And Bo Xilin ordered the retreat of the array, and the three commanders of the Great Food Army immediately turned their horses and waved their flags to divide the formation, one formation resisted, and the two formations retreated in turn, and the distance between the three phalanxes was always maintained at a distance of one stone's stone, and after the rear formation stabilized, the front formation retreated.

Although the speed of the retreat was slower, it was more stable, and the Overseer took the opportunity to drive the scattered rout into a phalanx with a leather whip, and this small phalanx was able to be flexible when retreating, as long as it did not encounter complex terrain. The Han navy and the Qarluq cavalry followed behind, constantly chasing and harassing with bows and arrows, but due to the cover of the enemy's heavy infantry and heavy cavalry, the damage had little effect.

Li Siye built a pergola in the rear and looked at it from a distance, and couldn't help but praise: "And Bo Xilin is so awesome, the front army can stabilize the formation and slowly retreat when it is defeated like this, so that our army can't get cheap." ”

As soon as his words fell, the generals around him looked sideways, Cen Shen held the ink tube in his hand, and held the booklet of the marching chronicles in his right hand, and it was difficult to write. He had to look sideways in disgust and said: "As the envoy of the two towns, how can the doctor say such vulgar words, how can his subordinates write." ”

Li Siye turned around and asked him with a smile: "Then according to the secretary's intentions, what should I say?" ”

"I look at and Bo Xilin's way of commanding the army, defeat but not chaos, chaos but not rout, advance and retreat are well-founded, and I am really a world-famous general!"

"Yes, yes, that's what I said, you write it." Li Siye pointed to the notebook and said.

Cen Shen sighed helplessly and began to write the marching chronicles.

Supervisor Bian Lingcheng complimented him on his right side and said: "If this and Bo Xilin are the world's famous generals, then what is the doctor, isn't it a general star who has not been born in a hundred years!" Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty 100 years ago, the only strong enemies around the country are Da Shi and Tubo, and those who can perform such feats as doctors can only be compared with Li Jing, the military god of the Turks, and Li Ji, who destroyed Goryeo. ”

Li Siye felt comfortable, Bian Lingcheng deserved to come out of the palace, this compliment is really perfect.

"There, there, how dare I compare with the god of war, and this is not my work alone, if it were not for the support of the saints, the soldiers used their lives, the two allies of King Ningyuan Shunyi and Gelulu Dun Viga drew their swords to help, your border supervisor sent a message to me, and your staff gave advice, how could we have today's victory."

Everyone turned sideways next to them and crossed their hands and said: "Doctor Li, sit in command, dispatch in the center, and take the lead." ”

Li Siye hurriedly restrained his complacent emotions, the more he had to be vigilant at this time, don't learn from Gai Jiayun, and don't learn from Gao Xianzhi, it's easy to get carried away when he is proud.

"It's still too early to talk about victory, immediately send an order to Tian Zhen and Don Viga Yehu, and quickly withdraw after pursuing sixty miles, the distance between the front and rear troops is too long and it is easy to be countered by the enemy."

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The more stable the formation is when retreating, the more difficult it is to maintain, like a wounded shepherd walking backwards with a club brandished, with a wild beast chasing behind him. The beast can be chased with ease, and the tiger is eyeing the tiger. But the shepherd's nerves were tensed at every step of the way, for if he made a mistake, he would expose his weakness to the eyes of the beast, so that he would find an opportunity to pounce on his mouth.

The Great Eclipse Army of Bosilin is now this regressive shepherd, and the stick in his hand is the elite Great Eclipse Cavalry Regiment, which not only has to fight and retreat with the pursuing enemy, but also protects the left and right flanks of the infantry formation from being outflanked. And the strings in Bosilin's spirit were always tight, closely watching the movements of the enemy.

Several phalanxes of the Great Food Army retreated in an orderly manner, and many injured and physically exhausted people fell behind and became the souls of the enemy's swords, but there was no way to do it.

He was still brewing a counterattack on the way back, hoping to use the power of the cavalry to defeat the trailing pursuers. But the Tang army did not get carried away, their pursuit was quite methodical, and the two cavalry cooperated with each other and supported each other. They are not greedy for merit and risk, they don't think about eating big mouthfuls greedily, they just bite you one by one and let you lose blood, it is this kind of pursuit routine that is the most disgusting.

When the Great Eclipse army retreated to more than fifty miles, Mansurti, who was sitting in the rear, learned that he had suffered a defeat and immediately led the only remaining army in the city of Tus to support.

Tian Zhen had no choice but to give up the pursuit, and Hengdao immediately looked at the other party and slowly retreated, sighing regretfully, and finally let Hebo Xilin run away in a structured manner.

Seeing the arrival of his own reinforcements, Posilin was truly relieved, and at the same time he was depressed, thinking that he had raised the banner of righteousness in the Khorasan region in the past, and led the army in just a few years, he overthrew the rule of the Umayyad Dynasty like a devastating state, and successively defeated the opponents of the Abbasid family, becoming the first general of the Abbasid Dynasty, but today he lost this battle to the Tang army, which is an indelible stain on his military career.

Mansur personally rode his horse to the location of the Chinese army, comforted and Bo Silin: "Don't blame yourself too much, the Tang people say that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and we have lost today, and we will have to get it back sooner or later." ”

And Posilin expressed his gratitude to Mansur for coming to the rescue, and at the same time shook his head pessimistically and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving you desperately, in today's battle in the Kizilkum Desert, our army lost more than half. Li Siye and his Anxi army were invincible in the field, and the fatigued division that had experienced four battles before and after was able to defeat our army, it was unimaginable. If I want to defeat him, I can only use the favorable terrain such as river valleys or cities to hold him back, and we have no hope in open areas such as plains and deserts. ”

Ziad was finally able to lift his head a little beside him, his chest felt comfortable, and his mood was inexplicably better. I wasn't the only one who lost the battle anyway, even the pillar of the empire, Posilin, was defeated. What does this mean, it's not that I am not good at commanding, but that the enemy is too strong. And Bo Xilin's words just now are to correct his name, the Anxi army under Li Siye is invincible in the field, and I am defeated.

Mansur then asked Bosilin, "What is the Grand Duke going to do next?" ”

"Withdraw to the city of Tus and the Kashav valley and defend it at risk, if he comes to attack with conceit, our army has hope of victory, if he does not come, we will wear up his patience by holding on to the same place, and I believe he will withdraw sooner or later."

And Posilin has already decided, he will hide behind the city of Tus and the valley of the Kashav River, no matter how Li Siye provokes him, this is the ultimate way to be invincible.

Mansour suddenly remembered the negotiation proposed by Li Siye, and asked Bo Xilin: "Li Siye has repeatedly proposed negotiations, do you think we can sit down and talk to him seriously." ”

"Don't talk about it," and Posilin decisively refused: "Their demands are absolutely unreasonable, and we will not agree to any of them." ”

"But our situation is not optimistic, and Abd al-Rahman, a fish of the Umayyad family, went to Andalusia, established a small regime, became a caliph, and never forgot to restore the country and avenge his family. The Byzantine Empire, taking advantage of our founding of the country, is also eyeing up to recover its homeland. We, the Abbasids, must not lose our land after taking over the country, and let those political enemies attack us as inferior to the Umayyads, and sometimes we have to make a trade-off. ”

And Bo Xilin clenched the reins of the horse tightly, and then smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, please rest assured, I know the severity, and I will take the overall situation into account." ”