Wu Lingzi said: "They are all here.
The chains locking their Pipa bones are all blessed by magic.
They are extremely tough and cannot be cut without magic weapons.
In addition, Pindao and others have placed restrictions on them.
Temporarily They sealed their magic power and gave them a secret medicine.
Once an attack occurred, they would be worse than dead.
Only taking the antidote regularly can suppress it.
Your Majesty, don't worry, they can't escape.
If you want His Majesty's mausoleum to be preserved for eternity, a large number of monks must use powerful mana to carve the formations and activate the formations.
Of course, they do not understand the formations.
Poor Taoists only need them to provide mana.
When the construction of the mausoleum is completed, they The existence of them is no longer necessary.
Once the formation is activated, it will continuously absorb the energy of the true fire of the sun to maintain its operation.
It will not be too late to deal with them when the time comes."
"Okay, you can find the location as soon as possible.
As for whether it will be used to cultivate corpse soldiers or as a mausoleum after the construction is completed, I will make a decision after the construction is completed.
At this time, only you and I know.
Even if the construction is completed, Completed, no third person in the world can know its true purpose and existence."
Wu Lingzi looked stern, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry."
Zhao Ziliang returned to the camp overnight, thinking about how to fight the next siege on the way back to the Chinese army's tent.
The so many days of siege warfare before this were just for Zhao Ziliang to eliminate the unlucky ones, those with poor combat power, poor cooperation, and no team spirit.
In three days, all the first round of eliminations will be completed. .
After this round of elimination, the Dashi Army guarding Cairo City was almost exhausted, but the remaining Western Qin Army were elite warriors, but to really let him use them with confidence, a second round of elimination was required.
Elimination tests their loyalty, and the big cannibals in the city are their touchstone.
Returning to the Chinese army's tent, Zhao Ziliang ordered the guards: "Go and find Zhang Bi."
"Yes, Your Majesty" After receiving the notice, Zhang Bi immediately came to the Chinese army's tent, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I have an audience with you."
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand: "Excuse me.
I have brought you here just to ask if there is a way to sneak into Cairo from the Nile River."
Zhang Bi said: "Your Majesty, to be honest, I once sent people to sneak into Cairo City through the water channel.
Although they succeeded, they lost several elite spies.
It is impossible to send large-scale troops to sneak in through the water channel.
The main reason is It is now mid-June.
The Nile River is overflowing and the water level is high.
Many areas on both sides of the Nile River are flooded.
The side of Cairo City near the river bank has been repaired by them.
A very high embankment was built, and a large number of soldiers patrolled the embankment and the river day and night.
The current on the river was too fast.
Even if a ship was built and a sneak attack was carried out, it was basically impossible to successfully dock and land on the shore with defense.
Before the ship could reach the shore, the ship was hit by the rocks they had thrown on the river bank in advance.
With the current speed of the river, people would definitely be washed away if they fell into the river, and the possibility of survival is extremely small."
After listening to Zhang Bi's report, Zhao Ziliang knew that the idea of attacking Cairo City by water was not feasible.
He waved to Zhang Bi: "Okay, you go down first."
"Wei Chen resigns" Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and then told the guard: "Go and find Dugu Wensu."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Dugu Wensu was over seventy years old and looked very old.
His energy and physical strength were no longer sufficient.
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Zhao Ziliang was worried that he would die on the way to the battle, but the old man was very stubborn and insisted on following him.
Not long after, Dugu Wensu came to the main tent of the Chinese army, bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have an audience with you."
Zhao Ziliang saw that Dugu Wensu was starting to stagger when walking, and said: "Master Dugu, I see that your body is a little overwhelmed.
Let's do this.
You can leave the logistics to Li Muchen first, and then you can stay by Gu's side to help Counselor Gu with military affairs.
Make suggestions, what do you think?"
Dugu Wensu also knew that Zhao Ziliang was worried about his health.
