Hearing the news that the Great Cannibal was going to attack the next day, Ye Chang was silent for a while.

Then everyone's faces were filled with joy: sure enough, the big cannibal had been lured into the mountains

It is not too surprising that Shanzhi and Wang Yang'er have been following Ye Chang for a long time, so they are happy and have no other emotions. Duan Xiushi, Bai Xiaode and other new followers are happy and have some admiration.

Ye Chang's grasp of people's hearts is too accurate, Ziyad from the initial cautious to the later decision, the fundamental reason lies in two points, one is the craftsman, and the other is the internal struggle of the Tang army.

These two points are facts, if you want to come to the Tang Army, it is inevitable that there will be guys who are linked to the big food, and under the proof, how can Ziad not be greedy

"In the middle of that day, Cheng sent me to ambush, but it didn't work out because of heavy rain, and I will ask for another order at the end of today, please ambush on both sides of the valley" Li Sheng reacted the fastest and was the first to step forward.

"It's time for me to be replaced," Wang Yang'er said.

Ye Chang watched everyone scramble for the lead, leaving only one Wei Boyu who was not present. He was a little worried in his heart, Wei Boyu took more than a thousand people and walked the trail to the Talas Desert, and there was no news at this time. However, he also had an order at the beginning to ask Wei Boyu to find an opportunity to move, and if there is no opportunity, don't force it. Wei Boyu is very shrewd, and he doesn't think he will do stupid things like hitting a stone with an egg.

This is also a matter of no choice, everything is expected on the battlefield, that is what only the gods can do, the war is always full of all kinds of accidents, and as the commander-in-chief, it is to make the most correct judgment in all kinds of accidents.

Putting Wei Boyu's matter aside for the time being, Ye Chang said: "This time I won't ambush on both sides of the road"

"No ambush?" Everyone was amazed.

How can the enemy be defeated without ambush, if there is a real head-to-head battle, the combat effectiveness of the Great Food Army is not inferior to that of the Tang Army, and the strength of the army is far greater than that of the Tang Army, and the situation of the war is quite unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty

"I asked carefully, Ziad is a veteran general in the Great Food Army, resourceful, and not comparable to ordinary people. Even if he sends troops, he will be very cautious, and he will definitely send people to reconnoiter widely, if there is an ambush, it will be known" Ye Chang paused: "Therefore, I intend to place the battlefield in the distance between Baishiling and Tax Construction City"

"Here ......"

That place is really not a good battlefield, everyone is a little hesitant, but Ye Chang is confident, he pointed to a place in the sand table: "Since I made this policy with King Ning Yuan, I have transferred people and done something here, the key to this battle is here."

He pointed to a point on the sandbox, then drew a circle.

Everyone was stunned at first, and then their expressions changed, Dou Zhongjie didn't understand it at first, and pulled Duan Xiushi to ask, Duan Xiushi's throat moved, and he lowered his voice and said: "You don't know my Tang Dynasty Art of War, so naturally you don't understand the mystery...... I can't say it yet, but tomorrow we will see it."

"If this plan is successful, our army will win, but the news brought by King Ning Yuan just now, Qi Yade took the soldiers of the countries in the river as the front, and he shrank in the rear army, so the damage to the headquarters of the Great Food may not be too heavy, and it mainly depends on the soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy. Cheng Gong, didn't you say that Li Siye intended to make meritorious contributions, I think he is the general of the breakthrough, do you think it is feasible? ”

"Li Siye will fight to the death, and be ashamed of the snow," Duan Xiushi said.

"Shanzhishi, Yang'er, you two are the left and right wings, when the war starts, they will split lanes and intercept each other, so that the enemy can't take care of each other, can you?"

"De Ling," Shanzhi and Wang Yang'er said in a deep voice.

Ye Chang turned to Li Sheng, who was eager to try: "Although our army has the advantage in this matter, if the Great Food Headquarters is not damaged much, it will also be a hard battle, Li Sheng, I want to use you as a short dagger, I will use you when it is critical, can you."

"I will not let Ye Zhongcheng down, and I must kill the majesty of the Tianwei Army, lest these Hulu only know that there is an Anxi Army in the Dao," Li Sheng replied proudly.

"That being the case, everyone is going to reorganize the armament and fight" Ye Chang sent away the servants, leaving only Duan Xiushi: "Cheng Gong, you should bother more about the matter of merit and reward, the soldiers fought for their lives in front of the battle, and their merit rewards should not be neglected." ”

"Yes" Duan Xiushi's spirits perked up, Ye Chang didn't name him, he thought that he might not have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but now he understands that, just like Ye Chang said before, he is regarded as a handsome, not a general who breaks through the formation.

