"Bold! Dare to lie about the military situation! Duan Xiushi shouted: "The Great Food Country has been newly defeated, losing 5,000 cavalry, and the breath is undecided." How can there still be cavalry to sneak up on our baggage! Besides, with 2,000 Tang troops escorting the baggage, and tens of thousands of Gelulu and Bahanna sergeants protecting them, how could they break through?! ”

"The general is angry!" The sergeants kowtowed and replied with tears, "We are the captain who guards the baggage, the cavalry of the Great Food Country sneak attack at night, the horse steps on the battalion of the army company, and burns the baggage, we are desperate to rescue, it is worth 12/12!" ”

"Someone!" Gao Xianzhi slapped the table, "Drag these few people who disturb the morale of the army out and cut them down!" ”

The officers and soldiers of the Tang Army hurriedly knelt down and pleaded, "The general is angry, the brothers of the baggage battalion are fighting to the death, please spare their lives!" ”

Duan Xiushi also whispered to Gao Xianzhi: "Now is the time to employ people, and the punishment will be avoided." ”

Gao Xianzhi thought for a moment and nodded. said to the lieutenants who reported the news: "You should have been executed by military law, but the soldiers pleaded for mercy, and it was difficult to refute the face of these heroes, so they pushed out 50 military rods to set an example." ”

Akon was shocked when he heard this, and secretly calculated in his heart, knowing that it was a strange army arranged by the wise man of the other party, and it was estimated that it was the main cavalry force of the other way of eating the country. Originally, it was to attack Gao Xianzhi's main force in a decisive battle. As soon as he was calculated by his own side, he temporarily changed his combat thinking and took the opportunity to sneak attack the grain and grass on the back road of the Tang Army!

He immediately informed Zhang Fan of the situation and said that the other party was a wise man.

Zhang Fan was celebrating the victory of the Tang Army in Talas City, thought for a while, and said: "This incident reminds us that the historical context is not so easy to change. However, in Talas City, we have taken the grain and grass baggage, and the Tang army will not go hungry, which is not too bad. It's just that those soldiers are newly defeated, and they may not fight too hard in the future. And the Great Food Country has gathered tens of thousands of Zhuhu troops, and the number is still increasing, I am afraid that the strength of the army is not in our favor. I have a way to get paid from the bottom of the kettle, and I can kill two birds with one stone. ”

Akon thought for a moment, and seemed to be a little. But his train of thought couldn't fly that far, so he asked, "What's the solution?" ”

"This method is called Hu to make Hu! So...... So ......" Zhang Fan was considered.

After hearing this, Akon's eyes widened, what a desperate plan! This is the guy with Perception 150, who can see the big picture. And a person of high intelligence who is good at calculations can only make a small fuss.

So he sighed, "This kind of overall situation, I am not as good as you......"

"I'm also in this situation, I read the battle reports one after another, recalled the historical materials, and I thought of it, and I don't know if it will work or not...... Zhang Fan smiled.

Akon then stood up and said to Gao Xianzhi and Duan Xiushi: "Congratulations to the general, congratulations to the general!" ”

Gao Xianzhi saw that this hero was crazy, but he was not angry, and frowned: "Our army has lost grain and grass, it is a great disaster, what is the joy." You don't talk nonsense. ”

Duan Xiushi nodded, this clever guy knew that he had to clean up his depressed military spirit now.

Akon said: "General Rongyu, the big food country suddenly surprised the army, destroying our army's grain and grass. But if it weren't for our army swallowing one of their strong troops, how could we cause this strange army to show up? If this strange army does not show up, when will he appear and inflict heavy damage on our army? In a battle, our army not only annihilated one of their elite troops! And also exposed all their hole cards. Isn't that gratifying! ”

Gao Xianzhi thought about it, although it was a bit far-fetched, but it was true. If this strange army does not come out now, in the future, at the critical time of the battle, a surprise attack may have a decisive effect!

"What's more, our army has seized the granary of Talas, and there is nothing to worry about in grain and grass. And all the combat strength of the Great Food Country is now under our eyes, and the only way to fight to the death with our army is not to fall into the hands of our army. ”

"Our army wiped out 5,000 of their elite horsemen in a battle, and the main force is already weaker than ours in comparison. Only those who rely on it, the Zhuhu coalition army also. It's just a rabble, just a large number of people, and some troubles. Akon paused.

"The last general has a plan, which can break their Zhuhu alliance army and let the army of the Great Food Country fight our army alone!" As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked, but it swept away the depressed mood that had just been ruined.

Gao Xianzhi and Duan Xiushi glanced at each other, surprised in their hearts, although the Zhuhu coalition army is not strong in combat, but there are many people, they also have to be distracted and taken care of, such as at a critical time, they may be able to become a turnaround Liliang, but they can't be underestimated. Listening to Akon being able to solve this trouble, how not to make the two of them move.

Duan Xiushi waved his hand, removed the table of the Chinese army's big tent, and asked the generals to retreat outside to drink, and discuss matters here.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Akon arched his hand and said, "General, these soldiers are good at bullying the weak and afraid of the hard." And now the new defeat of the army, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness will be even weaker in the future...... "Without other officers, Akon no longer speaks straightforwardly, and speaks bluntly.

