When Ang Lee heard that Apos was seriously ill and was going to hang up soon, he was so happy in his heart! This very good generation of heroes will soon die, which is definitely a happy good news.

He knew that after the death of Apos, there would be a conflict between Apos's younger brother Mansur and Apos's uncle Abdullah, and even evolved into a life-and-death struggle, and finally Mansur defeated his political enemy, that is, his uncle Abdullah, and became the second caliph of the Apos dynasty with the help of the number one fierce general Abu ***.

The process of struggle is bound to be very cruel, in this case, if the Tang forces represented by Ang Lee intervene in the internal struggle of the Black Clothes and Food, will it cause a different outcome from history?

Regardless of which direction history will eventually develop, Ang Lee has made up his mind to intervene in the internal struggle of the Black Coats, complicating their internal struggle, thereby weakening the overall strength of the empire, and it would be better if it could be divided and disintegrated.

Mansur inherited the cruelty of his brother Apos, he is a bad guy with a lot of means, and he has the support of the number one fierce general Abu ***, so he is naturally the dominant side in the internal fighting, and if Ang Lee wants to intervene in the internal struggle of the Black Eater, he must support the weak Abdullah side.

Of course, in order to prevent Mansour and Abdullah from unanimously xenophobic, Ang Lee must be very cautious on the issue of Aden City, if the two of them cooperate against the Tang Dynasty, it will be more bad, although the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses can defeat them, but this is morally criticized, it is better to let them fight on their own.

"Apos is seriously ill and is estimated to be passing away soon, and now, in the Black Cloth, Mansur and Abdullah's merits are comparable, only the two of them are qualified to inherit the position of caliph, it seems that Mansur's hair is more reasonable, after all, he is Apos's younger brother."

A Tang civil official spoke.

Li An nodded and said: "You are right, al-Mansur is indeed the most qualified to inherit the position of caliph, but this official heard that his uncle Abdullah has always coveted the position of caliph, and it is estimated that he will not give in so easily, and he may not embark on the road of fighting for power." ”

"If the Black Eaters are caught in a struggle for power, it will be too beneficial for us to seize the city of Aden."

A military general said excitedly, who can not be excited to have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions?

Li An shook his head and said: "No, we can't be so direct, if we forcibly seize Aden City, it will inevitably arouse the disgust of all the high-level leaders of the Black Clothed Food, and when the time comes, they may unite to fight against us, then it will be bad, we should wait for the time, after Mansur breaks with Abdullah, Abdullah is in a weak position, and we will make another move, so that the effect will be better." ”

The Tang Dynasty represented by Li An suddenly extended an olive branch and kindly made some small requests, such as ceding the small piece of land in Aden City, so Abdullah has no reason to refuse, and it is very likely that he will agree to Datang's request in order to make a comeback.

In this way, it will be lively, Mansur and Abdullah will become the two great powers in this region, the remnants of the white food are still there, and the various small factions also have their own armed forces, and oppose the black food and the white food, and it will be impossible not to fight into a pot of porridge at that time, just like in later generations, the entire Arab world will be a pot of porridge.

"Li Shilang, then when are we going to wait! We are determined to win the city of Aden, and we are not sure when Apos will die, but we will have to wait for their internal strife, which will have to wait until the month of the Monkey! ”

A military general was anxious to make a meritorious service and spoke.

What his subordinates said also makes sense, Apos suddenly fell seriously ill, two or three years earlier than the actual history, as for the struggle for power between Mansur and Abdullah, will it also be a big arc in advance? This Ang Lee is really not sure, in case they are not in a hurry to make a conflict, do they have to wait forever?

After thinking for a while, Li An spoke: "There will be nothing wrong with waiting for a while, at least you have to find enough reasons to occupy Aden City, my Tang Dynasty is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and I must not occupy a city casually, just take it step by step, even if we don't wait for the infighting of the Black Clothes Eater, at least, the Shiites and many other factions have begun to resist the Black Clothes Eat, and the retreat expeditionary force of the White Clothes Eater is also near the city of Aden, these can create a reason for us to occupy the city of Aden, we just need to wait for the best time." ”

Ang Lee's decision was recognized by everyone, first find out the situation of the black clothes and eat, and then make corresponding preparations, this is the best way, and it is more secure.

Because he was not in a hurry to capture Aden City, there was no need to march quickly, and because of the importance of Anzhu City, Li An left a military force, and at the same time, he also left a lot of logistics ships and a small number of combat ships, so this time the main fleet to Aden City was the smallest one.

All the ships combined, it is estimated that there are only seventy or eighty, less than half of the time Li An set off, but these ships are almost all elite, all of them are advanced steam ships, and some logistics ships that rely on manpower and sail power are all left in Anzhu City, and when they need something, they can be directly ordered to be transported, anyway, it is not too far from Anzhu City to Aden City.

There are only twenty steam gunboats this time, but this force is already very strong, enough to resist all the threats of this era, in addition to a reorganized regular army, there are also various escorts and horses and special troops, the total strength is about five or six thousand, the strength is still very strong, plus officials and logistics, the total population is more than 10,000 people, an average of more than 100 people per ship.

After reporting on their work, the soldiers of the advance ship immediately returned to the advance ship and accelerated back to the city of Aden, while Ang Lee's main fleet walked slowly, admiring the beautiful scenery of the sea as they went.

Now the speed of travel is the best speed of the steam gunboat, too fast and too slow will consume too much energy, only the best slow speed, the energy consumed is the least, since there is no hurry to reach the city of Aden, of course, the best speed must be used.

