Chapter 15: The March to Samarkand
Looking at the survivors who were shot by the Tang Army, Gu Taibai even had the heart to die.
At the beginning, Yang Siqiao asked him to surrender, and said that he would defeat Talas in one go, and he listened to it as a joke. Now, in retrospect, he knows how stupid he is, Yang Siqiao obviously told the truth, and he didn't believe it.
He didn't believe it, so he refused Yang Siqiao's request and gave Yang Siqiao an excuse to kill.
That's right, it's an excuse.
The Tang Army's westward advance this time will inevitably establish its authority. Since you want to establish your authority, you have to kill. To go on a killing spree, you need excuses. With such an excuse, if Yang Siqiao didn't start killing, it would be inconsistent with his ruthless nature.
Gu Taibai, who wanted to understand this layer, was extremely depressed.
This is the burial of the people and the army all over the city, which he has caused, and he has sinned so much, can his heart feel good?
"My lord, what shall we do?" The guards looked panicked.
Although they are loyal servants of Allah, these guards still spare their lives and do not want to die.
"There's no way to live, you can do it." Gu Taibai let out a long sigh, turned around, and went straight to the sea of fire.
He is unwilling to fall into the hands of the Tang Army, or it is better to be buried in the fire.
"My lord, no." The guards hurriedly stopped Gu Taibai.
"Don't stop me. I have to die. Gu Taibai was determined to die, and said in a deep voice: "Falling into the hands of the Chinese is just a matter of humiliation." You still don't know how the Chinese treated the Turkic khans. After the Turkic khan was captured by the Chinese, he did not kill him, but gave him a good field in the beautiful house and raised it like a pig. If the Chinese have a heavy dà celebration. Let the Turkic khans dance for fun. The Khan of a country. It ended up like this. What a humiliation. If I fall into the hands of the Chinese and they want me to dance to cheer up, what face will I face Allah? ”
The fact that the Turkic Khan danced to cheer up was certainly a great thing for the Tang people. But for the Turkic Khan, it was a great shame. With Gu Taibai's temperament, he would rather die than do this.
"Your Excellency. It's uncomfortable, but it's better than dying, right? ”
"Yes. Anyway, aren't you still alive? It is better to die than to live, as long as you live, there will be hope, and maybe you will have the opportunity to serve Allah. ”
"That's right, sir."
The guards are talking about persuasion.
"Don't say it, I'd rather die." Gu Taibai has a hard personality, and he does not want to be humiliated.
When the guards saw that the persuasion was ineffective, they looked at each other. Hurriedly restrained Gu Taibai and said, "I'm sorry." My lord. We are your guards, and we cannot watch you die. ”
The guards grabbed Gu Taibai and walked out of the city gate.
"Let go of me! Let me go! Gu Taibai roared loudly, but it was useless, the guards ignored him, just twisted him, and headed towards the Tang army.
"Tang Jun, this is Lord Gu Taibai, we are willing to surrender, we just ask you to spare his life." These guards are quite loyal, and they are a piece of good intentions.
A group of Don troops surrounded them and surrounded them.
Yang Siqiao rode on the tall horse, looked at Gu Taibai for a while, and sneered: "Gu Taibai, you are really a defeated general!" In Kabul, you are defeated. Here, Talas, you are still defeated. A veritable defeat. ”
"You ......" As soon as he heard this, Gu Taibai only felt that his face was burning hot, extremely uncomfortable, and almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
This Yang Siqiao, which pot is not opened and which pot is mentioned, and the old bottom of the ancient Taibai is lifted again.
"If you want to kill or chop, listen to it." Gu Tai's white head was raised, his chest was straight, and he said proudly.
According to his courage, this is naturally not a casual remark, but he really has this heart.
"If you are given two choices, one is to die a painful death, and the other is to live well, which one will you choose?" Yang Simao's face turned cold, and said: "I am a ruthless person, if you choose to die in pain, I will have many painful ways to make you live and not die." ”
"I ......" Gu Taibai hesitated.
If someone else said this, Gu Taibai might not hesitate and choose death. But this is a ruthless man, a smart ruthless man, what Yang Siqiao said, he has to think about it.
Yang Siqiao is a ruthless man, there are too many ways to torture people, if he really wants to let Gu Taibai die a painful death, it must be a torture that even the gods can't stand.
When encountering a ruthless person like Yang Siqiao, everyone has to think about it.
"Alive." After a long time, under Yang Siqing's gaze, Gu Taibai only felt that Yang Siqiao's gaze was like the hungry wolf eyes of a lamb, which made him creepy, so he had to choose to live.
"Whew." Those guards let out a long breath, they were most worried that Gu Taibai would choose to die, because with his temperament, it was likely to be such a choice.
"Well, you've made a wise choice." Yang Siqiao nodded appreciatively, his face suddenly changed, and he shouted, "Throw him into the sea of fire." ”
"Ahh Gu Taibai exclaimed, his eyes widened, and his face was incredulous, as if he had seen a ghost.
"I choose to live." Gu Taibai was stunned for a moment and blurted out.
He obviously chose to live, but Yang Siqiao wanted to burn him, which is too puzzling.
