"Trash, it's all trash!"
Fakhr al-Din shouted angrily in the military tent:
"More than 100,000 troops surrounded 10,000 Tang troops, but they still managed to escape with thousands of them!"
"Aren't we the invincible Arab Empire army? We destroyed 10,000 enemy troops, but we actually paid nearly 30,000 casualties!"
"The most stupid thing is that we didn't wipe out all the enemy troops. In the end, there were nearly 10,000 people who let them run away?"
"When we came, there were 200,000 troops, a total of 200,000 troops! Do you think how many are left now? And the Tang army lost only 10,000 or 10,000!"
"We got it with 40,000 Qingqi as bait!"
Fakhr al-Din was almost fuming.
He was appointed by the Emperor of the Arab Empire to bring an army of 200,000 to support the Arab Legion in Tianzhu.
Now no one has seen it, and it has been dragged down by an army of 20,000 people, leaving only 100,000 fighting soldiers.
The generals below all lowered their heads, and no one dared to speak.
If we talk about those people of the Tang Dynasty, flying in the sky to seize the commander's flag, using mysterious things behind their back to shout family orders, etc. are all just tricks.
So in the defense battle last night, it is an indisputable fact that the Arab army lost 30,000 people.
The three-fold difference in the battle loss ratio between the two sides can already explain the gap in strength between the two sides.
And this was because the surrounded Tang army put on the armor of the Arab light cavalry. If it were their own armor, just like the five thousand people who came to rescue later, their combat effectiveness would be even higher.
Fakhr al-Din also knew that losing his temper would not help, but now if he didn't yell here twice, he felt that he really couldn't vent his unhappiness.
After he had finished scolding him, he glared at the generals below and said, "Everyone break camp and head east as quickly as possible!"
These words made him blush a little. The original reinforcements of 200,000 troops were now reduced by half, and he didn't know how the battle in the east was going.
Fortunately, the Tang army that had been following him like flies should have no fighting power now.
So they just have to concentrate on their way.
After walking for two days, a scout suddenly came to report that a large number of Arab troops appeared in front.
Fakhr al-Din was furious: "Haven't these people from the Tang Dynasty learned to be smart? They have used such tactics over and over again! Prepare for me to fight. This time, no one can be spared!"
Now they had set foot on the eastern Indus plain of the Indian peninsula.
The view here is wide, and a group of Arab soldiers in disorder can be seen running towards them from a distance.
"Prepare!"
"Fire the arrow!"
The Arab soldiers originally thought they had met friendly forces, but as soon as they entered the shooting range, a hail of arrows rained down on their heads and faces.
They were unprepared and many people were shot dead in the area in an instant.
"General, it seems... something is wrong!" Fakhr al-Din's deputy general said with some suspicion: "Listen..."
Fakhr al-Din felt something was wrong when he heard it, because the Tang army imitated it very closely, but they did not know Arabic.
But now the wailing sounds seemed to be in authentic Arabic.
Looking at the confused Arab soldiers who retreated out of range, Fakhr al-Din sent his lieutenant out.
The deputy general rode up to them and asked, "Where are you from?"
A man in deputy general uniform also came out from the opposite side and shouted angrily at him: "Of course we are the Arab Empire army, we are the subordinates of General Bakr!"
"General Baiker!" The deputy general was startled: "Didn't he go out with Lord Arum to guard the city-state in northern Tianzhu? Why are he here? Where are the others?"
"There!" The deputy general on the opposite side pointed to the body that had just been shot and said, "Kill him! I will definitely report it to the Elders when I return to the empire!"
It’s over!
The lieutenant general was stunned. This was a real Arab army, belonging to General Bakr under Lord Arum.
But just now they fired a volley and actually shot to death their own imperial general.
With his hands and feet numb, he returned to the military tent and reported the matter to Fakhrdin, who was also stunned.
After defending against the Tang Army for so long, except for the siege two nights ago, today's defense was the best.
As a result, after working for a long time, he failed to guard against the Tang Dynasty and shot one of his own generals to death!
"Aren't they stationed in the north of Tianzhu? How did they come here?" Fakhr al-Din asked with a roar.
"They said they were defeated in the battle with the Tang Dynasty and the entire northern city-state was completely lost, so they retreated here."
"All the northern city-states have been completely lost? How many people do they still have?" Fakhr al-Din was shocked. In other words, the 400,000 troops that came to Tianzhu in advance, and the nearly 200,000 Arab imperial troops in the west, northwest and north were not there. Already?
Including the 100,000 people he lost, the Arab Imperial Army's casualties were at least close to 300,000.
This was a situation that had never happened since the Arab Empire began its journey of conquest.
"They still have more than 30,000 people."
"Hmph!" Fakhr al-Din snorted coldly: "I will write a written explanation. You ask Bakr's deputy general to take people back to the Arab Empire, and then wait for them to leave the camp..."
Fakhr al-Din made a killing motion.
He accidentally killed an imperial general. This matter has not spread yet. He only needs to send away the deputy general and cronies of Baiker, so that the remaining 30,000 people will think that the news has been sent back to the country.
Then in the subsequent battle, just send these 30,000 people to die.
With the combat power of the Tang Army, it is not difficult to kill 30,000 people!
Fakhr al-Din is now under great pressure, and nearly half of the army he brought has been lost. If this war fails, he probably will not be able to return to the empire.
But if he wins by luck, then he can offset his merits and demerits, but the incident of accidentally killing the imperial general must not be spread.
In fact, at this time, deep in Fakhr al-Din's heart, he no longer had any expectations of defeating Datang.
Thirty thousand bakr's subordinates were let in, and then Fakhr al-Din wrote a sincere letter of explanation, clearly explaining how he was attacked by the Tang Dynasty with various forgeries and deceptions, and also expressed his deep understanding of how he was attacked by the Tang Dynasty. He confessed to the manslaughter of Bakr and stated that he was willing to accept all trials after returning to the empire.
After reading the letter, Baiker's adjutant had nothing to say, so he could only take his people westward to prepare to return home.
But they didn't know that as soon as they left the camp, a group of cavalry followed them out in the name of patrol.
Another 30,000 remnant troops were gathered, which actually made the troops worshiping Fakhr al-Din look a little stronger.
After resting for a night, Fakhr al-Din continued to order to advance eastward.
