While a group of soldiers were curiously surrounding the eating barbarians and making comments, Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong, Li Chenglu and others also stared curiously at the two people in front of them, City Lord Zeros Sal and Klaus Wooda.
As for the young general Borg Burr of Saar City, and several other nobles of Saar City, they were accidentally blown to pieces by the bomb, and even a completed body could not be pieced together.
Among the nobles in the large city of Sal, only two people, Lord Zeros of Sal and Klaus Wooda, remained.
Lord Zeros Thrall, on the other hand, looked pale.
He confidently led 30,000 Dosar City warriors out of the city, just to let these arrogant Tang people see the bravery of their Arabs.
The great Allah is not something they can insult!
However, they never expected that they and the warriors in Saar City had just arranged their formation and had not yet talked to these shameful Tang people, but these Tang people would actually launch an attack on them from such a long distance.
Moreover, the power of those smoking iron balls is so huge!
Of the 30,000 warriors in the city of Sal, more than 20,000 were killed in an instant.
Most of the remaining ones are still humble slave soldiers!
His noble Lord Zeros Thrall regretted that he should not have gone out of the city to teach these arrogant and arrogant people of the Tang Dynasty.
The City Lord's Mansion is the largest and most luxurious castle in the city of Saar, and can accommodate an army of 30,000. The remaining 40,000 troops live in the homes of nobles.
"Shut up, you old fools. You think that I and you are all stupid. I have an army of 70,000 in the Tang Dynasty, and I also carry two thousand artillery pieces and hundreds of thousands of kilograms of bombs and arrow bombs.
In this barbarian land, who else can be my opponent in the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others all stayed overnight at the city lord's mansion.
"ah……"
Moreover, the defenders, private soldiers, and young slaves were all buried on the seashore, and he himself was buried on the seashore.
Immediately, five thousand soldiers were left on the shore to guard the boat.
After listening, Li Shimin's face darkened. When he was young, he was also a veteran on the battlefield. He had fought in hundreds of battles, large and small, and he knew the thoughts of these veterans best.
at night.
"Instructions are sent to all the armies to escort the barbarian captives to Saar City. Now, our Tang Dynasty has a hundred thousand troops, and there are hundreds of thousands of kilograms of artillery bombs and arrow bombs in the army. Even if the barbarians come to eat millions of troops
, I, the son of Tang Dynasty, can also defeat it.
Even the three nearby cities have a minimum population of 40,000.
At the same time, in order to prevent being attacked by foreign countries or pirates, the city wall of Sal was built very tall and strong.
However, Dashi is also a large country with a large population.
After saying that, both of them looked at Li Shimin.
"The city in front is called Sal City?"
Klaus Wooda just said a few words, and all the food soldiers on the city wall put down their weapons one by one and opened the city gate.
"It's already getting late. I, you gentlemen of the Tang Dynasty, have been wandering on the sea for so long, so we will spend the night in Saar City today!"
However, after entering the city, the first thing Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and others did was to lead their troops and raid the homes of all the nobles in the city one by one.
Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others still underestimated the status of nobles in the hearts of cannibals.
The translator quickly translated to Li Shimin.
Therefore, when they saw the 70,000 Tang troops coming slowly from a distance, the legs of the two thousand defenders were already weak with fear, their faces were pale, and they could not even hold the spears in their hands, but out of fear of Allah,
Faith, they are still holding on!
Li Xiaogong asked Li Shimin for instructions solemnly.
This means that no one in Saar City is hostile to the Tang army anymore.
Although they could not understand the Tang dialect, they could tell from their clothing that among the group of Tang people in front of them, the one in the middle was the most gorgeously dressed and had the highest status. The Tang people around them also respected the middle one very much.
People of the Tang Dynasty.
At this point, out of the Tang Dynasty's 100,000-strong army, only 70,000 troops were left.
"Yes, only if Your Majesty guards Saar City, can I dare to lead the army from the front to attack with all my strength!"
Therefore, that Tang Dynasty man is definitely the most noble person among all the Tang Dynasty people!
At the same time, the Honglu Temple translator also quickly translated the words of Zeros Thrall and Klaus Woodard to Li Shimin.
After wandering at sea for so long, I once again spent the night on land.
