The Arab soldiers below, including Fakhr al-Din, were all dead.
They are all believers. It is one thing to believe that people have souls, but it is another thing to actually see it.
Not to mention that these souls are asking for their bodies.
Even if we are all members of the Arab army, there is no way we can give up our bodies to you!
"Go away, go away!" Some soldiers drew their weapons and shouted at the sky, as if this could drive away those nihilistic souls.
Fakhrdin shouted in his heart that something was wrong, and was about to ask someone to comfort the soldiers when the image of the sky disappeared.
The entire city of Urayana fell into darkness again.
But what was replaced was a shrill scream coming from the darkness.
The Arab soldiers had not rested for almost two or three days, but the first images made their spirits extremely tense.
Now it explodes directly, as if a soul that takes away his body may appear around him at any time.
"Don't come near me, don't come near me!"
"Ah, you actually cut me with a knife. You must want to kill me and then take over my body."
"Go to hell!"
Crazy soldiers began to attack people around them everywhere in various camps. Such attacks made the already nervous Arab soldiers even more frightened.
Fakhr al-Din sent his personal guards everywhere to suppress, but with little effect.
When the gourd was pressed, the gourd floated up. Just as the attack here stopped, the killing started again over there.
It was not until daybreak that the light dispelled the fear in the hearts of these soldiers.
Not only did he not get a good rest that night, but he suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. This was already the largest casualty since Fakhr al-Din entered Tianzhu.
He now finally understood why Rashid's 150,000-strong army was almost completely annihilated without causing any casualties to the Tang Army.
Because these Datang troops will not fight you head-on at all. They will just lie down like mosquitoes sucking blood where you can't see them. Then when you are not paying attention, they will turn into vicious dogs and bite off a piece of your flesh, and then quickly move away.
Among the nearly 10,000 casualties, there were more than 5,000 wounded soldiers. Taking them away would definitely slow down the team. Fakhruddin could only leave a few thousand people to escort them back to Viramala City first. This Ujayana These Arab soldiers in the city said they were unwilling to stay here any longer.
Suddenly, Fakhr al-Din's army only numbered more than 170,000 people, and without realizing it, it was one-eighth less.
"Twenty thousand light cavalry will be divided into two groups on each side. When we discover the Tang army, I will bite them at all costs!" Fakhr al-Din ordered through gritted teeth.
The Tang Army could no longer be allowed to control its own rhythm.
At first, he only thought that the Tang army of more than 20,000 people would not pose any threat to him, so all he could think about was hurrying on his way.
Now he knew that he was wrong, and he had to deal with the Tang army that had been lurking around him.
Even if it can't be solved, the 40,000 Qingqi of my own must bite the opponent tightly so that the opponent can't free their hands to stop him from moving forward.
Seeing the opponent sending out a large number of light cavalry, Duan Zhixuan also knew that their tactics of constantly harassing the opponent could no longer be used.
"In this case, let's let them see the true strength of our Datang Expeditionary Force, lest the enemy think that we only shoot cold arrows in the back!"
Duan Zhixuan also has his own arrogance, so although he doesn't look down on Tang Ping's tactics of disturbing the enemy, he still hopes in his heart that he can fight the enemy on the frontal battlefield.
This is probably the difference between Tang Ping and the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty.
In the eyes of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, one general can make thousands of bones dry. Although they will not deliberately let the soldiers under their command die, if they can defeat the enemy, then the sacrifice is acceptable.
In Tang Ping's view, if he could kill all his enemies with dirty tricks and leave no one on his side dead, that would be the greatest success.
But in the current situation, there is really no way to use underhanded tactics.
These 40,000 light cavalry are well-equipped, and they hardly need to bring too much supplies. They can just go out for three to five days and then return to the main force for supplies.
Therefore, in terms of speed, they are definitely faster than Tang Ping and his 20,000-strong Tang Expeditionary Force.
Once stuck, it is difficult to get rid of, so it is better to find a suitable place to deal with the opponent.
Duan Zhixuan already knew the terrain nearby, and ordered a retreat while leaving some traces.
Soon the Arab light cavalry discovered these traces and chased after them.
Fakhr al-Din's main force will not leave the established route to pursue Tang Ping and the others. His current goal is to take the remaining 130,000 people to the east for support.
Of course, the premise is that the place where the Tang Expeditionary Force and the 40,000 Arab light cavalry fought was not far from the main force.
If it was too close, Fakhr al-Din would not be afraid of delaying another day or two to deal with the Tang army that made him hate it.
Therefore, the place Duan Zhixuan initially chose for the decisive battle was not nearby.
The two cavalry units chased and fled. It was only when it was getting dark that the Arabian light cavalry saw the Tang Expeditionary Force in the distance.
Duan Zhixuan, on the other hand, led the Tang Expeditionary Force directly to a hillside and then set up their formation.
The Arabian Qingqi did not expect that the other party had been running away, and actually stopped at this time.
"General, do you want to surround the opponent?" A deputy general asked the commander-in-chief Hamid who led the troops.
Hamid shook his head: "This Tang Dynasty cavalry is definitely not simple. Our strength is only slightly better than the opponent's. If we divide our troops to encircle them now, and they find our weak points to break through, I'm afraid they will escape again."
"We just need to guard them now and prevent them from interfering with the army led by General Fakhr al-Din."
"The whole army is here, rest on the spot!"
They camped on the spot and lit countless torches and bonfires, not only to guard against night attacks by the other party, but also to monitor the Datang expeditionary force on the opposite side to prevent them from slipping away again.
"Haha, these Arabs have learned well."
After a day of running, the Tang army was tired, so they had no intention of launching a night attack. They ate early and went to bed.
Anyway, there are drones monitoring, so we are not afraid of sneak attacks by the other party.
Early the next morning, Duan Zhixuan was giving orders in the camp.
"Duan Zan, you will lead five thousand cavalry to engage the enemy in a moment. You will only be allowed to lose but not win. You understand."
"yes!"
The young general named Duan Zan is Duan Zhixuan's eldest son.
"Ping Guo Gong, please follow the cavalry archers and the second battalion to ambush here later. When the enemy passes by, shell the enemy's center to block the charging speed of the rear army."
The task given to Tang Ping was long-range attack, which was relatively safe.
Tang Ping naturally took orders. Duan Zhixuan was the commander of this army, and he also had to obey his orders.
"The rest of the generals, just follow my formation. Today we must kill them all without leaving any trace behind!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
In the past few days, the Arab army had been extremely frustrated. Little did they know that the generals of the Tang Dynasty were full of fighting spirit and were waiting to fight with them.
