The death of Princess Hera was not only a heavy blow to the crown prince Li Heng, because he had not even seen this wife in person, but also a very big blow to the Umayyad Dynasty of the Great Food Country, and after the death of Princess Hera, the imperial court immediately sent someone to notify the envoys of the Great Food Country to the Tang Dynasty. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In October of the eighth year of Tianbao, Marwan II, the Great Eclipse, finally got the news, which made his plan to use the Tang Dynasty as his last refuge in vain, but he still did not give up on maintaining a friendly attitude with the Tang Dynasty.

Soon after Zhao Ziliang led an army to escort Princess Hera away, and Posilin quickly led his army to sweep all the land in southern Iran, all the way to the coastal zone of the Persian Gulf, and then led the army to advance westward, and in just two months, Baghdad was captured.

Baghdad is located in the middle of the two river basins, with fertile land, abundant water and grass, convenient transportation, prosperous civilization and developed economy. The Abbasids also rushed from Mulu to Baghdad to preside over the overall situation.

Subsequently, the rebels marched in tandem with each other, pressing the Damascus army together, all the way in the south, all the way in the north, the Umayyad Dynasty had almost no elite soldiers to resist the rebels' westward advance, many people of insight could already foresee the demise of the Umayyad Dynasty, and the ministers had secretly communicated with the rebels, hoping that after the fall of the Umayyad Dynasty, they would still be able to maintain their glory and wealth.

At the end of October, Beiting received news from the undercover agents sent to the Great Food Country that the rebels had reached Aleppo in Syria and Amman in Jordan, almost one step away from Damascus.

At this time, Marwan II of the Umayyad dynasty also knew that the situation was extremely dangerous, and sent a large number of troops from the north and Egypt to defend the towns around Damascus, determined to fight the rebels to the end, and was in a desperate struggle.

On October 16, Wang Zhengjian, the envoy of Jiedu, convened officials and generals to discuss the matter, and informed Zhao Ziliang and others of the situation in the country of Great Food, and finally said: "It seems that the Umayyad Dynasty of the Great Food Country is only afraid that it will not last next year, once the rebels take power, the westernmost jurisdiction of our Beiting side is close to the sphere of influence of the Great Food Country, although we don't know what the national policy of the new Great Food Country will look like, but we have to prepare early, I don't know if you have any suggestions for this?" ”

The officials discussed this and expressed their opinions. Some people think that if there is a move now, it may arouse the resentment of the new Dai-Eclipse regime, but it will cause trouble, and it is better to wait and see what happens, which is a conservative opinion.

Some radical officials believe that this matter should take advantage of the main force of the rebels to move south, and our army should immediately send troops to attack the rear of the rebels of the Great Food Country, and end the nest of the rebels of the Great Food Country, so that the Great Food Rebels cannot take care of the end of the whole army, and together with the officials of the Great Food Country, they can encircle and suppress the Great Food Rebels, so as to not only help the Umayyad Dynasty, but also eliminate possible threats in the future.

The proposal to take the initiative to send troops to attack the Great Food Rebels was vetoed by Wang Zhengjian on the spot, and he said: "The maximum force that our army can use is 20,000 people, and if the surrounding barbarian forces are mobilized, we can make up about 40,000, but such a huge force mobilization is not possible without the permission of the imperial court, and it is impossible to raise so many large army of food and grass materials in a short period of time. Besides, even if the Great Food Rebels want to expand their power to the east after taking power, it is not us who will be the first to be impacted, but Anxi, Gao Xianzhi is a famous general with rich experience, he should have been prepared for this matter, I heard that the envoys of the Western Regions are being convened to discuss the preparation of expanding their power to the west! ”

When everyone heard Wang Zhengjian say this, they stopped talking.

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and said to Wang Zhengjian: "Dashuai is reasonable, whether it is objective or subjective conditions, we have no conditions to attack the forces of the Great Food Rebels now, first of all, we have to ask for the consent of the imperial court, this is not known how long it will take, so it is not realistic to take the initiative to attack the Great Food Rebels!" However, the last general believes that although we are not in a position to take action against the Great Food Rebels, we can encourage and support the barbarians under our control to cause trouble for the Great Food Rebels and delay their attack on the Great Food Rebels! ”

An official asked: "Dashuai, General Zhao, the lower officials don't understand, what does this matter of the Great Food Country have to do with us?" Their internal life and death are their own business, why should we intervene? It's not good for us to do this, so why should we be thankless? ”

Zhao Ziliang and Wang Zhengjian glanced at each other, Zhao Ziliang stared at the official and asked, "Lord Cai, I'm wondering, how did you get to this position?" There are all kinds of signs that the sect of the Great Food Rebels is more aggressive and brutal than the current Great Food Nation official, once this group of rebels is in power, it will definitely expand its power to the east and west, and it will inevitably infringe on the interests of our Datang, why should we watch this force sit big and be indifferent? Do you have to wait until the enemy is in front of you to know that you are afraid, that it is too late? Although there is a saying that it is not too late to make up for the lost sheep, but if the wolf eats all your sheep, there is a use in making up for a fart? ”

