Tibet

Chapter 271
When the Dashi army began to be defeated, Pei Xiu commanded the Tang army in the city to take advantage of the momentum and attack the enemy.

At this time, because the main general fled first, the morale of the food army plummeted, and it had completely lost its combat effectiveness. It collapsed like a landslide. Break free from the reins and run away.

Airot shouted desperately, trying to organize the soldiers to counterattack. A general rushed forward and shouted: "Sayyed has escaped, and his morale has collapsed. General, let's go!"

Seeing that the defeat was irretrievable, Airot sighed, and led more than 1000 people who had assembled, turned their horses and fled westward.

In this battle, the Tang army succeeded in a night attack, killing nearly 3000 enemies, and their own casualties were less than a hundred. Of course, many of the enemies killed were slaves and servants of soldiers, and it was impossible to distinguish the identities of the opponents in the dark.

It was getting brighter, and the Dashi army camp was in a mess, with flattened small tents everywhere, scattered armor, weapons and the corpses of enemy soldiers.

All the wounded soldiers of the Tang army were sent back to the city for medical treatment. Other soldiers were cleaning the battlefield and collecting items.

This army Li Ye dealt with them in Bahana, it was still like an army at that time, but now it is only half a year, and the soldiers of this army have brought servants, and the degeneration is so fast that it is unimaginable.

"General! I found something interesting." Lieutenants Yang Qing and Zhang Dan rushed forward and smiled,

"What's interesting?"

"They had 300 soldiers, but we captured more than [-] pieces of armor."

"It means that most of them don't have time to put on their armor at all."

Li Ye smiled and said: "Look, they all bring servants, some soldiers even bring silver pots to make milk tea, saddles and boots are very exquisite and gorgeous, this is a very luxurious army, including their generals, I have underestimated the enemy in my bones, thinking that we only have a few hundred people, and I guess the next big food army will not dare to indulge like this."

Soon, the battlefield was cleaned up and a large amount of supplies were seized, including more than 6000 camels alone. Li Ye rewarded all the captured property to all the soldiers, and the city of Talas was full of joy.

Next, Li Ye also knew that the Great Food Army would attack Talas City in an all-round way. He estimated that the city could not be defended, and he did not intend to defend the city to the death. It was meaningless.

Li Ye ordered Yang Dan, who joined the army, to send 32 catties of rough silver, other seized materials, and camels back to Suiye City.

At dawn, the soldiers of the Great Food Army stopped running in a hurry. They collected the defeated soldiers one after another. It was not bad. They collected more than 3000 soldiers and nearly [-] servants.

These servants were not stupid. Tang Jun rushed into the big camp. They slept outside the small tent and reacted quickly. They immediately cut the reins with a knife and climbed on the camel. As soon as the master got on the horse, they ran for their lives without any hesitation.

Many masters were killed by the Tang army, but the servants escaped.

But here comes the problem. Most of the soldiers did not wear armor, and many soldiers even lost their weapons.

Want to kill back again?That was a joke.

Saeed and Airot discussed for a while, and they unanimously decided to withdraw to Bukhara first, and let the governor decide the next move.

After resting for an hour, the Great Food Army began to retreat towards Bukhara.

But after the food army had left for three days, south of Baishui City, they encountered a [-] food reinforcement army who rushed from Bukhara.

.........

The chief general of the reinforcements is called Ziyad, who is the deputy of Abu Muslim and the vice-governor of Khorasan. His official position is far above Said and Airot, and he can be regarded as their superior.

Inside a large tent, Ziad asked with a gloomy face, "Why did you get attacked by the Tang army? Didn't you send patrols?"

Said and Airot stood in front of the vice-governor, both of them looked very embarrassed, and Airot hurriedly said: "The sentry must have been sent, and the humble officer has sent a hundred patrols!"

"Then why is it useless, or was it successfully attacked by Tang Jun?"

