Chapter 350: Houmed's Plan (100 Monthly Pass Plus Update)
Talas City is located on the bank of the Talas River, where it is located is a river valley, choking the Silk Road to the west, whether the Tang Dynasty wants to attack Samarkand from here to the west or the Great Food wants to occupy the land along the Atami coast east, it has to pass through here, so it has always been a battleground for soldiers. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Turks sent troops to Talas three times, and the pastureland of the Western Turks who lost the five crossbows on the right box was also here, and the winter tooth tent of the Western Turk Khan was also favored nearby. After the westward migration of Yelu Dashi, the main forces of Western Liao and Khorezm also fought in Talas, and the younger brother of the Mongol Empire Mรถngke Khan, Hulegu, also had a base camp and a tent here, and it was he who destroyed the black-clothed food that is now occupying the city, and Hulegu broke the embankment and released water to flood the main force and commander of the caliph, and the caliph had to come out of the city of Baghdad to ask for surrender, but was trampled into meat paste by Hulegu in a sack with a galloping horse, which was passed down for 36 generations, and after 508 years of black-clothed food perished, disappeared in the long river of history.
Said Ben Humet saw Tanma coming back, and walked down the city wall quickly, the prestige of the Tang Dynasty did not intimidate him, he was tired of fighting with those vulnerable enemies, and now he was a little impatient to start a war with the Tang army, maybe only by defeating such an opponent could he win the favor of the true god, right?
"General, the army of the Tang Dynasty has reached twenty miles away, and it will take half a day to reach Talas City." Tanma panted and reported, "We encountered the expulsion of the Tang Tanma, so we didn't see their exact number, but judging from the smoke and dust raised, the total number of the Tang Dynasty army was estimated to be 100,000. โ
"I got your message." Humet threw a silver coin, and the scout deftly accepted the reward given to him, "Go and drink some water, eat something, and then change the horse to keep an eye on them, and report back as soon as there is news." โ
The horses retreated, the trumpet of the generals sounded, and the generals from the black-clothed Dashi, Shiguo, Kangguo, Miguo, and Black-nosed Tuqi Shi hurried to the city wall, lest they be severely punished by Houmed for being late.
"Gao Xianzhi's army has already arrived, with a total of twenty-four thousand elites of the Anxi Protectorate, as well as tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers, as well as the servant armies of Ge Lulu and Ning Yuanguo, with a total of no less than 100,000." Hou Meide had already obtained the exact number of the Tang army from the Qarluqs, and he saw that when he said the three words Gao Xianzhi, the generals from the Shi Kingdom, the Kang Kingdom, the Mi Kingdom, and the Black-nosed Tuqi Shi all showed fear, and it was obvious that this commander who had successively defeated the Great and Small Bolu, the Exhaustion Division, and the Shi Kingdom made them feel extremely frightened, so that they were terrified when they heard Gao Xianzhi's name.
Hou Meide had long heard of this commander who was called the king of the mountains by the Tibetans and the Great Cannibals, and he was greatly surprised by the battle of crossing the Green Ridge to conquer Lianyunbao, and he also wondered if he could achieve the results of Gao Xianzhi if he led the army; But it was precisely because he was facing such a formidable foe that Humet became more and more excited, and there was no easier way to build his reputation than by defeating a famous player.
His eyes swept over the frightened generals in turn, and they seemed to have regained some courage under his forced gaze, and they all raised their heads to show a look of obedience to the arrangement, "Talas City is too small to accommodate so many of us, so I plan to attack when the Tang army is first coming and gaining a firm foothold." โ
"Prince Yuanen, your father-killing enemy is not far away, do you have the courage to avenge your father?" Hou Meide's eyes fell on Yuan En, he did not intend to test the strength of the Tang army with the precious Great Food Army, so this task fell on those servant troops who were subordinate to them.
Swept by Hou Meide's disdainful gaze, Yuan En's face turned red as soon as he brushed it, and he still clearly remembered that after the Tang army retreated, the crying people of Shi Kingdom, the capital of Shi Kingdom that was razed to the ground by the Tang army, the anger of revenge and the disdainful gaze of everyone made him lose his mind, "In this battle, I will take down the head of Gao Xianzhi with the elite of my men." โ
"Okay, then this battle will be spearheaded by Prince Yuanen's Shiguo army." Houmet decisively blocked his retreat, and with Yuanen as an example, then the next thing was much easier, and Houmet pushed the servant army of Kang and Mi to the front line, with the black-nosed cavalry serving as the flank, while his army of the Great Food Army stayed in the rear and moved.
If the Tang army shows a flaw, these black-robed warriors will deliver a fatal blow to the Tang army, and if the Tang army has the upper hand, they can also calmly retreat to Talas City under the cover of these servant troops.
Despite the many grievances in their hearts, the generals of these servant armies still did not dare to disobey Humed's orders, and went down one after another to reorganize their troops and fight according to his orders.
Standing high on the city walls, Humet looked down at the army arrayed by the river below, the Talas River protected the left flank of the coalition army, the vanguard was thousands of Shi troops blinded by hatred, behind them were the armies of Kang and Mi, and the cavalry of the black-nosed cavalry on the right flank waited for an opportunity.
The chaotic battle formation and messy weapons and armor of these soldiers made him frown slightly, relying on these people may not be able to win the Tang Dynasty, but it may be enough to consume some of their energy.
Behind these armies is his most trusted general, Ahmad Hassan al-Mansour, and his 10,000 ** sharp cavalry, which will be the key to defeating the Tang Dynasty in Humet's plan. He believed that the Tang army, exhausted after a long journey, would not be the opponent of these warriors who were favored by the true gods. The scimitars in their hands will reap the lives of countless Tang Dynasty soldiers, and perhaps they will soon become the most famous generals in black after defeating the King of the Mountains, right?
At that time, the territory of the Black Eater will no longer preach the "Sword of the True God" Khalid who led only 500 men to intimidate the entire Sham, the fierce general Ogba who also ran rampant in the Maghreb with 500 men, and Tariq in Andalusia with only 7,000 men, and Ziyad, who had just put down the Bukhara rebellion...... The name of these great warriors, Hou Meide, who defeated the king of the mountains, Gao Xianzhi, will become a new legend.
Houmet closed his eyes and prayed sincerely to the true god, praying that the true god would bless him to win this great battle, and prayed silently several times, Houmet opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the east from afar, how long will it take for the army of the Tang Dynasty to reach Talas City? He couldn't wait. (To be continued.) )