readx; Hearing the news of the loss of Nasebo, Li Siye was furious, and immediately dismissed the post of the chief general of the East Three Forts, and the scouts found the news that the big cannibals were crossing the river from eight miles south of the East Three Forts, Li Siye on the one hand transferred troops to recover the Nasebo, and at the same time strengthened the defense of the Amu Darya, on the other hand, he repaired a letter and reported the information of the loss of the Sebo to Li Qing'an. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, Li Qing'an had just arrived in Kuzhanti, inspected the northward transportation of grain to Sindh, the war in Sindh had subsided, Feng Changqing led 10,000 Tang troops to defeat the Sindh Great Food Army in the Punjab battle, the remnants of the Great Food Army had fled to Persia, Feng Changqing immediately organized the grain to the north, after more than two months of efforts, a million stone grain has arrived at the large warehouse at the eastern foot of Boxi Mountain, and is constantly being transported to Kuzhanti.

At this time, the information of Nasebo was delivered to Li Qing'an, who paced back and forth on the dock of Juzhanti, while his own soldiers stood far away, not daring to disturb his train of thought.

From the description of intelligence, the three thousand big food is a lone army deep into the river, there is no backup, and there is no main force of the big food to attack the Amu Darya River head-on, they take advantage of the wind and snow cover, evade the Tang army's defensive line, the surprise attack on Nasebo succeeded, more than 1,000 Tang troops stationed in Nasebo were forced to evacuate after more than half of the casualties, Li Siye has transferred 10,000 troops, ready to recapture Nasebo.

In fact, Li Qingan didn't care about these, what he cared about was, what was the purpose of the Great Food Army's surprise attack on Nasebo? These 3,000 strange soldiers went deep alone, obviously to send them to death, and that Sebo is not a strategic place, the Iron Gate Pass is, so what kind of consideration did they attack Nasebo for, of course, it was not to seize a little gem, even if they did, they couldn't bring it back.

The intention of the big cannibal made Li Qing'an puzzled, maybe it was a kind of temptation, to test the defense of the Tang army and the loopholes that existed, if it was for this reason, then it was never wise for them to choose the weather of the blizzard to cross the Amu Darya River, the Amu Darya River is not a snowstorm every day, and they could not test the real defense capability of the Tang army at all.

Li Qingan stared at the west with his hands behind his back, who would give this order, is it Qi Yade? Li Qingan shook his head slightly, Qi Yade will not send three thousand elites to die, he does not have this kind of courage, and tactically speaking, this kind of approach to going deep into the enemy territory is meaningless, unless it is to send 10,000 people, maybe there is also the effect of flanking back and forth, it can't be Qi Yade's meaning, so who will it be?

Li Qing'an thought of a person, Mansur, only Mansur would make such a bold decision, so as the emperor of a country, what is the purpose of his doing this? If you think about it from Mansour's point of view, Li Qingan vaguely found a little answer, but this answer is not clear, like the feeling of seeing flowers in the fog.

At this time, there was a stirring in the distance, and Li Qingan couldn't help but look at the dock curiously, only to see the workers on the dock running into the distance, as if something had happened?

"What happened?" Li Qingan asked the soldiers.

The soldiers immediately went to inquire, and came back in a moment to report: "Back to the general, a team of elephant convoys has arrived, and everyone has gone to the granary to see the excitement." ”

"Oh? Walk! Look at it. ”

Li Qing'an was also full of interest, he turned over his horse, galloped in the direction of the granary, Juzhan lifted the large granary, a transport team composed of thousands of elephants, was transporting nearly 10,000 stone of grain, Juzhan Ti almost the whole city dispatched, helping the old and the young to watch the arrival of the elephant convoy, a moment, Li Qing'an also ran to the granary.

"General, look!"

Several pro-soldiers excitedly pointed into the distance and shouted, "The elephant convoy is here." ”

I saw a black team appear in the distance, a thousand elephants, carrying heavy grain on their backs, were marching slowly towards this side, the momentum was extremely spectacular, on both sides of the elephants, a team of cavalry guarded left and right.

At this time, the escort cavalry also discovered Li Qing'an, and more than a dozen cavalry rushed to it, and someone shouted in the distance: "General, the humble post is here!" ”

Li Qing'an smiled, he had recognized the person as Zhao Chongjie, who he had appointed as the deputy governor of Sinde.

Zhao Chongjie galloped over, he turned over and dismounted, gave a military salute to Li Qing'an, and said excitedly: "The last general Zhao Chongjie, see the general!" ”

"General Zhao, please get up!"

