The Tenglong fleet bypassed the small peninsula, and Haiseb did not need to arrange defenses now, and Zhu Changrun's current mind was to occupy the main grain-producing areas, kill the ships encountered on the way to sail, block all possible leaks, and approach the predetermined area covertly.

The place where the Tenglong fleet landed was the port of Abadan, which is still a small sparsely populated village, and the shallow bottom boats were put down, and all the remaining 10,000 people went ashore except for some of the naval soldiers who stayed behind the warship. Under the command of Mao Bijiang, the soldiers formed ten brigades in an orderly manner, with their respective captains leading the teams to bring three days of provisions, and began to develop in depth. The order was to find the population area as soon as possible, try not to actively attack the local population, let people who understand the local language communicate with them, and buy food and vegetables. When encountering the army, they immediately notified each other, and tried to annihilate them as soon as possible, whether it was the Ottoman army or the Safavid army, they were all targets, and they also had to pay attention to protecting the lives of their soldiers, now wounded and killed are almost the same name, and the environment is very bad.

Mao Pijiang quickly established a headquarters on the spot, commanded the soldiers who stayed behind to guard the warship to start building a wharf and port, and unloaded an excavator and civil engineering work ship powered by a pot camel machine from the transport ship. The need for a war far from the homeland is very complicated, the composition of each branch of the army is very important, Zhu Changrun is not a professional official, he does not understand these, so Chen Zhenhui is in charge of the construction work here, he has been a local official for two years, he is more experienced in this kind of thing, the arrangement is orderly, and the work efficiency is very high, Zhu Changrun is the most idle person now.

In the course of three days, there were soldiers who continued to report that they were either finding food or finding villages, these were not important information, what was needed was military information, he felt that the population here was too small, there were many houses that were uninhabited, especially within fifty miles nearby, there were almost only some old people left, even food was rare, this phenomenon was very strange, could it be that there was a big war here, or was there a war going on? This is a major situation, and only by understanding the situation can we survive here.

On the last day, a force finally sent back important information, a hundred miles northwest of the port, a large number of troops were found, and after the observation of the reconnaissance soldiers, it should be the Ottoman army attacking the city, and the attacked side was the army of the Safavids. Through difficult communication with the locals, the general situation is that the two sides have a total of 1340,000 troops, the Ottomans account for more than 90,000, and the defending Safavid Dynasty has more than 40,000.

Mao Pijiang immediately sent a herald, rode on the only few war horses, quickly notified the troops to shrink, according to the area marked by the intelligence, Mao Pijiang designated the meeting place, now is the best opportunity, when the city of Ahvaz is broken by the Ottoman army, it is estimated that they will be exhausted, and they will indulge the soldiers to plunder, just as the soldiers of the dragon fleet can act as saviors to save the people in the city, and the Ottoman army will be defeated.

After a day of emergency assembly, the 10,000-strong troops arrived at the designated place, and Mao Bijiang quietly approached the battlefield with a few staff officers, and from the telescope, it could be seen that the battle between the two sides was very fierce. Some of the attacking Ottoman soldiers have climbed the city wall, the soldiers on the city wall desperately stop them from advancing, the weapons on both sides are almost the same, they are all famous scimitars, everyone sees the current situation clearly, are doing the final struggle, the Ottoman soldiers on the city wall are beaten down the city wall is a dead end, the Persian soldiers who are breached the city wall are also a dead end, only one side dies to save their lives.

More and more Ottoman soldiers poured onto the city wall, and the Persian soldiers became fewer and fewer, and gradually the Ottoman soldiers stabilized the situation in this section of the wall, and the soldiers under the city began to think about a movement, trying to widen the gap here. On the contrary, the Persian soldiers were obviously undernumbered, and they were no longer able to drive them down, and seeing that the breakthrough was about to succeed, this was their best chance.

