After taking the city of Tabuk without bloodshed, Xia Hongsheng began to send envoys to the surrounding Arab tribes. The voluntary surrender of Tabuk City made Xia Hongsheng see another possibility.

Originally, Xia Hongsheng never thought that they would take the initiative to surrender. Now that I think about it, it was the very extreme impression of the Middle East that later generations had on these Muslim countries that brought this time and space.

Now think about it, the reason why those Muslims in later generations were so extreme, so pious and stern was because of the development of Islam over a thousand years. And now? In fact, Islam was not born for a long time.

Now it is the twelfth year of Zhenguan, which is counted as the A.D. in the later generations, and it should be 638 A.D. Muhammad seems to have died in 632 AD. It has only been six years since Muhammad died, that is, only thirty or forty years after the revival of Islam.

Thirty or forty years is not enough time for a religion to become entrenched.

That is to say, although the current Great Food has become an Islamic country, it is only in the initial stage of the Islamic country. The tribes that had been forced to join Medina for fear of the Medina army and had promised to embrace Islam had not yet been completely assimilated.

A considerable number of Arab tribes, initially because Muhammad's regime was the most powerful in the Arabian Peninsula, formed their allies out of fear and accepted Islam. These tribes may not be so religious.

In particular, the old aristocracy, who hated Muslims and persecuted Muhammad, were defeated by the Islamic regime he founded. If you can contact the families of these old nobles, maybe they will play an unexpected role.

Tabuk is a big city, which can be described as the existence of the center of the region, and Xia Hongsheng also has the intention to implement a gentle policy here, so that the surrounding people can see it.

So after the Tang army entered the city of Tabuk, it became more restrictive. He also released grain to the people in the city, and the great food country was full of deserts, and there was a shortage of food, and the people were even poorer. Although Tabuk is a large oasis, the arable land is limited, and the act of distributing food has made the Tang army praised a lot.

Xia Hongsheng treated the people preferentially, cracked down on bullies, wooed the aristocracy, and immediately began to build mosques for Muslims to perform Hajj.

A series of actions made the attitude of the people of Tabuk City towards the Tang Army have changed greatly.

It also made some of the surrounding people start to run to Tabuk City.

The situation is getting better.

Another batch of logistics materials and the arrival of reinforcements are the icing on the cake, making Xia Hongsheng more confident in winning the big food.

"Counting this batch of reinforcements, we now have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses!" Su Dingfang was very happy, and said with a smile in the camp tent: "With the newly shipped firearms and ammunition, even if he eats three or five hundred thousand people, he is not afraid." ”

"500,000 is unlikely, but 300,000 do." Xia Hongsheng said: "According to the news from the south, Dashi has gathered a total of more than 600,000 troops. I thought that this was already the limit of the Great Eclipse, and that any more troops on the east and west would not be enough to deal with Persia and Eastern Rome. If these 600,000 men remain in the south, then the north will surely be occupied by us, and the south will be the worst we can do but withdraw to the sea. The same is true of the north, if all 600,000 men return to the north, then the south must be occupied by us, and at worst we will return to the Red Sea. In any case, the North and the South will eventually give up half of it. And I guess that in the south and in the north, Umar will not be willing to lose, so it is very likely that he will divide his forces, half of them will return to Uttar to meet us, and half will stay in the south and counterattack our people who remain in the south. ”

"Now we are not a field war, whether it is north or south, we are defending the city. With all kinds of firearms, it shouldn't be too difficult to defend the city. Su Dingfang thought for a while and said, "It's just that the city wall of his mother's big food is not well repaired and not strong enough." It's not as good as the original Goguryeo city wall. ”

"Changshi asks to see the chief manager!" Suddenly there was a shout outside.

"Enter." Xia Hongsheng said outside the tent.

A military chief came in from outside and said: "The chief manager of Qiyu, there are a few merchants who want to ask to see the chief manager, they look very strange, and their words are indistinct, and their faces do not look like a big cannibal. He found some merchants from the city, only to know that they were the Great Qin people in the west of Dashi. ”

"Great Qin people?" Xia Hongsheng frowned: "Why did the merchants of Eastern Rome come here?" ”

"Xu wants to exchange his belongings for asylum." Su Dingfang said: "We occupied the south before, and some merchants from other countries came to the door and wanted to give gifts in exchange for shelter, so that they could continue to do business there. ”

"Tabuk is not a business...... Let them in. Xia Hongsheng said: "Let the merchants who can understand the Daqin dialect also come in." ”

After a short time, Changshi brought in a few people, and after entering, it looked like a few big cannibals at first glance, but when he untied his turban and pulled off his veil, it was different.

One of the Eastern Romans stepped forward and said a lot to Xia Hongsheng. A merchant next to him hurriedly translated, but the Eastern Roman said: "I am the envoy of the Eastern Roman Emperor, and I have come here to meet the general for Sinai's business." ”

"Sinai?" Xia Hongsheng's eyes narrowed, and he said with a smile: "This place will know that some time ago, this general took it from the hands of the big cannibal. ”

"Sinai is not the land of the Great Cannibals, it is the territory of the Empire." The man who claimed to be an emissary from Eastern Rome said to Xia Hongsheng: "We hope that the general will be able to return Sinai to us." ”

"Return?" Xia Hongsheng's face was stunned, as if he had heard something surprising, and said, "This...... How can I return it? What did I do in Eastern Rome where I took it from the Great Eater? ”

"Sinai is the territory of the Empire, and we want the General to return Sinai to the Empire." The man said.

"You don't know what kind of truth you are saying. I have nothing to do with the Eastern Romans. I took Sinai from the Great Cannibal, and even if I want to return it, I have to return it to the Great Cannibal. ”

"No, no, no, Sinai is the ...... of our Eastern Roman Empire," the man said, waving his hand.

"Your envoy is too self-righteous to speak." Xia Hongsheng interrupted him and said: "The land that my Tang soldiers have worked so hard to take from the hands of the Great Cannibals, you have no evidence, just say that it belongs to your Eastern Romans, you want to leave, where is it so easy?" According to what you say, then I also said that Byzantium was originally the land of my Tang Dynasty, and your Eastern Roman Dynasty returned it to the Tang Dynasty - why did the Eastern Roman Emperor send you, could it be that your Eastern Roman Emperor thought that my Tang Dynasty was so easy to deceive, and as soon as he reached out to me, the Tang Dynasty would give you the land? ”

"If you don't return Sinai, the Empire will make you pay." The man stared at Xia Hongsheng and said.

"It's still the same sentence, Sinai was taken from the hands of Da Shi by my Tang Dynasty, what are you doing in Eastern Rome?" Xia Hongsheng smiled and said.

"Sinai is the territory of the Empire, but it has been occupied by the Great Cannibals......"

"My own land, my own family has no ability to guard it well, it was taken away, and I don't have the ability to take it back, but now I still have the face to ask Datang for land?" Su Dingfang glared at the man viciously: "Get out!" If you say a few more words, Lao Tzu will kill you! ”

Those people stared at Xia Hongsheng for a while, then turned around and left.

Xia Hongsheng frowned, feeling a little strange.

(PS: Chapter 1215 was actually blocked...... Shi Shi is capitalized! If you look closely, there's nothing sensitive.,Is it because the big food mentioned a certain religion? That's just a name! ）