831 Sword to Damascus 2
Lekhba Army Town, this is an outpost town on the edge of the western Damascus desert. Originally it was only a hundred-meter-sized military town. Because there are 2,000 soldiers stationed here all the year round, and there are thousands of residents living here. Therefore, some people have commercial needs. Slowly, business people also come here. Later, a town has formed here, with both a market and residential buildings, and the population has reached 5,000. Scale up.
But now, this place has been buried by the army. The imperial caliph Hisham brought a 150,000 army to gather here. Next to him are the second commander-in-chief of the Empire Ishag and his general Kemari, as well as the prime minister. Foao, even the governor of Kufa Zhili, Akadura, accompanied him.
Akadura is not feeling well now. He lost Kufa in one day and withdrew his army back to Damascus. His reason was that the army that attacked Kufa was the army of Huoxun, and they used all artillery and guns. Unable to hold the city, in order to preserve the army, he had to retreat to the royal capital.
In this regard, the Caliph Hisham was very dissatisfied. If it weren’t for Akadullah’s cousin, he might have had a different head, but Hisham also said that if this foreign army is vulnerable If you do, Akadura’s head will be chopped off. Although Akadura is his cousin, he has a very bad head. If he is like him in the future, the empire is really over. Hisham believes that as a member of the family, Akadura It should play an exemplary role, rather than run away first.
Therefore, Akadullah is now like a sinner waiting for trial. It is indeed a bit tormented. Once this battle is won, he will die. This is not what he wants, and once this battle is defeated, Damascus is very likely not. Bao, this is not what he wants.
As far as the current information is concerned, Hisham does not believe that this is the Huoxun army, let alone that he does not believe it, even the Prime Minister Ivuo and the commander-in-chief Ishag do not believe it, it can be said that this is basically No one believes that this army of dwarves from the sea is an army of Huoxun Country. A genius remembers Chinese in one second 8/1/z/o/m/
They all know how powerful firearms are, and they all know that firearms are the foundation of a country. Since Huoxun has such powerful weapons, they will definitely not sell them outside. If there is an army using firearms, it must be a fire hunting army. But there is another problem here. Huoxun has been trapped for more than a year, and even the firearms in their own hands have no longer heard the sound, let alone anyone outside who owns a large number of firearms. Now, an army with many firearms has come from the sea. In the eyes of everyone, the firearms may have come from this group of people, because it can be seen from intelligence that the size and size of the opponent’s ship It has already explained the problem. This group of people definitely possesses more advanced manufacturing methods and craftsmanship. Maybe the weapons of Huoxun come from these people.
But who these people are, no one here knows. The scope and knowledge of the sea area controlled by Da Shi has never heard of anyone with such powerful weapons and advanced skills, but no matter who it is. , Since it has violated the interests of the empire and has reached the capital of the empire, no matter how powerful the opponent is, he must fight desperately to defeat the opponent, otherwise, where is the majesty of the empire.
The army led by Li You was stationed on the edge of the desert 40 miles away from Lehba Army Town. Lehba Army Town is southwest of Li You Station, and Damascus is two hundred miles away from the west. Naturally, Li You is not. I know how far Damascus is, and I don't know where it is. After all, few people walk in the desert, and they haven't met the locals yet.
During this march, Li You didn't even release the scouts. Because he was in a flat desert, he could tell whether there was an enemy at a glance, so there was no need to release the scouts. This would save the scouts and the horses a little effort. In order to observe, only a one-foot-high elevated was built on the two carriages, and people were observing on the elevated. In this way, it was possible to clearly see if there was anything at least ten miles away.
But once the troops are stationed, the scouts will inevitably have to be released. After all, you can't see anything on the high platform at night. They must be safe to patrol around the camp to avoid being attacked by the enemy at night.
There were a lot of sea buckthorn around the camp. The sergeants collected and lit them. Dozens of people surrounded a small fire. They had never seen a fire in the past ten days. The temperature in the desert at night was a bit low, and the temperature difference between day and night was too big. , Many people also fell ill as a result. The army uses coal stoves for cooking, and it uses briquettes, but there is no place for anyone to heat the fire. Now everyone is happy to see the fire. Fortunately, it’s March. If it’s February, the temperature here is. It will be colder and more unbearable.
Li You was also not listed. He also sat beside the fire and was burning. Wang Yanzhang on the side saw Li You looking at the fire thoughtfully, and asked: "Lord, what are you thinking about?" Update the fastest mobile terminal: https:/
Li You, who was still staring at the fire, said slowly: "I'm thinking, when we go back, we should walk along the river. Walking in the desert is really too much."
In fact, what Li You just thought was not this. What he was thinking was how the food army would take action. He was sure that the food army would definitely not only defend the city. Now he is about to arrive, then The big cannibals will definitely be prepared, especially on a night like this, if you give yourself a large army raid, you will have to bear it.
"Haha, yes, you can take a boat along the river, but it saves a lot of feet. Now, I just don't know when the Damascus city will be taken."
Li You looked at Wang Yanzhang and said, "As the commander-in-chief, you still want to be practical. You really don't worry that the big cannibal will give us a night attack?"
Hearing this, Wang Yanzhang stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Lord, what are you afraid of if you have your car in front of you? As long as the opponent doesn't have a trebuchet, you don't have to worry at all. Besides, let's go out again With so many scouts, the food army wants to attack at night, but it's difficult."
As soon as Wang Yanzhang said this, Li You shook his head. The visible range at night was too small. It would be extremely dangerous if the other party launched a fierce attack regardless of the cost. But it seems that Wang Yanzhang is right when he said it, and he has done everything that should be done, at best it can only be so.
Fortunately, one night passed and nothing happened, but while Li You was eating the steamed buns, the scout ran and said, ten miles southwest, there had been a large army of food, the number of which is unknown, estimated to be no less than 100,000.
After hearing this, Wang Yanzhang hurriedly asked people to prepare. The soldiers prepared to fight without even having breakfast. In fact, there was not much to prepare. The camp itself was surrounded by hundreds of carriages. What it means is to realign the carriages and face the southwest direction. In terms of time, it is basically enough. (End of this chapter)