Although the words were a bit long, Li Siye basically understood what this old partner wanted to express. In their previous lives, they were just pure soldiers, and even many times, they picked quarrels and provoked trouble in the border areas for the sake of military merits. That's why they were attacked from behind by the clan army during the Battle of Talas. It was originally their servant, but it became the ringer of their death knell.

On the whole, there are serious problems with the way they deal with the relations between the people in the areas they rule, but they do not think that the people of the occupied areas can be won by the methods of the bombastic nerds, as the rhetorical nerds say. Instead, he leaned more towards the strategies practiced in Guo Kan's time. The Mongol rulers were quickly assimilated because they actively identified with the culture of the ruled region at the time, rather than emphasizing their own. Perhaps, some people's concept of the Celestial Empire needs to be changed, even if they are unwilling to give up their Celestial Empire.

At the very least, in the initial stages of their rule, they needed to fully respect the culture of the occupied territories. Even if you don't want to be assimilated like the Mongols, it doesn't matter, after all, Chinese culture has been a strong cultural exchange since ancient times.

From Gao Xianzhi's point of view, this was actually good news for the rulers of the empire. Because they have a strong cultural backing. How powerful is he, enough to make any foreign invader fall under the curse of "Hu Lu has no luck for a hundred years".

Gao Xianzhi shook his head and put those issues that were no longer his own considerations out of his mind. All she could do now was simply achieve a pure military victory.

The city of Talas will be a place of honor for them. If he hadn't been defeated here in his previous life, he would not have been secretly surrendered by Mingsheng, let alone on the battlefield against the Anshi Rebellion, and he would not have been framed and killed by the dead eunuch Bian Lingcheng.

"I'm in charge of defending the city, and you take the Modao Army to cruise around the periphery."

"Good!" Li Siye agreed. Although his current official position far exceeds that of Gao Xianzhi, the habits of his previous life still make him obey Gao Xianzhi's arrangement. Facts have proven many times that he Li Siye is undoubtedly an excellent general, but there is no doubt that he is only an excellent general.

However, Gao Xianzhi's thoughts were very different from hers. He knows better than anyone else how many pounds and taels he has. Perhaps in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, his strategic vision could still be ranked high, but in the current empire full of talents, whether he is a simple ranking of generals or a strategic vision, he has fallen to the bottom.

The only thing he needed to do now was to use all his abilities in exchange for a simple military victory.

If at this time, his staff member Feng Changqing from his previous life was still here, it would be much better.

The guy who was not good-looking, thin and short, with a little lame legs and a little slanted eyes, had abilities that were very rare in the world at that time.

At this time, a banana suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and then the familiar voice of the lame man came from behind him: "The emperor asked me to come and see the excitement." ”

Gao Xianzhi looked back, and sure enough, it was Feng Changqing, this guy was holding a banana in his mouth, his head was tilted to the other side, but his eyes were looking straight at him.

This strange feeling has long been strange to him.

"Why are you here?" Gao Xianzhi was overjoyed, but he didn't expect that the person who was still talking just now had already appeared in front of him at this time.

"The emperor attached great importance to this battle, so I, who was familiar with the geography of Anxi, was sent to this errand."

"Do you want to send bananas?" Li Siye snatched the banana from his hand, peeled off the skin and stuffed it into his own bloody mouth.

"Delivering bananas is also an important errand. You must know that you can only eat some meat here, and those things that are too greasy are not good for your digestive system, so the emperor asked me to send some bananas to let you have diarrhea and smooth your intestines. ”

"Is this what you said that the emperor attaches great importance to this battle?" Li Siye munched on a banana and said indistinctly.

Feng Changqing laughed: "Haven't you heard of it?" Before the soldiers and horses moved the grain and grass, they went first, and when they fought a war, they were actually fighting logistical support. Now that our refrigeration technology has allowed us to transport it over long distances, why don't we bring fresh fruit to the front line where many people are present? What's more, the fief of the prime minister, bananas have a bumper harvest this year. In order to avoid things like the grain cheapness hurting the peasants, the emperor and the prime minister both believed that it was absolutely necessary for you to be a foodie to help share the economic pressure of some peasants. ”

"The prime minister is really good at recycling!" Li Siye shook his hand, and the banana peel that he had eaten flew far away. Then this guy casually touched the cold on his body, slapped his butt on the ground, and said with a smile, "I should have dreamed of the prime minister's fiefdom on the grassland, and I haven't eaten mutton yet!" ”

When everyone heard this, they burst out laughing.

It was in this relaxed and pleasant environment that they spent day after day. Inadvertently, those engineering robots from the future? The construction of Talas has been largely completed.

Most of them seem to have forgotten that this group of robots from the future has far more productivity than they do. Soon after, their happy life was over, because their school began to set up city defenses, which was irreplaceable for those robots, after all, no one knew their own combat habits better than themselves.

Suddenly, one day, a group of scouts rushed back in a hurry, and the leader was full of bows and arrows, but he did not have the slightest intention of stopping to rest, but before the horses could hear the footsteps, he hurriedly jumped off the horse, and fell to the ground.

But no one would laugh at the embarrassed rider, for they could all see that the news he had brought back could end the busy but peaceful life here.

Li Siye hurriedly rushed forward, grabbed the scout and asked, "Who did this?" Who is so presumptuous? Can you feel the wounded soldier and don't want to live? ”

Feng Changqing was also at this time, ghostly floating to the scout's side, looking the soldier up and down. Immediately afterward, a surprise appeared on his face that could not be concealed. He had long heard of the armor of the Empire, which used the latest rubber material as the lining, but before he saw it with his own eyes, he definitely did not expect that such a violent rain of arrows would not even penetrate this armor. Unexpectedly, the military industry of the empire has evolved to the point where it is so rare to meet opponents.