Li Qing'an helped him up, and when he saw that he was dark and thin, he couldn't help but sigh slightly: "General Zhao has worked hard all the way. ”

"Although it is a little hard to bring the grain back from the north, I also feel quite accomplished."

"That's right, come on! Sit down and talk. ”

Li Qing'an sat cross-legged on the ground, Zhao Chongjie also sat down, Li Qing'an smiled and said: "Let's talk about the situation in Xinde, I heard that the battle with the Great Food Army is quite thrilling, let's talk about it specifically." ”

Zhao Chongjie nodded, and said: "It's really thrilling, the governor of Sindh of the big cannibal is called Ibrahim, this person is cunning and abnormal, he used the Sindh army to pretend to be the main force of the big food army from Punjab to the north, General Feng led 15,000 troops to meet the battle, but got the news halfway, the main force of the big food army 20,000 detoured to attack the big grain depot of Abro City, the grain depot of Abro City only had 3,000 Tang Army defenders, it was night, everyone was so anxious that they stomped their feet, and they wanted to fly back to the grain depot, but General Feng only sent 3,000 people to pretend to be a large army and rushed back in panic, His main force followed behind, all the generals didn't understand, General Feng just smiled and didn't say anything, sure enough, within twenty miles, the two thousand Tang army was ambushed by the main force of the big food ambush, but the main force of General Feng was pressed from behind, and the big food ambush was taken by surprise, the main force of the eight thousand big food was almost wiped out, Ibrahim fled with hundreds of people, killed more than 4,000 people, and captured 3,500 people, and the Rajid who had fought with the general was also captured, and the Tang army only suffered more than 800 casualties, which can be described as a brilliant result. ”

"Sure enough, it lived up to my trust, and this battle was fought beautifully."

Li Qing'an praised again and again, and he asked again: "How did General Feng know that the main force of the Great Food Army would be ambushed on the road?" ”

"Afterwards, we also asked General Feng, how did he know that there would be an ambush? General Feng said that since the big cannibal used the Sindh army to pretend to be the main force, then the main force of the big food army to attack the grain depot may not be true, because he got the information that the main force of the big food army is only more than 8,000 people, if it is to take the Xinde army to attack the grain depot, then it will not only bring more than 10,000 people, it will not be this ratio, at least one to three, the total strength should be more than 40,000 to normal, this is the conclusion that General Feng came to after studying the commander of the big food army from the mouth of the prisoners of war, that Ibrahim's habit has always been one big food army with three servant army, Therefore, he deduced that the main force of the Great Food Army that went to attack the grain depot was probably also fake, in order to reduce the vigilance of the Tang army, and the main force was ambushed halfway, and the result was really guessed correctly by General Feng. ”

"Only by knowing each other and knowing oneself can you survive a hundred battles, General Feng gave me a revelation!"

Li Qingan was very emotional, his biggest problem now was that he didn't know the other, he didn't know the transfer of troops from the big cannibals, and he didn't know what the reason for a group of 3,000 people to sneak attack Nasebo? And the crux of these problems lies in the fact that he doesn't know anything about the situation of the Great Food Army, and the intelligence network of the Han and Tang Dynasties in Damascus can only know a little bit about it.

Thinking of this, Li Qingan asked again: "How much grain is transported this time?" ”

"Returning to the general, this time we used 20,000 elephants to transport grain, as well as a large number of carriages, and transported nearly 500,000 stone of grain at one time, excluding the consumption on the road, almost 400,000 stone was transported to the warehouse of Boxi Mountain."

"Aren't elephants afraid of the cold?" Li Qingan asked with some curiosity.

"Elephants like heat, but they are not afraid of cold, mainly because it is difficult to find elephant food along the way, almost all countries along the way have mobilized to find wild fruits and vegetables for elephants, this is the most difficult thing, after this trip has to be temporarily stopped for a few months, and then transported after the arrival of spring."

Speaking of this, Zhao Chongjie remembered something, took out a brocade box from his arms and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to send someone to send broken leaves, but I didn't expect to meet the general here, this is General Feng's attack on Tianzhu in the north and got a trophy, and ordered me to send it to the general." ”

Feng Changqing led 5,000 cavalry to sweep more than a dozen small countries in northern Tianzhu Li Qing'an already knew, the Raqiput people built more than a dozen small countries in northern Tianzhu, they were in their own formations, but they were broken by Feng Changqing's five thousand iron cavalry one by one, seven small countries surrendered to the Tang army, Feng Changqing plundered a large number of gold, silver, jewelry and nearly a million stone grains from there, ready to send broken leaves to the north, Li Qing'an guessed that the brocade box must be a rare treasure.

