Chapter 786: Scouting
Abu *** wanted to scold Ziyad a few words, but if he thought about it carefully, Ziyad's battle plan, he knew it clearly, since the plan had loopholes, Ziyad couldn't see it, and he didn't see it, so it wasn't Ziyad's responsibility alone, he was also jointly and severally responsible, if he could think of the defense soldiers to form a death squad, he would give a reasonable suggestion to Ziyad's plan, but he didn't have any suggestions, every time Qiyad wanted him to report, he nodded in agreement.
In this way, if Ziad is a fool, then he is also a fool, so he doesn't want to scold Ziyard.
"Eight transporters marching in unison, you are so majestic!"
Although Abu *** did not scold Ziyad, he also pointed out the low-level mistake made by Ziyad gloomily, if eight cars were transported at will, when they were raided, at least half of them could be saved, and not all of them would be destroyed, which was the lowest mistake Ziyad made.
"General, it's all my fault, it's all my fault. Punish me! ”
Ziyad sincerely apologized.
Abu *** said coldly: "If you can break through the city of Ar if you are punished, I will definitely not be soft, but unfortunately it does not have this effect, Ziyad, you should think of a better way to break the city, instead of apologizing here." ”
Obviously, Abu *** thinks more about the problem, how to break through Arcity, rather than who is responsible for the defeat, at least as far as the current situation is concerned, the main army under his command has not lost, a little loss is nothing at all for him, and finding a way to break through Arcity as soon as possible is the top priority in his heart.
"General, the last general thinks that there is nothing wrong with filling the moat first, but the last general is negligent, so that our enemy has a chance to take advantage of it, if you are in the transport vehicle, prepare enough weapons, you don't have to be afraid of the enemy's death squad."
Ziyad insisted.
"It's been burned twice, what's the matter, you still want to continue to use this old method, there's nothing new."
Abu *** said speechlessly.
"General, let the Admiral try again! This time, more transports will be prepared, and the enemy will definitely not be allowed to take advantage of them. ”
Qi Yad held his breath in his heart, where he fell, he would stand up, and at the moment, he fell twice on the issue of the transporter, so he wanted to continue to use the transporter to fill the moat and save face for himself.
Abu *** didn't want to continue to say anything, he hadn't come up with a better way yet, so what else could he say? It would be nice if Ziyad continued to try.
Ziyad received the approval of his superiors, and nodded very happily, he wanted to continue to build the transport, and make all preparations to try to fill the moat as soon as possible.
Because the transporter has already been built, and many parts are mass-produced, therefore, as long as Ziyad gives the order, more transporters will be able to be assembled quickly, and it is not difficult to wrap iron sheets and wet cotton, as for adding weapons to the inside of the transporter to hang points, it will be easier, and a little change can be done.
In addition, in order to provide better cover for the soldiers and horses under his command, Ziyad had to build not only transport vehicles, but also combat vehicles, and the appearance of combat vehicles was basically the same as that of transport vehicles, the only place where they were not used was that the front baffle was inclined outward, so that the soldiers on the horse could shoot arrows at the city wall.
Considering that the bows and crossbows of the soldiers defending the city are very powerful, the front baffle is made very strong, and the surface is covered with a layer of iron plates, and in order to reduce casualties, the shooting port and lookout port are opened very small, so that the soldiers on the city wall will be difficult to shoot arrows into the combat vehicle, which greatly protects the safety of the soldiers inside.
Ziyad had every reason to believe that as long as these two vehicles cooperated with each other, they would be able to thwart all the counterattack strategies of the defenders and horses, thus ensuring the successful conclusion of the river reclamation operation.
This time, Qiyad wants to build twenty transport vehicles, plus fifteen combat vehicles, the four hundred soldiers of the transport vehicle are responsible for the transportation task, and they will also be equipped with weapons to prevent sneak attacks, and the three hundred soldiers of the combat vehicle are responsible for covering and fighting, which can well suppress the soldiers on the city wall, and at the same time, if they encounter a large-scale enemy death squad, they can also make good use of the cover of the vehicle to fight, so as to protect the safety of the transport vehicle.
