Behind Maha City, on the other side of the Amu Darya River, Anyan Yan was waiting for the outcome of the battle. He also prepared several boats in case the situation was not right and covered the retreat of the Tang army.
The explosion just now was heard by everyone on the other side of the Amu Darya River. Not knowing what the battle was like ahead, Anyanyan sat with a solemn expression.
"Dear Master, the people who cannot defend Maha City will be defeated sooner or later by just relying on such a few Tang people. Master should not give them precious treasures."
Wine, water and food are the most precious wealth in this place. Anyan Yanyan can have as much of these things as he needs, and there are supplies from the Tang Dynasty at the rear.
Anyanyan glanced at the old slave who was speaking.
The other party immediately lowered his head and saw that the master was angry. He was very upset about his own cleverness.
"The people of the Tang Dynasty are different from the people you have seen. The cruel cannibals will definitely be punished."
Anyanyan whispered, his words firm.
A group of slaves who had escaped from Persia in the rear also remained silent.
The Great Cannibals were very brutal when they attacked Persia. They plundered everything and killed everyone alive wherever they passed.
The old slave asked again in a low voice: "Master, but they are from the Tang Dynasty."
Anyan nodded and said: "The people of the Tang Dynasty are the wisest people, and my ancestors are also from the Tang Dynasty."
After saying this, the old slave kowtowed and apologized for his words and deeds.
On the open plain battlefield that stretched for more than thirty miles, when the smoke and dust dispersed, the battlefield also became quiet.
A large area of war elephant carcasses lay in a lake of flesh and blood below the city. Wang Xuance vomited on the spot when he saw this scene.
At this time, three male lions slowly walked out from the formation of the great cannibal army in the distance, and they roared towards Maha City.
Xue Rengui stared at the opponent and saw a bare-armed and bare-headed man walking out of the military formation. He was dressed luxuriously, with some strange patterns painted on his body, and exaggerated gold objects hanging around his neck.
The man appeased the roaring lion and walked back to the military formation. Then more than ten big cannibals came to the front of the army. They danced with their faces in the air. A wolf was lifted to the front of the army and cut off the wolf's tail.
neck and threw it in front of the army.
Seeing the strange scene, everyone was confused for a moment and didn't understand what they were doing.
After a while, the giant eater slowly retreated.
Wang Xuance had just finished vomiting and stood up holding on to the city wall, "Retreating?"
Xue Rengui also said suspiciously: "It seems that the troops have withdrawn."
Dashi retreated ten miles away from Maha City and settled down.
This left Ashnadur and Belus, who had already ambushed, to return in vain.
The city cheered again, cheering for repelling the big eater this time.
Xue Rengui, Wang Xuance, and many other people in the Tang Dynasty could not relax because this time they had truly seen the power of the cannibal.
It would be easy for that huge army to overwhelm the city of Maha.
I understand even more clearly in my heart that this small town cannot be defended at all.
The big cannibals only temporarily retreated. They did not retreat. The earth mines frightened these big cannibals for a while.
Xue Rengui knew very well how much strength he had now. Just relying on these thousand Tang troops, the Anxi army and the Gaochang people, these troops were insignificant compared to the 300,000 cannibals.
Moreover, Maha City is too small and cannot be defended at all.
Ashenadur and Belus were sitting in the earthen house. Xue Rengui expressed his thoughts solemnly, "What does it mean to eat people?"
Belus explained: "They are doing this to show respect to God. Dashi respects God the most. Muhammad is the prophet and the spokesperson of God. Everything must obey God's words."
By now Wang Xuance finally understood, and the cannibal felt that the collapse of the war elephant herd was a warning from God.
They also felt that this kind of behavior was ridiculous. The cannibals were ignorant and believed in God. In their eyes, God was everything, and Muhammad was the person closest to God.
Xue Rengui frowned and asked, "Can they really hear God's words?"
Mrs. Liu said in disgust: "How is that possible?"
Naturally, the people of the Central Plains do not believe in this. They rely on military skills, manpower, and wisdom to fight wars.
When he learned that the war was over briefly and Anyan Yan was back, he walked into the earthen house and said, "The god of food cannot save people, nor can he save Persia. Only the people of the Tang Dynasty can save Persia."
Belus looked at Xue Rengui for help again.
What can be ensured at the moment is that Da Shi will not cut off everyone's retreat. Xue Rengui is also very worried about this battle. He doesn't know how to deal with Da Shi. Although he has earth mines in his hand, there are only two hundred of them at the moment.
These mines can't kill 300,000 cannibals.
