"What, the Anxi army is about to attack the city of Humbo in Siba Khana? After that, they will go all the way to the west, attack Samajian, and fight all the way to the city of Catch? And Posilin asked aloud, "When is this news?" ”

On the fifteenth day of the fifth month of the 10th year of the Tang Dynasty, it was almost noon, the black-clothed governor of Khorasan, the current true ruler of the Hanzhong region, and Bo Silin, finally rushed back to Hezhong Samad to build the city from Basra, thousands of miles away, with his 10,000 religious warriors from Basra (the capital of Kangguo, the suzerainty of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu in Hezhong, occupied by the Great Cannibals).

About a month ago, while Posilin was still in Basra, he received information about the city of Talas in the stone country. It is said that Gao Xianzhi returned to Anxi, and the soldiers prepared to attack the city of Talas in the stone country. Recognizing the crucial nature of this battle, he immediately led his elite 10,000 Khorasan headquarters religious warriors to set off and rush back to the river.

At the same time, he ordered his general Sayyid bin Humed to immediately lead an army of 8,000 men to the city of Talas to help defend it; At the same time, he asked Qi Yad and another general, Abu Dali, to gather 10,000 Great Food troops stationed in various parts of the river, and levy 50,000 local Zhaowu Nine ** troops to prepare for war. Regardless of whether the intelligence is true or not, it is definitely not wrong to prepare in advance for such a big battle.

His judgment and response proved to be very correct and timely. Gao Xianzhi really came, dispatched almost all the elites of the Anxi army, and also requisitioned 8,000 mercenaries from Ge Lulu and 14,000 mercenaries from Ning Yuanguo, which shows that he is bound to win this battle.

It was not surprising that the Anxi army wanted to attack Hushu City, but what surprised him was that Gao Xianzhi actually threatened to break through Samajian, fight all the way to the city of Hunting and Drinking, and finally drive all the big cannibals out of the river.

This is so unconscionable!

Although the Anxi army is elite, but after all, the number is not superior, and it is an away battle, and the intelligence is not very good, Da Shi has occupied the river for ten years (referring to the second time to occupy the river, the first time was more than 70 years ago, and then was driven out of the river by the Turgish, after the Turgish weakened, the big food reoccupied the river for almost ten years), the Anxi army basically acquiesced to this fact, and the two sides basically did not fight.

Whenever two countries compete, they always have to try in many ways in advance, fight a few small battles, and then invest a large number of troops to fight. How can there be any one who has not been tempted in advance, and directly invested all his troops and killed and lived?

Qi Yad also felt strange, he frowned and said, "I got the news yesterday afternoon, the news of the attack on Humhu City came from King Siba Khanna. After that, the news of attacking Samad Jian, and then fighting all the way to the city of Catching, has been heard from many places. ”

"A lot of places?"

Qi Yade hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, Gao Xianzhi is very high-profile this time. He asked the king of Dongba Khana to send people to spread the word everywhere, saying that he wanted to drive away the big cannibals for the people of the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu. It is also necessary for the people of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu to quickly join the Anxi Army, so as not to give their lives to the brutal cannibals anymore. ”

And Bo Xilin's face was cloudy, frowned, and was silent for a long time: "What a ruthless strategy, so Gao Xianzhi is indeed coming for us?" And not against the city of Talas? ”

Of course, they wouldn't have thought that all the information was smoke released after Xiao Quzhi and Gao Xianzhi discussed. Xiao Qubing knows from the historical information he has. On that plane, after receiving the news that the Ansey army was going to attack Talas. The first thing to do was to rush back to Samad to build fortifications and prepare for the big battle. Ziyad's reinforcements arrived at Talas a few days after the siege of Gaoxianzhi, and it is also likely that Ziyad was originally stationed somewhere between Samad and Talas. We are ready to support both sides at any time.

Xiao Quzhi carefully analyzed these two pieces of news, and it was unclear that at the beginning, he and Bo Xilin actually didn't know where Gao Xianzhi would attack. And it seems that he is more inclined to Gao Xianzhi to attack Samad and build a city, or he will not build fortifications in Samat, and he will not ask Qi Yade to wait in the middle of the two places with a large army.

So since you are inclined to Gao Xianzhi to attack Samajian, then simply release this fake news in advance to make you more sure that Gao Xianzhi is trying to attack Sammajian. In fact, Gao Xianzhi's main goal is still Talas City, and the reason is very simple: one is to defeat the anti-Tang forces entrenched in the Broken Leaf River, open up the northern Silk Road, and recover the Broken Leaf City; The other is that this is agreed with Ge Shuhan, and they will attack almost at the same time, one to fight Talas and the other to smash Ye Cheng, and the agreed time is about to come.

Qi Yad didn't know this, he nodded and said: "I think it's like, now the hearts of people in all countries are fluctuating and ready to move. As you know, Lord Governor, in the last year, several kings secretly wrote to the Anxi army asking for help, and we caught and killed them. Now that Gao Xianzhi personally told them to avenge them and drive us away, can these people of the Nine Kingdoms not move! ”

"These damn Jiuguo Hu, they should have all been killed in the first place!" After a while, he calmed down: "We must quickly find a way to control them, if they really join forces with the Anxi army, the land in the river will no longer belong to our Arab Empire." ”

"Do you want to let Said come back with the eight thousand men who went to Talas for reinforcements, they have only been on for two days?" Ziyad thought for a moment and asked.

