513 First head-to-head duel

The Arab soldiers below, including Fakhr al-Din, were all dead.

They are all Christians, and it is one thing to believe that people have souls, but it is another thing to actually see.

Not to mention that these souls are asking them for bodies.

Even if everyone is an Arab army, it is impossible to give up their bodies for your use!

"Get out of here, get out of here!" Some soldiers drew their weapons and shouted into the sky, as if that would drive away the empty souls.

Fakhr al-Din cried out in his heart and was about to call for someone to pacify the soldiers, when the image of the sky disappeared.

The entire city of Ujayana was plunged back into darkness.

But in its place came a terrible scream from the darkness.

The Arab soldiers, who had not rested well for almost two or three days, were already extremely nervous at the beginning of the image.

Now it is a direct explosion, as if the soul that may take over his body may appear around him at any time.

"Don't come near me, don't come near me!"

"Ah, you actually cut me with a knife, you must be trying to kill me and then occupy my body."

"Give me death!"

Frantic soldiers began to attack those around them in all the camps, and such attacks terrified the already nervous Arab soldiers.

Fakhr al-Din sent his own guards everywhere to suppress them, but to little avail.

Pressed the gourd and floated the scoop, this side just stopped, and that side was killed again.

It was only when the light dawned that the light dispelled the fear in the hearts of these soldiers.

Not only did not they have a good rest that night, but nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, which was already the largest casualty since Fakhr al-Din entered Tianzhu.

He now finally understood why Rashid's 150,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out without causing any casualties to the Tang army.

Because these Tang troops don't fight you head-on at all, they will only lie like mosquitoes in places you can't see to suck blood, and then turn into vicious dogs to bite off a piece of meat on your body when you are not paying attention, and then quickly move away.

Of the nearly 10,000 casualties, there were more than 5,000 wounded soldiers, and taking them with them would inevitably slow down the procession, and Fakhr al-Din could only leave a few thousand men to escort them back to the city of Viramoro, where the Arab soldiers said they would not want to stay any longer.

All of a sudden, Fakhr al-Din's army was just over 170,000 men, a one-eighth less before you knew it.

"20,000 light horsemen on the left and right, after discovering the Tang Army, give me a desperate bite of them!" Fakhr al-Din gritted his teeth and ordered.

The Tang Army can no longer be allowed to control its own rhythm.

At first, he only thought that the Tang Army, which had more than 20,000 people, would not pose any threat to him, so he was thinking about hurrying.

Now he knows that he was wrong, and he must solve this Tang Army that has been lurking by his side.

Even if it can't be solved, his 40,000 light horsemen must bite the opponent tightly, so that the opponent has no way to free up his hands to stop himself from advancing.

Seeing that the other party sent a large number of light horses, Duan Zhixuan also knew that there was no way for them to use their tactics of constantly harassing the other party.

"In that case, let's also let them see the true strength of our Datang Expeditionary Force, lest the enemy think that we will only put cold arrows in the back!"

Duan Zhixuan also has his own arrogance, so although he doesn't look down on Tang Ping's tactics of harassing the enemy, he still expects to be able to fight the enemy on the frontal battlefield.

This is also the difference between Tang Ping and the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty.

In the eyes of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, although they will not deliberately let the soldiers under their command die, but if they can defeat the enemy, then the sacrifice is acceptable.

In Tang Ping's opinion, if he can kill all the enemies with yin tricks and not kill a single person on his side, it will be the greatest success.

But in the current situation, there is really no way to use yin tricks.

These 40,000 light horsemen were well armed, and they hardly had to carry too many supplies, and it would be good to go out for three or five days and then return to the large army to resupply.

So in terms of speed, they are definitely faster than Tang Ping's more than 20,000 Tang Expeditionary Force.

Once you're glued, it's hard to get rid of it, so it's better to find a suitable place to get rid of your opponent.

Duan Zhixuan had already known the terrain in this vicinity, and while ordering a retreat, he left some traces.

Soon the Arab light riders spotted the traces and chased after them.

Fakhr al-Din's main force would not leave the established route to pursue Tang Ping, and his goal now was to take the remaining 130,000 men to the east to support.

Of course, the premise is that the place where the Tang Expeditionary Force and the 40,000 Arab light cavalry fought was not far from the main force.

If it was too close, Fakhr al-Din would not be afraid to delay another day or two to deal with these Tang troops that made him hate so much.

Therefore, the decisive battle place that Duan Zhixuan chose at the beginning was not nearby.

The two cavalry units chased and fled, and it was not until it was dark that the Arab light cavalry saw the Tang Expeditionary Force from a distance.

Duan Zhixuan, on the other hand, directly led the Tang Expeditionary Force to rush up a small hill, and then set up a position.

The Arabian light rider didn't expect that the other party had been fleeing, and at this time he actually stopped.

"General, do you want to surround each other?" An adjutant asked Hamid, the commander-in-chief, who had come with his troops.

Hamid shook his head: "This Tang cavalry is definitely not simple, our strength is only slightly superior to the other party, if we divide our troops to surround now, they find our weak point to break through, I am afraid that they will run away again." ”

"We just need to hold them out now and not let them interfere with the army led by General Fakhr al-Din."

"The whole army has it, rest on the spot!"

They camped in place and lit countless torches and bonfires, not only to guard against the other party's night attack, but also to monitor the opposite Tang Expeditionary Force and prevent them from slipping away again.

"Hehe, these Arabs have learned to be obedient."

After running for a day, the Tang Army was also tired, so I didn't want to go to the night attack at all, and I ate and slept early.

Anyway, there are drones monitoring, and they are not afraid of the other party's sneak attack.

Early the next morning, Duan Zhixuan gave orders in the camp.

"Duan Zhan, you will lead 5,000 cavalry to engage the enemy in a while, and you will only be defeated but not won, you understand."

"Yes!"

The young general named Duan Zan is Duan Zhixuan's eldest son.

"Ping Guogong, please follow the archers and the second battalion to ambush here, and when the enemy passes by, shell the enemy's center army and block the speed of the charge of the rear army."

The task given to Tang Ping is a long-range attack, which is also relatively safest.

Tang Ping naturally received the order, Duan Zhixuan was the commander of this army, and he also had to listen to his military orders.

"The rest of the generals, just follow my formation, we will definitely kill them today without leaving a piece of armor!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

In the past few days, the Arab army has been extremely aggrieved, but everyone knows that the generals of the Tang Dynasty are also full of fighting spirit and waiting to fight with them.