Yun 'er was very good at serving her master. She knew how to serve her master in order to make him satisfied. After so many years of experience, her skills had become more and more mature, reaching the point of perfection.
Beauty, White Fox, and Magpie's skills were also getting better and better. They served Ang Lee wholeheartedly. In this way, even if Ang Lee was physically and mentally exhausted, he could quickly recover his energy.
The war was a matter between Osman and Altik. Ang Lee didn't have to worry about it at all. In the absence of Ziyad, he believed that the allied forces of Osman and Altik would be able to defeat Mansur's 10,000 elite Khorasan cavalry and achieve the greatest victory.
When it was time to enjoy, one should still enjoy. How tiring it was to always think about national affairs! Ang Lee breathed a sigh of relief and hugged the four beauties to lie on the bed.
Lying on the soft bed, enjoying the massage of the four beauties, smelling their fragrance, and stroking their bodies from time to time, the feeling was too tiring.
In addition to enjoying life, one must also have a goal in life. A life without a goal was destined to lack direction and be meaningless.
Ang Lee naturally had a goal. At this stage, his goal was to open up the Maritime Silk Road and let the Tang Empire have a way to become rich. The Maritime Silk Road and the Silk Road on land could ensure that the Tang Empire had a steady stream of wealth.
However, not everyone had a goal in life. Some people's lives were just muddling along without the slightest planning at all. They were just monks striking the bell every day.
Of course, such a life could also be regarded as a goal. It was just that this goal was too small and didn't give people the feeling that it was a goal.
"Yun 'er, White Fox, Magpie, Beauty, do you have any goals in life?"
Ang Lee looked at the four and asked.
Anyway, he had nothing to do. It was good to chat with the four little maids.
"Alang, what goals in life can we have? Isn't she just trying to serve Alang? "
"That's right. We were all bought by Alang. Other than serving Alang, what else can we do?"
"Serving Alang well is our goal in life."
"Does Alang think that we didn't serve him well?"
The four little beauties voiced their thoughts one by one.
Such an answer was completely within Ang Lee's expectations. After all, they were just ordinary girls. Their abilities were limited to serving their masters. If they were asked to do something else, they might not be able to do it. Simply learning how to serve their masters was also quite good.
An individual's ability determined one's realm, ideals and goals. This was an eternal truth. Only someone as capable as Ang Lee would have the dream of saving the world. As for little girls like Yun'er and the White Fox, they wouldn't think of such things. In their hearts, serving Ang Lee well was their greatest goal in life.
Ang Lee didn't want to continue talking about life ideals with them. They were really not on the same level. Enjoying their graceful bodies was the right thing to do.
It was said that the older a man got, the weaker his physical fitness, and the weaker his ability in that area. However, Li An found that as he grew older, he was able to last longer. He did not feel any pressure accompanying the four little beauties at once. He was even more excited than before, and it felt so good.
Ang Lee was very happy, while Osman and Altik didn't even have time to sleep. They were about to join forces and send out the troops. Whether they were adequately prepared or not directly determined the ratio of casualties. The more prepared they were, the less casualties they would suffer. On the contrary, the losses would be very large.
They were quickly distributing the Tang dynasty's excellent weapons to their soldiers and letting them adapt to the characteristics of the Tang dynasty's weapons.
Before the appearance of artillery, the Fuyuan crossbow of the Tang dynasty had always been the single weapon with the longest range in the Tang Empire. Even after the Tang Empire had been equipped with artillery, the Fuyuan crossbow was still not eliminated. This showed how popular this weapon was.
After Osman and Altik's troops were equipped with the Tang dynasty's excellent weapons, they praised the Tang dynasty's weapons for their usefulness. As expected of the weapons made by a big country, they were indeed different.
With the Tang dynasty's Fuyuan crossbow and other weapons, their chances of winning against the Khorasan cavalry were greater. Moreover, they could reduce their losses as much as possible.
In order to achieve the purpose of the surprise attack, the two armies were quietly preparing. To outsiders, it was just an ordinary mobilization. It was not easy to associate it with an army attack.
Early the next morning, Artek and Osman were almost done with their preparations. They only needed to wait for the sky to darken before they could take action.
In order to achieve the greatest results, they set the time of the final attack at midnight. Once night fell, the troops under their command would be sent out in batches to their respective places of departure.
This joint attack was the first cooperation between Osman and Altik. At the same time, 30 artillery soldiers from the Tang dynasty would also participate. It was a three-way cooperation. However, the Tang dynasty paid the least. They only provided some cold weapons and a very small number of artillery troops, but they reaped a lot of benefits.
Before the attack, Altik seemed to be a little worried. At noon, he came to find Ang Lee to chat.
"Why didn't you go to prepare for the attack? Why did you come to me?"
Ang Lee was a little surprised to see Altik.
"Assistant Minister Li, I brought the battle map for the attack. See if there's anything you need to add."
As Artek spoke, he took out a piece of the map.
Ang Lee glanced at it. The map was densely marked. He felt a little dizzy just by looking at it. It was obvious that Altik had done a lot of homework.
It was useless to just look at the map. Without Altik's explanation, Ang Lee could not figure out what the deployment was. In other words, he could not fully understand Altik's deployment.
Our main force will be deployed in the south as the main direction of attack. After the battle begins, the five cannons in the east will fire first and attack different positions of the enemy camp. Each cannon will change positions. We don't aim to kill many enemies, but we aim to cause chaos within the enemy and make them unable to differentiate between north, south, east, and west. Then, the three attacking paths will launch a fierce attack. The enemy will definitely not be able to withstand it and will escape from the north. General Osman's main force is deployed in the north and will definitely be able to deal a heavy blow to the escaping enemy. "
After listening to Artik's deployment, Li An smiled and said, "Very good, the City Lord's deployment is very good. It can be said that it is flawless. This battle will definitely be a great victory. I will wait here for the news of the City Lord's great victory."
