"What is the holy war? The great cannibals really fight with the army that is swaying the country. You guys, you should not underestimate the enemy in this battle."

After appeased the surviving royal family members of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, Chen Guang summoned the ministers and generals in the Protectorate's Office. This national war started by him was of great importance to the newly established Abbasid Dynasty, so the Caliph Abu Abbas, known as the butcher, decisively launched the holy war.

Those brainwashed cannibals will transform into the most fanatical jihadists and fight fearlessly on the battlefield. In the past hundred years, the cannibals launched the holy war rarely lost. This time, Abu Abbas mobilized almost all the armed forces of the local Dashi for this holy war.

This will be a real army of 500,000 to 600,000, and compared with the Tubo army, the Dashi army far surpasses the number of soldiers, weapons, war horses and numbers.

"At present, the army mobilized by the Dashi Barbarians has 300,000. After spring, the Dashi Army gathered in Khorasan may even have 500,000 or more."

"So we also need more troops. Not only do we recruit foreign troops from various vassal states, but all the soldiers in Anxi must be mobilized."

With Chen Guang's order, at the beginning of the twelve years of Tianbao, 500 troops in Anxi mobilized an army of 25,000 in just half a month. Yancheng's arsenal was opened, and after distributing armor and crossbows, he replaced the veterans of the four towns who were left behind to undertake defense. Then, 20,000 elite troops of the four towns of Anxi marched towards Suoye City from the base along the Silk Road.

In addition, the bodyguards in Anxi also assembled a cavalry team of more than 5,000 people, and Yutian Town and Shule Town also mobilized more than 10,000 children of good families to go to the expedition with the army.

"The new commander will be launched, and in May the army will be issued. There are two million armored soldiers, and the golden light will be scattered. The flag will be raised to browse Kunlun, and the drum will be shattered. Taibai will lead the official army, and the power of the sky will be in the Great Wilderness."

Cen Shen, who was riding on the horse, chanted his new poem loudly, and then he looked at the elite troops in the four towns with neatly handsome appearance in front of him, and his heart was filled with heroic spirit. So what if they eat millions of soldiers? Can they resist the royal army?

It was May, and the military camps outside Suiye City rose up from the ground. All the military rations that Chen Guang had hoarded in Anxi had arrived. At this time, his troops were close to 300,000, including 35,000 Suiye Army, 20,000 elite soldiers in the four towns, 15,000 Dangxiang Cavalry, 10,000 Tuyuhun Cavalry, 5,000 escort troops, and 10,000 Khotan Shule soldiers. These are the core forces under his command.

What remained was the army collected by the various foreign countries. In addition to the 80,000 troops mainly composed of the Turks and Turkic cavalrymen, the remaining one was the 120,000 servants who were pieced together. Chen Guang did not have enough manpower and time to integrate these tribal soldiers. So he allowed the Buddhist and Taoist sects to expand their armed forces. Since the Great Food Cult can launch holy wars, the same is true for the Tang Dynasty, so he let these foreign soldiers drive forward the royal army to resist the Great Food Cultists.

On the fifth day of the fifth month, after the troops from the four towns of Anxi arrived and repaired, Chen Guang finally advanced westward, and his first goal was to recapture the city of Talas. At this time, the army of the cannibals was still raging the Sogdian city-state of the nine surnames of Zhaowu. There were 20,000 large-scale troops stationed in Talas. Chen Guang decided to use their heads to tell Abu Abbas that the war had begun.

...

"Where is the army of the Tang Dynasty?"

Abdullah roared angrily at his generals. When the Tang army left Saiye and marched towards Samarkand, everyone thought the Tang army was going to fight to the decisive battle. However, when the Tang army crossed the Talas River, his generals actually told him that the scouts they sent were killed, and then the huge army of the Tang army disappeared.

"You wastes, that's a huge army of nearly 100,000 people, and they can't disappear for no reason."

Just as Abdullah was scolding, a messenger from Talas suddenly asked for help, "Governor-General, the Tang army attacked Talas City, we can't defend it anymore."

"Damn, these cunning Tang people."

