The most powerful emperor grandson of the Tang Dynasty

Cai Xudong is a small leader of the Tang army, with about twenty men under his command. They are under General Li Chengyi. The pre-war mobilization has already been discussed, but after marching under the scorching sun for six days, the morale of the brothers is inevitably affected.

There are brothers here who came from Hebei. The temperature there is relatively cooler, but the temperature here is around 30 degrees every day, and it becomes freezing cold in an instant at night. It is not easy to persist.

Apart from the logistics on their horseback, the rest is probably personal willpower. If your willpower is not strong enough, no matter how awesome the things you carry are, you probably won't be able to get through.

Li Chengyi divided his army into two groups. One group rode camels and they were going to cross the desert. If they relied on war horses to cross the desert, it would be impossible. The other army walked on the edge of the desert, but this side was also a Gobi Desert and there were no good roads.

"Sir, we have arrived at the place where the weather balloon is launched."

The scouts in the team looked at the sun. According to their speed, it should be time. The regulations stipulated that a sounding balloon should be released every twenty miles. If it was a sunny day, they would just lead the balloon forward. But the wind was a little strong today.

"Raise the flag, alert."

Releasing balloons every twenty miles is also a strict order. Although it is a little troublesome, it can ensure the safety of the troops. If you want to save trouble, then you also want to save trouble for your safety.

A thin soldier was tied up, and then a well-protected balloon was taken out from the huge carriage at the back, carrying the soldier slowly into the sky.

When it reaches a certain height, this guy takes out the binoculars and looks ahead and to the left and right. He would not look behind him, but the surrounding area is too desolate. What if we go the wrong way and the enemy runs behind us? We have to find a way to look behind.

After a few breaths, the black-clad cavalrymen were no longer seen around, so the soldiers above waved their flags. Cai Xudong and his men below also saw it, so they prepared to collect the people in the sky and continue to advance twenty miles.

"Wait a minute, Xiao Si has something to say..."

Cai Xudong felt something was wrong with the rope in his hand. It turned out that Xiao Si in the sky was shaking the rope vigorously. This meant that he had discovered something fatal. Cai Xudong immediately called the flag signalman to his side. The air flow in the sky was too strong. If you rely on your throat, even if you shout until your throat is broken, I am afraid that no one will know what he is saying.

"Black-clad camel soldiers spotted twenty miles to the left."

The flag signal soldier already knew what Xiao Si in the sky said, and translated it word for word.

"The number is about a thousand, and it is still increasing. The request is for an increase."

After hearing Xiao Si's words, Cai Xudong observed the wind direction around him and found that he could still rise five meters. You know, from his position, if he continued to rise five meters, he would be able to observe at least several thousand meters more.

"Notify the entire army to prepare for war."

If there were only more than a thousand people, Xiao Si would not have issued such a warning. This means that after the rise, we found that the enemy was too numerous. We did not expect that we had encountered the main force of the enemy not long after leaving the headquarters. Cai Xudong immediately began to wave the main flag. Some officials behind also saw it and immediately ordered his soldiers to form a defensive state. The artillery and musket team also immediately took their positions. A special person immediately notified Li Chengyi.

The main flag has already been mobilized, which means that many enemies have been discovered.

Li Chengyi was currently writing a memorial to Li Xiang, writing down everything he had seen and heard over the past few days.

Because the land is desolate, there are indeed not many people. Apart from some sheltered places, no gathering places are found in other places. It is even more desolate than the Central Asian region we occupied.

There is another sentence that this guy didn't dare to write, which is that he would not want these broken places even if they were given to him for free. However, Li Xiang knew how precious these places were. You can not want them now, but if you were in modern society, you would not exchange these places for anything, and you would find black gold with just one shovel.

"Report to the general, the enemy has been spotted."

The voice came from far away. Li Chengyi calmly wrote a few words, then handed the memorial to Li Xiang, then put on his sword and went out to meet people.

"I've already felt that the first shot must be fired by our people. Notify the reconnaissance scouts to immediately conduct reconnaissance on the people ahead, and the other troops should prepare for battle."

After listening to Cai Xudong's report, Li Chengyi immediately ordered his men to attack. Isn't this the moment we've been waiting for? Although we don't know how many enemies there are, but then again, we can handle any number of them. When there were only a few thousand people before, Li Chengyi was not afraid. Now there are 20,000 troops, what should we be afraid of?

He needs people, he needs guns, he needs cannons, and on this battlefield in southern Central Asia, Li Chengyi is not afraid of anyone.

According to the current map, it should be within the territory of Afghanistan, where many nomadic peoples live.

When they heard that this army was coming to attack the Arab Empire, some people immediately resisted, but some people were very happy. The taxes imposed on them by the Arab Empire were too high. Although they all shared the same faith, they also wanted to overthrow the rule of the Arab Empire. In their eyes, the caliph there was too greedy and wanted to take away all their daily necessities.

"We've been discovered."

It is almost impossible to hide an army of more than 10,000. After our scouts set out for a while, the people of the Arab Empire also discovered us. They began to change their formation, and the troops behind them also began to speed up.

Li Chengyi had also sent a signal to the nearby troops, asking them to move over quickly.

However, judging from the current situation, it should not be necessary. If it were the armies of other countries, they would need a stable time to discover each other, but the Arab army is different. As long as they discover the enemy, at most half an hour, their attack will probably come, without any delay. (End of this chapter)