Zhao Ziliang was not fooled so that Daoud had nothing to do, and he did not dare to have a decisive battle with the Tang army commanded by Zhao Ziliang, after all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and although the Tang army is composed of multiple tribe armies, but the combat effectiveness of each tribe barbarian cavalry is not good, not to mention that Zhao Ziliang, the general of the Tang Army, is by no means an idle person with the ability to command the troops and the ability to command the battle, such a person is fully capable of blending this loose coalition army into a powerful army, if he Daoud is defeated, his army is only afraid that he will die without a place to be buriedAfter all, he was far away from the land and had no backup, as long as the news of his defeat reached Sogdia and Tocharo, the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu and the chieftains of Tocharia would pounce on them like wolves and eat them. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Daoud is the number one general under Said, with more keen battlefield consciousness and combat experience of Said, he realized that his army is in a dangerous situation, there are more than 20,000 Tang troops in front of him, and if someone behind him instigates the Sogdians and Tocharians to cut off his retreat, then he and his subordinates will be doomed, he knows that he was too impulsive before sending troops, and without considering the consequences, he gathered troops and horses to go north, leaving not enough soldiers and horses to hold the retreat, But in that case, he had to send troops north to rescue Said, because Said was his direct superior, the one who promoted him and had the grace to know him.

Another day passed, and in the middle of the night on the second day of the ninth month, Daoud walked up and down the tent, and for no reason, he seemed a little upset and restless, which made him feel that danger was approaching, and he began to become alert.

Why did the Tang Army not take the initiative to attack when it had an absolute advantage in troops? This question has been bothering Daoud today, and he asked himself if he and Zhao Ziliang changed positions, he would definitely launch a full-scale attack, because absolute strength can make the opponent helpless on the frontal battlefield and directly crush it! But Zhao Ziliang, the general of the Tang Army, didn't do this? Could it be that the other party is a battlefield chick?

That's impossible! Daoud couldn't help but shake his head, rejecting this speculation, how could a battlefield chick make those unruly barbarian leaders in the northern steppes bow to their ears? This Tang Army general Zhao Ziliang must be carrying out some ulterior conspiracy!

Daoud immediately affirmed this idea, otherwise it would not be possible to explain the reason why the Tang Army still did not take the initiative to attack when it had absolute superiority in troops, and the Tang Army General Zhao Ziliang must have a better combat method to minimize casualties and achieve victory, what conspiracy is Zhao Ziliang carrying out?

Daoud thought about this question, beads of sweat already appeared on his forehead, and the chill in his heart gradually rose.

Suddenly, the location of Whitewater City and Topwater City on the map and the direction of the road between them caught Daoud's attention, the road from Topwater City to Whitewater City was an inverted triangle of hypotenuse and bottom edge, that is, you had to go northwest first, until you reached the Hengrus River, and then turn east and walk along the Hengrus River to reach Whitewater City, but why did you go this way? Why can't you go straight north from Tuozhi City to Whitewater City, why take a detour? If the Tang Army sent an army from Baishui City to the south to raid Tuozhi City, wouldn't it cut off our army's rear route?

Daoud had heard that the 3,000 cavalry of the Great Food Army stationed in Baishui City were defeated by a surprise attack by the Tang Army from thousands of miles away, since there was a first time, why couldn't there be a second time?

Thinking of this, Daoud felt a chill from the soles of his feet down his spine to the top door above his head, and he instantly shouted in his body: "Come on, call the guide, quick!" ”

"Yes, General!"

A Shiguo guide was soon brought into the big tent, and he trembled and saluted Daoud: "The villain greets the general, I wonder what the general sent to summon the villain late at night?" ”

Daoud waved his hand and said, "Let me ask you, is there a shortcut or path from Tuozhi City to Whitewater City?" ”

After hearing this, the guide of Shiguo hesitated for a moment and said, "There is a path in legend, but no one has walked it."

Daoud frowned, and his tone was a little unhappy, "How can you say it's a legend?" Is there any? If so, how? ”

The guide of Shiguo said: "There should be, in fact, from Tuozhi City, you can directly go north through the continuous hills and grottoes to reach Baishui City, instead of going northwest like before we came, and then go east after arriving at the Henglus River, although this road is very easy to walk, but the road is much farther, but it is better to be safe, the marching speed is fast, and it is difficult to walk through the hills and grottoes, and this generation is also entrenched in an unknown number of horse bandits and robbers, if you want to pass directly through their territory, it is easy to be attacked!" ”

"Horse bandits?" Daoud muttered a sentence in his mouth, and then waved his hand to the guide: "You go out first!" ”

After the guide left, Daoud looked at the map again and whispered to himself: "If the Tang army really plans to take this road to surprise attack Tuozhi City and cut off the back road of our army, I hope that the horse bandits in this area can create some trouble for them and slow down their marching speed, and I hope that this path will slow down their marching speed a little, only in this way will our army have enough time to retreat to Tuozhi City!" ”

After speaking, Daoud didn't turn around and turned back, and shouted directly: "Someone, order: increase the number of reconnaissance cavalry, and go all out to hunt down the Tang army detective posts active around our army's camp!" In addition, summon the officers to come to the meeting immediately, go quickly! ”

"Yes, General!"

