Bingbo Xilin, who was in charge of Kang State, had great hopes for Ziad, and Ziad did not let him down.
He soon sent someone to deliver the good news of the victory.
Bingbo Xilin was very happy after receiving the news.
That night Just at the palace of the King of Kang, several women from Kang came to visit.
But a few days later, Ziad was attacked by the Tang army at the front.
When the news of the tragic defeat came, Bingbo Xilin could no longer be happy.
However, as a rational commander, he did not interfere with Ziad's command on the front line.
He just sent Someone went over and told Ziad that there were no reinforcements for the time being, and asked him to decide whether to defend or withdraw.
Two days later, Ziad sent a letter telling him that he would take the initiative to lead his army to retreat to preserve its strength.
This made Bingbo Xilin, who was not aware of the battle situation ahead, aware of the seriousness of the unfavorable battle situation.
He had a premonition that the Tang army might kill them.
The Kingdom of Kang came, so he immediately ordered to recruit tens of thousands of Kang nationals to build a city wall to the north of Samadjian City, the capital of Kang State, to resist possible attacks from the Tang army.
This wall was later called the Samarkand Wall.
In addition to recruiting civilians to build city walls and strengthen defenses, Bingbo Xilin also tried his best to block the news to prevent the news of the defeat of the food army in the front from spreading back and triggering resistance in various parts of Sogdia.
With the iron gate in the hands of the Tocharians, he was worried that after the news of Ziad's defeat spread, the Tocharians in the south would raise troops and attack him from both the north and the south with the Tang army.
Ziad, who took the initiative to retreat, led his army to Baishui City.
After just a short rest, he quickly led his army to continue retreating south.
After Daoud's reminder, Ziad also sent fast horses to Tuozhe City and ordered the food guard to strengthen the city defense. , be vigilant to avoid The Tang army took a small road and sneaked into Tuozhe City, thereby cutting off the retreat of the army returning from the north.
This was because it was here that Daoud suffered a big loss.
Zhao Ziliang sent 3,000 light cavalry to sneak into Tuozhe City and successfully attacked Tuozhe City, so that Daoud succeeded.
The entire army was almost wiped out here.
This time, Zhao Ziliang did not send a surprise attack on Tuozhe City like he did in the past.
Instead, he directly led the army towards Tuozhe City in an upright and mighty manner.
The troops he has now are not the same as those back then, 70,000.
The large army has an absolute advantage in strength compared to the cannibal.
With absolute strength in hand, there is no need to play tricks.
Tuozhe City is located in the center of the oasis in the Chirchik River Valley.
It is an important commercial hub for the Silk Road.
There are no other cities around it.
Its geographical location is important because it is the only place that the Northern Silk Road must pass through. , and it is at the angle between Yaoshashui and its tributary Qilqike River.
If the Tang army wants to continue southward, it must pull out this nail.
Tuozhe City, the Royal Palace.
Ziad summoned Said, Daoud and some other generals and officials to discuss strengthening the city's defense.
As soon as the game started, Said poured cold water on Ziad, "Your Excellency, General Ziad, please forgive me, if the walls of Tuozhe City are just like what we saw first, I don't think we can stop the Tang army's attack."
Ziad said: "I also know that it is difficult to stop the Tang army with the walls of Tuozhe City, but we need to buy time for the Governor to build the city in Sajie, rectify the armaments, and strengthen the city defenses.
Although the walls of Tuozhe City are not high or thick, they are This is the intersection of two rivers, and the terrain is favorable to us.
The Tang army can only attack from the north.
Our army's city defense area is much smaller, and we can arrange our troop deployment calmly."
Said asked: "How long are you prepared to guard, General?"
"Of course the longer you stay the better" Said shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not up to us to have the final say.
I have seen with my own eyes how the Tang army attacked the city.
Even the barbarian cavalry was extremely brave when attacking the city, while the Tang army's infantry were not only brave and fearless when attacking the city, but they were also brave enough to attack the city.
