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"Greek fire, Greek fire!" Baschaf shouted.

In front of me, it looks like the scene in which the Dashi Navy was almost destroyed by the Byzantines in the sea in the past few years.

The six iron cables gradually became tense from north to south, and the south leaned against Guazhu Mountain, and the area occupied was not wide. Some large-scale ships escaped because of this reason. However, the range of the radius in the north was very wide. Several armies gathered together, and tens of thousands of troops could not lead the camp together unless Baschaf came to command. They were divided into three camps on the left, middle and right, each of which was Yijiao, and they ran for several miles north of the river bank. The corners of the left and right battalions were also the iron cables buried.

If the north wind is not blowing, there is no big problem. For example, if the wind in the eastward direction is windy, these small boats carrying burning objects will be carried upstream with the help of night. Then, using the sudden dark contrast of torches, the two sides of the straits will lower the boats and make feint attacks to attract the attention of the cannibals. The ships in the upstream will quickly float down with the help of wind and water. These iron chains can stop the ships full of soldiers because the ships have a deep draft. However, they cannot play a role in these light boats.

The effect of rockets on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is still the same. Either the south wind blows, the number of ships is small, and the effect will be worse, but some arrangements can be made to make up for it. The most troublesome thing is the west wind blows, and the wind and water fight. No one can predict the result, but some arrangements can also be made. This is the worst result. At this time, when the hot and cold alternate, the special environment of the Wuhu River is high in the east and low in the west, the desert and Gobi are transpiring, and the wind direction is changing. There is no need to launch an attack when the west wind blows.

It is best to be northerly wind.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty was not as powerful as the Great Food, but there were also many people, thousands of ships carrying burning objects, pushed down the river quickly, and then ignited a large fire and drifted to the other side. The wind kept urging the fire, and some flames spit out several feet away. If it were on the Yangtze River, it would be difficult to achieve this battle, but the Wuhu River was not the Yangtze River. It was said that it was wide, and it was very wide for the small rivers of various countries in the river. However, the width was limited, otherwise the river area would be a natural barrier.

In just a blink of an eye, the entire Wuhu River seemed to be burning. The fires soared into the sky, as bright as daylight.

Zhang Renyuan sighed and said, "Your Majesty, if you have sufficient troops and sufficient ships, you may be able to defeat the enemy when you cross the river."

"It's hard, look." Li Wei pointed at the other side.

Salem was also scared by this incident, but he soon woke up. His navy was over, but the Tang Dynasty army still had many small boats, which could not only be used to hold burning objects, but also carry people across the river. He immediately ordered the army to gather and line up for alert. Even at this time, he had other plans and defeated the cannibals and suffered a lot of losses.

But the goal of this battle has been achieved. Almost all the soldiers in the Dashi Army are on board. If you want to have this army again, you can collect it again at least two or three months. By then, you don’t know where your army will be.

Or will the army be summoned from the Persian people, and without the cannibals to fight the Tang army that restored their country?

Since then, the Wuhu River has been controlled by the Tang Dynasty.

Influence on morale. In addition to the night battle on the day of crossing the river, the soldiers in the river bravely joined the war despite the heroic battle of the Tang army. However, they were very cowardly. Not only the people in the river, the Tocharians, the Sindhis, and the Persians were like this. However, in terms of individual combat effectiveness, the gap is not that big. The reason for this is that the cooperation of soldiers, the level of generals, and morale has led to a huge gap.

Morale was caused by repeated defeats. Seeing the Great Cannibal, almost every soldier thought that we could not win, and this was the same idea. How to fight this battle? On the other hand, Byzantine, before the Great Cannibal was powerful, it was hard to distinguish with Persia. At the beginning, it was impossible to defeat the Great Cannibal, but after several victories, his confidence increased and he gradually fought with great success, which won the seven-year battle.

One victory, two victory will restore their lost confidence and shame. Let them understand that great cannibals are also humans, not monsters, or immortals. As long as they are not afraid of death, they can also defeat them.

This confidence cannot be cultivated, and there is no way to continue to fight.

In the battle of Guazhu Mountain, nearly a thousand bravest Tang Dynasty soldiers were sacrificed. They developed at this speed and got what they wanted. When they returned, they became commanders with barely. Therefore, they had to let Hezhong and Tochar and even the Persian rebels be cannon fodder, and they had to develop them into combat-captive cannon fodder. After the bloody battle, with experience, after they returned, they could continue to restrain the counterattack of the cannon fodder. As long as the East achieved this goal, the Byzantines would not be willing, and the Berbers would not be willing. Before the Dashi energy recovered, it would be possible to decline.

