518 Own people beat their own people
"Rubbish, it's all rubbish!"
Fakhr al-Din shouted angrily in the tent:
"More than 100,000 troops, encircling more than 10,000 Tang troops, they still ran out by a few thousand!"
"Aren't we an invincible army of the Arab Empire? After destroying 10,000 enemy troops, we actually paid close to 30,000 casualties! ”
"The stupidest thing is that we didn't completely annihilate the enemy army, and in the end there were nearly 10,000 people for them to escape?"
"When we came, there were 200,000 troops, a whole 200,000 troops! Do you calculate how much is left? And the Tang Army lost 10,000, 10,000! ”
"We still got it with 40,000 light horses as bait!"
Fakhr al-Din was on the verge of smoking.
He was appointed by the Arab Emperor to support the Arab Legion in Tianzhu with an army of 200,000.
Now that no one has seen it, it has been dragged down by a force of 20,000 men to only 100,000 soldiers to fight.
The generals below all bowed their heads, and none of them dared to speak.
If you talk about those Tang people, what flies in the sky to win the handsome flag, what uses mysterious things to shout family heirloom orders behind their backs, etc., are all small tricks.
It is an indisputable fact that in the battle of defense last night, the Arab army lost 30,000 men.
The difference in the battle loss ratio between the two sides is three times, which can already explain the difference in strength between the two sides.
And this is because the besieged Tang Army has changed into the armor of the Arab light cavalry, if it is their own armor, it is like the 5,000 people who came to the rescue later, and the combat effectiveness is even higher.
Fakhr al-Din also knew that losing his temper would not help, but if he didn't yell like that twice now, he felt that he really couldn't vent his unhappiness.
Seeing that the scolding was almost over, he glared at the generals below and said, "All the camps are pulled out and hurry east!" ”
He blushed a little when he said this, the army of 200,000 reinforcements was now reduced by half, and he didn't know how the battle in the east was fought.
Fortunately, the Tang army, which has been following him like flies, should be ineffective now.
So they just have to concentrate on the road.
After walking for two days, a scout suddenly came to report that a large number of Arab troops appeared in front.
Fakhr al-Din was angry: "Haven't these Tang people learned to be smart? I used such a ploy again and again! Prepare me for the battle, and I can't let anyone go this time! ”
Now they have set foot on the eastern part of the Indus River Plain in the Indian Peninsula.
The view was so wide that in the distance you could see a disorganized group of Arab soldiers running towards them.
"Ready!"
"Shoot the arrows!"
Those Arab soldiers thought they had met friendly troops, but as soon as they entered the firing range, a shower of arrows fell on their heads and faces.
Defenseless, many of them were shot dead in an instant.
"General, it seems...... That's not right! Fakhr al-Din's lieutenant said with some suspicion: "You listen ......"
Fakhr al-Din also felt that it was wrong when he heard it, because the Tang army imitated it no matter how similar, but they did not know Arabic.
But now the wails that came from me seemed to be in authentic Arabic.
Looking at the bewildered Arab soldiers who had retreated beyond range, Fakhr al-Din sent his lieutenant out.
The lieutenant rode up to them and asked, "Where are your troops?" ”
A man in the uniform of an adjutant general also came out from the opposite side and shouted angrily at him: "Of course we are the army of the Arab Empire, and we are the subordinates of General Baiker!" ”
"General Byker!" The deputy general was taken aback: "Didn't he follow Lord Arum on the expedition and guard the northern city-state of Tianzhu?" How did you get here? Where is he? ”
"There!" The adjutant general on the opposite side pointed to the corpse that had just been shot and said, "You killed him!" I'll definitely report to the House of Elders when I return to the Empire!" ”
Finished!
The lieutenant was stunned, this was the real Arab army, the man of General Bakr under the command of Lord Arum.
And just now they fired a volley, and they actually shot their own imperial general.
Numb in his hands and feet, he returned to the military tent and reported the incident to Fakhr al-Din, who was also dumbfounded.
The Tang Army has been defending for so long, except for the encirclement battle two nights ago, it is the best defense today.
As a result, after a long time, he didn't prevent the Tang Dynasty and shot one of his own generals to death!
"Aren't they stationed in the north of Tianzhu? How did you get here? Fakhr al-Din asked with a growl.
"They said that they were defeated in the battle with the Tang people, and the entire northern city-state was completely lost, so they retreated here."
"All the northern city-states are completely lost? How many more of them are there? Fakhr al-Din was shocked, that is to say, the 400,000 troops who came to Tianzhu in advance, and the Arab imperial army in the west, northwest and north were close to 200,000?
Combined with his 100,000 casualties, the casualties of the Arab Imperial Army were at least close to 300,000.
This is a situation that has never been seen since the Arab Empire began its path of conquest.
"They still have more than 30,000 people."
"Humph!" Fakhr al-Din snorted coldly: "I will write a written explanation, you asked the lieutenant general of Bakr just now to bring people back to the Arab Empire, and then wait for them to leave the camp ......"
Fakhr al-Din made a slashing motion.
He killed an imperial general by mistake, and the news has not yet spread, as long as the lieutenant general and cronies of Byker are sent away, so that the remaining 30,000 people think that the news has been sent back to the country.
Then in the later battles, just send these 30,000 people to die.
With the combat power of the Tang Army, it is not difficult to send 30,000 heads!
Now Fakhr al-Din is under great pressure, and the army he brought has lost nearly half, and if this war fails, it is estimated that he will not be able to return to the empire.
But if he is lucky enough to win, then he can still offset his merits, but the matter of killing the imperial general by mistake must not be spread.
In fact, at this time, deep in Fakhr al-Din's heart, he no longer had any expectations for being able to defeat Datang.
Thirty thousand Baiker's subordinates were let in, and then Fakhr al-Din wrote a sincere letter of explanation, clearly writing how he was attacked by the Tang Dynasty with various forgeries, and also confessed to his accidental killing of Baikr, and explained that he was willing to accept all trials after returning to the empire.
The adjutant of the Bykr read the letter and had nothing to say, so he could only take his men west to prepare for his return.
But they didn't know that as soon as they left the camp, a group of cavalry followed them out under the guise of patrolling.
Another 30,000 remnants of the army were gathered, which made Baifakhr al-Din's troops look a little stronger.
After resting for the night, Fakhr al-Din continued to give the order to advance eastward.