Abdullah spoke very calmly, and he couldn't see the slightest flaw at all, even the treacherous and cunning Apos couldn't see the slightest lie and hypocrisy in Abdullah's eyes.

Of course, the main reason is that there are indeed a large number of opponents in the Apos Dynasty, and there will always be sporadic resistance from opponents throughout the country, so it is normal for the opposition to attack the city by force in the north, and there is nothing suspicious, but it is a little suspicious to appear at this time.

However, Abdullah is still very willing to believe that what Abdullah said is the truth, in this way, Abdullah led his troops and horses to the north to quell the rebellion, then, Abdullah's strength in the court will be greatly weakened, he can take the opportunity to eradicate more officials who support Abdullah, and take advantage of Abdullah's opportunity to quickly support Mansur to the throne, as long as Mansur succeeds in taking the throne, he will be able to control the power in a very short time, and at that time, Abdullah will lose the opportunity, and there is little hope of winning the army.

But if what Abdullah said is not true, but there is some conspiracy, it will be very troublesome, and this must be taken seriously.

"Since my uncle has already thought it through, let's go out in three days, and we must eliminate the rebellious Shiite forces as soon as possible."

Apos had no choice but to support his uncle Abdullah and offer encouragement.

"Yes, great caliph, I will go back and prepare."

Abdullah left Apos's dwelling, and immediately asked his men and horses to begin preparations for battle, and at the same time, spread the news that the army was about to go north to quell the rebellion, and danced all the people in Khorasan to make everyone think that Abdullah had mobilized his troops and horses to quell the rebellion in the north, so as to create conditions for his own rebellion by hiding the sky and crossing the sea.

The mobilization of the large army soon began, and talk of going to the north to suppress the rebellion began to circulate rapidly, which naturally attracted the attention of Mansour.

At al-Mansour's residence, Abu *** and other confidants were there, and they had been summoned by al-Mansur on an improvised basis to discuss Abdullah's move to the north to quell the rebellion.

Mansour was the first to speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, Abdullah sent a message to Hari early this morning that he would personally lead a large army to the north to quell the rebellion, if the matter is true, it will be too beneficial to us, in this way, Khorasan will be completely our world, but if this is not true, then it will be troublesome, what do you think." ”

Abu *** spoke first: "The Shiite armed forces have been ready to move, maybe there is really something wrong in the north, Abdullah is really going to quell the rebellion, if not, the entire north will be taken by the rebels, it will be the loss of the entire empire." ”

"There are rumors outside that Abdullah will personally lead elite soldiers and horses to the north to quell the Shiite rebellion, and it seems that there should be no mistake."

"Sir, Abdullah's soldiers and horses are all preparing, and even the logistics soldiers and horses are preparing a large amount of grain and grass, which is enough for tens of thousands of troops to eat for several months, it seems that it is indeed going to be an expedition, otherwise why prepare so much grain and grass."

Several other subordinates also felt that it was not a big problem, because everything was very normal, there was nothing wrong at all, and there was nothing abnormal to see.

"Sir, everything is so normal, I can't see the slightest abnormality at all, is there still a problem here?"

Seeing that his master had been frowning, Abu *** asked suspiciously.

Mansour thought for a while, and said leisurely: "It's because everything is too normal, there is nothing unreasonable, so it seems even more weird, I always feel that things are not so simple, no flaws are often the biggest flaws, and they must not be taken lightly." ”

"If the chief has any concerns, you might as well say it directly."

A sub-abdomen said.

Mansur replied: "What do you think of Abdullah's men and horses, who are already preparing for battle, if they suddenly attack us?" ”

Abu *** immediately replied: "Our soldiers and horses are all ordinary preparations, there is no decent preparation at all, if Abdullah is fully prepared to attack us, it is really very dangerous, our front-line soldiers and horses are likely to be unable to resist, and the governor's residence is also very dangerous." ”

The battle-hardened Abu *** is very clear about the ability of his soldiers and horses, as well as the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under Abdullah's command, and he naturally understands that the well-prepared Abdullah army can easily defeat the poorly prepared Khorasan cavalry, so that before the main Khorasan cavalry reacts, the main leaders such as Mansur and Abu *** can be killed.

