Chapter 9: The Fishy Wind

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Masoud hated such a long-distance expedition, he had been accompanying Arslan Khan on a safari near Darinkur (Lake Balkhash), and was on his own, when he was suddenly sent to conquer this group of Tang Kou, although he had found the Tang army in the middle reaches of the Broken Leaf River, but in order to uproot them, he actually ran here by the tail of Guo Shidao, and walked nearly 6,000 miles all the way.

Although the nomadic taste of the Hui people is quite strong, but in recent years, the upper class of the Hui Dynasty has gradually lived a settled life, with the expansion of the territory, and occupied several commercial cities on the Silk Road, even if you live in tents, they are all splendid golden tents, which are soft quilt cotton blankets, wine and delicacies, but thousands of miles to come to this crusade, many enjoyment of life utensils can not be brought, naturally feel very inconvenient.

"Hasn't Satuk arrived yet?"

"Nope." The subordinate general Karasi replied: "That group of Tang Kou is very cunning, and they have gone around all the way, making us mess up the road, so ......" Most of the more than 6,000 miles they have traveled are of course wronged, and the straight-line distance from Barasagon to New Broken Leaf City is not so long, but in this era, the Central Asian region is interspersed with snow-capped mountains and deserts, grasslands and swamps, and there are few straight roads.

"I don't want to hear this nonsense!" Although the life of a drunken beauty in the past seven or eight years has made him shy, the coldness on the face of this general of the Qarakhanid Dynasty is still the same. "Send someone to urge! Hum! ”

The war has been going on for two days, and the shape is much worse than Masoud expected. Originally, the Hui people thought that this group of "Tang Kou" was a group of robbers entrenched on the border, and at the same time sent two troops totaling more than 4,000 people to look up to each other too much, Masoud chased all the way, just wanted to find the "Tang Kou" nest and immediately exterminate it, where did they think that the other party actually had a large-scale city, what is even more surprising is that this group of "Tang Kou" in the offensive and defensive battles used in the weapons and equipment and the tactics revealed, actually have the legendary Tang Dynasty regular army taste!

Where are these ordinary robbers!

"Shit! I really shouldn't have taken this job in the first place! ”

The army of the Qarakhanid Dynasty is not like the government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty - the army is under the command of the state, and the relationship between the generals and the soldiers is only the relationship between superiors and subordinates.

In order to grab the credit, he ran in front of another general, Satuq Bogra, who was also the younger brother of Arslan Khan, and now he found that this group of "Tang Kou" was a hard nut to crack, and he regretted it again.

"Maybe it's time to let Satuk take the lead, he only brought 1,600 men this time, and he will definitely not be able to defeat this city. When he has almost exhausted the strength of this gang of Tang Kou, I will just come to reap the results! ”

Unfortunately, the current form is the opposite of this "ideal state".

On the third day of the war, the resistance of the Don army was still very strong, and Masoud even judged that the opponent still had some reserves that had not been used, just as he himself had detained 800 cavalry and not put them into the battlefield.

In this six-thousand-mile attack, the whole army was dominated by light cavalry, so he was not so stupid, and he didn't want to use his life to attack the city with his descendants before the enemy showed his flaws.

However, Masoud is still a fierce general, and he is not just calculating at the moment of the enemy, and if he has the opportunity, he does not have to wait for reinforcements to arrive before launching a final general attack.

"This gang of Tang Kou is very powerful, if they are caught and turned into soldiers, they can also make up for the loss of this siege."

At dusk, the situation suddenly changed, and some strange things happened one after another.

Just as Masoud's troops began to retreat and stop the day's attack, the mournful cries of cattle, sheep and horses continued to be heard from within the city.

Most of the Uighurs outside the city were both soldiers and herdsmen, and they were very sensitive to the cries of livestock, and many people who were old enough to live in the animal road could hear that the people in the city were killing cattle, sheep, and horses. And not to kill one or two, but to kill a lot, and only then will there be a continuous cry of sorrow from domestic animals.

