Chapter Seventy-Three: One Hundred Secrets Meets the Golden Wolf Three
readx;?“ The country is so critical, we must fully cooperate with the Don army and inflict heavy losses on Abu in Sogdia. Muslim, to break the rebels' arm. www.biquge.info In this way, whether the Tang army advances westward or not, it can reduce the pressure on our army. Saiifdin let go of his distrust of the Don Army.
"That's how it should be!" Hakim nodded in agreement: "Little princess, what should I do?" ”
"Defeat Abu?? After Muslim, let's explain it to His Highness in detail. Saiyifuddin said helplessly.
"Centurion Sai Ifudin, will the little princess be uncomfortable?" Hakim was a little worried.
"Hakim, you're not just here to gather intelligence, are you?" Saiyifuddin did not answer Hakim's question, but asked rhetorically.
Hakim looked around cautiously before whispering, "Before leaving, Harry summoned me for a secret talk. Tell me to keep going east, carefully inquire about the whereabouts of the little princess, even if I go to Chang'an City, I must find the little princess. ”
"Does the Caliph have a letter for Her Highness the Princess?" Saiifdin asked anxiously.
Hakim shook his head: "The Caliph did write a letter, but he was worried that he would be discovered on the road and cause trouble for Her Royal Highness. After thinking about it, the caliph destroyed it. The Caliph asked me to send a message to the princess, that is, 'Settle in Chang'an with peace of mind, and don't worry about your home and country.' ’”
"The Caliph's painstaking efforts, I'm afraid the princess has already understood." Sai Yifudin sighed.
"The caliph also confessed that after finding the princess, I and my three hundred men did not have to turn back, and directly obeyed the princess and was responsible for protecting Her Highness. The information collected along the way can be brought back through the caravans that travel between Datang and our country. Hakim added.
"The princess really needs manpower around her!" Saiifdin smiled bitterly: "I escorted the princess eastward, was chased and killed by the rebels, and when I arrived in Shattered Leaf City, only me and the princess were left. If it hadn't been for the coincidence of encountering the Beiting Army, I'm afraid I would have died in battle. ”
"Fei Langjun of the Beiting Army, who is about the same age as the princess, looks much more mature than His Royal Highness, and does not look like a ten-year-old at all. Child. "It's rare that everyone in the North Court is not there, and Hakim can talk freely with Saiifddin.
"It's quirky indeed! But the princess liked him very much. "Saiifuddin guards Anicee day by day, and knows the princess's mind very clearly.
"Fei Langjun's family background is also good, in my country, his status is similar to that of the son of the governor, and he may be worthy of the princess in the future." Hakim thought far ahead.
"What will happen in the future, who can say for sure?" Saiyifudin stared at the western sunset and sighed softly.
For most of the past six months, from Damascus to Chang'an, and from Chang'an to Tingzhou and Broken Leaves, all kinds of changes have made Saiyifuddin often feel like a dream.
There was a sound of rustling outside the forest, and Saiifuddin listened carefully, and found that it was Wang Fei and his party who had returned from the formation, so he stopped talking to Hakim.
Anicee jumped out of the carriage excitedly, and ran out to meet Wang Fei, pestering him to inquire about the situation outside the city of Talas.
Saiifddin and Hakim looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
After a brief few words to Anice, Wang Fei took Ayitengna to Saif-al-Din and said, "General Saiif-din, there are many enemy troops outside the city of Talas. Our troops need to wait until the dead of night to attack. Until then, all the soldiers were to hide in the woods to rest. I also ask your unit to assist the Beiting cavalry in patrolling and guarding to prevent our army's whereabouts from being discovered by the rebels. ”
After listening to Aitenggna's translation, Saiifdin nodded and said, "As it should be, Fei Lang-kun doesn't have to be polite!" ”
Hakim and Ma Lu each led 300 cavalry, mixed into 30 squads, and scattered out of the forest to reconnoiter the surrounding enemy.
After Ma Lan went out on patrol, Su Sanniang and Tong Luo Puli jumped up and lurked in the canopy at the edge of the woods, vigilantly watching every move around them.
Under the command of Wang Yong, according to Wang Fei's request, the soldiers in the woods divided the two thousand war horses into four hundred groups in groups of five, and each group of war horses was connected together with reins.
The cowhide bags on both sides of the saddles of a thousand of the horses were filled with fierce oil and grease. Even the horsetail is tied with flammable materials.
The other 1,000 horses, which did not carry the fierce oil fire, could still be ridden and used.
After the busyness was over, except for the bright post and secret sentry in charge of the guard, the rest of the soldiers quietly rested against the big tree or lying on the ground, waiting for the big battle to come.
Wang Fei originally wanted to return to the carriage, taking advantage of the last free time before the battle, and carefully deduce the steps of the formation with Aitenggna. But Aenise pestered Wang Fei and insisted on chatting with him about the war.
Wang Fei wanted to refuse directly, but the good habit of respecting girls he had developed before crossing over made him not know how to speak.
Seeing that Wang Fei was so embarrassed, Ashina Xiaoyun smiled, but did not step forward to help; Aitengna bit her lip and began to wonder in her heart whether there were still loopholes in Xiao Langjun's plan.
Ashina Wenxia's face was like frost, she hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it, stepped forward angrily, and anxiously pointed to the depths of the woods and shouted: "Brother Fei, it seems that there is a bit of trouble over there, and your chain horse can't be done." ”
"What?" Wang Fei was so shocked that he didn't bother to say goodbye to Anice, and hurriedly ran in the direction pointed by Ashina Wenxia.
