Five days had passed since the beginning of the battle, and both sides had lost some of their forces, but on the whole, the losses of the Great Eater Army were much greater, and the Sogdian servants, who had 40,000 men, had less than 20,000 men left to continue fighting, and there were a large number of wounded soldiers lying in the camps, and every day wounded soldiers were dying because they could not be treated; The main force of the Great Food Army lost more than 12,000 people, and more than 3,000 wounded soldiers, but there were only more than 30,000 soldiers in battle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The overall situation of the Tang army was slightly better, the tribal armies of the Western Turks and the tribal armies of the kingdoms of Anxi lost nearly 6,000 people, and there were 2,000 wounded soldiers, and the main force of the Tang army lost 5,000 men and horses, and more than 2,000 wounded soldiers.

From the overall point of view, the situation of the Tang Army is better than that of the Great Food Army, and the commander of the Great Food Army, Ziade, also knows this situation, the quality of the war horses of the Great Food Army is much stronger than that of the Tang Army's cavalry, and the cavalry maneuvers quickly, which is the advantage of the Great Food Army, and the advantage of the Tang Army lies in the long-range strike capability, and the combat capabilities of the Tang Army infantry are generally stronger than those of the Great Food Army, because the Tang Army infantry is not only a pikeman, but also a sword and shield bearer, or an archer, but every soldier of the Tang Army is a multi-faceted combat expert, which is incomparable to the Great Food Army.

On the night of 17 June, the two sides had been fighting for five days, and the Great Food Army was in a large camp.

Dozens of generals gathered in Ziade's tent, these are all generals of the Great Food Army, none of them are servant generals, and the atmosphere in the tent is a little depressing, just because the battle situation in these consecutive days is really unfavorable to them.

Ziad looked at the generals who were a little depressed in the tent and said in a deep voice: "I and the Governor fought with the Tang Army two years ago, when their leading general was called Zhao Ziliang, he led the troops to our big food to welcome the princess Hera of the previous dynasty, we fought with him several times, Gao Xianzhi's soldiers and horses are still much worse than Zhao Ziliang in terms of combat quality, but in this way, we are still in a bad situation when we have an absolute advantage in troops!" I originally planned to use the high-speed mobility of our light cavalry to deal with the Tang army, but Gao Xianzhi obviously knew his disadvantages in this regard, so he deployed 40,000 barbarian cavalry with high-speed mobility on the left and right flanks, so that we could not use cavalry to guerrilla their main force of the Chinese army. The situation is not in our favor, but don't worry, our main force is still there, and the morale of Allah's people is still very high! Judging from the battles of these days, I have figured out the general situation of the Tang army, and the tactics of adding fuel are no longer suitable for continuation, and if we delay it, we will only be eaten away by the Tang army little by little, and for the sake of today, we can only have a decisive battle with the Tang army. Early tomorrow morning, let the soldiers eat and drink to their heart's content, and then all of them will go out for a decisive battle with the Tang army! ”

All the generals in the tent saluted together and shouted, "Yes! ”

Ziad waved his hand: "Mud, Said, and Daoud stay, and the others go back and prepare!" ”

After everyone else in the tent had left, Mudd stepped forward and saluted, "Your Excellency, has the opportunity to let the Qarluqs do it?" ”

Ziad nodded and said, "Yes, you have already dealt with the Qarluqs several times, and you have letters and tokens as evidence, the Qarluqs have already taken the bait, since they have already boarded the ship, if you want to get off the ship, it depends on whether we agree!" As long as we hand over the letters and tokens to the commander of the Tang Army, their fate can be imagined! I forgive them and don't dare not agree, you go and tell Ge Yan, Ge Qutu and others, tomorrow when the main force of our Chinese army and the main force of the Tang army are in a stalemate, let them quickly lead their men and horses to attack the rear of the main force of the Tang army! Remember, this matter is to be kept absolutely confidential, and you go and supervise them yourself! ”

Mudder saluted, "The villain obeys!" ”

After Mudd left, Daoud said: "Your Excellency, according to the deployment of the Tang army, they deployed the barbarian cavalry on both flanks, and the two wings are still some distance away from the Chinese army, and the Qarluq people are on the right flank, if the Qarluq people do not obey the military order to advance from the right flank to their Chinese army, they will inevitably be discovered, so I am afraid that it will not play a sudden role!" Moreover, the servant army of our two wings is not only already at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, but also far worse than the barbarian cavalry of the Tang army, which is our weakness, if our two wings are defeated by them, the main force of the Chinese army will be in danger! ”

Ziad said: "That's why I want to concentrate all the main forces in the Chinese army to prepare for the main force of the Tang army to fight to the death, in terms of strength, the main force of our army is more than twice the main force of the Tang army, more than 20,000 main forces of the showdown, the gap in strength is a big weakness, more than half of the Tang army is infantry, tomorrow I decide to use the last trump card against the Tang army infantry, as long as they defeat their main infantry of the Chinese army, in order to stabilize their position, they are bound to draw barbarian troops from both flanks to help the battle, if the Qarluq people are not too stupid, It will definitely seize the opportunity to automatically ask for battle, as long as the Qarluqs attack the rear of the Tang army, the Tang army will definitely be defeated! General Said, tomorrow you will use your 3,000 heavy cavalry to attack the middle infantry of the Tang Army, and I don't believe that their infantry can stop our ironclad heavy cavalry! As long as the Tang infantry phalanx can be defeated, even if all the three thousand heavy cavalry are lost, it will be worth it! ”

Said and Daoud looked at each other and couldn't help nodding, and he saluted Ziad: "Understood! ”

The Tang Army marched into a big tent.

