Chapter Eighty-Six: Eight Hundred Miles to Rush
The farce of the peace negotiations ended two days early because of this attack on the camp, Xiao Qubing got the information he wanted, and at the same time finally got in touch with King Kang, and also got a rare talent for future development, and at the same time once again made He Bo Xilin deflated; And Posilin gave a lot of money and treasures, and received 700 prisoners of war.
In this way, it seems that Xiao Quai's side has taken a big advantage, but the development of things has completely reversed, and in the past two days, the situation of the Anxi army has been very bad.
There is no other reason, after all, the Anxi division led by Xiao Qubing and Duan Xiushi is too small in number, although Dashi has been repeatedly defeated, it has not hurt the foundation after all, but has become increasingly familiar with the tactics of the Anxi army and found a way to deal with it. Coupled with the fact that their war horses are now also equipped with horseshoe, the Anxi army has lost its speed advantage, and the two sides spread out to fight, although the Anxi army has a slight victory, but under the absolute numerical advantage of the Great Eclipse, it can only be oppressed to shrink continuously.
According to the information obtained by Li Ergou, and Posilin this time almost all the capable soldiers in Hezhong and Khorasan were dispatched. Not only did the Khorasan religious warriors who were damaged in the battle replenish four or five thousand, but also gathered nearly 50,000 Da Shi militia, saying that they were militiamen, but in fact the battle was not low, in the era of white-clothed Da Shi, half of them were actually the main force in the conquest of the river, similar to the government soldiers before the Tang Dynasty. It's just that after the rise of the black-clothed food, the Khorasan warriors became professional recruits, and they rarely went into battle.
In addition, there are 20,000 volunteers of Maiwali, although the combat effectiveness is not high, but compared to the soldiers of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu, they dare to fight much more, and there are 10,000 reinforcements from Khwarazm who are about to arrive.
However, it was also very risky for Posilin to do so. For example, the current garrison of Samad has less than 3,000 Khorasan warriors and 4,000 militia Maiwali. The garrisons in Anguo, Heguo, Mi and Shi are even more scarce. It is hard to imagine what the consequences would be if the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu in these places were united, and there would be another uprising like last year's.
It can only be said that the battle of He-Posilin is already desperate and ruined, and he does not hesitate to risk a fire in the backyard to defeat the Anxi army in one fell swoop, and it is a big deal to wait for the defeat of the Anxi army, and then turn back to clean up the rebels.
For such a result, Xiao Quzhi was also a little stunned. The problem in front of them is not difficult to solve, although the Great Food Army is pressing forward step by step, under the blow of the guerrilla tactics of the Anxi and Qarluq coalition forces, every time they fight, they suffer losses. There is still more than 100 miles of strategic depth on the side of the Anxi Army, and there is no pressure at all to continue to fight like this. In less than four or five days, after consuming a large amount of combat power of the Bo Silin, he will be able to turn defense into attack, counterattack, and even completely annihilate the enemy in front of him.
However, it was not this face-to-face enemy that made Xiao Qubing and Duan Xiushi anxious and helpless. Rather, he had already seen through the plan of the Anxi army's partial division and began to increase the number of troops in Talas. But Xiao Quzhi and Duan Xiushi could only watch.
What made Xiao Qu even more anxious was that because of his appearance, although he had repeatedly defeated the Great Food Army, he also successfully contained the main force of the Great Food for a period of time. But at the same time, it also defeated the arrogance of the Great Food Army, so that they no longer underestimated the enemy, and the Great Food Army was also extremely quick to respond. For example, at the beginning of the battle, I didn't know that Anxi's bow and crossbow were powerful, and he almost didn't wear armor, but he suffered heavy losses, and now he began to equip armor and counter with bows and crossbows. Although their bows and crossbows were far from the distance shot by the Anxi army, as long as they rushed to a closer range, the advantage of the Anxi army was no longer there.
In other words, because of the appearance of Xiao Qu's illness, the Anxi army exposed its strength and part of its tactical tactics in advance before the decisive battle of Talas, and at the same time, it also made the Great Food Army break through the cauldron and increase more troops. In this way, maybe under Talas City, the main battlefield on Gao Xianzhi's side will be worse than the original time and space.
"I'm going to go to Talas City alone, with three horses."
Before the words fell, inside the big tent, Duan Xiushi, Gu Xiaojun, Amirjiang and others all opened their mouths wide, and looked at Xiao Quai's illness in surprise.
"Why?" Duan Xiushi was puzzled.
"I went to report the news, my horse is fast, and the high school master said that my little red horse is a thousand-mile horse that is unique in ten thousand, and I want to see if it can run a thousand miles in a day and a night. In this way, I may be able to reach Talas before the reinforcements of Poselin do. ”
"But do you know the way?" Gu Xiaojun said.
Xiao Quzhi shook his head: "Prince Yama, you always know the way to Talas from here." ”
Yama nodded: "I know, I've been there many times, but how can I make it clear for a while, or I'll show you the way." ”
Xiao Quzhi shook his head: "This is dangerous, you have to meet the big food cavalry on the road, the prince is noble, so don't take risks." ”
Yama was a little embarrassed, and thought to himself, I am not as noble as you, I am afraid that I will drag my feet and say it directly. However, he also knew that Xiao Quai's illness was a good intention, and he was not angry.
