Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3159
Yuan Wei took the lead, looked back at the raging fire behind him, then led the soldiers under his command to speed up the horse and rushed away on the same path.

The enemy army came late, and was surrounding them from all directions, intending to kill all the Tang troops who were attacking unexpectedly.

Yuan Wei was not afraid at all.

The purpose of this trip is to burn the few supplies of the Arab army. As long as this goal is achieved, even if the entire army of hundreds of people is wiped out, so what?Seeing the fire engulfing the forage camp of the Arabs, the flames soaring into the sky, and the smoke billowing, he felt completely relieved.

He naturally understood the power of this kind of kerosene bomb, and it was impossible to extinguish it with ordinary river water, and the flame could only be completely buried with sand.However, supplies such as food and fodder are inflammable. By the time the enemy troops bury the fire, the things that should be burned have already been burned to ashes.

Hehe, a barbarian is a barbarian. When our ancestors fought wars, these guys were still drinking their blood. How did they know that there were such battles as "burning the black nest" first?

Back then, Cao Mengde burned Yuan Shao's dream of being an emperor. Even if his fire today could not make the Arabs withdraw in embarrassment, it would still be a draw from the bottom of the pan.Xue Sima's strategy was to "strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness". Every city, no matter whether it was evacuated or occupied, would move away its grain, fodder and luggage. No grass will be left for the Arabs.

If the Arabs want supplies, they can only go and wipe out those tribes in the Western Regions...

In order to rule the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty had to adopt a soft policy towards the countries and tribes in the Western Regions. Knowing that these guys had two ends, but they had no choice but to admit it.After all, this is the Western Region. If there is a massacre, causing the tribes of the entire Western Region to rebel, it will threaten the rule of Datang here.

But if the Arabs had to wipe out those tribes for food and fodder, then there would be excitement.

The Tang Dynasty is a state of benevolence and righteousness, so naturally it will not do things that damage its reputation, burn, kill and plunder; but the Arabs are different. In order to annihilate the Anxi Army and annex the entire Western Region, they can only attack those tribes.

Facing the butcher's knife of the Arabs, all tribes in the Western Regions will face extremely serious consequences whether they obey or resist: either the accumulation of several generations will be looted, or the whole family will be killed under the butcher's knife of the Arabs.

After this battle, there will be no one in the entire Western Regions to contend with the Anxi Army.

It is said that Sima Xue used his troops like a god and won the three armies bravely, but he is also a good player when it comes to tricks...

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The fire behind him rose into the sky, Yuan Wei lifted his spirits, and shouted: "Brothers, kill one to earn money, kill two to earn one! If you can kill the sky, you will be promoted to rank, and your wife and son will be conferred! I kill!"

Shouting frantically, he jumped on his horse and swung his sword, and rushed straight into the enemy formation that was coming to intercept him.

The sharp horizontal knife easily cut through the thin clothing on the enemy's body, and with the speed of the horse's charge, it cut off the head of an enemy soldier in one fell swoop, and blood spurted into the sky.

Hundreds of Tang troops followed closely behind, and Hong Feng rushed into the enemy's formation, flying up and down with sharp horizontal knives, beheading the enemy until they cried like ghosts and wolves.

When the number of enemies gathered more and more, they took off the Zhentian Lei and ignited it and threw it into the enemy's formation. Under the loud bang, the enemy army was blown to pieces by the Zhentian Lei, and the stumps and broken arms were scattered all over the place.What caused the most damage was the shrapnel from Zhentianlei. Driven by the berserk force, the flying shrapnel splashed in all directions, easily piercing through the limbs of the enemy soldiers, and penetrated into their torsos.

Taking advantage of the situation, the Tang army beheaded and encircled them, and ran desperately toward the north.

It's just that there are too many enemy troops, one is defeated, and another is ordered to attack from the side and front, chasing and intercepting.

Tang Jun broke out of the siege again and again, but then fell into another siege.Even if he could break out of the encirclement by relying on the power of Zhentianlei, he would inevitably be stripped of his skin, and the soldiers following Yuan Wei kept falling behind and dying in battle.

The battle was brutal.

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The fire in the Arab army's supply camp was the clarion call for the Tang army's counterattack.

Xue Rengui by the Suiye River saw the fire, and brazenly broke the dam. The unrestrained river roared wildly and rushed towards Suiye City downstream.

Ye Zide, who was sitting in the center, was still looking forward to the army's quick attack on Yecheng, but when he saw the fire in the backyard suddenly, he was shocked and turned pale.

