Chapter 35 The Battle of Talas (II) As soon as Li Changguo arrived, he ordered to camp and rest. The main reason why Li Changguo did not launch an attack immediately was to wait for the arrival of siege equipment. The siege equipment was too bulky and slow, and it would take some time to get to Talas, and it was necessary to take this opportunity to let the Tang army rest.

Because, the Battle of Qiuzi was a big battle, and the Tang army was also tired and needed time to rest. Again, from Qiuzi to Talas, this is a distance of thousands of miles, and the Tang army is in a hurry all the way, and it is also very tired, so it has to rest.

In Li Changguo's handsome tent, all the generals poured in, filled the seats in the tent, hugged each other, laughed and ridiculed, everyone was full of red light, and their mouths were so happy that their mouths were cracked to the root of their ears.

"Alright." Li Changguo waved his hands, and the ridicule of the generals stopped abruptly as if they had been cut off by scissors.

"Here, I would like to congratulate all of you on your participation in the Great War, which will surely go down in history, and for your great victory!" Li Changguo spoke loudly.

This was the first lecture by Li Changguo after the Battle of Qiuzi, and the generals' eyes were round, staring at Li Changguo without letting go of any detail.

"Huh!" The generals burst into laughter, and the laughter was so loud that it almost blew the bottom of the tent away.

As Li Changguo said, the First Battle of Qiuzi will inevitably go down in history, and it is a stroke of heavy stroke, which will be praised by countless descendants.

It is a great honor to be able to participate in this battle, just thinking about it is enough to make people excited, not to mention, this is still praised by Li Changguo himself, who can not be happy?

"Marshal, how big are our results in the first battle?" A general asked loudly, with a look of anticipation, leaning forward.

"yes." The generals echoed in unison, their eyes widened again, their ears erected high, and they cheered up and listened.

The Battle of Qiuzi is a big war, and the annihilated Great Food Army alone is as high as 300,000, and the results will definitely be great, and it will be very big. The problem is that more than ten days have passed since this battle, but no one knows how big the results will be, which is really curious.

It's not in vain to be able to catch up with such a big war in a lifetime, and who doesn't want to know the specific results?

Where did I think of it, I saw Li Changguo spread his shoulders, shook his head, and said, "You ask me, who do I ask?" ”

"Don't you know?" The generals asked in unison.

Li Changguo is the commander of the army, he should know the results of the battle, but he replied that he didn't know, how could the generals not be curious?

"The battle of Qiuzi has just ended, and we will hunt down and kill the remnants of the Great Eater, how can we have time to clean it up?" Li Changguo stroked his forehead, a little regretful, and said: "From Qiuzi to Talas, thousands of miles of chasing and killing, without a moment of stopping, who will care about this?" ”

The generals nodded in agreement. As soon as the first battle of Qiuzi ended, the Tang army was engaged in the pursuit operation, and as for how great the results of this battle were, no one went to count them, and they did not have time to count them. Instead of counting the results, it is better to hunt down the remnants of the Great Eater.

"As for the outcome of this battle, we just need to know that it is very big." Li Changguo shook his head, sighed, and said: "It's really strange that a big war like this is rare once in a lifetime, and we don't even know how big the results are." ”

"Huh!" The generals laughed, were extremely happy, and said: "We are a miraculous battle, and we will have miraculous fruits, and future generations will not be able to learn them." ”

Fighting a rare victory, but not knowing how great the results were, is likely to be the only one in China's thousands of years of history.

"Next, we have to rest and rest. When we take Talas, your bitterness will come again. Li Changguo's face sank, and he ordered loudly, "When the time comes, don't tell me that you are still tired." Whoever doesn't have a good rest, military law is engaged! ”

"Don't worry, I will rest well." The generals received the order in unison, but it was full of smiles.

Everyone knows the meaning of Li Changguo's words, as long as Talas is defeated, the Tang army will knock on the door to Samarkand and will enter Samarkand. After conquering Samarkand, the Tang army knocked on the door of Khorasan again, and the Tang army would chase into Khorasan with a tight mouth.

This is another thousands of miles of running, and they will be tired. However, thinking of this beautiful prospect, the generals only rejoiced, and did not have the slightest fear.

In the next ten days, Tang Jun seized the time to rest. After this period of rest, Tang Jun's spirit and spirit have almost recovered, and it seems that they are full of energy, as if they can drive thousands of miles again.

The only thing that worries Li Changguo is that the supply of grain and grass is somewhat insufficient. The reasons for this are: First, Central Asia is vast and sparsely populated, and it is difficult to raise enough food and grass. Second, the battle line is too long, and it is not easy to transport grain from the Western Regions. Third, there are too many Tang troops gathered here, nearly 500,000 troops, and they will empty a mountain in one day.

"Dashuai, how to solve the matter of grain and grass?" Du Fu asked worriedly.

"Zimei, you don't have to worry about this, it will be solved soon." Li Mi took over the conversation with a smile and said: "Talas is an important place for great food in the East, every Eastern Expedition starts from Talas, and there is a lot of grain and grass in the city, as long as we take Talas, this grain and grass problem will be almost solved." ”

After a slight pause, he said, "There should be a lot of grain and grass in Talas City, but if you want to supply so many large troops, it won't last much time. As long as we enter Samarkand, this problem will no longer be a problem, there will be no problem in raising our food and grass in abundance. If we enter Khorasan, then we will have more grain and grass, and we will not be able to eat enough. ”

"yes." There are not a few generals who are as worried as Du Fu, and they suddenly realized when they heard this.

