A moonless night is not actually completely dark, and the navy blue sky looks deeper and deeper against the silver starlight in the sky.

The yellow-white sandy surface of the wasteland looks a slightly lighter shade of gray in the faint light, the occasional ripples of the Harry River are like the stars in the sky shining with fluorescent, the various brownish-green turf during the day looks like a dark flannel spread on the ground because of the different ups and downs, and the brownish-green woods are like curly folds, but the continuous folds seem to be somewhat damaged, and the culprits who bite through the folds surge out, and under the night, like ghosts swimming in the dark.

The night is not silent, although the autumn wind is not strong, but when it skims the treetops and turf, there is always the sound of the shuttle, the Hari River does not flow fast, but there is also the same gurgling sound, and in the depths of the distant wilderness, there are also nocturnal lone wolves calling for the moonlight.

The white snoring of the Ghaznavid tent was earth-shattering, and the campfires outside the tent, though not as prosperous as they had been in the evening, were still beeping as the night watchmen added new firewood, a little further from the wide camp that spread across the river, and the horses standing and sleeping might occasionally wake up from nightmares, rather than making a low chirp, and the Ghaznavid sentinels who patrolled the night became drowsy from the snoring of men and the beeping of the bonfire.

Abdu. Massoud blasted all the guards out, and stayed alone in the tent to think, as a battle-hardened and defending commander he still had some brains, at least he didn't make a huge main tent like many people who like to show off, but chose the same tent as all the soldiers, but the quality and interior decoration were completely different.

As the childhood companion of the current Emir of Turkmenistans, Mahmud, Abdul Murphy. Massoud believed that he had the trust of the stubborn prince, and it seemed like a long time had passed since five years ago when he united with the northern Bogra Khan (Qarakhanid kingdom) to overthrow the rule of the Ahmads (the ruling family of the Samanid dynasty) and agreed to rule across the Amu Darya River.

Although there were occasional clashes with the tribes in the north for five years in a row, Balkh was generally relatively peaceful, and in his spare time he could take pleasure in bullying the merchants who had passed by.

But since Qadir Khan, the son of Bogra Khan in the north, destroyed the Khotanese kingdom in the east last year, the situation on the border has changed dramatically.

With the connivance of Qadir Khan, the bastards of the north often crossed the Hari River and plundered south. When he was preparing for a counterattack, half a month ago, Mahmoud sent someone to send a letter to him urgently, saying that a group of descendants of the Tang Dynasty had attacked and killed Wang Shang Pasar, and he also strictly ordered him to send heavy troops to encircle and suppress the eastbound Tang team coming from the east.

Is it too much of a fuss? Abdu. Massoud is such an idea, according to intelligence data, the other party is only more than 10,000 people, and there are a large number of old and young women and children, this kind of team carrying so many burdens is enough as long as the warriors of several tribes are recruited to encircle and suppress it, where is the use of himself who is guarding against that bastard in Kadir? And to mobilize the elite stationed in Balkh?

But this is, after all, Mahmoud's military order, and Abdul who cannot disobey him. Massoud sighed with depression, fortunately he sent the striker Mishm out, although that guy was grumpy and had no one in his eyes, but he was really brave, and he led the elite, and he thought that after he went to Mashhad, it would be at most a finish.

The tens of thousands of tribal warriors still gathered in Herat in the rear may not be needed at all, those greedy guys don't know where to get the news, the Tang people who have been hiding in the west for so many years are a good prey, it is enough to keep them for themselves, as for the others? them!

He told the guards to blow out the candles in the tent and fell asleep on a soft pile of more than ten layers of leather.

Proud and conceited Abdu. Massoud didn't expect his striker general to be a stubborn and reckless man, thinking that he was very lax without the slightest guard in the area controlled by his own race, and went to sleep like this when he was drunk.

Although the nominal Ghaznavid ruler Mahmoud still respected the rule of the Baghdad caliphate and was seeking the possibility of canonization as sultan, the Turks were not considered devout Green Cultists at this time, so they did not comply with the prohibition of alcohol.

