Chapter 009: Great Change
Li Zaixing was speechless, these guys really didn't change, they were instilled for so many days, and when they went to the battlefield, they still forgot about it. It's already a sure win, so why rush to shoot these two people, it's good to catch and ask about the situation. If you can ask for valuable information, it can be much more useful than decapitating two levels.
Li Zaixing didn't have time to say this, so he immediately asked Pei Xuanqing and the others to go back to support. Listening to the voice, Zhang Wan and the others also fought with the enemy. Zhang Wan is responsible for protecting Du Fu and the baggage, he can only defend it, and he can't take the initiative to attack, he can't Pei Xuanqing be so virtual and real, and take the initiative in his hands, and if he is negligent, he may fall into trouble.
Pei Xuanqing and the others rushed back.
Five enemies were besieging Zhang Wan and the others, another five people bypassed from the side, preparing to flank Zhang Wan, and the remaining seven enemies stood ten steps away, observing the situation of Zhang Wan and the others, preparing to launch a fatal blow. Their demeanor is very relaxed and they are in a good mood. In their opinion, there is more than three times the numerical advantage, the victory is firmly in their hands, there is no need to worry at all, these camels and horses are their trophies, and these Han people will also be their slaves.
Of the seven people watching the battle, three were white-clad soldiers, and one of them looked more dignified and should have been an officer. Li Zaixing saw it, for fear that Pei Xuanqing and the others would be killed indiscriminately, so he called out in advance: "Twenty-two Lang, leave a living mouth." β
"Got it." Pei Xuanqing responded while running, roaring like thunder.
Hearing the voice behind them, the seven enemies watching the formation were taken aback, and when they turned around and saw Pei Xuanqing rushing over, they were taken aback again. However, they did not mess up the formation, the four of them stepped forward to intercept the formation, and the other two white-clothed soldiers escorted the most noble white-clothed man and retreated.
Li Zaixing stopped, bent his bow and set up his arrows, and as soon as he took aim, he released the bowstring.
The feather arrow burst through the air, and with a sharp roar, it flew a distance of more than thirty paces, and shot at the one in charge of the four enemies who were being deployed.
When the man heard Li Zaixing's voice, he had already realized that there was someone above his head, and he was looking up to check it, and raised his shield vigilantly. His reaction was not slow, but it was still a step slow. Li Zaixing's bow was strong and arrows were fast, his shield had just been raised to his chest, and Li Zaixing's arrow had already pierced through his face.
He didn't even snort, fell on his back, and rolled down the hillside.
The remaining three were caught off guard, and before they could react, Pei Xuanqing killed, broke a person's neck with a whip, and then rushed towards the most noble man in white.
Seeing that Pei Xuanqing and the others had come back, Zhang Wan and the others breathed a sigh of relief, roared in unison, and fought back.
The tide was reversed.
Under the flanking attack of Pei Xuanqing and Zhang Wan, coupled with Li Zaixing's cold arrows flying from time to time, in the blink of an eye, the battle was over. Two of the three men in white were killed, leaving only one bearded man in white standing with his back against the cliff wall, with a pale face. The five warriors who were about to outflank shrank aside as soon as they saw Pei Xuanqing and them killed, neither fighting nor trying to escape.
At this time, Bai Xiaode and Al Maidi also rushed back, and they confirmed that there were no other enemies nearby, and the alarm was lifted. Although they had a full estimate of the strength of Pei Xuanqing and the others, they were still very surprised when they came all the way and looked at the corpses of the enemies on the ground.
Li Zaixing also jumped down from above, walked up to the only remaining white-clothed soldier, and asked, "Do you speak the words of our Han people?" β
The man stared at him with a pair of eyes, frightened and blank.
Li Zaixing has a headache, there is really no one around him who understands big food language. He called Elmadi: "Ask him if he can speak Rite or Persian or something." β
Al Maidi nodded, and asked two questions in Persian Littit, but the man still shook his head blankly. Almadi was a little frustrated, and was about to give up, crouching among the five captives with his head on his hands, when suddenly a man screamed and shouted something.
When Al Maidi heard this, he turned his head, his face was happy, and he also said something. Li Zaixing didn't know what she was talking about, but could only roughly distinguish that it was Persian. Before he could tell it carefully, the white-clothed warrior suddenly roared.
This sentence is also in Persian, and when Al Madi asked him in Persian just now, he looked blank and pretended to be stupid. Li Zaixing immediately understood, and without saying a word, he slapped him in the face.
There was a crisp sound of "pop", and the white-clothed soldier fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, holding two yellow gold teeth. The white-clothed soldier covered his mouth and looked at Li Zaixing resentfully, Li Zaixing sneered, raised his foot, and kicked him on the thigh.
With a "click", his thigh was trampled off by Li Zaixing. He couldn't take it anymore, hugged his legs, and screamed miserably.
Li Zaixing's fierceness frightened the captives, and the captives who originally wanted to come up to save the white-clothed soldiers looked at each other, and honestly retreated. The person who was talking to Al Maidi was also stunned for a moment, and stopped talking.
