readx; Lajid is like a lurking wolf, he has been looking for loopholes in the Tang army, he knows that if he does not use strange soldiers, his 5,000 cannibal cavalry will not be able to defeat nearly 20,000 Tang troops at all, only hit the weak points of the Tang army, and maybe there is a glimmer of hope. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

He finally found a little opportunity, that is, the left flank of the Tang army, which is basically all archers, they are skilled in bowing, and they are obviously specialized archers, so they must be correspondingly weak in horse fighting, perhaps this is the only weakness of the Tang army.

Lajid immediately led the Great Eclipse cavalry to move to the left of the Tang army, and while they were concentrating on hunting the Sinde army on the back of the elephant, they launched a fierce attack on the left flank of the Tang army.

Rajd was but the vice-governor of Sindh. Among the generals under the Muslims, he can only rank after the twentieth, and he is an inconspicuous middle-level officer, only because of the internal purge of a large number of founding heroes and senior generals, no one is available, there is no general in Shu, Liao became the vanguard, and Rajid was promoted to deputy governor, but he faced the defeat of Abu that year. Muslim Tang Army commander Li Qing'an, Lian Abu. Muslims were defeated by Li Qing'an, not to mention that he is an unknown little person, and he only has 5,000 cavalry in his hands, but he has to face 18,000 elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, if he can coordinate the overall situation, he should immediately withdraw his troops back to Shaburo, and mobilize all the troops to return to Shabro, but he did not do so, he has not realized the danger of the overall situation of Sindh, and he also tried to win by luck with a sneak attack, which can only show that Rajid is just a charging general, and by no means a commander.

He faced the battle-hardened Li Qing'an and the well-trained Tang Army, and Li Qing'an immediately keenly judged that this cavalry was the core of the Sindh army, and the total annihilation of this Great Food Cavalry would play a vital role in this Sindh campaign.

As soon as he shouted the order, the cavalry on the left flank of the Tang army immediately gave up the attack of the target cavalry, divided the troops into two ways, like a pair of scissors, and plunged directly into the left and right of the Great Food Army, the Tang army was like a tiger, the bows and arrows of the archers disappeared, replaced with horizontal knives and spears, and the two cavalry crashed into one place, their limbs were broken, blood was splashed, and the screams and wails were everywhere, which was so fierce that it was suffocating.

At this time, the right wing cavalry of the Tang army also gave up the attack of the target cavalry, they bypassed the battlefield, went straight to the southern front, cut off the retreat of the Great Eclipse Cavalry, and then quickly formed an encirclement, clamping the five thousand Great Eclipse Cavalry, so that they had no chance to escape, until this moment, Lajid realized that he had made a serious mistake, he missed the opportunity to escape, and now he had no way out, firmly surrounded by the Tang Army, he anxiously looked at the Sindh Army, hoping that they could come to the rescue and open a bloody road for himself, But he was so disappointed by the performance of the Sinde army, they seemed to be frightened by the ferocity of the Tang army, completely abandoned the minimum dignity of the soldiers, and fled south with the elephant cavalry, chased by the Gandoros, whom they had never been ashamed of, like lost dogs.

A team of Tang cavalry with tacit understanding, they surrounded the big food cavalry, then began to divide the queue of the big food cavalry, a 2,000 Tang army cavalry violent abnormal, they are like a sharp horizontal knife, sharp, the big food cavalry is hard to do everything into two, disrupted the big food cavalry position, the big food cavalry appeared chaos, gradually to the edge of collapse, the Tang army is more and more courageous, they are very patient, very disciplined, little by little the big food cavalry cannibalized, the big food cavalry is like a worm that fell into the spider web, The resistance is getting weaker and weaker, the space is getting narrower and narrower, the corpses are everywhere, the blood is flowing like rivers, and Rajid sees that the defeat is decided, and he can't help but look up to the sky and sigh, "O Allah! Am I going to die here today? ”

At this moment, he suddenly saw the commander of the Tang Army, and he was simply stunned, "No wonder! No wonder! He muttered to himself, and at this moment, the despair in his heart completely overwhelmed him.

He suddenly shouted loudly: "Lay down your arms and surrender!" ”

The Great Eater cavalry looked back at their commander, and Rajid galloped on his horse, raising his sword in the ranks and shouting: "Obey my orders, lay down your arms and surrender to the Don army!" ”

"Surrender the Don Army!"

The fighting on the battlefield gradually stopped, and the Great Eclipse Cavalry looked at their commander blankly, 'Dangchang! I don't know who threw down the spear first, and then one person led ten people, ten people led a hundred, a thousand people, more and more cavalry threw spears and surrendered, and the sound of shouting and surrendering on the battlefield rang out, Li Qing'an saw that the enemy army had no more will to fight, and finally ordered: "Accept surrender, and then there are those who resist to kill!" ”

The Tang army quickly started, divided the remaining more than 2,000 cavalry into four pieces, began to collect the weapons and horses of the surrenderers, ordered them to sit on the ground, put their hands on their heads, and dozens of those who tried to resist were killed on the spot, so far, the 5,000 food army was completely annihilated by the Tang army, more than 2,000 people were captured, and 3,000 people were killed.

