Chapter 10: The City of Blood
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To the south of the Octagonal Earth Castle is a river with broken leaves, which is its upper reach.
Unlike rivers that enter the sea, inland rivers in the depths of the continent do not have more water downstream because most inland rivers rely on meltwater from snow-capped mountains rather than rainfall to provide water, so it is possible that the upstream water volume is large, and after flowing into the desert, it will dry up downstream. As early as the day before yesterday, Masoud had sent people to test that the depth of the river in this section of more than ten miles was not something that could be crossed by horses.
But soon news came that the gang had hidden some small boats and rafts in the grass and sand upstream, and "most of them were already on board when our detectives arrived." "It's just that in the dark, I can't see the details of the other party clearly, and the sentry cavalry doesn't dare to get too close.
After hearing the news, the Hui people hated it! These Tang Kou are really cunning.
The army pulled out the camp, but did not immediately pursue the "Tang Kou" who fled to the north, nor did they immediately pursue the enemy troops who fled to the south.
"Dihekan! Please give the order to pursue! ”
"Chase? Where to pursue? ”
Some generals said that the gang in the south should be true, because it would be much safer after crossing the river, and others said that the gang in the north should be real, because judging from the situation of running out, there are many more people fleeing from the north than from the south.
Karasi said: "Either we divide our troops into two places and pursue ...... separately" Before he finished speaking, he was scolded by Masouud!
"Division? Divide your head! ”
"Tang Kou" escaped in two ways, it is very likely that one is true and one is false, there are few fake people, they are suspicious soldiers, and they may even just use the old and weak to lure the enemy, but they are really the main force!
Masudeud judged: The real one will definitely set up an ambush halfway. At this time, the shape shì is the Tang people take the initiative, the Hui people are passive, in this dark night rashly catch up, there is a danger, if the ambush is chaotic, the Hui people will lose the advantage in troops.
"Our troops are not much more than this group of Tang Kou!" Masoud sneered: "If the troops are divided, it will be even less advantageous!" ”
If you count the people of Broken Leaves, the strength of the Hui people will not reach twice the strength of the Tang army, and once the troops are divided, one of them will be equal to or even slightly weaker than the main force of the Tang army.
After dividing the troops, chase and flee at night, in case of chaos caused by another ambush, that part of the people and horses will be eaten by the Tang army!
Fighting for the initiative with sports warfare, leaving behind the enemy's main force, breaking through each with relative superiority on a specific battlefield, and eating each other one by one, this is the nomad's specialty, and Masoud himself knows this well, so how can he fall into the trap of the Tang people.
"That'...... So what exactly do we do now? Karathi asked, shrinking his head.
Masouud's grim eyes swept the generals: "We will neither chase the south nor the north...... We ......"
The generals looked up to him......
"Siege!"
"Siege?"
"Yes, siege!" Masoud laughed, "Let's take down this earthen city first." If Tang Kou escaped, he would definitely take the old and weak and the women with him, while we were all light horses, and even if we were a day and a half late, we would always be able to catch up. When they leave the city, they are like sheep leaving the fold, and if we catch up with them again, we will tear them apart. ”
When the generals heard this, they all shouted "Dihekan is wise"!
Masud sent a general to lead two hundred light cavalry: "You give me to chase the crowd fleeing to the northwest, you don't have to chase and fight, as long as you don't chase and lose." Then he asked Karassi: "Send another two hundred men to patrol the river and see if there is any way to cross it." ”
Then he ordered the main force: "Others!" Come with me to the siege! ”
Although the drums in the city continued to sound, dozens of Uighur soldiers climbed to the top of the city without any hindrance.
Under the firelight, Masoud saw that seven or eight sheep were tied up and hung on their hind feet, and there was a big drum under each sheep, and the sheep kept struggling, and the two front feet kept moving, and naturally beat on the drum surface, Masoud couldn't help but laugh and said: "I said why is the drum so messy, it turned out to be this!" ”
The Hui people searched everywhere, but they couldn't find a single living person, so they came back and reported: "Dihekan, it seems that these Tang Kou have all escaped just now." ”
Masuded said coldly: "Good, good, very good!" "Although no one was found, the progress of the matter was as he expected." Tang Kou: "If you leave the old and weak behind and go into battle lightly, it will be troublesome, and now you can't run far away if you run away from the city, then don't worry."
"So what now?" The ministry will ask.
"Don't worry, wait until dawn, see which side is the suspicious soldier and which side is the regular army, if they just escape from the elite, they may still be able to go, since everyone is taken away, there must be old and weak inside, and they can't go far."
An order was issued for the soldiers to occupy various strongholds in the city, and at the same time to conduct a second round of searches to prevent the "Tang Kou" from leaving an ambush and setting a trap.
However, after two rounds of searching, no traps were found in the city.
"They are still fighting with us during the day, and they start to play ghosts at dusk, and they flee in a hurry as soon as nightfall, and they don't have time to fiddle with them. Then the heart was more determined.
