On the second day of Mullen's arrival in Talas, his guards were divided into two divisions, and they had arrived in the area of Bushi City and Ashu City in the Wuhu River valley respectively, and now the Tiger Guards and Yulin Army were attacking the city and plundering land nearby.

Zhao Poyu, the chief general of the Tiger Guard, attacked the city and plundered the land for several days, and he was already numb to the surrender.

He originally thought that when he arrived in the Western Regions, there would be some big battles waiting for him, but unexpectedly, the cities and tribes along the way, before they could use their means, the defense line completely collapsed.

Then a group of people ran over, greeted them cordially with a smile on their faces, showed that they were from the Western Regions Commercial Bank, and said some nonsense to welcome the arrival of the royal master, but it can be regarded as looking forward to the arrival of the royal master.

This made him feel powerful and unlucky.

Chen Qinglin, the commander of the Yulin Army, was even more upset than Zhao Poyu. His army was followed by the king of Khotan, and whenever a large army captured a city and conquered a tribe, the other party would sing praises to him, saying that the king of the Celestial Dynasty was indeed extraordinary, and this kind of combat power was really terrifying.

Chen Qinglin had a blue face, very unhappy with the flattery of the king of Khotan. His troops did not fight a serious siege battle, only a salvo of bows and crossbows, and the enemy surrendered, and his strength was not brought into full play at all. In this case, he believes that the other party's touting is completely counterproductive.

However, Chen Qinglin is not easy to calculate, after all, the other party is the king of Khotan.

Among the states in the Western Regions, Khotan is the most respectful to the Tang Dynasty. This time, the king did not allow the states to send servant armies to fight, and the other party actually brought his own 3,000 personal guards, and the dead face wanted to follow.

By the time Zhao Poyu approached Bushi City and Chen Qinglin approached Ah Shu City, these two famous generals of the Chang'an Forbidden Army did not meet their imaginary opponents.

At the same time, they felt that they should speed up the pace of marching, capture the entire territory of the Black Khanate as soon as possible, and then go to the Great Food Country to have a look, maybe they will encounter a decent opponent.

At this time, Ali, one of the two deputy commanders of the Great Food Caliph Guards at the head of the Infantry City, had already received the news of the upcoming arrival of the Tang Army, and also knew the other party's arrogant and contemptuous posture of the enemy.

With a smile on his face, he said to the Black Khanate guards beside him: "Since the Tang army entered the Qarakhanid, it has been invincible, and it has never encountered an opponent. They would never have expected that in this step master city, there would be an existence that would make them unforgettable. ”

The guard smiled flatteringly: "The Tang army is almost effortless, and it will win successive battles, and people will be proud and complacent, and they will have nothing to spare." If they arrive at Infantry City and attack like before, it will be tantamount to going to the gallows!"

Ali glanced at the guards and said lightly: "No matter what posture the Tang army uses to attack the city, as long as they get here, they are on a dead end." I'll open a hell here and wait for them to die!"

The guard hurriedly bent down and saluted, and said sincerely: "The strength of the holy army is like the sun in the sky, beyond everyone's imagination, if you want the Tang army to be destroyed, they can only be destroyed!"

Ali laughed, "That's a good thing to say. In the final analysis, no matter whether the Tang army is fighting cautiously or carelessly underestimating the enemy, and whether they take the initiative to attack or are stationed halfway, as long as we come, they should die!"

Speaking of this, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, "When it comes to wartime, your troops will be responsible for controlling the city, and you must not let the Tang Dynasty work carefully and set off any storms in the city! This matter is very simple, you can't do it all, right?"

The guard's expression was grim, knowing that this was the other party's warning to him. Now, he also knows that there must be a Tang Dynasty in his city, but who has been bought by the Tang Dynasty, the Supervision Yuan is now

I don't know, he naturally can't find out for a while.

The guard hurriedly said: "Holy envoy, don't worry, I will definitely be optimistic about the city!"

"That couldn't be better. ”

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At the same time, in Kulan City, Li Ye was receiving the people of Buchen Dao.

"Your Majesty, this is the military information that Zhang Changan urgently sent back. Buchen presented a document sealed in a lacquered box.

"Zhang Chang'an, this kid has been in the big food for a while, how is the situation on his side?" Li Ye took the paperwork and asked when he opened it.

Buchen said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, after Zhang Changan and Saidianchi arrived in Baghdad, because of the great merit of capturing Lu Lu Wedge, the latter was rewarded a lot by the Wisdom Palace, this guy was originally a noble child, and after a little movement, he became the core priest of the Great Temple." ”

Li Ye unfolded the paperwork and nodded slightly.

When Saidianchi was in the Black Khanate, he was the chief shaman of the Eastern Supervision Yuan, and his status was only slightly worse than that of Kusu Nadin, and he could be regarded as a local official. After making great achievements, it is not strange to rely on his own identity to enter the Great Temple.

It can be seen from the situation of the army sweeping away the leaves with the autumn wind and capturing the Black Khanate that the results of the efforts of the Western Regions Commercial Bank in the past few years are huge. And Zhang Changan's move, because of his personal talent, has now entered the core of Dashi politics and religion, which also makes Li Ye pay more and more attention.

However, in the short term, Li Ye does not think that as soon as Zhang Changan arrives in Baghdad, he will have a particularly big gain. It will take time to show the help to the Western Regions Commercial Bank.

It's not that it takes three or five years, Sai Dianchi is now in an extraordinary position, and it is easy to get in touch with secrets, but it will take a month or two to help the Western Regions Trading House of Great Food on a large scale.

