There were a small number of torches on the walls of the city of Ar, and even braziers lit in the open space outside the city gates, to illuminate key areas and prevent enemy troops from launching surprise attacks in the dark.

The 1,000-strong men and horses responsible for the night defense were very weak, but many more were deployed near the city walls, and in the event of a battle, these soldiers could quickly get up and devote themselves to the battle.

The environment of black light is not conducive to defense, but at the same time, it is also very unfavorable for attack, because whether it is the attacking side or the defending side, it is difficult to accurately and effectively attack the enemy in a too dark environment, and it is just a waste of combat resources for each other.

Ziyad also considered too many uncertainties in attacking the city at night, so he did not consider attacking at night, but chose to attack the city in a dignified manner during the day.

The six soldiers in charge of reconnaissance, after quietly leaving Arcity, did not dare to take the main road at all, not even the small road, they marched completely where there was no road, and with their familiarity with the terrain, quietly groped to the north.

It is not clear where the enemy camp is, but the enemy camp will also light a bonfire at night, the purpose is to illuminate to prevent the enemy from sneak attack, so they only need to find a bright place to determine the location of the enemy camp.

Because Abu *** had gathered an army of 80,000 in the vicinity of Chengcheng, the camp was not only very large, but also had large enemy camps in different directions in Ar, and the camp was not one, and moreover, it was distributed in different directions.

However, the main battalion of the enemy's main force is in the northeast direction, which is very clear to the soldiers and horses defending the city, and the large battalions in the rest of the directions are just branches, with no more than 10,000 troops, and the main battalion has more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, which is the absolute main force of the enemy.

Therefore, the reconnaissance direction of the six soldiers is mainly in the north, however, the rest of the directions are also to be reconnoitred, and as a secondary reconnaissance direction, a reconnaissance will be carried out after the reconnaissance of the main battalion is completed.

The number of bonfires required for a large camp of 50,000 or 60,000 horses can be imagined, and the brightness it can create is naturally very large, and a relatively strong fire can be clearly seen from a few miles away.

The six soldiers divided into two routes, and they saw the fire in the valley in the distance from a long distance, so that they were sure that it was the enemy's main camp, and as for the topographical characteristics of the location of the main camp, they were very clear, so there was no need to draw a map.

After a few days of finding the location of the enemy's main camp, they had to quietly prepare a suitable observation position, and with their familiarity with the terrain, they quickly found a very good observation position, and this position was not very conspicuous, and people who were not familiar with the terrain did not notice it at all.

After arriving at the observation position, the three soldiers of the first group found a tall tree, one was responsible for guarding, one was cooperating under the tree, and the last person climbed the branch with a telescope.

Because the distance is relatively far, about 800 steps, it is not clear to the naked eye, but the general situation can still be seen clearly.

The soldiers who climbed the branches found that there were a large number of torches in the open space about 200 paces outside the enemy camp, and many people were busy, and all kinds of materials were piled up everywhere, which looked very busy.

But because the light of the torches is quite limited, and the distance is too far, so that the soldiers can't see what this large group of people are busy outside the camp, however, the telescope in the soldier's hand can shorten the distance by eight times, 800 steps is too far, but close to the distance of 100 steps, the situation is completely different.

Although the distance of 100 paces is still a bit far, you can see the basic situation clearly, and the significance of reconnaissance is different.

The soldiers hurriedly used binoculars to carefully observe the situation outside the enemy camp.

Sure enough, after narrowing the distance by eight times, the soldiers saw the situation outside the enemy camp more clearly, these other party's messy things were actually siege equipment, as well as various raw materials for the manufacture of siege equipment, and most of the busy personnel were craftsmen, they were working overtime to build transport vehicles and combat vehicles, and there were many unused siege equipment, such as self-propelled ladders, shafts, crashes and other equipment, all of which were being built intensively.

Perhaps because of their own strength, the enemy generals were too confident that they actually placed the location of the siege equipment outside the main camp, and did not carry out an effective defense, if they were attacked by the enemy, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Of course, Ziyad and Abu *** felt that the soldiers and horses of Ar City did not have the courage to go out and attack, so they were very confident not to set up too many defenses, and only sent a certain number of cavalry to patrol around the large camp, believing that with these patrolling soldiers, it was enough to protect the safety of the large camp.

"It's too scary, the enemy army has made hundreds of various siege equipment outside the camp, if they are all used to attack the city, it will be difficult for our soldiers and horses to resist."

The soldier came down from the tree and said with a sigh of relief.

"If you see something, let me see it too."

Another soldier also climbed up to take a look, and finally, the soldier in charge of the wind also climbed up and took a look at the situation in front of the enemy camp.

They didn't see it clearly enough at night, they needed to spend the whole day scouting, in addition to scouting siege equipment, they also needed to scout a lot of places that needed to be reconnoitred.

Another group of centaurs observed from different positions, and also found the location of the enemy's siege equipment, of course, they were more interested in the location of the enemy's granary, if they could find the enemy's granary, and burn it down, it would be too enjoyable.

Abu *** has always attached great importance to the granaries, and the multiple granaries of the whole army are distributed in different positions, but each granary is heavily protected, and it is not easy to attack these granaries.

However, with the help of telescopes, they did reconnoiter the location of the enemy's camp and marked it on the paper they carried.

Regardless of whether the main general will choose to go out of the city to fight in the end, their task is reconnaissance, which is a task that they must complete, they don't need to care about other things, only reconnaissance is enough.

After a full day of covert reconnaissance, the six soldiers had obtained a lot of valuable information, and they needed to use the cover of night to return to Ar City, and if they returned during the day, they would be easily spotted on the way, so that they would most likely not return.