"Your Majesty, just to guard the big ship, we need to send 20,000 soldiers. Saar City is the closest city to the fleet and is so strong that it is the retreat for our Tang army.
The remaining 70,000-strong army escorted the 8,000 eating barbarians and marched toward the nearby city of Saar.
"Ask him carefully, how many people are there in Saar City and what is the strength of the army?"
If they are united, they are a force that cannot be underestimated.
A familiar figure emerged from the huge Tang army in front.
After the translator saluted, he quickly asked Klaus Woodard again.
"I will obey your Majesty's orders!"
Klaus Wooda Noble!
The defenders seemed to have found their backbone...
Li Xiaogong laughed evilly, drew out the steel sword from his waist, and struck at Zeros Thrall.
The translator glanced at Zeros Thrall strangely, and then reported it to Li Shimin.
Therefore, ten thousand troops must be left to guard it.
"Dear Tang people, although Zeros Sal was defeated by the Tang, he is still the lord of Sal City and cannot betray the city of Sal. Moreover, Zeros Sal is a great Arab noble and needs to be treated as a noble...
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This time, Li Shimin personally led the expedition. No matter how you say it, he only led an army of 100,000.
It is even said that there are only two thousand defenders in Saar City.
In particular, Klaus Woodard, who still has a lot of property and power in his family, would like to introduce Medina, the city where the Caliphate is located, to these Tang people as long as he can survive to show his role.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Including Li Shimin, all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty slept very comfortably that night.
Your Majesty, as the commander-in-chief of my army of one hundred thousand men, has a body of ten thousand gold, no matter what, I dare not let you take risks!"
Then 20,000 troops took the unpalatable food from the city of Saar and went out to the sea to exchange with the soldiers guarding the ships in the sea.
Klaus Woodard on the side was immediately frightened. He looked at the sword in front of him, which was shining with cold light and dripping with small drops of blood. His eyes were full of fear and his whole body was trembling.
"Don't be careful!"
As for Zeros Thrall's request for noble treatment, Li Shimin automatically ignored it.
On the side, Klaus Wooda also quickly said to the translator: "Distinguished nobles of the Tang Dynasty, I am Klaus Wooda, a nobleman in the city of Saar, a nobleman of the great Arab Empire, a great
Believers of Allah, please give us the treatment of nobles in the Tang Dynasty!"
In this way, the Tang army of more than 70,000 people easily entered Saar City without wasting a single bomb.
"Humph, a mere barbarian actually dares to make demands on me!" Li Shimin was furious.
Li Xiaogong bowed his hands solemnly, and persuaded again: "Your Majesty, although our army carries artillery, arrow bombs, and hand-thrown bombs! However, firing artillery requires at least a hundred breaths. And firing arrow bombs,
Throwing a bomb by hand also requires ten breaths!
Moreover, the common people in Saar City do not seem to have any hatred towards the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, except for a few noble families.
Since Dashi's territory is so vast, it will definitely be difficult to attack it all with only 70,000 troops. It may even face being surrounded by Dashi's army.
After seeing the captured weapons and armor of the Da Shi barbarians, Li Xiaogong suddenly realized that all the people of the Tang Dynasty seemed to underestimate the soldiers of the Da Shi country.
"This noble man, please also tell all the noble men of the Tang Dynasty that I, Klaus Woodard, would like to speak!"
The first large food city we encountered actually had a population of 100,000.
The translator bowed respectfully to Li Shimin, then quickly turned to ask Zeros Thrall.
Hearing this, Zeros Sal's eyes widened and he became excited. The words spoken by the old man in front of him turned out to be their Arabic language. Although it was a bit unfluent, he could understand it completely and spoke hurriedly.
Originally, the city of Saar, which only had to garrison 10,000 soldiers, could withstand tens of thousands of troops, encountered an unreliable city lord. The unreliable city lord not only took away all the defenders in the city,
They also took away the nobles, private soldiers, and young slaves.
Li Shimin still didn't care.
As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin could ignore these. However, veteran generals such as Li Xiaogong and Niu Jinda, as Li Shimin's lieutenants, must think of every detail to consider Li Shimin's safety.
