Chapter 239: The Battle of Talas (12)

"It's clear that there is only a small force in our occupied territory led by the deputy Sasanian commander lurking in that valley, right? Other than that, the Sassanids didn't leave any other soft nails here. You know, we're getting shorter and shorter, and if the Sassanids find a chance to fight back now, we're probably going to really have to taste defeat. Zhang Juntai said with a wry smile to Ellie in front of him.

"Your military owls are short of manpower, and our night owls are naturally not much better. Fortunately, our night owls are better than yours, and it has now been confirmed that only one of these forces is lurking in our occupied territory, and the rest of the Sassanid and Western Turkic armies have all withdrawn to the west of the Wuhu River. If they want to threaten our hinterland again, unless they have wings flying over our army on the Wuhu River line. Otherwise, it's a fool's dream. Ellie nodded and said to Zhang Juntai.

"Well, you guys confirmed that it was the best. But did the besieged Roman give you a definite answer? If we keep them in the middle like this, we will really be holding back too many of our troops. If you can, I hope you night owls will be able to deal with these Romans within three days. Otherwise, for strategic reasons, we will no longer cooperate with your actions and choose to storm the Roman camp. While thinking about the remaining mobile troops available in his hands, Zhang Juntai issued an ultimatum to the night owl department led by Ellie.

"Storming the Romans' barracks? Storming their barracks will only leave you with fewer and fewer troops. Give me a few more days, and I promise to make them lay down their weapons and surrender to you. In this way, you will not be less meritorious, and your subordinates will not be killed or injured because of one of your reckless actions. Anyway, the merit calculation method of our night stalkers is different from the calculation method of your army, and our merit will not be affected by the combat merits. So it's a win-win for us to be able to reduce casualties among your soldiers while keeping your deserved exploits at bay, so why bother with the low-hanging fruit? After hearing Zhang Juntai's ultimatum to herself, Ellie couldn't help but smile.

"Hmph, only the Governor will listen to you night owls when he's not on the front lines right now. Don't say that he is a Roman who is good at fighting, even if the king of heaven Lao Tzu comes, and now he has not touched his lips for four consecutive days, I don't believe that he can still pick up weapons and fight with us, and he can still fight with us? Besides, how can there be immortals in war, and an army that does not dare to see blood is still called an army? So it's just three days, one day is not much, one day is not much. Three days later it was time for my army to launch its final assault on the Roman camp. These three days are also the maximum time I can give you, and after three days, we will attack whether it succeeds or not. After Zhang Juntai finished speaking to Ellie, he waved his hand at her, signaling that she could leave.

On the one hand, the army in his hands was indeed invested too much in the front to encircle the Romans, resulting in a very weak army fortified on the east bank of the Wuhu River. At this time, the combined Sassanid and Western Turkic armies had been shattered in the last battle, and they did not dare to launch a counterattack against their own army. But after all, the paper could not contain the fire, once they stabilized the morale of the army, and at the same time the replenishment of the army arrived. Then when Pu Yi tried it, he could find that in fact, the troops defending the east bank of the Wuhu River were all bluffers, and at least more than half of the military camps stationed on the east bank of the Wuhu River at this time were empty camps.

The current battle line is getting farther and farther away from the eight counties of the Western Regions, and correspondingly it is getting closer and closer to the hinterland of the Sassanid Empire and the Western Turks.

In addition, the limelight occupied by the night owl in this battle of Talas is really too much, the entire plan for the Roman legion is completely planned by the night owl's own people, and the military owl in the army and the military are only responsible for cooperating with them to implement this plan, and when the time comes, the night owl will naturally share most of the credit, so under the urgent request of the military owls and officers in the army, Zhang Juntai had no choice but to stand on the opposite side of the night owl this time. That's when a three-day ultimatum was given to Ellie.

After Ellie was ordered to be evicted by Zhang Juntai, she also reluctantly got up and left Zhang Juntai's headquarters. After this period of getting along, Ellie has a deep understanding of Zhang Juntai's temper. As long as he says something, then no matter what, he must put what he has said into practical action. So since I gave myself a three-day deadline this time, it means that I must solve this problem within three days. Otherwise, three days later, Zhang Juntai might really have taken all the troops with him on impulse to destroy this Roman army. Moreover, the time limit given by Zhang Juntai is only three days, and it is impossible to complete the report to Li Wenyuan and receive Li Wenyuan's reply in this short period of three days, so the handling of this Roman legion this time can really be called a tight time and heavy task.

So in the evening of the same day, Ellie again disguised herself and went to the camp of the Roman legions, met Heras Curt, and said to him: "What have you thought of what I told you earlier?" What I said to you earlier has been fulfilled, and the Sassanids have not hesitated to leave you alone to flee for their lives, and that the Sassanids have not even been able to resist in the hands of our army. Won't all this prove to you that our army's current combat effectiveness is invincible? Or rather, we are not invincible in the world, at least we will not be left behind in the slightest against the army of the Sassanid Kingdom to which you are loyal. So my sincerity and my promise have been fulfilled, so should you show me your sincerity? ”

(End of chapter)