Xiao Quzhi said: "I'll teach you to draw a map, you can draw a map for me in detail." ”
Xiao Quzhi gave a general method, and made an example on paper, drawing a map from the city of Thirsty Sai to Samujian. Prince Yama began to close his eyes and remember the path to Talas from here, and it took him more than a quarter of an hour to draw a sketchy map.
"From here to the city of Talas, about eight hundred miles, you can get there quickly, if you don't get lost for more than a day, if you hurry day and night, you can get there. About 300 miles north from this place is the capital of Shiguo, Tuozhi City, you see, this is this place. To the east of the city, there is a north-south Chilchik River, and by the river you can see a huge cobblestone with a height of 10 floors, which is the symbol of the stone country. When you get here, continue to walk north for more than 200 miles, there is a military city in Shiguo, called Baishui City, where there is a north-south Baishui River. After crossing the river, turning northeast and walking more than 200 miles, the city of Talas is located. ”
Xiao Quzhi looked at the map, although it was very rough, but the markers were almost all marked, plus he still had a compass, he shouldn't get lost. Nodding and saying, "Yama, you are familiar here, where do you estimate that Gao Gao Cheng is now?" ”
"Zhongcheng set off from Hushu City to Thirsty City in the early morning of the twelfth day, and it will be there in two days. It is about 700 miles from the city of Thirsty Sai to the city of Talas, and the first 200 miles and the last 700 or 80 miles are easy to walk, but the road in the middle is 400 miles and it is difficult to travel, with high mountains and deserts. This is a long-distance march, entering the enemy's territory to fight, with a lot of food, grass and baggage, assuming that the first day of the march is 120 miles, and the middle section of the difficult road is 60 miles a day, I estimate that Gao Gao Cheng will now almost have just arrived at the city of Talas, or will arrive at the city of Thales soon. ”
"The first reinforcements of the Great Eclipse departed three and a half days ago, when do you think they will arrive?"
"They are about the same distance as we are, thirty or fifty miles away. If they were all cavalry, they would travel 150 miles a day and reach them in less than six days. But they were supporting in batches, and they were scared by us, and the heavy cavalry in the vanguard would definitely not dare to go deep alone, and they would have to wait for the follow-up troops. If this is the case, they will be assembled and it will take seven to nine days to reach the battlefield of Talas. ”
Xiao Quzhi thought for a while: "That is to say, the Great Food reinforcements can arrive at the battlefield in three days at the earliest, and arrive in five days at the latest." ”
According to records, in another time and space, a day or two after Gao Xianzhi arrived and laid siege to the city of Talas, Qiyad's reinforcements arrived. Gao Xianzhi departed a small number of troops to continue to surround Talas City, and personally led the main force of Anxi to a decisive battle with the Great Food reinforcements. The battle lasted for five days, and although Gao Xianzhi defeated the Great Food reinforcements many times, the opponent relied on the absolute superiority in numbers and fought to the death. The battle entered a stalemate, after which Da Shi and the Qarlu mercenaries secretly reached an agreement, and the Qarlu army defected and attacked Gao Xianzhi's infantry phalanx from behind, and Da Shi sent heavy cavalry to attack the Tang army's central army, and the Anxi army was defeated.
Xiao Quzhi suddenly found that the inertia of history is really strong, and he has been tossing for so long, it seems that he only buys Gao Xianzhi an extra day or two at least, and only three or four more days at most. Hopefully, this time, the tragedy will not be repeated.
Well, it shouldn't be, I've reminded Gao Xianzhi many times and told him to be more careful about the Qarlu mercenaries, not to mention that Gelulu Yehu still has nearly three thousand elites and one of the most outstanding sons fighting on the southern front, and when the big cannibal secretly contacts him, he will at least think about it for Amirjiang.
However, Xiao Qubing will not completely pin his hopes on others, and now the main battlefield has shifted to Talas City. The battle on the southern front is no longer meaningful, and Duan Xiushi and Gu Xiaojun are completely able to deal with it.
Coupled with their local prestige and the support of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, two days ago, Kumi and Tocharo also sent thousands of cavalry to support, and now the soldiers of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms under their command who can fight are close to 20,000. Although they didn't dare to let them out and face the Great Food Army alone, under the arrangement and supervision of the Anxi Army, they could still fight quite fiercely if they set up an ambush or something or shoot at the Great Food Army in the camp.
Xiao Quai's illness only then came up with the idea of rushing to Talas City alone with three horsemen, and the report was secondary, personally participating in it, to face the first major challenge he came to this era, and defeat it, completely defeating the army of Da Shi and Shi Guo and Huang Tuqishi. This is what Xiao Quzhi thinks about the most.
Xiao Qu was sick and rode on an Arab horse sent by Bo Silin, closed his eyes and prayed silently, God, since you let you
When I came here, I would not be a mere spectator, a witness; When I came to this time and space, I always had to do something, especially in the face of this upcoming decisive battle that would determine the fate of Central Asia and the Western Regions, and even change the course of world history.
Duan Xiushi, Gu Xiaojun and the others looked at his back, only to feel a sigh of excitement in their chests.
The Armageddon is finally coming, and I only hate that I can't participate in it in person like Xiao Quai.
Xiao Qubing opened his eyes, his gaze seemed to have crossed the road in front of him, crossed the medicine and killing water, crossed the Tuozhi City, and threw himself straight into the big battlefield under the city of Talas, eight hundred miles away, and let out a long laugh and urged the horse forward.
The sky is high and the clouds are wide, thousands of miles are urgent, the man is a big man, when it is!
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