"Taifen (the word for Guansai), you have received special training in the military academy, I want you to lead a team of 3,000 people through this desert by surprise, and suddenly appear in the rear of Palmyra, to give the Romans an unexpected surprise to the unstable foothold, and the Sphinx and I will lead the main force to attack head-on on the eastern front....."
Shi Xin pointed to the desert and said.Guan Sai looked down at the map, and then raised his head, "Boss, I understand what you mean, let's have a front and back attack..... but, you see, if I want to cross this desert, then this Hira City, how can I not get around....."
Shi Xin and the Sphinx looked at it, and sure enough, if they want to cross the great desert, they must first pass through this Hila City.The city of Hira was the territory of the Guiyu, and as a rule, it did not allow the pagans to use its territory to fight against the Eastern Roman Empire, which also believed in the Guiyu."
I know this Sheila City, hmph, although they are a group of Jiyou Sect members, but they are also a group of businessmen who forget their righteousness, I will give you a sum of money, you can use the money to open the way.....
Your Majesty didn't say it, the problem that can be solved with money is not a problem......
Shi Xin said with a smile.In the previous turmoil, the city of Gila was not captured by the Mazdaks like other cities, but the people here resisted stubbornly under the leadership of the local wealthy merchants and nobles and kept the city."
Boss, since they forget their righteousness for the sake of profit, then let's just promise heavy profits, and then take advantage of their unpreparedness to take this city....."
Guan Plug said with a smile."
Hehehe, I only issue tasks to you, how to operate is your business...."
Shi Xin said with a smile."
Okay, then, boss, I'm going to make a request......"
Guan Se listened to Shi Xin's words, and then grinned and said, "The three thousand people you gave me, it is better to follow our Bedouin warriors with all their hearts, and I also need a large number of camel ......"
Although Guan Seak's request was a bit harsh, Shi Xin understood the reasonableness of his request, so he did his best to meet his request.Soon Guan Sai soldiers came to the city of Sheila, he sent people to negotiate with the nobles in the city, during the negotiation, Guan Sai sacrificed the big move of money bombing, smashed the dignitaries of Sheila City in a daze, so knocked on the gate of Sheila City, after the British army entered the city, Guan Sai took advantage of the unpreparedness of the defenders in the city, suddenly launched an attack, and then at a very small price, captured this strategically located city of great importance.The nobles of the city of Hira paid a terrible price for their greed, and everything they had was harvested by the occupiers, and after taking the city of Hira, Guansai marched into the desert with three thousand battle-hardened and strong soldiers.Before setting out, he ordered his three thousand soldiers to ride a camel each, leaving most of the horses behind, and only a few with him.The horses had several large skins on them, and the skins were filled with sweet water.Saman who had previously participated in the uprising.
Prady was very incomprehensible to the Pipe Plug because of his bravery and good fighting, and because he had been to Palmyra, he was transferred to his command by Guan Sai, and he did not understand the method of Guan Sai, so he stepped forward and asked: "General, we are cavalry, we should ride war horses, why do we have to ride camels instead, camels can't run fast, in case we encounter the cavalry of the Romans, how can we fight them?"
”"We're going to cross the Great Desert, and the enemy in the desert is not the Romans, but the hot wind and drought, so I've got a lot of water bladders on the horses!"
”Sam.
Prady was even more puzzled, and said, "But the horses also want to drink water, wow, the water in the big skin, they have to drink at least half of it!"
”Sam.
Prady's words make sense.In the minds of the Bedouins from whom he was born, horses were noble animals, because they could carry them across the vast fields to hunt and attack their enemies.When the Bedouin tents were short of water, the parents turned a deaf ear to the children's cries for water, and instead poured the last drop of water into a bucket and placed it in front of the horses.Guan Sai was a little unhappy, he was irritable, he hated wordy people the most, he waved his hand and said: "Taishang Daozun has arranged it for us, you quickly carry out the order and ride a camel to set off!"
”Sam.
