The first rays of the morning sun shine through the light mist and reflect on the surface of the Talas River, casting a faint white light.

Talaridan and Saeed walked side by side on the eastern section of the wall, inspecting the defense of this section.

"His Majesty the Prince really manages the army well! In just a few days, the city wall fortifications can be built so strongly, which is really commendable! Said looked at the row of arrows, apparently reinforced with stone, and exclaimed.

"The general has a good reputation, the city of Talas was originally a military town, and the previous fortifications were quite solid, and this prince has only slightly repaired them." Talaridan has matured a lot in the past year, and he is not shocked when he talks to people, which can be regarded as neither humble nor arrogant.

"It's just that the appearance of this arrow stack is like the usual ...... in Datang Town" Said was a little puzzled, he came all the way east, and it was not a small number of towns to see Zhaowu Zhuhu, but these concave arrow stacks in front of him were the first time he saw them.

"The general really has good eyesight! Yes, these arrow stacks were all built by the prince with reference to the Tang Dynasty's method of defending the city. "Tara Lidan has always been accustomed to calling the Tang Dynasty, even if the other party has a great national hatred and family hatred, it will be difficult to change his words for a while.

"But why?" Said was very interested.

"The general doesn't know that since ancient times, the nomads of our horses have been naturally good at attacking, while the Han people in Dongtu are stronger than defensive. If you talk about this technique of defending the city, the Han people recognize the second, I am afraid that no one in the world dares to recognize the first. Now that the Anxi army is besieged by our allies, if they are lucky enough to escape, Talas is the way to go! If they want to escape back to Broken Leaf, the only way to do this is to desperately attack the city. In order to completely annihilate the Anxi army under the city, we must be on the defensive at the beginning. In addition to waiting for work, the city wall can be built more firmly, in the words of the Han people, why not? Tararidan stood quietly behind a stack of arrows, his face calm.

Saeed was secretly frightened when he heard this, this Talaridan has such a forbearant personality! Datang has a deep hatred of blood against him, but he can still admit the superiority of his opponent and use it for his own use.

Said's experience in attacking and defending towns is far greater than defense, and he doesn't seem to have much to say about them, and he just wants to know more about the leaders of the Zhuhu tribes in the Western Regions, and see how these leaders who are allies at the moment but are very likely to become opponents in the future are like. Tararidan in front of him, for some reason, did not obey General Ziyad's original arrangement to besiege Tuozhi City, but came to Talas to defend the city, but he was the master here, and Said didn't say much, but for the details of this person, he still had to try to touch it.

Looking at the resolute side of Talaridan in the morning breeze, Said's heart moved, and he opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty ...... Prince"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Almost at the same time, one of the soldiers of the Shi Kingdom, who was on guard at the head of the city, suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Tararidan frowned and shouted.

"You...... Look! Over there...... Looks like there are enemies! The soldier pointed to the east, and his voice trembled.

Tararidan was shocked to hear this, and both Saeed and Saeed grabbed the lookout of the arrow battlement, and looked across the river.

In the morning fog that has not yet dissipated, there seems to be a real shadow of smoke, which seems to be moving but not moving, and it is not very real.

Said blinked his eyes twice, and wondered: "It's a bit like, is it the Tang Army from Broken Leaf City?" How did it come so quickly? ”

Tararidan watched intently for a while, and the uneasy feeling in his heart became more and more obvious: "It won't come out such a big shadow of smoke for no reason, it is very likely to be Tang Jun!" General Said, why don't you ask your troops to move closer to the East Gate, just in case? ”

Hearing this, Said sneered disdainfully in his heart, what kind of prince are you, I'm afraid that he was scared by the Tang Army, right? Didn't I tell you, even if the Tang army from Shattered Leaf City came to attack, the number would never be too much. It's impossible for the Tang army to know that you and I combined up to almost 5,000 troops have arrived in Talas in advance, so there are a total of 10,000 people in Broken Leaf City, so it is impossible to send them all, right?

Although he was very disdainful in his heart, Said's face still did not show half a point: "Your Majesty, I don't think there is any need for this for the time being, right?" Our mission is to hold the west and prevent the Anxi army from escaping from here. Until General Abdullah's army arrives, it is not advisable for us to weaken the power west of the city. What do you see? ”

Said was very loyal to the execution of the orders of Abdullah and Ungur, in order to prevent the Anxi army that was defeated in the city from retreating to Broken Leaf City, it was particularly critical to hold the area west of Talas, and although Talas City was blocked on the road, it was really small and could not accommodate thousands of troops stationed in the city, so Sayyid simply left only 1,000 people in the city to assist the stone ** team to defend the city, and the remaining 2,000 people were placed under the city wall at the west gate of the city.

Tararidan's eyes flashed with anger, this Syed was just a forward general of a branch of the Great Food Army, and he dared to shirk his request for courtesy at such a costume! He raised his eyebrows, and he was about to say a few heavy words to shock Said......

In the valley southwest of Kulan City, Yang Qing looked at the Talas River in front of him with some worry.

"Xilie, I tried it just now, it's cold to the bone!"

