Chapter 490: Great Food Civil War

When Li Huaitang triumphantly returned to Ningyuan City, thousands of miles to the west, in the direction of Damascus, the main Abbasid force finally broke the deadlock of the tug-of-war and won a crucial victory in the 'sex' battle, defeating the army of the new caliph, capturing tens of thousands, and aiming directly at Damascus.

At this time, the Abbasids were in high spirits, and hundreds of thousands of troops from all sides gathered under his command, and perhaps even Li Huaitang did not expect that the treasure map that was 'exchanged' with the Abbasids would play an irreplaceable role. On the table, Abbasid attracted his supporters with highly incendiary slogans with religious "colors", and secretly, he used the treasures he had harvested to buy off various tribes and factions to quickly increase his power. Even the interior of the caliphate was attacked by the Abbasids' silver bullets, and when the hundreds of thousands of caliphs' army were about to fight, a general suddenly turned against him, causing the caliphate's army to collapse.

The tide of battle was in the Abbasids' favor, and the caliph relegated into the city of Damascus. The Abbasids were not in a hurry to attack the fortified cities, but divided their troops into two routes, one to the north to occupy a large territory and population southeast of Constantinople, and the other to the south and west, to Egypt.

The great victory swelled the Abbasid ambitions.

"Within two years, I will establish a mighty Abbasid dynasty, go west, defeat the Byzantines, regain Constantinople, and restore the glory of our Great Food Country!"

Abbasid announced his goal in front of all the generals and tribal chieftains.

This strategy was deeply supported by his subordinates, and the shame of the Great Cannibal was recorded under Constantinople, and more than ten years ago, the Umayyad dynasty was defeated under this fort, and the western expeditionary army was not left with one out of ten, and then under the counterattack of Byzantium, it lost a large part of the territory. The Abbasids came to power and wisely set the object of foreign war on Byzantium first.

Sure enough, the declaration was met with rabid cheers.

"Defeat the Byzantines!"

"Take Constantinople!"

"Slaughter the city!"

"Drink horse Athens!"

The generals of the Great Eclipse frantically 'excitedly' responded, and the empire seemed to be returning to its former glory.

When the generals were almost done, the Abbasid raised his hand to signal silence.

"The West, however, is a barbarian colony, poor and backward, and has nothing but 'female' slaves," Abbasid said, "so they are not worth our 'waste' of time and troops, and our purpose in taking Constantinople is to let them know who is the master of this world." As long as they submit to our great Great Food Nation and pay us annual tribute, I can allow them to live humbly. ”

The crowd laughed, but they did not understand what the Abbasids meant.

Abbasid stretched out his hand again to calm the laughter and continued: "Wealth, where is the wealth we need?" Can anyone tell me? ”

"This?" The generals were puzzled, and felt that the leader had something to say in the future.

Suhail, who had been keeping a low profile and keeping silent, stepped forward at the right time and said loudly: "I know, in the East!" Ning Yuan, and Datang! There, there are countless silk, tea and porcelain, all over the gold and silver sea! ”

"Yes!" Abbasid waved his clenched fists excitedly, "The unfulfilled long-cherished wish of our two generals, Muhammad and Gu Taibai, is waiting for us to continue, and the rich land of the Tang Dynasty is the goal worthy of our generation's struggle!" ”

Thirty years ago, the supreme governor of the Great Food Empire in the East, Hacha only? Ibn? Yusuf coveted the wealth of the Tang Dynasty and promised his two generals, Muhammad and Gu Taibai, that whoever first set foot on the territory of the Tang Dynasty would be appointed as the governor of the Tang Dynasty. So the former conquered the frontier area of Tianzhu, and the latter conquered large areas of Central Asia such as Taligan, Schumann, Tahastan, and Bukhara, but no one could cross the border of the Tang Dynasty.

The grand goal mentioned by Abbasid is the dream of his forefathers, and the highest ideal of almost all the great cannibals who are keen on a life of plunder.

There was once a great eclipse poet who wrote a poem about their national peculiarity: We live by plundering, plundering our enemies and neighbors, and when there is no one for us to plunder, we plunder our brothers.

Bandits, like ordinary people, have their own ideals. Just as businessmen want to do business in the richest areas, herdsmen always look for the most 'fertile' places to graze, farmers and fishermen are no exception, and, as professional robbers, the big cannibals of course dream of the Tang Dynasty leaping horses and swords and indulge in the legendary mountains and silver seas.

The Abbasids ignited the 'passion' among the generals and responded enthusiastically.

"Very good," Abbasid was satisfied with the positive attitude of the generals, and followed Hacha's example and promised only in public: "Everyone, work hard, whoever sets foot on the land of the Tang Dynasty first will be my governor of Chang'an!" ”

The generals were jubilant and geared up.

Basically, today is the Abbasids' one-man show, and as a mentor, the respected Ibrahim never said a word from beginning to end, just watched the Abbasids perform with a smile.

After the generals left, Ibrahim asked, "Are you ready to go to war with Ningyuan Li Huaitang?" ”

Ningyuan City lies on the passage from Dashi to Datang, and if you want to conquer Datang, you must first defeat Li Huaitang and control Ningyuan City. Most of the Abbasid people were newly returned, and no one realized how terrible Li Huaitang was, but Ibrahim did.

"Unify the Great Eclipse within the year, defeat Byzantium next year and conquer Constantinople in one fell swoop, and the year after next you can go east." The Abbasids were conceited and confident.

Ibrahim smiled bitterly and shook his head, obviously, victory is the worst enemy of reason, and the greater the victory, the more 'confused' the mind becomes. The Abbasids were more powerful than ever, but they did not break away from convention.

"Sir, think it's not appropriate?" Abbasid laughed. In his opinion, age is a double-edged knife, old and experienced and calm but lacking sharpness. Also a year ago, Ibrahim thought that Damascus could not have been taken without a decade of struggle, but he, the Abbasids, was aggressive and sought victory in the face of danger, and achieved today's miraculous achievements.

Ibrahim began to general: "Have you forgotten the defeat under the city of Ningyuan the year before last? 200,000 allied troops were wiped out. ”

Abbasid blushed at the mention of the embarrassment, but he did not want to admit defeat, and when he talked about the war, he was very unconvinced, seeing that victory was in sight, but he fell short. He blamed the fault on the Turgish, and if it weren't for Sulu Khan's arrangement of the unfit Tubo people to attack with him, resulting in the disorderly attack being counterattacked by the opponent, it is not certain who will die.

"Sir is overly concerned. At that time, the former coalition forces fought separately to give Li Huaitang a chance to break through. Moreover, due to the lack of preparation due to the urgency of time, we did not have time to transport more and larger stone throwers, otherwise, Ningyuan City would have been conquered long ago. ”

"In short, sir, rest assured, this time, I will not fight an uncertain battle. No matter how powerful he Li Huaitang is, he can't defeat my 200,000 army! ”

Although arrogant, the Abbasids did not lose their attention to Li Huaitang, and had prepared 200,000 horses in their hearts, intending to flood Ningyuan City in one fell swoop.

Ibrahim sighed, perhaps it was a blessing or a curse for the caliphate, the victory came too suddenly and too easily, bringing them too much madness, too much impulse...... Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon