Li Ye did not rush to let the Wolf Tooth Army quickly attack Talas City, but ordered them to settle down in Kulan City. He is waiting, waiting for the Tiger Guard Army and Yulin Army on the Southern Front to completely wipe out the cities of the Black Khanate, and he is also waiting for the follow-up army to follow up.

Just as Da Shi didn't know the true combat strength of the Tang Army in advance, to this day, Li Ye doesn't know how many monk troops Da Shi has. However, at this time, the power of the Crescent Moon Sect must be even greater than it was more than a hundred years ago.

Needless to say, the Caliphate's Guards are definitely the fierce enemies of the Chang'an Forbidden Army, and they cannot be underestimated.

In addition, the purpose of the Tang Army's westward expedition was not to seize the Seven Rivers Valley, but to go on an expedition to Dashi and complete Li Ye's grand blueprint for unifying the Xiuzhen realm. In this way, there is no reason for the army to advance lightly, and it must wait until the follow-up forces catch up.

Roughly conquering the Black Khanate, occupying the main territory of the Seven Rivers Valley, and destroying the combat strength of the Black Khanate army was the goal of the surprise attack of the Wolf Tooth Army, the Tiger Guard Army, and the Yulin Army, and it was also the first stage of the Tang Army's campaign.

Now that the task has been successfully completed, next, Li Ye will also wait for the Lingnan Fleet to be in place and cooperate with the army to launch the second phase of the offensive.

Of course, this time will not be too long, and ten days and a half months will be about the same.

"Talas, I will finally prove in front of you who is the most powerful army in this world!" Li Ye looked at the west and muttered to himself.

......

Xi Luchi, who led his army to garrison in Talas, was greatly relieved after discovering that the Wolf Tooth Army was staying in Kulan City and showed no signs of a quick attack.

He is not afraid of the Wolf Tooth Army, mainly the Tiger Guard Army and the Yulin Army in the south are also violent, threatening his flank at all times, as an excellent general, he really does not want to fight an uncertain battle.

"If I only have to fight with the Wolf Tooth Army, I naturally won't be afraid. The Wolf Tooth Army is known as the first elite of the Tang Dynasty, and Shangguan Allure is the first general of the Tang Dynasty, and I have long wanted to compete with them. ”

Xi Lu Chi said to Satuq, "At present, the war of the Qarakhanid has been divided into two fronts: the north and the south. I have sufficient troops here, and I have assembled the elite of the standing army, as long as the Tiger Guards and Yulin Army on the southern front are contained, and the Hari gives an order, I can counterattack Kulan City and recapture Barasagon for you!"

Satuk asked suspiciously, "Since the Emir has enough troops here, why don't you divide your troops and go to the southern front?"

Xi Luchi glanced at the other party and did not answer.

This is of course because, of course, the army of pure Qi cultivators under his command is not enough in number, and it is still certain that it will be gathered together, and it will be long and short with the Wolf Tooth Army, if it is divided into troops, it will be overstretched, and there is not much chance of victory on both fronts.

He had already reported the situation to Mullen, but now five or six days had passed, and there was still no news back. According to the speed of the high-ranking shaman, two days and nights are enough to go back and forth between Talas and Baghdad, why is there no order from the caliph now?

Xi Luchi was anxious in his heart, but he couldn't show it on his face, let alone say it to Satuk, so he could only be anxious.

"The current situation is urgent, and the Tang army can't say when it will attack. They did not move at this time, thinking that they were also waiting for the follow-up men to arrive, and once they launched an attack, it would inevitably be a thunderous momentum. At that time, the Tiger Guard Army and the Yulin Army should also settle the war in the south, if they go north to cooperate with the Wolf Tooth Army, how can I resist?"

Thinking of this, Xi Luchi was even more worried.

After he sent Satuk out, he returned to the house himself, and couldn't help pacing back and forth.