Abdullah cursed. The battlefield in the river was only used to test and consume the Tang army. Samarkand was the place where the army stationed troops, not far from Talas City. He thought that the Tang army corps that crossed the river would come to Samarkand to fight them in a decisive battle, but he did not expect that the Tang army would actually shoot with a fake shot and attack Talas City directly.

"Call our army and don't let the Tang army's conspiracy succeed."

There are 20,000 troops in Talas City. Abdullah said that it is impossible to watch these Arab soldiers who are in the country who are in the Great Food region fall into the Tang army.

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In the wilderness outside Samarkand, Murong Fu watched the Dashi army hurried out of the city, all of which were mainly cavalry, and couldn't help but sneer. These Dashi barbarians did not know the military tactics, "Let's go!"

Murong Fu led his subordinates to follow the Daqi reinforcements rushing to Talas City. Deputy Protector Guo said it was right at all. These Daqi barbarians were used to overwhelming people with strength and had no brains in fighting. Later, when their teachers and veterans were tired, they would let them know what military tactics were.

Although Abdullah had a bad temper, as a general, he still had the caution he should have. When he was less than fifty miles away from Talas, he ordered the entire army to dismount and rest, and at the same time sent a scout to Talas City to inquire about the situation.

However, as soon as the scout he sent left, the ground under his feet began to shake. He was experienced and immediately realized that there were cavalry attacks, "Get on the horse and welcome the enemy!"

Amid the panic roar, the Dashi warriors quickly turned over again, but the army of nearly 30,000 people could not move with one's own movement. At this time, the Mingguang Iron Cavalry, who had been raising energy from the ambush ten miles away for a long time, rushed to the Mingguang Iron Cavalry, and under the scorching summer sun, the light of the Mingguang Iron Cavalry when they charged was so pissing that they couldn't even open their eyes.

It was not until his army was stormed into two parts by these Mingguang cavalry that Abdullah realized that Abu Musli, a Persian slave, did not deceive him. The heavy cavalry of the Tang army and their heavy cavalry were not the same.

The Mingguang Iron Cavalry holding a horse lance completed a terrible impact. When they penetrated the cannibal army, what made Abdullah desperate was that the light cavalry of the Tang army roared from both sides. The familiar Mangu gang shooting tactic made him feel unfamiliar, because the arrows shot by the Tang army were much stronger than those of the former Persian light cavalry and Turkic cavalry.

Abdullah could only watch the terrifying Tang army heavy cavalry turn around and quickly form a storm-forming formation and begin a second ravage on them, but he could only try to escape from the battlefield under the protection of his personal guards.

Amid the blazing snare drums, Abdullah was glad that he did not continue to stay on the battlefield and tried to command the army to break through, because when the heavy cavalry of the Tang army repeatedly rushed to defeat his army, and the light cavalry bit the periphery on both sides, the infantry corps of the Tang army formed a siege against them.

Abdullah did not flee back to Samarkand immediately, but chose to watch the battle in the hills not far away. Since his troops could not be preserved, he had to at least figure out how strong the Tang army's combat power was.

...

Seeing the formation being destroyed by the Mingguang Iron Cavalry, Guo Ziyi, who was still fighting on his own after the battlefield was divided, had to admit that these Dashi soldiers who were brainwashed by the holy war were much stronger than the Tubo army, but the trapped beasts were still fighting, and their resistance was just a futile struggle.

With the advancement of heavy infantry and the interweaving and division of Mingguang Iron Cavalry and Light Cavalry, Abdullah could only watch the heroic jihad warriors who resisted bravely were constantly annihilated. The changes in the Tang army's formation made him sweat, "Impossible, Impossible, the Tang army could not be all such elite troops..."

Abdullah finally fled back to Samarkand in a daze. He knew that Talas's defenders were over. Facing such a Tang army, Talas's city walls were useless. He now just thought that the army in the river must withdraw to Hurashan and could not give the Tang army a chance to defeat them.

No matter how tenacious the resistance of the Dashi army is, it will eventually collapse. Not everyone can truly regard the so-called jihadists, but when the dust settles, there are only less than 3,000 surrendered Dashi army, which is enough to make Guo Ziyi feel tricky. If the Dashi army is so fierce, it will be difficult for them to gain a real advantage when the armies of both sides are truly in opposition.

