Under the cover of the mask, Ashina Yang's warm face was full of murderous intent. The thrill of fighting in person made him feel hearty. When he wielded his spear and slashed, he seemed to feel the cry of his ancestors' spirits.

A few days ago, Ashinayang's mood was very gloomy. Regarding Wang Zhengjian's initiative to choose to go north to Talas, although he was deeply resentful, he could not change it and had nowhere to vent.

The military exploits of the Western Expedition to Shiguo were just icing on the cake for the famous Gao Xianzhi, and he himself did not attach importance to it, but he was limited by Li Xiang's layout, and he had to compete with the Beiting Army for the first merit in breaking the country; For Wang Zhengjian, who is indifferent, the so-called military exploits are like money outside his body, and he doesn't care, so he chooses to take the initiative to retreat.

But for Ashinayang, this military feat has an irreplaceable and important role......

Wang Zhengjian's forbearance made Ashina Yang irritable for a long time, because judging from the pre-war military discussions, the fierce battle with the Dashi rebels was eight out of ten. The Nine Meetings will take place near Tuozhi City. Going north to Talas, it can be said that in this battle, it will be reduced to a supporting role of beating the side drum, and when the meritorious deeds are rewarded after the war, the gain will be less.

Who knows that people are not as good as heaven, and the Anxi army rushed south with interest, thinking that they could grab the first credit. Unexpectedly, the main force of the Great Food rebels made a detour for thousands of miles and came straight to Talas.

When Zhang Daobin and the others were panicked, Ashina Yang's heart was filled with the joy of impermanence and joy falling from the sky.

Ashina Yang was once worried that Wang Zhengjian would choose to abandon the city and go south to join the Anxi army. But after calming down, he quickly judged that with Wang Zhengjian's character, he would never retreat from difficulties.

Sure enough, Wang Zhengjian decided to hold on to Talas City and wait for the Anxi army to go north to inflict heavy losses on the Great Food Army. Ashinayang, who was in a good mood, also devoted himself more actively to the defense of the city.

When Wang Zhengjian ordered the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to be dispatched, as Ashina Yang, he could have lived behind the scenes and strategized. He was full of blood, but he did not hesitate to decide to fight in person. And he, in addition to taking his daughters to hunt outside Tingzhou City, has indeed not bent his bow and arrows for a long time, and has not fought in battle.

The excitement of the blood splash made him extremely excited and full of thoughts.

Thinking of his childhood sweetheart's beloved concubine, he felt tenderness in his heart; Thinking of his second daughter, who has high swordsmanship and a fierce personality, he is very relieved; Thinking of his only son, who was slow in temperament and addicted to craftsman's work, he couldn't help but feel a little melancholy; Thinking of his graceful wife, his expression is complicated; Thinking of his bright and beautiful eldest daughter, he felt a little guilty......

From his own children, his thoughts turned to Fei Langjun again. A little bit of caution like a child's play, he can see it clearly.

Wang Fei's infatuation with his eldest daughter made Ashina Yang a little annoyed. He knew in his heart that he would never let this happen. However, if the second daughter can get together with Fei Langjun, Ashina Yang will be happy to see it......

Under the cover of the mask, the face that has always been as warm as jade on weekdays finally revealed a variety of rich expressions.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves and the sound of arrows at the head of the city woke Ashinayang awake, and his eyes looked through the holes in his visor to see that the light cavalry of the Great Food Army was pressing on him.

The crossbowmen of the Tang Army at the head of Talas City also tried their last strength, constantly opening their bows and shooting arrows, pouring a rain of arrows at the enemy.

The sound of war drums and the change of the flag on the tower of the south gate city, Ashina Yang immediately understood Wang Zhengjian's intention, pointed his spear forward, and shouted loudly: "Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, charge with me!" Light cavalry, spread out to harass the enemy army! ”

Seeing the cavalry of the Tang Army galloping towards them, the Sogdian light cavalry were overjoyed under the blow of the rain of arrows. Once they were involved in a melee with the Tang cavalry, the Tang archers at the head of the city would inevitably throw their weapons and dare not shoot any more arrows. And their own side has a numerical advantage, once the handover of short troops, no matter how tightly the Tang cavalry is covered by armor, they will definitely be defeated.

