Yuanwei took the lead, looked back at the raging fire behind him, and then led his soldiers to rush forward on the same route.
The enemy troops arrived belatedly and were surrounding them from all directions, intending to kill all the Tang troops who were attacking by surprise.
Yuanwei was not afraid at all.
The purpose of this trip was to burn down the Arab army's few food and supplies. As long as this goal was achieved, what would happen even if all these hundreds of people were wiped out? Seeing the fire engulfing the Arab army's food camp, tongues of fire rising into the sky,
The smoke was billowing, and he felt completely at ease.
He naturally understood the power of such kerosene bombs. It was difficult to extinguish the flames with ordinary river water. The only way to completely bury the flames was with sand. However, food and other materials were all flammable. When the enemy buried the fire, they should be burned.
Things have already been burned to ashes.
Haha, barbarians are barbarians. When our ancestors fought, these guys were still drinking blood. How could we know that there was such a war as "burning the black nest on fire"?
Back then, Cao Mengde burned down Yuan Shao's dream of being an emperor. Today, even if his fire cannot make the Arabs retreat in embarrassment, it can still draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron. Xue Sima's strategy is to "strengthen the walls and clear the country".
Or if they fall, they will move away the food and baggage. Even if it is too late to move away, they will have to burn it as soon as possible. Not a grain of rice or a blade of grass will be left to the Arabs.
If the Arabs want supplies, they can only sweep away those tribes in the Western Regions...
In order to rule the Western Region, the Tang Dynasty had to adopt a tolerant policy towards the countries and tribes in the Western Region. Although it knew that these guys were both good and evil, they had to hold their noses and admit it. After all, this is the Western Region. If they kill people on a large scale, it will lead to
If the tribes throughout the Western Regions rebelled, they would threaten the Tang Dynasty's rule here.
But if the Arabs had to wipe out those tribes for food, it would be very exciting.
The Tang Dynasty was a country of benevolence and righteousness, and naturally would not do things that would damage its reputation, such as burning, killing, and looting. However, the Arabs were different. In order to annihilate the Anxi Army and annex the entire Western Region, they had no choice but to attack those tribes.
All tribes in the Western Region faced the Arabs' butcher's knife. Regardless of whether they obeyed or resisted, they would face extremely serious consequences: either the accumulation of several generations would be robbed, or the entire clan would simply be killed by the Arabs' butcher's knife.
After this battle, there will be no one left to compete with the Anxi Army in the entire Western Region.
It is said that Xue Sima was a god in using troops and was the most brave among the three armies, but when it came to intrigues, he was also a good hand...
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The fire behind him soared into the sky. Yuan Wei cheered up and shouted: "Brothers, kill one to earn your base, kill two to earn one! If you can kill someone for the first time, then you can be promoted to a high official position, and be granted the title of wife and son! Then!
I’ll kill you!”
He shouted wildly, leaped on his horse and raised his sword, rushing straight into the enemy formation that came to intercept him.
The sharp horizontal knife easily cut through the enemy's thin clothing. With the speed of the charging horse, an enemy's head was cut off in one fell swoop, and blood rose into the sky.
Hundreds of Tang troops followed closely behind, rushing into the enemy formation like a torrent, and their sharp swords flew up and down, killing the enemy troops until they were howling like ghosts and wolves.
When the enemies gathered more and more, they took off the thunderbolts, lit them and threw them into the enemy formation. With a loud bang, the enemy troops were blown to pieces by the thunderbolts, and their limbs and arms were scattered all over the ground. The greatest damage.
Instead, the shrapnel that shook the sky was thunderous. The flying shrapnel flew in all directions driven by the violent force, easily piercing the enemy's limbs and burrowing into their torso.
The Tang army took advantage of the situation and encircled them, running desperately towards the north.
It's just that there are too many enemy troops. If one group is defeated, another group will get the order and attack from the side and the front, chasing and intercepting them.
The Tang army broke out of the siege time and time again, but then fell into another siege. Even if they could break out with the power of the thunder, they would inevitably be peeled off, and the soldiers who followed Yuan Wei continued to
Those who fell behind were killed in battle.
The battle was extremely brutal.
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The fire in the Arab army's supply camp was the clarion call for the Tang army to counterattack.
Xue Rengui, who was on the bank of Suiye River, saw the fire and cut off the dam. The unfettered river roared wildly and rushed towards Suiye City downstream. The turbid waves rolled all the way, shaking the earth and shaking the world, showing the power of heaven and earth.
