Chapter 222: Chess meets opponents

Gao Xianzhi suddenly felt dizzy, could it be that he failed like this?

"How many? Why didn't Jian Yuwei block it! "How is that possible! I left my hands to arrange it, could it be that Jian Yuwei is such a rice bucket that he can't even stop it for half a day?

Although Zhang Ji was surprised that Gao Xianzhi called out Jian Yuwei's name in front of everyone, he also understood that the military situation was urgent, and he couldn't care so much at the moment, so he immediately answered honestly: "The enemy army is about 18,000 horsemen...... There is no baggage. ”

Eighteen thousand! Gao Xianzhi was obviously stunned, of course he understood Zhang Ji's words, there may be only one cavalry of 18,000 people without baggage.

Gao Xianzhi, who calmed down, understood that something must have changed.

"Where is Ziyin? Bring him to me! ”

At the same time, Talaridan and Saeed, who were almost in despair, finally waited for news to save them.

"Really? How many people? ”

"Your Royal Highness, it's true! General Muhammad personally led the troops, 20,000 cavalry! ”

"Hahahaha! Heaven will not kill me! Said looked up to the sky and smiled.

Tararidan's face looked a little better, but he was still very dignified: "Did you say if there is still backup?" ”

The soldier who reported the message was obviously stunned: "This ...... The little one didn't ask......"

Talaridan frowned slightly, plus 20,000 people, it was still not enough for the Tang coalition to fight. Looking at the position just now, the Anxi army only dispatched about 3,000 people to attack the city, obviously retaining its strength, if the reinforcements on his side appeared, who would dare to guarantee that Gao Xianzhi would not come out of the nest and take tens of thousands of coalition troops to fight Talas?

"Report~~!" Another commander rushed up to the city, with a huge surprise on his face, "Your Royal Highness! General Abdullah arrived with 7,000 reinforcements in the north of the city! ”

Said was overjoyed: "General Abdullah has arrived? "It's okay now, I finally insisted on waiting!" Your Royal Highness, I'm going to meet the general! ”

"Wait!" Tararidan quickly calculated in his heart that the defensive strength of Talas had increased to more than 30,000 people at once, and he could completely shake the Anxi army head-on! The combined forces of Pakhana and Qarluq? It's just a rabble! "General Said, Prince Ben is with you to meet these two valiant generals!"

"Peng!" A city-defending trebuchet was hit by a boulder fired by a larger-caliber catapult of the Anxi Army, and it was immediately torn apart, and sawdust and stone chips flew in all directions, smashing Taralidan's cheeks with a faint pain.

"Unazi!"

"In!"

"Defend the city! Don't let the Tang Army get closer! Talaridan's eyes stared at the city, "Hold on for a moment, I want to make Gao Xianzhi regret it!" ”

In the big tent of the Anxi Army, Gao Xianzhi hurriedly rushed forward to help Yang Qing, who was half-kneeling in front of him.

"Ziyin doesn't need to be polite, tell me quickly, what is the situation?"

"Gao Gong, as soon as the last general and Xilie led their troops to the front line at the western foot of Qianquan Mountain, they immediately found the Great Eater Cavalry of no less than 18,000 people, and hurried to Talas. According to their speed estimates, it is very likely that they will arrive at this moment! Moreover, they did not carry any baggage supplies, and in our judgment, this was just the front team of the Great Food Reinforcements! ”

Gao Xianzhi was silent and paced slowly in the tent.

Zhang Ji was a little breathless: "Gao Gong, do you want to add ......firewood over there?"

Gao Xianzhi raised his hand violently, and his right palm stood still in mid-air.

"Ziyin, where is Xilie? Why didn't I go back to camp with you? ”

"Gao Gong ordered that Jian Yuwei must be responsible for attracting the enemy to block reinforcements, Xilie did not dare to disobey the order, and ordered to return to the camp first to report the enemy's situation, please Gao Gong decided to take the walk!"

A faint hint of approval flowed from Gao Xianzhi's eyes, and then he said in a condensed voice: "Now it seems that the main force of the Great Food Army has seen through our army's intentions and has rushed to Talas. It is no longer possible to let Xilie block reinforcements in the west, after all, there are too few troops, and this move is meaningless......"

Gao Xianzhi sighed slightly, and said excitedly: "Ziyin, you quickly send someone to inform Xilie to return to the camp!" Let's fight the Great Food Alliance under Talas! ”

"Yes!" Yang Qing bowed and clenched his fists, and then hesitated, "Gao Gong, there is one more thing ......?"

"Speak!"

"Today, when I set out for the Talas River, I found a small caravan of Hu people, and its movements were quite suspicious. When the last general turned back to the camp, he actually ran into this group of people again. At that time, the war between the two armies was imminent, and it was impossible for such a caravan to escape the suspicion of spies! Therefore, the last general made an assertion and detained all the people in this group, how to deal with it, please publicize it to the public! ”

"Huh?" When Gao Xianzhi heard this, he was also suspicious, what kind of business was he doing in such a chaotic season? "Didn't ask anything?"

"First, time is pressing, and second, it is not easy to use strong without evidence, and the last general has not yet asked what clues."

Gao Xianzhi smiled slightly: "It's easy." Yuanji is a master in this, so I'll leave it to him to ask! ”

Zhang Ji grinned: "Okay, the last general will take this position!" Just calm down and watch Gao Gong break the enemy! ”

Speaking of this, Gao Xianzhi took a deep breath: "This time I have met a strong opponent, but I don't know who this opponent ......is."

Yang Qing and Zhang Ji looked at each other silently, indeed, what was originally a beautiful rush battle has turned into a dilemma encounter now, this kind of ending, whether it is Gao Xianzhi Zhang Ji, or Guo Xi Yang Qing, they were all unexpectedly before the war. The four towns of Anxi poured out, Jian Yuwei's secret attack of nearly 10,000 miles, and arranged the strategy of attacking the east and west for nearly a month, but in the end it was all useless, who can not be frustrated?

Zhang Ji saw that everyone's mood was not high, so he had to sigh in his heart: "Gao Gong, the last general will go to interrogate those Hu merchants first." ”

Gao Xianzhi didn't seem to hear it at all, staring at the Talas map in front of him in a daze.

Zhang Ji solemnly clenched his fists, didn't dare to say anything more, and walked towards the tent door.

Yang Qing's heart moved, and he hurriedly chased him out, and quietly commanded a few words in Zhang Ji's ear.

Zhang Ji looked back in disbelief: "Is this true? ”

The melancholy in Yang Qing's eyes flashed, and he nodded heavily.

As soon as Ayiji walked into Zhang Ji's tent, he was immediately frightened by the soldiers standing on both sides, exuding a strong murderous aura all over his body. Now no one told him to kneel, and no one told him to stand, anyway, Ayiji felt that he couldn't just be here, and the officer with the mustache on the other side was looking him up and down, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd.

Until Ayiji was stared at and his back was covered with cold sweat, and he couldn't help but break the deathly silence by shouting loudly, Zhang Ji suddenly spoke calmly:

"During the reign of Emperor Wu, the cool official came to Junchen to invent 'please enter the urn' - find a big urn, stuff people into it, and then heat it with firewood under the urn, the temperature is getting higher and higher, and the prisoners are becoming more and more unbearable, and if they refuse to confess, they are often burned to death in the urn."