Behind Maha City, on the other side of the Amu Darya River, Anyan Yan was waiting for the outcome of the battle. He also prepared several boats in case the situation was not right and covered the retreat of the Tang army.
The explosion just now was heard by everyone on the other side of the Amu Darya River. Not knowing what the battle ahead was like, Anyanyan sat with a solemn expression.
"Dear Master, those who cannot defend Maha City will be defeated sooner or later by just relying on such a few Tang people. Master should not give them precious treasures."
Wine and food are the most precious wealth in this place. Anyan Yanyan can have as much of these things as he wants, and Datang is also supplying them at the rear.
Anyanyan glared at the old slave who spoke.
The other party immediately lowered his head and saw that the master was angry. He was very upset about his own cleverness.
"The people of Tang Dynasty are different from the people you have seen. The cruel cannibals will definitely be punished."
Anyan Yan whispered with firmness in his words.
A group of slaves who had escaped from Persia in the rear also remained silent.
The Great Cannibals were very brutal when they attacked Persia. They plundered everything and killed everyone alive wherever they passed.
The old slave asked again in a low voice: "Master, but they are from the Tang Dynasty."
Anyan Yan nodded and said: "Tang people are the wisest people, and my ancestors are also Tang people."
After saying this, the old slave kowtowed and apologized for his words and deeds.
On the open plain battlefield that stretched for more than thirty miles, when the smoke and dust dispersed, the battlefield also became quiet.
The large corpses of war elephants under the city were covered in blood and flesh. Wang Xuance vomited on the spot when he saw this scene.
At this time, three male lions slowly walked out from the formation of the great cannibal army in the distance, and they roared towards Maha City.
Xue Rengui stared at the other party, and saw a bare-armed, bare-headed man walking out of the military formation. He was luxuriously dressed, with some strange patterns painted on his body, and exaggerated gold objects hanging around his neck.
The man appeased the roaring lion and walked back to the military formation. Then more than ten big cannibals came to the front of the army. They danced with their faces raised to the sky. A wolf was lifted to the front of the army and cut off the wolf's tail. neck and threw it in front of the army.
Seeing the strange scene, everyone was confused for a moment and didn't understand what they were doing.
After a while, the giant eater slowly retreated.
Wang Xuance had just finished vomiting and stood up holding on to the city wall, "Retreating?"
Xue Rengui also said suspiciously: "It seems that the troops have withdrawn."
Dashi retreated ten miles away from Maha City and stationed himself.
This left Ashnadur and Belus, who had already ambushed, to return without success.
The city cheered again, cheering for repelling the giant eater this time.
Xue Rengui, Wang Xuance, and many other people in the Tang Dynasty could not relax because this time they had truly seen the power of the cannibal.
It would be easy for that huge army to overwhelm the city of Maha.
He knew even more clearly that this small town could not be defended at all.
The big cannibals only temporarily retreated. They did not retreat. The earth mines frightened these big cannibals for a while.
Xue Rengui knew very well how much strength he had now. Just relying on these thousand Tang troops, the Anxi army and the Gaochang people, these troops were insignificant compared to the 300,000 cannibals.
Moreover, Maha City is too small and cannot be defended at all.
Ashenadur and Belus were sitting in the earthen hut. Xue Rengui expressed his thoughts solemnly, "What does it mean to be a cannibal?"
Belus explained: "They are doing this to show respect to God. Dashi respects God the most. Muhammad is the prophet. He is the spokesperson of God. Everything must obey God's words."
By now Wang Xuance finally understood, and the cannibal felt that the collapse of the war elephant herd was a warning from God.
They also think this behavior is ridiculous. Cannibals are ignorant and believe in God. In their eyes, God is everything, and Muhammad was the person closest to God.
Xue Rengui frowned and asked, "Can they really hear God's words?"
Mrs. Liu said in disgust: "How is that possible?"
Naturally, the people of the Central Plains do not believe in this. Fighting relies on the art of war, manpower, and wisdom.
Knowing that the war was over briefly, Anyanyan was back again. He walked into the earthen house and said, "The god of food cannot save people, nor can he save Persia. Only the people of the Tang Dynasty can save Persia."
Belus looked at Xue Rengui for help again.
What can be ensured at the moment is that Dashi will not cut off everyone's retreat. Xue Rengui is also very worried about this battle. He doesn't know how to deal with Dashi. Although he has earth mines in his hand, there are only two hundred of them at the moment.
These thunders can't kill 300,000 cannibals.
And this time, they also declared war on the big cannibals. Three years ago, Su Dingfang killed a big cannibal nobleman, and three years later, this battle happened in Maha City.
