Chapter 400: The storm is coming

When Li Siye learned that Na Sebo had lost his position, he was furious and immediately dismissed the position of the chief general of the East Three Fort. The scout came to the news that the cannibal crossed the river from eight miles south of the East Three Fort. Li Siye dispatched troops to recover Na Sebo and strengthened the defense of the Amu River. On the other hand, he wrote a letter and urgently reported the information about Na Sebo's loss to Li Qing'an.

At this time, Li Qing'an had just arrived at the Johanti and inspected the northern transportation of Xinde grain. The war in Xinde had subsided. Feng Changqing led 10,000 Tang troops to defeat the Shinde army in the Battle of Punjab. The remaining troops of the food fled to Persia. Feng Changqing immediately organized the north transportation of food. After more than two months of hard work, one million stones of food had arrived at the warehouse on the eastern foot of the Possier Mountain and was being transported to the Johanti.

At this time, the information from the sebo was sent to Li Qing'an. Li Qing'an paced back and forth on the dock of Ju Zhanti, while his personal soldiers stood aside from him, not daring to disturb his thoughts.

According to the information, the Three Thousand Dashi Army was a lonely army that penetrated the river, without support, and the main force of Dashi Army attacked the Amu River head-on. They used the cover of wind and snow to escape the Tang army's defense line and successfully attacked Nasebo. The more than a thousand Tang troops stationed Nasebo were forced to evacuate after half of the casualties. Li Siye had already dispatched 10,000 troops to take back Nasebo.

In fact, Li Qingan didn't care about these. What he was concerned about was the purpose of the Dashi Army's surprise attack on the Sebo? These three thousand soldiers went deep into the army, obviously to die. Moreover, the Sebo was not a strategic location, and the Tiemen Pass was the one. So what was their surprise attack on the Sebo for? Of course, it was not to seize a little gem. Even if it was seized, they would not take it back.

The intention of the cannibal made Li Qing'an puzzled. Perhaps it was a test of the defense and loopholes of the Tang army. If it was for this reason, it would be absolutely unwise for them to choose to cross the Amu River in a blizzard. There are not blizzards every day in the Amu River, and they could not test the Tang army's real defense capabilities at all.

Li Qing'an stared at the West with his hands behind his back. Who would have given this order? Is it Qi Yade? Li Qing'an shook his head gently. Qi Yade would not send three thousand elite soldiers to die. He does not have such courage. Moreover, from a tactical point of view, this approach of going deep into the enemy's territory is meaningless. Unless he sent ten thousand people, or there might be the effect of attacking forward and backward, it could not be Qi Yade's meaning, so who would it be?

Li Qingan thought of a man, Mansour, only Mansour would make such a bold decision. So as the emperor of a country, what is the purpose of doing this? If we consider it from Mansour's perspective, Li Qingan vaguely found an answer, but this answer is not clear, just like the feeling of looking at flowers in the fog.

At this time, a commotion came from afar. Li Qingan couldn't help but look at the dock curiously, and saw the workers on the dock running towards the distance, as if something had happened?

"What happened?" Li Qing'an asked his personal soldiers.

The personal soldiers immediately went to inquire and came back for a moment to report: "Report to the general, a team of elephant transport team arrived, and everyone went to the granary to watch the fun."

"Oh? Let's go! Let's go."

Li Qing'an was also very excited. He turned over and ran towards the granary. The big granary was formed by a thousand elephants. Nearly 10,000 stones of grain were transported. Almost the whole city was dispatched to help the elderly and young children to watch the arrival of the elephant transport team. After a moment, Li Qing'an also rushed to the granary.

"General, look!"

Several personal soldiers pointed to the distance excitedly and shouted, "The elephant transport team is here."

A black team appeared in the distance, with a thousand elephants carrying heavy food on their backs, and they were slowly walking towards this side. The momentum was extremely spectacular. On both sides of the elephant, a team of cavalry guarded left and right.

At this time, the guards also discovered Li Qing'an. More than a dozen cavalrymen rushed over and someone shouted from afar: "General, I am here!"

Li Qingan smiled. He had recognized that the person was Zhao Chongjie, who was appointed by him as Deputy Governor of Xinde.

Zhao Chongjie rushed over and dismounted, half-kneeled to Li Qing'an to salute him, and said excitedly: "Last general Zhao Chongjie, please see the general!"

"General Zhao please get up quickly!"

Li Qingan helped him up, and when he saw that he was dark and thin, he couldn't help but sigh: "General Zhao has worked hard all the way."