Just when he thought that the Ottoman soldiers were going to succeed, suddenly from the inner city flew over the big stones, the Persian soldiers of the Safavid Dynasty began to counterattack with back guns, these back guns fired not only stones, but also mixed with a lot of clay pots, the clay pots contained oil, and the clay pots that smashed into the crowd immediately cracked, leaving a place of sticky oil, which slowed down the actions of the Ottoman soldiers, and the soldiers under the city walls continued to climb up, and there were more and more soldiers standing in the oil, Soon, thousands of soldiers had gathered near this section of the wall.

Then the situation changed abruptly, the Persian soldiers' artillery fired into a burning fireball, they used cotton cloth or linen cloth dipped in oil and ignited, with the return cannon smashed over, and quickly this section of the city wall became a sea of fire, thousands of Ottoman soldiers were swallowed up by the sea of fire, the miserable scene could not bear to look directly, and few could escape.

Thick black smoke came out of the burning oil, and this section of the city wall became a forbidden place on the battlefield in the world, and it was impossible for soldiers on both sides to exist here until the fire was extinguished.

It was the first time he had experienced such a fighting situation, he didn't expect the war here to be so cruel, thinking about what he would do if he encountered such a situation, it was estimated that it would be the same as the Ottoman soldiers, with heavy casualties. It seems that we must be cautious when attacking the city in the future, we must strictly guard against this tactic of the Persians, to avoid such heavy losses, there are not many soldiers of our own, and a large casualty may cause the failure of the entire mission, and we must absolutely avoid encountering such tactics.

Leaving this section of the city wall, Mao Bijiang continued to take the staff team around the city to observe, and finally found that there were similar signs of combat in other areas, for this tactic, the Ottoman soldiers seemed to have no good way, but to bypass this section of the city wall, and the attack was blocked again and again.

After continuous discussion, the conclusion was to disperse the density of the soldiers who ascended the city as much as possible, to avoid the places where their return artillery would attack, and then to detect the Persian artillery positions and firing signs as early as possible, and to knock out their positions with mortars as quickly as possible.

It seems that the soldiers who reconnoitred in front did not find this tactical method of the Persians, perhaps they will only use this method at critical moments, it is estimated that they can hold for a period of time, consume more Ottoman soldiers, and they are not in a hurry to open up the frontier, and they have continuously observed their offensive and defensive operations with staff officers for a day, laying the foundation for the next step of enriching their combat methods.

In fact, this kind of combat tactics is very simple, that is, waiting for the opponent to try to attack and break through at a point, suddenly launch an artillery attack and a sea of fire attack, it seems sudden, but in the face of modern firearms, these are pediatrics, after all, this kind of return cannon is just a kind of heavy stone thrower, both the ability to move and the speed of fire are much worse than mortars, especially the attack distance, there is no comparison.

After two days of careful observation, Mao Bijiang and his staff group were able to find out the operational characteristics of this kind of return artillery, and they were no longer as shocked as the first time they saw the tragic scene. Mao Bijiang is not without participating in battles, during the internship, he also participated in battles with the team, which is a must experience in all military academies in the Ming Dynasty, but I have not seen the use of this kind of return cannon in large-scale battles, this time I have seen the combat scenes of the large-scale battlefield, for his command skills have been greatly improved, and he has also learned the skills of flexible use of tactics in battle.

On the third day, Mao Bijiang continued to take the staff team and some of the junior officers to the forward positions to observe, and he also needed to continue to see what more clever tactical measures the Ottoman soldiers or Persian soldiers had to implement, which was an excellent opportunity for long-term insight. For high-ranking officers who have just entered the battlefield, especially academy officers like Xiang Mao Bijiang, actual combat is the best way to improve their command ability, and there are not many opportunities for free observation like this without paying a price.

Several grassroots officers brought by Mao Bijiang have been retired, they have a lot of combat experience, although the rank is not high, but they are all killed by actual combat, since Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, the casualty rate on the battlefield is very low, so it has also created a large number of experienced veterans. While Mao Bijiang was observing the offensive and defensive strategies of both sides, a veteran suggested that Mao Bijiang immediately form a team, because he seemed to see that the Ottomans were about to break through the city, and he couldn't say why, he said it was a gut feeling.