Finally, it was time for the patrol to return. Although many people came into the camp, Prince Salaman was still nervous because he had not seen the general he appointed return.
In fact, the person can no longer be seen. His throat has been slit by the Tang Dynasty army. When we caught this guy, we wanted to interrogate him thoroughly. After all, he was wearing the general's clothes and should have some information.
Who knew that this guy would resist so fiercely and even hurt one of our soldiers? If that's the case, there's nothing more to say. I can only kill you with a sharp knife. When you threaten the safety of our soldiers, I can't take care of your life at such a critical moment.
"Why hasn't Fatala returned yet? Which of you is closer to his patrol?"
Prince Salaman finally lost his patience. Having been a leader for so long, he knew that he could not show panic in front of his subordinates. Once you show panic, many things will be difficult to say. The people under you may be even more panicked than you, which will affect the morale of the entire camp.
But he couldn't care less about so many things now. This guy was really panicked at the moment. When he didn't see his patrol general, he always felt that something had happened around him. As long as the general came back and talked to him, this mood would be quickly calmed down. Unfortunately, the general never showed up.
The men looked at each other, and no one could answer this question. They were supposed to meet in the middle, but when they arrived at the meeting point, General Fatala did not show up.
According to the original requirements, when their general did not appear, they should search the surrounding specific areas, but these people were panicked and felt that something was going to happen, so they ran back early.
"Drag them down and chop them all off."
When Prince Salaman heard that these people had not searched as instructed, he showed no mercy and immediately wanted to drag them down and chop them off. No matter how hard they kowtowed and begged for mercy, it was useless. Now Prince Salaman was in a panic and needed some blood to calm his mind. Who made you fail to complete the task? Using your blood to calm his mind was the best arrangement.
After killing these people, Prince Salaman did not calm down. Instead, the whole army was in panic. These people did not conduct the search as required, but they should not be killed directly. Such situations have occurred before, and at most they would be whipped twenty times.
This special and severe punishment made everyone feel that something big might happen. The second patrol team went out immediately. Prince Salaman kept looking in the distance, hoping that Fatala would come back.
If this guy can come back, it means nothing happened, but if he can't come back, it means something happened around.
Although they were very careful, the Tang army was elusive. They had already sensed it in the previous battles. Often when they were most relaxed, the Tang army would come and kill them. No matter where they hid, it seemed that they could not escape the eyes of the Tang army. I really don't know what method they used.
Although some Western Region troops were captured, these people had no idea about the combat methods of the Tang army. The Tang army also kept this secret from them during the operation. After all, these people were not trustworthy.
So even if Prince Salaman had all those captives from the Western Regions cut into pieces, he still couldn't get any useful information from them. The unknown is often the most frightening thing. Now Prince Salaman's mood is unstable. When he thinks of some previous legends, even those involving ghosts and gods, Prince Salaman's life becomes even more difficult.
However, the Tang army did not allow this kind of situation to last long. When the second patrol team went out, less than an incense stick of time passed before some small black spots appeared in the sky.
The firing rate of artillery in this era was not fast, especially in the sky above the desert. If you stare at one place often, you will definitely see small black dots falling from the sky.
Just as some people were wondering, the first shell exploded, and one of their carriages was blown to pieces, and the three soldiers on board were now engulfed in flames.
The remaining soldiers immediately understood. Wasn't this the Tang army's method of attack? As mentioned many times before, this kind of fire and light thing is called artillery in the Tang Dynasty. The enemy can fire at us from thousands of meters away, and we don't know where the enemy is coming from.
The people in the military camp quickly panicked, but they had no experience in dealing with this kind of thing, so when the shells exploded, some people had already mounted their horses, but could not find their general, so they could only run around the entire camp.
This method would mess up the entire camp, but these soldiers really couldn't control themselves. If they were asked to stay where they were, they would become even more panicked. Seeing one fireball rising after another, they only wanted to stay away from these things, but they didn't know which direction to run.
Prince Salaman finally understood what his uneasiness was, but at the moment he had a question that he couldn't figure out. There were clearly two echelons of troops in front of him. Could it be that both echelons of troops had been wiped out?
That's impossible. I just received news from them yesterday afternoon. They were all moving eastwards intact, which meant there were no problems at all. But what was going on now? Could the news they sent me be false?
He really couldn't figure out how the Tang army fought. Instead of killing the people in the first two echelons, they attacked him, the third echelon, first. This was too risky. Once the army in front discovered them, the two armies could surround them and prevent the Tang army from escaping.
All sorts of thoughts ran through His Royal Highness's head for a moment, but he didn't have the time now. The surrounding artillery fire began to slowly cover the center, hitting it over and over again. The soldiers were already in chaos. Except for the personal guards around him, the others were so confused that they couldn't find their generals or their soldiers.
This was the most terrifying thing in combat. As long as the army held together, they could still fight even if faced with a stronger attack. But now...