He took the brocade box and smiled, "What is it?" ”

"The general will open it and take a look."

Li Qing'an opened the brocade box, and inside was a dazzling yellow diamond, the size of a baby's fist, precious and abnormal, Rao is Li Qing'an has seen countless treasures, but such a big diamond, he saw it for the first time, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Is this what General Feng captured?" ”

"Yes, this is the treasure of a small country, inlaid in the crown of their king, and when he surrendered, the crown was dedicated to General Feng."

Li Qingan smiled and said: "You go back and bring a message to General Feng for me, just say that I have a baby daughter, this diamond is a gift from him to my daughter, my princess is also going to give birth, it is estimated that he is a boy, let him prepare another gift, I will compensate him, and when he comes back, I will invite him to eat red eggs and cakes." ”

"Is the little prince born?" Zhao Chongjie said with great joy.

"Not yet! I heard that the midwife said that it might be a brat, but I hope the midwife is not a crow's mouth. ”

made a joke, Li Qingan wrote a short message on the spot, sealed it, and handed it to Zhao Chongjie and said: "You immediately return to Xinde and tell General Feng that Da Shi will soon counterattack, and it is possible to attack Xinde, so that he can prepare for war!" But don't worry too much, I have ordered Lee Kwang Pi to cooperate with Sindh to jointly defend against the Great Eclipse. ”

Zhao Chongjie took the letter and put it away, got up and saluted, "I'll leave my job." ”

"Go ahead! Be careful all the way. ”

Zhao Chongjie turned over his horse and ran in the direction of the granary, Li Qing'an kept looking at him and walked away, and then returned to the wharf, just at the wharf of Juzhan Ti, Li Qing'an issued an order to transfer troops and assemble troops, and transferred 50,000 troops from Xiaye to the river, and transferred 10,000 troops from Shiguo and Ningyuan to the west, plus 30,000 troops in the river, so that 100,000 troops were mobilized, and 500,000 stone grain was ordered to be transferred to Samarkand as military rations.

At the same time, Li Qing'an wrote to the Byzantine Emperor Koproni, asking him to comply with the agreement and prepare to fight the Arabs with the Tang army.

After one order after another, Li Qing'an left Kuzhanti and headed for Samarkand.

．．．．．．． At this time, five days have passed since the Great Food Army occupied the city, the wind and snow have stopped, and the inside and outside of the city have become a snow-capped world.

With the accompaniment of 'Boom! Boom! The sound of drums, 10,000 Tang troops stopped advancing five miles away from the city, they were not in a hurry to attack, but set up camp tents on the spot, a gray tent appeared in the white world, particularly eye-catching, the banner of the Anxi Tang army hunted and flew in the wind.

On the city walls, Shahim, the commander of the Great Eclipse Army, watched nervously outside the city, and according to Ziyad's orders, he was required to hold out for ten days in Nasebo, and if he managed to return to Khorasan, then he would be made the governor of Libya by Mansour.

Shahim, who had been tempted by great profits, had made great preparations to defend the city for ten days before breaking through and returning to Khorasan, and he had made great preparations to force the Muslims in the city to serve him, and he demolished the palace of the kingdom of Xiao Shi and the houses along the city walls, and obtained a large number of stones to replenish their bows and arrows, which were not dominant, and he sent men to block the two gates with huge stones, and they slammed into them, knowing that the gates of Nasebo were not strong.

In order to boost morale, Shahim also ordered the confiscation of the homes of several large Samarkand merchants, and obtained a large inventory of gems, which he distributed among the soldiers as a reward for following him to the death.

Although Shahim hoped that the Don army would come back in ten days, the situation was not rosy, and on the evening of the fifth day, 10,000 Tang troops arrived as scheduled.

Only 10,000 troops arrived, which gave Shahim a glimmer of hope that if they successfully defended, 10,000 might not be able to capture the city of Nasebo.

The sky was gloomy, the night was quietly falling, just when the sky was just dark, the Tang army's camp suddenly sounded the rumbling war drums, the big food army in the city jumped up in fright, and looked nervously outside the city, the Tang army camp moved, only to see more than a dozen huge ladders appear from the camp tent, and the overwhelming Tang army infantry followed around the ladders, step by step towards the city wall.

"Prepare the stones, prepare for battle!" Shaheem shouted loudly, he didn't understand how the Tang army would choose to attack the city at night, he couldn't see the other party clearly in the night, and life and death could only be up to the sky.

Under the city, the main general of the Tang army was none other than Li Siye, the governor of Hezhong, who personally led the army to recapture the city of Nasebo, and vowed to kill all the invading Great Food Army.

