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

Liang Jun's fighting spirit was also quite tenacious. After leaving behind thousands of corpses, he managed to break through the encirclement of Guo Ziyi's 30,000-strong army.

"Does the Tang general dare to leave his name?"

Before leaving, Liang Xiao turned back on his horse and asked.

"Guo Ziyi, whose name and surname he never changed!"

Guo Ziyi rode forward and shouted at Liang Xiao.

"Remember this: my name is Liang Xiao, the one who will kill you in the future!"

Liang Xiao gave Guo Ziyi a deep look, keeping the humiliation of the day in his heart, then turned and rode away.

Guo Ziyi watched Liang Xiao leave. Once Liang Xiao returned and joined forces with the remnants of Wu's army, he estimated that the truth would soon be exposed and his strength would no longer be concealed.

But even the wisest person's thousand thoughts are no match for a fool's quick wit. Guo Ziyi never expected that those few captains who ran away faster than anything else could give him such a big surprise.

Their excuses, combined with Liang Xiao's situation, actually confirmed that he had 10 troops.

When they fought Liang Xiao, some of them had bloodstains on their bodies. Based on what the Wu officers said, Liang Xiao deduced that 10 of the 3 troops had been drawn out to ambush the enemy, while the other 7 troops were still killing the Wu army.

When Guo Ziyi learned of this clever misunderstanding, he was left both amused and exasperated.

Of course, Guo Ziyi was unaware of this at the moment.

"General, shall we continue the ambush?"

After winning several battles in a row, the captain beside Guo Ziyi licked his lips, still feeling unsatisfied.

Guo Ziyi shook his head and said, "Our troop strength will soon be known, and we will be facing more than 10,000 elite troops next."

"Let's go, let's go here!"

As Guo Ziyi spoke, he pointed to a place on the map, which was a place that Basra used specifically to store supplies.

Basra was a transportation hub, with convenient access to all directions and a bustling commercial center.

In other words, the land inside is extremely valuable. The amount of supplies being transported to the ten military governors of the Western Frontier is enormous, and they will definitely not be piled up inside the city, as that would take up too much space. Bala City simply doesn't have that much space.

According to the prisoners of war from the Wu army, the supplies that their countries had provided as aid were all stored in this fortified village.

The fortified village was heavily guarded by troops from various countries, and its defenses were extremely tight.

"Yes, sir!"

Although the generals under his command were somewhat puzzled as to why their 3 cavalry would attack a heavily fortified stronghold, military orders were absolute, and they were completely convinced of Guo Ziyi's authority, so they immediately accepted the order and went.

The commotion of 3 elite cavalry quickly alerted the garrison at the fortified stronghold storing supplies, who immediately lit beacon fires and put the entire army on high alert.

A figure emerged from the fortified village; it was Zhang De.

Zhang De had long anticipated that the fortified village would be the core objective of the Tang army, so he entrusted the defense of the city to his deputy general and personally led troops to reinforce the fortified village, where he waited for Guo Ziyi.

Guo Ziyi led his army to within 10 li of the fortified village and ordered the entire army to halt its advance.

He sensed a strong sense of danger from the fortified village in front of him. His intuition told him that it was heavily guarded and extremely dangerous.

"Let's retreat!"

Guo Ziyi decisively ordered that with 3 cavalry, they would not be able to breach the high walls and thick fortified village.

Their goal was not to breach the fortified positions, nor to plunder or destroy military supplies; these were merely one method. Their core objective was to prevent these supplies from being transported to the front lines.

Guo Ziyi always kept this in mind: they only needed to keep harassing the area to prevent the supplies from being transported out; there was no need to launch a full-scale attack on the fortified village.

This is enemy territory, a transportation hub, and extremely wealthy. They can easily feed on the enemy and have no need to worry about survival.

Standing on the city wall of the fortified village, Zhang De watched Guo Ziyi lead his army away, realizing that he had encountered a formidable enemy.

With his intelligence, he naturally realized immediately what Guo Ziyi's purpose was.

But Guo Ziyi's move precisely hit his weak point.

With such a skilled cavalryman by his side, he dared not transport any more supplies.

Especially since the railway was destroyed, they had no choice but to use soldiers and horses to escort them for transport.

However, if they did not want to be robbed, the only option was to use a large force to escort them.

The profits from transportation are not even enough to cover the costs; the losses are so severe that we're losing everything.

Moreover, sending a large force to escort them would weaken the defenses on this side, giving the Tang army an opportunity to take advantage.

Therefore, he is now in a very passive position.

For the next few days, Guo Ziyi played hide-and-seek with them, firing a shot and then moving to a different spot, keeping them occupied and driving them to a state of impotent rage.

The front line in western Xinjiang.

Counting the days, the grain and military supplies from the various countries were about to arrive. The ten military governors of the Western Frontier were there preparing to receive the supplies, but no matter how long they waited, the supplies never came.

They thought it would only be a day or two late and didn't care. After all, with such a long distance, even with steam-powered transport, it was normal for it to be a day or two late if something went wrong.

For three days in a row, no supplies were delivered, not even messengers, and no steam trains came by, which made them realize that something was wrong.

Their army's provisions depended entirely on transportation from Basra; this area, being mostly Gobi Desert, simply couldn't support such a large army.

Their army now has less than half a month's worth of food reserves. If aid from other countries doesn't arrive soon, they will run out of food and their army will be powerless, making them no match for the main force of the Tang army.

"What's going on? Why haven't the supplies arrived yet?"

A military governor asked the Qin envoy.

The Qin envoy said helplessly, "I just received news from home that a Tang army force of 3 elite cavalrymen has secretly come to our rear and sabotaged the railway from Basra to here."

"And they're stationed in Basra, not fighting us head-on, but just harassing us and preventing us from transporting supplies."

"After the steam train tracks were destroyed, it would have been almost impossible to transport such a long distance by land, given the watchful eyes of 3 men."

"General Zhang asked me to ask you all how these 3 elite cavalry managed to cross your lines and reach Basra?"

The Qin envoy's gaze sharpened, and he looked aggressively at the others.

"impossible!"

"We've set up defensive lines on all the roads, and no one has been able to get through recently!"

"Could it be that they actually crossed the desert?"

The military governor immediately retorted.

His words reminded everyone that if the Tang army had any way to get through their defenses to Basra, the only way was through the desert.

The vast desert was so impenetrable that even they could not establish a defensive line.

But that's not a place the army can pass through; it's a death desert!