Li An didn't plan to eat grouper, but he was tired of holding the rod to fish all the time, so he handed the fishing rod to the greedy black bean, so that the little black baby could have a good time, and he paced to see the scenery, and by the way to see what fish everyone caught.

"You all behave well, and there will be a reward for catching the most fish, and the first place will be rewarded with ten gold coins."

Li An said to the people on the boat who were fishing.

Everyone was very energetic when they heard this, and they worked harder to catch fish, and they were idle anyway, and fishing was also a pastime.

"Ah Lang, do you want to eat big yellow croaker?"

Yun'er played cards with the beautiful woman all night last night, and only got up at noon, and when she heard the big yellow croaker, she walked out of the cabin, because there were two more maids, so they had more vacation time, and they could indulge themselves to their heart's content, even if they didn't sleep all night and made up for sleep the next day, Li An would not say anything, and it was normal for young people to indulge occasionally.

Looking at the sleepy-eyed Yun'er, Li An smiled and said, "Hurry up and wash your face!" The face is full of folds, and it is ugly. ”

Yuna pouted! I went to wash my face.

Li An asked the kitchen to prepare lunch, the big yellow croaker had to be stewed, and there were several stewed ones, as for the grouper, because there was really none, it had to be done.

In addition to playing, Ang Lee still has a lot of serious things to do, such as caring about the situation in Aden City, as well as the situation in the entire world, which is related to the interests of Datang and must be paid attention to.

Fortunately, the advance team sent out one step earlier was very powerful, and as long as they found more important situations, they would return to report as soon as possible, so that Li An could get first-hand information.

At this moment, an advance ship appeared in front of it against the wind and waves, because the distance was relatively far, it was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and each ship in Li An's fleet had a telescope of fifty magnification, which could determine the identity of the other party in a very timely manner.

"Li Shilang, the advance ship is back again."

The soldier in charge of the observation quickly ran down and told Ang Lee about this important news.

Li An was naturally very happy, ordered the boat to move slowly, and lowered the lifeboat, ready to pick up the advance soldiers on the opposite side to board the ship.

Soon, the advance ship approached, and the soldiers boarded the rescue boat and eventually boarded Ang Lee's boat.

"Li Shilang, we have found some more information."

The soldier said.

"Tell me, what did you find?"

Li An asked with great concern.

The soldier said: "We found that the camp of Ziyad had a hundred elite cavalry, plus a hundred replacement horses, escorting a general out of the direction of Khorasan, and we carefully observed it with binoculars, and this general should be dressed like Ziyad himself, and his age and appearance are also very similar." ”

"Oh, Ziyad has left the camp, what a boldness! is not afraid of the enemy on the opposite side to attack. ”

Li An said very curiously.

This is indeed very important news, if the advance team is not mistaken, Ziyad really left the camp, it is a very important event, a big thing.

What could be important enough for Ziyad to leave his army and return to Khorasan? Does this prove from one side that Apos's serious illness is true, or that something very important happened in Khorasan that Qiyad had to give up his troops and horses and quickly return to the Khorasan region.

"This news is important, what else have you discovered?"

Ang Lee continued to ask.

"There are also small discoveries that don't seem to be too important."

The soldier replied.

"Say."

The soldier thought for a moment and replied: "Our men reconnoitred near the Ottoman camp and found that the soldiers of the Ottoman camp were holding celebrations, many of them were drinking, and the lord of Aden, Artik, frequently appeared in the observation tower in the city, staying for an hour or two, not knowing what to do. ”

Li An listened, thought for a moment, and said: "The Ottoman camp held a warm celebration, which seems to prove that Apos's serious illness is true, compared with the previous rumors, as well as Ziyad's abnormal behavior, it is almost certain, by the way, what is the observation tower, and what does Artik go to where and what is he doing?" ”

The soldier replied: "The sightseeing tower is a very high tower inside the city of Aden, it is nine stories high, standing on the top of the tower you can overlook the whole city, and even the situation outside the city can be seen at a glance, usually only the lower three floors can be visited casually, the upper floors are closed, only the city lord and a few people can go up, as for why Artik appears there so frequently, the villain really doesn't know, by the way, there is another point, our people look inside the city on the high mountain outside the city, and find that the defense of the city of Aden is very good, Soldiers and horses are deployed in many hidden parts, which ordinary people can't find, and we only find them through telescopes. ”

Li An nodded, waved his hand, and said, "Go back and continue to investigate, and report any important discoveries immediately." ”

"Yes, the villain is retiring."

