Since the troops stopped advancing, an additional battalion was assigned to each camp to guard it, and the delivery of supplies to the front line was intensified, so that the strategic supplies in each camp were sufficient. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The scouts reported the situation of the Xia Empire's army to Ibn Saud.

Ibn Saud thought that each convoy of the Xia Empire, even counting the number of guards, was less than 1,000, and the Xia Empire was too careless, which gave him an opportunity to take advantage of.

He immediately convened a military meeting of the chiefs of the tribes to prepare to ambush the Xia Empire's convoys, which would not only defeat the Xia Empire's convoys, so that they would not dare to transport supplies or increase their protection forces in the future, but also capture a large amount of baggage, which was very important to them.

The intelligence officers recounted what they had detected at the meeting, which gave the participants a great deal of confidence, and the Xia Empire's army must have been afraid of them because they had stopped moving under their pressure.

Ibn Saud presented his idea of ambushing the Xia Empire's convoy, and many agreed.

However, the former Muscat Sultan's son Laziz was strongly opposed, he proposed to sneak attack the Xia Empire's material camp, where there are more materials, it is worth the army's efforts once, just an ambush of the transport team, that is, the materials obtained after the victory are limited, and the Xia Empire has a defense, it is not easy to raid in the future, even if the ambush is successful, the Xia Empire's army will not break the bones; If the sneak attack on the camp is successful, not only will more supplies be obtained, but it will also affect the supply of materials for the army, which will be a heavy blow to the Xia Empire's army; If the sneak attack fails, the troops can quickly withdraw, and it is not too late to ambush their convoy later.

With an army of nearly 10,000 men, Raziz was a very large force, and Ibn Saud had to respect his opinion.

And there are also people who support Laziz's opinion, Kuwaiti King Mubarak Sabah is very supportive of Laziz's opinion, the Xia Empire's transport team must be vigilant at any time, and their weapons and equipment are absolutely superior, it is very difficult to succeed in a sneak attack, the army attacks the Xia Empire's material camp, even if it is unsuccessful, it can retreat calmly, and he also analyzed, the closer to the Dammam direction of the camp the more lax the vigilance, the closer to the direction of Riyadh the more strict the vigilance, they should sneak attack the camp in the center, The Xia Empire was caught off guard.

The old king of Kuwait was highly respected, and everyone felt that his analysis was reasonable, and Ibn Saud had been in exile in Kuwait at the beginning, which was of great help to the Saudi family, and Ibn Saud respected him very much.

In the end, Ibn Saud, though reluctant, accepted the idea of a sneak attack on the camp in order to maintain the stability of the army, and began to discuss a plan for a sneak attack.

Mubarak Sabah first expressed his opinion on the sneak attack, that is, continue to send multiple small groups of troops to continue to harass the camps and convoys of the Xia Empire, so that the Xia Empire will not be able to grasp the point, and the more they are harassed, they will also relax, and when the time comes, they can concentrate superior forces, attack one of their camps, and destroy the defenders of the camp in one go; The war must be resolved quickly, otherwise the reinforcements of the Xia Empire will come soon, and their cavalry is not good at running in the desert for a long time, and it is still possible to march quickly in a short period of time to support.

In the end, it was decided to raid the third camp, that is, the middle camp, after the successful sneak attack, the troops withdrew to the southwest, as long as they entered the desert area, the Xia Empire could not do anything, the enemy did not dare to pursue into the desert, and the time of the sneak attack was scheduled for the early morning of July 11.

During this period, the Saudi army continued to carry out sneak attacks on camps and convoys, all of which were petty and annoying, and neither side achieved any results; Saudi Arabia's troops often left as soon as they were shut, and the Xia Empire lost at most a few soldiers standing guard.

The intelligence officers of the two armies also fought fiercely, but due to the superiority of the Saudi army in numbers and their familiarity with the terrain, they repeatedly adopted tactics such as encirclement and ambush, and achieved good results, eliminating several intelligence officers of the Xia Empire; The Xia Empire sent a small group of intelligence personnel, they would concentrate on eating it, and if they sent a large number of intelligence troops, they would stay away, and the Xia Empire would be at a disadvantage in the intelligence war.

Suffering from continuous harassment and defeat in the intelligence war, the spirit was in a state of tension at all times, which made the officers and men of the garrison very tired.

Ibn Saud was a shrewd military commander, and on July 7 he divided his army into four groups, the first of which consisted of 10,000 men, as the main force for a sneak attack on the camp of the Xia Empire; In addition, there were two groups of 5,000 troops to block the Xia Empire's reinforcements in the north and south of the camp; There are also 15,000 reinforcements to support the war on the battlefield at any time; The remaining 4,000 people were divided into multiple squads and continued to harass the Xia Empire's camp, and 1,000 people were dedicated to transmitting intelligence and orders, and supervising the battle.

Ibn Saud's arrangement, which was supported by all, was very reasonable, with an offensive and a retreat.

Beginning on 7 July, the Saudi army marched at night when the weather was cooler, and during the day when the weather was too hot, they sought a place to rest, and their march route was so irregular that the Xia Empire's patrol planes could not confirm their destination.

When the garrison learned that the Saudi army was preparing for military action, it did not know which camp they were targeting, and in this case, the garrison could only strengthen the garrison of each camp equally, equipping it with a larger number of heavy machine guns, and the divisional artillery was equally distributed.

And mixed with the transport team, gradually increase the number of defenders in each camp, so that the defenders of each camp are close to 1,500 people, showing that the number of officers and soldiers in the open is still a battalion, and each camp also arranges a regimental commander to sit in charge.

Two layers of trenches were dug in each camp as a barrier to prevent the Saudi cavalry from rushing all the way to the barracks; A number of machine-gun forts were also built in the trenches; Many traps were dug outside the trenches; In the middle of the camp were artillery positions, with mountain artillery in the center and mortars on all sides.

The two divisions also pooled all the camels and formed a special cavalry unit to prepare to pursue the fleeing Saudi army; And formulated a reinforcement plan and a siege plan, hoping to cripple or annihilate the Saudi army at one time.

On July 9, intelligence reported by patrol planes indicated that Saudi Arabia had concentrated all its troops, and the target was supposed to be the third camp.

The two divisions carefully adjusted the deployment of troops, transferring officers and men of one battalion from the first battalion to the second battalion; 1 battalion of officers and men from the division headquarters to the 4th battalion; One battalion of convoys must camp in the third camp every night, so that the number of officers and men in each of the three camps exceeds 2,000 and they can support each other at any time.

The war plan was reported to the theater command, Qian Xiangyang felt that the tactics of the garrison were too funny, and the garrison of more than 30,000 people made the indigenous army dare not show its head, only knew defense, and did not think of attacking.

Zhang Liang knew that these garrisons had not experienced the test of war, and this tactic was not good, so he sent a telegram to remind them that Riyadh was an empty city.