Chapter 009 Great Change
Li Zaixing was speechless. These guys were really deadly. After indoctrinating for so many days, they still forgot it when they went to the battlefield. They were already determined to win, so why bother rushing to shoot these two people to death? It would be better to catch them and ask about the situation. If you can ask for valuable information, it would be much more useful than beheading two levels.
Li Zaixing had no time to say this, so he immediately asked Pei Xuanqing and others to go back to support him. Listening to the voice, Zhang Wan and the others also fought with the enemy. Zhang Wan was responsible for protecting Du Fu and his baggage, and could only defend himself and not take the initiative. Pei Xuanqing could not take the initiative like this, and if he was negligent, he might fall into trouble.
Pei Xuanqing and others rushed back.
Five enemies were besieging Zhang Wan and others, and five others walked around from the side, preparing to attack Zhang Wan. The remaining seven enemies stood ten steps away, observing the situation of Zhang Wan and others, preparing to launch a fatal blow. Their expression was relaxed and in a good mood. In their opinion, with more than three times the number of people, victory was firmly in their hands, and there was no need to worry at all. These camels, horses and baggage were their spoils, and these Han people would also be their slaves.
Among the seven people watching the battle, three were white-clothed warriors, one of whom seemed to have a more noble identity and should be an officer. When Li Zaixing met, he was afraid that Pei Xuanqing and others would be beaten to death without asking, so he called out in advance: "Twenty-two Langs, leave a living mouth."
"I know." Pei Xuanqing responded as he ran, roaring like thunder.
Hearing the sound behind him, the seven enemies who watched the formation were shocked. When they turned around, they saw Pei Xuanqing rushing towards him, and were shocked again. However, they did not mess up the formation. The four of them stepped forward to set up a formation to intercept them. Two other white-clothed warriors protected the most noble white-clothed man and retreated quickly.
Li Zaixing stopped, bent his bow and arrow, and with a slight aim, he let go of the bowstring.
The feather arrow broke through the air, and with Li Xiao, he flew over thirty steps and shot towards the one who was in charge of command among the four enemies who were setting up the formation.
The man heard Li Zaixing's voice and realized that someone was above his head. He was looking up and raising the shield vigilantly. His reaction was very slow, but he was still one step slower. Li Zaixing's bow was strong and the arrow was fast. As soon as his shield was raised to his chest, Li Zaixing's arrow had already penetrated his face.
He didn't even snort, but fell on his back and rolled down the hillside.
The remaining three were caught off guard. Before they could react, Pei Xuanqing killed them, smashed a man's neck with a whip, and then rushed towards the man in white with the most noble status.
Seeing Pei Xuanqing and others killing him, Zhang Wan and others breathed a sigh of relief, roared in unison, and launched a large counterattack.
The situation suddenly reversed.
Under the attack of Pei Xuanqing and Zhang Wan, and Li Zaixing's cold arrows flew from time to time, the battle ended in a blink of an eye. Two of the three men in white were killed, leaving only one man in white with a bearded face leaning against the cliff, standing with a pale face. The five soldiers who were about to encircle the encirclement hurriedly when they saw Pei Xuanqing and the others coming out, neither fighting nor trying to escape.
At this time, Bai Xiaode and Almadie also rushed back. They confirmed that there were no other enemies nearby and the alarm was lifted. Although they had a full estimate of the strength of Pei Xuanqing and others, they were still very surprised when they looked at the corpses of enemies on the ground.
Li Zaixing also jumped off from above, walked to the remaining white-clothed warrior, and asked, "Can you say what we Han people say?"
The man stared at him in horror and dazed.
Li Zaixing had a headache. There was really no one around him who could speak a lot of verbal words. He called Elmiedi: "Ask him to see if he can speak Lite or Persian or something."
Elmurdy nodded and asked a few questions in Persian Lite, but the man still shook his head blankly. Elmurdy was a little despaired and was about to give up. He hugged his head and squatted beside him. Suddenly one of the five prisoners shouted and shouted something.
When Elmadie heard this, she turned her head, looked happy, and said something. Li Zaixing didn't know what she was talking about, so she could only roughly tell it was Persian. Before he could tell it carefully, the white-clothed warrior suddenly roared.
This sentence is also in Persian, but when Elmie Di asked him in Persian just now, he pretended to be stupid with a confused look on his face. Li Zaixing immediately understood, and without saying a word, he slapped in the face.
With a crisp "pop", the white-clothed warrior fell to the ground, spit out blood, holding two yellow gold teeth. The white-clothed warrior covered his mouth and looked at Li Zaixing resentfully. Li Zaixing sneered, raised his foot, and kicked him in the thigh.
With a "click", his thigh was cut off by Li Zaixing. He could no longer bear it, and hugged his legs and screamed in a sad voice.
Li Zaixing's ruthlessness scared the prisoners. The prisoners who had originally wanted to come up to rescue the white-clothed warriors looked at each other and honestly retreated. The person who was talking to Elmiedi was also stunned for a moment and stopped talking.
