Li Siye turned the horse's head, and saw Ma Phosphorus and dozens of brothers under his command walking into the city, their armor was torn and their clothes were oozing blood, they were standing on the ground with spears or horizontal knives in their hands, and the joy of finding their comrades was gone, leaving only a face full of life as if they were in another world.

He rolled over from his horse, walked quickly to Ma Phosphorus, and patted him on the shoulder excitedly: "I knew that you could come back, we could defeat the first garrison in the Great Food Territory, and you should be the first to take the lead." And for the brothers who have died, I will ask for a reward for them, to comfort their souls, and to give their wives and children and their parents rich bereavement. ”

Ma Phosphorus knelt on one knee with his body propped up, crossed his thumbs in front of his chest, and said with a solemn expression: "Dr. Li's trust, Ma Phosphorus is not insulted, but I am ashamed of my brothers, I survived in the world, but I did not bring them back." ”

Li Siye hurriedly helped him up, and said in a deep voice: "If even you say that you are ashamed of your brothers, then I should apologize for my sins, and the living should bear everything for them." We will continue to complete this war, and then the heroes will return to Chang'an in triumph, ask for His Majesty's reward for them, and accept the blessings of the people. Their names and deeds deserve to be remembered by future generations. ”

He immediately turned around and shouted to Tian Zhen, who had already walked out of the city: "Tian Zhen, come back!" ”

General Tian Zhen rode back, dismounted and asked, "Doctor Li, what are your orders?" ”

"Leave them for one day, and tomorrow the three armies will use their blood outside the city to sacrifice the soldiers who died in the four battles, and use the souls of the soldiers in heaven to bless us to achieve both political and military victories."

After Tian Zhen listened, he looked at Ma Phosphorus suspiciously, but Ma Phosphorus looked up at the sky, as if there were really people floating in the clouds.

On the morning of the second day, the whole Tang army carried out a sacrificial ceremony in the desert outside the city, the sacrifice was the great cannibal captured in the desert in two battles, Li Siye personally presided over the sacrifice, and he asked his soldiers to sing the song of the soul to comfort the souls of the fallen soldiers.

Before they held the sacrifice, they had ordered the surrendered soldiers to dig a big pit by themselves, and then let them walk in by themselves, the soldiers brandished their shovels and began to bury people, and the long yellow sand fell into the pit with the swing of the shovels, and the scene spread a silent and strange atmosphere.

There were more than 3,000 soldiers in Mulu City and the Great Eclipse soldiers captured in these two battles, most of them were Persians from the Khorasan region, and the anger in the hearts of the soldiers seemed to be suppressed when they saw the huge sand pit being buried. It may be possible to flood out in the future, but it has become insignificant for now.

This time, the Don army had only been in the city for three days, and then they had already set off in the direction of the city of Tus, and they had come all the way to the edge of the valley of the Kashav River, and in the distance they could see the city of Tus in the mountains.

The city was close to him, but it seemed far away, and he didn't want to go into the city to see it, because he knew that it would cost a lot, and even if he could barely win, he would be able to fight Baghdad or not.

On the other side of the valley there was already a large army massive, including the local army of Khorasan, the Byzantine army from the Armenian border, and the black royal army of the caliphate.

While Li Siye stood on the bank of the river and watched the Great Eclipse army, the caliph's younger brothers, al-Mansur and Bo Silin, rode side by side on horseback and watched the Tang army on the other side.

The Ansey army had fought several battles, and many of their armor had been damaged in the battle, but the rows of hard and heavy armor caught the eyes of Bo Sirin, and he was amazed to see the silver sheen on their bodies. Craftsmen at that time were already using gilding techniques to prevent rust on armor. What amazed him and made him feel frightened at the same time, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "Is this Tang Jun?" With such a sophisticated armor and such a complete armament, it is no wonder that Ziyad was defeated twice. ”

Mansur said, "Archduke Abu, the army I have brought is under your command. The caliph said that as long as the Tang army could be retreated, any method could be used. ”

And Bo Xilin looked back and asked in surprise: "Any way?" ”

Mansour looked back behind him, touched his nose and said, "These soldiers behind you, they come from various regions of the empire, and it is a helpless move to transfer them. The caliph hoped to be able to quickly repel the Don army and then return them to their respective defensive lines. After all, there are too many enemies erected around our emerging country. ”

And Bo Xilin frowned, shook his head and said: "Blindly pursuing a quick victory and rushing for success will give the Tang army a head start, these people are the most elite force of my Abbasid Dynasty, if they are also lost in this war, who can still stop Li Siye's Anxi army?" ”

"What does the Grand Duke think he should do?"

And Bo Xilin narrowed his eagle-like eyes and said: "We can't afford to delay, and the Anxi Army Labor Division Expedition can't afford to delay." We will use the Kashav valley as a barrier to defend the danger, and if the Tang army attacks, they will be defeated and returned. At that time, our army pursued the victory, and the 500-mile Kizilkum Desert was the place where Li Siye's Anxi army was buried. ”

He even hoped that Li Siye would spend it with him here, which was like domesticating and subduing the eagle on Mount Carmel, as long as he survived long enough, he could bring the other party down. But if the other party retreats in advance, the plan in his heart will fail. The Anxi army's well-organized equipment and strong combat effectiveness made him fearful and jealous, and he did not want this army to retreat to China unharmed, and he wanted to make the Khorasan region a graveyard for the enemy.

"If Li Siye and his army are allowed to return to the river alive, it will be a great trouble for our henchmen, it is better to destroy them once and for all on our land."

Mansour asked him, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Spend it with them! Let this Kashaf valley break their spirit and will, and let them taste a little sweetness when he is willing to retreat, so that Li Siye thinks that he can take the city of Tus, and when they are at their most exhausted and lowest, the balance of victory will be tilted in our favor. ”

Mansur nodded approvingly, and Bo knew that Lin was a good man and a human being, and that he was taking advantage of the egotistical's gambler mentality, always thinking that he would win the next game. He secretly rejoiced that he was not an enemy of Hebosilin, and that such a man would be a terrible opponent if he became a political enemy.

The two sides confronted each other by the river for a day, and the Tang army did not make any offensive moves, but set up camp peacefully. Although this kind of thing was not expected by Bo Silin, it did not affect his prediction.

The strange thing is that the next day, the third day, the Tang army still did not attack, but in the early morning of the fourth day, the Tang army suddenly opened the Fuyuan crossbow, and fired arrows at the opposite bank from afar, and the big food army also controlled the catapult to counterattack, when the soldiers put the stone bullet on the arm of the catapult, ready to pull the rope to launch, suddenly found that there was a huge string of Arabic characters written on the open banner on the opposite bank.

The crowd stopped in surprise, and the officer in charge of directing the launch hurriedly stumbled to find and find Bo Silin.

Standing farther away from the shore to command, Posilin saw that his catapult had not returned fire for a long time, and asked in a loud voice: "Why don't you return fire?" ”

The officer ran up to him and reported: "Grand Duke, you, go and see the other side!" Amazing! ”