A number of ministers in Baghdad were already bought and controlled by Western Qin, and the day after Zhao Lei led his army to besiege the city, there was a riot in the city, which was launched by several ministers controlled by Western Qin, with the purpose of weakening the city's defenses and preparing to persuade others to surrender. U8 ?８ＸＳ`ＣＯＭ

For a new city like Baghdad, there are many buildings that are unique in the world, and it is easy to destroy, but it is difficult to build them again, and it is not wise to destroy them to defeat the determination of the cannibals. Zhao Lei knows this very well, so he has to persuade him to surrender, and the art of war also says that attacking the heart is the best, if he can take Baghdad without spending a single soldier, this is the best thing.

After holding out for three days, the stubborn forces in Baghdad finally lost the fighting spirit to resist to the end under the efforts of the Lord and the faction, opened the city gates and surrendered, and Baghdad was thus ruled by the Western Qin.

The territory left behind by Mansour's death was soon taken over by the Western Qin in the following ten days, during which time Mahdi had already learned the news, but he was not prepared enough to act rashly.

On the ninth day of December, Li Siye, the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, rushed to Baghdad with his own soldiers and generals, and on the way, the vast deserts, deserts, plateaus, hills, salt plains, highlands, ravines, and oases allowed Li Siye to see the complex terrain of Persia.

Overlooking the splendid city of Baghdad from a high place outside the city of Baghdad, he felt a lot of emotion for a while, and he remembered the conversation between Zhao Ziliang and him before leaving: "Do you know why this king sent the plateau army and the slave army to fight in the Persian region?" ”

Li Siye hugged his fists and said: "I don't know, please ask the king to solve your doubts!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Most of the areas of the Great Food Country are deserts and deserts, accompanied by plateaus, hills, salt sawas, highlands, ravines, and oases. Fighting in that area has a particularly high logistical demand and dependence on the army, with food being secondary, and water and forage being the most important. ??? U?? 8 Xiao said?? ．? U?8?X?S?'C?O?M Let's talk about the water source first, the army must march along the water source to fight, otherwise it will not be able to survive in the vast desert! At this point, in addition to relying on the Dongchang spies we have planted in the territory of the big event, we also have to find the locals as guides, the locals may hate us, but don't worry, the interests of wealth are moving, and there will always be people in the world who will be driven by interests for my use! Speaking of forage, there is less arable land in the Great Food Country, and there are fewer pasture grasslands that can be grazing, although the war horses of the Great Food Country are famous all over the world, but there are really not many places where they can be used for large-scale grazing, and they can't feed too many cavalry, and most of our standing army are cavalry, only a small number of infantry, only the cavalry in the Effort Legion and the Plateau Legion are less, and there are more infantry, and the other legions of our standing army are not suitable for fighting in this area, only the Plateau Legion and the Slave Legion are suitable for this area, and these two legions have a lot of troops. The demand for forage is not large, and the combat effectiveness will not be reduced by the lack of forage, so this king has transferred the plateau legion and the slave legion to fight in the Great Eclipse! ”

Historically, the Mongol army's offensive pace stopped in Syria and Palestine, and was defeated by Mamunuk in Syria and Palestine several times in a row. In these battles, the Mongol army was much smaller than the Arabs. In particular, in the decisive battle of Ain Jaru, the Egyptian Sultan Khudusi had 120,000 men, while the Mongol generals who defended Damascus were only 20,000. The cowardly Buhua was enraged before the battle, chased into the valley with the pursuers, and entered the trap laid by Kudusi, after being surrounded on three sides, the Syrian servant army was scattered, leaving only 20,000 headquarters of the Mongolian cavalry, the Mongolian cavalry deserved to be the division of a hundred battles, after a short panic it was restored, the cowardly Buhua was also worthy of being a battle-hardened general, and quickly calmed down, with a team of 10,000 people to attack the weak point of Mamunuk's flank, ?8? ???? ?．? U?8?XS'COM MUNUK WAS ALMOST DEFEATED AT THE BEGINNING, IF IT WASN'T FOR KUDUSI PERSONALLY FIGHTING TO IMPROVE MUNUK'S MORALE, I AM AFRAID THAT MUNUK'S BATTLE WOULD BE DEFEATED. The Mongolian iron horseman's bow and horse skills are indeed unparalleled in the world, but the hand-to-hand combat is not as good as the well-trained Mamunouk, the battle lasted until the afternoon, Kudusi's superiority in strength finally came into play, after the cowardly Buhua personally led the guards to launch a counterattack and was killed, the remnants of the Mongol army that lost their commander finally could not resist, and fled in panic, but were soon surrounded in Beshan, and finally the whole army was annihilated.

Li Siye remembered Zhao Ziliang's words, and secretly warned himself in his heart to be vigilant from time to time, this is likely to be the last journey in his military career, but don't lose your reputation here.

"Let's go to Baghdad and see the most prosperous city in this big food country!" After Li Siye finished speaking, he led his generals and his soldiers to ride their horses down the mountain, leaving only his majestic figure with a fluttering white beard on the ridge.

