Qi Yad's heart was really annoyed, he had lost his soldiers and horses and returned to Khorasan privately, which eventually led to the annihilation of the 10,000 elite troops under his command, which was enough to make him depressed, and now, because of his poor consideration, the transport vehicle he had just built was destroyed, which seriously delayed the progress of the siege.

Abu *** didn't blame Ziyad, he was also responsible for the destruction of the heavy transport truck, because he also knew that the wood could not withstand the burning of the fire, but the time was pressing, and he did not expect that the soldiers and horses defending the city could prepare the fire crossbow so quickly.

Now that these heavy transporters have been burned, there is no need to continue to dwell on the issue of responsibility, because it is unnecessary and meaningless, and how to improve the existing equipment is what they should consider.

"It's not a big loss this time, you don't have to worry about it, but Arl City has to be breached, and we have to find a new way."

Abu *** spoke.

Qi Yade thought for a moment and said: "General, although this attack failed, it was entirely because the transport vehicles made of wood could not resist the fire attack, if the wood was replaced with iron plates, it would definitely succeed, or it would be okay to cover the surface of the wood with a layer of iron sheets." ”

This is a very obvious improvement, and anyone can think of it.

Hearing this, Abu *** felt that it made sense, as far as the current situation was concerned, only such an improvement was the simplest and easiest measure, and he absolutely did not believe that the enemy troops defending the city could set fire to the tin transport.

"Alright! The second batch of ten transporters is being built, and you are personally responsible for transforming them into transporters that are not afraid of fire. ”

Abu *** opened his mouth and ordered.

In addition to attacking Ar City, Abu *** is also very concerned about the movements of the enemy army in the remaining cities, as the main general of the whole army, he needs to consider more places, can not use all his energy in one place, he also has to consider the problems of the remaining cities, if all the troops are pressed in Ar City at one time, or in the attack on Al City heavy losses, it will inevitably add too much difficulty to the next battle.

The results of the scout's investigation were quickly reported, except for a small number of cavalry reinforcements coming to Ar City, the main forces of the enemy army in various cities did not intend to gallop to the aid of Ar City, and it seemed that they did not plan to rescue this northern city.

Of course, all this was also expected by him, and he could naturally guess that Artik's soldiers and horses did not dare to rush to reinforcements, otherwise, his main cavalry would annihilate all the enemy troops who rushed to reinforce.

And for the thousands of cavalry reinforced by various cities, Abu *** is not very concerned, even if these cavalry are strong in combat, how strong can they be, is it impossible to turn things around with these thousands of soldiers and horses.

And just when Abu *** was not concerned about the thousands of enemy cavalry, these flexible and mobile cavalry had already approached the perimeter of Ar City, and positioned the three surrounding Khorasan cavalry as their harassment targets.

Among them, one of the most elite thousand-man cavalry led by the Tang generals personally arrived twenty miles south of Ar City, and near them was a large camp of 8,000 Khorasan cavalry.

A thousand cavalry archers and horses are naturally not the opponent of the eight thousand Khorasan elite cavalry, the difference in strength between the two is huge, not an order of magnitude opponent, but the goal of the cavalry archery is not to confront the enemy army several times in front of them, but to skillfully maneuver with the enemy army and destroy the enemy's living force in the movement.

Because these cavalry and archery units were established under the guidance of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, there will be a small number of Datang soldiers who will appear in these teams and stay in the team as instructors and adjutants, but they are the actual leaders, and the main generals will obey their orders in many cases, after all, these main generals are also trained by the Datang soldiers, so they will naturally listen to their instructors.

The commander of the most elite cavalry archery unit was an Arab, also a bearded man, about forty years old, a typical uncle-level figure, and a very spirited person.

The Datang general, who served as an instructor, was a big man in Guanzhong, who was only less than thirty years old, much younger than the main general, but his ability in all aspects was not worse than that of the main general.

"General Tang, the enemy's strength is eight times ours, how should we fight this battle?"

The Arab general asked the Tang general.

Although he has already graduated from the division, his overall level is still not good enough, and he still needs the help of Datang junior generals in many aspects.

