Before Xiao Quai's troops returned to the camp of Su Xiangshana Anxi, the news of the victory had already spread rapidly in the land of the river like wings.

Before this, the news of the Anxi Army's defeat of the Great Food Army twice had spread everywhere, and many people of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms were moved in their hearts. After closing the door, he couldn't help but cheer and shout happily: "Big eating dog, you also have today!" ”

After venting their hearts, these people of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, who had long been frightened, still did not take immediate action. Although the news of the victory of the Anxi army is true, after all, everyone has not seen it with their own eyes. The great cannibals are brave and good at fighting, strong and fierce, but they have all been taught by themselves.

Let's take a look at the wind first! At least until the governor of the Great Food River, Qi Yade, fought with the Anxi army.

The ruling base of the Zhaowu nine people in the Hezhong region is a bit like the lords of the Western Middle Ages, the king does not have absolute power, and the real power is a kind of land aristocracy called Dehgan.

These Dehegans of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu immediately sent a large number of Tuojie (Dehegan's personal guards, equivalent to knights in the West) to follow the two armies far away and closely probe the movements of both sides.

Anxi Sentinel rode under Xiao Quai's order, and he didn't bother to drive them away. Under the distant gaze of these outpost spouts, the Anthy and Qarluq cavalry performed the new tactics they had just learned, and more than a thousand sentry scouts ruthlessly swept away the hundreds of sentry scouts sent by Ziyad with a completely crushing posture.

In one day, the Great Food Sentinel was almost completely killed, but the casualties of the Anxi Army's Sentinel Cavalry were negligible. Even though the Anxi Army had the advantage in strength, such a record still made these Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms Tuo Jie stunned.

The news of this kind of scout battle that the Anxi Army had never seen before came back, and it had already shocked these Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms Dehegan enough. Unexpectedly, only a day later, more shocking news came back.

More than 5,000 Anxi cavalry clashed with the famous general Qi Yade of Dashi, there were more than 8,000 religious warriors from Khorasan on the side of Dashi, and more than 15,000 soldiers from the nine countries of Zhaowu, and the number of people was almost 1 to 4.

The comparison of numbers is not important, the focus is on Qi Yade encountered by the Anxi army this time. Qi Yade, in the eyes of these Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, it is simply an invincible existence! Last year, the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms gathered more than 100,000 troops, and they wanted to resist and Posilin and Qi Yad in a rage, but these hundreds of thousands of Zhaowu Nine ** teams were defeated again and again by more than 10,000 Khorasan religious warriors of Qi Yad in less than a month!

Although the Anxi army won two battles at the beginning, this time against Qi Yade personally led the army, these Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms De Hegan still favored Qi Yade to win in their hearts.

But at this time, the news of Qi Yade's defeat immediately came!

These more than 5,000 Anxi and Qarluq combined forces actually used the method of luring the enemy to eat the 2,700 Great Food Khorasan cavalry and the 3,000 Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms cavalry sent by Qi Yad under Qi Yad's nose. Then before Ziyad arrived, he walked away in front of Qiyad.

This great general Qiyad, who was famous in a hundred battles in the river and had great achievements, did not dare to pursue, and watched the combined forces of Anxi and Qarluq show off their might in front of him, and leave calmly!

Shocked, these Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms Dehegan quickly made a choice. I didn't expect the Anxi Army to be so strong, whether it was tactics or combat effectiveness, it was steadily overpowering the Great Food Army! In addition, at the beginning, the Anxi army sent people to spread the word everywhere, and the expedition to the river here was to drive away the big cannibals for them.

In that case, then what are you hesitating about!

As a result, after the Anxi and Qarluq combined forces withdrew from the battlefield for forty or fifty miles, these envoy teams sent by the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu Dehgan appeared one after another. One by one, they came to Xiao Quzhi and Duan Xiushi to bow their heads, and expressed their hope that Wang Shi would stay for a long time in a non-standard Tang voice, and finally waited until the Tang Dynasty Khan sent the Anxi army to the river to rescue them from the sea of suffering.