The tent was full of civilian officials and military generals, after five consecutive days of fighting, both sides were almost clear about the strength of the other party, Gao Xianzhi also realized that the time for the decisive battle had come, and the Great Food Army would not continue to fight with him in a small-scale battle to let him eat up his troops, and would definitely use the superior forces to fight a decisive battle with him.

Looking at the civil officials and generals in the tent, Gao Xianzhi said: "Tomorrow's Great Eclipse Army is likely to have a decisive battle with our army, although we are not short of food and grass, and the arrows are still sufficient, but if the war is protracted, the morale and physical strength of the soldiers will be consumed quickly, so we must also fight quickly, the Great Eclipse Army is only afraid and does not want to continue to consume us like this, their troops are more than us, and the amount of grain and grass consumed is not small, neither of us can afford to consume, the decisive battle will come sooner or later, it is better to simply set it tomorrow, and the Great Eclipse Army will fight to determine the victory!" He Lou Yurun, tomorrow you will lead the Modao team at the front of the infantry, and defeat the cavalry of the Great Food Army for General Ben! ”

The main general of the Anxi Mo Sword Army was originally Li Siye, and He Lou Yurun was his deputy general, but Li Siye let Princess Hera die of illness on the way to escort Princess Hera, and the court held him accountable and seized all his official positions, so the deputy general He Lou Yurun replaced him as the chief general of the Anxi Mo Sword Army.

When He Lou Yurun heard Gao Xianzhi ordering the general, he immediately stood up and hugged his fists and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Gao Xianzhi looked at Li Fei Yuanli and Duan Xiushi again and said, "Li Fei Yuanli, Duan Xiushi!" ”

The two stood up and hugged their fists; "The last general!"

"Tomorrow, the two of you will each lead 5,000 cavalry and deploy them on the left and right flanks!"

"Command!"

Gao Xianzhi looked at the deputy general Xi Yuanqing again and ordered: "Xi Yuanqing, order you to lead all the infantry infantry!" ”

"Yes!"

After deploying the left, middle and right three divisions, there are still 2,000 light cavalry left, which is under the jurisdiction of the supervising army Bian Lingcheng, and he can't let Bian Lingcheng lead the troops to slash and kill the Great Food Army, so he can only say to Bian Lingcheng: "Lord Bian, you can take the remaining 2,000 people as the rear army to guard the commandery!" ”

Bian Lingcheng nodded and said, "It should be like this!" ”

Northeast corner of the camp on the right flank of the Don Army.

Ge Yan's face changed drastically after hearing his subordinates' report, he hurriedly walked outside the tent, and saw Mudder standing at the door wearing a black cloak, he immediately brought Mudra in and asked in a panic: "Mr. Mulder, what are you doing at this time?" If you don't want to die, don't you want to kill us? Even if you send a reliable person over for something, can you do it yourself? ”

Mudd saluted: "This matter is too important, the commander of our army, General Ziad, is not very relieved, so I can only make a trip myself, but the Khan can rest assured, I was careful along the way and was not discovered."

Ge Yan had no choice but to ask Mudder to sit down and asked, "Then what is the matter with you?" ”

Mudder said: "The time for the decisive battle has come, tomorrow!" Our general hopes that the Qarluq people will be able to raid the rear of the main force of the Tang army tomorrow and form a two-sided attack with our main frontal force! ”

When Ge Yan heard this, his face kept changing, and when Mu De saw this, he knew that he was still hesitating, and said: "Khan, things have come to this point, you Qarluqs have no way to retreat, your people are already on the way to come, at this time, I am afraid that they have been discovered by the Tang people, and it will definitely not work if you want to go back, just like the Orientals say, 'the arrow is on the string, and you have to send it' is a truth!" As long as the Tang army is defeated, our army will immediately occupy the Western Turkic land, and at that time your people will be the masters of this large area, and the wide grasslands and abundant water and grass are the most suitable for grazing! ”

Ge Yan also knew that there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and the matter had come to this point, so he could only take risks and go all the way to the dark! He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll act with the other two leaders, what do you want us to do?" ”

Mulder said: "Tomorrow when the decisive battle, our army will concentrate all the main forces to attack the main force of the Tang army, their frontal infantry will definitely not be able to stop, can only draw cavalry reinforcements on both wings, when the time comes, you take the initiative to ask for reinforcements from the Chinese army, and when you reach the vicinity of the Chinese army, immediately concentrate your forces to raid their rear road, as long as their rear army is defeated, the Tang army will definitely be defeated!" ”

Ge Yan nodded and said, "Okay!" If Gao Xianzhi really sent someone to draw troops and horses from the two wings, I would definitely take the initiative to ask for reinforcements, but what if Gao Xianzhi didn't send someone to order reinforcements from the two wings? ”

Mulder said, "I'm going to stay here, and I'll tell you what to do when the time comes!" ”

That night, Mudder stayed in Ge Yan's camp, in order to prevent anyone from discovering Mulde's existence, Ge Yan had to send people to guard around Mude's camp, prohibiting anyone from approaching, and Ge Yan sent people overnight to find the Khan of the Seeking Tribe, Ge Qutu and the Khan of the Blazing Tribe, told them the decision of the Great Cannibal, and consulted with them to reach an agreement. (To be continued.) )