Both the Great Eclipse Army and the Great Eclipse Army began to prepare for the next day's operation. The next morning, when the morning light came out, the Great Cannibal began to bow down to the west and pray, and then eat, and when the Great Sun climbed to the top of the eastern mountains, the Great Cannibal began to move. The allied forces of Stone and Gloro were the first to set out, and they marched from under the city of Talas, crossed the Talas River, and marched to the east on the White Rock Ridge.

Ziad watched from the top of the city, then looked back.

Dozens of generals surrounded him, including many kings and princes of the riverside countries, and they bowed their heads and saluted under Ziad's gaze.

The pale-faced prince Dou Xue Zong of Bahanna was also among them, but he was standing in the farthest place, with only five guards by his side, looking very downcast. Ziad frowned, and said to a general beside him: "Let people keep an eye on this guy, if there is anything wrong with that person in Bahan, kill him"

The general bowed and retreated silently, and then Ziad shook his cloak and turned to descend from the city of Talas.

Yuan En took the lead, looking at the mountains that were getting closer and closer in front of him, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

Whether Bahanna is sincere in his devotion to Da Shi or hypocritical, it is the same in his opinion. Anyway, after driving the Tang Dynasty's forces out of the Hezhong region this time, Shi Guo will settle this general account with Bahanna. With the support of Da Shi, he will definitely win.

"The Tang army will be defeated in this battle, the difference in strength between the two sides is nearly doubled, what else can the Tang army fight, relying on the mouth of the prime minister's son-in-law?" He thought to himself.

Not only did he think so, but his subordinates, and even the entire Great Food Alliance. The real Great Eclipse soldiers this time were only more than 20,000 people, and thousands of them were lost in the battle under the city of Talas, but the surrender of the Grolu people greatly compensated for the losses of the Great Cannibal. The vassals sent by the Transoxians and Tochar, as well as the volunteers who accompanied the army, gave Ziad more than 100,000 troops to command. On the contrary, the Tang Dynasty originally requisitioned nearly 100,000 Hanhu, lost more than 20,000 under the city of Talas, and took away another 20,000 under the rebellion of Gloro, and now Bahanna is unstable, even if there is a little reinforcement from the rear, the total strength is only 60,000.

This is double the difference in strength, and the core combat power of the two sides, Da Shi, also has a slight advantage.

From Talas to Baishiling, Yuanen did not rush into the valley, but temporarily stationed troops and horses, and then sent scouts to search carefully along the way. He was familiar with the geography of this area, and knew that the terrain here was dangerous, and it was the most likely place to ambush.

Hundreds of scouts occupied the nearby high ground, looking around at the rocks as if they were heavily armed. But a careful search revealed not a single soldier, not even a single lurking scout. They were still searching, and some of the scouts who were going forward had already rushed in: "The Tang army has retreated"

"The Tang army retreated?" Hearing the news, Yuan En was stunned.

Judging from the previous performance of the Tang army, although they were defeated under the city of Talas, they still had the strength to fight a battle, and the generals of the Tang army were obviously unconvinced, and they fought again with the whole army, but now after the army marched, the Tang army retreated?

Although he was eager to completely drive the power of the Tang Dynasty out of the river, Ziad was there, so it was not for him to call the shots. So he sent his horsemen backwards and informed Ziad that it wasn't long before Ziyad came to his troops, surrounded by a group of generals.

"Are you sure that the Tang army has retreated?" Ziad asked.

"I sent people to reconnoiter again and confirmed that the Tang army had abandoned Baishiling, and they were in a hurry, and they didn't even completely dismantle the camp." Yuan'en Road.

Ziad groaned slightly, although Tang Jun's move could not be said to be completely unexpected, it also gave him a feeling that he had used his strength to hit the cotton ball. Whether the Tang army realized that it was wrong to evacuate, or whether it had something else to ask, also needs to be clarified immediately.

"Go to the Tang Army barracks, you don't enter the barracks easily, lest there be any accidents." He ordered again.

Yuan En led the Shi Guo and the Grolu people forward, and when they arrived at the Tang army camp, they stopped again, and Ziad heard that there was nothing unusual, so he rushed to the front of the battle again. He chose a place on the mountain, looking down on the Tang army barracks, only to see that the camp was formed by the mountain, surrounded by diversion ditches, and the ditches in the camp were vertical and horizontal, although it was only a temporary camp, it was also orderly. Now that the camp tent has been demolished, but the whole is still in good condition, he looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but sigh: "I always thought that only the Byzantines had such an orderly military camp, but I didn't expect the Tang people to be the same, and the combat power of the Tang State should not be underestimated......"

