It was night, the wind was tight and the moon was black, and the white earth reflected a gloomy and miserable white color, and suddenly, there was a rumbling sound from several miles away from the Tang army camp, as if the earth was trembling, and the huge vibration made the Tang army wake up from their dreams.

Li Qing'an came out with a robe and asked urgently, "What did you find?" ”

"There are countless small black dots moving in this direction in the moonlight, and I can't see clearly, but the ground is shaking badly."

Li Qing'an thought for a while, and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, prepare two hundred bed crossbows, and then order five hundred scout cavalry to leave the camp, in addition, order the soldiers to leave the tent immediately and withdraw to the rear camp." ”

The large battalion of the Tang army was also busy, the soldiers rushed out of the camp tent, withdrew to the rear camp, and dismantled part of the camp tent, forming a separation belt, at this time, the two hundred step bed crossbow had been pushed to the front of the wooden fence, there was a special shooting hole on the wooden fence, and five hundred scout cavalry galloped out of the camp and rushed out into the distance.

At this time, the night attack of the Great Cannibal was already somewhat obvious, it was fifty huge trebuchets, dragged by thousands of camels, followed by nearly 10,000 driven soldiers, approaching the Tang Army camp, and there were countless Great Cannibal troops in the distance, the number of which was unknown.

In this case, Li Qingan did not want to rush out of the camp to fight, and only arranged a bed crossbow with great power and extremely long range to deal with it, which was more than enough.

As the trebuchet rumbled close to seven hundred steps, the Tang army's bed crossbow was suddenly launched, this time the Tang army's bed crossbow was not to use a steel pocket to fire nine-inch iron arrows, but to use a three-foot arrow, this kind of big arrow is used to attack heavy objects extremely sharp, used to attack the city can be until the wall stone cracks, the city tower collapses, and the range can reach 1,000 steps.

As two hundred bed crossbows were fired at the same time, two hundred large arrows were fired swiftly towards the trebuchet of the Great Food Army, and the force was extremely strong, only to hear the sound of 'Click!' Nearly twenty trebuchets were hit, the wooden frames cracked, and they lost their combat power, but the rest of the trebuchets continued to move forward.

When it was still 600 steps away from the Tang army camp, the fire suddenly appeared, the first few trebuchets were launched violently, six huge fireballs rolled in the sky, roaring towards the Tang army camp, banging on the ground with a loud bang, several empty tents were hit, the camp tents collapsed, the fireballs rolled over, several camp tents ignited a raging fire, the fire borrowed the wind, the flames soared to the sky, the huge fireball was still burning, burning with a strange light blue fire, more than a dozen Tang soldiers rushed up with buckets and splashed water on the fireball, but the fireball was not afraid of fire, and burned more vigorously.

Li Qing'an suddenly remembered that there was an extremely powerful Greek fire in Byzantium, which could burn on the surface of the sea, and it was very likely that the Great Food Army would get this flame formula, so he immediately shouted: "Extinguish it with earth!" ”

At this time, the second round of bed crossbows of the Tang army was launched, and another two hundred big arrows were fired, 'Bang! Boom! At this time, there were only five trebuchets left in the trebuchets of the Great Food Army, and five huge fireballs roared over the fence again, rolling in the camp that smashed into the Tang Army, and dozens of tents were ignited, and the sky-high flames were connected into a piece.

Nearly 1,000 Tang soldiers were desperately trying to put out the fire, the first fireball had been extinguished by the Tang army's soil, hundreds of people poured bags of dirt on the fireball, and soon formed a mound of dirt, burying the fireball underneath, but the burning tent ignited the tent next to it, for a time, the entire southwest corner was on fire, hundreds of tents were ignited, the fire was connected, the Tang army has dismantled all the tents around the fire, and stopped the spread of the fire.

At this time, Li Qingan shouted, "Shoot again!" ”

Another two hundred big arrows were intensively fired at the last five trebuchets, only to hear a roaring collapse and the screams of the Great Eclipse soldiers when they were hit, and finally all five trebuchets were destroyed, at this time a scout approached from the side along a safe road, and an arrow shot the information into the camp, and the intelligence actually showed that the Great Eclipse Army had 40,000 elite cavalry lying in ambush behind, only waiting for the Tang cavalry to come out and annihilate them all.

Li Qing'an's prudence in not going to battle was correct, and he would rather lose part of the battalion than easily go out and fall into the enemy's ambush.

The fifty trebuchets were all silent, and the bed crossbows were immediately replaced with steel pockets, which were used to fire nine-inch iron arrows, and in an instant, the arrows rained down like locusts, and a cruel blade of arrows shot more than 3,000 people within 600 paces of the Great Food Army.

