In the city of Samarkand, countless young men are working hard to build a new city wall under the supervision of the Great Eclipse soldiers, and the Governor of Great Eclipse Khorasan and Posilin intend to use it to resist the attack of the Tang army; The soldiers walked up and down the construction site with leather whips in their hands, but when they saw someone moving a little slowly, they whipped it fiercely, and the slightest resistance would lead to death, and no one dared to be lazy under their supervision, and the walls were getting better and better day by day. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Still, he was not satisfied, because it was so far away from the city of Mulu, the seat of the governor of Khorasan, that it would take months for even the most agile horses of the Great Cannibals to reach it from Mulu City, so the army left here was all the cards in his hand.

And he has now handed over most of his forces to Ziad bin Saleh, led by him to the city of Talas, eight hundred miles away, to aid Humed, who was one step ahead, but in the process of quelling the Bukhara rebellion, Ziad bin Saleh fought hard for more than a month and failed to win, until the Angolan king Dusapoti sent 10,000 troops for reinforcements before he was barely pacified, and Ziyad's soldiers and horses suffered a lot of losses.

Fortunately, the destruction of the Shi Kingdom made the small countries in the east gradually favor their side, coupled with the infiltration of the black-clothed food into the region for many years, the generals and soldiers of the Anguo, Shiguo, Cao, He, Huoxun, Shihanna, Fadi, and False Assassin countries joined Ziad's army one after another, which made He-Posilin feel a little comforted.

If this battle can be won, perhaps the opportunity that the Great Cannibals have been looking for for a long time will come; Decades earlier, under the appointment of Abd al-Malik, known as the "father of kings" by the Great Cannibals, Hacha Ibn Yusuf was appointed as the supreme ruler of the East, and under his leadership, the territory of the White Food was greatly expanded to the East, and because he coveted the riches of China, he promised his two great generals, Muhammad ibn Qasim and Gutaibai ibn ******-Basiri, who were the first to set foot on Chinese territory, to be appointed as the governor of China. So Gu Taibai conquered Taligan, Schumann, Takhastan, Bukhara and other large areas of Central Asia, while Muhammad conquered the border areas of India.

Now the Great Food in White has been replaced by the Great Food in Black, but the Great Cannibals have never wavered in their ambition for the East, and it is their eternal pursuit to spread the glory of the true God throughout the world, so that Posilin is eager for Ziyad, whom he deeply trusts, to bring him the good news of victory; Of course, he was also prepared for the worst, as evidenced by the craftsmen who were now working intensively in Samarkand, for the Tang were far more powerful than any of the enemies they had conquered before.

At this time, Ziyad had already led the army to the center of Samarkand and Talas City, he went north from Samarkand, crossed the medicine and killing water, rested for a while in the Tuozhi City of Shiguo, and continued to move forward into the territory of the former Mengchi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, which was originally the territory of the Ashina family, the Turkic royal family of the Tang Dynasty; The emperor of the Tang Dynasty once canonized Ashina Xin as the ten surnamed Khans and the protector of Mengchi, and sent troops to protect his hometown, but nine years ago, Ashina Xin was killed by the Tuqi Shi people, and the people here no longer obeyed the orders of the Tang Dynasty.

"General, one more day's journey will be to Whitewater City." The guide pointed to the northeast and said, when you arrive in Whitewater City, it will not be far from Talas City, with the speed of this army, it can be reached in three days at most, of course, if you leave behind the servant army of those small countries, Ziad can be faster, but now he does not have many troops, and he must rely on these people.

"Set up camp and rest, you must reach Whitewater City tomorrow." Ziad looked at the sun that had sunk to the horizon, and said slowly, I don't know where the Tang army has arrived now? Whether or not Humet is still holding out in Talas. As soon as he thought of this, he hated the snail-slow servant army even more.

Under the urging of the big cannibals, the servant army of these small countries finally arrived in Baishui City before the sun set on the second day, and the defenders of Baishui City hurriedly opened the city to greet them, and sent the latest news from the east, "I received news a few days ago that the army of the Tang Dynasty has left Kulan City, and it is estimated that it has now arrived under Talas City. ”

The Tang Army has arrived? This news made Ziad feel a little nervous, now that Humed did not have many troops under him, he didn't know if he could stop the king of the mountain, and the walls of Talas City did not bring him much comfort, because even Lianyun Castle, which was several times more dangerous than Talas City, had fallen under the attack of this commander, and how long could Humed hold out?

"How many people are in Datang's army?" Ziad asked, holding back his excitement.

"According to the news from General Houmaid, the total number of troops in the Tang Dynasty is more than 100,000, of which about 20,000 are the elite of the King of the Mountains, and the rest are miscellaneous soldiers from all over the Anxi Protectorate, as well as about 30,000 Gelulu and Bahanna (Ningyuanguo) people who serve them." The guards of Whitewater City told everything they knew.

When he first heard about the 100,000 army, Ziad almost jumped in fright, but he was relieved to hear that there were only 20,000 elites, if there were only these troops, maybe Humet could hold out for a few more days; Moreover, there is also the cunning Qarluqs in their army, and as the high-ranking general of the Great Food, he is very clear about the connection between the Qarluqs and the Great Food.

Of course, he also knew that although the Qarluqs had sent an envoy in advance, if he could not reach the city of Talas in time, then the cunning Qarluqs would not dare to disobey the orders of the Tang Dynasty, and when the city was broken, they would only burn and loot more ferocious than the Tang people; And only when they are sure that victory is in their hands will they turn against the battle and deliver a fatal blow to the back of the Tang army.

Ziyad was extremely disdainful of this insidious partnership, but he knew that the battle would not be won without the support of the Qarluqs.

Now it has been at least two days since the Tang Dynasty's army arrived under Talas City, and with Hou Med's strength, it can still support three to five days, which means that he must arrive at Talas City within three days, and the balance of victory in this battle will be slightly tilted towards them.

Immediately Ziyad issued an order, "Speed up the march tomorrow, and tell the leaders of the client states that if they drag on as they did a few days ago, the scimitars of the Great Eclipse warriors will immediately remove their heads!" (To be continued.) )