And this time, he also declared war on the cannibals. Three years ago, Su Dingfang killed a cannibal nobleman, and three years later, the battle in Maha City.
The war between Dashi and Datang has really begun.
Wang Xuance usually has a heartless attitude, but he is very optimistic about the current situation.
One night passed, and everyone came up with a solution.
Before being sent to the Western Regions, Xue Rengui read a lot of military books, but when it came to his experience in marching and fighting, he was also a novice. Putting down the Tianshan Rebellion was just like finishing the battle, and he did not use the skills he had learned.
The same goes for Wang Xuance. He has never been to such a distant place and has no experience in fighting.
With only 10,000 troops on hand at the moment, it is not easy to deal with 300,000 cannibals.
At night, Xue Rengui had people burn the carcasses of the war elephants. Once so many war elephants had been left out for a long time, they would stink extremely.
Persia has a tropical desert climate, and the westerly wind often stirs up sand and dust. The dry heat makes everyone very uncomfortable.
A fire broke out outside the city of Maha, burning the carcasses of these war elephants.
You can still smell the aroma of meat from a distance, and there is a huge fire in front of Maha City.
In the next two days, the giant eater did not attack again.
The earth mines overturned the war elephant herd and the impact on them was too great. The cannibals have been offering sacrifices for the past two days.
They were really frightened.
This could only temporarily frighten the cannibals. They were stationed ten miles away from Maha City, and there was no news of retreating.
The mood of the three or two Tang people who followed from the Western Region Protectorate was not high, "This damn place will not be tolerated by heaven or earth."
"If you die in battle, the DPRK will still provide a pension to a certain family."
The speaker spoke with a Chinese accent.
The big man on the other side smiled and said: "Don't say such dejected words. We are from the Tang Dynasty. General Xue and General Wang Xuance have already prepared a way out for us. We will fight to the death or not. We can go out and get military honors and then go back."
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People in the Tang Dynasty were unwilling to get too close to the Persians, and preferred to rest with the Gaochang people. At least these Gaochang people looked clean and brave, and were no worse than the Tang people in fighting.
The Persians were the most unpleasant to look at. Those people were smelly and had not been washed for who knows how long.
It is said that everyone is resisting the Great Eclipse together, but the atmosphere in the city is so low that it is impossible to unite sincerely, not to mention that these days, Persians who have fled abroad come to join forces every day, and the Persians who come to join forces are well fed.
, were unwilling to defend the city, and some even ran away after eating.
The people of Gaochang couldn't stand it, and the people of Tang Dynasty also despised these freeloading Persians.
The short-term peace made everyone relax. Anyanyan came over and said: "I have taken in a few more Persian slaves. They said that the great cannibal is withdrawing from the Persian capital and is coming to Maha City. It seems that it is still alive."
We must gather 300,000 soldiers and horses to take you down in one fell swoop."
Hearing the news, Xue Rengui was stunned at first, and then quickly spread out the map. The capital of the Persian King was in the northwest of Maha City.
Compared to the city of Maha, the Persian capital was easier to hold on to.
"Stupid, so stupid! They actually abandoned the fortified city and ignored it."
Xue Rengui immediately kicked Wang Xuance awake who was snoring loudly.
"The big cannibal is attacking?" Wang Xuance stood up like a corpse.
"The situation has changed, and the great cannibal is withdrawing from the capital of Persia."
"No call..." Wang Xuance complained. Just as he was about to lie down again, he felt something was wrong and got up again, "What! They don't want the capital of Persia anymore?"
Anyanyan smiled and nodded.
"Why?" Wang Xuance said loudly.
"The Big Eaters like to plunder. When there is no more valuable things to rob in a place, they will leave and look for the next place to plunder. The Big Eaters are different from the Tang people. They don't know how to govern or operate.
I thought they were just a large number of bandits."
From the city of Maha to the capital of Persia, it takes a full day to ride a fast horse and travel lightly.
If a large army marches, it will take at least two days and one night.
Anyanyan's eyes were fixed on Xue Rengui. He was more willing to believe in the wisdom of the Tang people. If the situation in the West remained so turbulent, it would make it difficult to do business.
The prosperity of Persia is due to this trade route. Now that the trade route is cut off, it is difficult for him to do business.
Wang Xuance took people to the capital of Persia to investigate the situation and explore the truth.
Xue Rengui continued to reorganize the city defense. The next day, someone from the western region behind brought news that Pei Xingjian, the governor of Anxi, had gathered more than 20,000 Anxi troops and Adalan's 10,000 Gaochang people were rushing to the Amu Darya River.
