In the middle of November of the tenth year of Zhenguan, the expeditionary force of the Tang Empire was all assembled, with Huo Guogong and Chai Shao, the general of the Right Xiaowei, as the general of the Great Guard, and the 70,000 expeditionary forces with the second-class Linfenbo and the cavalry chief of the Anxi Protectorate Du He as the deputy commander-in-chief.

His homeland was under attack by the Arabs, his faith was being ravaged by the infidels, he felt that every one of his kingdoms was being invaded and he was so powerless, a few years ago, the Sassanid Empire lost the rich Mesopotamia region, which meant the strong rise of the Arab Empire, and the complete decline of the Sassanid Empire. Root. Waleed led the elite soldiers of the Arab Empire to occupy that rich region.

After that, Khalid was sent to the Western Front as the most prominent general of the Arab Empire to fight and win the war with the Eastern Roman Empire, that is, the Byzantine Empire, but the general who succeeded Khalid as the commander of the Eastern Front was not as capable as Khalid, so the Persian Empire achieved some victories on the Eastern Front, but this victory did not last, and the low administrative and military efficiency of the Persian Empire also prevented them from gaining further advantages, and when Khalid returned two years later, they suffered another crushing defeat.

The Battle of Qadisiyah, which had been fought to defend the last barrier of the capital, had failed, and the Persian general, who was the commander-in-chief, was said to have been killed, and the decline of the superior Persians was evident at this moment, and only a hundred thousand of the 300,000 troops fled back to the capital. Emperor Isiphon III hastily ordered the capital city of Ctesiphon to be held in order to gain the opportunity for the survival of the state, and to place this opportunity on the mighty empire in the near east.

As the bearer and executor of this hope, Issam fulfilled his mission and successfully invited 70,000 powerful troops from the Tang Empire, one of the most powerful empires in the world, and a seasoned commander - Chai Shao.

The essence of the Oriental Art of War is incomprehensible to a Persian who cannot fully understand Chinese characters, and all those who cannot understand the meaning of Chinese characters cannot truly understand the profound meaning and true meaning of the ancient and great art of war in the East, and their words are only superficial. However, the superficial phonetic alphabet cannot truly translate the meaning of ideograms with profound meanings.

No matter how to translate. It's just a bunch of meaningless pronunciation letters.

Of course, Issam could not understand the essence of the Chinese art of war, in fact, the Chinese art of war would not be hastily transmitted to foreign countries, and the ability to communicate with the Han people in Chinese was already Isam's entire strength, and then up. It's beyond his reach. Chai Shao didn't expect him to understand what it meant to know oneself and one's opponent and be invincible. The main thing is to hope that I can get relevant information from him.

For example, the opponent's strength, means of warfare, and tactical tactics. As well as equipment, weapons, as well as combat habits, and most importantly, the commander of the army.

An excellent general can even use a group of recruits with no combat experience to defeat a regular army, as long as there is terrain, climate, and a factor that can be used by this general, then it is not difficult to win.

Chai Shao has already witnessed the power of artillery, when he just came, he saw the cannon barrel with a strong murderous aura, and he had a strong interest in it, as a coach, it is natural to want to understand the use of weapons, so an artillery was specially demonstrated for Chai Shao, Chai Shao experienced that feeling firsthand, and finally understood why Li Erma Xià would let him live and die with artillery.

If this kind of murder weapon is in the hands of outsiders, Chai Shao's death a hundred times is not enough to compensate for this crime.

At the same time, Chai Shao in the shortest possible time to think about how to use artillery to achieve the final victory of the war, and how to use artillery to obtain the greatest benefits, as a commander with rich experience, Chai Shao is keenly aware of the limitations of the use of artillery in the plain area, but also realized that for the army, the solid shell of artillery can not cause actual large-scale damage, its significance is to siege the city and deter the enemy, not to kill or injure the enemy.

As a qualified commander, Chai Shao needs to make efforts for how to integrate the new weapon of artillery into the old army, and even improve the inherent tactical tactics of the Tang army, so that the artillery can maximize its power and make the prestige of the Tang Dynasty far and wide.

Among them, the understanding of the enemy is naturally indispensable, and for the understanding of the enemy, Chai Shao, who is blind in both eyes, naturally does not understand, he found Isam, Issam generously took out the map of the Sassanid Dynasty drawn on parchment, and explained the form of the two sides to Chai Shao, Chai Shao understood the content of this map, as well as the gap between it and the accurate world map in his hand, and silently compared it, Chai Shao remembered this map in his heart.

The common enemy of the Sassanid Dynasty and the Tang Empire, the Arab Empire, has strong military strength, and also has a group of extremely good military generals, although the language of the two sides is not incomprehensible, but as a military opponent, the military is the means of communication, which has nothing to do with language, and it is the habit of military commanders to communicate with opponents with troops and weapons and tactics, and Chai Shao is naturally no exception, so he is very interested in the Arab general named Khalid that he is about to face.

