It has entered early winter in Chang'an, but the sunshine during the day is still warm. This may be another warm winter without snow. On the main cross street of Jinguangmen in front of the imperial city, galloping horse hooves are galloping through the dust.
, was immediately the messenger of Yi Chuan. When he approached the imperial city where there were more and more people, he shouted: "Get out of the way quickly, a great victory in Qixi!"
The common people have become accustomed to this. The people standing at the foot of the wall basking in the sun lazily raised their heads and sighed: "Another great victory. How can we win a battle like this?"
In the Liyuan Palace in Miyagi City, Li Longji had just put on a pointed nose and performed a funny show for the stuffy Lady Yuhuan, which made her smile and improve her mood. Sometimes Jie Yuhua also needs comfort from others.
Eunuch Yuan Siyi walked through the palace gate and came to the stage where the opera was performed. He whispered in the ear of General Gao Lishi who was standing aside. Gao Lishi tiptoed and whispered in the emperor's ear: "Anxi just got beaten."
Victory."
The emperor subconsciously blurted out: "Who is Gao Xianzhi fighting again?"
He quickly raised his sleeve, rubbed his mouth, and changed his words: "Li Siye just became the governor, why did he start a war?"
The sage old man only remembered the music recently, and forgot other things too quickly. Gao Lishi reminded him in a low voice: "Li Siye wrote a memorial last month, saying that the princes of the Shi Kingdom and the nine barbarians in the river colluded with Da Shi and wanted to raise troops to attack.
Anxi Four Towns. Li Siye is defending the enemy outside the country's gate and has led his troops to Ningyuan Kingdom's Kesai City."
Only then did the emperor reveal his majestic look and asked directly: "What's the result?"
"There was a great victory in Kesi City. Li Siye, together with more than 30,000 followers, defeated the 70,000 enemies who came from Dashi."
"Very good! The trust I gave him is not in vain. Si Ye is more capable than An Lushan and more loyal than Gao Xianzhi. What I need is such a humerus minister. When he returns to Chang'an to express his merits, I will definitely reward him well."
with him."
"It's just your Majesty," Gao Lishi patiently listened to the emperor's words before adding: "Li Siye did not retreat after his victory. Instead, after resting in Talas City for a few days, he went on an expedition to Kangju City with the intention of taking back the land of the Nine Kingdoms in the River. In his memorial
I have reported the whole story, and judging by the speed of the post, I am afraid that we have already reached Kangju City at this moment."
Li Longji's voice couldn't help but rise a little higher: "He is too bold and reckless."
"What the sage said is very true, and the right prime minister also believes that after victory, the place should be stabilized, rather than greedy for success and rash advancement."
"That's not what I want to say. He should rest for a few more days and mobilize more troops from the Anbei Court to be more confident in taking the land in the river."
Gao Lishi opened his mouth and was stunned for a moment, and then said quickly: "The right minister is worried that he will go out easily and ruin all the elites of Anxi."
The emperor counted on his fingers, shook his head and said: "That's not true. The two armies in Anxi and Beiting have a total strength of more than 45,000. He only took away 25,000, which cannot shake the foundation of Anxi. Not to mention the Tang Dynasty.
Under the rule, there are many athletes who are willing to serve the country, and they can be recruited from all over the country to supplement them, so there is no need to worry."
Gao Lishi secretly cursed, no wonder Xianyu Zhongtong was defeated so badly in Jiannan and still returned to Chang'an as an official alive. The root cause of the problem was found.
Li Longji thought for a moment, then changed his words and said: "Ge Nu's worries are not unreasonable. Li Siye's expedition will definitely consume a lot of food and grass, and the casualties will certainly not be small. You send a message to Ge Nu and ask him to give it to the river."
Xi'an Sishun ordered to select and recruit some people from among the athletes in Hexi, and ordered them to transport grain and grass to Qixi to replenish Li Siye with food and troops in advance. "
"Your Majesty is thoughtful and thoughtful, which is beyond the reach of my old servant and your right minister. I will go and arrange your right minister to formulate your decree."
After Gao Lishi left, the emperor sat comfortably under the pillars of the balcony and began to think about the glory of the empire. If Li Siye could win a great victory, Qixi would be restored to the vast territory opened up by the late emperor Gaozong. How would future generations evaluate him?
The heyday created by the Tang Dynasty.
Thinking of this, he raised his head, opened his throat and shouted loudly: "Sit down and play a general's order for me!"
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After entering late autumn, the timing of the expedition had become less than ideal. Although the Anxi Army had prepared winter clothes, missing the best opportunity also affected people's morale.
