When Satuk saw Xi Luchi, he was as excited as if he had seen a true god, but when the latter saw Satuk, he was dissatisfied. This dissatisfaction was so strong that Xi Luchi didn't bother to hide his emotions.

"The Tang army invaded, and you didn't even know about it in advance, until you were suddenly attacked and the Tang army was approaching the city, did you know that the war had come?" Xi Lu glanced at Satuk with a respectful glance, very annoyed.

Satuk hurriedly replied: "There are too many great monks in the Tang Dynasty, and the border is blocked, and our people can't pass at all, so that's it"

"I'm not interested in hearing this!" said Shackuk coldly.

He was ordered by the caliph to attack the Tang Dynasty and set up a military order to invade Hexi for three months, but now it is good that he has not yet reached the border of the Tang Dynasty, but the other party has killed the Black Khanate.

However, the Black Khanate was still so unscrupulous that he didn't even hold the country, which led to the Tang army driving straight in, which completely disrupted his existing arrangements and plans.

Xi Luchi stared at Satuk with unkind eyes: "I ask you, what about the Qarakhanid army? Seven days ago, Hu Yanwen asked you to mobilize the army to listen to the order, but now"

He pointed to the thousands of defeated soldiers outside the city, "But you tell me that these people are all the soldiers under your command? Are they soldiers? That's beggars!"

Satuk's face turned red again.

Xi Luchi saw that he didn't speak for a while, and his heart was even more dissatisfied, "Don't you want to explain?"

Satuk Nene said: "The invasion of the Tang army was premeditated, carefully planned, and carefully moved, the Langya army passed through Bodaling and Dundo City, captured the city of Balsihan, and directly took Ba Ra Shagon through He Hunting City, and did not stop on the way, hundreds of miles a day."

He paused, and glanced at Xi Luchi with some weakness, "The Tiger Guard Army took the southern line, almost at the same time as the Wolf Tooth Army conquered Balsi Khan City, and captured Shule City. Because the wolf's tooth army was in the middle, the great monk blocked the communication route, and the news of the fall of Shule City did not know until the Baraksagun was defeated. ”

Xi Luchi said impatiently: "I'm asking about your army!

Satuk lowered his head and became even more weak-hearted, "The Tiger Guards and Yulin Army on the southern front are attacking too fast, and within seven days, they have advanced westward for more than a thousand miles. ”

Xi Lu was stunned, and said unexpectedly: "The Tang army is moving so fast, and the offensive is so sharp?"

Satuk gritted his teeth and said: "According to the report of the great monk who escaped, every soldier of the Tiger Guard Army and the Yulin Army is a Qi cultivation monk.

When Xi Luchi heard this, his expression was already stiff, "The 200,000 soldiers of the Tiger Guard Army and the Yulin Army are all Qi cultivators?

"Not really. The great monks who fled from the cities one after another said that there was no possibility of prior communication. Seeing Xi Luchi's look of surprise, Satuk couldn't help but sigh in his heart, couldn't help but sigh in his heart, isn't the other party sure to deal with Tang Jun?

Xi Luchi took a deep breath, "In other words, now the cities in the north of the Qarakhanid have been captured by the Wolf Tooth Army, and the cities in the south have also fallen into the hands of the Tiger Guard Army and the Yulin Army, and you have no more troops to help the Holy Army fight?"

Satuk was uneasy, "Yes, yes, the southern cities, although they have not all been captured, but the cities near the north are occupied by the Tang army, and the army in the cities further south cannot cross the Tang army to the north. And those cities have only not fallen for the time being. ”

Xi Luchi couldn't help but take a step back.

This action made Satuk's heart suddenly startled.

Xi Luchi's eyes widened: "In other words, not only are your troops gone, but all the grain and baggage prepared for us before have fallen into the hands of the Tang army."

, became their military fund?!"

Satuk opened his mouth, his mouth full of bitterness, and his face wrinkled into a bun, "The military funds prepared for the Holy Army have been hoarded in various cities, and now, it has indeed fallen into the hands of the Tang Army. ”

"Satuk, you Qarakhanid are making enemies!" Xi Luchi roared with a red face and a thick neck.

