Chapter 497: The Battle of Fate (6)
There were not many who resisted, but there were also unlucky Turkic knights who were dragged off their horses by the Persians and hacked to death.
From Ma Lan's point of view, since the Turkic miscellaneous soldiers rushed into the Persians, there were probably one or two hundred Turks who had been killed in battle. And the Persians, who died under the sword and spear of the Turks, are increasing in the tens of thousands.
For Ma Lu, this is the meaning of the existence of the Turkic miscellaneous soldiers.
In fact, killing all these already frightened Persians, the new army of Anxi can't do it itself, but tens of thousands of people rush up, even if the advantage is great, no matter how weak the resistance is, it is certain to break a hundred and ten heads.
And the life of every Han family is precious.
That's why the Turkic cavalry is needed, they can be strong and strong, and secondly, they are used to avoid casualties among the Han family.
On the vast Pingchuan, the Turkic cavalry chased the Persians and slashed at them, getting farther and farther away from Pinggang, Ma Lu slowly walked down the arrow tower, and after the order was issued, the main gate of the military camp slowly opened.
On the wooden platform at the door, the wise man Jafar. Sadigh was still sitting on it, his gray hair covering his face, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Lu Zhe took the Anxi spies out of the camp gate and pulled the wooden platform back.
The officers quickly issued orders, and the new army soldiers, who had been lined up behind the fence, walked into the tents one by one, took off their armor, and quickly changed into dry clothes.
For Ma Luan, this is the most important thing at the moment, the athletes were drenched just now, if there is a large-scale cold, it is also a fatal thing.
The Mingguang armor was no longer worn on the body, and it was hung in the tent to dry. The clouds cleared and cleared again. Under the scorching sun, the thick red mist completely dissipated, and the athletes no longer wore armor, and walked out of the barracks in a queue. Begin to clean up the corpses in front of the barracks.
The 8,000 cavalry and all the scouts who were on both sides of the barracks also returned, changed their clothes as quickly as possible, and then left 5,000 soldiers as guards, and the scouts who had changed their robes were released again, and the rest of the people came to the battlefield and began to clean up the battlefield.
There are two main things that need to be done. Recover steel arrows and dispose of corpses.
This time, hundreds of thousands of steel arrows were shot, which was almost half of the army's reserves, and this kind of steel arrows was the most important guarantee for the army to sweep through the Great Eclipse, and naturally it could not be easily abandoned. Fortunately, the steel arrows are all cast, and there will be basically no damage in such a battle.
And the corpse was disposed of to prevent the plague. It's the height of summer, and if these corpses are allowed to rot here, a plague outbreak will be inevitable. Although it was decided to sweep the vicinity of Isfahan to create a no-man's land. But the plague does not divide the Chinese into cannibalism. Therefore, it is also important to bury the body as soon as possible.
With the special tools for digging trenches made by the Ma family's workshop, coupled with the large number of people, the burial of the corpses was also carried out quickly. They are all enemies, so naturally they will not be one person and one tomb, all of them will be piled up together and buried. Soon there were mass graves on the ground, and Ibrahim's body Ma Lan did not deliberately look for it, and he did not know which pit it was buried in.
Inside the barracks. Part of the gunpowder, which had been wet by the heavy rain, was also removed and began to dry in the sun.
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The new army of Anxi is cleaning up the battlefield here. The Turkic miscellaneous soldiers went after the fleeing Persians.
They were also tasked with taking advantage of the situation to storm Isfahan and take the city completely.
Isfahan has amassed a large amount of resources, which are extremely important for Ma Lu's army, and the merchants who follow the caravan on the expedition will also receive the most abundant rewards here.
This task. It's too simple, so Ma Lan can rest assured that he will be handed over to these Turks. Tens of thousands of people control an undefended city, and Che Biye is not a pig, so it is still easy to complete this task.
The distance from Pinggang to Isfahan, where the military camp was located, was only thirty miles. That's not a long distance for a cavalryman. The Turkic cavalry chased the Persians all the way and slaughtered them all the way, and soon the Persians were slashed and slain, and the army quickly gathered on the Pingchuan, and under the leadership of Khiberno, followed the enemy's previous footprints and went straight to the city of Isfahan.
At the same moment, Isfahan.
All the gates of the city were open, and the people were waiting for the triumph of the army, but there were no soldiers at the head of the city, but it was full of people, and many anxious people even ran outside the city to wait.
These citizens did not have the courage to fight the enemy with their weapons, but they believed that so many people would be able to defeat the Tang people from afar. In fact, for these citizens, since the caliph himself came to the city, he did not think that the caliph was defeated.
Even the most cowardly of the Arabyans and Yemenis are now leaving the makeshift camp and looking into the distance for the triumph of caliph Abdullah.
Michelle stood on top of the city, silently looking into the distance, her gaze extremely calm.