Duan Xiushi nodded, "Hey, that's right." ”

"The Qarluq tribe also had dissenting hearts, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not change. Nearly 40,000 horses, staying by his side still costs food and grass......" Akon continued to sing.

"......" Gao Xianzhi and Duan Xiushi were speechless.

"Why don't you let them go back......" Akon paused, and the two generals frowned.

"Go back and let them plunder on their own, loot the Zhuhu who helped the Great Food Country! Taking advantage of the fact that those Hu troops are fighting here, their own territory defense is empty, and whoever lays down the territory will belong to whom. The Tang army calls the shots for them, and drags down those Zhuhu troops......" Akon said here, and the faces of the two famous Tang generals became happy.

Duan Xiushi thought for a moment and proposed: "The power of these soldiers is too poor, starting from here to attack the territory of Zhuhu, I don't know how long it will take?" By the time they act, it's almost over! ”

"This is easy to do, give them all the pack horses of our infantry, and it is estimated that they can also arm nearly 20,000 cavalry, plus their own, enough for them to sweep through the Western Regions."

Duan Xiushi nodded, "Our army can first draw strength from their existing men and horses to expand the strength of our army." Then give them horses and form cavalry to raid other anti-Tang tribes. The infantry who can't go are left, and they can also fight. ”

"But the pack horses were bought by our sergeants themselves, so that we could supplement them from the quartermasters. lest they not be able to afford it, and even more so to the loss of our soldiers. ”

After listening to them, Gao Xianzhi nodded and said, "It can only be like this, otherwise we will lose our baggage, and we will really not be able to afford so many soldiers." We also need to compensate for the damage, which can not only draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, but also reduce the resistance of the opponent's soldiers, so that they think of their hometown and have no intention of fighting. You don't have to bear the cost of these soldiers, so it's a big plan to kill two birds with one stone. ”

"This plan can be described as a national strategy, but you came up with it?" Gao Xianzhi asked.

"It was Zhang who told me before he joined the army, and this time this happened, it was just by chance that he reported it to the general." Akon replied honestly.

Gao Xianzhi nodded, and discussed it with Duan Xiushi. After a short time, the plan was decided, and Duan Xiushi quickly went down to make arrangements.

Duan Xiushi took those Arab war horses that were not injured, and formed a cavalry force of nearly 1,000 people, and the rest of the war horses were given to the Qarlu tribe, who lost some cavalry in this battle.

Then, when the people of the two clans arrived, Gao Xianzhi called the leaders of the two tribes and informed them of Zhang Fan's strategy. said that as long as they can grab as much land as they can, it is their own, and the Tang Dynasty will never interfere, and will even let the Tang King issue an edict to approve it! But all the robbers must be Zhuhu who are against the Tang Army!

As soon as these words came out, the two tribes were overjoyed, so that they did not have to fight with the fierce Great Food State, but also openly plundered the land, and the Tang army helped them drag down the Zhuhu army. Where can such a good thing be found? It's just that I hate that my horses are not enough, and there is no fast maneuvering cavalry to quickly grab the territory, I am afraid that the other party will take the lead.

"You don't have to worry about the war horse. The infantry of the Tang Army have private horses, and we will issue a military order to let them sell the private horses to you at cost price. ”

Duan Xiushi is a master of dealing with the Hu people, and his words made the Gelulu and Bahan tribes eager to rush out and grab horses now, what is this money for buying horses, how much land and property can be robbed by one more horse!

Zhang Fan's strategy of using Hu to control Hu greatly encouraged the enthusiasm of the two tribes, not only affecting this battle, but even having an immeasurable impact on the historical development of the Western Regions in the future! After the chaos in the Western Regions, its significance was far-reaching and difficult to measure.

The two tribes competed, and each spent money to buy the private horses of the Tang army's infantry, but it made those sergeants make a small profit. He only hated those cavalrymen to the point that his own horses could not be sold.

Those pack horses can't actually be used as war horses, and the impact is not enough. But the advantage is that the endurance is good, but it is only responsible for carrying these strongmen to the destination, and the people who deal with them are civilians, so they don't need to be so professional.

The Tang army picked 3,000 strong men from the two tribes and distributed them among the light infantry. Then the two tribes cobbled together nearly 30,000 cavalry, all warriors who were accustomed to killing people and setting fires. The Qarluq tribe has long been unable to hold back, and they can't wait to kill the tribe that is evil to them now.

In this way, there are still more than 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, and let the Tang army provide for them. The strange thing is that Ye Hu, who stepped on the strength, did not follow back, and was bent on taking the remaining Qarlu clan warriors to assist the Tang army. Most of those who remained were soldiers from the powerful tribes, and even they gave their horses to the soldiers of the other two tribes.

The ten cavalry under the Green Wing did not leave! Let the leader of the Bahanna tribe coerce them, this is the elite of plunder, but they still follow Green Wing, the captain of the Tang Army, with all their hearts.

Bahanna originally had more cavalry than the Qarluqs, and the remaining 3,000 soldiers were put into the city of Talas to assist in the defense of the city.