The rest of the Great Food Army was frightened, turned around and ran into the distance, at this time, the general Qi Yad saw that the night attack was unfavorable, so he had to collect his troops and return to the camp.

The fire in the Tang military camp burned for more than an hour before it gradually went out, killing and wounding more than 20 people, and there was a small loss of materials. ”

．．．．．．． At the time of the third watch, the 60,000 army set off in a mighty way, at this time the Tang army camp is only fifteen miles away from the main camp of the big food army outside the city of Talas, the cold wind is cold, the black army covers the world and the world, the cavalry, the archers, the jumping soldiers, the heavy armor Mo sword soldiers are arranged layer by layer, but in the middle of the team, there is a mysterious convoy, about 500 cars, the length of the car is about three zhang, the width is two zhang, the height is one zhang five, the appearance is like the container of later generations, wrapped in light armor iron sheet, not afraid of bows and arrows, each car is dragged by four horses, this light armor convoy is the secret killing weapon of the Tang army, Until the end, the big war will not be brought out.

Tonight, the Great Food Army took out their secret weapon: Greek Fire, and now it was time for the Don Army to fight back.

During the fourth watch, the 60,000 Tang Army Brigade arrived at the place of five miles outside the city of Talas, there is a small river next to the city of Talas, called the Talas River, the river surface has formed a thick layer of ice, on the other side of the river, there stands the endless company camp of the Great Food Army, and the small city of Talas is in the company camp, becoming the city of the camp.

Abu. The Muslims have already received the report, Qi Yad failed to attack the Tang camp at night, and the counterattack of the Tang army followed, the Muslims have not repaired his beard for several months, the beard has grown into a mess, and his unkempt beard is slightly upturned, which is an expression that wants to laugh, maybe he thinks that this Tang army commander has a little childish temper, he has just been attacked by the night, and before the long night has passed, he turned his head to take revenge.

But his frowning brows exposed the tension in his heart again, the arrival of the main force of the 60,000 Tang Army, this is not a simple revenge, is this the arrival of a decisive battle? Just to confuse yourself in the name of revenge.

Abu. Muslims did not despise this opponent because he was young, on the contrary, he had a kind of sympathetic admiration, he could not deny that this Tang army commander was the strongest opponent he had ever met, there was no one, even Gao Xianzhi, who had fought a battle with the Yue's people, was not as good as him, Gao Xianzhi was just a general, just a military man, and he could plan a battle, but this Tang army commander was planning the overall situation, fighting for the entire Hezhong region, military, political, religious, all-out attack, and finally came to fight with him.

If he loses this battle, he will most likely lose the whole river. Muslim let out a long sigh, he felt that this Tang Army commander had a kingly demeanor, was he really just a Tang Army frontier general?

Abu. Muslims could not help but write the words 'Li Qing'an' in Arabic on the parchment scroll with a pen, 'Click! With a bang, the quill was folded into two sections, and he stood up, and two words burst out from his lips, "Fight!" ”

The Great Food Army met the battle, and while the Tang Army was still on its way, Abu. The Muslims then ordered the army to cross the river, and the army was divided into three armies: left, center, and right, and the 30,000 Khorasan army in the middle was led by Abu Abu. The Muslims themselves commanded the left army, which consisted of 30,000 Syrian troops, led by the general Khalid, and the right army, which consisted of 40,000 Sogdian troops, led by the general Ziyad, and 100,000 troops in regiments, each distributed in pieces.

The overwhelming food army is endless, the torches form a sea of fire, stretching for more than ten miles, lined up with an army of 100,000, a huge trebuchet stands in the army, like a mighty monster, the low sound of the horn continues to echo in the sky above the army, inspiring morale, the third person in the Abbasid Empire, Abu. The Muslim's eyes were indifferent, and he held the royal sword given to him by the Abbasids, coldly waiting for the arrival of the main force of the Tang army. The hour of dawn is the darkest, the darkness is boundless and endless, like a demonic realm, the sky is cloudy, the cold wind is howling, and a long bright line in the distance is getting closer and closer, pulling out an overwhelming sea of flames. The Tang army slowly stopped three miles away, and received information from the scouts, Li Qing'an quickly made tactical adjustments, and the Tang army moved the dense bow and crossbow army and the Modao army to the left to deal with the Khorasan army and the Syrian army in a defensive posture, while the attacking cavalry was deployed on the right to deal with the weaker Sogdian army of the Great Food Army.

