Chapter 1176: Pakhana's Surprise Attack
Xue Yu, the prince of Bahanna, raised his eyes on horseback and looked at the distant walls of Mulu City, where the black banner peculiar to the Great Cannibal was erected, and once upon a time this black banner also terrified the tribes in the area of the river.
Xue Yu's face was angular, the years and the wind and sand had left very obvious marks on it, and there was a little sneer under the perseverance of the knife and axe.
"This is the source of the demons that the Tang people call the Great Food in Black!"
He had lived in the Tang Dynasty for many years, and unlike his father, he had a strong sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty, and Bahan's departure from the prosperous Tang Dynasty became the servant of the Great Diet Caliph, the lackey of the governor of Khorasan, and the payment of huge taxes, which were unbearable shames for the young prince.
And now, he led his people to appear in the city of Mulu in the governor's seat of Khorasan with lightning speed, and the shock caused by the old man Abbas should be unprecedented.
"Kill the past, and leave no armor behind!"
At this time, the aborigines of Evil Wood Deer City have long been driven away, and the city has been occupied by the big cannibals for nearly a hundred years, especially the big food merchants who have crossed the Persian plateau, filling every hub town that must pass through the entire trade route.
As long caravans marched east along the straight avenues, Yusuf's victory stimulated the nerves of the great food merchants, and the coalition conquered large tracts of land in the east, allowing the merchants to make a windfall by buying fine local silk and porcelain at low prices, and then shipping them to Ctesiphon to sell them to the princes and ministers for a profit of thousands.
In the past, the trade routes of Khorasan were controlled by the Sogdians, until Muslim became the governor of Khorasan, and defeated tens of thousands of Tang troops at Talas.
The Great Food Merchants also infiltrated this fertile land with their armies, and by virtue of the suzerain's rule, they came out on top and became the most important trading force on this trade route.
Xue Yu has a very clear goal here, that is, to plunder all the big food merchants who are about to enter the Hezhong region, he still has a clear understanding of the strength of Pakhana, it is unrealistic to attack Mulu City, according to the reconnaissance of Tanma, a large food infantry of more than 30,000 people is crossing the Persian Plateau and rushing to Mulu City.
Therefore, it is necessary to leave Mulu City before the Great Eclipse infantry arrives. However, the warriors of Pakhana still had at least five to seven days to plunder the Great Food Merchants around Mulu City.
This was already the third caravan that Xue Yu was preparing to plunder, and the previous two caravans were both in the scale of hundreds of people, carrying countless goods. He ordered the killing of all the great cannibals of the caravan and the looting of all the goods.
However, the big cannibal didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the problem, and still sent out caravans one after another.
Xue Yu took the lead and galloped at the forefront, with his leadership, the warriors of Bahanna also rushed to be the first, these robberies were not risky, and the income was huge, and grabbing in front was equal to robbing more.
Just when he was less than a hundred steps away from the caravan, Xue Yu's eyes suddenly contracted, and he found that the caravan in front of him, which should have been like Mianyang, suddenly showed their swords and arrows, and a rain of arrows was thrown over without warning.
Caught off guard, dozens of Bahan's cavalry immediately fell from their horses, but this did not affect the speed of the entire cavalry, and once the impact began, they could not stop, so they rushed to the front of the large cannibal array disguised as a caravan with three rounds of arrows.
Hit the trick!
Xue Yu gritted his teeth, but at this moment, there was absolutely no reason to retreat, and a round of charge crushed this large food soldier disguised as a caravan, and then retreated with his whole body. Doing so can not only hit the morale of the great cannibals, but also boost the morale of the troops, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
However, the army of the Great Food was obviously much more powerful than the Great Food Caravan, which had little ability to resist, and after the rain of arrows, the pikemen immediately rushed to the front, and the spears of the two people were more than two feet on the ground obliquely, and the sharp tips of the spears flashed with sunlight, and the cold shook people's eyes painfully.
Xue Yu took a deep breath, clamped his legs tightly around the horse's belly, and rushed forward.
After losing hundreds of Bakhana warriors, the foot soldiers who pretended to be the Great Food Caravan were passed through the formation, and the Bathhana cavalry drew a beautiful arc and once again penetrated the Great Cannibal.
The two impacts completely destroyed the formation of the big cannibals, and after half an hour's effort, they were slaughtered by Xue Yu's troops.
Xue Yu's face was covered with blood, and his heart did not have the joy of destroying the enemy, because Bahanna also paid a comparable number of warriors. Moreover, he was more worried that there were other Great Food ambushes nearby, and if they were raided again, the losses might be even greater.
Therefore, after confirming that there were no living cannibals on the battlefield, Xue Yu categorically ordered the withdrawal of troops, leaving only a small number of rangers and continuing to monitor the situation near Mulu City.
After a long day of reconnaissance, the rangers finally found some clues, it turned out that the fake big food caravan was just a front, and the real purpose of the big cannibal was to cover another caravan out of the city.
However, the caravan did not rush to the river, but to the west in the direction of Ctesiphon.
Xue Yu's face showed a sneer again, he was not a person who gave up halfway, since he had discovered the real Great Food Caravan, he must not let it go.
An hour later, the cavalry of Bahanna caught up with the Great Food Caravan twenty miles west of Mulu City.
The caravan was indeed prepared, they had more than 200 escorts, but they were still vulnerable to the cavalry of Bahan.
One by one, they looked in horror at the east where the cavalry appeared in large numbers, some tried to escape, some tried to resist, and in the blink of an eye, they were all in chaos.
The two hundred guards were obviously not elite troops, and only two waves of cavalry bows and salvos would knock them to the ground.
"Kill them all, not a single one!"
Xue Yu hated the big cannibal, and still ordered to kill no one left.
After a fierce battle, Bakanna's cavalry began to count the spoils, and they were pleasantly surprised to find several camels in the caravan full of precious stones and fine gold coins.
The cheers reached through the sky, and after a bloody battle, the warriors of Bakanna finally got their due.
Xue Yu has always maintained a high level of sober mind, this is the seat of the governor of Khorasan, and he has frequently succeeded here, but he has taken advantage of loopholes, if he does not see good and collects it, it is likely that he will fall into the trap dug by the big cannibals.
All the loot will be taken away if you can, and what you can't take away will be burned clean.
Hundreds of horses of silk from the East were burned down......