The war between Dashi and Datang has really begun.
Wang Xuance usually has a heartless attitude, but he is very optimistic about the current situation.
One night passed, and everyone came up with a solution.
Before being sent to the Western Regions, Xue Rengui read a lot of military books, but when it came to his experience in marching and fighting, he was also a novice. Putting down the Tianshan Rebellion was just like finishing the battle, and he did not use the skills he had learned.
The same goes for Wang Xuance. He has never been to such a distant place and has no experience in fighting.
There are only 10,000 soldiers and horses on hand at the moment. It is not easy to deal with 300,000 cannibals.
At night, Xue Rengui asked people to burn the corpses of the war elephants. Once so many war elephants were left out for a long time, they would stink extremely.
Persia has a tropical desert climate. The westerly wind often stirs up sand and dust, and the dry heat makes everyone very uncomfortable.
A fire broke out outside the city of Maha, burning the carcasses of these war elephants.
You can still smell the aroma of meat from a distance, and there is a huge fire in front of Maha City.
In the next two days, the giant eater did not attack again.
The earth mines blew up the war elephant herd and the impact was too great. The cannibals have been offering sacrifices for the past two days.
They were really frightened.
This could only frighten the big cannibals for a short time. They were stationed ten miles away from Maha City, and there was no news of retreating.
The mood of the three or two Tang people who followed from the Western Region Protectorate was not high, "This damn place will not be controlled by heaven or earth."
"If you die in battle, the government will still provide compensation to a certain family."
The speaker had a Chinese accent.
The big man on the other side smiled and said: "Don't say such dejected words. We are from the Tang Dynasty. General Xue and General Wang Xuance have already prepared a way out for us. We will fight to the death or not. We will go out and get military honors before going back." .”
People in the Tang Dynasty were unwilling to get too close to the Persians, and preferred to rest with the Gaochang people. At least these Gaochang people looked clean and brave, and were no worse than the Tang people in fighting.
The Persians were the most unpleasant to look at. Those people were smelly and had not been washed for who knows how long.
It is said that everyone is resisting the Great Eclipse together, but the atmosphere in the city is so low that it is impossible to unite sincerely, not to mention that these days, Persians who have fled abroad come to join forces every day, and the Persians who come to join forces are well fed. , and were unwilling to defend the city, and some even ran away after eating.
The people of Gaochang couldn't stand it, and the people of Tang Dynasty also despised these freeloading Persians.
The short-term peace made everyone relax. Anyanyan came over and said: "I have taken in a few more Persian slaves. They said that the great cannibal is withdrawing from the Persian capital and is coming to Maha City. It seems that he is still alive." We must gather 300,000 soldiers and horses to take you down in one fell swoop."
Hearing the news, Xue Rengui was stunned at first, and then quickly spread out the map. The capital of Persia was in the northwest of Maha City.
Compared to Maha City, the Persian capital was easier to hold on to.
"Stupid, so stupid! They actually abandoned the fortified city and ignored it."
Xue Rengui immediately kicked Wang Xuance awake who was snoring loudly.
"The big cannibal is attacking?" Wang Xuance stood up like a corpse.
"The situation has changed, and the great cannibal is withdrawing from the Persian capital."
"No call..." Wang Xuance complained. He was about to lie down again, but felt something was wrong and got up again, "What! They don't want the capital of Persia anymore?"
Anyanyan smiled and nodded.
"Why?" Wang Xuance said loudly.
"The Big Eaters like to plunder. When there is no more valuable things to rob in a place, they will leave and look for the next place to plunder. The Big Eaters are different from the Tang people. They don't know how to govern or operate. I thought they were just a large number of bandits."
From the city of Maha to the capital of Persia, it takes a day to ride a fast horse and travel lightly.
If a large army marches, it will take at least two days and one night.
Anyanyan's eyes were fixed on Xue Rengui. He was more willing to believe in the wisdom of the Tang people. If the situation in the West remained so turbulent, it would make it difficult to do business.
The prosperity of Persia is due to this trade route. Now that the trade route is cut off, it is difficult for him to do business.
Wang Xuance took people to the capital of Persia to investigate the situation and explore the truth.
Xue Rengui continued to reorganize the city defense. The next day, someone from the western region behind brought news that Pei Xingjian, the governor of Anxi, had gathered more than 20,000 Anxi troops and 10,000 Gaochang people from Adalan's army were rushing to the Amu Darya River.
