When Ziad was surrounded by his subordinates, a small meeting was being held dozens of miles away outside the city of Talas.

"So?" Wei Boyu asked the most, although he asked, he was not really asking for advice.

"Wei Langjun has said this, how can he not be? Wei Langjun has confidence in Ye Zhongcheng, don't we have confidence? He can go and turn against Gao Xianzhi in order to save our defeated soldiers, so how can he give up on us soldiers who shoulder heavy responsibilities? Wei Langjun doesn't need to say more, so let's go."

"That's good, there are not a lot of us, although there are only eight hundred here, but you see, there is a prisoner camp over there, there are thousands of us there, and not far from the prisoner of war camp, there is a baggage camp, Gao Xianzhi, a loser, threw away all our military resources, was taken away by the big cannibals, and hoarded here. Our troops are divided into two routes, all the way to break through the prisoner of war camp, all the way to capture the baggage camp, and rearm our men with these military funds, so that we have nearly 10,000 people available."

"The thief of the stone country who was captured just now also said that there are only two or three hundred soldiers left in the city of Talas, and even the young and strong have been requisitioned to transport military supplies and guard prisoners. After rescuing our people, the next step is to seize Talas City, but in order to prevent accidents, we still sent more than 30 people in advance, pretending to be Hu people from the north, to enter Talas City, and when there is chaos here, I want to seize the West City Gate. After seizing the city, let's defend the city next, rush to transport military funds from outside the city into the city, as long as we can transport military funds into two percent, we 10,000 people, we can hold Talas for a month Until then, are you worried that Ye Zhongcheng will not come to meet us? ”

"Exactly"

For such a major matter, Wei Boyu naturally couldn't make up his mind alone, and several military leaders held a small meeting and explained everything. Until this time, they still had firm confidence that the Tang Dynasty would win, especially for Ye Chang, knowing that he was not a person who took the lives of lowly soldiers, as long as everyone could take Talas City and hold on, then Ye Chang would inevitably come to relieve the siege.

After the discussion was decided, they began to go their separate ways, Wei Boyu himself led people to attack the prisoner camp, and he had many Hu people in his hands, so he ordered these Hu people to pretend to be the Hu in the river, and escorted the Han people to the prisoner camp.

At this time, the news of the defeat of the Great Food Army had not yet come, and Talas were immersed in the joy of the great victory, and they could not help but be a little careless, Wei Boyu and others entered the camp, they had not yet woken up, and then they took out their short blades and slashed them, first occupying an exit from the prisoner camp, and then sending the blades they brought to the Tang Army prisoners who reacted.

The Tang Army prisoners were originally depressed, but suddenly found that someone had come to rescue them, and they immediately became excited. There were only more than 500 people left by the big cannibals to guard the captives, and the craftsmen in the captives were imprisoned in the city of Talas, and the more than 5,000 people who were imprisoned here were ordinary soldiers.

This is also related to the slackness of the Great Cannibal after the victory in the Battle of Talas, after all, the military strength is superior, and the situation is superior, who would have thought that the Tang army would dare to make a detour of hundreds of miles and come to raid through the Gobi Desert

"What's going on over there? Divide half of the people to go to the baggage camp, and the rest will go to seize the city" Wei Boyu didn't expect that things would go more smoothly than he expected, and when he saw that the situation was already under control, he ordered.

He himself came to capture the city himself, and at this time the city had already discovered the commotion in the prisoner camp outside the city, and originally wanted to send people to help suppress it, but there were few soldiers in the city, and after discussing it for a while, it was finally decided to send only someone to inspect it. As a result, the person sent to Wei Boyu hit Wei Boyu head-on, and he was immediately cut down.

The city found out that something was wrong, and immediately ordered the gate to be closed and guarded, but the Tang army, which had already mixed in, also attacked at the right time and captured the west gate. The inside and outside should be combined, and the Tang army was numerous, and when the Tang army poured into the city, the battle situation had been decided.

At this time, the prince of Shi, Yuanen, was in the military camp, he came back overnight yesterday, counted the military supplies, and as a result, he heard the riot and immediately ordered the camp to be closed. He brought 500 personal soldiers, plus the battalion originally had 500 defenders and more than 1,000 people, armed with ordnance, and there were 2,000 men. Wei Boyu sent only 500 people, and if the sneak attack failed, he could only attack strongly, but in his eagerness, he could not break through the village.

