The old general regretted it and felt that he had done something big wrong. Even though it was too late when he discovered it, he still thought so. He thought that if he hadn't done all this, it might be a good ending.

The main reason why the old general had such an idea was Du He. When the Tang army led by Du He first saw the thick black smoke, he had an ominous premonition. The general of the vanguard army, Yuchi Baolin, rushed forward with a cavalry of 5,000 people, was to remind the main force of the uprising army that was already fighting with the official army to be careful of the use of the official army's strategies. Du He pointed out incisively that although the uprising army was large in number, it was undoubtedly a group of mobs, and it was extremely easy for experienced generals to see the flaws and destroy them in one fell swoop.

When the Tang army and the eastern rebel coalition forces attacked the last barrier to the Persian imperial city, they were strongly resisted by the Persian government forces. The number of this government troops was large, and most of them were like the previous Persian army, with a mob, but there was an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people who were extremely tenacious and good at fighting. Du He was a little underestimated at the beginning. After the opponent's main force was annihilated, only 5,000 light cavalry were used to capture the fortress. As a result, he was beaten back with a bruised nose and swollen face. Du He was shocked and angry, and personally led his army to take the cannon to attack the city.

The facts proved that the defeat of the Five Thousand Light Cavalry was not without reason. This Persian army was indeed quite tenacious and repelled the first wave of attacks without artillery assistance in the Tang army. Of course, this was just Du He's tentative attack. After this time, Du He ordered the use of artillery to bombard the city wall, first using solid iron bullets to completely destroy the city wall, and then using flowering bullets to attack the soldiers. After a round of bombing, the elite Tang Dynasty formed an army formation and moved forward steadily. He wanted to go down in one fell swoop, but he still encountered tenacious resistance.

The vanguard general Yuchi Baolin personally led a three thousand commandos to break into the city and launched a fierce street battle with the Persian defenders. He was beaten out three times. Du He was furious and personally put on armor and rushed into the city with his own guards. As a result, he was almost attacked by the desperate Persian government troops. Du He was extremely shocked. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of this Persian army was far less than that of the Tang army, but their spirit and their tenacious fighting will shock him. He witnessed a Persian army with its intestines flowing out of the body bit off the neck of a Tang soldier and died with all his strength.

What unit are these Persian soldiers? This must be not an ordinary Persian army, it must be the elite among the elite. Who is their commander? Who is their commander? Where do they come from?

The Tang Dynasty Anxi Army, which had never been defeated in every battle, encountered a serious setback here. Three and ninety thousand of the five armies gathered here, but were blocked by the Persian remaining troops with less than 20,000 people for five days. Until the last Persian army died in battle, the Tang Dynasty suffered more than 8,900 soldiers. This was the largest battle loss in a single battle since its establishment and the largest battle loss under the prevailing force. Looking at the fortress that had been completely destroyed, Du He looked solemn.

What happened to these Persian soldiers?

This kind of doubt and ominous feeling was even stronger when Du He saw the thick black smoke with his own eyes. The thing he was most worried about was that the Persian defenders in the city must have taken the sudden attack and used fire to attack the rebels off guard. If it were a well-trained army, it would be fine, the rebels were completely mobs. The intelligence also said that there were a large number of families within the rebels, who were more people than combat soldiers, old, weak, sick, disabled, etc. Is this an army?

Once this kind of army is attacked by fire, even if the army is not in chaos, the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, women and children will collapse, right? Once women and children collapse, can men not panic? Can they still accept the command of the commander and orderly fight? It will definitely be a disaster. Just like Lu Xun burned the joint camp in the past, the well-trained and capable Shu soldiers led by Emperor Liu Bei himself collapsed, let alone these mobs.

Du He immediately ordered the vanguard general Yuchi Baolin to lead 5,000 light cavalry to rush to the site of the incident to support the Persian uprising troops. Although they were all mobs, if they used it well, the Tang army could destroy the Persian regime without any effort. Otherwise, if the Tang army attacked in person, the result would be less gratifying. The Tang army, which had just encountered more than 20,000 Persian remnants, had vowed to fight to the death with a serious loss, was not suitable to fight a tough battle immediately.

But it was too late. Yuchi Baolin was ambushed while advancing quickly. The Persian army came from somewhere to attack the Tang Dynasty's Qing Cavalry with bows and crossbows. The Tang Dynasty's Qing Cavalry lost more than 200 cavalry when it was caught off guard. Yuchi Baolin made a quick decision to lead the cavalry to retreat quickly. The enemy situation should not advance by itself. This is the Anxi military law established by Du He. Even if it retreats, it is not a crime. Even if it is a rash move, it is a crime to defeat it.

Retreat to a safe place, Yuchi Baolin ordered the cavalry to organize a sentry to touch him again and investigate the situation. Because he was anxious before, he did not send a scout to explore the way, but he encountered an ambush. This time he would not be able to do so. Yuchi Baolin asked the scout to go first, and he followed up with his main force. The well-trained scouts moved forward in the dense forests on both sides of the road. He soon discovered the location of the Persian ambush. The green signal flare soared into the sky. Yuchi Baolin immediately ordered the cavalry to dismount and turn into infantry, draw out his melee short sword and rushed into the dense forest to clean up the ambush.