While the Sogdian cavalry kicked their horses and accelerated to meet the Tang cavalry, the Khorasan cavalry that followed closely behind also accelerated slightly in order to maintain their formation, and pressed the ranks forward.

In the Khorasan cavalry formation, Ten-Commander Abeni shouted for the young cavalry of his team to maintain formation, and at the same time looked at the corpses all over the ground and secretly frightened.

"The Tang Army's city defense equipment is too powerful!" Such thoughts came to Abeni's mind repeatedly.

In the field, Ebeni is confident that he will not fear any enemy. But Fang Cai's siege battle, the Tang army's various siege equipment, powerful bows and crossbows, and extremely long-range stone throwing machines all made him dumbfounded.

Ebenny had a faint feeling that this Tang army seemed to have a special understanding of the imperial army and understood the advantages and disadvantages of the Khorasan cavalry. Many of their tactics and equipment seem to be tailor-made to restrain the Great Food Army.

Such an enemy is indeed terrifying. Abeni was also even more convinced that the Sulu chieftain must be just a vassal of the Tang people.

"Slow! Slow! As Ebenny was distracted, the roars of the centurions and centurions kept coming.

Obviously, the Khorasan cavalry was already close to the farthest landing point of the stone bullets of the Tang army. mugwort

Benny hurriedly pulled the reins lightly, slowing down his horse's speed. The young cavalrymen who followed him, also drawing scoops on the gourd, began to control the mounts that were slightly excited, avoiding entering the range of the Tang army's stone throwers.

The Sogdian cavalry in front of them rushed faster and faster, and although the cavalry was hit by arrows from time to time, it could not stop their burning fighting spirit at all.

As the Tang heavy cavalry drew closer and closer, the Sogdian light cavalry flattened their spears and were ready to fight against the enemy at any time.

The Sogdian light cavalry was surging with blood, and they were eager to start a fight with the Tang army immediately.

But when there were still more than 200 steps away from the Tang army, hundreds of heavy cavalry of the Tang army on the opposite side suddenly divided into the middle of the queue, one left and one right scattered to both sides, and then turned around and ran towards the city gate.

"The cavalry of the Tang Army wants to flee!" The Sogdian cavalry screamed and drove their mounts desperately. The retreat of the Don army made them even more excited.

"The cavalry of the Tang Army will retreat?" Albeni noticed the change in the battle ahead of him, a little confused. In his opinion, although the number of heavy cavalry of the Tang Army was small, it was not without the strength to fight in the face of the Sogdian light cavalry?

"Are you worried that we will be outflanked in the event of a battle with the Sogdian cavalry?" Albeni was pondering why the Tang army avoided the battle, but he heard his young cavalry shouting: "Commander of the Ten, the Sogdian light cavalry is about to catch up with the Tang army!" ”

Ebenny stared ahead, and sure enough, the distance between the heavy cavalry of the Don Army and the Sogdian light cavalry was getting smaller and smaller due to their slightly slower speed. And the south gate of Talas City, which is opened, seems to be delicate and dripping honey. Peaches can be picked by the Sogdian cavalry at any time.

"What is Wang Zhengjian thinking? Didn't he know that the heavy cavalry would definitely be overtaken by the light cavalry? If it's a trap, using heavy cavalry as bait is too extravagant! "In the main battle of the Great Food Army, Abu? Muslim frowned.

"Governor......" Hamid stopped talking.

"If you have something to say, say it!" Abu? Muslim was a little tired of Hamid's ramblings.

