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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star Chassis to Break through the Void Chapter 390: Pouring the Fortress and Sacrificing the Chieftain to the Enemy

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    However, Ziad also understood that going west was very dangerous. If this continued, sooner or later the Tang army would catch up.  Thinking of this, he turned north, preparing to go through the mountain trails and take a long detour back to Talas.  He regretted a little and drove Yuan En back to Talas yesterday. Otherwise, with Yuan En around and a guide who was familiar with the nearby roads, it would be more convenient for him to escape.  The road in the mountains was rugged and rocky. He was not familiar with the road. He only had a dozen riders with him, and they were all cannibals. There were not even any Shiguo people.  So I ran for a while, but found that I was only separated by a hill from where I was just now, and had not left the danger zone at all.  Not only that, on the top of the mountain, Ziad also saw that the two groups of Tang troops that had been pursuing him roared over again. It seemed that they realized that the person riding the black horse was not him and came back to look for him.  "Damn it," Ziad cursed again, without caring about identifying the road, he rushed in the direction where there was no one.  He ran all the way from morning to noon without drinking any water. He was so hungry that his heart pressed against his back, and his hands and feet were dizzy and weak.  Not only him, but also his horse couldn't bear it, and his speed slowed down obviously. From time to time, he would nibble on the grass on the roadside.  However, now that he was far away from the battlefield and could not hear the shouts of killing, Ziad finally felt relieved.  When he dismounted from his horse and rested, a guard offered him some bread. Ziad devoured half of it. Seeing the other guards watching eagerly, he gave them the remaining half.  After he had finished breathing, he looked at the dozen or so horses following him. He cried bitterly at first, and then burst into laughter after crying a few times.  These guards looked at each other, wondering if the general had become a madman because of the tragic defeat.  One person asked cautiously: "General, are you okay?" "Nothing, nothing." "I heard people from the Tang Dynasty say that victory and defeat are normal things. Even if we fail this time, we can do it again.  General, please don't take it seriously." The subordinate looked at Ziad in fear.  "Don't worry, don't worry, I have cheered up. After such a tragic defeat and such humiliation, I have cheered up." Ziad had a twisted smile on his face: "I must get out alive, I must make a comeback, and I must avenge you.  Don't worry, I'm not crazy, I know what to do Everyone, have you rested well? Once you have rested, let's go." Everyone was eager to leave this dangerous place. Where could they really rest, they immediately got up and ran away.  After walking another seven or eight miles, they could see the Baishi Ridge, and there was no water on the road. They turned back to the road and said, "There are people, they are our people."  The rest of the people were there, and Ziad's personal guards were nervous at first, and then cheered.  The people here are indeed big cannibals, but they are also disgraced. It looks like they are the rear troops who stayed in the original military camp. They realized something was wrong and escaped.  They did grab some food from the military camp, and after offering it to Ziad, Ziad and his party were finally full.  But this time they ate while running away, and after escaping another five or six miles, they saw hundreds of defeated soldiers in front of them, huddled on both sides of a stream.  All these people were exhausted, and when they saw them coming, they lazily refused to get up.  "They are from the Shi Kingdom. It's a good thing they didn't suffer any losses," one of Ziyad's guards said angrily.  "These Shiguo people didn't throw anything away. Many of them even had gold and silver ornaments on their bodies. It's unclear which of the dead they had taken off.  Ziad's eagle eyes turned around on them. These guys were not even comparable to one-tenth of the elites of his direct line, but they escaped, while only a hundred or so of his elites remained.  The people of Shiguo are familiar with the nearby geography, and it is normal for them to take advantage of the chaos and seize some supplies to escape.  But Ziad was unhappy, so he did not restrain his men. His cronies went over, drove these Shiguo people away, and took away some of their food.  But before they could catch their breath, they heard someone behind them laughing: "Okay, okay." Ziad changed his face and turned around, and saw more than 500 people suddenly rushing out of a valley. The leader was holding a Mo knife.  With a thick beard and tiger eyes, his expression changed: He knew this man, the bravest general under Gao Xianzhi's command. Although he won at Talas City, Li Siye also left a deep impression on him during those days of fierce fighting.  