Li You's dog nose smelled a familiar smell that had not been seen for a long time, and it was a unique and domineering fragrance.

"Cumin, it's cumin." Li You couldn't help but stand up.

As a foodie, he came to the Tang Dynasty, an era dominated by beef and mutton, especially mutton, and left the spice cumin, just the smell of mutton was enough to make Li You so painful that he doubted his life.

At this time, two strong men came in carrying a roasted whole sheep.

Li You forgot his noble identity and couldn't help but walk towards them. He saw the fine particles that had been burnt on it, reached out and pinched a few, put them in front of his nose and smelled them, and said in ecstasy: "Old Ha, this is this, this is this, what a good gift." ”

Hamid couldn't help but laugh when he saw Li You's appearance, and he smiled: "Back then, you sent people to follow me to look for this, and today I finally found it for you." ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Li You's mood suddenly became sad, back then, one of Li You's personal followers of the Black Panther, because he went to Persia to find cumin for him, ended up separated from Hamid's men, and his life and death are still unknown.

The white tiger also thought of the black panther, the two brothers had a deep relationship, and when they saw the appearance of the prince, their hearts also became uncomfortable.

Hamid saw that Li You was ecstatic and suddenly became sad, and he felt a little remorseful in his heart, and said secretly: "It's really a pot that can't be opened." He also kept his mouth shut.

Qualcomm, Mi Huai, Gasif and others didn't understand the cause and effect, and when they saw their appearance, they also quieted down.

The Persian cooks were frightened, one by one at a loss, thinking that they had made a mistake, and one by one they were silent.

Li You is a person with a big heart, and even though he is sad, he is not willing to spoil the atmosphere. He took a deep breath, cheered up, and smiled, "It's okay, let's continue eating." ”

The cooks put the roasted whole lamb on a low table.

Everyone saw that the sheep's head was tied with a red ribbon, and the sheep's beak was tied with green vegetables, and it was placed on the dining table.

Li You looked at the fragrant mutton in front of him, and his saliva couldn't stop flowing down. At this moment, he was already aware of his gaffe just now, resisted the urge to reach out and grab it, and waited for the cook to cut it.

A Persian cook looked at Hamid and waited for him to give the order to begin cutting the lamb.

Hamid nodded, and the Persian cook picked up the knife and slashed it with great skill.

The cook cut a piece of meat on the sheep's face with a knife, respectfully handed it to Li You, and then handed the knife to Li You. According to the rules, Li You should give the cut meat to the child first, but there were no children here, so he cut the mutton in half and handed Hamid a copy.

Qualcomm, Baihu, Mi Huai and others had long been attracted by the aroma of roast mutton with cumin, and when they saw that the prince and Hamid had started eating, they hurriedly ate it.

"Well, incense, that's what it smells like." Li You praised while eating, and gave a thumbs up to the Persian cooks, and said in Persian: "The craftsmanship is good." ”

Receiving praise from the noble prince of the Tang Dynasty, the Persian cooks were overjoyed one by one.

Hamid is an informed man, and he cooperates: "There is a reward." ”

When the cooks heard of His Majesty's reward, they became even more excited, and saluted one by one to express their gratitude.

"Ugh."

Li You, Hamid and the others were drinking and enjoying the food, but an incongruous voice came from not far away.

It turned out that Qualcomm ate too fast and held on, and couldn't help but burp.

The crowd couldn't help but laugh.

At this time, the steward of the governor's palace brought a cloth bag embroidered with gold thread and stood beside Hamid.

Hamid motioned for him to hand the bag to Li You.

Li You took the cloth bag, opened it and saw that it was full of cumin seeds, and he smiled: "Lao Ha, this is the most valuable gift I have received this year." ”

Kabul, Governor's Palace.

After the reception, Li You and the others rested until half past three, and Gasif came over to invite Li You to meet Hamid.

The governor of the province of Angot, Abu Hassan, a 40-year-old Turkmen, was a small, red-faced, rosacea-nosed man, and his eyes were not large, but he was shrewd. He briefed Li You and others on the current situation.

Khalid was the greatest general in the war of Arab unification and conquest, and his combat was brave and skillful, whether it was attacking fortifications, field battles, and retreats, he was very orderly, and his flank detours and surprise attacks were even more effective, and he had extremely high attainments in strategy and tactics.

In 636, in the decisive battle with the Byzantine Emperor ** in the Battle of the Yarmouk River, Khalid faced 50,000 Byzantine Emperor ** with 25,000 men, attacked with a sandstorm, completely annihilated the Bai army, killed his commander Theodoras, the younger brother of the Byzantine Emperor Hilaroch, and completely conquered Syria.

Known as the "Sword of Allah", Khalid had a record comparable to Caesar, Alexander, and Hannibal.

The opponent that Li You and Hamid are about to face is Adnan, Khalid's second general, who has made great contributions in the wars against Syria and Egypt.

At this time, in the east, the Arab army was attacking the Indian continent all the way, and was at war with the father of Hamid of the Persian Empire, all the way to Afghanistan, and the military peak was pointed directly at the western border of the Tang Dynasty. Adnan was the commander of the army.

Not long ago, Adnan had just conquered the kingdom of Turro and was appointed governor of the province of Turro in the Great Food Empire. He had an army of 150,000 under his command and was integrating Turkmen, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Armenians, Tatars and other ethnic groups in the province of Toro.

The Arabs had a whole set of experience in ruling the occupied areas, and every time they conquered a land, they immediately began to implement the doctrine of ***. In this era, the teachings of *** have a great appeal to the middle and lower classes.

They occupied the state of Turro and began to integrate with ***. Once the integration is complete, the Arabs can add at least 100,000 troops, and at that time, Li You and Hamid will face an attack by no less than 250,000 Great Eclipse troops.

Adnan is expected to launch an attack on Kabul in early April.

Now, the Great Food Army has stepped up reconnaissance of the Kabul area, and the Arab rangers that Li You and others met appear almost every day.

At this moment, it was already the beginning of March, and Li You's army was still on the march, and the only thing that could reach Kabul at the earliest was the 10,000 Tang troops of the Western Regions Protectorate. The situation is dire.

After listening to the situation introduced by Governor Abu Hassan, Mi Huai had a look of fear on his face. White Tiger and Qualcomm trust Li You very much, but in the face of such a situation, they are also a little worried.

Although Abu Hassan had heard Hamid talk about Li You's bull fork, he was very worried when he saw that Li You was so young and did not have enough military strength in his hands, and he really couldn't think of how Li You could turn this situation around.

Hamid had confidence in Li You, and he said, "Lao Li, what do you say, I'll listen to you." ”

Li You smiled: "What a big deal." ”

Hamid, White Tiger and Qualcomm were all familiar with Li You's words, and at this moment, when they heard him say this, their hearts suddenly relaxed. All three had relaxed smiles on their faces.

Although Abhassan and Ghasif didn't know Li You, they couldn't help but admire him when they saw him so calm in the face of such a crisis.

Abulhasan asked: "Your Highness, what are your countermeasures?" ”