Kerman, the city lord's palace.
Mansour, who is over sixty years old, already looks very old and haggard, and he no longer has the heroic spirit of the past.
At this time, he is truly a twilight old man, but the look from his cloudy eyes is extremely sharp. .
Mansour asked: "How many troops does Kerman have?"
Fifty-two-year-old Binbo Xilin stood up and stroked his chest and said: "Caliph, as of now, Kerman's troops have increased to 60,000, and there are about 40,000 more who are still on the way to Kerman."
Bingbo Xilin, the once most famous general of this great food country, is now very old.
The main military contributor to the Abbasid Dynasty's ability to overthrow the Umayyad Dynasty was Bingbo Xilin.
But since he returned to China after his defeat at the hands of Zhao Ziliang in Sogdia, Mansur seized his military power and recruited him to Baghdad as an idle official for more than ten years.
This time, Mansur thought of him when he decided to go to war with the Western Qin. , brought him out to help handle some military affairs.
Mansour had to admit that Boshilin did have unparalleled military talents.
With such a large army, there were many chores.
If it were another general, he would definitely be overwhelmed, but Boshilin handled it.
With ease.
Mansour said to the generals and officials in the audience: "According to the information we have received, the Western Qin Army has sent about 100,000 troops to accumulate in the northern border and Jiling City in the east.
And we have sent 200,000 troops this time.
We are in We have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.
How do you think we should fight this battle?"
An official stood up and said: "Caliph, we should take the initiative.
Our troops are superior.
We should take advantage of this advantage.
Once we enter the territory of Western Qin, we can capture a large number of Western Qin people and invade Sogdia and Tuhu."
There are still many people in the Luo area who are dissatisfied with the rule of the Western Qin.
We can also persuade these people to join us in attacking the Western Qin city and promise to make their clan leaders and chiefs the city lords or allow you to re-establish the country."
Another official stood up and expressed his objection: "Caliph, I don't think we can attack.
I am a person who has been on a mission to the Western Qin Dynasty.
I have seen the situation of the Western Qin army.
Their weapons, armor and other equipment are better than ours."
Compared with theirs, the equipment of our soldiers is junk and not on the same level at all.
If we take the initiative to If we attack, not only will we not be able to take advantage of our numerical advantage, we will also be defeated by them in the field.
I think we should use the city wall defense to resist their attack.
They will inevitably consume a lot of financial and material resources to launch such a large-scale war.
They will waste a lot of money.
It won’t take much time, we just need to hold on until they are unable to follow up and then we can fight back.”
General Mahad stood up and angrily said: "I don't agree to be passively beaten.
We have sent 200,000 troops this time, which is much more troops than Western Qin.
Even though many of them have not been trained, we still have 400,000 troops scattered in various places.
We can mobilize these 400,000 people at any time to fight Western Qin to the bitter end."
Mansour was a little hesitant for a while.
He was not very good at military affairs.
He really didn't have much confidence this time.
After all, the kings of Western Qin had already been dispatched.
If the fight really got into a state of anxiety, he would definitely have to fight for national strength.
He thought for a while, looked at Bingbo Xilin, and asked: "Abu, you have fought against Western Qin and also against Zhao Ziliang.
What kind of person is Zhao Ziliang?"
Bingbo Xilin stood up and saluted: "Caliph, I have fought against Zhao Ziliang, but I have never really seen him in person.
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I don't know what he looks like, but I can learn about him from the process of commanding the battle.
People make some speculations, this person is an extremely cunning person, his military skills are unpredictable, and things that we think are impossible may become a reality for him.
In addition, it is said that this person is very unpredictable.
He is very brave.
I have never really seen his performance on the battlefield.
One of his subordinates impressed me very much.
That was a general named Li Sheng.
When we were still overthrowing the Umayyad dynasty, Zhao Ziliang I once led people to greet the princess of the previous dynasty at the border.
At that time, we detained the princess of the previous dynasty.
Zhao Ziliang led troops to ask for it.
We had a fight.
This man named Li Sheng killed seven of my brave generals alone."
"The combat tactics of the Western Qin Army originated from the Tang Army and continued many of the Tang Army's tactical ideas.
Their generals like and are good at sneak attacks and ambushes.
They will never attack head-on if they can use other methods.
Therefore, if we fight with the Western Qin Army, , we must be careful that they may start from unexpected places.”
Mansour asked: "Do you think we should take the initiative to attack or should we use the city wall to hold on and consume their national strength and energy?"
Bingbo Xilin thought for a while and said: "Zhao Ziliang is too cunning.
If we are playing tricks on him, we won't be able to play against him at all.
We might fall into his tricks at some point.
I think it's best for us to confront him head-on.
Our army does have the upper hand in terms of strength, but if If we take the initiative to attack, our advantage in military strength will be lost, because in Western Qin, he can continuously mobilize troops to participate in the war, and the quality of our soldiers is far worse than that of the Western Qin army.