"Although it is a little harder to transport grain back, I feel quite successful."

"Good words, come on! Sit down and talk."

Li Qing'an sat cross-legged on the ground, and Zhao Chongjie also sat down. Li Qing'an smiled and said, "Tell me about Xinde's situation and fight with the Dashi Army. I heard that it was quite thrilling. Let's talk about it in detail."

Zhao Chong nodded and said, "It's indeed very thrilling. The great cannibal governor of the Sindh is called Ibrahim. This man is extremely cunning. He used the Sindh Tu army as the main force of the Dashi Army to go north from Punjab. General Feng led 15,000 troops to fight. However, he got the news halfway. The 20,000 main force of the Dashi Army took a detour to attack the Dashi Garbage Depot in Abro City. There were only 3,000 Tang troops defenders in Abro City. It was night at that time. Everyone was so anxious that they stamped their feet and wanted to fly back to the Dashi Garbage Depot, but General Feng sent only 3,000 people to pretend to be large troops and ran away in panic.

Back, his main force followed behind, and the generals did not understand. General Feng just smiled and said nothing. As expected, within twenty miles, the two thousand Tang army was ambushed by the ambushed main force. As a result, General Feng's main force pushed up from behind and caught the ambushed ambush. The eight thousand Dashi main force was almost wiped out. Ibrahim took hundreds of people away, killed more than 4,000 people, and captured 3,500 people alive. The Rajid, who had fought a battle with the general, was also captured alive. The Tang army only suffered more than 800 casualties, which was a brilliant result."

"It really does not disappoint my trust. This battle was fought beautifully."

Li Qing'an praised repeatedly, and he asked again: "How did General Feng know that the main force of the Dashi Army would be ambushed on the road?"

"We also asked General Feng afterwards, how did he know there would be an ambush? General Feng said that since the Great Cannibal used the Sindhi Tu Army as the main force, the main force of Dashi who attacked the grain warehouse may not be true, because he obtained information. The main force of Dashi Army was only more than 8,000. If it was to take the Xinde Army to attack the grain warehouse, it would not only bring more than 10,000 people. It would not be this ratio, at least one to three. The total force should be more than 40,000. This is the conclusion that General Feng came to study the commander of the Dashi Army from prisoners of war. Ibrahim's habit was always a Dashi Army with three servants. So he inferred that the main force of Dashi Army who attacked the grain warehouse was probably also fake, the purpose was to reduce the vigilance of the Tang army. The main force was ambushed halfway, and the result was really guessed by General Feng."

"Only by knowing your enemy and being close to one's own battles, General Feng gave me enlightenment!"

Li Qingan was very moved. His biggest problem now was that he did not know the enemy. He did not know the situation of the Great Cannibal's troops, nor did he know the reason why a 3,000-man attacked the Sebo? The key to these problems was that he knew nothing about the situation of the Great Cannibal's army. The Han and Tang Dynasties could only know a little about the intelligence network in Damascus.

Thinking of this, Li Qingan asked again: "How much food is transported this time?"

"Report to the general, this time we used 20,000 elephants to transport grain, and a large number of carriages, and transported nearly 500,000 stones of grain at one time. Remove the consumption of the road, and almost 400,000 stones were transported to the Bosishan warehouse."

"Aren't elephants afraid of the cold?" Li Qingan asked curiously.

"Elephants like heat, but they are not afraid of cold. The main reason is that it is difficult to find elephant food along the way. Almost all countries along the way have mobilized to find wild fruits and wild vegetables for elephants. This is the most difficult thing. After this trip, it will be temporarily suspended for a few months. We will be transported after spring comes."

Speaking of this, Zhao Chongjie remembered something and took out a brocade box from his arms and smiled: "I originally wanted to send someone to send Sailye, but I didn't expect to meet the general here. This is General Feng who attacked the northern Tianzhu and got a spoil. He ordered me to send it to the general."

Li Qing'an already knew about Feng Changqing leading 5,000 cavalry to sweep over more than a dozen small countries in northern India. The Rajiputs built more than a dozen small countries in northern India. They each formed their own formations, but they were defeated one by one by Feng Changqing's 5,000 cavalry. Seven small countries surrendered to the Tang army. Feng Changqing plundered a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry and nearly one million stones of grain from there, and was preparing to send the broken leaves to the north. Li Qing'an guessed that the brocade box must be a rare treasure.

He took the Jinhe and smiled, "What is it?"

"The general opens and checks out."

