Chapter 12: Broken Wall Engraving ()

The fire started from the third hour of the night, and the next day, until dawn was not completely extinguished. Zhang Mai, accompanied by Guo Luo and Guo Fen, rode his horse in through a gap in the south. Compared to when he first came to this world, Zhang Mai's riding skills were much better. Although he was not very stable in riding a horse, he was completely fine to trot. If he was still in modern society, he was afraid that he would not be able to grow so much in more than half a month. It was really a force for the times to make such progress now. Especially the thousands of miles of escape, he spent almost immediately except for eating and sleeping. The bumps in those twenty days made him almost disperse his bones, but the foundation of riding skills had been laid during that period.

There is a good horse under his seat. He will find a place without flames and heat charcoal. When he walks from the south of the city, he can only describe it as a terrible sight along the way.

The majority of Uighurs were actually burned to death in this fire. Hundreds of people were actually trampled to death, killed by accident, or crushed by collapsed buildings, and the most cause of death was death by thick smoke.

The three of them came to the center of Tucheng. Even Guo Fen, who had been through war, felt nauseous when he saw it. Zhang Mai even vomited out immediately with a wow.

This is the base camp of Suiye City, Guo Shidao's official residence and residence. From the night before yesterday to yesterday, Suiye Army and civilians used oil paste to apply all over the city, leaving behind this official residence and several houses around it without oil.

After the fire broke the road to the city, it became the only place in the city that had not caught fire. Everyone was greedy for life and had not escaped from the city yet and had not yet died instinctively rushed towards this place without fire. Hundreds of people were crowded together, but they avoided the fire but failed to avoid the smoke. When the fire in Saiye City was burning to the extreme, the smoke was smoked, hundreds of people were killed here.

Most of the people who died here had no wounds on their bodies, and even their clothes were not damaged. However, they were densely packed with hundreds of corpses like stacks of arhats, which made the person they saw shudder.

Disgusting is disgusting, terrible is terrible, but this is the case with war. Guo Shidao ordered the search for spoils, and even the valuable things in the corpse would not be spared.

However, the Black Khan Dynasty lost a general and a cavalry unit was wiped out. It is unknown whether the Hu people would launch a crazy counterattack against the Tang army next. Although the Tang army won the victory, the ruined city of Shuye City was destroyed, and the Tang people would face ten times more dangerous in the future. In this case, any means must be used, and no little resources can be spared.

More than a hundred prisoners were driven to search the bodies, and the body of the chief general Maswude was also found. Ding Hanshan seized an Arabian scimitar with rubies from him and presented it to Zhang Mai. Zhang Mai pulled out the knife, but felt a cold light shining on the blade, and there was an inscription engraved on the scabbard. Tang Renxiao told him that it was Arabic, meaning "blood teeth".

Zhang Mai thought to himself: "If I lose this battle, then my Qilin dagger may be held in the hands of this Uighur general like this 'blood-toothed' scimitar."

After Yang Dingguo interrogated the prisoners, he learned that reinforcements were indeed coming. Guo Shidao said: "We have to deal with this place quickly and then quickly retreat into the Spark Fort!"

Guo Luo asked: "Does the Uighurs come with a lot of reinforcements?"

Yang Ding Guodao: "There may be 1,6,700 people, less than 2,000."

The Tang army was not counted as a non-combat army with only eight hundred people, only half of the opponent's troops. However, after defeating Maswude, the whole army was highly motivated and full of confidence. They didn't care much about the enemy who was twice as good as theirs. Yang Yi said: "Then let them come and fight again to see if they are the Han men, or are they powerful Uighurs!"

Yang Dingguo repelled him, and Guo Shidao said, "This time we were able to win a great victory, both out of the plot of Special Envoy Zhang and the favor of God. This kind of thing must not be repeated. The Uighurs came from afar, and they must be all light cavalry, but we still dragged so many families and young people. If we really fight, we will definitely suffer losses. What's more, the news from the prisoners, the reinforcements that came this time, the person who led the troops was called Satuk Bogra, who was a very powerful general among the Uighur Khan tribe, and it was not easy to mess with."

Satuk Bogra?

Zhang Mai has never heard of it, and it is no wonder that he is not a historian. The ancient generals he knows are all outstanding figures like Han Xin and Yue Fei who have surpassed their eras, or who are extremely famous because of a certain historical event and have become historical celebrities in the history and education science, astronomy and network media. Otherwise, even if he is considered a first-class figure in his era, it will be difficult for him to enter Zhang Mai's vision.

Guo Luo said, "Satuk Bogra? If he comes, then we have to be careful!"

Zhang Mai asked, "Is this person very powerful?"

"Well, he is the younger brother of the Uighur Khan Arslan. He is an extremely powerful figure among the countries west of the Pamir Mountains. He was only in his thirties and had already killed his uncle to seize the city and seized Talas again from the Saman Dynasty. That was a battle to seize teeth from the tiger's mouth." Yang Yi said.

Zhang Mai said: "Then we have to leave quickly. It's better to clean the road into the mountains and set up some mystery so that he thinks we're burning the city and leaving."

He just said casually, but Guo Luo and Yang Yi responded: "Yes!" and took it as an order.

