From the very beginning of the war, Chai Shao knew that the Tang army must do its best in this war, because of the disadvantage in the number of the army, the disadvantage in morale, and the disadvantage in the fighting spirit, in this war, the Datang army is not defending the country, and there is no sense of mission and honor to defend the country, which is very unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty soldiers who regard honor as their life voice, and this reason is Chai Shao must be kept secret.

The Arab Empire is also a very troublesome opponent, and what His Majesty wants is to establish an outpost in the Persian Empire that is sufficient for the Tang Dynasty to have a full advantage in future operations, and to make the Persian Empire a radiation benchmark for the Tang Dynasty's influence on the West, so that the Tang Empire has huge influence and has enough knowledge of the entire West, rather than a few people who can understand the shape of the entire world as it is now.

The road of expansion of the Tang Dynasty will not stop, from the moment the world map is hung up in the bedroom of Li Erma, it is destined that this road will not stop, when will it go, no one can say clearly, whether it is a peddler pawn or an emperor general, in this great expansion campaign, you can get benefits, as long as there are interests, the war will not stop, as long as there are interests, disputes will not disappear, this is the root of a qiē.

And this battle of Qadisia was just a small episode, and it was a trivial battle in the entire era of the Great Expansion. But its influence is known to the world thousands of years later, which is a stepping stone for the Han nation and the Tang Empire to reach the peak, perhaps, it is also the beginning of a qiē, the beginning of an all-out war between the Tang Empire and the Persian Empire against the Arab Empire, and the beginning of the black-eyed, black-haired, yellow-skinned Chinese march into this strange land.

The Second Battle of Qadisiyah officially began on June 13, the 11th year of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, the entire 200,000 troops of the Arab Legion launched a comprehensive attack on the barrier of the capital of the Persian Empire, the easy-to-defend and difficult to attack Qadisiyah region, and the defender was the 110,000 Tang Persian coalition army with the 60,000 troops of the Tang Expeditionary Corps as the main combat force, and the 50,000 Persian army also accepted the command of Chai Shao, the commander of the Tang Expeditionary Corps. Integrate all your military forces. Built a strong defensive line in the city of Qadisiyah to face the mighty Arab legions.

At the beginning of the war, the Arab Legion launched an attack on the city of Qadisiyah with a group of 50,000 men, and the offensive momentum was very fierce. Morale is very high. With a strong and firm conviction, it launched a fierce attack on the Tang army. The infantry gathered together to protect themselves with shields, and long-range strike units hid in infantry formations. Trying to approach the city walls, shooting at the Don troops on the city walls with long-range strike weapons in their hands.

The powerful long-range attack weapon trebuchet, which had just been taken from the Roman legions, also played a role here, all approaching the place where they could attack the city walls of Cadisia, preparing to launch a fire on the city walls of Cadisia, destroy the city walls, break through the defenses of the city walls, and then inflict absolute suppression and blows on the Tang army with absolute superior forces.

Chai Shao looked at this qiē in a daze, watching the various movements of the Arab Legion, and thousands of thoughts flashed in his heart, and finally converged, that is, the Arab army has progressed, from the beginning of the fierce attack without discipline, no armor, no standard weapons, no reasonable tactical arrangements, to today's military formations, shields, armor, charges, long-range strikes, the Arab army is no longer the Arab army before, they already have the equipment of the army called the Roman Empire.

The Persian army could not even defeat the Arab legion that was almost like a beggar's army, not to mention the absolute elite main force of the Arab legion that had experienced the baptism of cruel war, Chai Shao could almost foresee that if there was no Tang army to defend the city of Qadisiyah, then what kind of rout and panic would the Persian Empire face, the capital would inevitably be unable to hold, so they could only flee, and give up the rich territory and resources and technology that did not belong to the Tang Dynasty in all senses to the Arabs.

Chai Shao can understand this process, at the beginning, the Arab army was just an ordinary peasant army or a herdsman army, no war planning, no combat skills and tactics of operation, every battle was free to play, with their fearless spirit and inexplicable firm faith, they defeated the powerful but rotten Persians, obtained the first pot of gold to make a fortune, and then, in those Persians who had no will to fight, obtained a lot of resources and tactical tactics.

The Arab armies also became stronger and stronger in the process of continuous learning and progress, more and more people were united by faith, the nation became stronger and stronger, gaining a foothold and money, obtaining what they needed, and then, taking advantage of the defeat between the Persian Empire and the Roman Empire, they developed rapidly, and at the same time launched an attack on the exhausted main forces of the Persian Empire and the main forces of the Roman Empire.

After a great victory over the Persian Empire, the war against the Roman Empire was also won, the decaying and aging Persian Empire could not give much help to the Arab Empire in addition to money and resources, only the more powerful Roman Empire army could give the Arab Empire enough help militarily, it was not easy to establish cavalry, but it was easier to establish an infantry army, so the Arab legion of 200,000 troops, only 20,000 cavalry, and the rest were all infantry troops.