"What's going on? Is Tang Kou going to be a dying struggle, ready to launch a death counterattack after tonight's reward? ”

But when you think about it, you don't think it's like it, the premise of launching a night attack is absolute secrecy, how can you make such a strange noise to make people on guard?

"Be on alert throughout the army." Masoud ordered: "Maybe something is going to happen." ”

"Yes." The generals of the tribes were ordered.

With only half an hour left at sunset, the evening breeze became very strong, and occasionally the wind blew out of Shattered Leaf City mixed with a foul smell, especially blood.

An ominous premonition hovered over Karathek's mind, but Masoud still didn't care, he was a battle-hardened general, not a civilian, and his nerves were not so fragile. Anything can happen to the battlefield, and he doesn't care about the slightest bit of blood and filth.

"Leave them alone! Keeping the tent is. ”

However, after giving this order, another thought came to Masoud's mind: "Hold the tent? The leader of this gang of Tang Kou seems to be a person who is quite good at using soldiers, could he be trying to lure me into being cautious and conservative when he makes these pretentious things? ”

For the time being, there is no evidence to prove his suspicion, and as a general, he can't just give an order and take it back, which would weaken his authority in the eyes of his subordinates.

"Leave him alone!" Masoud decided to go back to eating meat and sleeping, "If you are in a trance by these small actions, you will fall into the trap of the enemy." ”

Masoud seems to be a big boss, but people who have been through dozens of wars will have a lot of scheming when they go to the battlefield.

That night, the Hui people continued the style of the previous two days, most of the soldiers and generals went back to their tents to eat and sleep thinking that they would nourish their bodies tomorrow, leaving thirty percent of the troops to take turns to keep vigil, and the remaining more than 200 cavalry took turns to attack, attacking the earth city and harassing the "Tang Kou" so that they could not rest. Respond to all changes with the same, so that no matter what intrigues and tricks the enemy uses, no great mistake will occur.

Masoud returned to his tent and drank and merried with two Persian slave girls in the service of a Byzantine eunuch.

"Damn, if I had known that this encirclement and suppression would be protracted, I should have brought Basima out in the first place!"

It was his favorite concubine.

After the sun went down, the earth was still shrouded in a slight afterglow for a while, and the twilight was like a curtain, and just when darkness and tranquility were about to take over the entire sky, the ground suddenly shook slightly!

"What a sound!"

As soon as Masuded pushed the slave girl away, he jumped up, and he immediately judged: "It's a running horse!" "And a lot of running horses!

"This gang of Tang Kou, are you really going to launch a night attack?"

But after a while, he relied on years of experience to judge that the slight vibration was not approaching quickly, but had a tendency to move away.

"Could it be...... Yes! This gang of Tang Kou, they want to escape! ”

Lifting his bow and spear, Masoud rushed out, and sure enough, he heard Karasi's urgent report: "Dikhkan, that gang of Don Kou has escaped!" ”

"Where did they flee from?"

"From the north, then to the northwest. At that time, the cavalry we sent out to harass was in the south, and they suddenly ran out from the north, and there were many men and horses, and although the harassing cavalry quickly circled to the vicinity, they could not see how many men and horses there were on the other side in the dark, and did not dare to approach. ”

At this time, the generals of the base camp of Hui Fu had already gotten up and assembled just for the order.

"Get on your horse and get ready to attack!"

As he gave an order, the order was passed from one person to another: "The general has an order!" Get on your horse and get ready to strike! ”

The Uighur cavalry moved quickly, but before they could assemble, another piece of news came: "Dihekan, another group has fled from the south!" ”

Because the shape has changed, Masoud hesitated again.

South? ”

Divide your troops and run away? Is Tang Kou crazy? Dividing troops when the troops are at a disadvantage is looking for death.

But judging from the three-day battle, the opponent's generals are very old-fashioned, and they should not make such a mistake that makes people break through.

"Humph! I know! ”

After only one hesitation, Masoud quickly made a judgment: this group of deserters from the south and the north must be one true and one false, really fleeing, and fake is luring the enemy.

However, which direction is true in the north and south directions?

At the same time, drums rang out in Shattered Leaf City.

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