The Datang army has always had a fine tradition, everyone must have the opportunity to lead troops, of course, it does not mean that this opportunity is given to you casually, you must win the respect of others, in the army to win the respect of others, it is not so simple.

Although Qu Tushou did not have any achievements, but with the three words of Wu Zhuangyuan, he had already won the respect of some people, and on the way to the northwest with his troops, he also exterminated a group of bandits, plus the time spent observing the past few days, this is indeed a person who can be used, and now he lacks a chance to prove himself.

Cheng Chuliang and Li Chengyi have also discussed, this matter must be given him a chance, as for General Mo Lun's side, he is a general belonging to Gaochang, and no one cares about the internal affairs of the Tang Dynasty, this time they have already gained credit, and the first two wars are the credit of others, so this time it is Qu Tushou's turn, and they honestly stay by Cheng Chuliang's side and follow Cheng Chuliang to suppress the Central Army.

Qu Tushou did not give Cheng Chuliang a military order, but Cheng Chuliang understood that this guy was a face-saving person, and the faces of his ancestors had been thrown here for several lifetimes, if he really failed this time, I am afraid there would be no day to turn over.

Of course, it also has an impact on other people, take the commander of the army, Cheng Chuliang, for example, you have to bear a charge of unknown people, although you left a lot of credit in the Western Regions before, but because of this failure, it is very likely that you will be pushed to the end, and your brother-in-law is Li Xiang.

At dawn the next day, Qu Tushou led his army to the southwest, and they were to bypass the first two waves of the Arab Empire's army and go straight to the prince's army.

The rest of the people immediately retreated to the east, creating an illusion to the people around them, they didn't want to fight with the people of the Arab Empire, so they had to retreat eastward, that is, they didn't want this place, and spread the word outward, the surrounding income was too small If you stay here, the annual income can't catch up with the cost of the garrison, isn't this my Datang spending money for nothing?

So in this case, the Tang army was ready to abandon this place as a whole and retreat to Shule with the army.

Of course, some people say that this is false, and it may be that it is to retreat into advance, but there are also many people who know Datang's operating policy, and the cost must be controlled.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether the people outside believe it or not, Cheng Chuliang doesn't care, people have already let out the remarks anyway, and our army has also retreated to the east, as for the people of the Arab Empire, it depends on the people of the Arab Empire.

The so-called planning is in the people, and the success is in the sky, which means that no matter how good your plan is, if the other party has a more powerful person than you, or if there is any news in the middle, it means that you have no way to achieve this success, which is also reasonable.

Qu Tushou was in a mood at this moment, this was the first time to bring so many troops to the battlefield, more than 40,000 people, he couldn't believe his eyes, these 40,000 people were not full, there was no army in the Western Regions, all of them were the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang troops.

When he didn't come to the Western Regions, he didn't look down on Gaochang's army, and he also thought that Gaochang's army was similar to the countries in the Western Regions, so he shouldn't be able to do much.

But after coming, it was different, he knew very well the current situation, Gaochang's army combat effectiveness was not weak, which could be seen from the training ground, except that they did not have the muskets of the Tang army, other aspects were almost the same as the Tang army.

Of course, ballistas and artillery are still owned by the Datang army, and other armies cannot have them, no matter how loyal you are to the Datang, this is an insurmountable gap.

"Report to the General, the Arab army has been found fifty miles north of us."

On the fourth day after leaving Shiguo City, the Arab army was finally discovered, and if nothing went wrong, this should be the first echelon of the Arab Empire.

"Let the brothers above work hard, try to discern which army this is, and then order our cavalry to speed around and report to the brothers behind."

Qu Tushou didn't care about the army in the north, this is not his goal, if he hits the first echelon first, it is estimated that the people behind will run back, then the result of this war is the same as the last time, although we killed tens of thousands of their troops, but for the huge Arab Empire, this point is at most a layer of skin, and it can't be put in the eyes at all.

The reason why the plan was so troublesome this time was to eat all three batches of their troops, and only in this way could we empty their Governor's Palace, and we could advance the battle line to Samarkand City.

The Arab army also released a lot of spies around, but they only advanced around it, and they carried out reconnaissance within twenty miles, and they learned more than the last time, knowing that the range of Datang's artillery was limited, so as long as they observed the surrounding twenty miles, there would be no accidents.

In the evening of the same day, they rubbed shoulders with the army of the first echelon of the Arab Empire, and in the afternoon of the next day, they found that the people of the second echelon of the Arab Empire, these people are huge, but compared with the first echelon, it is really chaotic, and all kinds of mounts in the ranks, coupled with a variety of military uniforms, it is obvious that they are the miscellaneous armies of the Central Asian countries.

It's still the same as before, Qu Tushou asked his men to lurk as much as possible, and when this group of people passes, let's leave, and the next thing he will face is his enemy, which is what interests him the most.

It took two days to walk, the central echelon is considered to be in the past, which is also the largest number of echelons in the Arab Empire, and at the same time the weakest combat effectiveness, according to the Tang soldiers, these people will be our free labor in the future, I hope they can surrender quickly on the battlefield.

Qu Tushou understood the meaning of their words, the more people who were captured, the more money they would be counted in the future, and when the time came, a part of it would be evenly distributed to the soldiers of the whole army, whether they could build a new house this time, whether they could marry a good daughter-in-law, it all depended on the number of prisoners, and their number was directly related to our future days, how could these soldiers not care?

Eight days later, I finally met the Prince's Army......