Zhang Mai thought about it and said, "Yeah, let's leave a souvenir before leaving."

He then carved a few lines of words on a broken wall, and then he was commanded by Guo Shidao and retreated into the mountains.

Two days later, a Uighur army slowly approached and came to the ruined Xinshuye City. The bodies of the Uighur army who died here were lined up by the Tang army. Maswude was placed in front, as if displayed there waiting for the underworld to review. A gust of wind blew, and all Uighur people who saw this scene felt a chill on their necks and a chill in their hearts.

A young Uighur general shouted when he saw it: "Demonstration! Demonstration! This Tang gang! Demonstration!" The general named Huolan stuttered, but was a very famous general among the Uighur tribes, but he was frightened and angry at this time.

An elite cavalry with more than 2,000 people was destroyed overnight, and an important general qualified to command a 10,000 troops was destroyed. This was a rare event in the Black Khan Dynasty in recent years! Even when it was fighting with the overlord of Khotan Buddhism and even the Saman Dynasty, the overlord of Central Asia, the Uighurs, rarely suffered such a great defeat.

A general under forty years old and with a stern face approached on a lion, staring at Maswud's face with his eyes closed, murmured: "How many troops do this group of Tang Kou have mastered?"

This general is the best among the Karakhs royal family - Satuk Bogra.

He had found some battle situations from the deserters, but after seeing Maswude's defeat, he did not believe the descriptions of the panicked soldiers. Maswude is a long-time general in the army. Regardless of his previous record, he could only track him down from the fact that he could follow Guo Shidao and others to see that he was not a fuel-efficient lamp. The troops under his command were also one of the elites of the Uighurs. The enemy had the ability to wipe out Maswude, and it was no problem to trick a little trick to confuse the enemy.

The Black Khan Dynasty was a dynasty established by the Uighurs who moved westward. It spoke the Turkic language and inherited the political traditions of some Turks. In the country, there were two main and deputy khans standing together. Although the deputy khan had to obey the orders of the Khan, they themselves had a certain degree of independence. Once the strength of the Khans exceeded that of the Khans, they could replace it.

The powerful factions within the dynasty have always followed their strength. They did not abide by the ancestral law but the jungle law. They often caused chaos in the world because of the struggle for the Khan throne. They moved the concept of the nomadic empire clan system from the private law field to the national legal field. The dynasty was considered the property of the entire Khan clan, and could be robbed. Sometimes the powerful vassals did not recognize the rule of the imperial leader at all. The Khan was always wary of those who were too powerful. Sometimes this vigilance even exceeded the alertness of foreign tribes.

Satuk's uncle, Deputy Khan, had the strength to threaten Satuk's father, Basil Khan. In order to weaken his younger brother, Basil was besieged by the Saman Dynasty when Talas, the capital of Agurchak, was besieged by the Saman Dynasty. As a result, 10,000 Uighur soldiers died in the battle, and even Agurchak's wife was captured. The two brothers formed a deep hatred. Agurchak's army migrated to the Shule area and gradually recovered its strength. However, before he had time to have the opportunity to take revenge, he died at the hands of his nephew, Basil's second son Satuk. And Talas, which originally belonged to him, was restored by Satuk's troops.

Satuk, who had two great masters in a row, began to use the title of "Borgla Khan" to the outside world.

Before he knew it, Satuk Bogra also became his brother, the strong enemy of the Uighur Khan Arslan, the contemporary Uighur Khan, which seemed to have become the fate of every generation of Uighur Khans.

Masoud is a man from Khan Arslan, a capable and qualified general who commands a large army of ten thousand people! It is a very troublesome obstacle for Satuk, who covets the golden tent of Khan. Satuk is not sad about Masoud's death, but he is thinking about what kind of person can defeat this famous person who is deeply afraid of even himself.

Although the opponent's situation is not clear, the more unknowable the enemy is, the more dangerous it is.

"Don't stay here for a long time!" Satuk made up his mind. Since this group of Tang knights had the strength to kill Maswude's entire army, they could also kill him. Moreover, the few soldiers and horses he brought this time went deep into the remote areas alone, and the enemy's reality was not clear about the enemy's weaknesses and strengths. The enemy was dark and we were clear, and there was no chance of winning this battle.

"I originally thought that this time I went with Maswude to deal with a group of robbers was to kill chickens and use a slaughter. It seems that I underestimated them this time... I'd better go back to Balashaguen first, call the general to increase his troops, and then make plans!"

In this vast land, it usually takes more than several times the force to find the opponent.

"Bograhan, please come and see here!"

The lion examined walked to the broken wall, and two lines of Chinese characters came into view:

——Where we are, we are China!

——Where are we, the Tang Dynasty!

——Zhang Mai

Although the Tang Dynasty temporarily withdrew from Central Asia, Chinese culture has far-reaching influence. Some people in the Uighur army still recognize Chinese characters, and Satuk himself also speaks some Chinese.

Although the words on the Broken Wall are vulgar, they are even written Chinese that does not belong to this era, after listening to the translation, all the Uighurs were shocked. Satuk also looked up at the winding and flowing southeastern River, murmured: "Zhang Mai, Zhang Mai... Is this a new hero among the Han people?"

A ray of glow spread from the east...
Chapter completed!