A large number of insect chirpings on the river bank quietly disappeared when the Western Qin army crossed the river, and it was strange that the soldiers felt much warmer when they waded through the river than on the bank, and when they came ashore from the river, the cold was pressing. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Guangliang knew that the soldiers could not be allowed to stay still, and the longer they stayed, the colder it became. Just a few miles away, a small tributary stretches to the bottom of the city, which provides water for the city and irrigation of the surrounding fertile fields.

"Pass the order, and the whole army is slowly approaching Guchang City!"

"Yes!"

"Call Captain Zhou of the Scout Team!" Yang Guangliang shook the wet armor on his body as he commanded.

Captain Zhou of the scout team quickly rushed over, hugged his fists and said, "General! ”

Yang Guangliang said: "How is the defense of the city wall of Guchang City? ”

Captain Zhou said: "The humble post was about to report to the general, and the brothers touched the Guchang city wall, and there were no soldiers stationed on it at all!" ”

"What? No soldiers? This is impossible, no matter how bold the big cannibals are, but this is close to the border, and the two armies have been facing each other for a while before this, so it is impossible for them not to worry about the outbreak of a big war! Yang Guangliang expressed great doubts about this, wondering if the news had been leaked, the Great Food Army in the city had already taken precautions and was setting up a trap inside.

Captain Zhou said: "In fact, this is the case, the subordinates have sent people to touch the city, and there are only a small number of people in the city who are similar to the servants and the fast catchers, and there is no regular army at all." The area within a radius of twenty miles was also searched by the brothers, and no danger was found! ”

Cao Decao, the overseer, walked over and happened to hear Captain Zhou's words, he said: "There is only one possibility that can be explained, that is, the Great Food Army that confronted us and was annihilated by us was originally the soldiers and horses of Guchang City, and all those soldiers and horses went to the border line, and the city of Guchang was naturally empty!" ”

Yang Guangliang thought for a moment, and immediately ordered: "No matter, take Gu Chang first!" Captain Zhou, you immediately rush over and take your people to open the north city gate and control the other city gates, and don't let anyone out of the city! ”

"Command!"

Yang Guangliang instructed the adjutant general Huang Yongyi again: "You immediately send someone to inform the Hua Thorn Zimo Army and Kurkure to come over with his men and horses before noon at the latest, and those who violate the order will be dealt with by military law!" ”

"No!"

At this time, Guchang City is an undefended city, Yang Guangliang can't imagine that such a border city has no defense at all, he doesn't know whether he is crazy, or the big cannibal is crazy, the big food general actually pulled the whole city's soldiers to the border and stationed, not a single soldier left in the city, you must know that this was once Kurkure's lair, isn't the big cannibal worried about the Persian rebellion?

The Western Qin army did not suffer a single casualty, and occupied the city of Guchang effortlessly, and when it was dawn, the Persians and cannibals in the city found that the city had changed owners, and the city was planted with strange flags, and the streets were full of strange foreign soldiers patrolling, and after inquiry, they knew that these were Western Qin soldiers.

The area of Guchang City is only the size of a small town, and after all these years of turmoil and war, the population is only more than 4,000 people, but there are still some villages around Guchang City.

Walking southeast from Guchang City, it only takes one and a half days to reach Mashad on horseback, and before dawn, Yang Guangliang left Huang Yongyi to lead a thousand people to stay in Guchang City, and he and Cao Decao, the superintendent, led the remaining more than 2,000 people to rush to Mashad quickly.

The soldiers of the Western Qin army, who had not slept all night, were still full of energy, and they braved the scorching sun in the desert under the leadership of Yang Guangliang to march quickly towards Maskad, but at the end of the afternoon, Yang Guangliang ordered the army to stop advancing, rest on the spot and prepare for the night raid on Maskad when they were unexpectedly discovered by the sudden appearance of the Great Food Outpost, the Great Food Exploration Post quietly disappeared and quickly reported to the defender of the Great Food Army of Maskad, the guard of the Great Food Army decided to take the initiative to meet the attack after learning the size of the Western Qin Army, and the Great Food Army of 2,000 people came out of the city of Maskad, leaving a few hundred infantry to defend the city.

Harris, the general of the Great Food Army, passed through a sand dune and hilly area on the way to take the initiative, and the terrain was suitable for ambush, so he temporarily changed his mind to set up an ambush here, he thought that two thousand cavalry would make some noise when they went to how much, and it was almost impossible to sneak attack the Western Qin army in broad daylight, and if he wanted to resist the Western Qin army head-on, he was not superior in strength, although the Western Qin army came from afar, but at this time the Western Qin army had rested for a long time, so he thought that it was the best way to set up an ambush here.

However, what Harris didn't expect was that they set up an ambush at this time to make a lot of noise, and they happened to be discovered by the nearby Western Qin army outpost, and they touched the back of the Great Food Army, and the ambush arrangement of the Great Food Army was clearly detected by the West Qin Army outpost.

The sky was getting darker, and Yang Guangliang was about to order the army to set off, but he accidentally came to report the news that the Great Food Army had been ambushed in front.

