readx; On the city walls, Abu. The Muslim looked faintly at the departure of the first army, he understood the tactics of Ziyad, he was going to use the strategy of attacking the east and the west to land successfully. The Muslims suddenly felt a little tired, even if the landing was successful, would the 10,000 troops be able to win the victory and defeat the heavy Tang army on the other side?

He looked at Qi Yade's straight body, and couldn't help but shake his head, the real general is not a straight waist to win, the important thing is the mind, whether there is a rational and calm mind and the wisdom of knowing oneself and the enemy, Qi Yade is obviously not rational enough, he did not understand his true intentions at all, this landing battle does not need to happen, he can completely disobey his orders, do not let these soldiers go to death, but he executed without hesitation. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Abu. A smile gradually appeared on the corner of the Muslim's mouth, didn't he want such a subordinate who could faithfully carry out his orders?

At this moment, a soldier rushed forward and reported: "Your Excellency, General Ziyad has requested that a bonfire be lit!" ”

"Ignite it!"

Abu. The Muslims looked back at the top of the castle and saw a blazing fire rising into the sky, dazzling and bright in the night sky.

On the east bank, the Tang army has found the big food army that is crossing the river, the drums on the opposite bank make their blood begin to boil, they lined up on the bank, nervous and excited mood echoed in their chests, they are all recruits eager to fight, the meritorious ** inspired their fighting spirit, called for their courage, an order, they quickly opened the crossbow machine, put a sharp crossbow arrow into the trough, and half-knelt on the ground with the crossbow, waiting for the exciting moment to come.

Hundreds of motorized bed crossbows were slowly pulled up the embankment by ox carts, with the power of the ox to tighten the heavy leather rope, making a creaking sound, Li Siye stood in the forefront, too tall, tiger back and bear waist, like a black tower, he crossed his waist with one hand, stuck the Mo knife on the ground, held the handle of the knife, stared at the small black dots faintly appearing in the river with wide eyes, under the moonlight, they appeared exceptionally clear, Li Siye's eyes began to be filled with anticipation and excitement.

Li Qing'an stood on a big rock with a hard bow in his hand, his gaze was very flat, and the mentality of the person in the high position made it difficult for him to be excited, but there was also a trace of expectation in his heart, he had not tasted the taste of killing the enemy on the battlefield for a long, long time.

Looking from a distance, Li Qingan saw more clearly, he saw nearly a hundred huge sheepskin rafts drifting towards this side, but he also saw the bright fire in the darkness, he looked back to the south, he found that there was also a little fire in the distance, "Beacon fire!" These two words suddenly flashed in Li Qingan's mind.

"Are they? The Great Food Army actually crossed the river from the south! ”

Li Qingan's brows furrowed, it shouldn't be! He ordered someone to check the hydrology, although the water level had dropped by nearly two feet and five inches, making the river in front of him smoother and easier to cross, but the impact on other sections of the river was not great, and the water was still the same turbulent, and it was extremely difficult to cross the river, so he thought that the Great Food Army must still cross the river from here.

But the beacon fire he saw with his own eyes made him wonder, did the Great Food Army really want to cross the river in a dangerous place in a desperate place?

．．．．．． The drums are beating on the surface of the river, the Great Food Army is no longer afraid of being exposed, their hearts are also full of the expectation of killing, the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, these Khorasan recruits have been trained to kill people one by one after a year and a half of cruel training, they have been trained to kill people one by one, they have nothing in mind, whether it is the Tang army or the Roman army, in their eyes, they are as vulnerable as ants." Kill! ”

The great food army of hundreds of sheepskin rafts broke out at the same time with an earth-shattering shout, their arms were struggling, their dark and strong muscles were beating the drums and paddling hard, getting closer and closer, they began to become murderous, and their eyes appeared with the excitement and ferociousness of a wild beast preying on an antelope.

Yes, in their eyes, the Tang army is a herd of antelopes waiting to be slaughtered, four hundred paces..... They have already come into range of the bed crossbow.

Unlike the agitated and manic Great Food Army on the raft in the river, the Tang Army on the shore remained silent, only the creaking and twisting sound of the bed crossbow, Li Qingan did not interfere with Li Siye's command of the battle, his eyes were still fixed on the distant beacon fire, and he fell into deep thought.

"Three hundred steps!" An lookout shouted.

