Li Siye sat cross-legged in the center of the Chinese army's big tent, Dai Wang and Cen Shen sat on the left side as civilian staff officers, and Cheng Qianli, Ma Phosphorus, Duan Xiushi, Tian Zhen, Bi Sishen, Kang Huaishun, and others sat on the right side as military generals.

Tian Zhen held back her words for a long time, and finally couldn't help but stand up and say, "Why don't you take advantage of the victory to pursue today?" ”

Li Siye asked him rhetorically: "Who told you that we won today?" ”

"We have countered the advance of the enemy's cavalry, and we have also beaten the enemy's first phalanx to retreat in rotation, and the enemy has blown the horn and retreated, so we should rush over and crush them with all our might."

Everyone shook their heads and laughed, as if there should be such a brave and funny character in the army, who can adjust the atmosphere at ordinary times, and can be strong when it is critical.

Li Siye laughed loudly: "Where is it so smooth, today is just a test of all-round combat effectiveness of both sides, how can it be possible to defeat the enemy in one battle?" The Great Cannibals are disciplined, calm in battle, and have camels and horses, two tools of extraordinarily long transport capacity, and they may increase their troops, and we will increase them. Cen Shen! ”

Cen Shen stood up and crossed his hands and said, "The subordinates are here!" ”

"Write an urgent official document in a short draft, and order Zhao Chongyu, the envoy of Shule Town, to lead the army to come to support outside the city, and order the Yiwu Army of Beiting Tianshan to transfer 2,500 people each to take over the defense of Shule Town."

"Whoa."

Duan Xiushi took the initiative to cross his hands and asked: "It is said that the main force of the Abbasid army is all concentrated under the command of the governor of Khorasan, there are probably nearly 200,000 people, if the other party is out, even if we increase our troops by 25,000, I am afraid that we will not be able to do it." Doctor, do you want to write a song and send it to the imperial court to ask the envoy of Hexi Jiedu to send troops to support. ”

"Of course, it is necessary to write a song, but there is no need to bother An Sishun to send troops to come, we and the Hexi Army have not been under each other's control for a long time, and there will be no tacit understanding in coordinated operations. If the other side is dispatched, we can increase our troops to a maximum of 30,000 and gather most of the forces of the Anxi Court. The limit of the number of commanders commanded by a well-tapped general is 30,000, and if it exceeds 30,000, it is necessary to divide the troops, otherwise it will be difficult to turn around if the tail is too big. ”

He also instructed Duan Xiushi: "Immediately write a note to the imperial court, and hope that the sage will give an order to Hexi Sishun and let them mobilize the people's strength to support food." If we can win this battle, we will enter a long-distance campaign without supply lines. ”

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On the second day, the Great Eclipse Army stuck in the camp and refused to fight, Li Siye ordered the army to provoke in front of the enemy position, fired dozens of rockets at the enemy camp with a Fuyuan crossbow, and then calmly retreated.

The rocket-induced camp fire caused some disruption to the Great Cannibal, but the flames were quickly extinguished and the enemy was not injured.

On the third day, it was still the case, the enemy still held behind the rejection of horses and the row of walls, and counterattacked the Tang army with longbows and stone throwers.

On the fourth day, there was no substantive action between the two sides. The same is true on the fifth and sixth days......

It wasn't until the seventh day that the reinforcements of the Great Eclipse arrived first, and 30,000 people joined the battle queue, bringing the total strength of the Great Eclipse Army to 75,000. Ziad took the lead in the attack, and on that day the Tang army stuck behind the camp wall and only returned fire with bows and crossbows, refusing to fight.

Until the eighth day, the Shule army came to support, the total strength of the Anxi army reached 25,000 people, Li Siye led the army to form a six-flower array, and the Great Food Phalanx had a tentative friction, perhaps both sides thought that the time for a decisive battle was not enough, and they did not even send an effective attack.

On the last night before the battle, the patience of the Great Food Army finally disappeared, and they began to prepare for the battle in full swing.

A mysterious guest came to Ziyad's tent, and he was Yehudun Viga of Sikarluq. Shortly thereafter, a guest also came to the camp of the Tang army, who was Eton, the second son of Don Biga. The appearance of their father and son in the camp of both sides at the same time is tantamount to a conspiracy exchange between two and five boys, and it seems that there is a definite number of who will win and who will lose.

Let's take a look at Don Biga who entered the big tent in Ziyad's camp, he seems to be calm and measured, but in fact he is flustered in his heart, if he doesn't have a certain acting skills, he can't hold this scene at all, and it is easy to be seen through.