If he couldn't bear it, it would not only be a personal matter for him, but would also affect the army's logistics and operations.
After hesitating for a while, he agreed: "Yes.
The old minister obeys the order" Zhao Ziliang waved to the guard: "Bring a stool to Master Dugu."
After the two sat down, Zhao Ziliang said to Dugu Wensu: "I called you here to ask how many stone bombs and kerosene bombs needed for the siege camp have been made."
Dugu Wensu replied: "So far, one hundred and eighty stone bullets and two hundred kerosene bullets have been made.
The veteran also knows that the production speed is a bit slow, mainly because there is no stone to be mined nearby, and it is necessary to Go to the quarry two hundred miles southwest to make stone bullets and then transport them here."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "We attack the city like this every day without using trebuchets, which are highly destructive siege equipment for the city wall.
Although the defenders in the city suffered a lot of losses, their strength is still sufficient, and they are becoming more familiar with it the more they fight.
Our routine and rhythm, of course The main reason is that our soldiers are familiar with too few tactics.
Although officers and generals know how to use brand-new tactics, they still have to rely on the soldiers at the bottom to implement them.
The soldiers have not studied and practiced, so it will not work to improvise.
Now we can only While attacking the city, try to bring in stone bombs and kerosene bombs.
Although the city walls of Cairo have been reinforced, they are not very strong yet.
Using a large number of trebuchets to throw stone bombs and kerosene bombs should be able to cause damage to the walls. , starting from tomorrow, the finished The completed stone bombs and kerosene bombs were transported once a day, and those completed on the same day were shipped overnight.
Harlan's purpose was actually very clear, which was to force us to withdraw by holding on to our logistics supplies.
How can Gu Me get his wish?"
Dugu Wensu cupped his hands and said: "Yes, the old minister sent someone overnight to order them to set off immediately.
In fact, His Majesty is right.
The walls of Cairo City are not made of bricks and stones.
Only the side facing the outside is made of bricks and stones.
More than half of the inner side is tamped with rammed earth, and when he We only made a temporary decision to reinforce the city wall when we learned that our army was coming.
There was definitely not enough time, and the amount of the project would certainly not be too large.
Compared with the regular city wall, the defensive power required a lot more checks.
If a large number of trebuchets were used to continuously drop stone bombs , focus on several locations and bombard it, you should be able to destroy it.”
"In that case, just do it.
Let them bring the stone bullets as quickly as possible.
You want to hit it with a trebuchet before the siege begins three days later."
"Yes, veteran, I'll go right now."
In the next three days, all the Xi Qin army's assassin army, prisoner army and Hei Ni who had not participated in the siege before participated in the siege.
Many people died in this siege. were injured, and the rest were those who were luckier and had stronger fighting ability.
On June 14th, the Western Qin army rested and did not attack the city.
Harlan and Thomas finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They had time to discuss the next arrangements for defending the city.
The big cannibals in the city also took advantage of this rare day to have a good rest.
But even so, the Western Qin Army's previous siege had made the Dashi defenders almost unable to support themselves.
The extremely heavy casualties made the Dashi defenders' will to resist almost collapse, and Harun had to personally do it every time.
Only by drawing swords and participating in battle can we barely stabilize our morale.
In the palace, Harun, Thomas, Ishaq and others sat together to discuss, with gloom and worry on everyone's face.
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Harlan spoke first: "General Thomas, gentlemen, the Western Qin people have been attacking for half a month.
Although we were successfully blocked every time, our casualties were too great, including ten people who were forcibly recruited.
There were 50,000 men over the age of five, but now there are less than 20,000.
The loss has exceeded 60%.
I have already seen it. , the morale of both officers and soldiers is very low.
They have begun to think that we can no longer defend.
Judging from this situation, I am afraid that within half a month, our people will be exhausted and the nobles and officials in the city will be exhausted.
I'm afraid that the rich and wealthy people all have other thoughts now, and the situation is very unfavorable to us.
