Outside the palace of Shule King, Murali has been waiting for almost an hour, the guards outside the door are like stone sculptures, no matter how they ask them to report again, they have no expression, always cold faces, the sky has just dawned, the air is still very cold, but Muryali's face is full of sweat, the anxious look in his eyes is revealed, he has just received an urgent report from the sentinel monitoring the Tang army camp, last night in the middle of the night, a Tang army cavalry quietly left the camp and went east, the experienced Muryali immediately realized, The Don army went not to the east, but to the south to intercept their reinforcements.

In a battle the day before yesterday, the Tang army unexpectedly did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, and the Tang army did not use their secret weapon: Da Tang Lei, which made his heart full of doubts, if the Tang army just wanted to destroy them, then they had already dispatched the whole army at that time, there was no need to do any tentative moves, unless there was only one explanation, their 50,000 people could not satisfy their appetite, and they still wanted to eat more of the big food army, under a thought, he suddenly thought of the reinforcements going north, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, And the division of troops in the Tang army at night confirmed his guess, and he immediately sent someone to remind the reinforcements, but he also knew that the commander of the reinforcements might not buy his own account, but still had to have an order from Agush.

"You go and report to Your Highness again, I have something important!" Moyali grabbed the guard by the neck and almost roared, but the guard remained motionless, oblivious to his agitation.

At this moment, the gate of the palace creaked open, and a guard came out and said, "Your Highness, please let the general in." ”

Murali glared fiercely at the guard guarding the door and strode into the palace.

Agush had just woken up, and he had been tired from writing the Oriental Stories until midnight, and at this moment the noble prince was sitting at a table carved out of agarwood, enjoying a delicious breakfast.

He wore a very light white robe made of Egyptian cotton, and held a silver knife and fork. The movements were elegant, and the sun shone on his body, so focused and calm that even the sound of Lyali's footsteps sounded beside him, and he didn't even notice it.

He put a piece of honey-glazed roast meat in his mouth, picked up his wine glass again, and took a sip of red wine, then wiped his mouth with a silk handkerchief and asked, "What is the matter?" ”

Someali stepped forward. Kneel down to him and make a big salute, "Report to Your Highness, we have a sentry to detect that the Tang army divided its troops last night." ”

"Divide the troops?" Agush gently threw Sipa's spar on the table and asked, "Do you mean that we can take the opportunity to attack the Tang army camp?" ”

"Nope! No! Moyali waved his hand again and again in fright, "The subordinate means that the Tang army is very likely to ambush our reinforcements, and the subordinate wants to ask His Highness to give an order to order Raschel to divide his troops." ”

"Why do you want to divide the troops, just raise the alert, and don't you give it to the Tang Army to eat?"

Moyali sighed and said, "It's not that his subordinates are arrogant, it's really that the number of 30,000 reinforcements is small, and the combat effectiveness is far inferior to the army of this sect. As long as the Tang army sends out 20,000 elite cavalry, there is no need for ambushes, and frontal interception can defeat them, so dividing the troops is also a last resort, please understand the painstaking efforts of your subordinates. ”

Although Agush is arrogant, he is not a fool, and these reinforcements are related to whether he can defeat the Tang army and return to Dashi in victory. It was also extremely important to him, and he knew that Murali had a point, so he thought for a moment and said, "Well, just do as you say!" ”

He quickly wrote an order and handed it to the chief of the guard, but at this time, Moyali smiled schemingly: "Of course, we can't watch a part of the army being eaten by the Tang army in vain. ”

"What do you mean?" Agush put down the silver knife in shock, he didn't understand what Meyali meant.

"The subordinate land means that what Tang Jun eats should be a piece of meat with a hook book."

The distance from the Green Ridge Shouyu to Shule is nearly 500 miles. A normal march takes about four to five days. At dusk of this day, after two days of marching, the 30,000 reinforcements of Dashi had arrived at a small town 300 miles away from Shule.

The 30,000 reinforcements of the Great Eclipse all came from the Zhaowu Kingdoms, of which Kang sent 10,000 troops, Shi sent 10,000 troops, and the other 10,000 were made up by several other small countries, but the commander of the army was a big cannibal. His name is Raschel. He was a former general of the Great Food Guard, and last year he was promoted to Governor Samad Jian. Samad Jian was the capital of Kangguo, the largest of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu, and Raschel was actually the supreme commander sent by the Great Diet Caliph to control the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu.

