The sky above Shule was covered with clouds, and the Tang army had advanced thirty miles away from Shule City. The north wind blew strongly and the earth was vast. A battle between the Tang Empire and the Dashi Empire was about to break out.

In the palace, the dispute over the tactics of the Great Food Army had lasted for a whole day. Moyali persuaded Agush again and again to give up the idea of ​​leaving the city to fight the Tang army. It was already dusk, but Agush still stubbornly insisted on his own ideas, which made Moyali extremely frustrated. It was not until this moment that Moyali finally had a trace of regret to kill Aros. If he didn't die, he would never have commanded the battle so dogmatically.

"Your Highness, I also admit that the advantage of the Dashi Army is that the cavalry is fighting in the grasslands and deserts. It is where the Dashi Army plays its advantages. I do not deny it, but once and forth, our troops were always superior, and we could maximize the mobility of the cavalry. We could still have a large number of new forces at the last moment. But now it is not possible. Our army is inferior to the Tang army. At this time, we should stick to the city and wait for the arrival of reinforcements. That is the time to confront the Tang army in cavalry. The 30,000 reinforcements from Samojian and Tochar should arrive at Pantuo Ridge. We only need to wait for another five days, and the reinforcements will arrive. Your Highness, think twice!"

"But I can't wait for a day."

Agush's expression was still as cold as a statue. The pride and stubbornness of the Abbas family were fully displayed in him at this moment. He was unmoved at all and snorted coldly: "I think you were scared by the Tang army. You kept saying that the Tubo army was defeated because of the so-called "sky thunder". If you were so naive, you still believed that the Tubo people were defeated because of their Zamp's death and the morale of the army was caused. It was not a thunder. The advantage of our Dashi Army was that the excellent war horses and sharp cavalry were. You gave up these two advantages, but you wanted to fight a city attack and defense with the Tang army. Will you defend the city? Don't you know that the advantage of the Tang army is that they have powerful siege equipment? You know nothing about the Tang army, and you were scared by their chasing in Kashi City."

"Your Highness, I'm not afraid. The Tang army was still thirty miles away, but I just hope that we would go out to fight with it. If they want to attack the city, will they still give us a chance?" In the end, the lion-like man fell to the ground and persuaded the prince to change his mind with tears in his eyes. "The prince has never fought with the Byzantines. I don't know how powerful their Greek fire is. The advanced weapons will change the situation! We fought with the Tubo people for more than a year before barely defeating them, but the Tang army annihilated the Tubo army in just one battle. Your Highness, this is the gap. We must face the reality!"

"Useless bastard! Coward!" Agush finally got angry. He drew his sword and pointed it at him and shouted: "We must go to fight tomorrow morning, otherwise I will kill you for the crime of escaping in the war."

Moyali's lips moved, and finally lowered his head and surrendered to Agush's cold sword.

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In the vast wilderness ten miles east of Shule, two large armies pointed at each other. The Dashi Army finally gave up Shule City to fight. The Dashi Army was well-organized, mainly with fast and flexible cavalry. Its main weapons were spears and short spears. It was good at desert combat, but it was not good at using bows, swords, spears and siege equipment.

In tactical to make up for the shortcomings of weapons and equipment, the formation of combat formations draws on the strengths of Byzantine and Persian troops and is divided into several components along the front and depth, namely the forefront, center, right wing, left wing and rear guard. The two wings are covered by cavalry, and usually have strong reserves. When fighting, light cavalry mainly attacks continuously to exhaust the enemy. When victory is in sight, quickly put the main force into battle.

At this moment, the 50,000 Dashi Army fully reflected the combat characteristics of the Dashi Army. The front line was very long and divided into five legions, with 10,000 people in the vanguard as infantry regiments, and two cavalry regiments of left and right wings assisted by two cavalry regiments of 10,000 people on both sides of the left and right. This triangular formation was like an eagle soaring in the sky. In the 30,000 people in front of the army, the infantry and left-wing cavalry were local troops, and the source of troops came from Tochar, Kang, Shi and other vassal states, while the right-wing cavalry was the Persian Sassanne Benzong army, which was obviously different from the other two armies in terms of equipment.

Two miles away, there are 20,000 guard troops, all of which are cavalry. They are also our clan's army. Their source comes from Jerusalem and Damascus. This is the main force of the Daquan Army to defeat the Tubo people in Tocharo. They are the elite of the Daquan Army, led by Prince Agush himself to suppress the formation.

At this moment, Agush rode on his horse, staring at the Tang army in a distant place with cold eyes. His arrogant and contoured face showed his noble bloodline. His heart was eager to fight with the Tang army to wash away the shame of his capture.

It was the dignity of the Abbas family that made him refuse to return to Baghdad after being released by the Tang army and insisted on seizing military power to fight the Tang army. The head coach of the Tang army was about the same age as him and his identity was equally noble. Such an opponent made Agush feel inexplicably excited. In his opinion, this was no longer a simple contest between the two armies, but also a showdown between him and Zhang Huan.

