Chapter 230: Recovering Broken Leaves

In the dark night, the scouts Qin Haiyang and Feng Silang once again sneaked into the vicinity of Saiye. Last time they found that Saiye's hinterland was extremely empty, but the suspicious Cui Ganyou did not believe that the Tukha donor's main force had left. He needed more information to support his decision. He needed to know whether the Tukha cavalry would hide in Saiye City.

"Brother Qin, how could we know if there is an army in the city?" Looking at the tall and dark city walls, Feng Silang was full of doubts.

"You idiot! What's under your nose?"

"It's a mouth, oh! Brother Qin, are you talking about going to ask someone?"

"I don't admit it if you say you're stupid." Qin Haiyang glanced at him angrily and sighed: "Hey! I'm going to be a general, so I'll take you, a fool, out to make trouble for me."

Feng Silang was a little frightened and hurriedly said, "Brother Qin, I'm sorry!"

"Forget it, forget it, I've been as stupid as I've been to you."

Qin Haiyang waved his hand and said, "I'll tell you! I want to know if there are any troops in the city. First, look at the patrols on the city. If there are many troops in the city, then the patrols on the city will be tight. If there are no troops in the city, the sentry will be lazy and will usually hide where to sleep. Of course, the best way is to be able to get into the city and see whether there is an army at a glance."

Speaking of this, Qin Haiyang saw that Feng Silang didn't say anything, and asked strangely: "Why don't you speak?"

"I don't dare, I'm afraid I'll be scolded by you!"

"I'm afraid of it! You are stronger than me. If it were you, I would have beaten me to obey. Nowadays, dignity is produced, do you know?"

"Yes! Brother Qin, I understand."

"You know what a fuck!"

At this moment, a sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the direction of Thunder Ye City. Qin Haiyang's eyes suddenly widened, and he immediately drew a poisonous arrow, placing the arrow with a bow, and then turned around and cursed: "Idiot, why don't you prepare the bow and arrow!"

Feng Silang hurriedly took the arrow, "Use poisonous arrow!" Qin Haiyang cursed again. At this time, two horses ran from afar, and Qin Haiyang's eyes narrowed into a slit. So late, the city gate had long been closed, and ordinary people could not leave the city, and only soldiers could come out.

The horses were running closer and closer. As expected, they were two soldiers of the thunder cavalry. Qin Haiyang immediately whispered: "You shoot a war horse behind you, remember, shoot only horses and not people."

Feng Silang nodded. He was so nervous that he was trembling and slowly pulled the bow. In fact, he had never killed anyone, but he didn't dare to admit it.

The Tuks were getting closer and closer, and they could hear their loud laughter. At this moment, a cold arrow shot out, hitting the person in front. He groaned and fell from the horse. The person behind was stunned and tried to escape. Feng Silang's arrow shot out without any force, but he still shot the horse. The scout's poisonous arrow was specially configured and was extremely poisonous. The war horse only ran for one step and fell to the ground, throwing the Tuksman on the horse far into the grass.

Qin Haiyang rushed up, pressing the struggling enemy under his body, and punched him hard on his temple. The enemy groaned and fainted.

"Quick! Come with the hemp rope."

The two of them tied up the cavalry and cavalrymen with all their strength, stuffed them into sacks, and quickly carried him into the forest.

Cui Ganyou got the most detailed information from the primate of war. The 20,000 main force of the primate had already gone north three days ago. At present, there were less than 400 defenders in Suoye City. This precious information made Cui Ganyou very excited. He rewarded Qin Haiyang and immediately ordered the Anxi army to attack.

The Three Thousand An Western Army was like a torrent, with hooves sounded like thunder and dust all over the sky, whistling past Heli City. The thunder cavalry on the top of the city was stunned. The Tang army actually headed towards Saiye. In just a moment, the Heli City seemed to be in an uproar. Their wives, children, mothers and sisters were all in Saiye City. If the Tang army occupied Saiye City, they could not imagine what the consequences would be.

The five thousand thunder cavalrymen who defended the Anxi Army were the old, weak, sick and disabled troops selected by Dumozhi from 30,000 soldiers. Most of them were old people in their fifties and sixties or teenagers. War was extremely distant for them. They lived on the grassland for generations, grazing, milking, and living a poor and carefree life. However, the poor military soldiers of Dumozhi forced them to the battlefield, wearing heavy leather armor and holding spears taller than them, which made them frightened. I wonder when their lives will end?

But at this time, their worries about their family made them forget their fear, and thousands of people clamored and forced their leader to open the city and release people.

