Pei Min said so much, which is a little proof.

The Tang Dynasty did not necessarily need an alliance with Byzantium, which could not do without a solid ally.

Especially allies who can help by land.

It turned out to be a harsh rider.

The strength of the Turks could not defeat the Arab Empire, but if the Arabs wanted to bypass the Caspian Sea to attack the rear of Byzantium, there would be a weakness of elongated battle lines.

As soon as the battle line is lengthened, logistics are a great burden.

As a nomad, the Turgish are best at raiding warfare.

This is also the reason why Byzantium and Turgish were able to resist the Arabs.

Byzantine naval armies and Turgish cavalry.

Now that the Turgish were completely out of service, Byzantium had no naval army and was powerless on land, so they had to find new allies to rely on.

The strength of the Tang Dynasty was far from being comparable to that of Byzantium.

Pei Min has been in a safe position here from the beginning, but he doesn't think it's pointless to talk nonsense with Justinian, but is willing to talk to him about this kind of nonsense.

The more Justinian cared for face, the more it proved that Byzantium was not good.

Just like the backward Qing Dynasty in later generations, he could only rely on slapping his swollen face to act as a fat man.

If Pei Min were Justinian, he wouldn't spend his time in this fearless battle of words.

Face is earned by oneself, not by charity.

Justinian's mouthful of "the splendor of Greater Rome" is enough to prove that the country is still immersed in its former glory.

People can't forget their roots, but looking back too much on the past is stagnant.

Byzantium is like an old man who is dying and does not want to make progress.

It's just supported by the thousand-year-old heritage, and once the heritage is not there, then it ......

Today's West is mostly vast and sparsely populated, and Constantinople in Pei Min's eyes is one of them, and Damascus is the second.

When it comes to the two most famous heartlands of the West, Pei Min's coveting of Constantinople even surpasses that of Damascus.

After all, regardless of the weight of history or the key to geographical location, Constantinople across the Eurasian continent is uniquely blessed.

Pei Min can't do such a thing as unloading the mill and killing donkeys, but there is no eternal harmony between countries.

As long as the Tang Dynasty defeated the Arab Empire, when it came time to divide the territory, contradictions would inevitably appear.

Just like Wu Shu during the Three Kingdoms period!

At that time, if he had spare strength, Pei Min would not mind giving all the resources of the Caspian Sea, the world's largest saltwater lake, to the Tang Dynasty.

He could not forget that the Caspian basin was a cornucopia of abundant energy.

Before the discovery of Middle Eastern oil, Caspian oil accounted for 50 percent of the world's total crude oil production.

How Byzantine Greek fire was made is a mystery in history, but it is almost certain that oil must have been one of them.

Justinian looked at Pei Min in Yuanyue rather helplessly, and sighed helplessly: "I can't be the master, I have to go back and discuss with Your Majesty." ”

Pei Min said with a smile: "It's okay to go back and discuss it, but I'm afraid that the longer it drags on, the greater the possibility of exposure." In case the lion smells fishy, he can't bear it. Will I support or not? ”

Justinian's face was colorful and mixed.

Originally, Justinian wasn't worried about this.

Recently, there has been a lot of action in Arabia, and there is a lot of momentum to compete with the Tang Dynasty.

The lion king Mosley Massa specially asked Pei Min to meet the border between the two sides and declare war on the Tang Dynasty has long been spread.

They really thought that Mosley Massa meant to be in the Western Regions.

But after Pei Min's analysis, it was found that Arabia was a thief and always remembered Constantinople.

When I think about it, I take it for granted.

Constantinople's geographical location and value are far superior to those of the Western Regions, and if there is a real chance to capture Constantinople, how can Arabia be willing to go far?

Looking at Pei of the Tang Dynasty, who was even more hateful than Judas who betrayed Jesus, he said helplessly: "What Guogong said is that you and I should be unanimous to the outside world." The strength of the Tang Dynasty is indeed above that of our country, and our country is willing to follow the Tang Dynasty as the main and deal with Arabic Tubo together. ”

Pei Min said without hesitation: "From today on, your enemy of Byzantium is the enemy of my Tang Dynasty. ”

Justinian also straightened up and said, "The enemy of the Tang Dynasty is also the enemy of my holy Roman Empire. ”

The two sides also drew up a covenant, and the two hands shook hands amicably.

Justinian was in a hurry. Didn't stay more than one night.

Even if they did not want to have too much contact with the cunning Oriental Judah, they also wanted to inform their emperor of the terrible news they had received, and strengthen their defenses.

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Tianzhu Fahrenheit City.

