Lemsk (present-day Aralsk, Kazakhstan), located in the northeastern corner of the Aral Sea.

From the Ural Mountains over the southern Siberian plain, along the northern shores of the Caspian and North Seas, against the flow of the medicine water, it is possible to reach Talas. This road was the New North Route, the northern branch of the Silk Road during the Sui and Tang dynasties, which connected the seaport from Chang'an to Constantinople. Remsk, on the other hand, is an unavoidable stop on this road.

Abu Muslim's subordinate general Apudullah had been stationed here for nearly a month, and as long as Abu gave the order, his Great Iron Horse could quickly move south along the banks of the Yaozhishui River, directly attacking the Broken Leaf City around Talas and Daqingchi (present-day Atami) and cutting off the Tang army's retreat!

If the actions of the main force of Qiyad in Samtar (present-day Samarkand) can achieve encouraging results, then it is impossible for the Tang court to sit idly by and ignore the Anxi Protectorate in Qiuzi, and it will inevitably send all the Tang troops stationed in Shule, and the main force of the headquarters will slowly advance westward, and at that time, the city of Tuozhi (now Tashkent) will inevitably become the burial place of the Anxi army of the Tang Dynasty! Even if they wanted to retreat north to Talas and then retreat to Broken Leaves, they would undoubtedly be hit head-on by what they had been building up for a long time!

The strategic deployment of Tobacco Clothes and Food is like this: first high-profile activities around Samtar, on the one hand, to completely eliminate the Zhaowu nine tribes that have not yet been completely subjugated, and on the other hand, to threaten the Bakhana Kingdom in the east and attract the westward advance of the Anxi army; At the same time, a surprise army was ambushed in Remsk, and once the main force of the Anxi army in Qiuzi, Shule and other places crossed the junction of the Tianshan Mountains and the Green Mountains, it would be divided and surrounded immediately, and at the same time, Apdullah's cavalry quickly moved south to Talas, deterring Shattered Leaf City, and completely blocking the retreat of the Tang army!

And Gao Xianzhi's combat intentions were also obvious, he didn't want to fight to the death with the Great Food Alliance in Tuozhi City at all. The strength of the four towns of Anxi is already small, if they don't join forces, how can they compete with the 100,000 troops of the Great Food Alliance? The only way to concentrate all the forces of the headquarters in Broken Leaf is to quickly seize Talas, so as to avoid worries first, and at the same time threaten Lymsk in the northwest and Samtar in the southwest, and force the Great Food Alliance to fight a decisive battle with him!

Gao Xianzhi's eyes didn't look at Tuozhi City at all.

Although the four towns of Anxi are all located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, his eyes are focused on the Broken Leaf City and Talas north of the Tianshan Mountains!

At this point, Gao Xianzhi and Abu's eyes coincided.

"General! It's moving! The Tang Army moved! A scout horse ran into the handsome tent of Ziyad outside the city of Bolude, panting and shouting.

"Bang!" Ziyad pushed away the beautiful Kazakh girl in his arms, ignoring his messy clothes, and the golden cup in his hand slammed down on the low wooden table in front of him.

"How many? Where are you going? ”

"Almost all of the defenders of Yanqi and Qiuzi were dispatched at the same time, marching southwest, it seems that they are going to meet the defenders of Shule!"

"When?" Qi Yade's voice began to tremble, this is definitely a big move of the Anxi Army!

"Eight days ago!"

"Get the map!" With a wave of his hand, the wine glasses and dishes on the low table were swept to the ground in an instant, and the best hand-grabbed mutton and bright red wine jumped a few times on the resting carpet.

A sewn parchment map slowly unfolded on the low table, and there were many blank spaces on the rough map, but there was no shortage of information about the location of the four towns of Anxi, the Tianshan Mountains, the Tarim Desert, Samarkand, the city of Tuozhi, Talas and other important places.

The three captains of 10,000 men and the leader of the subordinate army of the subject country came together.

"Eight days away...... Then it shouldn't have reached Shule ......" Qi Yade secretly calculated the footsteps of the Anxi army, then squinted his eyes and raised his head, and continued to ask Natanma, "What about Khotan?" Moving? ”

"General, there is no news yet!"

"Got it! If you go to find out again, you must find out everything! If there is any news, report it quickly! ”

"Yes! Yes, sir! ”

"General, let's do it!" Mohard, the captain of the 10,000th team, the excitement in his eyes was already very obvious.

"Don't be in a hurry. Allah said that God has given us a tongue, two eyes and two ears to speak once, but to hear twice and look twice. Ziyad licked his lips, a sly glint flashing in his eyes.

"General...... The reckless Mohard did not understand what Ziyad meant.

"Dear Mohard, who is our opponent this time, the commander of the Tang Anxi Army?" Ziyad smiled slightly and sat up straight.

"It's a guy named Goxianzhi, and I heard that he is not a native of Middle-earth, but the son of a slave in Goguryeo." Mohad pursed his lips disdainfully, obviously thinking that there was no one in the Tang Dynasty, and he actually let a foreigner lead the army.

Ziyad laughed, although Mohad was reckless, he was not a rice bucket, the commander of the Anxi army still knew after all, but ......

