Chapter 3885: New arrangement

When Guan Hai went all out to the eastern part of the Caspian Sea, Aldashir had also led the main force to Herat. At this time, Barak had received the order to defend Herat in advance. Luck didn't have any special feelings either.

Sooner or later, the city cannot be defended, but in the early stage, it must be defended firmly to buy time for the arrangement on the Kandahar side. By the way, among the orders that Barak received, Cao Cao has already described Kandahar and Oswen in detail, so Barak I also know how far I am going.

From this point of view, Cao Cao believed Barak very much. After all, Barak had also blocked Cao Cao for a long time in terms of ability, but in terms of relationship, the two were Weng-in-law, and Cao Cao was quite trustworthy of each other.

"It is estimated that it will take six or seven days for the reinforcements to come over. The good thing now is that Aldahir’s vanguard is the cavalry." Barak looked at the military affairs in his hand, and some strangers were inexplicable. After putting them in the first two years, he handled these. Things can be said to be easy, but since there is a princess, who is still in charge of this, where the power is important, this is the original intention of Guishuang for a hundred years!

"This is nothing." Gumara nodded and said, "Herat itself is easy to defend and hard to attack. If I wait for the army under his command to just stick to it, there is nothing very good for Aldashir. After all, regardless of him How powerful the cavalry is, it is impossible to spend it in a siege. The only possibility is for the opponent to bypass Herat."

For other legions, directly bypassing the city node and attacking the rear, it is very likely that the enemy will seize the opportunity to cut off the food, but if it is replaced by Aldahir, the opponent's mobility and combat effectiveness can be guaranteed to be deployed behind the enemy. Combat.

"This matter has been notified by Sikong long ago." Barak nodded, "Xiahou Miaocai should also be prepared, and it is desert terrain after all. No matter how powerful the Saint Mortal Cavalry is, it is actually useless. ."

Sansha is powerful. No, very powerful. The fighting power is so strong that you can definitely face the holy mortals. As a result, if there were a large number of righteous men who took refuge in Sansha, maybe Sansha is still playing with Fuward and others in the desert. It.

No matter how powerful the cavalry is, there is a limit. No matter how powerful the cavalry is, it’s too outrageous to eat terrain. No matter how strong the Saint Mortal Cavalry is, Xia Houyuan can’t fight in desert terrain. Just one move. Let’s talk about Xia Houyuan’s normal army talent, which greatly improves the marching speed and distance. However, the Saint Mortal Cavalry was disgusting enough to kill the opponent, so Barak didn't panic at all about whether the reinforcements would be beaten.

"Then defend it now, after all, it's not as good as it used to be." Gumara nodded when he heard the words. Before letting go, he might choose to fight to see if he could splash Aldashir with blood or something. Now, , It is better to be cautious, no mistake is work.

Therefore, when Aldahir arrived in Herat, Barak had already blocked the city gates and holes with huge rocks, and all kinds of defensive equipment, whether useful or useless, were piled on the city wall.

"Where is Barak!" Aldashir is not a fool. The leading units under his command are cavalry. It will take a few days for the infantry to arrive. Now it must be a death to attack the city, so I will fight a psychological warfare first.

"My general said, if Aldashir comes, let me tell you that he is not on the city wall and does not want to speak to him. He is pacifying Qinghe County Lord." After Aldashir's roar passed to the wall, A centurion pointed out his head and answered Aldahir.

Hearing that Aldahir was stuck in his chest with a mouthful of old blood, he couldn't vomit it out, and couldn't swallow it down.

"As a general, I don’t want to serve the country. How can I be a general when my sons and daughters are so affectionate at the time of battle!" Aldahir’s original plan of separation, decisively changed to another tone, to let others garrison on the wall. The soldiers felt the unhappy strategy.

"Ah? You have something wrong." The centurion lying on the head of the city looked at Aldashir below with a **** expression, "Herat can fall, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with the county lord, Aldashir, you This is to look down on our long-cherished wish of Beigui for a hundred years, and talk less gossip, and quickly raise the gun to fight."

Although Barack ran to appease the Qinghe County lord and did not patrol the top of the city, the minds of the soldiers guarding the city were very calm and even felt that they should be rebuilt if the city is gone. If the princess is gone, then it can be completely. Nothing, which is lighter and heavier, who doesn't count.

Aldahir was touched by a mold and didn’t say anything. He had heard that Beigui was a neuropathy. He had voted hundreds of thousands for a county lord of the Han Dynasty. He used to be a joke before, but now, Aldaxi You guessed it, this shouldn't be a joke.

