Chapter 1281: The Sword of Mahdi
Saeed says:
"Your Highness should not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Tang people, although the armies of each tribe have 100,000 people, they are far superior to them in numbers, but after all, they are all improvised patchwork, if they can't do their best when they are in battle, once they are given a chance to ...... Tang people."
This analysis is indeed what Sayed had in mind, and the reason why he is bringing it up now is to prepare himself for the possible defeat of Mahdi in the future.
Otherwise, if someone blames themselves for the defeat, it will be fatal!
"Why, could it be that after living with the Tang people for a long time, you have developed a sense of fear for them?"
The horse snorted impatiently, and Saeed shrugged his shoulders, and although he did not refute Mahdi's words, he did not agree with his statement.
Mahdi laughed:
"The battlefield in Gorgan has been carefully planned, so don't worry about it anymore and get ready to watch the show. ”
The two got on their horses one after another, preparing to go to the forefront to observe the preparations of the Tang Dynasty army up close.
As the commander of an army, it is necessary for Mahdi to have a comprehensive understanding of the entire battlefield. Although he had a contemptuous attitude towards Tang Bing's combat effectiveness, he was not as relaxed and casual as he appeared to fight normally.
Just from Mahdi's increasingly serious expression, it can be seen that no matter how casual he is in normal times, when he arrives on the battlefield, he will immediately enter another state.
After observing Mahdi up close for a while, Saeed became more and more unable to understand the young prince of food.
Is this person an incompetent aristocrat, or does he have a side that no one else knows?
Now it seems that it is likely to be the latter.
It is also based on this realization that Saeed is becoming more and more careful in front of Mahdi, he knows that the cruel methods of the great cannibals to deal with the betrayers make people unable to survive, they cannot die, they have to endure the humiliation of a lifetime in life, and their relatives must also suffer extraordinary human pain together.
Thinking about his grandfather's few words of description, Said shuddered.
Suddenly, a horse galloped up, a ranger who returned from the front.
However, the cavalry brought bad news, and the cavalry of the Tang people once again launched a surprise attack, and killed more than 200 people in succession between the two armies.
Mahdi was furious, and questioned why the rangers were so vulnerable.
You must know that on the grassland between the Tang soldiers and the Great Food Army for more than ten miles, there are all elite rangers of the Great Food, and it is by no means a tribal war that came temporarily.
Each Ranger has experienced countless battles, and as an elite scout cavalry, it is almost unprecedented to be killed by more than 100 people in a row.
It is no wonder that Mahdi is furious, in his opinion, it is the cavalry warriors of the Great Eclipse who have slackened, and this responsibility cannot be shirked in any way.
Mahdi immediately summoned the Ranger Commander to his side and sternly reprimanded him.
The commander was also very helpless, everything here was arranged and executed according to the previous experience and strategy, and the rangers did not make any big mistakes, who knew that hundreds of crazy barbarian cavalry suddenly popped out, chasing and fighting at any cost, and actually killed these many people.
If the Great Eclipse did not seek to maintain a sufficient number of rangers in the wide meadows between the two armies, it would not have been possible for the other side to seize the opportunity and kill more than two hundred rangers.
When the commander raised his doubts, Mahdi pondered for a moment and asked:
"Are the barbarian cavalry you mentioned from the river grassland?"
"It should be the Grolo who was once attached to the governor of Abbas!"
Governor Abbas naturally refers to Mahdi's cousin, who originally had supreme authority in Khorasan and his reputation within the empire.
But such a person lost Mulu City, which was based on it, overnight, and became a joke that everyone in the empire despised him.
"Grolo, these guys who have repeatedly rebelled, after driving out the Tang people, it's time to clean up these nasty flies and mosquitoes!"
Said, who was following Mahdi, couldn't help but be taken aback, the nobles of the Great Food who were far away in the court of Ctesiphon may not know the situation in the Anxi area, but he has lived in Anxi for thirty years, so he is naturally familiar with the love-hate allusions between the Tang people and the local tribes.
At the beginning, the defeat of the Tang people in Talas was inextricably linked to the rebellion of the Grolo people.
Unexpectedly, the Shenwu Army would be able to re-recruit the Qarlu Department to his side regardless of his previous suspicions, and let him contribute.
In all fairness, Said asked himself if in the position of Qin and Jin, the Shenwu army swept all the way to the west with the military might of a great victory, and would ruthlessly take the most ruthless means to retaliate against the betrayers of the year.
"Praetorian Guard, come with me and see for myself!"
"Your Highness must not ......"
Said was the first to object, but Mahdi and his Praetorian Guards sped away like goshawks. Only clouds of smoke and dust were left behind, which could not be dispersed for a long time.
Of course, he won't follow the charge, he knows that he is just a businessman, and he is not young, so he can't withstand this kind of high-intensity battle at all, so he can only watch from behind.
However, hundreds of Praetorian cavalry escorted the Mahdi and soon disappeared from view.
Mahdi has been in full swing since he was a teenager, so it's just a runroutine for him.
Unfortunately, they did not encounter the mad dog-like Grolo, only a number of Persians and Tocharian scouts, and even the short, dark Tianzhu.
After killing nearly two hundred people, Mahdi finally let out a bad breath, whether it was the Grolu or other barbarians, as long as the Tang people knew, the Great Eclipse would only take revenge exponentially.
"Your Highness, it's getting dark, let's go back to the camp first, it's not too late to get revenge tomorrow!"
Mahdi nodded, agreeing with the opinion of the Janissary Commander, and hundreds of cavalry returned to the Great Eclipse camp.
Seeing Mahdi appear in the crowd safe and sound, Saeed felt a little disappointed in his heart.
Immediately, hundreds of bloody heads were thrown to the ground in a chaotic manner, and naturally someone came to collect and sort out the heads, and then hung them on the fence outside the camp to boost the morale of the army.
"Your Highness is wise and powerful, invincible, and the Tang people are going to tremble at His Highness's feet......"
Said hurriedly stepped forward, and a string of ass with donkey lips that did not match the horse's mouth burst out of his mouth, but it was very useful to Mahdi's ears.
He patted Said on the shoulder with satisfaction and triumph.
"Look, that's what you're worried about!"