"My apprentice, I'm afraid I won't be able to get rid of the entanglement of love silk for the rest of my life!" Su Shisanniang, who was in the canopy, with the help of the last ray of light between heaven and earth, once again saw how Ashina Wenxia was trapped by love and crazy about love.
Su Sanniang didn't have time to sigh too much, and suddenly saw more than 20 horses coming from the west.
"Captain Ma!" In the twilight, Ma Lan's silver armor was particularly conspicuous, and Su Sanniang recognized the person at a glance.
"General Wang, there are more than 1,000 enemy troops roaming three or four miles to the west, and the enemy army has moved west at this moment, but it is still necessary to strengthen vigilance!" Before Feishuang stepped into the woods, Ma Lan shouted urgently.
"Understood!" Wang Yong replied in a deep voice, and immediately ordered: "Sentry everywhere, be on guard!" ”
After returning to the woods, Marlin and Hakim dismounted and rested for a while. They were about to turn over their horses and continue to patrol the forest when they suddenly felt the ground tremble slightly under their feet.
The trunk trembles and the branches sway. The alert Su Sanniang looked west and found that the cavalry was rushing towards the woods.
After only a few glances, Su Sanniang judged from the number of people that the person who came was not a friend or foe.
"Farewell general, enemy attack! There is an enemy attack in the west! Su Sanniang shouted anxiously.
In the woods, the soldiers of Beiting, who were resting, jumped up, turned on their horses, and lined up to wait for the enemy.
The speed of the Hui cavalry was a little slower, but when the Beiting cavalry finished platooning, they all rode their horses with their hands and feet.
Sai Ifuddin hurriedly picked up Anicese and sent her into the well-concealed carriage.
Wang Fei and Ashina Wenxia drew their swords and ran towards Ashina Xiaoyun and Ashina Tenggena to protect the safety of the two.
Ma Ling and Hakim looked at each other, not understanding why a large group of cavalry suddenly came to kill them.
Wang Yong rode on the Wuli horse, raised his head and shouted: "Thirteen Niang, what kind of banner is the enemy fighting?" ”
The sun has faded, and the twilight has deepened. Su Sanniang looked at it for a long time before she saw that a wolf seemed to be painted on the enemy's flag.
"Wolves! The flag is painted with wolves! Su Sanniang turned her head and shouted to Wang Yong.
"Thirteen Niang, countless Turkic tribes worship wolves, and there are wolves on the banners of Shatuo, Gelulu, and Turgish. You have to carefully distinguish the color of the wolf to find out the identity of the other party. Wang Yong smiled bitterly.
"If you have the ability, you can come up and see it yourself, don't stand and talk without backache!" Su Sanniang was angry while staring at the fluttering flag.
Tong Luo Puli, who was lurking at the other end of the woods, rushed to the same tree when he heard the sound, jumped onto the same tree, and identified it with Su Sanniang.
"Wolf flag?" Ayi Tenggena vaguely heard the conversation between Su Shisanniang and Wang Yong, and her heart tightened: "Could it be the Golden Wolf Banner?" ”
Without waiting for Su Sanniang to distinguish it, the cavalry of the brigade had stopped more than a stone's throw away from the woods, and they all bent their bows and arrows to aim at the woods.
A young warrior in the costume of a ten-man commander drove his horse out of the array and shouted in Turkic to the woods: "Surrender, cowards hiding in the woods!" ”
"Golden wolf!" When the young samurai shouted, Tong Luo Puli used the faint light remaining between heaven and earth to identify the other party's identity.
"Golden Wolf Flag! Turkish Division?! Wang Fei breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "It's not too bad!" ”
"It's a Kudulu agent outside?" Wang Yong shouted loudly. He knew that Kudulu was proficient in Chinese, so he did not use Turkic.
Aitengna stood behind Wang Fei, clutching the corner of her clothes tightly, expecting Lin Wai's answer.
"Bakut, you go down!" Kudulu recognized Wang Yong's voice, and under the protection of Suluk, he came to the front of the battle in surprise and joy: "Sure enough, it's the Beiting Army!" Turgish warriors, get ready to unleash your arrows! The time has come for revenge! ”
During the daytime feint attack on the city of Talas, Hamid, the commander of the Great Eclipse rebel army, who commanded all the remaining troops, deliberately made things difficult for the Turk Cavalry and ordered them to undertake the drudgery of patrolling at night.
Kudulu was very angry and wanted to plead his case, but was dissuaded by Suluk.
"Special service, Hamid is biased against our army, and it is useless for us to argue no matter what. At this moment, he is in power, and we can only bow our heads for the time being, and wait for Abu?? When Muslim returns, we'll do it again. Suluk's words were reasonable, and Kudulu also understood that "how can a person not bow his head under the eaves", so he had to suppress the depression in his heart and accept the task.
A day's feint attack was still fruitless, but fortunately, the Turks only had to pretend and there were no casualties.
As soon as the Turgish supper was about to be prepared, Hamid sent someone to urge Khudulu to send troops to patrol.
Kudulu forcibly resisted the anger of drawing a knife to kill, and ordered the guards to inform the warriors under his tent to hurry up and eat two bites of hot food, and then bring dry food and water to go out on patrol.
Abu?? The 100 Khorasan cavalry that Muslim had planted in the Turgish tribe hid in their tents and pretended to sleep, with no intention of patrolling at night.