Satuk: ""

He wanted to cry.

How can this be regarded as an enemy? Those cities and materials were all taken by the Tang Army on the basis of their ability, and they were not given away by themselves. If the soldiers were invincible, what could they do? If you had come earlier than the Tang Army, would there have been such a thing?

Xi Lu's face turned green with anger, and he stared at Satuk for a long time, unable to say a word.

Satuk was stared at uncomfortably, "Lord Emir, the Tang Army is menacing right now, can the Holy Army defeat them?"

"The Holy Army is invincible!" Xi Lu shouted loudly, righteous and impassioned.

Satuk was overjoyed, and hurriedly bent down and saluted: "I know that the Holy Army is invincible, and now the Wolf Tooth Army has arrived in Kulan City, which is only more than two hundred miles away from us, and I also ask Lord Emir to send elite troops to defeat it in one fell swoop!"

After speaking, he looked at each other with hope, no different from a child who was bullied outside and wanted his parents to be angry with him when he came home.

The corners of Xi Luchi's mouth twitched.

It wasn't until Satuk was already a little surprised that he snorted heavily, turned around, looked out of the city, and said quietly: "The Wolf Tooth Army is naturally going to fight, but there is no need to rush." At present, the Tang army is in full swing, we have to find out the details of their situation, how can we attack rashly?"

Satuk let out an "ah", confused.

Xi Luchi pondered for a moment, "In any case, the situation here is not in line with our previous expectations, and this matter must be reported to the caliph immediately! The army is temporarily encamped, and it is ready to move, waiting for the caliph's order." ”

Satuk's eyes grew more and more strange.

He felt as if Xi Luchi was afraid.

But he didn't dare say it.

Xi Luchi thought in his heart: "I also have an army composed of pure qi cultivators under my command, if there is only the Wolf Tooth Army, it will naturally be able to attack it directly." But there are still Tiger Guards and Yulin Army in the south, and they are eyeing me on the flank, and there is a danger of threatening my belly and back, so I can't act rashly. ”

He was quickly convinced by himself, "yes, that's it." The number of Tang Army's Qi Cultivation Cultivator army exceeds my troops, I have to be cautious, this is definitely not fear!"

Li Ye stood at the head of Julan City and looked westward.

Kulan City is located in a critical position, the south is a mountain, the south is the medicine water (river), the north is a desert, and the north is the broken leaf river. There is an oasis at the foot of the mountain, but the scale is not as good as Broken Leaf City, and it is already autumn now, and there is often wind and sand blowing.

More than 200 miles to the west is the city of Talas, and Li Ye already knows that hundreds of thousands of troops of Da Shi are now gathered there. However, his body is not a real body, and he can't get up in the air and go to Talas to see it himself.

Shangguan Chengcheng came to his side, also looked at the west, and said slowly: "Back then, when the Anxi Protectorate opened up its territory here, Gao Xianzhi encountered the great cannibals advancing eastward, and then fought in the Talas War. Now that we have conquered the Seven Rivers Valley, we are progressing well, and we have even encountered a great cannibal here. One drink and one peck, isn't it heavenly?"

Li Ye glanced at her strangely, these words didn't look like Shangguan Chengcheng said, she had always been indomitable and didn't ask anything.

"At the beginning of this dynasty, the people were at peace with the inside, and the territory was expanded abroad, and after the defeat of the Turks, all the way to the west, the small states in the Western Regions, or submitted to our dynasty, or were destroyed by our king's division, and the country was prosperous. At the same time, the rise of the Crescent Religion and the growth of the Great Eclipse in the West also laid down a territory of thousands of miles. The two were one east and one west, and they were the strongest countries in the world at that time. ”

Li Ye's voice was slow, and he paused slightly when he said this.

The Great Eclipse conquered all of North Africa in the southern Mediterranean to the west, and also passed through Gifu

The Strait of Radha conquered Spain and entered Europe.

To the east, Dashi attacked the Seven Rivers Valley and western India, and Hajjaji, the commander of Dashi East, told his two generals that whoever set foot on Chinese territory first should be made the governor of China.

