It was almost August, and after three months of resistance, the Egyptians finally fell to their entire territory. However, at this time, the Arabs did not know that to the east of them, the feared King Wuwei of the Tang State had decided to use troops against them, because most of the main army of the Arabs was in Egypt, and they also thought that the Tang Dynasty, which had just swallowed the whole of Asia, would not start a war rashly because of the consolidation of its territory, but they all miscalculated Li Ang's iron-blooded methods.

In the original historical trajectory, Persia was still a unified empire, and the Arabs should actually be called Bedouins, but for the convenience of everyone, so the familiar name should be under Persian rule, until three hundred years later, when Persia weakened and Islam was founded by Muhammad, and it grew stronger. But now, due to the westward expedition of the Great Qin Army 150 years ago, which led to the division and confrontation of Persia, although the Arabs were suppressed by the Jews on the peninsula, they still got a lot of benefits from the East-West trade in the Red Sea and grew stronger, and the religion and culture of the Arabs also derived Islam under the impact of the Jewish state and the Great Qin civilization that should not have appeared, and through religious wars, the Arabs established a theocratic state twenty years ago.

So even without the involvement of the Romans, the Arabs who unified the peninsula would sooner or later embark on the road of expansion, which had nothing to do with religion but only interests, and for the Islamic caliphates, rich Persia and Asia Minor should be conquered. And Great Qin was the enemy they had to defeat.

For Leon, it was foolish to let the enemy grow stronger, and he wanted to solve it once and for all before the threat to the Arabs became greater, so although the civil officials of the Tang State opposed the war against the Arabs, Leon did not hesitate to start the war. Helian Bobo, Er Zhurong, Murong, Xue Andu, Chen Baxian, his generals who were known for their cold-blooded ruthlessness led tens of thousands of elites from Judea to the peninsula by land, and what Leon wanted them to do was to strike at the war potential of the Arabs and implement a scorched earth strategy. And to reduce the Arab population as much as possible.

Murong Ke and the others completely followed Li Ang's orders, and after entering the peninsula, they each led a team of 10,000 people to wreak havoc in every part of the peninsula, they did not attack strong cities, but only destroyed Arab villages and cultivated land, and they did not leave any life wherever they passed, they faithfully fulfilled Li Ang's instructions to feed the war with war, and they did not need to think about how to rule the Arabs in the future. Because what they have to do is to exterminate all the Arabs.

Murong Ke's style of play similar to that of the rogue made the Arabs both angry and helpless, their main army was in Egypt, and the rest of the troops all had to defend several important cities, and the defenders of some cities had abandoned the city to attack, but Murong Ke and they used the usual tricks of the Hu people on the grassland, and they were defeated first. Led the defenders in pursuit, and when they were far from the city, they killed the defenders with a horse pistol and a pre-arranged ambush. There were several small cities that were captured and slaughtered when the defenders left the city and the whole army was destroyed.

As a last resort, the Arabs had no choice but to draw troops back from Egypt. However, the situation was still very serious for them, and although the Tang troops had withdrawn, they were stationed in the fortresses bordering the Jews. put on a posture that if you go, I'll come again.

Medina, the capital of the Arabs, the current caliphate, Hanif was sent by the casualty figures and loss statistics sent from all over the country, so angry that in more than two months, those damned Tang ** teams actually killed a full 250,000 Arabs, and what is even more odious is that they destroyed the few areas suitable for cultivation on the peninsula, and at least in the next three or five years, the grain production in these areas will be reduced by at least more than half.

"We must take revenge, and in the name of Allah, I must let those Tang people know what stupidity they have done." In the palace, Hanif looked at the recalled generals, waved his fists, and said viciously.

"Those Dons have to be punished." In response to their monarchs, the generals were filled with righteous indignation, and they drew their scimitars and swore to Allah that they would make the pagan Tang pay for everything they had done.

The Arabs were provoked by Leon in a sense of revenge, and throughout the winter, Hanif's generals were planning to wait until the beginning of spring to immediately attack the Tang ** troops stationed in the Jewish cities on the border, and at the same time recruit soldiers from the followers of Islam to take revenge on the Tang mainland by boating across the Persian Gulf. At the same time, the Arabs sent envoys who needed the help of the Romans.

Rome in December, covered in heavy snow, the oldest city in Europe looked particularly gloomy in the howling north wind, Christianity, under the support of Constantine, fully mastered this huge empire with a population of nearly 70 million, in the fanatical religious mood, every Roman regarded the Han as a mortal enemy, especially Leon, who slaughtered three million people, he was the reincarnation of Satan, the embodiment of evil, and the cursed demon.

In the Roman court, Constantine summoned all his generals, and the Arabs sent the news that they had been beaten badly by the murderer, and they had decided to fight him to the death, although he did not understand why Leon, a man whom even he admired deeply, would do such a move, but Constantine thought that this was the opportunity he had been waiting for.

"Your Majesty, although King Wuwei is our greatest enemy, I have to admit that he is the most powerful military strategist of the past fifty years, and he will not be unaware of the consequences of sending an army against the Arabs." Constantine's most relied on general, Julius, put forward his opinion, "He will face the situation of fighting on two or even three fronts, but he still does so, which shows that he is sure to deal with our attack, so we must not be too optimistic." ”

Julius's words made Constantine and the generals restrain their joy, as Julius said, their enemy is the most powerful military strategist of the past fifty years, and he will never do anything meaningless.