Seeing Li Siye appear here at this time, Ziad's heart almost jumped out of his throat. He worked hard and escaped for most of the day. He even gave up his honor and self-esteem. Seeing that he could escape from Baishi Ridge and escape to Talas City,  He fled back to the river to regroup, but right here, he was overtaken by the Tang army. And the one he overtook was one of the most powerful generals in the Tang army. The hair on the back of his neck stood up. Ziad felt that his eyes seemed to sting a little because of that.  Li Siye stared straight at him.  "He knows who I am, and he is here for me." Ziad thought well. Li Siye came for him. Under the leadership of the prisoner, Li Siye pursued him all the way, perseveringly.??, finally arrived here and caught up with Ziad.  "Ziyad, you can't escape." Li Siye pointed Mo Dao at Ziad from a distance.  At this time, Ziad did not hesitate and ordered his men to form a formation. There was not much difference in the number of the two sides. He could still fight the enemy with the cannibal formation. If he could defeat the enemy, he might be able to frighten the pursuers and prevent them from being poor again.  Reluctant to chase.  The premise is that he can defeat Li Siye in the shortest time.  His large army of soldiers formed their formations as ordered, but those Shi Guo soldiers were exhausted at this time and would rather lie on the ground and wait for the Tang people to catch them than get up.  Ziad went over and kicked one person up, then knocked down another one. He drew his sword and wanted to kill people and establish his authority, but at this time, Li Siye had already rushed in front of him.  "Kill" Li Siye shouted and rushed in. He slashed out with the Mo Dao in his hand. The Da Shi Bing Dao he tried to block was split open, and the man was broken into two pieces.  The Tang army rushed up with him and cut the giant cannibal in an instant. At this time, Ziad realized in horror that even if his troops were large enough, they could not form a military formation to resist the Tang army, because during the escape process,  In addition to short weapons such as waist knives, they had all thrown away, whether they were bows, crossbows or spears. He also made a mistake in a hurry. Seeing that something was not going well, he turned around and tried to escape. But under such circumstances, how could Li Siye let him go?  Did he escape?  Li Siye chased after him with a single stride, and with a sweep of his sword, the two large food soldiers who came to stop him were swept away. There was no obstacle in front of him and Ziad. He laughed together, flew forward, raised his sword, and  He slapped Ziad hard on the back with the blade of the knife.  This is a big fish, and its greatest value can only be realized if it is caught alive.  Ziad felt a strong slap from behind him. He staggered and fell to the ground.  Although he is a general, his martial prowess is far inferior to that of Li Siye. He is also exhausted from running away for a long time, and it is only his breath that has sustained him until now.  Now after he fell down, the anger was released. Although he still crawled forward symbolically, when a big foot stepped on his back, he could only sigh.  For a moment, his whole body was in pain and paralyzed, and he no longer had the strength to kill himself with a knife.  "Finally we caught this thief." Li Siye knocked down another large food soldier who came to the rescue. The soldiers around him also rushed up to protect him. He turned the Mo Dao over and slapped it hard on the ground, raising his head.  Laughing loudly, I felt indescribably happy.  The defeat outside Talas City has always been a barrier in his heart, but now it was finally overcome, making him almost dance.  He was smiling happily, but the Tang army who came with him on the other side surrounded the big eaters. The Shiguo people surrendered long ago because they couldn't stand the fight. The general was captured again. The big eaters lost their will to fight and dropped their swords and knelt down.  Several people who wanted to fight to the death were shot down by the Tang people with bows and crossbows.  "Ziyad is mine." Li Siye was happily ordering his men to tie up the prisoner when he heard another shout from behind him.  He raised his eyes and saw Monk Shanzhi, with his head bare, riding towards him like a whirlwind.  However, someone was immediately heard shouting: "The monk is talking nonsense, Ziad is mine." From the other side, Wang Yang'er was also urging his horse forward, unwilling to lag behind.  Seeing the two of them leading their own armies, Li Siye laughed loudly: "I want you two to know that this Ziad is already my Lao Li's" "What, you thief, you actually stole my head start" Wang Yang  The child suddenly shouted.  Shanzhi was annoyed and complained: "If it weren't for your chattering, Ziad would have fallen into my hands long ago. "You also said that if you hadn't stepped out to scare him away, I would have captured ten Ziads.  " Seeing these two people arguing and looking like they were about to fight, Li Siye felt proud, but he also thought that they were both Ye Chang's favorite generals. If the two of them started fighting, it would be bad for Ye Chang.  