There are 2,000 Great Food garrisons in Bam Castle, Zhao Ziliang led the army to camp at the edge of the oasis, due to the strict blockade of news, the Great Food Defenders in Bam Castle did not know that another large army had arrived, and they thought that as long as the forward cavalry battalion was nearby. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the morning of the second day when Zhao Ziliang's army arrived here, on the tenth day of the ninth month, the defenders in Bam Castle sent half of their troops out of the city to try to defeat the Western Qin forward cavalry battalion in order to lift the siege, but the defenders overestimated the combat effectiveness of their own generals and underestimated the combat effectiveness of the forward cavalry battalion of the Western Qin army.

The plan of the garrison of Bam Castle fell through, and the 1,000 men sent out were all wiped out, and none survived, leaving only 1,000 of the original 2,000 defenders, and not a single cavalry remained. After this, the Great Food Keeper of Bam Castle was really scared, and he no longer dared to be delusional. In order to fill the strength of the defense, the defenders had to forcibly recruit young men from the local people who had taken refuge in the castle, equip them with weapons, and let them participate in the defense.

September 12, evening afternoon.

Wang Can quickly walked into the big tent of the Chinese army from the outside and hugged his fist to Zhao Ziliang, who was studying the map, and said, "King, the big food reinforcements have arrived!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned around: "Where is it?" ”

"Fifty miles from the Oasis of Bam, they should camp near Darzin forty miles away tonight! Now that their outposts have reached the front thirty miles, and they have sent a thousand forward cavalry, and the reconnaissance cavalry is widely spread around the area, it is almost impossible to carry out a sneak attack at night! ”

Wei Gao came to the battlefield and hugged his fists and said: "King, Weichen has something to understand, Weichen checked the map, this Bam Oasis is located in a desert basin, from Kraft Mountain in the north to Jebel Barrez Mountain in the south, the strategic position is extremely important, why didn't the king immediately order to capture Bam Castle?" As long as you capture Bam Castle, you can attack and retreat! ”

"It's not difficult to capture Bam Castle, but if Bam Castle is captured, won't the 30,000 food reinforcements who are coming be scared away?"

After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he turned around and walked back to the main seat, sat down and shouted: "Pass the order, all the people and horses will eat by themselves, and after nightfall, all assemble and wait for orders!" ”

The generals and officials felt inexplicable about Zhao Ziliang's order, could it be that they were going to carry out a sneak attack at night? More than 10,000 cavalry for a sneak attack? The commotion is enough to scare away the big food reinforcements, how can they sneak attack? Despite the doubts of the big guy, he resolutely carried out the order.

On the morning of September 13, the Great Food Defenders on duty on the walls of Bam Castle found that the cavalry of the Western Qin Army outside the castle was gone, and there was not a single ghost in sight except for the garbage left behind.

Even so, the castle guards still didn't dare to be careless, lest this be a trick of the Western Qin army, but they knew that it was almost noon, and they still didn't find any movement outside the city.

"Send someone out to investigate!" The castle warden immediately ordered after weighing it.

The people sent out soon came back and reported to the guards: "General, the Western Qin army has withdrawn, withdrawn to the east, I saw a large number of horseshoe prints and dung, the dung is very fresh, it should be not long after the withdrawal, I didn't dare to get too close!" ”

The castle guard breathed a sigh of relief, but found that there was a puff of smoke and dust rushing into the sky in the west, his face was happy, and he immediately ordered his subordinates: "It may be that our reinforcements have arrived, send someone to take a look!" ”

"Yes!"

The castle defender's guess was correct, this time it was 30,000 food reinforcements led by Manhard from the west, and 1,000 forward cavalry soon arrived under the castle, while the main force of the army was still ten miles away.

It was only after the Great Food Reinforcements entered the Bam Oasis that the soldiers felt some coolness, the tall palm leaves in the oasis blocked some of the sun's rays, and walking in the shade of the trees did not have the burning sensation of being baked by the scorching sun.

One of the generals said to Manhard: "General, there is Bam Castle ahead, our soldiers have been in the heat for the past few days, should we let the soldiers rest here for half a day today, and then set off for Shulgaz City tomorrow?" ”

Manhard shook his head and said, "It will take three or four days to get from here to Shulgaz City, we can only reach the vicinity of Shulgaz City and rest to let the soldiers recuperate, it will take too much time to rest now!" We took a break outside the castle at noon, had a bite to eat and some water, and then set off! ”

"Understood!"

