820 Entering Basra 1
Looking at the billowing smoke on the sea, Li You was not in a hurry to ask about the situation of the battle. He knew that his side would definitely win. Next, what to do and what to do. Basra is two hundred miles away. If the situation is good , They will be there in the evening the day after tomorrow.
In the afternoon, Tian Xi and the others took the captives to the landing site and captured nearly 5,000 people. Over 10,000 people died in this battle, most of them drowned.
Because of the language barrier, Li You did not inquire about any prisoners' relationship with the eclipse. After staying at the landing place for another night, he set off with people to Basra. He also left five thousand people here for defense. And look at the prisoners. After all, it is impossible for them to bring all the food and supplies on the march. They have to find a place to release them temporarily.
As there were no cavalry and only a few horses were allocated to scouts, Li You and the others were not moving fast, and Li You was also worried about the presence of ambushes, and did not dare to march in a hurry. They have been here for more than a day. Except for the naval fleet, the army of the eclipse has never seen it. This is indeed very wrong.
Li You sat in the carriage of the carriage, leaning back on the sack of grain, closed his eyes and rested, and was bored with the dog sitting for a long time before asking Li You: "Lord, why do you accept these five thousand dollars? The captives? Our food is counted, besides, they are useless, right?"
Li You didn't open his eyes, but answered the dog's words. He slowly said: "Who said they are useless, I am ready to make good use of them. Don't look at the number of these prisoners as many as 5,000, but they For us, it’s the food issue. In fact, we don’t need to worry too much about this. After all, the Basra we are going to attack is an important town. It should not be very difficult to find enough food for five thousand people. If you find enough food in Basra, you can only release these prisoners of war."
Gouzi then asked: "Lord, what are you going to do with these people?"
Seeing him breaking the casserole inquisitive posture, Li You said honestly: "I plan to let these people dig a canal out."
"Canal?" Gouzi opened his mouth wide and asked in surprise: "Lord, dig a canal here?"
"I didn't say here, you will know from now on, and now the eight characters have not been written yet."
The two were talking. Wang Yanzhang came to Li You on horseback and said: "The Lord, Tang Shang just passed the news that the front forward camp encountered a big food army. After a fight, the big food army withdrew. There were too many, and there were less than two thousand people. Tangshang did not allow the pursuit. The forward battalion is still marching. He asked if he would wait for the Chinese army to enter again.
Li You nodded, especially approvingly said: "Tang Shang and the others have done a good job. At this time, a large food army has appeared, which is obviously wrong. Tell him, let him stop the forward camp and wait for us and march with us. By the way, tell Ono Maro and Wu Zhi Changxin, so that they can speed up a little bit and catch up with the Chinese army."
After Wang Yanzhang took the order to leave, Gouzi asked, "Lord, is it too easy for us to be targeted?"
Generally speaking, a large number of troops will not join forces in a war zone like this. The usual practice is to divide into several armies and keep a certain distance. The advantage of this is that once they encounter a surprise attack by the enemy, they are not attacked. The army has time to defend and reinforce. If an army is combined to advance, once it encounters an enemy, the army will not be able to deploy, and its defense will be greatly reduced, especially if they are in the heart of the big food, they are easy to be attacked by opponents. A surprise attack, after all, they are not familiar with the terrain.
Li You must be aware of Gouzi’s worries, but he said: "Gouzi, you have to know, this is the hinterland of the family. We don’t know how many soldiers there are. If they really want to attack. We, marching separately, will suffer more losses than when we march together. After all, we have different weapons. Only when we join forces can we have better defenses. Now that they have sent decoys, we should take them. Alerted."
In fact, what Li You didn’t know was that the army that Tang Shang and the others encountered was indeed a chance encounter. They were summoned back to Basra for defense. Today, there are less than eight thousand Basra defenders, so they hurriedly transferred the surrounding patrol troops. Come to Basra and take part in the defense.
There are reasons why there are so few troops stationed in Basra. First of all, it is located in the hinterland of the Great Food Empire, and there is no military pressure and threat like remote areas. Second, the Great Cannibal believes that there is no threat to the sea, even the Persian Gulf. They all think it is the Neihu Lake, so there won't be many defense forces here. ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм
After all, even if the enemy really enters from the bay, they still have a huge fleet. In addition, there are 30,000 troops in Kufa and Taisifeng, including 10,000 cavalry. They can reach Basra in four days at the earliest. And places like Nihavin can also provide support within ten days. Even if it really fought, no one thought that Basra would be lost, so it's no surprise that there are less than 8,000 troops here. New Bayi Chinese website first released https://https://
At night, Li You and others were still a little nervous. Nothing happened during the day. Naturally, you have to be careful at night. They not only strengthened the defense, but also divided the army into two teams, sleeping in turns, and put the scouts directly in. Twenty miles away, it did feel a bit wrong this time. Except for a battle at sea and a small group of food soldiers during the march today, nothing was left. They didn’t believe the big cannibals didn’t know they were coming. Up.
The night passed quickly and quietly. No one was bothering him. Li You didn't think much about it. Anyway, he should be able to reach Basra City this evening. He really didn't believe it. By that time, he would not have encountered any enemy troops. .
In fact, they want to encounter the enemy, which is a kind of spiritual satisfaction or a sense of existence. Of course, they must rely on World War I to boost their morale. After all, they brought tens of thousands of troops here. In addition, they are fully prepared, not fighting a battle to brush their sense of existence, this is indeed a bit uncomfortable. The navy did a good job, its morale was high, and it was up to them to get the rest. Therefore, it hasn't really encountered an enemy until now, so it naturally made everyone feel a little impetuous.
But in any case, today they will put their soldiers under the city of Basra. It is not so important that the food army can not go out. The goal is to lay down Basra. Once it is laid, not only will the morale be improved, but it may also be useful. Li You could not find anyone who could speak Sogdian to serve as an interpreter in Basra.
Li You feels somewhat uncomfortable for the current situation. Although he is confident of the strength of the army he leads, after all, this is a battle. You still need to know the general situation of the opponent. You can't be so indifferent, let alone this time. When you come to attack the big food, even if you are attacking a small country, you must understand the general situation. This is normal thinking. (End of this chapter)