The Tang fleet is stationed in the port of Aden City, such a big thing, Mansur will definitely not lie in front of Apos, there is absolutely no problem with credibility, if Abdullah reported that there was a rebellion in the north, he still has a trace of doubt, then, Mansur's report that Aden City was occupied by the Tang fleet, in Apos's opinion, there will be absolutely no fake, such a big thing, Mansur cannot deceive himself.

Apos is ambitious in this life, he has never been afraid of anything, the only thing he is afraid of is the Tang Empire in the East, he is seriously ill and more or less related to the Tang Empire, if it were not for the threat of the Tang Dynasty's powerful force to the Great Food Country, he would not have fallen ill because of depression, but now, what he was most worried about has happened, the elite sea power of the Tang Empire has been stationed in Aden City, according to the previous practice of the Tang fleet, the land of Aden City, I am afraid that it will be favored by the Tang Empire.

The city of Aden has always been the land of the Great Food Country, hundreds of years ago, if this land is annexed by the Tang Empire, it will be a great blow to the international prestige of the Apos Dynasty, and this will inevitably make Apos worried.

Mansour's worries are slightly better, because he has not yet obtained the ruling power of the Apos Dynasty, he is more concerned about how to defeat Abdullah and control the entire Apos Dynasty, as for the threat of the Tang Empire, it must be considered after solving the immediate internal contradictions, after all, people without long-term concerns must have near-term worries, and the biggest threat in front of him is Abdullah, who is in the same breath, and the threat of the Tang Empire is not very urgent for the time being.

"The strength of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses is strong, and there must be no head-on conflict, just remember this."

Apos is also helpless, he doesn't have much strength now, and it's useless to be anxious, so he can only let Mansur deal with this matter.

"The caliph will rest assured, I will go back and prepare tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and in a few days, maybe I can go out with my uncle's soldiers and horses, my uncle will go to the north, and my soldiers and horses will go to the south."

Mansour spoke.

Apos nodded and told Mansur to go back and prepare.

It is not only the Mansur group that is concerned about the situation in Aden, Abdullah and many nobles in the court are concerned about the situation in Aden, after all, Aden is a good commercial city, and they have industries there, so if anything happens in Aden, they will know in the shortest possible time.

When Mansur walked out of the main hall, the news of the appearance of the Tang fleet in Aden had already spread among the nobles of Khorasan, and almost all the people with heads and faces knew about it, and even many ordinary people also knew about it.

Following Abdullah's example, al-Mansur also let his henchmen spread the news in Khorasan, spending his own troops to send troops south to reinforce the city of Aden and make his attitude clear to the Tang Dynasty, rather than having other bad intentions to dispel the doubts of others.

When the news of Aden's garrison of the Tang fleet came, Abdullah's surprise was not weaker than Apos's, and the news that al-Mansur had dispatched his troops and horses to prepare for the south shocked him even more.

The imminent start of the army was accompanied by such a big change in the south, which immediately affected the situation in Khorasan, which more or less disrupted Abdullah's deployment.

His original deployment was to take advantage of Mansur's defenselessness to annihilate all the leaders of the Mansur group in one fell swoop after mobilizing his troops and horses, so as to achieve his goal of controlling the Apos dynasty.

But now the situation is that Mansour's soldiers and horses are also preparing, so it is not so easy to raid it, and the raid is likely to suffer a painful failure.

Therefore, no matter what, the original plan for raising troops will not work, and the original plan for raising troops must be changed, and all this must be discussed with the henchmen.

Nasser, the number one henchman, gathered at Abdullah's residence with a large number of henchmen to prepare for a discussion about the start of the army.

They exchanged a few casual greetings, and then walked to the secret room not far away, plotting to raise troops for such a big thing, confidentiality is always the first priority, and it must not be known to irrelevant people, otherwise the consequences will be extremely serious.

"The Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses are stationed in Aden City, you should all know about this matter!"

Abdullah spoke.

"Yes, sir, we all already know, such a big thing, almost the whole of Khorasan knows about it, how could we not know it?"

"Sir, the sudden appearance of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses in Aden City has caused Mansur to start arming the army, which will disrupt our plans."

"I think this may be a good thing, if Mansour really sends troops and horses south, there will be fewer soldiers and horses left in Khorasan, and our chances of success will be greater."

"This is a good thing, we have already agreed with the caliph that we will lead the army north in three days, and al-Mansur promised to send troops one day later than us, so we must not deliberately delay the time to send troops! This will be seen as flawed. ”

"This is not simple, after our soldiers and horses set off, they can march slowly, and after dark, they can quickly rush back and catch Mansur off guard."

"Mansur is not a fool, will he really fully trust us to go north to quell the rebellion? He will definitely make people keep an eye on our army, and if there is anything unusual, he will definitely detect it in advance. ”

"Can you have a better way than this?"

"Now I'm afraid that Mansour has the same purpose as us, and in case, after our army has moved north, he suddenly sends troops and horses to kill us, it will be difficult for us to resist."

"Yes! Mansour is ruthless and can do anything, and if he has such intentions, we will be passive. ”

Under the hearts of many people, they talked about it.

Abdullah's mind is very confused, he is relatively old, the previous plan was made after careful consideration, he is very satisfied with this plan, but what he never expected is that there is an accident in the direction of Aden City, and it has caused Mansour's reaction, so it will be difficult for his plan to continue, and the original plan must be changed.

It is not an easy task to rethink a plan, which involves all aspects of the problem, and any step that is not conceived in place may lead to the failure of the plan to raise troops.

"The matter of Aden City is true, but it is not so simple for Mansur to send troops south, he is a ruthless person, how could he transfer his elite soldiers and horses for the remote city of Aden? He's either on guard against us, or he's going to raid us. ”

Nasser analyzed.

