One, two, three! Hundreds of Tang troops worked together, the dust of the gate of Tuozhi City was stirred, and it was difficult to disperse for a long time, and soon, one after another, the carriages full of the residents of Tuozhi City began to leave one after another, and the carriages were still carrying their only little property, and a Turkic woman sat behind the carriage with two children, staring blankly at the city that was gradually moving away, with sad eyes.

In the city, a group of Tang troops were inspecting from house to house, forcibly putting those who refused to leave into carriages, and letting them take away every grain of grain, and at the same time, in every small city in the south of the Stone Country, every settlement, and all the livestock, were transferred to Bahanna or Broken Leaf City, and the Great War was about to start, and the Tuozhi City had become a completely empty city, and there was no trace of people in the entire southern part of the Stone Country.

In January of the tenth year of Tianbao, the cold wind was still biting, the Tang army had besieged the city of Rus for nearly two months, the Anxi army, the Doulu army, the Dawan army and the 20,000 Bahanna army, a total of more than 50,000 people gathered around the city of Rus, and the tents stretched to several miles away.

On the city wall, Budu sat tiredly on a stone step, if the purpose of his army was to seize the city, then now his purpose has been achieved, but his heart is sour and anxious, he has seen that Li Qing's Zebudu knows that the reinforcements must be the Ziadd army of Khorasan, Khorasan is the base camp of the Abbasid army, the army there is the elite of the elite of the great food, in addition to the 80,000 allied troops of various countries, although the number is far more than the Tang army, but the combat power is comparable.

But Budu was worried that the army would come to Rus', and the rear would be empty, and if Li Qing used strange troops to attack Kangguo, he would cut off the army's food route. Then this battle will definitely be lost. Needless to assume, Budu was sure that Li Qing would do this, but he couldn't get the news out of his anxiety.

Budu's guess about Li Qing has always been accurate, at this time, the king of Shiguo, Xi Shi Luo, under the escort of the Qiandoulu army, made a detour from Bahanna to Kangguo, her task is to launch a popular uprising in various countries after the army of Dashi enters the territory of Shiguo, and jointly resist the brutal rule of the black-clothed Dashi, Zhaowu Jiu's surname is the same root, and only her noble identity can convince the people of all countries.

Budu let out a long sigh and stood up to go down to the city, when suddenly 'Boom! Boom! The sound of ground drums sounded in the camp of the Tang Army. Dull and shocking, Budu was so frightened that his face changed color, it was the sound of the offensive drum, since he was besieged. The Tang army rang for the first time, but at this moment, Budu suddenly understood that the Tang army must have received news of its own reinforcements, and there was no need to besiege the city again.

"Order all the defenders to go to the city!" He roared loudly and hurried down the city. "Quick! All the defenders will go up to the city and defend me at all costs. ”

Under the city, the drums of the Tang army became louder and louder, and the tents began to disappear, and some of the Tang troops besieging Rus' retreated to three miles away to re-encamp, and at the same time, the dense Tang soldiers began to march in formation, after months or even half a year of preparation. The Don army made a large number of siege equipment, behind them. Ladders, heavy stone throwers, battering rams, and crossbows all appeared one by one at this moment.

A grinding disc earth flying stone made a sharp whistling sound, swept through the sky, drew an arc and smashed into the city, two houses were hit, collapsed, and then another flying stone smashed to the city, the soldiers shouted, holding their heads and quickly making the soldiers present feel cold, such a huge catapult they have seen for the first time, it actually takes 200 people to pull their hair.

Drumbeat! In the heart of the dull army, every time it sounded, the defenders' endurance weakened by a point, especially the Cheduo army responsible for defending the east gate, which was even more unbearable, and in the end, when the boulders roared one after another overhead, many weak people squatted down with their heads in their hands, their weapons slipped from their hands, and their hearts were pitch black, and they only thought of death.

The Tang army had already discovered the fighter plane at the East City Gate, 'Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Thousands of crossbows fired at the east gate together, dense as raindrops, each crossbow hit the city wall, to break a wall brick loose, stirring up a stream of broken stone foam, the crossbow and boulder have completely pressed the Shi army on the east city to the point that they can't raise their heads, Che Duolu's face is pale, holding his head curled up in the corner, trembling all over, his spirit has been crushed by the powerful offensive of the Tang army, just waiting for the final death to come.

At this time, a huge battering ram was rumbled by five hundred Tang troops to the east gate, the dull sound of rollers spread throughout the city, Budu defended at the west gate, more than a thousand Dashi soldiers were obviously stronger than the Shi Guo army, they were not afraid of the boulder, and used bows and arrows and short spears to prevent the Tang army from approaching, and gradually, Budu found that the Tang army had weakened its offensive in the west.

At this moment, the rumbling sound of the roller came to his ears, he turned back suddenly, only to find that the situation in the east city was already precarious, almost all the soldiers of the stone country were lying on the ground of the city wall, no one shot arrows, no one threw log boulders downward, more than three feet long iron feather arrows were as dense as raindrops, which had suppressed them to death, and the huge sound of rollers came from under the east city gate.