Moreover, they have countless siege tactics and powerful siege equipment.
With the current wall of Tuozhe City, as long as they push the siege equipment over, our army will simply not be able to stand on the city wall."
Ziad frowned and said: "Then how long do you think we can defend with the current strength and city defense conditions?"
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"It will be breached in less than three days."
Ziad couldn't help but take a breath at these words.
He frowned and said, "The Tang army's attack on the city was so powerful."
Said said: "I don't know how the other generals of the Tang army attacked the city.
I personally commanded the defense of the city back then.
What they attacked was a small number of Tang troops commanded by Zhao Ziliang and most of the northern barbarian troops.
I couldn't resist it.
Now he has absolute control.
With superior strength and the elite infantry of the Tang Army, I really don’t know how many rounds of Tuozhe City this city can hold off his attack.”
Ziad murmured: "Are we still going to retreat?
But we must buy time for the Governor?"
Daoud said at this time: "Your Excellency General, I suggest that we abandon Tuozhe City, move away the food and all valuable things here, and after crossing the Chirchik River, set up camp on the other side and demolish the bridge.
We will use The natural defense barrier of the river should be able to temporarily block the Tang army from going south.
As for the Syr Darya River to the west, the current is too fast and the river is too wide.
The Tang Army will not choose to cross the river from that side.
It is too dangerous.
They can only cross the Chirchik River to go south.
We block them on the other side of the river.
It will take some time for them to build a pontoon bridge, and we can also occupy the river beach. , if their army rushes over and we occupy the river beach, they will have no foothold.
I believe this can delay time."
After hearing this suggestion, others began to whisper among themselves.
Ziad asked Said: "What do you think of General Daoud's suggestion?"
Said nodded and said: "I think it's good.
We take away all the food and valuables from Tuozhe City, and rob all the food and livestock from the surrounding villages.
The Tang army will not be able to obtain supplies here, and then in Qi The defense line deployed on the other side of the Erchik River can delay the Tang army, and it should be able to delay it for a period of time."
At this time, an official said: "If you want to abandon Tuozhe City, why only retreat to the bank of the Chirchik River?
Why not retreat directly to the other side of the Syr Darya River?
If the Tang army directly crossed the Syr Darya River to the west?"
Daoud shook his head at this time and said: "The western section of the intersection of the Syr Darya River and the Chirchik River is too wide and the current is very fast.
It will be very dangerous for them to cross the river from there, but east of the intersection of the two rivers The section of the Syr Darya River is much narrower and the water flow is gentler.
If it were me, I would never take the risk.
If we cannot stop the Tang army on the banks of the Chirchik River, we can retreat to the other side of the Syr Darya River and then deploy defenses. , layers of defense must be able to delay as much time as possible.”
Ziad said at this time: "Okay, let's just follow what General Daoud said.
We will start to gradually evacuate now.
General Daoud, you are responsible for leading the troops to search for food and take it away.
General Said, you are responsible for leading the troops."
Take away the valuables, and I will be responsible for clearing the rear.
Tuozhe City must be evacuated as much as possible before the Tang army arrives.
In fact, Ziad and others overestimated the execution ability of their soldiers, and also underestimated the marching speed of the Tang army.
Ziad had almost lost all his horses since he was raided on the east bank of Hengluos and retreated to Hengluos.
There are less than two thousand cavalry, among which He had about 10,000 infantrymen in the city.
The distance from Hengluosi to Tuozhe City was not short.
After the Tang army crossed the river, they quickly sent out fine cavalry to pursue them.
The Great Eaters had just begun operations in Tuozhe City to prepare to evacuate the city. , the forward of the Tang army arrived with 3,000 men and horses.
After receiving the report from the sentinel, Ziyad knew that the previous plan might not be fully implemented.
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He could only send someone to inform Daoud and Said, abandon everything that could be discarded, quickly cross the river, and join the Tang Army's forward Burn the bridge before the Jingqi pursue them.
