After listening to what Wu Qi said, Xia Hongsheng frowned.

This meant that the Tang army had to leave the desert and go to the coastal area to capture the village to replenish the water supply.

The capture is small, and the exposure is large.

If Tulbai's eclipse army learns too early, it will lose the effect of the surprise attack.

The rapid march will cause the body of the Tang soldiers to lose a lot of water, even if each person fills several water bladders and carries them, they need to replenish water at least once before reaching the great oasis where water is available. In other words, it was necessary to attack at least one village on the way to seize the water source and replenish the fresh water that the soldiers carried.

When attacking the village, someone will inevitably ride to Turbay and report to the Great Food Army.

The sooner the Great Eclipse Army gains faith, the more time it has to respond and prepare, and the value of landing in Aden this time is lost.

"Okay, General Wu has worked hard. Let's go down and rest! Xia Hongsheng raised his head and said to Wu Qi.

"Yes, the last general will retire!" Wu Qi saluted again and withdrew from the big tent.

After Wu Qi left, Xia Hongsheng thought about it and rushed outside and said, "Go and invite General Su to come over." ”

After a while, Su Ding conveniently arrived in the big tent.

Xia Hongsheng saw that he informed him of everything that Wu Qi had just reported.

"That's a real problem. If you want to surprise attack, you must try not to reveal your tracks as much as possible. The middle between Aden and Tulbay is not too close, and it is not easy to hide. Su Dingfang said: "However, it's not a big problem. Where can there be a surprise attack by a large army? Even if a hundred and ten people ride a horse, they can also frighten the beasts to run around, let alone the army? As long as the speed is fast, so that Turbai's Great Eclipse army does not have time to prepare, it will be a surprise attack. As for going to the village to get water, there is actually a way to do this. I won't say much about the specific method, Lao Su, and Brother Sheng'er doesn't have to ask. When the time comes, it will be me who will lead the army, and I will ensure the effect of the surprise attack. ”

Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, and then he had a realization in his heart, and he probably guessed Su Dingfang's method.

"This ......"

"Brother Sheng'er is kind-hearted, and he can't do this. Lao Su Xingwu was born, but he has seen too many such things. Su Dingfang waved his hand and said, "Just leave it to Lao Su!" ”

Xia Hongsheng gritted his teeth and lied to himself in his heart, as if he didn't guess.

"In a few days, I will order Liu Renshi and them to make a feint landing, so that the big cannibals think that we will land from Turbiden." Xia Hongsheng avoided this question and said, "My side will always take the initiative to attack and attract the attention of Da Shi." You heard the sound of cannons behind you, so I forced my landing from this side, so that I could flank these big cannibals with you. ”

"Good!" Su Dingfang nodded, and said, "Attracting the attention of the big cannibals here, it is actually more dangerous than me." If you force your landing, you must be fierce. Xi Jun bought Xue Rengui, and they could stay. ”

"No, although I want to attract the attention of the big cannibals here, I also have a lot of ammunition here." Xia Hongsheng said: "You still bring them." I only need to keep a few gentlemen here, and they also have a sense of proportion in their business. ”

"Old Su Ke is also a fierce general, isn't he better than them with a long lance?" Su Dingfang smiled: "You don't have to worry about Lao Su's safety. '

"This is a military order, don't shirk it again." Xia Hongsheng shook his hand and put up a shelf.

Su Dingfang laughed and didn't say much.

Now that the situation has been discovered, it is necessary to make a decision and dispatch troops as soon as possible.

On the second day, Su Ding led half of his men to march to Aden by ship, because Aden did not have a large army to garrison, and it was easy to land, so he only used ironclad ships to transport troops.

The steam-engine ships remained in Mululai to bombard the cannibals on the other side, and when the time came, they could make a landing posture and draw all the attention of the cannibals to Mululai and Tulbay.

"Where are the Great Cannibals gathered now?" Xia Hongsheng asked, "How many people are there?" “

Under him, Liu Renshi and the others were all there, and Liu Renshi stepped forward and replied: "Back to the general manager, the big cannibal is now retreating more than seventy miles from the coast. According to the reports of the spies who touched the shore, at least more than 100,000 people gathered here in Dashi, and there were many stone throwers and crossbow carts, and they dug ravines in the ground to cross and cross the traffic. ”

"This is to hinder the advance of our army, and you can jump in to avoid the artillery, the big cannibal is quite smart." Li Yexu said.

"Thanks to the big cannibals." Xia Hongsheng smiled: "Our musketeers can shoot in those ravines with peace of mind - just let the shield bearers jump down and raise their shields on both sides." ”

"Seventy miles is far beyond the range of our artillery." Li Chongyi said: "However, seventy miles of land is enough for us to land and camp. ”

"The big cannibal has no ship, and he can't stop us at sea, so he waits for us to go ashore." Cheng Chumo said: "It must be that as soon as we go ashore, they will immediately attack." ”

Fang Yiai flicked his sleeves: "What are you afraid of, fuck it!" ”

"Where is Lao Tzu afraid?" Cheng Chumo bared his teeth: "Lao Tzu wishes those big cannibals would come over quickly." ”

"Stop, you two have the ability to slaughter the 100,000 or so people on the other side." Li Ye said with a smile.

"Lao Tzu really can!" Cheng Chumo smiled very proudly and said, "Chief Administrator, I have a way to make all the big cannibals over there go to see Allah, the son of Raush!" ”

Xia Hongsheng was very interested and asked, "Oh? Tell me about it! ”

"I heard my father say before that when the Huns fought with the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, when they couldn't fight and escaped, they threw the dead into the water, but the Han soldiers behind didn't know that after drinking the water there, people and horses had strange diseases, and many people died. Later, the Turks also did this, and when they couldn't beat it, they threw the corpses of cattle, sheep and horses into the water, as well as dead people, and the soldiers of the former Sui suffered this loss. Cheng Chumo said: "My father also said that if it wasn't for the cold weather when General Li went back then, maybe Jieli would have to do the same!" ”

"Uh......" Xia Hongsheng looked at this goods with a smug face-why is there a lack of roots in the brain, you just say the front, do you have to say the words of your father arranging Li Jing later? Didn't you see the eyes of Li Yexu behind you who were going to eat you?

"You threw dead bodies into the water, caused an epidemic, and killed a big cannibal, what will we drink when the time comes?" Li Yexu rolled his eyes and retorted.

"Be flexible! Do you understand what it means to be flexible?! Cheng Chumo shouted at Li Yexu: "I didn't say that I would throw dead people into the water source of the big cannibal. I mean, we can learn from the Turks' idea of predatory water sources, and try to do something with the food and water sources of the great cannibals! Chief, I am willing to take some brothers and touch the shore at night, and burn the grain and grass of the big cannibals over there! The main thing is that we don't look like big cannibals, otherwise, we will mix in the big food army and throw some laxatives and the like into it while they are cooking...... Wowha! ”

When Xia Hongsheng heard this, he smiled and said: "The solution is not bad, but it's a pity that we don't have people who look like big food faces." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a report from outside, saying: "Report to the Chief, the ships patrolling the sea have reported that they have intercepted two ships of other countries in the bay outside, saying that they belong to the Persian prince Belus, and they want to see you!" ”

"Belus?" Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Isn't this God helping me?" ”