"Cao Dehe, a little slave, knelt down to welcome the king! The big food ravaged the river, and the little slave had to bend down to serve...... However, the little slave only hopes that the king will come to the river to rescue us every day, like a long drought and a rain...... Now I finally look forward to the day when Wang Shi sends troops to the river......"

"The little slave Dong Cao Dehe gan Cao Jinde knelt down to welcome the king...... The little slave is willing to serve the king and be the pioneer in front of the account, but there is a sending, and he can do everything! ”

“…… The little slave is willing to provide military funds for the king division and ensure logistics, but he only asks the king to completely drive away the big food and stay here! ”

Xiao Quzhi and Duan Xiushi just smiled, soothed with gentle words, accepted all the flattering words together, and did not expose some of their lies. Of course, the things they sent were not unceremoniously laughed, and the Tujie guards sent by them, as well as the young and strong men of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, were also either incorporated into the war soldiers or formed into auxiliary soldiers, so that they could move with the army.

These river Dekhgans also inquired about the four or five hundred wounded men of the Anxi army, and each of their teams specially brought some cars. Now the wounded and wounded Anxi and Ge Lulu are all lying comfortably on the cart, and these Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms Tuojie personally drive the car. Thanks to the road of the Great Food Repair, it is flat and wide, and there are no bumps at all.

By the time they reached Sushana, the marching procession, which was originally less than 5,000 men (Xiao Qu's illness on the road was divided into 1,000 scouts to monitor and harass the army of Qiyad), suddenly grew to nearly 10,000 people, and the number of horses was also doubled, and there were hundreds of carts and hundreds of camels.

The king of Dongcao, set Ahu even went out of the camp to meet him, and this time, he also sent more than ten Tujie to accompany him, and after the battle, these Tuogues immediately reported the news of the victory to him. Along the way, the reaction of Cao and Dong Cao Dehegan was also quickly known, as the first king of Zhaowu to defect to the Anxi Army in addition to Dou Zhongjie, Shea Hu naturally did not want to be compared to other Dehegan.

He brought out almost all the nobles of Suxiangshana, the capital of Dongcao, Dehgan, and arranged a grand welcoming ceremony early......

Encountering this situation, Xiao Quzhi and Duan Xiushi glanced at each other and smiled.

In this land in the middle of the river, it is really still respected by strength, and everything must be fought by force. Although these people of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms in the river hated the Great Cannibal to death, at the beginning, when Gao Xianzhi ordered Dou Zhongjie to let out the wind in the river to drive away the Great Cannibal for them, they still chose to wait and see.

Now, after several battles, the Anxi army has suffered three consecutive heavy defeats to the Great Eclipse army with very small losses, killing at least 8,000 Khorasan religious warriors who are elite from the Great Eclipse. At this time, these frightened wall-to-wall grasses made up their minds to join the Anxi army.

It is conceivable that if the Anxi Army does not go well in the future, or suffers setbacks in a row, these low-eyed and respectful Zhaowu Jiuguo people in front of them will undoubtedly turn their backs on the Anxi Army again. It is estimated that they will not dare to strongly confront Datang, after all, many Sogdian merchants have been doing business in Datang all the year round, and they have long been well aware of the strength of Datang, but it is certain to choose to wait and see again.

After returning to the camp, Xiao went to illness, Duan Xiushi convened officers at all levels to discuss the military, and the king of Dongcao set up Ahu and several Dongcao, and Dehegan, who had a very high prestige and great power, also participated. Even though these Dehgans are extremely noble in their own territory, they are not even as good as a dog in front of the Great Food Officers, and now they are treated as equals by the Anxi Army, and they are simply excited for a while, and their eagerness to take refuge and serve is a little more!