For the final victory, Qi Yade really made a bloody investment this time, if he still can't succeed, he will have no shame to see Jiangdong's father, so this time, Qi Yade personally sat at the manufacturing site, urging the craftsmen to work as soon as possible, and strive to make all the vehicles needed as soon as possible.
On the side of Ziyad, they were making vehicles with all their might, while on the side of defending the city, the commander and his soldiers were busy celebrating, after all, they had won a big victory, and celebration was essential.
And this celebration banquet is naturally indispensable to the Tang Dynasty generals, these Tang generals put forward reasonable and reliable suggestions, which allowed them to win the battle, so several Tang generals must participate in the celebration banquet.
At the celebration banquet, all 80 soldiers who went out of the city to fight were present, and even the seriously wounded soldiers were carried over, they were meritorious heroes, and they must have enough respect for them, so as to conform to the spirit of celebrating the achievements and boosting morale.
"This time the victory is all thanks to eighty warriors, they are all good, of course, this reward is also indispensable, come to people, reward."
The Lord will be excited to reward all the members of the Death Squad.
These eighty warriors all received a reward of silver sufficient for three months' salary, which was a lot of money, and it was a great gift for these ordinary soldiers, and they were very happy.
Wounded soldiers, on the other hand, are given more rewards for their bravery in battle.
"This time I won a big victory, in addition to the soldiers of the death squad, the generals of the Tang Dynasty also made great contributions, this is a small courtesy, please don't shirk."
The Lord will be generous in giving gifts.
These gifts are more valuable, at least ten times that of the eighty daredevils, reflecting the general's love and trust in the Tang Dynasty soldiers.
"The general doesn't dare to be, we are just a minor official in Datang, and there are only 100 soldiers and horses under our command, and the general is too polite."
The Datang teenager opened his mouth modestly, but he still accepted the gift, after all, this gift is not light, and he will not accept it in vain, so why not accept it?
"General, we have thwarted the enemy's siege operations many times in a row, but we must not take it lightly, the enemy army will definitely come up with more difficult siege operations, and we must be prepared to deal with them."
A Datang junior general said.
"Then what do you think there will be any military action in Ziyad?"
The Lord of the Castle will ask.
"We sent the death squad to raid this time, it was to catch the other party off guard, and next time if Qi Yad is prepared, it will be difficult for the death squad to do anything again, and the form will become very dangerous."
The young general of Datang said.
"So how do we deal with that?"
The lord of the castle will humbly ask for advice.
Several Tang generals glanced at each other and said: "We might as well go out of the city by surprise to fight, and hit the enemy army by surprise, the enemy supports a large number of soldiers and horses, and we must not think that we dare to raid them, and in order to prevent heavy losses, it is necessary for us to send a small number of scouts out to reconnoitre, and we must find out the garrison of the enemy's camp, if the enemy's garrison is lax, our opportunity to attack will come." ”
"It's a good idea to go out and take the enemy by surprise! Reconnaissance, of course, reconnaissance, who dares to go out of the city to reconnoiter the enemy camp. ”
The main general agreed with the opinion of the young general of the Tang Dynasty very much, and asked.
"I do."
Most of the daredevils who participated in the celebration were willing to go out of the city to reconnoiter the enemy camp, and only the wounded daredevils could not go out of the city to reconnoitre.
"Very good, worthy of our warriors, going out of the city to reconnoiter the enemy is not a war, you don't need too many people, only a few people are enough, just a few of you!"
The defender of the city will trust his own soldiers the most, so he will give the task of this distance to his six personal soldiers, who will be divided into two groups and go to different positions in the enemy camp to reconnoitre.
Two groups of six soldiers were sufficient, because the more people there were, the easier it was to be exposed, and once exposed, reconnaissance would lose its original meaning.
The six soldiers need to use the cover of the night to quietly leave the city, as long as they avoid the eyes of the soldiers outside the city, and in order to better reconnoiter these soldiers, the Lord will equip them with the best equipment.
