"Rumble!" The sound of hooves was like thunder, the sky was full of smoke and dust, and I saw a team of Tang troops galloping.

The number of this Tang army is not large, but there are thousands of people, but it is extraordinary, one person and two horses, a total of 1,000 people, 2,000 war horses galloping, the movement is still not small, with earth-shattering might.

When starting from Qiuzi, Li Changguo's order was for the Tang army to chase and kill with a team of 10,000 people, however, this situation did not last long, and it became a team of several thousand people, and then a thousand people.

The reason for this situation is nothing else, it is because the remnants of the Great Food are not enough to kill, and they were soon chased and killed by the Tang army, in order to hurry, in order to be more flexible, the Tang army can only divide the troops, and divide them again and again, and they are divided into thousands of people.

When they first left Qiuzi, the Tang army caught up with many fleeing remnants of the Great Eater. These remnants were exhausted, and they had no strength to escape, so they couldn't escape at all, and soon became the ghosts of the Tang army.

The fleeing remnants of the Great Eater army were only about 100,000, while the Tang army that pursued them was close to 500,000, and the pursuit of the Tang army was like a whirlwind and clouds.

This time, the Tang Dynasty dispatched 30 armies to the west, and Li Changguo mobilized 230,000 Turkic troops, totaling 530,000. In the war, fifty or sixty thousand were lost, and there were four hundred and seventy or eighty thousand left.

"Mother, the big dog eats really can't be killed, so soon it doesn't have to be killed."

"The big dog eats how good he is, but it's just like that, he doesn't even kill it, it's a shame, it's a shame."

"It's been a thousand miles since I met a big dog, this chase is too boring, right? Can this still be called a pursuit? ”

"If you are bored, you can go back, we will never keep you, we will go to the lair of the big food to have a look, and kill it well."

"I won't fall for you, how can this kind of good thing be missing me?"

The galloping Tang Army's gossiping discussions degraded the Great Food Army to worthless. As long as he glanced at it, he found that Tang Jun was full of red light and excited Mo Ming, which made them happy more than he was beaten with chicken blood.

It's no wonder that the Tang Dynasty has been fighting with Dashi for a hundred years, and after decades of fighting, there has been no big victory like the Battle of Qiuzi, who can not be happy?

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have not been many such battles, and it is a great honor to participate in this battle. Not to mention, the first battle of Qiuzi was a big victory, a rare big victory in the history of the Tang Army, not only the Tang Army officers and soldiers who personally participated in this battle rejoiced, but also their families and descendants would be proud of it.

There are countless Tang troops pursuing like this, and if you look at it from the air, you will find that within a radius of thousands of miles within the territory of the Great Food Country, there are Tang troops marching at high speed everywhere. The number of Tang troops in each team varied, with more than five or six thousand people and as few as a few hundred.

The Tang army rushed westward like a tidal wave, and their goal was Talas.

xxxxxxxxx "Gotta it!" ”

There was a rush of hooves, and a group of cannibalistic remnants was seen fleeing westward.

The two leading figures are tall, one is Abu? Muslims, one is Ziyad. Today's two are no longer as vigorous and vigorous as before, but they are exhausted, and their whole body is thin into a bamboo pole.

The first battle of Qiuzi, is it Abu? The greatest nightmare of the lives of Muslims and Ziyad, they could never have dreamed that they would suffer such a crushing defeat, with hundreds of thousands of troops lost.

The defeat of Qiuzi will trigger a chain reaction, and the land that was originally conquered by them will turn against the water, who told them to use high pressure and massacres to forcibly promote Islam? These conquered lands have long been powder kegs, which can be detonated with just a little spark. And the defeat of Qiuzi is not a little spark, but a fierce fire, or it will not explode fiercely.

Abu? Muslims and Ziyad knew full well that the terrible consequences of this defeat would bury the fruits of decades of hard work and hard conquest of the Arab Empire, and that large swathes of Central Asia would become Tang dynasty lands.

If this were all they wanted, they would not have been tortured, because they knew that the Tang army would definitely chase after them and take Khorasan directly. You know, supporting the restoration of Persia is the century-old strategic concept of the Tang Dynasty, and for a hundred years, it has not been forgotten at any moment, and now that the opportunity has come, will the Tang Dynasty miss it?

Once the restoration of Persia is successful, it will be a disaster for the Arab Empire, because although the Arab Empire's conquest speed is as fast as a whirlwind and conquers a large number of lands, it is because it has fought with the Tang Dynasty for a hundred years and has not had time to assimilate. These conquered lands were still fragmented, ostensibly belonging to the Arab Empire, but there were constant revolts, occasional uprisings to expel the conquerors.

If the restoration of Persia is successful, the effects will spread quickly, and it will be tantamount to encouraging the rebels.

You know, the Persian Empire has been destroyed for more than a hundred years, and this can be successfully restored, what does it mean? You can think of it with your heels.

The pain of defeat, the torment of anxiety for the future, made Abu? The Muslims and Ziyad soon became thin and insincere.

"Your Excellency, Talas has arrived." The guards shouted loudly.

"Talus!" Abu? The Muslims could no longer hold back their tears, and they poured out of the tiger's eyes, covered their faces with their hands, and began to cry.