Elmadie knew Li Zaixing’s intention very well and said softly in Persian: “You don’t have to be afraid, as long as you cooperate well, we won’t hurt you.”
The man nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and started to speak in a gurgling manner. When Elmie Di heard this, he was browsing and happy, and turned around and pulled him in front of Li Zaixing.
"Master, he is a Milan mercenary and is willing to tell us all the news."
"Mercenary?"
"Yes, his name is Gus, who came from Milan and was forced to be conscripted by the cannibals."
Elmerdi briefly explained the situation of Gus. It turned out that this sturdy young man was not a big cannibal, nor was he a Central Asian man with the Jiu surname of Zhaowu. His hometown was in the small city-state of Milan under the rule of the Roman Empire. After the city-state was captured by barbarians from the north, he wandered around and made a living from mercenaries. Now he served in the Dashi army. Because he spent most of his time in the original Persian territory, he was proficient in Persian and knew a little bit of Dashi.
Li Zaixing looked at Gus and found that he did not look like a Central Asian person. Instead, he believed that he was a pair of gray eyes.
"Okay, tell me what you know." Li Zaixing glanced at the big cannibal who was lying on the ground: "Don't worry, they can't escape."
Elmdehyde translated his words, Gus nodded repeatedly and said a few more words. Elmdehyde translated it, and Li Zaixing realized that Gus actually wanted Li Zaixing to hand over the cannibal to him. When he said this, his eyes were cruel, as if he wanted to tear the cannibal into pieces.
Li Zaixing was puzzled, and Elmie smiled and told the whole story.
Gus lived in a region originally belonging to Sassania Persia, speaking Persian and believed in Zoroastrianism. After Sassania Persia was annexed by the Great Food, the Persians were also incorporated into the Great Food. The nobles were used by the Great Food to rule the people. Ordinary people fought for the Great Food, and women and children became slaves to the Great Food. This was fine. The most fierce conflict between them was religious belief. The Great Food believed in Islam, while the Persians believed in Zoroastrianism. Both sides could not seek common ground while reserving differences. The Great Food took advantage of their dominant position and bullied and insulted the Persians.
It was because of this reason that Gus was unwilling to fight for the Great Cannibal again. He had no intention of seeking refuge with Li Zaixing, but after seeing Elmmadi, he changed his mind, so he took the initiative to expose him when the Great Cannibal was lying. He also heard Elmmadi say that Li Zaixing was a native of the Tang Dynasty, so he decided to change his ranks and draw a clear line with the Great Cannibal.
Li Zaixing understood and agreed readily, "Okay, I'll hand this person over to you, including his golden teeth." As he said that, he pointed to the golden teeth in the pool of blood. Pei Xuanqing and others couldn't help laughing, and Gus also smiled. He reached out and waved, called the four companions over, discussed it, and at the same time fell to Li Zaixing.
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Li Zaixing learned a major news from Gus: a serious coup had just occurred within the Dashi. The Shiite Abhas drove away the original caliph, established a new dynasty, and established the capital of Baghdad. A few months ago, Abhas killed more than 80 nobles of the former Umayyad dynasty at a banquet, causing a considerable conflict. The newly established Abhas dynasty is now trapped in a civil war and unable to look east.
But Abu Musilin, the general governor of Khurasan, who was in charge of Eastern affairs, was planning to command troops to go north, with the target of Bakhanna, the country of Chengsai City, which is what the Tang people called Ningyuan. They appeared here to find a road to Chengsai City.
Li Zaixing was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat, secretly glad. Such a major thing happened within the Dashi, but the Tang Dynasty knew nothing. Abu Musilin wanted to attack Ningyuan, a loyal vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty was also in the dark. If he had not listened to Li Siye's advice and crossed the Pamir Mountains from the former Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would have been in the dark forever, and the Great Cannibal troops would have been in the dark before they could get the news.
If he guessed correctly, this coup in Dashi might be the replacement of the white food. This incident is a major event in Islamic history, but for now, the Tang Dynasty did not realize the profound impact of it at all, and had not even heard of it.
Of course, this is also an opportunity, and it is a great opportunity for the Tang Dynasty to regain control of Central Asia. Taking advantage of the civil war when the Black-clothed Dashi was busy with the civil war, send troops to Central Asia and defeat Abu Musilin, the Governor of Khorasan, to gain the advantage. Before the Black-clothed Dashi stabilized the political situation, they should not have the possibility of sending troops. When the Tang Dynasty had ample enough, it was time to stabilize the front line.
Li Zaixing was moved. He pondered for a moment: "Go to Thunder City with me. I believe that King Ningyuan will warmly welcome us."
"Here." Gus stood up, bowed his head and said in stiff Chinese.
"Almadie, take good care of them." Li Zaixing gave Almadie a look: "Let him learn our words as soon as possible, at least understand the orders."
"Here, master." Elmiedy was very happy.
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Chapter completed!