The young general of the Tang Dynasty said: "Now the enemy army should not have discovered us, this is a good opportunity, we can first send a hundred cavalry to the enemy camp to lure the enemy, lure the enemy to the valley next to it, and the main force of our army will ambush and annihilate the living force of the enemy army." ”

"But the enemy army has 8,000 men, is the risk too great, we can't be sure how many soldiers and horses the enemy will send to pursue, if there are too many, we are in danger."

The Arab general said worriedly.

"Don't worry, we only have a hundred cavalry, they will not use too many cavalry to pursue, because there is no need for this at all, it is estimated that they will only send three or five hundred cavalry, at most no more than a thousand, and then, as long as they enter our ambush circle, none of them can run away, if the number is small, we will rush up and release arrows, if there are too many enemy troops, we will retreat while releasing arrows, and we would rather kill and wound a few fewer enemies, but also ensure our own safety, in short, it must be determined according to the actual situation."

The young general of Datang said.

The bearded man nodded, "Okay! Then we will go to an ambush, and you will lead a hundred cavalry to lure the enemy. ”

As he spoke, he looked at one of his subordinates and gave the order.

The valley next to it is very large, not a narrow valley, and the cavalry can easily gallop in it, making it a good place for cavalry to set up an ambush.

The 900 cavalry soldiers were divided into three routes, and they were ambushed in different positions, so that when they suddenly attacked, they could have the greatest and best effect, and a few back and forth cavalry shots would inevitably be able to give the proud Khorasan cavalry a head-on blow.

One hundred archers and horses soon approached the Khorasan cavalry camp, and they rushed to a stone's throw close to the camp, and quickly fired a crossbow arrow, killing many of the Khorasan cavalry standing guard.

For this kind of blatant provocation, the Khorasan cavalry naturally could not bear it, and it was necessary to give these daring guys a little color, so that they would know that the Khorasan cavalry was not easy to mess with.

A junior general volunteered to decline 300 cavalry and rushed out, with the momentum of killing 100 enemy cavalry in one fell swoop.

The commander of the large battalion was not at ease, and immediately ordered 3,000 troops and prepared to go to meet them, if the enemy army had a trick, the 3,000 cavalry under his command would definitely be able to crack all the enemy's conspiracy.

In the consciousness of all Khorasan cavalry generals, the enemy army has only 10,000 cavalry in total, and most of them are new soldiers, so only 3,000 Khorasan cavalry is needed to deal with all the enemy cavalry, and the enemy infantry does not have to worry, because the infantry will never be able to outrun the cavalry, if you encounter a large-scale enemy infantry, you can't beat it, and it is not a big deal.

Three hundred cavalry set off immediately, and the battle of three thousand cavalry required some preparations, after all, the scale of the soldiers and horses was too large, and all kinds of preparations were needed.

One hundred archers fled along the established route into the valley, while the three hundred Khorasan cavalry followed closely behind, oblivious to the possibility of an ambush.

Perhaps in the eyes of these proud Khorasan cavalrymen, their opponents were nothing more than clowns, and they were not worth mentioning at all, and they would not care if the opponent had an ambush, and even if the opponent had an ambush, they would not take it to heart.

In the impression of these veterans, the recruits are all vulnerable, maybe they can easily defeat the army of 10,000 recruits with their 300 cavalry? In the event of such a huge victory, their credit would have been great.

Until they entered the encirclement, they continued to pursue indifferently, and did not pay attention to the cavalry and horses at all.

The young general of the Tang Dynasty and the main general glanced at each other, showing a happy expression, the other party only came with three hundred people, this is simply a meat delivery, if you don't annihilate it, you will be sorry for yourself.

After a cannon shot, the cavalry and horses lying in ambush in three directions all rushed out and pressed directly on the Khorasan cavalry.

The 100 archers and horses that had been luring the enemy in front also changed their embarrassed appearance just now, and immediately bent their bows and arrows and shot arrows at the enemy who was pursuing them.

