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The gates of Kulan City were still open during the day, but they were guarded by soldiers.

The Talas side did not know that the city of Kulan was occupied by the Tang army, and the messenger sent by Sekan to tell Sù Baga that "Ali was ambushed in Jajas" rushed in without thinking, and naturally fell into the net.

"Looks like Talas already knows about Jaws."

This is actually a good thing, indicating that Zhang Mai's speculation before is correct, the intelligence news of the Talas side is several days later than the Tang army in Anxi, and this condition has almost become the most important advantage of the Tang army to defeat the Hui army, the Tang army so far, all actions have been one step ahead of the Hui Hui, just the first move in chess, the Tang army is weak but leading, and the strength of the Hui is strong but restrained.

So far, Saikandu is still led by Zhang Mai's nose.

But what happens next?

"According to the confession of the captive, although Sekan is greedy and tyrannical, he is very good at using soldiers." At the military meeting held overnight, Guo Shiyong was the first to speak, and his evaluation of Saikan, in addition to the news that An Jiu tortured, also got some confirmation from the merchant account of Julan City. "Although we have won against him a few times in a row, we have never actually faced each other head-to-head, they are all surprise attacks, they are all surprises, they are unprepared. Besides, the Talas are weakened, but they are still stronger than us. ”

"So, can you consider relying on Kulan City to fight the other party?" Guo Luo said. On this day, he inspected the entire city of Kulan City, and found that the city was surrounded by mountains in the east and south, and water in the northwest. Moreover, the strength of the Tang Army is also much stronger than that of the new Broken Leaf City, and if all the available troops in the Lamp Valley are transferred, it is just right to hold such a medium-to-low city as Kulan.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to live in Kulan City for a long time." Yang Dingbang put forward the opposite opinion of Guo Luo, he said: "This is different from Xinxiaoye, the residents of the city are full of suspicion about us, and we do not have enough time and conditions to establish a good relationship with them, once the army is overwhelmed, we not only can not count on them to help defend the city, but even have to prevent them from rebelling, and it is very dangerous to defend the city in the case of internal and external attacks." ”

Especially tonight's banquet, the generals' expectations for the residents of Kulan City were dispelled.

Speaking of which, Yang Dingbang looked at Zhang Mai, and now Zhang Mai's position in the Tang Army has become more and more difficult to shake.

"So what does Captain Yang mean?" Zhang Mai did not immediately express his position, and in turn sought Yang Dingbang's opinion.

"I think that since the purpose of our trip out of the valley this time is to return to the east, and the means is to be a guerrilla attack, there is no need to care about the gains and losses of one city or one place. This time, after the supplies from Kulan City arrived, they were immediately withdrawn. Also, the people who were still stranded on the side of the jaw also quickly recalled and returned to the valley of the lamp. Yang Dingbang thought in his heart for a while before saying, looking very cautious.

"Captain Yang is right." Zhang Mai showed due respect for these middle-aged and elderly generals, so he opened his mouth in agreement, in fact, he sent the messenger to the chin Ersi yesterday morning, and Liu An and the others were probably already on their way to Kulan City at this moment.

Yang Yi said: "Then if we withdraw from Julan City, what should we do in the future?" Continue to fight guerrillas? ”

However, real guerrilla warfare and movement warfare require a mass base. If you always come and rob it, and leave when you finish robbing it, it will be completely the behavior of the rogue and will make all the people in the entire Western Regions disgusted with the Anxi Tang Army, and the Anxi Tang Army will encounter strong resistance wherever it goes in the future, which is very unfavorable to the Tang Army's plan to return eastward.

When he was north of the Broken Leaf River, Zhang Mai shouted "plunder" and "plunder" in order to boost morale, but after setting off, he found that the actual situation was far more complicated than expected, and there were good and bad sides to unexpected things, such as the identification of people in some areas with the Tang Dynasty was much more indifferent than he expected, and the good side was that he found that many people without Tang blood also had the possibility of winning over.

In the ethnically diverse region of Central Asia, no single ethnic group has an absolute majority of the population. There are large populations that do not even have a clear concept of ethnic belonging.

The Hui people bind more than a dozen grassland ethnic groups, control the grasslands, and occupy political and military dominance with iron cavalry, but they are not good at business, do not know how to farm, and the top rely on force to suck the blood of all ethnic groups, while the bottom still lives a poor and difficult nomadic life, and the internal ethnic contradictions are also very strict.

The nine surnames of Zhaowu have a long history, a large population, and have made achievements in commerce, agriculture, and animal husbandry, but they lack political and military guarantees.

Others, such as the extinct Persians, the Indians who migrated here, and dozens of ethnic groups that Zhang Mai has not yet figured out, are intertwined in this land, forming a very complicated situation. At this time, the descendants of the Tang people had become one of the many undominant ethnic groups.

In terms of religion, due to the compulsory promotion of the Great Food Monarch and the monarch of the separatist regime, Tianfang Religion has achieved the status of state religion throughout the Samanid territory and affected the surrounding areas, Buddhism still has some strongholds, many Hui people believe in Zoroastrianism, Ming Christianity is still lurking undercurrent, and there are also severe sectarian disputes within Tianfangjiao.

All this made Zhang Mai feel that although the Chinese influence of this land had been very badly destroyed, there was still something to be done. Because Chinese culture itself has an inherent tension that unites any race and any religion.

The reality is completely different from the prediction of a behind-the-door drive in Broken Leaf Hebei, but there is also a hidden opportunity to win.

But if it is specific to the present, Yang Dingbang's analysis is also reasonable.

