Behind the city of Maha, on the opposite bank of the Amu Darya River, An Yanyan waited here for the results of the battle, and also prepared several boats to deal with the situation and cover the retreat of the Tang army.

Even the people on the other side of the Amu Darya River heard the explosion just now, and they didn't know what the battle was going on, An Yanyan sat with a solemn expression.

"Respected master, the people who can't defend this Maha City, relying on these Tang people alone will be defeated sooner or later, and the master should not give them precious treasures."

Wine and food are the most valuable treasures in this place, and there are as many of these things as there are in An Yanyan, and there is also the supply of Datang in the rear.

An Yanyan glared at the old slave who spoke.

The other party immediately lowered his head, and saw that his master was angry, and he was very annoyed at his own cleverness.

"The Tang people are different from the people you have seen, and the brutal cannibals will definitely be punished."

An Yanyan whispered, firm in his words.

The slaves who had fled from Persia in the rear were also silent.

The Great Cannibals were brutal in their attack on Persia, plundering everything and killing them alive everywhere they passed.

The old slave whispered again, "Master, but they are Tang people." ”

An Yan Yan said: "The Tang people are the wisest people, and my ancestors are also Tang people. ”

At this point, the old slave bent down and kept kowtowing, admitting his mistakes for his words and deeds.

On the battlefield of the open plain, which spanned more than 30 miles, when the smoke and dust of gunpowder dissipated, the battlefield was also quiet.

The large corpses of war elephants under the city were blurred with flesh and blood, Wang Xuance looked at this scene and vomited on the spot.

At this time, in the great cannibal army array in the distance, three male lions slowly walked out, and they roared towards Maha City.

Xue Rengui's eyes stared at each other, and he saw a shirtless and bareheaded man walking out of the military formation, he was dressed luxuriously, with some strange patterns painted on his body, and exaggerated gold objects hanging around his neck.

The man pacified the roaring lion and walked back into the army, and then a dozen or so great cannibals came to the front of the army, and they danced with their faces to the sky, and a wolf was brought to the front of the army, and the neck of the wolf was cut, and he was thrown in front of the army.

Looking at the strange scene, everyone was puzzled for a while, and they couldn't understand what they were doing.

After a moment, the big cannibal slowly retreated.

Wang Xuance just finished vomiting, and stood up with his support on the city wall, "Retreated?" ”

Xue Rengui also said suspiciously: "It seems that he has withdrawn from the army." ”

Da Shi retreated ten miles away from the city of Maha and set up a station.

This made Ashnadur and Belus, who had already been ambushed, return in vain.

The city cheered again, and they cheered for the defeat of the great cannibals.

Xue Rengui, Wang Xuance, and many Tang people couldn't get up easily, because this time they really saw the strength of the big cannibal.

It would have been easy for the whining army to overwhelm the city of Maha.

I know better that this small city can't hold it at all.

The big cannibals only temporarily retreated, they did not retreat, and Tulei frightened these big cannibals for a while.

How much strength he has at the moment, Xue Rengui knows very well in his heart, relying on this thousand Tang Army alone, as well as the Anxi Army and the Gaochang people, these forces are not enough for 300,000 cannibals.

And the city of Maha is too small to hold at all.

Ashinadur and Belus sat in the earthen house, and Xue Rengui said his thoughts with a solemn expression, "What does this mean by the big cannibal?" ”

Belus explained: "They are doing this to show respect to God, and Muhammad is the prophet, he is God's spokesman, and everything must be obeyed by God's Word." ”

By now, Wang Xuance had understood, and the big cannibal felt that the sudden collapse of the war elephant herd was a warning from God.

They also think this kind of behavior is ridiculous, because the cannibals are ignorant and believe in God, and in their eyes God is everything, and Muhammad was the closest person to God.

Xue Rengui frowned and asked, "Can they really hear God's Word?" ”

Liu said in disgust: "How is it possible. ”

The people of the Central Plains naturally do not believe in this, and they rely on the art of war, manpower, and wisdom to fight wars.

Knowing that the war was over for a short time, An Yanyan came back again, and he walked into this earthen house, "The god of great food can't save people, and he can't save Persia, only the Tang people can save Persia." ”

Belus cast a pleading gaze at Xue Rengui again.

What can be ensured at the moment is that the Great Eclipse will not cut off everyone's retreat, and Xue Rengui is also very worried about this battle, he doesn't know how to deal with the Great Cannibal, although there are earth mines in his hands, but there are only two hundred at the moment.

These mines can't kill 300,000 cannibals.

