After the two left, Cheng Pu instructed his operations staff officer, "Order the entire army to follow me and detour around to the rear of the Parthian army to block the retreat of the Sakqi army!"
"Here you go!"
Soon, the city gates of Linshan opened, and the soldiers hurried out of the city.
Despite the darkness and the biting wind, neither the Imperial Navy, the Han Chinese army, nor the arriving guards complained.
Because people knew that dawn was just around the corner.
It wasn't until three quarters past Chen Shi (7:45 AM) that a sliver of dawn appeared on the horizon.
At this time, the Imperial Navy led by Cheng Pu also arrived at the interception point, and the 65,000 Han troops led by Kemolai and Daruk also formed a battle formation north of the city and arrived five miles south of the Parthian army.
Because the Parthian soldiers were cold and hungry, none of them were willing to stand guard, so the Parthian army did not notice the approaching Han troops at all.
It wasn't until Huang Gai and Ling Cao's troops arrived within 500 meters of Sakqi's army that the Parthian soldiers, who were huddled in their blankets, were awakened.
Upon seeing the troops in the distance, the Parthian soldiers cheered.
Looking at the Parthian soldiers cheering in the camp, Huang Gai in the ranks sneered and then ripped off his Parthian uniform.
"Brothers, follow me and kill!"
"kill!!"
At Huang Gai's command, the guards and the able-bodied men roared in unison and charged toward the Parthian army camp.
The deafening roar echoed in all directions, and Ling Cao from the west, Kemolai and Daruk from the south also led their respective teams to charge forward.
The Parthian soldiers, who were cheering, were also caught off guard by the sudden attack.
Before many Parthian soldiers could react, Huang Gai and Ling Cao led more than 25,000 guards and more than 40,000 able-bodied men into the Parthian army's camp from the east and west.
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