But where can the Arabs go?

Staring at the map, Li Jie frowned, it is impossible to go to Antioch again, although Li Rang is tender, but Xue Rengui is an old slippery head, he has not come to encircle and suppress the main force of the Arab Empire, which means that careful arrangements must have been made in the rear, if Hussein went to him, the report would have come long ago.

Even his own daughter was used as bait to lure Damin to be fooled, yesterday Li Jie, Li Ji and others were convinced that it was because of this Zhuoer leader, the sacrifice was so great, and in exchange for this strategic initiative, even if he empathized with Li Jie himself, he would definitely seize this opportunity and give the opponent a heavy blow.

Thinking of Zhuoer, Li Jie subconsciously squinted over again, and glanced at Li Rang, the little bastard who inherited the unique lustful genes of his imperial grandfather Li Shimin, even if he held such an important military intelligence meeting, this kid still looked out from time to time absentmindedly, like a child who was in a hurry to get out of school after getting a novelty gift.

Just like Li Shimin married a woman from King Qi and his mother's sister Xiao Yang, he is interested in the enemy's wife and daughter, which is definitely inheriting Li Shimin's perverted taste gene! Even though the deceased is gone, Li Jie is still a little indignant thinking that his father is not.

But in such a distracted effort, suddenly a little spiritual light suddenly broke into Li Jie's mind.

In his rage, Serim had cursed himself that his father, Hussein, would come back with hundreds of thousands of well-fed and well-fed troops to destroy him!

Even if foreigners learn Tang Chinese, many times they can't understand the rich expression usage of tone and voice, in this case, why add an adjective that is full of food and drink! The Arabs are still rushing to loot supplies from Damin! But which route of supply is most likely to be looted? His own supplies were supplied directly from the Great Wall of West Asia, and Li Rang's corps was transferred directly from Antioch! Even if the South Road Corps is beloved, his supplies are hoarded behind the Great Wall, unless ......

Coldly, Li Jie simply slapped the table: "The widow knows!" Zanpo, immediately send the elite scouts of the forbidden army to inform Fang Yiai! ”

The generals who were arguing in chaos immediately fell silent in shock, and their eyes all converged on Li Jie's face.

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The northern section of Damascus, the Great Wall of a thousand miles.

A gap in the Great Wall has been enlarged countless times, and the large army that cannot be seen at a glance is constantly squeezing out of the Great Wall, this army is not the most elite, but it is the thickest shield of the Great Min in this war, and the 460,000 infantry of Fang Yuai.

Most of them were composed of local second-line troops, and lacked cavalry, but this army was an important part of the war, Fang Yiai had to lead 22 Roman legions, more than 200 infantry from India and Persia, and finally the Sogdians in Central Asia completed the encirclement of the outermost layer of the Great Wall of more than 100 kilometers and the narrowest encirclement when Li Jie Li made the two armies violently entangled, and built strong fortifications to give the Arabs the final blow.

Fang Yiai's task is also very heavy, this time Li Jie's strategic concept generally needs to rely on whether the central army and Li Rang's army can entangle Hussein, and the other half needs Fang Yiai to build, so as early as two days ago, he had already led the most elite Tianzhu army and the Eastern Roman army to deploy on the dry coastal plain.

At this time, most of the people pouring out were from Mesopotamia and the newly occupied areas such as the Caucasus Mountains, which were no longer second-line armies, and the third-line legions were all a cut off, almost civilians in military uniforms, doing the same work as civilians, carrying grain and grass.

Historically, only carrying a few days of grain and grass, light troops rushed forward, and there were many examples of defeating strong enemies in one fell swoop, the most famous such as Xiang Yu's broken cauldron and sinking boat, 60,000 Chu troops who had no way to retreat defeated 400,000 to 500,000 of the most elite Qin army in one fell swoop, and Sima Yi during the Three Kingdoms period, who was also lightly armed, only took a few days of dry food and walked over the mountains and mountains, fell off the cliff and died thousands of people, took Chengdu in one fell swoop, and captured the queen.

However, the reason why these wars are so famous is because it is too risky to advance with light troops, once it is besieged, the army that cannot hold out for a few days without food will collapse on all fronts, and everyone else has failed, and only a few of them have succeeded, which has become a classic in the history of warfare.

Another typical example of fighting without baggage is Hong Chengchou's Battle of Songjin, the Battle of Songjin that has been a difficult confrontation for more than two years, and was forced by Emperor Chongzhen to have no choice, Hong Chengchou only carried three days of dry food, and the soldiers raided the Qing army under the city of Jinzhou, but was discovered by Huang Taiji, besieged in Songshan, and was cut off from the way back.

As a result, including Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, the general soldiers of all walks of life rushed to flee and fell into the ambush circle of the Qing army, more than 53,000 elite Ming troops were killed, more than a dozen general soldiers were killed, the Guanningjin defense line completely collapsed, and the death knell of the Ming Dynasty was also sounded after this defeat.

There are more than 400,000 troops in Fang's Yiai's army, and most of them are infantry, and the opponents are the erratic light cavalry of the Arab Empire, so when formulating this campaign, the command has officially required Fang Yiai to be responsible for carrying at least one month's food and supplies for the army to prevent being cut off by the Arabs.

The wheat transported from Egypt was heavily pressed on the carts, as well as the carts of arrows, knives, guns, swords, halberds, and in addition to the firearms, which were transported with the army by war elephants, almost all the water, medicine, and food supplies were carried by these third-line troops.

