Chapter 317: Please enter the ward

An hour later, the second information from the scouts arrived. The Dashi Army had already crossed the stone bridge and slowly drove towards Tuozhe City. Teams of scouts were sent out again to monitor the enemy's march. The Anxi Army had already completed the reorganization of the army. The troops were eager to try and waited for a command to attack the invading enemy head-on.

However, after a long time, the order to send troops was still not issued. Li Siye could not help but feel anxious. The opportunity to fight was fleeting, and if it was cut off, it would be cut off. How could he hesitate again and again?

He flew off the horse, ran quickly towards the handsome tent, and walked into the big tent, but saw Li Qing staring at the sand table and pondering, and Duan Xiushi was standing next to him.

"General, it has been five or six hours since last night. Even if they set up camp at night or have a difficult journey, they are not far from us. If they don't prepare, the effect of seducing the enemy will be lost." Li Siye said very rudely, which means he is directly accusing Li Qing of missing the opportunity to fight.

Li Qing slowly raised his head, and his eyes showed that he had made up his mind. His purpose of garrisoning troops in Tuozhe City was to lure Budu to the north. The two had intersected for several rounds. He did not believe that Budu would come to attack Tuozhe City. He suffered a great loss of being ambushed on the right bank of the stone bridge. He could not let the Tang army scout observe calmly and leave calmly. He was sure that crossing the bridge eastward would be just a smoke bomb, and his target should be Talas City.

He suddenly stood up and said to Li Siye decisively: "Siye, you lead 5,000 cavalry to help Talas quickly, and you will not stop or fight with Budu. If you put him into Talas City, I will remember your great achievements."

Li Siye was shocked, but the commander had given the command, so he could not refute it anymore. He immediately turned around and ran out of the tent with doubts.

When Li Siye walked away, Li Qing turned around and smiled at Duan Xiushi who wanted to speak but stopped, saying, "See you have something to say, why not say it, what advice do you suggest?"

Duan Xiushi hesitated and said, "Since Budu has gone north, why didn't the general attack Kang Guo directly and ramble his lair?"

Li Qing picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Damascus and said, "His lair is here, not Kangguo. You should see that my strategy is to trap Budu and lure Abbas's elite."

"The general's strategy is to siege the city and attack aid. I can see this. But when attacking Kangguo, Abbas will also rescue him. Isn't the effect the same?"

Li Qing shook his head gently, and he raised his head and said proudly: "I know that attacking Kang Guo is the same from a tactical perspective, and it can even make it difficult for Budu to take care of the beginning and end. He cannot get the city of Talas and the entire army is wiped out. However, we must consider it from the overall perspective. Since we want to fight, we must beat Abbas hard and hurt so that he will no longer dare to look east. In this way, the entire Western Regions will still be the territory of our Han people after a hundred years, or even a thousand years."

Speaking of this, Li Qing saw Duan Xiushi's eyes confused and knew that he didn't understand well, so he patted his shoulder and smiled: "In the past few months, I have already figured out Budu's background. He is Abbas's relative uncle and the third person in the black-clad food industry. He plays an important role in the Dashi Empire. Abbas will never sit idly by and ask for help. Think about it, if the army of Abbas and Zhaowu countries are led to Talas, we will cut off their retreat. At this time, the Zhaowu countries suddenly broke out in an uprising, causing them to get in a dilemma. Isn't this much better than just annihilation of 20,000 Budu people?"

Duan Xiushi suddenly realized that he looked at the young commander with admiration. Perhaps he was not as good as Gao Xianzhi in leading troops, but he was far better than Gao Xianzhi in grasping the overall situation.

Seeing that he had already understood, Li Qing immediately ordered: "I will leave five thousand archers to guard Tuozhe City for you. No matter whether there is an enemy to lure you, you will not be able to defend you. Have you heard it?"

