The cavalry of the Huaxia Army has always come and gone like the wind, they can be thrown into the battlefield at unexpected times and in unexpected ways, and then attack the enemy's positions with extraordinary violence; It can also seize the fleeting moment and quickly leave the battlefield, leaving the enemy only to eat dust and not see the horse's tail. In today's battle, although the Chinese cavalry did not let the Persians see the fierce attack they imagined, the rapid withdrawal of the Chinese cavalry showed them that although the cavalry did not have a strong desire to attack, it was still a well-trained cavalry that could not be ignored.

Before the Persians could react, the Chinese people left them with only yellow dust all over the ground, and distant and unreachable figures in the dust, which were becoming more and more blurred in the shaking. However, Moussa was right, and the seasoned veteran is sensitive to the subtle changes in the battlefield. With his order, the Bedouins swarmed out, just biting the tail of the Chinese. Although they ate a mouthful of ash, they finally saw the horsetail of the Chinese people.

The Chinese ran quickly in front, and the formation looked a little scattered, while the Bedouins chased desperately, and the more they chased, the more excited they became, and they had no experience in direct combat with the Huaxia, so in their opinion, the fleeing Huaxia people were a little flustered because of their pursuit.

After a while, the two teams of men and horses ran more than twenty miles away, leaving the infantry led by Jisa far behind. Compared to the Persian infantry, which was running faster and faster at the urging of Musa, the Bedouins looked very relaxed. And from time to time excitedly let out a shout, it turned out that the "panicked" Huaxia people began to throw away something.

At first, there were a few unintelligible flags, some very well-looking weapons, and even a few yellow and white objects, which made the Bedouins overjoyed. The Bedouins were hired by the Persians for commissions. But most of the Bedouins did not enjoy much wealth, and most of the commissions given by the Persians went into the pockets of the tribal leaders.

But the Bedouins still understand the truth of this world that the Bedouins still understand very well, so the Bedouin warriors who rushed to the front dismounted, picked up these belongings and hid them in their arms. But that's just a few. Not enough to cause chaos among the entire Bedouins.

Soon, however, the Bedouins were moved by the sight of the land, and although there were still few weapons missing on the ground, there were more and more yellow and white possessions. There are also cloths, jewelry, utensils, etc., which are colorful and dazzling. More and more Bedouins dismounted and broke away from the ranks and scrambled to pick up the treasures.

Looking at more and more wealth, the Bedouins became more and more convinced that the Chinese had really collapsed, because in the eyes of the Bedouins, who had been impoverished for a long time, whether it was weapons and armor, gold and silver, jewelry and cloth, they were all great wealth. The supplies they could exchange and buy were enough to make a very good living in the barren Syrian and Arabian deserts, so the Bedouins would not give up their possessions easily.

If the goods in front of you were just an appetizer, after more than forty miles, the Bedouins saw the land and it was a great meal. In the hilly terrain ahead. Everywhere were scattered cattle and sheep, in groups of three or five, leisurely munching on the grass, waiting for their new owners, which seemed to be in the tens of thousands, and among them were scattered some rudimentary enclosures and tents.

The Bedouins could not help but burst into a loud cheer, compared to gold, silver and jewelry, cattle and sheep are the most practical wealth. There are so many cattle and sheep that many Bedouins have never seen. This should be the camp where the Chinese people raised the plundered cattle and sheep booty, and it seems that they all pursued them all the way, and finally chased them to the camp of the Chinese people, and the Chinese people were caught off guard and had to abandon them.

Numerous Bedouins rushed over with shouts, driving away the nearest cattle and sheep. These people can't see anything in their eyes except cattle and sheep.

Keep moving. In addition to the still numerous cattle and sheep, hundreds of carts were left on the ground. There are large wooden boxes on top, and they all look very heavy. The head of the Bedouin aristocracy, who had not been moved by the cattle and sheep just now, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered a few guards to go over, kicking over the big wooden box on the ground, only to hear a loud clang, and a bunch of golden things rolled out of the box and scattered to the ground.