The ancient roads built by the ancient Romans had long since rotted without repair in the bad wars, and the four-wheeled carriages that carried several tons of horses often fell into the soft sand, and even more than a dozen camels could not pull them out, and as a last resort, more than 100 Mesopotamian soldiers had to push behind with bitter faces.

"Hey! Hey! Come on, everyone! ”

Spitting smoke rings, riding a tall horse, and even holding an umbrella, the swarthy-looking Tessie Feng T-shaped Lieutenant Dastan shouted with a relaxed face.

Looking at his fluttering shouting, a large group of government soldiers were greeting Dastan's ancestors for the eighteenth generation, damn, stealing the military supply of Damin and smoking still not working, sooner or later he will have to be cleaned up by the Tang master!

It seemed that he also noticed the disdain of his soldiers, and Dastan shouted proudly: "You know, Lao Tzu's ancestor is a Persian royal family, and he was born a noble lord who fights wars, and his status is noble, so he can't do this kind of heavy work!" Let you untouchables contribute now for your good, and when the battle starts, Lao Tzu will rush to the front alone, and you will be responsible for cheering in the back! ”

In the triumphant boasting, the cart that could be regarded as stuck in the sand pit was pushed out, and a group of government soldiers were tired like dogs snorting and sticking out their tongues, and Dastan, who had not sweated a drop, patted the soldiers on the shoulders even more boastfully as if he had made a great effort.

"See, this is the charisma of the famous general, if there is no spiritual mobilization of Lao Tzu, you two jujubes, tired to death can not be pushed out, I think that when Lao Tzu's grandfather followed His Majesty Kusi to attack Byzantium, it was once again the chariot that fell into the pit, guess what, Lao Tzu's grandfather shouted, and several untouchable infantry were stunned to push the heavy chariot out under his inspiration!"

"So, thank you!"

Boasting about himself made one by one of the subordinates almost vomit when they heard it, Tai Nima thank you old man, stealing wheat from the cart these days, which has reduced the burden on us!

It was also at this time, on the southern horizon, suddenly a yellow whirring sand and dust evaporated, just after the vigorous effort, the Mesopotamian soldiers looked at this muddy yellow sand belt, and scolded in their hearts, Ge Laozi, it was really unlucky, and it encountered a sandstorm again.

But before the dust appeared for a few seconds, a government soldier was suddenly surprised to find that the wheat grains scattered on the wheel of the car actually grew legs, and they jumped out of thin air.

The camel flung its long neck restlessly, as if it wanted to break free from the reins and escape, and the sand under its feet faintly came to life, and in the sandstorm that was getting closer and closer, it seemed that countless black bushes had grown madly, and with the wind kept shaking, a long dragon of Fujian soldiers looked at it in amazement, and some people shouted in disbelief.

"Sand leopard cavalry! How can it be? Aren't sand leopards in the north? ”

No matter how impossible it was, the fact still happened, and the lieutenants of the various departments began to pull out their horsewhips like crazy to drive the soldiers, scolding and yelling: "Rabbit cubs, line up, protect the food!"

After all, after training in the Damin army for a few days, despite the extreme uneasiness in their hearts, these farmers, sheep herders, shop men, and market scoundrels still habitually ran to the south side of the convoy with a spear two or three meters long in the drive, and put down the spear with a brush, blocking the front of the car like a group of hedgehogs.

Everyone's heart is pounding.

After a few more seconds, the Arabic army was finally fully exposed to these grain guards.

What a spectacular attack this is, countless Bedouin cavalry pulled into an attack surface more than ten miles long, galloping camels set off the sand all over the sky, one by one the bloodthirsty robbers in the desert were extremely hideous with their sabers on their faces, hundreds of banners painted with various terrifying infiltrating totems were dancing like monsters in the sandstorm, and the snow light of the sword was shining in the reflection of the sun, and the chrysanthemums of these third-line legions were cold!

The most terrifying thing about cavalry is the majesty of these galloping horses.

The fear in his heart was extreme, and the soldiers of the left regiment of Tai Xifeng T-shaped Zhechong Mansion subconsciously looked back at their ancestors who were from the Persian royal family, and the noble lord and captain who had made great achievements in war, but at this glance, everyone's hearts were cold.

It seems that Dastan really has the blood of the Persian king, at least as fast as the last Sassanid emperor Isiai, and there is no trace of him now. With a shout, the soldiers of the entire regiment also discarded their spears, turned their heads and ran backwards.

The sand under the heavy rain on the battle line collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye before the Arab cavalry could rush to it, and the officers and commanders who were caught off guard were red in their eyes and shouted in astonishment: "Don't run!" You are all soldiers of Damin! Come back and fight! ”

Some officers anxiously pulled out their knives, and the soldiers who dared to flee were directly killed on the spot, and some soldiers were killed in a hurry, and they also drew their knives and cut them back, and the soldiers who supervised the war shot out of the steel crossbow in the back, and the soldiers who fled fell in a row, and before they could get on the arrows again, more soldiers who fled broke them, and the four-* cars weighing several tons were knocked down, and the scene was chaotic.

The last few hundred meters were also run by the Arab cavalry, and the rain-like dense arrows hit the chaotic sergeants like rain hitting the remnants of the lotus, and thousands of soldiers fell to the dry ground in the sound of arrows, and the Bedouin cavalry after putting away their bows and arrows drew their sabers again, and the cold blades in the sneering sniggling slashed at the back of the heads of the soldiers who collapsed and fled at the last moment.

With a clattering sound, heads rolled, blood splattered, fallen bodies trampled into mud by horses' hooves, soldiers were slaughtered in cries and screams, and the viscous blood stained the dry earth red.

Under the scorching sun, it was like hell descending together!