Chapter 12: Ambush Outside the City

Zhang Mai snatched the telescope from Xiao Shitou. After a glance, he saw smoke and dust rolling on the road to the west and shouted: "I'm informing the soldiers outside the city, don't miss it!"

Liu An next to him said, "Don't worry, the special envoy, Murong Chunhua is good at listening to the earth. He is also alert and most of the time he has discovered it."

Then he heard Xiao Shitou say, "Yes, the people from Yingyang Camp are hiding behind the Tushan Mountain to pose for us."

Liu An borrowed a telescope from Zhang Mai, held it with his right hand and kept bent his left hand. Zhang Mai asked him what he was doing, but he didn't answer. After bent for a while, he said: "The enemy's march was not fast, he was just trotting. It seems that they haven't noticed something strange here yet. We have a chance in this battle!"

Zhang Mai sent an order to keep the whole city on alert, but his behavior was tight inside and loose outside. Xiao Shitou said, "I'll go down to buy vegetables." Then he slipped down, pretending to buy vegetables, but in fact he conveyed Zhang Mai's order. A group of young soldiers from Longxiang Camp touched the hidden swords, but their faces seemed to be nothing. Their experience in the battle was pretty good, so they were nervous.

Liu An saw it and smiled and said, "These kids are so serious. In fact, they are so far away. Even if the Uighurs see them, they can only see a rough idea. Where can they pay attention to the expression on their faces?"

Zhang Mai said, "It is better for everyone to do things seriously than to be lazy and play. The boys from the Tibetan Monument Valley are very good, simple and active." He also smiled on his face, because he knew that the soldiers around him must be paying attention to him. The more relaxed he seemed, the more relieved the soldiers and generals would be. However, his thoughts were fluctuating in his heart, thinking: "If this battle is fought well, he will definitely be able to capture the Uighur soldiers and generals. If one or two senior generals can be robbed, then he will be expected to obtain information from Talas! The future decisions and whereabouts will depend on this battle. You must win, you must win!"

At this time, the Uighur army was closer. Liu An had already estimated the opponent's strength through the telescope and said happily: "There are only about 1,200 people!" He looked at the telescope further behind the army and said: "I won, I won! There is no army following closely behind the opponent. We have more than 70% of the chance to win!"

"Seventy percent? Where is there another 30 percent?"

Liu An was about to answer that at this time, because the telescope could vaguely see the main equipment of the front-line knights of the Uighur Army. Seeing that it was not a heavy cavalry, he said, "It's not 70%, 80%!" I just thought that if the opponent was a heavy cavalry that had been through the battlefield for a long time and was in good command when encountering the enemy, then it could ensure that the formation was not chaotic, and even break through strongly, turning defeat into victory - but this possibility was not great, and now it can be ruled out."

"Then are there any variables?"

"There are 20% more. One is that I am worried that the other party's general is a rare general. When I walked nearby, I saw the subtle changes of every grass and tree. I suddenly felt that I stopped stepping into our encirclement."

This so-called "sudden feeling" sounds mysterious, but it actually exists. It can be regarded as the intuition cultivated by first-class military strategists on the battlefield. Sometimes the ambush has been clearly arranged properly and has no flaws at all. However, the leader of the army, as the prey, can stop at the cliff at the most dangerous moment. The general asked him why he retreated, but he might not be able to say it, but he smelled the danger and refused to move forward.

"We have a 90% chance of winning! The opponent did not find it." Liu An said. Because the enemy's vanguard had stepped between the two mountains at this time, he could see the opponent without a telescope. Zhang Mai and Liu An had already lie behind the wall to avoid being discovered by the enemy.

Zhang Mai asked: "What is the last variable?"

Liu An said: "Although the other party is not a heavy armored cavalry, the general may not be a peerless figure, but if the entire army is in danger of war, such an iron army may be able to break through even if it is suddenly attacked. Of course, in addition to the elite soldiers, the general must also be a good general."