Another order was issued, and there were ships in hand, allowing soldiers from all over the river to board a small boat, bring weapons, and pursue them from both sides. Many big cannibals saw that it was not good, so they jumped into the river, wanted to swim out of the iron chain circle and escape back to the south bank. There were also more than forty river boats of all sizes, and they escaped from the sky. Ten thousand soldiers in the river board a small boat and expanded their results.

Seeing the Tang army on the north bank attacking each other, almost all the ships that escaped from Dashi were squeezing their heads and approaching them. Everyone was holding this idea. The soldiers in the river were from all over the country in the river, and the ships were small, just in time to take revenge. If they really didn't support themselves, they could escape calmly.

It was right to think of something, but they ignored the morale. Listening to the screams and calls for help from the fire inside, soldiers from all over the river were boiling and their morale was extremely excited. Seeing the big cannibals rushing over, they all flexibly and maneuvered the boat to avoid it. Many soldiers in the river jumped onto the boat when they handed over the two ships and fought with the big cannibals on the boat. This was not difficult. In addition to summer, the Wuhu River was shallow in spring and autumn, so the ships were not very big. The largest one was only about one hundred tons. Such ships were rare in the big food army. As for the ships that were repaired, most of them were more than twenty tons, and the largest one was no more than fifty tons. It was much larger than a small boat like the Tang army, but the side height of the ship was only half a person or half a person was high.

One man took the lead, and more people jumped onto the ships to fight. The morale was high, there were many people, and the courageous people. As a result, most of the ships were snatched by the Tang army. Only a few ships that were behind saw a lot of momentum, turned around and fled, and escaped. Without the interference of these ships, they all caught the prisoners one by one, salvaged the Dashi soldiers from the river, tied them up with ropes, and took them back.

It was dawn and the battle was over. The river surface continued to emit thick smoke, and there were charred decks floating everywhere, as well as dead bodies. Because of the large number, they were all blocked by iron chains. As the iron chain was retracted, it quickly rushed to the downstream under the flow of the river. The Wuhu River returned to its calm again.

Li Wei ordered to drag out the ship parked in the river.

The soldiers were put on the boat, with some small trenchers and boxes.

Then dozens of small boats transported supplies, mainly vegetables and vegetables. These days, the soldiers on the Guaju Mountain have also lived a very hard life. There is also this box.

The ship gradually reached the other side of the river and did not approach it, but opened the boxes, and inside were leaflets, thrown into the sky with a catapult. The morning wind gradually calmed down, but it did not stop completely. Under the wind, these leaflets immediately floated into the military camp of Dashi.

Luo Wu took the box and also used a trencher to throw the flyers into the Dashi Military Camp.

An envoy was sent to Salem to talk about holy war, and not many people knew about this. Before, Dashi was not done, and Dashi was very morale and the effect was not good. Just as the two defeats were the two battles, many Dashi troops came to Wuhu River and then shot out the leaflets.

The leaflet carved a manifesto in a large food and stone plate. It clearly stated that the Tang Dynasty opposed people who had no prophet blood to inherit the position of Caliph. Then it talked about Ali's deeds. The scout brought more information, and Li Wei didn't know how to say good to this person.

His character is indeed perfect, and Li Wei is inferior to himself. He is very talented in military affairs, but he is a real idiot in politics. For example, Aviye sent troops to oppose him and let Ali defeat him. Seeing that he had defeated, Aviye said scoundrelly that we should make a decision based on the Quran. Ali considered reducing the killing of Muslims, but actually agreed. So this stupidity made Muslims think that Ali was the most devout Muslim and sanctified him.

The leaflet said some of Ali's beautiful deeds, allowing the soldiers of Dashi to relive them. Then they talked about how Aviye treated Ali's family? The eldest son Hassan poisoned Aviye, and the second son Hussein asked Aviye's son Ye Qide to cut off his head.

These two people are the true descendants of the prophet (the wife of Ali and the daughter of Muhammad). Ye Qide and his son not only defiled the saints, but also defiled the prophets. Therefore, at the invitation of Abdullah Zobair, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to overthrow Ye Qide, and also the justice of the prophets and the saints. Finally, they encouraged them again to support the Tang army and launch holy wars against these strange disciples.

Salem was furious and urgently ordered his subordinates to collect the leaflet.