Now, what should we do?"
After a long silence, Thomas looked up at Harlan, then at the other officials, and finally turned his attention to Harlan again: "Your Highness, it seems that we must deploy a breakout.
Judging from the current situation, our The food is still sufficient, but the equipment and materials used to defend the city are too heavy, and the loss of troops is even greater.
We can't hold on for long.
If we don't break through, Cairo City will soon be breached, and we will either be killed or captured."
"But" Harlan started to speak but was stopped by Thomas.
Thomas continued: "Your Highness, I know what you want to say, but it is unwise to stay here and make fearless sacrifices.
In this situation, all the people and believers of Allah need Your Highness to lead and guide them.
To resist the invasion of the Western Qin people, the Abbasid Dynasty also needs your Highness to take the lead.
Your Highness must not take your life seriously at this time."
Other officials also tried to persuade him with reasonable arguments.
No matter how resolute Harlan's attitude was, they just didn't agree to stick to it.
Harlan could only compromise.
He sighed: "Well, since you all think that breaking out is the best option, then I want to ask how to break out and where to break out."
Thomas said: "The east, south and north are all the territory of the Western Qin Army.
It is estimated that a large area of land in the west has been captured by the Western Qin Army.
The only direction we can break out now is to the west to break through the blockade and blockade of the Western Qin Army.
Only by going deep into the desert can we escape from their pursuit.
We break out from the West Gate of the West City, using the darkness as a cover, with the cavalry as the vanguard and the infantry as the rear.
We will count as many as we can escape, and we will never compete with the West.
The Qin army is entangled" Ishaq asked: "General, if you plan this way, the people of Western Qin are not fools.
Didn't they think that we would break out to the west?
They would definitely deploy heavy troops on the edge of the desert in the west to block it.
I don't think that we can not break out to the west."
To break through, we must break out in a direction that makes them unexpected.
I think we can break out to the northeast, and then to the north, seize the port city and then grab ships to cross the sea to Mauritania."
Thomas shook his head and said: "I have already thought about this.
It doesn't work at all.
The cavalry of the Western Qin Dynasty is not slower than our cavalry.
The terrain in the northeastern part of the lower reaches of the Nile River is gentle.
It is easy for the cavalry to gallop.
Once they are chased by them, Going up will become our nightmare, but going west into the desert is different.
We are born to live in the desert and have an incomparable wealth of activities.
We have military experience, and our camel cavalry can march in the desert for a long time and long distances.
The Western Qin cavalry cannot march in the desert for a long time.
They cannot catch up with us.
In addition, if they break out to the northeast, they will easily be surrounded by the Western Qin.
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Saint King Zhao Ziliang is a master of military affairs.
If he doesn’t understand such common sense things, how can he achieve his current achievements and how can he deter the whole world?"
Harun looked at the other ministers and officials and asked, "What do you think?"
In terms of military affairs, ministers and officials should still have more trust in Thomas.
After all, this guy is old in wars.
Ishaq does not understand military affairs at all.
He just makes nonsense here, which makes these people very annoying.
Someone immediately said: "I support General Thomas's suggestion.
It is very possible to break out of the encirclement to the west, but to the northeast, it is impossible to escape.
The most important thing is that if we keep going in circles with the Western Qin people, we need to resupply, but The Western Qin Army relies on on-site supplies of grain, grass and many other materials.
Now the food in the entire Egypt is probably stolen by the Western Qin Army.
If we go to the northeast, how will we replenish the grain and grass?
Although the desert to the west is dangerous, it is still dangerous.
There is an oasis in the desert, finally a glimmer of hope.”
Others also said: "Yes, support the breakout to the west."
Seeing that everyone supported the idea of breaking out to the west, Harlan said: "Okay, let's break out to the west.
General Thomas, I will ask you to arrange the deployment for everything.
We will fully cooperate with you."
Thomas agreed: "Yes, Your Highness":