Chapter 32: The Decisive Battle in the Western Regions (4)
In Qiuzi City, in the Shuai Mansion, Li Changguo, Gao Xianzhi, Guo Ziyi, Li Mi, Du Fu, Gao Shi, Cen participated in Bian Lingcheng, and all the generals were present.
"It's really strange, why doesn't the big dog fight?" There was a look of surprise on the face of the general.
"Yes. We have just arrived, although we have gained a firm foothold, but it is a series of battles, the consumption is not small, and we have to camp and be more tired, it is a good opportunity to fight, although the big dog is hateful, I can't see it, why don't they fight? The generals echoed in unison.
They are all people who have been in battle for a long time, and of course they are aware of the crisis facing the Tang Army. The Tang army rushed from Khotan to relieve the siege, and after more than a day of bloody fighting, it was exhausted. Another Tang army came from the desert, although the situation was better than that from Khotan, but the long journey plus a big battle was not small.
Taking advantage of the fatigue of the Tang Army to launch a decisive battle is a rare opportunity. Such a rare opportunity, to Abu? It is not surprising that the shrewdness of Muslims would give up.
"What's this? Not Abu? The Muslim does not want to fight, but he does not have the courage to fight. Li Mi smiled and said the reason.
"Why?" The generals are even more curious.
"Because Abu? Muslims are worried. Li Mi's explanation is better than not explaining, but one sentence makes the generals even more confused.
Abu? Muslims are worried about the threat from the desert, if there is a Tang Dynasty army in the desert, and it is killed at the critical moment of the decisive battle between the two armies, the consequences do not need to be thought of, it will be the consequences of disaster. However, hiding a large army in the desert is the military secret of the Tang Dynasty, and only a few people know about it, even the generals don't know, and they can't do it if they don't be curious.
"Abu? If the Muslims don't want to fight, then let's do it. Li Changguo obviously has no intention of explaining to the generals.
"Great! It's finally time to kill the big dog. The generals howled, and they were very excited.
"We're all out of the army and kill him." The generals came up with ideas.
"Send 10,000 to challenge." Li Changguo's order amazed the generals.
"Marshal, why don't you send more people?" Some generals couldn't help it.
"Send a lot, Abu? Muslims did not dare to fight. Li Changguo's answer confused the generals.
10,000 Tang troops were sent out, came to the outside of the Great Food Camp, set up a formation, and challenged loudly.
The news was reported to Abu as quickly as possible? Muslim.
"Even 10,000 dare to challenge, it is too much to take Allah's servants in the eyes, my lord, we will send more people to exterminate the Chinese." The generals shouted, and their arrogance was high.
"Ten thousand? Send 10,000 to the battle. "Abu? The Muslim groaned for a moment and sneered: "Li Changguo, you are testing me, I might as well take the opportunity to test you." ”
Abu? The Muslims are right, Li Changguo only sent 10,000 troops to the battle to test him and test the combat strength of the Great Food army. Although the two armies have fought once, however, the two armies have their own scruples and have not shown real combat power, and they still need some testing to know what to do.
Both of them had this kind of mind, and they thought of going together and sending the same number of troops. What's even more surprising is that they didn't use strategy, but let the two armies fight hard to test each other's combat strength.
After a bloody battle of 20,000 troops, the Tang army won the battle. The reason why the Tang army is superior is not because the Tang army's fighting is more powerful than the Great Food Army, but mainly because the Tang Army's equipment is better than that of the Great Food Army.
This equipment advantage is mainly reflected in the armor, and the armor protection of the Tang army is much better than that of the Great Food Army, which allows the Tang Army to take advantage of it.
In addition, the weapons of the Tang army are sharper and more powerful than the weapons of the Great Food, which again takes advantage of the Tang army.
Although the Damascus scimitar is good, however, because the manufacturing of Damascus steel is not small, the output will not be too large, it is impossible for the whole army to be equipped with sharp Damascus scimitars, only those elite Damascus army have this kind of equipment, and the general Damascus army cannot have Damascus scimitar.
In this way, the Great Food Army will not be able to suffer losses.
After a fight, the Tang army killed more than 2,000 food soldiers, and the Tang army paid a price of 156, and the casualty ratio was not much different.
In addition to the superiority in equipment, the Tang army did not have an advantage in other aspects. Training, battle experience, and military morale are all about the same, and they can be described as chess opponents.
After trying out the results, the two armies retreated in unison.
"Send 100,000 to fight." Li Changguo ordered loudly.
"Abu? Muslims, cowards, he will not fight. "To Abu? Gao Xianzhi, who Muslims know best, concludes.
"We knew he wouldn't fight, but we had to challenge." Guo Ziyi said loudly.
Li Mi nodded heavily, agreeing with this.
As Gao Xianzhi expected, after the 100,000 army set up a formation, the Great Food army did not fight.
Abu? In the great tent of the Muslims, the people were very angry and shouted loudly. Ebu? The prestige of the Muslim, the decisions he makes, no one will oppose him. However, this time was an exception, and the generals shouted and even questioned loudly.
