"It's just a pyrrhic victory!" Abu? Muslim was not happy: "Mansour, relying on the fact that he is the brother of His Excellency Abbasid, has repeatedly pressured me to use the corpses of our Khorasan warriors to build a staircase leading to the head of Baghdad. ”

"Governor, what about the casualties of our army?" Ziyad asked cautiously.

"Half of the 40,000 servant army has been lost, but the main cavalry has not suffered any major losses." Abu? Muslim said lightly.

Ziyad breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the main cavalry was unharmed. Thinking of the casualties of the servant army of more than 20,000, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Damn Mansour! He's trying to drain the strength of our Persians! ”

"So he must hate me! Khorasan was dispensable to Mansour. All he wanted was to take Damascus as soon as possible and overthrow the Umayyad stronghold. However, once we Persians lose Khorasan, we will be like duckweed without roots, and we can only be slaughtered. "Abu? Muslim sighed.

"Governor, no matter what, we can't afford to lose Khorasan! The Tang Army has brought Anicedu to Shattered Leaf City this time, and they may push out the little princess at any time and use it as an excuse to intervene in the war between us and the Umayyad family. Ziyad said urgently.

"No!" Abu? Muslim shook his head and said firmly: "I think that the goal of the Tang Army is not Khorasan. ”

"Why is the Governor so sure?" Ziyad wondered.

"Khorasan is too far away from Chang'an, and the hands of the Tang people are not that long!" Abu? Mu Slim analyzed: "The Tang Army's combat effectiveness is indeed good, but their heartland is already so far away from Broken Leaf City, they have to choose to hand over Broken Leaf City to the management of the Turgish and Qarluqs. How could they attack Khorasan, which was even more farther away? What's more, are the Tang people relieved of the Umayyad family? Don't forget, more than 20 years ago, the Umayyads also made several eastward expansions into Sogdia. ”

"Then what is the intention of the Tang Army to raise an expedition?" Ziyad asked.

"Teach Shiguo a lesson, clean up the Sogdian region, and once again force our army back to the west of the Wuhu River. This should be the goal of the Tang people's army. "Abu? Muslim said the judgment in his heart: "Only in this way will you understand why the Tang army is divided into two routes, attacking Tuozhi City and Talas at the same time. ”

Abu? Muslim paced through the big tent, saying as he went: "If the Tang army wants to attack Khorasan, it should concentrate its forces, conquer the city of Tuozhi, go south to build a mo, and then march west along the Khorasan Road. But judging from the news that came back, the Tang army had no plan to conquer Kang Guo at all, but was only preparing to exterminate Na Ju Che Bishi, and then one south and one north, firmly controlling Shi Guo. Gao Xianzhi and Wang Zhengjian's plan is to wait for work with ease, echo the north and south, and prepare to fight with our army in Shiguo. As long as our army is defeated, those soft bones in Sogdia will definitely abandon us at once and go back to the Tang army to wag their tails and beg for mercy. ”

"Governor, since the Tang army has no intention of attacking Khorasan, is it still necessary for our army to mobilize the troops and fight against the Tang army with all its might?" Ziyad asked.

"No, our army must not back down!" Abu? Muslim immediately rejected Ziyad's idea: "Although the Umayyad family still has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, it is a matter of time before the sun has set, and it is only a matter of time before they fall. The Tang people, on the other hand, were powerful and ambitious, and would constantly try to tighten their grip on the Sogdians. If our army retreats and allows Na Che Bishi to be overthrown by the Tang army, then Shi, Kang, An and other countries will never trust our army again, and we will lose control of the Sogdians. With the loss of Sogdia, both Tocharian and Khorasan would be directly exposed to the noses of the Tang army, and we would have to defend everywhere and fall into passivity. Therefore, our army must defeat the Don army, completely shatter the remaining illusions of the Sogdians, and make them all the people of Allah! ”

"The subordinates are willing to be the governor's claws, charge into battle, and defeat the Tang army!" Ziyad fell to his knees and asked for battle.

"No!" Abu? Muslim smiled, "My loyal Ziyad, I don't need you to charge this time. You will shoulder a more glorious and arduous responsibility. ”

"Everything is at the discretion of the Governor!" Ziyad said respectfully.

"How many defenders are there in Talas now?" Abu? Muslim asked.

"Three thousand Khorasan cavalry, five thousand stone light cavalry and five thousand stone light infantry." Ziyad said.

"How many centaurs are there in Tuozhi City?" Abu? Muslim asked.

"10,000 cavalry, 20,000 infantry and 10,000 auxiliaries, all from Shiguo." Ziyad replied fluently.

"How many soldiers and horses do you have in your hands?"

"Seven thousand Khorasan cavalry, five thousand turk cavalry, Shi light cavalry, and 30,000 servant troops requisitioned from Tocharo, Kang, Shi, Cao, and other places, all gathered in the west of the city of Sa Mo at this moment. Under the incompetence, the Sogdians did not yet know that the governor had been converted, and their attitude was not particularly positive. Ziyad was a little ashamed.

"These Sogdians have always been grass on the wall!" Abu? Muslim snorted coldly, sat down, took out a quill pen, wrote the order on the desk, and then stamped his seal.

