Front Camp
Although victory has not been achieved yet, all the generals have returned to the camp. After a period of reconnaissance, they have not found the Arab Empire's army for five or six days, and they have not even found Arab scouts. I really don't know where these people have gone.
Li Xiang's camp had been moving forward for the past five or six days, and was now only two hundred miles away from Li Chengyi's location. So, at Li Xiang's command, all the men returned to hold a meeting to see where the Arab Empire's army was. Our reconnaissance forces had dispatched so many, but in the end, they hadn't found them.
"As far as I'm concerned, there's only one place these people are, and that's in the desert. We've looked for them everywhere else except here."
Li Chengyi said very affirmatively that since winning this battle, this guy has become very confident. In the past, when discussing military affairs, he would just stay in the back and casually say a few words, but now it is different. He will express his ideas on many things, but unfortunately, the ideas he said are all invalid.
"That's unlikely. Hundreds of thousands of troops are going to the desert. What do you think a desert is? I don't think they can solve the problem of water alone. If people don't drink water, they will become dehydrated in a few days. Think about the environment in the desert. No matter how many people there are, they can't survive."
Cheng Chuliang shook his head. After hearing what Cheng Chuliang said, Li Chengyi quickly made a face and went to the back. Although he won the battle this time, he still couldn't compare with these people in many aspects of strategy, which was also his shortcoming.
To sum up this victory he won, it was purely a brute force, without much strategy. Of course, the Tang army never needed much strategy when fighting. As long as you dare to fight on the battlefield, and your logistics are not a problem, then this war can definitely be won for me. This is also one of the reasons why many generals have to look for enemies on the battlefield.
Take the current situation, for example. It's not that we don't want to fight, nor that we're afraid of death. It's simply that we can't find a target. Even if we become many times more courageous than before, what will we be able to do in the end? Can we just push our strength against the sand in the desert?
"Old Su, what do you think?"
These people talked for a long time, but no one got to the point. Li Xiang pushed Su Dingfang. This guy had been to the Western Regions before. Although he had never fought against the Arab Empire's army, he also had his own strategies on the battlefield. Looking at the way he was thinking, he must have all kinds of ideas in his mind, but he was not sure yet and did not say them in front of everyone.
"Yes, General Su, if you have something to say, tell us and we can discuss it. Maybe it will be approved."
Chang Sun Ze also respected Su Dingfang very much. Thinking about the battles Su Dingfang had fought in the past, they might not be able to do better than others in that environment. What's more, Su Dingfang had been a general in charge of seals, which was something none of them had. His Tiance General's Mansion had seen a lot of things, and we were still juniors compared to him.
"Is there a possibility that they simply bypassed us? If so, our location of the amulet might be in trouble."
After Su Dingfang said this, everyone present was shocked. If this was true, then the other party would definitely go straight to Samar Khan. There are wilderness everywhere here and there are no specific roads at all. We are just taking the shortest route.
But this does not mean that they will take this path. They suffered a great loss when they faced the enemy head-on earlier. Now if they want to go around and attack your retreat, it is entirely possible. If it were the army of other countries, they probably would not be able to do such a thing. After all, these people cannot hold on just with the logistics supply alone.
But the enemy before us is the cavalry of the Arab Empire, the light cavalry of the Arab Empire. To be more precise, these people do not need any logistics at all.
"When was the last time you received a memorial from Xiao Shougui?"
Li Xiang saw that everyone was looking at him, and they all had worry on their faces, but Li Xiang thought that this was impossible. Transport troops were coming and going along the way. If those people really wanted to cut off our retreat, someone would have discovered them by now.
"Your Highness, a batch just arrived this morning. They were from five days ago..."
Qian Ping reported the above content honestly, and the people present kept silent. Five days ago, the place was still safe and sound. If something really happened, perhaps the memorial would not be like this.
Cheng Chuliang also thought of the transport troops coming and going. This meant that our hometown must be safe. If there was a problem, how did all these things get here? If the Arab Empire's army occupied your hinterland, would they allow your things to be transported from the warehouse to the camp? They would have robbed you long ago, or else they would have burned you down.
"Is it possible that they all retreated? I mean, retreated to the heart of the Arab Empire."
Li Chengyi expressed another idea. Now that they did not move forward and did not go into the desert, they only had one direction, that is, where they came from and where they were going. Although this possibility was not great, there were hundreds of thousands of people now, and they could not just disappear like that.
After hearing his words, everyone present looked solemn. If the Arab Empire's cavalry really retreated, we really wouldn't dare to chase them. We had wiped out so many of them outside, and that was on the battlefield. But if they really wanted to break into the interior of the Arab Empire, Li Xiang thought it was not the right time yet.
The Arab Empire was a great power at the time, with a large population. Because of their religious beliefs, many people were willing to risk their lives. If we really attacked them, we would suffer huge losses. During the long-term foreign wars, Li Xiang was most concerned about the number of losses. If we could defeat the Arab Empire at the cost of the greatest losses, that would be fine. But the problem was that if we lost, what if we couldn't defeat it? Then the prestige of the Tang Dynasty would be...
