Chapter 658 The giant cannibal who underestimates the enemy
"As soon as the Big Eater comes into view, retreat immediately. Pay attention to controlling the formation. The terrain here is not wide enough. After the artillery positions are deployed, the retreat path left for us is very narrow."
Yuchi Baolin ordered: It seems that there is no need to tangle with the cannibal camel cavalry.
After listening to the scout's report, Su Chen smiled: "We are despised by the big cannibal!"
Then he ordered with a stern face:
"Tell the gunners to get the enemy within 500 meters before running away and aim for me."
"The mouth gun is directly loaded with shotshells!"
"Call Xue Li back to me, so there is no need for him to command from the high ground on both sides!"
"Prepare a hundred crossbow cavalry, equipped with double crossbows and double throwing spears!"
The cannibal's arrogance made Su Chen secretly happy and decided to give them a warm meeting gift.
I have arrived outside Medina in a big way, and you are looking down upon me by sending just these people out!
at this time,
In the front, Yuchi Baolin saw that he no longer needed telescopes, and saw that he could see the big man-eating man with just his eyes.
Without saying a word, he turned around and ran away!
The opponent was stunned immediately,
You worked so hard to get here, and you just ran away before we even met?
Umer, the leader of the Dashi army, suddenly felt humiliated: "Chase them! Catch them all! I want to torture them to see where they came from."
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Ten days ago, Abbas, the supreme commander who stayed in Medina, received a report that a huge fleet was discovered in the Red Sea, and each ship was much larger than the large Persian merchant ships.
After Abbas received the news, he sent someone to notify the Hermiyel Sultanate in the southwest of the peninsula to send ships into the Red Sea to find out.
While sending an urgent message to Ctesiphon, he asked if the Tang fleet was coming.
Dashi was defeated by the Tang navy in Malacca. Abbas already knew about this.
I also learned that the Tang Dynasty had huge ships that were much more advanced than them.
Before receiving a reply, there were reports that more than 3,000 troops had appeared on the road from Aybar Port to the Settra Mountains.
Moreover, the tribes on both sides of the road were looted.
Is this the Tang Dynasty coming ashore?
Abbas immediately summoned the nobles and officials of Medina for a meeting,
When the nobles and officials in Medina heard Abbas's words, most of them didn't believe it at all:
Datang is tens of thousands of miles away from Dashi, how could they come here?
Even if you come here, you have to go to the Persian Gulf first. How can you go to the Red Sea?
Maybe the Ham people on the other side of the sea are dishonest again. Let’s find out first before talking.
Even if the Tang people come, will my warriors, the Great Eater God, be afraid of them?
As for the sudden appearance of a small force of more than 3,000 people,
Are Tang people stupid?
After traveling so far, just send this few people ashore?
Just send an army to have a look. Maybe the Hams came across the sea to rob it?
Didn’t it mean that a large number of tribes were looted?
As for which troop to send, everyone started quarreling again!
Since the prophet unified the peninsula, there has been no war here for many years.
Finally, a group of people who were not afraid of death appeared, but there were only about 3,000 people.
By then, this little battle effort won’t be enough for everyone to share!
After a slight delay, Su Chen's army was less than fifty miles away from Medina.
The total distance was more than 300 miles. Su Chen still drove all the way in a hurry, and he arrived in three or four days.
At this moment, the nobles in Medina were a little anxious. How could this Tang man run so fast!
Now it has been determined that they are from the Tang Dynasty. After all, the appearance and clothing of the Tang Dynasty people are quite different from those of the various ethnic groups along the Mediterranean coast and East and North Africa.
Everyone, stop arguing and send troops to kill these ignorant Tang people.
If they approach Medina, the glory of the holy city will be lost!
Until the Tang army arrived less than fifty miles away from Medina, the nobles in Medina didn't take it seriously.
If people from the Tang Dynasty dare to come, they are seeking death!
After all, ever since the prophet established Dashi, Dashi's army has been victorious in every battle, sweeping across the world with no rivals!
Several Byzantine vassal states and partial armies in North Africa and East Africa were quickly captured.
The Byzantine army was also defeated steadily in front of the food army.
The powerful Persian Empire was destroyed without any effort!
Da Shiren now does not believe at all that there is a Da Shi army in the world that cannot defeat a powerful enemy, but is worried that the army has conquered such a large territory that it cannot be managed at all!
Compared with other areas, there are too few cannibals on the peninsula!
As for the Tang Dynasty, if the prime minister hadn't been trembling all day long about a powerful cannibal enemy in a distant place, most of the cannibals would have never heard of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Malacca was completely wiped out, the cannibal didn't pay much attention: How many days have we learned how to sail?
Have the ability to compete with the warriors of our gods on land!
The cannibals who had just founded their country in the early seventh century were not the cannibals who dominated the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean in the ninth century. They did not pay much attention to navigation at the beginning.
So when Su Chen arrived last night, Umer also officially received the order to eliminate the Tang people who did not know whether to live or die.
Umar ordered five thousand camel cavalry early this morning and set off directly.
Umar also knew that the Tang people had gunpowder,
However, his understanding of gunpowder was still limited to that of a siege weapon, which could also cause considerable damage to infantry, so he did not bring infantry with him.
As for artillery, he had also seen artillery imitated according to Tang Dynasty drawings.
Umar despised that thing very much,
What's the use of having a powerful weapon that only takes two or three minutes to fire?
In this time, the cavalry would have already rushed forward and hacked the enemy to death!
In fact, this is not to blame for Umar's shallowness. In the first few hundred years before artillery appeared, it was used to defend cities or bombard city walls.
Rarely used for field battles,
In the early days, that thing was too bulky, the rate of fire was too slow, the range was short, and it was not very accurate.
Moreover, the metallurgical process requirements are quite high.
Therefore, although the Great Eater has obtained the casting drawings of the artillery for more than half a year, it has not cast a large number of them.
Only a small number of artillery pieces are deployed in the Persian Gulf, and there is not a single artillery piece in Medina.
Umar had seen that thing elsewhere three months ago.
But that bomb is very annoying, especially against infantry.
Use a trebuchet to throw one into the crowd, killing a large area at once, and the formation will immediately become chaotic.
However, the cavalry is not afraid when they run. They are as slow as the trebuchets and may not hit the target.
And as long as you rush in front of the opponent's formation, that thing is of little use.
So Umar simply did not bring the infantry, but only 5,000 camel cavalry.
He originally thought that three thousand camel cavalry would be enough, but for the sake of safety, he would bring more people with him when the cavalry was running.
At that time, the Tang people were running around, and the more people they had, the easier it would be to catch up.
Umar didn't send many scouts along the way. Anyway, the Tang people were in front.
Medina is located in a wide valley in the Settra Mountains. There is only one road in front for the army to pass.