The soldier walked to the lifeboat and returned to the advance boat.

When they saw the advance ship, many officials and generals understood that the advance team in Aden City had discovered an important situation, so many people came over to inquire about these things from Li An, and had a necessary discussion with Li An, which was also something they should be concerned about as a high-level officer.

Li Feiyu and Nanxia and others all came over and gathered around Li An.

"General, what important news has the advance team sent back?"

Nan Shang asked first.

Li An opened his mouth to tell the people around him the news from the direction of Aden City, and told the people around him one by one, these important news naturally had to be told to the high-level people under his command, and many things needed to be discussed together.

"It seems that the relationship between the three parties is very delicate! None of them were idle. ”

"If Ziyad really returns to Khorasan, his soldiers and horses will be in a weak position, but I don't know if the Osmans knew about it."

"Judging from the fact that the Ottoman camp celebrates this, he should not know that Ziyad has left the camp, otherwise, he should regroup and attack Qiyad's camp."

"Something must have happened to Khorasan, otherwise, a steady general like Ziyad would not have left his troops easily."

"At least it can be proved that Apos is really dying, and I guess there is something important to explain to Ziyad! Otherwise, he wouldn't be in a hurry to go back. ”

Several subordinates spoke.

Li An smiled, spread out the map in front of him, and said, "Everyone, let's discuss now what we should do after arriving in Aden City!" ”

Only by planning carefully in advance can you not panic when it is critical.

All of your subordinates looked at the distribution of forces on the map, and all of them put forward their own opinions, and many of them had contradictory opinions, but it was enough to show that they thought carefully.

Li An did not express his opinion, he was thinking, he wanted to think about all the suggestions that his subordinates said, and then find a plan that was easiest to implement and most beneficial to the Tang Empire.

In Li An's view, if you want to control this area well, you must not let the Apos Dynasty unify the entire Umayyad Dynasty's former land, otherwise, the Tang Empire will have great trouble overseas, and the territory of the original Umayyad Dynasty must be divided into many small countries, so as to better control these scattered small countries.

Several subordinates also proposed a divide-and-conquer strategy, and proposed a number of plans, which were basically to divide the inherent lands of the Umayyad dynasty into more than five small states.

What Li An is looking forward to in his heart is to divide this great empire across Europe, Asia and Africa into more than fifteen small kingdoms, or even more than twenty.

Because there are many ethnic groups in this area, there are contradictions between different ethnic groups, and it is not easy for different ethnic groups to live in harmony.

A large part of the eastern part of the empire was inhabited by the Persians, and it was feasible to restore the Persian kingdom, and the Arabian Peninsula could be divided into several countries, and the northern regions with more complex ethnic composition had more countries that could be divided.

Spain in the European part is already the last territory of the Umayyad Dynasty, and the Balkan Peninsula is estimated to be divided into many countries because of ethnic reasons, and the African part of the southern Mediterranean Sea will be divided into at least three or five countries, so it will be divided into at least dozens of countries.

The premise, of course, was that the nascent Aposian dynasty was mired in infighting and thus incapable of unifying the lands that had fallen into independence from the previous dynasty.

According to the trajectory of history, the nascent Aposian dynasty, under the leadership of the second caliph al-Mansur, will eventually unify most of the lands of the previous dynasty and be able to effectively control them, thus forming an enviable and vast empire.

