499 The Eighth Route Army entered Tianzhu

It has only been 20 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but now it can be said that the country is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

On the square of the Qiongzhou Naval Base, Li Jing said with a microphone.

His voice was heard through the horns throughout the base.

"At this time, I was in our respective barracks with everyone, instead of appearing on this island thousands of miles away."

"Everyone trains together, eats and sleeps with their colleagues when they are tired, or secretly plays cards."

When Li Jing said this, the soldiers below all laughed.

Li Jing also laughed, and then said with a straight face:

"But a few months ago, a powerful enemy appeared on the land of Tianzhu and slaughtered thousands of unarmed merchants in our Datang."

"It is said that they have defeated countless powerful empires in the West, and this time the army that just entered Tianzhu exceeded 400,000 people."

"In the face of such a powerful enemy, many of us may never be able to return to Datang this time, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" All the Tang soldiers shouted with their weapons held high.

"What is our answer to their approach?"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Okay, then let's kill them together and leave no piece of armor behind!"

Li Jing waved his hand: "Now all the soldiers, board the ship and set off!" ”

At the Qiongzhou Naval Base, a full 150,000 elites from all over Datang began to board the battleship.

They would land a few days later at seven landing sites along the coast of Tianzhu and then attack the seven coastal cities occupied by the Arab Empire.

Among them, the five armies will start attacking the five eastern ports of Tamma Lidi, Gong Yutuo, Kalinga, Wudi, and Jianzhi Buluo City.

Give the Arab army the feeling that the Tang will attack from the east.

Then there were two armies that would go around to the west coast and land at Mansur, and then begin to capture the cities of Viramoro and the cities of Modra and Sata Mudvara to complete the blockade of the retreat of the Arab army.

In this way, the Arab army had to retreat back to the Arab Empire, and if it could not break through these three cities, it would have to withdraw from the Taal Desert in the middle.

On land, the Tang Dynasty still had 200,000 troops borrowed from Nanzhao to attack Qunu City in the northern region of Tianzhu, as well as Wangshe City and La

Tancheng and so on.

Of these 200,000 troops, there are only 50,000 elite Tang elites, and the other 150,000 are combined forces sent by various vassal countries.

Before the Tang Dynasty sent troops, it was said that after the northern cities of Tianzhu were captured, some of them could be divided into overseas colonies of these countries, and they would be allowed to send people to manage them.

Therefore, the various vassal countries that originally planned to line up some miscellaneous armies also discharged their own elites.

Following the Tang Dynasty, they also learned to be smart, and this kind of overseas colony was of great help to the opening up of trade routes.

The army that landed on the seven coasts plus a large army by land was jokingly called the Eighth Route Army by Tang Ping to attack Tianzhu.

Now the advantage of the Tang Army is that the Arab Empire occupies the entire Tianzhu, but it has not completed its rule over Tianzhu.

Raja Sri and former Southern liberation fighters have been active everywhere.

As a result, the Arab Empire had to have a certain number of troops in each city to administer.

Therefore, even if they knew that the Tang scouts were frequently active in Tianzhu and were likely to attack, they still had no way to concentrate all their forces in the border cities.

"Ping Guogong, be careful!"

In the open sea of Jianzhi Buluo City, Tang Ping and Li Jing waved goodbye.

When Tang Ping arrived in Datang, the two met, but Li Jing was too low-key, and the two have always been like gentlemen's friends.

At this time, Tang Ping couldn't help but sigh a little emotionally: "General Li, you too, pay attention to safety, after returning to Chang'an, come to the store to drink!" ”

Tang Ping would follow the rest of the fleet to the city of Piramoro and complete the blockade of the Arab Empire.

Datang's dispatch of troops this time can be said to be calculated or unintentional, with the support of local forces such as Raja Sri, coupled with countless drills, and a military god like Li Jing as the commander, Tang Ping is not very worried about the war situation.

After rounding the Indian peninsula to the west coast of Tianzhu and driving north for another five days, crossing Jijarat, Tang Ping and his men finally landed outside the city of Viramoro, an important town in the northwest of Tianzhu.

"Fan Guogong, Pingguo Gong, this is the latest information in Piramoro City."

A scout sent the information, and with Tang Ping was Duan Zhixuan, the Duke of Fan Guo.

After receiving the information and looking at it, the strength of the city of Viramoro was not very large, only 5,000 people.

However, because this is an important town in the northwest of Tianzhu, there was a relatively tall city wall in the past, which was captured by the Arabs

Later, it was renovated again.

Now these 5,000 people have directly closed the gates of the city on all sides, and they can't shrink out.

There are still more than 30,000 residents in the city, and there is plenty of food and grass, if Tang Ping and them attack strongly, there are artillery and other war weapons, and they can indeed attack it.

But this will inevitably destroy the city wall, after the city is defeated, it is necessary to defend it to prevent the Arab army from returning home, if it is in tatters, how will it be defended at that time?

There is also the grain and grass in the city that is also very important to Tang Ping, or that reason, to defend the city, the grain and grass are very important.

"Pingguo Gong, is there a clever plan to break the city by surprise?" After reading it, Duan Zhixuan thought about it for a while and asked Tang Ping.

Tang Ping thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that Fan Guogong already has an idea, right?" ”

Turning to lead soldiers to fight, he is naturally not as good as these famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, but he is just more open-minded.

Duan Zhixuan smiled and said, "I don't have any ideas, it's just that I saw the things brought on the Pingguo Gong boat, and I just have some ideas." ”

Tang Ping was slightly stunned at first, and then shook his head, these old guys are all human spirits.

I did bring something with me on the ship, that is, when Tianzhu left, didn't he kill some slave troops of the Arab Empire, and then use their heads to pile up Jingguan?

The uniforms and weapons of those slave soldiers were all brought back by Tang Ping.

Then when he was in the Hpakant mining area, he met the pursuing Jafar army, and Tang Ping also secretly took a lot of photos.

After returning to Chang'an, he let the clothing workshop and ironware workshop of the Tang family imitate a large number of them.

At first, he originally planned to divide Li Jing with some people, but because there was a lack of Arabic speakers in the army, he had to give up.

You can't wear each other's military uniforms and pretend to be dumb, right? Then it can be seen that it is fake?

It's just that he didn't expect that when he got off the boat, there was a box of clothes and armor that was accidentally knocked over for Duan Zhixuan to see, and he guessed Tang Ping's thoughts.

"Fan Guogong is right, I do want our soldiers to pretend to be a defeated army that has escaped from the city of Morava, and then deceive the city of Piramara."

Duan Zhixuan saw Tang Ping's admitt, and said: "It's just that these soldiers guarding the city of Viramoro are also the elite of the Arab Empire, I'm afraid it's not as easy to deceive." ”

"yes!" Tang Ping nodded: "So it's time to test your acting skills." ”