I heard that there are a lot of cavalry in the country. If our army is surrounded and charged by the opponent's cavalry, I, the Tang Dynasty son, will have no time to fire artillery and arrow bombs!
As long as those big thieves are ruthless, they can trap me, the great Tang Dynasty son, with human lives!"
At this time, Zeros Thrall suddenly saw that among the group of Tang nobles in front of him, a richly dressed noble said something to an older Tang man beside him.
After listening to Klaus Woodard's narration, Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and other Tang veterans couldn't help but begin to pay attention to it again.
"Let me ask you clearly, how many people are there in Saar City, and how many troops are available to fight? Where is the nearest city to Saar City, how many people are there, and how many troops are available to fight?" Li Shimin said.
It should be said that after possessing bombs and firearms, all the soldiers and generals in the Tang Dynasty began to become paranoid and no longer looked down upon the military of any country.
After a while, when we get to the city, let this old barbarian persuade him to surrender, and try to capture Saar City without spending a single bomb!"
The city of Saar was originally built on the seaside because the terrain here is high and it is close to the sea, so it can conduct sea trade with the surrounding areas.
"His Majesty the Tang Dynasty asked, who are you?"
And now, everything is ruined!
Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and other veteran generals stood in the city lord's palace and gave Li Shimin earnest advice.
The older a person gets, the more afraid he is of death.
The defeated general is still a barbarian hozen, so what kind of aristocratic treatment does he want? The lord of a mere barbarian town is not even as good as the soldiers in his army!
Fortunately, they were already debating whether to fight to the death or flee.
However, Zeros Thrall, who had been the city lord for many years, was also an old spirit. He could infer what Li Shimin meant just by looking at the expression on Li Shimin's face. He did not answer the translator's question, but continued to bargain.
Soon, two personal guards came over and carried Zeros Thrall to the pile of dead people aside.
Early the next morning.
Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others couldn't help but their eyes lit up, and they looked at Zeros Thrall curiously.
However, the two thousand defenders were spread out, making the entire city wall weak.
"Your Majesty, we are in a foreign country, a barbarian land, and a war of conquest. Even if Your Majesty doesn't like to hear some words, the veteran must say them. Now, Your Majesty is ninety-forty years old! The veteran minister is even fifty-year-old.
Eight, even the Duke of Langya is only thirty in fifty... Although our Tang Dynasty has an army of one hundred thousand, the generals are already old.
He only had to wait a few months for the great prophet Caliph Umar to send the strongest warriors among the Arabs to their aid.
This time, with the lessons learned from Zeros Thrall, Klaus Woodard did not dare to hide anything.
The old man walked towards him very obediently.
Zeros Thrall could only let out a scream and fell to the ground dead. His eyes were still wide open and his face was full of disbelief that the Tang Dynasty people dared to kill him.
As for whether these will offend Allah?
He, Klaus Wooda, is only a sincere believer of Allah, not a messenger of Allah, let alone a messenger of revelation!
He only needs to protect his property, which is the greatest respect for Allah!
"Your Majesty, there are only 60,000 people in Saar City now, and they are all a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people. As for the guards, there are only 2,000 people! The veteran requested to be the vanguard to attack the city first to prove the sincerity of this barbarian!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
As a result, what was once a good war fortress now has only more than 60,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people, and only 2,000 defenders.
"I request your Majesty to guard Saar City..."
at the same time.
Although he can still wield a spear and a steel knife, he can mount his horse and charge into battle.
Veteran generals such as Li Xiaogong and Niu Jinda were all arrogant and arrogant on the battlefield when they were young. Now when they heard Li Shimin say this, they all trembled.
But, Your Majesty, we are getting old and our physical strength is declining.
"I am the distinguished Lord of Sal City, Zeros Lord of Sal, a nobleman of the great Arab Empire, and the messenger of the great Allah in this area! Although you people of the Tang Dynasty defeated me, you should follow the instructions of Allah and treat me as a noble.
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"City Lord Thrall is still alive!"
Compared with the young generals and lieutenants in the army, we have to obey the old.
Otherwise, on the battlefield, our physical strength will be the breakthrough point for the entire army!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and other veterans.
"So, since I am the youngest, it is fitting that I lead an army to conquer those barbarians!"