There is a Saikan in the west of Kulan City, which is not enough, if you only count the strength of Talas, the strength of the Tang Army with the strength of the eight battalions may be able to withstand the battle against the city, but the problem is that there are tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of Hui cavalry in the east! Once the news of Balasagon was obtained, it swept in, and with the current family background of the Anxi Tang Army, not to mention a Julan City, even a desperate fortress could not be defended.

On individual battlefields, you can win by surprise, but if the war is fought to the end, it still depends on the real strength!

Rear, rear...... The Don Army still lacks a rear! Lack of a solid site and a sustainable source of supply.

"Well, it's a struggle." Suddenly, Zhang Mai yearned for the Central Plains unprecedentedly, if there was an endorsement from the Tang Dynasty to provide support for population, materials and even even just national prestige, the Anxi Tang Army would not be as empty as it is now, and there was nothing to do. Although those merchants were afraid of the Tang Army, Zhang Mai understood very well that many people just regarded the Tang Army as a gang of robbers.

"Even Zheng Wei probably thinks so too."

However, now Yiqiē can only act according to the conditions that are already in front of him.

"I also agree with Yang Duwei's decision, so far, we still can't have a hard time with Hui Su." Zhang Mai said.

Getting Julan City was a somewhat overjoyed result for the Tang army, but if it was tied up for this and lost the agility that the Tang army relied on to win, it would not be worth it.

Yang Dingbang saw that Zhang Mai affirmed his judgment, he was very pleased, and the generals immediately discussed the strategic transfer, Yang Dingbang predicted that even if the Talas side sent troops, it should have to be five days later, and if optimistic, it may even take ten days or even half a month to react, "so we have plenty of time to retreat." ”

The first batch was transferred to the logistics team, and Guo Shiyong presided over the overall situation, and the materials were successively moved to Dengxia Valley, with the Zhenwu Battalion as the protection team, and set off one after another from now on.

The second group was the main force of the Leopard Tao battalion, escorting more than 500 prisoners waiting for reform, and set off two days later.

During this period, the Longxiang battalion must complete its plan to mobilize the people and recruit more soldiers, and withdraw from Kulan City as the third group of men and horses within five days.

Finally, the strongest kinetic Xiao Cavalry Battalion and Eagle Yang Battalion are behind. These two battalions are all light cavalry, no burden, the Xiao cavalry battalion is well-trained, the Eagle Yang battalion moves quickly, and under the leadership of An Shoujing and Yang Yi, even if it collides with the main force of Talas, it has the ability to retreat.

After the order was issued, the Anxi Cavalry Army was busy, and the real purpose and whereabouts of the Tang Army were only known to the rank of deputy lieutenant and above and several teams, and the people of Kulan City did not know what they were doing when they saw that these Tang troops were busy, coming and going.

Although the youngest son of the elder Narshahi, Abul ibn al-Shahi, voluntarily accepted the "invitation", but as soon as the Tang army withdrew from the Jaws, the Nailshahi family immediately announced that Abul had been "robbed", and this is also true from a certain point of view.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Longxiang Battalion and the Yingyang Battalion put on new clothes and took the weapons they had just been rationed, and went deep into the city, looking for targets.

"Brothers, go inside and outside the city, find the herdsmen, serfs, coolies, or the guys in the shops, and find the simple, powerful men who want to change the status quo of life!" Zhang Mai said to Xiao Shi and Ma Xiaochun, who had been promoted to deputy fire chiefs: "Tell them about your experiences during this time, as well as your experience, if they are willing to go with us, then recommend them to enlist in the army." ”

The living conditions of the poor people in Kulan City are not much better than those of the "Tang Nu" in the Tibetan Tablet Valley that day, and they are also without food and clothing.

Most of the soldiers of these Longxiang Battalion have little eloquence, but the changes that happened to the soldiers of Longxiang Battalion are better than the agitation of words, when they were still in the Zangbei Valley, most of them lived a life of not enough food and clothing, humiliated day and night, and some even wore leg shackles, and now the shackles have not disappeared, but now they have put on new clothes, eaten well, and have been given the opportunity to change their fate.

When many of the poor men of Kulan saw them, they thought, "Am I not as good as them?" No, I'm better than them! ”

Some people also think, "Have food to eat and give out clothes?" You can try it, and if it doesn't work, you can run away. ”

However, there are many more people who do not believe in this gang of "robbers", and until now, the Anxi Tang army has not yet established her credibility in the Western Regions - this is more difficult than fighting ten great victories, and this time it is not a compulsory conscription, so these people recruited are either simple and stupid, or they come with speculative ideas.

In three days, a total of more than 400 people were moved by the soldiers of the Longxiang battalion, but Zhang Mai did not intend to increase the number of troops - the Tang army's food was also very tight, so he led Guo Luo and them to carry out two rounds of selection and elimination, and finally left more than 270 people, plus dozens of strong men selected from the prisoners before, a total of more than 300 people, forming a reserve battalion.

"There's another battalion," Guo Luo and Yang Yi were a little pleased, but this still couldn't change the contrast of Hu and Han strength in this area.

"There still has to be a breakthrough of heavy dà!" Zhang Mai knew this in his heart, although at this time he could not form a comprehensive feasible strategy in his heart.

"We, we're missing something. Perhaps, there is still something missing. ”

Two figures appeared in Zhang Mai's mind: one was Zheng Wei, and the other was Mouluo Wule. He vaguely felt that there was a huge amount of power hidden in these two people.

"If they can really join in, they might be able to help me open this dead knot!" ――――――――――――――――I'll try to come back tonight, and if I can't come back, I'll make up for it tomorrow." ^_^ Please continue to support "Tang Ride".

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