When Li Qingan opened the brocade box, there was a dazzling yellow diamond inside, which was as big as a fist of a baby, which was extremely precious. Even though Li Qingan saw countless treasures, it was the first time he saw such a large diamond. He couldn't help but say in surprise: "Is this what General Feng seized?"

"Yes, this is the treasure of a small country, embedded in the crown of their king, and when they surrendered, they presented the crown to General Feng."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "You go back and bring me a letter to General Feng, saying that I have a precious daughter, and this diamond will be used as a gift from him to my daughter. My princess is going to give birth to it. It is probably a boy. I asked him to prepare another gift and I will compensate him. When he comes back, I will treat him to red eggs and cakes."

"Is the little prince born?" Zhao Chongjie said happily.

"Not yet! I heard from the midwife that it might be a kid, but I hope that the midwife is not a crow's mouth."

As a joke, Li Qing'an wrote a text message on the spot, and handed it to Zhao Chongjie, saying, "You should return to Xinde immediately and tell General Feng that Dashi will fight back soon. It is possible to attack Xinde and make him ready for war! But don't worry too much, I have ordered Li Guangbi to cooperate with Xinde to defend Dashi together."

Zhao Chongjie took the letter and took it away, got up and bowed, "I will say goodbye now."

"Go! Be careful all the way."

Zhao Chongjie turned over and ran towards the granary. Li Qing'an kept looking at him and walked away. Then he returned to the dock. At the dock of the Ju Zhanti dock, Li Qing'an issued an order to mobilize troops, and transferred 50,000 troops from Suoye to Hezhong, and then transferred 10,000 troops from Shiguo and Ningyuan to advance westward. In addition, 30,000 troops in the river, he mobilized 100,000 troops and ordered Ju Zhan to transfer 500,000 stones of grain to Samarkand as military rations.

At the same time, Li Qing'an wrote a letter to Byzantine Emperor Koproni, asking him to follow the agreement and prepare to fight the Arabs with the Tang army.

After orders were issued, Li Qing'an left Ju Zhanti and headed towards Samarkand.

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Narsebo City, ten thousand Tang troops were already at the city. At this time, five days had passed since the Great Food Army occupied Narsebo City. The wind and snow had stopped, and the inside and outside the city had become a snow-capped world.

Accompanied by the sound of the drums of "dong!dong!", the ten thousand Tang troops stopped moving forward five miles away from the city. They were not in a hurry to attack, but set up camp tents on the spot. A gray tent appeared in the white world, which was particularly eye-catching. The flag of the Anxi Tang Army was flying in the wind.

On the city wall, Shahim, the leader of the Great Food Army, watched nervously outside the city. According to Chiyad's order, he needed to persist in the sebo for ten days. If he could successfully return to Khorasan, he would be named the governor of Libya by Mansour.

The huge temptation of interests made Shahim throw the danger away. He had decided to defend the city for ten days and then break back to Khorasan. For this reason, he had made a lot of preparations. He forced the Muslims in the city to serve him. He demolished the palace of Xiaoshi Kingdom and the houses along the walls, and obtained a large number of stones to supplement their unpredictable bows and arrows. In addition, he sent people to block the two gates with huge rocks. They just bumped into the gate and knew that the Sebo city gate was not strong.

In order to boost morale, Shahim also ordered the confiscation of the homes of several great merchants in Samarkand, and obtained a large amount of gems in stock, and distributed them to the soldiers as rewards for their fight to the death with them.

Although Shahim hoped that the Tang army would come back ten days later, the situation was not wonderful. At dusk on the fifth day, ten thousand Tang troops arrived as scheduled.

Only 10,000 troops came, which made Shahim's heart aroused another glimmer of hope. If they succeeded in defense, ten thousand might not be able to capture the Sebo City.

The sky was gloomy and night fell quietly. Just as the sky was getting dark, the sound of rumbling war drums suddenly sounded in the Tang army's camp. The food army on the city jumped up in fear and looked outside the city nervously. There was a movement in the Tang army's camp. More than a dozen huge ladders appeared from the camp. The overwhelming Tang army infantry followed around the ladders and advanced towards the city wall step by step.

"Prepare the stones and prepare for the battle!" Shahim shouted loudly. He didn't understand why the Tang army chose to attack the city at night. He couldn't see the other party clearly in the dark, and life and death could only be done by heaven.

Under the city, the chief general of the Tang army was Li Siye, the governor of Hezhong. He personally led his army to regain Nasebo City and vowed to kill all the invading Dashi Army.