However, the pursuit of the Sindh army by the Jiandaluo army was not effective, except for the pursuit of a few thousand dazed and bewildered elephants, the vast majority of the Sindh army fled, they could not fight, but fled faster than rabbits.

A bloody battle gradually returned to calm, the setting sun shone on the field, everywhere were groups of dejected prisoners of war, escorted by the Tang cavalry, walking blankly towards the city of Dolangas, they were to be sent to the silver mines of Boxi Mountain to serve five years of labor, at this time, a herd of hundreds of elephants slowly walked, the war was over, the elephants also regained their gentle habits, obediently following the command of the Tang army.

Li Qing'an was very interested in this group of elephants, he stepped forward and patted the trunk of an elephant, and smiled at Zhao Chongjie: "In the future, these elephants will be our loyal husbands, you should treat them well." ”

Zhao Chongjie heard that Li Qing'an's words seemed to have the meaning of leaving himself in Xinde, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "I understand my humble duties!" ”

Li Qingan smiled, he looked at the elephant herd again, and then said to everyone: "It's not early, now follow me into the city to take a look at the grain depot." ”

Everyone surrounded Li Qing'an and was about to enter the city, suddenly, more than a dozen cavalry came from afar, coming from the north, the cavalry were dusty, looking very anxious, Li Qing'an couldn't help but be slightly stunned, an ominous feeling rose from his heart, the cavalry rushed over, and shouted from afar: "General, broken leaves are urgent!" ”

The cavalry dismounted and saluted Li Qing'an, and took out a letter for the leading cavalry: "This is a letter from Mr. Yan to the general, 100,000 urgent." ”

Li Qing'an took the letter and quickly opened it, gradually, his brows wrinkled, something happened in the capital, Nan Jiyun was promoted to General Zuo Wuwei, Li Yuxin appointed Li Guoliang as the general of the East Palace Sixth Rate Mansion, and took over the 20,000 soldiers of the East Palace Sixth Rate Mansion, and announced at the same time that in order to reduce the burden on Anxi, the military salaries and food of the 20,000 soldiers were changed to be paid by the imperial court, and no longer borne by Anxi, and this Li Guoliang is Guo Ziyi's favorite general, that is to say, Li Yu has taken away the 20,000 soldiers recruited by Anxi in Chang'an, At the end of Yan Zhuang's letter, he also mentioned a major event, the right minister Yang Guozhong resolutely opposed the division of Hexi into two, and still advocated the retention of Hexi Jiedu, Yang Guozhong's opposition was supported by Zhang Yun and Chen Xilie, and the military department also clearly opposed the division of Hexi.

The sudden situation made Li Qingan suddenly realize that Li Yu was already starting to do something to him, although Li Qingan also knew that the honeymoon period between him and Li Yu would not be too long, but he didn't expect it to end so soon, this is less than half a year, Li Yu is so impatient, 20,000 troops in the capital were taken, maybe he can still accept it, after all, it is someone's territory, but Li Yu wants to get involved in Hexi, which makes Li Qingan feel a little anxious, he immediately ordered: "The army is camped on the spot!" ”

The Tang army quickly set up a large camp in the field, a big tent appeared, several tall guard towers were quickly built on the edge of the camp, two thousand cavalry entered the city to take over the grain depot, the Tang army's actions were orderly, everything was going according to plan, but the atmosphere near the big tent of the Chinese army was a little unusual, two thousand cavalry armor was not removed, still fully armed, two war horses per person also followed, they were Li Qing'an's henchmen, Li Qing'an was obviously going to act.

Zhao Chongjie hurriedly walked through the camp tent and came to the big tent of the Chinese army, and he said to a Li Qing'an's personal soldier: "Please report to the general, Zhao Chongjie was ordered to come to see you." ”

"General Zhao, please wait a moment, I'll go and report for you."

As soon as the soldiers lifted the tent curtain and entered the camp, Zhao Chongjie looked worriedly at the neat line of soldiers not far away, and secretly wondered in his heart: "Is the general going back?" ”

He saw with his own eyes that Li Qing'an received a letter, and his eyes showed a look of worry, it was likely that something had happened to Anxi, otherwise the general would not have rushed back halfway through the southern expedition, at this time, the soldiers walked out of the tent and smiled at him: "General Zhao, the general invites you in." ”

"Thank you!

Zhao Chongjie picked up the tent curtain and walked into the big tent, inside the big tent, Li Qing'an was writing a letter, this letter was to Feng Changqing who was far away in Tianzhu, due to changes in the imperial court, Li Qing'an had to change the southern expedition plan, give up the expedition to Tianzhu, and recall Feng Changqing back to Xinde as the main general, continue to attack the Great Food Army, and he himself should immediately rush back to the broken leaves to deal with the crisis that Hexi is about to face.