Cao Decao was next to him, and after listening to the report, he said to Yang Guangliang: "There is only one possibility, our whereabouts have been discovered by the rangers sent by Mashad City, and there may be their outposts hidden nearby!" ”

Yang Guangliang nodded, agreeing with Cao Decao's statement, he immediately sent the elite scouts to conduct a carpet search nearby, and sure enough, the elite scouts caught a large food ranger in less than a quarter of an hour, killed two, and found their hidden war horses nearby.

After taking the captured Great Food Probe Horse down, Cao Decao said to Yang Guangliang: "The Great Food Army actually wants to ambush us, now that we know the location and deployment of their ambush, why don't we quietly kill them and attack them from behind?" ”

Yang Guangliang thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "The possibility of sneaking up on them is almost non-existent, they are ambushed on the high ground of the sand dunes, even if we pass from behind, they will be discovered, and in the end it can only become a strong attack, and because of the disadvantage of the terrain, we are in a disadvantageous position, and the gains outweigh the losses!" They are trying to ambush us, and the outpost that is watching here has been pulled out by us, they will definitely be suspicious if they don't get news of the outpost for a long time, and they will send someone to investigate again, and once they find out that we are no longer here, and we have not gone to the ambush site, they will definitely become more careful! My idea was to bypass the ambush and run to the city of Mashad and catch some Persians in the villages on the way to pretend to be the Great Food Army and trick Mashad into opening the gates of Mashad by tricking him out! ”

"Catch the Persians pretending to be the Great Food Army? That's not necessary, there are people in our outposts who will talk big food! ”

"The accent is different, although it is difficult to see the shape at night, but the accent is very easy to hear, fortunately, before we set off, we brought some leather armor of the Great Food Army, so that the captured Persians should be able to fool the past!"

Cao Decao saw that Yang Guangliang had made up his mind, and agreed: "Okay, let's do it, we must hurry up, after a long time, the big food army in ambush will definitely find out that something is wrong!" ”

Yang Guangliang immediately ordered the army to set off, and bypassed the ambush site of the Great Food Army on the way to the march. By the time Harris, the general of the Great Eclipse, found out that something was wrong and sent a sentry to the rest place of the Western Qin army to investigate, Yang Guangliang and Cao Decao had already arrived near Mashad with their men and horses, and even the Persians pretending to be the Great Eclipse Army had captured more than a dozen people.

When they came to the west gate of Mashad West, Yang Guangliang and hundreds of cavalry of the Western Qin Army had changed into the leather armor, helmets and scimitars of the Great Food Army, and at the forefront of them were more than a dozen Persians who had been captured, and these people were also wearing the equipment of the Great Food Army.

Where would the big food army defending the city think that the army under the city was the Western Qin army, Yang Guangliang easily deceived the city gate and led the army to kill it, the panicked and frightened big food army had no way to resist at all, they were all infantry, and they ran through the Western Qin cavalry, and were soon wiped out in the city, and Yang Guangliang took Maskad effortlessly.

After annihilating the Great Food defenders in the city, Yang Guangliang found Cao Decao and said: "We can't let all the soldiers rest now, send 300 people to patrol the streets and streets in the city, and kill all the sneaky and suspicious people if they find them." All the others went up to the city wall to rest in batches, especially the west gate, and more troops were arranged. Because the Great Food Army can't wait for us to stay where we may stay and continue to send outposts to investigate around, but it is also very likely to withdraw and return here, if I were in that case, I would definitely lead the army back, after all, there are only a few hundred infantry in this city, and the defense is too weak. If the Great Food Army does return, we will set a trap in the city to wipe them out! ”

Cao Decao really found out at this time that Yang Guangliang really had a set of commanding battles, and he thought that he was not comparable to him at this point, so he was willing to assist, and he promised: "Okay, I will arrange the street patrol and pacify the Persians in the city, and you can arrange the city defense!" ”

At this time, at the ambush site of the Great Food Army, Harris, the general of the Great Food Army, was shocked after listening to the report of the outpost: "What? The Western Qin army is gone? ”

"Yes, we found the bodies of two of our companions in the same place, and one is missing, presumably captured!" ”

Harris muttered to himself: "So it is very likely that the Western Qin army has learned of our ambush through the questioning outpost, and they may be approaching us, or they may be hiding, wanting to give us a fatal blow!" ”

One of the generals asked, "General, what should we do now?" ”

"They already know where we are, and we don't know where they are, it's too dangerous to play hide and seek with them in the middle of the night, order everyone to follow me back to Mashad , if they want to attack Mashad sooner or later, they will show up sooner or later!"

"Yes, General!"

Mashad didn't expect the Western Qin army to be so bold at all, and he actually bypassed them and went straight behind them, and successfully tricked the city gate into the city, controlling the whole process in a very short time.

When Harris returned to Mashad with his army, he fell into the trap carefully arranged by Yang Guangliang without accident, and as for the 2,000 cavalry, 1,500 were killed, and only 500 were captured and surrendered.