Li Jing still besieged Wutu City but did not attack it.
After Arum rested in the city for a few days, he realized that the food in the city was not enough for their newly arrived army of about 100,000 people, so they still had to break out.
But in the last breakout, more than 20,000 troops were lost.
If we break through this time, I'm afraid there will be the same losses again.
But it would be impossible not to break out of the siege, and they would have to starve to death in the city.
This is Li Jing's conspiracy. He wants to drive Arum out of the city one by one.
It was impossible for Arum to break out in other directions because it was too far to return to the Arab Empire.
There are hot air balloons around, so long as they are harassed every night and not allowed to rest.
In just three to five days, his army completely collapsed.
When the food in the city ran out, they had no choice but to go to the next city.
Although it is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst, it is the only way.
After resting in the city, Arum broke out again, and sure enough, Li Jing only let go of the south gate again.
They broke out along the south gate, and Li Jing used his old tricks again, but at long range, shooting bows and arrows at the breaking team as if they were free of charge.
After all the breakout teams rushed out, they began to hang at a distance again, and then did not let them rest.
Arum sent a team of 20,000 people to break up the rear, but the demoralized Arab soldiers were defeated by the Tang army in less than two hours.
This time when they entered Gong Yutuo City, their losses were even greater than the last time they broke out, with a total of 40,000 troops missing.
Arum looked like he had aged twenty years overnight. He was still in his prime, but now he had a lot of gray hair on his head.
He didn't know why there were such countries and armies in the world. How could they fight like this?
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are like shy girls, always attacking you where you haven't seen them yet.
Artillery, muskets, crossbows, and hot air balloons are all weapons for long-range attacks.
Without a crushing advantage in numbers, they were repulsed without anyone being able to touch them.
Tens of thousands of his own troops fell down, but there didn't seem to be many casualties on the other side.
Just like this, they rushed down one city after another. By the time they reached Jianzhibuluo City in the southernmost part of Tianzhu, Arum had only 70,000 soldiers under his command.
These soldiers had long since lost their spirit and had no desire to fight to the death with the Tang army.
In response to those words, there is only one time and countless times to escape.
I ran as if I was used to running.
There is no need to think about anything else when escaping. As long as you can outrun other Arab warriors, you can survive.
Arum was originally the commander-in-chief of the empire and a high-ranking nobleman of the Arab Empire. At this time, he had not bathed or washed his hair for many days, just like a beggar on the roadside.
This time Datang seemed to know that this was the last city they could reach, so he surrounded the city tightly.
"Commander, we don't have much food anymore." Arum's lieutenant looked at his haggard appearance, his face darkened and said worriedly: "We may only be able to hold on for three days."
Arum raised his head and glanced at him, but said nothing.
The deputy general hesitated and said: "Commander, how about...surrender!"
"Surrender?" Arum finally had some reaction. He glanced at his lieutenant and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't.
It seemed that he had no other choice now except surrender.
It is impossible to defend, and there will be no food in three days.
They had tried to break out of the siege many times, but Datang was determined not to let them leave this time, and would force them back into the city even if they were forced to fight head-on.
If you don't want to die, it seems that the only way is to surrender.
He entered Tianzhu with an army of 400,000 people, and the Arab army that followed him had another identity, that is, they were all high-spirited Arab youths.
These people are the future of Arabia. If possible, I still have to save their lives, right?
After making up his mind, he said to the deputy general: "Send someone to tell Datang that if they can promise not to massacre our surrendered soldiers, we will choose to surrender. Otherwise, we will launch a fatal blow!"
This is why his opponent has always been Li Jing, and Li Jing almost always defeated him openly and openly.
If his opponents were Tang Ping and Duan Zhixuan, even if they agreed, he wouldn't believe a word of it.
The deputy general was ordered to go out, find people from Tianzhu in the city who could speak Tang Dynasty, and let them out of the city.
"Surrender?" Li Jing looked at the Tianzhu merchant brought below and nodded.
He had long expected that the other party would be unable to hold on, so he was not surprised at all when the other party surrendered.
"Okay, tell them that we will treat the prisoners preferentially!" Li Jing said and wrote a document asking the Tianzhu businessman to take it back.
Arum received Li Jing's document and asked the Tianzhu businessman to translate it.
The general idea is that the Tang army led by Li Jing accepted their surrender, and the Tang army treated the prisoners preferentially and would never starve or freeze them.
But they also caused harm to the Tang army, so they had to use labor to compensate.
Arum handed Li Jing's documents to the deputy general and said, "Okay, you put this away and take the people to surrender!"
"Lord Commander, you?"
"I'm a little tired and want to take a rest. Please call me again when the Tang Army enters the city."
Arum actually smiled and waved.
The lieutenant general nodded, and as soon as he led Merchant Zhu out of the house that day, he heard a thump in the room behind him.
He quickly opened the door and went back, only to find that Arum had committed suicide.
"Lord Commander!" The deputy general wiped his tears and closed the door.
All the Arab soldiers in Jianzhibuluo City handed over their weapons and surrendered to the Tang army, and the war in the east of Tianzhu ended.
The famous Arab general Arum, his lieutenants and all the bodyguards committed suicide and martyred their country.
Li Jing saluted Arum's body and handed it over to the remaining Arab soldiers.
How to deal with it depends on their own customs.
After successive battles, the Tang army led by Li Jing was also very tired, so he chose to build Zhibu Luo City and repair it for a few days before marching to Central Tianzhu.
Zhen Yougan and the others took the first step, so they met Tang Ping.
"General Li Jing is truly a military god!" Zhen Yougan said and asked Tang Ping: "Now the only Arab army in Tianzhu you mentioned is the Arab army brought by Fakhr al-Din?"
"Well, there are also many wounded in Viramala City. The other Arab armies either surrendered or were wiped out."
Zhen Yougan asked with a playful smile: "Then you see that we have done a lot this time. There are some cities in Tianzhu. Can they be returned to us?"
This question was difficult for Raja Sri to ask, especially since he offended Tang Ping last time.
Only Zhen Yougan asked half-jokingly.
After hearing this, Tang Ping also asked with a playful smile: "Then how many cities do you think we should return to you?"
