The lord of Aden City, Artik, is a devout believer, but in the world, because of various contradictions, the believers were eventually divided into many factions, including Sunnis, Shiites, Aposites, Hawariji factions and so on.

Because the founding monarch of the Umayyad dynasty obtained the throne by usurping power, he forcibly seized the position of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali and his son Hussein, and founded the Umayyad dynasty.

This behavior was opposed by many followers who supported Ali and Hussein, who gathered together to form a powerful Shiite sect that specifically opposed the Umayyad dynasty and engaged in occasional uprisings, which dealt a heavy blow to the Umayyad rule.

In addition, some of the followers founded the Hawari faction, a military democrat, which was also a sworn enemy of the Umayyad dynasty, and the increasingly powerful Aposian sect, which finally dealt a fatal blow to the Umayyad dynasty, and the rest of the smaller factions also had their own strengths.

Dissatisfaction with the brutal rule of the Umayyad dynasty and the disapproval of its origins eventually led to the many factions uniting against the Umayyad dynasty and severely damaging the Umayyad rule, and now, the entire Umayyad control area is very small, and it is not in the core area, and the core Khorasan region is no longer part of the Umayyad dynasty at all.

In the fight against the Umayyads, the Aposians eventually gained the upper hand, and the leader of the Aposians, Abu Apos, eventually became the leader of the new empire, that is, the monarch of the black cloth.

However, after the establishment of the new empire, the fraternal factions that had been united began to appear suspicious, and the new regime began to attack the original allies, brutally suppressing the Sinbad, Boslavan, Shia, Hawari factions, especially the Shiites of the former grand alliance, and the struggle between the new regime and the Shiites was very cruel.

Apos's younger brother Mansur killed Ali's two great-grandsons, Ibrahim and Muhammad, in one fell swoop, dealing a heavy blow to the power of the Shiites.

The reason why the Shiites rebelled against the Umayyad dynasty was to support Ali's descendants to ascend to the throne and maintain the orthodoxy of the world, but the new Apos dynasty was not a descendant of Ali, and they were also counted as usurpers.

In the old Chinese saying, it is to invite the tiger to drive the hungry wolf away, but the tiger is on the throne again, taking the end of the Han Dynasty as an example, the Han Emperor is very dissatisfied with Li Dao Guo Yan to maintain the government, and leads Cao Cao to help himself, as a result, Li Guo and the two were eliminated, but the new Cao Cao also does not take the Han Emperor seriously, those Han Chen who had persuaded the emperor to invite Cao Cao are estimated to be repentant, and can only secretly find a way to get rid of Cao Cao.

The power of the Umayyad dynasty has been very weak, and now almost the entire Arab world is the power of the Apos, although the previous alliance factions have begun to rebel against the nascent Apos dynasty, but because of the disparity in strength, it can not cause much harm to the Aposian dynasty, the Aposian dynasty firmly controls the core of the Khorasan region, and the first fierce general of the empire, Abu ***, became the first governor of Khorasan.

There is a good saying that there are no eternal enemies in the world, and there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, and when fighting against the brutal Umayyad dynasty, many factions and the Umayyad dynasty are mortal enemies.

But now, the power of the Umayyad dynasty has been extremely declining, and the new Apos dynasty has bloodily suppressed the previous alliance factions, so that the Shiites and other factions that had previously rebelled against the Umayyad dynasty have a real need to shake hands with the Umayyad dynasty.

Of course, this handshake and peace is only a union for the sake of their own interests under special circumstances, and if they can finally defeat the Aposian dynasty and overthrow the Aposian rule, then, then, their temporary friendship will end.

However, after all, they were once sworn enemies, and their political views were different, so it would not be easy for the remnants of the Umayyad dynasty to unite with Shiites and other factions.

Aden City is a very commercial city, there are a large number of businessmen from all over the world, there are ***, there are ordinary Tang people, but also businessmen from Western Europe, in short, people of all colors have it, and even, in order to protect the interests of businessmen and set up a chamber of commerce.