As long as these core leaders are eliminated in one fell swoop, then the remaining Khorasan cavalry will become headless flies, unable to organize effective resistance at all, and can only choose to surrender to Abdullah, so that Abdullah will have most of the Khorasan cavalry, plus his own soldiers and horses, it will be easy to dominate the entire Aposian dynasty.

The most core element in this is a quick raid, only a quick raid and kill the main leaders of the Mansour Group can quickly achieve their goals, if the raid soldiers let Mansur and Abu *** and others escape, it is a very bad thing.

The elements to ensure the success of the raid are, firstly, to make the soldiers and horses under his command fully prepared, and secondly, to confuse the opponent and make the opponent unprepared.

By lying about the unrest in the north, Abdullah did both at once, giving his men plenty of reasons to prepare for war, and at the same time, by spreading public opinion to convince his opponents that he was going north to quell the rebellion, and that he was about to set off, thus letting his guard down on him.

But Abdullah still underestimated Mansour, not how strong Mansur's ability was, but that Mansur was born a ruthless and suspicious person, Abu *** just failed to report the matter of Ziyad in time, he had a lot of suspicions about Abu ***, you know, Ab *** has always supported his subordinates, he can still be suspicious because of a little, and Abdullah is Mansour's opponent, and the suspicion in his heart is even heavier.

Therefore, no matter what Abdullah said or did, it would arouse Mansur's suspicions, and even if Abdullah really withdrew from the competition for the position of caliph and handed over his military power, Mansour would not stop being suspicious, and unless Abdullah died, Mansur would let go of his suspicions.

"What can we do, if all this is a conspiracy directed by Abdullah, then we are in danger."

"Even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, it can't help but attract attention, we must be prepared, Abdullah's soldiers and horses are preparing for battle, our soldiers and horses must also be properly prepared, and the governor's residence must also be guarded."

Several of the henchmen said.

Abu *** said: "Sir, your residence must be guarded, this is a must, in addition, our soldiers and horses must be prepared, but we must find a suitable reason, we can't move troops and horses on a large scale for no reason!" This will make Abdullah catch and make a big fuss. ”

"How about supporting Abdullah and going to the north to quell the rebellion?"

"Definitely not, there are not many rebels in the north, and Abdullah has already said that he will personally lead the army to quell the rebellion, and there is no need for us to send troops and horses to support."

"Then on the grounds that the situation in Aden City is critical, we will say that we will mobilize troops and horses to reinforce the direction of Aden City, so that the reason is more sufficient."

"The situation in the direction of Aden City is complicated, and it is indeed eligible to send reinforcements, which is a good idea."

Several of the henchmen said.

Mansour also felt that the situation in the direction of Aden City was a good breakthrough, since Abdullah stepped up the mobilization of troops and horses to prepare on the grounds of the turmoil in the north, then they could also use Aden City as an excuse to transfer troops and horses to prepare at the same time, and if it really started, they would not suffer.

"This is a good idea, I will go to the caliph and make a request to send troops to the city of Aden in three days, you can go to the army to prepare, and in addition, secretly transfer five hundred soldiers to the city for me."

Mansour commanded.

"Sir, there is an urgent report from the direction of Aden City, and the Tang fleet has occupied the port of Aden City without blood."

A henchman creature hurriedly came and reported the news to Mansour, because it was not a secret, so the soldier would not care about Mansour's henchmen.

"The Tang fleet occupies the port of Aden City?"

Mansour and his henchmen were all stunned, the news was too shocking to them.

"Sir, our soldiers and horses have confronted the Ottomans for several months, but they have not taken the city of Aden, and the Tang soldiers and horses have just entered the city of Aden, which is too surprising."

