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Chapter 699 The core person (1)

After several encounters, the Great Food Army suffered repeated losses, with as many as [-] dead and injured. This made the always arrogant Great Food Army swallow the anger in its heart, not to mention the suffocation of the officers and soldiers below. Even Muhammad Subbn Hussein, who was cautious by nature, was blinded by his eyes, so he would not let the "fleeing" Tang army go away, and the troops chased after him relentlessly. After this pursuit, he has already rushed out of eight miles, and the meandering Amu Darya River is close in front of him.

The Amu Darya River, the river with the longest flow and the largest water volume in Central Asia, is one of the two major water sources of the Aral Sea. It originates from a mountain glacier at an altitude of 5000 meters in the southeastern Pamir Plateau. It has a total length of more than [-] miles and a very long flood season. From the beginning of spring in March to the beginning of October, the river water carries a large amount of silt, so it looks extremely turbid, similar to the water of the Yellow River. There are many direct currents along the way, and the terrain changes complexly. There are not only mountains and valleys, but also plains and deserts. The river often floods and changes its course frequently, resulting in the formation of many lakes and deep valleys as well as a large number of impact plains in the entire basin. Wherever the river passes, there are many oases, and the Surhan River Valley is one of them. The rich and famous place.

The Surhan River Valley is located at the junction of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan today. Surrounded by mountains, the valley is flat and fertile for more than two hundred miles. The raging Amu Darya River flows through the middle, dividing the entire valley into almost The two equal parts have been one of the famous summer pastures in Central Asia since ancient times. Its terrain is wide from east to west and narrow from north to south. In particular, there are peaks at the front and rear ends, and the Amu Darya River roars in the middle. The road in the valley is just a three-foot-wide dirt road along the river, and it is not easy to get in and out. It is a strategically important place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"Enter the valley!"

It was the spring flood season, and the Amu Darya River was full of water. The waves on the tens of feet wide river were rolling and turbid. It was impossible for people and horses to ford at all. Li He obviously had no such plan, and after leading his troops to the river, He didn't try to cross the river, but pulled the horse's head, roared, and led the crowd straight up the river, galloping towards the Surhan River Valley, which was less than three miles away.

"Chasing, chasing after, the Tang people are in a dead end, they can't escape!"

Muhammad Subbn Hussein has been a general on the Eastern Front for a long time, so he has a good understanding of the topography and landforms along the Eastern Front, especially the Surhan River Valley. Before he made his fortune, he came here to graze However, I know that the terrain in the valley is wide, and it is not suitable for ambushes at all, and the exit at the north end is far narrower and narrower than the entrance at the south, making it difficult for troops and horses to proceed. Once entering the valley, it will not be so easy for the Tang army to escape Now, at this opportunity of revenge, Muhammad Subbn Hussain would not let it go, he shouted wildly and urged his troops to chase after him.

"Stop the whole army!"

Mustafa Ibenyan, governor of the Eastern Province of Dashi, was originally one of the titans on the western front. He led the army in fierce battles with the Eastern Roman Empire in his early years. In fact, the topography of the area is not very familiar, and they have never been to the Surhan River Valley. When the soldiers rushed to the valley, they saw that the passage into the valley was quite steep, so they naturally became suspicious, even though they were also worried that they had chased into the valley. The safety of Mohammad Subbn Hussein's troops in the center was in danger, but he did not dare to take risks with the whole army, so he roared and issued an order. After this order, the shrill horn sounded suddenly, and the galloping Tens of thousands of soldiers slowly reined in the galloping horses and stopped quietly less than a hundred feet away from the mouth of the valley.

"Decree: all ministries are in ambush, no one is allowed to act without orders, and those who disobey the order will be killed without mercy! In addition, send a signal to General Li and beat him back. Be sure to beat the thief to death!"

As soon as the main force of the Great Food Army came to a stop, all the officers and soldiers of the Tang army ambushing everywhere were a little dumbfounded. Lin Chengbin, who was hiding on the top of the highest mountain in the river valley, was wearing a camouflage. , put down the monocular in his hand, gritted his teeth, and gave the command in a low voice.

"The whole army listens to the order: turn left, follow me back!"

As soon as Lin Chengbin's order was issued, his own messenger waved two small flags, and used the semaphore to convey the order to all the ministries. Without counting breaths, on the top of a mountain flanking in front of Li He's troops, three trees that were not too big made a sound. After shaking for a few times, he fell down silently. Upon seeing this, Li He's face turned cold and severe in an instant, because he had already understood the order from the message tree, and there were unavoidable ups and downs in his heart. But it will never affect his determination to act according to the order. He roared without hesitation, led his troops to make a sharp turn, made a detour on the valley plain, and resolutely killed his carbine.