Li Siye's eyes were calm, watching fifteen huge ladders slowly advance towards the city wall, this kind of ladder is a huge base below, there are wooden wheels installed below, each ladder is pulled by fifty camels, the base of the ladder is also a mobile defense platform, and hundreds of Tang soldiers are hiding under the base of each ladder.

The ladder is composed of the main ladder and the auxiliary ladder, the main ladder is fixed on the base, and the auxiliary ladder is very flexible, flexible and free, up to ten zhang, enough to set up most of the city walls, and there is a giant hook at the top to hook the city wall.

Although the city of Nasebo is the third largest city in the river, it only means that it has a large population and developed trade, not that its walls are wide, on the contrary, except for Samarkand and Bukhara, the cities of the countries in the river are not tall, nor are they like the cities of the Tang Dynasty to dig a moat, the city walls of Nasebo are only five zhang high, the city walls are not thick, there is no moat, and the city can be directly hit with a battering ram, but the Tang army did not transport the battering ram, and these fifteen ladders seem to be all their siege weapons.

The huge ladder finally arrived under the city, the long auxiliary ladder stretched out from the main ladder, higher and higher, and hit the city wall with a bang, the hook firmly hooked the city bricks, the Tang army below fastened the main and auxiliary ladders, the Tang army climbed out of the base, and rushed to the city head with great speed, the arrows above and below the city were like dense rain, the stones fell down like hailstones, the spears stabbed, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, and a tragic fierce battle gradually kicked off.

On more than a dozen ladders, the soldiers of the Tang Army held a shield in one hand, held a knife in the other, and climbed up with difficulty against the rain of arrows shot from the city, from time to time there were soldiers who were hit by stones, screaming and rolling down the ladders, the big food army in the city was crazy and abnormal, they picked up the stones and smashed them down, the boulder rolled over the head of the Tang army, and smashed down four or five people in a row, wailing and falling, most of them fell to the ground and died.

However, the bow and arrow of the Tang army were extremely sharp, shooting overwhelmingly like flying locusts, and the Great Food Army was immediately shot in the face by the bow and arrow at the slightest probe, and the corpse was buried at the head of the city.

At this time, Shaheem personally led dozens of big food soldiers, with forks against the ladder, all of them worked hard, in a shout, the iron hook on the ladder gradually broke away from the city wall, was overturned by the big food army, the auxiliary ladder fell down, dozens of Tang soldiers on the ladder followed the ladder down the city wall, screaming into a loud shout.

There were constantly Tang soldiers rushing to the city, but they were soon killed by the fierce Great Food Army, and their bodies were thrown outside the city, and the battle was tragic and abnormal.

Li Siye looked coldly at the fierce battle on the city wall, this siege battle, he did not use his strongest army, five thousand Mo knife army, with the Mo knife army to attack the city, the bows and arrows and stones of the Great Food Army will not work, just like when he personally attacked Lianyun Castle.

And this time, he got Li Qing'an's instructions to test a secret weapon, Li Siye saw that the time was ripe, so he waved his hand lightly, in the big tent, several black shadows under the cover of night, quickly bypassed the city wall, and came to the east city, the Tang army's attacks were concentrated in the north city, and most of the big food army was also defending in the north city, only a very small part of them were guarding on the south city, and the east city was deserted, and there was no big food army to defend, because there was no city gate here, there was no need to defend.

Several black shadows rushed to the city wall, they found a suitable city brick, with iron drill along the wall crack a little bit of digging, the city wall is made of stones, there is mortar in the middle, they cut the mortar, revealing a finger wide gap, straight into the city wall, several black shadows immediately with iron hooks into the gap, together with hard work, the city bricks little by little pulled out, the last three city bricks were pulled out, revealing a two feet wide hole.

A black shadow then took off the package behind him, and took out a flat iron guy from inside, heavy, weighing thirty or forty pounds.

Several black shadows carefully shoved the iron guy into the cave, and with a 'click', a flame ignited, illuminating the nervous face of the man in black, and he carefully lit the fuse coiled on the iron guy.

'Whew! The fuse was lit and began to burn at a uniform speed, at this time, several black shadows ran wildly, desperately running into the distance, for a moment, they only escaped more than 400 steps, only to hear an earth-shattering explosion, the earth was trembling, several black shadows were on the ground, desperately holding their heads, the explosion was deafening, thick smoke rose into the sky, rubble flew in all directions, flew out of several miles away, followed by a loud bang, the east city wall was completely blown down, revealing a large gap up to more than ten zhang wide.

There is no danger to defend the city of Nasebo.

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(To be continued)