The one who led this old and weak soldier was the nephew of Dumozhi, named Tudor. Although Dumozhi received twelve adopted sons, he was the only one who could truly inherit the position of Dumozhi chief. Not only was he noble bloodline, but more importantly, Tudor was the best among the younger generation, with great strength and smart minds. He knew that although he was a large number, he was vulnerable, so he would not be the opponent of the elite Anxi Tang army.

For this reason, he tried his best to shout to the hundreds of people surrounding him for war: "Listen to me, now we cannot save Sai Ye. The Tang army will not massacre the city. If we go, it will be a dead end. We must stick to Heli City. The chief will come back soon."

Although he tried his best to comfort the soldiers, it was useless to say anything he said in front of these anxious old men and young men. How could he know that the Tang army would not massacre the city? The chief was in the far north, and when he came back, his family's corpses were cold. His persuasion was immediately drowned by angry shouts.

"We are going home! We are going back to Broken Leaf!"

I don’t know who opened the city gate first, and the thunder cavalry and Shi people rushed out of the city gate and rushed towards the Sailie. They were not going to fight, but there was no concept of fighting in their minds. They only had one thought: ‘Go home!’

About eighty miles from Heli City to Suiye City, there is a mountain ridge that stretches for more than ten miles in the middle, called Hemanshan. In the wilderness west of the hills, thousands of thunder cavalrymen were anxious and galloping hard, all over the mountains and fields, each forming their own formations, as if they were fighting for a fertile pasture. They had only one thought in their minds, rushed back to Suiye City and protected their relatives. The heavy leather armor was taken off, the spear that was in the way was discarded, the knife was hung on the saddle, and the longbow became the whip they beat the war horses. They had completely forgotten that they were still soldiers.

The Tang army did not forget that when thousands of thunder cavalry and Shi people flocked to bypass Heman Mountain, the Thunderbolt City was vaguely visible, but they all tied their horses and looked ahead in horror. On the plains north of Heman Mountain, three thousand Tang soldiers lined up in a row, with strong crossbows and swords unsheathed, and sharp spears pointed straight ahead. Cui Ganyou looked at the disorderly thunder cavalry and Shi people in a cold look, and a hint of pride appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Kill!" With his order, the three thousand Tang troops launched, bursting out murderous aura, iron hooves hit the ground, and the armor flashed with dazzling light in the sun, like a torrent, killing the thunder cavalry with an unstoppable aura. The thunder cavalry was so scared that they were scattered. The instinct of survival made them run around in scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered scattered by the rolling scattered scattered scattered.

In less than two hours, the five thousand thunder cavalry army was completely wiped out, beheaded, and more than 2,000 people were captured. The rest fled without a trace. Tudor, the nephew of Dumozhi, led 500 people to fight against the Tang army, and the entire army was wiped out. Tudor died in the chaos.

At dusk, under the reflection of the blood-red setting sun, three thousand Tang troops led two thousand prisoners of war to the city of Saowe, forming a huge momentum that only more than five thousand troops had. The alarm bells on the city were useless. The sparse soldiers guarding the city looked at the overwhelming Tang army below in horror. Before fighting, they were scared. There were only four hundred cavalry guards in Saowe. All other troops were pulled away by Saowe to fight to the main force of the Tang army. Four hundred people could not defend the city with a circumference of sixty miles. More importantly, they did not have the belief of living and dying with the city.

"Shoot the Book of Suspension!"

Cui Qianyou issued an order, and dozens of soldiers rushed forward, each shooting a thin book of persuasion onto the city wall. There were only eight words in all the books of persuasion on surrender: surrender to Chengbao; resisting the massacre of the city stubbornly, and translated into Turkic text. The city was quiet. Cui Qianyou waited patiently. He knew that the cruelty of Dumozhi had made the Tukki exile people free from their abilities. Under the pressure of the Tang army, how long can they last?

A quarter of an hour later, the gate of Saiye City slowly opened. The four hundred thunder cavalry soldiers stationed at Saiye were led by a thousand-time captain and surrendered. They put down their weapons and raised their hands high. Tang Jun immediately cheered. Cui Qianyou's face showed a victory smile. He waved his hand and said, "Enter the city!" As the Tang army lined up into Saiye City, this border town that had been lost for more than half a year returned to the hands of the Tang Dynasty again.

But the war continued. That afternoon, the sky was particularly gloomy and dark clouds were drooping. At the Almadai Pass to the north of the Broken Leaf, Saud was ready to reorganize his troops. On the two-mile front, 26,000 soldiers of the thunder cavalry were distributed, a wave of sand and stones, and the sky filled the sky with yellow dust in the air. The Tang army camp on the grassland in the distance became a little blurry. Saud was riding on a majestic and shiny black mane horse, holding a sharp spear about two meters long in his hand, majestic. He stared at the Tang army's camp coldly, and his face could not hide the expectation of a battle with the Tang army.