With their familiarity with the terrain, all six soldiers who had gone out to reconnoiter returned to Arr, bringing back very important information.

Because they are all waiting for information, therefore, the city guard general and others have not rested, at the critical moment of the city's offensive and defensive war, there is no problem of resting on time, it is normal to not fit your eyes for a few days, and you have to face the critical moment of life and death, who still has the heart to consider whether it is healthy.

"There are so many siege machines, it seems that Abu *** and Ziyad are determined to conquer Ar City."

The Lord of the Castle will speak.

The young general of the Tang Dynasty hurriedly said: "General, it seems that we must take the initiative to attack, send the only cavalry team in the city, raid the siege equipment in front of the enemy's camp, and burn all the enemy's siege equipment with a fire, so that the progress of the enemy's siege can be greatly reduced, and we deserve more time to prepare. It is better to raid the enemy's granary, or cut off the enemy's supplies, so that the enemy's front line will not be able to gain a foothold in Ar. ”

The defender of the city will nod and say: "It makes sense, just do it, immediately order the cavalry to start preparations, set off in an hour, and be sure to destroy the enemy's siege equipment, by the way, and those craftsmen who make siege equipment cannot be left, they must all be killed." ”

War is extremely cruel, in the war, the most worthless thing is human life, a good living person, say death is dead, a not good war, the war died and the people who were affected are tens of thousands, it can be seen that in the war, life is worthless, the general will kill all the craftsmen in a word, and there are many of these craftsmen, it is very likely that they are the people nearby.

It took only half an hour for a thousand cavalry to assemble, and at the same time, the logistics soldiers and horses prepared torches and lighted cotton bales for them, and each cavalry soldier prepared a cotton bag, these cotton bales were filled with fire oil, which was very flammable, and as long as the torches were thrown over, these cotton bales would soon burn violently.

In addition to cotton bales and torches, the horses were equipped with enough arrows, a bow and a crossbow, a saber for self-defense, and a small amount of food.

"The enemy's siege equipment is a great threat to our army, you must go all out to burn all the enemy's siege equipment, and a lot of wood is also burned, if you have time to kill the craftsmen, you can't let them continue to make siege equipment."

The Lord of the City will say.

"Don't worry, general! If we kill them in one go, we will definitely be able to burn all the enemy's equipment, so you can wait for the good news! ”

The cavalry general said confidently.

After some preparation and mobilization, a thousand horsemen and archers, carrying torches, left the gate of Ar City and rushed quickly to the enemy camp in the northeast, because it was a rapid attack, even if they were discovered by the enemy scouts, it did not matter, because they did not run as slowly as the other side's scouts, and were fully capable of reaching the combat area in the shortest possible time, so as to achieve a great victory.

Outside the enemy camp, Ziyad personally watched the craftsmen work so that the craftsmen could work faster, because he was too tired and Ziyad seemed a little sleepy.

"General, you haven't closed your eyes for two days and two nights, go back to the camp and rest! This is handed over to the subordinates, and there are subordinates here, and the craftsmen will not be lazy. ”

"General, tomorrow's battle still needs your personal command, you need to save your energy, or go back to the camp to rest!"

Two subordinates persuaded.

Qi Yade was really a little unbearable, for the past two days, he was almost supervising the craftsmen to work, and he didn't really sleep at all, at most, he took a nap, took a nap, took a nap, and then continued to supervise the craftsmen.

"Alright! You must watch it, there can be no accidents, tomorrow's battle, you will definitely fill in the moat and capture the city of Ar. ”

Qi Yad was sleepy and talked, yawned, and rode to the camp under the protection of his own soldiers.

After returning to the camp, Ziyad suddenly heard a sound in his ears, a familiar sound, the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground.

"Did you hear the sound of cavalry galloping?"

Ziad frowned and looked at the soldiers beside him.

"I heard it, there are a lot of war horses running, it should be the patrol cavalry of our army."

The pro-soldier spoke.

Qi Yad shook his head and said: "No, listening to the voice, there are a thousand cavalry, our patrol does not have so many, the maximum patrol is only fifty people, there is a situation, there must be a situation." ”

After realizing that there was a situation, Ziad hurriedly turned around and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

A thousand sparks were not far away, and they were coming straight to the camp at a very rapid speed, much to the surprise of Ziyad and his own soldiers.

"Is the enemy crazy? A thousand light cavalry also dared to raid the camp of our army. ”

A pro-soldier said in surprise.

Qi Yade suddenly woke up and said loudly: "The target of the enemy's light cavalry is our siege equipment, quickly, immediately send troops and horses to attack, we must stop the enemy's conspiracy, and annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop. ”

"General, we only have fifty people, we will definitely not be able to resist, the safety of the general is very important, let me wait to meet the battle, the general should go to the camp to dispatch troops and horses, and the escort team will meet the battle."

One of the guards stopped Ziyad and rushed over with his cavalry to meet him.

The place where the siege equipment was made, there were only 500 soldiers and horses, but it was night, most of the soldiers were resting in the tents, and only one or two hundred people were actually patrolling the vicinity, and their duty of patrol was to prevent the captured craftsmen from escaping.

These two hundred soldiers were equipped with spears and crossbows, and their combat effectiveness was not weak, but they were scattered and not concentrated, and even if they were concentrated, they could not stop the thousand cavalry and archers who came prepared.

A thousand horsemen and archers, approaching the battle position, saw the opposing patrols, stuck torches in their backs, bent their bows and arrows and launched a fierce attack.

A rain of arrows wiped out most of the opposing patrols, and then rushed straight up.

Because their task was to burn the opponent's siege equipment, they did not have much effort to fight the opposing soldiers, so they immediately threw away the cotton bales on their horses and threw them next to the siege equipment.