Of course, the same name of the governor, the Governor of Samad Jian can only be a small governor, far from being comparable to the governor of Jerusalem or the governor of Tocharia, just as in later generations, the British governor of Hong Kong could not be compared with the governor of India, after receiving the order of His Royal Highness Prince Agush, Raschel immediately transferred 30,000 elite troops and personally led the troops to Shule to rescue.

Raschel is also a big food nobleman, about forty years old, fair-skinned, slender, and Aros, Muryali and other generals in the north and south, he has been stationed in Baghdad for a long time, pampered, developed his elegant interests and aristocratic temperament, after being promoted to the governor of Sammajian, he is living an imperial life, but he also knows very well that his wealth comes from the gift of the caliph, the caliph can let him go to heaven, can also let him enter the region, so the prince Agush came to the east, is the object of his great please, At this time, Agush was in trouble in the East, and if he slacked off, it would be the end of his wealth.

Shule is a semi-arid and semi-desert zone, the water source determines the gathering of people, the town that the big food army passed by at this time is actually a small oasis, one hundred and ten households, a small lake, a clear river crosses it, a piece of poplar forest and red willow forest surrounds, it is early winter at this time, the river is dry, the trees are withering, many herdsmen have driven their sheep to the city of Quanzhou to escape the disaster, there are only fifty or sixty people left in the town, most of them are old people who do not want to leave their hometown. Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, and knowing that there would be no more water ahead, Raschel ordered the army to camp by the lake, and the little lake was immediately bustling with activity, and the soldiers were camping in some places, and some were busy smashing the ice to draw water for cooking, but they did not know that it was in a poplar forest two miles away. Several Tang Army scouts were carefully observing their every move.

When the Tang scouts saw the big cannibals coming, they immediately left from the other side of the poplar forest and disappeared behind a hillside, but not long after the Tang scouts left, a group of big cannibal cavalry came from afar and rushed into the camp, and they brought the latest orders from Agush.

Raschel clenched Agush's command tightly, his brow furrowed. The prince actually ordered him to divide his troops to the north in two ways, of course he understood the meaning of Agush, there might be an ambush by the Tang army on the road, but dividing the troops to the north meant that one of the armies might be annihilated, so he didn't believe in himself? Are you so sure that you can't beat the Tang Army? Raschel was very depressed in his heart, and even a little annoyed, if Agush ordered him to pay attention to guarding against the sneak attack of the Tang army on the road, he could understand this, but let him divide his troops into two ways, obviously he had no confidence in him.

The messenger was the chief of the guard of the land of Agush. Seeing that Raschel was still a little hesitant, he said unceremoniously: "Please make a decision quickly, and we will return to His Highness." ”

"I see!"

Anger turned to anger, but Raschel could not show his dissatisfaction in front of the messenger sent by the prince, and he groaned and said: "Please return to Your Highness, Raschel resolutely obeys His Highness's orders." ”

He immediately ordered the 30,000-strong army to be divided into two teams, one led by the lieutenant general to continue to be stationed by the lake. Another group of 20,000 men, led by him, immediately set out and marched towards Shule overnight with the messengers.

At this moment, 20,000 Tang cavalry are in a mountain col twenty miles away, the moonlight is clear, the night wind is cold, the Tang army and their respective horses huddle together to keep warm, feed them grass and water, Wang Siyu sat on a big stone, chewing a handful of grass roots in his mouth, bowing his head and contemplating something.

His lieutenant Liang Tingyu stood at the mouth of the mountain pass, waiting for news of the scout, Liang Tingyu's family was a giant merchant in Chang'an. He is twenty-seven years old. is also a veteran who has been following Zhang Huan, accumulating merit to Zhonglang General and leading 5,000 spearmen.

Suddenly, in the clear moonlight, he saw several cavalry rushing towards this side, "Here! He was in good spirits and walked briskly to meet him. The person who came was none other than the Tang Army scout.

Liang Tingyu asked impatiently, "Can you detect the movement of the Great Food reinforcements?" ”

The scout lieutenant jumped off his horse. He bowed and said, "Report to General Liang, the Great Cannibals are currently stationed in Tush Town. It was normal, but when the subordinates went to investigate again, they found that they had changed. ”

"What anomalies have you found?" Wang Siyu also strode forward from behind and asked.

"Soon after the subordinates found out that the Great Food Army was stationed in the camp, they immediately divided their troops into two routes, one stayed in place, about 10,000 people, and the other 20,000 people went north."

