The Luti Desert is the hottest place in the world.
Sometimes the temperature during the day can reach more than 70 degrees.
It is endless as far as the eye can see.
No wild animals or humans can survive here, but not every day.
The temperature can reach this high.
If you are lucky, you can cross this desert when the temperature is not high.
Marco Polo once recorded in his travel notes that he traveled through this desert.
There were no birds and animals, and no grass grew.
The water he encountered in the desert was absolutely not drinkable, otherwise it would cause severe diarrhea.
If you are unlucky and encounter high temperatures, even if you are fully prepared Troops might get roasted alive in this desert.
Ziad was about to leave, and Bo Xilin stopped him: "Wait a minute."
Ziad stopped and saluted Boshilin: "General, is there anything else you want to tell me?"
Bingbo Xilinxi looked at the other ministers and generals in the lobby, and said to Ziad: "Crossing the Luti Desert is no joke.
If you are unlucky, it is very likely that all the brothers in the army will be killed."
If you are buried in the desert, you must send someone to find out the temperature in the desert these days before setting off.
You must also observe and feel it at any time during the march.
Temperature changes, once you find something is wrong, you would rather retreat than take risks.
This is a total of 20,000 elites.
This is the first; second, the Eastern people's combat ideas are completely different from ours.
To defeat them, we must understand Generally speaking, their military thoughts, and the military thoughts of the Tang people, were more than adequate in defense and insufficient in aggressiveness.
This was the civilized nature they possessed.
However, the Western Qin Dynasty is different from the Tang people in the Central Plains.
Most of the Western Qin army is cavalry and a small part is infantry.
However, they are different from the nomadic tribes who have no fixed residence.
They have fixed residences and solid buildings. cities, so they are very aggressive and aggressive, but their defense is also not weak.
I heard that the gates of all their cities are never closed, but now it is a battle.
During the war, Zahedan is a border town, and they may change the regulations temporarily.
Regarding this, I think you can take advantage of it.
If you can use their habit of not closing the city gates to make a successful raid, it would be the best.
If Once they change their habits, you can only think of other ways.
In short, you have to act according to the situation.
We will contact you through Xiongying.
If there is any situation, report it to us immediately."
"Okay."
Ziyad nodded in agreement, and then asked: "After I capture Zahedan, when will I lead my army to attack the King of Western Qin's army with you?"
Bingbo Xilin said: "After you capture Zaheidan, report the news to this side quickly, and I will tell you when we will attack the King of Western Qin's army together."
"Understood" Ziad saluted Caliph Mansour and left.
The Luti Desert is a land of great cannibals.
When will there be high temperatures and when will it be relatively safe?
The Persians living around can still figure out some rules.
Although it is not so accurate, they can still be found through subtle observation.
Draw some conclusions.
On September 26, Ziad led an army of 20,000 people from Behdahir Castle and headed east.
The road was not easy to walk.
Although everyone was riding horses, in the western desert of the Luti Desert The area is not easy to walk, and the marching speed cannot be increased no matter what.
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Once the speed is accelerated, the horses and people will not be able to bear it, and the temperature is significantly higher than other areas.
In the first three days after setting off, Ziad and the 20,000 food army led by him went quite smoothly.
There was not a single lake in sight along the way.
There were some scattered drought-resistant trees along the way, and occasionally they encountered a few salt lakes.
Salt lakes The water looks cool and clear, but in fact It cannot be quoted.
Many food soldiers did not believe in evil and drank water from the salt marsh.
As a result, they continued to suffer from diarrhea.
In the extremely harsh environment of the Luti Desert, severe diarrhea occurred again.
This was simply fatal.
Many people They died one after another within the next few days.
Three days later, Ziad led the food army into the heart of the Luti Desert.
This place is full of severely weathered parallel gully terrain, extending for more than three hundred miles, and some gully ridges are more than twenty feet high.
Lakes of different sizes appeared one after another along the way.
There were some trees growing around the lakes, which allowed the army to rest and collect water.
Ziad and the food army he led were lucky.
They did not encounter hot weather.
They also tried their best to stop by the lakes to rest and replenish water.
They could cover more than 100 miles in one day's march and 300 miles in the center of the desert in two days.
Just finished.
The next two days of journey were all sandy beaches, like the Sahara Desert.
Some sand dunes were as high as a hundred feet.
The city of Shulgaz was just south of this beach.
On the seventh day, Ziad and his 20,000 Dashi army finally crossed the Luti Desert and arrived at the border between the Dashi Kingdom and the Western Qin Kingdom, and Zahedan was fifteen miles east of the border.
Zahedan is just a small border town.
It does not have a tall city wall.
The city wall is only two meters high.
However, the city wall is made of fired red bricks.
There are gate towers, archery towers, watchtowers, archery holes, Facilities such as wall stacks, hiding caves, and city defense equipment warehouses are all available.
Although it seems from the current situation that the Food Army is not capable of attacking here, Zhaheidan City has still stepped up its vigilance.
