"Very good, I will send the governor of Khorasan to send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty!" The caliph finished, and then waved his hand!

The meaning is clear: go!

End of meeting!

That's it?

Seeing that he had done enough to prepare and organize his language, the caliph only spoke to him in two words, and then sent them away!

It can't be said that Harry is unreasonable, and even he knows the affairs of Datang very well!

The overland Silk Road transmitted enough information, and the sea ships of the big food merchants docked in a large number of Guangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and naturally brought more information back. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As a wise ruler, the caliph knew that there was a united, wealthy, and vast empire in the East, and that they did have the money, and that the benefits of defeating them were innumerable.

But! The caliphs understood better what it meant to be "united," that is, when war was waged against them, they could mobilize many, many people to resist.

Their upper echelons are unstable, and there are a lot of people below, and such enemies are the most headaches!

It is not appropriate to proceed at the moment, since the main forces of the Umayyad dynasty are attacking North Africa, and the army is attacking west along the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

The advantage of marching along the Mediterranean was that the army could easily be supplied by ships, which was far superior to land transportation, which is why the Umayyad dynasty had already conquered Afghanistan (which was only a green mountain away from the Tang Dynasty) in 664 AD, but did not advance eastward.

The Umayyad army was focused on North Africa, and the caliph did not want to go to war on both sides!

But he was not completely ignorant, he would order Khorasan to send troops to harass the Tang army, and the caliph thought that he had done a decent job.

He waved his hand to drive people away, his majesty could not be desecrated, the palace steward immediately stepped forward and made a gesture to retreat, and Shi Jianming could only retreat to the outside of the hall step by step!

With a pale face and heavy steps, Ishimi Ming retreated to the verandah of Hou Jian's room, and he was so sad that he couldn't bear it and cried!

He cried for the misfortune of his country!

He cried for his incompetence!

First I sobbed and choked, and then I burst into tears like a torrential rain, crying heartbreakingly, extremely miserable!

People come and go in this area, and people in the past look sideways.

At this moment, someone reached his side and asked, "What are you crying for?" ”

The person who spoke was a very spirited old man, richly dressed and personable.

What he said Ishimi didn't understand, but fortunately Malid could understand it, and he said very alertly: "He's crying that the Umayyad Kingdom will soon fall into war!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" The old man asked with a glare.

"The Tang Dynasty is about to defeat the Zhaowu Kingdoms, they will attack Khorasan, then attack Deriland, and finally Damascus!" Mallid shrugged.

"The Tang Dynasty is about to conquer the Zhaowu Kingdoms?" The old man asked with shiny eyes.

"Yes, they are almost finished, and the next place is Khorasan!" Malid showed the map to the old man, indicating where the Don army was attacking!

The old man's eyes shone brighter

Then Malid quoted an idiom from the Tang Dynasty and said: "If the lips are gone, the teeth will feel cold, and when the Tang people conquer the Zhaowu Kingdoms, they will naturally plunge Khorasan into blood and fire!" ”

The old man beckoned, "Come with me!" ”

Without hesitation, Malid helped Iwami to follow the old man, he strode forward, his pace was fast, Malid and Iwami almost didn't catch up, and they were about to run.

When they went back to the caliph, the old man took them through the guard post without any communication, and the sentry's greeting to the old man let Malid know who he was: Vizir Netu of the Umayyad Kingdom!

Veil, the prime minister of the dynasty!

The caliph was receiving another group of men, but when he saw that his vizir Netu had returned with two envoys, he quickly sent them away.

The sentence sent by Netu was: "Supreme Caliph, war with the Tang Dynasty is inevitable, and we can't let the war break out in our country!" ”

And the caliph thought for a while, and replied: "Mobilize the troops east of Damascus and attack the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"Yes!" Neto bowed and said, then turned and waved at Iwami and Malied, who didn't have to say a word and withdrew again.

However, the mood was completely different, and the peaks turned around, and Iwami almost wanted to roar loudly!

Tang Jun, you wait!

……

The Umayyad kingdom was very efficient, and the chamberlain immediately led them to the generals.

Ishimi recounted the situation of the Tang army: "100,000 infantry and 100,000 cavalry (the Tang army briefly besieged the capital of Kangguo), perhaps more, their weapons were swords, guns, bows and arrows, and siege with shields and trebuchets. ”

His description of the trebuchet caught the attention of the generals, who asked again and again.

However, Iwami had spoken about it once, and he had to say it again, because the edict in the palace had been officially issued, and another vizier Kalkin had been sent to preside over the war in the east, after all, there were many troops to be mobilized, and it was more appropriate for a central official to command them.

……

Kalkin was probably in his forties and full of energy, and after he learned about the situation of the Tang army in detail, especially when he heard that the Tang army's infantry had complete siege equipment, was good at siege cities, and had many cavalry, and liked to harass and fight, making the Zhaowu countries restless, he nodded and said: "Netu's decision is right!" ”

My family knows their own affairs, don't look at the vast territory of the Umayyad Kingdom, but many of the conquered places are backward tribes, they have no fortified cities, once the Tang army invades, the stronghold is easy to be captured, the population will soon be plundered, this battle can not be fought at all.

Preemptively strike and fight outside the territory!

Then the order was issued, and he requisitioned troops from all over the east of Damascus and prepared them for battle.

There are 100,000 cavalry and 150,000 infantry!

Iwami and Malid were also incorporated into the army, serving as counselors under Culkin's account, and advising the Great Food Army.

Ishimi was overjoyed and determined to be a good leader party.

However, when he arrived at Mulu with the leading general Abaz, he couldn't help but frown into knots as he watched the troops arriving one after another.

Of course, the Persians in the army have a deep military history, and their spirit is very good, and their equipment is also good. More were conscripted tribal cavalry, all their possessions were a horse, with poor swords and bows, few heavy weapons, and poor men and horses!

In general, half of the life of a cavalryman is on horses, and it is easy to raise horses, and it is enough to give them grass and drink river water on the road.

If you raise a horse like this, you will never be able to raise a good horse! Especially not raising war horses!

If you want the horses to be energetic, you have to let them eat more beans and chew food!

The beans are nutritious and oily, and the horses can get fat and run fast after eating.

Shi Jianming has seen that the best horse breeder is the Tang Army, they have no distinction between the regular army and the tribal army, everyone is allocated a bean bag, and often takes beans or bean cakes for the horses to eat. There is no comparison and no opinion, and only then did Shi Jianming realize how powerful the logistics of the Tang Army were! Able to transport large quantities of beans to the front. I also saw how rich Tang Jun was and how much he could have beans.

But this was the case with the two armies, so Iwami explained the situation on both sides to Abaz, and at the same time offered a strategy to deal with the Tang cavalry.