Su Chen's march was very steady this time, covering fifty or sixty miles in one day, slowly moving to the northwest step by step.
It's not that I'm afraid of being attacked by the cannibals, but I mainly want to see what the Khazars and Yisi's next steps will be after they capture Nineveh, and how the cannibals will react.
The big eater reacted more quickly this time,
Seeing the Tang army heading north from the Basra camp, they immediately gave up their defenses along the Euphrates River.
The Great Eater did not flee in a panic, but felt that there was no way to compete with the Tang army for the gains and losses of one city and one land, so he concentrated his troops on defense.
"Nasiriyah, the cannibal knows how to choose a place."
Su Chen looked at the map and said.
"Several tributaries of the Euphrates River meet there, and there is a large swamp next to it, which is very unfavorable for our army's operations."
Master Sun Ren sorted out the collected geographical information and said.
Su Chen smiled: "Then we won't fight with them there."
"Go around from the west and continue northward from the old channel of the Euphrates River."
Cheng Wuting said: "Commander, the west side is close to the desert, the road is difficult to walk, and there is a lack of fresh water on the road."
"The weather is already getting hot. If we are stopped halfway by the giant eater, we will have difficulty in supplying supplies."
Su Chen shook his head: "That is much better than attacking a fortified city across the river."
"Last time, the method of digging tunnels to blow up the city wall could only be used once. Now who knows how many artillery pieces the cannons have placed on the Nasiriyah city wall waiting for us."
"We have a small number of people, so we should try to do as little siege warfare as possible."
Sun Renshi frowned and said, "But Commander, if this happens, our retreat will be cut off."
"Cut it as he pleases."
Su Chen said indifferently: "If the big cannibals dare to come out of the city, we will go back to settle the score with them. If they dare not come out, or run back to the city when they see us turning around, then we will continue to move forward and fight with the Lachem people."
meet."
Sun Renshi whispered: "Commander, it is difficult to say that the Lachem people will definitely rebel against Dashi. If so..."
Su Chen sneered: "Then just destroy the Lachem people first!"
Cheng Wuting said: "What the commander-in-chief said is that we don't want to fight head-on with the cannibals, but we are not afraid of fighting him head-on. If the cannibals dare to intercept us halfway, we will fight them in the wild."
Su Chen nodded. Now the cavalry and infantry of the Tang Army are well equipped. As long as the big cannibal dares to come out of the castle, Su Chen will still
I'm really not afraid of the big cannibals rushing out to fight with him.
As for the Lachem people, they are doing pretty well so far, and they should be really preparing to rebel against Dashi.
After planning the route, the army took full supplies from the edge of the desert in the west, took a detour and continued to move northwest.
Seeing that the Tang army was bypassing Nasiriyah from the west, Da Shiren immediately came out of the city and crossed the Euphrates River, preparing to cut off the connection between the Tang army and Basra.
Su Chen immediately asked Cheng Wuting to lead the cavalry to turn south. As a result, the big cannibal immediately turned around and ran to the east bank of the Euphrates River.
Cheng Wuting turned around and went back, and the big cannibal immediately crossed the river and came to the west bank.
The cannibal's meaning is very clear: If you dare to bypass Nasiriya and go north, then don't even think about it and don't blame me for cutting off your retreat.
But if you want me to fight you on the west bank of the river, don't even think about it. I'm not stupid.
Su Chen led the army back to the west bank of the Euphrates River, preparing to release a hot-air balloon to pour a ton of Greek fire over Nasiriyah, and set Nasiriyah on fire with one fire.
Then continue heading northwest.
Just as Su Chen prepared the hot air balloon and prepared to take off, Li Chengqian sent an urgent letter from behind.
Su Chen opened it and thought: Elsa runs very fast!
The last time I received a secret message from her, she was probably still on her way to Mecca. It had only been less than half a month since she had sent the message back from Mecca.
Li Chengqian told Su Chen: Elsa asked the nobles of Dashi to send news, saying that the nobles of Mecca had left Mecca for Basra, and that the nobles of Medina and Mecca were uniting against Ottoman.
The point is, the nobles of Mecca and Medina are quietly gathering troops!
Su Chen stared at the content of the letter: What do the nobles of Mecca and Medina want to do?
They probably didn't intend to help Osman beat him!
What made Su Chen even more puzzled was: How did Elsa find out such confidential information?
"Stop first! Let's wait and see if the news from Elsa from Mecca is true or false."
So Su Chen set up camp on the west bank of the Euphrates River and faced off against Nasiriyah across the river.
A few days later, Li Chengqian sent another urgent message, saying that the food nobles had arrived in Basra, and there was also news about Elsa. She had left Mecca and was rushing back.
Li Chengqian said in the letter that the internal conflicts in Dashi should be much greater than he and Su Chen had imagined before. The nobles in Mecca and Medina seemed to be planning to abolish Osman and replace him with someone else as king of Dashi.
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Su Chen was waiting for Li Chengqian's letter and thought to himself: Is this nonsense?
Let’s not talk about Mecca. Do the big food aristocrats in Medina have that ability?
He knew about such a secret thing, so how could Osman not know about it?
Li Chengqian knew that Su Chen was currently stationed on the west bank of the Euphrates River and faced off against the Dashi garrison in Nasiriyah across the river.
It is suggested that Su Chen should not rush to attack and first see what the fuss will be like inside the Great Eater.
Su Chen asked Lapu Pasu about the situation of Yi Siqi and the Khazar people.
Rappasu reported to Su Chen that after Yisi and the Khazars captured Nineveh, they were also advancing steadily.
Now it is probably less than five hundred miles away from Ctesiphon.
Osman remained stationary at Ctesiphon.
Su Chenxin said: Osman is not in a hurry, he is in a hurry.
Eat melons in peace and see Mecca. What do the nobles of Medina want to do?
Five days later, the dusty Elsa arrived on the west bank of the Euphrates River.
She did not go to Basra, but went directly to the military camp to find Su Chen.
It seems that Elsa has endured a lot of hardships along the way and has lost a lot of weight!
But he was still in good spirits, so he shouted loudly when he met: "Commander! I have made a great contribution this time!"
Su Chen smiled and said: "Okay! You should take a rest first!"
"I traveled thousands of miles in three months. Thank you for your hard work!"
Elsa's eyes widened: "Won't you ask me first what good news I have brought you?"
Su Chen handed her the chilled honey water: "You are back, how can you get away with any good news?"
"Okay, let me ask, after traveling thousands of miles, what big gains have you made? What good news have you brought back?"
Elsa was not anxious anymore, took the cup and took a sip: "Ah, it's cold! There's also a piece of ice, how did you get it on such a hot day?
Specially prepared for me?"
Su Chen nodded against his conscience: "There are plenty of ice cubes, so don't be surprised."
Elsa tasted the cold honey water happily and said to Su Chen with a smile: "Commander, the big cannibal is ready to surrender to you!"