It is best to use strong city walls for defense on the spot. method, because they want to attack the city It will inevitably consume a lot of troops, which is a nightmare for the weak Western Qin army.
As long as we reserve enough food, grass and water in the city, they will be unable to do anything to us, because most of them are cavalry.
I think if Zhao Ziliang takes If the cavalry goes to attack the city, , it will inevitably be bruised and bloody.
Also, the Western Qin Army has a large number of war horses.
They have a great demand for food and grass, and they will inevitably transport food and grass regularly.
We can send cavalry to cut off their logistics supply lines.
The Western Qin Army does not have enough.
Can we still fight if we don’t have enough food and grass?”
Mansour thought for a long time and finally decided to use the city wall to hold on.
Although he did not like Bingbo Xilin, he had to admit that Bingbo Xilin's military talent was not comparable to his.
"Caliph, something bad happened.
The Western Qin Army took the initiative to attack, and Zhao Ziliang personally led the troops.
The city of Shulgazi was besieged, and the situation was very critical.
Zierz sent someone to ask for help."
A minister hurriedly walked in and asked Mansour Report.
Mansour and the ministers and generals were all shocked, thinking that it had come too fast.
Before the war was ready, the Western Qin people had already arrived at the city.
Mansour calmed down and immediately asked: "How many people did Zhao Ziliang bring to besiege the city for how long?"
The intelligence officer said: "There are more than 30,000 people, probably less than 40,000.
According to what the messenger said, the Western Qin Army should have been besieging the city for two days now."
Mansour breathed a sigh of relief.
The siege was only for two days and nothing would happen for the time being.
You must know that there are 30,000 people in Shulgazi.
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Such a large number of troops should be able to withstand the city wall defense for a while.
Mansour asked: "Everyone, what should we do now?
The people from Western Qin have invaded.
We can't do nothing.
Bo Xilin, what do you think?"
Bingbo Xilin stood up and said: "Caliph, the intention of the Western Qin Army is not obvious now.
Zhao Ziliang only brought one legion here.
He also has another legion in Jiling City, which can not only guard against our troops in Mulu City, but also It can be used as a maneuver to reinforce the direction of Shulgaz at any time.
I think we are now We should continue to stockpile food supplies and troops.
There are 30,000 troops in Shulgaz City.
They can use the city wall to hold out for ten days and a half.
As long as we wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, we will have enough troops to launch military operations.
To reinforce Shulgaz, you can go north or east.”
Below the city of Shulgaz.
Zhao Ziliang was riding on horseback and looked at the two-foot-high city wall, which was crowded with people and a busy scene.
It seemed that the food defenders in Shulgaz City were deploying city defenses.
A two-foot-high city wall is not too high.
The walls of a county town in the Tang Dynasty are higher than this.
However, this is only a two-foot-high city wall for the Western Qin army, which lacks infantry and has not prepared siege equipment.
It is undoubtedly a natural chasm Wang Can rode his horse and came over, clasping his fists and saying: "Your Majesty, our secret agents from Dongchang have sneaked into the city and sent news that they are investigating the defense situation in the city."
Zhao Ziliang looked at the city wall and asked, "Can you contact this person?"
Wang Can said: "We need to put in a lot of effort."
Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Find a way to let him pollute the water source in the city, and try your best to complete this task.
Without the water source, even if there is more food in the city, they will not be able to survive for long."
Wang Can cupped his fists and said, "I understand."
Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Have the people sent by the Big Eater to break out been released?"
"One has already been released.
Considering the distance from here to Kerman, it only takes a day and a half for the horse to arrive.
It's been three days now."
"Are there no reinforcements coming from the direction of Kerman?"
“Not yet” Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and said: "It seems that the troops in Mansour's hands are not enough.
He does not dare to send troops to reinforce Shulgazi.
He is worried that Kerman will be attacked.
Liu Dan, the siege equipment of the siege battalion is not built well."
How's it going?"
Liu Dan stood up and said: "As I said back to the king, it has been built according to the quantity specified by the king.
So far, half of it has been built.
It will be completed in three days.
We have prepared enough stone bombs and kerosene bombs."
"Oh" Zhao Ziliang was quite curious and turned around and asked: "I remember that we didn't carry too much kerosene this time.
How did you get so much kerosene to make kerosene bombs?"
Liu Dan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you don't know.
Our people found that many cannibals nearby store a lot of black oil for lighting in their homes.
After asking about it, it turns out that there are several places in this place that come out of the ground."
There was black oil that could burn, so Wei Chen sent someone to get a lot of black oil back."
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"Hurry up and bring some black oil over to me to take a look."
Soon, a soldier ran over with a jar of black oil.
Zhao Ziliang took it, looked at it, smelled the smell, and said, "Please reserve more oil.
Maybe it will be used in future wars."
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