On this day, 5,000 cavalry sent by Ziyad plundered the nearby villages and towns, killing countless people, robbing countless grain, livestock, gold and silver treasures, and from morning to dusk, the Great Eclipse cavalry sent out to plunder returned to the West City Gate of Zahedan one after another, and the Great Eclipse Army only occupied a small residential area near the West City Gate, and they did not dare to set foot in other areas of the city. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The fact that the Great Food Army sent troops to villages and small towns outside the city to loot a large amount of supplies was clearly observed by the lookout posts of the Western Qin Army in the city, and the Western Qin Army hiding in the houses in the city was so angry after hearing the news, but they had no way to stop it, they could only nest in various houses in the city.

In the middle of the night, the vicinity of the West City Gate became quiet, and there was no sound at all, which was very unreasonable, there were many soldiers and horses in the Great Cannibal Army, even if they were suppressed, it was impossible to have no sound at all. The officers of the Western Qin Army, who noticed the abnormality, sent a sentry to quietly investigate, and the results of the outpost investigation were surprising, there was no one inside and outside the West City Gate, not to mention people, not a single livestock, not only the soldiers and horses of the Great Eater Army, but even all the livestock, grain, and gold and silver treasures they plundered back during the day were all gone.

Wang Guangyao took hundreds of soldiers and horses to sit in the barracks, there are tall walls, much stronger than the defense of the dwellings in the city, last night Wang Guangyao with hundreds of soldiers and horses here to resist the attack of more than 2,000 food army, the big food army not only failed to break through the barracks, but also suffered heavy losses.

After hearing the report of the officer below, Wang Guangyao was a little puzzled: "How can this be?" What the hell is the big cannibal? Could it be that the Escaping Men gave up the attack due to heavy casualties? Quickly send a sentry to investigate and see where the Great Food Army has gone! ”

"Yes, General!"

An hour later, the sentry hurried back and reported to Wang Guangyao: "General, the great cannibal has gone to the desert to the west!" ”

Wang Guangyao involuntarily got up: "Are you sure?" ”

"Absolutely," said the sentinel, "the brothers have caught up with their rear army, carrying a large amount of grain, grass, livestock, and gold and silver treasures, and although it is impossible to see how many men and horses there are in the night, their formation is stretched for miles!" ”

Wang Guangyao breathed a sigh of relief and said to the surrounding generals and colonels: "It seems that the Great Food Army was frightened by the heavy casualties last night, and they were worried that the gains would outweigh the losses if they continued, so they simply looted and left. There are generally only three directions to Zahedan, which are northern, eastern and southwestern, the west is the Luti Desert, the east of this desert is the salt flats, the southeast near our side is the sandy beach, the middle is the desert loyalty zone with ravines, and the north is the endless desert, the only way for the Great Food Army to come here is to venture through the Luti Desert, but the temperature in the Luti Desert is fickle, sometimes the temperature can roast people and animals alive, and sometimes it is as cool as spring and autumn, they must have come through the Luti DesertNow it's going back through the Ruti Desert! Unexpectedly, they also looted before leaving, causing the people of the surrounding villages to suffer! ”

The generals listened to Wang Guangyao's analysis and nodded. General Liu Wen suggested: "General, they carry a large amount of looted grain, livestock, gold and silver, the speed of the march will definitely not be fast, the humble suggests to send a force of soldiers and horses to chase and intercept them, they come arrogantly, and go away, this evil breath is really unbearable, the subordinates of the inferior are really unable to swallow, the humble duty asks for the order to lead a thousand cavalry to chase and kill the enemy, please allow the general!" ”

Wang Guangyao listened to Liu Wen's words and hesitated, although last night's battle used the bunker-style houses in the city and mobilized all the people and residents in the city to jointly block the Great Food Army, fought street battles with them, and eliminated a large number of the Great Food Army, but his own losses were not small, more than 1,000 Western Qin troops were killed, more than 2,000 people died, counting the 500 people lost on the city wall, now there are only more than 1,300 soldiers and horses in the city, and there is no shortage of war horses, but if 1,000 people are sent to pursue the Great Food Army, there are only 300 people left in the city to guard, what if this is the trick of the Great Cannibal?