"What a Pei Xingjian. Even though the Western Region is so depleted, he still managed to produce 30,000 soldiers and horses."
"Here!" Wang Xuance received the order and left with his horizontal sword.
Xue Rengui nodded and called someone again, "Immediately tell Pei Duhu to take 30,000 soldiers and horses to the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River to cut off the water source."
The city of Maha is close to the Amu Darya River and also relies on this water source. The 300,000 troops who are also feasting are also stationed on the water source.
The next night, Wang Xuance came back, and he brought a cat from the capital of Persia. "This was caught by a certain family from the capital of Persia."
"This cat is quite ferocious." Xue Rengui clicked his tongue in surprise.
This cat also recognized people. After putting it down, it quickly hid behind Belus, "This is indeed the cat from the royal capital. I didn't expect it to be alive."
The biggest taboo of military strategists is to cut off one's own retreat.
The Great Eater just gave up his retreat, and an army of 300,000 came to attack Maha City?
"It's really ridiculous!" Xue Rengui asked people to start making arrangements to rush to the Persian capital at night.
Anyanyan asked: "Are we just leaving Maha City like this?"
Xue Rengui nodded and explained: "Of course we can't give it to them easily and lay traps in the city."
When the water level of the Amu Darya River began to drop, Xue Rengui took the troops from Maha City and left all the way to the Persian capital, which was abandoned by the cannibals.
After occupying the Persian capital, he controlled the main route to the northwest, and Pei Xingjian was on the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River, in the northeast.
In this way, in close coordination with Pei Xingjian's 30,000 troops, the enemy can be slowly eaten away.
Xue Rengui acted decisively without hesitation, made a prompt decision and quickly withdrew from Maha City.
Setting off at dark, the army trekked until noon, when a big city appeared in front of them.
There were many traces of burning on the walls of this city. Wang Xuance led the army in and said, "This was like this when I came here. Look, they didn't even clean up the corpses."
The stench came with the wind, and Xue Rengui asked everyone to cover their mouths and noses.
The Tang people who loved cleanliness were another comment made by the people from the Western Regions and Persians who came with the army to the Tang people.
The tallest building in the royal capital is the royal city.
The current royal city does not have a gorgeous scene. Instead, there are a lot of bloodstains on the ground and walls. When you walk in, there are even corpses lying on the spot.
When everyone walked to the other side of the royal city, they saw a sight that made people's hair stand on end. They were naked Persians who were tied to wooden stakes and exploded to death.
The death of these people was very miserable, with their eyeballs falling out and vultures in pieces.
Wang Xuance vomited again. He hadn't vomited much even after eating these days.
Xue Rengui turned his back and stopped looking, "They are still not human!"
An Yanyan explained: "This is a barbaric land. Dashi will do this because they have always been cruel. As long as they are cruel enough, they will be afraid of them and fear them. This is the prestige established by Dashi since the war."
Xue Rengui was trembling all over, "If the emperor of the Central Plains is so cruel, someone will definitely raise an army to resist."
Anyanyan bowed and said, "General, what are your orders?"
"Burn it. The corpses in the whole city have been burned. Anyone who has touched the corpses must be washed with scalding hot water and quarantined for half a month before they can come into contact with strangers."
"Here." Anyanyan's behavior now looks more and more like a Tang Dynasty person.
Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance led their troops to reorganize the city defense.
Anyan Yan let the slaves in his hands begin to clean up the royal capital.
"My master, you are becoming more and more like a Tang Dynasty person." The old slave spoke again, and after a moment he changed his words, "No, the master's ancestors are also Tang people. In this way, the master is a Tang person, and he is as wise as the Tang people.
Yes, I love cleanliness."
Anyan Yan had a straight face, feeling very tired of this nagging slave. If it weren't for the fact that he was so old and knew many people from Persia and Dashi, they wouldn't want such a person to stay around.
At this moment in Maha City, the giant man-eater crossed over the elephant carcasses and entered the small city.
Today's Maha City has become an empty city. They rummaged through the place for useful things, or food, but could not find anything useful except stones, loess, and wood. Many traps were arranged in the city, making these big cannibals very vulnerable.
It's anger.
Under the support of the crowd and wild beasts, a tall, strong man-eater with bare upper body and bare head walked out.
Wearing a leather skirt and barefoot, he walked step by step to the other side of Maha City.
His angry eyes looked at everything in the city. Someone accidentally stepped on a trap and was immediately pierced through the chest by the sharp spikes under the trap.
There was a roar of wailing sounds from the trapped giant man-eating creature all around.