Such a strong commercial city naturally diluted the influence of religion, and each faction needed financial resources, and financial resources had to be realized through commerce, so in the city of Aden, the various factions of *** existed, and they were able to live in peace with each other.

In fact, except for a few radical elements, most of the businessmen and businessmen from all over the world are only interested in doing business to make money, and they don't care too much about religious battles.

The city lord of the city of Aden, Artik, is a Shia ***, when the Umayyad dynasty is gradually declining, he led a group of people to kill the city lord appointed by the Umayyad dynasty, announced that the city of Aden was separated from the Umayyad dynasty and joined the queue of rebellion against the Umayyad dynasty, but the actions of the new Apos dynasty really greatly hurt the hearts of the Shiites and made them dissatisfied, in this case, as a Shiite Altiq did not join the new Aposian dynasty, It became a de facto independent separate commercial city.

The remnants of the Umayyad Dynasty, upon learning of the fact that the new Apos Dynasty had rebelled and left, immediately extended an olive branch to the city of Aden, and even sent troops and horses to the northwest of the city of Aden, so as to play the role of both grace and power.

Of course, the nascent Apos dynasty will not show weakness, and the governor of Khorasan, Abu ***, immediately sent his famous general Ziyad to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to the vicinity of the city of Aden to deter the city of Aden by force and eliminate the nearby Umayyad soldiers and horses.

Because it has fallen out with many other factions, the new Aposian regime is facing more threats, there are turmoil in all directions and within the empire, and it is difficult to concentrate troops in one direction, otherwise, with the brutal character of Abu Apos, he would have gathered elite soldiers and horses to break through the city of Aden, where would he use deterrence and conspiracy, which is a waste of time.

The three forces surrounded the city of Aden, with the Umayyad general Osman to the northwest and the Apos general Ziyad to the northeast.

The strength of these three forces is about the same, about 10,000 people, among them, the soldiers and horses under the command of Ziyad are the most powerful, the soldiers and horses under the command of the Ottoman are also good, and the soldiers and horses defending the city under the command of Artik in the city of Aden are the weakest, but because of the protection of the city wall, they are not at all weak.

In addition, there were many merchants in the city of Aden, and the merchants were very rich, so that they had enough money to hire an army, so that they could greatly increase their strength.

The 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city of Aden were almost all troops hired by merchants at their expense, some were originally farmers, some were merchants who had failed in commerce, some were robbers and pirates, and even retired professional soldiers.

This is the general situation, and Li An and the others do not know the details of the negotiations and struggles of the various forces, and this must be investigated in person to know, which is the main reason why Li An sent an advance team of 50 people.

"Li Shilang, it seems that the Umayyad Dynasty is lacking in skills, even if Aden City joins the side of the Umayyad Dynasty, it will not be able to save this dynasty that is about to perish."

A civil servant saw through everything.

Since ancient times, I have never heard of a dynasty that is about to perish, a dynasty that has lost more than ninety percent of its territory, and can come back to life, this is an impossible thing, Li Shilang has never happened.

However, it is unknown whether the newly-born regime can hold on to the country that it has fought so hard to defeat, because there are many newborn regimes in history, which were very fierce at the beginning, but they rose rapidly, perished very quickly, and perished unconsciously.

"Since we can see that the Umayyad Dynasty has no way to return to heaven, can't those merchants in the city of Aden see that of course they will not join the Umayyad Dynasty, who will choose to follow a loser? However, the Shiites worked hard and finally made a wedding dress for the Aposians, and they must have been very unhappy in their hearts, and it is not impossible for them to temporarily choose to cooperate with the Umayyad dynasty to fight against the Aposian dynasty, but even if they unite, they may not be the opponents of the Aposian dynasty. ”

A military general said.