A truly powerful country has always had the idea of conquering the world.

Muhammad said that even if learning is far away in China, it should be sought.

When the Great Cannibal interacted with foreign countries, he claimed to have always been "Great Qin". In their eyes, Daqin is the world. Even in the Zhao and Song dynasties, they also believed that the territory of Great Qin was full of Song and Liao.

The Great Eclipse, which expanded to the east, and the Tang Dynasty, which expanded to the west, naturally met in the Seven River Valley.

Before the Mongols showed their might, Da Shi and Da Tang were the biggest overlords in the world.

And the Mongols relied on war horses to conquer the territory that originally belonged to Dashi, and also fought to Vienna, the hinterland of Europe.

Li Ye continued to talk about the past of the Battle of Talas, "Since Gao Xianzhi led 10,000 cavalry and long-distance running, he captured Lianyun Fort, which was guarded by more than 10,000 Tubo people, in half a day, and defeated 100,000 Tubo troops in Suole City, and took advantage of the situation to capture the small Bolu Kingdom, his prestige in the Western Regions reached its peak.

"Before the Battle of Talas, Gao Xianzhi had just destroyed the Stone Kingdom in the Water Basin, and robbed the daughter of the king of the people, Jinsikaia, as a concubine.

"When Gao Xianzhi learned that Da Shi had gathered heavy troops in Talas and was preparing to advance eastward, with his military knowledge and the fighting spirit of the Tang army, of course he had to take the initiative to attack. Therefore, in the tenth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi led 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 tribal troops of Qarluq to attack Talas City, which was garrisoned by more than 100,000 people.

"For Gao Xianzhi, the brave Tubo soldiers, with 100,000 people, could not stop his Mo Dao Formation, and the dangerous terrain of Lianyun Castle was conquered by him with 10,000 people in half a day, and he was only black-clothed and fed, how could he be afraid? Sending 20,000 troops and bringing 10,000 servant troops was already a great way to give Talas face, and Kecheng was not a problem.

"The two armies fought against each other for five days, and the Modao Formation led by Gao Xianzhi's general Li Siye made the Great Cannibal suffer heavy casualties and could not cope. Although the Great Army did not completely defeat the Great Eclipse Army on the fifth day, victory was already in sight. If it weren't for Qarlu's rebellion and the Great Cannibal's two-sided attack, how could Gao Xianzhi be defeated?"

When Shangguan Chengcheng heard this, he said coldly: "Wang Shi shouldn't use a servant army!"

Li Ye nodded, convinced by this sentence.

Although Gao Xianzhi was attacked from both sides and defeated Talas, in that situation, he could still withdraw from the battlefield with thousands of troops and return to the Anxi Protectorate.

If it weren't for the inability to pursue and dare not pursue, how could the Great Cannibal and Ge Lulu let Gao Xianzhi go back with thousands of people? On the battlefield, there is no reason to be merciful to the enemy, and it is unreasonable to be able to completely annihilate the opponent?

At that time, the Great Food Army assembled in Talas City was also an elite division that had been in battle for a long time, and it was still the main force.

After this battle, the big cannibals no longer dared to confront the Tang army head-on, and did not dare to mention the word "eastward expansion" again. The so-called capture of China has also become a joke. Although they were victorious, they were no different from the losers, and in the following years they continued to send envoys to the court.

Although the Tang army suffered the defeat of Talas, the Anxi Protectorate recovered two years later and continued their journey to the west.

It's a pity that Tang Xuanzong played badly with the Tang Dynasty, and during the Kaiyuan period, land annexation was serious, resulting in a large number of Tang people being displaced and becoming homeless. The loss of national strength and the turmoil of the people's hearts were finally disturbed by An Lushan's beard.

If this were not the case, the army of the Anxi Protectorate would inevitably attack the Great Eclipse to the west, and the shame of Talas would be a snow.

"The past is gone, don't think too much about it. ”

Li Ye looked at the west, his eyebrows and eyes were like swords, "Now I have come, I have come to Talas, and I have also brought the elite division of the Tang Dynasty." This duel between the overlords of the East and the West, this time, we have done it again. ”