At the same time, Zhao Youlin was on the other side.
This guy has now withdrawn his troops more than thirty miles back to rest and recuperate in accordance with Li Chengqian's request.
Not long ago, Li Chengqian evaluated Zhao Youlin.
Although he is very ambitious, he also has unique abilities, and he can be regarded as an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs.
Let’s not talk about other things, just talk about everything he did in Western Turks, which can be seen.
Under the leadership of this guy, the Western Turks today are countless times stronger than they were in history.
In addition to rectifying government affairs, this guy's military skills are not inferior to those famous generals.
At this moment, although he was leading the retreat.
But under his command, there was no chaos at all in the entire army.
In addition, this guy also left a group of sentries every other mile along the way to pass on information.
In this era, there was no such high-precision equipment as in later generations.
If they want to know the latest battle report from the front, the spies have to walk like a revolving lantern, constantly rushing to deliver news between the battlefield and the base camp.
A group of sentries per mile can not only give the soldiers a full rest, but also increase the speed of information transmission.
It also allows the team to know the enemy's movements at the first time.
But just when Zhao Youlin led his team to the expected defense line set up for him by Li Chengqian.
A spy suddenly hurried past from behind.
When he arrived in front of Zhao Youlin, he immediately got off his horse, beat his chest with one hand and said, "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty has begun to fight with Angsa!"
"How's it going?"
Zhao Youlin asked eagerly.
"It's not clear right now."
The spy reported truthfully: "But I think it won't be long before new reports come back."
Hearing the spy's words, Zhao Youlin's heart was in doubt.
He saw with his own eyes what Anza's fighting prowess was.
He was really worried that Li Chengqian and the tens of thousands of troops under his command could not withstand the opponent's offensive and were directly destroyed by the opponent.
You know, Li Chengqian's identity is not an ordinary general of the Tang Dynasty.
This guy is the prince of the Tang Dynasty.
If he really died in Western Turks, it would be really difficult for Western Turks to develop in the future.
Not to mention whether Datang would attach this grudge to them.
Simply speaking, in the Tang Dynasty, except for Li Chengqian, there was no one who had such foresight and would help him. This was a big problem.
But now, he doesn't dare to think too much.
After all, this is a critical moment, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people are in his hands.
If the lives of hundreds of thousands of people were sacrificed for Li Chengqian, then it would really be a loss of both his wife and his troops.
"Explore again and report again"
After sending the Tanma away, Zhao Youlin gritted his teeth and ordered: "Send an order to the entire army to speed up the construction of the defense line and be prepared to fight the enemy at any time."
To be honest, Zhao Youlin feels a little powerless now.
Even the powerlessness he felt now was even stronger than the feeling of powerlessness brought to him by Li Chengqian and the Liangzhou Army when he fought against the Tang Dynasty.
And this is not because of anything else, just because of the strength of the Ansa Army.
Only those who have truly experienced such a completely unequal war know how different it is.
Their weapons can hit you at a distance of two to three hundred paces.
But you have to get within a hundred steps to cause damage to the enemy.
Perhaps the distance of a hundred steps seems an understatement.
But only when you actually go to the battlefield will you know how much blood it takes to make up for the distance of a hundred steps.
Since the beginning of the war, Zhao Youlin has seen countless times his brothers struggling to survive under enemy guns and artillery fire.
He even saw his brothers being shot one by one by the opponent.
The scene was just like the farmers in their hometown who practiced swinging until they harvested wheat in the autumn. It was so relaxed and indifferent.
Thinking of this, Zhao Youlin couldn't help but clenched his fists.
He looked straight to the south and said secretly: "Li Chengqian, aren't you awesome?"
"Didn't you say that Tang Dynasty's firearms are the future?"
"Then this time, you can defeat them and show me whether what you said is true or false..."
Maybe it’s because if you don’t forget it, you must recall it.
Or maybe Li Chengqian was destined to make him owe him a huge favor.
At this moment, a Western Turkic cavalryman suddenly appeared on the hillside in the distance.
As the distance got closer, Zhao Youlin finally heard that the cavalryman was shouting something while running.
When the other party was about to approach him, Zhao Youlin finally heard clearly.
What he shouted was: "Good news, good news, the Tang Dynasty has severely attacked Ansa, and Ansa's advance team of more than 10,000 soldiers has been wiped out!"
Upon hearing the news, the Western Turk team was silent for a while.
Immediately afterwards, a burst of violent cheers broke out.
"Win! Win the fight!"
Although the advance team of 10,000 people is a drop in the bucket in this battle involving nearly one million people.
Nor can it bring any actual blow to the Ansa army, which has 500,000 soldiers.
But for the Western Turks at this moment, this is a huge victory.
You know, since the Angsa army invaded the Western Turks, they have not won a single war.
They were even chased and beaten back dozens of miles, giving up nearly one-sixth of their territory.
Now, they finally won.
No matter how many people were killed or injured on the other side, it didn't matter whether it was Datang's attack or theirs.
At least they won and the Angsa people lost.
After hearing the news, Zhao Youlin also breathed a sigh of relief.
He calmed down, then looked at the messenger and asked, "What are the losses of Datang?"
"Not clear so far."
The spy thought for a moment and then said: "But according to visual inspection, it is at most 10 to 20."
"Two out of ten?"
Zhao Youlin asked uncertainly: "Is it one-tenth or two-tenths of the whole?"
"Twelve-tenths of the advance army."
When talking about this, the spy was also a little surprised and said: "That's about four to five hundred people."
Hearing this, Zhao Youlin couldn't help but take a breath of air.
He knew that the Tang Dynasty had weapons, and he also saw the so-called 'muskets' of the Tang Dynasty.
But in his opinion, Datang's muskets were almost indistinguishable from Ansa's.
And in a war where you have firearms and I have firearms.
No matter what happens, the two sides should be evenly matched.
How could there be such a big contrast?
More than 10,000 people were almost wiped out, but your advance army of 5,000 people only suffered 400 or 500 casualties?
But I'm afraid this guy doesn't know that even four to five hundred people are overestimated by this spy.
In fact, on Li Chengqian's side, except for some casualties during the subsequent bayonet fight.
During the offensive and defensive position battle between the two sides, no one in the Bingzhou Army was even injured...
As Li Chengqian himself said, technology is enough to crush everything.
Unsa's technology is stronger than that of Sassanid Persia, so he can crush Sassanid Persia.
Angsa's technology is stronger than that of the Western Turks, so he can crush the Western Turks.
In the same way, Datang's technology is an upgraded version of Angsa, so he can crush Angsa without any suspense.
No matter what, he still won.
Zhao Youlin raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "This guy can always bring some unexpected surprises to people."