On the horizon, a black line appeared, and the people around him cheered loudly, one by one looking extremely excited.
"The Tang people have been defeated!"
"We've won!"
"Thank Allah!"
The people at the head of the city shouted loudly, and the people outside the city ran forward with cheers, ready to meet the soldiers who had returned triumphantly. The Xinghu woman stood in the middle of a group of local women jumping and screaming, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
He can't be defeated, these people are just wishful thinking.
Since his re-entry into Khorasan with a large army, the fate of Isfahan and these people has been sealed.
These lives, which are still very alive at the moment, will soon die.
She doesn't care about the fate of these people, in fact, she doesn't care about the fate of everyone, whether it's the big cannibals, or the Tang people, the Xinghu people like her, and the Anxi agents under her hands......
She didn't care about the fate of all these people.
All she cared about was that one person, the man who had taken her away from the women's shop many years ago.
Of course, she still has to care about the life and death of Anthy's agents, and that's because he cares, so she has to care.
On the horizon, the black line was advancing rapidly forward, and a large group of cavalry could be seen.
The people at the head of the city were even more excited, it must be the cavalry of the caliphate, they came with the news of the caliph's victory!
Listening to the excited shouts of several women around her, Michelle smiled indifferently. Ibrahim only had a few thousand cavalry, where could he have such a momentum all over the mountains? You don't need to look at her to know that it must be the Turks who rushed over.
This was determined before the war, and the Turks would completely loot the city. He gave the order that the sword would never be sealed, which meant that it was impossible for all the people in the city to live.
The cavalry galloped in, filling the entire field of vision, and the men on horseback raised their swords and spears and shouted loudly.
The horses' hooves thundered, the earthquake trembled, and the cavalry was getting closer and closer to the city, and their voices could already be heard. After hearing those voices, the people in the city were stunned one by one.
The next moment, a wave of panic erupted from above the city walls.
"Allah Almighty! What's going on? ”
“…… Not the cavalry of the caliphate! They're alien! They're alien! ”
"The alien race is here! Close the gates! Close the gates! ”
"Allah! So many interracial people! ”
The people at the head of the city shouted frantically, watching the oriental cavalry in leather armor get closer and closer. Some women fell directly on top of the city, and many were so frightened that their legs went limp. Some hurried out of the city and ran to their homes, while others shouted and went down the walls in an attempt to close the gates.
For a time, the city was chaotic like a pot of porridge, and the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, shaking people's souls. The Turkic knights cheered loudly, it was less than a hundred feet away from the city, and the people outside the city who went to greet them reacted at this time, many people were frightened and stood in place, many people fell directly to the ground, and more people shouted loudly, rushing to the position of the city gate one after another.
Some people inside wanted to close the city gates, but the people outside the city rushed inside one after another, and they couldn't stop it at all. Someone fell on the road, and was immediately stepped on by the people behind him, and he couldn't get up again. There were a lot of ballistas in the city, and some men wanted to try using them, but found that they couldn't.
The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the city was in chaos one after another, and the Turkic cavalry shouted loudly, rushing past those who were standing in place at the same time, while swords and guns came out and cut those people to the ground, and suddenly blood flew, and the people who greeted them fell one after another, but the speed of the Turkic cavalry did not slow down in the slightest.
Screams, weeping, and prayers rang out, and a large group of Turkic cavalry rushed to the city gate with blood-stained knives and guns, slashing and killing the people in front of them, and at the same time approaching the city gate at high speed, and the people who ran towards the city cried loudly, and were killed on the ground by the Turks one by one.
At this time, no one wanted to close the city gate, and the people at the head of the city ran down like crazy, jumping directly in a hurry, falling to the ground and unable to get up, and being trampled to death by the people behind.
Michelle stood on the city wall and waved her hand to several spies in a pavilion not far away. Looking at this, the gunpowder buried near the city gate was not needed.
The Turks rushed to the city and dispersed, and soon completely surrounded the entire city, the gates were not closed, and the cavalry followed the fleeing civilians into the city, slashing the crowd along the streets. The streets were soon filled with corpses, and a large number of cavalry swarmed through the gates, and the whole city fell into the hands of the Turks in an instant.
Michelle stood on top of the city wall, silently watching all this.
Qi Biye rushed to the city gate, saw a battle flag of the Anxi Army in Mi Xue's hand, was stunned for a moment and remembered something, and hurriedly jumped off the war horse and bowed to the Xinghu woman at the head of the city.
Although he is a Turkic, this branch of the Qibi tribe has been attached to the Tang Dynasty for more than 100 years since the calculation of Qibi He Li, and the herdsmen of the branch of the Qibi tribe who have been nomadic in Yingshaochuan in the northwest of Yanqi for generations have become a little sleek, and the Qibi Ye himself is even more so.
Although he didn't know this stunning Xinghu woman, he already knew who she was as soon as he saw the Anxi Army battle flag in her hand. (To be continued.) )