Guo Xi sighed: "There's no way, you can't go out and look for it again, right?" It's the most secluded place, and it's early in the morning, so it's the best time to hide it. Besides, wasn't that exactly what you proposed that day? ”

Yang Qing continued to frown: "I really didn't expect that the river in June would be so cold!" ”

This place is already at the end of the western end of the Tianshan Mountain, and both sides of the Talas River are hard rocky cliffs, and at a glance there is no way out, and only Guo Xi and his all-powerful Jian Yuwei dare to cross the river from here and rush to the flank east of Talas

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This is the preliminary strategy of Jian Yuwei formulated by Gao Xianzhi and Guo Yang that day - cooperate with the main force of the Anxi Army to attack the east gate in front, attack the southwest of Talas from the flank, and assume the responsibility of guarding and attracting enemy reinforcements!

The experienced Gao Xianzhi attaches much more importance to winning Talas quickly than Li Siye! Not only did he take into account the possible abrupt changes in Talas, but he also thought of the unlikely Great Food reinforcements. All the caution is to defeat Talus in one day!

"Don't mess up the global deployment! Maybe Li Siye has already started to attack the city at this time! Guo Xi's words were cold, "Ziyin, cross the river!" ”

At this point, it is useless to say more. Yang Qing nodded helplessly, and Jian Yuwei began to cross the river on foot.

Half an hour later, a group of Tang troops with cold lips and wet clothes appeared on the Gobi Desert that no one had ever set foot on, but their expressions were not embarrassed at all.

The leader Ye cared about patting his mount's neck painfully, seeing that the close-fitting hairs stood up, presumably even this old horse guy was cold enough.

Suddenly, in the morning mist ahead, a small team of horses seemed to appear.

Ye cared about the sudden alarm, and a horizontal knife in his hand with a "Qiang" sound: "What person!" Stop it! ”

Ayiji on the other side was bitter in his heart, how could he run into the army of the Tang Dynasty here?! Although the Mouluo Ganda and Tang Jun he is looking for are allies, God knows what the other party is from! In order to try not to be discovered, he was extra careful to deliberately pick this desolate place where no one walked, how did he run into the most terrifying enemy of Da Shi now-Tang Jun! How can this be explained?

The mind was spinning like a fly, but Ayiji's mouth didn't dare to stop for a moment, and the pure rest immediately blurted out: "Don't get me wrong! We are a caravan from the rest! ”

In the morning fog that had been gathering for a long time, Ashina Zhe hesitated slightly.

The smoky city in front of you should be Talas, yes, but why does it always feel wrong in my heart? According to the information given by General Li, there will only be less than 500 stone ** in this city at most, and nearly a thousand sons and daughters under him are all elites in a hundred battles, what reason is there to be afraid?

Captain Xi Mugao dragged his long knife forward and asked with a grin, "Captain Moyun, why don't you leave?" ”

"It's too foggy!" Ashina Zhe frowned and replied angrily.

"I'm afraid of a bird! At most, there are only a few unsuccessful Shi Guo species. The fog is very good, take advantage of the fact that you can't see clearly, rush over in one go, maybe you haven't even closed the city gate! ”

Ashina Zhe's heart moved, although this Xi Mugao was reckless, but his words were bold and a little probable, the defenders of the Shiguo in the city should not have imagined that they would come so quickly, right?

But as soon as this tempting thought floated, he was immediately forced down by himself. No, I boasted about Haikou in front of General Li, and it was not enough to just take Talas, but also to take it beautifully! If you rush over recklessly like this, and are shot indiscriminately by the stone ** guarding the city, and finally lose your troops, wouldn't you lose face?

Xi Mugao saw that Ashina was silent, and he looked towards the city while riding his horse in a bored manner. This look made him see a little strange.

"*** It's strange, didn't you say that the people of Shi Guo have a maximum of five hundred troops? Have they all gone up to the city on the east? ”

Ashina Zhe suddenly heard this, and his heart suddenly jumped for no reason: "What? ”

At this moment, the visibility is much better than just now, and it seems that I can vaguely see the city head, which is not very high. I saw that faintly, there seemed to be hundreds of people crowding on the east side of the city!

Ashina's heart sank: "It's not good! I was discovered by the people of Shiguo! It seems that they have been prepared for it! He didn't know that the focus of Talaridan and Said's defense was not on the East City at all, but there were nearly 5,000 troops, and it was normal to divide hundreds to prevent the sneak attack of the Broken Leaf Army at the East Gate.

"Battalion Captain, what should I do?" Xi Mugao's eyes burst out with murderous aura, just waiting for the order.

Can't hesitate, if you wait any longer, General Li will arrive soon, do you want the brothers behind to laugh at him for being just a pathfinder? It must be preemptive!

"Longbow! Three rounds of salvos! Then cross the river and storm! ”

No matter what, isn't it just 500 stone people? Gnaw it!

"Put!" Ashina Duzhe pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist, raised the sky, and shouted angrily!

"Buzz!"

Hundreds of four-edged arrows roared out of the string, and the Battle of Talas officially began!