Artik turned around and saw a Tang soldier whispering in Li An's ear, and immediately understood everything, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

"Li Shilang is really powerful, I guessed it casually, Abdullah really lost to Abu ***, and now he has been defended by others, fortunately, the city is strong, and it is estimated that it will last for a few months."

Artik looked at Ang Lee and said with a smile.

Li An nodded and spoke: "Abdullah is alive to contain Mansour, if Abdullah is eliminated by Mansur, then it will be more difficult for you Shiites to grow, so you should help Abdullah and launch an offensive in the direction of the peninsula, so that Mansur cannot be strong, in this way, great things can be done." ”

"That's right! Now that Mansour and Abdullah's main forces are concentrated in the north, this is a good opportunity for us to show our talents! ”

Artik suddenly thought of the question that Li Ang mentioned before about being willing to help them, thought for a while, and said: "Li Shilang said that he wanted to help us, and now that the opportunity to send troops has come, how much substantive help will he give us?" ”

Li An said very boldly: "There are 1,000 crossbows in Fuyuan, 1,000 crossbows, countless arrows, 300 well-made armors, 100 commanders, and more than 10,000 elite troops of the Ottoman generals. ”

"Li Shilang is really generous, but doesn't Datang have artillery? That thing is much more powerful than a crossbow arrow, so can't it support a little? Even if it's just one or two! ”

Artik opened his mouth and pleaded, if he really advanced all the way north, he would inevitably encounter all kinds of cities, if he fought only with cold weapons, the losses would be a lot, and if there was an artillery fighting array, it would be much easier to advance north.

When Li An heard this, he hesitated, this favor is not that he is unwilling to help, but artillery is the core strength of Datang, and it cannot be lent to others casually, if it is to let a small country figure out the technology of artillery, it is definitely not a good thing.

However, without the help of the artillery unit, the pressure of attacking a strong city is indeed greater, and since you are sincere and qualified Artik, you must show a little sincerity.

"Alright! I can support you with five cannons, thirty Tang artillerymen, these people are even mercenaries you pay for, but artillery is a technical class, and the salary of this hire is more expensive, at least ten times the salary of ordinary mercenary soldiers, and the food must be the best, and there must be meat to eat at every meal. ”

Li An opened his mouth to ask.

Artik was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "This is really good, don't worry!" Artillery mercenaries are paid tenfold, and there is meat for a moment, haha! ”

Obviously, this expenditure is really insignificant, after all, only thirty artillerymen, even if ten times the salary, it is only equivalent to the expenditure of an ordinary three hundred mercenaries, for the wealthy Artik, it is really nothing, as for the higher food requirements, it is even more of a piece of cake.

The support that Artic could get was too great, and these five cannons were more than enough to attack enemy troops in the field or to attack fortified cities.

Of course, because Mansur's main army is fighting with Abdullah in the north, so ordinary field battles will not use artillery, and the effect of five cannons is not very great, and when attacking the city, the small countries that use artillery are different, as long as the city gate is blasted open, a large number of warriors can rush into the city, and the effect is very good.

"By the way, the power of artillery is limited, if the enemy blocks the city gate with stones, it is useless to use artillery, I will support you with a batch of tunnel equipment, the efficiency of digging tunnels is several times faster than your equipment."

Li Ang said very generously.

Artik was even more pleased, and hurriedly said: "Okay, that's really good, with the help of Li Shilang, we will definitely be able to win and drive Mansur's forces out of the peninsula in one fell swoop." ”

"That's certain, but don't forget the agreement between us, Aden City and a large piece of land in the west belong to me."

Ang Lee reminded.

Artik smiled: "What else is there to worry about Li Shilang, your soldiers and horses are already in the city, as soon as my army leaves, even if I don't admit it, Aden City is yours." ”

Li An smiled when he heard this: "That's what I said, then I'll go and inform the Ottoman general, and ask him to send a lieutenant over to discuss with the city lord how to fight against Mansour's soldiers and horses." ”

Artik nodded, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and for the sake of my Shia cause, we can only fight against the remnants of the Umayyad dynasty." ”

Ang Lee winked and sent one of his henchmen out of the city, to the Ottoman camp.

