"Shilang, it's not that I don't want to, the soldiers of Shiguo have low combat power, and they can't help but eat a big blow from the army, not only can they not help the war, but I am afraid that they will drag down the Tang army, so it is better to ....."

Hearing Li Qing's request for soldiers, Mo He suddenly hesitated, in Shi Country, strength is the basis for determining the distribution of power, if he wants to sit firmly on the throne of Shi Kingdom, he must have absolute strength, it is easy to have the soldiers of Che Na Shi to him, if he is dragged out to fight the big cannibal, it is tantamount to hitting the stone with an egg, he knows that Budu will not come back if he retreats, what he has to do now is to consolidate the throne that has been reached, and by no means to fight with the Great Food Army, in front of vital interests and national interests, in front of power and friendship, Mo He has been shaken, But Li Qing's request he couldn't refuse, hesitated again and again, he gritted his teeth and said: "I gave the squire a thousand elite soldiers, 10,000 taels of gold, which is my reward for the squire." ”

"Reward?"

Li Qing was speechless, he stared at Mo Hedu silently, the darkness and selfishness of the human heart were fully exposed at this moment, if he said that when the Great Food Army attacked the city, his plan to unite the surname Zhaowu was only shaken, but at a moment, his plan was completely shattered, the Hu people were fickle, they only succumbed to strength and power, and the Tang Dynasty implemented a hundred years of benevolence and respect in the end, and finally got only a title of Tian Khan, after the Anshi Rebellion, everything disappeared with the distant camel bells, However, the iron and blood of the Great Cannibals eventually spread Islam to the East.

There was silence on the city wall, only the sound of the wind beating the flag, at this time, Princess Luo Yan, who was standing behind Mo Hedu, finally spoke, on one side was his father, and on the other side was the envoy of the Tang Dynasty who was kind to her and to Shi Guo. She didn't know the severity of the situation, Li Qing would never plead unless she had to, and her conscience made it impossible for her to remain silent.

"Father, if the Tang army encounters misfortune, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain it to the imperial court, so I suggest that we send troops!" The subtext behind this sentence is that if there is no help, if the big food comes again, the Tang Dynasty will probably stand by and watch, and Mo He doesn't understand his daughter's words. If the opponent is Pakhana or Kangguo, then he will not hesitate to send troops. But the opponent is the elite of the Abbasids, and sending troops can only be sent to death. After weighing the pros and cons again, he decided to give up, he glanced back at his daughter, and said indifferently: "Military affairs, don't interfere with you as a child, go!" Go where you need to go. ”

Her father's indifference made Princess Luo Yan's heart stabbed suddenly, she didn't expect her father to be so short-sighted in front of power, which would ruin Shi Guo, her father, who had always been wise and decisive, suddenly became unfamiliar, Princess Luo Yan took a long breath, she was unwilling!

At this time, Li Qing cast a grateful glance at her, but raised his hand to stop her further persuasion, and he had no intention of fighting. What's the use of taking it! The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty may not be able to fight the Great Ogre Army, Li Qing smiled coldly in his heart, he casually pointed to the thousands of slave troops behind him, and said to Mo Hedu with a smile: "Then don't embarrass Your Highness, these slave soldiers have made meritorious contributions today, and they and their families will be handed over to me in the future!"

The slave is not his Mohedu, he is not heartbroken, he cares about his real power and fame. Now that Li Qing has bargained, he no longer hides it, so he bargained nakedly: "Then the court is over there." I still need a waiter to speak for me! ”

"Of course, I will play the emperor and canonize His Royal Highness as the governor of Dawan and the king of Dashiguo." ........

On the vast grassland, the Great Food Army is marching westward against the wind, and the commander Budu is mixed in with the cavalry, at this moment he looks confused, looking down and thinking about the situation in front of him, although the information he got is not complete, he only heard that an army attacked his camp, the source is unknown, but Budu immediately guessed that this is Li Qing's escort, thousands of miles to the west, only three hundred people how to do, besides, Zhaowu dared to sneak attack his big camp army has not yet been born!

The problem is not here, one of the main purposes of Budu's envoy to Shiguo this time is to test the Tang Dynasty's reaction to the eastward expansion of the Great Food, if the Tang Dynasty is indifferent, he will immediately destroy the Shiguo, but the envoys of the Tang Dynasty still came, which shows that they are very sensitive to the eastward expansion of the Great Food, and it seems that the collision of the two major empires of the East and the West is inevitable.

It is necessary to persuade the caliph to stop the attack on Rome and temporarily put his strategic focus to the east, otherwise he will not only exterminate the remnants of Wumai, but also expand to Rome, and how can he have troops to deal with the powerful Tang Dynasty.

"Report to His Highness the Emir (i.e., the Governor), will our army cross the river here?"

The news from the former army interrupted Budu's train of thought, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a big white river in the distance blocking the way, which was fifty miles away from the city of Tuozhi, and the terrain had obviously become undulating, and a low hilly area stretched to the north, as if a goddess with a very curvy curve was lying on her side on the earth, and on the west side of the hill was a big river, called Yaozhishui, and its downstream was the Pearl River,

Large forests are distributed on both sides of the river, in order to collect taxes, Shiguo dismantled all the bridges, leaving only a narrow stone bridge lying on the river, although the bridge is narrow, but it is the only way to pass through the Silk Road, the pavilion for collecting taxes was burned by the Great Food Army this morning, and now there is still a slight smoke.

Like a suspicious old fox, Budu wandered back and forth by the bridge, and on the opposite side was also a hill, covered by dense black pine forests, which was an excellent location for an ambush, and Budu did not consider an ambush when he came, but now there was a Tang army on the other side of the river, so how could he not act carelessly.

