"General Rashid, the city of Urayana is ahead."
"All the troops, speed up!" Rashid looked at the sky. It was almost dark, but they still had time to camp outside the city of Urayana.
This way they can attack the city early tomorrow morning.
But soon a general who led a patrol in front came back.
"General Rashid, there is no one left in Ujrayana."
"No one?" Rashid was stunned.
"Yes, there is no one left. There is no one inside, not the Tang Army or the Tianzhu residents."
"It's really gone?" Rashid didn't believe it. The city of Wu Jayana was so important, but the Tang Army actually didn't want it anymore?
"There was really no one left. I started to lead people over and saw the city gate wide open. I also thought it was a trick of the Tang Army, so I sent a group of slave soldiers in and found that there was no one inside."
"Later I became worried and took people in to take a look. Not to mention people, there were no dogs. Now that my people have occupied the city wall, the army can enter the city to rest today."
Rashid touched his beard: "It seems that these Tang armies also have great generals. They actually knew that dividing their troops was no match for us, so they decisively abandoned the city of Urayana. It seems that they were following Malava." Or the city of Viramala is waiting for us.”
"Hahaha, what does it matter?" A general laughed: "Anyway, whether they defend the city separately or gather forces to defend the city, they are only more than 20,000 people. Isn't it easy for our army of 100,000 to capture such a small city? "
In Chinese history, the strength of the attacking side was generally five times that of the defending side to be considered relatively safe.
But that's because China's city walls are too strong and tall.
But here, the role of these city walls in defense is really limited. If the combat power is stronger, it can be captured with twice as many troops, not to mention they are a hundred thousand troops.
I was so disturbed by the attack by the Tang Dynasty army all the way that I didn't have a good rest. Those dogs would sometimes even circle around the camp twice for you at night.
When you actually chase him out, you realize that the other person has already disappeared.
But if the Arab army doesn't chase them out, those Tang cavalry can hold a concert with gongs and drums outside the Arab camp.
I don’t know what they used, but the sound was so loud that it could be heard clearly from a distance.
Fortunately, many people could not understand Tang Dynasty dialect. Listening to them sing was like chanting sutras. No soldier could have a good rest at night.
Rashid also once sent people to ambush outside the camp, hoping to surround these Datang troops when they arrived.
As a result, these Datang troops seemed to have eyes in the sky and ran directly to the other side of the ambush to sing.
Now it's finally better. Although the walls of Wu Jayana City are not tall, you don't have to worry about the harassment of the Tang Dynasty army when you huddle inside.
With the height of the city wall, if the Tang army dared to come at night, they could shoot arrows to drive them away within a stone's throw, so that their singing would not be heard in the city.
When the Arab army arrived at the city of Urayana, it was already dark.
But since it's an empty city, there's nothing to worry about.
By the time all the Arab armies entered the city and closed the city gates on all sides, it was already almost ten o'clock in the evening.
The Arab army, which had been harassed by the Tang Dynasty's Qingqi for almost a month, felt exhausted and soon fell asleep.
Because there was no one in the city, Rashid did not send anyone to patrol. He only left a few teams of troops on the four walls to prevent Datang from sneak attacks.
And when the time came to three or four o'clock in the evening, when everyone was sleeping most deeply, the floors of many empty rooms in the city trembled slightly and then opened.
Inside were Datang soldiers who had gone into hiding long ago.
When the Arab army entered the city, they found the whole city empty and it was dark, so they didn't even notice that there were a lot of dry firewood and other flammable materials piled next to many rooms.
These Datang soldiers had Tang Pingfa's watches, and they had already set the time. They came out of the tunnel dug in advance at the same time, and then ignited the flammable materials.
The entire city of Urayana fell into a sea of fire in just over ten minutes.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had dug an underground shelter long ago. After lighting the fire, they ran to the meeting point and hid underground, where they could catch up on their sleep.
The Arab army above in the city of Urayana was in a miserable state. They were already exhausted, so they slept tightly.
There were no patrols in the city. By the time someone discovered a fire in the city, the fire had already spread.
The whole city was filled with fire and smoke, and their horses were all panicking and running around the city.
At this time, no one could care about the food and grass brought into the city. Everyone was thinking about how to escape.
In fires, the highest mortality rate is actually not being directly burned to death by the fire, but being choked to death by thick smoke.
These Arab soldiers had not learned: cover their mouths and noses, bend down and escape.
But it was very difficult to identify the direction in the thick smoke, and it was even more difficult to find the direction out of the city.
The Arab soldiers, who were looking for a way out of the city like headless flies, fell to the roadside one after another, coughing.
It is impossible to save such a big fire.
Rashid could only desperately organize his army to withdraw from the city of Ujayana.
When daybreak came, Rashid looked at the army withdrawing from the city of Urayana with a dismayed face, his heart was bleeding.
Of the more than 100,000 troops, more than 30,000 remained in the city.
Moreover, water and fire are merciless. This fire and thick smoke cannot tell the difference between military ranks.
There are a total of eleven senior officers at the general level, but only eight are out of the city now.
The people leaving the city were disheveled, and some even had no weapons.
It's not that they don't want to take it, it's just that when the fire burns, the metal blade is hot to the touch.
The current Arab army does not look elite at all. It is almost as if they are refugees.
"Datang Army, you are despicable and shameless!" Noble and famous generals like Rashid couldn't help but curse.
Of course he cursed in Arabic, which is pretty much what it translated to.
The loss of troops was secondary. The most important thing was the food, grass and baggage they brought, but all of them were left in the city and burned.
The little food saved by the entire army of 100,000 people could not last three to five days even if they were eaten sparingly.
"General Rashid, now we can only go to Malava City!" A general said: "I hope we can find some supplies in Malava City."
But after saying this, he himself couldn't believe it. If the Tang army could evacuate the city of Ujaya, they could also evacuate the city of Malava.
But now that is their last hope.
