Fighting at night is extremely dangerous.
There is no way in the army to distinguish ourselves from the enemy from a distance.
A careless move will cause our own people to kill each other.
This is the first time that the Dashi Army has conducted night operations, and the casualties are particularly serious.
Some of the casualties were killed by the Western Qin army, while the others were basically caused by their own people killing each other.
Burke took the rest of the food army and retreated thirty miles away, then met up with Jamal and ordered his people to count the losses.
After doing the calculations, he found that the losses far exceeded his imagination.
There were only 5,000 cavalrymen.
There were only three thousand left, and half of the five thousand infantry were lost.
Especially during the retreat, they carried out an upward attack on the high ground.
It is inherently disadvantageous for the infantry of the Great Food Army.
They cannot see the ground clearly at night, slip and fall, causing many injuries.
They are trampled to death by their own people or accidentally hacked to death by their own people.
There are countless people, especially in the process of retreating. , causing a large number of soldiers to be pushed down, trampled to death or hacked to death by their own people to clear the way.
With a miserable look on his face, Jamal reported to Burke: "General, we only have 4,500 people left now.
Fortunately, we were not pursued by the Western Qin Army when we retreated, otherwise the casualties would be even greater.
I lost most of them in one battle, so I don’t have much confidence that I can hold back the Western Qin Army.”
Burke said expressionlessly: "This is the will of the Caliph.
Even if we are all about to die, we must fight until the last moment."
Seeing that Burke said this, Jamal couldn't say anything else, and asked: "Then what should we do now?
The morale of our brothers has dropped seriously.
It will be dawn soon.
I'm afraid it won't be possible to fight with the Western Qin people again." " Burke stared at the direction of the Tahe Highlands for a while, then turned to Jamal and ordered: "The infantry can still play some role in the process of attacking fortresses, but it is almost useless in the process of containing the Western Qin Army.
You can withdraw with the infantry first, and catch up with the main force of the Caliphate and return to Behdashir Castle.
I will stay here with the remaining three thousand cavalry to contain the Western Qin army, hoping to buy you some time."
Jamal hesitated and opened his mouth to say something but no words came out.
Burke saw something strange in him and said: "You don't have to worry that the Khalifa will punish you.
If the Caliph asks, just say that I ordered you to withdraw with the infantry."
Jamal sighed: "Well, I hope you can come back with your brothers intact.
I will wait for you at Behdashir Castle."
Jamal quickly withdrew with the infantry.
Burke waved to the cavalry general, who rode forward and saluted: "General" Burke ordered: "Send some sentries to be on guard and keep an eye on every move of the Western Qin army on the Tahe Highlands.
If they make any moves, report them immediately; in addition, order other brothers to rest on the spot and set up camp if necessary.
"You can't live without your armor" "Yes, General."
The general agreed and then turned around and left to start setting up.
In addition to the unified equipment of the Caliphate's Guards, the equipment of the other armies of the Dashi Kingdom is diverse.
In terms of weapons, some people are equipped with scimitars, some are equipped with Roman-style long swords or broadswords, some are armed with spears, and some are only equipped with short swords and daggers, and if possible, are equipped with bows and arrows; in terms of armor , most of the food soldiers basically have no armor, and are no different from ordinary people.
The difference is that they tie their trousers and tie their robes around their waists for the convenience of fighting.
A small number of soldiers wear leather armor.
Basically, officers and generals have armor.
The richer tribal leaders will equip their personal guards with weapons and armor.
Some wealthy believers also arm themselves to the teeth.
As for the mercenaries, although they rely on They make money by fighting, but they also know the importance of protecting their lives, so everyone's weapons and armors are of the highest quality.
Those gambler and drunkard mercenaries have no money and can only equip some junk.
Under the Tah Highlands, the cavalry soldiers of the Western Qin Army were resting, eating and drinking, and some even went to the toilet.
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After fighting all night, the soldiers were not very tired, but they were all hungry.
After a full meal, they were all lively again.
Er Zhu Xianzhong took the meat pie and bit it hard, but he was still thinking about what the great food general Burke said before leaving.
He bit the meat pie hard, as if he thought the meat pie was Burke.
A scout rode back from the dark night, jumped off his horse and climbed to the highest point of the highland to find Erzhu Xianzhong and reported: "General, the main force of the Dashi Army is no longer in Nabid Town.
The news from the brothers of the Huya Army, Dashi The main force of the army moved toward Behdashir after the battle for the high ground between our army and Said's army ended late last night.
The army withdrew in the direction of the castle.
The army was divided into two parts.
More than 2,000 infantrymen retreated to the west, and the remaining 3,000 cavalrymen stayed to rest in the south of the town of Nabid, thirty miles away. , they sent some guard posts, and there are people watching our army, and it seems that they want to monitor and contain our army."
"Oh."
Er Zhu Xianzhong was quite surprised when he heard the news.
The three thousand cavalrymen who stayed here are irrelevant.
The main force of the nearly 100,000 cavalry troops actually retreated.
What kind of performance did the cannibals have?
After thinking about it, Er Zhu Xianzhong believed that the news must be reported to Zhao Ziliang quickly, so he immediately called his own soldier captain and told him: "Quickly withdraw the main force of the Great Food Army to the direction of Behdahir Castle.
Report the news to the king.
The news of our army's battle with the Dashi Army last night and the news that the Dashi Army left three thousand cavalry here to monitor and contain our army are also reported to the king.