Mosley Massa almost swept away Tianzhu and conquered all the countries of the Indus Valley in one fell swoop.

Faced with the irresistible advance of the Arabs, Tianzhu could only choose to surrender in the end.

Holding the bewitching Tianzhu beauty, Mosley Massa also got the news of the Tang Dynasty's alliance with Byzantium.

"Humph!" Mosley Massa smiled contemptuously: "What holy Roman Empire is, just a bunch of fools holding on to the past. Without Tuqishi, he climbed to the Tang Dynasty again......"

From his words, it can be seen how disdainful this lion king of the Western Regions is for his old enemy.

"There is another piece of news......" Abu Muslim glanced at his commander with some reluctance, and said, "According to the news from Constantinople, they have strengthened their defenses, whether by land or by land. ”

Mosley Massa pushed away the beautiful girl in his arms, his face was slightly ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It must be Pei Jingyuan, just those fools in Byzantium, they won't find out our true intentions." ”

As Pei Min said, Mosley Massa provoked Pei Min many times, showing a war-seeking attitude of sympathy with Pei Min, not because he was belligerent and eager to fight with a powerful opponent, but an illusion, a false impression to confuse Byzantium.

The Arabs wanted the Western Regions, but they wanted Constantinople even more.

After all, Constantinople is a piece of fat next to them, and the Western Regions is a piece of fat in the distance.

The Arabs do not have the idea of seeking the near and far, and with their domineering style, they eat what is near, strengthen themselves, and then eat what is far away.

But he didn't want Pei Min to notice.

Abu al-Muslim agreed with this judgment and said: "If we calculate him, he will not cooperate with us." It's just that I didn't expect him to say it at this time, and I thought I had deceived him. ”

"Humph!" Mosley Massa snorted again, this time different from the previous contempt, but with a bit of seriousness: "You don't know Pei Min, this bastard likes to take advantage of the most, and he doesn't get up early if he doesn't have any profits." I guess he already knew that I was trying to win him over and provoke him, and I didn't really want to start a war with the Tang Dynasty immediately. It was because it was unprofitable that he didn't say it. Now tell Justinian that the old man is clearly in favor of making Byzantium remember his kindness. That guy's mind can't be hidden from me. ”

He took a few steps back and forth, and said, "It's just that in this way, the plan to attack Constantinople will be ruined, and the soldiers and horses will be transferred to the city of Jiling, so that the soldiers can train and recuperate in the city." ”

Abu Muslim said with a solemn face: "Is it really necessary to fight with the Tang Dynasty first?" ”

Mosley Massa nodded heavily: "It must be fought, in my eyes Byzantium is a wolf, and the Tang Dynasty is a tiger." If we can't sneak into Constantinople, we can only fight the tiger first. The wolf did not dare to provoke the wounded lion, but the tiger did. If we deal with the wolf first, we will only give the tiger a chance. It's better to bite the tiger to death first, and then turn back to deal with the wolf. ”

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Guzang City!

"That lion transferred the lion legion to Jiling City?"

Pei Min first received the news from Sun Zhou, and then received confirmation from Feng Changqing.

Not only that, but even Justinian personally sent Pei Min a letter of thanks and some Byzantine specialties.

"It seems that you have really given up on dealing with Byzantium!" Pei Min synthesized a few pieces of information and handed it to Sun Zhou for filing, and then said: "I did them a big favor, but I just came with a letter of thanks and some things outside my body, which is really stingy." If it weren't for the fact that they were letting the Arabs eat easily, they would have boosted the enemy's arrogance, and they wouldn't have told them anything. ”

Military staff officer Gao Shi shook his head and smiled bitterly, but he had a deep understanding of himself Pei Shuai, the more he felt that he was unfathomable, but also a little childlike.

This alliance was obviously planned by him, but now he is full of complaints, and he feels that he has made a mistake.

In fact, Gao Shi didn't understand Pei Min's true thoughts.

Pei Min didn't want to see the Arabs easily attack Byzantium, not that he didn't want to see the Arabs attack Byzantium.

Sandpiper and clam compete with each other for fishermen's profits, this truth is familiar in China.

It's just that the Arabs gave up the idea of continuing to plot against Byzantium and turned to seek the Western Regions, obviously unwilling to let the Tang Dynasty take advantage of this.

Pei Min's best strategy in his heart failed, and he naturally complained a few words in his mouth.

Sure enough, the hope of victory could not be pinned on the stupidity of the enemy.

"How should we respond to Mosley Massa's move to threaten the Western Regions?"

Pei Min suddenly wanted to take a high test.