The eyes of the aristocratic leaders couldn't help but become golden, this is the real treasure, what are the tents of a few cows and sheep? I really haven't seen the world. In ecstasy, these aristocratic leaders instructed their subordinates to pounce on the nearest Jiganyu and wooden chests to snatch as much treasure as possible.

As the number of cattle and sheep, wagons and wooden boxes increased, the Bedouins began to become chaotic. The number of cattle, sheep and treasures left in the wilderness seemed to have been calculated, but they were far from enough to be divided equally among the more than 30,000 Bedouins, and conflicts and disputes began.

Looking at these belongings, there is not a single Bedouin who does not blush. Skirmishes began, followed by tribe-to-tribe fighting, and the Bedouins were scattered all over the country because the Chinese had "lost" these possessions, cattle and sheep.

At this time, the Persians, who were with the overseer, felt that it was very bad, and they had already smelled the smell of conspiracy in the air. They approached the Bedouin leaders and asked them to gather their forces immediately and prepare for any danger that could arise at any time, because most of the Bedouins were now scattered in the wilderness, and only a few were still chasing after the Chinese people's butts, but most of these people's intentions were trying to "force" the Chinese to leave more possessions.

But it is very unfortunate that the Bedouins do not have a common big chief, their leadership is made up of hundreds of large and small tribal leaders, they can come together for the same reason, they were hired by the Persians for money, and now these Bedouins want to give up their possessions far more than the mercenary money, how is this possible? This could not help but arouse the anger of these subordinates. While condemning the shamelessness of the nearby tribes, they returned to their places and continued to loot the belongings that "belonged to them".

In the end, the Persians' orders were ignored, and they even thought that they were favoring the other tribes, and let us go so that the other tribes could seize the goods.

The Persians, who were overseen by the army, had no choice but to watch as the Bedouins snatched and fought in the vast wilderness, losing their battle formation in the chaos. But the Chinese people will not watch this situation develop and let it develop.

A low trumpet sounded. Soon the wilderness swept through the wilderness like a cold winter wind. This was followed by the heavy sound of horses' hooves. The first to attack was the first batch of more than 15,000 Chinese cavalry, who were the first to attack the city of Arcadolia, and they were also the first to retreat, and then retreated in batches. Change into a reserve horse at the designated place and then enter the designated area to ambush.

As soon as they heard the trumpet, they leaped out from behind the hills and rushed towards the Bedouins like a tidal wave. The black sea soon swallowed up the Bedouins at the front, and these Bedouins who were snatching and appreciating their "spoils" were like small stones scattered on the beach, quickly drowning in the black wilderness. The Bedouins, who had come to their senses, immediately sprang into action, and they threw down their belongings, turned on their horses, and searched for their own ranks. But it will take a while to straighten out the formation. They need to race against the Chinese cavalry like lightning and thunder.

The first to fly was a rain of arrows, and the Chinese horsemen surprised the Bedouins and suffered a baptism of May rainstorms. Then the whistling saber tore through the chests of one Bedouin after another. These Chinese cavalry swept past the Bedouins like black lightning, leaving behind flying blood flowers and leaving a black back in the desperate eyes of the Bedouins. Gone far away.

For the Bedouins, who fought on their own, the Chinese people's skillful tactical coordination and outstanding individual quality were their nightmares. There are cavalry guns in front to open the way, sabers to follow up, and arrows to support the head, and the assault of the Chinese cavalry is like a torrent, flowing endlessly, in one go. In the face of this smooth attack, the Bedouins are a little pale in bravery and fierceness, not to mention that the bravery of the Chinese people is not weaker than these Bedouins.

I heard the faint sound of fighting ahead. Musa immediately knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered the army to speed up and meet the Bedouin cavalry in front. As soon as I walked through the bottom of a valley, I saw several figures appear on the hills in front of me.

Two huge banners appeared before the eyes of Muses and 40,000 Persians. One side is the familiar Chinese military flag of the Persians, and the other is a white flag, with a black and white yin and yang fish directly above the flag. Everybody knows that. This is the logo of the Sacred Religion of the Chinese Hundred People. And under this yin-yang fish logo, there is a vertical sword, which is a unique sword of the Chinese people, the Qingfeng Sword.