"General, the Tang army does not seem to have the intention to go to war." An officer whispered to him.

Saud looked at the calm camp of the Tang army and said coldly: "No! You can test their defense."

He looked back at the Tuqi Shi soldiers and urged the horse to run in front of the team. He shouted loudly in Turkic words: "The Tang army wants to seize your land, and to steal your women and children. Your home can only be protected by yourself. Warriors, the honor belongs to you, and the Tuqi Shi people, kill into the Tang camp and drive them out of the Broken Leaf!"

"Punish the Broken Leaf!" The national anger of the Tuqi Shiren was ignited by Saud. He raised his spear and shouted in unison.

Saud pointed his spear at Tangying, "Kill!"

The attack of the thunder cavalry was launched, and the cavalry of eight thousand frontiers activated their war horses and rushed towards the Tang army overwhelmed the sky. The shouts, roars, and the sound of horse hooves galloping throughout the field.

The Tang army camp was still quiet, but behind the fence, ten thousand Tang troops were ready. Three thousand Tang troops held huge shields in their hands to form a dense shield wall. Behind them were six thousand crossbowmen, divided into three teams, everyone held a strong crossbow, and the crossbow arrow pointed diagonally at the sky. Behind the crossbowmen were two hundred medium-sized catapults, each of which was operated by ten people, tightening the catapult with cowhide ropes. Thirty kilograms of stones were placed in the bag. The crossbow arrows and catapults formed two strike lines far and near, and the Tang army was ready.

Li Qing'an rode on the horse and watched thousands of horses sweeping in the distance. Eight thousand thunder cavalrymen were like surging waves, rising and falling on the grassland. He also showed a cold smile in his eyes. Unlike the first attack on Shatter Ye, he no longer cared about training soldiers' battlefield fighting abilities. He paid more attention to the use of tactics and strategies.

He has been dealing with Tuqi Shiren in the Tang Dynasty for five years since Tianbao. He knew the characteristics of Tuqi Shiren's combat, and Tuqi Shiren was more like a mountain torrent, and it was fierce, but they were unable to succeed.

Beside him, Li Guangbi seemed a little nervous. This was the first time he encountered Li Qing'an's tactic of defending the camp. The camp was not as strong as the city wall. Once the enemy rushed up, it was easy to pull it down with a rope. However, the Tang army in the camp lacked space for formation, which was not conducive to defense and organization of counterattacks.

He whispered to Li Qing'an: "General, beware of the enemy's attack with fire!"

Li Qingan nodded. He had already thought of this. Tang Jun, who was holding the shield, had a water-skin on his back, just to guard against the rushing cavalry and ignite the fence, but he believed that it would not happen at that moment.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the cavalryman was running closer and closer, one thousand steps, eight hundred steps, six hundred steps, and five hundred steps.

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The trencher had gradually approached the range of the trencher. The Tang army's trencher was launched. A series of strong winds passed by, hundreds of stones rose into the air, and a dense rain of stone was spread in the air, making a strange sound, roaring towards the head of the trencher. The trencher running in the front was overturned, and the huge rock hit the soldiers. The head was instantly smashed, bloody and bloody, and the war horse was hit and fell down with a tragic slap, pressing the soldiers under his body. A stone rain killed and injured more than 400 cavalry, which made the trencher's crazy arrogance frustrated. However, their attack did not stop, and they continued to fight towards the Tang army camp. The second wave of stone rain hit again, and another group of people flipped over. At this moment, their vanguard troops were less than two hundred steps away from the Tang army camp.

The Tang army's arrow formation was launched, and a drum sounded, and six thousand crossbows were fired at the same time. A dense rain of arrows rose into the air, forming a long black cloud of arrows in the air, instantly turning into black dots, and shot towards the Tukha Shi people head-on. The Tukha Shi cavalry raised their shields to greet each other. However, the Tang army's crossbow arrows dominate the world. Not only were they long range, but they were also strong. Ordinary shields and leather armor could not resist at all, especially when they were shot from the air, the arrows were even more gravity-willed when they descended, making the Tukha Shi cavalry's wooden shields a decoration.

The powerful and heavy armor-transparent crossbow arrow pierced the cavalry's shield and shot through the leather armor. The cavalry were shot into the arrows and fell down, and the wailing sounds were everywhere. Then the second wave, the third wave of crossbow arrows roared like raindrops, so dense that it was breathless. The long arrow fell down, shot through the shield, and shot through the enemy's face and chest. These thunder cavalry seemed to be crops destroyed by storms, falling down one by one, blood splattered, and died tragically in the wailing sound. The morale of the enemy disappeared sharply. They began to shake, retreat, flee in all directions, as if the strong wind blew through the dark clouds. In an instant, the clouds and mist dissipated. The first attack of the thunder cavalry was disintegrated, and they suffered a heavy blow. The Tang army only shot two rounds of arrows, and the eight thousand cavalry lost 30% of their personnel, and nearly 30,000 people were killed and injured.

