Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3339
Think about the beginning of the war, Ye Qide led 20 elite soldiers to come, cavalry like clouds and infantry like rain, stepping into the land of the Western Regions with great ambitions, imagining conquering this land that the ancestors and gods have never conquered, and occupying the Silk Road , Bingfeng to the Yumen Pass in the east, establish a great cause and lay the foundation for the successor of his empire.

However, fate was contrary to the dream, and there was no unexpected destruction.

In the next battle in Suiye City, the "Sword of Allah", which his father relied on the most, was buried in the waves of the flood.

Afterwards, although the army advanced strongly, they could only capture empty cities. There were no prisoners, no livestock, no food, no fodder... The Tang army removed all the luggage that could be moved, and those who could not be moved were evacuated. At that time, a fire burned it clean.

For the Arab army, which has always been supported by war, such a tactic of "strengthening the wall and clearing the field" immediately put them in trouble.

In order to raise enough food and fodder, they had to start with the Hu people living in various parts of the Western Regions.

It's not that Ye Zide doesn't understand that such an act of killing chickens and taking eggs will cause the entire Western Regions to regard the Arabs as wolves and tigers. However, if there is not enough food and fodder, the 20 army will fall apart in an instant. Is the rule of the Western Regions stable?

However, after all, they occupy an absolute advantage in military strength, making the Arabs unstoppable all the way. No matter how cunning the Anxi army is like a fox, it will not be able to bridge the gap in strength between the two sides.

Seeing that it only needs to capture Gongyue City, take away the last stronghold of the Anxi Army west of Tianshan Mountain, and drive it completely to the east of Tianshan Mountain, then the Arabs can tightly guard the Ili River Valley and cut off the throat of east-west traffic. Being able to attack, retreat and defend, even if he doesn't think aggressively and draws a boundary, this feat is enough to make him the crown of Dashi's country, and the guilt of losing troops and destroying generals in the past is insignificant compared with it.

However, who would have expected that the Youtunwei, who had rushed thousands of miles to help him, would be caught off guard and inflict such great harm on himself?

……

Yezid didn't think that the Arab soldiers were weak in combat effectiveness, let alone that he was incompetent in command. He attributed the setback and defeat to the Tang army's too sharp weapons.

Firearms... really changed his inherent perception of war.

Those powerful iron lumps were thrown into the formation, and the huge energy released by the explosion could not only easily fly a strong man with a man and a horse, but even its burst shell instantly turned into countless short arrows, It is unparalleled in sharpness and invincible, even if it is wearing heavy armor, it can be easily pierced.

How to resist such a sharp weapon?
Moreover, compared to the powerful lethality of firearms, the roar, flames, and gunpowder smoke produced by the explosion made the Arab soldiers who believed in gods think that it was God's punishment, panicked and shaken the army's morale. No matter how they explained it, it was difficult to make those stupid The soldiers believed that it was just a powerful weapon - how could such a magical power be created in the world?
With the development of the war situation so far, the Arab army has an absolute advantage in strength, but it has never been able to find a good opportunity to fight the Tang army on the battlefield.The Tang army has flexible tactics and strong individual combat power. It is often able to create local battles through various unimaginable tactics, and then win, eroding the strength and morale of the Arab army bit by bit.

If the fight continues like this, I am afraid that the 20 troops will all be buried in the ice and snow of the Western Regions before the spring of the next year.

Well, there are no more than 20 at the moment, Suiye City has suffered numerous casualties, and this time it has been severely damaged, it would be good if the elite troops could save [-] to [-]...

Ye Zide sat behind the temporary camp, frowning, and the cold wind blowing in from the cracks in the window frames and doors could not relieve the depression in his heart.

Just as he was thinking about how to turn the tide and fight a few victories to boost his morale, he saw his own soldiers entering in a panic and reported, "Marshal, the situation is not good! A cavalry from the Tang army came in a surprise attack, and it has already Break through the outer defenses and head straight for the camp hoarding ordnance!"

Ye Qide stood up abruptly, and asked anxiously, "How many people are here?"

"About 1000 people, with strong soldiers and horses, very aggressive."

"Oh……"

Ye Qide breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on his back, and said, "Don't make a fuss, it must be just a harassing force sent by the Tang army, pretending to attack, but in fact it is just to disturb the morale of our army, and will not seriously launch a violent attack. Besides, such a small force, even if launched The onslaught also comes and goes.”