And this time it just declared war on the big cannibals, from three years ago when Su Dingfang killed a big food nobleman, and three years later in the battle of Maha City.

The war between Da Shi and Da Tang can be regarded as the real beginning.

Wang Xuance usually has a heartless attitude, but he is very optimistic about the current situation.

As the night passed, the people also deliberated on a reason.

Before being sent to the Western Regions, Xue Rengui read a lot of military books, but when it comes to the experience of marching and fighting, he is also a tender hand, and quelling the Tianshan Rebellion is like sweeping the tail, and he didn't use the skills he learned.

Wang Xuance was the same, he had never been to such a distant realm, and he had no experience in fighting.

At the moment, there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses on hand, and it is not easy to deal with 300,000 cannibals.

At night, Xue Rengui asked people to burn the corpses of those war elephants, so many war elephants will stink after a long time.

Persia has a tropical desert climate, and the west wind blows to roll up sand and dust, and the dry heat makes everyone very uncomfortable.

A fire burned outside the city of Maha, burning the carcasses of these war elephants.

You can still smell the smell of meat in the distance, and there is a large fire in front of Maha City.

For the next two days, the Great Cannibal did not attack again.

The earth mine blew up the herd of war elephants, and the impact on them was too great, and the great cannibals have been sacrificing for the past two days.

It really scared them.

This could only frighten the Great Cannibals for a short time, and they were stationed ten miles away from the city of Maha, and there was no news that they were going to retreat.

The mood of the three or two Tang people who followed from the Western Regions Protectorate was not high, "This ghost place, heaven and earth don't care about it." ”

"If you are going to die in battle, the DPRK will still give a certain family a pension."

The speaker had a Hanzhong accent.

The big man on the other side said with a smile: "Don't say anything frustrating, we are Tang people, General Xue and General Wang Xuance have already prepared a back road for us. ”

The Tang people were reluctant to get too close to the Persians, preferring to rest with the Gaochang people, at least these Gaochang people looked clean, and they were also very brave, and they were no worse than the Tang people in war.

As far as those Persians look the most unpleasant, those people stink, and I don't know how long they haven't been washed.

It is said that everyone is fighting against the big food together, but the atmosphere in the city is so low, it is impossible to unite sincerely, not to mention that these days, there are fleeing Persians who come to serve every day, and the Persians who come to serve are full of food, and they are not willing to go to the city to defend, and some people even run away after eating enough.

The Gaochang people can't see it, and the Tang people also dislike these Persians who eat white food.

The short period of tranquility made everyone relax, and An Yanyan came to say: "I have taken in a few more Persian slaves, and they say that the great cannibals are withdrawing from the Persian royal capital and are coming to the city of Maha, and it seems that they will gather 300,000 soldiers and horses to take you down in one go." ”

Hearing this news, Xue Rengui was stunned at first, and then quickly rolled out the map, and the capital of the Persian king was in the northwest of the city of Maha.

Compared to the city of Maha, the Persian king was easier to hold.

"Stupid, stupid! They forsaken the fortified city. ”

Xue Rengui immediately kicked awake Wang Xuance, who was snoring loudly.

"The Great Cannibal is attacking?" Wang Xuance stood up like a corpse.

"The situation has changed, and the Great Cannibal is withdrawing from the Persian royal capital."

"Didn't call...... Wang Xuance complained, and was about to lie down again, but he felt that something was wrong and got up again, "What! They don't want the Persian king's capital anymore? ”

An Yanyan smiled and nodded.

"Why?" Wang Xuance said loudly.

"The big cannibals like to raid, when there is no more valuable thing to loot in a place, they will leave and look for the next place to loot, the big cannibals are different from the Tang people, they can't govern, they can't operate, they think they are just bandits with a large number of people."

From the city of Maha to the capital of Persia, it takes a day to ride a fast horse and travel lightly.

If a large army marches, it will take at least two days and one night.

An Yanyan's eyes were fixed on Xue Rengui, he preferred to believe in the wisdom of the Tang people, if the situation in the West had been so turbulent, it would make it difficult to do business.

The richness of Persia was because of this trade route, and now that the trade route was broken, it was difficult for him to do business.

Wang Xuance took people to the Persian royal capital to investigate the situation and explore the truth.

Xue Rengui continued to rectify the city defense, and the next day someone from the Western Regions brought news that Pei Xingjian of Anxi had gathered more than 20,000 Anxi troops and 10,000 Gaochang people from Adalan's department were rushing to the Amu Darya River.