Thinking of this, Wang Guangyao said to Liu Wen: "It's late at night, and the outpost may not be able to find out clearly, what if this is a conspiracy made by the big cannibals?" They led us out of the city to pursue, and secretly they had already deployed properly, and when our army left the city, they fell into their trap! So forget about going out of the city to pursue, everything is still safe! ”

Liu Wen refused to give up, and continued to say to Wang Guangyao: "General, you are worried that the big cannibals will play conspiracy and tricks to lure our army out of the city to pursue, and it is understandable that you are lowly in your position. But don't you think you're underestimating them? Humbly admit that the big cannibals are good at business, and with their brains can come up with such a complex scheme, it is really the sun hitting the west! ”

Hearing Liu Wen say this, Wang Guangyao also felt that what he said was not unreasonable, and the other generals also felt that it made sense when they thought about it, after all, they had never heard of such a complex strategy used by the big cannibals in a war. That's a job that only Han Chinese can play.

But seeing Liu Wen continued: "General, there is a saying that I don't know whether to say it or not, if I say it, I am worried that the general will be angry, and if I don't say it, I feel sorry for the general!" ”

Wang Guangyao frowned, "If you have something to say, you can say it, and if you have a fart, what are you doing?" ”

Liu Wendao: "General, these days we all think that although Zaheidan is a border city, but the west is against the Luti Desert, and there are tens of thousands of kings' troops in the southwest, and the Great Food Army will never fight here, so we are all slack, and the defense is also lax, but the fact is that the Great Cannibal really ventured through the Luti Desert to attack us, if our defense is not lax, it is absolutely impossible for the Great Food Army to break through the defense of the city wall so easily last night, and the above will definitely investigate this matter in the future, At that time, the general will be unable to escape the responsibility of the general, and the removal from military positions is light, and the heavy may lead to imprisonment, and even the danger of being killed. If you can hunt down the Great Food Army and get some gains, not to mention the merits and demerits, at least the above should be considered at least when disposing of it, right? ”

These words really poked into Wang Guangyao's heart, the neglect of defense allowed the Great Food Army to easily break through the defense of the city wall has been pressing on his heart, he is worried that the above will be investigated afterwards, if he really wants to investigate it, he may really be like Liu Wen said, at least lose his official resignation, or at worst be in prison, and may even be killed.

Thinking about it carefully, Liu Wen's suggestion is not unreasonable, if he wants to be dealt with lightly or exempted from punishment from above, he must have the merit to do it.

Thinking of this, Wang Guangyao didn't care that this might be a conspiracy played by the big cannibal, and immediately said fiercely: "The big cannibal can come if he wants, and he can leave if he wants, they think that our territory in the Western Qin Kingdom is their family's vegetable garden?" The Great Cannibal must be made to pay! General Ben decided to personally lead a thousand people to pursue the Great Food Army, Liu Wen, you are the deputy general of this general and listen to the tune! ”

Although Liu Wen couldn't lead the troops to chase and kill the Great Food Army alone, it was also good to be able to listen to the tune as a deputy general by Wang Guangyao's side, and he was overjoyed to hug his fists and said: "Obey!" ”

Wang Guangyao instructed another general, Wan Chongshan: "General Wan, after General Ben and Liu Wen led the troops to chase and kill the Great Food Army, all affairs in Zaheidan City will be presided over by you, and the defense of the city wall can no longer be lax, you must be strictly vigilant, or you must inspect the defense situation from time to time, and those who are slacking off must be severely punished, understand?" ”

Wan Chongshan clenched his fists and agreed: "Obey!" ”

Without further ado, Wang Guangyao and Liu Wen immediately selected a thousand men and horses to go out of the city to pursue the Great Food Army, and chased them all the way for two hours.

By midnight, the army had come to a dune ravine. Under the illumination of the moonlight, the high sand dunes on both sides of the gully beach looked majestic and mysterious, and a sudden sense of crisis surged into Wang Guangyao's heart.

