It was about the hour of the month, the moon was dim and the night was sinking, and everything in the world seemed to be silent.
As the night wind passes, it brings up summer grass. Occasionally, a few owls fly out of the waist-length grass nest, making a low whine, venting their dissatisfaction with the quiet night. (Note 1)
Talas stood quietly in this plain, like a forgotten pearl in the sea. Almost everyone in the city, except for the shifts guarding the various gates and the personal guards guarding the Governor's Mansion, fell asleep.
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The Tang army's troops did not put too much pressure on them when they came to the city. They still changed shifts according to the usual patrols. According to the words of the Governor Sieyde, this Tang army was exhausted from entering the river alone and could not have been able to deal with the city of Talas.
It poses a slight threat.
If the Tang army insists on siegeing the city, it is a death sentence! They just need to move their fingers gently to defeat the Tang people with the strong city walls and sufficient boulders!
At that time, the Abu Muslim General who was rushing towards him would lead tens of thousands of elite cavalry of Khorasan, and wipe out the Tang people in the wind and clouds! At that time, no one could have been under their iron hooves in the entire Dashi Empire.
escape!
They just need to follow the instructions of the Governor Seryide to search every dead corner in the city to prevent spies from getting into the city. By ensuring this point, they can fall asleep safely...
As for the matter of guarding the posts, who should do it, can the Tang people still grow wings and fly into Talas out of thin air?
But if you are assigned to the city wall as a guard post, you will only be considered unlucky and you will not blame others.
Dawude and Khalid are two such unlucky people. They shouldn't have defended the city tonight according to their shift. Unfortunately, the two drunks in the 13th team of the Independent Legion were drunk and unconscious.
Then the commander transferred them here to take the lead.
"His grandma's, I only gave twenty silver coins in one night. It's so fucking worth it!"
Dawud took off a cowhide wine bag from his waist and poured it down. The turbid wine flowed down his mouth, making the floor wet.
"You can't whisper? You can't drink alcohol in the army, let alone we are still on duty!" Khalid hurriedly stepped forward to cover Dawud's mouth and advised: "If it is discovered, Governor Essayed's
Temperament, we have to lose our heads!"
"Hmph, why can those two alcoholics drink us? Isn't it because they gave Houser money? Don't think I don't know, a full bag of big silver coins in a cloth bag, tsk, no wonder those two tuberculosis diseases
Every time a ghost doesn’t touch the gun, he can get a lot of rewards for nothing!”
Dawud suddenly drank a sip of strong wine and complained: "When will the miserable man like us have no way to stand up? It is said that Allah will protect his believers, and we worship him so devoutly.
But what about him, has he brought us a little good luck?"
"You, you can't whisper. General Houser will come to patrol in a while!" Khalid jumped up in a hurry, clasped his hands together and begged Dawude, "Isn't this an opportunity? Anyway, guard it.
The city is not a difficult job. We just need to stay here for one night to earn twenty silver coins. What's there to complain about?"
After saying that, Khalid subconsciously stretched his head and looked west, and saw that Houser's patrol was still a hundred steps away, he breathed a sigh of relief.
The cannibal patrol team is based on three hundred people, with each hundred people having a captain, and every fifty people having a deputy captain, leading his soldiers separately. Officers like the captain and deputy team can most likely obtain
Many subsidies for patrolmen, and for lower-level soldiers like Khalid and Daoud, it is thankful that they can have twenty silver coins that fall into their hands after taking them off layer by layer.
"Hmph, this is a life-long money!" Dawude snorted unyieldingly: "God knows when the Tang people will attack. If they attack the city overnight, will it be us who are the first to block the arrows and get stabbed?
If you want to be warm in the quilt, why do they take all the good things!"
"Hey, look at what you said. How could the Tang people make a long journey and then raid overnight? Could it be that their bodies are made of cast iron?"
Khalid shook and said, "Don't think too much about the things around. We just need to be here for one night. By the time the sun rises tomorrow, twenty silver coins will be obtained!"
"Look at your promising prospect!" Dawud glanced at Khalid with contempt and handed the wine bag to his friend: "You can also drink a few sips to warm up your body. The weather is so fucking cold tonight!"
"This is not allowed to drink in the army..."