Hearing that there was a faint intention of retreating in his tone, Yuan En was a little anxious: "Governor, that's exactly the case, if you can't take advantage of this defeat of the Tang army, drive them out of the river, and drive them to the east of the Green Ridge, when they come back, the number will only be more, and the army will be more difficult to deal with."

Ziad hesitated slightly: "You're right, but we must be cautious, we will be stationed here today, and we will rest here"

At this time, it was still early, and after Ziad's order came out, many generals were puzzled and came to ask. Ziad frowned and explained: "Although the Tang people retreated in a bit of a hurry, judging from the layout of their military camp, the young general who seized Gao Xianzhi's military power should also be familiar with military affairs, not as I imagined, but because of a father-in-law who was the prime minister, he ascended to a high position. Such a young general generally has a sharp spirit, and I slowly pushed forward to let him hurry first. ”

"I don't think there's anything to ......," said a big food general.

Ziad snorted, this general was his cronies, so he dared to speak at this time. He drove the rest away, left this man behind, and rebuked him: "When we rebelled against the Umayyad family, you were like me, in the war, I was promoted faster than you, and now I have become the main general of this way, but he is only my subordinate, do you know what Lu Dao is for?" ”

The man muttered, clearly unconvinced.

"The reason is that I will learn war from war, but you only rely on instinct to do war, the prophet said, if knowledge is far away in China, you should also go to seek it, you don't pay attention to learning the knowledge of the enemy, so there has been no progress for so many years."

"I really don't see anything"

"Think about it carefully, why do you have to dig such a ditch in your own military camp, why do you have to set up a special military hospital area, why do you have to concentrate everyone's urine and urine in the pit......" Ziad said more than ten things in a row, and then sighed: "Tang Guo, a young general who is only in his twenties, can think about the details of the march in such detail, and you, a person who has fought for decades, still don't know anything at all."

"So what, we still defeated the army of the Tang Kingdom, and their king of the mountains is all our defeated generals"

"You" Ziad really had no choice but to drive him away from this idiot.

Ye Chang didn't expect that the barracks, which he had not completely demolished when he evacuated, would reveal his ability to command operations. Although he has cultivated the skills of commanding operations in the past few years of conquest, he did not expect to be so meticulous.

Therefore, the big cannibal stopped in the original military camp of Baishiling and did not move, which surprised him.

"Could it be that the cannibals have seen through our scheme?" Dou Zhongjie, the king of Bahanna, was like an ant on a hot pot at this time: "Or, we will fight the big cannibals in Baishiling, and I am willing to lead the Bahana Khan people to be the vanguard."

"The pioneer is mine, how can I get your turn," Bai Xiaode shouted.

Ye Chang turned to Duan Xiushi: "Chenggong, why did you say that the big cannibal stopped before it was time to set up camp, and it happened to stop at our abandoned military camp?" ”

Duan Xiushi couldn't guess the reason why the big cannibals stopped marching, but the big cannibals were stationed in their abandoned camp, and Duan Xiushi didn't expect it: "The camp set up by Zhongcheng is on higher ground, and there is a water source, it is close to the mountains on one side, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are ready-made ditches and stone barriers, if I am the general of the big food, as long as I confirm that there is no problem with this military camp, I will also settle in it." ”

"So did the Great Cannibal really see through our plan?" Ye Chang asked again.

"According to the humble opinion of his subordinates, the big cannibal has not seen through our strategy at this time, if he does, I am afraid that there will be an accident for Prince Dou Xue Zong...... I expected that Da Shi would inevitably send someone to quietly see King Ning Yuan, and then he would know that Da Shi was real. ”

Everyone felt justified when they heard it, like Bai Xiaode and other original soldiers of the Anxi Army, who were originally a little unconvinced by Duan Xiushi, and at this time they couldn't help but feel that Ye Zhongcheng really had the wisdom to know people, and it did make sense for this Duan Xiushi to be promoted by him.

"You think so, too?" Ye Chang asked everyone again.

Everyone had no objections, and Ye Chang said, "Since this is the case, let's wait for a day...... King Ningyuan, don't be in a hurry to send someone to see the prince over there, at this time, it is to be more patient with the big cannibal, whoever can't bear it first will lose the initiative"

Dou Zhongjie muttered in his heart, but he still accepted it.