"It seems. We need to revise our offensive plan. Seeing that no one refuted Julius, Constantine couldn't help but nod and looked at Julius, "General, what is your opinion?" ”

"Your Majesty, the cooperation with the Arabs against the Jews will not change. But we don't have to do too much. All you need to do is help the Arabs contain the Great Qin Tomb Legion guarding Jerusalem

The Great Army attacked Greece directly. Julius walked over to the map and said. Everyone watched Julius smash his fist hard in Asia Minor, and they all understood what he meant, the Tang Kingdom had just swallowed the whole of Asia, and this place belonged to them only in name, as long as they moved fast enough, they could establish an offensive bridgehead in Asia Minor. In this way, they could compete with the Tang State for the ownership of the whole of Asia.

"General, you should know that our previous offensive in Greece can be classified as a failure." Constantine basically agreed to Julius's strategic adjustment, and their relationship with the Arabs was only to take advantage of each other, but Chen Qingzhi and Ran Min impressed him, especially Ran Min, who had heard the retreating generals talk about this man who terrified them countless times.

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"The generals under King Wuwei are indeed extraordinary, but no matter how powerful they are, they are not enough to offset the huge gap in strength." The deeds of Chen Qingzhi and Ran Min, Julius has also heard of them. However, he did not take it to heart, "Your Majesty, sometimes, we don't have to send troops, we just need a few rumors to make the enemy defeated. ”

Constantine looked at Julius and frowned. Then he looked at the country on the map that boasted of its democracy, and said to himself, "The general means that it is indeed a good idea to let the Greeks themselves drive those two away." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Julius nodded, and continued, "From the information we have, King Wuwei intends to support that Greek hero Contriano. His father was a Greek naval marshal. Claim the king, but I don't think the Greek parliament will ever allow such a thing to happen, as long as we do a little tricking, not only the generals under King Wuwei will leave. I am afraid that the navy of the Greeks will also be divided, and the natural strength of the combined navy of Great Qin and Greece will be greatly reduced at that time, as long as we are willing to sacrifice, we can fight the fleet of Great Qin, and at that time, our navy will be able to run rampant in the Mediterranean Sea and launch an attack at any time. ”

"Very well, then this matter will be left to you." Constantine was pleased with Ulysses' response, and the Greek parliament, which was just a gathering place for a bunch of cynics and fools, was almost certain that Julius' plan would be perfectly accomplished.

Half a month later, rumors began to spread in Greece, and the content of the rumors was about the same, nothing more than that the Greek hero Contriano, who had established meritorious deeds in the East and was named a general by Daqin, had the ambition of overthrowing the Greek parliament and being crowned king, and the generals sent by King Wuwei did not come to protect Greece, they only stayed in Greece to help Contriano, and Contriano signed an agreement with King Wuwei in private to sell the interests of Greece in exchange for other ambitions. These rumors soon spread throughout Greece, and Chen Qingzhi and Ran Min and Contriano immediately understood that this was a conspiracy against them, an ancient and simple method, but they could not do anything about it, they could only hope that the Greek parliament would not believe these rumors, but it was clear that the Greek parliament was indeed just a gathering place for a bunch of cynics and fools, as Constantine said, and they were convinced of it.

Athens, Greece, after being questioned by the parliament, Contriano returned home, with an angry face, those fools, don't they understand that all this is a conspiracy of the Romans, with the current Greek army, they can't resist the Romans at all, they actually want to expel Chen Qingzhi and Ran Min, it is simply self-defeating. "Master, Lord Chen's messenger is out asking to see you." The butler's voice sounded outside the study, calming down Contriano, "Please!" ”

A moment later, Contriano saw the messenger and took the letter that Chen Qingzhi had written to himself, and after reading it, Contriano said to the messenger, "General Chen really decided to leave?" ”

"Your Excellency, you should be aware that in the current situation, your country's parliament will definitely be on higher alert, and your mutiny is unlikely to succeed." The messenger cut off Contriano's mind directly.

"So what should I do?" Hearing the messenger's answer, Contriano's face was gloomy, he originally wanted to use the power of Chen Qingzhi and Ran Min to directly abolish the parliament, but now it is impossible.

"My lord, with all due respect, under the current situation in your country, it is better for you to consider your own safety." The messenger's voice rang out again, bringing Contriano back to his senses.

"Although the Romans are not very clever in their divisive schemes, it is a pity that the representatives of your parliament seem to have been completely lost in the poison of power, and they do not consider whether it is a conspiracy or not, they only think about how to get rid of you and your father as a threat."

The courier's words made Contriano break out in a cold sweat, Greece is notoriously democratic and jealous, Socrates was the best example of this, and the deputies of those parliaments did anything for their own power.

"Go back and tell Lord Chen that I will always be the most loyal partner of the Mighty King." In just a short time, Contriano had already made a decision, since Greece could no longer stay, he could only hope that Leon would not be the lord of Greece, or an important minister of the Tang Kingdom.

"I'll tell the general, please take care of your Excellency in Athens." Without further ado, the messenger hurried away, and outside Contriano's mansion he was already aware of someone following him, presumably from the Greek Parliament.

Soon after the messenger left, the Athenian city defense army rushed into Contriano's mansion to search for evidence of the so-called intention to overthrow the parliament, and Chen Qingzhi's letter to Contriano was obviously the best proof, but to their disappointment, Chen Qingzhi only euphemistically explained that he didn't want to be misunderstood, so he decided to return to Tang with his troops, and felt very sorry for Contriano, so he revised the book to apologize, which greatly embarrassed several parliamentary representatives who came with the city defense army.

"No, I can't stay in Athens anymore." At night, Contriano summoned his two elder brothers, "Now that my father is still in the fleet, they dare not touch us, and when my father comes back to report on his work, they will definitely do something to us." Contriano said with a gloomy face.

"Okay, then let's find a way to leave Athens and go directly to our father, with my father's appeal, I think we can take more than half of the fleet, presumably King Wuwei will pay attention to us." Contriano's two brothers, who were not mediocre men, understood their current situation and decided to abandon their vast possessions in Athens and flee overnight.