When Satuk saw Xi Luchi, he was as excited as if he had seen a real god, but the latter was dissatisfied when he saw Satuk. This dissatisfaction was so strong that Xi Luchi didn't bother to hide his emotions.
"The Tang army invaded, and you didn't know it beforehand. You didn't know that the war had come until you were suddenly attacked and the Tang army came to the city?" Xi Luchi glanced at the respectful Satuk, very annoyed.
Satuk quickly replied: "There are too many great monks in the Tang Dynasty, and the border was blocked, and our people couldn't pass through at all. That's why..."
"I'm not interested in hearing this!" Xi Luchi coldly considered Satuk's words.
He was ordered by the Caliph to attack the Tang Dynasty, and he issued a military order to invade Hexi for three months. Fortunately, he has not yet reached the border of the Tang Dynasty, but the opponent has killed the Black Khanate instead.
However, the Black Khanate was still so ineffective that it didn't even defend the country, which caused the Tang army to drive straight in, which completely disrupted his existing arrangements and plans.
Xi Luchi stared at Satuke unkindly: "I ask you, where is Karakhan's army? Seven days ago, Hutu Wen asked you to mobilize the army to obey orders, but now..."
He pointed to the thousands of remnants and defeated generals outside the city, "You told me, these people are all the soldiers under your command? Are those soldiers? Those are beggars!"
Satuk's face turned red all of a sudden.
Seeing that he remained silent for a while, Xi Luchi felt even more dissatisfied, "Don't you want to explain?"
Satuke said in a low voice: "The Tang army's invasion was premeditated, well-planned, and meticulously acted... The Spike Army passed through Boda Ridge and Dunduo City, captured the city of Barsi Khan, and then went straight to Helie City. To take Bala Sagon, there is no stop on the way, hundreds of miles a day... "
He paused, and looked at Xi Luchi with a guilty conscience, "The Tiger Guards marched to the south, almost at the same time as the Spike Army conquered the city of Barshan, and captured Shule City. Because the Spike Army was in the middle, The big monk blocked the communication line, and we didn't know about the fall of Shule City until Balasagun was conquered."
Xi Luchi said impatiently, "I'm asking about your army! Where's your army?"
Satuk lowered his head, feeling even more guilty, "The Tiger Guard Army and Habayashi Army on the southern front line are attacking too fast. Within seven days, they have advanced more than a thousand miles westward. Some traitors were killed, and they responded in the city when the Tang army arrived, so the cities... fell into the wind."
Xi Luchi was stunned, and said unexpectedly: "Tang Jun moves so fast? The offensive is so sharp?"
Satuke gritted his teeth and said: "According to the reports of the escaped monks, every soldier of the Tiger Guard Army and the Habayashi Army is a Qi training monk. When they march, they ride a strange van that can travel hundreds of miles a day. .. ... the cities were caught off guard, and the city's... "
Xi Luchi's expression became stiff when he heard this, "The 200,000 soldiers of the Tiger Guard Army and Habayashi Army are all qi cultivators? Are you sure that your people are not talking nonsense to cover up their incompetence because of defeat?"
"It's not true. The great monks who escaped from the cities one after another said the same thing, and there is no possibility of communicating in advance." Seeing Xi Luchi's look of surprise, Satuk couldn't help but thumped in his heart. Could it be that the other party is not sure about dealing with Tang Jun
Xi Luchi took a deep breath, "That is to say, now the northern cities of Karakhan have been captured by the Spike Army, and the southern cities have also fallen into the hands of the Tiger Guards and Habayashi Army. You have no more troops. Can you help the Holy Army fight?"
Satuke was anxious, "Yes, yes... Although the cities in the south have not been captured yet, the cities near the north are all occupied by the Tang army, and the troops in the southern cities cannot pass the Tang army at all. Go north. And those cities are just not lost for the time being."
Xi Luchi couldn't help taking a step back.
Seeing this action, Satuk was startled suddenly.
Xi Luchi's eyes widened: "That is to say, not only your army is gone, but all the food, fodder and supplies that you prepared for us before have also fallen into the hands of the Tang army."
