These coachmen had already been searched and there was nothing suspicious, so they were retained by the Kushan people.

To be able to escape death, these coachmen are also grateful, and honestly drive the carriage and follow the army.

The prince ordered him to rest for a while and wait for the 5,000 Khorasan cavalry to return.

After two hours, the scouts reported that a cavalry was approaching the army, about two thousand horsemen.

After a while, the scouts came again to report that the cavalry had been sent out to hunt down the Kangju cavalry, but that only about 2,000 of the 5,000 horsemen remained, and that they were wounded.

Somewhat nervous, he ordered the officers of the returning Persian cavalry to be brought in at once.

After another stick of incense, two Khorasan officers, covered in blood and one of them wounded in the arm, were brought into the Sun Palace.

Prince Bo asked what had happened to them?

The two officers replied, "Report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that we were ordered to pursue the three thousand Kangju cavalry escorting the convoy. They kept fleeing in a northeasterly direction, and we were in hot pursuit. ”

"About sixty or seventy miles away, a camp of Kangju people was found."

"The camp was located in a small valley, and the camp was not small, with simple moats and walls. There was a huge amount of grain, grass and supplies hoarded inside, at least ten times the convoy we looted. ”

"But when we chased beyond the valley, seven or eight thousand cavalry of the Han army and the cavalry of Kangju appeared from the camp and from the periphery of the camp, plus the three thousand cavalry, there were ten thousand people."

"Their offensive was fierce, and we had crossbows and grenades, and we fought for an hour, with more than half of the casualties, before we broke out of the encirclement."

"But from beginning to end, there were no reinforcements in the camp, and no one else came to intercept us, so it was really about 10,000 cavalry fighting us."

After hearing this, Prince Bo felt that this was a godsend, ten times the amount of grain and grass, and there must be thousands of carts, which was enough for the army for a while.

The most important thing is that this is only a camp in a small valley, not a fortified city like Samarkand, which cannot be captured with its own army?

Not to mention 10,000 defenders, even 20,000 or 30,000, I am worried that I can't find their main force!

This fight should be able to force their main force out, right?

Everyone is cavalry, and they are very dependent on logistics for supplies.

Thinking of this, the prince ordered the army to move towards the camp of Kangju.

The Khorasan cavalry led the way, and the Kushan army followed up mightily, especially the huge war elephants in the army, marching, and the earth trembled.

And under the sunlight, no one dared to look in the direction of the Chinese army, and the golden armor of the royal guards flashed blind, I'm afraid they themselves were all closed and riding on horses, right?

This time, it was the three cavalry divisions of the entire Khorasan Provincial Army that played in the front, and there were more than 100,000 troops behind, of course, they were very bold.

They didn't send scouts to reconnoiter around, but went straight to the camp.

When they reached the outskirts of the camp, they saw many wagons coming out of the camp, apparently trying to move the food, grass and supplies to another place.

However, they did not expect the Kushans to come back so quickly, especially when they saw the 30,000 or 40,000 Persian cavalry rushing in, they immediately retreated to the camp, raised the drawbridge, and closed the gate.

The people in the camp did not dare to fight at all, and the Persian cavalry rushed to the camp of Kangju.

The camp was built in the middle of the valley, and along the mouth of the valley was built a wooden wall, with three camp gates, and the walls were covered with thick mud, which was supposed to be used to set fires.

The walled wall is about two zhang high, blocking the mouth of the valley, and is about three miles long, that is, about five hundred zhang.

Outside the wall, a trench was dug at a distance of twenty zhang, which was three zhang wide and two zhang deep, which was used to prevent the cavalry from storming the camp.

Behind the walled wall, every ten zhang, there is an arrow tower about three or four zhang high, and the defense facilities are readily available.

You can faintly see the mountains of materials in the camp, higher than the wall, and even as high as the arrow tower.

Beyond the valley is a large plain, with rolling mountains on the east and west sides, but it is a good place to defend and difficult to attack.

However, since it was only a certain place, not a solid city, Prince Bo Tiao didn't pay much attention to it.

"Order, let the Khorasan Provincial Legion attack this camp, and the trenches they will find a way to solve them by themselves, and I will put them in battle here, and see how long they can take down!"

As he spoke, he walked out of the Sun Palace, set up tables and chairs at the entrance of the palace, and someone held a big umbrella for him to shield him from the scorching sun.

The army of the Kushan Empire formed a neat phalanx with divisions and regiments on the great plain outside the valley, and sent scouts to all sides, all of which were arranged by the middle officers according to the procedures, and there was no need for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to bother.

After receiving the military order from the prince of Khorasan, the commander of the army did not dare to slack off, and ordered people to dig a pit in a nearby place to extract soil, put it into a sack, and if the sack was not enough, it was wrapped in an abandoned camp tent.

Then each Persian cavalryman, carrying a bag of dirt in one hand and a triangular shield in the other, urged his horses to rush to the trenches.

As soon as the Persian cavalry rushed into a distance of 250 zhang from the camp, there was a "bang" sound in the camp, which was a mortar attack.

The officers of the Khorasan cavalry shouted one after another, "It's mortars, spread out, don't get together, shield your head!" ”

The cavalrymen immediately spread out as much as they could, and their triangular shields were raised above their heads to protect their heads.

However, the front wall of the camp was only three miles wide, and the first wave of Persian cavalry was 3,000 men, and a platoon of a charge could only row 500 horsemen.

No matter how they dispersed, it was still very dense, and no matter what, it was impossible to avoid the killing radius of the shells, and in the violent explosion, people were blown up.

Listening to the intensity of this artillery sound, there were at least eighty mortars, and two artillery battalions participated in the attack.

However, the military order was in front, and the Khorasan cavalry was very disciplined, and no one flinched in the face of artillery bombardment, so they could only accelerate their sprint.

The cavalry horses were fast, and soon most of the cavalry had already rushed into a place still a hundred and twenty feet away from the wall.

Although the mortar bombardment was very powerful, only the first wave of cavalry that moved at high speed did the most damage.

About four or five hundred horsemen fell under the mortar fire, but the mortars were chasing the cavalry!

Suddenly, five hundred soldiers of the Han army stood up on the wall of the wall, each of them wearing helmets and armor, holding a long black iron rod in both hands, and their eyes were pressed behind them, aiming like arrows.

Then I heard a military order, "Fire!" ”

The front ends of the black iron bars suddenly flashed, white smoke rose, and then the sound of "ping-pong" resounded throughout the battlefield, much more crisp than the sound of mortars.

It was as if something had shot out of the iron rod and hit the charging Persian cavalry.

Whether it is the plate armor on the Persian cavalry, or the helmet, or the armor on the war horse, it cannot be resisted.

Hundreds of cavalry or war horses were immediately wounded and fell to the ground, and the Han army's hit rate was very high.

(End of chapter)