Chapter 113: Dragon Fighting in the Wild

There will always be many signs on the eve of the war. From the time when I heard that the Uighurs began to assemble troops in the west of the city, Zhang Mai knew that a huge showdown was coming.

"Master Faxin," Zhang Mai conveyed the order to Faxin. Faxin was over 20 years older than him and was still a monk. Although he was in the army, Zhang Mai was still polite.

After he conveyed the order, there was a natural confusion and even surprise on Monk Faxin's face. It was true that he was a monk who could not help the battlefield. It was not surprising that Zhang Mai asked him to leave for another thing at this moment, and the plan that Zhang Mai asked him to execute sounded amazingly huge, so after Zhang Mai conveyed the order, he asked him if he needed Zheng Wei to be his helper.

"Of course, Zheng Zhanjun cannot devote himself to this matter. He still has very important things to do."

"Well, then... no need." Faxin said. What Zhang Mai asked him to do sounded incredible, but this period in the Tang army camp gave Faxin a deep understanding and grasp of the style of the imperial envoy's conduct. Before making a decision, Zhang Mai would widely consult his subordinates. At this time, even the guard guard or even the groom would not be disgusted with the proposals he accused him in person. However, once the decision was decided, he would not like to point fingers, because what he needed was execution.

As the supreme leader of the Anxi Tang Army, Zhang Mai had an important concept. He believed that even decisions with flaws could produce positive results if they were executed in place. If the execution exceeded expectations, it could produce unexpected results. On the contrary, if the execution was not effective, then no matter how good the planning was, it would be empty.

Now, Zhang Mai's expression made Faxin feel that the task assigned to him could only be carried out.

"Yes." Faxin received the order and said that he did not need Zheng Wei's help. However, he hoped that Master Faru would call for this matter.

"Don't ask me what you want to do. You can make a decision if you want to use someone, and you can even need my cooperation - but you are the person in charge of the whole thing, do you understand?"

"Yes." Faxin was surprised that he was not disgusted with Zhang Mai's harsh and domineering tone.

Perhaps, in the Western Regions, such people should be the ones that need the most.

There is still no news about Abul, which makes Zheng Wei a little worried.

In the inner camp, the merchant envoys who had started three or four days a day have now completely disappeared. Although Shule City has many open or dark passages, once Hushagar strengthens supervision, it will become very difficult to leave the city.

However, the power of the high priest of the Zoroastrian Church was obviously not comparable to those merchants. Just when Hushagar had stepped up his guard against the city, his envoy actually left the city and entered the Tang family camp.

The envoy asked to see Zhang Mai, but Zheng Wei blocked it: "Is there a letter written by the High Priest Mubed to the Special Envoy Zhang?"

"How could this be possible!" The envoy frowned at Zheng Wei's question, "Young Master Aqimu..."

"I'm sorry, please call me Mr. Zheng, or Zheng joins the army." Zheng Wei corrected him.

"Well, Mr. Zheng. Although our Zoroastrian power is enough to send me out of the city, that doesn't mean that entering and leaving Shule is a smooth road for me. If I can come out, I only have 40% or 50% of the time, and the chance of being intercepted is a great opportunity."

"So what?"

"So what? Since there is such a danger, how could I still bring the letters of the high priest? If this kind of evidence that cannot be turned around is taken away by the people of the Tianfang Sect, even the High priest Mubed will be in danger."

Zheng Wei still seemed to have not understood: "Then are you here this time?"

"The high priest had a message to bring to the envoy Zhang."

"What message?"

The messenger showed a little impatientness on his face: "I must meet Special Envoy Zhang before I can say it."

"Is that right?" Zheng Wei sighed softly, and the sigh seemed to be telling the messenger something was a coincidence: "Then you may not see Special Envoy Zhang, he is very busy now."

The messenger stared at Zheng Wei for a while before saying, "Young Master Zheng, you stop me privately. If you miss a big deal, can you afford it?"

Zheng Wei's expression was still faint. Although he was young, he was not a young man in negotiating with others: "You still haven't figured out the situation."

"Status? What's the situation?"

Zheng Wei smiled slightly and said, "You don't seem to understand. Special Envoy Zhang led more than 10,000 cavalry all the way. He never thought of relying on outsiders. He was like this when he was still west of the Geluoling Pass, and now it's even more so. Huh? Don't understand? Then I'll say it more directly: Special Envoy Zhang has planned to flatten Shule from the beginning! Those who follow will prosper, and those who rebel will perish! In his eyes, Hu Shagar is just a native chicken and tile, and as for others, it is not worth mentioning."

Although Zheng Wei's words were tactful, he also heard the meaning of it: Hu Shagar and Zhang Mai didn't take it seriously, let alone Mubaid. The subtext of these sentences was clearly saying: Your Zoroastrianism is not as important as you think! The messenger's face changed, but he was not so easy to fool. He smiled at the sky and said, "Your Majesty Zheng, you are a little full of words!"

Zheng Wei smiled and said, "When Sulai came to see me on behalf of Satuk, he used the same words as you. But now he already knows how ridiculous we were."

