"Mulu City has been captured by the Tang soldiers!"

Mahdi said almost word for word, and the short sentence made the whole room fall silent, it was a room for a midday nap in the palace, and the space was not so large that Saeed could clearly hear the sound of his own breathing.

Said was also blinded, as far as he knew, Abbas still had some ability, although his performance in the previous siege was extremely bad, but since the defeat of Nameless River, he had fully learned his lesson, and vowed to live and die with Mulu City.

But it's only been a long time now, the spring flowers haven't fully bloomed yet, and Mulu City is like an unfortunate little flower, just quietly withering, and even a bigger one hasn't been alarmed.

This fully explains why Mahdi hurried back to Ctesiphon from the palace in the middle of the night, but why did he come back?

Mahdi seemed to see Said's question, and while arranging his armor, he said:

"I came back on the orders of the caliph to take you back to Ctesiphon, and the ministers and generals should know everything about the Tang people!"

Hearing this, Said's heart was faintly filled with excitement, this feeling of being needed was so wonderful that he even had a feeling of wanting to stop.

This time the return journey was more urgent than when it came, and the cavalry roared like the wind for half a day, and they had already seen the towering castle of Ctesiphon.

However, instead of entering the city, they went to the mouth of the Diarra River, north of Ctesiphon, where they camped a military camp with no edge in sight.

"The caliph is waiting for you in the barracks, let's go!"

Saeed dismounted with Mahdi and walked into the barracks, where a large number of soldiers were changing formations in the vast training ground.

"The Great Food Army has always been not confined to formation, the pursuit and retreat are all up to the judgment of the battlefield general, since the caliph and the Roman emperor's Praetorian Guard have also begun to study the Greek military formation, obviously, these are all soldiers chained, this may be the reason why they are facing a battle that can die at any time, and cannot escape from their position!"

Said echoed, noncommittal, of course he did not agree with Mahdi's statement, from the Tang Dynasty's Shenwu army, it can be known that military discipline is the guarantee of combat effectiveness, but now is not the time for argument at all, and it is the right thing to hurry up to see the caliph.

Still, in such a hurry, Mahdi noticed the subtle expression of Saeed's disapproval.

"Why, do you think this kind of zombie-like warrior is capable of fighting a big war?"

Since Mahdi took the initiative to ask, Saeed would not hide his true thoughts.

"The Shenwu Army of the Tang Dynasty is such a group of zombies chained, and they have now captured Mulu City!"

Saeed spoke calmly, and Mahdi wanted to argue, but he was immediately angry because there was no way to argue.

Mulu City, as the most important city of the empire in the east, was lost so quietly, and the cousin of the caliph was still in Khorasan and did not know whether he was alive or dead.

"This, I really want to see what kind of monster the heretics from the Tang Dynasty are!"

Obviously, Mahdi, as the most favored son of the caliph, had an extraordinary sense of superiority and instinctive contempt for all the countries and armies in distant places. In his eyes, Ctesiphon and Baghdad were the center of the world, and the farther away from the center became, the more wild and ignorant they became.

The city of Mulu in Khorasan was taken away by a group of people from the land of savage and ignorance, which was difficult for the proud prince to accept.

Instead of inspecting his warriors on his horse, as Sa'id had hoped, the caliph sat in a sheepskin tent and enjoyed wine and food.

It seems that the caliph was not as angry as the Mahdi, and even a little laid-back.

"Sit down and eat meat together!"

The caliph was still unexpectedly peaceful, and Sa'id sat down cautiously on the bed, and immediately a maid came over with crispy roasted meat.

After being bumpy for most of the day, Said was already hungry, and he couldn't help but salivate when he smelled such a meaty aroma.

With a big sip of meat and a big sip of wine, he just felt that there was nothing more enjoyable in the world than now.

However, Mahdi did not touch the food in front of him, he used a silver meat knife to unconsciously pull the mutton on the silver plate, as if thinking about something.

"Mahdi, are you ready?"

Mahdi did not immediately answer the caliph's question, and to be honest, he was not ready to send troops to Khorasan.

The caliph has always been aiming to invade Constantinople, so from his prince to ministers and generals are studying and preparing how to invade Constantinople. No one could have imagined that remote Khorasan would be conquered by the Tang people from the wilderness.

"The son doesn't know anything about the specific situation of the Tang people, so I hope that the caliph can let Saeed go with the army!"

When he asked Mahdi to accompany the army as a member of his staff, the caliph was noncommittal and turned his attention to Saeed.

"Said, what do you think of the mutation in Mulu City?"

How can you see it?

The Tang Dynasty's Shenwu army had extraordinary weapons and extraordinary combat power, and at least as Sayyid had seen, no army could match it. Of course, the caliph was like a demigod, and even he didn't think that such a powerful divine army could easily defeat the caliph's janissalian.

"It is said that the Shenwu Army can use the power of the devil to cause a large part of the walls of Mulu City to collapse in one night, and Governor Abbas is helpless about it!"

"The devil?"

Mahdi interrupted him, and did not believe the so-called devil's words.

"With the power of the devil?" is Abbas looking for an excuse for his incompetence!"

Said shrugged.

"Whether it is with the help of the power of the devil or not, the villain doesn't know, but it is an indisputable fact that the walls of Mulu City collapsed overnight!"

"Aren't you alarmist?"

Suddenly, Mahdi became agitated, and even his tone was very bad!

But he immediately realized his gaffe and didn't continue.

It would be unwise to suspect that this great food merchant who had returned from the East without any reason would even be used as a lever to attack him by his opponents.

Said sneered.

"If His Highness thinks that Said is also a liar, there is no need to let the villain accompany the army!"

This is the routine that Said learned from the Tang people, if he blindly grovels will be looked down upon, and if he maintains the tough posture he should have at the right time, he will receive unexpected results!