At this time, in the Ottoman camp, Osman also learned about the situation in northern Khorasan, and was very happy to see the dog-eat-dog behavior within the Apos Dynasty, and hoped that the two dogs would bite as fiercely as possible, and shed as much blood as possible.

But now that al-Mansur has the upper hand, if al-Mansur is allowed to destroy Abdullah so easily, in this way, the internal strife of the Apos dynasty will be resolved, which is definitely not good news for the Ottomans.

"Abdullah, you old man must hold on a little longer! If it is just exterminated, it will be meaningless. ”

Osman sighed to himself.

"General, Li Shilang of the Tang Dynasty has sent someone."

Subordinates report.

"Huh! It seems that they also know about the north and feel that the time is ripe, well! Please. ”

Osman said confidently.

"General Ottoman, Mansour's main force is in northern Khorasan, now is the time for you to cooperate with Artik to attack Mansour, Li Shilang, let you send a lieutenant general to the city to discuss how to cooperate with Artik."

Li Anxin said.

Osman thought for a moment and said, "Okay! You wait for me, it'll be fine soon. ”

Soon, Uthman changed his clothes and took a few retinues with him to the city of Aden.

"General Ottoman, if you are willing to go in person, you are not afraid that Artik will be unfavorable to you."

Osman smiled: "Didn't I just go to Aden City, besides, I'm only a lieutenant now, who can prove that I'm Osman, and that old guy in Artik doesn't know me." ”

"Alright! You're humorous, let's speed things up. ”

The two soon entered the city of Aden and entered Ang Lee's residence.

Artik had something to do for the time being, so Osman only saw Ang Lee.

"The Ottoman general came in person, and he was really daring."

Ang Lee opened his mouth to praise.

"I said that I was just an Ottoman lieutenant, would anyone believe me?"

Osman said.

"Believe, no matter what you say, someone will believe it, haha."

"Li Shilang, I am sending troops now, and all the land I have seized is the old guy Artik, it seems that it is not cost-effective! You need to support something. ”

Osman said.

Li An smiled: "Support is naturally indispensable to you, but only if Artik occupies the peninsula, you can pass through Egypt can be safer, in this way, you and Mansur are far apart, even if Mansur wants to retaliate, the first choice must be Artik instead of you." ”

"Huh! That's right, but what is support? What's good. ”

Osman asked.

Li An handed over the list of weapons to the Ottomans, these are all cold weapons, but they are much more advanced than the cold weapons equipped by the Ottoman army, who made Datang's science and technology advanced? A little bit of support is enough for the Ottomans.

"So many sophisticated weapons, enough, thank you Li Shilang."

Osman happily thanked.

Li An gave Artik and Ottoman a large amount of military equipment, however, this will not weaken the combat effectiveness of the Tang army itself at all, after all, these equipment are just some cold weapons, and after Li An's logistics fleet, there are several special military ships, which can manufacture and repair weapons anytime and anywhere.

For example, the raw materials required for this weapon are just plants, which can be obtained along the way, and there are many basic mechanical equipment inside the ordnance ship, which can be mass-produced Fuyuan crossbows, and as for arrows, it is even simpler.

If it is an ordinary small country to produce arrows, it will choose short shrubs, subject to the limitation of raw materials, it is difficult to have a large increase in output, but the raw materials for the production of crossbow arrows in Datang can be thick trunks, how thick the trunks can be, only need to be gathered into strips with a chainsaw, and then further processed into cylinders, the production of metal arrows is simpler, as long as there are pig iron raw materials, mass production can be carried out on the ordnance ship, and there is no pressure to produce thousands of them a day.

It is precisely because of the support of the huge military industrial ship that Ang Lee can be very bold to support Artik and the Ottomans, otherwise, how can he have this capital.

