Daoud was ordered to take his personal guards and quickly rushed to the left camp to raise troops and horses out of the camp to fight against the Tang army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The battle started again, this was the second battle since the Tang Army and the Great Food Army faced each other, Gao Xianzhi wanted to force the Great Food Army to send the main force and test the combat power of the main force of the Great Food Army, but the main general of the Great Food Army, Qi Yade, obviously did not want to be led by Gao Xianzhi, so he only sent the servant army to meet the battle.

Cao Lingzhong, the general of the Tang Army and the envoy of the Anxi soldiers and horses, was obviously not a rule-abiding person, and he launched an attack before the Great Food Servant Army came out of the camp before he had time to establish a position, and it was an attack on all fronts.

In this vast flat grassland, 20,000 cavalry is already a very large military unit, spread on the battlefield, the vertical and horizontal lines are miles away, a huge phalanx quickly collided with the large servant army, and the cavalry on the ground rushed forward like dense ants.

Before the formation of the Great Eater Servant Army was set up, the Tang Army launched a charge, which made Daoud so shocked that he couldn't help but scold in fright: "Damn, the Tang people don't pay attention to the rules, how can there be a head-on duel that doesn't allow them to attack when they open their formation?" ”

Although the Great Food Country is an Asian country, it has been at war with the Western Byzantine Empire for a long time, so it is deeply influenced by the West in terms of war etiquette and war art, and even the war ideas are similar to Western military thought, and the military thought, war etiquette, and war art of the East are completely different, although Daoud is not the first time to fight with the Eastern army, but he did not expect Cao Lingzhong to pay no attention to the rules, and launch an attack without waiting for him to gain a foothold, which completely caught him off guard.

The adjutant general next to him eagerly persuaded: "Your Excellency, now is not the time to complain, immediately order the whole army to fight!" ”

At this moment, Daoud could only bite the bullet and catch the ducks on the shelf, he immediately ordered all units of the servant army to meet the front line, and he himself drew his scimitar and took the lead in meeting the Tang army.

The Great Food Servant Army, which had not yet completed the formation, had to rush to meet the battle under the orders of the officers of various departments, but at this time, the morale of the army was extremely low, and the servant army was unwilling to work for the Great Cannibal, but now it was panicking again, and before the two sides officially collided, some people in the Sogdian Servant Army began to prepare to flee.

When the two armies charged each other, about a hundred paces apart, the servants of the Tang Army took the lead in shooting with bows and arrows under Cao Lingzhong's order, and tens of thousands of arrows flew into the sky, like a dark cloud shrouded in the sky and instantly fell in the Sogdian servant army, the blow of the arrow rain caused extremely heavy casualties, and the front of the Sogdian servant army kept falling in pieces, and before the formal hand-to-hand encounter, the Sogdian servant army had such a large casualty, and the little bit of courage and morale of the other Sogdian servant troops disappeared in an instantThe people who had not died in the first few rows immediately stopped their horses, then turned around and ran back, while the people behind were still rushing forward, and the two sides collided with each other, and the Sogdian servant army suddenly became chaotic, and the Tang army servant army was like a tiger and wolf slaughtering into a flock of sheep, constantly killing the Sogdian servant army with spears, scimitars, iron plates and maces!

The Sogdians, who were originally reluctant to work for the Great Food Army, not only did not have the slightest fighting spirit at this time, but also began to flee backwards on a large scale, and a large-scale rout was formed, and everyone only wanted to live, this situation made Daoud furious, and he killed more than a dozen fleeing Sogdians in one face, and he still could not prevent the rout at that time.

Ziyad, who was standing on a high platform in the distance and watching the battle, was already blue at this time, the combat effectiveness of this Sogdian servant army was too poor, and the two sides had not yet formally met with short troops before they fled, such a large-scale and large-scale rout, even if the commander of the army was Allah, he was powerless to return to the sky!

Ziad clenched his fists, and after a while, he let go of his fists and sighed: "This battle can't be fought like this, Daoud can't save the defeat, and the order goes down to let Captain Ward lead the headquarters to pick up, so that Daoud's men and horses can escape back to the camp smoothly, we can't lose these servant troops in vain, it's still useful to keep them!" ”

"Yes, honorable general!"

It will take time to dispatch troops, and at this time, the Sogdian servant army has been defeated in a mess, where will Cao Lingzhong be polite? Immediately led a large army to cover up from behind, and the Sogdian servant army suffered countless casualties for a time, one-sided slaughter, corpses everywhere on the battlefield, people with missing arms and legs, and the sound of wails and shouts filled the entire battlefield.

Captain Ward of the main force of the Great Food Army finally rushed over with the main force, but at this time the 20,000 Sogdian servants were killed and wounded more than 10,000, and the rest were still desperately running into the camp.

If it weren't for the fact that Ward, the commander of the Great Food Army, came to cover and intercept the pursuit and killing of the Tang army with 10,000 cavalry of the regular main army, I was afraid that the Tang army would rush into the camp.

Although Cao Lingzhong's military talent was not brilliant, this person acted steadily and was not greedy for merit, and when he saw the main force of the Great Food Army coming to cover, he knew that he could not do anything, so he immediately stopped and ordered the army to retreat slowly and orderly.