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At this time, Zhao Ziliang did not fall asleep, he stood in front of the hanging map with his arms crossed and stared at the map, the lights in the big tent were a little chaotic, but this could not affect him to look at the map and study the combat strategy.

"I don't know if Wei Meng and Mo Heji Tutun persuaded those horse bandits!" Zhao Ziliang muttered in a low voice.

At this time, Wang Can walked in and hugged his fists to report: "General, the sentry in front has come to report, they have been attacked by a large number of cannibals, and they have suffered a lot of losses!" The last general has already sent more men to strengthen the strength of the reconnaissance cavalry, and the last general feels that the situation is abnormal, so he comes to report to the general! ”

"Oh? Did this happen suddenly? Zhao Ziliang raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Yes, although the scouts on both sides fought each other a few days ago, there was no large-scale direct confrontation, after all, the role of the scouts is to probe each other's military situation and not desperately, but this time is different, the big cannibal is obviously trying to destroy the reconnaissance force we have arranged in front, so that we can become blind and deaf!"

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help blurting out: "It's not good, the big cannibal wants to escape!" ”

Wang Can's heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

Zhao Ziliang closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Pass my general order, dispatch the whirlwind eighteen cavalry, and lead five hundred elite cavalry to test it, if the big food army is indeed busy retreating, let them decide whether to attack or follow depending on the situation, if the formation of the other party is not chaotic when retreating, they can only follow and not attack, if the other party is in a hurry when retreating, the materials in the camp are discarded at will, you can attack tentatively, and also send an order to Chu Ge, and order him to lead three thousand fine cavalry to respond, in case this is a trap of the big cannibal!" ”

Wang Can felt that the troops sent were too small, and asked, "General, are the troops too few?" Do you want Chu Ge to lead 5,000 people? ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and shook his head and said: "No, a lot of people is not necessarily a good thing, it's late at night, you can't see clearly in the night, it's easy to be ambushed, if you are ambushed, the more people you have, it's not easy to escape, even if the big cannibals really want to escape, then let them escape, we just need to hang tightly behind them, so that they can't retreat at full speed, and give our partial division time to attack Tuozhi City!" ”

"Got it!" Wang Can nodded and arched his hand: "The last general will go to convey the general's military order!" ”

The Whirlwind Eighteen Cavalry led five hundred cavalry to dispatch, such a huge force, of course the scout cavalry of the big cannibal couldn't stop it, and they were quickly killed and killed, the Whirlwind Eighteen Cavalry led the five hundred cavalry to quickly push to the periphery of the camp of the Great Food Army, what appeared in front of them was a pitch-black camp, and there seemed to be countless figures waiting quietly in the darkness of the camp, which made Xuanyi, who led the troops, wonder, if there was an ambush, the ambush soldiers should not all be hidden, how could they be exposed?

Xuan Yi pondered for a moment, took out his riding bow and arrows and shot one into the darkness in the camp of the Great Food Army, the arrow made a whooshing sound, but there was no expected scream, which made Xuan Yi's heart move, and he immediately ordered: "Send a group of cavalry in to investigate!" ”

"No!"

A group of cavalry quickly rode their horses and trotted into the camp of the Great Food Army, and soon a horse came to report: "General, the camp is empty, and it is all straw men made of wild grass!" ”

"The Great Cannibal has run away!" Xuan Yi's face was ugly, and he immediately said to Xuan Er: "Old man, quickly send someone to report to the general, and I will take the others to chase the Great Food Army!" ”

"Good!"

After Zhao Ziliang got the news in the battalion, he immediately ordered Chu Ge to lead the troops to follow twenty miles behind the Whirlwind Eighteen Cavalry and the Five Hundred Cavalry to respond, and ordered Xuan Yi to catch up with the tail of the big cannibal as soon as possible, so that he could attack and harass according to the situation.

Zhao Ziliang only slept for three hours, and at dawn, Xuan Yi sent someone back from the front to report that he had caught up with the rear of the Great Food Army, and also carried out an attack on the tail of the Great Food Army, but the speed of the Great Food Army did not slow down.

As long as he caught up with the Great Food Army, Zhao Ziliang was relieved, and he ordered the Whirlwind Eighteen Cavalry to carry out all-round harassment and small-scale attacks on the Great Food Army, and try to delay the retreat of the Great Food Army.

Daoud made a mistake, he wanted to hunt down the Tang army detectives around the camp to prevent the news of their retreat late at night from being detected by the Tang army, but he didn't know that this sudden big move had caused Zhao Ziliang's vigilance, if he did nothing as usual, just quietly assembled the army, he would definitely be able to evacuate unnoticed, and the Tang army would not find that their camp was already an empty camp until after dawn. (To be continued.) )