Explain. Thinking of this, he advised: "Capturing this Ziyad is not the first achievement. The first achievement is to capture Talas. Ye Zhongcheng loves soldiers the most. There are thousands of our brothers in Talas as prisoners. If we can  Saving them and taking the city, isn't it better than a Ziad?  " He is more thoughtful than Shanzhi and Wang Yang'er. Shanzhi and Wang Yang'er thought the same. Seeing that the victory here was determined, the two of them went back to capture more prisoners. They looked at each other and immediately urged  The horse headed west again. Wang Yang'er kept rushing forward. After all, Shanzhi followed Ye Chang for a longer time and more or less obeyed the rules. He said to Li Siye: "I'm going to Talas, Lao Li, you thief."  Since you have taken away my credit, Zhong Cheng will explain it to me." "The monk is so rude." Li Siye sighed: "But I will accept this matter, Old Li." He knew that Ye Chang had always called Shanzhi his brother.  , Shan calls him Lao Li directly, which is indeed rude, but also affectionate. This shows that his efforts have been accepted by Ye Chang's direct descendants. Ye Chang's direct descendants do not regard him as an outsider, but his value is far greater than that of being  It¡¯s better to treat others with kindness and courtesy. Ziad was really desperate at this time. In his opinion, his true God had completely given up on him. Although he prayed many times along the way and was willing to dedicate everything he had,  ?The situation still favored Datang's side.  And all this is because of the inexplicable flood.  "Did you release the water?" When he was lifted up and tied to the horse, he raised his head and said to Li Siye with difficulty.  Li Siye didn¡¯t know the dialect of Da Shi and didn¡¯t know what he was talking about. The river barbarian who pointed out Ziad¡¯s escape route followed him for a while and hurriedly translated after hearing the words.  After listening, Li Siye laughed loudly and got on the horse again with Mo Dao sideways.  These war horses were collected by him along the way. They originally belonged to the enemy, but now they belong to the Tang Dynasty.  "As you said, we released this water. We, Ye Zhongcheng, have already prepared a water attack plan. What's ridiculous is that you walked into the trap without knowing it, and you are still complacent The barbarians are just a little brave.  How can we compare with our Chinese ingenuity?" He turned his head and said to Li Siye contemptuously, and then waved his hand: "My sons, let's go back. I think Ye Zhongcheng has already prepared wine and meat, and he will be drunk today."  The army cheered, Ziad tilted his head and looked at the barbarian. After listening to him finish the translation, even though he had been running away for a long time, his eyes were still flashing with fear: "This this is impossible, is he a devil?  Otherwise, how could he summon the flood? " "The Tang people are not devils, but you cannibals are no different from devils." The people in the river shouted: "As long as you don't believe in your true god, you will impose taxes and pay back the taxes.  We can live a good life as long as we are courteous to the people of the Tang Dynasty, but even if we are servile to you, you still want us to exterminate our traditions, destroy our writing, and dig up our ancestral graves the real devil  "It's you who are cannibals." When Ziad heard that he was slandering the gods, he stared angrily. If he hadn't been tied up, he would have pounced on him.  The barbarians in the river are not afraid of him now, and sneered: "We have been bathing in the favor of the Central Plains emperor since the Han Dynasty. If it weren't for China, you dog thieves and pig slaves would sooner or later become a scourge to the whole world." He scolded  Fortunately, Li Siye couldn't understand what they were saying, but he could guess by looking at their expressions that he was too lazy to pay attention to these things and just wanted to go back to ask for credit. When they got halfway, they saw a group of thousands of people.  Zheng Xiang came over and looked at Ye Chang's banner. "It's Ye Zhongcheng." Someone shouted happily and greeted Ye Chang: "Ye Zhongcheng, fortunately you have fulfilled your mission. Qiyade has been captured alive."  Ziad, who was on the horse, heard his name and glanced here. When he saw Li Siye saluting a young man, he immediately understood that this was Ye Chang. This was the first time he saw Ye Chang. He only saw this young general of the Tang Army.  He smiled and said something to Li Siye, then drove his horse towards him.  Just now in front of Li Siye, Ziad was disheartened, but full of dissatisfaction.  But facing Ye Chang, he felt that it was better for him to maintain some dignity, so he raised his head, tried to make himself less embarrassed, and then looked at Ye Chang.  The two looked at each other, but said nothing. Ye Chang nodded with a smile, and then continued to drive forward: "Let's go to Talas. We will finally take this city." The troops cheered and came forward.  , Li Siye and his men stepped aside, watching them move towards the west like a surging river.  It was already afternoon, and the sun was setting in front of the Tang army, dyeing them a golden color.
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