Sometimes ambition comes at a price, and when it is not right, that ambition turns into greed. Greed for more than he could eat, as was the case in Rai, whose Persians did not receive his affection, but prepared a special "welcome" ceremony for him.

The scattered rebels did not look like they intended a decisive battle, but merely to embarrass the proud prince.

Said saw the clue, but did not say it directly.

Mahdi was a man of great face, and there was no need for him to attract the attention of Mansour and his sons with his maverick and astonishing words.

All Saeed needs to do now is to wait and see what happens, and then complete his mission.

However, he was also curious about what method the Tang people used to defeat Abbas in such a short period of time.

After a period of contact, Saeed also knew that Abbas was not a mediocre person, and even had great resilience in his seemingly sick body.

Since the defeat of the Nameless River, Abbas has reorganized almost all the trusted Great Food Soldiers in Mulu City as the backbone of the resistance against the Tang people.

And in order to fight for a long time, Abbas was even ready to withdraw from Mulu City, even if he lost Mulu City, which was the capital of Khorasan, he had no intention of giving up.

Said had secretly thought that perhaps Abbas had taken the initiative to abandon Mulu City, because the defeat of the lonely city was so impressive that the fear of the Tang soldiers had unwittingly spread among the Great Food Army of Mulu City.

Mahdi's offensive plan was disrupted by the sudden appearance of rebels near Rai, who planned to completely wipe out Rai's rebels before heading east.

After its conquest by the Abbasids, there have been no decent rebels, and in many cases they have even appeared as supporters of the Abbasids. Therefore, Mahdi once had a lot of confidence in Rai's Persian newspaper.

However, today's blow made him angry, and he decided to give the Persians who were about to take revenge a taste of vengeful fury.

At night, Mahdi did not rest, but organized a night attack.

The 10,000 cavalry were divided into 10,000 troops, each of which was to raid and raid the vicinity of the outskirts of Raid.

According to common sense, the rebels will never resist the city after provoking the Great Food Army, and what they are best at is scattering in the villages and woods around the city, looking for an opportunity to strike again.

Although he was young, the Mahdi also went through many great wars, from the beginning of the Abbasid dynasty to the present, both the Romans and the Persians were defeated by him more than once.

As such, he was also well acquainted with the annoying tactics of the Persian rebels.

As a staff member, Said accompanied the whole process and survived the long night.

By dawn, the thousand-strong cavalry returned, and they all brought back a great success, and almost every warrior had several rebel heads tied to his saddle.

It seems that Mahdi's plan has succeeded, Saeed thought so secretly, but praised again and again:

"Your Highness anticipates the enemy's opportunity, and the use of soldiers is more powerful than ghosts and gods, and the villain admires it so much!"

Mahdi had a smug smile on his face, and he rarely hid his true emotions in front of trusted staff, except for a modest approach when he spoke.

"It's not a ghost who uses soldiers, I have fought with the caliph to exterminate the rebels, and I am very familiar with their methods of using troops, and I have deduced them in private more than once, and last night's victory is just the result of dozens of rehearsals!"

He said this both modestly and largely as truthfully.

The Mahdi battle has always been based on adequate preparation as the basis for victory, and now the rebels against Rai are being carried out with extremely adequate preparation, and the disparity in strength between the two sides is huge, so victory is naturally reasonable.

"Although the Tang people are strong, when they meet His Highness, I am afraid they will have to retreat!"

During his time in Anxi, Said came into contact with many Tang people from Chang'an, and learned from them many words unique to the Tang people.

Mahdi didn't know what it meant, so he asked with a smile:

"Yours are also interesting, where did you learn that?"

"The villain has been doing business in Anxi of the Tang people for 30 years, and some idioms spoken by the Tang people also found it interesting, so I learned it!"

"You don't have to learn what the enemy says, but how they fight and govern the place, I don't know what you think?"

Mahdi was a man of political ambitions, and his three sentences did not deviate from his focus, especially after Abbas's defeat to the Shenwu army, he developed a strong interest in all aspects of the Tang people, military management and governance.

"Under normal circumstances, in the border areas where wars are frequent, the military and political power is monopolized by the Jiedu envoy, so that the efficiency of military operations is effectively improved, so that everything has to be consulted by the central court. ”

Mahdi listened and said puzzledly:

"The military and political power is on the local officials, won't they rebel?"

Saeed applauded:

In His Royal Highness's words, the rebellion that affected most of the land in the Tang Dynasty a few years ago was initiated by one of the Jiedu envoys, and this rebellious Jiedu envoy even attacked Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Mahdi asked thoughtfully:

"Now, what happened to the rebellious envoy?"

"Dead, killed by his own son, his powerful army also fell apart, and was finally completely wiped out by the Shenwu army!"

"Is it the Tang soldiers who defeated Uncle Abbas?"

Privately, Mahdi preferred to call Abbas his uncle, after all, he spent his teenage years with his cousin before following Mansur on his expedition to the north.

Saeed said:

"It is this army, and the Shenwu Army's westward expedition is said to be led by its founder himself, and its strength should not be underestimated!"

Mahdi pondered for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"The founder you are talking about should be the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, a person from a humble background called Qin Jin!"

Said was a little surprised, Mahdi had actually heard Qin Jin's name, and he also knew that he was a son of a humble family.

"Why is Your Highness laughing?"

"The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is now a powerful minister, as a powerful minister, he is not the emperor who takes care of them in the capital, but he fights everywhere with his soldiers, doesn't the emperor who has fallen next to the power think of regaining power?"

Listening to Mahdi's words, Said's heart sank, he really hadn't worried about this problem before, although he had similar thoughts, but under the influence of Qin Jin's strong strength and aura, he passed by.

At this time, Mahdi brought it up, and at first glance it sounded reasonable.