Xiao Qubing motioned to Duan Xiushi to host, his appearance, after all, was too young. Duan Xiushi slowly glanced around, and the tent quieted down for a moment, Duan Xiushi turned his gaze to the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms people on the side, and said lightly: "King Dongcao, all Dehegan, as you can see, the Great Eclipse Army is not so terrible, this time we only dispatched more than 6,000 forwards, and we fought three battles and three victories, and killed and captured more than 8,000 Khorasan religious warriors, and our side died less than 800. If Gao Gao Cheng led the main force of nearly 30,000 Chinese troops to arrive, the Great Food Army, even if there are 100,000, what is there to fear? ”

Zhong Cao Dehe asked respectfully, "Where is Gao Gao Cheng at the moment?" When will it arrive? ”

Duan Xiushi had already calculated, his face was not red, his heart was not beating, and he smiled slightly: "Zhongcheng is building siege equipment in Hushu City at the moment, and we have received news that Nahe Posilin has built a large number of fortifications in the canyon behind Cao Zai Butanna, and has built a strong city wall outside the city to defend against our attack. Therefore, Zhongcheng is ready to build 600 catapults to attack, and as soon as the catapults are built, Zhongcheng will immediately set off. ”

Xiao Quzhi said secretly in his heart: "I thought that I could only tell lies, but I didn't expect you, a gentle and humble gentleman, to tell lies." ”

These Dehgans also knew that he had indeed built a large number of fortifications in two places, and it was natural for the Anxi army to prepare siege equipment in advance, but they did not doubt it, but seeing that the Anxi army was so well prepared, they were more and more confident in defeating the Great Eclipse. They all expressed their determination to Duan Xiushi and how much they could contribute to the Anxi Army.

Duan Xiushi also promised that he would not treat them badly afterwards, and after defeating the Great Food, the military funds and money would be doubled, and at the same time, he would also be honored with high school, and the emperor would not hesitate to reward Yunyun.

After the military discussion, the Anxi Army's side immediately became busy, except for the more than 1,000 scout sentry horsemen who took turns to spy on and oppress the Great Food Army. The remaining Anxi and Qarlu soldiers were also not allowed to rest, and began to reorganize and train these Zhaowu Nine ** teams.

All kinds of drills, when the time comes, how to cooperate with the battlefield, are in full swing every day. In addition, Xiao Qubing also conducted several military exercises, and the "enemy" was also ready-made, pulling out hundreds of Khorasan captives to fight against these soldiers of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, gradually eliminating their fear of the Great Cannibal.

In addition, the Anxi army also advanced hundreds of miles to the west, and confronted the big camp of the Great Food in Butana only a hundred miles away. Along the road, these East Cao, the middle Cao Dehe Gan had to contribute, every 30 miles to build a large camp, and sent troops to guard it.

Compared with the morale of the Anxi army, the morale of the big food side has suffered three defeats in a row, and the impact on the morale of the army has gradually emerged.

First of all, the spirit of the Great Eclipse Khorasan religious warriors who won all battles was more than half consumed, and many of the Great Eclipse soldiers were no longer so confident in defeating the Anxi army. On the other hand, the rift between the Great Food Army and the Zhaowu Nine ** Team is also getting bigger and bigger.

After that battle, more than 200 people from the 3,000 Zhaowu Nine ** team survived, and the commander of the army, named Mi Zhu Chu Dehegan, was lucky not to die, but was seriously injured, and his resentment towards the big cannibal became stronger and stronger.

As he secretly said to Kang Panchen afterwards: "The big dog eater thief, the Anxi army has agreed to our surrender, but the big dog eater used a scimitar to force us to die!" ”

By this time, Ziyad had already returned to the camp with his troops to join up with Poselin. The Great Eclipse Warriors were a little better, they fought for themselves, for honor, for Hu Da, and even if they were frustrated in front of them, they still believed that their revered Posirin would bring them victory.

But the morale of the soldiers of the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms and the morale of the military were completely gone. They were forced to fight for their enemies, and now all of them believed that the Great Cannibal was no match for the Anxi Army at all, and that they would only be sent to death if they followed the Great Cannibal!

In the past two days, soldiers from the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu have continued to flee, and at most hundreds of them have fled together at a time. Of course, Posilin would not let it go, and he took extremely harsh measures to deal with it: anyone who caught the deserters, whether they were from the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu or the Great Cannibals, was all escorted to the front of the army and stoned to death.

The bloody and violent means have temporarily suppressed the tide of deserters, however, in the shadows, greater contradictions and conflicts are fermenting.