The road from Tuozhe City to the bank of the Chilchik River was littered with food bags discarded by the food soldiers and heavy objects that hindered the speed of retreat.
Many of the food soldiers even discarded their armor on the road in order to reduce the burden.
On the side, you can also see some gold and silverware accidentally left in the grass by the roadside as some food soldiers retreated in panic.
The forward Jingqi of the Tang Army, led by Li Sheng, pursued them all the way from Tuozhe City.
Although the roads along the way were full of valuables, no soldier stopped to pick them up.
This shows the strict military discipline of this Jingqi of the Tang Army. .
After "Law" chased him to the river, Li Shengle immediately saw that the bridge had been burned down by the food army that had withdrawn to the other side.
Moreover, the food army began to deploy defenses on the other side of the river and sent additional reconnaissance cavalry to patrol along the river bank. , Li Sheng knew that the other party planned to use the danger of the river to prevent the Tang army from going south.
As this elite cavalry of the Tang Army stopped at the river bank, the angry smoke and dust scattered in the air, and the rumble of the galloping horses also disappeared.
The flags of the Tang Army by the river were fluttering, and their murderous intent was soaring into the sky.
The food army on the other side was frightened for a while.
Incessantly.
However, when Ziad and others discovered that the Tang army only had about 3,000 cavalry, they began to regret that they had retreated too quickly.
The Tang army did not have many troops, and they were chasing after them.
They must have been exhausted.
If they had been on the river bank before, While setting up their formation, they might be able to defeat this Tang army.
Daoud regretted a little and said: "It turns out they only have three thousand riders.
If I had known this, we would have set up an army camp on the other side of the river and relied on the river.
We should be able to defeat them."
Ziad looked at it carefully, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case.
Look at this Tang army.
When they came in quick pursuit just now, the ranks were neatly arranged.
Along the way, we lost so much food and grass and the gold, silver and jewels we had before, but they didn't even have a single one."
When someone picks it up, Not to mention looting, this is an army with such strict military discipline and well-trained training.
At least I have never seen such an army.
This is the first army I have seen like this.
We will definitely not You can fight head-on, otherwise you will definitely lose."
Not long after Zhao Ziliang led the main force to pass through Baishui City, Li Sheng sent someone to report the military situation.
After learning that the Great Eaters had abandoned Tuozhe City and retreated to the banks of the Qilchik River, he immediately asked for a map.
After studying the map for a while, Zhao Ziliang ordered the cavalry who came to report: "Go and tell Li Sheng to send someone to check whether there is any water on the other side of the Yaoshashui River west of the confluence of the two rivers, Yaoshashui and Qilqike River.
If there are any garrison and patrols by the food army, let them stand still and send people Closely monitor the movements of the Great Eater and wait for the main force of the army to arrive; if there is no Great Eater Army stationed and patrolling in the western section of Yaashui, ask him to recruit some local Shiguo people to cut down a large number of trees and transport them to the bank of the river in the western section of Yaashui, and be careful to cover them up Don’t let the food army discover anything unusual about your whereabouts.”
"No," the cavalryman who reported the news agreed, got on his horse, turned around and ran away.
Next to him, Dugujun asked: "The general asked General Li to recruit local people to cut down trees in order to build a pontoon bridge directly on the western section of the Yaoxashui River.
But the big cannibals should not be stupid.
If a pontoon bridge can be built to cross the river in the western section of the Yaoxashui River, they won't Will anyone be stationed and patrolled?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "This is for sure.
If a pontoon bridge can be built in the western section of Yaashui for the army to cross the river, why should they go to the other side of the Qilqike River?
Why not cross the river in the western section of Yaashui and station on the other side of the river.
They I think it’s impossible for us to build a pontoon bridge in the western section of Yaoshashui.
I really don’t want to build a pontoon bridge there, but it should be possible to build ships.”
"Building ships" Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, if we build a troop transport ship, as long as we can carry three thousand elite cavalry across the intersection of the two rivers, it is possible to eat this big food army":