What was even more beneficial to himself was that because of the surprise attack, the other ring holders of the Tang Army did not make a move against the Great Food Country. Even if there were a task for the ordination holders of Li Siye's troops, it would not be too obvious.

And most of the things are done by their own team. He must have thought that he had not yet discovered his existence. It was just by chance that I did this. It is not that he will lay out the entire campaign, so as to underestimate his own intelligence, and will take advantage of this to unscrupulously set a trap against himself and the Tang Army, and turn the tables in one fell swoop!

What would you do if you were from the other person's point of view?

Well, it must be a feint to attack Talas City, and while the Tang army and its own attention are focused on Talas City, surprise attack the main force of the Tang army. Hehe, it seems that he should arrange a trap-to-trap encounter, and strive to defeat the main force of the Great Food Nation in one fell swoop!

"If that's the case, the battlefield won't be under Talas!" Zhang Fan also understood a little, "They won't let the army of the Great Food Country come to send them to death." ”

"How can you be sure that it must be the Ring Bearers of the other camp who did it?" Green Wing was a little puzzled, "I think it's natural, huh?" It's just that we're at war, and of course we're going to have more opportunities to fight the other ring-bearer, so we'll see them. The people in their own camp are busy with their own tasks, how can they meet? ”

Zhang Fan smiled, "We can't be sure, it's just speculation." But be prepared for what happens. If the follow-up army of the Great Food Country does not play its cards according to common sense, then this is confirmed. For example, if you don't come to Talas City. Or the main force of the Tang Army is besieged, which can completely show that the other side does indeed have high-intelligence precept holders. ”

"yes, we just won the first game. The main force of the Great Food Country has not moved, and there is still a good show in the future. Akon raised his glass and touched Zhang Fan, signaling that the two of them saw the same.

"Oh, you have ideas. I still have to go to the captain of the cavalry unit to ask for advice on how to lead the troops, and in the afternoon I have to learn horse warfare and formation, so I don't have time to talk to you about these unsightly things. Greenwing drank the wine from the clay cup, turned and walked away.

Zhang Fan Aken looked at the back of her leaving, smiled at each other, and touched the cup again, "She can be regarded as finding the direction, and she will be a very good pioneer general in the future." ”

"In that case, what are you going to do?" Zhang Fan asked.

"I'm wondering what the other party will do." Akon laughed.

"How to do it, give us a cover." Zhang Fan said: "No, it's a trap for the Tang Army, a common trick used by Mao Zu to deal with the Kuomintang, encircling and sending reinforcements!" ”

"What if the Tang army arrives first? Historically, it was the Tang Army that first surrounded and attacked the city of Talas. Akon asked.

"Lure the enemy deep first, and then take Talas from behind." Zhang Fan said without hesitation.

Akon looked at him in surprise, a little different, "Yes, you did your homework very well." I'm familiar with the art of war. ”

"In the past two days, I have competed with Li Siye in some art of war, and with what I saw in the book, I have gained something." Zhang Fan nodded.

Akon smiled, "Then what else do you ask?" In the next two days, we will look within a radius of fifty miles in the vicinity, see if there is any suitable place for ambushing the large army, and see who lures whom. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and touched another glass.

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In the past two days, Willis has been exhausted, and the two masters really regard themselves as coolies who don't need money! This is not that small place in Japan, the vast Western Plateau, with a radius of dozens of miles, for the plateau that stretches for thousands of miles, it is like a visit to the doorstep.

Zhang Fan Aken's status in the army is not low now, and he also has a relative degree of freedom. It is logical to go to the military to inspect the situation around the battlefield. However, they didn't even bring the guards, so that the generals of the Tang Army still sweated for them, and it was not peaceful here.

However, the hard work was not in vain, and around the city of Talas, several suitable ambush locations were discovered. Some are long and narrow valleys, which can lure the enemy in, and the archers are ambushed on the high ground on both sides, and Xiangxia shoots.

There is low-lying land, which can lure the enemy down and the cavalry on all sides to attack.

There is a gourd waist terrain, the enemy passes halfway, and attacks head-on, so that the enemy cannot retreat, and the rear cannot come up.

There are also shallow rivers and forests, not far from which you can ambush and wait for the enemy to attack half-crossing.

After the two of them found out, Zhang Fan returned to Talas City, and Akon followed the cavalry troops who went forward to find the enemy, and this matter had to be discussed with Duan Xiushi to see his opinion.

The next day, a gray pigeon flew out of the Duan Xiushi barracks and headed east. There are even a few riders flying out......

The city of Talas stepped up its defense, and Duan Xiushi left 2,500 cavalry to assist in the defense of the city, and he took the other half to take the initiative to attack. This allowed the two shifts to take turns to attack, allowing the horses and men to get the most rest, and also to strengthen the Liliang guards of Talas.

It didn't take long for Duan Xiushi's cavalry troops to fight with the vanguard of the attacking troops of the Great Food Country, and Duan Xiushi relied on the mobility of the cavalry to win a small victory. and quickly retreated to the vicinity of Talas.

That night, Duan Xiushi entered the city, met with Li Siye, and even called a few soldiers to join the army. It turned out that Gao Xianzhi's large army had already arrived near Talas City, and the letter also praised everyone very much, and agreed to Duan Xiushi's plan to ambush the army of the Great Food Country, and prepared to set up an ambush in one place, so that Duan Xiushi's troops could try to attract the enemy's main force.

