"General Rashid, ahead is the city of Ujayana."

"The whole army accelerates!" Rashid looked at the sky, it was getting dark, but they still had time to camp outside the city of Ujayana.

So that they can attack the city early tomorrow morning.

But soon a general who led a patrol in front returned.

"General Rashid, there is no one left in the city of Ujayana."

"No one?" Rashid was stunned.

"Yes, there is no one left, whether it is the Tang Army or those Tianzhu residents, there is no one."

"Really?" Rashid was a little unconvinced, this Wu Yana city is so important, the Tang Army actually doesn't want it like this?

"There is really no one left, I started to bring people over, and I saw the city gate wide open, I also thought it was a trick of the Tang Army, so I sent a team of slave troops in, and found that there was no one inside."

"Later, I was not at ease, so I took someone in to take a look, not to mention a person, not a single dog. Now that my men have taken possession of the walls, the army can enter the city today to rest. ”

Rashid touched his beard: "It seems that there are also great generals in these Tang Army, who actually know that the division of troops is not our opponent, so they decisively gave up the city of Ujayana, it seems that they are waiting for us in the back of the Malva or the city of Viramara." ”

"Hahaha, what's the matter?" A general laughed: "Anyway, whether it is to defend the city separately or gather troops to defend the city, they are only more than 20,000 people, and it is not easy for our 100,000 troops to capture such a small city?" ”

In Chinese history, the strength of the besieging side was generally five times that of the defending side.

But that's because the walls of Huaxia are too strong and tall.

And here, the role of these walls for defense is really limited, if the combat power is stronger, the troops can be captured twice as much, not to mention that they are a full army of 100,000.

I was disturbed by the attack of the Tang Army all the way, and I didn't have a good rest, and those dogs sometimes had to turn around you twice outside the camp at night.

When you really chase it out, you find that the other party has already run away.

But if the Arab army doesn't chase it out, those Tang cavalry can beat gongs and drums outside the Arab camp to hold a concert.

I don't know what they used, but the sound was so loud that I could hear it from afar.

It's just that many people can't understand the Tang dialect, listening to them singing is the same as chanting scriptures, and no soldier can rest well at night.

Rashid also sent people to ambush outside the camp, wanting to surround them when these Tang troops came.

As a result, these Tang troops seemed to have eyes in the sky, and went directly to the other side of the ambush to sing.

Now it's finally good, although the walls of Wu Yanna City are not tall, but shrinking inside, I finally don't have to worry about the harassment of the Tang Army.

With the height of the city wall, if the Tang army dared to come at night, they could also shoot arrows to drive them away from the land of an arrow, so that their singing would not be heard in the city.

By the time the Arab army reached the city of Ujayana, it was already dark.

But since it's an empty city, there's nothing to worry about.

By the time all the Arab armies had entered the city and closed the gates on all sides, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.

The Arab army, which had been disturbed by the Tang light cavalry for almost a month, felt exhausted and soon fell asleep.

Because the city was empty, Rashid did not send people to patrol, but left a few teams of men and horses on the four city walls to prevent the Tang Dynasty from sneaking up.

And when it came to three or four o'clock in the evening, when everyone was most asleep, the floors of many empty rooms in the city trembled slightly, and then opened.

Inside are the Tang soldiers who have been hiding in advance for a long time.

When the Arab army entered the city, they found that the whole city was empty, and it was dark, so they did not find a lot of dry wood and other flammable materials piled up next to many rooms.

These Tang warriors had watches issued by Tang Ping, and they had already been at a good time, and they came out of the tunnel dug in advance at the same time, and then ignited those flammable materials.

In just over ten minutes, the entire city of Ujayana fell into a sea of fire.

The Datang soldiers had already dug an underground shelter, and after lighting the fire, they ran to the assembly place and then hid underground, so that they could make up for a sleep.

And the Arab army above in the city of Ujayana was miserable, and they were already tired, so they slept to death.

There were no patrols in the city, and by the time someone found out that there was a fire in the city, the fire had already spread.

The whole city was filled with fire and smoke, and their horses were all in panic and scurrying all over the city.

At this time, no one could care about the grain and grass brought into the city, and all everyone was thinking about how to escape.

In fires, the highest mortality rate is not directly burned by fire, but choked to death by smoke.

These Arab soldiers had not learned: cover their mouths and noses, bend over and escape.

But in the thick smoke, it is quite difficult to find the direction, and it is even more difficult to find the direction out of the city.

One by one, the Arab soldiers, who were looking for their way out of the city like headless flies, coughed and fell to the side of the road.

With such a big fire, you can't save it.

Rashid could only desperately organize the withdrawal of the army from the city of Ujayana.

When it was daybreak, Rashid looked at the army that had withdrawn from the city of Ujayana, and his heart was bleeding.

Of the more than 100,000 troops, more than 30,000 remained in the city.

And fire and water are merciless, and this fire and smoke will not distinguish such a thing as a military rank.

There were eleven high-ranking officers of the rank of general, and now only eight of them are out of the city.

And these people who went out of the city were disheveled, and some of them didn't even have blades.

It's not that they don't want to take it, it's just that the fire is burning, and the metal blade is hot.

Where is the current Arab army still a little elite, it is almost the same as a refugee.

"Datang Army, you are despicable and shameless, you are shameless!" An aristocratic general like Rashid couldn't help but scold.

Of course he scolded in Arabic, which translates to more or less that.

The loss of troops was secondary, the most important was the grain and grass they brought, but all of them were left in the city and burned.

The little food rescued by the entire 100,000 army is not enough for three or five days even if you save a little food.

"General Rashid, now we can only go to the city of Morva!" One of the generals said, "I hope to find some supplies in the city of Morava." ”

But he himself couldn't believe it, if the Tang Army could empty the city of Wu Yanna, it would also be able to empty the city of Morava.

But now that was their last hope.