Pradi understood that the general was talking about the Supreme Dao Deity being the Ahura Mazda of their Mazdaq faith, and since it was the instruction of the gods, then he did so, and he immediately gathered his subordinates according to the orders of Guan Sai, mounted a camel, and set out on a journey to conquer the desert.Ten miles out of the city of Hira, there is an oasis, a shallow lake, surrounded by green water plants and many dwarf trees.Camels run excitedly around the oasis.The pipe plug ordered the soldiers to lead the camels to the shore of the lake and let them drink to their heart's content.Thousands of camels buried their heads in the water, cooing and cooing, almost drinking up the water in the shallow lake.After the oasis, there is an endless desert.The sky is clear, and the sun is scorching the earth.Although it was early spring, it was already very hot in the desert.After the desert was exposed to the sun, a wave of moxibustion heat rose, steaming the soldiers sweating.After walking for most of the day, they were hungry and thirsty, so they told the team to stop to drink water and eat dry food.The dry food is a cake made after mashing the dates, a specialty of the two river basins, black like cow dung, but the taste is good, the soldiers eat with relish, and the pipe plug on the side also eats this black cake, and can't stop complaining, "This date is really good, it's delicious, but the appearance is a little ......"
After listening to Guan Sai's complaints, Prady couldn't help but say, "General, this is a first-class pilram date, very precious, it is said that the Egyptians regarded the production of dates as a symbol of a good harvest, while the Romans and Greeks used dates to celebrate victory and welcome the victorious soldiers......"
"And this saying?
If we are eating dates now, doesn't that mean that our trip to Palmyra will be a triumphant return?
”The plug was very happy to hear this.When you are full, you have to drink water, which must be approved by several officers headed by Guan Sai, Guan Guan untied the skin of a horse, inserted a reed pipe, and let the soldiers take turns drinking around the skin, Guan Tu stood next to the skin bag to supervise, he even personally observed the wriggling of each person's cheeks and throat, each person was only allowed to suck three mouthfuls of water, and the master of the pipe was severely punished.Before entering the desert, the camel had a belly full of water, and at this moment, it was lying lazily on the desert, looking leisurely.The horses, on the other hand, were so hot that they snorted irritably.As the soldiers sucked water around the skins, all the horses' heads turned there and cried, Saman.
When Prady saw the pitiful appearance of these horses, he couldn't help but ask the governor: "General, the horses are thirsty, so be merciful and feed them a little water to drink!"
”"Okay, but they can't drink the water from their skins," he said.Let them drink the water from the camel's belly!
”He asked the soldier to plunge a stick into the throat of a camel.The camel wriggled its head, its throat whirring for a moment, and spat out a lot of water.The water fell into a barrel of sand and filled four buckets of water, which the horses that followed them on the expedition drank.The camel had vomited all the water in its belly, and it was too exhausted to get out of the desert, so the pipe ordered the soldiers to slaughter it, cut the camel's flesh into pieces and distribute it to the people for food.Most of the warriors who participated in the expedition were with Saman.
The Bedouins like Pradi, they either directly believe in the sinicization of Taoism, or they are pious Mazdak, although they have different beliefs, but because the Prairie Road and the new Mazdaq are both from the hands of Li Lu, they have a high degree of interoperability, so they get along very well.These Bedouins originally lived in the barren desert area, hard work, and rich experience in desert life, and after slaughtering the camels, they began to roast the camel meat, especially the delicious hump, which tasted delicious.In this way, the water from the camel's belly was fed to the horses, the soldiers drank the water from the skins on the horses' backs, and the raw camel meat was eaten as food, and after five days of arduous trekking, Guan Sai and the three thousand soldiers finally walked out of the desert.There was another oasis in front of them, the soldiers cheered, the camels and horses ran forward without their lives, and after feeding and drinking the soldiers, and resting for a long day, the troops began to march again, and after three days, they suddenly appeared under the city of Palmyra, which had just been made the capital by Shapur III.