Soon the army arrived at the castle of Bam, and the castle keeper was already waiting at the city gate to greet him, and when Manhard rode over, the castle keeper immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Your Excellency, you are finally here!" The villain has prepared wine and meat for you in the castle, waiting for you to go and enjoy! ”

Manhard smiled slightly, "Thank you for your kindness, I won't go in, you can ask someone to bring out the food and wine, I'll eat here with the soldiers!" ”

The castle guard did not dare to disobey, and promised: "Okay, the villain will send someone to fetch it!" ”

A table was set under a huge palm tree, and Manhard sat on the left, waiting for the castle guard's soldiers to bring him wine and meat, when he was about to eat when he heard someone next to him cry out, "What is that?" Looks like another army is coming this way! ”

Everyone around couldn't help but turn their heads to look, only to see billowing smoke and dust rising from the western sky, just as Manhard and the others were guessing who Mansour would send to bring the army, the ground began to shake, and the faces of Manhard and his generals changed, which was caused by the rapid movement of large-scale cavalry.

Manhard immediately shouted: "Someone, send someone to investigate, General Ben wants to know where this army came from, and who is in charge?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a large cannibal cavalry with a sharp arrow stuck in his back and covered in blood galloped over, and the war horse ran to Manhard and stopped, the big cannibal cavalry rolled down from the horse, and was supported by the people next to him, he struggled to pile up Manhard and said: "General, there are nearly 10,000 elite cavalry of Western Qin coming around from our rear, and it is less than twenty miles away from here!" ”

"10,000 elite cavalry of Western Qin?" Manhard's face changed drastically, he turned his head to look at the surrounding terrain and environment, and immediately realized that he had been calculated by the Western Qin people, although there were many trees and fertile fields here, but the terrain was flat, which was suitable for a large-scale cavalry group charge, and in such a terrain to face off with a cavalry legion of up to 10,000 people, it was a nightmare for the Great Food Army with 22,000 people with only rudimentary equipment!

Although Manhard advocated taking the initiative to attack, he was not stupid, he knew very well what the combat effectiveness of the generals under his command was, the reason why he dared to bring 30,000 reinforcements over was because there were more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Shulgaz City, although the cavalry of the Western Qin Army was powerful, but if he could arrive in time and get in touch with the defenders in Shulgaz City and cooperate with the tacit understanding, the cavalry of the Western Qin Army would be worried about being flanked by the front and rear even if it was powerful, and the retreat was certain. But what Manhard didn't expect was that the Western Qin army quietly went around behind him, cut off his retreat, and blocked him and his army outside Bam Castle, under such terrain, he could not advance or retreat.

The generals were extremely anxious, "General, we have 6,000 cavalry, which can fight against the Western Qin army, but the remaining more than 22,000 infantry will not only be unable to help in the battle with the cavalry, but may also suffer heavy losses!" ”

The Great Food Country is a large cavalry country rich in good horses, and the generals of the Great Food are very aware of the natural advantages of the cavalry when attacking the infantry, and their infantry equipment is poor, not to mention that it is too far from the infantry of the Western Qin Army, and even the heavy infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire is not comparable, so that the infantry with almost no protection ability is exposed to the attack of the cavalry, which is absolutely miserable!

Manhard thought for a moment and shouted, "Custer! ”

A middle-aged general took it out and saluted: "General! ”

Manhard said in a deep voice: "I order you to lead our six thousand cavalry to meet the Western Qin army!" ”

Custer said: "Yes, Your Excellency! ”

After Custer left, Manhard said to the other generals: "The others and I immediately deploy a circular defense, and order all the pikemen to be deployed in the front, the sword and shield men in the middle, and the archers in the center of the circular defensive circle!" My generals, it would be best if our cavalry could defeat the Western Qin army, but if they failed, then our infantry would have to face the cavalry attack of the Western Qin army, and we must be prepared! ”

The advantage of a circular formation is that it can cope with attacks from all directions, placing the archers with the worst defensive ability and the worst melee attack ability in the center of the circular army formation is to protect them, and placing the pikemen who have a relative restraint on the cavalry at the front can effectively kill and injure the enemy cavalry who rush over, and the deployment of sword and shield men between the archers and pikemen can strengthen the defensive effect. The circular army formation also has a disadvantage, that is, it lacks offensive ability and can only be passively defensive. However, in the face of large-scale cavalry, the infantry itself does not have an offensive advantage, and it is better to stay in place and defend than to seek death.

On the western edge of the Bam Oasis, Zhao Ziliang and the Western Qin cavalry finally returned here again after a night of detouring, and this night they made a detour for the first half of the night, rested in place in the second half of the night, and set off in the morning to kill.

"Great King, the Great Food Army has sent six thousand cavalry to meet the battle, and their infantry is deploying a circular army formation outside Bam Castle!" A scout galloped over to report to Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang smiled at Er Zhu, Zhang Ben, Wei Gao and other generals when he heard this: "It seems that this Manhard is quite self-aware, knowing that the infantry under his command has not undergone any training, and even if he brings it over, it will only bring us food, so it is better to simply stay where he is and deploy his defenses, so as not to add to the chaos!" ”

The generals laughed.