Tibet

Chapter 272
Li Ye's army was stationed in Julan City, about eighty miles east of Talas City, not only his [-] Suiye Army, but also the [-] Bahan Naningyuan Army who also obeyed his orders.

Julan City was much smaller than Talas City. At this time, Li Ye had already received news that about [-] food troops had entered Talas City.

On the top of the city, Li Ye stared at the oleanders in full bloom in the distance. It turned out that Central Asia is the origin of oleanders, and it took no effort to get them.

At this time, Pei Xiu slowly stepped forward and asked in confusion, "General, why did we abandon Talas City?"

Li Ye smiled slightly: "Hezhong is very close to Persia, but we are thousands of miles apart. If I were the commander of the Great Food Army, then I would never follow the rhythm of the Tang army. If the Tang army wants to fight this autumn, I will not come." , Come back next spring, when the Tang army comes from thousands of miles away, I will go back, and when the main force of the Tang army retreats, I will come back again, the Tang army will not be able to afford it, and the court will not allow it."

"It's really possible! Would they not have thought of it?"

Li Ye smiled again and continued: "Because of this possibility, the most important part of our entire strategy is to attract the main force of the food army. This is actually the most important thing. Dashan, if he doesn't win, he won't be able to explain to the emperor, but if the opponent knows this, they will never send troops hastily."

Speaking of this, Li Ye said lightly: "So I want to give them the city of Talas, and even give them a little hope. I buried a little bit of rough silver in the mine. As long as they stay in the city for five days, I'm [-]% sure to lure the big food army out."

Pei Xiu was very smart, and he understood immediately, "What does the general mean, give them the city of Talas, and let us besiege the city and fight for reinforcements?"

Li Ye sneered and said, "Greed is human nature, and cannibalism is no exception!"

At this time, a soldier came to report, "General, Commander-in-Chief is coming with an army!"

When Li Ye turned his head, he saw not far from the east of Julan City, a large army was coming here.

Gao Xianzhi's [-] troops temporarily camped in Julan City to rest. In a large tent, Li Ye reported to Gao Xianzhi the situation of the previous sneak attack on the enemy army, and also reported the current situation of Talas City.

Gao Xianzhi was very satisfied. The current progress of the war was completely in accordance with their expectations. In fact, Gao Xianzhi was also very worried that the Great Food Army would avoid the war, which made him feel uncomfortable. It didn't matter if it was in the past.

But this time, he issued a military order in front of the emperor. If the big food army does not fight, how can he explain to the emperor?What about his official career next year?
"Great job! I'd like to hear your advice on what should we do next?"

The young man Gao Xianzhi in front of him is very convinced and has a great strategic mind. No wonder his grandfather Li Linfu valued him so much and wanted to train him to be an heir.

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "Siege the city and fight for aid, forcing the main force of the food army to come to the rescue!"

This plan made Gao Xianzhi nod repeatedly, and it can be said to be the best plan right now.

Li Ye said again: "The humble job has a trick!"

Li Ye said a few words to Gao Xianzhi in a low voice, Gao Xianzhi was surprised and delighted, "Is it true?"

Li Ye nodded, Gao Xianzhi made a decisive decision, "Just follow General Li's suggestion!"

Gao Xianzhi immediately made a decision, he didn't stop, and immediately led the whole army to Taluosi City, and at the same time notified Cheng Qianli's army to also come to Taluosi to participate in the siege of the city.

In fact, the Tang army had five armies participating in the war, Gao Xianzhi's 1 main Anxi Army, Cheng Qianli's [-] Beiting Army, Li Ye's [-] Suiye Army and [-] Ningyuan Army, and Tie Ermei's [-] troops. The Ten Thousand Alliance Army, and the three thousand Bahana cavalry led by Prince Alorie.

The Tang army set up three large camps under the city of Talas, blocking the retreat of the [-] cannibals in the city of Talas.

On the top of the city, Ziad looked at the majestic Tang army on the city wall, and panicked for a while. Only then did he realize that he had fallen into the trap of Tang army, not hundreds or thousands of people, but tens of thousands of Tang army.

