Chapter 12: The Anger of the Anxi Army
Combine. Posilin looked at the shadowy Sogdian warriors on the wall, and his heart was full of anger.
No matter how difficult it is at this moment, can it be compared with when he first started the incident with Nesser, Zhu Dayi and others?
In a desperate situation, and. The bravery that had been hidden in Bo Xilin's heart for a long time burst out in an instant. As soon as he pushed away the guards who were close to him, he put one hand on the horse's back, and jumped directly onto the wall, and with a wave of the Damascus scimitar in his hand, he killed a Sogdian archer.
Seeing that the main general was so brave, the good men of the Posilin cavalry also rushed to the wall one after another. None of the dwellings built by the sassy mob were too high to go up, and soon more than 100 people went up to the sides of the street and surrounded and killed the Sogdians who fired arrows.
The Sogdians, however, were not fond of war, and when they saw the strength of the enemy's army, they fled directly to the houses in the rear. Most of these Sogdian warriors managed to escape.
Combine. Bo Silin jumped off the wall, and for a while he was a little high-spirited, as if it was time for the first time to start an incident. Looking back at the blazing camp a few miles away, he suddenly regretted why he didn't fight the Tang people boldly.
The thought only flashed through him, and the wound on his shoulder hurt again. Posilin came to his senses in an instant.
Now is not the time to be reckless, even if you kill all the Tang people? It was his own men who were injured, the Persian cavalry, who were more valuable than the dinar. The more their power is depleted, the happier Abbas and Mansur become.
Getting out of this damn city alive is all that matters.
Combine. Posilin calmed down and commanded his men to quickly extinguish the fire at the city gate, but he was helpless in the face of the red-burned city gate.
This long wall was built by him when he heard that Gao Xianzhi's army was pressing the border, in order to defend against Gao Xianzhi's attack, the city gate was also carefully piled up with boulders, but he didn't expect it to block his way at this time.
The gates had been blocked by the Sogdians with rocks, and it was not easy to clear them. If the Tang army is allowed to catch up, it will be the consequence of the annihilation of the entire army.
In desperation, and. Posilin made a painful decision. At the sound of the order, all the horsemen abandoned their horses and assisted each other in climbing over the lowest part of the wall. Life and death are at stake, and life is the priority, but nothing else can be taken care of.
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In the center of the city, in the camp of the Posilin cavalry.
In the snowy night, the buildings were still burning, but the sound of fighting slowly subsided.
The Posilin cavalry, which had lost its speed, was surrounded by thousands of Anxi athletes, and its destruction was inevitable. Although they were extremely brave in the battle, but there were too many Anxi athletes, and Ma Lu and other good hands rushed over to solve it quickly when they saw the Persians, so the battle quickly subsided.
After the break, more than 700 Posilin cavalry were all killed, and the Anxi army also paid a huge price. More than 500 Anxi soldiers were killed in and out of the camp, and even more than that number were wounded.
Of the sixty Anxi men who followed Ma Lu to start this battle, nineteen died in this tragic battle and could never return to Anxi alive.
If the Anxi soldiers were fully armed, naturally there would not be such a big damage, but today's war was launched in a hurry, and most of the soldiers only had one weapon and basically no armor, so there would be such heavy casualties.
After the victory, the Anxi army athletes were busy collecting the remains of the robes and bodies that had died in battle, and the wounded soldiers received the most basic treatment, and some soldiers went to clean up the battlefield and merge the weapons, armor, and horses left by the enemy, everything was carried out in an orderly manner, and the quality of the elite soldiers in a hundred battles was fully reflected at this moment.
After a series of bloody battles, at this time, Ma Lu's Mingguang armor was already stained red with blood, and he didn't know whether it was his own blood or the enemy's. There were no more enemies in his field of vision, and his mind gradually became clearer.
Holding the Mo knife in his hand and looking at the battlefield that had been stepped into a muddy battlefield, Ma Lu secretly screamed in his heart that he was lucky. It was an extremely crazy thing for only sixty people to attack Sa Mojian, which was surrounded by enemies on all sides. Fortunately, luck was on the side of the Anxi army in the end, and a series of accidents decided the final result. If not and. Posilin himself instigated, this battle may not be able to win.
This battle, which is completely different from Ma Lan's plan, is full of too many variables. The father and daughter of the Kang family actually left so many people to help, which he didn't know before. However, even with the secret help of the Kang family's father and daughter, the Anxi army was still at a disadvantage when facing Ziyad and Po Xilin's 3,000 iron cavalry in the camp. Posilin, I'm afraid the situation has already been reversed.
If he had been fully conscious, the decisive battle with the Posilin cavalry tonight would never have taken place in a wide camp, but should have been a street battle suitable for the Anthy infantry. It's a pity that after seeing the enemy, his emotions can no longer be controlled, and he has completely become the Guanzhong man who starts every war, and he only thinks about using the enemy's blood to avenge the robe that died in the battle of Talas Chuan.