If there is anything unusual, it is that the city is full of dead cattle, dead sheep, dead horses, dead pigs and even dead chickens and dead ducks, all of which have been cut throats and blooded, disemboweled, and there is an old veterinarian among the Hui people, who has examined the dead bodies of these poultry and livestock and determined that they are not poisoned or plagued, Masoud said: "These must be things that they can't take away, the Han people are the worst, and they refuse to leave what they can't take away, they would rather destroy it, according to them, leaving things to the enemy is called the enemy." ”
Ordered people to check other places, such as the well and the wrought iron workshop, and soon the subordinates came back to report that the well had been blocked, and the large tools that the wrought iron workshop could not move were also smashed, and Masoud smiled at the generals: "Look, I'm right, right?" ”
It's just that the blood and feathers of beasts and the internal organs of domestic animals are thrown everywhere, and the fishy smell that the Hui people smell at dusk is wafting in from inside the city, and they smell outside the city, and they feel the smell wafting after entering the city. Fortunately, the area around the big house in the middle is quite clean - this is the base camp of Broken Leaf City, with Guo Shidao's official residence in front and residence in the back, so the houses in this area don't smell.
When his men searched and found nothing unusual, Masoud went in, and said to the generals: "The men on duty guard the city gates, and the others sleep well, and when the scouts come back, they will chase Tang Kou tomorrow!" ”
After occupying Guo Shidao's mansion, he searched for dozens of jars of good wine, and after verifying that it was non-toxic, Masoud embraced the beauty, drank the wine, and had fun all night, and a female slave occasionally pulled out a few things from the splint of the big bed and handed them to Masouud: "Master, you see what this is." ”
Seeing that the thing was covered with wax on the outside, but there was a black thing wrapped in it, he took a closer look and sniffed it, and was a little surprised: "These Tang Kou, hiding in this place where birds don't, actually hide the Heavenly Demon Incense!" ”
"Heavenly Demon Incense? What's that? ”
Masoud smiled lewdly: "This is a good thing, it is very expensive, I heard that it was made by Abdul Azim drummed up, it is only sold in the city of Talaskulan, and other places change hands, but now I can't suck it, baby, it's cheap for you today, give it to you." ”
As he spoke, he was about to light and smoke her, and the outside hurried to report: "Dihekan! Our men to the northwest were ambushed on the road, dozens of people died, and the rest fled back. ”
Masoud muttered: "Useless thing! He also said: "But it seems that it is Allah who fled to the northwest, hmph, these Tang Kou really set up an ambush to chase, but unfortunately Lao Tzu was not fooled, dozens of people died, and Uncle Ben's muscles and bones could not be hurt." ”
The general asked, "So what now?" ”
"What to do, send another hundred horsemen to catch up! Don't follow too closely, just don't lose it. ”
He estimated that after being ambushed once, "Tang Kou" would try his best to escape, which was a common occurrence in soldiers.
The subordinates took the order to go, and Masoud and two female slaves Hu Tianhu Emperor, the "Heavenly Demon Incense" is a kind of psychedelic medicine made of poppies, lit into incense, and after absorbing it, it makes people hallucinate and flutter like immortals, but the quantity is small and expensive, from the Tianshan Mountains to the Mediterranean, only the prince of the steppe, the Arab nobles can enjoy it.
A slave girl sucked it and snuggled up to Masoud and said, "Master, suck a little too." It's fun. ”
But although Masoud had drunk, he still had some determination and pushed her away: "Go away, go somewhere else!" "Although what I'm dealing with now is only a gang of robbers, it doesn't matter if I drink some wine, I can't smoke the Heavenly Demon Incense.
The slave girl staggered, as if she was drunk and crazy, and suddenly took a torch and burned something, but fortunately this room of Guo Shidao was mostly made of bricks and stones, and the walls were also earthen walls, so it was not easy to catch fire, and Masoud shouted: "Get her out!" Burn it elsewhere! "It's normal to play with fire after smoking the Heavenly Demon Incense, and Masoud has seen a lot, and he doesn't blame the slave girl.
The Byzantine eunuch drove the Persian slave girl out, and a subordinate came to report: "Dikhkan! Most of the light cavalry we sent to the northwest were lost, and the rest were driven back. ”
Masoud was a little wary: "Another ambush? ”
"It's not an ambush, it's a frontal impact, and now it's a recoil."
Masuded was drunk at this time, and laughed loudly: "I thought that the leader of these Tang Kou knew how to fight, but it turned out that he didn't understand it half--after he ambushed our pursuers, he should have set up another suspicious army, and then fled by separate routes-then maybe there was a chance to escape, and now he actually ran back, isn't that death?" ”
After a while, the subordinate came back and reported urgently: "Tang Kou has hundreds of cavalry, and he has rushed back, and now he has forced to the north of the city, just outside the city." ”
Karathi shouted, "Dihekan, be careful that Tang Kou is going to defend and attack!" ”
When Masudet heard this, he scoffed: "Defending as an offense? Before, they had the city as a shield, and they were beaten by us so that they didn't even have the strength to fight back, but now the city is in our hands, how can they defend and attack! That's looking for death! Come on, come on! Tell the remaining slave girl: "Help me get dressed, and wait for me to clean up that stupid group of Tang Kou." ”
Before the clothes were dressed, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a fire rising into the sky outside the window, and said in amazement: "What's the matter?" So what kind of light? ”
Then he saw the Byzantine eunuch: "Oh no! Attia, she ...... She's setting fire to the outside, and now she's burning half the city! ”
Masoud was furious: "What nonsense! She just has a torch, and for a while, not a single room can be lit, how can she burn half of the city! ”
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