But now due to the emergence of Ang Lee, the first caliph of the Aps dynasty is about to die, and the empire will fall into a period of turmoil, and at this time, Ang Lee has a lot of room to play, as long as he can intervene well in the internal strife of the Aps dynasty, he can influence the fate of the Apos dynasty, so as to make the Apos dynasty decline and split, in line with the interests of the Tang Empire.

Of course, Ang Lee will not intervene too blatantly, in that case, it will cause a backlash from the entire world, and if everyone unites to resist Datang, the situation will be bad.

The best way is naturally to sow discord and let the various forces of the Apos Dynasty fight each other, so as to weaken their strength, and for now, the Apos Dynasty does have too many people to use, such as the Umayyad general Osman, the city lord of Aden City Artik, and Apos's uncle Abdullah, these people can become the object of Li An's co-optation and control.

Considering Mansour's wisdom and the strength of the Mansur group, if necessary, Ang Lee could make some of his soldiers and horses become mercenaries under Artik's command, thereby increasing the strength of the Aposian resistance.

Regular Tang Dynasty soldiers naturally can't join foreign armies, but the soldiers temporarily recruited from Malacca are all pirates, and it is completely feasible for them to join Artik collectively as mercenaries, as long as they change into the uniforms of the Artik army.

Even if Mansur knows, it is a helpless thing, after all, these soldiers are all pirates once recruited by the Tang Empire, and it is reasonable to temporarily disband, as for these disbanded troops suddenly joining Artik's troops, that is the matter of these pirates, there is no half-dime relationship with the Tang Empire, even if it is sued to the Jade Emperor and Allah, it is useless.

Of course, if Artik is obedient, he can naturally help him, and if he is disobedient and does not follow the road, Ang Lee can completely support others, and even take the position of the city lord of Artik, or he can also support Abdullah's army, so that Mansur cannot defeat his uncle, and he will fall into secession and decline for a long time.

In the end, when the multi-party fight is exhausted, Ang Lee can act as a mediator to persuade the forces of all parties to stop fighting, sit down and talk, and divide the territory! There's something for everyone.

Although the ambitious Mansur will not be reconciled, if he does not have the strength to defeat the strong enemies in front of him, he is unwilling and helpless, who makes you incapable? Blame me.

Of course, these are all assumptions, and they are very full when they are thought about, but when they are really implemented, it is estimated that it will not be easy, but Ang Lee is confident that he will complete this idea.

There are still many things that need to be improved in the plan, and Li An must think carefully about it, and he will not tell his subordinates about it until he has completely thought it through, so as not to make his subordinates uncomfortable when the plan changes.

Two hours later, everyone caught a lot of fish, but there was indeed no grouper, there were a lot of big yellow croaker, and there were many other fish, a total of estimated thousands of catties, after all, there were many people involved in fishing, and it was not a matter of catching a few thousand catties.

The most harvested is a guy in the back kitchen who is on a boat by Li An, this guy is usually very inconspicuous, but he didn't expect that his fishing skills are not small, he catches more fish alone than two or three others, and Li An is also very trustworthy, and he said that ten gold coins are very generous rewards to this guy.

There is no place to spend money on the sea, but this is not absolute, there are several aunts in the back kitchen who are over forty years old, and their appearance is not bad, and their cooking skills may not be very good, but they were selected by the chef in charge of the back kitchen, as for why he was selected, how could Ang Lee not understand the truth, but the place in the back kitchen is something that Ang Lee never goes to, as long as the meal can be cooked, Ang Lee will not interfere too much with the chef's way of employing people.

Although Ang Lee didn't deliberately understand, he could figure it out with his ass that the purpose of the chef's choice of these aunts must be to relieve the boredom of life, and to shoot when he has nothing to do, in order to regulate his depressed mood, and the rest of the men who built the kitchen naturally wanted to kiss Fangze, but because they didn't have the power of the chef, they didn't have a free cannon to fight, only by taking out gifts and money, these half-old MILFs' aunts would throw flattering eyes at them, and their hearts were naturally very happy.