The moment of the big battle finally came, Li Siye slammed the Mo knife and shouted: "Shoot the bed crossbow!" ”

"Bang! Bang! "A series of crossbow shots broke out on the shore, and a hundred thick crossbow arrows were fired into the wind, which were three feet long, and were shot from powerful bed crossbows, which had the power of piercing the golden cracked stones, and the hundred bed crossbows pierced through the mist on the surface of the river, and made a heart-wrenching sound in the air, and swooped down on the sheepskin raft.

"Ahh A terrible scream was heard, and one of the shield-wielding cannibal soldiers was the first to be hit, the bolt shattering his shield and piercing his chest, and shooting another paddler into the river.

Screams rang out, dozens of men and horses were killed by bed crossbows, and 'Bang! Boom! There were three sheepskin rafts struck by four crossbow arrows at the same time, the pieces of wood shattered, the base fell apart, and there was a great confusion in the sheepskin raft, and the violent shaking caused the raft to overturn in an instant, and the men and horses who fell into the water struggled for a moment before they were swallowed up by the surging river.

The sheepskin raft continued to move forward, the drums were still excited, although the crossbows of the Tang army were sharp, but the number was not much, and they did not pose a fatal threat to the big food army, at this time, the sheepskin raft was less than two hundred steps away from the opposite bank, the drum became a horn for the charge, and the speed of the sheepskin raft accelerated.

After a round of bed crossbows was fired, the east bank suddenly became silent, and the corners of Li Siye's mouth showed a sly smile, of course he didn't want the big food army to turn around and flee halfway, the bed crossbow was just a sign of weakness, he hoped that they would be closer, a little closer, so that he could completely annihilate this invading enemy.

At this time, Li Qingan was not thinking about the enemy in front of him, he was still thinking about the strategy of the big cannibal, if the big food decision-maker was replaced by himself, if he really wanted to attack from the south, would he use the way of beacon fire? Although it was fast, it also warned the other party that he would not, and there was another better way to notify the southern army, such as using eagles, Li Qingan knew that the big cannibals had always used eagles to deliver messages.

Could it be that this beacon fire was lit to him Li Qing'an?

The big cannibal raft was already one hundred and fifty steps from the shore and had entered the killing range of the crossbow arrows, Li Siye sneered and gave the order to annihilate them all.

"10,000 crossbow troops, ready to shoot!"

10,000 crossbow-wielding Tang troops stepped forward quickly, they lined up in an array of long snakes, stretching for three miles, and the length of the sheepskin raft across the river, the huge drum rumbled loudly, and the 10,000 crossbow troops made a shooting posture at the same time, half-kneeling on the ground, holding the crossbow frame with both hands, squinting, and adjusting the accuracy by looking at the mountain.

The drums stopped abruptly, this is the order to shoot, the shore suddenly fired thousands of arrows, the strong crossbow arrows formed a dense rain of arrows on the river surface, overwhelmingly shot at the sheepskin raft within the firing range, the sudden shooting caught the big food army off guard, screams, wails one after another, the shield is also difficult to be the crossbow arrow of the Tang army, only a few dozen steps of the crossbow arrow, the Tang army crossbow arrows shot out three rounds, more than half of the three thousand food soldiers were killed and wounded, the war horses could not bear the pain when they were hit by the arrow, they raised their hooves and neighed, broke the reins tied to the sheepskin raft, and plunged into the river.

The dense arrow array of the Tang army made these newborn calves not afraid of tigers The Khorasan soldiers frightened, and the dozen sheepskin rafts behind began to turn around and flee, while the raft in front could not turn around, and the remaining big food soldiers just died at different times, hundreds of desperate big food soldiers abandoned the raft and jumped into the water, the stupid ones were swallowed by the river, and the smart ones hid under the rafts, but this kind of cleverness didn't mean anything, they were instantly shot by the pervasive crossbow arrows in the water.

The surface of the river became quiet, and the sheepskin raft, which was not propelled by man, drifted quietly northward on the water, drifting away and disappearing into the deep night.

At this time, Li Siye also discovered the strangeness on the other side, the Great Food Army no longer had the input of the reserve army, he was very surprised, these 3,000 vanguard troops were clearly here to send them to death.

"General Li, look, Beacon!" A soldier shouted as he pointed to a beacon fire in the distance.

At this time, a cavalryman galloped up and shouted, "General Li, there are signs of enemy troops crossing the river twenty miles away." ”

Li Siye thought for a moment, he reacted violently and shouted: "Quick! 10,000 cavalry hurried south to intercept. ”

"Wait!" Li Qingan broke off and shouted to stop the army that was about to leave.

