Chapter 1313: The Inexplicable Messenger
The people who came to see Mahdi were indeed Tang people, but their words made Mahdi even more suspicious.
These people claimed to be opponents of the Tang Dynasty Prime Minister Qin Jin, and their master was the crown prince of the current Tang Dynasty emperor, who had only been exiled to the West because of the war. If the two of them can join forces to overthrow the powerful minister Qin Jin, they can even cede all the four towns of Anxi to Da Shi.
In other words, in addition to the existing Khorasan, the Great Eclipse could get Hezhong, Tocharo, and the newly conquered kingdom of Tianzhu by the Tang Dynasty.
The quid pro quo was not unsubstantial, but Mahdi was even more suspicious of the identities of these people.
Moreover, although they claim to be the followers of the Tang Dynasty prince, who knows the true strength of these people?
Take 10,000 steps back, even if you are really willing to take a wrench for the other party, and these people regret it after the fact, do you really want to lead troops to the far east like Yusuf?
No, the first target of conquest of the Great Eclipse was always the Roman Empire in the West, not the Tang Dynasty.
With this in mind, Mahdi deliberately opened his mouth.
"In addition to ceding the four towns of Anxi and the land west and south of the Green Mountains, if your lord really regains the throne that belongs to him, he will also serve my Great Food Caliph as the suzerain, I wonder if your envoy can make decisions for your master?"
The envoy at the head did not change his face, and replied without hesitation:
"This world has always been dominated by the strong, and the king is the king. If His Royal Highness the Prince can help the head of the family defeat Qin Jin, even if he can't successfully regain the throne, he can still serve His Royal Highness the Prince as the suzerain!"
These words were expected by Mahdi, and they were unexpected, what does it mean that he cannot smoothly regain the throne? Could it be that he is not so deliberate for the sake of the throne?
After thinking for a while, Mahdi snorted.
"If your master can't become the lord of the Tang Dynasty, what's the use of me wanting this servant?"
The messenger remained unchanged, and calmly replied:
"What the head of the family is worried about, the country is stolen by thieves, if the imperial court can return to the hands of the Li family, even if it can't inherit the throne as the crown prince, what's the matter?
Hearing this, Mahdi felt a kind of anger that someone had pierced his mind, but he still forcibly suppressed it, otherwise he would really not admit himself.
After a pause, Mahdi laughed.
"Who said that Qin Jin is a * annoying? Shenwu Army's labor expedition, I just need to delay and not fight a decisive battle, these people will collapse sooner or later without a fight!"
The other side is also-for-tat.
"In that case, why did His Royal Highness take the risk of attacking the rear of the Shenwu Army with the main force?"
At this time, a military attache beside Mahdi angrily rebuked:
"His Royal Highness the Prince's strategy for using troops, why do you need to explain to you, a stupid donkey? No matter how inferior you are, be careful of your necks, the noose outside has just hanged more than a dozen Tang people!"
After some threats, Mahdi observed that some of the Tang people in this line showed a look of fear, and some were still as usual.
Those who have been in a-for-tat confrontation with Mahdi belong to the latter category.
Mahdi is not a man who likes to show his measure at all times, and his patience has reached the limit when his authority is repeatedly challenged by an unknown boy.
If at this time, the other party is still acting on his own, then he can only put the noose that has just hanged a dozen Tang people around the necks of these people.
Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have a glimpse of Mahdi's thoughts, and actually bowed his head and said:
"If His Highness still has doubts about the head of the family, the head of the family can convert to Allah with all his ministers!"
It was this sentence that shocked Mahdiche completely.
Although he knew little about the East, he did know that most people from the East were very stubborn and would never convert to their religion for almost their entire lives, let alone convert to Allah.
Unlike those soft-boned Persians, who sold their souls for a few dozen dinars a year.
He has always believed that such a lowly soul is something that even Allah disdains.
However, the expansion of the empire requires a large number of people to convert to the Great Food Cult, so many filthy souls are allowed to join the Great Food Cult.
If the prince of the Tang Dynasty can really convert to the Great Food Religion, then even if the so-called Tang Dynasty prince cannot ascend the throne, it will definitely have a subtle impact on the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, and maybe more royal family will convert to the Great Food Religion.
The thought made Mahdi's heart flutter.
But he still showed that he was not salty, not light, and even impatient.
"The Tang people have always been scheming, you can make a promise at will now, and it is not difficult to regret it in the future, don't you say?"
The messenger frowned angrily when he heard this, and immediately drew the short sword he carried with him.
When he arrived, Mahdi's guards were very nervous, and they also drew their swords and attacked.
Perhaps out of negligence, or perhaps out of contempt, the messenger was not thoroughly searched for his belongings before entering the tent.
However, when the messenger drew his short sword, he did not intend to attack Mahdi, but lightly cut it on his left wrist, and a streak of blood immediately appeared.
I saw him wipe the blood gushing from his wrist between his forehead and lips, and said solemnly:
"A certain is willing to swear by blood, and there is no falsehood in what he says!"
It was the first time Mahdi had been in such a situation, and he didn't even know what to say.
As a pious*, he instinctively believed the other party's oath of blood.
The soldiers outside the military tent waited left and right, and the dozen or so Tang people who entered the military tent were sent out to be hanged, the fog became thicker and thicker, and the temperature became lower and lower.
Many people involuntarily hugged their shoulders and stomped their feet back and forth to keep warm.
This kind of ghost weather is the first time most people have seen it, in the middle of summer, there is actually a feeling of late autumn, if it wasn't for the hot a few days ago, who would have believed that it was almost snowing now!
"His Royal Highness the Prince has always come to Syrvan, and there are always various accidents, which may be a hint from Allah not to continue......"
"The true Great Food Warriors can only die in the West, and those short, dry and yellow Orientals...... It's a shame......"
Many of the Great Cannibals were ashamed of dying in battle against the Orientals, and coupled with the bad weather, some resentment in the army was also fermenting.
Syllable!
A whip was whipped in the face of the soldier who had just been talking, and the soldier who had been whipped covered his face and howled loudly.
"Who can't control his mouth anymore, just feed him a whip, do you hear it?"
The commander's sharp rebuke had an effect, and no one dared to talk about the war lightly.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew from the west, and many people were very excited, because the wind meant that the fog was about to disperse!