"Governor, according to the information that Mutaia and others investigated in Tingzhou before the war, the heavy cavalry of the Beiting Army only had two or three thousand people in total. Presumably, the Tang army was reluctant to consume the precious heavy cavalry, so it planned to lure the Sogdian cavalry under the city walls and kill and wound them with arrows. ”

"It's possible ......" Abu? Muslim pondered: "How far are the Khorasan cavalry from the stone bullet landing point of the Tang Army? ”

"More than a hundred steps." Hamid kept an eye out for changes in the tide of the battle.

"Order, let the Khorasan cavalry press forward about fifty paces further to attract the attention of the Tang army, but definitely not to step into the range of the stone thrower. It would be best if the Sogdian cavalry could take the opportunity to capture the South Gate; Even if it fails, it doesn't matter. "Abu? Muslim thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't help but want to gamble with 3,000 Sogdian cavalry.

When Ebenny received the military order from the centurion and tapped his mount forward, the spear tip of the Sogdian cavalry in front of him seemed to be ready to touch the tail of the heavy cavalry of the Tang army.

"This is the moment!" Wang Zheng, who had been paying close attention to the battle situation under the city, said happily: "Order, fire oil bomb launch!" ”

Albeni counted the distance, and was about to rein in the reins of his horse, when hundreds of small black dots flew over the head of Talas.

"Stone bullets? How does it feel a little small? Albeni was surprised when hundreds of clay pots crackled and landed in the array of Khorasan cavalry.

Except for a dozen Khorasan cavalrymen who were hit by clay pots and fell off their horses immediately, the clay pots did not cause more damage. It's just that the ground and the horses of many cavalry are full of slimy liquid.

"What is this?" When Albeni was confused, he overheard a hasty order to retreat from behind.

"The situation is good, why retreat?" Albenny's mind was full of doubts, but he still strictly followed the order, urging his men to prepare to retreat.

"Fire!" Albenny was turning his horse's head when he heard someone under him exclaim. He turned his head to look, and saw another ball of fire flying over the head of Talas.

Huge fireballs, with scattered sparks and hot air, smashed viciously at the Khorasan cavalry like meteors.

At this moment, there was no need to think about why the retreating Ebeni kicked his horse violently, eager to escape from the range of the fire bomb immediately.

As soon as the fire bomb landed, the flames that rushed into the sky quickly spread in all directions in the array of Khorasan cavalry. Countless slime-stained horses burst into strange flames, and the painful horses jumped and jumped, throwing many cavalry into the flames.

At this time, the Sogdian light cavalry was only more than ten steps away from the Tang army's heavy cavalry, and the South Gate City Cave was also close at hand. The rising sea of fire and the terrible screams startled the Sogdian cavalry who were bravely pursuing the enemy, and the scorching heat of the south wind made them panic. Subconsciously, the three thousand Sogdian light cavalry slowed down their horses.

In a daze, the heavy cavalry of the Tang Army turned the horse's head again and separated to both sides. In the cave of the city gate, there was the sound of neat footsteps. Four hundred Beiting Mo swordsmen armed with Xueliang long knives were under the command of Li Dingbang

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The Sogdian light cavalry swung their spears, intent on urging their horses to attack the array of Mo's swordsmen. They were greeted by a murderous sword forest. As soon as the snowflake-like Mo knife rose and fell, dozens of spears were cut off.

Before the light cavalry at the front of the line could draw their scimitars, the Mo's knives had already slashed into their mounts.

While the blood of the horses was flying and the flesh was splattered, the light cavalry fell to the ground one after another and fell into light infantry.

After the Sogdian cavalry landed, someone swung his sword and slashed at Li Dingbang's leg. The scimitar clanged against the leg armor, but it couldn't break through it. Li Dingbang smiled coldly, and with a slight wave of his arm downward, he took away the enemy's life.

At the same time as they were attacked by the Mosaber men, the crossbowmen at the head of the city also rained down and greeted the Sogdian light cavalry. The light cavalry of Shatuo and Hujiasi, who had been harassing nearby, also kept splashing arrows with rain.

When the Mo swordsmen with thick armor and long arms slaughtered in all directions in the Sogdian light cavalry array, the Xuanjia iron cavalry led by Ashina Yang had already turned their horses' heads again and was ready to charge.