He sat cross-legged in the tent, but fortunately there was only Ziyad in the tent, and the Great Eater General smiled and said in Turkic: "Tonvijayhahu, tomorrow is the time for you to fulfill your promise, and with your joining, we will achieve the final victory." ”

Don Viga deliberately frowned and said, "Our conditions have to be renegotiated. ”

"Isn't it generous to let you take possession of the city of Talas, give you the pastures east of Talas, and give you ten thousand Sassanid gold coins?"

Don Bijia sneered: "Once I, Ge Lulu, turn my back on the Anxi Protectorate, it will be equivalent to a formal break with the Tang Empire. There are enemy soldiers on the side of the four towns of Anxi, if I don't ask for some money to save my life, just by defecting to you, how can I avoid the disaster in the future? ”

Ziad smiled and asked him, "Then what more do you want?" ”

"Once your army wins, it will be able to conquer the capital of Bakhana, and take all the land in the river west of the Green Ridge. And I only need the jurisdiction of the two cities of Talas and the city of Kenyu, and 20,000 Sassanid gold coins. ”

"You," Ziad pointed at him, shaking his head in disbelief, "and you have too much, but I can promise you." ”

"I want 20,000 gold coins now, which is considered a deposit paid to me in advance, otherwise I will not be sure."

"Okay, come on, bring the gold coin to Dun Vijaya."

The four Great Cannibal soldiers carried the box into the tent, and lifted the lid of the box to reveal the glittering gold coins, which made Don Viga's eyes light up, he had earned 10,000 coins and a box of silk from Li Siye, and now he had 20,000 gold coins in the hands of the Great Cannibal, and these were enough for him to squander for a while.

I have to say that it doesn't feel too good to be used as a key chess piece.

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The second son of Don Biga, Eton Agent, stood in Li Siye's felt tent, and there were only two people opposite him, one of whom was Dai Wang, who wore a rosewood mask, and the other was Li Siye, the Jiedu envoy of the Anxi army, and both of them sat cross-legged on the ground.

Li Siye threw a futon to the Eaton special service: "Eaton special service, please take a seat." ”

After bowing down and thanking him, the Etonton special service sat cross-legged on it and said loudly: "Father asked me to inform Ambassador Li that he was called by General Ziad of the Great Eclipse, and promised to turn around and attack the Anxi army tomorrow. ”

Li Siye stretched out two fingers and said, "Let him rebel." ”

Eaton's eyes widened in surprise and said, "The two sides fought fiercely on the spot, and once my father turned against the water, your Anxi army would be defeated." ”

Li Siye laughed, turned his head to Dai Wang, and said, "Take out the map." ”

Dai Liulang took out the map from his arms, spread it in front of the two of them, looked up, and pointed to it and explained: "Fifty miles away is the Zhenzhu River, and this is the battlefield where we are fighting, I will send half of the Anxi army to retreat to the south bank of the Zhenzhu River tonight, in order to prevent being seen through by the big cannibals, these withdrawn Tang troops will be replaced by the army of Ning Yuanguo." This is the first step. In the second step, on the battlefield tomorrow, when the two sides were facing each other and fighting fiercely, your father led the Qarluq cavalry to turn around and attack and kill our army, and our army was immediately crushed and retreated to the south bank of the Pearl River. ”

Li Siye took Dai Wang's words and continued: "At this time, your father should be the leader of the Great Food Army, pursue our Anxi Army all the way south, take the lead in crossing the Zhenzhu River, and wait for the Great Food Army to cross the river on all fronts and gain a foothold. Your father should turn against the water again, turn around with our army and fight back against the Great Food Army, and kill them to the ground. ”

Eaton was surprised: "Twice against the water? ”

The corners of Li Siye's mouth showed a satisfied smile: "That's right, the previous time was a false rebellion, it was a scene for the big cannibals, and the second time it was a real rebellion, to wipe out all the 70,000 great food troops on the south bank of the Pearl River, after the matter is completed, you will enter the Broken Leaf City, and your father will be given the title of Qarlu Khan." ”

Eaton's agents were very opposed to his father's practice of playing infernal affairs between the two empires, but he had to be cautious at the moment. He bowed to Li Siye and hugged his chest and saluted: "Ambassador Li, please rest assured, you must keep your promise when you are loyal." ”

"Under these conditions, I trust in your father's loyalty."

Eton stood up and saluted Li Siye again: "In that case, Eton will go back and report to his father." ”

He turned around and walked to the door of the tent and lifted the curtain, and Li Siye's voice asked behind him, "Aren't the agents going to see your two mothers and brothers?" “

Eaton's body trembled for a moment before he said, "If all goes well, we'll meet again." ”

"That's right, it's not just about the fate of your family, it's about the fate of the entire Qarluq."