The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

Chapter 384: Battle of Karachi

Lu Bu led 50,000 cavalrymen to garrison and monitor the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Secondly, 500,000 surrendered soldiers were drawn from the Central and Southern countries and immediately marched towards Daqin to serve as auxiliary troops.

The second step was to allocate 5 million dan of grain from Anxi to Daqin.

Finally, 70,000 Han troops were dispatched to Thang Long City in Annan to prepare for landing operations.

At the same time as the order was issued, the relevant resolution was also reported to Ning Quan, Yue Fei, Bai Qi and others.

Ning Quan naturally had no objection to the arrangements made by Zhuge Liang and others, and he agreed to them immediately.

Bai Qi and Yue Fei immediately adjusted their battle plans based on the above arrangements.

Then, the two of them led their troops to advance towards the capital of the Arab Empire.

Attacking Huanglong directly was the strategy agreed upon by Yue Fei and Bai Qi.

.........

Half a month later.

Karachi city.

The mighty Persian army, led by the Persian general Jadeja, arrived in Karachi.

The total strength of this army is about 300,000, all of whom are elite Persians. They have strong combat effectiveness, far exceeding that of ordinary Persian troops.

After the Persian army arrived, they began to build camps and fortifications.

First of all, strengthening the defense is Jadeja's top priority.

After all, Persia had fought with the Arabs many times and was very familiar with the Arabs' tactics, so he would not be careless.

He would not be killed by a bomb or ambushed by cavalry as foolishly as before.

To this end, before setting up camp, Jadya even ordered the soldiers to dig three feet into the ground to check whether there were any explosives buried underground.

After repeated confirmation, Jadeja ordered to set up camp.

Afterwards, Jadya personally took charge of the soldiers to establish a defense line, and dug trenches around the camp to prevent the Daqian cavalry from charging.

Jadya knew in his heart that the Daqian army must not be underestimated.

Even if the enemy only has 70,000 troops, he will never be careless.

At the same time, on the city wall.

Ning Quan was also observing the busy Persian army outside the city, while calculating in his mind whether the range of the coastal defense artillery could cover the enemy camp.

Fortunately, the enemy camp was perfectly within the range of the coastal defense artillery.

Ning Quan was relieved.

Of course, Ning Quan would definitely not fire now, as the enemy would definitely flee if he did.

What he had to do now was to lure the enemy into continuous attacks, constantly deplete the enemy's manpower and morale, and then seize the opportunity to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop.

The enemy before us is the only remaining elite force of Persia, and we must not let them go back.

"Get ready, it looks like the enemy is about to attack."

Ning Quan said lightly.

"I obey your command." Xiao He on the side replied respectfully.

"Ok!"

Ning Quan nodded.

Then he stood on the city wall and looked down at the Persian army with a calm look, as if he had everything under control.

.......

Half an hour later.

The Persian army finally moved, and a 20,000-strong infantry rushed towards the city of Karachi with shouts.

"Crossbowmen, get ready!"

"put."

Xiao He ordered in a deep voice.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!…”

Suddenly, the sound of arrows breaking through the air was heard continuously, and a dense rain of arrows whistled down, instantly killing a large number of Persian troops.

But the Persian army did not retreat. They continued to advance with their shields raised and under the rain of arrows.

Soon they rushed to the foot of the city. Shield bearers raised their shields to block the arrows, while other soldiers quickly built siege ladders and began to climb the city wall.

"Lancer suppression."

Xiao He commanded calmly.

"Boo! Hah! Hah..."

Countless spears shot out from the air, stabbing to death the soldiers who tried to climb the city wall.

"Ah...ah..."

Suddenly, screams rang out continuously, making the Persian soldiers who had not yet entered the city feel terrified.

However, under the urging of the supervising general, the Persian soldiers still gritted their teeth and continued to climb up.

Finally, some Persian soldiers climbed up the city wall.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.”

But waiting for them were the defenders' crossbowmen.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

A dense rain of arrows came, and the Persian soldiers who climbed onto the city wall were pierced through the body and fell down one after another.

Soon, the city walls were filled with corpses and the smell of blood was everywhere.

In a moment, all the soldiers who climbed onto the city wall were killed.

"Keep attacking."

The Persian general supervising the battle snorted coldly and continued to give orders.

"Yes."

Soon more Persian soldiers climbed the wall, desperate to climb up.

Because they knew that if they didn't try hard to climb the city wall now, they would become sitting ducks and die under the arrows of the defenders.

Then a fierce battle broke out between the two sides on the city wall, blood flowed and dyed the city wall red.

But it was obvious that the Persian army was no match for the defenders, both in terms of manpower and combat effectiveness.

Half an hour later, the Persian army was completely defeated and retreated in a panic, leaving their weapons and armor behind.

"Launch a second wave of attack immediately."

In the enemy camp, Jadeja gave the order indifferently.

Jadya's strategy was very clear, which was to use superior military forces to fight a protracted war, not only to consume the enemy's strength, but also to capture Karachi in one battle.

"promise!"

Soon, another 20,000 soldiers rushed towards Karachi.

But the situation this time was the same as before, they were defeated before long.

The enemy then sent out new legions and was defeated again.

At the end of the day, all three attacks ended in failure, resulting in the loss of over ten thousand people.

However, Jadya was not discouraged, and still firmly believed that as long as he persisted, victory would eventually belong to Persia.

Little did he know that his strategy was exactly what Ning Quan wanted.

Ning Quan thought so too.

......

On the distant Pamir Plateau, a large cavalry team is marching rapidly.

This cavalry army had a total of 200,000 people, and each cavalryman had two or even three war horses.

This army was none other than the Xiongnu cavalry led by Huo Qubing, who were now rushing towards the territory of the Arab Empire.

After receiving the order to go to war, Huo Qubing immediately led his troops out.

From Astana, passing through Bishkek, Tashkent, and finally here.

This place is less than two hundred miles away from Dushanbe, the capital of the eastern province of the Caliphate.

"Shut up!"

"How far is it to Queenstown?"

Huo Qubing tightened the reins, stopped moving forward and asked.

"General, it's still seven days' journey to Kunshidu."

The deputy general replied.

"Okay, keep going."

Huo Qubing nodded and then spoke.

"General, aren't we going to attack Dushanbe?"

the lieutenant asked.

Huo Qubing shook his head and said, "Let's not attack for now. Our main task is to join forces with General Bai Qi and General Yue Fei and cooperate with them to capture the capital of the Arab Empire in one fell swoop."

"Once we capture the capital of the Arabs, there's no need to attack Dushanbe; they'll surrender naturally."

After hearing what Huo Qubing said, the deputy general suddenly understood.

"The general is wise."

The deputy general said flatteringly.

Huo Qubing nodded slightly and said nothing more.

"drive!"

Then, Huo Qubing continued to lead the army forward at a rapid pace.

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