Chapter 555: Captive

After three days of preparation, on the night of the third day, Jonos chose to take the initiative.

And the target of their attack is Datang's grain storage office.

The grain and grass of the Tang Dynasty were stored in a small city ten miles behind their main city.

Grain and grass were piled up, and at least half a year's worth of military rations were stored.

The grain and grass here, if not all of them, is at least half of their grain and grass.

As long as all the grain and grass of the Tang Dynasty are burned, I believe that the Tang army will be chaotic, and when the time comes, he will be able to easily slaughter all the Tang troops.

At this time, Joonos despised Willid very much.

This Wei Lide doesn't even have a brain when he fights.

Tang Jun obviously has such an obvious loophole, he doesn't even know how to take advantage of it, no wonder he will lose so badly.

Hum! Jonos, who looked at him as wise and martial, had just arrived, and immediately discovered the loopholes of Datang.

After he Jonos defeated the Tang army and then captured a large area of the Tang territory, it was the time of Wei Lide's death.

This time, Joonos sent five thousand cavalry to sneak attack.

Another 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry were dispatched to ensure that nothing went wrong.

This time, Joonos personally stepped out and commanded in the center.

Five thousand cavalrymen, in front of the horses, hung lanterns pasted with thick paper.

The light was so faint that it only allowed the horses to see the road ahead.

From a distance, it's not clear at all.

This is also a common method used by cavalry during night raids in ancient times.

The hooves of these horses were covered with thick linen cloth, and their mouths were covered with chewing heads, and they did not make a sound.

Looking at the cavalry quietly moving away, Joonos had a look of wisdom beads on his face.

After the grain and grass catch fire, Datang will definitely send troops to rescue.

And these cavalry and infantry led by themselves can take the opportunity to attack the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty.

Tonight, not only will they burn their grain and grass, but also hit the Tang army hard.

Five thousand cavalry soon approached the small city where the Tang Dynasty stored grain and grass.

The arrival of the Great Food Army, those Tang troops stationed on the defensive, were unexpectedly unaware.

The defenders were sleeping far away.

The Great Eclipse Cavalry sent people to infiltrate the city and open the city gates, but no one knew.

"Get on the horse!"

All the cavalry mounted their horses, then they lit torches and quickly rushed into the city.

The roaring sound of horses' hooves pierced the night sky and woke up the Tang defenders.

When they saw the Great Eclipse Cavalry, they had no intention of meeting the enemy at all, but turned their heads and fled in all directions, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

Such a cowardly Tang army provoked the big food cavalry to laugh.

Well, this group of cavalry is the army brought by Joonos.

They didn't have the experience of fighting with the Tang Dynasty, otherwise, they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to despise the Tang Army so much.

Soon, the cavalry easily rushed into the place where the grain and grass were stored.

The Tang troops they found along the way all fled in panic, scattered like birds and beasts.

5,000 cannibal cavalry, like entering a no-man's land.

They easily broke through to the grain and grass cantonment and began to set fires everywhere.

I don't know what kind of food Datang eats, they just feel that it is extremely easy to ignite.

As soon as their torches were thrown up, there was a thud on the ground, and the flames jumped high and high all at once.

Soon, the night sky was dyed red with a raging flame.

Countless birds were frightened and chirped in fear.

In the distance, Joonos saw the flames rising into the sky, and his face showed the look of Zhizhu in his hand.

Only the big cannibal cavalry who lit the fire at the scene faintly sensed that something was wrong.

They are all battle-hardened veterans, and the scene in front of them always makes them feel that something is wrong.

First of all, they came in too smoothly.

When I came in, I didn't feel anything wrong.

But now, I have a faint feeling that something is wrong.

Secondly, what kind of food is this?

How could the flames be so high? How can it burn so fast?

In the blink of an eye, it had burned into a raging fire.

"Withdraw! Fall back! ”

Now that the task was accomplished, their leader did not dare to stay longer and immediately ordered all the soldiers to retreat.

At this time, the flames were too big, and they were sweating all over the roast, and they couldn't stay until they left.

But just as they turned to leave, there were suddenly countless lights around them.

The blinding lights made them collectively deaf.

"Launch!"

Shout!

Shout! Shout!

The next moment, there was the sound of countless powerful crossbows breaking through the air in the air.

What followed was the arrow of the war horse under the crotch of the Great Eclipse Cavalry, or the arrow of the Great Eclipse Soldier, the piercing sound of the bow and crossbow, and the terrible screams of the Great Eclipse Cavalry.

By this time, these cavalrymen did not know where, they had been fooled.

The granary here is definitely fake, just to attract them to be fooled.

It's just that I'm only reacting now, and it's a little too late.