Abdullah already had a headache, and after listening to Nasser's words, his head hurt even more, and he said irritably: "Nasser, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Nasser thought for a long time and said: "On the day of the army, in order to prevent Mansur from carrying out a surprise attack, we will leave quietly, and everyone will leave Khorasan, leaving only some eyeliner and subordinates, so that even if Mansur raids your residence, it will be in vain." ”

Abdullah nodded and said: "Yes, this is a very good idea, when the time comes, I will leave quietly with you disguised as ordinary soldiers, and important family members will also leave in batches, there are so many people in Khorasan, it will not attract attention." ”

"In this case, my subordinates will arrange for their families to go to the northern city for the time being, and then return to Khorasan after the great cause is completed."

Nasser spoke.

Abdullah waved his hand and told everyone to go back and prepare.

In the direction of Aden City, all the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty honestly stayed at the station near the port, and did not cause the slightest interference to the commercial activities of Aden City, and no one dared to go out to make trouble.

That night, the city lord of Aden City held a grand reception ceremony for Li An, and there were many wines, food, and beauties, which made Li An deeply feel the warmth and hospitality of the city lord of Aden.

At the banquet, Li An clearly assured everyone, including the city lord of Aden City, Artik, that the Tang soldiers and horses stationed in Aden City would not interfere with the business of Aden City, let alone bully the people of Aden City.

This statement won the approval of everyone, including Artik, and made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, in addition, Ang Lee also said that he was just passing by, and there was no attempt to rob Aden City, which made everyone even more relaxed.

Although not everyone believed what Li An said, since Datang could say this, at least it showed that the Tang court was relatively moderate and would not use force against Aden City, which was very commendable.

Early in the morning of the second day, Li An took his own research and development car, under the protection of dozens of guards, to wander around the streets of Aden City, because there are more commercial streets in Aden City, if it is more tiring to walk, so Li An chose to take a car to go shopping, which is not only more labor-saving, but also can understand all the commercial streets more quickly, and the efficiency is very high.

Cars are not yet popular, and there are few such luxury cars on the streets of Datang Chang'an City, let alone overseas, and within ten years, cars are unlikely to be sold overseas, and even if there are, there will not be too many.

Therefore, almost no one in the entire city of Aden, as well as the government officials, has ever seen a car, unless it is a businessman from the Tang Dynasty, who may have seen it.

As a result, when Ang Lee appeared on the streets of Aden City in a car, almost everyone looked at Ang Lee's car with great curiosity, and the rate of turning back was a high.

This feeling of being looked up to is more refreshing than the shopping itself, and it is very happy to go all the way.

Ang Lee sat in the car, happily looking at the street and the crowd outside, and the crowd on the street was also looking at Ang Lee's motorcade, but the glass was unilaterally translucent, so Ang Lee could see the people outside, but the people outside could not see Ang Lee in the car, they could only see the black glass, and they couldn't even be sure if there were really people inside, so they would be more curious.

There are multiple iron armored command vehicles in the front and rear of the car, which are responsible for protecting Li An's safety, and these iron guys also attract the attention of passers-by, thinking that they are a big monster.

A middle-aged man sitting on the second floor of the street, staring directly at Li An's motorcade passing by, his expression was very surprised, obviously surprised.

This man is the general of the Umayyad Dynasty, Osman, he came to see the Tang military equipment, and he arrived last night, but, in order not to attract the attention of others, they quietly stayed in a hotel, preparing to go to the port in the afternoon to see the Tang fleet.

While he was having breakfast, he saw Ang Lee's motorcade passing by the road below, which surprised Osman, because these iron fellows looked very heavy, but they were not dragged by horses, and they ran more smoothly than carriages, which was really amazing.

"Shopkeeper, what's up here?"

Osman asked.

Because the people who open the store generally have a wide range of knowledge, and the owner of this store is still a Tang businessman, a businessman from a big country, and his knowledge is naturally extraordinary.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he said proudly: "This guest officer, here is our Datang's ironclad car, which is wrapped in iron armor from head to toe, and the sword can't hurt it in the slightest, if it goes to the battlefield, it will be invincible!" ”

"The ironclad car looks so powerful! What's that little dot car? ”

Osman continued to ask.

The shopkeeper's knowledge is not very high, frowning and thinking for a while, he said, "That is also an ironclad car!" It's all wrapped in iron sheets, but it's just a little smaller, so let's call it a small ironclad car! ”

Osman nodded, and said to himself: "The ironclad car, the small ironclad car, can run on its own, and the sword can't hurt it in the slightest, it's so powerful." ”

"By the way, the ironclad car is tightly covered, how many people are in it."

Osman asked curiously.

The shopkeeper looked at the convoy that had already gone away, and said: "The ironclad car can accommodate a dozen soldiers at most, and the small one is full of four or five people at most, one person is responsible for driving, and the rest are riding." ”

"It's strange, this ironclad car is so cumbersome, and there are no horses to drag it, it can run so fast, is it the soldiers inside who are dragging it?"

Osman looked at the shop like a childish child.

The shopkeeper also had nothing to do, and replied patiently: "The guest officer doesn't know anything, this is my Datang machinery, this equipment is amazing, except for the Datang Empire, no one can make it, this iron lump does not need manpower and animal power, it only needs to burn some oil to run faster than a horse." ”

"Oh, it's so powerful, presumably Datang's steamship is also running with oil!"

Osman guessed.

The shopkeeper smiled: "Guest officer, you are wrong again, the Datang steam gunboat burns not oil, but coal, if it really doesn't work, charcoal is also okay, but it is inconvenient to store and the energy is relatively small." ”