A large number of insects buzzing on the river bank quietly disappeared when the Western Qin army crossed the river.
What is strange is that the soldiers felt much warmer when they waded across the river than on the bank.
When they came ashore from the river, the cold air hit them.
People come.
Yang Guangliang knew that he could not let the soldiers stay where they were.
The longer they stayed, the colder they would be.
Guchang City is just a few miles away, and a small tributary extends all the way to the bottom of Guchang City.
This small tributary provides water for Guchang City and irrigation of the surrounding fertile fields.
"Send the order, and the entire army will slowly approach Guchang City."
"yes" "Call Captain Zhou of the Scout Team over here," Yang Guangliang ordered while shaking the wet armor on his body.
Lieutenant Zhou of the scout team rushed over quickly, cupped his fists and said: "General" Yang Guangliang said: "How is the defense of the city wall in Guchang City?"
Captain Zhou said: "I was about to report my humble position to the general when my brothers touched the Guchang city wall.
There were no soldiers stationed on it at all."
"It's impossible without soldiers stationed there.
No matter how brave the cannibals are, this place is close to the border.
The two armies have been facing each other for some time before this.
It's impossible for them not to worry about a war breaking out."
Yang Guangliang responded to this Expressing great doubts, he suspected that the news had been leaked.
The food army in the city had already been on guard and was setting a trap inside.
Zhou Xiaowei said: "In fact, this is the case.
My subordinates have sent people to search all over the city.
There are only a few people like yamen and police officers in the city, and there are no regular troops at all.
The area within a radius of twenty miles has also been occupied.
The brothers checked it out and found no danger."
Supervisor Cao Decao came over and happened to hear Captain Zhou's words.
He said: "There is only one possibility that can explain this, and that is that the Dashi army that confronted us and was annihilated by us was originally the soldiers of Guchang City. , all those soldiers and horses have gone to the border, so naturally the city of Guchang is empty."
Yang Guangliang thought for a moment and then immediately ordered: "No matter what, take down Guchang first and then talk about Captain Zhou.
You rush over immediately and lead your people to open the north gate and control the other gates.
No one is allowed to leave the city."
"Take orders" Yang Guangliang then ordered to deputy general Huang Yongyi: "Send someone immediately to inform the Khwarizim Army and Kurkure and his troops to arrive before noon at the latest.
Anyone who disobeys the order will be subject to military law."
"promise" At this time, Guchang City was an undefended city.
Yang Guangliang could not imagine that such a border city had no defense at all.
He didn't know whether he was crazy or whether Da Shi was crazy.
General Da Shi actually All the soldiers in the city were pulled to the border and stationed there.
Not a single soldier was left in the city.
You must know that this was once the home of Kurkure.
Isn't the cannibal worried about the Persian rebellion?
The Western Qin Army occupied Guchang City effortlessly without any casualties.
At dawn, the Persians and cannibals in the city discovered that the city had changed its owner, and an unfamiliar flag was planted on the top of the city.
The streets were full of strange foreign soldiers patrolling.
After inquiring, they found out that these were Western Qin soldiers.
The area of Guchang City is only the size of a small town.
After these years of turmoil and war, the population is only more than 4,000, but there are still some villages around Guchang City.
Going southeast from Guchang City, it only takes one and a half days to reach Mashad by horseback.
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Before dawn, Yang Guangliang left Huang Yongyi and a thousand people to stay in Guchang City.
He and the supervisors Cao Decao led the remaining two thousand people and rushed to Mashad.
The soldiers of the Western Qin Army who had not slept all night were still full of energy.
Under the leadership of Yang Guangliang, they braved the scorching sun in the desert and quickly marched towards Mashad.
However, at the end of the afternoon, Yang Guangliang ordered the army to stop advancing and rest on the spot. and preparing for the night raid on Mashad.
Discovered by the sudden appearance of the Dashi Sentry, the Dashi Sentinel quietly disappeared and quickly reported to the defender of the Dashi Army in Mashad.
The defender of the Dashi Army learned about the strength of the Western Qin Army and decided to take the initiative to fight. , a large food army of two thousand people came out of Mashad City, leaving a few hundred infantrymen to defend the city.
Harris, the general of the Great Food Army, passed through a sand dune and hilly area on his way to attack.
The terrain was suitable for an ambush, so he temporarily changed his mind and set up an ambush here.
He believed that the two thousand cavalry would make some noise if they went there, and he wanted to sneak attack the Western Qin Dynasty in broad daylight.
It is almost impossible to defeat the Western Qin Army, and if he wants to confront the Western Qin Army head-on, he does not have an advantage in terms of military strength.
Although the Western Qin Army came from afar, the Western Qin Army had rested for a long time at this time, so he I think setting up an ambush here is the best way.
However, what Harris didn't expect was that they made a lot of noise while setting up an ambush.
They happened to be discovered by the nearby Western Qin Army's sentinel, and they followed the Dashi Army's back and discovered the Dashi Army's ambush layout.
It was clearly detected by the Western Qin Army's sentinels.