Not far to the northeast of the city of Aden, the famous general of the black-clothed Great Eater, Ziade, fell into unease, he was very confident in the elite soldiers and horses under his command, although dozens of miles away on the west side was the elite expeditionary corps of the white-clothed Great Food, but he was completely confident that he would defeat the returning elite soldiers and horses, because the soldiers and horses under his command were more elite, and the equipment and morale were more than the white-clothed expeditionary troops, and his own command ability was not weak, and he was not afraid of the opponent's legion at all.

But now, the founding monarch of the black-clothed Great Food Apos is seriously ill, and the news from the court shows that Apos's younger brother Mansur and Apos's uncle Abdullah suddenly began to have a big conflict, and they fought openly and secretly in the court, which directly led to the failure of the entire imperial court, and the military salaries and grain and grass allocated to him began to be delayed.

As a generation of famous generals, Qi Yade knows very well what terrible things will happen if an army does not receive military salaries, so he will naturally be worried.

The Ottoman army in white did not let him be afraid, and he never paid attention to the defense soldiers and horses of Aden, but the turmoil in the court made him feel uneasy.

In the eyes of the arrogant Ziyad, such as the remnants of Aden City and the White Clothes Eater, as well as the resistance forces of various factions, cannot shake the great Black Clothes Food regime at all, the only thing that can shake the foundation of the empire is internal turmoil, if there is a split within the Black Clothes Eater, then their previous efforts will be in vain.

Although Ziyad was a little heartbroken and hated the infighting between Mansour and Abdullah, he was only a general under Abu ***, although he belonged to the upper echelons, he was not in the core class, that is, he had no ability to stop all this, whether the ruling class in black was infighting or not, he was helpless as a general.

"General, I'm back."

A subordinate dressed in ordinary clothes walked into the tent.

Ziyad raised his eyes and looked at his subordinates, and asked weakly, "What did Artik, the old slippery head, say?" ”

"General, this old guy said that the Ottoman soldiers and horses are in the northwest, which is a huge threat to the city of Aden, if the general can wipe out the soldiers and horses under the command of the Ottomans, they will open the city gate and welcome the general into the city, if the general can't destroy the Ottomans, then they have no ability to protect the city of Aden, then they have to recruit troops and horses to protect themselves."

The subordinates reported truthfully.

Qi Yade slammed the table and said angrily: "This damn old slippery head will kill him sooner or later." ”

For this suggestion, of course, Ziyad knew that this was a pretext, the Ottoman soldiers and horses came earlier than him, this also battle-hardened army, all the way to the Franks, although finally defeated and fled, but the main force did not suffer too much loss, is still a formidable elite force, relying on the terrain nearby, established a very solid defensive camp.

Although the soldiers and horses under the command of Qi Yad are quite elite, they are mainly heavy cavalry, and such elite soldiers and horses have a great advantage in the field decisive battle, but there is not much advantage in attacking cities and attacking strong strongholds.

As a famous general, Ziyad will naturally send scouts to spy on the reality of the Ottoman army every moment, and has a very clear understanding of the deployment of the Ottoman camp, in what he knows, the defense of the Ottoman camp is very tight, and it is not suitable for attack at all, even if all the soldiers and horses under his command are dispatched, it is impossible to break through the Ottoman camp, of course, if the Ottoman army pulls out the camp to attack, it is impossible to defeat his defensive deployment, and the two sides are in a state of confrontation.

In Ziyad's view, if you want to annihilate the Ottoman army in the west, you need at least five times as many soldiers and horses, and you can't attack it yet, you have to launch an encirclement battle from different directions to cut off the supply of food and grass for the Ottoman army, and only in this way can you finally defeat the Ottoman army, which is quite difficult.

And Artik, as the lord of the city, could not fail to understand this, so to make such a request is to make it clear that he is making trouble and does not want to submit to the great Aposian dynasty smoothly.

Although he was very angry in his heart and wanted to kill Artik, the soldiers and horses under the command of Ziyad could not easily capture the strong city, and they might even suffer large casualties or even be defeated, so he could not take risks easily, and he could not let the soldiers and horses under his command die in vain.

His greatest hope was that the imperial court would send reinforcements so that they could use greater strength to destroy the Ottomans in the west, and by the way, the ignorant people in the city of Aden, but unfortunately, his request for reinforcements was not granted.

His immediate boss Abu *** refused to continue to send troops and horses to Ziyad, the reason is also very clear, the situation in Khorasan is still unclear, he needs to leave more soldiers and horses to stabilize the situation in Khorasan, and firmly support Mansur, there are no extra soldiers and horses to support Qiyad, let Qiyad endure for some time.

Ziyad was very disappointed, but Abu *** was his top boss, he had to obey the orders of his boss, and was helplessly stationed in the northeast of Aden City, and, for now, he could only defend passively, and he was very aggrieved.

"Adjutant General, you are in charge of garrisoning the camp, and I will go back to Khorasan."

Ziyad felt that the Ottomans did not have the courage to attack him, and those guys in Aden City did not dare to attack, so he was very relieved to let the experienced lieutenant general lead the army.

"General, it's not good to go back without an order, in case the enemy kills you......"

The adjutant general said with concern.

As a lieutenant, in this case, it is definitely necessary to dissuade Ziade, this is his job, and it is his responsibility to do so.

"Shut up! My lieutenant general. ”

Qi Yad's mood was a little bad, he looked at his lieutenant general, and sighed: "There is something wrong with Khorasan, I have to go back, the enemy is not so bold, dare not fight, you are not unfought, can't you deal with it?" ”

"Oh, well! Your Excellency, I see, you bring more guards. ”

Said the adjutant general.

Qi Yad nodded and said: "A hundred personal soldiers, two hundred horses are enough, I will leave immediately, good luck, my lieutenant." ”

After a brief preparation, the famous general Qi Yad, who was dressed in black and eaten, led a hundred personal soldiers, each with an extra horse, for replacement and consignment, and quickly headed for the Khorasan region.