In early September, the army arrived at Baishui City. The small number of Dashi's garrison here were all withdrawn, leaving only the Sogdians living there. The Dashi people also knew how to retract their fists before hitting people.
We are shrinking our troops and accumulating strength, or we feel that we cannot defend this place at all.
Li Siye ordered people to search the city and inquired about it, and then he learned that there was a Dashi garrison of 2,000 people in Baishui City during the war. A few days ago, Ziad fled here with hundreds of remnants and took these 2,000 people with him.
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He waved his hand and led everyone away from here, and continued to pursue forward. Ten days later, he arrived at Tuozhe City, the capital of the Stone Kingdom. There was still no king in the city, and the escaped prince was now missing. This was just right, and he had enough room to send favors or gifts.
Arrange your own people.
Three days later, they crossed the Yaosha Water in the upper reaches of the Zhenzhu River. This is one of the main branches of the two rivers in the river. The other is called the Wuhu River. The Zhaowu Kingdom is sandwiched between these two rivers, so it is called
In the river.
After crossing the poisonous water, we officially entered the scope of the food army's activities, and there were only more than a hundred miles away from Samarkand.
Samarkand is just the name of the Great Cannibal. The Tang people called it Kangju. It is the Pearl of Central Asia built by the Sogdians. It has the most exquisite buildings, the most beautiful women who are good at dancing, and the most fertile land in the river around it.
.I don’t know how many wealthy Sogdians living in Chang’an originally started from this city. Taking it back from the cannibals was in line with the emotional tendencies of all Tang people.
There are 90,000 people in the food army gathered in this area, surrounded by six cities including Boxide City, Nasebo City, and Fasha City. Li Siye didn't know how Qiyad would deploy defenses in these six cities, so they all gathered in Kangju City.
? Or allocate defenses according to different importance. Li Siye believed that Ziad would not be stupid enough to defend all the cities in a scattered way, and then wait for him to defeat them one by one. There must have been a few cities that were abandoned, and the focus was on defending a few other cities.
He constantly sent out scouts to investigate, and at the same time marched cautiously to prevent falling into tactical danger and entering the encirclement of the food army.
On October 6, in front of Kangju City, amid the rolling hills with autumn-yellow vegetation, the two armies once again faced each other in formation.
Kangju is a pearl on the Silk Road, but it is not suitable for war defense. Once the tributary of the Mi River leading to the city is cut off by the Tang army, the drinking water problem for tens of thousands of people will become a source of despair for them.
Ziyad has far more troops than the Tang army. How can he close the door and be a tortoise? Instead of passively defending, it is better to have another showdown. This is not in front of the city, but Samarkand, his home ground.
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Li Siye adopted the standard Liuhua formation, with six square formations surrounding the front, rear, left and right of the Chinese army. The Chinese army in the center was mostly offensive Modao heavy infantry and more than 20,000 cavalry on the left and right wings, which could move in five directions at the same time.
To support. Rikka's left Yuhou army, right Yuhou army, left front and rear army and right wing Yuhou army are mostly crossbowmen and jumping infantry.
You must know that most of the Tang army is a composite army, and there is no saying that there is any specialization in any art. Archers with many years of experience may be holding a crossbow in their hands at the moment. But people who can only shoot crossbows cannot play with bows, but they can use bows.
One can definitely use a crossbow well, but good bow control is always a rare talent.
Li Siye and Ziad stood on horseback in front of the formation. They did not understand each other in the language, but it did not prevent them from looking at each other in front of the formation. Li Siye guessed what Ziad was thinking.
The last disastrous defeat was due to my carelessness and mistrust of the villain. This time I learned my lesson and used 80,000 people to deal with your mere 40,000 people. I will definitely not repeat the same mistakes as yesterday.
Li Siye wanted to say that you can't defeat me by relying on conspiracy and trickery, but you are still no match for the Anxi Army in an upright fight with strength.
The two of them retreated to their formations, and Ziad began to wave flags and push out more than a dozen huge vehicles. Li Siye took a closer look and saw that there were more than a dozen catapults. It seemed that Ziad had used this in the battle of Thirst City.
catapult, but if you look closely, you will find that this catapult is different from the previous catapult. The catapult arm is longer and should have a longer range.
He suddenly understood that Ziad fled back to Kangjulai and rushed to build more than a dozen of these things to make up for their weakness in long-range weapons compared to the Anxi Army. But he didn't know that this thing really has a range of more than 300 steps.