What did the caliph think? The situation on the front line is changing rapidly, and his delay in the future for a few days will have a great impact. When the situation gets out of control, then everything will be over!

Just as Xi Luchi wanted to send someone back again, he would report it in detail

When the situation of the Black Khanate made the caliph make an early decision, Hu Yanwen hurriedly came in, with excitement on his face, "Lord Emir, the caliph is here!"

"What? The caliph himself came?"

"Yes!"

When Xi Luchi heard this, he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. He was still worried about the situation in the Black Khanate just now, and wondered why the Caliph, who had always been wise and martial, didn't respond to his news for so long, it turned out that the Caliph had come in person!

"Xi Luchi, my old friend, I haven't seen you for many days, are you okay?"

Maren came in with a smile, and he opened his arms from afar and greeted Xi Luchi with a cordial attitude. This meeting is not like a meeting between monarchs and ministers, but like a reunion of old friends.

Xi Luchi hurriedly saluted, the other party could show an approachable appearance, but he had to abide by the courtier's etiquette.

When the two sides were seated in the room, Xi Luchi leaned sideways and asked respectfully, "Caliph, why did you come to Talas in person?"

The king who was in the rear suddenly arrived at the front line, and the general who led the troops was inevitably uneasy, but Xi Luchi had not fought with the Tang army yet, and there was nothing wrong at all, so he naturally didn't worry about Ma Lun having any other thoughts at this time, he just felt strange.

"Not only did I come myself, but the Guards also brought it. Maren picked up the wine glass and greeted Xi Luchi, with a confident and indifferent look.

"The Guards are here too, that's great!" Xi Luchi's eyes lit up. This was the situation he wanted to see the most, Maren's guards were all composed of monks above the Qi training period, and their combat power was unmatched.

However, he was puzzled, "But the caliph and the minister's news have been sent back, and it has only been six days, and the guards have come so soon?"

Ma Lun drank the wine, touched the beard on the side of his mouth, and looked very comfortable, and said with a smile: "Xi Luchi, don't you know that the true god knows everything? To tell you the truth, when the Wolf Tooth Army attacked Dundo City and the Tiger Guard Army attacked Shule City, the True God had already conveyed to me the war situation there.

"At that time, I realized that the strength of the Tang Army was much stronger than we expected. The Wolf Tooth Army and the Tiger Guard Army are by no means capable of being defeated by the elite of the ordinary reserve army, so I ordered the Guards to assemble and set off early. ”

Hearing this, Xi Luchi suddenly realized.

Wherever there are Crescent monks and believers, there is the will of the true God.

The Tang army's attack on Dundo City and Shule City was a surprise and sudden attack, which made the Black Khanate completely defenseless, and even the news of the fall of Shule City was not known to Barasagon, but how could he hide it from the true god?

It's just that at that time, the Wolf Tooth Army and the Tiger Guard Army were attacking like fire, and in an instant, it stretched for thousands of miles, and even if the true god informed Olguchak and Satuk, with the power of the Black Khanate, they would not be able to deal with it.

Moreover, whether it is Balsi Khan, Barasagon, or any other city, they are also ready for war in advance, and the city defense is tight, and before the Tang army comes to the city, the four gates are closed and ready for battle.

In this case, even if the true God "apparilates" and says something to them, they cannot do better. In the final analysis, even standing in the city and defending it couldn't withstand the Tang Army for a few hours, and other countermeasures could not be mentioned.

"Although the Qarakhanid army was defeated and lost, as long as the caliph and the guards arrived, the next war would not be a problem!"

Xi Luchi said sincerely, now that he has the backbone, he is naturally full of confidence, "I don't know when the guards will arrive in Talas, so I will arrange for the army to cooperate and choose the opportunity to attack Kulan City!"

Malen glanced at him and said casually, "The Guards don't come to Talas. ”

Xi Lu was surprised: "Don't you come to Talas?"