Although the three hundred Khorasan cavalry were all confident veterans, they were also taken aback when they faced the fierce rush of several times the enemy's force.

The momentum of the other party was very strong, where it looked like an untrained recruit, but like a battle-hardened veteran, and, after approaching, these cavalry all shot crossbow arrows, which caused them a lot of casualties in an instant, at least dozens of cavalrymen, in the first round of shooting.

Suddenly attacked by a fierce rain of arrows, the enemy's strength was superior, so that even the elite Khorasan cavalry could not bear it, and their hearts were frightened and wanted to escape.

The first round of arrow rain attacks had just passed, followed by another round of arrow rain, which also caused heavy casualties to the Khorasan cavalry.

And after three rounds of arrows, a thousand archers and horses had completely surrounded them, and inflicted a third of their casualties.

"Retreat, retreat immediately, kill a bloody road, and return to the camp."

The remaining 200 cavalry had no way out, so they could only desperately break through the siege in the direction of their big camp, as long as they struggled to break through, there might be a glimmer of life.

A thousand cavalry archers and horses are fully capable of annihilating the remaining 200 Khorasan cavalry, but in order to ensure their own zero casualties, the cavalry cavalry did not block the direction of the Khorasan cavalry breakthrough, but took the initiative to give way to retreat.

But the attack would not stop, and a thousand archers and horses lined up in a bowl shape, constantly launching a rain of arrows against the fleeing Khorasan cavalry.

A thousand archers and horses with a thousand crossbows and crossbows, each attack could inflict great casualties on the fleeing Khorasan cavalry, without the slightest casualty themselves.

After a period of accompanying the attack, the 200 Khorasan cavalry was reduced again to 100 cavalry, most of them with arrow wounds, and some of them even had arrows stuck in their backs.

The camp of the Khorasan cavalry was not far away, and they only needed to gallop for a short time to return to the camp, but at the moment they seemed very powerless, because they could not get rid of the pursuit and attack of the cavalry and horses, and the casualties were constantly occurring, and it seemed that the whole army would soon be wiped out.

The 300 Khorasan cavalry was about to be destroyed, and the 3,000 Khorasan cavalry were on their way out of the camp, and some of the cavalry were already waiting in line outside the camp.

Then, when they had just gathered a thousand cavalry, they saw their companions in the distance being pursued by cavalry and horses, so where did they still have the heart to wait for the main force to assemble, and it was imperative to rush over immediately to rescue their companions.

So a thousand Khorasan cavalry rushed forward, and they wanted to save their comrades from danger.

There were not many Khorasan cavalry left, but more Khorasan cavalry was approaching, and if they continued to ride their horses in pursuit, it was very likely that they would collide with the elite Khorasan cavalry, which would be very unfavorable to the cavalry archers, so they immediately reined in their horses and slowed down, first attacked the last dozen remaining Khorasan cavalry with a round of arrows, and then reined in their horses to flee in order to distance themselves from the reinforcements of the Khorasan cavalry.

A thousand archers and horses suffered almost no casualties, but they inflicted nearly 300 casualties on the Khorasan cavalry, most of whom were killed or seriously wounded, and this result was so brilliant that it would go down in history.

And in order to preserve their strength, the cavalry and horses could not go head-to-head with the Khorasan cavalry, lest they suffer a devastating blow.

For example, in a battle just now, the cavalry and horses took three times the attack of the soldiers and horses, and almost completely annihilated the 300 Khorasan cavalry, although this kind of victory can only be regarded as a small victory, but if this kind of small victory is achieved regularly, after gathering together, it can be called a big victory.

In the Celestial Empire in later generations, many guerrillas who did not have advanced weapons used this tactic to destroy the enemy step by step, and it seemed that the guerrillas who hit 300 people and annihilated 30 people seemed to be very inconspicuous, but if there were several hundred guerrillas who regularly won such small victories, it would not be a small victory together.

When facing 300 cavalry, a thousand cavalry and horses can rush up and attack with a bow and crossbow, but when facing a thousand Khorasan cavalry, they must be extra careful, and must not give the Khorasan cavalry a chance to approach.