Seeing that the banner of the city head was replaced by the banner of the Tang Dynasty, Yuan En suddenly understood in his heart that the Talas City, which Gao Xianzhi had failed to capture in five days, was lost in such a short moment

Once Talas is lost, there is no point in him holding on to the military fortress - there are also ordnance in the city, but because the city is small, the prisoner camp and the baggage camp will be put outside. He was terrified, but he did not lose his decision, and immediately ordered: "Set fire"

"What?"

"Let you set fire," Yuan En snapped.

"This can't be done, this is our trophy," the Great Food General who was guarding here snapped.

He didn't take Yuanen to heart, he just listened to Yuanen, it was only temporary. Now that Yuan En Ruozhen has set fire to the army, how can he deal with Ziad?

"Listen, what is piled up here is just some ordnance, not even much military rations, if you don't burn them, don't you want the Tang people to use them to defend Talas City?" Yuan En grabbed him, and his voice was louder: "The Tang people have sufficient military resources, so they can hold on to Talas and wait for reinforcements, do you think that General Ziad will send you to the gallows when he returns?" ”

This shout made the big food general hesitate a little, as Yuan En said, they could not save Talas City, and they could not hold the army, so burning it was almost the only feasible option

Thinking of this, he could only reluctantly nod his head, but said in his mouth: "General Ziad's side, you go and explain."

Although Ziad is cruel, he is not at a loss for priority, and Yuan En expects that he will not mind if he makes such a decision. And Yuan En is even more worried about one thing, since the Tang army suddenly appeared under Talas City by detour, will there be any repetition on the side of Anzhi Tax to build the city

When Wei Boyu came out to attack the baggage camp with the Tang army that had been armed in Talas City, he saw thick smoke billowing above the baggage camp, and couldn't help but pause: "Damn, he saw the opportunity early"

Arson was only the first step, and while Yuan En had the Great Food General set fire everywhere, he secretly gathered his cronies, and then suddenly broke out of the village and fled south along the Talas River. There were only more than 200 horsemen in his group, and there were still more than 1,000 enemies in the village, and after defeating these enemies, the Tang army was busy fighting fires, so no one paid attention to him, but let him escape.

After escaping, Yuan En crossed the Talas River, and the matter on this side must be reported to Ziad at once, so he turned his horse eastward, but before he reached the White Rock Ridge, he saw hundreds of horsemen fleeing in a commotion.

"What's going on, what's going on with you?" When he saw these hundreds of horsemen, he stopped and asked.

"Water, such a big water, thousands of troops, but all of them were washed away by that water, all gone."

What escaped was the water attack of Ye Chang, the rear army of the coalition army, although it crushed the main force of the coalition army, it was impossible to crush the entire coalition army. This rear army was lucky not to be flooded, but the earth-shattering situation at that time made them tremble and fear, and they only felt that the gods were angry, and they didn't dare to stay any longer.

The information he got from them was, of course, inaccurate, and Yuan En was confused, and even asked a few people, but he didn't have a clue. These Anguo soldiers took a few breaths here, and then they wanted to flee again, and Yuan En didn't tell them about Talas, and when they were far away, they woke up: "Oops"

The countries in the river are also full of contradictions with each other, he originally wanted to use the Tang army in Talas to make these Anguo people suffer, but now think about it, these Anguo people must have become prisoners when they arrive in Talas, at that time, wouldn't the war situation outside the tax construction city be transmitted to Talas?

At this point, it was too late to regret it, so he continued to move forward, and after another five miles, he saw more and more coalition troops escaping, many of whom were big cannibals. Seeing that there was a big cannibal, he felt that he could finally have accurate information, so he stopped him and asked again.

"I don't know the way, I don't know the way at all, the true God is angry, and the true God has forsaken us"

The performance of the Great Cannibal is no better than that of the countries in the river, and he looks like he has gone crazy. Yuan En wanted to slap him a few times to sober him up, but the big cannibal broke free of him before he could do anything, and fled on horseback.

Or did a Tocharian put it more clearly: "Run, flee, there is a great water on all sides, and we have washed away our tents, camps, and war horses and ordnance, everything that can be washed away, and the great cannibals?" Ha, at that time, in order to prevent the night attack of the Tang people, they were all wearing armor, do you know, they were all wearing iron armor, and it was impossible to float up when they fell into the water."

Another Tocharian also said: "You Shi Guo should ask for more blessings, this time the Great Cannibal will be wiped out, if you don't want to be retaliated against by the Tang people, you should make plans early - we are going back to make another plan."

"More than 100,000 troops...... Washed away by this water? Yuan En still couldn't believe it.