Ang Lee agreed with Altik's deployment. As long as their two forces could quietly approach the enemy's camp, they would definitely be able to achieve a great victory. Of course, if they were discovered in advance, the effect of the attack would be greatly reduced and the casualties would inevitably increase.
"Right, the most important point of this battle is to act covertly. As long as you are not discovered by the enemy, you will win. If you are discovered by the enemy, the battle plan you have painstakingly formulated will be greatly reduced."
Ang Lee gave a final warning and pointed out the core problem of this battle.
"Assistant Minister Li, be at ease. The various forces are all acting covertly, and the weapons and soldiers are all scattered out of the city gates to gather. Moreover, they are going out in batches, so they will not cause much of a ruckus and should not be discovered. I'm just worried that General Osman's movements will be too great and attract the attention of the enemy."
Altik said.
"General Osman is extremely experienced in battle and will probably pay attention to concealment. You don't need to worry about this. Hurry up and get ready! I'll be waiting for your good news! "
Ang Lee playfully said.
"Everything will depend on tonight. I will personally lead the main force out."
Altik left to make the final preparations for the battle.
All Ang Lee could do now was quietly wait for the good news. At present, their chances of victory were very high. Even if the enemy discovered them in advance, they could still rely on their powerful offensive to obtain the final victory.
In Osman's main camp outside the city, Osman was calculating the time it would take for the army to arrive at the enemy's main camp. Because their main camp was very far away from the enemy's main camp, they had to set out in advance. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to enter the attack position at the designated time.
Directly marching east could be completed at night, but if they wanted to enter the northern part of the enemy's main camp, which was suitable for an ambush, they had to set out even earlier.
Several months ago, Osman had sent his subordinates to investigate the terrain around the enemy's main camp. He knew that there was a very suitable place for an ambush a few miles north of the enemy's main camp. Setting up an ambush and marching would take a lot of time, so no matter what, they had to set out in advance.
The best weapon for a surprise attack on the enemy was the crossbow. The Tang dynasty had already provided them with a large number of long-range crossbows and repeating crossbows. Osman planned to personally lead a large number of crossbowmen into the ambush area and wait for the enemy to escape.
Because not all of Osman's army was cavalry, the number of horses was limited. In order to take the northern route to the ambush area, they had to prepare horses for every soldier in the ambush. Thus, Osman could only lead a maximum of three thousand men. These three thousand men were all armed with crossbows, one thousand long-range crossbows, one thousand repeating crossbows, and one thousand ordinary archers. All the soldiers were given an extra spear to prevent them from being unable to attack the enemy once they ran out of arrows.
"General, let me lead these three thousand men to the ambush! You should personally lead the main force to attack the enemy's main camp's west gate. "
Osman's subordinate felt that his plan was too risky and spoke to stop him.
Osman smiled. "The ambush in the north is the key to this battle. I have three thousand crossbowmen, so we have enough men. You don't have to worry at all. You just need to command the main force and attack on time. Don't embarrass me."
"Alright! General, don't worry. If we launch a sudden attack and Ziyad is not with the army, the enemy will definitely escape from the north. We just need to occupy the enemy camp and rob them of their supplies. Altik's men will naturally chase after them. "
The deputy general said.
"Very good. You always understand what I mean. Haha! It's time for me to go. "
Osman was a man who would not wake up early if there were no benefits. He wanted to obtain the credit of annihilating the enemy and raise his prestige. At the same time, he was also concerned about the large amount of military supplies in the enemy camp. He wanted both and did not want to leave anything to Altik.
At this moment, Osman was personally leading a portion of his men to leave the camp and head north. Even if he was discovered by the enemy scouts, it would be very difficult to predict his intentions. As for tailing him, that was simply wishful thinking. Osman was a very cautious person. He would leave behind a small number of hidden soldiers along the way. As long as a scout passed by, he would definitely capture them.
However, the area of the camp was so large that it was more difficult to purge the surrounding scouts. Therefore, when he moved out in advance, he had to take the north road to confuse the enemy scouts.
As for the movement of the main force after nightfall, because it was a rapid march, there was no need to worry about their intentions being discovered. This was because even if they were discovered, the enemy would not have time to prepare after receiving the news. They would arrive right after receiving the news. In fact, if the scouts were a little slower, they might not even be able to outrun the rapid march of the Osman army.
Of the Altik Mercenaries in the city, only the one thousand soldiers on the east road and the five cannons of the Tang dynasty left the city. The main force never left the city gate. They were also prepared to rush out after nightfall to prevent too many soldiers from leaving the city and alerting the enemy.
The cannons of the Tang dynasty were very rare weapons. If they were directly taken out of the city, they would attract a lot of attention no matter where they went. Therefore, before leaving the city, the cannons of the Tang dynasty were dismantled and put into the trucks. The soldiers of the Tang dynasty also disguised themselves as ordinary merchants. Ordinary people really could not recognize them.
Some of the one thousand soldiers were dressed in the clothes of ordinary merchants. There were also some who were not disguised. Because there were not many soldiers and horses, it was not certain that they were going to launch a sneak attack on the enemy camp. The scale was similar to a normal patrol and mobilization.
Before nightfall, the one thousand soldiers had already entered the ambush area from different roads. Once night fell, they would be able to get closer to the enemy camp and enter their respective attack positions.
Because it was only a feint, the task was relatively light. Therefore, the equipment of the one thousand soldiers was relatively weak. Other than the five cannons, they did not have any better weapons. The Hidden Yuan Crossbows and repeating crossbows that the Tang dynasty had provided to Altik were all allocated to the main force.
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