Chapter 1358 The best way to kill enemies in the wild

"Send someone to inform the commander immediately that the Arab Empire's army has moved."

Just when the Arab Empire's army began to reorganize, spies from the Tang Dynasty had already observed them. They were around the city of Samarkand, and they were basically guessing now.

The armies of both sides will understand the surrounding situation and conduct raids around the military camp from time to time, but it is obvious that the Arab Empire is a little slower, allowing Datang spies to have developed around the military camp.

In addition, the Tang army is willing to spend money. In addition to regular troops like them, there are dozens of spies recruited from the local area. We have a lot of money here, and there are still people who are willing to even lose their heads. Let’s do it.

What's more, the Arab army was unpopular. They killed countless people around them. Many people hated them to death and wished they were defeated by the Tang army. So when the Tang army came, some people didn't even ask for money. , volunteered to be a spy for the Tang army.

After receiving the news, Cheng Chuliang also prepared his troops. They would not travel long distances to find this group of people. He only needed to send out five small teams and let them keep a close eye on them. We are not stupid. Going to your place.

In fact, the Arab Empire's army does not need to take the initiative to attack. As long as they stay in the city of Samarkand, the Tang army will have to find a way to attack. However, Prince Salaman could not calm down. He immediately He was about to return to the capital of Arabia, and he had to win a battle before going back. If there were no prisoners from the Tang Dynasty, how would he go back?

In the military structure of the Arab Empire, prisoners can be said to be a very important part. Just saying that you won the battle is not enough. You must have enough prisoners. If there are not enough prisoners, then what you said The words may be lies and have little credibility.

And they must be live prisoners. There was once a general of the Arab Empire who actually cut off the heads of 8,000 people around him in order to make others believe what he said, and then transported these heads back to the capital. The Arab Empire held a grand celebration party for him.

That is when the celebration meeting was held, another great nobleman of the empire stood up. It turned out that his son was among the eight thousand people, and a slave ran back. This great nobleman was unwilling to let his son He died in vain, so he told this matter.

Sure enough, after investigation, it was found that everything he said was true about the general's family being interrogated and executed, but this incident also left a bad impact.

That is to say, after that incident, no matter how great your victory is, you must have prisoners, and the number of prisoners must be similar to what you said. If you annihilate an army of 100,000 people, not one or two Who can believe that there are thousands of prisoners? Have you killed everyone?

This is what Prince Salaman thought this time. Even if he does not occupy any territory, he must capture a bunch of living prisoners. These prisoners must be pure troops of the Tang Empire and cannot be from various countries in the Western Regions. The army, because these armies did not cause much sensation after being brought back.

The Arab Empire has long systematically investigated the countries in the Western Region. Although there are many countries, none has a strong overall national strength. If you capture the prisoners of these countries, will you be able to convince the public?

It is estimated that those people will taunt you vigorously, saying that you have never fought against the Tang army and are only looking for some soft persimmons to pinch. Prince Salaman will never give them this opportunity.

According to the custom of the Arab Empire, His Royal Highness the Prince does have to ride a war horse with the soldiers. Of course, there is no need to walk in a too conspicuous position. Although they are arrogant, they are not stupid. His Highness the Prince was injured last time.

So this time Prince Salaman also rode a war horse, but he was hidden in the team. No one thought that the prince was afraid of death. After the prince was injured last time, the entire army was almost lost. There was no coordination among the commanding units. This allowed the Tang army to find a loophole. Fortunately, they escaped relatively quickly. Otherwise, how could they have lost only 20,000 people?

This time everyone learned their lesson and did not put more than 200,000 troops together. Instead, they formed three armies, the front, middle and rear. The 20,000 people in the front army were all Arab cavalry, and they were also the most elite people under the prince.

If something goes wrong, these people can flee around at extremely fast speeds, so there is no need to worry about their safety.

The middle group is also the largest group. These people include people from various tribes in Central Asia, and there are nearly 100,000 people. These people are used as cannon fodder, but they cannot be placed on the front line. If they are put Placed at the front, I am afraid these people will flee as soon as they see the Tang army. Their combat effectiveness is the worst.

As for Prince Salaman, after a defeat, this guy has not made any progress. He led 80,000 soldiers from the Arab Empire and walked at the end of the entire team. If the middle legion was defeated, the people behind would go up. Just kill them, and let you guys know that anyone who disobeys orders will never get out of the battlefield alive.

This is like a pig team. Let the other tribes in the middle see clearly. Don't think that you can run around after entering the battlefield. In fact, they have already been staring at you.

The action methods of the three armies soon came into Cheng Chuliang's hands. They also began to study how to deal with this army. According to the situation monitored by our personnel, the total number of troops exceeds 200,000. Once this army is defeated, Then we can directly occupy the city of Samarkand.

Although Samarkand is still in their hands now, after the loss of this army, those who go back will definitely be defeated soldiers. When our army appears in Samarkand, it may be able to surrender without a fight.

The Arab Empire, like the Tang Empire, is very far away from the battlefield, so it is difficult to quickly obtain replacements after losses. Even if it can recruit troops again from the tribes around the Anton Governor's Mansion, the number cannot be too many. After all, this time we have won everything we can fight for.

"We not only need to defeat them, but the most important thing is to annihilate this effective force. The more people they die outside the city, the greater advantage we will be able to gain when we attack the city in the future."

Facing the sand table, Cheng Chuliang said this. (End of chapter)