The northeastern part of Khorasan is a bare mountainous terrain, with no woods or people, and loess and rocks everywhere you look. Qin Ying looked at the horse, and across this Gobi is Mulu City, the capital of Khorasan.

This time, he led 20,000 Persian troops to conduct exercises and training, and did not tell the officers and soldiers below the rank of lieutenant that his real purpose was actually to carry out a feint attack on Mulu City. The newly formed Persian army was fairly decent in terms of orders and prohibitions, at least there were no cases of disobeying orders and acting without authorization.

However, even then they can't be expected to go toe-to-toe with the Great Cannibals.

The first battle of an army is very important, if it encounters a tough battle or even loses a battle at the beginning, then the courage of the army will be gone, and it will be even more difficult to re-establish it.

Therefore, he did not intend to easily engage the only army of Persia against the Great Eaters.

Previously, Qin Ying had been training the new army in Guanzhong, because the rebellion in the Central Plains had basically subsided, many of his ideas were useless, and now he was appointed by the prime minister to go to Persia in the west of the Western Regions to be the so-called "consultant" of the new army, and finally had the opportunity to show what he wanted.

In Qin Ying's view, a battle must either not be fought, as long as it is fought, it must be in the advantageous place of one's own side, and fight a battle that has more than fifty percent chance of winning for oneself.

Qin Ying's five hundred cavalry were brought from the Shenwu Army, and this time he was lightly armed and only took these cavalry to personally do a risky reconnaissance in the direction of Mulu City.

The reason why it is called an adventure, in this open Gobi, once it is discovered by the Great Eclipse Cavalry, as long as the Great Eclipse pursues it, it will be even more difficult to get out.

However, in Qin Ying's opinion, this adventure is worth it, if a main general has not even personally investigated the battlefield where the battle is about to be fought, how can he be sure of victory?

The scouts sent out, the closest to Mulu City, can already see the walls of Mulu City. According to the report, up to now, there is no martial law in Mulu City, the city gate is still open, and the caravans are still going in and out one after another, and there is no tension before the big war at all.

After knowing this news, Qin Ying's brows furrowed, he was analyzing, is this the great cannibal of Mulu City who didn't regard them as a threat at all, or the big cannibal realized it afterwards and hasn't prepared yet?

According to common sense, once a large army is pressed, the defending side must at least make a defensive posture.

But this abnormal situation also aroused his competitive spirit.

"I heard that the governor of the Great Cannibal is the uncle of the Great Food Emperor?"

Qin Ying turned her head and said casually to the Yuan Cong beside her.

"General, the lord of the big cannibal country is not called the emperor, called, what is the ......?"

Qin Ying laughed.

"Caliph!, the various titles of the Great Cannibals are also strange, just like their appearance and clothing, they are also strange in general. ”

Suddenly, several of the scouts rushed back, all bringing back the same message.

The Great Cannibal actually sent an infantry of about 30,000 men to advance against the Persian army.

Qin Ying was taken aback, according to the news that should have been sent from Mulu City, the Great Cannibal only had 30,000 infantry in this place, and there were no other soldiers to fight.

He never thought that the big cannibal would dare to go out of the nest, so he was not afraid......

Thinking of this, Qin Ying had an extremely bold idea.

In Mulu City, Abbas lies on a bed with a thick and soft woolen blanket underneath him, a specialty of the Persians, which is much more comfortable to use than fur.

"Prime Minister, Military Newspaper!"

The servant carefully placed a roll of parchment on the small table beside Hu's bed, and then stepped back lightly.

Now everyone knows that the governor is in a bad mood, and if he provokes anger, he will not be punished with a whip? For three days in a row, dozens of servants in the governor's palace were whipped.

When he heard the door shut, Abbas opened his eyes, slowly raised his hand, picked up the parchment, and slowly unfolded it.

This is the report of the leading general, the army has found the whereabouts of the Persian army, as long as they bite them to the death and fight quickly, this crisis will be closed without danger.

Outside the door, the trembling voice of the servant sounded again.

"Governor, Said asks to see you!"

Hearing that it was Said, Abbas sat up from the bed and prepared to meet him, ready to inquire about the basic situation of the soldiers recruited from Mulu City.

This big battle is dangerous, and if there are not enough soldiers defending the city in Mulu City, his heart will not be stable in any case, and he will not even be able to sleep.

However, Saeed brought bad news this time.

The heretics in Mulu City were reluctant to enlist in the army, and were not interested in the military pay promised by the Governor's Palace.

Even Saeed himself, when he first learned about this situation, thought it was strange that in fact, Abbas gave a very generous salary, enough for the income of ordinary people for a year's hard work.

I only heard Abbas snort coldly.

"Why won't those heretics join the army?"

Said hesitated a little, but finally said bluntly:

"It's not that they refuse to join the army, they, they put forward some conditions, as long as the governor agrees, they can join the army at any time, at any time to defend the city!"

Abbas snorted again.

"What conditions did they propose, let's hear them!"

Saeed said:

They offered to serve the Governor as long as he was willing to permanently exempt them from the poll tax, and was treated the same as the Great Cannibals. ”

At first hearing Said's words, Abbas only felt angry, kicked the low table in front of him away, and scolded angrily:

"These stupid donkeys, bargaining at this time, aren't they afraid that the empire will punish them after solving the trouble from Dimata?"

Although Abbas had expected that the infidels in Mulu City might cause trouble, he did not expect to fall on the matter of recruitment.

It was difficult for the conscripts to form a fighting force, and Abbas turned his attention to the great cannibals of Mulu City.

"The infidels refuse to be conscripted into the army, and the cannibals should do their best!"

However, he also knew a little about the situation of the great cannibals in the city, and he did not report much hope.

Said smiled awkwardly and said:

"The big cannibals have been recruited, and there are less than 100 people......"

The number of a hundred people stimulated Abbas, and he stood up at once, and scolded angrily:

"Hide in your homes and be afraid of death, and wait until the Persians come into the city, and see how many of them will be spared!"

Of course, these are Said's angry words, the empire is still in its heyday, and the predicament of Khorasan is only temporary, as long as this breath is relieved, what is the point of eliminating the rebellion?

"Said, if you refuse to join the army, you will forcibly recruit me, you can't fight, you can always build the city wall, and you can't let them sit at home and watch the excitement!"