Although he had taken over the body, the hero's soul was never far away......
Behind Ma Lan were more than forty Anxi men after the bloody battle. Everyone was almost injured at the moment, but they were all extremely excited. The rescued prisoners of war looked in this direction from time to time, with respect in their eyes, and these dozens of Anxi men won the respect of all the prisoners of war with their heroic performance tonight.
"Tonight's battle, you are the first to take the lead!" Ma Lan looked at Li Zhengde and said.
This guy must have been caught when the bowstring sounded, and in the battle he shot dozens of good opponents in the enemy's army, and after a night of fighting, there was almost no blood on his body, and he was the only one who did not hang the color among the first Anxi men.
Li Zhengde smiled and did not speak. Everyone sees the credit for killing the enemy chieftain, and no one can take it.
The thin Du Huan was stabbed in the arm, his face was unusually pale, but his expression looked extremely excited. Seeing Ma Lan looking over, Du Huan, the son of the family, hurriedly puffed up his chest and looked extremely proud.
Although he is a reader, he is a real kind. After this battle, Ma Lan was also impressed by this weak guy.
"General, what about the tall generals?" A wounded soldier with a broken arm looked at the god-like Ma Lan and asked loudly.
"There are no tall generals, only ourselves." Ma Lan smiled.
Hearing this, there was a slight commotion in the camp, and everyone's eyes were on Ma Lu.
"There are no tall generals, only ourselves!" Ma Lan rode his horse slowly, waved his Mo knife and said loudly, "General Gao is far away in Anxi, if we want to go back, we can only rely on ourselves!" ”
"We are willing to stay here and stand up for Yidi, we will not force it! It's a good man, all pick up the knife and follow a certain kill back! ”
After saying these two sentences, Ma Lan didn't say any more.
The tall general didn't come, and the big guy was disappointed in his heart, but he had already gotten rid of the identity of a slave, and who was willing to stay here. For these Anxi athletes who have survived a hundred battles, Ma Lu absolutely believes it. The loss won't last long, and once everyone gets used to it, everything will be fine.
Thousands of warriors looked at Ma Lu and began to talk in a low voice.
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After clearing the battlefield and collecting the reserves left by the big cannibals in black in the camp, the ragged warriors were given clothes, and each of them was given at least one weapon.
After defeating the Posilin cavalry, the remaining 5,000 or so combatable soldiers were basically armed at this time.
Using the cooking utensils left behind by the Posilin cavalry, they made a simple meal, and ate a full meal under the firelight, and everyone regained their strength. Ma Lu gathered the junior officers among the prisoners of war and made a simple arrangement.
Since the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he joined the army in Anxi, and he was the pioneer of jumping in every battle, and his rank in the Anxi army was not low, and he should be called a general. Among these people, many people know him, and after tonight's battle, Ma Lan has naturally become the backbone of everyone.
Everyone accepted the fact that General Gao did not come, and they all agreed with what Ma Lu said, if you want to return to Anxi, you must pick up the knife and kill it yourself. The last time they dropped their weapons, they lost their backbone, and now General Ma Ling is their backbone. With so many Han family sons and daughters together, who wants to be humiliated by Hu Dog again?
Among the prisoners of war, there was no higher grade than him, which also facilitated Ma Lan's arrangement. What he didn't know was the outcome of this battle, but what to do after winning had already been thought about.
The night was deep, but the warriors had no sleep. The city is full of fire, and tonight's sassy construction is destined to be a sleepless night.
The wounded soldiers remained in the camp to take care of each other, and the remaining Anxi Jian'er divided into several parts, each with nearly a thousand people, and headed for the various wealthy districts in the city.
These days, a lot of robes have been bought by the rich people who built them, and now they naturally want to take them back. As for the fate of the wealthy Sogdian merchants who bought the prisoners of war of the Anxi Army, it is naturally unquestionable. The prisoners of war of the Anxi Army have been tortured a lot these days, and where is there any good temper.
The men of the Kang family had apparently retreated, the flames in the city were slowly extinguished, and wherever the soldiers of the Anxi Army went, flames rose into the air one after another, mixed with the fearful cries of the Sogdians.
There was no strong resistance, and huge mansions were burned down by Anxi prisoners of war, and a large number of robes returned to the army. Wherever Anxi Jian'er, who was enraged, passed, there was a bloody storm.
A day ago, they were prisoners of war, but now, the whole Sa Mojian is trembling in front of them!
According to the intelligence, the black-clothed infantry was stationed outside the city, Ma Lan thought that these guys would enter the Sa Mo Jian, and Jiao was ready to fight these servant troops, but it seems that these guys will not come tonight.
These miscellaneous fish armies were originally a rabble, and it was okay to follow the Posilin cavalry to fight a tailwind, but when the situation was unclear, where would they dare to enter the battlefield. Since they didn't take the initiative to provoke the Anxi army, Ma Lan didn't bother to pay attention to them.