For this person, Issam is naturally itching with hatred, he is the biggest enemy of the Persian Empire, and the most capable general of the Arab Empire, seven or eight years ago, he was still a strong enemy against Muhammad, but later converted to Islam, and became a famous general of the Arab Empire, fighting in the north and south, invincible, it was he who laid a land for the original poor and hungry Arabs to survive, defeated the Persians to the east, and defeated the Byzantine Empire to the west. Occupied Mesopotamia, but also occupied Syria.

He is a very versatile general, whether it is field battles, raids, retreats are very orderly, flank detour tactics and surprise tactics are his strengths, often in the front of the difficult to shake the enemy, but by his surprise attack disrupted by the frontal Arab army, so to speak, countless enemies are defeated under Khaled's raid, especially the roundabout raid.

Speaking of which. Chai Shao somehow suddenly thought of the two brothers, Su Dingfang and Suning. Su Dingfang is best at leading the cavalry to run thousands of miles, and Suning is best at surprise attack tactics, Su Dingfang captured the Great Khan of the Western Turks, Ashina Ni, and Suning turned Goguryeo into the Three Kingdoms. The rest of the classic battles are innumerable.

Good at field warfare. Good at raiding. Even good at retreating, this is a very difficult opponent to deal with, whether it is an attack or a surprise or a retreat. He has his rules and methods, even if he can use artillery to hit him by surprise and win the first victory, but this kind of high-level opponent, he will definitely be keenly aware of the shortcomings of artillery, and use his talent to make the army retreat peacefully, once he escapes for the first time, the role of the second artillery is extremely limited.

What a tough enemy to deal with!

However, it is precisely because of this that it is worth sending troops to Datang, isn't it? This is a very young country, like the Tang Dynasty, it is a very young country, the battle between the two sides is more worth looking forward to, and fighting with high-quality enemies is more conducive to the rapid growth of these young generals, so that they can sharpen themselves on these battlefields, and always fight with opponents who have been drained of their foundation can not be improved, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army has reached a bottleneck, and if you want to exceed this bottleneck, you need to find a stronger opponent.

This opponent was the young and energetic Arab Empire and its mighty army.

Of course, Chai Shao also has his own pride and dependence, no matter how strong the opponent is, is he not strong enough? The opponent is indeed strong, but is he really not strong enough? Not to mention the crazy general Du He, who is the same element, as well as Qianli Ju Wang Xuance, Xiao Zhou Yu and Meng Yu, this is the third of the four masters of the military academy, and the three of the four tyrants of the military academy Cheng Chumo, Li Zhen and Wei Chi Baolin are also more capable of fighting than one, the four heroes of the military academy and the four tyrants of the military academy This represents the strongest lineup of the first batch of students of the military academy under their own hands.

What if the enemy is strong? He is a person, and he has so many excellent subordinates here, the army with military academy students as the backbone of the grassroots is definitely a model of an excellent army with discipline and combat effectiveness, and there are so many new weapons, so many weapons that transcend the times, if he can't win, Chai Shao feels that he can kill himself to thank the world.

This is the first step for Datang to officially take the first step to make an international reputation, and it is also a very important step, this step is good, for all the next things, it is very beneficial, Datang wants to go west, it must face the Arab Empire, if you want to open up the original Silk Road, this step must be taken.

At this time, in the eastern part of the Tang Dynasty, the plague research operation led by Suning and presided over by Sun Simiao finally made a breakthrough, with the arrival of the harsh winter, the plummeting temperature gave the plague a head-on blow, and the plague infection in the three countries of the peninsula seemed to have a tendency to slow down, and this extreme cold also gave Suning and Sun Simiao a chance to breathe, and they were able to have more patience and time to study the plague.

At this time, a trainee healer inadvertently took the wrong herb while cooking medicine, which brought a glimmer of hope to the whole plague research operation, the patient was cured, and the dying patient, after four days, opened his eyes, opened his mouth, and from his lower abdomen came a voice representing extreme hunger, although he could not understand what he was saying, but it was clear that the man was alive.

At the same time, the four people who drank the medicine at the same time as him all died, only he survived, and in the process of examination, Sun Simiao noticed that the remaining medicinal juice residue of the surviving patient had a taste of medicinal materials that he had not written into the prescription, and this precious information immediately gave Sun Simiao all hope, and he began to add this medicinal herb to all the medicinal juices.

The result is exciting, among the seven patients in the next batch, five were cured, and only two died because of other injuries and infections on their bodies, Sun Simiao felt inexplicably excited, and immediately called Suning to share the happiness of this moment, Suning also felt very excited, and actually really studied it, from being confused to overcoming difficulties, it didn't seem to take too much time.

Goguryeo entered the winter, and the severe cold made the activity of the plague decrease, and the speed of infection and lethality were greatly reduced, which gave a person who was struggling to survive a chance to survive, but they obviously forgot another fatal factor, they lacked food, and the people who were sent out to search for food before did not succeed because of the outbreak of the plague.

At this point, it doesn't matter whether it is a conquest or not for Goguryeo, the key is how many people can survive, this is a very strict question, even if you don't die of the plague, it is estimated that you will starve to death, right? (To be continued......)