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Mansour, who was already in his sixties, looked very old and haggard, no longer as heroic as he used to be, he was really an old man in his twilight, but the look that emanated from his cloudy eyes was extremely sharp.

Mansour asked, "How many troops does Kerman have?" ”

The fifty-two-year-old and Posilin stood up and stroked his chest and said, "Caliph, so far, the strength of the Kerman has increased to 60,000, and there are about 40,000 or so still on the way to the Kerman!" ”

The Abbasids were able to overthrow the Umayyad dynasty with the main military contribution to the defeat of the Umayyad dynasty. But since he returned to China after his defeat in Sogdia at the hands of Zhao Ziliang, Mansur seized military power and recruited him to Baghdad as an idle official for more than ten years, and this time Mansur decided to start a war with Western Qin, he thought of him and brought him out to help deal with some military affairs.

Mansour had to admit that he did have an incomparable talent in military affairs, and there were a lot of chores in such an army, and if he were replaced by other generals, he would definitely be busy, but he could handle it easily.

Mansour said to the generals and officials in the audience: "According to the information we have received, the Western Qin army has sent about 100,000 troops to hoard in the northern border and the area of Jiling City in the east, and we have sent 200,000 troops this time, we have an absolute advantage in terms of troops, how do you think we should fight this battle?" ”

An official stood up and said: "Caliph, we should take the initiative, our forces have an advantage, we should give full play to this advantage, knowing that if we enter the territory of Western Qin, we can capture a large number of Western Qin, there are still many people in the Sogdian region and Tocharian who do not submit to the rule of Western Qin, and we can also persuade these people to join us in attacking the cities of Western Qin, promising to make their patriarchs and chieftains the lords of the cities or allow you to re-establish the country!" ”

Another official stood up and objected: "Caliph, I don't think we can attack, I am a person who has been on an envoy to Western Qin, I have seen the situation of the Western Qin army, they are much stronger than us in terms of weapons and armor and other equipment, and the equipment of our soldiers is in tatters compared to them, and it is not at the same level at all, if we take the initiative to attack, not only can we not give full play to our numerical advantage, but we will also be defeated by them in the field." I think we should use the city wall defense to resist their attack, they will inevitably consume a lot of financial and material resources to launch such a large-scale war, they will not spend much time, we just need to hold on until they are unable to follow up and then we can fight back! ”

General Mahad stood up and reprimanded angrily: "I don't agree to be beaten passively, we sent 200,000 troops this time, which is much more than that of Western Qin, even if many people are not trained, but we still have 400,000 troops scattered all over the place, we can transfer these 400,000 people to fight with Western Qin to the end at any time!" ”

Mansur was a little hesitant for a while, he was not very good at military affairs, and he really didn't have any confidence this time, after all, the kings of Western Qin were all dispatched, if they really became anxious, they would definitely have to fight for national strength. He thought for a while, looked at Bo Xilin, and asked, "Abu, you have fought with Western Qin and against Zhao Ziliang, what kind of person is Zhao Ziliang?" ”

And Bo Silin stood up and saluted: "Caliph, I have fought against Zhao Ziliang, but I haven't really met him in person, I don't know what he looks like, but I can make some speculations about him from the process of commanding the battle, this person is an extremely cunning person, he uses military methods to be elusive, people are unguardable, often we think that impossible things, in his place can become a reality." In addition, it is said that this person is very brave, I have not really seen his performance on the battlefield, one of his subordinates made me extremely impressed, that is a general named Li Sheng, when we were still overthrowing the Umayyad Dynasty, Zhao Ziliang once led people to meet the princess of the former dynasty on the border, at that time we detained the princess of the former dynasty, Zhao Ziliang brought troops to begg, we had a battle, this man named Li Sheng killed seven brave generals under me alone! ”

"The combat methods of the Western Qin Army come from the Tang Army, and continue many of the tactical ideas of the Tang Army, their generals like and are good at sneak attacks and ambushes, and they will never attack head-on if they can use other methods, so if we engage the Western Qin Army, we must be careful that they may attack from places we don't expect!"

