Chapter 1268: Into the Trap
Elder Kuth personally led the team to carefully reconnoiter the mysterious convoy and finally decided to launch an ambush near an unnamed valley. However, when everything was ready, the convoy seemed to have discovered something, and turned south, crossed a Ji River, and then continued eastward.
This made Kusi Lao feel that the convoy must have been carrying some valuables, otherwise he would not have been so careful.
Now that the other party had discovered his whereabouts, Kuth Lao stopped acting rashly, and instead transferred away from the carefully prepared ambush troops, and then only used small rangers to monitor and superficially harass them, so as to dispel their vigilance.
In order to make a show, Ku Si Lao even attacked another small grain transport team, and after the fire was raging, the reinforcements of Dashi were delayed again.
Looking at the exhausted Great Food Army, Kusilao's heart rose with a trace of happiness, and the Persian warriors who had been attacked and killed before were finally comforted.
As the war progressed, the food delivery team of Great Food also learned to hold together, instead of acting in several squads.
From then on, Kuslao could no longer attack and loot grain convoys at will.
A few days later, his gaze refocused on the mysterious convoy that was still alone, and he seemed to be far away from the large army, which was both unusual and tempting.
In order to seize this opportunity, Ku Si Lao did not hesitate any longer, and at the same time sent a team of thousands of riders, in order to investigate the situation around this mysterious convoy.
After confirming that there were no anomalies and dangers, Kuth Lao took action, concentrating an attack on all the centaurs, leaving the Great Food Convoy with no way to hide.
Although the convoy had thousands of escorts, all resistance was futile under the full force of the Persian soldiers, and finally their fate awaited them, except to be killed and surrendered.
In fact, even if he surrendered, Ku Si Lao did not intend to let go of the Great Cannibal, behead all the captives, and then continue to attack and injure the living forces of the Great Eclipse.
The tactics taught by the Shenwu Army are very vicious, and in order to defeat the enemy's morale as much as possible, killing all the captives is also an effective way to kill them in extreme cases.
"Kill!"
Although Kusi Lao is a Persian prince, he has been clothed and fed since he was a child, but he will definitely take the lead in charging into battle without a fight, and he is not afraid of death.
With such a commander, the Persian soldiers also dare to fight, so this new Persian army is fundamentally different from the Persian army that was weak in battle and greedy for life and death.
After half a day of fighting, there was not a single one of the 1,000 food guards left, and all of them were beheaded.
According to the method taught by the Tang people, Kusi ordered all the heads to be piled into a tower, which looked spectacular and terrifying from a distance.
Even many Persian soldiers were not accustomed to such cruel practices. However, according to the regulations taught by the Shenmu Army, disposing of the captives' heads in this way would further demoralize the enemy to a certain extent.
Now, Kuth is alone, and this is a last resort.
Suddenly, there was a burst of cheers in the army. It turned out that the mysterious convoy was indeed transporting valuables, and after opening the wooden boxes on the car, it revealed the neatly stacked gold inside.
The horses that could not be attached to the convoy moved slowly, and because the body was so heavy, even the ruts were much deeper than those of ordinary grain trucks.
For the first time, he had obtained such a large amount of loot that Kuslao even had the idea of retreating in an instant.
However, his reason beyond the excitement reminded him from time to time that he could not march with these golds, and that their primary goal was to attack the reinforcements that had gone east to disturb the Great Eclipse, and to exhaust Mahdi on the road.
However, the lure of gold could not be resisted, and the new Persian army continued its march eastwards after taking over the convoy.
On the road, Kusi swayed from side to side, torn between taking the gold and giving it away......
Mahdi stood on the side of the road, his face gloomy and dripping water, and in front of him was a tower made of human heads.
The strong stench and the flies flying everywhere upset and angered.
Although he was ready to use the convoy as bait, he underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Persian soldiers.
In the end, a thousand food eaters died tragically in vain.
After several days of light and dark battles, he finally realized that the Persian soldiers today are very different from the past, these Persian soldiers are not only bold, but also extremely strategic.
Willing to take risks in order to achieve their goals, if Rai's rebels had half of the combat effectiveness, I am afraid that it would be a great headache for Ctesiphon.
This also strengthened Mahdi's desire to completely destroy the new Persian army led by Kuslao before he left for the east.
"They must not be allowed to stir up trouble in the rear, otherwise the back road will be cut off at any time!"
Mahdi had a headache to find that he was facing an embarrassing situation in the empire.
"The Tang people are really treacherous and cunning, they don't send troops themselves, but they send the Persians to send them to death, Said, tell me, how is the combat effectiveness of the Tang people compared to the new Persian army of Kusilao?"
Said groaned for a while, then replied:
"The combat effectiveness of the Shenwu Army is ten times that of Ku Silao!"
"Aren't you exaggerating?"
Mahdi couldn't believe it, Kusi Lao was difficult enough, and it took a lot of effort to lead him into the trap, if the Tang people's Shenwu army was even more difficult to deal with, it was simply unthinkable.
Although Mahdi still trusts Saeed very much, Saeed's evaluation of the Tang Shenwu Army still cannot be recognized by him.
"Okay, what is the combat power of the Tang people, we will know in the future battle, and now our task is to pick fruits!"
In just an instant, Mahdi regained his composure and self-confidence, and after paying a lot of price for the big net that had been opened for several days, he could finally tighten the net mouth.
Said replied with a smile:
"His Royal Highness uses soldiers to enter the gods, and after Ku Si Lao knows that he has been tricked, he will definitely be unbelievable!"
Mahdi sneered.
"I'm going to make Kuth the caliph's stepping stone, and let the Persians who dare to rebel against the empire see that this is what they deserve!"
Saeed was so sympathetic that it was hard to imagine how miserable it was for Kuth to make a stone for the Mansour father and son all his life.
But he wasn't worried, and he wouldn't sympathize with Elder Cuth.
Saeed didn't have a good impression of Zamas and Kuth's old father and son, and their life or death had nothing to do with him.
As long as the task assigned by Qin Jin is completed, it will be completed, as for the life and death of other people, what does it have to do with themselves!
Said took a deep breath, ready to accept the fact that Kuth was about to fail!
The Great Eater moved quickly, tightening the trap little by little......