Facts have proved that the decision made by Yuchi Baolin was correct, or the basic solution of various basic problems that may be encountered during the march is correct, because no matter what the situation is, the root cause is the same. A motivation can evolve into millions of ideas, but the solution does not seem to be as complicated as tens of millions. Li Shiji and Li Jing joined forces to create a set of effective solutions, and then issue every military school student and marching staff to tell them how to adapt to the situation and not stick to the rules.

Yuchi Baolin has a bad head, or is not very high in IQ and has little study. He is often bullied among a group of friends. However, even a piece of wood can be trained to become an excellent general in the military academy for three years and seven or eight years. This kind of thing can be dealt with even the rules of experience. Yuchi Baolin immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare for the response according to the marching rules, but it was just a little more time.

However, Yuchi Baolin then discovered that although his speed was relatively fast, he could encounter ambush during the march every once in a while. The number of ambushing was very small, with dozens of people at least at a time. However, he successfully slowed down the speed of five thousand light cavalry, causing Yuchi Baolin to lose more than 400 soldiers before the war started. He was very angry and realized that this was the enemy's tired plan. Although he was stupid and read less, it did not mean that he did not understand these basic military common sense.

He ordered the entire army to assault at full speed, divided into three teams, each with eight hundred people on the left and right teams, and three thousand main forces in the middle. When encountering an ambush, the main forces in the middle will continue to assault at full speed. The left and right teams will freely choose how many troops to leave to deal with the ambush according to the direction and scale of the ambush. After the response, he will catch up. Anyway, he will not choose to stop. For the cavalry, speed is life, and for the mission, speed is the guarantee of success.

Sure enough, after the implementation of this strategy, the Persian ambush was very uncomfortable with it. He did not succeed in three ambushings, but was defeated in a crushing defeat by the left and right teams specifically dealing with the miserable solution of the troops. The main force of the three thousand iron cavalry, under the command of Yuchi Baolin, finally arrived at the predetermined location within the scheduled time. On the way, he even encountered a thousand Persian cavalry blocking him. Yuchi Baolin led his army to rush hard and easily defeated the Persian cavalry, but when they arrived at the predetermined location, what they saw was not what they wanted to see.

The sight was full of devastated, smoke filled the ground, and there were many pits not buried. The Persian soldiers coming and going could be seen vaguely. Such a landform was no longer suitable for cavalry, especially light cavalry, to fight. Yuchi Baolin decisively ordered the stop to advance, dismount and set up defense on the ground, and then sent a quick messenger to inform the commander Du He and the others of what they saw, as well as the information that the landform was not suitable for cavalry and large-scale corps charges.

But even so, they had some doubts about these situations. They were not even sure what was going on here. It seemed that after a disaster-level battle, Yuchi Baolin's keen sense of smell even smelled the bloody smell hidden in the thick smoke. There must have been a disaster here, or a disaster that killed many people.

"General, you see, those people seem to be filling those pits. Are those pits not used to stop our cavalry?" A personal guard next to Yuchi Baolin showed a puzzled look and asked Yuchi Baolin. Yuchi Baolin took a closer look, hey, let alone, it is true, and as usual, the pit against the cavalry is not that big. Looking down from a high place, it even feels very deep. The dark smoke comes out of it. You can see flames. What are they burning? That should not be a pit for the cavalry?

"What you said is true. Let's do this. We can't get closer if we go deeper. If we can't figure out the situation, we won't go to war immediately. You can't take care of others and see what they are doing. Be careful not to be discovered, otherwise you will be blessed!" Yuchi Baolin looked like I would never save you.

The guard was stunned and had to admit that he was unlucky. He led a team of scouts and touched them. He was sneaky, afraid of being discovered, and did not dare to be discovered. After looking carefully for a while, one of the scouts frowned and exclaimed: "Did they throw people in? Do you look like a dead person?"

The guard widened his eyes and looked closely. Not to mention, it really looks like... No, that's right!

So, the big pit was full of corpses? The battle had been finished? The guard's head was in chaos, so he had to go back and report to Yuchi Baolin as soon as possible. Yuchi Baolin was also full of mind, but since the matter could not be judged, for the sake of the safety of the army, he would retreat for a while and wait until Du He's army came before deciding on other matters.

Du He's army arrived soon. Du He himself had already received a report from Yuchi Baolin. He frowned and looked at Yuchi Baolin who came forward, and asked: "What do you mean by Persian soldiers throwing corpses into deep pits and burning them? That black smoke is the smoke that burns corpses? Where did such a large smoke come from? How many people died to burn this way?"

Yuchi Baolin said that he was powerless: "There are many pits coming close to it, which is not conducive to the horse army's galloping. The last general is powerless and unknown. I also ask the general to punish him."

Du He nodded and said, "I understand. You have done a lot. I really didn't expect such a thing to happen. It seems that their uprising army has been defeated. It's really a rabble. Once the fire is burned, it will be a disaster. It seems that we are going to fight alone. I will send orders to prepare artillery to blow up the imperial city for me. In addition, the horse army dismounts and walks, and you can't ride horses here. Others will be discussed later!"

The generals agreed in unison: "No!" r1152
Chapter completed!