On the second day, Duan Xiushi led 2,000 cavalry to meet the enemy, leaving the main force of 3,000 cavalry of the Tang Army in the city of Talas.

"According to historical records, Gao Xianzhi besieged Talas City for five days, and the reinforcements of the Great Food Country arrived, and they fought fiercely under the Talas City......" Akon recalled the historical materials in his heart, silently calculated the current progress of the Tang Army and the Great Food Country, and made some corrections.

From the current point of view, it seems that the Great Food Kingdom appeared a few days earlier than the historical records, and there may be a discrepancy in the historical data, or there is also a reason for the intervention of the vow-holders. Because the data is insufficient, it is difficult to judge.

Gao Xianzhi's troops moved quickly, and this general deserved to be called the 'King of the Mountain', and after receiving Duan Xiushi's proposed strategy, he immediately launched an operation. The speed of the march was accelerated, and the historical records recorded a day in advance, secretly bypassing the city of Talas, and setting up an ambush point in advance on the route of the army of the Great Food Kingdom to attack the city of Talas.

At this time, Akon found some clues about the ring-bearers on the Tang Army's side, and among the scouts who went out to explore the way, he found two ring-holders. It seems that after the Tang Army officially entered the battlefield, scene tasks began to appear.

The two scouts who explored the path had completed their tasks very well, and they had a relatively accurate grasp of the enemy's intelligence in their reports. As a member of the military, Akon naturally saw it all, but he did not contact the two vow-holders.

He also needs to look at the arrangement of the follow-up tasks of the scene, and collect more clues about the way and data of the release of the scene tasks, which will help him grasp the number, distribution, and task arrangement of the ring-bearers in the entire scene, as well as the impact of the high-level ring-bearers on the tasks of the low-level ring-bearers when they are in a higher position. This is important in analysing the status, influence, and ability of the person holding the ring.

The Great Food Country came with 10,000 troops, led by the Governor of Khorasan, Abu A. The Muslim general Abda led the way. It is the headquarters army of the Great Food Country, and it is well-equipped. There were 5,000 cavalry, including 2,000 heavy cavalry!

This is the main force!

What's even more intelligence is that behind this force, there are various anti-Tang Zhuhu forces in the Western Regions that are gathering one after another! There are no less than 50,000 people! By Abu. Led by another general of the Muslim governor, Ziyad, the vanguard is also rushing in the direction of Talas! Among them, it is estimated that more than 12,000 are the headquarters of the Great Food Country, and the army is the main force!

It looks like a bad fight!

As far as the troops on the surface are concerned, the strength of the two armies is about the same. The main force of the Tang Army Headquarters is 20,000, the main force of the Great Food Country Headquarters, and the remnants of Said's troops who retreated in Talas City are also more than 24,000.

The Tang mercenary army had more than 20,000 troops in Bahanna and 20,000 troops from the Qarluq tribe. The follow-up assembly of the Great Food Country was no less than 50,000 Zhuhu troops, of which Shi Guo, as the leader of the initiative, estimated that nearly 30,000 troops were dispatched. And counting.

But according to historical records, Abu . The Muslims in Samarkand, a famous Arab city not far from Talas, still had 10,000 troops building defenses and preparing for a long-term battle with the Tang army.

Now that the city of Talas has been captured by the Tang army, it can be attacked and defended, and the situation is relatively favorable. Moreover, the equipment of the main forces of the Tang Army was much sharper than that of the contemporaries of the Great Food Country.

Although the smelting jishu of the Great Food Country is higher, their Damascus knives made of iron are slightly stronger than the horizontal knives made by the steel filling method of the Tang army. But the Tang Army's armor made by the thirteen armors represented by the Mingguang Armor was a big cut ahead of them, with lighter weight and stronger defense!

There are also crossbow arrows jishu, which can be described as unique in the world! Although the Arabians are nomadic troops and are good at riding and shooting, the types of bows and crossbows are not as complete as those of the Tang army, and the range is even worse!

However, the Arab war horse was better than the war horse of the Tang army, so the light cavalry riding the Arab war horse and wielding the Damascus sword was the best branch of the Arab army. Fast speed and strong attack power. However, it was restrained by the Tang Army's Mo sword soldiers. This has been practiced in Talas City, when Zhang Fan was guarding the city gate. Complete restraint!

Therefore, the bows and crossbows and armor of the Tang army, two weapons and armor that represent more advanced combat effectiveness, are better than the army of the Great Food Country, and their combat effectiveness is naturally stronger than theirs.

However, Duan Xiushi and Akon's two thousand cavalry did not have any advantage, and these two thousand soldiers really had no merit except for the horse being faster, it was just a cannon fodder class.

Now this cannon fodder army is attacking the elite of the 10,000 Great Food Country!

"Boss, this cavalry unit, this formation has caused a lot of trouble for our advance troops, and it seems to be tirelessly harassing us day and night!" The gloomy man whispered.

"They now have Talas City as the foundation, and the two cavalry units take turns to rest and recuperate, so they won't get tired of harassing us." The woman in white sneered. "They didn't stay on for long, though. A little further ahead, as soon as Gao Xianzhi's troops appear, the strange soldiers I arranged will give them heavy damage! ”