What is Su Lai's identity? The messenger was very clear. His eyes showed a twelve-point surprise: "Elder General Su Lai?" A terrible inference suddenly appeared in his mind: "You... did you... you came here after defeating Bograhan?"

Zheng Wei did not answer positively, nor did he weave a lie, but said expressionlessly: "What is the outcome of Satuk now? After this battle, you will know what Hu Shagar looks like."

Will meet this end.

Zheng Wei's arrogance was not his own personality. At that moment, he was more like Zhang Mai's clone, and Zhang Mai's arrogance was not a deliberate attitude - it was the external attitude decided by the senior leaders of the Tang army after discussion.

"These fence-bearing grasses of Shule are just to explore our verbal words now. They will not provide any substantial help to us until we decide the outcome with Hushagar." Li Bin said at the time.

"So, what if the winner is decided?"

"After deciding the winner? Haha, the bargaining chips we negotiated with them at that time were different." Then Li Bin's words concluded that it was Zhang Mai.

When Mubaid's envoy went back to rest, the Tang army had already begun to assemble. Although this war was imperative, Zhang Mai did not intend to hand over the initiative to Hushagar. Before the Uighur army was assembled, the Tang army had already begun to act.

The general direction of combat tactical direction was decided by Zhang Mai, the arrangement of the battlefield formation was Guo Shiyong's proposal, and the commander-in-chief on the battlefield was Guo Luo-

The first Zhechong Mansion and the third Zhechong Mansion were the main forces of this battle, but Guo Shiyong did not recommend that these 2,100 people be placed in the middle of the battle formation, but hid in the back, at the core position on the front, Guo Shiyong arranged 1,500 infantry formations! The core of the people is the 300 Modao and Battle Axe Battalion led by Xi Sheng. The fifth Zhechong Mansion, the long-range troops of the Tang army, is the best in the infantry and cavalry. At this time, all dismounted, including 300 soldiers holding long shields and horizontal swords, and 300 soldiers holding guns.

The spears and nine hundred people interspersed, forming a very dense infantry formation. After nine hundred people, there were top 300 archers and top 300 crossbowmen, a total of 600 long-range shooting troops. The crossbow weapons in the Chinese world were unique in the world. Due to limited conditions, the Tang army was unable to have heavy bed crossbows and chariot crossbows. However, the 600 crossbowmen under An Shoujing still had some advantage over the regular army under Hu Shagar, and had obvious advantages over the temporary herdsmen.

The infantry was densely packed and placed on a wilderness like the northwest. From a distance, I felt very small. The Uighur tribes, who had gathered 30,000 people, burst into laughter when they saw it. Although most of them had heard of the legend that the imperial envoy of the Tang Dynasty had exceeded 7,000, before they arrived in Shule, they were a little afraid, but they couldn't help laughing.

"Just a little infantry, squeezing in such a palm-sized place, we will let go of the horse and rush over later. We can level him without a second round!"

"That's right, that's right!"

Before leaving the city, they received Hushagar's orders, asking them not to underestimate the enemy. But now seeing the enemy's appearance, all the troops who came to rescue felt that they were sure to win, and even the Minzhuang who were temporarily mobilized were full of confidence. If Hushagar had not had strict orders, they would have probably rushed out now.

"This group of Tang Kou is so famous, it's great!" Many people thought to themselves. The more famous the enemy is, the more contribution they will make after defeating them. At this moment, no one has considered the issue of victory or defeat. All people think about what kind of reward they can get after victory.

When facing infantry, cavalry always has a condescending psychological advantage, that is, they don’t take the same number of infantry opponents seriously, not to mention that the number of Tang troops is much smaller than them!

However, the two soldiers and horses on both sides of the infantry formation attracted their attention—

On the left is Guo Shiyong's fourth Zhechong Mansion, and on the right is Xue Suding's Zhaowu Army. The two light cavalry disciplines were quite strict in the past, especially the Fourth Zhe Chong Mansion. As a cavalry formation, it was neatly comparable to the infantry formation. Under Guo Shiyong's supervision, it seemed that even the horses knew the military rules. The 1,200 Zhaowu Army under Xue Suding was selected from the Zhaowu Army, which was originally a few thousand people. One of the three was also the strongest among the Western Regions generals. Xue Suding himself was also quite talented. He set off for thousands of miles from Talas, and the combat effectiveness of this army was recognized by Zhang Mai and other senior leaders of the Tang army.

After these three tribes, there seemed to be one or two thousand soldiers and civilians, but the number was not large. Shule's farmers and the newly recruited tribes did not appear on this battlefield. Zhang Mai kept his word and really planned to use these 5,700 people to defeat the tens of thousands of Uighurs' army.

Guo Luo took Zhang Mai's telescope and boarded the chariot behind the formation. There was a raised cushion on the car. Looking into the distance, he calculated, "More than 35,000 people, less than 40,000 people."

"Hu Shagar has invested a lot!" Zhang Mai said: "It seems that he is planning to defeat us in one fell swoop. Well, that's right. On such a battlefield, it seems that there is no trick. There are many Uighur soldiers, so it should be beneficial to them." At this point, Zhang Mai sneered: "But, I just want to come!"