Behind him, there was a raging fire, and in front of him, there were crossbow arrows in the sky.

At this time, these cavalry really had no way to ascend to heaven and no way to enter the ground.

At the same time, Joonos, who was ambushing the Tang reinforcements, finally waited for the Tang Army.

It's just that the situation is slightly different from what he imagined.

Countless blinding lights lit up in front of them.

In front of these lights, in fact, they couldn't open their eyes, and the war horses were shaken and shook their heads and tails, running around.

Their formation was suddenly messed up.

A huge roar followed.

What is it?

Could it be that this is the steel chariot of Datang in the mouth of Wei Lide?

At this moment, Joonos sensed that something was wrong.

It seems that Datang really has a very powerful steel chariot, it seems, Wei Lide is not lying?

"Retreat!"

Joonos decisively gave the order to retreat.

Joonos still remembered that Wei Lide wrote in the plea that the steel chariot of the Tang Dynasty was slightly slower than the war horse.

In this case, while Datang's steel chariot has not yet arrived, they still have time to escape.

However, when they turned around, and had just run a few miles away, a blinding light suddenly lit up in front of them.

A loud roar followed, and the ground trembled slightly.

No need to ask, the front is naturally Datang's steel chariot.

"Assault to the left!"

Joonos gave the order again and hurriedly broke through to the left.

It's a pity that before they could run far, there were still dazzling lights in front of them.

Joonos again ordered the cavalry to turn around and run.

On the left side of the front and rear, there were ambushes on all three sides, and they had to break through to the right.

Fortunately, this time they did not encounter an ambush on the right side.

On the left side of the front and back of the Tang Dynasty, the steel chariots of the three parties were surrounding them.

Jonos didn't pay much attention to this.

Since the speed of the Datang steel chariot is slower than that of their cavalry, then it is impossible to catch up with them.

These cavalrymen, all lit their torches, galloped in the night.

However, they have never been able to get rid of Datang's steel chariot.

Although the torches were lit, the speed of the war horses running at night could not keep up with the speed of the day.

Fortunately, Datang's steel chariot failed to catch up, and the two sides still maintained a flat distance.

But it didn't take long for all the Great Eaters to hear the sound of water flowing from ahead.

At that moment, one of their hearts sank to the bottom.

The originally beautiful sound of water has become their talisman at this time.

No wonder Datang did not arrange an ambush on the right side, it turned out that they had already calculated the terrain and knew that there was a big river on the right side.

And in the chaotic hours of the night, Joonos simply didn't have time to think about it.

Originally, at that moment, although Datang was surrounded on three sides, there was still a gap between these three sides.

If they break through these gaps, they will not be able to avoid being attacked, but they will not be so embarrassed.

And now, their encirclement has been completed.

If you break through now, the casualties will inevitably double!

Thankfully, Joonos is a decisive man.

Immediately decided to break through immediately.

If you wait until you actually get to the river and then find a way, I am afraid that the casualties will be more serious.

They had to turn their horses' heads again, and broke through with their lives towards the gap of the Datang steel chariot.

At this point, the gap is much smaller.

When the distance between the two sides reached more than two hundred paces, the sound of bows and crossbows breaking through the air was already resounding.

And what followed was the scene of the Great Food Soldier not only being hit by an arrow and falling to the ground.

Datang's crossbow arrows have such a long range.

Their bows and arrows could not even touch the toes of others, so they could only be beaten in aggrieved terms.

The steel chariots on three sides, the continuous shooting, I don't know how many soldiers of the Great Food fell to the ground with arrows.

At this time, Joonos didn't care much, and only hurriedly broke through with his soldiers.

Fortunately, at this time, there was still a small gap in the encirclement, and they did not complete the encirclement.

In the end, Jonos broke through with his cavalry tragically.

But Joonos felt that the cavalry around him was at least half less manned.

Moreover, Datang's steel team is still far behind them, shooting non-stop.

The cavalry he led was still in the process of attrition.

Those backward big food cavalry, in the moment of life and death crisis, are anxious.

They couldn't help but draw their short blades and plunge them into the warhorse's ass fiercely.

The war horse was stimulated, burst out at full speed, and finally got rid of the pursuit of Datang's steel chariot for a short time.

Suddenly, there was a blinding light in front of me.

Wow!

Those war horses that eat a lot are collectively shocked!

It seems that they have recognized that these lights are the Grim Reaper, and that as long as the lights appear, they will inevitably cause casualties.

Those cavalrymen who ate a lot were even more frightened.

There were some cavalrymen, even frightened to the point of falling off their horses.

Jonos hurriedly diverted.

And these latest Datang steel chariots have once again joined the pursuit team.

Jonos still had a directional, purposeful retreat.

