Long before Tianzhu sent troops, Li Longji expected that this westward advance would encounter the Arab Empire, but he did not expect that it would come so quickly.

"The Great Food Army is really fast." Li Longji said.

"Yes. It was really fast, a little faster than we expected. Zhang Shuo also sighed with emotion, and said: "We originally expected that we would encounter Da Shi in the countries of the Western Regions, but we didn't expect that we would encounter it in Afghanistan." ”

"Actually, it's normal." Li Longji nodded and said: "Although there is a distance of thousands of miles between Dashi and Datang, however, there are only a few small countries in these thousands of miles, and their strength is too weak to resist the elite edge of Dashi, and it is normal for the Dashi army to come so quickly and arrive in Afghanistan." ”

"The prince is right." Zhang Shuo agreed.

The Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire were separated by thousands of miles and did not directly border, however, these thousands of miles were all small countries, large countries were only tens of millions of troops, and small countries were only hundreds of troops, and their strength was far from that of the Arab Empire.

It is impossible for these small countries to stop the elite of the Arab Empire, so it is normal for Gu Taibai to come quickly.

"Fortunately, we moved first and occupied Pakistan, otherwise it would have taken a lot of effort." Zhang Xiaofei was quite happy.

"Not really." Yang Siqiao shook his head and said, "Even if the Great Food occupies Pakistan, as long as we defeat the Great Food army, Pakistan will be ours." Prince, we should defeat the Great Eclipse army with a thunderous force, and then march westward to seize the place captured by the Great Eclipse. ”

"Yes." Zhang Shuo, Chen Xuanli, and Xue Zhi agreed loudly.

The key to whether or not a place can be captured lies in the army. If the army is there. to be able to occupy this place. If the army is defeated. It is impossible to occupy this place. As long as the Tang army defeats the Arab imperial army, it will be able to seize the places occupied by the Arab Empire, even if the Arab Empire occupies Pakistan first, it is useless.

If the Tang army can defeat the Arab Imperial army under the leadership of Gu Taibai, it will be able to snatch the area conquered by Gu Taibai, which is a rare opportunity, and the generals will greatly approve of Yang Siqing's proposal.

"Yang Siqiao is right." Li Longji glanced at Yang Siqiao appreciatively and asked, "You all tell me, how should this battle be fought?" ”

"Is that still asking? Set up a grand array. A big battle is all it takes. With our strength, it will be easy to defeat Dashi. Zhang Xiaofei was straight-mouthed and immediately shouted.

"That's right." Immediately, there was a chorus of echo, and there were not a few generals who thought so.

Not only are they responding, but they are gearing up, eager to fight the Arab Empire right away.

The Arab Empire wants to conquer China, which makes the generals angry, and they have long wanted to fight a big war with the Arab Empire, and finally have this opportunity, can they not be excited?

"No!" Zhang Shuo vetoed Zhang Xiaofei's proposal. Said: "This battle, we can't fight like this. ”

"Don't fight like that. So how are you going to fight? Zhang Xiaofei was puzzled.

He is talking about the usual style of play of the Tang Dynasty, what's wrong?

"In this battle, we not only have to defeat the Great Eclipse army, but also find out the details of the Great Eclipse." Zhang Shuo raised his eyebrows and analyzed: "Since the time of Taizong, Da Shi has been rising, constantly expanding, and constantly advancing eastward, first destroying Persia, and then stretching out its claws to the countries of the Western Regions. Datang has been paying attention to Da Shi for decades, although Pei Xingjian escorted Balus to the west back then, however, he stopped advancing when he arrived in Broken Leaf City, because Da Shi Chen was heavily armed and ready for battle, and Pei Xingjian had few soldiers in his hands and could not fight with Da Shi. At that time, Datang should have found out the details of the big food, but it was because Pei Xing was thrifty and had few soldiers. ”

Since its rise, the Arab Empire has had a direct or indirect relationship with the Tang Dynasty. When the Persian Empire was in the midst of its demise, it sent people to the Tang Dynasty for help, but Tang Taizong considered that the conditions for sending troops were not ripe, the Western Turks were in the way, and the Tang army could not advance westward in a big way, so he refused to send troops on the grounds of long distances.

However, the Tang Dynasty did not give up Persia, but sent people to take over the Persian royal family, and also set up the "Persian Protectorate" to fight against Persia.

However, after all, the two countries are far apart, and it is difficult for a real war to occur, and the Tang army and the Arab imperial army have never really clashed, so the Tang Dynasty does not know what the strength of the Arab imperial army is.

The most likely person to fight with the Arab Empire is Pei Xingjian. He was ordered to escort Balus home, however, he had to give up when he reached Shattered Leaf City. Because the Arab Empire is waiting for heavy troops, it is impossible to defeat the Arab Empire with the little force in Pei Xingjian's hands.

In this way, although the two countries were hostile for decades, there was not a single war, and the Don army did not understand the strength of the Arab imperial army.