"Bastard!" Bouchu yelled

He immediately led two hundred men to rush madly towards the eastern city, but the mallet slammed violently against the gate, and the gate shook violently, and Budu fell to the ground on his footing, and then a deep rumbling sound resounded throughout the city, like thunder in the clouds.

Tens of thousands of Tang troops suddenly roared in unison outside, and the low roar had the power to shake all things in the world, making everyone in the city heartbroken, and even the most powerful cannibals covered their ears and fell to the ground, the Tang army roared three times, and the battering ram hit three times, and under the last huge impact, the Ross City Gate 'boom! All at once the ground cracked, and the gates fell apart and cracked to pieces, and the gates shook and fell to the ground.

Countless Tang troops shouted, like a rushing and roaring black wave, poured into the city of Rus, Budu slowly stood up, he took a deep breath, sneered at Li Qing, who was supervising the battle in the distance, and slashed into the air, and suddenly roared, "For the honor of the caliph." Let Allah bless us! ”

He brandished his sword and rushed down the city first. More than a thousand food troops also followed him and rushed down the city wall with their swords held high, but in the surging crowd, they were like a huge wave, splashing high, but they were quickly engulfed, and in less than two hours, the city of Ross changed hands and was occupied by the Tang army.

Li Qing stood on his horse, looking at Ross City, which had already fluttered the yellow flag of the Tang Dynasty from a distance. The Tang Army's powerful combat effectiveness made him sigh again and again, perhaps in the era of aircraft and artillery, the tactics of the sea of people were meaningless, but in the era of cold weapons, people were the sharpest weapons for decisive victory, and the roar and momentum that tens of thousands of people burst out were enough to destroy the will of ordinary people.

Then. A fast horse galloped forward, and immediately a burly man, who seemed to be carrying something in his hand, turned over and dismounted. Walked quickly in front of Li Qing.

"General, the person you want is here!"

He Lou Yurun, who was a foot tall, threw Che Duo Du Du in front of Li Qing's horse like a chicken, Li Qing glanced at Che Duo in disgust, turned around and asked He Lou Yu Run, "Did he surrender or was captured?" ”

He Lou Yurun pursed his lips and said, "This person is curled up in the corner of the wall, and he doesn't even have the courage to surrender, if it weren't for his gorgeous clothes." It may have been a leader, and he had already been hacked to death. ”

Che Duolu heard Li Qing's voice, he slowly raised his head, a trace of hatred flashed in his dead gray eyes, and his body like a mollusk gradually stiffened, he swallowed his saliva, and said with difficulty: "Li Qing, you kill me!" ”

"The car is too much. If you say this, I won't kill you! Li Qing said coldly: "Your father and son's road to Chang'an is not over yet. Even though your father is dead, you still have to walk for me. ”

With a wave of his hand, the two soldiers put the car down, and Duan Xiushi on the side hurriedly stepped forward and said:

"I'll kill him like an ant, but I really can't kill him now."

Li Qing looked back at the east and muttered, "Leaving him will block some people's mouths." ”.

At night, the tents under the city are as dense as ant eggs, the lights and candles are spread out on the vast plain, as if the stars in the sky have descended on the earth, the cleanup of the city of Ross has ended, but the amazing thing is that the Tang army is still surrounding the city, the city gate and the city wall have been repaired, the flag of the big food on the city and the flag of the stone country are still fluttering on the city tower, the soldiers wearing the big food military uniform patrol back and forth on the city, revealing weirdness in the night, everything is the same as before the attack, as if the Tang army did not capture this fortress at all.

Under the same night sky, hundreds of miles away in Whitewater City, hundreds of thousands of Great Food Alliance troops blocked the field. corpses, they were extremely shocked in their hearts, what a terrible opponent they were about to face, and they dared to kill their allies.

In particular, the Muslims were shocked that they were the prophets of the Tang army, just before sending out the troops, he secretly received the envoy sent by the chief of the Qarluq, and the two sides reached a preliminary intention, during the war, the Qarluqs waited for the opportunity to help the Great Food, and after the end of the war, the Great Food General acquiesced to the expansion of the Qarluq people in the area of Yibohai, and many details still need to be negotiated with the leader of the Qarlu army on the battlefield, which is also his hope of victory, but before the battle was fought, the Qarluq people have been annihilated, which makes him have to ring the alarm bell in his heart.

"Governor, shall we camp on the spot, or shall we march overnight?" Ziyad looked at the dark night sky, and couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart.

"I remember a sage in the East who once said, 'A soldier is also a treacherous!' Although Ben. His Highness Boudu is in danger, but for the sake of the final victory in the war, we really don't have to take this risk. ”

The Muslims looked at the miserable situation in the interior of Whitewater City, and waved their hands decisively: "Order the army to camp on the spot, and the spies are placed fifty miles away." ”

In the early morning, when the sunlight through the clouds shone on the earth, hundreds of thousands of Great Food Alliance troops slowly rose up, what a spectacular scene, the army that could not see the edge at a glance, and even the true colors of heaven and earth were obscured.