"See the general!" Zhao Chongjie stepped forward and saluted.

"You sit down for a moment, and I'll finish writing this letter in a moment."

Zhao Chongjie sat down a little nervously, he saw that the boxes and cages in Li Qingan's big tent had been packed, so he was even more sure that the coach was going back.

Soon, several more generals walked in from outside the big tent, all of them were the main generals who accompanied Li Qing'an on the southern expedition, Zhonglang General Yuan Song, Lang General Zhang Endu, Lang General Shi Yun and Lang General Yao Mingzhi, and they also sat down.

At this time, Li Qingan finished writing the letter, he put down the pen and read it quickly, then handed the envelope to the personal soldiers beside him, whispered a few words, and ordered him to immediately find someone to send it to Tianzhu's Feng Changqing, and the letter was sent away, Li Qingan smiled at Zhao Chongjie and others: "You should have guessed it!" What am I looking for you to do? ”

"Is the general going back?" Zhao Chongjie asked.

"Yes, I have to rush back."

Li Qingxin also had a little regret, it had always been his wish to personally lead the army to conquer Tianzhu, but God didn't give him this opportunity, so he gave up halfway, he sighed secretly and said: "Before I go back, I must arrange everything, don't interject, listen to what I say." ”

"Yes!"

Li Qing'an thought about it and said to everyone: "There are three things I want to make clear, the first is that after I leave, who will replace me to continue the southern expedition, I have sent a letter to Feng Changqing, after I leave, he will replace me as the chief general of the southern expedition, before he rushes back, General Zhao Chongjie will temporarily be in charge of military affairs, and General Zhao Chongjie will serve as General Feng's deputy general in the future." ”

Zhao Chongjie was a little disappointed in his heart, he thought that he would be the main general, but he didn't expect it to be Feng Changqing, but he couldn't compare with Feng Changqing's qualifications, he had nothing to say about this, he hurriedly got up and said, "Obey orders!" ”

Li Qing'an waved his hand to sit down, and continued: "The second thing is what we have to do next, it is important to fight the big cannibals, but I am worried that the Persian big food army will come to the aid of Sindh in the east, so we must rush to transport the grain back to Kuzhanti as much as possible before the big food reinforcements arrive, and we can use elephants to carry it, I will hand over this matter to General Zhao Chongjie, and we must implement it as soon as possible." ”

Then Li Qing'an said: "Finally, there is the third thing, that is, how many troops do we need to keep in Xinde, I have already made it clear to Feng Changqing in the letter, and I will explain to you here, now we are 18,000 Tang Army, plus Feng Changqing's 5,000 Army, that is 23,000 people, I plan to leave 8,000 Tang Army in Xinde, plus 20,000 Jiandaluo Army and 80,000 Xinde New Army, as long as they are well-trained, they should be able to deal with the big cannibals, and the rest of the army will return to Anxi one after another after the war, as for which 8,000 people to stay, It is up to General Feng Changqing to decide, you must not disobey! ”

"Obey the order!"

Everyone got up together to receive the order, Li Qingan nodded and said with a smile: "General Zhao Chongjie stays, and the rest of the generals go back to prepare!" ”

Everyone retreated, the big tent was quiet again, Li Qingan stood in front of the map and carefully checked something, and Zhao Chongjie stood aside, waiting for the boss to speak.

"Just now I received news from He Yansi that they have successfully rebelled against the Sindh army guarding the Shaburo grain depot, and the grain depot has nearly four million stone grain, which is very important to us, and we must seize the Shaburo grain depot before the Great Food Army of Punjab goes north."

Zhao Chongjie understood what the commander meant, originally he himself was going to lead the army south, but now he had to return to Anxi, so he handed over this task to himself.

"Please rest assured that the general will quickly go south and seize the Shabro grain depot."

"Very good, now you set off, lead 10,000 troops to the south, let Yuan Song stay in the city of Dolangas, I looked at the map, Shaburo is less than two hundred miles away from here, the two of you can be each other's horns, echo each other, focus on defense, in short, before Feng Changqing arrives, you are not allowed to fight a decisive battle with the Great Food Army, no matter what way they lure you, you are never allowed to go to war, give me to defend the grain depot, if you dare not obey my orders, I will be punished by military law!"

Zhao Chongjie was awe-inspiring, and he bowed down and responded: "I will never dare to disobey the general's order!" ”

Li Qingan stared at him for a long time, then nodded, "Okay!" Act now. ”

That night, Zhao Chongjie led 10,000 cavalry and galloped towards the Shabro grain depot, while Li Qing'an also set off overnight and returned to Anxi under the escort of 2,000 personal guards.

This day is the eighth day of the ninth month of the first year of the Tang calendar.

(To be continued)