Li Siye looked calm and watched fifteen huge cloud ladders slowly pushing towards the city wall. Below this kind of cloud ladder is a huge base with wooden wheels underneath. Each ladder is pulled by fifty camels. The base of the ladder is also a flowing defense platform. There are hundreds of Tang soldiers hidden under the base of each ladder.

The cloud ladder consists of a main ladder and a secondary ladder. The main ladder is fixed on the base, while the secondary ladder is very flexible and can be stretched freely, reaching up to ten feet, which is enough to fit most city walls. There is a huge hook at the top to hook the city wall.

Although Nasebo City is the third largest city in the river, it only means that it has a large population and developed trade. It does not mean that its walls are wide and thick. On the contrary, except for Samarkand and Bukhara, the cities of the countries in the river are not tall, nor do they dig a moat like the cities of the Tang Dynasty. The Sebo City Wall is only five meters high, the city wall is not thick, and there is no moat. You can directly hit the city with a siege ram, but the Tang army did not transport it to attack the city. These fifteen ladders seemed to be their weapons for siege.

The huge cloud ladder finally arrived at the city. The long secondary ladder extended from the main ladder, getting higher and higher. With a loud bang, it hit the city wall. The hook firmly hooked the city bricks. The Tang army below clasped the main and secondary ladder tightly. The Tang army climbed out of the base and rushed towards the city head very quickly. The arrows on the city were raining like dense rain, and the stones smashed down like hail. The spear flew and the shouts of killing were shocking the sky. A fierce battle gradually kicked off.

On more than a dozen cloud ladders, Tang soldiers held shields in one hand and knife in the other, climbed up with difficulty against the rain of arrows shot from the city. From time to time, soldiers were hit by stones and rolled down the cloud ladder with screams. The Dashi Army on the city was extremely crazy. They picked up the stones and smashed them down. The huge rocks rolled over the head of the Tang army, smashing four or five people in a row, wailing and falling, and most of them died tragically.

But the Tang army's bows and arrows were extremely sharp and shot like locusts. When the Dashi Army probed its head, it was immediately shot into the face by the bows and arrows and buried in the top of the city.

At this time, Shahim personally led dozens of Dashi soldiers to hold the ladder with forks and put their strength together. Amid the shouts, the iron hook on the ladder gradually broke away from the city wall and was overturned by the Dashi Army. The secondary ladder fell downwards. Dozens of Tang soldiers on the ladder fell down from the city wall with the ladder, screaming in tears.

Tang soldiers rushed to the top of the city, but were soon killed by the fierce Dashi Army and threw the corpse out of the city. The war was extremely tragic.

Li Siye looked coldly at the battle on the city wall. In this siege, he did not use his strongest army. Five thousand Modao Army soldiers and used Modao Army to attack the city. The bows and arrows and stones of the Dashi Army would not work, just like he personally attacked Lianyun Castle.

This time, he received Li Qing'an's order to test a secret weapon. Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Siye waved his hand gently. In the tent, several black shadows quickly bypassed the city wall under the cover of night and came to Dongcheng. The Tang army's attacks were concentrated in the North City, and most of the Dashi Army were also defending the North City, and only a very small part was guarding the South City, while the Dongcheng was deserted and there was no Dashi Army defending the city because there was no city gate here and there was no need to defend.

Several black shadows ran to the city wall. They found a suitable brick and dug it out bit by bit along the cracks of the wall with iron rods. The wall was made of stones and there was mortar in the middle. They cut off the mortar and exposed a gap of one finger wide, leading directly into the city wall. Several black shadows then used iron hooks to penetrate the gap and pulled out the bricks bit by bit together. In the end, three bricks were pulled out in a row, revealing a big hole that was two feet wide.

A black shadow then took off the package behind him and took out a flat and round iron guy from it. It was heavy and weighed thirty or forty pounds.

Several black shadows carefully stuffed the iron guy into the city cave. With a "click", a ball of flame ignited, illuminating the nervous face of the man in black. He carefully lit the firing line on the iron guy.

The fire line ignited and began to burn at a constant speed. At this time, several black shadows ran wildly and fled to the distance regardless of everything. For a moment, they only escaped more than 400 steps, and only heard a shocking explosion. The earth was trembling. Several black shadow servants were on the ground, holding their heads desperately. The explosion was deafening. The smoke rose into the sky, and the gravel flew everywhere. Then there was a loud bang. The east city wall was completely blown down, revealing a large gap of more than ten feet wide.
Chapter completed!