But in the dark night, the chased man fled in a hurry, and he had completely lost his sense of direction.

They were only concerned with running in the direction of no pursuers.

But it seems that Datang's pursuers are the devil.

Always when they thought they had escaped, the lights suddenly turned on in front of them, and then they became frightened birds and hurriedly turned around.

And what they didn't notice was that there were actually some Datang's steel chariots.

It will leave the battlefield while pursuing, and then go to some places to put out the fire and wait quietly.

Then, after a short wait, they would be able to wait until the cavalry of the Great Eclipse would come running by themselves, and they would light a fire and begin the pursuit.

And these are the tactics that Xue Rengui first arranged.

Ever since Li Su told Xue Rengui about the battle plan, Xue Rengui has been constantly studying the tactics of encirclement at night.

Speed and road are the weaknesses of Datang's steam tricycle.

If he exploits his strengths and avoids his weaknesses, giving the enemy the heaviest blow will become the goal that Xue Rengui wants to achieve.

And in the end, Xue Rengui formulated such a battle plan.

He divided three thousand steam tricycles into a hundred teams, each with thirty steam tricycles.

If it were Wei Lide here, he could judge the number of steam tricycles by the lights, and he would never have touched the lights, so he would have turned around and ran.

But Li Su and Xue Rengui both judged that the big food on the opposite side had changed generals.

The new generals will certainly not understand this.

Sure enough, Xue Rengui's judgment was correct, and his tactics were very successful.

Joonos led his cavalry and ran for more than two hours all night without stopping.

Everyone was numb from running, and even the threat of death had weakened a lot.

Just as they were about to despair, the sky began to brighten.

Jonos was so excited that he was about to cry!

He hates the night!

The torches can only illuminate a place one or two feet in front of him, and he doesn't know how many steel chariots the other party has, and where the other party is ambushing, just like a blind man.

And in the faint morning light, Jonos finally made out the direction, and then ran in the direction of their city.

But soon he was horrified to find that Datang's steel chariot had blocked their retreat!

Joonos had to make a U-turn, then look for a gap and continue to break through.

The sky gradually brightened, and I saw that the battlefield was full of the corpses of their horses and soldiers.

At this time, Jonos's inner mood was hopeless.

He finally understood the horror of the Tang army.

He also completely believed Wei Lide's statement, the Tang army was invincible.

Overnight, he brought with him fifteen thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry, and at this time only two or three thousand cavalry were left around him.

Some of the other cavalry should have been scattered.

But the vast majority of the others, I'm afraid, have already died, right?

The 10,000 infantry, with another commander.

But Joonos believes that they are only afraid that they will be more than lucky.

Even their cavalry could not escape, and at night, how could the infantry escape?

Of the 25,000 soldiers and horses, there are now more than 2,000 left.

What a terrible loss!

Jonos didn't want to fight anymore.

He just wanted to go back right away and tell their caliph that Vared was right.

We should now make peace with Datang, not fight them.

But that has to wait for them to escape back!

And now, Datang's steel chariot is still chasing after it!

It's dawn!

Joonos finally saw the shape of the Datang steel chariot clearly.

Yes, exactly as Wei Lide described, it was really such a tall, so big steel chariot!

And without horse-pulling, he can run, and he can run fast.

Finally, Joonos skillfully found a gap in the encirclement of the Tang Dynasty and quickly broke through.

They galloped and finally returned to their territory.

At that moment, everyone was speechless and choked.

And Datang's pursuers were still far behind them, and they did not stop pursuing.

At this time, it is not yet the time to grieve.

It is not too late to wait until they return to the city and are safe, and then slowly grieve.

They fought hard and rushed all the way, and finally rushed back to the city.

Far away, they shouted at the defenders on the city walls: "Open the door! Open the door! Open the gates! ”

The defending soldiers on the city walls, seeing their generals returning with their armor behind, did not dare to slack off.

Trotting all the way down the city walls, quickly opening the city gates.

Joonos entered the city with a sigh as the remnants of his army were defeated.

However, as soon as he entered the city, Jonos immediately realized that something was wrong.

Why are there so many soldiers defending the city?

There were four or five hundred of them.

You must know that the soldiers in the city have basically been taken out by him.

The soldiers left behind in the city were only 2,000 when they were full.

This is just one of the gates, how can there be so many soldiers?

Then, Joonos immediately realized that something was wrong with the soldiers either.

The appearance of their Dashi soldiers is significantly different from that of the Datang soldiers.

And these soldiers defending the city don't look very different from their big food soldiers!

Jonos chuckled inwardly.

A bad premonition came over me.

I'm afraid this city has been taken away by the Tang Dynasty, right?

Joonos gasped as he pondered whether to kill them all or turn around and run away.