"Whether you want to live or you want to die, it's not up to you to choose, it's up to me to decide." Yang Siqiao said coldly.
"You're kidding me?" Gu Taibai understood that Yang Siqiao was looking for him to be happy.
"Yes and no." Yang Simiao's face was cold, and he said, "Yes, it's because I really want to tease you." Say no, because I really have torture that makes you want to live, and you can't die. For the sake of your stubbornness, I'll burn you to make you suffer less. But if you don't want to burn you, I'll torture you until you die. ”
His voice was not high-pitched, nor was it stern, like an old friend reminiscing. However, in everyone's ears, it is like coming from the Nine Secluded Underworld, which is extremely scary, cold and quiet, and creepy.
Coupled with his shrill and piercing eunuch voice, it was even more intimidating.
"Let go of me, I'll go on my own." Gu Taibai stood upside down for a while, and he didn't dare to choose Yang Siqiao's torture, so it was better to throw himself into the sea of fire.
Jumping into the fire by yourself can show a little bit of your toughness and maintain your last dignity.
"You fell into my hands. You still want to save your poor face. It's ridiculous! Yang Siqiao showed his ruthless demeanor. Even the last bit of Gu Taibai's face had to be trampled on.
If it were a different person, it would probably be out of respect for Gu Taibai and let him jump into the fire by himself. But Yang Siqiao didn't have this kind of pity, let alone respect, and wanted to trample on the last bit of dignity of Gu Taibai.
"You ......" Gu Taibai was furious, and he was powerless, it was really his misfortune to meet a ruthless person like Yang Siqiao.
"Throw it in." Yang Siqiao waved his hand.
A couple of Don troops came over. grabbed Gu Taibai, came to the edge of the sea of fire, and threw Gu Taibai into it with a force.
Gu Taibai drew a beautiful arc, fell into the sea of fire, and was immediately engulfed by the flames.
Gu Taibai was also stiff, although he was in pain, he bit his lip tightly and didn't say a word.
"Your Excellency." These guards wept loudly and were about to rush over.
Yang Siqiao waved his hand. Immediately, a group of Tang troops came over and grabbed these guards. Thrown into the sea of fire.
"I regret it! I regret it so much! At the last moment when his life was gone, Gu Taibai shouted.
Whether he regretted not accepting Yang Siqiao's surrender order, or regretted not fighting with Yang Siqiao, it is unknown.
Whatever it may be, Gu Taibai left this world with infinite remorse and threw himself into the arms of Allah, who he believed.
At the moment, the stench of Talas has become stronger, and it is so thick that it can't be dissolved, making people's stomachs tumble, and many Tang soldiers began to vomit.
The Arab Empire garrisoned as many as 100,000 troops here, plus the people of the city and the merchants who passed by, the total population of the entire Hengrus was no less than 300,000.
Moreover, there are also many livestock, such as war horses, cattle and sheep, all of which were burned clean by Yang Siqiao.
In this way, you can imagine how strong the stench is.
Even the Tang Army, which has been in battle for a long time and is accustomed to smelling blood, is extremely uncomfortable.
"Whew." Yang Siqiao took a deep breath, closed his eyes slightly, and said with a look of enjoyment: "It's really a wonderful taste." How many people can smell such a wonderful smell throughout the ages? ”
Isn't that nonsense?
Throughout the ages, looking through all the history of Chinese and foreign wars, how many people dared to burn hundreds of thousands of people alive like him?
"Seal up the gates of the city with dirt bags." Yang Siqiao ordered again.
The Tang army immediately dug the soil, made the soil bag, and then moved the soil bag to the city gate and blocked the city gate.
As long as the city gates are blocked, even if there are survivors in the city, there is no need to live.
"Brethren: the Battle of Talas is over!" Yang Siqiao pulled the horse's head, faced the Tang army, and began to lecture, saying: "The 100,000 Great Food Army, as well as the more than 200,000 people in the city, were all burned to death!" We've got a big win! We're off to a winning start! ”
"Victory!" The officers and men of the Tang Army erupted into an earth-shattering roar.
This was the first major victory of the Tang army since its westward advance, and it was a miracle that the 100,000 Arab imperial troops in Talas were completely annihilated, and the Tang army did not suffer a single casualty.
The total annihilation of 100,000 enemies without a single casualty is unique in the entire history of human warfare, and it is a miracle among miracles.
"I see joy in your faces, and that's good!" Yang Siqiao changed his words and said, "But this is not worth rejoicing!" Because we have bigger and better cities ahead of us, waiting for us to conquer! We can win even bigger! ”
"Hooray! Banzai! "The best way to boost morale is to win.
As long as a series of victories can be achieved, the worst army can become the most elite army; Even cowards become warriors, this is an unchanging truth in the history of warfare.
Who can not be happy that the Tang Army has achieved such an amazing record in Talas, and that there are still even greater victories waiting for them?
"Ahead, there is the shining pearl: Samarkand." Yang Siqiao raised his right hand high, waved it heavily, and shouted: "This dazzling pearl is waiting for us to pick it!" ”
patted the horse's back and galloped out first.
"Rumble!" The Don army followed and went straight to the pearl of Central Asia: Samarkand. (To be continued......)