He hated Tang Jun's harassment tactics.

Since he set foot in the Western Regions, he has been facing the Tang army's harassment tactics.Every time there are thousands of 2000 people coming, if you send people to stop them, you can't beat them too much, and you can't catch up if there are too many. You can't send an army of 5000 people to pursue them, right?On the contrary, he just fell into the trick of the Tang people, making his side lose sight of the other and exhausted.

We can only let him pretend to harass and harass him. If he ignores him, he will retreat. After all, he only has such a small force. If he is not careful, he will fall into the siege of the Arab army, and it will be difficult to fly.

Ye Qide replied to the soldier, heaved a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt that something was wrong...

He frowned and asked, "What did you just say? Tang Jun went straight to the camp hoarding ordnance?"

The soldier said: "Exactly."

Ye Qide wondered: "Isn't the camp where the hoarding ordnance is hoarded in the rear army? Could it be that the Tang army has already bypassed the front army and the middle army and arrived at the rear army? Impossible!"

How could an army of more than a thousand people, no matter how elite they were, bypass the positions of more than [-] troops and sneak up to the rear army?
The corner of the soldier's mouth twitched, and he said: "The commander-in-chief didn't know that the army retreated urgently last night, and there was no time to build a camp defense, so he directly bypassed the rear army and retreated here, using the rear army camp as a position to resist the Tang army's attack. Therefore, before and after The army has become the front army at this moment, where we are, is the rear army..."

The ordnance that was originally hoarded in the rear army camp was naturally exposed to the attack range of the Tang army...

"Snapped!"

Ye Qide kicked over a desk next to him, glared angrily, and cursed, "Why are you talking now?"

The soldiers were speechless, bowed their heads and did not dare to refute, but complained wildly in their hearts: You are a commander, shouldn't the distribution of the entire camp be in your mind?Besides, I have just said that the Tang army is about to arrive at the camp hoarding ordnance, but you did not realize it...

Ye Qide didn't care about whipping this "slow three-beat" soldier, and before he could put on his armor, he strode out of the camp with a machete in his hand, shouted loudly for the soldiers to bring the horse, got on the horse and took More than a hundred soldiers went straight to the camp hoarding ordnance.

But before he arrived at the place, he saw puffs of black smoke rising into the sky under the dark sky from a distance, and then was torn apart and blown away by the violent north wind...

……

Wang Fangyi led the soldiers under his command to brave the wind and rain and rush forward.

The cold wind mixed with snow foam blows head-on, hitting the face like needles. The army bypassed the rear of the barracks in front, and rushed out of a mountain depression on a fast horse, and merged together in the blink of an eye.

Wang Fangyi slowed down the horse slightly, the opponent leaned forward, threw a sheepskin bag to Wang Fangyi, then reined in the rein, turned the horse's head, and ran towards the way it came from, and disappeared after a while.

After all, the Tang army has ruled the Western Regions for many years. Although most of the Hu people are dissatisfied with the rule of the Tang army, many of them rely on the protection of the Tang army. This time, many Hu people either take the initiative or have no choice but to attach themselves to the Arabs and fight with them. I contacted the scouts of the Tang army and was willing to provide information about the Arab army.

In the final analysis, no matter how those Hu people resisted the Tang army, they always agreed that the Western Regions were ruled by the Tang army.

This is the advantage of the home court...

Wang Fangyi escaped from the leather bag on horseback with a piece of sheepskin, on which the nearby terrain was crookedly drawn, and the arrangement of the Arab camps was clearly outlined.

It was only ten hours since Yezid led the army to retreat in a panic last night, and he has already figured out the arrangement of the Arab army, which is indeed not easy...

Seeing the map on the sheepskin clearly, Wang Fangyi handed it to a team leader on horseback.The team was picking it up for a closer look, then put it in their arms, tightened their legs on the horse's belly, and the horse suddenly accelerated and ran to the front. Immediately, it raised a flag, turned the horse's head to the south, and went straight out along the Yili River. .

When the flag is raised, it is an order, and a thousand cavalry quickly follow behind, galloping on horseback.

Surrounding the spot to fight for aid, any good general will use it...

(End of this chapter)