"The Lord of the Underworld!" Duan Xiushi agreed happily, and took the order and left with great force. Li Qing called another personal soldier and told him: "Please take my order to Bahan, and ask King Peiluo to send troops to Talas immediately. Please ask him for the food, grass and military resources needed."

At this time, the tent became quiet. Li Qing once again came to the sand table, followed the stone bridge, his eyes gradually moved westward, and stopped on Damascus. A smile appeared in his eyes and he said to himself: "The net has been set up. Abbas, are you willing to eat this bait?"

The snow gradually stopped for several days, the mist dissipated, and the sun finally came out. The white earth reflected the joy of the morning glow, but the cold seemed to have arrived at this time. The fields were covered with silver, and the forests were covered with jade trees and branches, which seemed to be crystal clear. There was already thick ice on the river surface, and the medicine-killing water seemed to be asleep. Nearly a hundred miles west of Talas City, an army of about 20,000 people was gathering on the west bank of Yaoshe. This is the slowest place in the river flow rate, and the ice should be the thickest.

Several personal soldiers checked the ice layer and turned around and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, the river is frozen thick enough to pass by."

Budu smiled proudly. He did not walk on the bridge in Baishui City, but continued to go north. He knew that it would inevitably freeze today. Since that is the case, it would be the same if there were any bridges.

"Li Qing, you never dreamed that I would cross the river like this!" Budu suddenly withdrew his smug smile and shouted sternly to the army: "Cross the river and head towards Talas!"

The 23,000 troops immediately became boiling, and the black army stepped onto the ice, and the footsteps sounded "dong!dong!". In just a moment, the army ran across the wide medicine and killed water, rushed to the east coast, and rushed straight towards the city of Talas like a straight spear.

However, just half a day later, at the place where Budu crossed the river, another 10,000 Anxi infantry chased after him. The infantry deputy general Helou Yurun took the lead. He carefully checked the snow that was trampled into the mud, and then looked at the countless white marks left on the ice. They should be the footprints of the enemy. The snow in the north was even and thick, without any footprints. He immediately turned around and shouted: "General, the enemy has crossed the river from here."

"Cross the river!"

Li Qing immediately issued an order. He rode his horse to the river, stared at the direction of Talas and suddenly smiled faintly: "Old man Budu, you probably wouldn't have thought that I was behind you!"

Talas City is the northern fortress of the Shi Kingdom. There are not many residents in the city, with only a few hundred households and more than 2,000 people. There are nearly 100 Han slaves. This castle has always been a military important place in the Shi Kingdom. There are about a thousand garrisons. The city walls are solid and thick, and there are a lot of food and grass storage.

The Tang army besieged in the city came from Baishui City, including two thousand Doulu army, led by Nan Jiyun, and the newly established Dayuan army had 6,000 people. The military envoy was Li Qing's confidant Li Fei Yuanli. According to Li Qing's deployment, Talas City only surrounded and did not attack. More than 8,000 Tang army had already surrounded this small city like an iron barrel. They did not attack, but just dug trenches around the city to prevent the enemy from breaking through and escaping.

The prince Che Duoduo has been stationed in this city for nearly half a month. He sent a letter of surrender and requested help to Dashi ten days ago. The person who reported the news also brought back Budu's oral message and ordered him to stay in Talas City. The reinforcements arrived later. Che Duoduo was very confident. He went to the city to supervise the defense every day, preparing a large number of solid stones and logs, and preparing to attack the Tang army.

Unexpectedly, the Tang army showed no sign of siege at all, and only surrounded the city and seemed to be waiting for something. Che Duoduo vaguely guessed the intention of the Tang army. He began to feel uneasy. He wanted the Dashi Army to come to help, but he was afraid that there were too few reinforcements, so he was swallowed by the Tang army. He stood at the top of the city every day and looked at it. As time passed, with the snow, his expectations were getting colder day by day.

