The most powerful emperor grandson of the Tang Dynasty

Balkh

This place is located in the southern part of Central Asia, which is today's Afghanistan. The patrol of the Tang Dynasty army has arrived here. Before, they had to go about 300 miles north of here, but because the two countries were going to war, the Tang Dynasty army began to spread southward.

This patrol team has about 300 people. As long as they go deep into the territory of the Arab Empire, according to the requirements of the Tang Dynasty army, the number of people cannot be less than 300. The main reason is that with the increase in the number of people, they can carry more complete equipment. Once they are surrounded by the Arab Empire, they will be able to protect themselves.

If there were only a few people, there would probably be nothing to say. Of course, it would be easy to be exposed when there were too many people, but there were not many people in the surrounding area, so it was still easy for them to survive. What's more, they had a sounding balloon. When the enemy was dozens of miles away, they could find a place to escape. As long as they were not surrounded by the enemy, everything would be fine. However, the Arab Empire did not need to mobilize a large number of troops to surround a patrol of 300 people.

"Reporting to the captain, the news has been passed down from above, and the surrounding area is very safe."

Captain Wang Shentong, a native of Jiangnan, has been serving in the Northwest for more than three years. It can be said that he has been promoted step by step from a veteran. Leading the patrol team south this time is a good opportunity for him.

This guy doesn't have a good background. If he wants to move up, he must have some achievements to show for it. If he doesn't have any achievements, then it's hard to say. Now this guy and his men have gone away for three hundred miles. According to the instructions above, they will encounter the army of the Arab Empire in a few days.

In fact, they have encountered many troops of the Arab Empire along the way, but these troops were all affiliated with the local local troops, or in other words, the Arab Empire's traitor troops.

These areas originally belonged to the Arab Empire. They were all conquered by the Arab Empire, so they have no sense of belonging to the Arab Empire. When they heard that the Arab Empire and the Tang Dynasty army were fighting, these people just wanted to watch the fun. After seeing the Tang Dynasty army, these people didn't care anymore. As long as you can come up with money, maybe I can sell you a batch of supplies. Now, the people under Wang Shentong have bought a lot of fodder from the local army.

When marching in such a place, there is nothing else except camels. Even if you want to ride a warhorse to fight, you have to think about what the horse eats. If a large army moves south, it mainly relies on camels, which are the best means of transportation in the desert.

"Ask the surrounding patrol teams to see where they are. We have been rushing a little too fast these days. We cannot exceed the average distance of everyone. If we exceed too much, it will not do us any good."

Wang Shentong is a guy with strong personal abilities. If he fights alone, four or five people are no match for him. But when it comes to team operations, this guy is very clear-headed and will never take risks to move forward. Once he exceeds the communication distance between the patrol teams, he will immediately retreat. It's not that he doesn't want to make merit, but he knows the power of a team.

After entering the Tang Dynasty army, everyone from top to bottom will give you some brainwashing education, asking you to abandon your personal heroism. If you are the only one left, you can do whatever you want, but if you have brothers around you, you must consider the strength of the group.

After receiving the order, the sounding balloon began to move towards the surrounding areas.

"The Black-clad Arab Army."

An hour after the sounding balloon left, his men shouted loudly. On the hillside in the distance, soldiers wearing black veils appeared. These people were not local troops. They should belong to the Arab Empire, but there were not many of them, about two or three hundred.

"Array."

Wang Shentong touched his bald head and quickly ordered his men to gather. Now the sounding balloon was flying around. If it was above our heads, we would be able to know the enemy's situation. Now the distance was about ten miles. For the cavalry of the Arab Empire, they could rush over in a few breaths, not to mention that they were on a high place.

"Want to release another balloon?"

One of his soldiers said that there were multiple sounding balloons in the patrol team. If one of them had a problem, the others could still take over. Now that one was being pulled by a camel to look for our patrol team elsewhere. If we wanted to know the enemy's strength, we had to launch another sounding balloon.

"It's too late now. Order the artillery to prepare the musketeers outside, and the rest of the army to prepare for battle."

Spreading out a sounding balloon and then raising it into the sky is no joke. It will take a very long time. The current situation does not provide us with such an environment, so we can only prepare first.

If he knew the enemy's situation, Wang Shentong would never remain on the defensive here. He would most likely lead his men to attack. There are only a few hundred people among them. Think about it, the casualties between us and the Arab Empire are nothing compared to yours.

The army of the Arab Empire did not expect to find the Tang army here. They were the northernmost scouts of the Arab Central Army. According to their thinking, they should go several hundred miles north to see the Tang army. It seemed that the local army did nothing.

It was obvious that the army of the Arab Empire was hesitating. If they had encountered the Tang army in the past, they would have directly raised their scimitars, but at this moment, no one knew what these people were doing on the hillside. Wang Shentong made a prompt decision and ordered his artillerymen to fire.

Several crossbows fired instantly, and the shells exploded around the Arab Empire soldiers. They hadn't figured out how to deal with it yet. The Tang Dynasty soldiers' crossbows had already fired. At such a long distance, they had no weapons that could hit the Tang Dynasty soldiers' heads.

Many people had never seen the power of gunpowder. When the crossbow exploded, many people didn't even try to dodge. As a result, they had holes all over their bodies, and their blood directly dyed the desert below red.

The soldiers' horses and camels had never seen an artillery shell explode, and they immediately became chaotic. Wang Shentong also drew his sword... (End of this chapter)