"What a Pei Xingjian, the Western Regions are so exhausted, and he can still take out 30,000 soldiers and horses." Xue Rengui was in a good mood, "Xuan Ce, you take a hundred light horsemen to the Persian royal capital to have a look and explore the reality." ”

"Whoa!" Wang Xuance got the order and left with his horizontal knife.

Xue Rengui called someone again, "Immediately inform Pei Duhu and ask him to take 30,000 soldiers and horses to the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River and cut off the water source." ”

The city of Maha is also based on this water source by the Amu Darya River, and the 300,000 troops of the same great food are also stationed on the water source.

On the night of the next day, Wang Xuance returned, and he brought a cat from the capital of the Persian king, "This is a certain family captured from the capital of the Persian king." ”

"This cat is very fierce." Xue Rengui was amazed.

The cat also recognized people, and after putting it down, it quickly hid behind Belus, "This is indeed the cat of the royal capital, I didn't expect it to be alive." ”

The taboo of soldiers is to cut off the way back.

The Great Cannibal just gave up his back way, and an army of 300,000 came to attack the city of Maha?

"It's ridiculous!" Xue Rengui asked people to start arranging, and they wanted to take advantage of the night to rush to the Persian royal capital.

An Yanyan asked, "Did we just leave Maha City?" ”

Xue Rengui explained: "Of course, you can't just give them up and set traps in the city. ”

When the water level of the Amu Darya River began to drop, Xue Rengui took the men and horses of Maha City and left all the way to the Persian royal capital abandoned by the great cannibals.

Occupying the Persian royal capital, he mastered the main road in the northwest, and Pei Xingjian was in the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River, in the northeast.

In this way, echoing Pei Xingjian's 30,000 soldiers and horses, it can slowly eat away at the enemy army.

Xue Rengui did not hesitate to act decisively, and quickly withdrew from Maha City.

It was dark and the army marched until noon, when a large city appeared in front of them.

There were many traces of burning on the walls of this city, and Wang Xuance led the army in, "This was the case here when I came, you see that they didn't even clean up the corpses." ”

The stench came with the wind, and Xue Rengui covered everyone's mouth and nose.

Love the clean Tang people, this is another evaluation of the Tang people by the Western Regions and Persians who came with the army.

The tallest building in the royal capital is the royal city.

The current royal city does not have a gorgeous scene, but there are many blood stains on the ground and walls, and there are even corpses lying on the spot when you walk into it.

When they walked to the other side of the royal city, they saw a hair-raising sight of naked Persians, tied to a stake, and dying like that.

The death of these people was miserable, with their eyes falling out and vultures in patches.

Wang Xuance vomited again, he hadn't vomited much these days.

Xue Rengui turned his back and stopped looking, "They are still not people!" ”

An Yanyan explained: "This is a barbaric land, and the Great Food Society does this because they have always been brutal, as long as they are brutal enough, they will be afraid of them, fear them, this is the prestige that the Great Food has established since the war. ”

Xue Rengui trembled, "If the Emperor of the Central Plains is so brutal, someone will inevitably rise up to resist." ”

An Yan bowed and said, "What does the general command?" ”

"Burn it, the corpses of the whole city have been burned, but anyone who touches the corpse must be washed with boiling hot water, and the living can only be contacted after being quarantined for half a month."

"Whoa." An Yanyan's words and deeds are now more and more like the Tang people.

Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance led their troops and horses to begin to rectify the city defense.

An Yanyan let the slaves in his hands start to clean up the royal capital.

"My master, you're becoming more and more like a Tang man." The old slave spoke again, and after a moment he changed his words again, "No, the master's ancestors are also Tang people, so the master is a Tang person, and he is as wise and loves cleanliness as the Tang people." ”

An Yan grimaced, tired of this chattering slave, and would not want such a person to stay with him if it weren't for the fact that he was so old and knew a lot of Persian and food-eating Mishin.

At this moment in the city of Maha, the big cannibals crossed the herd of elephant carcasses and entered this small city.

Now the city of Maha is an empty city, and they rummaged through it for useful things, or food, but could not find anything useful except stones, loess, and wood, and many traps were laid in the city, which made the great cannibals very angry.

Embraced by the crowd and the beasts, a large cannibal with a large body and a bare head walked out.

He wore a leather skirt and walked barefoot to the other side of the city of Maha.

His angry eyes looked at everything in the city, and when someone accidentally stepped on a trap, he was impaled through the chest by the spikes under the trap.

There was a wail of the big cannibals who had been caught in the trap all around.