Early that morning, Che Duoduo came to the city as usual and looked into the distance. However, before he could reach the city, the soldiers on the city shouted. He ran up to the city a few steps and found that the Tang army under the city had begun to retreat. Yes! The tents that were originally densely packed with mushroom formations had disappeared, and teams of Tang army were retreating south in an orderly manner.

Everyone in the city looked at each other, not knowing what happened, but one thing is certain that the Tang army was retreating and things were developing on the better side.

The Tang army's retreat speed accelerated again. At this time, Che Duodu had already seen it. On the west side, an army was moving quickly toward this side. "Reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming!" He shouted first, tears couldn't help but burst out from his eyes. The entire city of Talas cheered, and the cheers resounded throughout the sky. The team was getting closer and closer. He could already see the black flag waving in the wind.

But the accident happened when he was so happy that he was at the peak. The cheers suddenly became smaller and gradually disappeared. Almost everyone felt the slight vibration under their feet. Che Duodu looked around in panic, looking for the source of the vibration. He rushed to the city wall, staring at the southwest, with his eyes wide open.

A black line appeared in the distance, and was extremely clear on the snowy grassland. The black line quickly opened, and the overwhelming Tang cavalry came. The fierce murderous aura made everyone breathless, without any hesitation or stopping, and swallowed the Great Food Army like a wild sandstorm.

These are the five thousand cavalry led by Li Siye. They arrived at Talas City as early as last night, but the target did not appear. The five thousand cavalry were like a tiger lying in the dark. Once the target appeared, they would pounce on it without hesitation.

"Kang Guojun, fight me!" Budu shouted. Although the sudden appearance of the five thousand Tang army cavalry caught him off guard, he had experienced many battles and quickly balanced the power of the battlefield. The three thousand elite food soldiers in his hands would never be released first. This is the only support to protect himself from returning to Dashi. Let the people of Kang make a meat shield!

"Kill up!" He waved his sword and shouted: "Kill up up! The brave Kangguo army, the honor belongs to you."

But Marshal Kang's face turned green. This was not the Shi Kingdom's army, but the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty. It had once opened up thousands of miles of mountains and rivers and made countless countries scared. The elite troops of Kang's country had long been killed by the cannibals. How could these new recruits be the opponents of the Anxi Army? He no longer ignored the humiliation that the conquered people should have, rushed to Budu and shouted: "Your Highness, let's retreat first!"

"What did you say?" Budu smiled grimly. He grabbed a spear from his personal soldiers and stabbed him suddenly, stabbed Marshal Kang Guo so coldly, and took him off the horse, and said coldly: "How dare you shake my morale!"

He pointed at another general who was trembling all over Kang Guo and shouted: "I appoint you as the new marshal and kill you for me!"

Frightened by the cold spear in Budu's hand, the new marshal had no choice but to pull out his knife and shout: "We are a large number, kill us!"

The rumbling drums sounded, and the 20,000 Kangguo Army formed four teams, shouting and fighting with the bullet. Budu smiled proudly. He grabbed the drumstick and beat the drums himself to urge the battle. As long as the Kangguo Army weakened half of the Tang army's strength, his elite troops might not be without a chance of victory.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, fifty steps, most of Kang's army was recruited by new recruits just recruited in the past few months, and they were put on the battlefield after training. The murderous aura of the Tang army rushed over, so fierce that they didn't dare to open their eyes. The crossbowmen were so scared that they could no longer pull the bow. Seeing that the Tang army was extremely fast, they threw away the bows and arrows, and instinctively drew out the long sword to save their lives.

With a sound of 'Boom!', the Tang army entered the phalanx, black mist and flesh splattered all over the sky, slashed and swept across the sky, and the war horses neighed to the sky, and the heavy horse hooves kicked the enemy over without any care, stepped into the snow, and turned into meat mud. The Tang army's cavalry was experienced. They were divided into three teams, cutting horizontally and vertically, and attacking the enemy's formation horns like a destruction.