Although Agush was a romantic idealist, he also knew that his biggest weakness was insufficient. For this reason, he ordered the army of various countries to come to support him, especially the army of Tochar, but it was too late to go in time. When the Tang army was at the city, they either adopted Moyali's suggestion and waited for reinforcements to defend the city, or fought with the Tang army.

Agush resolutely decided that the latter was that the Arab cavalry must not be huddled in the shell like turtles. The place where they fought was between a wide world. Even if they were defeated, they could retreat to the city and wait for reinforcements.

"Strike!" He waved his sword and issued a stern order to attack.

The low and distant sound of the Niuke echoed between the heaven and earth. The front army of the Dashi Army launched the attack, and the first one was ten thousand infantry. They were wearing leather armor, holding giant shields in one hand and short spears in the other, and formed three square formations to attack the Tang army's positions. The light cavalry on the left wing also launched, preparing to attack the Tang army from the side.

Three miles away, the Tang army also deployed 40,000 troops to fight, with flags covering the sky and the sun. In front was 10,000 bows and crossbows, each occupying 5,000 archers and crossbows, and each had 10,000 cavalry on both wings. Behind the bows and crossbows were five,000 dragon-shun spearmen and five,000 chasers.

After these 40,000 troops, about two miles away, the Tang army deployed another 25,000 troops, including 5,000 heavy infantry, 5,000 Modao Army and 10,000 Black Armored Cavalry, and the other 5,000 heavy armored cavalry were the Iron Guards who protected the commander.

Behind it is the Tang army's camp, which is built overnight. There are trenches dug in front of the camp. The huge wooden fences tightly surrounded the camp, and a high sentry post was set up. The Tang army's thunder chariots and siege weapons were all in the camp.

Zhang Huan stood on a wooden platform surrounded by the 5,000 Iron Guards. He coldly observed the movements of the Dashi Army. Judging from the opponent's array and morale, the combat power of this army was similar to that of the Tubo Army, but their cavalry was obviously stronger than that of the Tubo people. This was due to the excellentness of the Dashi war horses, which also made Zhang Huan excited. If a batch of Dashi stallions could be seized in this battle and grazed in the Hexi Corridor, it would greatly improve the combat power of the Tang cavalry, which would play an immeasurable role in the future of the Han people against the invasion of nomadic peoples.

At this time, several scouts rushed from the front to report, "Report to the governor, the enemy has dispatched a total of 50,000 troops to fight us!"

"Fifty thousand people?" Zhang Huan sneered and said to himself: "Does the big cannibals want a city?"

He turned around and asked the veteran Lu Yang who watched the battle with him, "General Lu, how is Shule City and Kucha City?"

"Report to the governor that Shule City does not occupy a large area as much as Kucha City, but its walls are tall and strong, second only to Shuye among all the military towns in Anxi."

Luyang came from Kucha and Zhang Huanxi, but he had not made any achievements. He was very uneasy. Now Zhang Huan asked Shule, how could he not understand what this meant? He bowed and said, "I am willing to lead an army to attack Shule and take this city for the governor."

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment and said to him: "Okay! The old general will work hard and lead 5,000 cavalry to see Shule City. The momentum may be bigger. If possible, take it down directly."

"As for your order!" Lu Yang bowed and bowed and left with great energy.

Zhang Huan kept staring at his heroic back and disappeared before turning to the north, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. Lu Yang just mentioned that Shattered Ye City is the most solid city in Anxi, and I don’t know if Guan Ying can take Shattered Ye City this time? It has been twenty days, but there is no news at all.

At this time, a low horn sound came faintly from the distance, pulling Zhang Huan's thoughts back to the battlefield. This was a signal of the attack of the Great Food Army. He immediately ordered: "Beat the drums and fight!"

The rumbling drums of war sounded, dark clouds closed, the north wind blew across the wilderness, and the prelude to the war finally slowly opened.

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Ten thousand light armored infantry shouted slogans in a low voice, and walked forward quickly, as if a huge black curtain was spread on the ground. They were agile and strong, and like ups and downs, fighting against the Tang army without fear. The left-wing cavalry legion was like an open wing, following the rhythmic progress of the infantry. They were not in a hurry to rush forward, and waited for the infantry to suppress the Tang army's crossbow before rushing to the Tang army's flanks.

"Capture the arrow formation!" Former general Wang Sihu issued a decisive order.

The formation of the 10,000 Tang army's crossbow camp changed, with bow soldiers in front and crossbow soldiers behind, arranged into more than a dozen rows of crossbow formations, with arrows rolling on the strings, and coldly aimed at the opponent. Twenty thousand cavalry also pressed on the left and right to protect the safety of the crossbow soldiers.

Five hundred steps.

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Four hundred steps.

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The enemy has entered the range of crossbow arrows.

The Xinghuang Order Flag waved down, and the Crossbow Army Captain roared: "Shoot the arrow!"

The Tang army took the initiative and shot the crossbow arrows first. Only thousands of arrows were shot at each other, covering the sky and the sun.

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Chapter completed!