Duhe watched the movements of the Arab army from the side, and said to Chai Shao: "Marshal, the Arab army is not what it used to be, the other army has learned a lot from the Roman army after several major battles, not so much that we are fighting against the Arabs, but that we are fighting against the more powerful Roman army, if we don't have artillery, I'm afraid this battle will be very difficult, and it is possible for us to be annihilated." ”

Chai Shao sneered and said, "The whole army is annihilated? Since the fourth year of Zhenguan, this word no longer belongs to my Tang army, Vice Marshal Du, if you are asked to fight this battle, how will you fight? ”

Du He pondered for a moment. He said: "When the army is approaching, and the trebuchets are approaching, they will be bombarded with artillery, and the artillery shells are solid iron bullets, which are of limited lethality to the army, but they are very lethal to these dead things, and as long as they are hit, those trebuchets will be destroyed, and the Arabs will lose their most powerful siege weapons, and the army will be joined together." Just enough to allow the artillery to achieve maximum damage. Molotov canisters and our trebuchets can also cause great damage to them.

However, the Admiral thought that it should be destroyed before its trebuchet could attack, once it was fired. Unless the shot misses. Otherwise, it will still have an impact on our army to a greater or lesser extent. Such a large stone will also have an impact on this city, and the city here is not my Tang City after all. If you really take a few hits, you may be damaged and let the Arab army take advantage of the loophole, so please immediately order the gunners of the artillery team to aim at the enemy trebuchet to shoot, the range of the artillery is far above the trebuchet, and it can be destroyed before it is fired! ”

Chai Shao nodded, and said with a very satisfied smile: "Although your reputation as a madman is resounding all over the army, but when you are not crazy, you are still very general-like, do you have any complaints about the three-day confinement last time?" ”

Old Du He's face flushed, and he shook his head and said, "Don't dare to complain!" ”

Chai Shao glanced at him and said: "If you dare to complain, the old man will definitely lock you up for another three days, not to mention that Khalid was almost killed by you, Wang Xuance was almost blinded by your punch, Meng Yu also gave you a good beating, both arms were blue and purple, Cheng Chumo fell to the ground and fainted, why did you say that you didn't recognize your six relatives as soon as you launched a ruthless attack?" A general who can't control his own feelings will never become the commander of an army, and His Majesty will not let you be the commander in chief, and there are also considerations in this regard!

You said that you used to be a notorious gentleman, and the old man didn't care, and the Xue family was also a famous gentleman before his career, but why did you have such a big change? It doesn't matter if this transformation is only on the super good side, but when you start it, you are full of anger, regardless of a qiē, and there is a great tendency to destroy the world, this is absolutely abnormal, Qinglian, you tell the old man, why are you like this? ”

Du He's face was a little lost, and he turned his eyes to the battlefield, Shaoqing, and said in a low voice: "The reason why the last general originally joined the army and fought desperately was just to die in battle, but it was just the will of heaven to make people, and the world thought that the prodigal son turned back, and never thought that the last general not only did not die in battle, but also became a famous general, hehe, providence...... Marshal, please approve the order given to the artillery team by the general, the military situation is urgent, and there is no room for delay! ”

Chai Shao was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Immediately order, the artillery is aimed at the enemy trebuchet, be sure to destroy the enemy trebuchet before it attacks!" ”

Du He took the order and left: "No! ”

Chai Shao looked at Du He's departing back, and was quite shocked in his heart, could it be that the reason why he was fighting like a mad demon was just trying to die with the fastest speed and the most heroic posture? Why exactly? I have long heard that Du's father and son are not in harmony, and even once lost Du He to Suning, which is still one of the big gossips in Chang'an City, whenever Du He makes great achievements or Du Ruhui leads the vertical and horizontal department has any big moves, this kind of gossip will be especially violent.

It seems that even the emperor is a little helpless, and he feels quite a headache about the relationship between the father and son, one is to be the emperor of the dynasty, in charge of the vertical and horizontal departments, one of the most important departments of the Tang Empire, high and powerful, deeply relied on by His Majesty; The other is a rising star in the army, brave in battle, at the age of twenty-one, he is the head of the cavalry of the Anxi Protectorate, and he really relies on military merits to accumulate merit to the first class, which is another young and handsome leader after Suning, the future is limitless, the relationship between the two is extremely embarrassing, it is rumored that Du He has not returned home for several years, for which His Majesty is deeply worried, for fear that the wind will harm the father and son.

It seems that after the end of this war, it is necessary to personally visit Du Mansion to ask Du Ruhui what he thinks about Du He's affairs, the Tang Dynasty is based on benevolence and filial piety, and the matter between father and son will directly affect Du Ruhui's future name and biography and Du He's future, whether it is official or civil, the word "filial piety" is not ordinarily important.

Chai Shao shook his head, turned his gaze to the battlefield, looked at the approaching Arab Legion, his eyes slowly became cold, this is the great enemy of the Tang Dynasty, it is necessary for His Majesty to restrict its development, and it is even more necessary to take advantage of its fledgling wings to unite the Persian Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire to jointly extinguish it! Even if Datang did not occupy this land, it would definitely not allow this terrible enemy to continue to develop, otherwise Datang would be threatened by it sooner or later.

These 200,000 troops, if possible, then don't let any of them go back, their strength is limited after all, but when they lose their absolute power to suppress, it is when the Tang Dynasty and the Persian Empire counterattack, and, if necessary, Chai Shao even plans to send envoys to bypass the territory of the Arab Empire, send an envoy to the Eastern Roman Empire, unite them, attack the Arab Empire together, and strangle it in the cradle.

The trebuchets of the Arab armies slowly approached and gradually came into range of the artillery, and the slow-moving trebuchets were so large that they were perfect live targets, and experienced gunners were sure to destroy them completely! (To be continued......)