"What a Pei Xingjian. Even though the Western Region is so depleted, he still managed to produce 30,000 soldiers and horses." Xue Rengui was in a good mood, "Xuan Ce, take a hundred light cavalry to the capital of the Persian King to find out what's true."
"Here!" Wang Xuance received the order and left with his horizontal sword.
Xue Rengui nodded and called someone again, "Immediately inform Duhu Pei and ask him to take 30,000 troops to the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River to cut off the water source."
The city of Maha is close to the Amu Darya River and also relies on this water source. The 300,000 troops who are also feasting are also stationed on the water source.
The next night, Wang Xuance came back. He brought a cat from the capital of Persia. "This was caught by a certain family from the capital of Persia."
"This cat is quite ferocious." Xue Rengui clicked his tongue in surprise.
This cat also recognized people. After putting it down, it quickly hid behind Belus, "This is indeed the cat of the royal capital. I didn't expect it to be alive."
The biggest taboo of military strategists is to cut off one's own retreat.
The Great Eater just gave up his retreat, and an army of 300,000 came to attack Maha City?
"It's really ridiculous!" Xue Rengui asked people to start making arrangements to rush to the Persian capital at night.
Anyanyan asked: "Are we leaving Maha City like this?"
Xue Rengui nodded and explained: "Of course we can't just give it to them and lay traps in the city."
When the water level of the Amu Darya River began to drop, Xue Rengui took the troops from Maha City and left all the way to the Persian capital that was abandoned by the cannibals.
After occupying the Persian capital, he controlled the main route to the northwest, and Pei Xingjian was on the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River, in the northeast.
In this way, it can echo Pei Xingjian's 30,000 troops and slowly eat away at the enemy's army.
Xue Rengui acted decisively without hesitation, made a prompt decision and quickly withdrew from Maha City.
Setting out at dark, the army trekked until noon, when a big city appeared in front of them.
There were many signs of burning on the walls of this city. Wang Xuance led the army in, "This was like this when I came here. Look, they didn't even clean up the corpses."
The stench came with the wind, and Xue Rengui asked everyone to cover their mouths and noses.
Tang people who love cleanliness, this is another evaluation of the Tang people by the people from the Western Regions and Persians who came with the army.
The tallest building in the royal capital is the royal city.
The current royal city does not have a gorgeous scene. Instead, there are a lot of bloodstains on the ground and walls, and there are even corpses lying on the spot when you walk into it.
When everyone walked to the other side of the royal city, they saw a sight that made the hair stand on end. They were naked Persians. They were tied to wooden stakes and exploded to death.
The death of these people was very miserable, with their eyeballs falling out and vultures in pieces.
Wang Xuance vomited again. He hadn't vomited much even after eating these days.
Xue Rengui turned his back and stopped looking, "They are still not human!"
Anyanyan explained: "This is a barbaric land. Dashi will do this because they have always been cruel. As long as they are cruel enough, they will be afraid of them and fear them. This is the reputation Dashi has established since his war."
Xue Rengui was trembling all over, "If the emperor of the Central Plains is so cruel, someone will definitely rise up to resist."
Anyanyan bowed and said, "General, what are your orders?"
"Burn it. The corpses in the whole city have been burned. Anyone who has touched the corpses must be washed with scalding hot water and quarantined for half a month before they can come into contact with strangers."
"Here." An Yanyan's behavior now looks more and more like a Tang Dynasty person.
Xue Rengui and Wang Xuance led their troops to reorganize the city defense.
Anyanyan let the slaves in his hands begin to clean up the royal capital.
"My master, you are becoming more and more like a Tang person." The old slave spoke again, and after a moment he changed his tune, "No, the master's ancestors are also Tang people. In this way, the master is a Tang person, and he is as wise as the Tang people. Yes, I love cleanliness."
Anyanyan had a stern face and was very tired of this chattering slave. If it weren't for the fact that he was so old and knew many of the secrets of Persia and Dashi, he wouldn't want such a person to stay around.
At this moment in Maha City, the giant man-eater crossed over the elephant carcasses and entered the small city.
Today's Maha City has become an empty city. They rummaged through the place for useful things, or food, but could not find anything useful except stones, loess, and wood. Many traps were arranged in the city, making these big cannibals very hungry. It's irritation.
Under the support of the crowd and wild beasts, a tall, strong man-eater with bare upper body and bare head came out.
Wearing a leather skirt and barefoot, he walked step by step to the other side of Maha City.
His angry eyes looked at everything in the city. Someone accidentally stepped on a trap and was immediately pierced through the chest by the sharp spikes under the trap.
There was a wailing sound all around from the big man-eater who had been caught in the trap.
