"You can eat the rice in one bite or pour it into your stomach like noodles!" Wei Xi explained his determination. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"When I need to, I can put together all my troops, let's say when the enemy attacks our capital. Fortunately, the initiative of the war is in our hands, we can fight if we want, and run if we don't want to, after all, we have more horses! ”

"Now the arrangement of the big cannibals is to hope that we will meet in Nishapur and Mulu to break the bloodstream, so that the infantry will be exhausted, and the cavalry can only attack, and cannot occupy after all."

"I'm not as good as they wanted, maintain the combat strength of the infantry, and the cavalry will attack first, and then talk about the situation!" He looked around and said, "What do you say?" ”

Chief of Staff Jiang Zhi agreed: "I think the general is right, we have always known that the human factor is the most important thing in war, if there is no one, there is no mobility, then there is no need to say anything!" ”

General Wang Xiaojie also said: "We fought Tubo (there was no Tubo returning general in the tent), what a long way we ran!" Fighting the Turks and fighting the Khitan, they are all long-range attacks, and they have won every time, and I think this time will not be an exception! ”

"Let's do it!" The fierce general Shi Wanchao roared: "My broadsword is already hungry and thirsty! ”

Brother Yang Chengxian pointed out: "We can win! Although Isfahan is a big food town, but by surprise, the big cannibals didn't expect us to be able to kill so far, so let's surprise them! ”

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The 100,000 cavalry he brought out were actually 90,000, and the other 10,000 were under the command of Cheremon, who was tasked with harassing Nishapur (reinforced by another 20,000 cavalry).

Eighty thousand cavalry set out and rushed to Isfahan, thousands of miles away, with five horses and no extra baggage.

This is a "Mongolian run", one man and five horses, one of which is a charging horse, such as Dawan horse or Hedong horse, their horsepower is strong, the horse is tall, the horse speed is high, and they are strong enough when they charge up, but the disadvantages are that they need to eat well (such as beans and grain) and have poor stamina. The rest of the horses are mostly Mongolian horses, which have strong endurance and little logistical pressure.

The horses were loaded with beans for feeding the horses, air-dried beef, cheese, tea, etc., and still carried a small amount of rice, as well as weapons, bows and arrows, and two sets of armor: one leather and one metal plate armor, leather armor for light horseing, and plate armor for charging.

Some of the horses were mares and could produce milk constantly, but in fact, many people in the Zhou army still didn't like to drink mare's milk and eat cheese, but the generals took the lead, and they had no choice but to eat as they were.

When the dispatch is not only ten thousand horses galloping, it is a sea of horses, there are many guys even one person drove ten horses to dispatch, that is the herdsmen of the Turgish turned into cavalry, you can see that the benefits brought by the return of the Turgish are great mobility.

With the map, the Zhou army marched in three directions, with Wei Xi, Wang Xiaojie, and Yang Chengxi dispatching separately to cross the desolate Persian Plateau.

In those days, the plateau was vast and sparsely populated, and the Zhou army went on an expedition and was not afraid of news leaks.

First, the population is small, and if there are many people, the chances of leaking military information will naturally increase greatly.

The second is the vanguard of the Zhou army, 2,000, all of whom are naturalized from the great cannibals, and they are still dressed as before, running at the forefront of the large army for confusion.

Naturalized the Great Cannibal, the Zhou army had been captured a lot before, but after a little release, the big cannibals rushed to surrender and became the leading party, willingly serving the Zhou army.

This trick worked very well, the big cannibal villages and towns saw the troops like their own people passing by, and the vigilance was not so high, and there were still few cities built at that time, and 2,000 cavalry was enough to control a place.

As long as they don't run, the Zhou army will only rob horses, cattle, sheep, livestock and grain for supplies, and even gold, silver and jewelry.

Of course, if the people you meet on the road want to run, you have to chase them and make them dusty.

It was because the people everywhere did not complain about the advance of the Zhou army, nor did they provoke them to swear to die to report the news.

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With the map, the three-way Zhou army was progressing well.

There was nothing to eat, and what the horses were carrying was still enough to support.