"What!" Wang Siyu was taken aback, he immediately realized that this was probably because the enemy was alert, but it shouldn't have been discovered by himself, otherwise there would not be 10,000 people left, this must be Shule's people.

What can I do now? Wang Siyu is indeed a little embarrassed, the enemy divides the troops into two ways, no matter how he deploys, he still has to be escaped by them, he was frowning and pondering, but Liang Tingyu next to him said: "General, since the enemy army is divided into two ways, this is also a chance for us to annihilate, one army goes, one army does not move, we naturally deal with the one that goes first, and then turn around and eat the latter one." ”

Liang Tingyu did make sense, Wang Siyu immediately made a decision, he shouted the order, "The whole army is on horseback and follow me to pursue the enemy."

20,000 horsemen mounted their horses, and their hooves rumbled, shaking the valley, and the army galloped north like a torrent that burst its banks.

The desert full moon, the moon is like practice, 20,000 cavalry galloping in the starry night non-stop, the wind whistling in the ears, the black rumbling night flies by, when the morning dawn is first dewed, they see the first faint golden light, the army arrived at the foot of the Muztag Mountain, in front of which is the endless wilderness, the snow-capped peaks of the Muztag Mountain shimmer magnificently in the glow.

Wang Siyu waved his hand, and the army stopped, he had already seen that a few miles away in the distance, an army was faintly standing in the vast wilderness.

The Tang army did not immediately rush up to fight fiercely, they also stood quietly in the wilderness, and seized the time to recover the strength of the war horse, far away, the army suddenly moved, and it did not go fast, the Tang army also slowed down, and the tail followed, and the two armies stopped and walked, always five or six miles apart, until noon, and came to an oasis again.

At this moment, the physical strength of the Tang Army's war horse land had fully recovered, and a scout rushed forward to report: "The enemy army is about 20,000 people, which is comparable to our army. ”

"Good!" Wang Siyu slowly pulled out his long sword, and the time to kill the enemy was up.

Suddenly, a soldier pointed to the left and shouted: "General, look there!" ”

Wang Siyu looked in the direction of his finger, and was suddenly taken aback, only to see that from behind a big mountain, a dense group of big food cavalry suddenly poured out, and the big flag was flying, it was the black star and moon flag.

They hunt for their prey, but in the end they become each other's prey.

At the same time that Wang Siyu's troops encountered the counter-hunting of the Great Food Army in the Muztag Mountain in the south, Shule and 10,000 Tang troops also launched a tentative attack on Shule City.

Although the big cannibals are obviously weaker than the Tang army in bows and arrows, ladders and armor and armor, but their stone throwers are very powerful, no less than the Tang army, this crusade, the big cannibals also dismantled more than 200 stone throwers to Shule, its main purpose is to attack the city, but now it has become the main force to defend the city of Shule.

Outside the tall and solid Shule City, the boulders flew sideways in the sky, dense like hail, accompanied by a large cannibal rainstorm of throwing guns, outside the east gate, thousands of Tang troops followed by more than a dozen ladders like a tide, and soon, the ladders were destroyed by the enemy's powerful stone throwers one after another, and the Tang troops who had killed and wounded hundreds of people withdrew like a low tide.

Soon, the Tang army once again organized a formation, and also pushed more than 20 huge stones to step forward and shoot at the Great Food Army, but what made the Great Food Army ecstatic was that although the Tang Army was huge, the range was not far, and most of the stones could not touch the city at all, even if a small number of stones hit the city wall, it would be useless, Shule City was solid and dark, and the wall was smooth, no matter the boulders and collisions, it could not capture it, unless the earthquake cracked the ground under the city wall.

The Tang army organized attacks again and again, but again and again in vain, and the morale of the offensive was noticeably low.

Gradually, when the Great Food Army saw that the Tang Army lacked the skills to attack the city, they were no longer as panicked and bidding for guns as they were at the beginning, but more often they looked at the Tang Army and laughed, as if they were watching an interesting acting.

"It's useless." Many of the Great Eclipse soldiers clasped their hands together and shouted, "Go back to your hometown!" The snow is coming, and I wish you all to freeze to death in the barracks. ”

On a mound behind the Tang Army, Zhang Huan looked at the arrogance of the enemy army with an expressionless face, a cruel smile appeared on his face, and he muttered in a low voice: "Shout! In a few days, it will be time for you to cry. (The monthly ticket list has slipped from 25 to 29, and the gap with the front is getting bigger and bigger.