In front of this banner. It was a general on a white horse.

Musa narrowed his eyes and looked from a distance, only to see that the Chinese general was dressed in a white robe, which reflected the white horse under his seat, and also set off the logo of the yin and yang fish on his chest. He did not wear a helmet, but only a white turban around his head. A bronze mask was placed on the face of the Chinese general, making it difficult to see his face.

Musa looked at the Chinese general who suddenly appeared in front of him, and seemed to be fascinated by the beautifully crafted but hideous-looking bronze mask. The blue-yellow mask shone in the sunlight, and the majestic figure stood still in the flying white robes, and Mosa could even see two strands of grayish hair fluttering behind the mask. At this moment, this Huaxia general seemed to have become the center between heaven and earth, whether it was the more than 1,000 cavalry behind him, or the 40,000 Persian infantry around Musa, even the sun in the sky could not shake his position and cover his light.

It took a long time for Mussa's gaze to turn his gaze away from the figure of the Chinese general and to look at the banner behind him. A sharp sword under the Yin Yang Fish, does he want to be a sword of the Holy Sect and open the way for the spread of the Holy Lord? Moses looked at the banner not far away, and at the end, he felt as if the sword was hanging over his head.

After a while, seeing that the commander didn't move at all, the generals next to him reminded: "My lord, is it time for us to act?" The Bedouins ahead are straining. ”

"There's no hurry." Moussa turned to the lieutenants. "Don't you think there's a conspiracy?"

"The 40,000 Persian infantry is the main force to defend against the Chinese, and the Bedouins are only hired. It doesn't matter if the Bedouins are defeated, the Euphrates line is still there, but if we are defeated, they will be able to cross the two rivers in peace and go straight to Ctesiphon. ”

Speaking of this, Ji Sa took a breath and said, "We can see that the person who appears in front of us should be the Chinese coach." Why did he venture here? Where did the tens of thousands of cavalry under him go? ”

Since Zeng Mu led his army to appear on the west bank of the two river valleys, the Persians have never figured out how many cavalry he has under him, and can only estimate that there are as few as 20,000. More than 50,000, it is this unknown enemy situation that makes Moussa, who was already cautious, even more cautious now.

"As soon as we spread out and attack, or join the Bedouins in the battlefield, we have to spread out our formations, and we may even be dragged down by the Bedouins, causing the formation to fall apart. At this time, the Huaxia people used a small number of troops to contain the Bedouins and concentrate their forces to attack us, and you should know what the consequences are. ”

All the Persian generals understood what Muses had said. The outflanking and mobile power of the Chinese people were all taught by the Persian generals some time ago, and there was once a Persian army of 20,000 men on the way to reinforce Durduli. The formation was dispersed by the Huaxia cavalry with flexible cavalry and changeable lure of the enemy, and then the Huaxia seized the opportunity to crush the entire army with continuous cavalry assaults. Therefore, the Persians learned from the old opponent Roman legions, adopted intensive tactics, and did not dare to slack off, especially in this wilderness, which is the best battlefield for the Chinese cavalry, and was a little careless. As long as the opportunities and gaps are seized by the Chinese people, the back is really unimaginable.

The Persians calmed down, they formed a large dense formation, and the archers and pikemen were all on standby, waiting for the appearance of the large Chinese cavalry, because the impression given to them by the Chinese was. As soon as the horn sounds. The Chinese cavalry could rush out from anywhere.

Zeng Mu stood there quietly riding his horse, his deep gaze projected through the two black holes of the mask. Looking down on the entire Persian military array. Tuoba, who was standing next to him, couldn't believe it, and couldn't help but whisper: "Lord Steward, why don't the Persians dare to act?" ”

"In the hearts of the Persians and their commander Musa, the Persian infantry corps was far more important than the Bedouins, and was the main force of the entire western defensive line. So from his standpoint, he thought that I was using the Bedouins to lure out the Persian infantry, so he was reluctant. Who knew that my real goal was to defeat the Bedouin cavalry. So I stood before him with only a thousand cavalry, but he did not dare to rush forward. Zeng Mutou replied without replying.