"At least not for the time being. "Horses

Lun showed a somewhat childish smug smile, very satisfied with Xi Luchi's reaction, "How about it, I didn't expect it, right? You can't even think of it, and Tang Jun naturally won't think of it." ”

Xi Luchi's mind turned sharply, "Could it be that the Guards went to Tuhuoluo?"

Ma Lun nodded, and said unhurriedly: "When I learned that the Wolf Tooth Army had arrived in Kulan City, I knew that the Tang Army was going to focus on Talas. In that war more than 100 years ago, the Tang army was defeated because of the rebellion of Qarluq, losing more than 10,000 soldiers and suffering a crushing defeat that had never been seen in this land.

"With Li Ye's ambition to revive the Tang Dynasty and recreate the prosperous era, he will inevitably be haunted by this matter. Thinking about finding the scene again, winning a big battle in Talas, and justifying the names of the Tang soldiers who died in battle. Therefore, the Tang Army was in Julan City before, although there was only the Wolf Tooth Army, but there must be heavy troops to make up for it in the future.

"The great monks of the Tang Dynasty are numerous, not less than us, don't think about it, most of them should have gathered in Kulan City at this time, just wait for the time to come, and then launch an offensive against Talas. ”

At this, Mullen paused, picked up his glass, and took a leisurely sip, calming down.

Xi Luchi's eyes changed, and he thought quickly, "So the Guards are in the southern Tuhuo Luo area at this time?"

"Of course. Avoiding the real and attacking the false, that's my strategy. ”

Ma Lun said confidently: "The two armies of Huwei and Yulin are currently attacking Tuhuo Luo in the area of the Wuhu River, these two armies are the only two pure qi cultivation cultivator armies in the Tang Army, except for the Wolf Tooth Army. As long as we concentrate our forces to defeat them first, how can we be stopped by a single wolf tooth army in the future?

"At that time, the Guards will go north, encircle the Wolf Tooth Army with the army, and swallow it in one bite, that is, it will be easy. In this way, the Tang Army's three pure qi cultivation cultivator armies were all wiped out, what else did Li Ye do to defend the Tang Dynasty?"

After listening to Mullen finish talking about his plan, Xi Luchi was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground.

At the critical moment of the war, Mullen not only arrived in time with the Guards, but also made arrangements for victory as soon as he came.

However, Xi Luchi was not surprised.

In the past years, Ma Lun pacified the power of the domestic ministers, conquered various great lords who wanted to stand on their own, subdued Tianzhu, and expelled the Liberation Gate.

"Xi Luchi, your more than 100,000 pro-army is also composed of Qi cultivators, standing in the city and defending, it shouldn't be difficult to block the Wolf Tooth Army, right?" Ma Lun asked Xi Luchi.

The two deputy emirs of Great Food have an army of about 100,000 pure Qi cultivators, which is also the strongest combat power of Great Food except for the Guards. If there was no such strength, Ma Lun would not have let Xi Luchi himself fight in the Seven Rivers Valley.

"If you can't hold Talas, let the caliph dispose of it!"

Ma Lun nodded, expressing his appreciation for Xi Luchi's will to fight.

His guards numbered more than 300,000 people, and against the unsuspecting Tiger Guards and Yulin Army, in his opinion, victory was definitely within reach, and as long as there was no problem with Talas, the battle would develop as he imagined.

Mullen picked up his glass again, but this time he didn't drink it, but looked out the door with a distant look.

He muttered: "Even if it is the same as the Battle of Talas more than a hundred years ago, the Wolf Tooth Army, the Tiger Guard Army, and the Yulin Army can still be broken through by the main general with some soldiers and save part of their strength in an extremely unfavorable and desperate situation, but I have a naval fleet led by Monchitaz, and it will land in the East China Sea of the Tang Dynasty, and it will ......

He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, revealing an evil and charming smile, "Li Ye, Li Ye, how else can you fight me?"