The chin inside and outside the city suddenly became silent, making the sound of horse hooves between the two mountains more noticeably louder. Xiao Shitou clasped the horizontal knife, bent over and walked to Zhang Mai, and asked, "Enterprise, we must prepare for a fight, right?" The voice was filled with nervousness and excitement. The boy was less than 20 years old, but he seemed to be addicted to war.

Zhang Mai said, "I hope we can't use it."

If even the Longxiang Camp is to be dispatched, it will be that the ambush outside the city will fail, which of course is not what Zhang Mai hopes.

"You must win!" Xiao Shitao grinded his teeth like a little mouse, "At most I can't get the credit this time, so I must win."

Zhang Mai couldn't help laughing, but suddenly there was a loud sound of killing outside the city, and the second half of the laughter was drowned. Zhang Mai was happy and stood up straight. As expected, he saw that more than half of the Uighur army had already crossed between the two mountains. An Shoujing led the crossbowman to suddenly appear and aimed at the second half of the Uighur army below: "Shoot!"

The Uighur general was shocked. When he was about to turn around, Yang Yi had already flashed out from the back of the slope. Yang Dingbang followed him with the leopard camp, and nine hundred people quickly inserted into the middle section of the Uighur army. Arrows were raining on the hillside, and dozens of Uighur cavalry had already fallen off the horses. The Uighur army suddenly encountered an attack and its team couldn't help but scatter. If the general wanted to arrange troops to attack the uphill, Yang Yi had already rushed in front of him!

"kill--"

"kill--"

"Where did the enemy come from, and where did the enemy come from!" The Uighur general roared, commanding and resisting, and shouting angrily: "Where did you come to attack Bograhan's army?"

But the Tang army would not pay attention to him? The crossbowmen on the mountain fired feather arrows one after another, and Yang Yi led the way at the foot of the mountain and attacked desperately. He was outside the Zhaoshan Palace with few enemies and many enemies, and he also rushed to the Uighurs and Hus crying and calling for their parents, burning several camps in a row. At this time, he was waiting for his labor and had the advantage of his troops. He broke the Uighurs' army three times without a meal!

The Uighur army was in chaos, but Yang Yi had just entered the state, and he was like a sharp knife inserted into the flesh, cutting the muscles and bones. Once the muscles and bones collapsed, the rest would be a ball of rotten meat.

Xiao Shitou shouted: "Enterprise, let's go out and help!"

Guo Luo didn't say anything next to him, and shouted, "What are you busy with? Uncle Yong didn't even move."

Liu An touched Xiao Shitou's head and said, "You can't talk nonsense at this time, do you know?"

Xiao Shitou knew that this sentence had just been rash, so he clenched his lips with his teeth and nodded. Although Zhang Mai liked this kid and was not surprised that Guo Fen was ruined by him, his identity became stricter before the battle formation. Although Xiao Shitou was a close servant, Guo Luo and others did not allow him to say anything inappropriate.

Zhang Mai stood up on the wall. When he saw Zhenwu led by Guo Shiyong, the Guangwu battalions had not moved yet. After a while, not only did not continue to enter the battlefield, but instead circled in a direction and circled back from behind Pingfeng Mountain to the back.

Liu An praised: "Brother Shi Yong has a good vision, can see it accurately, and can take it with it firmly!" His age range was between Zhang Mai and Guo Shidao. Zhang Mai and Guo Luo called him brother, and he also called Guo Shi Yong as brother.

At this time, the Uighur army had already begun to be in chaos. Even if Guo Shiyong did not add additional troops, Yingyang and Baotao battalions could win. Therefore, Guo Shiyong secretly ordered a change of flags, but instead turned around to the enemy's backbone. Zhang Mai fought three major battles in a row in a few months, and his understanding of the war also deviated from the rookie level and gradually moved towards the professional level. At this time, he had some ability to see the small things, so he guessed that Guo Shiyong was in favor of the situation and was determined to wipe out the entire situation.

At this time, more than half of the enemy's cavalry had been eaten. The enemy general saw that something was wrong and quickly led his people to escape, but there was no time left?