Of course, this expenditure is nothing compared to the benefits that can be obtained, Aden City has a huge business, and weapons such as bows and crossbows are worth a few dollars, at least for Ang Lee, this support weapon is not worth a few dollars, and if you can get the entire Aden City, it will be a lot of money.

It wasn't long before Artik arrived at Ang Lee's residence and met Osman, who he didn't recognize.

As soon as the two met, there was not much greeting, mainly according to the map, discussing how to attack the 10,000 Khorasan cavalry not far from the city, this is the first enemy they have to face, and it is also the most powerful enemy force on the entire peninsula, as long as the 10,000 Khorasan cavalry in front of them are destroyed, then they will be able to pocket the peninsula before Mansur mobilizes reinforcements.

10,000 Khorasan cavalry, the combat effectiveness is definitely not weak, which is enough to attract the attention of the Ottoman and Artik, however, as long as these two join forces to attack, they can also win, and they have also received advanced weapon support from the Tang Dynasty.

In order to reduce their losses, they must negotiate the best battle plan, and the better the battle plan, the less battle losses will be, and vice versa, the heavy losses will be.

Ottoman is a famous general with a lot of actual combat experience, and Artik is a city lord with little experience in battle, so when discussing the battle plan, Osman is always domineering, almost discussing with Altic in a commanding tone, which makes Altic very angry.

However, according to Ang Lee's strategy, the Ottoman was to help Artik fight, and all the land obtained on the peninsula belonged to Artik, and the Ottoman could not obtain territorial benefits, so Artik naturally did not dare to offend the Ottomans.

No one wants to let their losses be maximized, so both Ottomans and Artik want to make the other side take more enemy damage, and take less damage if they can.

The argument lasted for a long time, and under Ang Lee's many mediations, an agreement was reached, and for this reason, beads of sweat appeared on Ang Lee's forehead.

The final result was a surprise attack tomorrow night, with Artik's mercenaries attacking from the south and east, a part of the Ottoman army attacking from the west, and an ambush of the elite men and horses of the Ottoman army not far from the north, under the command of the Ottoman himself.

Li An believes that this is a good strategy, as long as they can suddenly launch an attack and catch the opponent by surprise, they will definitely be able to win a big victory, and it is an unprecedented victory, and it does not seem to be difficult to achieve this in the absence of Ziyad in the army.

"It's all a bunch of guys who can't afford to make a profit, and they're tired to death."

Li An touched the beads of sweat on his forehead and sat down.

In order to adjust the strategy of Ottoman and Artik, Ang Lee was really tired, mainly because his brain was tired, and his brain cells didn't know how many had died.

Yun'er and the white fox saw that Li An was tired like this, and hurriedly walked over to serve Li An, massage, leg rubbing, preparing fruits and delicacies, in short, the service was very good.

When you are tired, you can have a beautiful woman to serve you carefully, and the feeling of fatigue can quickly subside, Li An still felt physically and mentally exhausted just now, but after the four beauties served for a while, he immediately became much more comfortable, and the feeling of tiredness immediately dissipated more than half, and even had the idea of having fun.

"Thanks to the service of a few of you, otherwise Ah Lang would really be tired to death, and if he is not tired, he will be annoyed to death, hey!"

Li An gently stroked Yun'er's little buttocks and said with emotion.

"Ah Lang, itchy ang......"

Yuna gently removed Ang Lee's palm and continued to massage Ang Lee's shoulder.

Li An smiled slightly, and continued to reach over, enjoying the soft and fleshy feeling of Yun'er's buttocks.

"Ah Lang, I hate ...... so much"

Yun'er pretended to be reserved and hid to the side, in fact, this little girl has long been trained by Ang Lee in any posture, when she is happy on the couch, don't mention the commotion, pretending to be reserved is just to arouse Ang Lee's greater thoughts, after all, for men, only what you can't eat is the best, if Yun'er doesn't dodge at all, what is the difference between it and the pork on the street stall, Ang Lee touched it casually, it is estimated that there is no interest, the more you resist and dodge, the more interesting.