The Golden Lion King's sworn words made Divine Babylon's eyes move slightly.

Will a siege battle be more disadvantageous than a field battle?

What powerful siege armament does it mean to daydream about?

Holy Babylon didn't continue to ask, nodding silently and leaving, going to his allies to discuss his next steps.

Half a month ago, he used it as a bait to lure Gao Xianzhi's troops and horses to attack in the Green Ridge, so that he lost his troops, but fortunately he didn't send out all the troops of the alliance at that time, otherwise even if he had the heart to continue to participate in the war at this time, he would only be a bare-bones commander.

That night, the calm surroundings of Talas City.

An undercurrent contest that lasted from sunset to dawn.

The Arab side wants to find out enough information about daydreaming, and Mo Xiaobai has always liked to sprinkle sentry spouts around the camp and targets.

The sentinels of both sides hid, fought, and captured live people within a range of more than ten miles. However, it was not until the next day that the sky turned white, and neither side was able to achieve the set goal.

"Lord, the thirteen sentry teams sent out last night have all returned."

Early in the morning, Li Ji and Guo Jia came to Mo Xiaobai to report the situation, neither of them was in high spirits, Mo Xiaobai pointed to the desk next to him when he saw it:

"Take a sip of hot porridge and sit down."

Seeing that the lord was so unhurried, the two also shook their heads and sat down with a smile.

Waiting for the guards next to him to serve hot porridge to the two, Guo Jia held it in his hand and said: "Lord, last night there was a dark battle, which lost six black-clothed guards, fifteen sentry agents in the battalion, and another chief was seriously injured. ”

Mo Xiaobai put down his chopsticks, looked up and said, "Did you find anything?" ”

"The big food sentinel did not hesitate to die, and did not give the black-clothed guard a chance to be captured alive."

Even the black-clothed guards can't catch a single mouth, and so many people have died?

Although Mo Xiaobai did not come to the battlefield in person, he could also think of the style of those Arab sentinels, fanatical Shiites, and suicide may not be as difficult as imagined for them.

Seeing that the two of them were still relieved, Mo Xiaobai shook his head at the moment: "Don't keep your face strained, it's not a big deal if you don't live your mouth, after all, Talas City is in front, and it can't run." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ji hesitated for a while and said, "Lord, maybe we don't have to rush to attack the city. ”

"What do you mean?"

Li Ji opened his mouth and said: "The last general thought that yesterday the Great Cannibals sent hundreds of spies out of the city to listen to the news of our army, which is enough to show that they are not bent on protecting the city. ”

"Last night's fight is proof that the big cannibal can't hold back and wants to take the initiative to fight us?"

Li Ji nodded immediately, that's what he meant.

Blindly defending the city is mostly a strategy adopted by the weaker side. Now that Da Shi has a favorable city and geographical location, and the army is more dominant, there is no reason to keep shrinking. Although they didn't catch the live mouth yesterday, it is clear from the actions of the big cannibals that they will not wait.

"They're going to attack, so we'll wait here."

Rubbing his head, Mo Xiaobai finally knew why the two people in front of him came: "You came early in the morning to persuade me to postpone the attack and repair the camp first?" ”

"The lord is wise." Guo Jia smiled at this time and bowed slightly.

"Okay, this matter is coordinated by Mao Gong, let the soldiers use local materials to strengthen the camp."

Mo Xiaobai shook his head slightly, and then said: "It's not impossible to postpone the attack now, but Talas City must be taken within half a month, and the first batch of supplies of grain and grass can reach Broken Leaf City and be transported to Green Ridge after half a month." If the city of Talas is still in the hands of the Great Eclipse, they will be able to send cavalry into the mountains at any time to attack us, and we will have new troubles. ”

Guo Jia nodded: "If the southward march goes well, we should be able to take Talas City within half a month." ”

………

When Li Ji ordered the whole army to strengthen the camp and put on a posture of strict defense, 4321, Zhibi and others immediately came to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"We're not attacking?"

4321 asked suspiciously, on the way here, everyone was ready to fight a tough battle, and now they suddenly became conservative, making him a little confused about Mo Xiaobai's thinking.

"Don't worry, we just came down from the plateau, and it's not too late to fight slowly." Mo Xiaobai motioned for the two to take their seats, and then said: "Don't look at the fact that we have more than 60,000 troops now, but if we really fight hard with Arabia, we will suffer if we win." ”

At this moment, in the camp of Huimengke, there are not only the soldiers and horses of Mo Xiaobai and Ruoshui, but also the 10,000 cavalry soldiers of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and the 4,000 soldiers of the Huaxia Small Alliance.

It looks like a strong army, but after Gao Xianzhi's department was disabled, this is the only main force on the Datang side.

After all, the Spark Alliance is still in Tubo at the moment, and there will not be too many remaining soldiers under the hands of Yang Yangyang, and some of the remaining small alliances and small lords in China are either scattered in the cities of the Western Regions, or they have been put into the area east of Dunhuang by Zhi Brain.

Mo Xiaobai knew very well that he couldn't have any more big losses, or even a little defeat, otherwise he wouldn't be able to establish the military alliance he wanted to see.

Seeing that Mo Xiaobai decided not to attack, 4321 spoke: "It is too difficult to strengthen the camp in a short time, it is better to send someone to dig a trench outside, which can be used as a trap and a cover for the crossbowmen." ”

"Yes, but move quickly, the Talas City side is likely to notice our movements and come out at any time." Mo Xiaobai nodded in agreement, although the defensive position is only temporary, but maybe these traps and trenches can play a big role.

Ruoshui and the two didn't stay in the tent any longer, and soon went out and led their troops to expand the defense line outward. The trenches on both sides are really open to the camp for crossbowmen to enter and exit, and several more trenches are dug in the front, all of which are covered with camouflage, just waiting for the opponent to attack.

Thousands of people worked together at a slow pace, and it took less than half a day for several trenches to be completely dug through, and at this time, the Abbasid army in the city was still not moving.

The sun sets and the moon rises, and the sky gradually darkens.

In the large camp, except for the soldiers and horses on the night patrol, most of the rest of the soldiers have been rested.

However, just as the crescent moon was hanging in the air, several fast horses galloped back to the camp, causing the whole camp to quickly resound in a clamour.

The soldiers and horses in the city of Talas were dispatched, and the number of torches was too many to count.

"You chose to fight at night?" When the emergency military information was transmitted, Mo Xiaobai naturally couldn't rest, so he took Li Guang and others to the outside of the camp gate, and he could already see obvious fires in the distance.

There are a lot of people, and it seems that they want to fight a big battle.

"How are the preparations of the second battalion in the north and south?"

"Back to the lord, Wan Jun, Huaxiong's Weiwei and Beiting cavalry pawns are all in place."

The camp of 60,000 people will not only have an open space, from the former camp to the army, and then to the north and south, each has its own line of defense, Mo Xiaobai alone can not command the entire battlefield, but fortunately, there is no shortage of good generals under his command, Li Guang's answer made Mo Xiaobai feel at ease.

Luo Shixin's main force of military guards was nailed to the front camp, Weiwei and Beiting supplemented the soldiers and horses to guard the north and south battalions respectively, Yuwei maneuvered to fight, and Ruoshui and others' soldiers and horses stayed in the middle army and the rear camp, and could rush to the aid of either side at any time.

With such an arrangement, Mo Xiaobai didn't dare to say that it was leaky, but he was confident that even if 100,000 people were on board, he would have to return home.