"Where is the barracks over there?"

Ye Qide's complexion changed drastically. Although he reckoned that it must be the direction of the supply camp, there was a trace of luck in his heart.

All the generals under his command remained silent, there was no need for them to answer, the scouts had already galloped over.

"Report! Commander-in-Chief, the Tang army attacked our army's logistics and set them on fire!"

Within a few feet, everyone gasped.When the army conquered the Western Regions, they originally carried only a small amount of food and fodder, and they all relied on "supporting war with war" to plunder the Tang army after defeating it.Right now, Suiye City has been burning for a whole day, and the smoke is billowing. Presumably, even if the city is captured, it is impossible to get a grain or a bundle of fodder.

Under such circumstances, his own food was burned by Tang Jun... How can this battle be fought?
Ye Qide shouted: "Hurry up and put out the fire!"

The scout lowered his head and hurriedly said: "Commander Qi, what Tang Jun set fire to was a kind of black oil, where it splashed, it caught fire, and the water couldn't be extinguished. Our food...has been burned up."

Ye Qide's bull's eyes widened, full of disbelief.

How long has it been since the fire?Has so much fodder been burned?
He clutched his forehead, a little dizzy.

This battle has been fought, and the outcome is not yet known. First, he received a blow to his heart, which hurt him so much that he couldn't breathe. He became angry from embarrassment.Suiye City is only garrisoned by thousands of Anxi troops. With such a small force, how could they dare to split up and attack their own luggage?
It was so audacious that he didn't take him, the successor of the caliph, into his eyes at all!
He pulled out the scimitar at his waist, and shouted with a distorted face: "Hit! Hit hard! Take Suiye City at all costs. I will slaughter all the Anxi troops in the city without leaving a single prisoner!"

"Here!"

The generals under his command rushed to the front line and gave Ye Qide's order.

The generals on the side looked at each other, shook their heads, but did not persuade them.Suiye City must be conquered right now. It doesn't matter if there is no food in the city. The Tang army can be wiped out of the city first, and then the army will disperse to sweep up the nearby tribes. Regardless of whether it is food, livestock or fodder, they must be grabbed first to supply the army.

Otherwise, if the delay is too long and the army lacks food, morale will drop rapidly, and it will be a big deal.

Ye Zide put the scimitar into its sheath, with a blushing face, grabbed the rein and jumped onto the horse's back, shouting: "Everyone will follow me to supervise the battle, and attack Suiye City in one go, so as to eliminate the hatred in my heart !"

"Here!"

The generals quickly got on their horses.

Just as he was about to move forward, there was an earth-shattering muffled sound that shook the ground under his feet, and everyone's expression changed. What went wrong?

A bad feeling rose in Ye Qide's heart, he quickly clamped his horse's belly, and led the crowd towards Suiye City, he wanted to come to the front line to command the battle in person.The Tang army is cunning, if they can't capture Suiye City quickly, it is inevitable that there will be many nights and dreams.

A group of people were moving forward when they saw two scouts riding towards them. Seeing Ye Zide, he quickly dismounted from his horse and knelt down and said, "Successful commander! The Tang army dug up the broken leaf water, causing the river to swell. Flooded outside the west city!"

"what?!"

Ye Zide's originally flushed face turned white in an instant, without a trace of blood.

He swallowed hard, and asked in a trembling voice, "Where's Horasan? How about 'Sword of Allah'?"

Commanding an army of nearly 20 to conquer the Western Regions, he has enough strategic space to accept some small-scale failures.Even if Suiye City cannot be captured in a short period of time, it will only affect the morale of the army. You can plunder from the surrounding Western Region tribes to replenish food and fodder, and then the entire army will fight again.

20 against tens of thousands, the advantage is not an order of magnitude at all, victory is a matter of time.

However, regardless of the outcome of this battle, the "Sword of Allah", as the defender of the power of his father Mu'awiyah, must not make any mistakes.

If such an elite of the elite, a strong army like an Arabian totem, is wiped out, the blow to the entire Arab world will be irreparable.

It also had a huge impact on his father's caliphate...

That is the invincible and invincible "Sword of Allah"!It is an artifact bestowed by Allah, it is the wings of the prophet to conquer the world, it is the sword that the father relies on to ascend the throne, and it is also a symbol of the entire Arab world, representing power and bravery!
If it is broken in my own hands...

Ye Zide shuddered, staring fixedly at the scout kneeling in front of him, waiting for his answer, but praying silently in his heart.

(End of this chapter)