So when he first started reading the documents, Li Ye didn't pay much attention to it, in his mind, Zhang Changan was about to make some routine reports, some of which might be more important, and Buchen felt the need to show him.

However, when Li Ye read the book, his eyes immediately became cold.

Zhang Changan reported only one thing, and it was also a military situation.

The Caliphate's Guards left Baghdad a few days ago!

Mullen's guards, except for the garrison of Baghdad, are stationed in the barracks outside the city on weekdays, because they are similar to the nature of the emperor's own army, and it is a fool's dream for ordinary important ministers to want to know their situation.

In general, no one dares at all, and no one pays attention to the situation of the Guards.

And this time the Guards were dispatched very covertly, probably trying to take them by surprise, so it would be better for someone to know their movements. For an ordinary army, it is difficult for a large-scale sortie not to attract attention. But for the army of pure Qi cultivators, it was very simple.

The part of the guards in the acropolis was not mobilized, so the Western Regions Trading House did not find out in time.

By the time Saidianchi got the news in the Grand Temple, the Guards had been dispatched for several days. Zhang Changan was shocked at the time, he knew very well that if the Guards suddenly appeared on the battlefield, it would have a great impact on the battle situation!

So he ordered the Western Regions Trading House in Baghdad overnight to activate the emergency delivery plan, and sent several waves of great monks to deliver the news.

Not only that, Zhang Changan also described the combat power of the Guards behind this news.

"According to the information obtained by Zhang Chang'an, Ma Lun's guards have 400,000 Qi cultivators, and at present, in addition to 50,000 guarding Baghdad, the other 350,000 have disappeared in Dashi. ”

Buchen thought for a while and said, "The Western Regions Commercial Bank has been going on for all these years

It was also found that in the Standing Army of the Great Food, there were also two armies composed of pure Qi cultivators, led by the two deputy emins of Xi Luchi and Monghitaz, with a number of about 100,000. The entire Great Eclipse has an army of pure Qi cultivators, a total of 600,000!"

Speaking of this, Buchen's expression was solemn, and he gasped like a toothache.

At this time, Datang can be regarded as completely mastering the reality of the Great Food Army.

But this military strength shocked Buchen's heart.

Among the Chang'an forbidden army, there are only three armies, Wolf Tooth, Tiger Guard, and Yulin, which are pure Qi cultivation cultivator armies, and in terms of number, Da Shi is twice as large as the Tang army!

Li Ye put down the information and pondered. Although the military situation is important and the situation is urgent, he will not be out of order. He needs to consider the countermeasures comprehensively and then make arrangements, and there is no reason to send them out one by one.

Halfway through, Li Ye saw that Buchen was a little nervous, so he smiled and said disapprovingly: "Don't worry, although the number of the army of the Great Food Qi Cultivator is twice that of the Chang'an Forbidden Army, it does not mean that they will achieve an overwhelming advantage on the battlefield."

"Wars are never won by numbers. ”

The Tang Dynasty has been cultivating for many years, although many ordinary people have not achieved much because they are busy with their livelihood and age, but the Tang Dynasty has a profound heritage, coupled with the large influx of foreign cultivation resources, the growth of monks in these years is definitely considerable.

If only in terms of the number of Qi cultivators, the Chang'an Forbidden Army is far from just three armies, it is composed of pure Qi cultivators.

In the final analysis, what Li Ye values is the comprehensive combat power of the army, the real combat power, rather than a group of monks who can only use magic to fight against each other.

In addition, the Chang'an Forbidden Army is only the Wolf Tooth, Tiger Guard, and Yulin Army, which are pure Qi cultivation cultivator armies, but the Lingnan Sea Division is not included.

"As far as the sects in the world are concerned, the current Crescent Moon Sect is undoubtedly the most powerful and has the largest number of followers. After all, Mullen is a generation of heroes, and aside from the monks in the ordinary army, it is not surprising that there is an elite army composed of 600,000 Crescent Moon Instructor Qi Cultivators under his command. ”

Li Ye waved his sleeves and signaled Buchen to relax.

Although the current battle situation has changed dramatically, it has not yet departed from his expectations, "I, the Tang Dynasty Prince, was originally going to fight with the Great Food Guards, I thought that this would happen in the territory of the Great Food, but now that Ma Lun has sent them out, it is just to meet with them in advance." ”

Speaking of this, the corners of his mouth hooked, "Sooner or later, the winner will be scored, the earlier the score, the later the score, there is not much difference." ”

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was so indifferent, Buchen realized that the earth-shattering changes that turned out to be for him were just ordinary things in the eyes of His Majesty. And looking at His Majesty's appearance, it seems that he is still looking forward to the development of the battle situation.

This shows that His Majesty has already made arrangements.

Sure enough, I saw Li Ye beckoning, calling in a monk from the Tsing Yi Yamen, and asked, "Where is King Qi?"

"Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qi has gone to the Wuhu River!" the monk bowed.

Li Ye bowed slightly, "Tell Zhao Poyu and Chen Qinglin that the guards have arrived." They will understand what I mean. ”

"The minister commanded. ”

When Buchen heard this, he finally confirmed that His Majesty really had arrangements for everything, and he couldn't help but admire, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Ye did not respond to Buchen's praise, but looked out the door and said leisurely: "Since the war has reached a critical period, it is time for me to come." ”

Hearing this, Buchen was shocked.

He knew that this was His Majesty's real body coming.