In Talas City, in the streets seven hundred meters away from the east gate, reinforcements from the Dashi Military Camp were running towards their destination.
The commander of the reinforcements is named Tahir, who is the commander of a thousand-man army.
He was a fierce general under the command of General Ziad. In the first Battle of Talos, he led the army and first broke through the Tang Army's defense line, causing considerable losses to the Anxi Army led by Gao Xianzhi.
Although Tahir does not have much ingenuity, he is good at force. He is tall, brave in battle, loyal to Ziyad, and has made great military exploits, so he has won the latter's trust.
Tahir led his troops to a market in the east city, and saw that he only had to cross a long street to reach the east gate of the city.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of the army, and the soldiers stopped one after another.
Tahir was furious, rode up to the front army, and shouted loudly: "Why stop?!"
The soldiers made a way, and a group of soldiers wearing Dashi uniforms rushed to Tahir's horse and shouted: "General, this is the enemy's trap!"
Tahir looked at the group of "big food soldiers" blocking the way, and asked doubtfully: "A trap?"
A panting centurion of the Great Food Army quickly walked up to Tahir, bowed first, and then said: "General, we are the army stationed in the government office. We have just captured a man who started unrest in the city.
The enemy leader. After being tortured, a piece of information was obtained from his mouth."
Tahir: "What information?"
Centurion of the Dashi Army: "The fire in the city is just a cover for the enemy! Before the war started tonight, the Tang State had already incited a group of soldiers in the Dashi Army to rebel. These rebellious soldiers had been lurking and waiting until the last moment in the city.
When there is chaos, they will take advantage of a large number of troops being mobilized towards the city gate, quickly attack the commander's residence, and then plot to assassinate General Ziad!"
After hearing this, Tahir took a deep breath and turned pale with shock: "Is this really happening?"
The Centurion of the Great Food Army continued: "If the general is killed, our army will fall into complete chaos. The Tang army will capture Talos City effortlessly, and everything will be completely over!"
Tahir was shocked when he heard that. One of his lieutenants felt that something was wrong. He carefully looked at the centurion of the food army, and then suggested to the commander: "It is better to send a small team to capture someone who wants to plot."
The news of the assassination of the general was sent back to the Chinese army?"
The centurion of the Great Food Army said anxiously: "The enemy is targeting the general and must have started taking action at this time. What's the use of sending a small team to report?!"
Seeing Tahir's hesitation, the deputy general reminded: "General Ziad's order to us is to rush to the east gate to rescue. If you leave your post without permission, you will be violating the order."
Centurion of the Dashi Army: "The east gate is guarded by nearly a thousand troops, with sufficient defensive supplies, as well as a suspension bridge and a moat. The enemy cannot easily capture it. Chaos arose in the city, and General Ziad sent out all the soldiers in the barracks.
When you go out and your defenses are weak, it is when you are in the most dangerous situation. Which one is more important between the two, can't the general tell?"
Tahir gritted his teeth and issued the order: "Everyone obeys the order! The rear formation changes to the front formation and rushes to the Chinese army for reinforcements!"
The army that originally supported the east gate suddenly changed directions midway and quickly approached the Chinese military residence where General Ziad was staying.
When he arrived at the courtyard outside the Dashi Zhongjun residence, Tahir was surprised to find on his horse that thousands of soldiers were gathering at the courtyard gate of the residence, shouting something loudly.
Looking at the military uniforms and flag patterns, these Dashi soldiers are obviously not the general's personal guards. According to military regulations, they should not appear here at all.
At this moment, the Centurion of the Food Army who had been following Tahir pointed at the group of Food Army soldiers gathered outside the door and shouted loudly: "Rebels! They are the rebels! They want to
Want to assassinate the general!"
Hearing this, Tahir's blood surged with anger, he drew his sword and shouted loudly to his subordinates: "Charge! Defeat the rebels and protect the general!"
When the deputy general heard this, he was stunned for a moment. Just as he was about to say a few words of persuasion, he saw that the reckless and impulsive Tahir had already taken the lead and rushed out.
The soldiers under Tahir's banner also raised their weapons, shouted the name of God's blessing, and launched an attack on the "Dashi Rebels" in front.
The two armies collided, and the battle instantly became intense.
A heavy infantryman of the Great Food Army was first hit in the shoulder by a flail. His armor was dented, his shoulder bones were shattered, and his shield fell to the ground. He endured the excruciating pain, waved the sharp sword in his hand, and stabbed him directly.
Entered the attacker's abdomen.
Hearing the screams from the other side, before the soldier had time to rejoice, a sharp spear pierced his face directly.
Scenes like this are repeated in every corner of the battlefield. Everyone is like a furious beast, with only killing in their eyes.
If someone pays close attention, they can find that the slogans shouted by the two big food armies are almost identical.
"Kill the rebels!"
"Protect the general!"
However, the soldiers who were stunned by the battle could not calm down at all, and naturally no one thought about the reason behind this.
Finally, General Ziad heard that there was an internal strife in front of the mansion, and quickly came to the gate of the courtyard and loudly ordered the two parties to cease fighting.
Since it was night and it was a melee, it took a lot of effort for the Dashi guards to stop the fighting.
Looking at the courtyard with rivers of blood and the dead and injured soldiers, Ziyad's face became terrifyingly gloomy.
Walking one foot deep and one foot shallow across the courtyard full of dead bodies, Ziyad walked up to Tahir who was kneeling on the ground and shouted in a deep voice: "Disobey military orders, leave your post without permission, and attack friendly troops. No matter which one,
I can chop off your head right now!"
Tahir, covered in blood, knelt on the ground and shouted: "I heard that the rebels were planning to assassinate the general, so I ignored military orders and rushed back."
Ziad: "Rebels? Want to assassinate me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, another Dashi army who was fighting with Tahir also cried out: "We also got news that there were rebels who wanted to attack the general's residence, so we gathered here and wanted to
Keep you safe."
Ziad heard something strange and asked both sides carefully.
After asking, I learned the whole story.
After listening to this, Ziyad asked Tahir: "Where are those Dashi soldiers who told you about the rebels?"
Hearing this, Tahir straightened up and looked around: "It's strange. Where are the people who were here just now?"
Ziyad was angry and kicked Tahir to the ground: "Idiot! You have been deceived!"
Tahir, who was not very bright in his head, fell to the ground still looking confused, not knowing where he went wrong.
At this moment, a large food cavalry rode into the courtyard and reported to General Ziad that a Tang army was ambushing the city and had captured the east gate.
Hearing this, Ziyad kicked Tahir again in the side and shouted: "By Allah! Tahir, I will give you one last chance! Take your remaining soldiers, I
I’ll give you another thousand-man team to capture the east gate before sunrise. If you can’t do it, you’ll never have to come see me!”
When the situation developed to this point, Tahir finally realized that he had been tricked.
Anger, shame and hatred made his face red and his veins bulging.
With a start, Tahir got up from the ground, picked up his weapon, bowed to Ziad, mounted his horse, greeted his soldiers, and hurried towards the east gate.