"The city of Habania has been breached?" Hajaj bin Yusuf, who was sitting in the city of Labadi, asked sharply with a blushing face. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Yes!" Zachi and Fahanna said bitterly, they fled in defeat, and on the way gathered the army that had escaped from the city of Habaniyah, and when they heard the news of the loss of the city, the two generals were speechless, and hurried to the city of Labadi to report to Yusuf.

Yusuf was shocked and immediately convened a military meeting to listen to the report.

Together with the city of Baghdad and the small city between the two rivers, plus the city of Habaniyah, a total of four key cities have been lost, and the Tang army is about to march under the city of Labadi, how fast!

"How could they attack like this!" Someone questioned.

The Tang army doesn't care about it, it moves forward bravely, they don't want to flank, they don't care about the rear?

At present, the offensive line of the Tang Army is clear, not to mention their doubts, this offensive strategy also caused a lot of controversy among the generals of the Tang Army when it was promulgated: "Starting from Baghdad, breaking through in the middle, and taking Damascus directly, it will be successful in one fell swoop!" ”

So bold that people thought it was too presumptuous. Everyone believes that it is advisable to act cautiously and steadily with troops, fight steadily and steadily, and take every step as a battalion, especially when the Tang Army's infantry, cavalry, and naval armies are all superior.

A short-distance breakthrough is nothing, and if the troops blindly run for a long distance, the rear and flanks will be exposed and beaten, and the enemy will cut off our food routes, attack our backup, and even be divided and isolated by the enemy, surrounded and annihilated.

But the offensive strategy was determined by Wei Xi, and with his supreme prestige, the generals obeyed.

He adopted the offensive method of General Patton in World War II: advance thousands of miles, hit and rush, regardless of the flanks!

By taking advantage of the high mobility and speed of the troops, forming an offensive spearhead, and advancing quickly towards the final goal, as long as Damascus is defeated, things will naturally be resolved, and it will be easy to eliminate the remnants of the enemy.

Wei Xi admonished the generals: "Attack, attack, attack with no relent, hit the Atlantic!" ”

He had incredible strength, and the generals carried out his plan as if they were hypnotized, and when you looked closely, it was really the Atlantic Ocean ahead!

However, he did not want to flank, but he had high hopes for the cavalry: as soon as the enemy left the city, the cavalry would destroy them in the field!

Now the cavalry protected the flanks of Wei Xi's army, as well as the vast area east of the two rivers.

He also wanted to maximize the use of "gunpowder", and when the big cannibals didn't have time to react, he used gunpowder to let the big cannibals have a good meal.

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I have to say that Wei Xi's strategic offensive is certainly a great danger to himself, but it is also unexpected by Yusuf and the Great Cannibal, who did not expect the Tang Army to concentrate its forces and patronize the central breakthrough.

You must know that the Great Cannibals deployed thousands of miles of defense in the two river valleys, extensively mobilized the people, and almost a million troops, if they attacked the occupied areas of the Tang people on the Persian Plateau, or flanked the Tang army, it was by no means a joke.

It's just that I want to see other people's jokes, and my own big jokes are already coming.

The sergeant made an urgent report: "Tang cavalry has arrived outside the city and has begun to attack our scout cavalry and plunder the people!" ”

"It's coming so fast!" Although Yusuf expected it, he didn't expect the Tang Army to progress so quickly, which made him fall into embarrassment.

I have to say that the Tang people caught them off guard.

How many men does he have now?

50,000 elite cavalry, 50,000 elite infantry, plus 30,000 city defense troops, a total of 130,000, sounds like a lot, but it is not his real strength.

As the main general of the battle against the Tang Dynasty, if he really wants to mobilize, he can raise 500,000 troops!

500,000 people, even if it is 500,000 pigs, let Wei Xi have three heads and six arms, it will take a long time.

Now Yusuf does not have 500,000 men, his troops are scattered and busy farming!

Before the Tang army invaded and destroyed, resulting in a crop failure, the people had no food, Yusuf could only disperse the troops to farm, he thought that there was a two-river defense line, strictly defended, there was still a certain security in Hexi, at least when he got the news of the Tang attack, he could recover the troops.

It's too late to say anything!

Yusuf made a hasty decision: "Zachi and Fahanna lost the city of Habaniyah, they are guilty, they will be cut to serve the people, and they will be guilty of meritorious service!" ”

Then they hurried up to the tower to see what was going on.

Outside the city, there was a rumor of rumors, and the Tang cavalry attacked the passing Great Food Army, fought against the scouts of the Great Food Army, and did things that were indignant to the people and gods: plundering the people and their property, setting fire to houses, trampling fields, and cutting down fruit trees.

There are not many Tang cavalry who have arrived, but they are very daring to fight... Of course you dare, when you see few enemies, you rush over to kill people, and when you see many enemies, you fly kites from afar, what don't you dare.

With good riding and archery, Tang Qi of the hundred-man team dared to challenge the big food army of the thousand-man team, and took advantage of it.

It's archery, speaking of the bow and arrow of Tang Qi, there is no nation that they don't hate!

Shoot accurately and far, and it's poisonous enough!

The three-edged arrow of bloodletting, if you are not careful, will bleed, and by the time you go to deal with it, you can't do it!

Before the attack, the Tang people like to stick arrows into the ground, or rub them with the soles of their shoes to increase the infection rate of the arrow-hitters, so the arrow-hit ones are fine at the time, but they may have a high fever afterwards, and the mortality rate is very high!

When Zachi and Fahanna fled to the city of Labadi, the city was immediately notified and an alarm was raised, so the Don cavalry arrived and the city gates were closed.

The troops and people who were close to the road entered the city early, and those who were far away and unaware arrived outside the city and immediately fought with Tang Qi.

On the avenue outside the city, pools of blood, corpses that could not move, and most of them were big cannibals.

"How can it be!"

Yusuf still dared to fight, and immediately ordered four generals to lead 2,000 men each to drive Tang Qi outside the city.

At the same time, he ordered to send people to inform the defenders of the cities, strengthen the city defenses, and gather troops to aid the city of Habania, or choose an opportunity to attack the flank of the Tang army and cut off the Tang army's food route.

The main generals of the cities are still some capable of fighting, and it is expected that they will not be indifferent, if Yusuf is really eliminated, the others will be in great trouble.

The gates opened, and the Great Eater rode out angrily.

Tang was very alert and recognized that it was an Arabian horse, and there were many people on the other side, so he immediately hugged his head and ran away.

The Great Eclipse cavalry pursued them majestically......

In the afternoon the sun was fierce, and Yusuf entered the gate tower to listen to the military report, and before it was enough, the sergeant came to report: "They are back!" ”

Everyone rushed to the city tower and saw that the feng shui was turning, and the Great Food Cavalry fled desperately in front, and only half of the cavalry to the east and south had to come back.

The Tang cavalry of the brigade chased after him, and from time to time a big food cavalry fell to the ground, and he was killed by the Tang cavalry immediately, leaving no prisoners!

The fleeing cavalry complained bitterly: "...... The Tang people are very cunning, their main cavalry has actually arrived, set up an ambush, we were ambushed, and lost a lot of people! ”

The Great Eclipse cavalry was killed in front of all the Great Cannibals in the city, leaving the Great Eclipse high-ranking officials disgraced.

However, their attention was quickly attracted by the arrival of a large force of the Tang Army outside the city!