Airot sighed and said, "The cavalrymen of the Tang army were too fast, and when the patrolmen rushed back to report the news, they killed them with their hind feet, but it was also effective. Many soldiers were able to escape in time. They were not killed in their sleep, but the Tang army came too fast. , too late to put on armor and prepare for battle."

Ziyad said coldly: "This is the second time they have been attacked! They were also attacked at Bahana, and thousands of soldiers also fled back naked. This time they even brought servants with them. The result is still the same. It’s so loose and broken, and you haven’t learned any lessons?”

Airot was annoyed. The soldier and his servant Ziad knew it clearly, and he knew it in Bukhara. Why didn't he say it at that time, but now he blamed himself.

He said coldly for a while: "The defeat of Ba Khana is not the responsibility of the humble official, it is the responsibility of Shi Guo. Kundu Shi took it lightly and led to the surprise attack, and this time the surprise attack was due to a mistake in intelligence, saying that the enemy army only had a few hundred people. We firmly believe in defending the city of Talas."

Before he could finish speaking, Ziad interrupted him and said, "What do you mean, it was the Governor's intelligence error that caused you to fail? The Governor is responsible?"

"The humble official dare not say that, but the fact is that we have no idea that there are thousands of people on the other side"

"enough!"

Ziyad scolded angrily: "The military situation is changing rapidly. Half a month ago, the Tang army only had a few hundred people, which does not mean that they will not increase their troops. If the governor decides everything, what do you generals do?
Forget it, you are from Mansur, I won’t kill you, you go back and tell Mansur that you were defeated twice by the Tang army, the Khorasan army can’t tolerate it, let’s give him face, please! "

Airot nodded, "I understand, anyway, the final responsibility is mine, okay! I'll leave."

He turned and left the big tent and left angrily. After a while, he led more than [-] guard soldiers and rushed away, returning to Baghdad.

After Airot left, Ziad asked Said who had been silent all the time: "I want to report to the governor, tell me the reason for the defeat, and tell the truth!"

Of course Said would not say that he allowed the soldiers to bring servants because he wanted to win over the soldiers. He had already thought of an excuse.

Said said slowly: "After the defeat of the Khanna army, the Ministry of War re-equipped the Sogdian army with armor and weapons, but this time the armor was the old-fashioned type of armor, which even Wu Maiye's army abandoned in the end. This kind of armor is heavy and cumbersome, and cannot be worn by one person at all, and must be assisted, so the soldiers of this army brought servants.

Here lies the problem. Without servants, soldiers cannot take off their armor alone. They will sleep wearing armor at night, and they will not carry a single-person tent. Everyone is very vigilant at night and wakes up every time they wake up. , the soldiers will get used to relying on and enjoying themselves. They will definitely take off their armor and sleep at night, and they will sleep very hard. When the Tang army comes to kill them at night, they are almost unarmed, and they will never consider resistance except to escape. "

"Then whose decision is it to let the soldiers bring the servants?"

"Of course it was Airot. When he first went to Bukhara, he was the one who agreed with the soldiers to bring servants."

Ziad nodded, "The defeat is the responsibility of Airot. He didn't learn the lesson of being attacked by Khan. He relaxed his vigilance and didn't strictly control the soldiers. I know, and I will report to the governor!"

Ziad immediately reorganized the army, organized some of the servants into soldiers, and repatriated all the redundant servants. Every soldier was not allowed to carry servants any more, and changed into simple leather armor. During the war, he was not allowed to take off his armor and his weapons were not allowed to leave his hands.

After strict rectification, the Sogdian army took on a new look and rejoined the ranks. An army of [-] marched mightily towards Talas City.

A few days later, the food army approached the city, but Talas City was already an empty city, and the food army marched into the city of Talas.

Ziad was really puzzled. Talas City is tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the area inside is not small. It can completely rely on the city to resist defense. Why did the Tang army give up?

But he didn't have the mind to think about it so much. He couldn't find the rough silver in the city, so he immediately sent soldiers to the silver mine to check the situation. His task was simple, to capture the rough silver and occupy the silver mine.

(End of this chapter)