Arrived at the city gate, only to see that the city gate was already full of people, standing at the front of Zhao Lei, as well as his deputy general Zamu, Zhao Lei was sent to Persia again to preside over the overall situation soon after his mother's death, Bai Xiaode was transferred to the slave corps as the commander, this time Zhao Ziliang sent the slave corps to fight, but also took a fancy to Bai Xiaodece had presided over military affairs in Persia for a period of time, and was more familiar with the local situation.

"The last general led the officials and generals of the Persian Governor's Office to welcome the marshal to Baghdad to preside over the western expedition!" Zhao Lei immediately clenched his fists and said loudly after Li Siye rode in.

Li Siye jumped off the horse and stepped forward to help Zhao Lei's arm and said with a smile: "The prince doesn't have to be like this, the old minister doesn't deserve such a heavy gift from the prince!" ”

Zhao Lei said: "Don't call me the prince, this is on the way to the west, and in the army, or it is better to be called a military position, and it is convenient to act!" ”

Li Siye nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, the old minister is welcome!" Today, General Zhao led the officials of the Governor's Mansion and the generals of the Plateau Army to greet Ben Shuai at the gate of the city. Ben Shuai and his generals and soldiers have been sleeping in the rough all the way, why don't we go to the city first? ”

"I've prepared the marshal's march for the marshal, marshal, please!"

A group of people walked into the city gate and walked along the street to the marshal's line, along the way Li Siye found that the buildings in the city and all sections of the city wall were well preserved, and couldn't help asking: "When did you capture Baghdad?" How did the walls and buildings in the city be repaired so quickly, as if they had not experienced a great battle? ”

Zhao Lei hugged his fists and said: "So that the marshal will know that we did not attack Baghdad, and only besieged the city for three days, and the remaining thousands of defenders in the city opened the door and surrendered, and their main force was annihilated by us outside the city before our army arrived, and there was an inner line in the city that we planted to fish in troubled waters, so they surrendered quickly!" ”

"I see, I said why there is not the slightest trace of damage in this city, it turns out that it has surrendered directly! General Zhao really mastered the essence of the art of war, and took the world-famous city of Baghdad without a single soldier! ”

"The handsome man praised it!"

On December 15, Bai Xiaode led a slave army of 50,000 men to Baghdad and stationed outside the city of Baghdad, where he joined forces with most of the plateau army commanded by Zhao Lei.

On 18 December, Li Siye convened a meeting of the chief and deputy generals of the two armies at the rank of commander and above at the rank of commander of the two armies.

Li Siye sat on the main seat in heavy armor and looked at the generals on both sides and said: "Generals, before the commander came, the king had discussed the general strategy of the western expedition with the commander and made clear instructions. The Western Expedition was mainly divided into two offensive routes, one way continued to attack the rest of the Mesopotamian Plain, Syria, and the Land of Canaan (that is, Palestine, at this time there was no name for Jordan, and Jordan was also included in the territory of Palestine), and the military combat missions along this road were mainly undertaken by the Plateau Corps; On the other hand, the army will attack from Barda to the south, and the military combat mission is mainly carried out by the slave legion, and the direction of the attack is the Great Eclipse Peninsula, the old nest of the Great Cannibals, and the navy will cooperate with our attack in the coastal waters to prevent them from supporting each other from the sea, and the commander will be in command in Baghdad! ”

This military conference decided the strategic direction of the main military operations, that is, one and two, the plateau army continued to attack to the west, and the slave army attacked the Arabian Peninsula to the south, most of these two directions are desert areas, but the Western Qin army, no matter which legion it is, has long been adapted to fighting in various environments, and fighting in the desert area is not a new thing, and there are also large areas of desert in the Western Qin, and survival in the desert is also commonplace for the Western Qin army.

After the two armies attacked to the west and south, Li Siye led 10,000 men to Baghdad and commanded the military operations of the two armies.

After the meeting, Li Siye left Zhao Lei and Bai Xiaode behind and said: "Two generals, military action is not the only way to conquer the enemy. On the contrary, sometimes with a certain amount of power and means can achieve unexpected results, there are many tribes of different sizes in the country, these tribes may have the same beliefs, but they also have their own interests, so to some extent they are not monolithic. Of course, for our attack, they are likely to unite, and at this time, in order to reduce casualties, we must think of dividing and disintegrating them, and then breaking them individually, so as to reduce our casualties! Or use tactics to arouse suspicion among themselves, and let them kill each other! ”

Bai Xiaode nodded and said: "We will strictly follow the teachings of the king and the marshal, and at the same time carry out a military attack, supplemented by scheming methods, divide and disintegrate them, and use various means to break or win over a part and strike a part to achieve our goal!" ”

Li Siye patted the two of them on the shoulder and said: "Okay, our army has never been to this area, and the soldiers may not be suitable for the climate here at first. ”

"Yes!"