Even the ordinary soldiers at the lower ranks think that the princess is the most important. This group of people voted normally. Aldasil had to sigh when thinking about this. Sometimes, there are things that seem to be useless, really. It is quite emotional.

However, these two sentences also proved the fact that not to mention the people on Herat's side, the soldiers are absolutely united, fighting for the princess in the city, this is definitely a trouble.

"Sure enough, the situation is the same as we estimated." Tavasdes said with a sigh.

"We didn’t make such preparations when we came. The people like Barak and Gumara in Herat are not easy to be born with. They govern Herat, and those who infiltrate are also It's unlikely to do anything wrong." Aldahir said with a calm expression, "So from the beginning our goal was not Herat."

Tavasdes nodded. The plan was made by him and Aldahir together. He is not very good at the meticulous practical operation of military strategy, but he is still very good in strategy. After all, in official history, Alda Hill's strategy for managing the world is his one-handed operation.

By the way, Tavasdes is actually not inclined to take shots against the Han room, but the situation after the sky has changed has shown Aldashir a little possibility. Tavasdes did it because of Aldashir’s pressure. Out of this plan.

Of course, the pressure comes from the pressure. Tavasdes also admitted that this time is really good. The plan is a bit risky, but if the plan is successful, many things will change. Kandahar is in hand, and Aldashir is at least cut off. Bondage.

As for the only shortcoming, I am afraid that Aldahir’s food cannot be completely self-sufficient and needs to be provided by Guishuang, but a force that is relatively weak and needs to report to the group for warmth, comparable to the forces of Han and Rome. Too much to deal with.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Tavasdes’ goal was not to take Herat. Strategically speaking, this was a very risky plan. If it was replaced by Cao Cao, Liu Bei would never do this for mature middle-aged people. plan.

But for Aldahir, he is in a young and aggressive period, betting on a strong attack, he does not believe that Guishuang does not want to fight.

Although the plan is very risky, for Aldahir, the most he loses is to roll back and continue to eat Herat. The situation will not be worse, but if it succeeds, the turnaround will be in sight, so he chose to take a gamble. , Even if this round will be very thrilling.

Oswen on the Kabul side has already ordered his troops and almost used all the main force to advance along the Helmand River valley towards Kandahar. Oswen’s guess given by Bankim is in mind. This is an opportunity. Cao Cao's chance to completely beat Kandahar.

Originally, Kandahar was going to win, it was not so easy. Barak's surrender led to the erosion of the battle and the situation was out of control, but now the opportunity has come again.

"Kapil, how is your plan implemented?" Oswen asked Kapil quite seriously before setting off.

"Under normal circumstances, I'm probably pretty reliable." Kapil sighed and said, "The mountainous area here is far more familiar than the Han room, so even if the other party made preparations, it was in the middle of the Helmand River. A fortress was built upstream, but we have blocked the valley and creeks further upstream. Up to now, the runoff of the Helmand River has been greatly reduced."

The Helmand River is an inland plateau river whose main source of water comes from mountain snowmelt and rainfall. Not to mention the rainfall here. The rainy season will take several months to come. The Helmand River has recently The main source of water is snowmelt in the mountains.

After all, here is mountainous terrain, and the average altitude is very high. The snow cover is not a joke. Snowmelt in summer can be said to be the main source of Helmand River water, and this source must be super-many sources. Small streams and ice springs.

Kapil’s previous suggestion was to rely on his own familiarity with the terrain to build simple dams in the mountain valleys one by one, blocking those small streams and ice springs one by one.

Of course, even if it is fully blocked, it is impossible to block all of them, but it is still possible to block most of them, and more importantly, block the river valleys one by one. In any case, it will reduce the runoff of the Helmand River. Cao Cao's agricultural water caused considerable trouble.

In fact, many conflicts between Afghanistan and Iran in later generations were caused by the construction of embankments in Afghanistan to fetch water, which led to insufficient irrigation of Iran’s agriculture and large-scale desertion.

In addition, Kapil has some sinister intentions. For example, in the rainy season in December, although it does not rain here, it rains on the tributaries. Then all the simple dams will be dug up, and the water volume will increase sharply, even if Cao Cao is upstream. Being prepared is enough to make the opponent sick.

In short, Kapil, who is normal and without crisis, is quite reliable. There are almost no obvious shortcomings in various aspects such as ability and wisdom. The plan is also delicate and executed. The more important links are linked together. The only flaw is probably That is, the more critical the situation, the worse his ability.