These tribal armies of Anxi have already fought many battles with the Tang army, and the Tang army generals are very handy in command, which is absolutely impossible for the Great Food Army to control the Sogdian servant army in a short period of time and give full play to their combat power.

After Daoud settled the remnants of the Sogdian servant army with less than 10,000 left, he immediately came to the Chinese army camp with his own guards, his image at this time was extremely embarrassed, his helmet was nowhere to be found, there were several sharp arrows stuck in the armor on his body, and the armor on his chest had been cut by the sharp blade of the Tang army, but it did not hurt his skin.

As soon as Daoud walked into the tent of the Chinese army, he complained to Ziad: "These Sogdian servant troops are all a rabble, there is no combat effectiveness at all, just now the general must have seen the whole process, the two sides have not yet contacted, the other party only shot a rain of arrows, these Sogdian servant troops are frightened because some people have died, embarrassed and fled, even if Allah possesses me!" ”

Ziad understood Daoud's mood very well, but Ziad also knew that although the combat strength of these Sogdian servant troops was really not flattering, but with these people here, they could more or less contain part of the Tang army's troops, and they could also use these people as human shields at critical moments.

In the face of Daoud's complaints, Ziad soothed: "General Daoud is angry, I also know that the combat effectiveness of these servant armies is poor, in fact, it is not that their combat effectiveness is poor, but that we have not unified them well, and we have not let them really surrender from the heart, and they have only surrendered not long ago, and they want to exert their combat effectiveness, it will take time, General Daoud should not worry, although this battle was lost, it is not that General Daoud commanded improperly, but that the combat effectiveness of the servant army is problematic!" ”

Said next to him saluted Ziad and said: "Respected general, we have lost two games in a row, not only the morale of the servant army is even lower, but even the morale and mood of our main force have been affected, if it continues like this, I am afraid that this battle will not be easy to fight!" ”

Ziad said: "Judging from the current situation, there is still a gap between the combat effectiveness of our servant army and the enemy's servant army, but I believe that the combat effectiveness of our main army will not be worse than the combat of their servant army." We can't use the same number of servant troops against the enemy, if we must use the servant army, it is better to fight a good battle, and only when the battle is won, send them out to hunt down the Tang army! ”

The generals and officials of the Great Food Army in the big tent were all convinced, and as for the next move, it depended on how Qi Yad arranged it.

Someone suggested: "Your Excellency, now that the main forces of the Tang Army are here, should we send another army to bypass this garrison and attack the city behind them?" Tang Jun has always liked to engage in this kind of conspiracy and trickery, I think we might as well learn from Tang Jun and let them taste this evil fruit themselves! ”

Ziad was indeed a little moved at first when he heard this, but then he rejected the proposal, shook his head and said: "What you just said is the tactics that belong to the Eastern military thought, but we are not very familiar with the tactics of the Eastern military thought, do you think it is wise to use our shortcomings to deal with their strengths?" Will the Tang people think of it or won't take precautions in advance? Once the Tang army is prepared, the army we sent out is very likely to fall into the trap of the Tang army, and I don't think there is any need to do this, if we want to defeat the Tang army, we can only defeat them head-on, so that they can lose convincingly, and then we will have much less resistance to advancing eastward."

More than half of the people thought Ziyad was right, and they all agreed, and only a few were silent.

Ziad said again: "We can't always be led by the nose by the Tang Army, tomorrow morning we will take the initiative to attack once, and also test the combat effectiveness of the main force of this Tang Army!" ”

"Good!"

On the morning of the next day, the Tang army was just ready to continue to attack from the right flank, this time preparing to directly attack the camp on the left side of the Great Food Army, which had suffered heavy losses, yesterday's battle caused a great loss of troops in the left camp of the Great Food Army, Gao Xianzhi was ready to eat this Sogdian servant army first, and then threaten the main force of the Chinese army of the Great Food Army from the right flank, only half of the 10,000 barbarians walked out of the camp, Gao Xianzhi received the news in the big tent of the Chinese army, "Report - General, the main camp of the Chinese army of the Great Food Army has soldiers and horses coming out, because the other party has not completely left the camp, so I don't know the specific strength!" ”

"Oh? This time, the Great Food Army can't help but attack first? Don't you want to be led by the nose by General Ben? Gao Xianzhi said and reached out to stroke his long beard.

Liang Zai, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, said: "I don't know the number of troops that the other party is going to dispatch this time, so it is difficult for our army to dispatch troops!" ”

Gao Xianzhi smiled: "What's so difficult about this? Where is Zhao Chongxuan? ”

Zhao Chongyu stood in the middle of the big tent and clenched his fists and said: "The last general!" ”

"Order you to lead the people of your headquarters to meet the Great Food Army!"

"Command!"

This time, the Shule army led by Zhao Chongyu had 5,000 cavalry, including 2,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. If the opponent's strength exceeds twice that of the Shule army, the outcome of the battle will be in suspense, if the opponent's strength does not exceed 10,000, Gao Xianzhi is not worried, but just in case, Gao Xianzhi said again: "Jia Chongjun, you lead the transfer army to stand by on time, ready to attack Zhao Chongxuan at any time!" ”

Jia Chongjun immediately clenched his fists and said, "Obey!" (To be continued.) )