Mansour asked, "Do you think we should take the initiative to attack or should we use the walls on the spot to defend and consume their national strength and spirit?" ”

And Bo Xilin thought for a while and said: "Zhao Ziliang is too cunning, if we play with the heart, we can't play him at all, maybe we will fall for his tricks at some point." I think it's best for us to confront him head-on, our army does have an advantage in terms of strength, but if we take the initiative to attack, our strength advantage will die, because in the Western Qin, he can continuously transfer troops to participate in the war, and the quality of our soldiers is too far worse than the Western Qin army, and the best way is to use a strong city wall to defend on the spot, because they will inevitably consume a lot of troops to attack the city, which is a nightmare for the weak Western Qin army, as long as we reserve enough food, grass and water in the city, they can't take us, Because most of them are cavalry, I think if Zhao Ziliang takes cavalry to attack the city, he will inevitably hit his head and bleed! Also, the Western Qin army has a large number of war horses, they have a great demand for grain and grass, and they will inevitably transport grain and grass over regularly, we can send cavalry to cut off their logistics supply lines, can the Western Qin army still fight without enough grain and grass? ”

Mansur thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to use the city wall to hold on, although he did not like to be able to defend it, but he also had to admit that his military talent was not comparable to him.

"Caliph, the big thing is not good, the Western Qin army took the initiative to attack, and it was Zhao Ziliang who personally commanded the troops, Shulgaz City was besieged, the situation was very critical, Zilz sent people to ask for help!" A minister hurried in to report to Mansour.

Mansur and the generals were all shocked, and their hearts were too fast, right? Before the war was ready, the Western Qin people had already arrived in the city.

Mansur froze and immediately asked, "How many people did Zhao Ziliang bring?" How long has the siege been? ”

The intelligence officer said: "There are more than 30,000 people, it should be less than 40,000, according to the messenger, the Western Qin army should have besieged the city for two days now!" ”

Mansur breathed a sigh of relief, there would be nothing to do for the time being after being besieged for only two days, you must know that Shulgaz has 30,000 people, and so many troops should be able to withstand it for a while by using the city wall defense.

Mansour asked, "Guys, what now?" The people of Xiqin have all come in, we can't do nothing, right? And Posirin, you say! ”

And Bo Xilin stood up and said: "Caliph, now the intention of the Western Qin army is not obvious, Zhao Ziliang only brought one legion over, and he also has a legion in Jiling City, which can not only guard against the strength of our army in Mulu City, but also reinforce the direction of Shulgaz at any time as a maneuver!" I think we should continue to stock up on food, grass and troops now, Shulgaz has 30,000 troops, they should be able to use the city wall to last ten days and a half months, and we only need to wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, we will have enough troops to carry out military operations, both to reinforce Shulgaz, and to go north or east! ”

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Under the city of Shulgaz.

Zhao Ziliang rode on horseback and watched the figures on the two-zhang high city wall crowded, a busy scene, it seemed that the big food defenders in Shulgaz City were deploying city defenses.

The two-zhang high city wall is not high, and the city wall of a county town in the Tang Dynasty is higher than this, but this two-zhang high city wall is undoubtedly a natural moat for the Western Qin army, which lacks infantry and has not prepared siege equipment!

Wang Can rode over and hugged his fists and said: "Wang, the spies of my East Factory have infiltrated the city and sent news that they are investigating the deployment of defenses in the city!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the city wall and asked, "Can you contact this person?" ”

Wang Can said: "You have to work hard!" ”

Zhao Ziliang instructed: "Find a way to let him pollute the water source in the city, and try to complete this task!" Without water, even if there is more food in the city, they won't be able to last long! ”

Wang Can hugged his fists and said: "Understood! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Have the people sent by the big cannibals to break through the siege been released?" ”

"I've already released one! With the distance from here to Kerman, it only takes a day and a half to get there, and now it's been three days! ”

"Aren't there any reinforcements coming in the Kerman direction?"

"Not yet!"

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and said: "It seems that the troops in Mansour's hands are not enough, he doesn't dare to send troops to reinforce Shulgaz, for fear that Kerman will be attacked!" Liu Dan, how is the siege equipment of the siege camp built? ”

Liu Dan stood up and said: "If you go back to the king, it has been built according to the quantity specified by the king, and half of it has been built so far, and it will be completed in three days, and the stone bombs and oil bombs have been prepared in sufficient quantities!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang was quite curious, turned around and asked, "This king remembers that we didn't carry too much oil this time, how did you get so much oil to make oil bombs?" ”

Liu Dan smiled and said: "The king doesn't know, our people found a lot of black oil stored in the homes of many big cannibals near here for lighting, after inquiry, it turned out that there were several places in this place that could burn black oil from the ground, so Weichen sent someone to fetch a lot of black oil back!" ”

"Black oil? Grab some and come to this king! ”

Soon, a soldier came running over with a jar of black oil, Zhao Ziliang took it, looked at it, sniffed it again, and said, "This ?????? This thing is called oil! Reserve more, maybe you can use it in future battles! ”

"Yes!"