Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the atmosphere was a little tense, Li You smiled and said: "These things can't be said in a few words, let's talk while eating." ”

The white tiger hurriedly went out to give orders, and soon, Wang Liao and the others came in with wine and food, because they were on the march, they could not be replenished on the way, and the variety of vegetables was much less, and the quantity was sufficient.

Everyone ate something and drank some wine, and the atmosphere in the big tent was much more lively.

Hamid remembered what he had just said, he only had a general understanding of the Arabs, and was anxious to deepen his understanding of the Arabs, and urged: "Lao Li, don't patronize and eat, talk while eating." ”

Li You put the beef that had been picked up in his hand and put it in his mouth and chewed. To enjoy the food, you have to chew it slowly, and everyone is staring at his mouth, waiting for him to enjoy it slowly.

Li You didn't care so much, he chewed while sorting out his thoughts.

He finally swallowed the dish, stretched out his hand and picked up the wine glass again, took a sip, and saw that everyone, especially the Persians, was about to be anxious, so he said: "In the first year of Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty (570), the prophet Muhammad of the Arabs was born, and he is the founder of the *** religion that the Arabs believe. ”

Li You first introduced the situation of Muhammad and the rise of the religion.

At that time, the Arabian Peninsula was at the end of the primitive society of the transition to a class society, the gap between the rich and the poor within the clans and tribes was accelerating, and the tribes were engaged in continuous plundering and protracted fighting for limited water, pasture and living space. The crisis was exacerbated by foreign aggression, particularly by Ethiopia and Persia.

In the Arabian Peninsula, various social contradictions are intricate and acute, and a major social change is being bred. It was in this context that the *** religion appeared, and its founder was Muhammad.

Muhammad's spiritual perception played a very important role, and there was such a strong religious atmosphere in the Arabian Peninsula, where polytheism and idolatry were prevalent, so in such an atmosphere, people were prone to think about the relationship between heaven, earth, gods, and man, and worship the moon, the stars, the water source, and the ancestors.

The monotheism proposed by Muhammad was important in resolving the confusion and blood revenge that had arisen in the tribes of the Rabeh Peninsula at that time, and in putting an end to such a situation.

In 630, Muhammad led a large army into the city of Mecca, and various tribes in the Arabian Peninsula sent delegations to meet the Prophet Muhammad and expressed their willingness to abandon idolatry and convert to Islam, and the Arabs began to move towards the road of unification.

With the spread of religion and the continuous development of jihad, the Arabs have stepped onto the historical stage of the Middle East with the attitude of ruling the nation, and the ancient Middle East has entered a new era.

From then on, this Arabian desert island suddenly became a nursery of heroes, and the brilliant results of the generals represented by Khalid in the battles of Iraq, Persia, Syria and Egypt were comparable to those of Hannibal, Alexander and Napoleon.

When the Arabs began to rise, the Persian and Byzantine empires, the powerful neighbors to the north, were weakened by a long period of fighting each other.

When Li You said this, he started to eat again.

The crowd listened attentively, especially Hamid, who had an empty glass in his hand and forgot to put it down, and he seemed to understand something thoughtfully.

Seeing Li You's actions, he couldn't help but urge: "Old Li, eat after you're done." ”

Li You put down his chopsticks and said, "Why are Arabs so powerful?"

There are three main reasons for this:

First, before the emergence of the first religion, the Arabian Peninsula was in the stage of tribal development, the basic unit of society was the tribe, a tribe was an army, and every tribeague was a brave warrior.

The second point is the stimulation of sharing the spoils of war, the ancient scriptures stipulate that four-fifths of the spoils obtained in battle are distributed to the soldiers in the front, and one-fifth is distributed to the rear, so this policy is a great encouragement to the soldiers fighting in the front.

The third point is the spirit of fighting for the cause of Allah, according to the Qur'an, fighting for the cause of Allah can ascend to heaven, so on the battlefield they often fight bravely.

Under the banner of jihad, encouraged by the sharing of the spoils of war, *** poured out of the Arabian Peninsula like a tidal wave to the surrounding areas. The first target of the conquest was Syria, which in the eyes of the Arabs was full of milk and honey, as fascinating as paradise on earth.

In 638, Khalid, known as the Sword of Allah, and the famous general Amr commanded the *** army, defeated the Byzantine army and occupied all of Syria.

In conquest activities, *** often gives the opponent three choices when attacking a place:

Those who directly convert to the religion can enjoy the treatment of ***, and they can be exempted from human tax and land tax; If you want to make a treaty to surrender, then you can get *** protection, and you can also retain your religious beliefs, but you must pay a human tax and a land tax, but this tax is much lighter than the tax under the Persian and Byzantine empires; Neither convert to the *** religion nor make a treaty to surrender, in this case, the armed crusade is carried out. ”

Li You said this, picked up the chopsticks again, and continued to enjoy the food.

This time, everyone didn't urge him, and they started talking about it.

Qualcomm said: "I see, eighty percent of the spoils are distributed to the soldiers in front, and if I am a big cannibal, I will fight desperately." ”

"Yes, the military merit reward of the Great Cannibal is better than that of our Datang people, no wonder the Great Cannibal is so desperate."

They looked at the problem shallowly, but Mi Huai was worried, he said: "This battle is difficult to fight, the big cannibals are attacking, they have occupied a new place, they are for holy war, and they can also rob property, of course they will fight with their lives."

We are on the defensive side, we just want to keep our homeland, and if we lose, it's over, and if we win, there is no reward, and morale is not good. The big cannibal still has those three choices, and the defending side is hard to guarantee that it will not surrender. ”

Hamid and others are even more at a loss, and the situation they are currently facing is even worse. They had to fight not only the Arabs, but also a civil war, with scattered morale, low morale and precariousness.

Li You also has a headache, the army given to him by the imperial court, mainly the servant army, is already demoralized, plus it is to defend the Angot area, it is a defensive battle, and there is no capture to share, it is even more difficult to make them sell their lives.

Hamid asked, "Lao Li, what do you have in mind?" ”