Chapter 1163

"No need!"

Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi stood side by side, looking at the thick smoke that was constantly rising from everywhere in the city of Khorasan:

"If a person like Abmus/Lin wants to escape, and the city is so big, it will be difficult for us to find him, and the next step, we need to think about the next thing is no longer to fight or kill someone, but to consider the overall strategic situation. General Cheng, is the letter I told you ready?"

"It's been ready for a long time. The master can catch the pen and send it to Baghdad at any time through those big eating falcons. ”

A voice came from behind, and Cheng Qianli quickly caught up from the rear with a light touch on the city.

The top generals always think about the victory or defeat of a war, and Wang Chong thinks not only about things on the battlefield, but also about the overall strategic situation outside the battlefield, and his vision and pattern are enough to overshadow the imperial generals on this continent. This is also the reason why Cheng Qianli admires him.

The army soon swarmed in, and without the presence of Abu and Ziyad, the tens of thousands of armies collapsed and were annihilated much faster than ever before. From the opening of the city gate to the entry of the army, it only took two hours before and after, and Wang Chong led the army to completely take over this important military town at the western end of the Silk Road.

"Is this the Tigris?"

On the west side of the city of Khorasan, on the high city wall, Wang Chong, Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, Li Siye, Yuan Shurong and Bahram all climbed to the top of this magnificent city wall. Standing on the eastern wall of the city of Khorasan and looking out into the past, Wang Chong saw at a glance the city of Khorasan, not far away, a wide and huge river surging through.

The river is fifty or sixty zhang wide, I don't know how deep, although the river is turbulent, but it is not as muddy as imagined.

For the first time in his life, Wang Chong saw one of the two most famous rivers of the former Sassanid Empire, one Tigris and the other Euphrates, west of the Green Mountains.

This is the root of the entire Sassanid civilization, and it is now the most important river in the entire Great Food Empire.

"It's just a tributary of the Tigris, the main trunk of which is wider and grander than what you see now, and we Sassanids have been able to give birth to thousands of years of history and become the most powerful nation on the seashore because of these two rivers, but now they have all fallen into the hands of the Great Food Empire. They even imposed heavy taxes on all those who passed through the river, and we Sassanids could not travel from these two rivers to the east and west, and every year they did not know how much wealth was plundered by them and flowed into the treasury of the Great Cannibals. ”

Bahram sighed.

Wang Chong listened silently, some thoughts faintly flashed through his mind, but soon calmed down again.

History and Wang Chong's memory has undergone a lot of changes, at least in Wang Chong's memory, there is no tributary of the Tigris River outside the city of Khorasan, his eyes stayed on this famous river in the west and the great food for a moment, Wang Chong slowly raised his head, looked into the endless distance, swept through the heavy space, Wang Chong faintly "saw" a huge capital, where is the political, power, cultural and military center of the entire Western continent.

"Baghdad!"

A thought quickly flashed through Wang Chong's mind.

Abu* wanted to break through Talas, occupy the Western Regions, and conquer the entire Central Plains, but ironically, in the end, Abu* was not able to coerce Chang'an, but on his own, he marched all the way west, went deep into Dashi, followed the Silk Road, and in turn arrived in Khorasan, a city at the end of the Silk Road.

"General Cheng, let's start!"

Wang Chong looked ahead and didn't look back.

"Yes!"

Cheng Qianli's voice just fell, and after a while, a big food falcon quickly rose into the sky, crossing all the space, towards Baghdad, the king of the Great Food Empire.

More than 2,200 kilometers, which is already a very close distance......

From Khorasan, across the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, all the way to the west, more than 1,300 kilometers, is the core of the entire Great Food Empire.

The city is majestic, with towers and domed palaces that are dense enough to reach the sky. In this small place, a large number of soldiers and horses, millions of people, and countless merchants and travelers were gathered, and the economy, culture and politics were extremely developed.

- This is Baghdad, the largest center of the entire Great Food Empire.

In the whole western region, it also has another resounding name, "the city that never sleeps"! In this capital, everyone celebrates day and night, day and night, and is known as the city that never sleeps.

Phew!

Suddenly, a screech came from the sky, and just above Baghdad, a huge giant Saker falcon spread its wings, its feathers trembled, and it fell from the sky like a sharp arrow, wrapped in air currents, and flew into the royal palace at the highest point in the center of Baghdad.

Bang!

However, no one knew that when this great game falcon fell from the sky and flew into the palace, it suddenly fell like a boulder, setting off a great wave in this empire.

"Bastard!!"