The Sogdian hussars were discouraged, and they turned their horses and tried to evacuate, only to find that the fire was still burning behind them.

"Surrender or die!" Ashina Yang shouted loudly in Turkic, and the Shatuo and the Hujiasi cavalry also echoed in unison.

"I surrender! I give up! The Sogdian light cavalry, who no longer had the will to fight, threw down their weapons, turned over and dismounted, and fell to their knees.

In the south of Talas City, under the banner of the golden wolf, Kudulu, who was clenched with his fists, stared at the unpredictable flames, gritted his teeth and said: "When will the revenge of Father Khan be avenged!?" ”

Behind him, Suluk pondered with a suspicious face, "What does the Great Cannibal want to do with the secret service?" Why did they not send special agents several times when they used troops? ”

When a terrified Abeni fled back to his demoralized home camp, Abu? Both Muslim and Hamid have left the battlefield and returned to the Great Tent.

"Governor, I ignored that the clay pot is lighter than the stone bullet, so I miscalculated the range of the Tang Army's stone thrower!" As soon as he entered the tent, Hamid fell on his knees on the thick carpet and pleaded guilty.

"When the Tang army attacked the city that day, you didn't even notice this problem?" Abu who lost the first battle? Muslim was in a terrible mood.

"Governor, our army lacks strong bows, and when the Tang army attacked the city, whether it was a ballista or a stone thrower, it was close to the edge of the range of our army's ballista, so I don't know how far the range of the Tang army's stone thrower was." Hamid hastened to explain.

"Forget it, I was negligent too. Fortunately, it was discovered early and did not lose too many people. "Weary Abu? Mu Slim said in a low voice: "However, I have finally seen the sharp weapon in Wang Zhengjian's hand with my own eyes. ”

"Governor, will you still attack the city tomorrow?" Hamid asked cautiously.

"Attack! Why not attack! "Abu? Muslim said angrily: "However, there is no need to attack so strongly today, just keep the pressure on. ”

"Governor, the Tocharian and Sogdian servant armies have suffered heavy casualties today, will they send the Turgish into battle tomorrow?" Hamid cautiously suggested.

"No!" Abu? Muslim shook his head: "The use of the Turgish is not here. Hamid, you go and fetch the carrier pigeons. ”

After Hamid withdrew from the Big Tent, Abu ? Muslim took out a quill pen and wrote down a dense command on a finger-wide strip of paper. A new plan has taken shape in his mind......

By the time the flames on the battlefield had been extinguished, the captured Sogdian cavalry had been escorted back to the city by the Tang army, and the demoralized Dashi army had returned to their respective camps.

Above the tower of the south gate, Wang Zheng saw the sea of fire under the city, and sighed lightly: "Abu? Muslim was a bold and cautious opponent in his use of troops. It took us half a day to burn to death a few hundred Khorasan cavalry, which is a bit regrettable. ”

"It's all humility!" Du Huan said with a smile: "Although it is too late to calculate the results of the battle, but in half a day, our army has annihilated at least five or six thousand light infantry and nearly a thousand Khorasan cavalry, and captured more than two thousand Sogdian light cavalry. Our army's casualties are negligible, and it can be said that it is a great victory! ”

"Although our army won, it relied on the city to achieve such results. Moreover, the enemy army is huge, and the casualties of thousands are just a drop in the bucket. To defeat Abu? Muslim, after all, is still inseparable from the cooperation of the Anxi army. Wang Zhengjian was not intoxicated by the victory in front of him.

"It's time for Captain Ma to go to Tuozhi City." Du Huan looked south, slightly worried.

In the distant sky, several carrier pigeons flapped their white wings and left the Great Food Barracks and flew south.

After the tragic siege battle, in a short period of calm, both sides of the war were adjusting their countermeasures and accumulating strength. A more violent collision will inevitably occur at an unexpected time and place.

And on the avenue west of Broken Leaf City, the traversers who were marching in a hurry were destined to become a key force in the direction of the battle!

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