On June 26, the Tang army crossed the river with great force and threatened Hengluosi City.
Together with the Sogdian servants anyway, the total strength of the Tang army reached more than 70,000 people, while the food army in Hengluosi City was less than 12,000.
Due to the previous raid on the camp by the Tang army, the Dashi army who fled to the river lost a large number of horses.
The number of cavalry in the city was less than 2,000.
Except for the original infantry, the other cavalry had no horses.
Can be used as infantry to defend the city.
The Tang Army crossed the river with great momentum, which made the people of Hengluosi City feel excited.
The scouts of the Great Food Army finally figured out the general strength of the Tang Army.
Generals such as Ziad, Daoud and Said did not react after receiving the news.
Too much surprise, because they had already estimated that it was not far from this number, but when the Tang army actually crossed the river, they still felt a little frightened.
It is unrealistic to prevent the Tang army from crossing the river.
The Hengluosi River is too long and there are too many places for the army to cross the river.
Moreover, the Tang army's bows and arrows have a much longer range than the Dashi army's bows and arrows.
The Tang army only needs to use archers for maintenance.
The men and horses building the pontoon bridge can rest assured to work boldly.
The Dashi Army tried to shoot the Tang Army's troops building the pontoon bridge with bows and arrows, but instead they were shot and killed by the Tang Army's archers.
While the Tang army was crossing the river, Ziad held urgent discussions with Daoud and Said.
Ziad decided to leave Said and Daoud to defend the city with 10,000 people, and he quickly rushed back to Kangxi with 2,000 cavalry.
The state met with Bo Xilin and decided on the fate of the food army in Sogdia.
However, both Daoud and Said disagreed.
Although Ziad was the leading coach this time, he could not make Daoud and Said completely obey his orders.
The two people firmly opposed his opinions.
Said believed that the walls of Hengluosi City were too short and not very strong, and the small city could easily be completely surrounded.
With the number of troops of the Tang army, once the city was besieged, not even a fly would be able to fly out of the city.
If there are no other reinforcements, the 10,000 people left behind will be finished sooner or later.
Even if Hengluosi City is a very important strategic location, it is not wise to still defend it when knowing that it cannot be defended.
This is not a big deal.
In the territory of Shiguo, it is really not worth consuming ten thousand elite soldiers here.
Said suggested that before the Tang army had completed crossing the river and surrounding Hengluosi City, the entire army should quickly withdraw to Baishui City in the south.
However, Baishui City was undefendable and could only be used as a temporary resting place for the army.
It was best to withdraw to Tuozhe City, Tuozhe City has high walls and thick walls, and is in a dangerous location, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
We will make a decision based on the movements of the Tang army in the future.
Ziad could not refute the opinions of Said and Daoud and could only compromise.
So on the one hand, he sent a fast horse to report to Bingbo Xilin in Kang State, telling the army that he would take the initiative to withdraw to the south.
On the other hand, he gathered men and horses to carry grain, grass and gold.
Silver Jewelry and others evacuated Hengluosi City.
While the Tang army was still crossing the river, Zhao Ziliang, who was on the east bank, received news from the scouts.
He learned that the food army had abandoned the city and retreated.
Before leaving, he set a fire in the city, burning many houses and items that could not be taken away.
Grain.
After listening to the scout's report, Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals and officials on both sides of the Chinese army camp and asked: "The food army retreated on its own initiative.
What do you think of this matter?"
Bai Xiaode said angrily: "Is this big cannibal a rabbit?
He abandoned the city and ran away before the war started.
He also set fire to the city and the food and grass.
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It's really abominable."
Anxi military envoy Cao Lingzhong clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said: "General Zhao, our army now has more than 70,000 troops at its disposal, while the Dashi Army only has more than 10,000 troops.
There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides.
It would be wise for the leader of the Dashi Army to take the initiative to retreat.
But in this way, our army saves the trouble and casualties of siege."
Zhao Ziliang looked at the others and asked, "Does anyone else have a different opinion?"
Zhao Hu stood up and clasped his fists and said: "General, now that the Great Food Army has taken the initiative to retreat, should our army continue to pursue it, or should we stop moving forward?"
Zhao Ziliang nodded happily and said: "This is a good question.
This is also the issue that our army will consider next.
Logically speaking, the Shi Kingdom and the Zhaowu Kingdoms all fall under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate, and we, Beiting, It has nothing to do with it, but the Sogdian land where the Zhaowu Kingdoms are located is the buffer zone between our Tang Dynasty and the Dashi Kingdom.
If The Kingdom of Zhaowu has been occupied by the Great Food Army for a long time.
To us, the Tang Dynasty, it is like a chokehold.
How can we allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch?
Although the land of Sogdia is not under the jurisdiction of our Beiting, the behavior of the Great Food Army has seriously threatened our Beiting.
In addition, Beiting and Anxi are both frontier fortress towns of the Tang Dynasty, so they should treat foreign enemies without distinction."
Having said this, Zhao Ziliang looked at Cao Lingzhong and said: "General Cao, if there is no need for our Beiting side to intervene in Anxi, this matter will be left to General Cao.
Zhao immediately led his army back to Tingzhou, and then treated the retreating Dashi Army.
"Whether Anxi pursues and recovers the lost territories of various countries along the way, or returns to Qiuci, it is entirely up to you."
Cao Lingzhong subconsciously looked at Bian Lingcheng, but Bian Lingcheng remained silent.
