In the end, the negotiation agreement between the Great Min and the Arab Empire was still not negotiated, and Li Jie was willing to give out 1,000 boxes of tobacco and 100 boxes of silk to ransom the captured iron cavalry soldiers, the price of these goods was much more valuable than wheat, and the eyes of the smoked Arab generals under Hussein's command were red.

However, Hussein was unmoved, and insisted on being here, no wealth was precious to the Arab army, no smoke, at most uncomfortable, no silk, no clothes, but no food, only starvation.

The tone was weaker than at the beginning of the negotiations, Hussein insisted on 30,000 stone wheat and refused to let go, and in disappointment, Abdullah had to say goodbye under the pretext that it was getting late, and come back tomorrow to continue negotiations.

This night was destined to be a sleepless night for the Arabs, surrounded by the ransom of Damin, dozens of Arab bearded men gathered in Hussein's tent to make noise, some of the addicts insisted on hundreds of boxes of tobacco leaves, and the imam worshippers who ******all thought that they should be abstinent strongly supported Hussein's decision, but in addition, these white-robed old men still demanded some more sandalwood, and the dipterocarp was used to worship the gods.

It's really like Hussein is the God of Wealth, and the mess of the Arab leaders fighting over this ransom makes Hussein's irritable head like a fight.

Unconsciously, the news of Damin's high-profile ransom caused a stir in the Arab army, and everyone knew about it.

The quarrel stopped until the sub-hour, although there was no war, but the confrontation with the huge Min * regiment, this kind of mental pressure was also very draining, and the tired upper echelons of the Arab Empire finally went home, ready to divide the ranks when the Fujian envoy came again tomorrow.

As for the various clans of the huge Arab Legion, they have already entered the dream in advance, anyway, how to divide the spoils of war is a matter for the upper echelons, even if they change to tobacco, it will not be their turn, is there a mother-in-law in this place to follow, can contribute to the next generation of the empire, why don't you sleep.

Another hour later, the two armies that collided with each other on the horizon fell asleep like two tired beasts.

The big pit that pitted the ironclad cavalry of the Fujian army was about 200 meters away from the Arabs in the middle of the two armies, and with these precious meat tickets, Hussein specially sent a clan army of more than 3,000 to set up wooden tents around the pit to guard it.

It's not that Hussein doesn't want to fish out Yao Geluo and the others, but the will of these Damin ironclad cavalry is too tenacious, and they resist stubbornly and hurt a few Arab soldiers who are fishing, so Hussein doesn't care about him and lets them squat in the cold pit.

For these ironclad cavalry captives, Hussein can not be said to be unimportant, the clan sent to guard is one of the dozen or so clans that supported Mu Sheng's unification of the Arabian Peninsula that year, in the words of the Chinese, it is called the grace of the world, the combat effectiveness of the three thousand cavalry is also quite strong, equipped with a small number of Persian scale armor and Damascus scimitar, in the field, such an army is above other armies of one or two thousand.

However, after all, it was a clan army, not a regular Damascus army formed under Muawiyah.

Most of the cavalry hid in the nomadic tents and slept, and the remaining patrolling soldiers were also scattered, yawning around the pits, and as time went on, the number of patrols became smaller and smaller, and no one added camel dung burned in the brazier, and torches stained with animal fat became more and more scarce.

With the breeze blowing, the last torch fell from the sleeping sentry's hand to the ground, and the hot ash made the sentry grin and turn his head to the side, but it was again grunting and falling into a dream.

When it is ugly, it is equivalent to two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, when people are most tired, the Arab camp guarding near the pit is already pitch black, except for the occasional sound of the clatter in the pit and the small sound of the Fujian ironclad cavalry and heavy armor colliding with each other, it is silent as if dead.

It is no wonder that these Arabs are careless, on the one hand, Damin is already going to pay for ransom, what else is there to worry about, on the other hand, the requirements for night warfare in this era are too high.

Not to mention the era of cold weapons, even in the era of Li Jie in later generations, night battles are a headache, non-high-quality troops can be implemented, just like the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the 29th Army Broadsword Team once took advantage of the night to kill the little Japanese ghosts crying wolf, in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the long volunteer army also relied on night attacks, crawling large-scale attacks, even if the US army encountered this kind of attack, it was also beaten.

In the black light and blind fire, the sergeant's vision is limited to the extreme, he can't see his general, he can't see his colleagues, and the tension and fear in his heart are easy to collapse, so the night attack requires the army to have a strong psychological quality.

On the other hand, in the era of cold weapons, there is a need for a close army charge, the commander often needs to shout to lead the army, and the soldiers also need to watch the back of their chief officer to follow the battle, but the night almost extinguishes all light sources, and the officers who can command eighty people during the day can not command eight people at night, and the sergeants are also required to have a strong independent combat ability and a set of sophisticated contact methods.