"Marshal, when are we going to attack the city?" The congregation will be more concerned about this issue.

"The crossbow has arrived, let's attack the city tomorrow." Li Changguo groaned slightly.

"Tomorrow! Good! The generals were very happy.

They wished that the sooner they could capture Talas, the better, and the sooner they captured Talas, the sooner they could conquer Samarkand and expand their success. All the generals dreamed of this.

The next day, just after dawn, the war drums in the Tang army camp suddenly sounded, earth-shattering, and the Tang army drove out of the camp one by one, and a total of 100,000 Tang troops were dispatched to line up outside the city.

The formation was formed, and Li Changguo, surrounded by Gao Xianzhi, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Li Mi, rode his horse.

Before arriving at the battle, Li Changguo looked at the city of Talas and saw that the city covered an area of dozens of miles and was extremely vast. Moreover, the city is high and thick, and it is a strong city, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Li Changguo turned his head to look at Gao Xianzhi, and then at Duan Xiushi and Li Siye, and was very emotional.

In the history of merit, the famous "Battle of Talas" was initiated by Gao Xianzhi and assisted by Duan Xiushi and Li Siye. They led the Tang army deep into the territory of Dashi for thousands of miles, and the soldiers approached Talas, and the Battle of Talas broke out.

At that time, it was Qi Yade who guarded here, and he had heavy troops, which were several times the Tang army led by Gao Xianzhi, which created a high price for Gao Xianzhi.

This battle was fought for five days and five nights, although the Tang army's combat strength was amazing, and it pressed the Great Food Army to fight. However, due to the lack of troops, the Tang army could not achieve the final victory and could not completely defeat the Great Food Army, which gave the Great Food Army a chance.

Ziad successfully rebelled against the Qarlu Division, and the Qarluq Department opened a gap, enlarged the food army into the back of the Tang army, and copied the back road of the Tang army, and Gao Xianzhi had to retreat.

At the very least, the Battle of Talas ended in the defeat of Gao Xianzhi.

Since then, the Tang army has not returned to Talas. Not only did the Tang Dynasty not return here, but even the later dynasties of the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties did not return here. As a result, Talas was the farthest point in Chinese history to move westward.

It's a pity that the Tang Dynasty collapsed here, making countless descendants sigh.

And history repeated, Li Changguo led an army of nearly 500,000 to surround the Talas, and the sturdy Talas was just a flat boat in a storm, which would capsize at any time, which made people sigh.

"Crossbow, attack!" Li Changguo retracted his thoughts, waved his right hand, and ordered loudly.

The crossbow is a kind of strong crossbow, specially designed for city attack, the erection is as high as a two-story building in the local area, nearly ten zhang long, seven or eight zhang wide, like an ancient beast.

The crossbow bolts on the Yado Road are made of fine iron, with a diameter of more than half a meter and a length of many zhang, and at first glance, they are missiles of modern society.

Dozens of sturdy crossbowmen pulled open the winch, and the arms of the crossbow opened like a crescent.

"Boom!" A shocking sound of the engine, like a giant drum being beaten, has earth-shattering power.

"Whew!" A sharp whistling sound like a missile suddenly sounded, and the crossbow bolt flew towards the city gate like a missile passing at high speed.

"Boom!" An earth-shattering bang rang out, and the sound of the city gate made of fine iron could be heard dozens of miles away.

The big food soldiers at the head of the city hurriedly covered their ears, and their faces were painful. The soldiers near the gate fell to the ground and rolled on the ground, blood spilling from their ears, and their eardrums were shattered.

"Retreat, retreat!" Ziad looked terrified and yelled at the soldiers near the city gate.

At the moment when the crossbow bolt hit the city gate, Ziad clearly felt the tremor of the city wall, this feeling was very clear, this was the reason for Ziad's shock, I really don't know if the city gate can resist.

Li Changguo was far away from the city gate, and when the sound sounded, his ear drums were buzzing, and it felt like he had been thrown into a huge drum, and someone beat the giant drum fiercely, which was the most shocking sound Li Changguo had ever heard in his life.

Look at the city gate again, a pit appeared, and the city gate sank nearly an inch.

Some of the crossbow arrows were shot at the city wall, and the sand flew away, and a large crater three or two inches deep appeared in the strong city wall.

"It's horrible! Our ancestors were amazing enough to make such a powerful weapon! Li Changguo sighed with emotion.

The crossbows kept firing, bombarding the city gate round after round, and the earth-shattering sound kept ringing, and the city gate fell little by little, and finally deformed.

After nearly twenty rounds of bombardment, the city gate fell off, flew backwards, and slammed into the ground with another earth-shattering sound.

"Kill!" Li Changguo pointed a spear in his hand, and the Tang army poured into the city like a tide.

With the strength of the Talas' guards, they couldn't stop the Tang Army at all, and Ziad knew that the Talas was finished, so he closed his eyes in pain.

"Ziad, you're captured!" Gao Xianzhi's voice sounded, and Ziad turned his head to look, only to see Gao Xianzhi holding the horizontal knife on his neck.

In history, Gao Xianzhi was defeated by Qi Yade, and history repeatedly, Qi Yade was actually captured by Gao Xianzhi.

(To be continued)