824 Swordsmanship
In the temporary camp, the sergeants had already lit the fire, after all, the sun was about to go down soon. In Li You’s camp, Wang Yanzhang happily ran and said: “Young Master, Basra City, it’s completely taken down. Tang Shang and the others found a lot of good things in the warehouse. They asked if they would be transported back to the landing place by the sea. ."
Li You smiled slightly and said: "I didn't come to robbery, but now that I found something, let's transport it back. Now that the war is over, are the officials in the city still there?" The genius remembered 噺バ一中文 8 /1/z/o/m/
Speaking of this, Wang Yanzhang was even more happy. He smiled and said, "The lord of the city, the lord in the city resisted and was killed by Tang Shang’s people, but his senator was still there. Brother Gou said that the senator would meet Sogdian. words."
"Hehe, I knew it would be rewarding to let the dog go. It doesn't seem to be difficult to find someone who can speak Sogdian here. Where is he now? I want to see him."
Wang Yanzhang arched his hands and said: "The lord of the country waited for a while. Tang Shang's men said, Brother Gou is bringing people here."
The visitor is a thin middle-aged eater wearing a white robe and body. He only has a short beard. It seems that he is still very energetic, but his eyes are full of fear and anxiety. To this point, Li You can still understand, after all, everything is worrying under the war, not to mention that he is still a prisoner now.
"I heard that you can speak Sogdian?" Seeing the visitor nodded, Li You then said in Sogdian: "I would like to ask you to be my interpreter. If you do well, I promise to release you. You are reunited with your relatives. If you don’t do well, what will you end up doing? I think you should be clear?” ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм
The visitor lifted his chest and said: "Dear Sir, please also fulfill your promise at that time."
This man was called Nassin. The lord of Basra was wiped his neck with a knife in front of him. He didn't dare to think about that terrible scene. His only hope was to save his life. For Li You's promise, he was naturally full of joy.
"Don't worry, since I promised to let you go, I will definitely keep my promise. I still need to ask you a few questions and please answer me one by one. How many people have you sent to attack Huoxun? How many troops, how many soldiers does the royal capital Damascus have."
Regarding Li You’s question, Nassin never dared to conceal anything. He replied: “The Caliph sent 150,000 people to besiege Huoxun, and there were only 70,000 soldiers remaining on the Western Front. I really don’t know how many soldiers, but I know that there are 30,000 troops in Kufa and Taixifeng, and there are also 30,000 troops in the holy city."
Li You nodded in satisfaction, it is a good thing to have a desire to survive, and then he asked: "What's your name?"
Nassin raised his chest again and said, "My name is Ihamel Hadadan Nassin."
"Associate Nassim, I have nothing to ask, you can go out." After speaking, Li You called someone to take Nassim with him.
The force situation that Li You asked just now seemed to be similar to what he had imagined. He had estimated before he set off that, apart from the army that attacked Huoxun, the total strength of the troops in various places in Da Shi should be 300,000. Around thirty-five, the number of troops he will face should be around 100,000 to 200,000.
At dinner, Li You ate fresh horse meat. The fact that the food cavalry came to send the horses had long been spread in the temporary camp. In this battle with the cavalry, the loss of horses is quite large. There are more than 300 horses intact. The wounded can be healed, and there are more than 700 horses. The rest can only eat meat. .
Now that there are more than three hundred war horses, plus a few horses found in Basra, you can still make up a thousand. This is not a small number. This kind of beginning is also what everyone wants to see. After all, there are cavalry. It's not the same thing as no cavalry.
In Basra City, Li You left three thousand people to defend, and he also provided them with some artillery. If he encounters an enemy, he will at least have the ability to defend a little. Li You led an army of more than 40,000 people to the northwest, aiming directly at Kufa.
Governor's Mansion of Kufa City.
The Governor of Zhili Province, Akadura, was particularly shocked after listening to the explanation of the cavalry commander Badista. He really did not understand where Huoxun had found these dwarf soldiers. But now is not the time to think about this. After all, if Huoxun were to be, it would seem obvious what their purpose would be.
Afterwards, Governor Akadullah did two things, sending messages to Harry who was in the royal capital and mobilizing troops from several other cities to Kufa, hoping to hold Kufa.
Basra arrived in Kufa for nearly a thousand miles, and it took about ten days for the enemy to arrive. This time was enough for Governor Akadura to pass the defense. The horses he sent had paid back. The enemy was coming along the river to Kufa. Whether it was defending the city or playing, they had different voices.
Governor Akadura means defending the city. After all, Badista lost more than half of his cavalry in the first battle. This is indeed a bit shocking. He also gathered 35,000 people here. According to intelligence, the enemy army was at least At more than 30,000, if you really have to head-to-head with the enemy, you may not have good results. After all, the enemy has artillery, a powerful weapon.
The leading generals have a different view. They believe that even if the enemy has such a powerful weapon as artillery, those soldiers are not looking for troops. From the physical aspect of the soldiers, once close combat, the opponent will be defeated. Crush, if they can't beat even a group of dwarfs or dare not beat them, they might as well surrender.
The soldiers of Huoxunguo can fight. This is notorious. After fighting with Huoxunshu, the big cannibal knew about Huoxunjun. If this army is the army of Huoxunguo, then they are generals. He will never shout out to fight, and will definitely defend the city.
To the south of Kufa, sixty miles downstream along the river, there are both low hills and woods. This is an excellent ambush spot. No matter how powerful the enemy army is, it is difficult to be in this way when marching. The terrain is defensive, so in the end, the result of everyone's discussion is to ambush the enemy here and defend the city if it is unsuccessful. This can also be regarded as the result of mutual compromise between Governor Akadura and his generals.
On the other side, in the Khorasan area, the 50,000 elites brought by Akberinamu have rushed most of the rebels to the city of Ahnqitia. Of course, he currently has less than 40,000 in his hands. The rebels The same is true. The original size of the rebel army reached nearly 60,000, but now there are only more than 30,000 left, and there are nearly 30,000 concentrated here in the city of Antioch.
As long as the city of Anchidia is taken down, the rebels will disintegrate, and it will never be possible to form such a large scale. Now that Akberinamu has led his army to the city of Anchidia, how should we fight? He still hesitates. This is not to say that he is too indecisive. It is indeed a strong city defense. If he is attacking, he is not sure of victory. After all, the rebels defending the city are all elite, if not for their poor weapons and equipment. A little bit, it won't be compressed here. (End of this chapter)