These, whether the Eastern Roman Empire, the Sassanid Empire, or the armies of other ethnic enemies around the Arabs, had few armies that met such requirements, and the Arabs encountered so few night raids that they did not even remember them, and it is no wonder that the simple-minded Arabs who came out of these great deserts were lax.

To tell the truth, even in Damin, there are not many troops that meet the conditions for night attacks, Li Jie's Praetorian Guard is counted as one in the black, and there is a chassar under the command of Guanning Iron Cavalry who are all composed of black water and Tassels, just right, Li Rang also has a night attack force, and the scale is larger than the first two.

Moreover, Li Rang's command is even more suitable for night battles than these elite regiments of Damin.

At the ugly time, even in the Fujian army, most of the camp fires were extinguished, and only a few tent lights and street lamps were still on, and on the river beach plain in front of the two armies, the scalp tingling sound sounded faintly in the haze.

In a nomadic tent near the northeast corner, a bearded Arab nobleman walked out of the tent in a daze, lifted his robe and put water on the sand beside the tent.

Aardwolf?

In this barren and primitive land, there are sometimes more animals than people, and even during the daytime there are these guys hanging around the two armies trying to pick up a free lunch, so it is not surprising that the bearded man's first thought is the most common enemy.

Relying on the courage of the artist, he pulled out the Damascus scimitar, and did not call his companions, but the bearded cat bent his waist and cautiously touched the back of the tent where the sound was made.

It seems that there is something dangling, but the lack of light source The bearded eyes are really dark, more carefully crouched down, the knife is defending in front of him, and the beard's pace is slower, but before he can get closer, there is a little cool breeze blowing behind him, and then a soft towel with a pungent smell covers his mouth and nose, and in just a few seconds, the five big and three thick old men are dizzy and don't know anything.

In the pit, hundreds of ironclad cavalry shivering from the cold supported each other and crowded in the northeast corner of the pit, the temperature difference between day and night in West Asia was very large, and they were already fainting in the sun during the day, so they naturally couldn't wear more clothes in the armor, but at night, after taking off the iron armor, many people were actually naked.

The cold wind was blowing around him, and his thick black chest hair didn't give him much warmth, and he was carrying Da Xuan to maintain the majesty of Da Min, and he had to open his arms and not shrink into a ball like other sergeants, this time, a ball of snot flowed from his wide nose to a thick beard, and he sucked it like eating noodles.

Staring at the top of his head, Yao Geluo was anxious, and lifted the iron armor, but they lost the last bit of protection, and now if the Arabs are black, a rain of arrows can make them all accountable, but time passes minute by minute, but the expected reinforcements have not been rewound for a long time, staring at the dark sky, Yao Geluo's heart is almost jumping out.

"Abba, the king next door, Ayidebo!"

Just when Yao Geluo was anxious to chatter, Leng Buding almost didn't let him jump up, and the language he didn't understand seemed eerie and strange, and it suddenly appeared in the silent night, even the experienced Yao Geluo was hairy on his back, especially the next scene made his teeth chatter.

In front of the dark night sky, a row of big white teeth suddenly appeared, which seemed to smile greedily at them, and immediately frightened some timid sergeants sat directly on the ground.

"There's a ghost!"

"Shh!!h

A pleasant voice sounded, a black mask was taken off, and a normal face was revealed, and the finger strokes in front of the mouth viciously shut up those cowards, and the kite whispered to the equally hairy general Yao Geluo.

"Under the command of the king of the county of Hezhong, the governor of the Lower Arabian Prefecture, I am ordered to rescue you from the trap, please be quiet and restrained!"

Listening to the non-standard Tang sound of the kite, Yao Geluo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

More than a dozen easy-to-carry soft rope ladders were thrown down, and the ironclad cavalry trapped below climbed up with the rope ladder in turn, and then was immediately wrapped in a black cloak and pushed back, while some of the seriously wounded were tied up like rope mummies, hoisted up, and trapped in the pit, and the number of the ironclad cavalry of the Fujian army decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It wasn't until the soldiers under his command came out that Yao Geluo also climbed up with the rope ladder, but just out of the pit, Yao Geluo's heart almost didn't jump out again.

In order to guard the captives, the Arab tents were set up on the edge of the pit, and Yaogro could even see the Arab patrols sleeping against the tent roots, and he and the others were running away under the noses of the Arabs.

This feeling is like reaching out to steal meat from the mouth of a sleeping lion, and it is so frightened that Yao Geluo dare not breathe......