The night was pervasive, and soon the three bright stars in the south rose to the south, and a bright shadow began to appear in the sky in the east, and dozens of stars appeared on the edge of the dozen fences where there was occasionally a roar of horses, and then after a few short numbers, it spread into a line of fire, and began to spread to the inner circle where the horses rested, and the horses that had only occasionally woke up from a dream and whispered all woke up, and they began to be restless.

Fire was something that all animals feared, and the burning line of fire was distributed on the side facing away from the Ghaznavid camp, and as the viscous fire oil on the ground was ignited, several horses with fire oil on their hooves began to kick their legs violently, and the oil spots thrown out stuck to the horses next to them with sparks, and almost instantly more than 10,000 horses were encamped.

The frightened horses broke the fence and jumped out of the fence, and the horses with fire on their hooves ran out even more frantically, causing the fire oil sprinkled on the ground to burn even more rapidly.

The horses, of course, wanted to get as far away from the fire as possible, but as the fire spread, more than 10,000 horses rushed straight into the Ghaznavid camp.

"It's on fire! The horse was shocked! The Ghaznavids, who were on duty, shouted in Turkic.

It's a pity that it's too late to be alerted at this time.

In the evening, there were so many drunken soldiers that few were able to get out of the tent in time, and the galloping and furious horses had no scruples and rushed into the camp. Some of the crowded horses could run through the gaps in the tents, and those who were squeezed in the middle collapsed the tents and stepped over the soldiers who were still confused.

There were so many horses, and they were gathered together by fear, that even a less vigorous bonfire could stop them. The campfire was kicked apart, and sparks flew everywhere, quickly igniting the tent......

It all happened in just a few minutes, and the Ghaznavid camp became even livelier than the chaotic market. The loud clatter of horses on the ground, the neighing of terror, the cries of soldiers, the wails of the wounded...... It's all rolled up together.

And as the horses collided in the camp, the scope of the commotion expanded in an instant.

In the dark place a mile away from the camp, Lao Luo led the entire cavalry school to form a sharp formation, adjusting the final sprint state.

Lao Luo rode a black cloud and stood in front of the team, wearing a black rhinoceros leather armor, with a black silk scarf covering his face, under him was the same black black cloud, with a solid Ma Kai hanging on his body, and Lao Luo's Ran Yu long knife was placed horizontally on the back of the black cloud, which matched Lao Luo's tall figure as a whole, and was not worse than the legendary demon god, "Soldiers, this battle will be an experience for the cavalry school to face most enemies, take out your greatest ability, and kill all those who try to prevent us from returning to the East!" ”

At this time, the camp of the Ghaznavids had begun to be chaotic, and there was no need to worry about the other party being able to see it from a distance of one mile, let alone worrying about any noise being discovered by the other party.

Lao Luo's opposite are Gonzas and Naga, two tall guys, and Lao Luo rides a Hercules horse, and the same full body armor, this battle Lao Luo does not plan to use a bow and arrow, it is really because there are too many enemies, and the efficiency of the bow and arrow is not necessarily as fast as the vertical horse and horizontal sword.

The so-called sharp arrow formation is a kind of triangular formation, a classic and practical formation of cavalry charge.

Lao Luo arranged all the heavily armored knights wearing heavy armor and riding Hercules horses in front to avoid unnecessary casualties, and the back were all good at bow shooting, and all of them wore silk scarves that covered their mouths and noses, plus well-protected helmets, which were the army of pure demon gods.

"No!" This is the slogan required in battle, and everyone on horseback began to get excited, the enemy has been disturbed by their own horses, even if they are numerous, what can they do? With a promise, the warriors who were ready were already a little impatient.

As the moon rose and gradually began to light up, Lao Luo turned his horse, lined up at the forefront of the line, and erected a long knife that glowed with blue light reflected by the moonlight, "Everyone, you don't need to shout loudly, pay attention to the formation, don't fall behind, don't be greedy, encounter dense enemies, pay attention to prepare the oil tank, and go!" ”

As Lao Luo's long knife swung forward, the black clouds, who had been excited, rushed out first, then Gonzas and Naga, and then all the big men of the cavalry school and the Hercules horses under them......

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves finally sounded, and the Ghaznavids, who had been noisy in the evening, could not pay any attention to the enemy who was accelerating from the darkness to the north.

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