"This is the telescope, it was given to us by Li Shilang when we were leaving, you can definitely bring it, it will definitely help, and it can be regarded as our contribution to you."
A young general of the Tang Dynasty took out the binoculars of himself and his companions and handed them to the soldiers who were out on a mission.
Such equipment has not yet been supported to Artik, after all, the role of optical instruments in gaining insight into the battlefield is too great, and Datang generally does not provide external support.
The small number of soldiers and horses that went out this time were equipped with optical instruments, because the small number of soldiers and horses sent by Li An were all elites of the Tang Dynasty, so they naturally had to give them the best equipment.
The dozen or so Tang soldiers in Ar City were equipped with a total of three eight-fold telescopes, that is, the three people in the lead, and the rest of the soldiers were not equipped.
This time, in order to reconnoiter the enemy's situation well, two of the three binoculars were taken out, which is enough to show the support of the Datang junior general for the defenders of Aercheng.
After all, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and the city keeper will give so many gifts to the Tang generals, so they will naturally return the favor and vigorously support each other.
"Is this thing of any use? In recent days, Ben has often seen a few of you holding such things looking into the distance, what's the mystery? ”
The city guard general has never seen a telescope, even if he sees the Datang junior general using it, he doesn't care, and thinks that the Datang junior has a problem with his eyes and needs tools to see the situation in the distance.
"This is a telescope, which can see a lot of things from a distance, and can bring the distance eight times closer, for example, if someone is eighty paces away, use this to look at it, as if a person is ten steps away."
The Datang junior opened his mouth to introduce.
"Oh, and something so magical? I'll definitely check it out. ”
The castle keeper was immediately interested and thought the telescope was very interesting.
"The soldiers standing guard in front of them are about eighty paces, and with this, it is a distance of ten paces, and you can see it more clearly."
The Datang junior said and made a demonstration in person.
The general defending the city hurriedly took it and looked into the distance as usual.
He glanced at the soldier in the binoculars, then took the binoculars off, and then looked at the soldiers in the binoculars again, feeling the difference between the two.
"It's amazing! It can really pull people into a distance of ten steps, it's too deep, I'm looking at something else. ”
The castle keeper will be a little fond of it, and will keep looking at different locations in the distance, feeling the joy of closing the distance.
"General, you can use a telescope to zoom in eight times the scene, so that the reconnaissance soldiers don't have to get too close to the enemy's hard drive, so that it is safer, and if you get too close, it will be easy to be spotted."
The young general of Datang pointed out the reason for giving them the telescope.
"That's right, it's reasonable, this thing is really a good thing! It would be great if I could have one and find the enemy faster. ”
The Guardian will be a little tempted to take it for himself.
"The telescope is an important configuration of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, it is the same as the Modao, the soldier is lost in his life, and he can't lose the mirror, so we can't call the shots and give this to the general, but these days can be handed over to the general to use, and we will take it away when we leave Archeng."
The young general of Datang said.
"That's great, come on! A few of you should familiarize yourself with the telescope, don't break it, this thing is expensive, and you can't afford to pay for it. ”
The Lord of the Castle will speak.
The six soldiers hurriedly came over to familiarize themselves, because the telescope is very simple, so they quickly learned how to use it and how to maintain it.
God was also very cooperative, after the celebration feast, the weather became overcast, there was not a single star in the sky, not even the moon could be seen, and it was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.
Of course, it hasn't reached the point where you can't see your fingers, and you can still see a little light, but the visibility is really low, it's too low, and such a pitch-black environment is the most suitable for sneaking around, and it's not easy to be discovered.
Because it was dark, the six soldiers did not go down the sewer this time, they went straight down the wall, because it was the lower city, so a rope was enough to make them to the bottom of the wall.
After leaving the city, the six soldiers immediately separated and sneaked into the distance in groups of three, trying not to speak along the way, so as not to be discovered by the hidden enemy scouts, if they were discovered, the consequences would be very serious, and their mission might not be completed.
They couldn't see anything clearly at night, so their task was to sneak to the location of the enemy's camp one or two miles away, and then wait for dawn to use the telescope to reconnoitre.