The green branches trembled gently, and the whistles of old trolls broke the tranquility of summer afternoons.
An oasis not far from Talas City is stationed in an army of about 30,000 people.
The commander of this army was the great General Gao Xianzhi, who was famous in the Western Regions. He was ordered to set out from Anxi in April of the tenth year of Tianbao, preparing to take the initiative. After crossing the Pamir Mountains and crossing the desert, three months later
After a long journey, the Tang and Tibet coalition forces arrived outside the city of Talas under the control of the Great Cannibal in July.
This army included 20,000 elite Han troops, and in addition to the franchise army, Bakhanna and 10,000 people from the Gloro army, it can be said that the strength of the Anxi Protectorate was at the bottom of the box.
In this battle, Gao Xianzhi was going deep into Hu, plowing the ground, and sweeping the caves, so as to ensure eternal peace on the Anxi border of the Tang Dynasty!
Since ancient times, many wars have been fought, and the army has been worshipped. They have driven thousands of miles and beaten the two men in one go.
Press the sword from the desert, and sing songs and songs fill the imperial capital. Send messages to the generals of the world and establish martial arts reputation!
In this battle with the cannibal, Gao Xianzhi must fight and win!
Gao Xianzhi has absolutely reason to be confident! Regardless of the Geluo people and the Hu Bing of Bahanna, his 20,000 main Han army equipment was enough to reach a luxurious level.
The main force of Anxi includes 12,500 infantrymen, more than 6,000 cavalrymen, and more than 2,000 baggage troops. Among them, among the 12,000 infantrymen alone, 7,500 use Mingguang Armor
Armored soldiers!
This is the most luxurious Mingguang Armor among the Tang Dynasty military armor! With this elite army, Gao Xianzhi is definitely confident to confront the cavalry array that the great cannibals are most proud of! (Note 1)
There are nearly 2,500 Mo Dao soldiers in the seven thousand five hundred armored soldiers, which is also the most elite part of this Tang army, led by deputy general Li Siye. Each of these Mo Dao soldiers has a bow hanging between their waists.
There were thirty arrows, and there were a long-handled sword and a long spear intertwined behind them.
You should know that Mo Dao's attack power is extremely terrible. When he is aligned, he "advances like a wall" and his power does not diminish when fighting in hand-to-hand combat. He Gao Xianzhi once boldly used the Mo Dao Army led by Li Siye in the capture of Xiao Bolu, and achieved excellent results.
Effect.
This is also his killer move. If Dashi dares to directly attack his central army, two thousand five hundred swords will be enough to cut Dashi into meat paste with people and horses!
In addition, the remaining armored soldiers also have a bow, thirty arrows, one long spear, and a heavy knife. Although such equipment is not as good as the Modao Hand, it is also among the infantry and army in the border towns of the Tang Dynasty.
Yes.
Even among the remaining five thousand light infantry, the ordnance equipment was extremely reasonable. Among them, 2,500 people were equipped with a bow, thirty arrows, a heavy knife with a broken handle, a long spear, and a square cowhide shield.
.The other 2,500 light soldiers were equipped with one bow and thirty arrows.
In order to maintain the continuous combat capability of the army, he also ordered each sergeant to carry a larger arrow behind his back, load a hundred arrows, a crossbow and a spear.
With such a powerful infantry legion, how could he lack confidence?
As for the cavalry, Gao Xianzhi was not worried at all. Not only did each of the army carry a long spear, a round shield, a bow, and thirty arrows, he also equipped each of them with one long and short horizontal sword.
In this way, the cavalry's combat readiness is quite complete!
"Xiushi, has the person you sent out replied to me?"
Gao Xianzhi stroked his beard lightly and greeted a strong and cold-faced officer with a smile.
He is Duan Xiushi, the other general of the Tang and Tibet coalition. Although he is only in his early thirties, he has a position second only to Gao Xianzhi and Li Siye in the Anxi Army. Gao Xianzhi is the only successor to cultivate his efforts.
Feng Changqing had to lower his head and call him Brother Duan respectfully.
This time when he went to Dashi, Gao Xianzhi naturally entrusted Duan Xiushi with an important task and handed him over the 6,000 cavalrymen with the strongest mobility in the entire army. Of course, Duan Xiushi also had another task, which was to be responsible for the dispatch of scouts. The great cannibals were not comparable to
The Turks and Turkic cavalrymen attached great importance to the collection of intelligence. Similarly, they did a good job in anti-scouting.
