Chapter 1165

This has always been a problem for Mutassim III's henchmen, and even sometimes, it is difficult to sleep at night. But now that I think about it, although those Tang people are menacing, they have also succeeded in attracting all the hidden remnants and rebel armies. As the high priest said, as long as they are pacified, when the army arrives, maybe they can be completely wiped out, once and for all!

If you can use this to kill them, then even if you are seized by these Tang people and extort a billion taels of gold, it is definitely not unacceptable.

- This is a real killing two birds with one stone.

For a moment, Mutassim III's pupils shrank, and he suddenly fell silent. His brow moved slightly, his head bowed, and there was a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Hular, how long will it take for the soldiers and horses from all over the country to arrive?"

Great Food Harry, Mutassim III suddenly turned his head and looked at His Highness, a Great Food Governor who was like steel, kneeling on the ground, and had not spoken.

"Imperial White Corps", Hural!

Although it is not as powerful and famous as Qu Dibo, the god of war, it is also a prestige forged in battles. Because the complexion is too pale, like a corpse, it gets its name.

However, despite this, in the eyes of the entire Great Food Empire, as well as the surrounding kingdoms, large and small, Hural's prestige is probably no worse than that of the iron-blooded governor Abmus/Lin.

His ruthlessness, iron-willedness, and thirst for murder are, in a way, probably even more powerful than Abmuth/Lin. Most of the opponents who fell into his hands died miserably.

This time, Qudibo was killed in battle, and in the whole of Baghdad, among the summoned governors, the most famous is probably this "imperial white corpse".

If you want to deal with the 200,000* and rebel army in Khorasan, Hural is definitely the commander-in-chief, which is why the Great Caliph, Mutassim III subconsciously asked him.

"Your Majesty, if it's fast, you can actually gather a large army in seven days. But they were all ordinary soldiers and horses, and they could not pose much threat to the city of Khorasan, which was high and thick-walled. If you want to gather enough men and top generals to completely destroy the enemy army in Khorasan, it will take at least fifteen to twenty days!"

Hurrah pondered for a moment, then finally stood up and spoke.

"A night march of ten days at most, and all the great armies must be brought to Khorasan, and I will not allow these pagans from the east to stay in Khorasan for one more day. ”

The Great Caliphate, Mutassim III turned his head sharply, and said undoubtedly.

"The last general obeys!"

Hullal only hesitated for a moment, and immediately said without hesitation.

Although time was of the essence, it was almost impossible to gather enough troops and horses from the other theaters of the Great Eclipse and reach Khorasan in sufficient time. For the Imperial White Corpse Hural, although the time is tight and the task is arduous, as long as the army marches day and night, it is not impossible, and it only needs to kill and wound some people.

- because for Hullal, these are not his concerns at all.

Bang!

It was like a huge war machine, the crushing defeat in the east, the death of Qu Dibo, the fall of Khorasan, and the coercion of Wang Chong...... All of this made the entire Great Food Empire angry, and quickly mobilized its troops and horses. Far from weakening, the atmosphere of war has become more and more intense.

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"Lord Duhu, the next city of the Great Cannibal is only a few dozen miles away from us, and the city there is empty-handed, as long as we want, 200,000 soldiers and horses can cross the Tigris River, and we can occupy that city without blood. And General Bahram also said that from there to the west, there are more than a dozen cities one after another, and there is no natural danger between the cities. If we want to, we will soon be able to take over the territory of these Great Eats. Why would the adults stop at this time and order the army to rest on the spot?"

In the dome hall of Khorasan, Lou Shiyi, the number four person in the Anxi Protector Army, couldn't help but ask.

The palace of the Great Cannibal is stunning, with its domed roof covered with various delicate vine-like patterns, and the smooth marble floor is completely different from that of the Central Plains. There are even a lot of pearls and agate inlaid on the ground, and the luxury is shocking. However, at this moment, in the hall, whether it was Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, Xi Yuanqing, or Li Siye, the black armor guard, Su Hanshan, Xue Qianjun and others, all of them had no intention of doing this, and everyone's eyes were all focused on Wang Chong.

There are more than ten big food cities, as long as everyone is willing, all of them are at their fingertips, but Wang Chong stopped the pace of war at this time, which made it difficult for everyone to understand.

"Hehe, let me ask you, what is the purpose of our westward expedition, from Talas to Samarkand, to Khorasan, with so many dead and wounded?

Wang Chong smiled slightly.

Hearing this, everyone in the hall was stunned, and no one thought that Wang Chong would actually throw this question. The hall is basically full of military generals, isn't it for war to be a military general? Isn't the meaning of all this to exist to win the war?

At this moment, everyone couldn't help but be a little confused.