"We have fought several battles in the west bank of the river, and we should have beaten the Persians well, and they will no longer dare to take it lightly, because when we go to the wilderness, we are the masters here."

"My lord, I see. The dismount we had given to the Persians had already suppressed the Persians, just like this sword", Tuoba couldn't help but look at the banner of the sword of the Holy Lord behind him, "hanging high over the heads of the Persians. Your Excellency, you are amazing! ”

After listening to Tuoba's heartfelt admiration, Zeng Mu's tone did not fluctuate, and he just replied lightly: "Musa has always been very cautious and steady in his use of troops. ”

When more than 10,000 Chinese cavalrymen who attracted Bedouins to come over were replaced with prepared horses and joined the battlefield, the outcome of the battle was already very clear, and the shortcomings of the Bedouins were now undoubtedly exposed. Coming from hundreds of tribes left them unorganized, uncooperative, and though they were fierce, they lacked one thing of all: fanaticism, fanaticism. In the history of another world, it was with this fervor and fierceness that the Bedouins swept the entire Central and Western Asian world like a hurricane. But now, the Xianbei cavalry of the Chinese people possessed this fanaticism, and they rampaged among the Bedouins chanting the name of the Holy Lord, for whom death was not the end, but the beginning of the glory of returning to the kingdom of the Holy Lord.

The Bedouins, who had been taken by surprise, had finally begun to rout, they had lost their formation and initiative because of their greed for money, and now they had lost their morale because of the shadow of defeat, and many Bedouins began to flee with their possessions, especially some Bedouin nobles, whose flight finally dealt a heavy blow to some of their comrades who were still fighting.

More than an hour has passed. Zeng Mu Tsema stood motionless, and together with the banner of the "Sword of the Holy Lord", he seemed to be two big white trees on the top of the hill, standing in the eyes of the Persians. And at this time, countless black-armored cavalry appeared behind Zeng Mu, and they stood neatly and solemnly behind Zeng Mu with a strong murderous aura and bloody smell, looking at the Persians coldly.

At this moment, Moussa suddenly realized that he might have been "deceived", and that the target of the Chinese people might really be only the Bedouins. But why do they put the cart before the horse?

With this question in mind, Mousa ordered a slow withdrawal of his troops, and it was almost dark, and he had to quickly withdraw to the city of Arcatoria. Otherwise, the darkness will bring more dangers and uncertainties.

The Chinese would not let Musa and his men go so easily, leaving 10,000 men to pursue the Bedouins, 5,000 to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the Chinese cavalry followed behind the Persians like a pack of wild wolves, tearing at the Persians little by little. By the time Mosa returned to the city of Arcadolia with his army, his infantry had lost about 3,000 men.

Soon, Musa tried to the bitter fruit of losing the Bedouin cavalry. It was even more difficult for them to spot the Chinese cavalry, and although they still had some highland cavalry (cavalry from the Iranian plateau), they could not be compared with the Bedouins and the Chinese Xianbei army.

The Chinese continued to march down the river to the fertile delta where the two rivers flowed into the sea. In one fell swoop, he captured Yixin, Sulupak, Uruk, your, and Larsha, directly threatening the seaport of Basra, and turning the entire three regions of Babylonia, Caldia, and Sumer into black smoke and ruins.

After receiving the threat of the Chinese cavalry to the seaport of Basra, Musa finally could not hold back. Once the Chinese captured Basra, not only did Mesopotamia lose its largest outlet to the sea, but British Si I would also lose his richest pearl and this huge seaport. It is difficult to guarantee that the Chinese will not recruit the powerful Chinese navy, you know, they have their own base in Amman, not far away.

Musa, who had gathered 50,000 soldiers, carefully advanced along the west bank of the Euphrates, and before that, he had ordered all the bridges of the Euphrates to be burned and all the ships to concentrate on the east bank. Warships patrolled the water day and night.

But this time, Zeng Ji didn't want to take the opportunity to cross the river. Instead, they set their sights on this elite army of Mussa.