...

Outside the city of Talas at the end of May, when the Jingguan, which was piled up like a mountain of 50,000 large-scale soldiers, appeared in front of the royal family of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, these royal families who were destroyed all dismounted and cried bitterly, while the accompanying Tuqishi, Geluo and many foreign leaders cheered enthusiastically.

"The Lord, the great cannibal army has retreated to Khurasan..."

Listening to Guo Ziyi's report, Shen Guang knew that the great cannibal must have been frightened by the combat power of the Thunder Ye Legion commanded by Guo Ziyi, and did not dare to continue to occupy the river. Moreover, it was the clever strategy to lead them into Huluoshan and lengthen their supply lines.

"Let's go to Kangguo."

Shen Guang quickly made a decision. He never thought of fighting with the cannibals quickly. The jihad was a double-edged sword, not something Abu Abbas could stop. For this war, he prepared for nearly five years. The loss of the military rations he had hoarded was enough for more than 300,000 troops to eat for more than a year, not to mention Tochar, Bahanna, and Huoxun, the vassal states and tribes in these places could provide him with military rations, and the caravans under his command also transported all kinds of goods continuously.

He can afford this war of attrition, but the cannibals cannot afford it, so why should he rush to go to Khurashan?

...

In the palace in Kufa City, looking at Abdullah kneeling in front of him, Abu Abbas's chest was undulating. The army of 200,000 was not a big deal, but he fled back without even the courage to confront the Tang army. What's the use of a coward like this?

"Calif. The Tang army has strong armor and sharp bows and arrows. Our soldiers are not opponents in front of each other. If you want to fight the Tang army, you must at least use more than three times the strength of your troops..."

"Shut up, you coward, Abbas's face has been thrown away by you. Come and drag him down and chop him down."

As a tyrant, Abu Abbas had no intention of giving up the confidant general at all. He launched a jihad. When Abu Musli's army captured the river, he sent Abdullah to take over the fruits of victory, but was frightened by the Tang army and fled without fighting, and directly abandoned Samarkand. If he was not killed, how could the army fight to the death?

"Abu, I was wrong. From now on, all the troops are under your command. If anyone does not obey your orders, you can kill him without reporting to me."

Abu Musli's cold eyes swept across the important local officials in the hall. The strength of the Tang army was beyond his expectations, and he had to appease the Persian army that wooed Khorasan.

"Yes, the Caliph."

The important officials of the Abbasid Dynasty lowered their heads, but Abu Musli was not very happy. He just said to the Caliph, "The Tang army is currently stationed in Samarkand. The spies said that the Tang army is building a strong city and at the same time, the surviving Sogdians are placed nearby."

Abu Musli also regretted the city massacre at this time. The facts proved that their massacre did not play any role. Instead, it made the surviving Sogdians hate them even more. Now the governor of Central Asia in the Tang Dynasty can easily gain the allegiance of the Sogdians, while the nobles and lords of Khorasan were even more shaken. However, he could not make any statement with Harry, so he could only accept the appointment silently.

...

Starting from May, when Chen Guang built a new city on the ruins of Samarkand, the Sogdian remnants scattered in the river began to gather in Samarkand. Then the monks and Taoists in the army preached the Dharma to these Sogdian remnants who were carrying blood hatred, and held a large-scale ritual to save the dead and comfort the living.

In June, the Eastern Roman delegation who arrived in Samarkand from Khorasan territory met with Chen Guang and sent a letter of national written by Constantine V, and accompanied them with three thousand Spartan warriors from the Greek Military Region.

"Tell the Emperor that I am willing to exchange three thousand kilograms of gold for the allegiance of these warriors."

Chen Guang let Faucas convey his meaning. He had nearly 8,000 Eastern Romans under his command to serve him. They were all veterans of the army recruited by Faucas after returning to his country, and the soldiers of the same clan brought by others after returning to the tribe. For example, Ma Xie brought him more than a thousand soldiers who were good at mountain warfare from Armenia. Moreover, these Armenians of the Sheryang family firmly claimed that their ancestors were the Fufeng Ma family in the late Han Dynasty, and all changed their surnames.