This weakness of the Great Eclipse Army was discovered by Li Qing'an as early as the First Battle of Broken Leaves, and later when Li Guangbi and Qi Yad fought in the Battle of Dongcao, Li Qing'an once again determined the existence of this weakness, and he deduced that the existence of this weakness was caused by the deep-rooted discrimination of the Great Eclipse Army against the Sogdians, which included both the arrogance of the conquerors and religious discrimination, and their middle and low-level soldiers were absolutely unwilling to fight with the Sogdians, even the commander Muslims were helpless.

As for the most mysterious chariot in the Tang Army, Li Qingan was hidden in the army, and he would not take it out until the critical moment.

"Infantry phalanx!" With a wave of the Muslim sword, a low drum suddenly sounded over Talas, 'Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of the drums shook the heavens and the earth.

Two divisions of the Macedonian infantry phalanx went into battle, and they were sent from Abu. The Muslim-led Khorasan Chinese army went into battle, and 8,000 heavy infantry with spears and huge shields and 5,000 cavalry guarding their flanks drove towards the center of the Tang army.

Li Qing'an's eyes narrowed, and in the darkness, he saw a spear tip illuminated by the firelight.

"Mo Dao Army fights!"

Li Qing'an roared, and the five thousand Mo sword army went into battle, and they lined up to meet the surging infantry phalanx, their tall and burly bodies were connected, like the towering Kunlun Mountains, and the one wielding a shining broadsword was the collapsed glacier on the Kunlun Mountains.

The two armies collided violently, and the murderous aura filled the sky. The Muslim waved his hand and ordered: "On the flame trebuchet, crush the Tang heavy infantry." ”

The rumbling trebuchet was pushed out by thousands of soldiers, and the huge body of the black one walked in the darkness like a devil.

Li Qingan also gave an order: "The chariot goes to battle!" ”

Five hundred mysterious chariots rushed out of the ranks of the Tang army, and under the escort of five thousand cavalry, galloped towards the left flank of the Great Eclipse infantry phalanx.

....... "Boom! There was a low muffled sound, and nearly 10,000 followers of the Confession and Zoroastrian religions from all over Damascus knelt down in the square, and in front of the square, on a huge wooden platform five feet high, the holy relic Eye of Light shone with divine light in the light of the fire, so striking in the darkness that it seemed to shine brighter than the stars in the sky.

The Followers of Light bowed with great devotion to the Eye of their Lord God, Ahuramadaz, and recited their sacred scripture, the Avesta Sutra.

Guarding the Lady Eli by the Eye of Light. Kulan, dressed in a long white dress, knelt beside the Eye of Light, her eyes holy and bright, looking resolutely at a star in the night sky, and she held her hands flat and murmured a prayer to her Lord God.

The platform beneath her was already filled with greased firewood, and a dozen guards with torches stood by, but on the left side of the platform was a golden bridge made of gold, through which Kulan could leave the Tower of Flames at any time.

On a platform in the distance opposite the wooden pagoda, the Abbasid caliph Abu A. Abbasid was staring coldly at the religious rite of the princess, who had already seen through her intentions, and since she was willing to die as a martyr, let her death and the destruction of the relics of light warn the infadent infidels!

But what Abbasid would have liked more was that the fear of death had brought Kuran to the golden bridge, which was more of a blow to the faith of the Cultists than the destruction of her, and that he wanted to conquer the entire Sogdians by conquering the heart of the Holy Maiden Kulan.

Abbasid made a gesture to light a fire, and one of the soldiers stuck a torch into the pyre, 'Boom! With a bang, flames soared into the sky, and ten thousand Cultists of Light exclaimed, and they all stood up in unison.

Undaunted, she met the cold gaze of the Abbasids, and she said that even if she died, she would never betray her faith.

"Followers of the Lord God of Ahuramadaz! What you see is the light, the eye of light in the flame totem..."

The square reverberated with a firm and clear voice, "I, the Holy Maiden of the Samarkand Temple, will return to the Lord God with the Eye of Light, believers, join me in blessing our troubled land!" ”

Ten thousand believers knelt down slowly, and they bowed to their holy woman with tears in their eyes, and the flames burned more and more fiercely, and the entire high platform was swallowed up, and the golden bridge was melted little by little in the raging fire, and finally collapsed with a bang.

Annoyed, Abbasid stomped his foot in hatred and turned away.

The Eye of Light emitted a strange light in the scorching flames, the flames were about to engulf Kulan, and when death was imminent, she slowly pulled out the dagger at her waist, staring at the three words of the dagger handle 'Li Qing'an', she suddenly raised her head and shouted to the believers in the square with her last strength: "The big cannibal can destroy our **, but it can't conquer our faith, the believers of Ahuramadaz, for the longevity of our Lord God, for our faith, fight!" ”

．．．．．．．

(To be continued)