842 Pursuit of Retreat
The ideas are always good. After the army is combined, the rebels stationed in Isfahan on Zhang Da's side are really afraid to fight the nearly 100,000 army, because even if they win, they will be consumed, so When the two armies converged in Nishapur City, Zhang Da, Asher and others did not dare to do anything after they got the news. They had fewer than 40,000 people, and more than 10,000 of them were incorporated and newly joined. With this kind of military strength, don't even mention running out to fight, it's not bad to be able to keep the city well.
The rebels dared to move the 100,000 army, but it does not mean that Heizi did not dare to move. When Heizi knew that there were no cavalry in the food army, and the number seemed to be wrong, he knew that his opportunity was here. He was sure that he was the leader of the army. It is not difficult at all to remove the elites and deal with the remaining miscellaneous soldiers, not to mention all the cavalry he is carrying.
After leaving Nishapur, head southwest and travel thousands of miles along the northern mountain range to reach Hamadan. The fastest journey will take ten days, so Kuroko and the others have time, and Kuroko will not run. Go it alone, after all, his main task is not to chase these people, what he has to do is to find Li You and bring him reinforcements.
In addition, he knows that Zhang Da has succeeded in Isfahan, and he must have soldiers in his hands, so he must be looking for a helper. Besides, it is easy to find Zhang Da and it is easy to find.
Under the city of Isfahan, Lin Chengwu came here with four of his subordinates disguised as merchants. When he came, he naturally asked Zhang Da to send troops to help.
In the military camp in the city, Zhang Da saw Lin Chengwu. When they met, the two of them were very emotional and happy. Then the two chatted. After all, Huoxun has gone through a lot of things over the past year, and Zhang Da's request for help can be regarded as a difficult journey. Naturally, there are still many topics to talk about.
After chatting, Lin Chengwu formally said: "Second leader, I came here with a letter from the leader. The leader said, let you bring your soldiers to stop the army from retreating."
Zhang Da particularly excitedly asked: "The chief is going to join me in destroying the nearly 100,000 food army?"
Lin Chengwu nodded and said, "This army is not strong. Their generals have already drew out the elite. It is not difficult to win."
"Hehe, I know about this. I didn't dare to think about it. It is indeed because of my lack of strength and I dare not go to war with so many people. Now that you have 50,000 troops, this thing will naturally not get away." Regarding this, Zhang Da definitely has nothing to say. After all, the men and horses led by Heizi plus the people on his side are about the same as the opponent in terms of numbers. Besides, he still has a lot of field guns in his hand, as long as he doesn’t let him He did it alone.
"The chief said, let the two chiefs prepare your troops to rush to the city of Sarkuh, intending to annihilate this army here."
Sarkuh City, this is an important town on the edge of the desert. It is the only way between Nishapur and Hamadan. Although the city is important, it is not big, because it is tens of miles in radius and the only piece of land has There are not many oasis of water sources along the way, and there are not many towns that can provide accommodation. In addition, it is near mountains to the north and desert to the south. It is located in the traffic throat, so it is called a major town. The city of Sarkuh has walled fortresses in all four directions to defend against the invasion of foreign enemies, which shows its importance.
When Zhang Da and the others attacked Isfahan, they were walking on the other end of the desert to the south, which was all under the control of the rebels. Although the city of Sarkuh is in an important place, Zhang Da and the others dare not go over and attack it. After all, there were still hundreds of thousands of troops outside at that time. Sooner or later they had to go here and go back. It would be meaningless to take this place. of.
But now it's different. As long as they join forces to make a surprise attack on the food army, these nearly 100,000 people can almost be reimbursed.
"Yes, this place is well-chosen and suitable for cavalry to fight. Even if you are defeated, it will be difficult to get away. Okay, when you go back, tell the chieftain that I will set off with 30,000 horses tomorrow and rush to Sarkuh City as soon as possible. When our army gets to the place, we will discuss specific matters."
Lin Chengwu didn’t stay with Zhang Da, so he returned overnight. He had to send the letter back. He knew that Heizi was a little anxious about this. After all, Heizi wanted to finish this thing soon, and didn’t want to be here. There are many delays.
Three days later, Zhang Da took a man and a horse through the desert and came to Sarkuh. In the desert fifty miles away from the city, he met the scout released by Heizi. After contacting him, Heizi came to Zhang Da's place in person. They embraced and laughed at each other, very pleased.
Afterwards, Heizi informed Zhang Da of the arrangement: "I plan to attack again tomorrow afternoon, and wait until they leave Sarkuh." New 81 Chinese website update the fastest computer terminal: https://
"When I came, I was still thinking about how you plan to carry out. I thought you would choose to attack at night or at dawn. I really never thought about doing it in the afternoon. You are afraid that once we do it, they will stick to Sarku. Hecheng, delay time?"
"You're not nonsense, but I plan to finish the fight tomorrow and set off the day after tomorrow. Time can't really be delayed. I must rush to find the young master before the food reinforcements arrive."
"Okay, then I will block the road ahead of time. As for you, you have to hurry up. My 30,000 people can't stand the toss. Also, the young master has established Nan'an. Lin Chengwu should have told me about this, too. The title can be changed in the future. Although the young master said that the title does not matter, but I can’t wait without rules."
Heizi nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will change it in the future."
At noon the next day, forty miles west of the city of Sarkuh, Zhang Da had already set up a battle on the road with the people and put the artillery in front of the battle. The food scout spotted them early, and the two leading generals asked After that, I knew that this army must be a rebel. To say that they are worried, apart from Huoxunjun, they are really not afraid of others. Although they know that the rebels are supported by Huoxun, their combat power is a bit far behind that of Huoxunjun. They also know that the opponent is about 30,000 people. At that time, they began to besiege this army.
The food army sent the scouts far away, especially the rear army, for fear that the Huoxun army would chase him, but there has been no shadow. Naturally, he thought that Huoxun had not chased him. Now that the rebels are blocking the way, it is still What is there to say, let alone the rebels only 30,000, even if you add 20,000, they can only fight one battle, they all know one thing, only in Hamadan, their army can truly be safe.
After the food army launched an offensive, they knew how difficult this rebel army was. In a short period of time, it cost them tens of thousands of casualties, which is even more ruthless than the fire hunting army. Without the cavalry, the infantry dare not step forward anymore. Today, the state of the two armies is extremely delicate.
Both sides are playing drums in their hearts, one side is whispering, the other side is so weak, the other side is thinking, the other side's weapons are so strong, how to go down in this battle.
Just when both sides were hesitating, Heizi's vanguard came over. At this point, the battle has been doomed to win or lose. In fact, Zhang Da was already thinking about whether it was necessary to launch an all-out attack after it was launched. (End of this chapter)