Chapter 283: The Siege
The more than 7,000 sergeants of the strength tribe of the Qarlu tribe are still serving in the main camp of the Tang Army!
Because the Tang army had no baggage to protect, it freed up 2,000 baggage soldiers, plus 3,000 newly recruited soldiers, which was equivalent to an additional 5,000 light infantry. Therefore, some adjustments were made to the defense of Talas, and the 5,000 soldiers and the newly formed 1,000 cavalry were sent to the city to defend the city with 3,000 Bathana soldiers.
Another 500 Mo sword soldiers and 1,000 archers were dispatched, led by Duan Xiushi. In this way, there are nearly 10,000 troops of the Tang Army in the entire Talas City, including one general, as well as Zhang Fan Green Wing and Apdu Squad and other precept holders.
Gao Xianzhi led 15,000 Tang troops and 7,000 Gelulu tribe soldiers to fight forward. Li Siye is a tiger general, and he is naturally the vanguard of the large army.
The Great Food Country was ambushed by the Tang Army, resulting in the loss of mobile combat power, and the general Abda retreated twenty miles to the west, found a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and pressed the camp. This is the choke point from Talas City to Samarkand, and it was guarded to prevent Gao Xianzhi's troops from continuing to advance westward.
On the other hand, the main force of more than 12,000 cannibals led by General Ziad and more than 50,000 allied troops of Zhuhu marched towards the city of Talas. On the way, the main force of the 12,000 Great Food Nation turned west, attempting to join General Abda's troops and attack Gao Xianzhi's main force, while the rest of the Zhuhu coalition army continued to attack Talas City.
"Most of the two troops in the Tang military camp have been dispersed, and the Tang army even gave them all the horses......" The hazy man said convincingly, "It's all the attack planned by the boss, and you can solve their tens of thousands ......of soldiers and horses at once."
"They were burned with grain and grass, and there was no way to do it. When General Ziad's troops arrive, our army will be able to fight with the Tang army! The woman in white rode on a cliff and said to the gloomy man guarding her.
"Our military strength is the same as theirs, and the other side has the support of the Qarluq tribe, can we win this battle?" The man was a little preoccupied.
The woman in white ignored him and continued: "Before that, I want to go to the Tang Army barracks......"
"What?! Boss, you can't take the risk lightly! The man was shocked and hurriedly persuaded. Suddenly, I thought, "Boss, didn't you say that the rebellion of the Qarlu tribe has been broken by the other party's wise man?" You're going ......."
"You've become smarter, hehe, I'm here to convince the Qarluq tribe myself! I've been thinking for the past two days, is this history so easy to change? The woman sneered.
"Boss ......"
"What are you worried about? That skill of mine is enough for me to enter and exit the Tang Army's camp safely......"
“…… Be careful, Boss! ”
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The big war was imminent, and Zhang Fan Akon exchanged information every day for the past two days in order to understand the situation on the entire battlefield.
"There's nothing on my side, the matter of the Qarlu tribe has also been resolved, with the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army, the chance of winning this battle is more than 85%! But you are in Talas City, so many Hu soldiers are besieging the city, but be careful. Akon advised.
"The Hu soldiers on my side are all holding back the troops of Talas City and cannot go to reinforcements. Although there are many people, there is no threat. As soon as the news of the two tribes plundering their land and property arrives, the siege will be lifted! Zhang Fan reminded Aken, "You have to be careful of the wise man on the other side, what tricks do you have, don't be calculated." ”
“haha! This kid does a lot of bad things, so it's no wonder if he doesn't be calculated! Green Wing laughed.
“…… Don't crow's beak good...... "Akon Khan."
At this time, Green Wing pulled Zhang Fan and motioned for him to look into the distance.
"Shhhh Over time, the black line slowly thickens.
Green Wing's perception was high, and he had already seen that it was an army composed of countless Hu warriors in strange costumes, surging towards this side. Is that really only 50,000 or 60,000 people? The two of them didn't have Akon's calculation skills, but they just watched with their eyes, and they felt that the number of Hu soldiers was probably nearly ten times that of the Tang army in Talas City!
In the historical data, the number of participants in the Great Food Country of the Battle of Talas is very inconsistent, some say that there are more than 100,000, and some say that there are only more than 20,000. But now that Zhang Fan has experienced it personally, he has found that the Zhuhu army in this assembly area is really more than 100,000!
General Duan Xiushi, who was also watching the enemy at the head of the city, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and he was also beating a drum in his heart. Or which tribes are at war?
Gao Shuai wantonly conquered Zhuhu in the Western Regions last year and killed many kings, which seems to have really aroused the anger of Zhuhu! Therefore, the Great Food Country can have so many Hu countries to help in the war! Hey, I have lost the hearts of the people!
The sergeants at the head of the city, many of whom were soldiers of a hundred battles, felt a little chill in their hearts when they saw so many enemies pressed by the black. The hand holding the blade unconsciously tightened a little more.
Zhang Fan Luyi saw such a large-scale battle for the first time, and he didn't know the bottom of his heart, and he unconsciously grabbed the other party's hand. The Honzo behind him, seeing it in his eyes, smiled secretly.