"Kill, entangle Tang Ren!"

Muhammad Subbn Hussain also noticed the fact that his main force did not follow into the valley, but he didn't care. Then he could rush into the valley in time. Although he was a little surprised by Tang Jun's outrageous attack, he refused to show weakness.

This is the second time the two cavalry armies have fought against each other. In the previous battle, because the Tang army did not stay strong, the Dashi cavalry could barely draw with the Tang army, but this time the Tang army did not. No matter how polite you are, once the kill will come back, it will be launched with all its strength. Just one face-to-face impact has already killed Mohammad Subbn Hussein's troops into a mess. On the verge of collapse, if Mohammad Subbn Hussein hadn't led the personal guards to forcibly block the Tang army's assault momentum, I'm afraid the whole team would have fallen apart. The cavalry is already able to parry but has no power to fight back.

"Report, Mr. Governor, the Tang people are dying to fight back. Lord Hussein is leading his troops to fight hard, and the casualties are getting heavier. Please, Mr. Governor, send troops immediately, so that the Tang people will not escape!"

After being attacked so strongly by the Tang army, Mohammad Subbn Hussein couldn't bear it any longer. Seeing that the situation of the battle was unfavorable, he had to send messengers out of the valley to ask for help.

"Attack!"

Mustafa Ibnyan was an extremely decisive person. He had previously learned about the topography and landforms of the valley from the mouth of the army guide while Mohammad Subbn Hussein's troops were chasing into the valley. , I also felt in my heart that it was difficult to hide even an ambush on a flat land with a radius of more than a hundred miles. Here, in all likelihood, it was because he was not familiar with the terrain that he would end up in a dead end, but out of caution, he did not rush to send troops into the valley, but wanted to wait to see how the Tang army reacted, and waited until he heard that the Tang army had outrageously attacked the valley. To counterattack, Mustafa Ibnyan's heart has settled down, and he believes that Tang Jun found that the way forward is no longer feasible, so he turned around and desperately. He no longer hesitated, and tens of thousands of troops swarmed at the order He rushed to the mouth of the valley and entered the valley at high speed.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

After a long period of massacres, Li He's troops had already gained the absolute upper hand, killing Muhammad Subbn Hussein's troops in a mess, and it seemed that they could do it with more effort. When the enemy cavalry army was completely defeated, smoke and dust rose from the direction of Taniguchi, and countless white-robed cavalrymen rushed towards them frantically. The rebellious army led their troops to rush towards the northern end of the valley.

"Boys, the people of Tang have nowhere to escape, go after them and kill them all!"

Seeing that the main force of his side had arrived, Mohammad Subbn Hussein was secretly relieved, and a wave of resentment surged in his heart, because after these two fights, what he ate The loss is too great, not counting the loss of Giyad bin Salissa's troops. The [-] men under his command alone have lost more than [-], which is almost half of the total force. But the results of the battle were very few, and there were only less than [-] Tang troops blood-stained in the yellow sand. The loss ratio of ten to one was really shocking. How could Mohammad Suben Hussein swallow it? With this bad breath, he refused to let Tang Jun escape, roaring and waving his troops to catch up.

The plain in the Surhan River Valley is narrow and long from north to south, less than ten miles wide from east to west, and is divided into two by the Amu Darya River, but it is nearly eighteen miles long from north to south, and the terrain is extremely flat, without any shrubs and forests. , only the green grass, the horse stepped on it, the speed was astonishingly fast, the two sides chased and fled, and in about half an hour, they had already rushed to the place near the north end exit, and at this time, The main force of the food army has all entered the valley.

"Boom..."

The river valley is narrow and long, but it is only less than twenty miles away. Under the full sprint of the galloping horses, it is only half an hour's footsteps. With the gradual shrinkage of the mountains on both sides, the narrow and long terrain It is not only narrow and long, but narrow. At this point, the forward speed of the Tang army had to gradually slow down, which gave the chasing Dashi army a chance to cover up and kill them from behind. When the distance between them approached a hundred steps away, a series of loud bangs suddenly sounded at the mouth of the valley at the south end. Unexpectedly, all the officers and soldiers of Dashi were stunned by the sudden loud noise, and they stopped their horses and looked back. Everyone's face was full of shock and bewilderment, and for a moment they forgot to go forward to kill Tang Jun .

"Accelerate, hurry up!"

Under the huge shock, the Tang army was naturally also affected. Many war horses almost lost control because of it, and the speed of galloping inevitably slowed down a lot because of this, but the Tang army soldiers did not look back. Under the urging of the officer, they forcefully controlled their horses and rushed forward, rushing all the way in the direction of Taniguchi.

(End of this chapter)