, became their military resources? ! "
Satuk opened his mouth, his mouth full of bitterness, and his face wrinkled into a bun, "The military supplies for the holy army are all hoarded in various cities, and now, it has indeed fallen into the hands of the Tang army."
"Satuk! You, Karahan, are joining the enemy!" Xi Luchi yelled with a blushing face and a thick neck.
Satuk: "..."
He felt like crying.
How can this be considered an enemy? Those cities and supplies were all taken away by Tang Jun's ability, and they were not given away by himself. The soldiers are invincible, what can they do? If you had come earlier than Tang Jun, would such a thing happen
Xi Luchi was so angry that his face turned green, staring at Satuk for a long time, unable to say a word.
Satuk was stared at uncomfortably, "My lord, the Tang army is coming in menacingly now, can the holy army...can defeat them?"
"The holy army is invincible!" Xi Luchi shouted, speaking righteously and impassionedly.
Satuk was overjoyed, and quickly bowed down to salute: "I knew that the Holy Army was invincible. Now the Spike Army has arrived at Julan City, which is only two hundred miles away from us. Please ask Lord Emir to send elite troops to defeat them in one fell swoop. !"
After finishing speaking, he looked at the other party with hope, no different from a child who was bullied outside and wanted his parents to vent his anger when he got home.
The corner of Xi Luchi's mouth twitched.
It wasn't until Satuk was a little surprised that he snorted heavily, turned around, looked outside the city, and said calmly: "Of course the Spike Army is going to fight, but there is no need to rush. Right now, the Tang army is attacking. Sheng, we need to find out their details, how can we attack rashly?"
Satuk let out an "ah", confused.
Xi Luchi pondered for a moment, "In any case, the situation here is not in line with our previous expectations. This matter must be reported to the caliph immediately! The army is temporarily camped and ready to stand, and cannot move without authorization, waiting for the caliph's order."
Sutuk's eyes became more and more strange.
He felt that Xi Luchi seemed to be afraid.
But he dared not speak out.
Xi Luchi thought in his heart: "I also have an army composed of pure qi-training monks under my command. If there is only the Spike Army, I can naturally attack directly. But there are also Tiger Guards and Habayashi Army in the south, watching from the flanks, threatening my back. If there is any danger, then you can’t act rashly.”
He was quickly persuaded by himself, "Yes, that's it. The number of Qi training monks in the Tang Army exceeds my number. I must act cautiously. This is definitely not fear!"
...
Li Ye stood at the head of Julan City, looking westward.
Julan City is located in a key position, with mountains in the south, Yaoshashui (river) in the south, desert in the north, and Suiye River in the north. There is quite an oasis at the foot of the mountain, but it is not as large as Suiye City. It is already autumn and there are often winds and sand blowing.
More than two hundred miles to the west is the city of Talas. Li Ye already knew that hundreds of thousands of Dashi's army had gathered there. But his body is not his real body, so he can't fly into the air, so he went to Talas to see for himself.
Shangguan Qingcheng came to his side, looked at the west, and said slowly: "Back then, the Anxi Governor's Mansion expanded its territory here. Gao Xianzhi met a big cannibal and went east, and then fought in Talas. Now we conquer the Seven Rivers Basin , is progressing smoothly, and even met a big cannibal here. One drink and one peck, is it destiny?"
Li Ye gave her a strange look. These words did not seem to be said by Shangguan Qingcheng. She has always had the temperament of not asking anything and going forward.
"In the early days of this dynasty, the people were safe inside, and the territory was expanded outside. After the defeat of the Turks, all the way to the west, the small states in the Western Regions either surrendered to our dynasty, or were destroyed by our king, and the country prospered. At the same time, the new moon With the rise of religion, Dashi was stronger than the west, and it also laid down thousands of miles of territory. The two, one east and one west, were the most powerful countries in the world at that time."
Li Ye's voice was deep and slow, and he paused slightly when he said this.
The eclipse conquered all of North Africa in the southern Mediterranean and went westward, passing through Zhibu
The Radha Strait captured Spain and its forces entered Europe.
