Chapter 1399: Nothing can be done
The battle lasted for half a day, and the entire east bank of the Shari River was completely covered with white gunsmoke, and Ibn could no longer see anything from watching the battle on the west bank.
Before this battle, he couldn't have predicted that this would be the case, even if he wanted to break his head.
The Praetorian Guards, trapped in the smoke of gunfire, did not know what the battle was like.
Ibn was shocked to find that he had lost control of the Praetorian Guard, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
If this situation was allowed to continue, he could not imagine what the consequences would be.
At this time, Muhammad jumped out again and cried out to Ibn for help. Previously, he begged Ibn to let his own tribal army also go to the east bank of the river to help in the war, but Ibn was overwhelmed and reluctantly agreed, and the tribal army could wait for the opportunity to fight on the periphery.
Now, the Imperial Guard is trapped in the smoke of gunfire, and Muhammad's family is trapped there. He wanted to cross the river to save his people, but he knew that without Ibn's support, it was unknown whether he would be able to return.
"General, save the villain's people, they, their wives and parents are still waiting for them at home, if they can't go back, I don't know how many widows will be added to the city of Elam......"
What are the reasons for this, Ibn frowned, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he could not reprimand Muhammad in public, so he had to say patiently:
"The Praetorian Guard will not sit idly by and ignore your clan army, if you really can't rest assured, I can send a hundred-man team to protect you across the river to collect your troops!"
"This ......"
Muhammad hesitated, although he felt sorry for his people, but in the end he cared more about his own life, it was easy to cross the river, but it was not so easy to come back.
While talking to Muhammad, Ibn had already made up his mind that he must personally go to the east bank of the river and personally command the Janissaries to fight against the Tang.
Regardless of what Muhammad thought, he immediately took his retinue and gathered all the Janissaries in the West Bank to prepare to cross the river to aid the Janissaries trapped in the smoke of gunpowder.
"General, general, are you going to cross the river? The villain, the villain is also willing to help the general...... Hey, the general and other villains...... Villain ......"
Muhammad made up his mind to follow Ibn and he would go wherever Ibn went, otherwise he would be left alone, or he might have been taken prisoner by the Tang or simply killed in the rebellion.
He showed a cowardice and cowardice that did not correspond to the time when he launched the Elamite mutiny.
This is one of the fundamental reasons why Ibn looks down on him.
Timid people tend to be more cautious than the average person and have a better chance of surviving.
Muhammad was to be the one who survived, and it didn't matter how he survived.
Ibn was so anxious that he would cross the river with hundreds of guards before his troops were assembled, and he wanted to know as soon as possible the situation and casualties of the Praetorian Guards on the east bank of the river.
After arriving on the east coast, he found that the battle situation was much better than he expected, and the Tang people did not launch a large-scale counterattack, and they did not seem to have enough strength.
Realizing this, Ibn's heart suddenly contracted, and he suddenly thought that the Tang soldiers in front of him were just a vanguard, and their large army had not yet appeared at this time, if ......
There are many possibilities to follow, and each one will make Iben's heart tremble.
It's a pity that the military order has been issued, all the people have already begun to cross the river, and any tactical changes can only be completed and will only work after regrouping.
That is to say, at this moment, if the main force of the Tang people suddenly said and launched a surprise attack on the Praetorian Guards who were crossing the river, he would have no choice.
At this time, Ibn could only pray to the Prophet that he and his soldiers would be blessed.
Suddenly, there was a faint rumbling sound in the distance, and Iben's face suddenly turned pale as paper, and he knew all too well what it was when thousands of horses were running.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Ibn finally couldn't hold back his shouting.
"Hurry up and give the order, all the Praetorian Guards stop crossing the river, stop crossing the river!"
However, now thirty percent of the men and horses have come to the east bank of the river, and the rest are all rushing to cross the river in accordance with the previous military orders.
Whether it was useful or not, Ibn ordered his followers to rush at once and give the order to the thousand-man convoys, to stop crossing the river at once, to return to the west bank, and to prepare for the enemy.
In an instant, he prepared for the worst, if most of the Janissaries on the east bank were defeated, then some people on the west bank must be left to prevent the Tang people from crossing the river.
This river is the last barrier for the Tang people to reach Elam City, if the Tang people are allowed to cross the river smoothly, from here to Elam City will be a flat horse, and there is no danger to defend.
After crossing the river, Muhammad did not bother to follow Ibn any longer, but searched everywhere for his men, who were honest and did not enter the encirclement, but only made some feints on the periphery, which were not very scattered and relatively easy to gather.
It coincided with Ibn ordering the Janissaries, who had already crossed nearly half of the Shari River, to stop crossing the river and turn around and return to the west bank to prepare for the camp.
Muhammad immediately realized that something was wrong, and that Ibn was not a hesitant man to give two diametrically opposed orders in a short period of time, that is, there must have been some unforeseen danger.
At this point, he could no longer care to follow Ibn behind, and after gathering his men, his only hope was to leave the place safely and return to the city of Elam.
What does it have to do with the life or death of Ibn to him?
The sound of the explosion was still faint, and the white smoke showed no signs of dissipating in a short time, but became thicker and thicker.
Under the cover of the smoke of gunfire, Muhammad and his men moved northwest along the banks of the Shari River, waiting for an opportunity to sneak across the river without the eyes and ears of Ibn and then wait and see what happened.
Anyway, Ibn didn't give him any orders after crossing the river, and whatever he did, there would be enough reason to explain it in the future.
At the same time, the cavalry of the Grolu tribe was killed, and the Praetorian Guard, who had just crossed the river, was taken by surprise before they could assemble their whole team.
Fighting in the smoke of gunpowder, the Shenwu Army has a wealth of experience, including many coercion of the Shenwu Army, such as the Qarluq Division, they also have considerable experience, they know how to maintain contact between the upper and lower levels in this situation, and know how to move to cover each other to kill the enemy.
The Great Janissaries were completely pinned down by the smoke of gunpowder, on the one hand, they were panicked and confused their formation, and on the other hand, they thought that the formation was chaotic and lost contact with each other.
The thousand-man team and even the hundred-man team were in a dilemma of fighting on their own, and Ibn found that even if he came to the east bank of the river in person, there was nothing he could do about it!