"This battle is the first battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire, and our most important task is to find out the details of the Great Food Army, its combat power, and its tactics, we must explore them one by one." Zhang Shuo continued: "Yes, I advocate that we set up a dignified formation, no crossbow formation, only fighting, and fight a tough battle with Da Shi, so as to achieve the goal of figuring out the combat power of Da Shi." ”

"Yes!" The generals were convinced and agreed in unison.

Li Longji looked at Zhang with great appreciation. Zhang said that it is worthy of being the first in the world in terms of strategy, not only has a big game, but also has a very far-reaching view, which is very rare.

Sooner or later, there will be a big war between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire, and it is of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty to find out the details of the Arab Empire before the big war, so as to facilitate the decision-making and scheduling later.

If you want to find out the details of the Arab Imperial Army, you don't need to use the crossbow array. Because the crossbow array is too terrifying, once the crossbow array is powerful, the Arab imperial army will suffer heavy casualties, and it will be difficult for the Tang Dynasty to find out.

"I think we should be here, Kabul and wait for the big food army." Chen Xuanli's right hand focused on Kabul on the map.

"Good." Li Longji was in favor of it.

At the sound of an order, the Tang army set off and headed straight for Kabul.

Kabul is the capital of modern Afghanistan, but the city has a history of 3,000 years, and there was Kabul during the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, Kabul was not the capital of Afghanistan, and the city was not very large, but it was in a very good location for fighting.

After Li Longji led the army to arrive, the Afghan people here happily invited the Tang army into the city. It was here that the Don army waited for the arrival of the armies of the Arab Empire.

"Here, Kabul is suitable for fighting, let's go here." Gu Taibai looked at the map for a while, and he also chose Kabul. At the sound of an order, the troops of the Arab Empire went straight to Kabul.

"What? The Don army has already entered the city? When he learned that the Tang army had already occupied Kabul one step ahead, Gu Taibai was greatly surprised.

"It's not a big deal." Immediately afterwards, Gu Taibai was calm and light: "As long as I defeat Li Longji, I can occupy Kabul." Well, Li Longji is the crown prince of China, and I must capture him alive and sacrifice him to the wise and great Governor. ”

"Array, call for battle." Gu Taibai immediately ordered.

The armies of the Arab Empire began to line up, and the formations came out in groups, and the movements were very fast, and soon they formed formations, horizontal rows, vertical columns, and one faction was purged.

Li Longji led the generals to stand at the head of the city, looked at the formation of the Arab Imperial army, and praised it greatly: "The Arab Empire is a fierce enemy!" Their armies were arrayed quickly, and they were all in order, not under us. ”

"Yes, the real enemy at this time!" Zhang said that their faces were solemn.

As the generals galloping on the battlefield, they have a very unique vision, and they can see at a glance that the Arab Imperial army is not easy to mess with.

This should be the most formidable opponent ever encountered in the Tang Dynasty.

Even the once powerful Turks did not have such a purge posture.

The Great Food General replied. Li Longji stood at the head of the city and shouted loudly.

Gu Taibai arrived on an Arabian war horse, majestic, high-spirited, and extraordinary.

"Good!" Li Longji: They praised in unison.

Gu Taibai clenched his fists and said to Li Longji: "I am Gu Taibai, dare to ask you if you are the Chinese prince Li Longji?" ”

"It's me." Li Longji nodded and said, "The general's prestige, this prince has heard of it for a long time, and when he sees it today, he will get it." ”

This is true, although he is an enemy, Li Longji also has no lack of appreciation for Gu Taibai.

"I have also heard of the prince's name for a long time, and when I see it today, I also like it. If we weren't enemies, we would have become friends and have a good time. Gu Taibai also had a look of appreciation.

"Gu Taibai, you and I have been hostile for decades, but we have not fought a battle, and we don't know the situation of the opponent. I guess you want to find out more about us, right? Li Longji went straight to the point.

"The prince thinks the same thing, right? This is what the hero sees. Gu Taibai nodded and said, "I mean, we all want to find out the details of our opponents, so we don't need those tricks, just three hard-fought battles." The first foot battle was fought by infantry. The second cavalry battle, fought with cavalry. The third battle is the battle of equipment, I heard that China's strong crossbow is very good, and I really want to see it. ”

"As you wish." Li Longji nodded and readily agreed.

Gu Taibai hugged his fists and saluted, patted the horse's back, and returned to his own formation.

"It's time for the big food to see how good we are." Li Longji raised his eyebrows and ordered loudly: "Send 10,000 troops to fight first." Chen Xuanli, you take the lead. ”

"Yes." Chen Xuanli received the order loudly, his voice was loud, his neck was stalked, and he looked like he had taken a stimulant.

"Hey." The generals sighed softly and were greatly admired.

This is the first battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire, a long-cherished enemy, and the significance is heavy, who doesn't want to? But Chen Xuanli took the lead, and they had to admire it.

Chen Xuanli led 10,000 infantry out of the city and lined up outside the city. The Tang army was well-trained, the formation was very fast, there was no chaos, and it quickly formed a formation. Horizontal rows, vertical columns, a faction of purge.

"Rival!" Gu Taibai's pupils shrank. (To be continued......)