Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms

When Guan Hai went all out to the east of the Caspian Sea, Ardashir had already led the main force to Herat. Barack didn't feel anything special either.

Sooner or later, the city will not be able to defend, but it must be defended in the early stage to buy time for the arrangement of Kandahar. By the way, among the orders Barak received, Cao Cao had already described Kandahar and Oswain in detail, so Barak I also know how much I want to do.

From this point of view, Cao Cao still trusts Barak. After all, in terms of ability, Barak blocked Cao Cao for a long time at the beginning, and in terms of relationship, the two are Weng's son-in-law, and Cao Cao is quite trustworthy in each other.

"It may take another six or seven days for the reinforcements to arrive. The good thing is that Ardashir's vanguard is the cavalry." Barak looked at the military affairs in hand, and he was inexplicably unfamiliar. Two years ago, he dealt with these Things can be said to be easy, but since there is a princess, who cares about these, power is not as important as a princess, this is the original intention of Guishuang for a hundred years!

"It's nothing." Gumara nodded and said, "Herat city itself is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the legion under my command just sticks to it, Ardashir has no good way, after all, regardless of him No matter how powerful the cavalry is, it is impossible to use it in the siege battle, the only possibility is that the opponent bypasses Herat."

For other legions, if they directly bypass the city node and attack the rear, it is very likely that the enemy will catch the opportunity to cut off the food and grass. fight.

"Sikong has already notified this matter before." Barak nodded, "Xiahou Miaocai should have made preparations, and after all, it is a desert terrain, no matter how powerful the Holy Death Knight is, it is actually useless .”

Three idiots are amazing, very powerful, and their fighting power is so strong that they can definitely compete head-to-head with Sheng Qiqi. As a result, if there were not a large number of righteous men who took refuge in three idiots back then, maybe they are still playing in the desert with Fu Ward and others Woolen cloth.

No matter how powerful the cavalry is, there is a limit. It is too ridiculous to eat the terrain. No matter how strong the holy cavalry is, Xia Houyuan can't fight in the desert terrain. He just needs to switch to the battle. Besides, Xiahouyuan's normal army talent can greatly increase the marching speed and distance. However, the Saint Death Knight was disgusting enough to kill the opponent, so Barak didn't panic at all about whether the reinforcements would be beaten.

"Then let's stick to it now, after all, today is not as good as it used to be." Gumara nodded after hearing the words. Before that, he might choose to fight to see if he could splash Aldashir's blood or something. Now , or prudence is the first, no mistake is merit.

Therefore, when Ardashir arrived in Herat, Barak had already blocked all the gates and holes with huge stones, and all kinds of defensive equipment, no matter whether they were useful or not, were piled up on the city wall.

"Where is Barak!" Ardashir is not an idiot. The vanguard of his troops are all cavalry, and the infantry will take a few days to arrive. Now storming the city will definitely mean death, so let's start with psychological warfare.

"My general said, if Ardashir comes, let me tell you that he is not on the city wall, so don't talk to him, he is appeasing Princess Qinghe." After Ardashir's roar reached the city wall, A centurion stuck his head out and replied to Ardashir.

Hearing that a mouthful of old blood stuck in Ardashir's chest, he couldn't spit it out or swallow it.

"As a general, you don't want to serve your country. How can you be a general if you have such a love for your children when you are in battle!" Ardashir's original strategy of alienation, decisively changed another tone, and used it to let others stationed on the city wall The soldiers felt uncomfortable with the trick.

"Ah? There is something wrong with you." The centurion lying on the top of the city looked at Ardashir below with a devilish expression, "Herat can fall, but the princess must be fine, Ardashir you This is the long-cherished wish of looking down on our Beigui for a hundred years, so stop gossip and quickly raise your guns to fight."

Although Barak went to appease Princess Qinghe, and no one was patrolling the city, the soldiers guarding the city in Beigui had a very calm mind, and even felt that it should be taken for granted. If the city is gone, it can be rebuilt. No more, which is more important, who doesn't count.

Ardashir had a bad luck and didn't say anything else. He had heard that Beigui was crazy and had voted hundreds of thousands of people for a princess of the Han family. Er reckoned, this shouldn't be a joke.

Even the ordinary soldiers at the lower level think that the princess is the most important thing, and it is normal for this group of people to vote. Thinking about this, Ardashir has to sigh with emotion. Sometimes, some things that seem useless are really It is quite emotional.

