readx; Night quietly fell on the banks of the Amu Darya River, a round of crescent moon hung on the dark blue sky, the silver moonlight sprinkled on the endless desert, so that the golden desert changed into a silver coat, in the night wind, faintly heard the impact of the waves of the Amu Darya River, the vast water surface sparkling, the water was churning, the Amu Darya dragged the heavy body, gasping to push the rolling river to the far north. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the shore, a group of Tang army scouts galloped by, they stared at the water, when there was a trace of movement on the water, the scouts immediately stopped their horses and carefully inspected, lest they let go of any clues, on the opposite bank of Charzhu City, the Tang army was on full alert, and the water level of the Amu Darya River was abnormally lowered, which made the Tang army vigilant.

On the side of the Amu Darya, Li Qing'an is checking the lowering of the water level, and Li Siye, the main general in charge of the interception battle, is also checking with him, at present, Li Siye is the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, the Dawan soldier and horse envoy and the training envoy of the new army, the recruit training of the Anxi Army is in addition to the training of riding and archery in the broken leaves, and the follow-up fighting array and other training are carried out in Shiguo, and Li Siye is responsible for the training. Preparing to use troops against Sindh and Punjab, the troops were scattered, and most of the 40,000 troops in the river were Sogdian natives, and their combat strength was slightly poor.

Since Li Qing'an gradually felt the increasing pressure from Chang'an, his personnel secrets have gradually surfaced, reusing Li Fei brothers, Duan Xiushi, Cui Qianyou and other descendant generals, suppressing non-descendant generals, especially some veterans who may be bought by Li Longji or directly threatening his status, he also uses different means to control, such as Feng Changqing, after Li Qing'an was demoted to Henan Provincial Observer, it was Feng Changqing who controlled his northern court, although Li Qing'an reconciled with him with a generous attitude, but after the crisis first appeared, Li Qing'an was the first to depose him, appointed him as the governor of Yincheng, managed the migration of Tibet, and deprived him of his military power, the second is Li Siye, although Li Qing'an has a good personal relationship with him, but Li Siye is also a potential threat to him, but Li Siye is different from Feng Changqing, to a certain extent, he is an object that can be won over, so Li Qing'an used a tactful way to send him to the distant stone country to train recruits, which is also Li Siye's own initiative, judging from the current information that Li Qing'an has in all aspects, Li Longji's clutches have not yet stretched out to Li Siye, and Li Qingan called him to come to Amu Darya to deal with the Great Food Army.

At the same time, Li Qingan also wanted to use this opportunity to communicate with Li Siye to see if he could completely pull him into his camp.

"General, it's clear that the river is here in the afternoon, look!"

Li Siye pointed to the boulder soaked in water with a bamboo pole and said: "But now it has dropped more than a foot, it's really weird, it reminds me of the situation when I fought Lianyunbao back then, is it also the will of God?" ”

"It can't be providence."

"Not providence, so what? Inexplicably dropped a foot. ”

Li Qing'an pondered for a moment and asked, "Could it be the result of them opening a breach somewhere upstream and letting the river flow?" ”

"Possibly!"

Li Siye waved his hand into the distance and said, "Find the guide!" ”

After a while, several soldiers brought an old Sogdian, and Li Siye pointed at him and introduced Li Qing'an: "He is a boatman who has lived on the banks of the Amu Darya River for many years, and no one is more familiar with the Amu Darya River than him, he can speak Turkic language, and the general can ask him directly." ”

Li Qingan sat down on the boulder and asked gently, "What is your surname?" How many years have you lived by the Amu Darya? ”

The old man had learned that the other party was the envoy of the Anxi Festival, and he replied respectfully: "The villain's name is Baji, and he has lived by the Amu Darya River for forty years, and I know the temper of the Amu Darya River very well. ”

"Then let me ask you, what is the reason why the river has suddenly dropped a foot?"

The old man stepped forward and carefully observed for a moment and said, "This situation has happened a few times before, that is, due to a sudden rainstorm in summer, the river water swelled, and the embankment burst a hundred miles to the south. ”

Li Qing'an immediately asked: "Is there a place in the Amu Darya that is easy to burst?" ”

"Yes! There are several places, the closest one from here is the west bank a hundred miles to the south, we Sogdians call it Abaritang, there is a turn, the river bed is shallow, the river is basically parallel to the bank, and the embankment is relatively low-lying, once the river water rises sharply due to heavy rain, the river water will overflow, wash into the desert, and the downstream river water will fall. ”

Li Qing'an looked up at the sky in the south, the weather was sunny as here, there was no heavy rain, and he asked again: "If there is no heavy rain, is there any other reason for the embankment to burst?" ”

The old man replied affirmatively: "That is, someone deliberately opened the embankment and artificially released the water." ”

Li Qing'an and Li Siye glanced at each other, sure enough, it was the Great Food Army, which was very likely to be a harbinger of their attack, Li Qing'an frowned and asked: "Old man, this river has only dropped by one foot, will it make it easier to cross the river?" ”

