In the process of retreating to the west city gate, Ziad and the accompanying Dashi army generals heard screams and fighting coming from various streets.
The sound of bowstrings and arrows could even be heard close at hand.
Unpredictable arrows were shot from the cracks in doors and windows of houses on both sides of the street.
Almost every arrow could take away a life.
Big beads of sweat kept dripping from Ziyad's forehead.
He knew that he had led his army into this damn trap.
This was not a border city, but a huge trap set up in the city.
Now he He and his soldiers were trapped in this huge trap.
During the retreat, when Ziyad and his soldiers encountered the first bow and arrow attack, he ordered the soldiers to rush into the houses on both sides and kill the Western Qin troops who had laid hidden arrows, and then cleared the streets one by one.
There were houses on both sides, but he found that he was terribly wrong.
The doors and windows of these houses were made of thick wood, and the people inside used heavy objects to hold them up, making it impossible to break open the doors easily.
By the time his soldiers broke through the door of a house, many of his men had been killed by arrows shot from behind.
The number of Western Qin soldiers and city residents killed was far less than the number of people killed by his men.
As a man who was good at doing business, Persians, Ziyad will certainly settle this account, too It was not a good deal, so he immediately gave up his plan to clear the houses on both sides of the street along the way, and immediately asked the soldiers to block the left and right sides with shields.
The army lined up in several columns and quickly retreated towards the west gate.
It's not that easy anymore.
He led the army Withdrew from the North City Gate to the West City Gate, walking and hiding along the way, and did not return to the West City until dawn.
The reason was that at every street intersection, the Western Qin Army occupied high places and used bows and arrows with high power and long range.
To block, these big eaters with only small wooden shields As far as the army is concerned, the penetrating power of the armor-piercing arrows of the Western Qin Army is so fierce that a small wooden shield cannot prevent the armor-piercing arrows of the Western Qin Army.
Two small wooden shields are needed to withstand it.
Even in a few At the crossroads, a large number of food troops were blocked and unable to move.
At daybreak, Ziad finally retreated to the west city gate with his soldiers in great embarrassment.
Daoud breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ziad finally withdrew, and immediately went up to ask: "General, as soon as I knew something happened, I brought him with me."
We went to respond, but we didn’t expect that we were blocked at the first street intersection and lost many soldiers.
I had no choice but to withdraw first.
I didn’t expect that you guys took a whole night to return.
Did you encounter many blocks on the way?”
Ziad looked miserable.
Two arrows were shot at him.
Two powerful cloud-piercing arrows penetrated his light armor.
One made his right hand lose the ability to move, and the other shot through his chest.
Thigh, if it weren't for the personal guards carrying him away, he might not be able to come back.
"You can see how dangerous the city is by looking at my miserable state.
These Western Qin people are so perverted.
I have never seen anyone build such a solid house for ordinary people."
Having said this, Ziad, with the support of a soldier, walked to the side and sat on a stone pier.
He took a water bag from the hand of a soldier and poured it into his mouth.
His dry lips were smoking.
His throat finally became moist.
He threw the water bag back to the soldier, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and then He said to Daoud: "General Daoud, we miscalculated this time.
We didn't know enough about the towns on the border of Western Qin.
We didn't expect that they built the entire city like a castle and let the whole city The residents joined them to stop us.
They are really a bunch of madmen, complete madmen."
Ziad became a little frustrated as he spoke.
Daoud understood this very well.
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No one would be in a good mood when encountering such a thing.
He hesitated and asked: "Does the general understand the situation in the city?"
Ziad shook his head and said: "I understand a little bit, but it's far from enough.
I feel that if we really want to occupy this city, I'm afraid it won't take more than a day or two.
This city is full of murderous intentions, and people will die at every step.
In this kind of situation Under the circumstances, I think we need to spend a few days to find out all the defense conditions in the city before we can find a way to eliminate the Western Qin army and all resistance forces in this city."
Daoud thought for a while and said to Ziad: "General, can we leave this city alone and only send a small number of troops to monitor it, while our main force marches toward Shulgazi City in the southwest to fight with Behdashir?
The caliphate's army in the castle attacked the army of the King of Western Qin together."
Ziad was stunned for a moment, then shook his head after thinking about it: "I'm afraid not, Zhaheidan's troops are not many, but Jiling City still has an entire standing army.
I believe Jiling City will get the news soon, and they The cavalry will chase us at an extremely fast speed.
By then, I’m afraid it won’t be us attacking the Western Qin King’s army, but the Western Qin Army attacking us.
You should know that there is another city in the Bam Oasis.
Fortress, the Western Qin Army can station heavy troops there to block the Caliph's army for a period of time, and during this period they will have enough time to send us to heaven to see Allah.
But if we can occupy this city of Zahedan , only a small number of troops are needed to block the Western Qin army coming from the direction of Jiling City.