At this time, Dark Sakura also stepped forward, stood beside Zhang Fan, grabbed one of his hands, and held it tightly. Zhang Fan didn't pay attention at first, but the green wing on the side coughed, and Zhang Fan realized that he was embarrassed.
But Dark Sakura is a persistent person, who cares about these things, and still drags on Fan, as if he is afraid that he will run away.
Honzo laughed out loud and stepped forward to relieve the siege: "Dark Sakura, you hold Zhang Fanjun like this, others still think that he owes you a debt and hasn't paid it." ”
"Humph! He just owes a debt, a little girl who owes a lot of emotional debt! Green Wing shook off Zhang Fan hatefully and went to inspect himself.
Zhang Fan was sweating and shouted, but he was ignored, and there were words of suffering in his heart.
On the other side of the city, Apdu looked at Hu Ren's strength, kicked in his heart, and regretted it. It seems that history will still progress in a normal way, and if the Tang army can't get it right, it will still be defeated!
It wasn't until late in the evening that nearly 100,000 Zhuhu troops came to the city to set up camp, and they actually surrounded the city of Talas. The strange-shaped Hu people under the city, arrogant and domineering, have the jiashi who devoured the Tang army in Talas City alive.
Duan Xiushi watched Hu Jun's camp carefully, and his heart settled down. Because these Hu troops are all separate battalions, it seems that the tents are varied, and many of them are patched nomadic tents.
The weapons in the hands of the soldiers are also varied, and there are even some down-and-out soldiers who use agricultural tools to rebuild. And the discipline is also very poor, seeing that their meal time is not uniform, here they are buried in the pot to cook, and they are still chatting and farting there......
Only a small part of the army has standard weapons and armor, and the military discipline is relatively strict, but it seems that it is a small number of overseers of the Great Food Country, guarding the large camp of the Chinese army. The Muslim general Ziyad led such a chaotic army was enough for him to have a headache.
"A rabble!" Duan Xiushi sneered and commented. Turning back to the herald, he commanded: "Order 1,000 cavalry, 500 Mo sword soldiers, except for the archers, and the captains of each school with their headquarters and horses, Hou is in the city, and rob the camp tonight!" ”
"Whoa!" The herald hurriedly retreated.
After a short time, several of the vow-bearers were prompted by the quest:
Green Wing receives the task of robbing the camp with the cavalry tonight; Motozo receives a mission to spy on military intelligence; Zhang Fan and Apdu's team received the task; The rewards are very ordinary, all of them are 500 merit points and 5 bonus points; 2000 merit points will be deducted for failure.
Several people have different tasks, and this is the first time that Zhang Fan Luyi has received the same team and different mission instructions. Everyone went their separate ways and prepared not to mention it.
In the second half of the night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the Tang Army's horses' hooves were wrapped in soft cloth and rushed out of the city gate silently. Zhang Fan stood at the gate of the city with five hundred Mo sword soldiers, watching the cavalry troops rush into the darkness.
"You have to be careful......" Zhang Fan explained to Green Wing.
Tonight is a dark night where you can't see your fingers, and the camp in the distance seems to be a monster lurking in the dark night, and Zhang Fan has a premonition in his heart......
Honzo's Akon instructed that this time to enter the spying army, it is best to find the specific location of the enemy's grain and grass baggage, and report it to the assault force of the Green Wing.
This guy took the dark cherry blossom in the middle of the night. But in this camp of nearly 100,000 people, he almost lost his bearings. These continuous tents are simply too chaotic, but there is no discipline for the camp. But it is even more confusing than the deliberately set up formation camp. It's just that if they want to fight, it will probably be a mess.
It's that the dark cherry blossom is much higher than this ninja technique.,Good sense of orientation.,And it's particularly sensitive to places like granaries.。 I guess I was hungry when I was a child, and I often had to look for food and steal food from Igaji. Ninjas also have nobles and commoners.
Duan Xiushi took the lead, rode the horse, and was the first to rush into the chaotic camp.
Green Wing with ten personal guards also formed a charging formation and entered the Hu people's military camp.
Although there are guards patrolling the camp in the Zhuhu military camp, they are all hanging, some are looking for a place to sleep, some are drinking and playing, and there is any military discipline there. Knowing that the thousand Tang troops were close to the front, they realized that something was wrong, and they roared around.
The military formation formed by a thousand Tang Army war horses, like a quick knife cutting into butter, plunged into the messy Zhuhu military camp and rampaged! In an instant, the heavy camp was penetrated, and the Hu people were killed on their backs.
For a time, Hu Ying's continuous fire broke out, and it burned down along the cavalry assault route of the Tang Dynasty! The arrow of the assault pointed to the Hu Yingzhong Army!
However, in an inconspicuous corner of the Zhuhu Company Camp, thousands of soldiers were in bright armor, neatly lined up, wearing black cloaks, revealing a vicious aura.
"General, as expected, the Tang Army saw that our military camp was in chaos, and it really robbed the camp!" A giant man bowed down on his horse and stroked his chest and said to General Ziad.
The general Ziyad nodded, waved his hand and commanded the giant man: "Allah protect you!" Let's go! ”
The giant man received the order, his eyes showed a fierce light, and with the sergeant behind him, he highlighted the camp and attacked in the direction of the gate of Talas City!
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