"Qiyad, you immediately return to Samojian with my military orders, and send orders to the Tocharian and Sogdian countries to levy more soldiers, horses, and grain and grass, and wait for the Khorasan cavalry to join in Samojian. At the same time, you have to ask the countries to pay as much tribute as possible to camels and guides who are familiar with the desert. "Abu? General Muslim ordered it to be handed over to Ziyad.

"Camels?" Ziyad looked suspicious.

"The key to breaking the Tang Army falls on these camels!" Abu? Muslim explained.

"The Governor already has a plan to break the enemy?" Ziyad exclaimed. Although he knew that the governor was unpredictable in his use of soldiers, Ziyad still never imagined that the governor would actually come up with a strategy to break the enemy while talking and laughing.

"I don't dare to say that I will be able to kill Gao Xianzhi and Wang Zhengjian, but I should be able to teach the arrogant Tang Jun a lesson!" Abu? Muslim said confidently.

"Your Excellency the Governor, what do you need to do besides the requisition of the servant army?" Ziyad was eager to try.

Since getting the news of the Tang Army's large-scale westward expedition, although Qi Yade has been cheering up his subordinates, he actually has no bottom in his heart. Especially when he knew that Rahman and the entire team of 100 people were all lost in Tingzhou City, Qi Yade had a faint fear of the strength of the Tang Army in his heart. At this moment, when he heard that the most admired governor had a strategy to defeat the Tang army in just a few words, his courage suddenly grew.

"Ziyad, your mission is daunting!" Abu? Muslim pulled out two maps and said solemnly. One map is densely covered with Persian, while the other is full of Turkic and Chinese characters......

Just as Ebeni and the others had finished packing up the tent they were living in, they suddenly heard the noise of people and horses near the big tent.

Albenny looked up and saw a tall and mighty general, turn on his horse, leave the camp with a shout, and rush towards the blood-red morning sun in the east. Behind him, he was followed by more than a hundred majestic Khorasan cavalry.

"General Ziyad!" Albenny recognized the leader in the lead. As the first fierce general and the most trusted confidant under the governor, Qiyad can be said to be known to everyone in Khorasan.

"Father, with the Governor and Qi Yad here, our army should be able to wash away the shame of defeat that year!" Ebeni looked at the surging Wuhu River in the distance and thought secretly.

Tianbao eight years, May 13 night, Shiguo capital Tuozhi City, although the first two days have been two heavy rain, but tonight, the night sky is still lightning and thunder, rain down.

In the palace where Qu Le, the vice king of Shiguo, lived, the roaring thunder could not hide the earth-shattering roars and battles.

Wisps of crimson blood flowed from the wounds of countless corpses, staining the rain all over the ground a deep red.

Wearing a hat and a robe, and holding a large slender sword in his right hand, Suluk, a one-armed commander attached to the departing army, stood majestically behind Kudulu.

Violent raindrops whipped at his coat like a dense rain of arrows beating against his shield.

Suluk didn't care about the raging storm, his eyes wide open, and he stared coldly at the battle ahead. On either side of him, dozens of sturdy Trolli warriors armed with butter torches and snowy scimitars stood in the palace square, escorting the Trough Warriors in front of Kudulu, the special agent of Troll.

In front of them, the corpses of the warriors of the Stone Kingdom were lying all over the place. These warriors of the Stone Kingdom who died in battle were either hit by arrows in the vital places, or suffered four or five stab wounds in their bodies. Pools of blood and rain blended together, turning the flat and open palace square into a sea of blood hell in Buddhist scriptures.

Among the corpses of the warriors of the Stone Kingdom, there were also several corpses of the robes of the Turquoise Cavalry. Inspired by blood and carnage, the Turkey warriors, wielding scimitars, roared and charged towards the last palace still resisting.

The eagle-nosed wolf-eyed King of Shi Guozheng, under the escort of hundreds of Shi Guo soldiers, stepped on the blood and water all over the ground and walked in front of Kudulu. The soldiers behind him looked at the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood in the palace, and there were unbearable expressions on many faces.

"Thank you Kudulu for your help, the combat power of the Turk warriors is indeed extraordinary! It's raining heavily, so why not move into the palace or under the verandah. The car nose complimented.

"The king is polite, and he has only come to assist your army on the orders of General Ziyard. Before the task is completed, a certain does not dare to be greedy for comfort. Kudulu said lightly.

"The perseverance of the special service is admirable. However, the special service can know that this old thief has not only done bad things for me three or four times, but also done things that are sorry for the special service and Ling Zun. "That Kuche Nose Shi didn't care about Kudulu's coldness.

"What do you mean by that?" Hearing the mention of his father's Khan, Kudulu asked eagerly.

Na Ju Che Shi smiled slightly, and recalled in the wind and rain: "Last summer, Ling Zun had sensed that the Tang Army was preparing to attack Shattered Leaf City. Then he sent an envoy to me, hoping that I would introduce him to Abu of Khorasan. Governor Muslim. Although you and I have also had some disputes over the pastures of the Ye River Valley. But in the face of major rights and wrongs, I can still distinguish clearly. ”