Then we will have enough time to capture Bam Castle and flank the Western Qin King's army."
Daoud rubbed his old face and said: "Judging from the situation last night, it probably won't take a long time for us to capture the city of Zahedan, because we don't fully understand the defense system in the city. , their resistance is too tenacious, but general, don’t worry, I ordered the surrounding roads to be blocked last night, Two groups of Western Qin cavalry broke out in the north and south directions respectively, but were intercepted and intercepted by our army.
The news of our army's arrival should not have spread yet, but the combat capabilities of the Western Qin army's cavalry were so powerful that our soldiers were frightened.
There were twenty-two cavalry in the team, but they killed more than a hundred of our cavalry.
It’s scary to think about it.”
The wrinkles on Ziyad's forehead deepened.
He thought for a while and said to Daoud: "Since the news hasn't spread yet, we still have a chance.
Let's figure this out later.
You can first put last night's Let’s count the losses.”
"OK" After the morning ritual, Daoud came to report to Ziad with a solemn face: "General, the results of last night's losses have come out.
We lost 1,200 people during the night attack on the city wall, and the west wall guarding the west city wall lost 1,200 people.
The Qin army only had 500 people; in addition, we lost more than 4,000 people in the city, and the total loss was more than 5,500 people.
As for the Western Qin army, we don’t know how much they suffered."
"Hiss" Ziad couldn't help but gasped and stood up involuntarily, "With so many casualties, are you sure you didn't make a statistical error?"
Daoud shook his head and said: "I thought the statistics were wrong at first, but I counted them three times in a row.
This is true.
We are missing more than 5,500 people."
Ziad had lost so many people before he could figure out the situation in the city.
It was really hard for Ziad to accept the number of casualties.
He felt that the city was like a huge mud pond.
If he got stuck here, he would be hard to get out.
With such a level of losses, he thought I want to withdraw my troops but I don’t want to give in.
After all, the risks along the way are too great.
But if I continue to chew on this hard bone, I don’t know how many teeth will break.
Ziad's face turned pale, and he sighed: "Daoud, I have to say that we are still too young for the tactic of sneak attack on the city.
The Tang people are proficient in this tactic, but we can't learn the essence no matter how hard we learn it.
We just fought with The Western Qin people lost a quarter of their troops when they started fighting.
Do you know how this city makes me feel?
A bottomless abyss.
What do you think we should do now?"
Daoud thought for a while, hesitated, and then said bravely: "General, I think I should confess my inner thoughts to you.
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I think the best way is to evacuate quickly and return to Behe via the original route.
Dashil Castle, if the Caliph wants to pursue it, I will bear the responsibility for the defeat of the battle together with you.
If we continue to stay here, I am afraid that before we can completely capture this city, we will be attacked by the Western Qin army from all directions.
Surrounded, we We can block the news for one day, two days, or three days, but we can never block it for more than three days.
If the speed is fast enough, it is only one day's journey from here to Shulgazi City, unless the King of Western Qin, his generals, and officials all It's a pig head, otherwise they will soon find out something is wrong.
Once they realize that there is a problem in Zahedan, and we haven't completely captured Zahedan, then we will be in big trouble, and I'm afraid we will want to evacuate the capital by then.
Can’t evacuate” "There is another thing I need to remind the general.
If we suffer too many casualties in the process of capturing this city, even if we can capture this city, what will we use to attack the back of the Western Qin King's army?
The combat effectiveness of the Western Qin Army You have also seen that even if it is a sneak attack, I The price we paid is also a ratio of two to one.
If we fight head-on, I can't imagine that if we withdraw now, we can at least save the existing fifteen thousand people, but if we continue to stay here to gnaw on this hard bone, , there is a high possibility that none of us will be able to go back.”
The invisible pressure made Ziad almost breathless.
He did not expect that he had not fought with the Western Qin Army in the past twenty years, and that the difference in combat effectiveness between the two armies was so shocking.
He felt that all the strength in his body had been drained by Daoud's words.
In fact, he had been holding on with an uncomfortable strength from last night to now, and Daoud's words just now shattered his heart.
That bit of fantasy.
He turned his head with difficulty to look at the other generals and asked, "What do you think?"
The generals were silent, but the expressions on their faces betrayed their true thoughts.
Seeing this, Ziad understood that this battle could no longer go on.
The soldiers and generals had been overwhelmed by the horror and terror of this city.
How can a frightened army win the war?
He sighed: "Well, pass on my order.
After lunch, send five thousand cavalry out to plunder enough food and all valuable items within a radius of 60 miles to bring back.
We will set off to withdraw our troops early tomorrow morning."
Return to Behedashir Castle along the same route.
If the Caliph wants to hold him accountable, I will bear the responsibility alone."
"Yes, General":