Chapter 695: The Day of Mourning for the Food Empire
After hearing Li Ke's question, Li Min couldn't help but fell into deep thought. The problem of the Dashi Empire was actually closely related to his layout in the Eastern Roman Empire.
If the Tang Dynasty mobilized the whole country and cooperated with the Eastern Roman Empire, it would actually be able to destroy the Great Food Empire.
Of course, for this, the Tang Empire was bound to pay a heavy price.
After wiping out the Dashi Empire, the Tang Dynasty would not gain much benefit.
Because the Great Food Empire was located in the far west of the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty's control over Persia and other places had become weak.
The Great Eclipse is even further away.
The control will inevitably be weaker.
If the control is too weak, I'm afraid it won't take long before they rebel.
As for the Golden State, there was an Eastern Rome between it and the Great Food Empire.
Therefore, if the Tang Dynasty succeeded in conquering the Great Rebellion, only Eastern Rome would benefit in the end.
At present, Li Min is still planning for Eastern Rome, so how can he give Eastern Rome a chance to develop and grow?
Therefore, to eliminate the Great Food Empire, the Tang Dynasty would have to pay a huge price, and it would not get the benefits it deserved. It was not something that a wise man would take.
Thinking of this, Li Min couldn't help but said: "Brother Emperor, in my opinion, it's better to just take his three administrative provinces!"
"Datang can manage just three administrative provinces. If there are more, it will be very difficult to manage because of the long distance."
Hearing Li Min's words, Li Ke couldn't help but smile and said: "Well, the emperor brother will listen to the sixth brother and take him three administrative provinces."
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At this time, Li Min's order had been delivered to Huaxia City via phone, and the next step was to deliver it to the Eastern Roman Empire.
Then the people over there will encourage Eastern Rome to put enough pressure on the Arab Empire.
Taking over the three administrative provinces of the Arab Empire was Li Min's minimum requirement.
If the Eastern Roman Empire was really ignorant, Li Min wouldn't mind destroying him.
For Li Min, destroying the Eastern Roman Empire would not bring much benefit.
For him, it's really not that difficult.
However, Li Min also believed that Eastern Rome would not be so blind, right?
In the next few days, Khalid was almost driven crazy by the guards of the Persian city.
Khalid regretted taking on this mission more and more.
It had been three full days, and he had thought of more than a dozen ways to attack the city.
But apart from losing the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers, nothing was achieved.
Sometimes, Khalid wanted to do whatever it took and ordered all the soldiers to press on him.
No matter what the cost, we must capture this Persian city.
But the price is bound to be very heavy.
They need to pay at least 150,000 or even 200,000 or more lives to complete this task.
And this time, they only dispatched a total of 600,000 troops. How could he waste the lives of more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers to fill in here?
This Persian city has become Khalid's weak point.
Now, Khalid is even considering ways to build earth slopes to raise the ground.
He planned to continuously raise the ground outside a city wall. When it reached the same height as the city wall, they would attack from a high position. How could the Persian city resist?
Of course, this method of siege is almost always unfavorable.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, it must be an isolated city.
But has the Persian city really become an isolated city?
In other words, will Datang's reinforcements really arrive in three months?
The answer, of course, is no.
In just three days, the first wave of reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty arrived outside Persia County.
Later, after they reported their position to their superiors.
Once again they were given the latest instructions.
Next, they drove the latest model of the Tang chariot into Persia County with great vigor.
The direction they were heading was exactly where the Persian city was.
In fact, even though Harris believed in his heart, it would take at least three months for reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty to arrive.
But Harris is not defenseless.
What he imagined was the Tang Dynasty's army of hundreds of thousands.
Rather than a small group of nearby reinforcements.
Although at the beginning, Khalid wanted a quick victory.
I never thought I would spend such a long time here.
But now, he has prepared ways to pile up dirt and destroy the city.
Naturally, we need to prepare for the arrival of reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty.
What Khalid feared most about Datang was actually the steel chariot.
If they encounter a steel chariot again, they won't have a good solution.
Of course, there is no solution at all.
For example, this time, Khalid ordered several armies to cut off the road in advance.
And they lurked behind the broken road.
If Datang sends steel chariots again.
If you encounter a short circuit, it will definitely fail.
If they abandon their vehicles and move forward, their ambush army will be waiting for them in front.
This time, it can be said that a complete strategy has been prepared, and the Persian city must be captured.
But what Khalid never expected was that reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty would come so quickly.
What made him even more unexpected was that Datang's steel chariots were once again updated.
This time the steel chariot has been replaced by a tracked chariot.
The roads they excavated this time were all based on previous steel chariots.
The steel chariots of the past would definitely not be able to pass.
If a small group of steel chariots really came, they would have to build the road first.
And once the road is built, they will be discovered.
Therefore, the Arab Empire, the army responsible for interception, was very confident in their interception.
However, this time, what Datang dispatched was a brand new tracked steel chariot.
The roads they destroyed were only slightly slower for the tracked steel chariots, and they could still walk on flat ground.
Soon, these steel chariots drove through the road that had been destroyed by the soldiers of the Arab Empire, and headed towards the place where their army ambush.
The Arab Empire's ambush had only simple fortifications.
After all, there is a broken road ahead.
Their fortifications were completely sufficient for the Tang army who abandoned their vehicles.
However, how could they have imagined that it was Datang's steel chariot that rushed over this time?
"Isn't this, this, the road ahead cut off? They, how on earth did they rush over?"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. We have fortifications here and their cars can't get through!"
"Everyone listens to the order, picks up the sword and gun, and prepares to fight!"
"But, but, their steel chariots are rushing over!"
"If they really rush over, aren't they afraid of overturning?"