If you don't have something to drink, drink horse blood, the Tang people are not outright nomads after all, and they still have to drink water.

Water source, marked on the map!

An oasis can be found even in the desert, so that there is no shortage of supplies.

The Zhou army marched according to the water source, and the living people drank the horses, which was really happy, and they even had a lot of saliva to sing military songs during the break.

It also made everyone sigh and have a deeper understanding of Wei Xi's hidden strength.

Sixty thousand people crossed deserts, Gobi, swamps, forests, mountains, etc., planning to take them in the city of Nunn before Isfahan.

The party leading the way marched under the banner of the Great Food Army, and the old rule was to rob horses when they saw them, and kill those who fled when they saw them, and they actually let them touch the city of Nunn on the edge of Isfahan.

It belongs to a swampy area, and the Zhou army is hidden in it, and no one knows that the killing star has arrived.

First of all, send Hosaku to Isfahan

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The city of Isfahan was not very tall, it was originally a city of the Persians, but later the Arabs came and destroyed the old city during the siege.

The Arab conquest was not slow, and soon Isfahan became inland, so that the construction of the walls was no longer a priority.

After years of nourishment of the Silk Road, it has become very prosperous, people come and go, the city can be seen everywhere in the exquisite stone buildings, the people inside are gorgeously dressed, there is a considerable proportion of people wearing silk from the East, luxury can be seen in a class.

Although the Great Food and the Great Zhou were at war, and the northern route of the Silk Road (that is, the Zhaowu countries in Central Asia, this route was relatively easy to walk) had been cut off, the southern route (across the Green Mountains to Afghanistan, this route was all high mountain snow line, difficult to travel) still had some bold caravans to transport goods (the Great Zhou was not forbidden, and no one could not get along with money), therefore, Isfahan declined, business still had to be done, and a certain prosperity was preserved.

The city and the outside were immersed in a peaceful atmosphere, and even if there was an official document from the Khorasan Province to strengthen the guard, it was not implemented.

For the people who entered and exited the city gate, it was only a hasty inspection, and the three small workers from the Great Zhou Dynasty easily blended into the city.

Threesome, two are naturalized cannibals, named Ah Da Ah Er, and the other is a naturalized Hu people, called Shi Yi, his appearance is biased towards Central Asians, not Han Chinese.

These three people are all tested, quite determined Tang fans, trained as agents.

Map, see map again!

The map provided by the secret service also included a map of the city, so the meticulous workers could easily find the place according to the map.

It was a relatively large pharmacy, and they were relieved when they saw the billboard of "Immortal Pill"!

That's right, there is a miracle medicine imported from the East---- Immortal Pill here, the effect is that the golden gun does not fall, and the Immortal Pill is Wei Xi's industry, which has been open all the time, and the business has done Europa.

In addition to the fairy pills, there are also many oriental medicines, and there are really many customers in them.

In that ignorant era, Western medicine did not rise, and the Chinese medicine improved by Wei Xi almost became the savior of the world's patients at that time.

In addition to selling medicine, there is also a sitting doctor in the store, but he is a Han man, named Zhang Liangcai, with three long beards, and he is a little elegant.

Shi Yi lined up honestly until it was his turn for half an hour.

“…… I feel so sick and oops, I'm dying! He groaned in Persian, took out the gold coin cut in half, and said, "If you can heal me, this gold coin is yours!" ”

When he took out the gold coin, Zhang Liangcai's eyes flashed instantly!

He cut Shi Yi's pulse, looked at his tongue and replied, "...... Your pulse beats frivolously, and the fire rises...... The illness is indeed very serious" He muttered in Chinese, and ordered a Persian servant on the side in Persian: "Take him to the backyard and find him a house to live in!" ”

"Yes, master!"

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It was another half an hour, and the three fine works were crowded in the room, and Zhang Liang came over.

After coming in, Ah Da Ah Er immediately blocked the door, and Zhang Liangcai took out the gold coin that was also cut in half, and it was the same gold coin that was split against Shi Yi's other half of the gold coin.

Zhang Liangcai said in a trembling voice: "You are finally here!" ”