But these two sentences also proved the fact that not to mention the people here in Herat, the soldiers are absolutely united, fighting for the princess in the city, this is definitely a trouble.

"The situation is exactly as we expected." Tawasdes said with a sigh.

"Didn't we make this kind of preparation when we came here? Barak and Gumara, who are in charge of Herat, are actually not easy to deal with. With them governing Herat, those who infiltrate are not easy to deal with. It is unlikely to do anything wrong." Ardashir said calmly, "So from the beginning, our target was not Herat."

Tawasdes nodded. He and Ardasil worked together on the plan. He is not very good at the detailed practical operation of military strategy, but he is still very good in strategy. After all, in the official history, Ardasil Hill's strategy of managing the world was created by him alone.

By the way, Tawasdes is actually not inclined to take action against the Han Dynasty, but the situation after the change made Ardashir see a little possibility. Tawasdes did it because of Ardashir's pressure. out of this plan.

Of course, the pressure comes under the pressure. Tawasdes also admitted that this timing is really good. The plan is a bit risky, but if the plan is successful, many things will change. With Kandahar in hand, Ardashir is at least cut off bondage.

As for the only shortcoming, I am afraid that Ardashir's food and grass cannot be completely self-sufficient, and it needs to be provided by Guishuang, but a relatively weak force, and both sides need to report to the group for warmth, comparable to the Han Dynasty and Rome. Too much to deal with.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Tawasdes’ goal was not to win Herat. From a strategic point of view, this is a very risky plan. It would definitely not be the case for mature middle-aged people like Cao Cao and Liu Bei. plan.

But for Ardashir, he is in a young and aggressive period, betting on a strong attack, he doesn't believe that Guishuang doesn't want to take a chance.

Although the plan is very risky, for Ardashir, the most he can lose is to go back and continue eating Herat. The situation will not be worse, but if it succeeds, the comeback will be in sight, so he chooses to take a gamble , even if this round will be very thrilling.

Oswin on the Kabul side has already assembled his troops and almost used all the main force to advance in the direction of Kandahar along the Helmand River valley. Oswin kept the speculation given by Banzim in mind. This is an opportunity. A chance to knock Cao Cao out of Kandahar completely.

Originally, it was not so easy to win Kandahar. Barak's surrender led to the erosion of the war situation, and the situation was out of control, but now the opportunity came again.

"Kapil, how is your plan going?" Oswin asked Kapil seriously before setting off.

"Under normal circumstances, I'm probably pretty reliable." Kapil said with a sigh, "We are far more familiar with the mountainous area here than the Han Dynasty, so even if the other party is prepared, in the middle of the Helmand River A fortress was built upstream, but we have blocked the stream in the valley further upstream, and so far, the runoff of the Helmand River has been greatly reduced."

The Helmand River is an inland plateau river whose main water source comes from alpine snowmelt and rainfall. Not to mention the rainfall here. It will take several months for the rainy season to come. Recently, the Helmand River The main source of water is mountain snowmelt.

After all, here is a mountainous terrain, and the average altitude is very high, and the snow cover is not a joke. The summer snowmelt can be said to be the main source of the water source of the Helmand River, and this source must be from many sources. Creeks, formed by ice springs.

Kapil’s previous suggestion was to rely on his own familiarity with the terrain to build simple dams one by one in the mountain valleys, blocking those small streams and ice springs that could be blocked one by one.

Of course, even if we try our best to block it, it is impossible to block all of them, but it is still possible to block most of them. What is more important is to block the river valleys one by one. In any case, the runoff of the Helmand River will be reduced. Cao Cao's agricultural water use caused considerable trouble.

In fact, many of the conflicts between Afghanistan and Iran in later generations were caused by the construction of embankments in Afghanistan to obtain water, which led to insufficient irrigation in Iran's agriculture and large-scale abandonment.

In addition, Kapil also has some sinister intentions. For example, during the rainy season in December, although it doesn’t rain here, it rains in the tributaries. At that time, all the simple dams will be dug up, and the water volume will increase dramatically. Even if Cao Cao is upstream Being prepared is enough to disgust the opponent to death.

In short, Kapil, who is not in crisis, is still quite reliable. There are almost no obvious shortcomings in various aspects such as ability and wisdom. The more critical the situation is, the worse his ability will be.