At this moment, the Doulu army and the Dayuan army, which were not far away, returned and entered the battle without hesitation. Although their combat power was not as sharp as the cavalry, their investment completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the Kang Guojun. In less than half an hour, the scale of the war had already turned to the Tang army, and the Kang Guojun had already collapsed.

Budu's face was extremely gloomy. It was obvious that the Tang army had already prepared. How could it be that so many people could not conquer the small city of Talas in half a month? He looked at the city unwillingly. It would be fine if he could not get it. He could not lose his old capital here. Budu waved his hand decisively, and a word burst out from his lips: "Retreat!"

The three thousand great food troops quickly evacuated the battlefield, but Budu's heart also quickly fell into the abyss. Just a mile behind them, a Tang army stood quietly in the snow. They arrived at some point, silently, as if they had been waiting there for thousands of years. Budu's eyes suddenly contracted into a crack, and his retreat had been cut off.

At this time, a burst of cry suddenly broke out on the battlefield. The attempt of the cannibal withdrawal caused the Kang Guo army to panic, which eventually led to their complete defeat. The defeat was like a mountain of defeat. Tens of thousands of soldiers threw away their weapons, turned around and ran for life, pushing and trampling on each other, wailing everywhere, and those who could not escape were kneeling down and surrendering.

Thousands of Kang Guojun quickly retreated to the Dashi Army's position. Budu was shocked. Once they were storming the formation, his army was over. He immediately ordered: "Get out a team of troops and block them from the formation."

With a 'brush!', hundreds of big-food infantry took a step forward, holding a spear in their right hand and a Damascus scimitar in their left hand, forming a wall of humans, and coldly bingbing to face the defeated army, slashing hard. Poor these Kang Guo troops were like fish on the chopping board, and they were at slaughtered. Seeing that they had no way out, they shouted and fled in all directions.

To the west, ten thousand Tang troops were listed as five rows. The cold wind blew, blowing a piece of snow and whipping their armor, but they still remained motionless. This was the most elite army of the Tang Dynasty, including ten thousand Anxi Mo Dao Army, Han people and Hu people. They were all tall and burly, with great strength. Ten thousand sharp Mo Dao was tightly held in their hands. Their eyes were cold, like an insurmountable iron wall.

In the middle of the ten thousand Modao Army, the governor of Anxi and champion general Li Qinggao rode on the horse. He wore a golden helmet and iron armor. His black armor face emitted a faint blue light. He looked grimly and watched the enemy's every move. Budu had three thousand troops in his hand. These were elite soldiers of the big food and could not be placed in the city. At this moment, he changed his plan and the order had been conveyed to Li Siye.

At this time, the Great Food Army had driven away all the Kang Guo troops and was looking for a breakthrough. It was time. Li Qing waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Strike!"

‘Woo! Woo!’ The low trumpet sound rose into the sky, as if the roar of the dragon from the east echoed on the earth. This was the order of the Tang army to encircle. Two thousand Tang army cavalry elephants were elephants with a sharp sword that was unsheathed, quickly penetrated into the northeast direction, blocking the passage that was originally left for the Dashi Army to withdraw the city. More than 20,000 Tang army elephants were elephants with a shrinking pocket, gradually surrounding the Dashi Army.

"Kill out!" Budu gave the last order fiercely. The three thousand elite Abbas were roaring together, like a crazy trapped beast, rushed up to the west. There, there were ten thousand Modao soldiers greeted them.

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In November of the ninth year of Tianbao, the 20,000 Kang Guojun and the 3,000 Great Food Army, who supported Talas, encountered the main force of the Tang army in Talas City. The 20,000 Kang Guojun was defeated. The Tang army killed 9,000 enemies and captured more than 10,000 people. Only less than 100 people fled back to the Kang Guo, and the 3,000 Great Food Army was outnumbered and most of the losses were lost. In the end, the commander Budu led less than 1,000 remaining soldiers to escape into Talas City.
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