To the east, Dashi attacked the Seven Rivers Basin and western India. At that time, the commander of Dashi East, Hajaji, told his two generals that whoever set foot on Chinese territory first would let them be the governor of China.
A truly powerful country has always had the idea of conquering the world.
Muhammad once said that although learning is far away in China, we should seek it.
When the big cannibal communicated with foreign countries, he claimed to have always been "Daqin". In their eyes, Great Qin is the world. Even in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, they believed that the territory of the Great Qin included Song and Liao.
Dashi, which is expanding eastward, and Datang, which is expanding westward, will naturally meet in the Seven Rivers Basin.
Before the Mongols showed their power, Dashi and Datang were the biggest overlords that had ever appeared in the world.
The Mongols, relying on their war horses, conquered the territory that belonged to Dashi, and even reached Vienna in the hinterland of Europe.
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Li Ye went on to talk about the past of the Battle of Talas, "Since Gao Xianzhi led 10,000 cavalry and ran for a long distance, he took a long time to capture Lianyun Fort, which is in a dangerous terrain and guarded by more than 10,000 people from Tubo, and defeated 100,000 people in Sule City. After the Tubo army took advantage of the situation and captured the Little Bolu Kingdom, its prestige in the Western Regions reached its peak.
"Before the Battle of Talas, Gao Xianzhi had just destroyed the Stone Country in the Yaosha River Basin, and even robbed the king's daughter Jinskaya as a concubine. call for help.
"When Gao Xianzhi learned that Dashi had assembled a large army in Talas and was about to march eastward, with his military experience and the fighting spirit of the Tang army, of course he would take the initiative to attack. So in the tenth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi led 20,000 infantry and cavalry, Together with Ge Luolu's 10,000 tribal troops, they attacked the city of Talas, which was garrisoned by more than 100,000 people.
"To Gao Xianzhi, even a hundred thousand of the brave Tubo soldiers couldn't stop his Mo Dao formation, and even the dangerous Lianyun Castle was conquered by him in half a day with tens of thousands of people. Can it make him afraid? Sending 20,000 troops and bringing 10,000 servants with him is already giving Talas a lot of face, not to mention Kecheng.
"The two armies fought for five days. The Modao formation led by Gao Xianzhi's general Li Siye caused heavy casualties to the cannibals and they were unable to deal with it. Although the army did not completely defeat the cannibal army on the fifth day, victory was already in sight. If it hadn't been for Ge Luolu's rebellion, With the big cannibal attacking on both sides, how did Gao Xianzhi lose?"
Shangguan Qingcheng heard this, and said coldly: "Master Wang shouldn't use the servant army!"
Li Ye nodded, deeply agreeing with this sentence.
Although Gao Xianzhi was attacked from both sides and defeated Talas, under such circumstances, he was able to withdraw from the battlefield with thousands of pieces and return to Anxi Dufu Mansion. Eat the heavy casualties of the army.
If it wasn't for being unable to pursue and not daring to pursue, how could the big cannibal and Ge Luolu let Gao Xianzhi bring thousands of people back? On the battlefield, there is no reason to be kind to the enemy. If you can wipe out your opponent, how can you not do it
At that time, the Dashi army gathered in Talas City was also an elite army that had been through many battles, and it was still the main force.
After this battle, the big cannibals no longer dared to confront the Tang army head-on, and dared not mention the word "eastward". The so-called capture of China has also become a joke. Although they won, they were no different from losers, and they continued to send envoys to court in the following years.
Although the Tang army was defeated by Talas, the Anxi Dufu recovered its vitality after two years and continued their journey to the west to expand the territory.
It is a pity that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ruined the Tang Dynasty. During the Kaiyuan period, land annexation was serious, which caused a large number of Tang people to be displaced and became refugees. The national power was lost, the people's hearts were in turmoil, and in the end, the beard of An Lushan disrupted the country and society.
If it wasn't for this, the army of the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion would definitely attack westward to Dashi, and would be ashamed of Talas.
"The past is over, don't worry too much."
Li Ye looked to the west, his eyebrows and eyes were like swords, "Now I'm here, in front of Talas, and brought with me the elite teachers of the Tang Dynasty. This time, we're going to do it all over again this time. "