To find out the defense situation around Talas City and the camp where the main force of Dashi must be willing to invest a lot of money.
This time, Duan Xiushi had more than 500 scouts just collected. When a large army was stationed in an oasis to rest, these scouts crossed mountains and lit up the mountains and lit up the mountains and hills to find out the information that the Tang army needs most.
Duan Xiushi nodded at Gao Xianzhi, took a map around Talas City from a personal soldier and said, "Sir Gao, come and see, we are in Wusun Sea now, this Qiansawa is only fifty miles away from Talas City.
, the water source inside is sufficient and can be used as a main garrison for our Anxi Army."
Gao Xianzhi nodded and said, "Yes, this long journey has only two months left for the rice and grain we brought. I see that the Wusun Sea is abundant, so I can order the soldiers from the kitchen camp and the baggage team to go fishing in the lake to slow down.
Consumption of rice and grain.”
Although Gao Xianzhi is confident of fighting and decisive, as the commander of the first army, he cannot take all the situation into consideration. Nowadays, the city of Talas is under the actual control of the cannibals, and the army's supply will inevitably suffer. If he cannot win in one battle,
He also had to think of a way out for himself. From the moment he looked at the Wusun Sea as an extremely important stronghold for the Tang army.
Duan Xiushi clicked on the Wusun Sea and moved upwards, and finally circled it with a charcoal pen at the location of Baishui City: "About two hundred miles from Wusun Sea, it is Baishui City. The Lord of Baishui City Jie Lie once lived in Kaiyuan
He had received the title of His Majesty the Emperor in the last year. If Gao Shuai sent an envoy here to touch the heart of the Lord of Baishui City, there would be a sharp knife behind the great cannibal!"
"Yes." Gao Xianzhi responded lightly, but silently said. Of course, he understood Duan Xiushi's meaning. Although the army he led was absolutely elite, he was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of number of people. Apart from the Western Regions, he had no choice but to do so.
Khanna and Gelulu, the turtle tribe in the grassland who barely joined, almost all Hu countries turned to the embrace of the cannibals. And the reason why these kings of Hu countries turned against each other was that Gao Xianzhi was cruel and perverse and killed Hu people!
Humph, it's such a good hat!
If Gao Xianzhi was a single beast, would there be clean people in this Western Region? The King of Shi Kingdom was disrespectful to the Anxi Army first, could he be the general of the superior country and could not teach the son emperor of the vassal state a lesson?
As for the massacre of the Shi Kingdom, if you want to blame, you can only blame the King of the Shi Kingdom for resisting. If he carried the thorns and apologized for the crime, he would kill him and would not order the massacre of the whole city...
However, since the journey is complete, he needs to consider the most difficult factor of the number of troops.
This war is related to the interests of Dashi in the river, and Dashi people also attach great importance to it. They sent 30,000 elite troops from the capital and 50,000 vassals from the Khurasan generation, and the 36 countries of the Hu people were actually known as 200,000.
Even before the war, Abu Muslim, the commander of the Great Food, actually clamored to lead his army to crush the Tang army.
Although this number is not very accurate, it shows at least one aspect that the strength of the great cannibals is strong. If you have the power of the power, you will have many helpers, but if you lose the power, you will have few helpers. Even if these Hu Guo’s combat power is very weak, you can test the power of your soldiers. Come on, I will do it.
In the past few rounds, the cannibals found out the arrangement of their army before attacking, which was indeed much more difficult for them.
But if we can win some support from Hu at this time, even if it is only a few, it will have a one-to-two effect and greatly impact the morale of the Dashi Alliance.
Looking at the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, the one who is most likely to be convinced is the Lord of Baishui City.
"In this way, Xiushi sent a trusted confidant to take a detour to Baishui City, but this matter must be kept confidential! Remember!"
Gao Xianzhi finally sighed: "I hope this Baishui City Lord will still remember the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor and have this help from this person, and this battle will be won!"
Note 1: The Tang Dynasty improved the smelting technology, and the steel filling method replaced the hundreds of refining methods, making the iron sword more sharp. The Tang army's armor abandoned the Wei and Jin dynasties' armor and evolved into Tang Shisan represented by the Mingguang armor.
The armor is lighter in weight, but its defense has been improved. However, this armor is extremely luxurious and is generally only qualified for the officers above the lieutenant.