Hu Shagar originally planned to start the war after 2pm and end the battle before dusk, so that he could drink at the moonlight in the flattened Tang Kou military camp - but to his surprise, the Tang army, who was weak in military strength, actually took action in advance.

"These Tang Kou are so arrogant! They dare to attack me. Do they think that less than 20% of our troops can face the enemy head-on with me?"

The myth of 300 or 7,000 is useful to those below. After Hu Shagar carefully interrogated the soldiers who fled Shule afterwards, he was already very clear: outside the Jokhang Temple, the reason why the Tang army won and the Uighurs were defeated was due to many conditions. There were many accidental factors in it, which may not be able to truly reflect the strength comparison between the Tang and Hui sides.

"After that time, these Tang Kou were blinded by victory? I really thought that they could break 7,000 to 300, or 70,000 to 300? Humph! If Zhang Mai really thought this way in his heart, then he would not be far from destruction! Today will be his death date! I want these thousands of Tang Kou to bury their bodies on this battlefield!"

"Brothers!" Zhang Mai put on the new silver dragon mask made by Guo Fen for him, raised the red satin blood spear, and walked in the middle of the battle formation. Under the rising sun, the red satin on the blood spear looked particularly bright, arousing the blood-killing impulse of thousands of Tang soldiers. "Have your butcher knife sharpened? Over there!" He pointed to the direction of the Uighur army opposite: "There are 35,000 fat and stupid pigs!"

Hearing Zhang Mai’s description, thousands of people laughed wildly together.

Although the Tang army had a small number, they had experienced the core forces' victory with few enemies and large numbers of enemies several times. They were not panicked at this time, and Zhang Mai's description of completely despising the enemy's army even inspired everyone's passion.

Zhang Mai raised his spear and hit a sword: "Today, we are not here to fight, but to kill pigs! Hu Shagar, this stupid pig! He thought that driving tens of thousands of pigs would scare people, but he didn't know that under our butcher knife, no matter how many pigs there were, they had only one fate! That is - to be slaughtered!"

Thousands of people burst into laughter again, and the Uighurs and tribes on the opposite side also heard it faintly, but they didn't know what the Tang army was laughing at.

Zhang Mai raised his blood spear again: "Brothers, cheer up your spirits and make your blood boil! We have been killing thousands of miles and have now reached the doorstep of our house. From this moment on, the action to restore the Western Regions has begun! From the recovery of the Western Regions, from the recovery of the four towns of Anxi, and from the recovery of the four towns of Anxi, we will start with the recovery of this Shule! Brothers, hold your swords, horizontal swords, bows, crossbows, and long shields! Today, we will take back our homeland that has been occupied for a hundred years! Brothers, think about your own glory! In the battle of Edan, the famous Uighur general Huolan stopped you! "

"No!" Thousands of people shouted together.

"Above Mount Zhao, did the Uighurs' third largest Khan Toulon stop you?"

"No!" The violent answer had a kind of iron-like coldness.

"What is the end of Sekan in the Broken Leaf Desert?"

"He's finished!" Shi Ba rushes to scream, and thousands of people laugh.

"Who drove Satuk away from outside the city of Julan?"

"We!" Thousands continued to shout.

"So today, what will happen if Hu Shagar, this stupid pig and his tens of thousands of people meet you?"

"They are dead!" "Slaughter them! Slaughter them!"

Zhang Mai pointed his spear and the infantry formation took action!

They did not walk fast, but every step they took was shaking the earth. Under Guo Luo's dispatch, the cavalry on both sides maintained their formation and slowly advanced, and lagged behind the infantry formation more than twenty steps. From a distance, the Tang army was like an arrow. The infantry formation was the tip of this arrow. Although thousands of people were surging with blood, they made Hu Shagar slightly surprised and maintained calm steps.

But Hu Shagar had no time to react, and even had no choice. Although he felt that the Tang army had launched an offensive beyond his expectations, he could not order his retreat. It would not only hurt morale, but also make him cowardly, and he could not wait any longer, because with the advancement of the Tang army, the most effective warm-up, acceleration and final charge distance of the cavalry were about to disappear.

At this time, we must face the battle quickly!

But let those stupid tribes be cannon fodders first!

The Uighurs's order flag was waving, and 12,000 tribes of the surrounding area turned over and horses. After leaving the city, these people had already rested. At this time, they received the order and rushed up immediately.

At the top of Shule City, Hu Shagar smiled. How much strength these Tang Kou have, just use these cannon fodder to test it out. And after this round of tests, even if Tang Kou can gain the upper hand, his strength will probably be almost exhausted. At that time, the main force will use a thunder strike in the future. This group of Tang Kou, who has troubled Bograhan for a long time, will end in his own hands!

Guo Luo also smiled on the command chariot. Although he was young, he had been through many battle formations. He knew very well that not only could each battle be cut into several battlefields, but each battlefield could actually be cut into several local battlefields. If he could continuously gain advantages on the local battlefield and add up this advantage in a series, it was possible to create the result of defeating the majority with few! The Tang army was at a disadvantage in the entire battlefield, but Guo Luo was confident that the Tang army could have an advantage in combat power in local battlefields!
Chapter completed!