This official surnamed Cai was counted down by Zhao Ziliang like this, and he suddenly felt ashamed and red-faced, and the officials and generals next to him all laughed secretly when they saw this, and some couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Ahem!" Wang Zhengjian coughed twice and said: "General Zhao Ziliang is right, as a general and high-ranking official at the border gate, we can't just look at things in the present, but also see the future. As General Zhao said, we can't directly deal with the Great Food Rebels now, but we can encourage and support our barbarians to cause trouble for the Great Food Rebels! General Zhao, tell me what you think! ”

"Okay!" Zhao Ziliang agreed, and then said: "The entire Broken Leaf Water Basin and the lower basin of Yaozhishui all the way to the Aral Sea are under the jurisdiction of our dynasty, there are hundreds of tribes of all sizes living here, some have more than 1,000 soldiers, some have hundreds of horses, and the strength is different, this is closer to the position where the rebels of the Great Food Country are entrenched, we can provide support to these people, and at the same time issue orders to them to persuade them to go deep into the northern border of the Great Food Country to plunder, and all the money obtained belongs to them, not only do we not take a penny, It can also provide them with limited weapons and equipment, bows and arrows. Of course, in order to prevent them from taking things and not acting, we must send officials to these tribes as civilians to supervise their actions, and we will not spare those tribes who take our weapons and equipment and do not take action against the Great Food Rebels! I believe this will cause some trouble for the rebels and slow down their southward assault on Damascus! At the same time, we also have to write to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to allow us to send troops to attack the Great Food rebels! In addition, I think we can also make contact with the Anzai Prefecture and work together to develop a plan. Gao Xianzhi is a general with military strategy, and I believe that he can see that the effect of our two joining forces is definitely not as simple as one plus one! ”

Wang Zhengjian waited for Zhao Ziliang to finish speaking, and asked other officials and generals; "What do you think of General Zhao's suggestion?"

"Agreed!"

"Very good!"

"That's a good idea!"

Wang Zhengjian nodded and smiled: "Okay, since you all agree with General Zhao's suggestion, let's act in turn!" Lord Cai, you have once again written to the imperial court in the name of Ben Shuai, saying that the Great Food rebels are a great threat to my Beiting and Anxi, and I am sure that the imperial court will allow my Beiting to strike first! ”

"Yes!"

Wang Zhengjian said to an official surnamed Wang: "You send an official letter to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate in the name of the Metropolitan Protectorate, saying that you invite the Anxi side to send someone to discuss the matter of jointly dealing with the Dashi rebels!" In addition, I wrote a number of official letters calling on the leaders of the barbarian tribes in the west, so that they could obey the orders of my Beiting Protectorate, and often send small groups of men and horses to cross the border of the Great Food Country to plunder, and if conditions permit, they could also attack the other party's cities. These official documents were sent over by some officials of the Imperial Protectorate, each with an entourage of ten guards."

"The subordinate officer receives the order!"

At this time, Zhao Ziliang shouted to the court: "Take the Kanyu map!" ”

After a while, two strong men carried a bundle of rolled up long scrolls, this is a large map sewn from sheepskin, under the hands of two strong men and soldiers, this large map was hung on the wall, Zhao Ziliang got up and walked to the side and picked up a long stick to compare the position of the medicine killing water in a circle around the downstream and said: "Dashuai and colleagues, please look here, the closest force to the north where the rebels of the Great Food Country are entrenched is the Huoxun country of Zhaowu Jiu, Huoxunguo is also called Huathorn Zimo, it is far away from other countries with the surname Zhaowu Jiu, But there is still a tributary relationship with our dynasty, after our army defeated the Great Food Officer Army last year, the prestige shocked the Western Regions, and the Fire Xun Kingdom was attached to the Great Food Country at that time, worried that we would find trouble, so we also sent people to Chang'an to meet the emperor and ask for forgiveness. If we want to instigate the western tribes to go to the territory of the Great Food Rebels to make trouble, this Fire Seeking Country is the key, because it is right between the territory of the Great Food Country rebels and the territory of the western tribes, and it was under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate at that time, so this matter must also be communicated with the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, so that they can send officials to coordinate, or talk about the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate directly authorizing us, and we will send officials to the Fire Seeking Country ourselves, and try to persuade them to join the ranks of attacking the Great Food Rebels. I wonder what the marshal and your colleagues think? ”

Wang Zhengjian looked at the map for a long time before nodding; "Okay, since that's the case, then this matter will be negotiated after the Anxi side sends someone to come, General Zhao, what do you think?"

Zhao Ziliang hugged his fists and said: "The last general has no opinion!" (To be continued.) )