"Woo!" Ziad was also excited, and tears flowed straight down.

This is the first time in their lives that the two of them have cried in front of so many people, crying so sadly, and the guards all opened their mouths wide, with a look of disbelief, as if they were surprised to see aliens.

Talas was the most important strategic base of the Arab Empire in the East, and a strategic springboard for the Arab Empire's eastward conquest of China, and its strategic position was extremely important. Abu? It was from here that the Muslims led their armies to the east, and then they fought a big battle in Central Asia and marched eastward again.

Recalling the situation when he set out from Talas, he was full of spirit and ambition at that time, and he would definitely be able to enter China, conquer China, and achieve supreme glory.

However, where did he think that this was the result, he was defeated under the city of Qiuzi, and only nearly 100 relatives escaped. There are only so few people left in the hundreds of thousands of troops, and for him, it is a nightmare, a nightmare that he can hardly accept.

Now, back to this strategic base, Abu? Muslims, in spite of their hard-hearted hearts, are still full of emotion, crying out of sorrow and crying very sadly, like a little daughter-in-law who has been reincarnated a hundred times.

"Adults, please hold back your sadness and plan a way to deal with it, the Chinese are coming soon." Ziyad wiped tears from his eyes while carefully reminding Abu? Muslim.

Now is not the season to be sad, but to find a way to deal with the pursuing Tang army, Abu? Muslims only suppressed their sadness, wiped away their tears, and muttered: "The Chinese are chasing too closely, and there are many people, and the military power is greatly enhanced, which is extremely detrimental to us." In this defeat, our elite was lost, and there was no defense force for thousands of miles. But we have to keep it, and Talas has to keep it. This is not only the point of our crusade, but also the gateway to Samarkand. If Talas is lost, Samarkand will not be protected. ”

Samarkand was the land of abundance, the most economically important place in the eastern part of the Arab Empire, and a large part of the supplies for the Great Diet were produced here. And Talas is the gateway to Samarkand, if the Tang army defeats Talas, it can wave its troops westward, take Samarkand directly, and capture this rich land.

If the Tang army takes Samarkand, the Tang army will not have to transport grain from the interior, and the grain and grass raised here alone will be enough for the Tang army to use, and there may be a surplus. Without the drag of logistics, the Tang Army's advance would be faster and the offensive would be more ferocious.

Talas must be kept if it is not kept, and it must be kept, and it must be kept.

"There are still 50,000 troops in the city of Talas, Ziyad, are you willing to die for Allah the Great?" Abu? The Muslim stared at Ziyad, pursed his lips and did not speak.

With 50,000 troops, it is impossible to resist hundreds of thousands of Tang troops, and defending Talas is tantamount to sending them to death, Ziad was silent.

"If you don't want to, I won't force you." Abu? Muslims rarely do not have coercive orders.

Although he commanded strictly, he could win the battle after all. He has never done such a thing as sending someone to die knowing that he is going to die.

"My lord's words are serious, as long as I, Ziyad is in one day, Talas is in one day." Ziyad is a loyal follower of Islam and dedicated himself to Allah the Great, and he will not hesitate.

"That's good. You must find a way to hold back the Chinese and buy time for me to mobilize troops and reorganize the defensive line. "Abu? The Muslims clenched their fists at Ziades, gazed deeply at Talas, patted their horses, and galloped away from the city of Talas with their guards.

He also wanted to go into Talas but to see, but there was no time for him right now. The sooner he hurries back to Samarkand, the better.

Ziyad is well aware that it is quite possible, Abu? This was the last time the Muslims saw Talas in their lives, sighed in their hearts, patted their horses, and entered Talas.

xxxxxxxxx Abu? Only an hour after the Muslims left Talas, there was an earth-shattering noise that shook the earth.

Ziad, who was busy in the marshal's mansion, heard this sound and sat on the ground weakly, he knew very well that this was the arrival of the Tang Dynasty's pursuers, and whether he could hold Talas or not, only God knows.

That's right, it was the Tang army that arrived, and besides, the Tang army arrived one after another, and soon there were tens of thousands, then hundreds of thousands, more than 200,000, but in just two days, more than 300,000 troops arrived. Five days later, all the Don troops arrived.

The first to arrive were the Tang army and the Turkic army under the leadership of Li Guangbi, because they were a fresh force, and they only arrived on the battlefield at the last moment, giving the Dashi army a fatal blow, and their physical energy consumption was smaller than that of the Tang army fighting head-on. Therefore, their pursuit was the most swift and powerful, and they were the first to reach Talas.

The second group to arrive at Talas was the Longwu Army. The physical strength and energy of the Long Wu Army have nothing to say, they should have arrived first, but when they were pursuing, they encountered the remnants of the Great Food Heavy Cavalry. Of course, the Long Wu Army would not miss such a good opportunity, and fought a battle with the heavy cavalry, destroying the heavy cavalry.

Although the heavy cavalry was already a remnant and was disabled, it was impossible to break out with amazing combat power, causing a lot of trouble to the Longwu Army and delaying the Longwu Army for a lot of time.

(To be continued)