A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

"Walk!"

Guo Ziyi mounted his horse and led his troops toward Basra.

His soldiers had also changed from their previous dejected state. Although their exhaustion was evident in their eyes, achieving the strategic objective made it all worthwhile.

As a core hub for transporting supplies from various countries to the vassal states of the western frontier, Basra naturally had a large army stationed there year-round.

Upon reaching the Basra border, Guo Ziyi ordered all his soldiers to stop, cook, and rest. At the same time, he sent out scouts to investigate the transportation routes of supplies to Basra.

About two hours later, the scouts finally returned.

They brought with them basic supply mobilization routes and troop deployments along the way.

Guo Ziyi drew all the information they had gathered on the military map he carried with him. Although they had successfully reached the enemy's rear, achieving their strategic objectives was still not so simple.

The enemy did not lower their guard just because this was the rear area, and continued to deploy heavy troops to guard all the transport routes.

If they act rashly and alert the enemy, they will not only fail to achieve their strategic objectives, but may also be completely annihilated here.

Bomb the railway! Fight guerrilla warfare!

They are no match for the enemy in a direct confrontation, and their objective is not to eliminate the enemy forces here, but to disrupt the delivery of military supplies to the battlefield.

If they can cause enough damage in the rear, they can relieve the enormous pressure on the front lines.

If they were given the opportunity to emulate Huo Qubing, the Marquis of Champion during the Han Dynasty, and achieve a great victory by capturing Basra, they could cause the enemy army to riot and their morale to plummet.

Guo Ziyi divided his troops into twenty-six routes, each responsible for different routes of entry and exit. Relying on their mobility, they moved like the wind, causing destruction without engaging in prolonged battles.

He spread his influence throughout Basra, causing destruction everywhere and keeping the enemy guessing about his strengths while also keeping them constantly on the move.

After the troops dispersed, Guo Ziyi's first task was to have them sabotage the railway tracks. Without the tracks, the steam locomotive was just an iron box, unable to effectively transport military supplies and equipment.

The defenders of Basra received nearly a hundred battle reports in a short period of time, and within that one hour, hundreds of locations had been attacked.

The defending general Zhang De was greatly alarmed. He was no fool who was sent to defend Basla. After all, he was a descendant of Zhang Han, a famous general from the late Qin Dynasty. He could tell that although hundreds of positions had been attacked, there was a sequence to the attack, and the enemy forces were estimated to be around 30 groups.

How did 30 enemy forces manage to bypass the territories of the Western Frontier warlords and arrive in Basra?!

Those 10 military governors of the Western Frontier were indeed useless!

They managed to get so many enemy troops to Basra!

"Sound the alarm, put the whole city on high alert."

Zhang De immediately ordered, "Please invite the other generals in the city to come for a meeting."

"Scouts are spread out everywhere to gather intelligence on the enemy."

"Can you determine the enemy's numbers?"

"That's still unclear."

"I heard that the enemy forces always retreat after a single attack, leaving almost no survivors."

"However, judging from the traces at the scene, each army should have had more than a thousand men."

To achieve the ability to strike and retreat in one fell swoop, each route would need at least several thousand people, or even more.

Furthermore, with the evidence from the scene, it's safe to say that there were at least three thousand people.

In other words, those ten good-for-nothings let over at least 100,000 troops!

After the other generals arrived, Zhang De immediately explained the situation to them.

Everyone cursed the ten military governors, saying, "With only tens of thousands of troops, how dare they act so arrogantly in my Basra? They're overestimating themselves!"

"We each led our troops to search, and once we found them, we sent a signal so that everyone could surround and wipe them out, leaving them here completely."

A general addressed them.

Basra, as an important transportation hub, has a garrison of 20 troops. According to their calculations, the enemy has about 10 troops. This is also their territory, so the advantage is on our side.

"Don't be reckless."

Zhang De advised, "If we divide our forces, we might be..."

We must defeat them one by one. But if we don't divide our forces, it will be difficult to capture them.

"This is an open conspiracy!"

"Basla is crucial to whether domestic supplies can be delivered to the western frontier of the Tang Dynasty, and it is related to the dynasty's grand plan to weaken the Tang Dynasty. It must not be lost."

"I have written to several kings explaining the situation and requesting their assistance. I ask the kings to make a decision."

"If even the railway is blown up, what supplies can be transported?"

One general scoffed, saying that this general was from another country and was also involved in the matter, having sent some troops to keep an eye on the supplies being transported from his own country.

"How about General Zhang lead your country's 100,000 troops to garrison Basra, while we each lead our respective countries' armies to search?"

The generals of the other countries echoed this sentiment. This was a lone army from the Divine Continent Empire, and if they could defeat it, the increase in their reputation and status would be enormous.

Defeating an army of 10,000 from another kingdom and defeating an army of 10,000 from the Tang Dynasty of the Divine Continent have completely different meanings and can bring them enormous political value.

Therefore, none of them wanted to give up this opportunity.

What they could think of, Zhang De could naturally think of as well, and he was also very envious of these military achievements.

However, Basra was their country's territory, and he knew in his heart what was more important.

He knew he couldn't stop the other seven, so he had no choice but to agree.

However, during this time, he also received more information, and based on his judgment, Tang Jun's forces should not be that many.

Based on the clues on the battlefield, it seems to be a bluff.

The movements of 10 troops left a strong impression; it was impossible for them to have come from the western frontier so easily. He simply hadn't had time to react because the incident happened so suddenly.

Looking back now, it must have taken a small, elite force to cross the entire blockade of the western frontier to get here.

According to Zhang De's assessment, this number will definitely not exceed 5, so there is no need to worry so much.

Thinking of this, Zhang De breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little regretful, as it seemed that these military merits were going to slip through his fingers.

Seeing Zhang De surrender, a hint of joy flashed in the eyes of these generals. They greeted Zhang De and then went to prepare their troops for battle.

The Tang army's attacks covered all directions, so they directly divided their forces into several groups, with each person randomly choosing a direction to lead their troops to search.

At this time, under Guo Ziyi's arrangement, the Tang army had regrouped and was preparing to devour the scouting army sent by Basra.

Guo Ziyi predicted that the various factions within Basra would not work together and would inevitably split their forces.

This gave him the perfect opportunity to defeat them one by one. He set up ambush locations in advance, just waiting for people to come to him.

Guo Ziyi didn't have to wait long before an army of 10,000 men, carrying a banner with the character "Wu," appeared in front of his encirclement.