The sky was getting dark, and Yang Guangliang was about to order the army to set off, but unexpectedly a sentry came to report that the food army had ambushed ahead.
Cao Decao was nearby.
After listening to the report, he said to Yang Guangliang: "There is only one possibility.
Our whereabouts were discovered by the rangers sent by Mashad City, and there may be their sentinels hidden nearby."
Yang Guangdian nodded and agreed with Cao Decao's statement.
He immediately sent out elite reconnaissance cavalry to conduct a carpet search nearby.
Sure enough, less than a quarter of an hour after the elite reconnaissance cavalry was sent out, they captured one Dashi Ranger, killed two, and Their hidden war horses were found nearby.
After taking the captured Dashi Tanma down, Cao Decao said to Yang Guangliang: "The Dashi Army actually wants to ambush us.
Now that we know the location and deployment of their ambush, we might as well kill them quietly and attack them from behind."
Yang Guangliang thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "The possibility of sneak attack on them is almost non-existent.
They are ambushing high in the sand dunes.
Even if we pass from behind, we will be discovered by them.
In the end, it can only become a force attack, and due to the disadvantage of the terrain , we are in a disadvantageous position, and the gains outweigh the losses.
They want to ambush us, and the sentinels watching here have been captured by us.
Unplug it.
They will definitely become suspicious if they don't get any news from the sentry for a long time and will send people to investigate again.
Once they find that we are no longer here and have not gone to the ambush site, they will definitely become more careful.
My idea is Avoid the ambush point and rush to the city of Mashad.
In the villages on the way, capture some Persians pretending to be food troops and trick them into opening the gate of Mashad."
"There's no need to catch Persians pretending to be Dashi soldiers.
Some of our scouts can speak Dashi words."
"The accent is different.
Although we can't see the appearance clearly at night, the difference in accent is easy to hear.
Fortunately, we brought some leather armors from the food army before we set off.
We should be able to let the captured Persians pretend to be Muddle through” Seeing that Yang Guangliang had made up his mind, Cao Decao agreed: "Okay, let's do it this way.
We must seize the time.
Over time, the ambush army will definitely find something wrong."
Yang Guangliang immediately ordered the army to set off, and bypassed the ambush site of the Dashi Army during the march.
By the time Harris, the general of Dashi, noticed that something was wrong and sent out sentries to investigate the resting place of the Western Qin army, Yang Guangliang and Cao Decao had already arrived near Mashad with their troops, and even the Persians pretending to be the Dashi army were captured.
A dozen people came over.
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By the time they arrived at the western gate of Mashad, Yang Guangliang and hundreds of Western Qin Army cavalry had put on the leather helmets and scimitars of the Food Army.
Following them at the front were a dozen captured Persians. , these people also wear the equipment of the Dashi Army.
The food army guarding the city never thought that the army under the city was the Western Qin Army.
Yang Guangliang easily deceived the city gate and led his army to fight in.
The panic and fear of the food army had no way to resist.
The infantry outran the Western Qin cavalry and were quickly wiped out in the city.
Yang Guangliang captured Mashad effortlessly.
After annihilating the Dashi garrison in the city, Yang Guangliang came to Cao Decao and said: "We can't let all the soldiers rest now.
We sent 300 people to patrol the streets in the city.
Anyone who is sneaky and suspicious will be killed without mercy.
Others Everyone went up to the city wall to rest in groups, especially at the west gate, where more troops were needed because of the heavy meal.
The army may not wait until we stay put and continue to send out sentries to explore around, but it is also very likely to withdraw and return here.
If it were me in that situation, I would definitely lead the army back.
After all, there are only a few hundred infantry in the city.
The defense is too weak.
If the food army really returns, we will set up traps in the city to catch them all."
Only then did Cao Decao really realize that Yang Guangliang was really good at commanding battles.
At this point, he thought he was inferior, so he was willing to help.
He agreed: "Okay, arrange patrols on the streets and appease the Persians in the city."
Leave the matter to me, you go and arrange the city defenses."
At this time, at the ambush site of the Dashi Army, Harris, the general of the Dashi Army, was shocked after hearing the report of the sentry: "Why is the Western Qin Army missing?"
The detective said: "Yes, we found the bodies of two companions at the same place, and another one is missing.
He must have been captured."
Harris murmured to himself: "So the Western Qin Army has probably learned about our ambush through questioning the sentry.
They may be approaching us, or they may be hiding, wanting to give us a fatal blow."
A general asked: "General, what should we do now?"
"They already know our location, but we don't know their location yet.
It's too late at night and it's too dangerous to hide and seek with them in the wild.
I'm ordering everyone to follow me back to Mashad.
If they want If you attack Mashad, they will show up sooner or later."
"Yes, General" Mashad never expected that the Western Qin Army would be so courageous.
They actually bypassed them and penetrated Mashad behind them.
He also successfully deceived the city gate and entered the city, controlling them in a very short time.
The whole process.
After Harris led his army back to Mashad, he fell into the trap carefully laid by Yang Guangliang without any accident.
As for the two thousand cavalry, 1,500 were killed, and only 500 were captured and surrendered
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