Ermadi knew Li Zaixing's intentions very well, and said softly in Persian: "You don't have to be afraid, as long as you cooperate well, we won't hurt you." β
The man nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered. When Al Maidi heard this, his eyebrows fluttered, and he turned around and pulled him in front of Li Zaixing.
"Master, he's a Milanese mercenary and wants to tell us all the news."
"Mercenaries?"
"Yes, his name is Gus, he came from Milan and was forced to be requisitioned by the Great Cannibals."
Al Maddy gave Gus a rough rundown of Gus's situation. It turned out that this sturdy young man was not a big cannibal, nor was he a Central Asian Hu with the surname Zhaowu Jiu, and his hometown was a small city-state of Milan under the rule of the Roman Empire. After the city-state was conquered by barbarians from the north, he wandered everywhere, making a living as a mercenary, and now serving in the army of the Great Eater. Because he spent most of his time in former Persia, he knew Persian and knew a little bit of the Great Food Language.
Li Zaixing looked at Gus and found that he did not look like a Central Asian, but had some faith with Al Maddie, a pair of gray eyes.
"Well, tell me what you know." Li Zaixing glanced at the big cannibal who fell to the ground: "Don't worry, none of them can escape." β
Al Maddy translated his words, and Gus nodded again and again. Al Maidi translated, and Li Zaixing knew that Gus actually wanted Li Zaixing to hand over this big cannibal to him. When he said this, his eyes were vicious, as if he wanted to tear the great cannibal to pieces.
Li Zaixing was puzzled, and Al Maddy smiled and told the reason.
Gus lived in the area of Sassanid Persia, spoke Persian, and practiced Zoroastrianism. After Sassanid Persia was annexed by the Great Eclipse, the Persians were also incorporated into the Great Eclipse, the nobles were used by the Great Cannibals to rule the people, the common people fought for the Great Cannibals, and the women and children became the slaves of the Great Eclipse. That's it, the most violent conflict between them is religious beliefs. The Great Cannibals believed in Islam, while the Persians believed in Zoroastrianism, and the two sides could not seek common ground while reserving differences, so the Great Cannibals took advantage of their dominant position to oppress and insult the Persians.
It was for this reason that Gus was reluctant to fight for the Great Cannibal. He didn't plan to take refuge in Li Zaixing, but after seeing Almadi, he changed his mind, so he took the initiative to expose him when the big cannibal was lying. I also heard Al Maidi say that Li Zaixing is a Tang Dynastyman, so he decided to change his court and draw a line with the big cannibal.
Li Zaixing understood, and readily agreed: "Okay, I'll hand over this person to you, including his gold teeth." As he spoke, he pointed to the gold teeth in the pool of blood. Pei Xuanqing and the others couldn't help laughing, and Gus also laughed. He stretched out his hand and beckoned, called the four companions over, discussed it, and bowed down in front of Li Zaixing at the same time.
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Li Zaixing learned a major news from Gus: a serious coup d'Γ©tat had just taken place within the Great Food, and the Shiite Abu Abbasid had ousted the original caliphate and established a new dynasty, with the capital of Baghdad. A few months ago, because of Abu? At a banquet, the Abbasids killed more than 80 nobles of the former Umayyad dynasty in one fell swoop, causing considerable conflict, and the newly formed Abbasid dynasty was now mired in civil war and was unable to look east.
But Abu, the governor of Khorasan, who was in charge of Oriental affairs? Mu Xilin was planning to move his troops north, and the target was the country of Bahanna in the city of Thirsty City, which was called Ningyuan by the Tang people. They showed up here to find a way to the city of Thirsty Cypriots.
Li Zaixing broke out in a cold sweat and secretly rejoiced. Such a major thing happened inside Dashi, but Datang didn't know anything. Abu? Mu Xilin wanted to make a move against Ning Yuan, a loyal subject of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was also kept in the dark. If he hadn't listened to Li Siye's suggestion and crossed the Green Ridge from the old road of Sui, Datang would probably have been kept in the dark and waited for the big cannibal soldiers to come to the city to get the news.
If he guessed correctly, this coup d'Γ©tat of Da Shi could be the replacement of the big food in black by the big food in white. This incident is a major event in the history of Islam, but for now, Datang is not aware of the far-reaching impact at all, and has not even heard of it.
Of course, this is also an opportunity, a great opportunity for Datang to regain control of Central Asia. While the black-clothed food was busy with the civil war, he sent troops to Central Asia to defeat the governor of Khorasan, Abu? Mu Xilin, you can take the lead. Before the black-clothed food stabilizes the political situation, there should be no possibility for them to send troops, and Datang will stabilize the position when he has plenty of money.
Li Zaixing's heart was pounding. He pondered for a moment: "Come with me to Thirsty City, I believe that King Ningyuan will welcome us warmly." β
"Whoa." Gus stood up, bowed his head in obedience, and spoke in stiff Chinese.
"Al Maidy, take good care of them." Li Zaixing gave Al Maidi a look: "Let him learn our words as soon as possible, at least he must be able to understand the order." β
"Oh, master." Elmadi was overjoyed