The Age of Lords Reborn

Chapter 823 Night Battle, The Eve (for Subscription)
The vowed words of the Golden Lion King made Holy Babylon's eyes move slightly.

Will siege warfare suffer more than field battles?

What kind of powerful siege weapon does daydreaming hold?

Holy Babylon did not continue to ask, nodded silently and left, and went to discuss the next step with his allies.

Half a month ago, Gao Xianzhi was used as a bait to lure Gao Xianzhi's soldiers to attack at Congling, which cost him a lot of troops. Fortunately, he didn't send all the troops of the alliance at that time. Otherwise, even if he wanted to continue to fight at this time, he would be just a poor commander.

That night, around the peaceful city of Talas.

An undercurrent of contest continued from sunset to dawn.

The Arab side hoped to detect enough information about daydreaming, and Mo Xiaobai always liked to spread the sentry around the camp and the target.

The scouts on both sides hid, killed, and captured the living within the range of more than ten miles.However, until the sky turned white the next day, both sides failed to achieve the set goals.

"My lord, the thirteen detection teams sent out last night have all returned."

Early in the morning, Li Ji came to Mo Xiaobai to report the situation. He was not very interested. Mo Xiaobai pointed to the desk next to him when he saw it:

"Drink some hot porridge, sit down and talk."

Seeing that the lord was so unhurried, he shook his head and sat down with a laugh.

When the guards at the side brought the hot porridge, Li Ji held it in his hand and said, "My lord, a secret battle last night resulted in the loss of six guards in black, fifteen guards in the battalion, and one was seriously injured."

Mo Xiaobai put down his chopsticks, raised his head and said, "Did you find anything?"

"The Big Food Whistle Detective did not hesitate to die, and did not give the black-clothed guard a chance to catch him alive."

Even the black-clothed guards couldn't catch a single one alive, and so many people died?
Although Mo Xiaobai didn't come to the battlefield in person, he could still think of the style of those Arab sentries and fanatical Shia believers. Suicide might not be as difficult for them as they imagined.

Seeing that he was still not relieved, Mo Xiaobai shook his head immediately: "Don't put on a sullen face, it's not a big deal if you die, after all, Talas City is ahead, it can't escape."

After he finished speaking, Li Ji hesitated for a while and said, "Master, maybe we don't need to rush to attack the city."

"What does Mao Gong mean?"

Li Ji said: "The general thought that yesterday the cannibal sent hundreds of spies out of the city to investigate the news of our army, which is enough to show that they don't just want to protect the city."

"The fight last night is proof that the big cannibal can't help but wants to take the initiative to confront us?"

Li Ji nodded immediately, that's what he meant.

Blindly defending the city is mostly a strategy adopted by the weak side.Now that Dashi has the advantage of the city and the superiority of its troops, it makes no sense to keep shrinking.Although no one was caught yesterday, it was known from the fact that the big cannibals sent out a large number of sentries that they would not wait.

"They want to attack, we will wait here."

Rubbing his forehead, Mo Xiaobai finally understood why the general in front of him came: "I came here early in the morning to persuade me to postpone the attack and repair the camp first?"

"My lord is wise." Li Ji smiled and bowed slightly at this moment.

"Okay, you will take care of this matter and let the soldiers use local materials to strengthen the camp."

Mo Xiaobai shook his head slightly, and then said: "It is not impossible to suspend the attack for now, but Taluosi City must be taken within half a month, and the first batch of supplies will arrive at Suiye City and be transported to Congling in half a month. If Taluosi City is still in the hands of Da Shi, they can send cavalry into the mountains to harass us at any time, and we will have new troubles."

Li Ji nodded and said, "If the march to the south goes well, we should be able to take Talas City within half a month."

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When Li Ji ordered the whole army to reinforce the camp and put on a stance of guarding against death, [-], Zhibi and others immediately came to the camp of the Chinese army.

"Are we not going to attack?"

Four Three Two One asked doubtfully, everyone was prepared to fight a tough battle on the way here, but now they suddenly became conservative, which made him a little confused about Mo Xiaobai's train of thought.

"Don't worry, we just came down from the plateau, it's not too late to fight again." Mo Xiaobai motioned for the two to take their seats, and then said: "Don't look at our current strength of more than [-], but if we really fight against Arabia, If you win, you will lose.”

At this moment, there are not only the troops of Mo Xiaobai and Ruoshui in the camp of Huimengke, but also [-] cavalry infantry from Beiting Duhufu and [-] soldiers from the Huaxia Little League.

It looked like a strong army, but after Gao Xianzhi's troops were disabled, this was the only main force of Datang's side.

After all, the Starfire Alliance is still in Tubo territory at the moment, and there will not be too many remaining soldiers under Yangyangyang's hands. Some small alliances and small lords in the rest of China are either scattered in the cities of the Western Regions, or are thrown into the area east of Dunhuang by Zhinao.

Mo Xiaobai knew very well that he couldn't have any more big losses, or even a little defeat, otherwise he wouldn't be able to establish the Western Region alliance he wanted to see.

Seeing that Mo Xiaobai decided not to attack, [-] said, "It's too difficult to strengthen the camp in a short time. Why don't we send people to dig trenches outside, which can be used as traps and as cover for crossbowmen."

"Yes, but you have to move fast. Taluosi City will probably notice our movement and will come out at any time." Mo Xiaobai nodded in agreement. Although the defense is only temporary, it is not certain that these pits and ditches can play an important role. No small effect.

Ruoshui and the two didn't stay any longer, and soon went out and led their soldiers to expand the defense line outward.The trenches on both sides lead directly to the camp for crossbowmen to enter and exit, and several trenches are dug in the front, all of which are covered with camouflage, just waiting for the opponent to attack.

The speed at which thousands of people worked together was naturally not slow. In less than half a day, several trenches were completely dug through. At this time, the army of the Abbasid dynasty in the city was still not moving at all.

As the sun sets and the moon rises, the sky gradually darkens.

Except for the soldiers and horses on night patrol in the camp, most of the rest of the soldiers have already entered the camp to rest.

However, when the crescent moon was high in the sky, several horses galloped back to the camp, causing the entire camp to become noisy.

The soldiers and horses in Talas City were dispatched, and it was impossible to count how many people there were just by looking at the number of torches.

"You actually chose to fight at night?" The emergency military situation was sent back, and Mo Xiaobai naturally couldn't rest. He brought Li Guang and others to the gate of the camp, and he could already see the obvious flames in the distance.

There are so many people, it seems that they want to fight a big battle.

"How are the preparations for the Second North and South Battalions going?"

"Reporting to my lord, Wanjun, Huaxiong's Weiwei and Beiting cavalry are all in place."

A large camp of 6 people will not only have an open space. From the middle of the camp, to the north and south, each has its own line of defense. Mo Xiaobai cannot command the entire battlefield alone, but fortunately, there are many soldiers under his command. Good general, Li Guang's answer reassured Mo Xiaobai immediately.

The main force of Luo Shixin's military guards was nailed to the front battalion, Weiwei and Beiting supplementary troops guarded the north and south battalions respectively, and the feather guards maneuvered to fight. rush to the rescue.

With such an arrangement, Mo Xiaobai dare not say that it is watertight, but he is confident that even if 10 people join together, they will still fail.

(End of this chapter)