If you know it, I will tell you that the minister is waiting here.
The King’s next decision” "Yes, General" Zhao Ziliang was woken up by someone.
At this time, it was only bright and bright, and the captain of the soldiers who came to report the news was waiting anxiously outside the Chinese army's tent.
Zhao Ziliang took the wet towel handed over by the guard, wiped his face, rinsed his mouth, and then shouted to Nuer who was on duty outside the tent: "Let him in."
The door curtain was lifted, and the captain of the soldiers walked in carefully and bowed to Zhao Ziliang: "The villain pays homage to the king."
Zhao Ziliang tied his saber to the general and said, "Tell me, what news did Er Zhu Xianzhong ask you to report whether he has successfully occupied the Tah Highlands?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, but as soon as we arrived at the Tah Highlands last night, we encountered the Great Food Army who also wanted to occupy the Tah Highlands.
They had thirteen thousand people, three thousand cavalry, and ten thousand infantry.
They were led by General Said.
"Command" The captain of the guards spent a quarter of an hour making fish and told the story of several consecutive battles last night in detail.
Then he left the main force of the Dashi Army, leaving three thousand cavalry to monitor and contain the Western Qin Army.
Report.
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and said to the captain of the soldiers: "The situation is clear to me.
Go back and tell Er Zhu Xianzhong that I don't want this large cavalry to become an obstacle to our army's westward advance.
In order to prevent this group from The cavalry of the Great Food Army harassed the main force of our army, and asked him to lead the cavalry to destroy this group of cavalry of the Great Food Army that was monitoring and containing our army, and bring the head of their leader, General Burke, to see the king."
"Yes, Your Majesty," the captain of the personal soldiers agreed, bowed and turned to leave.
The soldiers in the camp had begun to gather, breakfast had been prepared, and the soldiers lined up to receive food and soup from the cooks of each team.
A guard brought Zhao Ziliang a large bowl of rice, a large bowl of soup, and a roast lamb. , two guards specially removed the sinews from the roasted lamb for him.
After a hearty meal, the marching commander Chen Qing walked into the tent, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, all the soldiers in the army have been assembled, and we can break camp and set off."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Chen Qing: "Send someone to call all the officials and generals.
The situation has changed.
Let's discuss it before making a decision."
Chen Qing was stunned, clasped his fists and agreed, "Yes."
After receiving the notice, the accompanying army officials and generals came to the Chinese army's tent one after another.
When everyone arrived, Zhao Ziliang said: "The situation has changed.
Last night, General Erzhu was ordered to occupy the Tah Highlands.
Under the high ground, he fought with the same troops.
The food army that wanted to occupy the high ground encountered an encounter.
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The two sides fought a battle.
The food army was defeated.
The leading general Said was captured by our army.
The battle had just ended.
The main force of the food army was led by Caliph Mansoor.
Descending towards the city of Behdashir The fort withdrew, leaving an army led by the food general Boerke to attack the Tach Highlands.
Boerke still had some skills, and actually thought of using the strategy of luring the enemy into dividing his troops.
First, he asked the deputy general to use two thousand cavalry to seize the enemy.
General Zhu diverted thousands of cavalry, and then ordered 5,000 infantry to attack the Tah Highland where our army was stationed from the front.
Later, he personally led 3,000 cavalry to attack from the back of the highland.
If General Er Zhu hadn't been chasing the enemy, I noticed it during the process Burke's strategy was to lead his troops back in time to support him.
The Tahe Highlands might have changed hands.
Now that Burke's infantry had been withdrawn by the deputy general, he personally led three thousand cavalry to stay near the town of Nabid. , According to the information we received from the front sentinel, it is speculated that the purpose of Burke's army staying behind may be to monitor and contain our army.
General Erzhu sent someone to report that he discovered their use of light cavalry when chasing the cavalry of the Great Food Army.
Handy and popular with light cavalry The essence of combat elements, Burke led his army to stay to use the quick response and high-speed maneuverability of the light cavalry to deal with our army.
By constantly using small groups of light cavalry to harass the main force of our army, in order to contain our army, The purpose of hindering our army's westward advance.
The Dashi Kingdom is a large cavalry country.
Their weapons and equipment may not be as good as ours, but the riding skills of their cavalry are no worse than our soldiers.
We must be vigilant and pay attention when fighting the Dashi Cavalry. " The generals clasped their fists together and agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and continued: "I have ordered General Erzhu to lead the cavalry to deal with Boerke.
Now that the main force of the Food Army has withdrawn to Behdashir Castle, should our army continue the pursuit or let the soldiers Let’s rest for another two days.
What do you think?”
Wei Gao stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are actually not fighting any battles these days.
The siege is all done by the servant army.
The minister believes that our army should pursue the Caliph's army in order to force him.
The purpose of a decisive battle with our army is that if he loyally avoids fighting, it will have a great impact on the morale of his army.
Although the Caliph sent a group of cavalry to stay and harass our army, Wei Chen didn’t think it was a big deal.
Our army was already familiar with the fatigue tactics of using light cavalry to harass the enemy, so naturally we had to deal with them.
With this tactical approach, Wei Chen believes that General Erzhu will not disappoint the king."
All the generals stood up and seconded the proposal.
Seeing that all the generals wanted to pursue the main force of the food army, Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered the entire army to break camp and set off to pursue westward
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