But the leaflet was just a piece of paper, and the eyes were good, and the contents could be read soon. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty army was still scattering leaflets into the Dashi Army on the Guazhu Mountain and the river.

In just a moment, almost all the soldiers in the army knew what was on the flyer.

Not only the great cannibals, but now there are many Persian soldiers who also believe in Islam. However, in China, some soldiers were somewhat confused in Khorasan because of the death of Husaiyin. I believe that there are not many people in the Tang Dynasty, but many soldiers are thinking. Is it right or wrong for us to help Ye Qide fight?

There are four reasons to support the strong combat effectiveness of the Dashi soldiers. Excellent commanding generals have emerged continuously. For example, Salem is not the best in Dashi. However, no general in the Persian rebels, Tochar and the countries in the River can match him. The individual soldiers have rich combat experience, confidence brought by victory in every battle, and belief in religion.

The command level of the general, these battles, can see the gap between the two sides. The confidence to win every battle gradually turned into a trend of rushing down after two major defeats. There were serious differences within the religious beliefs and Dashi. The soldiers could only think lightly, not deeply, and once they thought deeply, what consequences would it cause? What consequences would this magnification occur when fighting?

I don’t believe that the people of the Tang Dynasty would have good intentions and launch some holy wars, but many people believe that it is very likely that the people of the Tang Dynasty would join forces with Zobair. However, this psychological factor will also cause serious worries about morale. Salem felt something was wrong.

He simply gave up the Wuhu River, focused on defending the south bank, and then dispatched another 10,000 troops from the rear to support. In this battle, the Tang Dynasty people almost did not spend much effort, and wiped out more than 8,000 soldiers. These soldiers were not only water-like, but also half of them were real elite soldiers of the big food. The strategy was also modified and they were guarded until the winter wheat harvest. Then the Tang Dynasty people were placed on the south bank of the Wuhu River, and the hot weather was used to fight the decisive battle.

Finally realized that this kind of passive defense is very unfavorable to me.

He also reported the situation to Damascus. However, it was not to say that the Tang Dynasty had only 30,000 to 40,000 elite troops, but to say that the Tang Dynasty sent more than 100,000 elite troops. Whether these elite troops came from the Tang Dynasty, from Tochar, or from the river, they were vaguely led them to reduce their responsibilities.

But those who did a good job were defeated so much that they were arranged in an orderly manner.

Standing by the river, looking for a while, the flyers were dispersed, and the ship was sailing back. Li Wei turned his head back.

Empress Dowager Anguo came over, smiled flatteringly, and said, "Your Majesty, I am the wrong one."

"You are wrong. Since you want us to support you, you cannot doubt the strength of our Tang Dynasty."

"Yes, yes, I am also a subject of the Tang Dynasty. How dare I doubt Your Majesty?"

Li Wei did not think of the old empress dowager as a subject of the Tang Dynasty for the time being, and said, "Since you are here, I will just say something."

He gathered the nobles together and asked, "Everyone, do you know why I did not send troops before when I saw the river in danger?"

You were fighting fiercely with the Tubo people at that time, how could you send troops? But you didn't dare to say that, so you had to shake your head.

"Look at it, our two places have different languages, different writings, different customs and habits, and even different clothes. Even soldiers need to translate them when talking. How do you let us Datang accept you as our subjects of the Tang Dynasty? If you are not our subjects of the Tang Dynasty, how can we let our Datang come and send heavy troops to protect it?"

"Your Majesty, the Heavenly Dynasty has never said it before." said an old minister of Anguo.

"You can understand some things if you have to say?"

"Yes, yes, but what should we do?"

"I want you to discuss with other prefectures and counties to promote the people to learn the Tang Dynasty's Mandarin, learn the Tang Dynasty's writings, and even during the imperial examinations, they will send some outstanding children to participate in the imperial examinations in our court." What I wanted to say before was terrible to cause some bad ideas.

Taking advantage of this great victory, we will raise this request.

It is not too much. The cannibals forced heavy taxes and kept invading, looting property, looting people as slaves, and forcibly promoting Islam, which only allowed them to learn Chinese and Chinese characters, which caused much less controversy than religion.

This is assimilation.

Some people smile bitterly at the corners of their mouths.

But how can it be possible to survive in the crack and want to not give at all? I agree.

After regaining control of the Wuhu River, the Tang Dynasty's army was divided into five again. The Tang army was divided, and the Dashi Army had to be divided. But the Tang Dynasty began to repair ships and repaired them by the Wuhu River. Then they sent scouts to inform the Persian merchants that they had seized your ships or burned your ships, and they were forced to defeat the Dashi.