However, he also noticed another detail, these bows and arrows inserted into the soldiers' bodies were obviously of different lengths and weights.

When he discovered this phenomenon, he immediately said in a strange manner: "This kind of thing was not done by Wang Sunchen!" ”

Li Siye immediately turned around and scolded: "Aren't you talking nonsense? How could Wang Xiangjun shoot arrows like his own brother! ”

Feng Changqing also scolded back without backing down: "You puppet doesn't understand what I'm talking about? I mean, the injuries on his body are not something that one person can do? ”

"Cripple, can you speak a human word?"

"Reckless, our guests have arrived."

"Why don't you remember to invite guests?"

"Those guests were invited by General Wang, and they were also invited by the emperors of the empire."

Li Siye's mind didn't seem to have turned a corner yet, he touched his head, and muttered in a slightly awe-inspiring tone: "Such a big one? It seems that we need to be well greeted, but we can't be rude. ”

Now, the scout captain is gone. As soon as he pushed it away, he had to help himself to beat Li Siye, and shouted at him with an anxious expression: "General Li, the people from the Kazakh Khanate have already called. ”

At this time, Li Siye was in the midst of the laughter around him, and understood what Feng Changqing meant by the word guest?

"Prepare for battle!" Gao Xianzhi in the distance had already ascended the city tower, and according to their pre-designed tactics, Li Siye should take his Cancer Palace at this time and start to evacuate this area, and their family would launch the most lethal blow from behind when the enemy was most tired from attacking the city.

I don't know if it's because of nutrition or what? Since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, whether it was the Song Dynasty, which was prosperous in culture and education, or the Ming Dynasty, which had always been tough on the outside world, the individual combat ability of its soldiers was far from reaching the level of the Tang Dynasty.

Some scholars even boasted that in the international battlefield, the individual combat ability of Tang Dynasty soldiers was comparable to that of 4 to 5 foreign soldiers. However, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were almost equivalent to 1/4 to 1/5 of a foreign soldier in their individual combat ability.

Although there are many scientific loopholes in this statement to a large extent, it cannot hide the fact that during the Tang Dynasty, the individual combat ability of soldiers reached almost the highest in Chinese history.

However, now, the soldiers under Gao Xianzhi's command are not the familiar Tang Dynasty soldiers back then, but have just been recruited from the common people of the Ming Dynasty. Although they are well-armed and possess many of the most advanced weapons of the 21st century, their military prowess, especially their mentality when it comes to dodging debts, is likely not to have reached the standard of a good soldier.

Above the city tower, there may be only a few people such as Gao Xianzhi, who can re-show the heroic style of the Tang Dynasty 900 years ago on the battlefield in the 17th century.

Feng Changqing did not climb the city tower, compared to Gao Xianzhi, he was more worried about the reckless man in front of him.

On the other hand, he had just asked the scout about the enemy. The scout was obviously a little apprehensive and said: "The Kazakh Khanate, it seems that the strength of the whole country in the early winter, according to a rough estimate, there were already 150,000 cavalry within our normal range at that time. ”

Feng Changqing, who heard the news, immediately felt a tightness in his heart. You must know that the newly established empire, even counting the recruits who are still training in the barracks, the current number does not exceed 200,000. This also includes the number of troops stationed in the northeast and the Khalkha Mongols, as well as a larger number of Shandong recruits.

Guo Kan's soldiers are only more than 10,000 people, and even if the Cancer Palace in Li Siye's hands is added, there are only 25,000 people.

Although the number of soldiers stationed in the Tokmak area at this moment is close to 20,000, they are probably difficult to stop, and the number of enemies is nearly eight times their own.

Feng Changqing couldn't help but glance back at Talas City, the distant city that had been surrounded by strange weeds seemed to be no longer the territory of the empire.

"Are we going to lose him?" He couldn't help but ask himself a question in his heart, but what he didn't realize was that due to his excessive nervousness and worry, his vocal cords also raised this question simultaneously.

"No, don't worry, lame." Li Siye's honest laughter sounded beside him, and he obviously heard Feng Changqing's self-talk just now.

Feng Changqing sighed, sure enough, he was a fool and happier. This puppet, who didn't even ask the scout about the specific situation just now, is still optimistic like this, I really don't know what to say about him?

Soon after they left the city of Talas, the cavalry of the Kazakh Khanate began to run around the lonely city.

They frantically urged the horses, constantly making all kinds of strange noises, and still didn't know how many bows and arrows Xiang Chengtou shot out. It seems to be constantly provoking the defenders here.

However, Gao Xianzhi ordered his subordinates to bring the boiled mutton and even the pot and soup to the city, and the next order the soldiers received was to ignore the Kazakh Khanate cavalry outside the city and concentrate on enjoying the delicious food that was distributed to them.

So they took out the sesame seeds-stained cakes and ate the mutton they had just fished out.

Gao Xianzhi at the head of the city knew that the hooves of these cavalrymen did not have the ability to send their masters to the head of the city. All they could do was shout at the city.

In order not to distract his soldiers, he simply asked the soldiers to start replenishing their strength in advance. Another point is that he knew that these cavalry had come from afar, and it was very likely that they had not eaten enough, and they were sent by the commander who pursued speed. Presumably, the strong smell of meat in the city is enough for them to complain about the ruthlessness of the boss.

Gao Xianzhi sneered, the salvation that belonged to him started with this lost psychological warfare trick.

Perhaps tomorrow's sunset will be stained red with its own blood, but it will also shine with the light of supreme glory. Even if he dies, he will turn the ruins of this city into an indelible monument that will inspire future generations to go further. (To be continued.) )