"Stop!" Sensing the danger, Wang Guangyao stopped his horse, raised his palm, looked at the high sand dunes on the left and right, and instructed Liu Wen beside him: "Send someone to investigate the sand dunes on both sides!" ”

Liu Wen was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look, and hugged his fist at Wang Guangyao and said: "General, if it is a hillside, it is easy to climb up, but it is very difficult to climb the sand dune, because the sand under your feet is not strong!" If you must send someone to investigate, you can only ask the outpost to return some distance and climb up the ridge of the dune. Does the general think that there is an ambush on the dunes on both sides? ”

"Somehow, I feel bad!" Wang Guangyao shook his head as he spoke, thought for a while and said, "In this way, you send someone to the front to find out if you can find the traces of the Great Food Army!" If there is a trail of the Great Food Army ahead, we will continue the pursuit."

"Understood!" Liu Wen agreed, and sent several detective posts to the front to investigate.

Soon after, the sentry returned and reported: "General, there are still a large number of horseshoe footprints at the exit of the ravines ahead, which should have been left by the Great Food Army!" ”

Wang Guangyao didn't hesitate any longer, worried that the Great Food Army would run away, and immediately ordered: "Pursue at full speed!" ”

The army then continued to pursue, and within a while, all the 1,000 cavalry of the Western Qin army entered the gully area. Suddenly, countless torches suddenly lit up on the tops of the sand dunes on both sides, and a large number of cavalry of the Great Food Army rushed down from the sand dunes with scimitars and horses.

"Hit the mark!" Wang Guangyao was shocked when he saw this situation, but he still forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart, and said loudly: "Everyone listen to the order, the front team becomes the rear team, the back team becomes the front team, and the soldiers will kill me back!" ”

The cavalry of the Great Food Army shouted Allah and rushed down the slope of the sand dunes with his scimitar in hand, although Wang Guangyao commanded the army to turn around in a very short time and rushed towards the valley where the direction it came from, but the army was soon fired by a large number of bows and arrows, and the cavalry of the Great Food Army rushed down from the sand dunes and shouted as they released arrows, and the Western Qin army that broke through was hit by a large rain of arrows.

At this time, a neat infantry phalanx appeared in the direction of the valley mouth on the retreat road, and these large food army infantry planted their spears diagonally on the sand, and the formation was densely arranged, the spears were like a forest, and the heads of the spears were shining with cold light.

Wang Guangyao looked at it, the depth of this infantry phalanx was too long, and the Western Qin cavalry under his command were all light helmets and leather armor, and the war horses had no protection, if they collided with this spear phalanx, they would not be able to rush through it no matter what.

"Li-" Wang Guangyao stopped again, and he ordered loudly, "Turn around!" ”

Everyone knew what was going on, they all quickly carried out the order, Wang Guangyao rode his horse to the front of the army and shouted loudly to all the soldiers: "Brothers, we have been tricked, I underestimated the big cannibals, I didn't expect them to use the trick, this time I am sorry for everyone, because my fault has made you surrounded by enemy troops, I have made amends to everyone!" For today's plan, we can only fight to the death, and the Western Qin man will never be a prisoner! ”

"Don't be a prisoner, don't be a prisoner, fight to the death, fight to the death!"

"Kill with me—" Wang Guangyao rushed towards the Great Food Army that was killing in front of him with his spear.

"Kill—"

A fierce battle unfolded on the sand of this ravine, and this battle lasted from the hour to the hour, and it took two full hours to end, and the valley was littered with corpses that could not see the end in sight, and all kinds of weapons and arrows were inserted into the corpses or sand, and the sound of countless vultures circled over the valley.

On the top of the sand dunes on the left, Ziad wore a black cloak and rode on a tall war horse, watching the soldiers clean up the battlefield expressionlessly, Daoud came over with a bitter face and said: "General, the statistics are out, we have suffered 1,800 casualties, and 1,000 people of the Western Qin army have been wiped out. In such a siege from all sides, our casualty ratio is still close to two to one, which is too much to accept! ”

Ziad gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Order the whole army to return to Zahedan, after the city is broken, I will wash Zaheidan City in blood, kill them all, and leave no one behind!" ”