"Send a team of scouts to the other side of the river to investigate, and search me all within ten miles!"

Soon, the scout came back to report, there was no abnormal situation within ten miles on the opposite side, Budu was slightly relieved, and with an order, the Great Food Army began to cross the river, the cavalry was in between, the infantry was at the front and rear, the steps were adjusted, and the queue was still maintained on the narrow stone bridge, the two thousand cavalry quickly passed, and the remaining infantry also walked a little half, Budu had already crossed the river, but he was still standing at the head of the bridge and looking at both sides, he had always had a feeling of unease, this uneasiness came from his rich combat experience, if he was a Tang army, He will definitely ambush here, but he sent people to search both sides of the river, and there is nothing abnormal.

Just then, some rafts floated through the river. Intermittently, there were as many as 100 of them, and the rafts hit the piers and made a 'bang! Bang, the dull sound, everyone's eyes were attracted to it, Budu was extremely confused, even if the Tang army attacked from the water, sitting on this kind of raft, it could only be to send him to death.

Suddenly, he felt something shake in front of him. After rubbing it and looking closely, I saw another bright light flashing in the woods on the opposite side. Budu's eyes widened, and he saw what seemed to be a figure moving rapidly in the woods. He suddenly understood, 'That's the reflection of the Tang Army's armor!' ，

Bouchu was so shocked that his scalp exploded, and he shouted, "Stop crossing the river!" "But it was too late, behind the Great Food Army, on both sides of the burned pavilion, suddenly ten thousand arrows were fired. It was so dense that it swept over like a storm, accurate and ruthless, which was very different from the weak arrows of the defenders of Shiguo, and there was a loud scream for a while, and the thousands of food troops who were preparing to cross the river at the bridgehead were caught off guard and became a mess. Arrows fell to the ground, dead and wounded, and the outermost layers of the Great Food Army were shot like hedgehogs.

The soldiers on the bridge became live targets. The shield of the hand could not resist the whizzing crossbow arrows, and in a few moments, there was not a single person standing on the bridge.

Bow and arrow has always been the strength of the Tang army, is the sharpest long-range weapon against the cavalry, in the military system of the Tang Dynasty, every soldier must be equipped with a bow and arrow, in the frontier army is generally equipped with a crossbow, there are heavy ground crossbows, the range can reach 300 steps, followed by the crossbow, the horn bow crossbow, the single bow crossbow, the range is different, the role is also different.

Although they were ambushed by the Tang army, this big food army was the elite of the Abbasids after all, and they immediately organized themselves, connecting the shields in their hands into a shield wall to resist the stray arrows, and the soldiers behind formed a phalanx and pushed towards the Tang army's ambush step by step, and from time to time spears flew out, like a lightning bolt, from the rain of arrows.

Gradually, the lethality of the bow and arrow began to decrease, and at this moment, a clear horn sounded in the woods, and a large group of Tang troops suddenly poured out of the woods, rushing to the front of the five hundred Mo sword army, Tian Zhen and Lifei Yuanli took the lead, they were like two male divisions, one left and one right, roaring and rushing towards the Great Food Army.

One thousand light cavalry was divided into two teams, like two dexterous dragons, sometimes arcing, sometimes straight, specifically attacking the enemy's flanks, and like two scissors, they rushed away and divided the Great Food Army, and behind the Mo Dao team were five hundred sword and shield men, who were the reserves, ready to fill the disorganized positions.

Another thousand crossbowmen, standing in a column a hundred paces away, fired arrows all over the bridge, and their task was to block the bridge deck and prevent the enemy's heavy cavalry and main forces from returning across the bridge.

The two armies collided violently in an instant, like a huge wave crashing on a reef, and the narrow bridgehead immediately turned into a slaughterhouse, and the Great Food Army, which had not crossed the river, was about 1,000 people, and in addition to being shot and killed, there were nearly 800 people left, less than half of the Tang Army, and obviously had a disadvantage.

On the other side of the river was the shadow of swords and swords, and the screams and shouts were endless, but Budu slowly calmed down, he ordered that no one should cross the bridge to support, this was already a meaningless battle, the Tang army was inferior to its own strength, and would not rush across the bridge, and its own heavy cavalry could not rush over to support under the blockade of the enemy's sharp bows and arrows, which would only increase casualties.

He stared at the other side with a gloomy face, but he kept ordering the drums of attack to be beaten again and again, and the soldiers who had been ordered to remain on the other side to attack again and again, and it was clear that he had decided to abandon them.

He wanted to exchange them for the military intelligence of the Tang army, and he could see the characteristics of the Tang army's formation; You can see how the various arms are coordinated, the range of bows and arrows, the offensive routines of the light cavalry, and even the most famous Modao army in the Tang Dynasty.

Gradually, the shouting and killing became quieter, and the big food army left on the opposite bank was less than 100 people, back to back, panting, surrounded by the Tang army, and there was no chance to even jump into the river.

At this moment, Budu suddenly found that at the highest point of the opposite hill, there was a group of cavalry, and they fanned out a young Tang general, and at their feet was a slaughterhouse with rivers of blood.

I don't know how long they've been standing there, maybe they've been there since the beginning, Budu sneered lightly and muttered to himself, "Li Qing, we'll meet again!" ”

He suddenly turned his horse's head and yelled, "Withdraw!" ”

The Great Food Army immediately lined up and drove westward with murderous vigour, as if nothing had happened.

At the top of the mountain, Li Qing stared at the Great Food Army walking away, his lips tightened, not a word, but his eyes were full of joy and confidence, behind him, at the other end of the hill, was an endless prairie, and the grassland was neatly lined up with a thousand slave army, this will be a brand new team, and it will be a test of blood and fire to meet them. ......