And Posilin shook his head: "Not for the time being...... It's okay to ask them to go to Shiguo Tuozhi City to stand by. He Posilin paused and asked, "How much of the army of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu has been requisitioned?" ”

"Jiuguo Hu is reluctant to participate in the war, and now only 30,000 are recruited."

"Control all their families and see if they can help." And Bo Xilin had a gloomy face, and said coldly: "I really want to know, how did Gao Xianzhi come from the faith, break through the city of Sama, and fight until the city of Capture and drink, and drive us all out of the river?" Is it just a few incendiary words? You must know that the Hu people of the Nine Kingdoms have always been weak, as long as they put a knife on their necks, they will obediently obey orders. Amusing! ”

"Ahh Gao Xianzhi let out a big sneeze on his horse.

As soon as it was dawn today, Gao Xianzhi had already led 18,000 Anxi troops and 14,000 Ge Lulu and Ning Yuanguo mercenaries to set off towards Hushu City. At this time, he had already walked more than a hundred miles.

At this moment, Duan Xiushi, who was walking at the front of the team, suddenly rode his horse and ran over, and shouted loudly from a distance: "Zhongcheng, the auxiliary minister has news!" ”

"Tell me what's the good news!" Gao Xianzhi clapped his hands.

Duan Xiushi came to Gao Xianzhi's side, thinking to himself, before you say it, you know it's good news? But it's really good news, he took out a note from his body and handed it to Gao Xianzhi, and whispered: "Zhongcheng, you see, Qi Yade is still in Samajian, he has about 10,000 troops, and he is recruiting people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu to participate in the war in various countries, but the people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu are not willing to participate in the war. At present, the auxiliary ministers are on their way to Samajian, and more detailed news will come when the time comes. Also, King Sibakhana was shot and wounded, and the minister died all over the place, and it should be chaotic now. He told us to hurry up and march. ”

Gao Xianzhi read the note and said with a smile: "The march has its own rules, but this can't be fast." So that he can rest assured, we will walk a little more today, and ensure that we will arrive in Huboring City tomorrow morning! ”

Here, Gao Xianzhi continued to lead the army to march in an orderly manner, and over there, Xiao Quzhi's gang was galloping at a rapid pace on the way to Samat Jiancheng.

The news that was sent just now was not obtained from the interrogation of the Great Eater cavalry last night.

One has to admire the miracle of religion. A person as rebellious and resolute as Tian Lun couldn't hold on to waterboarding, and asked what to do. Yesterday, the big food cavalry couldn't even carry a word and refused to confide in it, and kept cursing Xiao Qu's illness that they would definitely go to prison.

It's a headache to think about, and the Anxi army is going to face a group of such enemies. Not only did their fanatical religious beliefs make them fearless to death; Because of the fear of holmium prison, they were able to endure great pain.

But it didn't matter, they rested in place for half a night, and the next morning, everyone came to Su Xiangshana in the Eastern Cao Kingdom. I casually found a few people surnamed Zhaowu Jiu and asked, and the answer was there.

The people of the nine countries of Zhaowu make a living in business, and the population mobility is very large, and they pay special attention to the collection of information everywhere they go. The Great Cannibal did not have a strong sense of secrecy, so he asked two Sogdian merchants, and those two questions were quickly answered.

Because there are fifteen Arab war horses in the team (and two messengers rode away), coupled with Xiao Quai's illness, the appearance of Gu Xiaojun and other Han people is too prominent here. After attracting countless surprised eyes, in a small city, Xiao Quzhi and others bought a few black robes to put on, and then covered their faces with black scarves, dressed as four big cannibals. Along the way, it really didn't attract so much attention. When many people surnamed Zhaowu Jiu saw it, they avoided it from afar, thinking that they were four big cannibal nobles.

When the evening came, the group came to a river, and Prince Yama introduced: "Marquis Xiao, the name of this river is Namishui (now the Zelafchan River), and after crossing this river, the city of Samad was built. ”

Xiao Quzhi asked, "Is there a problem with entering the city now?" ”

Yama shook his head and said, "No, the city built by Samat is different from other cities. Samajian only allowed the big cannibals to live in the city, and now it's getting late, so we are not allowed to go in. And the four of you, who are also easily found to be fakes. ”

"Oh, what about the Kang people, where does the King of Kang live?"

"Inside the fortress that I built myself outside the city. This is the case in several capitals here. The Great Cannibal lived in a house in the city, and the kings of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu lived in the fortress outside. ”

"What a gang of robbers...... Xiao Qu was stunned, he suddenly stood on his horse, looked into the distance for a long time, and then whispered: "The big cannibal is digging fortifications on the other side of the river!" ”

Without waiting for anyone to answer, Xiao Quzhi discovered a new situation: "A group of big food soldiers came, as if they were pressing a group of prisoners. ”