Ye Zide, who was sitting in the center, was still looking forward to a quick attack on Shattered Ye City by his army, but he suddenly saw a fire in the backyard and was shocked.
"What military camp is there?"
Ye Qide's expression changed drastically. Although he estimated that it must be in the direction of the transport camp, there was still a trace of luck in his heart.
The generals under his command were silent, and there was no need for them to answer, as the scouts were already galloping in on their horses.
"Report! Report to the commander-in-chief that the Tang army attacked our army's logistics supplies and set them on fire!"
Within a few feet of the radius, everyone took a breath of cold air. The army was marching to the Western Regions, and they originally did not carry much food and supplies. They all expected to "fight to support the war" and plunder the food and supplies after defeating the Tang army. At present, Suiye City is full of food and supplies.
It burned for a whole day, and the smoke was billowing. It must have been impossible to get even a grain of grain or a bundle of fodder even if the city was captured.
Under such circumstances, his own food was burned by the Tang army... How could he still fight this battle?
Ye Zide shouted: "Quickly put out the fire!"
The scout lowered his head and said quickly: "Commander, the thing set on fire by the Tang army was a kind of black oil. Fires ignited wherever it splashed. Water can't put it out. Our food... has been burned out."
Ye Zide's eyes widened in disbelief.
How long has it been since the fire started? So much food has been burned?
He covered his forehead and felt a little dizzy.
This battle was fought, and the outcome was not known yet. He received a blow to his heart and foot first, which hurt him so much that he couldn't breathe. He became angry with shame. Suiye City was only garrisoned by thousands of Anxi troops. With such a small force, how could they dare?
Divide your troops to attack your own baggage?
It was simply audacious and did not take him, the successor of the caliphate, into consideration at all!
He pulled out the scimitar from his waist and shouted with a distorted face: "Fight! Beat hard! Capture 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 quickly rode their horses to the front line and issued Ye Zide's order.
The generals on the side looked at each other and shook their heads, but did not dissuade them. They must conquer Suiye City now. It doesn't matter if there is no food in the city. They can first clear out the Tang army in the city, and then disperse the army to sweep away the various nearby tribes, regardless of food.
Livestock and fodder must be snatched first to supply the army.
Otherwise, if the delay lasts for a long time, the army will be short of food, which will lead to a rapid decline in morale, which will be a serious problem.
Ye Zide put his scimitar into its sheath, with a flushed face, he grabbed the reins and jumped onto the horse's back, shouting: "You all will come with me to supervise the battle, and conquer Suiye City in one go to eliminate the hatred in my heart."
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"Here!"
The generals quickly got on their horses.
Just as he was about to move forward, there was an earth-shattering muffled sound, which even shook the ground beneath his feet. Everyone's expressions changed. What went wrong?
Ye Qide had a bad feeling in his heart. He quickly clamped his horse's belly and led the crowd towards the foot of Suiye City. He wanted to personally command the battle. The Tang army was cunning. If they could not capture Suiye City quickly, they would inevitably have long nights and many dreams.
A group of people were moving forward when they saw two scouts riding towards them. Seeing Ye Qide, he quickly dismounted his horse and knelt down and said: "Commander! The Tang army dug up the broken leaf water, causing the river to surge. It has already
Flooded outside the west city!"
"What?!"
Ye Zide's originally flushed face suddenly turned white without a trace of blood.
He swallowed hard and asked in a trembling voice: "Where is Khorassan? How about the Sword of Allah?"
Commanding nearly 200,000 troops to conquer the Western Regions, he has enough strategic space to accept some small-scale defeats. Even if Suiye City cannot be captured in a short time, it will only affect the morale of the army. He can learn from the surrounding tribes in the Western Regions.
There they looted and replenished their supplies of food, and then the army was assembled to fight again.
Two hundred thousand versus tens of thousands, the advantage is not of the same magnitude at all, victory will come sooner or later.
However, no matter the outcome of this battle, the "Sword of Allah", as the defender of father Mu'awiya's power, cannot make any mistakes.
If such an elite of elites, a powerful army that is like an Arab totem, is completely destroyed, the blow to the entire Arab world will be irreparable.
It also had a huge impact on his father's position as Caliph...
That is the invincible and invincible "Sword of Allah"! It is an artifact given by Allah, the wings of the prophet to conquer the world, the sword that my father relied on to ascend the throne, and a symbol of the entire Arab world, representing power.
and brave!
If the loss is in your own hands...
Ye Qide shuddered, his eyes fixed on the scout kneeling in front of him, waiting for his answer, but he was praying silently in his heart.