The black army in the middle is the main force of 30,000 religious warriors in Khorasan headquarters, which is the foundation of the Abbasid army, and is his most elite army, all black leather armor, with helmets, only a pair of indifferent eyes are exposed under the helmet, and the infantry is in front, with a spear in one hand and a round shield in the other, and a waist is carried on his waist

Scimitars, the most standard equipment of the Great Eaters, were followed by the world-renowned Arab cavalry, riding strong and mighty Arabian horses, and they held stiff sour jujube wood spears. A lacquered shield hangs on his back. A scimitar stuck in his belt, and his shiny black armor covered his knees.

It was this cavalry that had swept across Eurasia and made all resistance dead and vulnerable, and now their opponent would be an ancient Eastern empire, and their strong self-confidence filled each of their faces with arrogance.

They were followed by a coalition of nations from numerous small conquered states in the valleys of the Wuhu River (present-day Amu Darya) and Yaoshu River (present-day Syr Darya), dressed in a variety of military uniforms and armed with various equipment. They spoke a variety of languages, huddled together, and the ranks seemed noisy and chaotic.

The ranks advanced slowly and heavily, and at noon on the third day, the 110,000-strong Great Food Coalition appeared twenty miles west of the city of Rus, and they did not stop, but continued to advance. Twenty miles, ten miles, five miles, the mighty army is like a heavy bulldozer without brakes, and there is no grass or trees everywhere it passes, finally. The inertia of the advance vanished, and the army stood still on the vast plains.

Opposite them, the majestic and cold Tang army was already waiting in line when the Great Food Army was still fifty miles away, infantry, cavalry, and archers, with clear layers, neat and orderly. From afar, they looked like a black solid, impassable, with arrows wound, swords unsheathed, horses roaring low, and soldiers with their waists straight, leaping and galloping at the sound of an order.

The bitter cold wind blew like a knife across the grassland, and the chill of slaughter swept away the life above the soil over and over again, a season where life was about to disappear, for the honor of their respective empires. They stared at each other from afar, silent. There was no movement, and the towering Ross City seemed to have become an ornament.

The Muslims held the curtain and stared at the city in the distance, although the Tang army adopted the strategy of besieging the city and attacking the land, he was still pleased that the city was not broken.

The Muslim was about fifty years old, and he was also the central figure of the Abbasid group, and unlike the arrogance and arrogance of Budu, he was more like an approachable small businessman, taciturn, and always had a modest and kind smile on his face, but in Khorasan and the valley of the two rivers, he was the embodiment of the devil, he slaughtered and exterminated one city after another, so to speak, and he sat on the throne of the governor of Khorasan, so to speak.

At this time, Qi Yadeze on the side immediately stepped forward and said: "Governor, this is our first battle with the Tang Army, I suggest that we first explore its fiction and reality." ”

The Muslim nodded, glanced at the coalition forces slightly, and said in a low voice, "Let the rest be on board!" ”

'Boom! ~Boom! ~Boom! The crisp and rhythmic drum beat echoed in the sky above the Great Food Army, and the 10,000 Anguo Army came out in full view, this is the westernmost country of the Zhaowu Nine Surname Country, which has been controlled by the Great Food and has not been slaughtered too much, his army has maintained its original strength, the strongest among the countries, and the Muslims ordered them to go to war to find out the strength of the Tang Army, and not to affect the morale of the Tang Army at the touch of a button.

In the camp of the Tang Army, Li Qingyi stood at the front of the team, dozens of generals stood behind him left and right, he was clear-headed, his will had never been as firm as at this moment, his eyes revealed coldness and confidence, he remained silent from beginning to end, no one knew what he was thinking, the enemy war drums had sounded, but no one dared to speak, and the young landlord had been with him for several months, everyone had gradually figured out his temper, from the performance of him he was good at listening, he always smiled and accepted different opinions, but listening is not the same as remembering, Accepting and adopting, he was actually a very stubborn person in his bones, and the massacre of the Qarluqs was a clear example, and almost everyone opposed it, but he only said one sentence: 'The wolf of Zhongshan, how can he raise it', so he used the power of the commander to give an order, and overnight, the allied army of 30,000 people disappeared, making countless people sigh.

At this moment, the opponent's first army came out to challenge, and almost all the generals knew that their young commander must have already made up their minds in their hearts, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at him together.

Sure enough, Li Qing didn't mean to ask for everyone's opinions, he waved his hand, and the first order burst out from his angular lips: "The Doulu army will fight!" ”

The low horn sounded suddenly, and a Tang army of 3,000 people rushed out from the left column, with 1,500 crossbowmen in front, 500 Mo swordsmen in the rear, and a cavalry on the left and right, facing the boundless enemy, facing an opponent three times their size, they had no fear, and everyone's face showed a kind of hopeless and determined to die, so that all the Tang troops who saw their faces were moved, and the courage to fight for the Tang nation in their hearts was slowly awakened.