Saud, who was watching the battle behind, gasped. He had never seen such a powerful and domineering bow and arrow. The bow and arrow of Dashi were far different from the Tang army. Although the bow and arrow were not the strength of Dashi, the Dashi army was good at throwing short spears at a short distance, even the Byzantines who were good at bow and arrow could not be compared with the bow and arrow of the Tang army. Saud was frightened.

The sharpness of the thunder cavalry and the powerful bow and arrow of the Tang army disappeared. The slogan of defending the country that had just been shouted loudly as a mountain disappeared. Everyone was nervously considering their retreat. They were all ordinary herders, and how to protect their meager property was the top priority they were concerned about.

The bizarre disappearance of the leader Dumozhi at the critical moment began to make them feel abandoned. Many people turned their doubts to Saud, why should he listen to the command of this great cannibal, why did he hide behind during the attack, and after the passion and fanaticism of the thunder cavalry were ruthlessly shattered by the Tang army's rain of arrows, they began to calm down.

At this time, many red paper pieces as big as palms came from the air with the wind. These were the paper bullets shot from the Tang army's catapult just now. There were tens of thousands of pieces. At first, no one noticed them, but now the battlefield has calmed down. These pieces of paper were blown to the position of the squatters by the wind. Many people picked them up. They passed them to each other. A whisper sounded in the army, and everyone's eyes flashed with horror and restless eyes.

Someone handed the paper to Saud, and it read: "Suiye City has been attacked by the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty. Your parents, wives and children are in the hands of the Tang Dynasty. You can go home quickly. The Tang Dynasty will protect you from peace and give you pastures and land as before. Otherwise, this will be your cemetery."

"asshole!"

Saud tore the paper to pieces and immediately ordered: "Prepare for a second attack!"

His order was coldly accepted and no one responded. At this time, a general of Tuqishi stepped forward and said, "General Saud, why did my chief leave at such a critical moment, and he did not take his personal guards away. We all find it strange. I hope you can explain it to us."

"What's the explanation!"

Saud scolded him and said, "You have seen it yourself. Can your strength be compared with the Tang army? Dumozhi went to ask the Muslim Governor for help. Without the support of the Great Food Army, who can help you save the Broken Leaf?"

"If you really want to protect Saiye, why transfer all your troops? What if the Anxi Army in the south attacks Saiye? And the Tang army said that Saiye has been lost, and we all think it is very likely to be true."

"Bold! You dare to speak to me like this?"

General Tuqi Shi did not dare to offend him, so he held back his anger and said, "General, we don't want to die like this. We don't want to fight anymore. We hope to return to Broken Leaf!"

Saud stared at his eyes viciously, and after a while, he waved his hand and said, "The whole army withdraws the troops!"

The order to withdraw the troops was passed, and the Tuqi Shiren began to retreat slowly, but at this moment, the gates of the Tang army opened wide on three sides, and 15,000 cavalry rushed out like a dam breaking, sweeping towards the Tuqi Shiren two miles away.

The sudden expedition of the Tang army was caught off guard. If he was under the command of the Dashi Army, he could organize an emergency confrontation and block the momentum of the Tang army's attack with dense short spear throws. Then, when adjusting the troops and fighting the Umaya army, General Qiyad successfully used this strategy to turn defeat into victory.

But his current subordinates were a Tuqi Shi's herdsmen army, which had not undergone any training. They were as if they were returning home, and no one obeyed his command. The unstoppable murderous aura and the sound of the landslides like a crack in the earth made the Tuqi Shi's courageous and heart-breaking. They rushed to escape, and their troops were defeated. Seeing that the situation was not good, Saud led more than a dozen personal guards to flee west.

In this battle, the Tang army defeated the main force of the Tuqi Shi army with absolute advantage, beheaded more than 4,000 people, and captured 13,000 people. At this point, Dumozhi's dream of revitalizing Tuqi Shi turned into clouds and smoke in the Tang army's devastating offensive. Tuqi Shiren was completely conquered by the Tang army in the spring of the tenth year of Tianbao. Fifty years later, with the last Tuqi Shi's old man died, the last Tuqi Shi woman married a young Han man who moved westward, and the last Tuqi Shi child was changed to the Han surname Tang, Tuqi Shi. This ethnic group branched by the Turks disappeared in the long river of history.

The rich and beautiful land of Shuyechuan has returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty again, but this is just the beginning. As the Tang army entered Shuye, with the rise of the Abbasid Empire,
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