"That's right, the 10,000 elites of Qiyad are nothing, but the Apos Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and they are not all dispatched now, because there are many rebel areas, and many areas are more important than Aden City, and the core Khorasan region needs the main force to maintain it, but once the other directions tend to stabilize, Aden City will be in trouble."

A civil official said.

Every dynasty has its own core interests, and the core interests of the Aposian dynasty are the Khorasan region, where more than half of the empire's soldiers and horses must be deployed to suppress and deter the rebellions of the rest of the factions and maintain the absolute rule of the empire.

As for the relatively minor border area of Aden City, it will not be able to deal with it with all its strength for the time being, and sending the famous general Qi Yade to personally lead 10,000 elites to arrive here is already very important.

"Li Shilang, the situation in Aden City is quite complicated now, this is the perfect time for us to start, as long as the advance team finds out the specific situation, the main force can go."

A civil official said.

Li An nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, Aden City is a good place, it would be a pity to miss it, but after all, the Great Food Country is a big country, everything must be thought clearly before making a decision, you make more preparations after you go back, no matter what kind of news the advance team sends back, we will leave Anzhu City within ten days and go to Aden City." ”

"Yes, the subordinates retired."

The civil and military officials slowly retreated, leaving Li An alone still looking at the map.

The more Ang Lee looked, the more he felt that Aden City was very important and an extremely important strategic location, and by observing the map of the world, Ang Lee lamented the ruthlessness of the rise and fall of the dynasty.

The Umayyad Dynasty is completely finished, there is no way to return to heaven at all, and it is the Umayyad Dynasty that laid the entire Arab territory, at the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, the Umayyad Dynasty expanded externally, and expanded in several directions, east, west, north and south.

The Umayyad dynasty conquered Kabul to the east, then marched northward, marched into the interior of Central Asia, and conquered Bukhara, Samarkand, and Khorizm until the Pamirs were blocked by the Tang Dynasty, which stopped their eastward expansion.

On the road of expansion to the southeast, the Umayyad dynasty also did very well, and an army captured the Sindh and Punjab regions of India, marking that the religion of *** has taken root in India since then.

The army that conquered to the northwest attacked Constantinople three times, but because the city was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it was never breached.

In the west, the Umayyad dynasty wiped out the North African garrison of the Byzantine Empire, occupied large swathes of North Africa, and made the natives adopt *** religion, then crossed the Strait of Gibraltar to attack Spain, and subsequently occupied two-thirds of Spain, conquering the Visigothic kingdom of the Germanic people.

Even a dozen years ago, the Umayyad army had crossed the Pyrenees to attack the Frankish kingdom in Western Europe, but because the region was too far from the core of the Umayyad dynasty, it was eventually defeated by the Frankish army, thus ending a large-scale expansion.

Of course, at this time, the empire had entered its final stage, and there were constant domestic rebellions, and it was simply unable to continue to expand outward.

If we look at it from another angle, perhaps it was precisely because of the continuous expansion of the dynasty that military spending continued to increase, and the life of the common people became more and more difficult, and the opposition took the opportunity to make trouble, thus completely overthrowing the Umayyad dynasty.

Such examples are also common in the Chinese Empire, such as the last king of Shangchao, Shang Xuanwang, transferred the main force to attack Dongyi, and the Zhou Dynasty army suddenly came over, resulting in the Shang Dynasty could only let the slaves resist the elite of the Zhou Dynasty, and finally the slaves fought back and destroyed the Great Shang Dynasty that had existed for hundreds of years.

The same is true of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang, who was so happy, mobilized 500,000 troops to stabilize Lingnan, 200,000 or 300,000 troops to fight against the Xiongnu in the north, and there were very few soldiers and horses left in the country, and finally the Great Qin Dynasty did not exist for many years and ended.

It is also an indisputable fact that historians will always label the dying dynasty as rotten, but the demise of a dynasty is not only the article of decay, excessive consumption of people's power, large-scale foreign wars, etc., which together are the root cause of the collapse of the empire.