Zhao Ziliang said: "It is said that the temperature of the Luti Desert is so high that it can roast people, how did they cross the Luti Desert and arrive at the city of Zaheidan?" ”

Wahid stood up impatiently and said: "Your Majesty, the temperature in the Luti Desert is not always very high, it is sometimes passable, but no one can figure out the law of this!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was a little annoyed when he heard this, and slapped the table with an ugly face and shouted, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" You didn't say it until something happened now, did you want to see this king's joke? ”

Wahid was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is angry, the villain will never have such thoughts!" The villain thought that the king knew about it, so he didn't mention it to you! ”

"What do you think? If there is anything else you think this king knows, tell me as well! If something goes wrong again, this king will settle accounts with you! ”

"Yes, yes, the villain can't remember it now, if he does, whether the king knows it or not, the villain will definitely say it!" Wahid said tremblingly, kneeling on the ground and bowing his head. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Ziliang got up and walked to the map, looked at the map and studied it, and asked, "In other words, did the caliph's army pass through the Luti Desert at the great risk of being roasted?" Have they figured out the temperature changes in the Ruti Desert or are they betting on luck, and they have won? ”

Schneider immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the villain dares to vouch for it with his head, no one has ever been able to figure out the law of temperature changes in the Luti Desert since ancient times, maybe there is, but these people must have died of heat in the desert!" This time, the generals must be gambling with their lives, and they did win! ”

Zhao Ziliang turned around and said as he walked: "We only know that Zaheidan was attacked by the Great Food Army, and they broke through the city on the night of the sneak attack, but they were frantically blocked by Wang Guangyao with the army and civilians in the city, and the street fighting lasted until dawn, and the Great Food Army lost nearly 4,000 men and horses, and then they made the illusion of retreating, and sent a large number of cavalry to loot the surrounding villages and small towns during the day the next day, and all withdrew from the city after dark, and the guard Wang Guangyao immediately pursued with a thousand people, But there was still no news until the morning of the third day, and the remaining general Wan Chongshan and the soldiers and civilians in the city did not wait for Wang Guangyao to lead the army back, but waited for the Great Food Army, which shows that Wang Guangyao was lured out of the city, and they are likely to be more than lucky. With more than 300 defenders and more than 1,000 young men in the city to guard Zaheedan City, it won't last long to support it, and now Zaheedan City is afraid that it has fallen! The point is, we don't know how many people there are in this big food army now, and what their purpose is! The more troops they have, the greater their appetite, and we don't know who the general of the army is this time! ”

Marching Sima Chen Qing stood up and hugged his fists; "General, Zahedan is an important transit point on our army's supply line, and it is now truncated, which means that we can no longer get supplies from within the country, unless we recapture Zahedan! Weichen believes that there are two main purposes for their sneak attack on Zahedan, the first is to cut off the supply line of our army, and the second is to attack our army with the main force of the caliph of Behedashir Castle, and now our army's retreat is cut off, if the news spreads throughout the army, it is likely to cause panic among the soldiers, and the combat strength of the army will definitely decline. ”

Zhao Hu immediately stood up and hugged his fists and said, "King, the minister seconded the proposal!" Weichen is willing to lead his troops to recapture Zaheidan City, only 5,000 cavalry is needed! ”

Wei Gao, Zhang Ben, Er Zhu and other generals also stood up and hugged their fists and said: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, looked at Liu Dan and asked, "Vice Minister Liu, is our army short of supplies now?" ”

Liu Shan stood up and arched his hand: "Back to the king's words, in fact, our army is not short of supplies now, the grain and grass collected from the surrounding towns and villages and the loot captured from the Great Food Army can maintain our army's combat needs for two months, even if the supply is interrupted, as long as we win the battle again, we can also get captured to maintain the needs of the army, our logistics supply is mainly to transport bows, crossbows, arrows and armor and military uniforms, mainly used to replace damaged equipment, the supply of food and weapons is very small, if you use the arrows of the captured Great Food Army, Repair the damaged armor and bows, and our army will not need to replenish it if it is fighting outside for a year. As for food, even if we don't have a grain of grain in our army, we can hold out for two months, because the soldiers can eat mare's milk and horse blood to satisfy their hunger! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at all the generals and officials, and said in a deep voice: "Did you hear it clearly?" The reason why the king of the Beiting Protectorate introduced a large number of Mobei bantam horses as war horses was because of their extraordinary adaptability and endurance to the environment, they could adapt to any environment, they were not picky eaters, they could produce milk by eating grass, they could provide mare's milk for our soldiers, we couldn't lose this natural advantage! The big cannibal thinks that a sneak attack on Zaheidan and capture it will cut off the retreat and supply lines of our army, this is wishful thinking! Since the big cannibal sent this army out, don't think about going back, Zhao Hu! ”

"The minister is here!" Zhao Hu hugged his fists.