Bian Lingcheng knew very well that because the Anxi Army here had been captured by the Dashi Army, their confidence had been hit.
Now their morale is low, and their combat effectiveness is completely different from before.
It can't be compared, and Dashi is probably heavily garrisoned in Kangguo and other places.
The Anxi Army alone It would be very difficult to completely drive the Great Food Army out of Sogdia, but if he gives up the suzerainty of the Zhaowu Kingdoms and the court investigates him, he, the supervisor, cannot bear this responsibility, but let him ask Zhao Ziliang to stay in person.
He continued to attack Dashi, but he couldn't bear to do so, so he could only keep silent.
Cao Lingzhong saw that Bian Lingcheng didn't express anything and his attitude was unclear.
He had not been completely responsible before, and was still a little behind in his responsibilities.
Therefore, he did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so he had to say to Zhao Ziliang: "General, can you tolerate Cao and Master Bian?"
Discuss and discuss" Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "You two are welcome."
Cao Lingzhong immediately pulled Bian Lingcheng to a remote area outside the tent and asked, "Master Bian, what are your thoughts?
You can finally tell Cao now."
Bian Lingcheng said: "General Cao, you should know that the morale of the Anxi Army is low and its combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.
It will be difficult to drive the Da Shi people back to the Da Shi Country with our own strength.
But if we If we abandon Sogdia, the imperial court is afraid that we will be held accountable, so we want to drive the forces of the Great Food Army out of Sogdia.
We can only rely on the troops from Beiting, and this person named Zhao is very famous and murderous in the Western Regions, so he can intimidate the Sogdian generals who surrendered.
However, the Zajia family has a problem with Zhao, so it is difficult to lower their voices to ask for help.
He, it would be better for General Cao to tell him this, which is why the Zajia family didn't speak out just now."
"Oh no, you damn eunuch, you are so desperate to save face and suffer for such a major military and national matter that you don't express your stance or do anything just because you don't want to lower your face and ask for help."
Cao Lingzhong scolded Bian Lingcheng bloody in his heart, and his impression of Bian Lingcheng became even worse.
Bad.
Cao Lingzhong suppressed the anger in his heart and said to Bian Lingcheng: "Okay, Cao will tell General Zhao, but in the future, please ask Mr.
Bian not to conflict with General Zhao again.
At this moment, we should do our best."
Only when we are united can we be honest with others.
If we mess up, it will not benefit anyone."
Bian Lingcheng glanced at Cao Lingzhong and said calmly: "The Za family has its own sense of proportion, and there is no need for General Cao to remind him."
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Cao Lingzhong was too lazy to argue with Bian Lingcheng.
When he returned to the tent, he clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said, "General Zhao, Cao has already discussed with Lord Bian, the supervisor of the army.
The land of Sogdia must not fall into the hands of the cannibals.
They must be driven back , but the morale of the Anxi Army here is low, and I am afraid that it cannot bear the heavy responsibility of attacking the Great Food Army on its own.
Therefore, General Zhao's Beiting Army still needs to stay.
General Zhao, please consider being loyal to the same emperor and serving the Tang Dynasty.
A helping hand or two" Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and asked: "You and I have the highest military rank here.
If our army stays, who will be the leader?"
Cao Lingzhong said: "The general is so powerful that if Beiting is willing to stay, he will naturally be the main general, and Cao will be the deputy auxiliary general."
Zhao Ziliang was relieved and nodded: "In that case, our Beiting Army will stay and continue to fight against the Dashi Army."
Cao Lingzhong was overjoyed.
As long as he could regain control of the Zhaowu Kingdom, at least the responsibility for this defeat would be much smaller.
Although it was recovered with the help of the Beiting Army, he quickly said: "Thank you, General."
Zhao Ziliang said again: "Okay, now we have decided to continue fighting against the Great Food Army until the Great Food Force in Sogdia is completely clear.
This is our strategic goal this time.
According to our military information, the Great Food Army's The power is mainly concentrated in a few major cities in the Zhaowu Kingdom, so we don't need to sweep the entire Sogdian land.
We only need to capture these major cities.
The cannibals are here The power of the Sogdian land naturally disappeared.
Now the frontline leader of the Dashi Army, Ziad, took the initiative to lead his troops to retreat.
They did this for two reasons.
The first was to preserve their vitality, because he knew that if they could not defend Hengluos City in time, Waiting for reinforcements will only lead to a dead end; secondly, the retreat of the food army will shorten their food routes and greatly increase the possibility of timely reinforcements from friendly forces.
It can also prolong our army's Regarding the food road route, if the war takes too long, the supply of food and grass for our army will be a problem.
Although the food and grass we have captured now can support the army for two or three months, no one can predict the future war situation.
After thinking about it, to solve the problem of grain and grass, except for the seized grain and grass, we are unlikely to transport grain from Beiting and Anxi, because the journey is too far, so We can only raise food and grass on the spot.
On the one hand, we rely on attacking the cities where the Great Eaters are stationed and seizing them.
On the other hand, we ask local officials to help raise food and grass.
In terms of ordnance, we don't have to do anything else, except for arrows, which are very consumed, so the replenishment of arrows We must also solve the problem of food and grass on the spot and leave it to Zheng San, and leave the matter of collecting arrows to Master Bian.
You have nothing to do here, just take care of the matter of raising arrows."
Bian Lingcheng wanted to refuse, but Zhao Ziliang said in front of so many people that he had nothing to do all day.
It was hard for him to refuse, so he could only swallow his anger and agree
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