Xia Hongsheng's generals conveyed it, and the soldiers were ready.

Within a few days, it was discovered that there was movement on the other side of the strait.

After some time, the presence of troops could already be seen.

This shows that the army of the Great Eclipse is gathering, and it will not be long before the ships of the Great Eclipse Division will appear on the Red Sea.

The sentinels kept scouting, and the information kept being transmitted back to the army.

"After the Great Food Army was assembled, it continued to move westward. It seems that as we thought, the place to cross the sea was set here. Xia Hongsheng said to everyone while pointing to a place on the map.

On the map, it is indeed the shortest distance between the shores of the entire Red Sea.

In later generations, it was the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the shortest distance between the Red Sea shores. After the Tang army landed from the country of Sanlan and established a simple base, it moved all the way here. Sentinels also travel between the two sides of the strait from here.

"Between the two shores of the Red Sea, the distance here is the shortest, and the nearest point is only about 40 miles." Xia Hongsheng continued to say to everyone: "Crossing the sea from here is the fastest because of the short distance. The army of the Great Eclipse, which was still massively massed on the Persian front, must have been transferred from there, and therefore from the east. After assembling and heading west, it must be to prepare to cross the sea from here. ”

"Only the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf coast can moor warships around the Great Eater, so the Great Eater must have converged here from these two sides." Su Dingfang said: "If the naval warship cruises in the strait outside Sanlan, it is very likely to encounter the warship from the direction of the Persian Gulf. ”

"The technology of the Great Food Warship is backward and the draft is shallow. The water depth of the bay outside Sanlan makes the warships of the Great Food Country sail only close to the shore, but our warships can stay away from the coast, and they can't find us if they don't go to the deep sea. Li Chongyi explained to Su Dingfang: "As long as the warships of the Great Water Eater enter the Red Sea, the other warships of our Navy can sail to the sea outside Sanlan, block the strait, and lock the Great Water Eater in the Red Sea and can't get out, so catch turtles in an urn!" ”

"We need to speed up a little faster, and the whole army must get here as soon as possible." Su Dingfang pointed his finger at the position pointed by Xia Hongsheng on the map, and said: "In case Da Shi gathers a little, he will immediately launch an attack across the sea, causing the vanguard army to fall into a bitter battle." ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded, turned his head and ordered: "Order, the whole army is in a hurry!" ”

The heralds immediately went down to give the order, and the whole army suddenly came together and quickly rushed there.

The place where the army is going is Mululai in the Hereafter. In later generations, it was a town in the Republic of Djibouti, a small North African country, but today it is an ownerless barren land. From here to the town of Turbay on the other side, it is the shortest position in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is only more than 20 kilometers apart, and there are several volcanic islands in the middle to dock and hide, which is a good place to ambush the Great Water Eater. Naturally, it is also the best location to cross the sea.

In later generations, it seems that there was also an undersea high-speed rail tunnel between these two places, of course, it was built by China, where high-speed rail technology was opened.

Haha, do you want to make a whole war ship with a big food, the ship is engraved everywhere with a sentence "This undersea high-speed rail tunnel is a gift from the Chinese people to the Islamic world", and then fill the war ship with huge boulders and sink, and when the time comes to build the undersea high-speed rail tunnel, dig it out, shocking the world wahahaha! - Xia Hongsheng thought of evil taste, completely ignoring that history has been changed.

"The Grand Administrator of Qiyu!" A voice suddenly interrupted Xia Hongsheng's conjecture.

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly came over and said outside: "Tell me." ”

The soldiers outside entered the tent when they heard the sound and said to Xia Hongsheng: "Chief Administrator, the construction of the fort fifty miles from the shore has been completed, and the layout of the minefield twenty miles from the shore has also been completed. ”

"There aren't many mines, right?" Xia Hongsheng asked.

"The chief manager, only bury one every thirty-five steps." The soldier replied.

The Great Eclipse was dominated by cavalry, and the cavalry was much more spaced than the infantry due to the horses. Therefore, if there is infantry on the opposite side, the mines will be planted more densely, and if it is cavalry, the distance will be wider. However, thirty-five steps to plant a mine, even if the cavalry rushed in, the distance was too large, so the casualties would be much less.

However, this is what Xia Hongsheng wants.

If it is buried too much and the power is too great, the Great Eater Cavalry may be driven back and cannot go deeper. No, what Xia Hongsheng wants is to lure the enemy deeper, if he doesn't bury it, deliberately release the water, so that the big food cavalry doesn't feel some pressure, but it will also be seen by the big food cavalry that he is deliberately luring the enemy deep.

It is necessary to make the Great Food Cavalry think that the Tang Dynasty is resisting with all its might, but they can't resist them a little, so that they will "take advantage of the victory to pursue" and go deep into the land.

Xia Hongsheng nodded, and said: "All the sentries are sent out, pay close attention to the movements on the other side, and report every two hours." ”

"Yes!" The soldier took the order and went out to give the order.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the big food army to come.

In the blink of an eye, it had been half a month since they arrived in Mululai, and the sentinels came out frequently every day. The hull of the sentinel is very small, narrow and deep, and the person sits in it and reclines down, and the waist is covered by another plank, and the person lying in it cannot be seen until he is in front of him. The man lies down in it, with a wrench on his left hand side to control the paddle in the stern and change direction. The two feet are on the wheels like the pedals of a bicycle to propel the ship forward. The right hand is free for a telescope, a flare, and so on.

Such a sentinel ship is not easy to detect at sea, and the big cannibal has no binoculars. Even if it appears in the field of vision of the Great Food Ship, it is easy to mistake it for just a wooden plank that drifts with the current, so it is difficult to spot.

Seven or eight days later, the sentry on the ship finally reported that they had seen the Great Water Eater appear in the near-shore sea. In the next five or six days, spies sent out from Moululay also reported that the Great Eclipse army had begun to board the ship.

More and more sentries were sent out, from every two hours to every hour, and the ships of the Great Water Eater were getting closer and closer.

And all of them have already entered the predetermined position.

A big war, on the verge of breaking out.

Finally, the figure of the Great Food Warship no longer needs spies to report it, and he can see it with a telescope on the shore.

Su Dingfang put down the binoculars: "Sons, raise the prestige of the country thousands of miles away, and show our heroes." All actions should be commanded, and the enemy's plan should not be destroyed by the courage of a single person. Those who have the ability are all hidden for the general, and no one is allowed to show it! When you wait for the counterattack, Ben will allow you to shake off your arms and kill hard! Do you hear that?! ”

"Yes!" There was no fear in the eyes of the Tang soldiers, but there was only excitement in their eyes - and some jokes.

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