Before the Arab Empire launched its largest war of conquest against the Arabian Peninsula, the second caliph 'Umar had already set his sights on the East. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 He was ambitious not only to burn the pagans of Western Europe on wooden frames, but also to include the Far East in his great empire.

"Even if you are far away in China, you should seek it." The words of the great sage Muhammad are still ringing in his ears, and 'Umar believed that with his incomparable strength, he would one day reach the ancient and mysterious East and eventually conquer it.

Three years earlier, Umar had quietly sent a group of men to the lands of the East. They traveled through mountains and rivers, through the vast desert, and fought with ruthless thieves, until when they finally reached the East, only a dozen men remained.

These people live in the West Market of Chang'an, pretending to be ordinary Hu people, but secretly collect information about the Tang Dynasty every day, buy and cultivate the rat gang through money, so that it has developed from an obscure small gang in Chang'an to one of the largest gangs in Chang'an. They secretly communicated with the envoys of various countries who came to Datang, and found people who could cooperate with them and confuse Datang together. Eventually, they found Mita Mita, the inugami of the Wa Kingdom.

Many ministers circulated the confessions, and they couldn't help but shed cold sweat behind their backs. Being infiltrated into the capital of their country by a powerful empire like this, once there is an invasion by foreign enemies, they should cooperate with the outside world, and it is refreshing to think about the result!

"Why are you messing up my Datang?" Li Shimin asked the orchid who was already soft below.

Hu Ji, who hadn't slept for three consecutive days, had bloodshot eyes and decadent spirits, and the whole person seemed to be more than ten years old, and replied weakly: "Of course, it's to stop the development of your Datang...... Your Datang has developed too fast, especially after the appearance of the Meridian Marquis, the entire Datang is like sitting in a carriage, running forward quickly. If this continues, if my lord wants to conquer the Tang Dynasty in the future, he will encounter great trouble! ”

Bai Qi suddenly shouted: "The Arab Empire believes in ****** religion, but the tattoo on your hand is a three-color flame, as far as I know, this is the symbol of Zoroastrianism!" Are you still lying? ”

Hu Ji laughed, her voice was like a terrible ghost in hell, she looked at the white chess with her eyes open, and said with a smile: "If you want to successfully deceive others, you must first successfully deceive yourself." If it weren't for the Zoroastrians, how could they survive in the Sassanid Empire, and how could they follow their caravan to the distant Tang Dynasty? ”

Bai Qi laughed, and finally figured out something: "It turns out that there is really your shadow in the dispute between the Roman Empire and the Sassanid Empire!" Hakimu is also a pawn that you have planted in Tuyuhun, so the remaining dozen or so people you said still seem to be a little dishonest! ”

When later generations looked at history, when the two major empires of Rome and Sassanid were at war, why didn't the powerful Arab Empire take the opportunity to send troops, even if the caliph wanted to conquer the peninsula at that time, but with his troops, he could fully cope with these two fronts. It turned out that it was his people who were making trouble, stirring up contradictions between the two empires and provoking wars through careful work, so that they could weaken each other's strength, and at the same time let them not have so much energy to defend themselves. Then it will be relatively easy to wait for the Arab Empire to complete the liquidation of its own peninsula and then go back and slowly clean up the two empires that have been declining.

Orchid didn't say anything more, just bit her lip and lowered her head, looking like she was being slaughtered.

White has reached this point where it is difficult to get useful information from the orchid, and perhaps even she herself does not know how many people the caliph has sent to the East. Fortunately, this time Datang is not facing those fanatical religious elements, and it can destroy them from the spiritual level, otherwise it is unknown whether or not they can get useful information and how much they can get.

Li Shimin ordered someone to take the orchid down, and then sent someone to move a large sand table map of the surrounding countries of the Tang Dynasty, including the Arabian Peninsula, to the main hall.

Bai Qi pointed to the map on the sand table, briefly explained the situation of the Arab Empire to Li Shimin and the ministers present, and then pinched his chin and thought about it carefully, in Persia, that is, the current Sassanid Empire and the Roman Empire, as well as the Arab Empire, each planted a flag of different colors.

"This is the Sassanid Empire, which is what we call Persia, and it is a feud with the Roman Empire, which has been fought for more than 400 years, and the two sides have fought and fought hundreds of times. Ten years earlier, Persia had directly threatened Constantinople, the capital of the Roman Empire, but failed. Then, in the War of Revenge eight years earlier, Heraclius, the king of the Roman Empire, personally led a large army and landed at sea in the port of Issos in Asia Minor by surprise and defeated the Persian army. Since then, the two countries have been at war. On the other side, the Arab Empires have always been on the sidelines, and I once wondered why their caliphs did not launch an army and take the opportunity to invade these two empires, but now I finally understand. The Arab Empire is waiting, waiting for the weakest strength of these two empires to sink these two big ships with one blow! ”

Li Jing pointed to Persia, which was very close to Longyou Dao on the map, and said worriedly: "Fengqu, you mean that if the Arab Empire attacks Persia, then it may be unfavorable to our Tang Dynasty?" ”

"It's not possible, it's certain! These spies of the Arab Empire who infiltrated my Tang Dynasty have already shown that they are preparing for war! White took a breath and said seriously.

Li Shimin measured it on the map, then turned his head and asked, "If there is a war now, what do you think is the chance of victory between the Tang Dynasty and them?" ”

Bai Qi thought for a moment, and finally said: "With the current strength of my Datang, against the current Arab Imperial army, put aside the factors of other countries around us, let's start five or five." ”

Everyone gasped, what white chess meant was that if there was an invasion by foreign enemies other than the Arab Empire, then the Tang army would be very likely to be defeated!

White remembers that more than 100 years later, when the Tang Dynasty was very powerful, fought with the armies of the Arab Empire in the Hengros region of Central Asia. A direct collision between the two largest empires of the East and the West in history ended in the victory of the Arab Empire.

Li Shimin looked at the map calmly, his face was unusually calm, and he couldn't see what he was thinking in his heart. The rest of the ministers and generals of the six ministries also looked at the several huge empires on this huge sand table, constantly digesting these news that they had never encountered and thought they would encounter, and for a while, the hall was silent. Even the palace maids and eunuchs who passed by outside deliberately walked far away, not daring to approach the hall where a huge storm was brewing.