First of all, the scouts composed of plateau cavalry were attacked by the Chinese crowd and quickly wiped out outside the wilderness. This was followed by a continuous night raid. It would be more appropriate to harass at night. The harassment of four or five nights, endlessly, did not cause any loss to the Persians, but they exhausted the Persians. Musa understood Zeng Mu's intentions a little this time, but he was helpless, his mobile troops were no longer able to maneuver in front of the Huaxia after losing the Bedouins, and the initiative was already in Zeng Mu's hands.

After more than ten days of suffering, the Persians were finally able to see the shadow of Basra, and that night there were still four harassments, then the Persians waited until dawn, and finally when most of the people were exhausted and drowsy, the Chinese launched a large-scale raid, this time no longer a drill and harassment, but a real assault.

The Chinese who set fire everywhere roamed the Persian camp, and the horse's hooves were as effective as the swords. When Muses finally gathered his army at daybreak, he found that his army had suddenly changed from 50,000 to 30,000. Musa, who almost vomited blood, hid in Basra and never came out again, and he later simply abandoned all non-shore areas in the west bank, and only held on to more than a dozen towns and villages along the river on the west bank, and used warships to use mobile troops to prevent the Chinese from crossing the river.

Zeng Mu changed his strategy, leaving 10,000 cavalry to continue to harass the West Bank, diverting the attention of Musa and the Persians, but he himself led the main army, prepared a large amount of supplies, and under the guidance of a reliable guide, crossed the Syrian Desert (present-day Nefud Desert, which in ancient times marked the boundary between Syria, the Two Rivers and Arabia) and marched towards Arabia. His first target was the kingdom of Himyar, the most powerful state in southern Arabia.

Zeng Mu led his army across the eastern corner of the Syrian desert and then returned to the east of the peninsula, first entering Amman, then along the south coast of the peninsula, sweeping the towns and forces of the Himhayar kingdom along the way, and then north along the west coast of the peninsula.

Looking at this plan, Tuoba didn't understand a little, and couldn't help asking: "Lord Governor, why don't we let the rich two river valleys fight, but why do we want to fight in the barren peninsula region?" ”

"It is precisely because the valley of the two rivers is so rich that the Persians are fighting to the death with us. Although we won a series of victories in the West Bank, they did not hurt the Persians, and we were doomed if we made a single mistake. Now that Mesopotamia is no longer able to send a single soldier to the east, our strategic goal of containing the western front of Persia has been achieved. ”

"It seems that there are only two ways to expand the victory, the first is to continue the war with the Persians in the east, and the second is to turn around and seize Syria from the Romans, but now is not the time, we must also use the Romans who have already occupied Palmyra to maintain pressure on the Persians on the western front."

"So what are we going to do?" Zeng Mu glanced at the generals beside him, and then continued: "We should turn our gaze to the south. There is the sea there, we can stay in touch with China by sea, and more importantly, there are many Bedouins there. In the eyes of some people, they are indeed barbaric and backward, but their courage is deeply memorable. ”

Indeed, although the Chinese Xianbei army defeated the Bedouins, it was done under deliberate design, and the final battle was that tens of thousands of Bedouins broke out of the encirclement and pursuit of the Xianbei people and fled back to the Syrian desert.

"If we conquer the kingdom of Himyar and make the Bedouins believe in the Holy Lord, don't you think, not stick a sharp knife in the back of the Persians?"

Zeng Ji's words immediately resonated with everyone. It may take hundreds of thousands of years to conquer the Persians, because their civilization history is too long, but the Bedouins are different, they are barbaric and follow a primitive religion, so it is easier to conquer and convert to the holy religion. Once these millions of Bedouins believed in the Holy Lord, they would be guided by religion to flood the Persians and even sweep through the Roman provinces on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean.

Zeng Ji saw the generals with a happy face, but he secretly sighed in his heart: he only put forward a preliminary idea of attacking the south, but his father had perfected the strategic idea of the whole plan, if he hadn't made it clear, how would he know the long-term effect of this move?