Abbas heard that Khalid had gone to the city, and he went to the city to discuss countermeasures with Khalid.
When he came to the city, he happened to meet the Dashi prisoner who had his thumb broken by the Tang army and was released.
After listening to the soldiers who were released tell the story of the battle,
Abbas almost fell from the top of the city.
"Khalid! We made a big mistake and seriously underestimated the Tang people's combat power!"
"This damn Umar actually ruined my warriors who feasted on more than 10,000 gods in vain."
Khalid was also frightened and said to Abbas:
"I sent out scouts yesterday to find out information about the Tang people. I expect there will be a reply soon."
"First let's see what the Tang people are doing now."
While he was talking, a sergeant came riding a fast horse from a distance, and Khalid's scout came back very quickly.
"Tang Jun, what's going on now?"
Khalid asked quickly.
"General, the Tang army has returned from Camp Fahd and is now in the military camp. There is no sign of preparing to go out or break camp."
Abbas breathed a sigh of relief and said to Khalid: "You should arrange defense here now. I have sent someone to invite Suleman from the Fifth Houd Camp."
"When he arrives, let's discuss how to deal with Tang Jun."
Khalid nodded and Abbas went back first.
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Su Chen slept until noon, got up, washed up, ate something, and came outside the camp.
"Commander, you wake up!"
Liu Jingren caught up from behind, holding a camel in his hand.
Su Chen walked forward and asked casually: "Where are you going with the camel?"
"Where to go?
No, I’m going to race camels with Yuchi Baolin outside the camp!”
“Racing camels?
You guys are quite laid back!”
"Commander, Commander Cheng asked the Marines to practice camel riding and shooting in front of the camp. Xue Li and I wanted to join in the fun, but Yuchi Baolin actually dared to laugh at us and asked me to go back to the ship twice..."
Su Chen glared at him: "Then you want to compete with him?"
"It's us, including Xue Li. We want to compete in speed, riding and shooting, and fighting..."
After chatting for a while, the two of them had already reached the front of the camp. Su Chen shook his head: "You will definitely lose!"
"Hey! Commander, don't look down on me!"
Su Chen ignored him and walked straight towards Cheng Wuting.
Liu Jingren and Xue Rengui were trained by Su Chen towards comprehensive talents. Can they compare with Yuchi Baolin who specializes in land warfare?
Besides, these two are still young birds. Yuchi Baolin is several years older than them and has much more combat experience than them. They are just looking for abuse.
Seeing Su Chen coming over, Cheng Wuting smiled and said, "Commander, are you resting well?"
"It's okay, what's going on with the cannibal?"
Cheng Wuting replied: "Nothing happened. I guess he was frightened by the commander!"
"Fahd's camp was suddenly destroyed. Faced with such heavy losses, the cannibals had to wait for a while to calm down and think about how to deal with us."
"The great success of the boss last night won us another short rest."
"I have placed the scouts outside Medina. If there is any movement, we will know soon."
Su Chen looked at the soldiers running back and forth in front of the camp:
"There are cannibalistic scouts all around. You want the soldiers to train on horseback and archery in front of the camp?"
Cheng Wuting said: "Our soldiers are still not familiar with camels. There will definitely be tough battles in the future. It will be beneficial to practice more, so we can't control the cannibal scouts."
Su Chen nodded: "Pay attention to your control!"
"Don't worry, Commander, the soldiers will not be overly exhausted. They are just practicing skills, not physical fitness."
Su Chen watched for a while, then said to Cheng Wuting: "You are practicing here, I will go to the small ridges on both sides to take a look!"
Cheng Wuting said: "I will go with the marshal."
The two of them got on their camels and walked towards the high slope on the left side of the camp.
"By the way, Marshal, I want to dig two trenches in front of the camp. Do you think this is right?"
"Just dig, what's the disadvantage of multiple defenses?"
Su Chen handed over the defense of the camp to Cheng Wuting. Ordinarily, there was no need to report this matter to Su Chen.
"The general just can't figure out what the big cannibals are thinking now. If they are stimulated to defend the city, we will be passive."
Su Chen smiled and said: "Yesterday you were worried that we would be besieged, but now you hope that the big eaters will come to find us."
Cheng Wuting smiled: "Isn't this the commander-in-chief's great victory last night? He wiped out one-third of the Great Eater's troops in one sentence."
"Now the big cannibals are trying to besiege us, so it's easier for us to resist, but if they continue to fight us, we can't afford it!"
"And we won't waste more enemy troops. Even if we have cannons, it will be difficult to enter Medina."
Su Chen thought for a while: "Don't worry about the big cannibal. Just dig yours. If the big cannibal stays in the city and can't come out, I will find a good weather and float a hot air balloon over Medina to drop bombs and pour kerosene on it."
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"This time we obtained nearly a thousand kilograms of gunpowder and three thousand kilograms of kerosene from Camp Fahd. We returned them all!"
Cheng Wuting whispered: "Commander, the hot air balloon is our trump card. Don't use it easily. Once the enemy finds a way to break it, the consequences will be disastrous."
"Besides, it's quite far from Medina. Once you fly there, you can't come back, which would be terrible!"
Su Chen said: "That's right. It's about twenty miles away. It takes a while to fly there. If there's a strong wind along the way, I probably won't be able to come back."
"And to be honest, I don't know if the technology of the hot air balloon has been leaked!"
Su Chen had no choice in this matter. The hot air balloon had no power, and the air bag was huge and was greatly affected by the wind. A strong wind would blow it away or even damage it!
Moreover, the hot air balloon has been used many times in Guanzhou, and was even given to the governor Liu Mo for use for a period of time. Who knows if it was targeted by the remnants of aristocratic families.
Su Chen continued: "But at this point, I can only think too much, and I still have to use it."
"Even if the technology is leaked, they probably won't be able to restrain themselves for a while."
Cheng Wuting only saw hot air balloons at the end of Lingdingyang’s training and was not familiar with them.
Hearing what Su Chen said, Cheng Wuting felt a little more at ease.
Orders were given to start digging trenches in front of the camp.
"Hey, I was also negligent. We should have kept some prisoners to work as coolies for us."
Su Chen suddenly regretted it.
The two came to the small ridge on the left, and Su Chen found that many camels had been placed on it.
Cheng Wuting explained: "The general thinks that the commander-in-chief said a good idea last time and can arrange a cavalry here,"
"First, we can prevent the enemy from climbing over here to attack us,"
"Secondly, you can rush down the hillside if necessary."
Su Chen stood on a high place, looked around, and asked, "Have you tried it? Can you go down this slope directly?"
Su Chen thought it could be arranged like this last time, but he never had time to test the effect.