"I order you to lead 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers to stay in Shulgaz City, and send people to find out the situation of Zahedan, find out their strength, the composition of the troops, and who the commander of the army is! After making a clear inquiry, report to the king, if they are really attacking our army from the east and west, before this great food army reaches the city of Shulgaz, the king will allow you to lead the army to meet it. Wang Can, sent a flying eagle message to Jiling City, ordering Huo Kan to be on strict alert, send people to investigate the situation and movements of this army, and don't act rashly until you find out the situation of this big food army! The other generals and officials marched with the king to Behedashir Castle, and it was time to meet Mansur for a while! ”

The generals and officials clasped their fists and agreed: "Yes!" ”

On October 16, Zhao Ziliang led his army from Shulgaz City to the direction of Behedashir Castle, leaving Zhao Hu to lead 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry to defend Shulgaz City.

On October 18, the army continued to advance northwest through Bam Castle, and not long after passing Bam Castle, Wang Can caught up with Zhao Ziliang and reported: "King, General Zhao Hu sent someone to report that Zahedan's Great Food Army is coming in the direction of Shulgaz City, and after investigation, it was learned that there are 5,000 cavalry in the Great Food Army, and the commander of the army is Ziad, and the rest of the soldiers and horses should stay in Zahedan, and the general who stayed in Zahedan is Daoud, all of whom were defeated under the king that year, and their total strength should not exceed 10,000 people, The sentinels caught a few spies of the Great Food Army, and learned through torture that there were 20,000 people when the Great Food Army arrived at the city of Zahedan, and there were only 9,000 people left after the capture of the city of Zahedan, and General Zhao Hu had taken the initiative to lead the army to meet it! ”

Zhao Ziliang narrowed his eyes after hearing the report: "Oh? It turned out that they were all old friends, and they lost more than 10,000 soldiers in order to capture a Zaheidan city, and they were getting worse and worse! Since the purpose of the Great Cannibals is to cut off our supply lines and flank our army from the east and west, then presumably the army of Caliph al-Mansur must have set out from the city of Behedashir! Go tell Zhang Ben and let his Huya army send the front to investigate the front and find out the size, composition, marching speed and specific location of Mansour's army! ”

Wang Can promised: "Yes, king! ”

Two days later, Zhao Ziliang's army broke through Darzin and Zanji Fort, which were sparsely armed and insufficient in defense except for the big cannibals, and captured these two passes in two days.

On the afternoon of October 20, Zhao Ziliang asked Du Fu in the camp of the Chinese army in the camp of Zanji Fort: "Is there any news from Zhao Hu's side?" ”

Du Fu said: "Not yet! The king is not in a hurry, from here to Shulgaz City, it will take two days to send fast horses to deliver the news, and Weichen guesses that the news will be delivered tonight or tomorrow morning! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, knowing that he was a little anxious, although he didn't care much about the appearance of the Great Food Army in the rear, but the cutting off of the back road still had some impact on the morale of ordinary soldiers.

At this time, Wang Can walked in quickly and reported: "Great King, there is news from the Huya Army, Zhang Ben sent someone to report that the Great Food Nation Caliph's army has been discovered in Nabid!" ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately came to his senses, "Oh, tell me the details!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Can clenched his fists and agreed, and came to the map to find the location of Nabid's small town, "The people of the Huya Army found the army of the Great Diet Caliph in Nabid yesterday night, according to the number of camps and tents in the camp, the number of banners in the army, a total of about 100,000 horses, their marching speed can walk fifty miles a day, and we are only sixty miles away from Nabid, if they march as usual today, I am afraid that we are only a dozen miles away at this time, but the front outpost obviously did not find their traces, which means that they are not moving in place today, They already know we've captured Fort Zangi! Zhang Ben may send someone to report the latest situation of the Great Food Army later! ”

"The 100,000 horses of Caliph al-Mansur are mainly composed of four parts: the first is the Guards, about 40,000 men, including 20,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry, and 10,000 archers; the second part is Mutwar (believers, volunteers), a total of 20,000 people; The third part is the tribal army, led by the chiefs of the tribes of the Great Food Country, with a total of 30,000 people; The fourth part is the mercenary army, which is composed of foreign mercenaries recruited by the caliph with money, the members are complex, this force is very powerful, but their loyalty is not high, but it is not easy to buy them, because they do not have a unified organization and leader, and the caliph sends generals to lead them in battle, and pays them hire fees, even if they can buy some of them, these people are quite limited."

Zhao Ziliang said: "Buying a few people to make them defect to the battle, of course their role is not big, but if they are allowed to make trouble within the Great Food Army, they should still have some use, but now it is too late, and the distance between the two sides is too close, and the war will start soon, and the deployment is too hasty but it is easy to have problems, and this matter will be talked about later, and this king does not expect to beat Mansur down at one time!" Come on, pass the order, cook tomorrow, set off to Tahe Heights at the end of the day, and set off to approach the Tahe Heights, and you must occupy the Tach Heights before noon! ”