It was too late for him to lead the army to retreat, and the Tang Dynasty blocked the only city gate.

Ziyad immediately sent an eagle letter to Abu Muslim in Mulu for urgent help.

Li Ye did not lead the army to participate in the siege of Talas City. He and Prince Arolie had other missions. They crossed Qianquan Mountain from a valley about tens of miles long and arrived at Qianquan City first.

This is a small town in the northernmost part of Bahana. People in the small town have made a living from mining for generations. They mined the gold in Bahana. Now there is not much gold, and copper mining is the main source.

Li Ye and Prince Arolie split up here. Prince Arolie led [-] soldiers and [-] camels to Kesai City, the royal city. They transported all the tens of thousands of barrels of Kanda they had hoarded to Taluo City. haystacks.

Li Ye led [-] troops and [-] camels to Tuozhi City, the city of King Shi. There were various siege weapons made by the former king Kundu Shi in Tuozhi City. It would be a pity not to use them.

Three days later, 5000 troops arrived at Tuozhi City, and the elite of the entire Shi Kingdom had been lost in the battle of pulling sweat. Although the new king Chebishi had slowly increased his army to [-], the ruler of Shi Kingdom There is no longer any ambition to confront big powers.

Although Chebishi was a little worried about the Tang army robbing the crude silver from Taluosi City, he had no choice. Once the news of the huge wealth is revealed, it will inevitably become the target of the great powers, and it cannot be controlled by a small country like the Stone Kingdom.

He still ordered to open the city gate, let Tang Jun enter the city, and handed over control of the armory to Tang Jun.

The Shiguo Armory is located in the east of the city, covering an area of ​​[-] mu. It consists of five large warehouses, three of which are empty, and two of which are filled with various siege equipment.

"General Li, how do you take these heavy objects away?" Che Bishi asked in puzzlement.

Li Ye smiled and said, "Not all the siege weapons were taken away. I only took eighteen trebuchets. Other battering rams and siege ladders are unnecessary."

Li Ye immediately ordered the soldiers to disassemble the eighteen trebuchets into parts and pack them up, and the camels would carry them.

"Excuse me, king, where are the craftsmen who made these siege weapons?" Li Ye asked again.

Chebishi sighed and said, "You have to ask Kundushi. He sent more than 1000 craftsmen from Shiguo to Dashi and never came back. The craftsmen and metallurgical craftsmen are the most precious talents in Shi Kingdom, all of them were snatched away by big cannibals, and their families come to the palace every day to cry, and there is nothing we can do about it.”

If there are stone country craftsmen, these trebuchets will be assembled faster, but it doesn't matter if there are no stone country craftsmen, Tang Jun has military craftsmen himself.

At this time, Li Ye found a large table in the corner of the warehouse, wrapped in cloth, standing upright by the wall, covered with dust.

"What is this?" Li Ye asked, pointing to the wooden table.

"It seems to be some kind of sand table. It took Kundu stone two years to build. There were two made in total. One was taken away by the big cannibal. This one was originally placed in the palace. I thought it would take up space, so I threw it in the palace. It's been here, for months."

"Sand table in the river!"

Li Ye was surprised and delighted at the same time. This is the wisdom of flying dragons. He quickly opened the cloth, and a huge sand table with a length of three feet and a width of two feet appeared in front of him. It was composed of three parts: rivers, mountains, basins, grassland The desert, canyon, city, etc. are lifelike. Through this sand table, Li Ye discovered that there is actually more than one Naryn Grand Canyon from Zhenzhu River to Atami, and there are two other small canyons, which he did not know.

This is simply a surprise!

At this time, Pei Xiu stepped forward and said to Li Ye in a low voice: "If the commander-in-chief sees this sand table, he will definitely take it for himself and take it to Anxi. Why don't we send it to Bahan for preservation first?" , after the war is over, send the Broken Leaf."

Li Ye nodded slowly, Pei Xiu's suggestion came very timely.

(End of this chapter)