Wang Chong took everyone's reactions into his eyes and smiled without saying a word. War is an art, it is a means rather than an end, and every time a war is fought, it is necessary to understand its purpose and significance, which is the strategic level thinking of war. Judging from the reactions of everyone in the hall, this concept of war is obviously beyond this era.

"The duty of a military general is to win the battle, but now that we have defeated the Great Cannibal, do we still need to continue fighting? We have more than 100,000 dead and wounded, and then we have to fight to the last man?"

Wang Chong glanced at everyone and said.

Hearing Wang Chong's words, everyone was speechless for a moment. Although the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food ended in the victory of the Great Tang Dynasty, and fought all the way to Khorasan, deep into the hinterland of the Great Food Empire, and not far from their imperial capital Baghdad, it directly threatened this huge empire, but the Tang Dynasty also paid a huge price for it. A general should lead a large army to victory, if the duty of a soldier is not this, what can it be?

The purpose of war is not to kill people, nor to fight for the sake of war, everything is for profit, as long as it is profitable, a war can be carried on, and only then can it be helpful to the national economy and people's livelihood, instead of becoming a burden.

Historically, wars have been criticized for being pure killing, and have been called reckless militarism, and even the entire country has been dragged down. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought in the south and the north, the first in the world in terms of cultural and martial arts, and was known as the emperor of the ages, but he was criticized in his later years, and the weakening of the national strength was because of this.

"The scope of the war is very huge, all kinds of manpower, material resources, war equipment, as well as soldiers, horses, grain and grass, all of which cost a lot, so Confucianism will attack in every way. This is the reason why the so-called civilian-military discord and civilian-military discord are the reasons. If a war does not bring benefits to the Empire, there will be absolutely no one to support it. ”

Wang Chong looked at the people behind him and said in a deep voice.

The conflict between the military generals and the civil servants has a long history, throughout history and dynasties, and each outbreak will cause the shock of the imperial court, and even trigger the collapse and fall of an empire. On closer examination, the fundamental reason is not the difference between the civil and military generals on the surface, nor is it that the civil servants are elegant and the military generals are rude, but the fundamental reason is that a war cannot bring any benefits to an empire.

Not only Wenchen, but in the eyes of everyone, war is a kind of attrition, consuming a lot of war horses, livestock, grain and grass, and countless lives, and everything about it is negative. Once there is a war on the border, the generals go on an expedition, carry out defensive counterattacks, and finally defeat the enemy and win the victory, which is only not a point reduction, but it is not enough to add points.

On the whole, the impression of armies and wars is always negative, always accompanied by death. Or, according to some words, once the war begins, it means a large-scale expropriation of soldiers, horses, grain and grass, causing panic among the people.

But if war brings benefits, and huge benefits, and benefits the people, then everything is very different.

If we do not change this problem at its roots, the conflict between the civilian and military forces will never end, and the war will again and again lead to a dead end of reckless militarism.

In the hall, there was a dead silence, everyone was silent, even Gao Xianzhi showed a thoughtful look.

Wang Chong's words were really a question that even Gao Xianzhi had never thought about. Soldiers are accustomed to war, and once they have the upper hand, the most important thing to do is to strike while the iron is hot and continue to expand the results. Instead of being like Wang Chong, he could obviously break through more than a dozen cities one after another, but he restrained the army and prepared without fighting.

Instead, at this time, he made a peace request to the Great Eclipse, and used more than a dozen Great Eclipse Castles as a weight to file a war claim.

This form of warfare, not to mention the thousands of years of history of Middle-earth, even in the entire history of the continent, has never been precedented. I have to say that in Wang Chong, there will always be many novelties that make people think deeply.

"But, Wang Chong, with such a huge amount of one billion taels of gold, will the big cannibal really agree?"

On the side, Cheng Qianli frowned slightly and couldn't help asking.

This letter was personally led by him, and Lou Shiyi took the pen, and he sent it after he saw it, and he knew all the contents clearly. The number of one billion taels of gold, even he was smacked when he saw it, so much gold piled up, I'm afraid it is really a mountain, and he can buy a large number of cities directly, will the big cannibal really agree to this kind of sky-high asking price?

At first, Cheng Qianli thought that this was just some kind of strategic means of Wang Chong, for some kind of bigger strategy, but now it seems that he is completely serious.

"Hahaha, why not?"

Wang Chong looked at everyone in the hall and said with a confident face:

"Although a billion taels of gold is a lot, it is not unbearable for the Great Food, the royal family of this empire is much richer than we imagined, and they can't help but agree to this matter. As you can see, if the Great Eclipse refuses, we can quickly cross the Tigris and go straight to the other cities. ”