As the supreme military commander of Longyou and Hexi, Pei Min faced an embarrassing situation.

There are countless generals in Longyou and Hexi, including famous generals like Wang Zhongsi, Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi, Fugu Huaien, Zhang Xiaosong, Cui Xiyi, and other generals who can take charge of themselves, as well as fierce generals like Li Siye, Zhehuchen, Li Yide, An Chongzhang, and Hun Shizhi.

There are more prime ministers like Zhang Jiuling and Li Linfu, and there are even more literati, such as Wang Changling, Wang Wei, Wang Zhilian and the like.

There are very few military staff officers, and only Gao Shi is worth cultivating.

Fortunately, Pei Min's own specialty is layout strategy, especially after Li Jing's inheritance, the strategic layout has made greater progress, which just makes up for the shortcomings in the army.

But always thinking by yourself, and each object of discussion is also a big problem.

After all, a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts.

What's more, Pei Min is still very modest and doesn't dare to pretend to be a wise man.

Therefore, the cultivation of Gao Shi is also a little worthy of spare effort.

Gao Shi groaned for a while and said, "My subordinates feel that they should not change. ”

Pei Min said with great interest: "What is the reason? ”

Gao Shi said: "We and Arabia can now be said to be on the same footing, but the rivalry between these big countries is by no means comparable to the hostile conflict between small countries. Neither they nor we dare to go to war rashly, and the stronger the two sides, the more so. We know them, and they know us. Time, location, and people have always been decisive factors. ”

"That is the so-called opportunity, the Arabs are fierce on the surface, but if they really want to fight, they will do it a long time ago, why bother mother-in-law and mother to be a daughter?"

In my humble opinion, the purpose of the Arabs is to cause panic in the Western Regions and to overwhelm people. Let the countries of the Western Regions be afraid in their hearts, so that they will be in chaos. ”

"If we care too much, it will inevitably make the countries of the Western Regions even more dangerous, and even turn against each other."

"As soon as the situation in the Western Regions gets out of control, it will be the time for the Arabs to send troops."

"We don't move, but we show our confidence and make the countries of the Western Regions more stable and invulnerable."

Pei Min smiled and applauded, "The analysis is very deep and in place." But you're missing that strategy is far more important than tactics. The most taboo thing to see is to look at a little bit, you will see how thoroughly you will see, but ignore the overall situation, but you will fall into the obstacle you have laid and cannot extricate yourself. ”

Gao Shi was originally extremely confident, but when he heard Pei Min say this, his face instantly collapsed.

Pei Min smiled: "You ignore Tibet, Arabia has made all preparations, but Tibet has not." In particular, they originally planned to take advantage of the opportunity of my army to the Western Regions to explore the way for the future capture of Hexi. However, when he met the loyal heir, not only did he not complete the road, but he also lost more than 20,000 soldiers. In order not to let Dazarugon lose his prestige, the Tibetan Zampu gave a special reward because Dazarugong directly captured the Ziting guard who was abandoned by the loyal heir, and he simply covered his ears and stole the bell. ”

Gao Shi came to his senses and said: "Arabia is also waiting for Tibet? ”

"Not bad!" Pei Min squinted his eyes and said: "Being able to attack with both fists, that lion will not be stupid enough to act alone and make wedding dresses for others." This is the time we can get, with the loyal heir, it is not easy for Tubo to recuperate with peace of mind. ”

Gao Shi clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "Not only that, but you can also let Nanzhao invade the rear of Tubo." In this way, Tibet must be extremely uncomfortable, and it will be even more difficult to cooperate with the Arabs. ”

Seeing that Pei Min was unmoved, he realized: "Pei Shuai has already made a move?" ”

Pei Min said with a smile: "This matter is not under my control, but Your Majesty has issued an order to let the Jiannan Defense Envoy support Nanzhao and recover the territory occupied by their six edicts for Tubo." So if Arabia wants to strike with two fists, that's a fool's dream. He thought I'd give him this chance? Obviously not! ”

Gao Shi sighed and said: "Pei Shuai is thoughtful, and he belongs to Pei Mansion." It's just that this stalemate between each other, I don't know when the fight will start. ”

Pei Min chuckled: "It's not their turn to decide ......."

"I'm what I say!"

Gently five words, from the mouth.

Soldiers have the best chance of being passive.

Pei Min never fights passive battles.

He was delaying the time when he was waiting for the completion of the Gaochang warehouse.

As long as the time drags on until the logistics are worry-free, it will be up to him to decide when the fight will begin.

In the duel between the two great empires of the East and the West, the Arab and Tang dynasties, he, Pei Min, is the dominant one.