"Fokas, take the messenger down and treat it well."

Although the Eastern Roman Empire could not directly participate in the war, Chen Guang was not too disappointed. After all, the Eastern Roman Empire had just begun to revive at this time. Constantine V was able to defeat the Bulgarians, which did not mean that he could defeat the Great Cannibal. However, as long as he had the chance, the Eastern Roman emperor would never give up revenge on the Great Cannibal.

Three thousand Spartan warriors quickly integrated into the Tang army because their tribe was already serving the great commander here.

...

In the autumn of the twelve years of Tianbao, the army of Datang and Dashi finally fought on the border between Khorasan and Tochar and the river. The cavalry of the various foreign troops of the Tang Dynasty frequently entered Khorasan and attacked the army of the Great Cannibals taxes and grain collections, and then returned the food to the Persian villages, and promoted them that the Tang army would completely liberate Khorasan and let them bathe in the merciful rule of the Great Protector.

So what Abu Musli was most worried about happened. On the border border border with the Tang army, local nobles changed their banners and surrendered from time to time, and Persians continued to flee to Tochar and the river for asylum.

"We can't sit still and wait for death. The longer the time is, the more unfavorable it is for us."

Abu Musli said to the gathering generals, we must launch an attack and march towards Samarkand.

Under Shen Guang's forced force, Abu Musli had to take the initiative to launch a decisive battle, otherwise, when the entire Khurasan rebels, the holy war would be completely defeated.

Abu Abbas acquiesced to Abu Musli's strategy, but in fact he is already in trouble. Once the jihad is launched, it will not be possible for him to end.

...

When the Dashi army marched towards Samarkand again, along the way there were wilderness and village ruins after the walls were completely cleared. They could not obtain any supplies from it, and could only rely on military rations transported from Khorasan. The elusive Tang cavalry continued to riot their grain transport team, which also made the army's march very slow.

"Damn it, it's already winter when we arrive in Samarkand."

Listening to the complaints of the generals, Abu Musli was indifferent. Now the Tang army took the initiative. This war was no longer the final say, unless they continued to withdraw Hulushan.

"Enough, don't say these useless nonsense anymore. Start sending additional troops to protect the grain transport team from tomorrow."

No one dared to resist Abu Musli's orders, but even the most devout general of Allah's faith was gloomy about the war that followed.

Before winter began, Abu Musli finally led a huge army of 400,000 to Samarkand and camped in the wilderness. Although the Tang army did not take the opportunity to launch an attack, an unknown premonition always enveloped his heart.

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"The Tubo people are indeed restless!"

In the city of Samarkand, Shen Guang looked at the news coming from Anxi with a gloomy face. After he transferred the elite troops from the four towns of Anxi, the Tubo people once again attacked Xiao Bolu. The current situation is unknown.

"Master, Xiao Bolu has..."

Seeing his subordinates advised him not to worry too much about Xiaobolu, Shen Guang shook his head and said, "I am not worried about Xiaobolu, but I am worried about the Tang Dynasty. The Tubo people actually have the spare energy to attack Xiaobolu..."

Shen Guang was not sure about the time of the Anshi Rebellion. After all, Yang Guozhong had been forcing the powerful and officials of the aristocratic families who opposed his new policy to gather under An Lushan's banner, waiting for An Lushan to launch a rebellion and then destroy them all. At that time, the military strength of Shuofang in Longyou, Hexi will definitely be drawn. He suspected that this was the reason why the Tubo people had the courage to attack Xiao Bolu. Unfortunately, Hezhong was too far away from Chang'an City. By the time the news arrived, he didn't know how far the war had been fought.

"Everyone, the robber country is in poverty and the people are insufficient, and the military strength is insufficient to capture Xiao Bolu. We should make it our priority to defeat Dashi."

"Here."

The generals responded one after another. At present, the two sides were in stalemate on the front line of Samarkand. Although they had cities to rely on, it was not easy to annihilate the Dashi army.
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