The original rule of never closing the city gates whether during the day or night has also changed during this period.
Yes, it will be closed starting in the evening The city gate was opened when the sun came out the next day.
The city wall was also strengthened.
There were no soldiers standing guard at the city gate, but now there are soldiers standing guard.
There are also soldiers on the city wall.
There are also patrols patrolling.
There are also patrols on the watchtower.
Soldiers conduct observation and alert.
Ziad led his army to stop at the edge of the desert thirty miles away from Zahedan, and excluded the rangers from going to Zahedan to explore the garrison situation of the Western Qin Army in Zahedan.
After a day of exploration, Ziyad obtained the military defense situation of Zahedan.
He summoned his deputy general Daoud and several other generals to discuss how to capture Zahedan, and then sent his troops to attack the Qin army in the southwest of Shulgazi City.
Deputy General Daoud said: "According to the news from the rangers, the Western Qin Army is very tightly guarded and vigilant in Zahedan.
After all, this is an important transit point on their supply line.
We want to make a sneak attack during the day."
It’s hard to get hold of, their lookout posts can spot me from far away If you want to achieve the purpose of sneak attack, it is best to do it at night.
However, there are many inconveniences in sneak attack at night.
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It is often difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Once a fight breaks out, it is very likely that our own people will kill each other.
In addition, we need Building siege weapons takes time.”
Ziad thought for a moment and said: "Our strength is more than six times that of the Western Qin defenders, but we do not have enough time to besiege the city.
A strong attack will cause us heavy casualties and is very time-consuming, so we want to capture it."
Zhaheidan City must adopt a sneak attack method.
This is learned from the people of the Western Qin Dynasty.
We have never had a sneak attack on a city in our previous wars.
This is really crazy.
The sneak attack must be at night, otherwise it will not be successful.
How many have we brought?
artisan" Lieutenant General Daoud said: "There must be twenty people."
Ziad immediately ordered: "Okay, gather them all to build siege equipment.
There are many trees here, which can come in handy.
In addition, send a large number of rangers to intercept and kill all pedestrians and merchants coming to Zahedan from other directions.
Of course, we cannot let go of the pedestrians, business travelers and tourists coming out of Zahedan.
The supply team of the Western Qin Army, we must block all news here, but we only have at most one day to build siege equipment and one day to capture Zaheidan.
The longer the time drags on, the King of Western Qin may discover the possibility of problems with the supply line.
The bigger Daoud, you can arrange these two things yourself."
"OK" Over the past twenty years, Daoud, who had been defeated several times by Zhao Ziliang, has now become an old man.
If he had not fought against the Western Qin Army, I am afraid he would not be here.
Daoud was the governor of Khorasan Province during the Umayyad dynasty.
He fought many battles and had rich experience in commanding troops.
His talent in military command may not be as good as that of Ziyad and Boshilin, but in training troops Ziyad's ability in setting up defenses and arranging other military affairs was incomparable to those of the generals of the Food Army.
He arranged the two things Ziyad ordered properly.
On the night of the fourth day of October, more than fifty ladders, the necessary siege equipment, had been built.
This was enough for a sneak attack.
Only these things could be moved quickly and without too much trouble.
Late at night, Ziad personally led 10,000 infantrymen to sneak towards the city of Zahedan.
Daoud originally wanted to lead troops for a sneak attack, but Ziad did not agree.
He could only feel relieved if he personally led troops for a sneak attack.
The moon is shining brightly tonight, which is not conducive to a sneak attack.
The moonlight is very bright, and there is a large area of sand around Zahedan.
The radiation from the sand can easily expose their figures.
Ziad is lucky to know that more than a thousand people are carrying fifty projects.
The ladder quietly reached the foot of the city wall, and the Western Qin soldiers who were napping on the wall did not notice it.
The remaining nine thousand infantrymen also quietly approached the city wall.
But things will not always be smooth sailing.
Just as the front thousand soldiers were climbing the siege ladder, one of the soldiers accidentally stepped on the air and slid down the ladder, knocking the two soldiers below who were climbing up.
The crawling food soldier fell down, and the three of them screamed together.
The sound was so loud when it landed that it immediately alerted several Western Qin soldiers standing guard on the city wall.
They stretched their heads outside the wall and took a look.
My God, there were dense crowds of people under the city and a large number of siege ladders.
Those who climbed to the highest point were almost at the top of the city wall.
"Enemy attack!"
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A shrill roar instantly spread over the entire west wall.
"Dang, dang, dang," the gong warning of an enemy attack immediately sounded continuously on the city gate tower.
Ziad, who was commanding at the foot of the city wall, felt a thump in his heart.
He knew in his heart that the sneak attack had failed.
The only thing he could do now was to launch a strong attack immediately while the defensive forces of the Western Qin Army were not in place.
Otherwise, he would wait until all the defensive forces of the Western Qin Army boarded the city wall.
A strong attack will not help
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