"Yes, don't underestimate this decline." The old man pointed to the river and said, "Look at the surface of the river, the waves have decreased significantly, so that it will be much easier to cross the river, and according to my experience, the water level will continue to fall, and then it will be easier to cross the river. ”

Li Qingan nodded, "Uncle, thank you!" ”

Letting the soldiers take away the old man, Li Qingan immediately said to Li Siye: "Now it is certain that the big cannibals are going to attack, but we don't know when to attack, maybe it's tonight, maybe it's tomorrow night, maybe it's from other river sections, we can't be careless in any case, you immediately send more people to patrol along the coast, and report if there is a little wind and grass, and determine whether the embankment is broken a hundred miles away, if so, we can roughly deduce the location of the other party's river crossing." ”

Li Siye agreed again and again, and quickly went to deploy the corresponding plan, Li Qingan stared at the dark and dreary other side of the river, and couldn't help but say to himself: "Abu. Muslims, do you really not care about yourself? ”

．．．．．．．．．．． The Tang army scouts rushed to the shore, and soon, the Tang army determined the location of the embankment on the opposite bank, a hundred miles to the south, in the place where the old man Baji said, there was an abnormality in the river surface there, put the wood down, and the wooden blocks quickly drifted to the opposite bank, and the water level upstream did not decrease, and the water level began to fall here.

As the night deepened, the drop in the water level suddenly stopped.

"Shichiro, I seem to feel a murderous aura coming towards us!"

Li Siye's voice was low, he stared at the other side, his hand clenched the hilt of the knife, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

Li Qingan glanced at Li Siye, he was slightly surprised in his heart, just now Li Siye actually called him 'Qilang', this is when he said it unconsciously, at this moment, Li Qingan suddenly felt that he was back in the past, when he fought side by side with Li Siye in the past, a trace of emotion quietly rose in his heart, he smiled slightly and said: "Do you want us to compete again to see who kills the most enemies?" ”

Li Siye looked at Li Qing'an in surprise, he saw a trace of relief in Li Qing'an's eyes, saw a kind of friendship warmth, he was also very moved in his heart, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Okay!" Let's do it again. ”

He moved his hand back, "Take my Mo knife!" ”

Li Qingan also ordered his own soldiers: "Take my bow and arrow." ”

．．．．．．． On the other side of the river, under the city of Charzhu, the eight thousand food army was already lined up, Qi Yad rode on the war horse, his eyes were gloomy, looking at the other side with a kind of bitter hatred, he hated it to the bone, that he picked up the iron pickaxe again and again, the plate of moldy black beans every night, the painful leather whip, and the heavy shackles, not only handcuffed his **, but also destroyed his soul, that scene made him unbearable past float in his mind, the experience of a prisoner of war not only humiliated his self-confidence, but also ruined his future.

Ziyad looked up the city tower, and on the city tower, he saw a slender figure, like a tree standing there motionless, Ziyad couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in his heart. Muslims are also losers like him, and he can understand the state of mind of a loser, and it doesn't matter if he wins or loses, but what matters is that he takes a step towards revenge, and this kind of courage is not something ordinary people can experience.

"General Ziyad, we're ready!" A general of the Great Food reined in his horse and reported to him.

Ziyad looked up at the moonlight in the sky, the night was deep, the crescent moon was like a hook, a dark cloud drifted by, covering the moonlight, casting a shadow on the earth, it was the time to kill, he looked at Abu again. Muslim, Abu on the wall. The figure of the Muslim remained unchanged, as if the impending fighting had nothing to do with him.

"Drumming! Three thousand troops crossed the river! Ziyad's lips closed to give the order for war.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums of war were beaten, and the First Vanguard Army, with a total of three thousand soldiers, marched in formation to the riverbank.

On the shore, there were already nearly a hundred huge sheepskin rafts, the sheepskin rafts were made of logs, covered with sheepskins, and the size was huge, and one such sheepskin raft needed to be sewn with the skins of a thousand sheep, which brought brilliant victories to the Abbasid army, and it was on this kind of sheepskin raft that the 200,000 troops crossed the Tigris and Euphrates, and completely routed the Umayyad army, and today the Khorasan army will cross the Amu Darya River on the same sheepskin raft and conquer the river.

The sheepskin raft could transport 100 people at a time, but considering that it would be blocked, the sheepskin raft was not fully manned, and one raft only carried 30 people and their horses, of which 10 stood at the front with shields to defend against the bows and arrows of the Tang army, and the other 20 sat on both sides, rowing hard to row the raft to the opposite bank.

The first raft was launched, and more than a dozen soldiers led their horses to stand on the raft, and seven or eight people on each side pushed them into the river, and at the moment when the raft entered the water, they quickly climbed onto the raft and rowed hard to the opposite bank, followed by the second and third boats.... Hundreds of sheepskin rafts were launched one after another, stretching for three miles, rowing densely towards the opposite bank.

(To be continued)