Chapter 193: The Battle of Wuwei (19)

"Do you need to ask me about this? This clearly shows that the Khan has no intention of making peace with us. He must have begged the Sassanid army to come to his rescue, and he wanted to make this last ditch effort, and wait until the result was achieved before deciding whether to negotiate peace with us. Let them continue to drag on with the Turks there. It's considered to be a trip at public expense. Anyway, when they get to their place, the Khan will not be so poor that he can't even afford a few meals. Let them eat and drink there first, and then continue to contact the Turks after the results of the Talas here. Li Wenyuan said with a smile to Qiu Niang in front of him.

"Eating and drinking at public expense? You're so embarrassed to say it! Young man, this kind of thinking of yours will be caught in the clay kiln in the future life. However, this time the Sassanid army was a little difficult to deal with, and we were always able to use the advantage of intelligence to anticipate the enemy's opportunity when fighting against the Eastern and Western Turks, and then calmly arrange the battlefield to deal with the enemy's attack. But this time we don't have such ability, and the transportation is so inconvenient in this day and age that my night owls can only operate in the Central Plains and some surrounding vassal states bordering the Central Plains. No matter how far away you are, you can't do anything. However, although the details are not known, the Sassanid army in front of them seems to have been divided into two groups. And as if there was some contradiction between these two groups, the night owls lurking in the Western Turks once saw some of these two groups of people leaving the military camp without permission and finding a place with few people to fight. Although he was later stopped by the military commander who arrived from the barracks, the wounds on the wounded did not look like a friendly boxing exchange. It should really be a life-and-death stance. Qiu Niang tilted her head and thought about it, and said to Li Wenyuan.

"Two groups of people who are hostile to each other? What kind of contradiction can make the military commander of an army choose to organize these two groups of people in two barracks to prevent the occurrence of group fights? Qiu Niang, do you think there will be a formed Roman army in the Sassanid army in front of us? The hatred between the Romans and the Sassanids, like the Han Chinese in our Central Plains and the nomads in the steppes, is a feud that has accumulated over thousands of years. If there were both Romans and Sassanians in the Sassanid army in front of them, then it would make sense to make two military camps. Li Wenyuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind and had a bold guess.

"Romans? Heck, counting the days, there may be a group of pure-blooded Romans. However, after the fall of Western Rome for so long, it should be difficult to put together a legion of Romans with black hair and black eyes and pure blood, right? And the first king of the current Byzantine Empire was not a Roman, he should have been a barbarian from Serbia. Now that all of Europe is blond and blue-eyed Germanic, the dominance of the Romans is gone. Qiu Niang often listened to Li Wenyuan tell her about history, so she probably had some understanding of European history at this time. After all, I am now in the Sui Dynasty, that is, more than 600 AD, and the history I need to know at this time is much less than what I said for more than 2,000 AD, and it is relatively easy to learn.

"If one of the legions is really Roman, then if we find a way to defeat this Roman legion, then the other Sasanian legion should no longer pose any threat to us. I don't believe that the Sassanid Empire can send another elite to help the Western Turks at this time when the Byzantine Empire to the west is at a stalemate! Thinking of this, Li Wenyuan called the military lord who had been waiting outside for the order and said to him. "You took my token and found Zhang Juntai overnight." In any case, he must open up the logistics line east of the Green Ridge as much as possible, and at the same time provide a stable rear. As for those tribes who do not obey discipline and want to come out and stir up trouble, use the most efficient means to suppress them. If it really doesn't work, it doesn't matter if the whole army is slaughtered. All in all, this battle of Talas must be won. It is best to eat the entire Sassanid army, and if they can't eat, they will not dare to fight us again. ”

Seeing that the military lord turned around and left the governor's mansion with his token, Li Wenyuan secretly said in his heart and pressed the gourd to float the scoop. At this time, when his side finally wanted to completely defeat the Western Turks, the Eastern Turks and the Liang Division threatened their rear. When he decided to temporarily reconcile with the Western Turks and transfer his troops back to prepare to destroy Liang Shidu, a Sassanid army that appeared out of nowhere brought up the battlefield on the Western Front, which had already been firmly victorious, to the end of the war in sight. Now we can only hope that the information of the night owl is true, and that there are people around the Eastern Turkic Shibi Khan with bad intentions, which will cause the entire Turkic army to be unable to display its formidable combat effectiveness. After all, with the stinky fish and rotten shrimp under Liang Shidu's own hands, the Western Regions Army on Li Wenyuan's side only needs to dispatch one legion to completely wipe them out.

"Fudi, don't let me down." Li Wenyuan looked in the direction of Wuwei County in the east and muttered in his mouth.

"This is the army of the Turks? How is this so far from the legendary invincible and heroic Turkic cavalry? It was less than half an hour before he was defeated. Are you sure this is the Turkic elite under the personal command of the Eastern Turkic Khan, Shibi Khan? Zhuang Fudi looked at the Turkic cavalry that was broken in the distance, and asked the military lord on the side with a frown.

"Chief of Staff, that cavalry is indeed the Turkic army that Shibi Khan brought with him when he went south this time. You can't go wrong with this. But I don't know why they were routed in less than half an hour by our army of the same size, we are only responsible for spying on the military, and we have no control over the war. All in all, I'm packing the ticket with you, this cavalry in front of you is definitely a serious Turkic cavalry. The military owl also frowned and looked at the battlefield in the distance, and then turned his head helplessly and shrugged his shoulders at Zhuang Fudi and said.

"If the Turkic army is like this, why should I ask Xue Ju to borrow troops, and I have to pay for personal favors. Hey, if I had known that this was the case, I might as well personally lead these troops to Lingwu County and take the initiative to fight with the Turkic army. However, although this battle was won, let the generals who led the troops guard against arrogance and rashness, when they completely defeated the enemy in front of them, and when was the time to really celebrate! If anyone loses on the battlefield because of arrogance and contempt for the enemy, don't blame someone in my village for turning his face and not recognizing people. ”

(End of chapter)