We immediately rebuild the ship, repair the ship, and use these new ships as repayment. Those who do not believe in the quality can send someone to come and take a look. Recover the negative impact of robbing the ship and burning the ship.

So there were more and more Tang Dynasty ships on the Wuhu River, and then they came back to harass the cannibals.

But it is ten times worse than the big cannibal.

Every night, the army kept beating the drums and trumpets. Sometimes the army got up in the middle of the night and deliberately got on the ship to make a feint. Salem made Li Wei feel extremely troubled, and the wheat became yellower day by day. It was hard to say that the Tang army would not launch a real attack.

So the soldiers were divided into two shifts on duty and took turns to rest.

But people always do things during the day and sleep at night. How many people can have night owl habits? It can be done in a day or two, but over time, this kind of life that is inverted day and night will always have some impact on the cannibalism.

But this is not bad news. I saw that in mid-April, several fast horses rushed from Tocharo and reported to him that the Tang Dynasty's more than 100,000 troops launched a fierce attack on the city of Gabro.

"How is that possible?" Salem grabbed the scout's collar.

More than 100,000 troops were not 10,000 or 20,000 troops. How many troops did the two sides dispatched when the Dashi fought against Bai'an Apricot? How many troops did the two sides dispatched for fierce battles in Alexandria? When Ali and Aviye fought fiercely, Ali only used 50,000 troops.

How much food and supplies should a hundred thousand troops consume every day? Confrontations like the current Wuhu River are consumed astronomical. So he can recruit more soldiers to fight, but he can afford them but cannot afford them. The Tang Dynasty trained 70,000 troops in the river and used 40,000. The same is true.

With more than 100,000 troops, can only half of Tochar be supported? Besides, there are not so many troops. A few days ago, only 50,000 people were trained, and it is rare to be able to use 30,000 to 40,000 people.

"Governor General, my subordinates have not reported it in vain. I saw it with my own eyes when I stood on the top of the city. This time the Tang Dynasty army came, and it was vast and covered with mountains and fields, with at least tens of thousands of people."

"Is it transferred from the western region of Tianshan?"

"The Governor is wise, and the generals in the city also think so. Most of these soldiers are just wearing leather armor. If they were regular soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they would not only wear leather armor."

"You came from afar, thank you for your hard work, go down and rest."

Salem sat on the chair and stared blankly. It was not impossible. All the tribes that rebeled from the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions were suppressed by the Tang Dynasty. The remaining tribes adopted the policy of getting close to the Tang Dynasty during this period. It was impossible to mobilize more than 100,000 troops from Tocharo, but it was very easy to mobilize more than 100,000 troops from the Western Regions.

If that were the case, the Tang Dynasty's real main attack direction was Tocharo and Jiling City. But weren't they afraid of the Tubo people? It would be easier to attract Tubo's attack by pulling out the Western Regions army. This was also a very unreasonable approach. Walk out of the tent, look at the Tang Dynasty fleet showing its might on the Wuhu River, and then look at the Tang Dynasty camp opposite, and sorted out the information that the scouts asked for in detail in their minds.

This is also a very difficult thing.

Any general will use it, but the information they inquired is varied. Unless there is obvious information and other scouts do not know the importance of it, they will not just be a scout. So they pour out all of them. As a general, they can not only use scouts, but also find out these useful information from the huge amount of information brought by scouts.

For example, Wang Fangyi even neglected the religious information.

Finally, one thing came to mind: Tubo Lao Zanpu died, and the new Zanpu had just ascended the throne. Because of Qinghai's failure, the domestic political situation was unstable.

Oops!

If this is the case, it is even so serious that the pro-war faction dare not send troops. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty could explain this. Tubo did not send troops and had no worries. He was attentive to the Wuhu River. Another Tang army could seize all Tocharo, even capture Jiling City, forming a line with the rebel army. Then he sent troops westward and attacked the Tang Dynasty emperor's army, and Khurasan and Sestan were all lost!

Tubo is far away, and I have never noticed it, and I have not received the latest news about Tubo. However, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty came from Qinghai and from the Western Regions.

Thinking about it again, there are more suspicious places. For example, after the Tang Dynasty won the battle in Guazhu Mountain that day, it did not cross the entire army, but immediately built a fortification. For example, when the Wuhu River was burned that night, his soldiers were depressed, and the Tang army had the opportunity to cross the river at that time. He deliberately lined up to guard the situation, but did not cross the river.
Chapter completed!