"I've never seen water that big, even if I put ten Talas together, it wouldn't be that big"

The Tocharian claims are naturally exaggerated, but they are not true at night, and when they gather together, the losses caused by the flood to the coalition forces are not discounted.

Yuan En's heart was the most unfortunate and there was no trace of luck, he knew that things were not good, turned his horse's head, and fled with these defeated troops. After leaving the White Stone Ridge, these defeated troops crossed the Talas River to go to Talas City, but Yuan En did not inform Talas City of the situation, and took his own headquarters and fled straight west.

"It's not over yet, Ziyad can't do it, and he is the governor of Khorasan, he still has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, and he is the most elite Khorasan soldiers, if I can't convince him, I will go to persuade Abu Khabas, he is the new caliph of Dashi, let him not waste his energy in the poor west, but to the east, the rich Tang Dynasty in the east, is the relative goal of the whole country"

With his madness, Yuan En embarked on a distant road, and under the city of Talas, the deserters who fled brought the news of the defeat of the Great Food Alliance.

Receiving this news, Wei Boyu was overjoyed, and he ordered to send scouts to reconnoiter the movements of the defeated army in the east, while preparing for the defense of the city. When it was late, the scout rushed over and confirmed the news of the defeat of the Great Eclipse, which dispelled Wei Boyu's most worry.

"Ye Zhongcheng really has the ability to turn over the clouds and rain," he looked around: "You are at ease now."

"That's nature, we trusted Ye Zhongcheng from the beginning" everyone around laughed.

"In that case, let's work hard one more night and do things beautifully." Wei Boyu said: "I have sent someone to see Ye Zhongcheng and inform him that Talas has been ordered, but there must be a big food defeat tonight, maybe there are still a few big fish to catch, we have to defend the city on the one hand, and on the other hand, we have to pull the legs of these defeated soldiers to prevent them from escaping."

Whether it was the soldiers who came with Wei Boyu or the captured prisoners of the Tang army who were released, they were all close to exhaustion at this time, but after listening to what Wei Boyu said, they all cheered up, Wei Boyu ordered 4,000 men and horses, and set up a village on the south bank of Talas at night, so that the city of Talas and the village on the south bank were opposite each other across the river, cutting off the escape route of the Great Food Army

In order to bluff, he also spread flags, lit fires, and made sergeants repeatedly patrol and make gestures of tens of thousands of troops. In the first half of the night, however, the defeated army of the Great Cannibals arrived here and found that the Tang had cut off their way, either by scattering into the mountains or by surrendering honestly.

But in the second half of the night, I saw torches coming in the distance, and there seemed to be thousands of riders. They stopped not far from the city of Talas and watched for a while, and then someone rode up and shouted, "Who is here?" ”

The words are the words of the Tang people, Wei Boyu was in the city at this time, he didn't dare to sleep at all, he listened to the question, so Fucheng responded: "Wei Boyu was ordered by Ye Zhongcheng to save the prisoners of our army and seize Talas here, who is here."

Because it was night, the answer from the city spread far and wide, and before the questioner could report it, two generals in the army under the city heard it. The two looked at each other, both of them looking gloomy.

These two generals are Wang Yang'er and Shanzhi.

"Phew, it's you thief, if it weren't for you, you wouldn't have gotten the credit for Talas City"

"You can mess around, what does this have to do with me? If you hadn't pestered me, I would have captured Ziad a long time ago, where do I need to run over here"

"Ziad should have been mine"

"You've been chasing for a long time, but you haven't caught up, what is yours, it should be mine"

"As far as you have the ability to be thrown twice by me, you are not the opponent of the thief Hu when you catch up."

"You're just a fluke, or maybe we'll fight again?"

The two of them had to fight again, so that the adjutant general around him persuaded them to leave, and at the same time sent someone to the city to explain the identity of their army. Wei Boyu in the city heard that it was a chasing soldier sent by Ye Chang, and he was overjoyed in his heart, but out of caution, he still shouted: "If it is the person sent by Ye Zhongcheng, someone must know it, I don't know who is the general, and please come to the city to see him." ”

"You go," Wang Yang'er said straightly.

"You should go" Shanzhi didn't want to go, the two of them didn't get the merit of taking the city, and they didn't have the heart to show their faces, you pushed me and I pushed you, and no one came out for a long time, so Wei Boyu at the head of the city took it back

Fortunately, at this time, it was not far from dawn, and not far after, when the first rays of morning light broke through the east, Ye Chang also appeared outside Talas City.