Time went back to the last year, the Tang cavalry swept like locusts across the vast area from the Persian Plateau to the two river valleys, and their strength was strong, the soldiers and horses moved quickly, and the tactics were also quite profitable, causing great trouble for the white-clothed food. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tang Qi's purpose was very clear, to bleed the white clothes to the greatest extent and cause them to be weak, so as to facilitate a large-scale attack next year.

The princes and courtiers of Damascus foresaw this situation and did their best to deal with the Tang army.

They increased the production of steel knives from Damascus, and the ore used for forging them was laboriously transported from the depths of the mines of Baghdad to the furnaces of the Golan Heights (Sorge), where they were crafted by the best craftsmen in Persia.

Day and night, the furnace splashes molten iron and illuminates the night sky, creating armor-piercing Damascus knives of paramount strength.

And sturdy armor!

In fact

Isn't the bow and arrow inferior to the Tang Dynasty? The Tang bow they analyzed was similar to the same, and they also made a bow and crossbow similar to the Tang bow!

When it comes to white-clothed food, it is worthy of being the birthplace of an ancient civilization, and its intelligence is superior (at least people have invented Arabic numerals, and the navigation skills of the big cannibals are first-class!). Make a bow and crossbow that is not inferior to the Tang bow and crossbow.

Even the arrows are made of Damascus steel, three-edged arrowheads!

A large number of high-quality Arabian horses were collected, from east to west, from north to south, no matter whose Arabian horses were, as long as the owner did not go to the battlefield, they were all levied and more cavalry units were formed.

Training troops, a large number of Praetorian Guard officers into the newly formed troops, not only strengthened their training, but also played the role of the backbone of the army, so that the army was more cohesive and closely united under the command of the caliphate.

The cavalry actively practiced cavalry archery and cavalry combat, while the infantry fought in positions and defended the city, setting off a vigorous large-scale military training.

Thanks to the efforts of the monarch and the ministers, the white-clothed food entered the wartime economy, and money poured into the army like flowing water, and materials were sent to the army and used in the defense of the city.

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In the royal palace, the vizier Netu reported their results to the Caliph.

In total, a hundred thousand cavalry units equipped with Arabian horses were formed!

These 100,000 cavalrymen were equipped with Damascus steel knives, imitation Tang bows, Damascus steel arrowhead arrows, lighter and stronger armor!

Only cavalry can deal with cavalry! One hundred thousand cavalry is a lot of force, and when used properly, it can play a decisive role!

With the efforts of the army and civilian workers, the city walls have been continuously strengthened and thickened, and the city defenses of major cities have become double-layer city walls!

The city defense measures are complete, and the materials for defending the city are piled up, just waiting for the Tang army to "try" the taste.

It seems that I have made sufficient preparations, but! The picture is full of good and bad news.

100,000 cavalrymen equipped with Arab horses sounds like a lot, but mounted archery and cavalry combat are by no means achieved overnight!

External propaganda is naturally a good situation, and it is getting better and better, but there is no need to say such words to deceive the world in the royal court, don't lie to yourself, you must know that everyone is about to eat grass!

Netu said with a bad face: "The Tang people are harming the countryside everywhere, and the countryside can't farm, Persia has been greatly affected, there is no harvest, and only half of the harvest can be harvested in the two river basins!" ”

"Although there is a bumper harvest in Egypt, but the transportation is inconvenient, many of the people's power has been transferred to the military, and the labor force is also insufficient, relying on the treasury can only supply the army and the official office, and the lack of food for the people has become a foregone conclusion!"

He pointed out that since the beginning of spring this year, there has been no food among the people, and some people have gone around cutting grass, hunting, and fed on leaves, and some people in some places have organized food grabbing!

There were thousands of disturbances in the sporadic extinguishment of the army, and many people did not rebel, but gathered to petition: "The government asked us to give our son to join the army, and we gave it; asked us to donate money and food, and we did; We were asked to work for free, we did it, and now we want to eat! We're going to live! ”

The picture tells the story of the people outside Baghdad who entered the city to petition, which greatly moved the kings and ministers in the palace.

After all, the doctrine of their religion is that all believers are brothers, so how can they watch their brothers die?

didn't say anything, open the warehouse and put the grain.

However, it is dangerous to store grain in the warehouse, this is spring!

There is no grain in the spring, and there is a long time in the autumn harvest, and the grain in the warehouse is consumed, and how much harvest can be harvested in the autumn harvest? Look at the bare skin outside the city, and the grain in the treasury can only go in and out.

A strict rationing system was implemented in various localities, rations were seriously reduced, the army rations were on par with the people in the past, while the people had only half of what they used to be rationed, and the supply could not be guaranteed, the quality of the old grain was also very poor, and a lot of wheat was moldy and spoiled.

The faces of the kings and ministers of the palace were heavy, after all, they couldn't turn into food.

The "general war" of the Don Army had a profound effect!

Even with the results of active preparations, Netu warned: "100,000 cavalry, we do our best, the horses are better than them, and the equipment is on par with the Tang people, but there are also big problems!" ”

"For example, horses, Arabian horses are better than the war horses of the Tang people, but there is only one! With one horse, there is no problem in short-distance battles, but long-term battles are a big problem. ”

After all, the big food area is not the northern prairie, there is no condition to raise too many horses, and the local inferior horses can not even be used, many times not to mention the charge, simply say that it is to transport horses, transport people to the battlefield, dismount to fight.

"A Damascus steel knife sounds very good to each person, no matter how fast it is made, how much it will lead to a decline in quality, compared with the Tang army, they still have more weapons, such as spears with steel spearheads, iron guns, iron knives, maces and other weapons, so that Damascus steel knives are in a disadvantageous position in the battle."

"In order to ensure that everyone has a hard bow, the stock of materials has been exhausted, and the number of arrows made of steel arrows is too small!"

"The resistance of the armor is insufficient, and it can be hit with a few blows."

"The cavalry is still like this, and the quality of weapons in various places is not optimistic!" Neto shook his head frequently.

Does the Great Food have any good weapons?

Yes, it's a pity that the millions of troops that were transported with them were lost in the distant grasslands.

In the face of all kinds of disadvantages, Damascus played the trick of "spirit over material".

The more disadvantaged the religious belief is, the less able it is for religion to relax.

Those who dare to be confused will be brainwashed, and those who do not observe religious rituals will be punished.

The biggest move is to set up a "death squad!" "It is glorious to die for God, and you can go to heaven!

keeps brainwashing every day, so that the daredevils completely let go of all shackles and scruples, and only think about dying with the Tang people.

The Praetorian Guards and cavalry were all transferred to death squads, and the city defense forces also organized local daredevils in order to give the Tang army a ruthless blow when attacking the city and fighting.

Among them, 100,000 cavalrymen were ready to find a good fighter plane, give Tang Qi a ruthless blow, severely damage Tang Cai, and teach Tang Cai a profound lesson, so as to turn the tide of the war.

No, the defenders of Amara City went out to fight angrily because of Swanchao's too fierce trouble, which led to exposure.