General Sima was following behind Changsun Ze at this moment. At the beginning, he thought that the entire army should attack immediately. Now the Arab army was in chaos. If we attacked from the north and launched an attack on their military camp, as long as we could rush to the south end, these tens of thousands of people would immediately fall into chaos.
Chang Sun Ze did not adopt his plan. Instead, he patted him on the shoulder and ordered his soldiers to line up in an orderly manner and advance slowly. The sound of horse hooves and the sound of armor hitting each other could quickly reach the Arab Empire's camp.
General Sima was still a little young when fighting on the battlefield, and he soon understood what Changsun Ze meant, which was to use our majestic military power to scare the soldiers of the Arab Empire, and then the frightened soldiers would run around everywhere and destroy the entire military camp.
Don't think this is a joke. Facts have proved that Chang Sunze's method is very effective. Take the current situation for example. The army of the Arab Empire has collapsed. There are constantly exploding artillery shells around them, musketeers firing continuously in front, and neat cavalry behind them. There are also a few slogans of the Tang Dynasty army interspersed from time to time, which can be said to have destroyed their fighting will.
Everyone fled south for their lives. Although they didn't know what the situation was over there, they understood one thing, that is, it was far away from the Tang Dynasty army. The Tang Dynasty army was like a demon. If you ran slowly, you might be eaten by these demons at any time.
"I finally understand. We could have thrown them into chaos by interpenetrating with our cavalry, but if that had happened, our losses would have been quite large. Now they're in chaos, and we haven't lost a single one, yet the result is still the same. General, you're truly talented. I'm grateful for your guidance."
General Sima slapped his helmet and immediately understood what was going on. From his position, the Arab Empire's military camp was in chaos. Although many people had already ridden on war horses or camels, they didn't know which direction to go because there were crowds of people blocking their way everywhere.
Some people have already drawn their scimitars. Based on their previous combat experience, if they don't rush out now, they may not have the chance to get out. They may die here and become a pile of bones in the desert.
The knife fight is bound to happen sooner or later, and the first ones to do so will be the people around His Royal Highness the Prince. They must escort His Royal Highness the Prince away. Although His Royal Highness the Prince has said several times that they cannot swing the knife at their brothers, these people can no longer care about that. If you don't kill someone, you won't be able to escape at all. Your voice is almost hoarse from shouting. Do these people in front of you still know who you are?
When there was no war, they knelt beside you and kept blessing you, but now everything is in chaos and everyone just wants to save their own lives. Although a few people may care about His Royal Highness's life, most of the people around him don't care. Even if there are a few sincere people, what use will it be?
In the absence of an encirclement, Chang Sunze was not afraid at all that these guys would run away, because he had already discovered from various information that these people did not have much logistical supplies, and not many people could carry them all when they escaped, and not everyone was a Raff.
Most people were already in a state of confusion when they were running away, and they only thought about escaping from the place in front of them. As for what would happen next, I'm afraid no one could figure it out. For these people, seizing the time to escape to a place where there was no explosion was what they should do at this stage. As for how much stuff they should bring before escaping, they no longer cared about that.
Therefore, Chang Sunze concluded that without any logistical supplies, even if these people escaped, their speed would not be too fast. We must also change our previous approach. If we still want to annihilate the enemy in large numbers at a certain location, it seems impossible now. Then we should run with them, even if we run hundreds of miles away. As long as we can kill their manpower on a large scale, it will still be a victory for us.
When General Li Jing invaded the Turks, he did not mention how many people he killed in a certain place. He simply drove the Turkic army to the northern desert and killed anyone he saw along the way. That's why they achieved such great results.
In fact, the Tang army should have learned more from General Li Jing. Unfortunately, after Li Xiang came to power, all kinds of victories were too easy, and everyone had an inherent mindset, that is, just like our Crown Prince, they could just find a place to kill a large number of enemy soldiers, and there was no need to make long-distance raids.
But who can blame us for not having enough men? At most, we only had about 9,000 men. General Sima had not yet gathered the people around him when Chang Sun Ze had already given the order for a general attack. Of course, that couldn't be blamed on Chang Sun Ze. Speed was of the essence in those days. Hesitation for even a second would have been irresponsible to the Tang court.
So in this situation, it is normal to change tactics. When we see a large number of people running to the south, the sun in the east begins to rise slowly. During the day, we will chase them, and at night we will give them the opportunity to escape. In this way, in less than a few days, we will be able to annihilate a large number of their troops.
Of course, there's one thing you can't do. Even if His Royal Highness's carriage is right in front of you, you can't do anything to him. If you kill the prince, these people will immediately lose their backbone. Besides, we still have a lot of use for His Royal Highness. You can't let Li Xiang's plan fail, can you?
"The first wave of pursuit is up to you. I'll take over your shift in an hour."
Chang Sun Ze smiled and took a sip of water. General Sima nodded beside him and waved the steel knife in his hand. Two thousand five hundred cavalrymen rushed over behind him. They would be the first echelon of the encirclement and suppression, and would first start to wipe out the Arab Empire's troops. After they were tired of fighting, Chang Sun Ze would lead the second echelon over. The two echelons would fight for an hour and rest for an hour. This was a combination of work and rest so that they would not be unable to hold on.