I only heard someone shouting: "Shoot the arrows!" ”

Shout!

Shout! Shout!

At this time, a group of soldiers also stood on the city wall, and they shot arrows downward.

More than a thousand Tang troops fired arrows at them, and these great cannibal cavalry, who had just escaped, were immediately killed and wounded.

The surviving soldiers finally reacted, and it turned out that their city had already been occupied by the Tang army.

They're fooled!

At this moment, the reaction of the Great Eclipse soldiers was very different.

Some of the Great Food Soldiers quickly drew their weapons and prepared to fight their way out.

And more of the big food soldiers turned around and ran, preparing to escape from the city.

However, they didn't find out until they turned back.

The gates had been slowly shut, and there was no way out for them.

The so-called trapped beasts are still fighting, and the big food soldiers who have been forced into a desperate situation have also been stimulated by the ferocity in their bones.

They drew their weapons and prepared to fight the Tang army to the end.

At this moment, a tall man, holding a long sword, slowly walked towards them.

"Wait a minute, I'm the general of the Tang Dynasty, as long as you lay down your arms and surrender immediately, you can live! If not, shoot and kill! ”

"Phew! Dream on! ”

"We have a big food, only warriors who die standing up, not cowards who die on their knees!"

"We are all well-known heroes, we are not afraid of death, we ...... Can you really live? ”

Well, naturally not everyone is so backbone.

Everywhere, there are the cowardly.

And those big food soldiers who were not firm in tone were quickly killed by the people around them.

Seeing this scene, Li Yuanfang didn't bother to persuade them again.

With a long sword in hand, he was the first to kill.

This man is the general of the Tang Dynasty, as long as they can kill him, they are enough.

As long as they can catch him, then they have a chance to live.

The next moment, four or five Great Food Soldiers rushed towards Li Yuanfang together.

And Li Yuanfang's body twisted strangely, and the long sword in his hand struck like lightning, and suddenly two of the big food soldiers, clutching their throats, fell down in pain.

A long sword in Li Yuanfang's hand was haunted, and wherever he passed, the big food soldiers went to the end, and there was no enemy of him at all.

The soldiers were so frightened that no one dared to fight him.

Soon, Li Yuanfang killed in front of Jonos.

Joonos's feet were weak, he directly threw away the long knife in his hand, raised his hands, and said loudly: "General Ben, surrender!" ”

Of course, Joonos doesn't speak Chinese, he speaks the language of Dashi, but his action must be a surrender.

After Joonos surrendered, the other Great Eclipse soldiers all chose to surrender.

The so-called soldiers instigated one will instigate a nest.

Even their generals have surrendered, and where do the other soldiers still have the determination and courage to fight to the end?

At this point, the 15,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry of the Great Eclipse were all wiped out.

And more importantly, their manager seems to have been caught by them.

Most likely, in the whole of Persia, there is no manager.

Li Yuanfang didn't dare to slack off, and immediately reported the news to Li Su.

After learning the news, Li Su attached great importance to it and immediately rushed over to interrogate Jonos in person.

Joonos does not speak Chinese, and Dashi speaks the Arabic language.

Li Su also doesn't speak Arabic, and at this time, if you want to find a translator, I'm afraid it's not easy to find.

But fortunately, Li Su has a system.

Li Su directly used the system's translation software to start the interrogation.

"What's your name? What is your role at Big Food? ”

This sentence was uttered by Li Su according to the prompts of the system and in the pronunciation of Arabic.

Well?

This high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty can actually speak our language?

Joe Northton was stunned by Li Su.

Li Su thought that his pronunciation was wrong, so he asked again.

Only then did Jonos react and quickly answered Li Su's question.

Jonos was very afraid of death, he was very afraid that the high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty in front of him would kill him, so he told his true status.

and said that if he were to ask their king for ransom, their king would be willing to give him many treasures in exchange.

Well?

This person's status is so high in Dashi?

The previous one named Wei Lide was originally taken down by this guy.

After learning the news, Li Su couldn't help but show a thoughtful look on his face.

Perhaps, we can use this person to do something in Persia.

Thinking of this, Li Su couldn't help but say to Joonos: "Joonos, if you want to live, you can help this king deceive the gates of other cities." ”

"If you can do that, I can not only keep you alive, but I can even give you a great fortune."

Hearing Li Su's words, Jonos shook his head again and again and said, "Respected King of the Tang Dynasty, I will never do anything to betray the country." But you can use me for a large ransom. ”

"If you are worried that our king will not pay this ransom, let me write a letter and send someone to send it back. I have a huge wealth in my family, and I can give it to you! ”

Li Su couldn't help but sneer: "Wealth? This king doesn't need it, if you can't do this, then go and die! ”