Li Siye hurriedly said: "General, this is the enemy's plan to attack the west, and their main force must cross the river from the south. ”

"I know!" Li Qingan said to him calmly: "I have been paying attention for a long time, you sent the army south, it was their plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, if I guessed correctly, their main force is still on the opposite side." ”

Li Siyele was stunned, his mind was confused for a while, he didn't understand why Li Qing'an said this, Li Qing'an continued: "You can quickly send three thousand cavalry south, each holding five torches, to create a momentum for the main force of the Tang Army to go south, so that even if the main force of the enemy army really goes south, the three thousand army can support it for a while." ”

"Good! I'll give the order. ”

Li Siye turned around and ran back to the brigade to give orders, Li Qingan looked at the other side again, shook his head and said to himself: "The 40,000 army has no nest and no logistics supplies, even if it crosses the river, what is the use?" Aren't you awake yet? ”

．．．．．． Qi Yad suddenly found that a long fire dragon appeared on the other side, and rushed to the south, he was ecstatic in his heart, and the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain was successful, and now he still has five thousand troops in his hands, and he also knows that five thousand troops have crossed the Amu Darya River and have no effect, he hurriedly rushed to the city, and found Abu standing on the city wall and looking out. Muslim.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Tang Army has been hit, their main force is heading south, and I request that the river be crossed immediately."

"Do you think Li Qingan has fallen into the scheme?" Abu. The Muslim sneered.

"But, look!"

Qi Yade pointed to the long fire dragon that had gone away on the other side of the river, and said hurriedly: Their main force has already gone south, I have calculated, according to the density of the fire, at least 15,000 people are going south, and there are 20,000 Tang troops on the opposite bank, so now there are 5,000 people guarding the opposite bank, they are lightly armed, without heavy trebuchets, if we 40,000 people force it over, 5,000 people can't stop it, now we should take advantage of their failure to come, and the army should cross the river immediately! ”

Abu. Muslim smiled faintly and said: "You underestimate Li Qing'an too much, a person who can solve the crisis in the river in a few days, will he fall for you?" I'll tell you! Whatever method you use to deceive him, he will use any method to deceive you, there is a proverb in the East, that you should treat others the way of others, do you understand? ”

Qi Yade lowered his head and thought about it, he gradually understood, if Li Qing'an was really the main force going south, why did he light a torch to inform himself? This is indeed the same as him lighting a beacon, there are loopholes.

"He's not telling you when he's lighting the torch, he's warning me to withdraw my troops."

Abu. Muslim looked at the other side with complicated eyes, he knew that Li Qingan had actually seen through himself, he sighed secretly, it was a blessing to have such an opponent.

"He wants the Governor to withdraw his troops?" Ziad was really stunned, he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at all.

"It's politics, you don't understand!"

Abu. The Muslim let out a long sigh, feeling unusually tired, and his instincts told him that the Abbasids would not survive this spring.

"But Your Excellency, shall we give up on the river?" Ziyad said unwillingly.

"Getting the river means we give up Khorasan, you know? What's more, we will face Li Qingan's army of 200,000, and in the end we will have nothing. ”

Abu. The Muslims were no longer interested in fighting, and the crossing of the Amu Darya River with 40,000 troops meant that Khorasan was an empty place, and Mansur would be able to fill the void in time.

"Pass my order, the army will withdraw to Mulu!"

Abu. As soon as the Muslims had given the order, a troop of cavalry came galloping from afar, holding a letter and shouting: "Your Excellency the Governor, Kufa is urgent!" ”

Abu. The Muslim was taken aback, and a sense of foreboding came over him, and he hurriedly ordered: "Show it to me." ”

The messenger rushed up to the city and handed him the letter. The Muslim shuddered and opened the letter, and he suddenly stood there motionless like a lightning strike, the letter slipped from his hand, and in the light of the torch, a line came into Ziyad's eyes: Abbasid has died of illness.

In the spring of the twelfth year of Tianbao, the founder of the Abbasid Empire, Abu. Abbasid died in Kufa, and his brother Mansour took over as caliph in Damascus. The Muslims withdrew their troops and returned to Mulu, the capital of Khorasan, and half a month later, he received a decree from al-Mansur ordering him to go to Damascus to attend the caliphate.

(To be continued)