Yang Yi trapped the army between the enemy and our troops. Although the impact was strong, his target was too obvious. Everyone was afraid of him and everyone was guarding against him. He could not move aggressively. Seeing this, the fifty flying cavalry led by Murong Chunhua broke away from the brigade, circled in an arc, broke into the empty enemy's troops, rushed to the vicinity of the Uighur general, immediately set a bow, shot the arrow, and hit the enemy general's neck!

Zhang Mai saw him at the top of the city and couldn't help but shout! Xiao Shitou's blood was thrusting and said to himself: "When will it be better if I have such a mighty one!"

At this time, the situation on the main battlefield was no longer suspense. Tang Renxiao asked for an order: "Encourt, there is no need to defend the city now. Please allow me to lead six teams of troops out of the city and deploy them in the east, northeast, and southeast directions to collect the remnants of the Uighur army." Zhang Maixu replied, and then took the telescope from Guo Luo and saw that Guo Shiyong arranged the soldiers of the two battalions into one team in the distance. The twelve teams were arranged in twelve positions, almost blocking the enemy's return! This veteran has indeed outstanding military geography. He can only see where it is wide and where it is tight at a glance. Although the troops of only two battalions have been deployed from the southwest to the northwest, it has become a dense net that seems to be sparse and dense.

On this side, Tang Renxiao also led his people to approach the east road. Yang Yi only likes to fight and chase the dead and chase the north and is happy. Zhang Mai passed the order and said, "Let Renxiao order to surrender and avoid killing!" He also said to Xiaoshitou: "Go and find the enemy's chief general who was caught in the arrow. If he is not dead, bring him to see me."

Xiao Shitou was overjoyed when he received the order, climbed up the yellow horse and galloped out of the city.

The battle lasted less than half an hour and the Tang army fought cleanly! There were more than 1,140 invading Uighurs, with weak troops and ambushing. The lower half of the chaos was annihilated, half were captured, and few escaped. The Tang army suffered minimal casualties. Among the generals, Yang Dingbang was injured by a stray arrow in the melee, but he had no worries about his life.

When Guo Shiyong began to clear the battlefield, Xiao Shitou raised the Uighur general and led the city. His ape's arms were relaxed, and he gently lowered it, shouting: "Encourt, this man is not dead yet!"

Seeing that Murong Chunhua's arrow was still embedded in the other party's neck, Zhang Mai ordered Ma Xiaochun: "Take him down to treat and try to save his life." He also said to Guo Luo: "Go and find the generals and interrogate the troops in Talas and Julan City."

Guo Luo said, "Save it." He took the order.

However, Zhang Mai himself went out of the city to comfort Yang Dingbang. At this time, his status, post-war battlefield handling work, and captive reception work were no longer needed to interfere, and Guo Shiyong and others would deal with it.

Guo Shiyong ordered An Shouye to take the prisoners, and took his head to the streets and alleys in the city for a while. The slaves who had just surrendered to the logistics army were oppressed by the Uighur officers and soldiers for a long time. Everyone dared not speak out. At this time, seeing them being defeated by the Tang army, I felt relieved and felt more awe of the Tang army.

As for the residents of Jarres, they became more obedient. Old Nair Shahi sent his son Abul to ask and congratulate him. Zhang Maixu went to the battlefield for a walk. Although Abul was a businessman, he had a wide range of knowledge. After going around the battlefield, he went back to the old Nair Shahi and said, "Awesome, amazing! Judging from the traces left on the battlefield, this time the lord of the city of Dingshangcheng was a tough battle!" Then he lowered his voice and said, "But I listened to some soldiers in Dingshangcheng on the battlefield, which seemed not to be the words of the Western Regions."

"What's the meaning?"

Abule said: "Dad, do you still remember that when Buddhism and my teaching changed disciples to study the scriptures, I lived in Shule Jokhang Temple for a while?"

"Well, are you talking about the Jokhang Temple built by the descendants of Tang Min? So what?"

Abre said: "I lived there for three months and learned some Tang Yan. What the soldiers in Ding Shangcheng said seemed to be Tang Yan."
Chapter completed!