Although the Byzantines did not find the Tang army anything to be afraid of, they were not careless enough to ignore it.

Therefore, after the vanguard of the Byzantines was stationed, the first thing they did was to inform the Minnee city lord of their arrival, and the second thing was to spread out their men and horses to find out the movements of the Tang army.

In this way, the area around Minny, which is more than 30 miles away, has become a killing ground for spies on both sides, with people dying every day and skirmishes every day.

As the supreme commander of the Byzantine vanguard army, Iric was naturally not in a good mood when he saw that his subordinates were dying dozens or hundreds of people every day. After all, there are only 20,000 people in his hands, and the Tang army on the opposite side has 200,000, whether it is the total number or the number of spies, he is very disadvantaged in comparison.

But even so, he still didn't dare to enter the city, it always takes time for 20,000 people to enter the city, if the Tang army bypasses Minny City and launches an attack at this time, he is not sure whether the city will be lost, but half of his men will die is certain.

And just when he was worried about whether to ask for reinforcements from behind, a piece of information was sent out from Minny: Tonight, the city lord wants to personally lead the army in the city to steal the grain and grass of the Tang Dynasty.

In just a few dozen words, it showed the determination and courage of the Minnie City Lord, and Iric felt guilty when he saw it.

But after all, this kind of thing is a dead friend and not a poor way, and the state system of Byzantium determines that every city lord has his own private soldiers, and every general also has his own private soldiers. In such a situation, if it were not for the king's order, naturally no one would like to use their own family wealth to probe the enemy's reality.

So if the city lord of Minni wants to go, let him go, just let him explore the way, anyway, as soon as the war starts, Minny City will bear the brunt, even if Byzantium finally wins, his city is basically abandoned, it is better to let him make the best use of everything.

Thinking of this, Iric ordered all his men to pack up and prepare for action, if the Minny City Lord was defeated by then, he could run faster, and if the Minny City Lord succeeded...... It can also be faster to grab credit.

In the night, the south gate of Minni City slowly opened silently, and dozens of horsemen wrapped their hooves in thick linen cloth, and the war horses with their mouths chewing slowly came out of it under the traction of the knights, and slowly disappeared into the night.

After a while, along the open city gate, war horses began to come out one after another, without exception, all of them wrapped in thick linen cloth on their hooves, and chewed their heads in their mouths, trying not to make a sound from the war horses.

However, the number of people who came out this time was obviously a bit large, and a full quarter of an hour passed, and people continued to come out of it, until nearly half an hour later, there was no movement in the gloomy city gate, and the suspension bridge outside the city began to slowly retract.

The five thousand cavalry had all left the city, but in order not to arouse the vigilance of the Tang army, these knights who came out of the city did not immediately get on their horses, but just led their horses and walked, leaning towards the direction of the main camp of the Tang army.

Time passed slowly, and before I knew it, it was past midnight, and the originally noisy Tang army camp began to fall into a deep sleep.

Looking at the Tang Army camp that had been quiet, the 'Minny City Lord' instructed the soldiers around him: "Inform the people below to prepare, the time is almost up, let them check the fire on their bodies, and don't make any mistakes for a while." Remember, the most important thing is not to fall in love with the war, our purpose is to burn the grain and grass, not to fight the Tang army. ”

At this time, he was wearing a mask with blue fangs on his face, and the cavalry around him were also dressed in the same way, and at first glance they looked like countless evil spirits from the Netherworld, obviously fully prepared for this 'sneak attack'.

Those guards seemed to have been waiting for the order of the 'Minny City Lord' for a long time, and when they heard this, they immediately turned away, and after a while, they turned back and said in a deep voice: "City Lord, it has been arranged, the warriors are ready to attack at any time. ”

"Good!" The 'Minny City Lord' nodded heavily, glanced back at him, and waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

'Boom ......' a series of colliding clothes and armor, and all the five thousand cavalry turned on their horses, and then rushed up to the Tang army camp hundreds of paces away with a whistle.

Although the hooves of the war horses had been wrapped, the formation caused by the 20,000 horses' hooves hitting the ground still made the sentries on the Tang army post vigilant and cast their eyes on the darkness in the distance.

With a 'whoosh', an arrow from nowhere suddenly 'pierced' the soldier's throat, and then he fell silently.

Then several long arrows shot out of nowhere 'pierced' the throats of the other sentries in turn, and as several of the sentries fell silently, the galloping horses rushed to the camp gate.

'Whoosh...... long arrows rained down, and the masked cavalrymen on the horses pulled out their longbows one after another, shot the long arrows with fire in their hands to the surrounding camp tents, and then rushed into the depths of the Tang army camp non-stop.

For more than 20 breaths, a terrible warning sound came from a corner of the Tang army camp, and then in the open fire, the entire Tang army camp was in chaos.

5,000 cavalry against 200,000 Tang troops, it seems that there is a huge difference in numbers, but don't forget that they don't want to fight to the death with the Tang army, the purpose of these people is actually to set fire, as long as they can rush to the position where the Tang army stacks grain and grass, it can be regarded as a great success.

Therefore, these 'Minni City defenders' who 'killed' into the Tang army camp did not stop at all, and after creating a lot of chaos, they rushed towards the rear of the Tang army camp, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the entire camp had been chiseled, and the piles of 'grain and grass' had appeared in front of them.

"Burn it out, hurry up and ......" The masked 'Minni City Lord' roared loudly under the protection of dozens of guards, urging his subordinates.

And those 'Minni City defenders' who finally passed through the Tang army camp naturally did not dare to slack off, and before the Tang troops behind them caught up, they desperately threw out all the things they were carrying.

Soon, the fire was blazing, and from a distance it looked as if the sky was burning red.

The 'Minni City Defenders' took this opportunity to flee into the distance, leaving behind countless Tang troops shouting and scolding around the skyrocketing fire.

(End of chapter)