In the golden-domed palace at the highest point in Baghdad, the thunder and anger resounded throughout the Great Eclipse, and countless governors, generals, and nobles fell to their knees and trembled.

At the top of the main hall, on a throne made of gold, Caliph al-Mutassim III of the Great Food Empire, dressed in a white silver silk robe and a golden crown, his eyes spewed thunderous flames.

As the monarch of the entire Great Food Empire, Mutasim III is known as the entire Great Food Empire, the greatest king in history, the entire Great Food Empire is in his hands, how many forces have been wiped out, and the territory of the empire has been expanded by him to the point of no return, reaching an unprecedented state of strength.

Countless famous generals, millions of elite iron horsemen, and powerful legions, all of them are ready to conquer the world for him.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is truly the most powerful and powerful ruler in this world.

But at this moment, all the glory that was once created, all the glory, all came to naught.

The Behemoth Legion was destroyed, the Aurora Legion was heavily wounded, Qudebo was killed, Aybek was killed, Osman was killed, and Mamluk was destroyed...... He had heard too much bad news during this time.

For this crusade, Mutassim III originally had great expectations, hoping to conquer the East with the help of a huge army, unify the entire continent, and accomplish an unprecedented great cause.

But now, everything is shattered, and not only that, but even a great general of the pagans of the East has come to the city and threatened his Baghdad.

Moreover, the other party's letter made extremely excessive demands.

This is simply a great shame, how can Mutassim III endure it.

"Your Majesty, these Tang people have given us only three days to reply, but it takes two days for the carrier pigeons to come and go, and if they do not receive a reply, or refuse their request, they will immediately take action, cross the Tigris, all the way west, and capture more cities. That would probably cause panic throughout the empire, which would be extremely detrimental to the empire. ”

His Royal Highness, a bejeweled minister, knelt on the ground and said in fear.

"Useless thing! With so many soldiers and horses, countless governors and generals, will I still be threatened by a heretic? ”

Mutassim III roared like an enraged lion.

Hum, in an instant, there was a dead silence in the hall, and everyone knelt on the ground, their heads hanging to the ground.

"Why don't you speak, speak! With so many soldiers and horses, and so many generals, can't I wipe out more than 200,000 people?"

Mutassim III rebuked angrily.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. In the previous battles, Cairo, the north and the east, all our soldiers and horses were sent to Talas, and the total number of soldiers and horses was close to half a million. The defeat of Talas has almost wiped out the entire army, and now our entire eastern part is in a state of no soldiers. ”

A military general with a big food is staggering.

"Not only that, but Qudibo and Abu* have always been the first and second most powerful governors of the empire, and there are only a handful of them in the entire empire that can be compared to them, and even if they send troops over now, it will be difficult to defeat them. Moreover, the mobilization of troops and horses is by no means something that can be achieved in three or five days, but if the demands of the infidels are not immediately acceded to, they are afraid that they will immediately cross the Tigris, attack all other cities, and even ...... Baghdad!"

Another military general also said boldly.

Click!

As soon as the two finished speaking, there was a sudden crisp sound in the main hall, and Mutassim III closed his five fingers, and in an instant, the armrest of the throne on his right hand was crushed to pieces. And his originally fair face became even more red.

As the most powerful emperor in the history of the Great Food Empire, he was actually forced to the point of no soldiers for the first time.

"A billion taels of gold, a billion taels! Do you mean that you want me to promise the Oriental fanatic to accept his blackmail and give them so much wealth?"

Mutassim III looked furious, and his eyes were extremely gloomy.

A billion taels of gold!

Even if the Great Food is rich and rivals the country, hundreds of years of conquest have looted the treasures of countless kingdoms and forces, and accumulated huge wealth, but for the Great Food, this is still a huge number.

"But Your Majesty, if we don't agree to them, I'm afraid that the loss will be far more than a billion taels of gold, they can go east from Khorasan and capture a large number of territories, 200,000 soldiers and horses, plus those generals of the Eastern Empire who can fight well, we will not be able to resist at all in a short time! In the end, even if we drive them out of the empire, I am afraid that it will be a heavy loss. ”

His Royal Highness, a great food nobleman, said in a trembling voice.

The eastern city is in danger, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses are staying in Khorasan, ready to go, but this is even more shocking than their real attack, with dozens of cities in the Great Food Empire as a threat, in the name of war reparations, the asking price of one billion taels of gold is unprecedented, even in the continuous conquest of the Great Food Empire, it has never been heard of.

But everyone has to seriously consider that the other side has strength, ambition, and courage, and from Samarkand to Khorasan, a large area of territory has long shown that the other side is not a false threat.