"My lord, the Chinese are so arrogant, they put up a position outside the camp, how ugly the scolding, why don't we fight? We must not allow the Chinese to act unscrupulously, and we must severely crack down on the arrogance of the Chinese. ”
"That's right. Your Excellency, you have always been shrewd and courageous, why don't you fight this time? It disgraced all of us. ”
"We have fought a battle all our lives, and we have never been afraid, shame, shame, shame!"
"Enough!" Abu? The Muslim snorted and said, "If you fight now, you will fall into the trap of Li Changguo." How many [***] teams are still in the desert, we have not yet found out, if the current big war happens, the [***] team on the desert will definitely come from behind and catch us off guard. ”
"We're not afraid, we can divide our troops to stop and delay." Some generals were very unconvinced.
"As long as we send 100,000 troops, Li Changguo will definitely send reinforcements to eat our army. He will never allow us to withdraw, and we will not be able to withdraw. "Abu? The Muslims were very sober and said: "As soon as our reinforcements leave the camp, Li Changguo will send more troops to meet the battle, forcing us not to send more troops." In this way, it will not be long before all our armies will be sent out, that is, the whole army will fight. ”
Speaking of this, Wei Yi paused and said, "At that time, where are we going to find the army to intercept the squadron [***] on the desert?" ”
Abu? The Muslims are right, 100,000 troops is not a small number, if Abu? The Muslims dared to send 100,000 troops to fight, and Li Changguo would eat him no matter what. In order not to let Li Changguo eat these big food army, Abu? The Muslims had to send reinforcements.
As soon as Da Shi's reinforcements leave the camp, Li Changguo will definitely have to fight-for-tat and send reinforcements again. If we continue to fight like this, it goes without saying that we know that in the end, the whole army will fight, and the decisive battle will come.
By then, Abu? Muslims dealing with the Tang army of Qiuzi are enough for him to be busy, whether he can eat it or not, it is unknown, where will he find the army to intercept the Tang army killed from the desert?
"So what do we do?" The generals were shocked and shocked.
"The immediate task is not to fight the Chinese, but to find out the middle [***] team in the desert and then make calculations." Abu? The Muslim said in a deep voice: "Herald: Whoever dares to fight, behead!" ”
With this order, the generals no longer dared to raise the matter of war.
No matter how the Tang army challenged, Da Shi should not fight. Li Changguo had to send a small army to challenge and make a show.
Abu? The Muslims received another report that Tang and Turkic armies had been found in the desert, but only a few of them. plus what was found before, it only adds up to seventy or eighty thousand.
Seventy or eighty thousand Tang troops, a lot of them, if they can be annihilated, it will be of great benefit to the next big war. Abu? The Muslims were ready to send an army into battle, but before he could do anything, the plan was stillborn.
Because this Tang army drove from the desert to Qiuzilai. Abu? The Muslims got revenge, and immediately ordered their troops and horses, and if they wanted to intercept it, it was best to eat this Tang army. However, Li Changguo moved faster than him and sent the Tang army to respond, and this Tang army entered the Tang army camp safely, so that he could not succeed.
On the xxxxxxxxx desert, Li Guangbi laughed and said, "Abu? Muslims, from this day forward, I promise you will not find a single person. ”
Li Guangbi gave an order, and the Tang army and the Turkic army assembled on the desert miraculously disappeared.
After the arrival of the Tang army of xxxxxxxxx, the big eaters will cry for battle, shouting that they will kill all the Chinese, and now is the right time.
In their minds, this Tang army has arrived, and there will be no more Tang troops on the desert, so the time for a decisive battle with the Tang army has arrived.
However, Abu? The Muslims, however, rejected the generals' ideas, but he was still not at ease and sent someone to inquire again.
This is it, Abu? Muslims are really not at ease, and they have to find out what they have to do. He knew very well how much of a threat he would have if he left the Tang Army in the desert. Don't say too much, there are 30,000 or 50,000 Tang troops in the desert, and killing them at a critical moment is enough for him, so he can't help but find out.
Abu? The Muslims once again sent a large number of scouts to probe around, deep into the desert, and almost turned the desert over, but not a single figure was found.
Still, Abu? The Muslims still did not start a war rashly, and they still confirmed again and again that the Tang army was never found again, which is really reassuring.
This toss lasted nearly 20 days.
Although it took a lot of time, Abu? Muslims were relieved that he could finally go to war with the Don army. On this day, he gathered all the generals and said loudly: "You have been looking forward to it for so long, what you are looking forward to is a decisive battle with the Chinese, and today, I will fulfill your wishes!" ”
The eyes of the generals suddenly brightened like the fierce light above the nine heavens, and everyone was in high spirits and rejoicing, shouting in unison: "Finally, we are going to kill the Chinese!" ”
"A hundred years ago, the Chinese were enemies of Allah's servants, and they wanted to support Persia. The great Allah descended a little might, and the Chinese could not succeed. "Abu? The eyes of the Muslims shone brightly, and they said: "Today, the great Allah has sent down a divine message: destroy the Chinese!" ”
"Exterminate the Chinese!" The generals shouted in unison.
(To be continued)