"Dear Mohad, do you look down on Gao Xianzhi? Let me tell you, he's much more powerful than you think. After the Turkic decline, so many small countries and tribes, although they are scattered, there are many people who are not convinced, and this high general still governs them well, you and I don't have such ability! ”

Mohard opened his mouth, but he still couldn't say anything, but the contempt on his face had faded a lot.

"You don't understand why I'm waiting, I'll tell you now. If Khotan's Anxi army did not go out together, or just waited until the main force of Shule continued to move west to defend Shule, it would mean that Gao Xianzhi was ready to retreat to Shule! Even if he fails in Tuozhi City, he will not go north to Talas and retreat to Broken Leaves, but will only desperately retreat to Shule. In this way, it will be difficult for us to do, whether it is Broken Leaf or Shule, we have no ability to conquer it in one fell swoop, and the supply of more than 100,000 troops is all maintained by Mulu and Dongcao, and it will not be able to support it for a long time......"

There are still a large number of remnants of the remnants of the party in the country that have not been purged, and Governor Abu said that our army must be rushed back in time! Thinking of this, Ziyad's mood couldn't help but darken.

However, he soon realized that he was the supreme commander here, and he must not show such a frustrated mood, the general of the alliance Hu State surnamed Zhaowu Jiu was still here. Besides, there is no need for them to know about these things.

Qi Yade put on a relaxed expression: "So the best result we want to strive for is to annihilate the Anxi army in one fell swoop in Tuozhi City and Talas!" Let the vast surroundings of the Tianshan Mountains return to the hands of their own masters! And the brothers Al Khan, Kazgan, and Bazar are the real masters here. ”

As Qi Yade's kind gaze swept one by one, the generals of the allied forces such as Anguo, Mi, Kang, and Bakhanate all expressed their gratitude.

Ziyad's gaze returned to the sheepskin map: "So, we must wait!" The army equal to Khotan joined up with Gao Xianzhi's main force at Shule and crossed the Geluo Ridge! At that time, whether they take the Wuhu River to Jumi or the Zhenzhu River to Bahanna, we can easily attack from the north and south and firmly surround them in Tuzhi City! ”

Mohad nodded in unison: "The general is wise!" ”

Qi Yade smiled reservedly: "Mohard, which path do you say Gao Xianzhi will choose?" ”

"Bakanna!" Mohard didn't hesitate.

"Why?" Ziyad raised an eyebrow.

"Bahan, that is the most loyal subject country of the Tang Dynasty, and now that my army is pressing, a small Bahana country will definitely not be able to resist us! He must ask Qiuzi's Anxi army for help, and Gao Xianzhi's Anxi army has no reason not to come! ”

"Hahahaha! Mohard, you've grown! Qi Yade's loud laughter filled the entire big tent, "What I expected is also Xiu Xunzhou!" Can Bahan still be called a country today? The name of their national capital has been changed by the Tang Dynasty, Xiu Xunzhou! How could the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty allow a state and county in their own country to be attacked by us and ignore it! ”

"Ungour!"

"In!" Outside the tent, a knight entered.

Qi Yade was murderous, and the courage and coldness in his eyes were daunting: "Report to Lord Abu immediately, the Anxi army has been fully armed!" Lemske's Abdullah can be dispatched and quickly seize Talas! ”

"Yes!" Wincourt stroked his left chest with his right hand, bowed his head, and walked out of the tent.

"General? Didn't you say you had to wait a little longer? Mohard was puzzled, and the other generals also turned their inquiring eyes to Ziyad.

Ziyad looked around, his expression unfathomable.

"Ladies and gentlemen, why we do not move now, as the people of Middle-earth say, if we stir the grass, it will alarm the snake inside, and it will flee far away, or even hide back in its lair. We are constantly scouting the movements of the Anxi army, and the opponent is also scouting us, so our main force still has to make an appearance of attacking Bahanna for the time being, and attract rapid reinforcements from the Anxi army! But as far away as Apdullah in Lemsk, it takes us forty days to deliver the news back and forth, and it will take at least a month for his cavalry to leave from the garrison to Talas! If we wait until we are sure that all the main forces of the Anxi army have arrived in Xiuxunzhou and then let Apdula pull out, I am afraid that the Anxi army would have been defeated to Talas long ago! ”

"Hahaha!" Mohad, Arhan, Kazgan and the others were stunned at first, and then immediately laughed heartily, as if the defeat of the Anxi army at Tuozhi City had become irretrievably foreseen.

What Qi Yade didn't expect was that he underestimated Gao Xianzhi's strategic vision, the Anxi army was indeed going to assemble in Shule first, but the direction of the next march was neither Jumi nor Bahanna, but Broken Leaves! Yes, Gao Xianzhi decided to cross the western part of the Tianshan Mountains and go directly north! And this trail that passes through the Turukiz Pass and crosses the Narun River north was explored by the Anxi Army not long ago, and Qi Yad didn't know that there was such a difficult but mysterious trail! And Gao Xianzhi's military order to Guo Xi had been secretly sent ten days ago, Jian Yuwei didn't have to rush to Qiuzi, he should go north to Hami after leaving the Yumen Pass, and then go straight to Broken Leaves along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains! Gao Xianzhi wants to break the leaves and complete the final assembly of this western expedition!