"If you ask you to drink, you can drink so much nonsense."
"But if the Tang army suddenly came..." Khalid looked into the dark grass outside the city, but for some reason he shuddered.
"If Tangren comes, I will take you back. You don't have to worry! I'll drink it all the time. Are you a fucking man?"
"Hey, hey. I'll drink!" Khalid hurriedly took the wine bag from the old guy and took a sip.
"It's really a good wine. Tsk tsk."
"You bite, I bite! If I didn't have this old friend's company, I really don't know how to endure this long night!"
Before they knew it, their eyes gradually became blurred, their bodies sank, leaning against the battlement of the northern city wall of Talas, falling asleep.
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The Tang army camp not far from Talas City suddenly flashed a few broken lights. Gradually, the broken light gathered into a long fire dragon and quietly traveled outside Talas City.
Each of them carried several earth bags on their backs, with wooden pieces in their mouths and soft cloth tied on their feet, and almost no sound was made. According to Gao Xianzhi's instructions, the foreign soldiers of the Pahanna country were at the forefront, and the elites of the Anxi Tang army were in the Anxi
They followed closely and took care of each other. The Grolu people performed another task and did not appear in the coalition army.
The most eye-catching thing is that in the middle of the queue, hundreds of strange-looking frames, all covered with oil-skin felt, were driven by Gao Xianzhi's orders.
This night attack was well prepared for the Tang army. From the generals of the Jiedu to the fire chief soldiers, many adjustments were made for this battle. The most obvious change was reflected in the army array. Gao Xianzhi abandoned the usual marching.
The square-shaped three-army array is used for the left and right, but instead a single-line snake is used to marching.
This way of marching hid the Tang army to the greatest extent. In addition, Gao Xianzhi ordered the entire army to extinguish the torch when he was three miles away from the city wall. If he had not arrived at the city, it would be difficult for the great cannibals to discover the Tang army who was concentrating on the lacquered dark night.
Whether you can successfully reach the city of Talas is the key to this battle!
The most obvious advantage of the night attack is that it is unexpected. If the Tang army could suddenly kill the city of Talas when most of the big food soldiers were sleeping, they could easily use the local cloth bags in their hands to accumulate a fish beam that was as high as the city wall.
Dao, let the soldiers climb the road to attack the city!
Accumulating the Yuliang Road to attack the city is obviously much more suitable than using the cloud ladder to attack. With the Yuliang Road, which is nearly thirty steps wide, the Tang Dynasty soldiers can even face-to-face confrontation with the cannibals without any disadvantage!
"Gao Shuai, hehe, just these nearly a hundred vehicles of powerful tools can make the big cannibals have a good drink. In my opinion, brothers can all fall back to their leisure time!"
When Li Siye saw the crossbow in the middle of the queue, he couldn't help but rub his hands and admire him. He had been "miserious" several times along the way.
"You guy is so beautiful!" Gao Xianzhi was obviously in a good mood. He held the reins in his left hand and pointed at Li Siye half-jokingly, saying: "The foreign soldiers who Pahan were just to consume. Our Anxi Army is the main force in this battle!
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As if he suddenly thought of something, Gao Xianzhi's smile froze and then sighed: "I'm afraid that from the moment we entered the Anxi army, we will be destined to be free in this life."
"Siye, do you regret it?" Gao Xianzhi narrowed her eyes and smiled slightly at Li Siye.
"I regret it very much. If a man cannot expand his territory and stay in the house all day long, I don't know how I can't stand it. I, Lao Li, will definitely be frustrated to death!"
Yes, when a man is born, he should protect his homeland and expand his territory. This is the responsibility of a man, and this is the responsibility of a man!
This is our homeland. Since Emperor Gaozong's reign, this place has been our home! We are here to take back what belongs to us!
The flags of the border city are spreading, and a gust of night wind is sharp. The cold moon shines, and the beacon is bright. The red face is green and the hair is covered with carved swords and the west garrison is waiting for us. The laughing scholars often make mistakes.
When I was in the army for the first time, I shouted and swallowed the remaining captives. The formation was high and the wolf smoke was raised at night. The remaining captives were defeated and they volunteered to lift their sharp brigades. Let's take this hatred and cross the river with a whip!