"Aden City is ours, how can Datang get his hands on Aden City, this is too much."

"What now, we just said Aden City, and it turned out that there was such a big thing in Aden City."

"Since something really happened to Aden City, then we have more reason to prepare for war, at least we must send troops and horses over to show our attitude, we cannot tolerate the Tang Dynasty's occupation of Aden City."

A number of henchmen said.

Mansur didn't expect the Tang Dynasty to be involved, frowned, was silent for a moment, and said: "The news that the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses are stationed in Aden City will soon spread in Khorasan, and we really have reason to believe that Aden City is in trouble, and the original plan does not need to be changed, so I will go to meet the caliph and tell me about the situation of Aden City and preparations for war." ”

After speaking, he led many guards to the direction of the main hall.

"Great caliph, there is something important that I must tell you?"

Mansour's tone was rather weak.

Apos's spirit became worse than a few days ago, he looked at Mansur and wondered: "Mansur, why are you in such a bad state, and the empire is still in your hands?" You can't break down! ”

Mansour spoke: "Thank you for the caliph's concern, there is nothing wrong with my health, but something happened to Aden City, and I feel very worried." ”

"What an eventful time! What happened to the city of Aden again? ”

Apos asked.

Mansour replied very unenergetically: "The Tang fleet has entered the port of Aden without blood, nearly a hundred big ships, five or six thousand soldiers and horses?" ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Apos was startled when he heard this, and immediately coughed violently, so frightened that the people who were waiting next to him immediately came over to help.

"Caliph, are you alright?"

Mansour said nervously.

"Datang...... Datang Soldiers and Horses...... Actually stationed in the city of Aden, this ......"

Apos closed his eyes as he spoke, he didn't faint, but closed his eyes and thought about it.

Seeing that Apos's breathing was very heavy, Mansur knew that his brother was okay for the time being, and said: "Great caliph, the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses stationed in Aden City, most of them are to occupy Aden City, although it is only a city, but it is also our land, how can we let the Tang Dynasty occupy it, I have ordered my subordinates to prepare for war, and we will go south in a few days, at least to show our attitude." ”

After speaking, he looked at Apos.

Apos opened his eyes with a painful expression and sighed: "The land of the Tang Dynasty is thousands of miles away, why are you still not satisfied, and you actually ran to Aden City, hey!" What can I do about this, the empire is worried about internal and external troubles, and the Tang Dynasty is coming to join in the fun, I really don't know what to do. ”

It can be seen that Apos has a deep fear of the Tang Empire in his heart, and he will not be very worried about other internal and external troubles, but Datang suddenly entered Aden City, which made him very worried, because of the last skirmish, he has understood the strong strength of the Tang Empire, and understands that the power of his empire cannot compete with the Tang Dynasty at all.

"It's happened, just let my subordinates prepare for war, and go south in a few days!"

Mansour said earnestly.

Apos worried: "The Tang Dynasty is extremely strong, how can the soldiers and horses under your command be the opponents of the Tang army, even if it is several times the strength, it is impossible to defeat the Tang Dynasty, since the last time I competed with the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses, I have sent many people to learn more about the armaments of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, Luoyang, Anxi, Shuzhong, there are my people in every place, especially the most people in Chang'an City, so, the strength of the Tang army, I know best, the gap with our army is too big, and it will get bigger and bigger, I have thought of a lot of ways, None of them can fight against the army of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Mansur nodded when he heard this, he was also very clear about the strength of Datang, after all, the last time he clashed with Datang, it was commanded by his general Abu ***, and he naturally understood the super strength of Datang's army.

"Sending troops south is just to show that the city of Aden is ours, and it is not really going to war with the Tang Dynasty, and the caliph can rest assured."

Mansour spoke.

Mansur knows best about the strength of his soldiers and horses, so he won't let his soldiers and horses go to death? If the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses really didn't leave, he really didn't know what to do.