However, the facts told them that Tang Jun was really not afraid.
The steel chariot drove up to their fortifications with ease and charged towards the place where they ambush.
And these soldiers of the Arab Empire were still holding swords and guns stupidly, looking at the steel chariot with a monstrous look on their faces.
How to fight this?
These steel chariots are tall and mighty, and at first glance they cannot be dealt with with swords and guns.
Can their swords and guns be able to break through the frame of a steel chariot?
They had at least heard about the power of the steel chariot, and they were all a little stupid at this time.
But the steel chariot did not stop at all.
It rolled towards them with a rumble.
"Run!"
"Run quickly!"
These Arab soldiers finally reacted, threw away their weapons in a hurry, turned around and ran away.
Now, they wish their parents didn't give them eight legs, so that maybe they could outrun the steel chariot.
Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny.
After all, two legs can't run on the tracks.
Before they had run more than ten meters, soldiers from the Arab Empire were overtaken by tracked steel chariots.
Then the buttocks and the tread came into close contact, and the next moment he was knocked to the ground and mercilessly crushed by the heavy steel chariot.
After being crushed, a vivid portrait of a character appeared on the ground.
It's so flush with the ground that it's almost impossible to dig it out.
At this time, the Arab soldiers were extremely frightened.
In particular, in their ears, they could hear the endless screams coming from behind them.
And every scream means that one of their brothers, who they were bragging about just now, has been crushed by a steel chariot.
In fact, they are not very afraid of death.
In years of fighting, they have seen too many deaths and encountered too many separations and separations.
They have taken death lightly.
However, this was their first time experiencing such a miserable death.
Just thinking about it makes my heart tremble and panic.
The number of Arab soldiers who set up an ambush to intercept them here was not large, only five thousand.
It's not because they are arrogant, but because the road ahead has been dug up.
In their understanding, once the Tang army appears, they must build roads first.
If the Tang army came in large numbers, then the five thousand of them could give a warning and then mobilize the army from behind.
Five thousand people are here just to serve as a warning. This number is enough.
But now, 5,000 Arab soldiers were chased by 3,000 tracked steel chariots and they were all over the place.
Among these five thousand Arab soldiers, it is not that there are no brave men, and it is not that there are some who jump over the wall in a hurry.
They also had warriors who attacked the steel chariot from the side with swords and guns.
However, their swords and guns could only leave a shallow mark on the steel chariot.
These marks are very light.
They figured that even if the steel chariot was parked there and they didn't understand it, they could just let them chop it.
It is estimated that at the end of the day, even if their swords and guns were sharpened, they would not be able to break through this steel chariot.
After being hacked by them, the steel chariot rumbled past them.
He left behind a vivid portrait sculpture.
This scene is really scary.
They are warriors and they are not afraid of death.
But they are afraid of such a miserable way of death.
They were driven away by the steel chariot and ran like wolves.
The steel chariot was not in a hurry and followed behind them, slowly chasing and crushing them.
These Arab soldiers responsible for the interception were more than fifty miles away from the Persian city.
Because there were steel chariots chasing behind them, with a distance of more than fifty miles, it only took them less than half an hour to reach the front of the army besieging the Persian city.
They feel that they have never lived so fast in their lives.
They were running out of breath, their hearts almost jumped out of their mouths, and they had a strong feeling of wanting to vomit.
"No, it's not good. Tang Jun, here, here, run!"
Having already arrived in front of the army besieging the Persian city, the three thousand steel chariots suddenly accelerated.
How can those Persian soldiers who have become exhausted still have the strength to escape the vicious hands of the steel chariot at this time?
They were suddenly swallowed up by three thousand chariots, leaving only a scream, which then suddenly stopped.
There are also vivid portraits on the ground.
This scene strongly stimulated the Arab soldiers who besieged the Persian city.
Where did these Tang Army steel chariots come from?
The soldiers sent to stop them clearly cut off the road.
Why are they being chased all the way by steel chariots without even having time to warn them in advance?
The next moment, the tracked steel chariot came straight towards them.
call out!
Phew! Phew!
Three thousand steel chariots fired countless crossbow arrows from the arrow holes.
These crossbow arrows look like life-seeking demons.
Each one would take the life of one or several Arab soldiers.
After years of development, the Tang Army's crossbow arrows became sharper, tougher, and more penetrating.
The armor of the Arab soldiers was like tissue paper in front of the Tang army's crossbow arrows, vulnerable to a single blow.
And because their siege soldiers were so concentrated, one crossbow arrow could even hit two or even three arrows in a row.
For a time, the Arab soldiers who were attacking the city fell in large numbers.
In front of the steel chariot, the lives of their Arab soldiers were really as fragile as paper.
This was a completely one-sided massacre. Facing the steel chariot, they had no ability to resist at all.
In just a few moments, the Arab soldiers were defeated.
This was the fastest defeat of their Arab soldiers, even more so than the last time they fought against the Tang Dynasty.
Because the situation at the scene made them extremely desperate.
These Arab soldiers fled in all directions. They dropped their weapons and messed up their armor. There was only one thought left in their minds.
That is to run quickly, run quickly, and run faster!
Because if you just take a step slower, you may be shot through by a crossbow, or even be mercilessly crushed by a steel chariot.
The speed of the steel chariot is far beyond the speed of their two feet.
In front of the steel chariot, they really have no way to ascend to heaven and no way to enter the earth.
Soon, General Khalid, as the commander-in-chief of the Arab Empire, saw this scene with his own eyes.
His soldiers, like pigs and dogs, were chased by Datang's steel chariots.
His soldiers have completely fallen into despair and madness.
In order to escape for their lives, they can wield their swords and slash their comrades around them.
Those injured soldiers could even save their comrades and die with them.
