks were carried out by Sogdians who were literate due to their limited manpower.
Kang was not born and raised in the Sogdian tribe, strictly speaking, after a Sogdian merchant born in Ansi, but his maternal tribe moved to Khorasan. Many of the Sogdians stranded in Ansi were inextricably linked to the Sogdian tribes of Khorasan.
"Captain, that bearded man must be a big man, and if he gets to Sylvan, someone will definitely be able to identify him!"
Gao Changhe smiled:
"Don't worry, if he is really identified as Ibn, this credit is enough to make you three levels higher!"
Hearing Gao Changhe's assurance, Kang Izulu's face was like a flower, and he hurriedly bowed his head to show his loyalty.
"Everything about the villain is cultivated by the captain, and he is willing to be born and die for the captain!"
High and long river channel:
"I don't need you to be born and die for me, I just need to do your job well, and it is enough to live up to the expectations and trust of the prime minister!"
"Yes, never disappoint the Prime Minister's expectations!"
In the Shenwu Army, the prime minister is the supreme existence, this army has become the strongest army in the world in the hands of the prime minister, the soldiers are invincible, no one can stop them, whether it is An Lushan, Shi Siming's traitor, or the elite soldiers of Dashi, no one is an exception.
When the news of the change of ownership of Elam City reached the army, the most excited person was Qajar, whose mood fluctuated greatly for a few days, and he thought that Ilam would be guarded by the Caliph's Praetorian Guard, and it would be difficult to take it, who would have thought that it would be so easy to take it.
He was now eager to return to Elam, to see how many of his men remained.
The difference from the propaganda in the army was that Gao Changhe knew that this was the result of the self-determination of the Asta and Sogdian cavalry, but fortunately the worst-case scenario did not occur.
Muhammad was also concerned about the whereabouts of Muhammad, the traitor.
However, Muhammad himself was not in the city when Elamite fell, and it is said that he had accompanied the Janissaries with his men. But most of his tribesmen, their wives and children were taken prisoner and held in prison until they were disposed of when Qajar returned.
It was almost as easy as a gust of wind to sweep away the remnants of the rebellion in Ilam, and Qajar re-established his banner by the might of the Shenwu army, and many of the local tribes, who had already disobeyed Muhammad, now saw that Prince Qajar had returned victorious, and naturally expressed their support, and before the army reached Elam, there were already people rushing to meet him.
Although Wang Renli is only a lieutenant in the Shenwu Army, Khazar is still respectful to him, and everyone has the most instinctive awe of the strong, so he must be called a general, and he bows from time to time.
"Your Royal Highness doesn't have to be so restrained and polite, I am escorting you back to Elam on the orders of the Prime Minister, and you will soon become the caliph of the Great Food Empire!"
"Yes yes yes ......"
Khazar instinctively agreed, but was immediately stunned.
Of course, he knew that the plan of the Tang Dynasty was to push himself to the position of caliph, at first he only felt that this was an unattainable dream, and no one in Mansur's iron fist was not afraid to compete with him for the position of caliph, what a joke!
Even if Elam is temporarily occupied, once the caliphate's elite army comes to attack with all its might, there is no certainty that it will hold Ilam.
At that time, what he wanted was to take one step at a time, to recapture Elam first, and as for whether to call it a caliph, he could be dragged by the snake first.
But this matter really came to the front of him, and Khazar was moved again and hesitated.
In the battle of the Shali River, the Shenwu army almost defeated the Praetorian Guards with a hard force, and not only did they scatter the most elite Praetorian Guards in Mansur in half a day, which greatly strengthened his confidence.
If the Tang Dynasty could really support themselves and compete with al-Mansur for the position of caliph, al-Mansur might not be able to bargain easily.
Thinking of Ctesiphon's lame, even joke-worthy mutiny, and his already shrunken ambition swelled suddenly, Khazar hurriedly said:
"As long as Kazar is not the same, he will always be loyal to the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, if he can really recapture Tai Xifeng, Da Shi, Da Shi is willing to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and he will always be a vassal!"