Before that, Saudi Arabia had hardly had any dealings with Lanfang. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

What Lanfang's threat of war means to the Saudis, Abdul Aziz is not sure what Abdul Aziz is likely to do.

In fact, although the Syrian-Iraq war has nothing to do with Saudi Arabia, the Saudis have benefited a lot from this war, and the main dividend is population.

Before the Syrian-Iraq war, Syria had a population of less than one million, Iraq was better, about 1.6 million, Saudi Arabia and Yemen were about the same, both were close to 1.5 million people, these are the most populous countries in the Middle East, others are similar to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, they do not have the concept of a country, if you look at the division of national boundaries in the 21st century, the population of these countries together is about 10,000 people.

Compared with the densely populated Asian continent and the European continent, it can really be called "vast and sparsely populated", and the population density is about the same as that of Australia.

After the start of the Syrian-Iraq war, both Syria and Iraq became war zones, and a large number of residents fled to Saudi Arabia, which was relatively politically stable, and this situation intensified after Lanfang joined the war.

For the influx of Syrians and Iraqis, of course, Saudi Arabia is happy to accept, this year's population represents the country's strength, especially in the Middle East, strictly speaking, they all come from the Ottoman Empire, and they are all Persians, and they really don't integrate too quickly.

With a population of more than two million, Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the entire Middle East and has the largest war potential in the region, which may be where Abdul Aziz is emboldened.

Of course, the greater confidence comes from the UK.

Middle Easterners may still remember the fact that the British defeated the Ottoman Empire in the world war, so this thigh hugging still makes Middle Easterners feel very sure.

All the reasons combined, so that Abdul Aziz ignored Qin Haoge's threat of war, and even after Qin Haoge issued a threat of war, Abdul Aziz sent a cavalry division in the direction of Aral to form a real threat to the rear of Qin Haoge's troops, and used this to respond to Qin Haoge.

Al Al is located 350 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, which sounds like a long distance, and it is mostly desert from Al Al to Baghdad, but the Saudi cavalry is equipped with camels, for these "Mamluk", the desert is the terrain they are most accustomed to, and it will not bother them too much.

In the face of the stubborn Saudis, Qin Haoge did not talk nonsense, in order to prevent the sneak attack of the Saudis, Qin Haoge personally sat in Baghdad and handed over the direction of Basra to Huang Li, the "butcher".

That's right, Huang Li is the most famous "butcher" in Lan Fang's army, perhaps the original "Tianjin Port Incident" had too much impact on Huang Li, Huang Li's temperament changed greatly after the "Tianjin Port Incident", in the process of Lan Fang's campaign, Huang Li's attitude towards the enemy was the bloodiest, this bloodshed reached its peak in the Madagascar period, and finally won the nickname "Butcher" for Huang Li.

In fact, Huang Li is not the only "butcher" in Lanfang, Chen Kangjian, who once covered the sky in the northern Xinjiang region, Xie Rundong, who once bombed Keelung, Lushun, and Tokyo Bay into a sea of fire in Lanfang's war against Japan, Liu Zizheng, who once stayed in Goryeo for two years and successfully reduced the Korean people by one-third, etc., these people can be called "butchers", but only Huang Li officially won this title.

With Huang Li in Basra, it is estimated that Angus Wollaston does not have a good life.

Qin Haoge, who stayed in Baghdad, was not idle, and while mobilizing troops to strengthen the defense, Qin Haoge also used Qin Mu to find other channels to counterattack Abdul Aziz.

Such a channel is really not difficult to find, especially in the current situation that Saudi Arabia is in a civil war, even if Qin Haoge does not take the initiative, the opportunity will be sent to the door.

In mid-May, Qin Haoge's headquarters in Baghdad won a special guest.

Faris Rashid is one of the heirs of the Rashid family, the Rashid family used to be one of the most powerful families in Saudi Arabia, but now it is no longer brilliant, after the rise of the Aziz family twenty years ago, the Rashid family is under the pressure of the Aziz family, and now the family power has been compressed to a corner of the Hejaz, if there is no external force to intervene, then at most it will be a year or two of effort, and the Rashid family will cease to exist.

Before Lan Fang set foot in the Middle East, the Rashid family had been trying to get in touch with the British, gain British support, and regain their lost glory.

In the face of the Rashid family's pleas, the British did not show much concern.

For the British, whether it is the Aziz family or the Rashid family, they mean the same to the British, just a puppet, under the premise that the Aziz family has gained absolute superiority in Saudi Arabia, there is no need for the British to support the Rashid family, even if the Rashid family swears to be loyal to the British king forever.

The British have never lacked "loyalty", and "loyalty" in these years has no meaning, as long as the British Empire has always been strong, all the British colonial people are loyal.

After Lan Fang got involved in the Syrian-Iraq war, the Rashid family did not pay attention to Lan Fang at the beginning, after all, a mercenary army is not worthy of attention.

However, when Qin Haoge invaded Iraq with his army, this situation was fundamentally changed.

Seemingly overnight, the Rashid family saw the true combat effectiveness of the Lan Fang army, so Faris Rashid went to Hasakah at the end of April to get in touch with the Lan Fang army.

At the end of April, Qin Haoge was waiting to invade Iraq, and he didn't have time to deal with Faris Rashid, so Faris Rashid didn't get the opportunity to meet Qin Haoge.

Faris Rashid was not discouraged, before finding Lan Fang, the Rashid family begged the British, the French, and even the Turks, but the Rashid family did not have any response from the goods, as if the whole world had abandoned the Rashid family.

Lan Fang is the last hope of the Rashid family, and Faris Rashid will not give up no matter what.

From Hasakah to Sinjar, Mosul, and then to Baghdad, Lan Fang's army was overwhelming, which strengthened Faris Rashid's belief in getting in touch with Lan Fang.

After Abdul Aziz got involved in the Syrian-Iraqi war, Faris Rashid finally found an opportunity.

When he met Qin Haoge, Faris Rashid abandoned the traditional Persian robe and chose a set of military clothing produced by "Hunter's Costume" to increase Qin Haoge's favor with Faris Rashid.

This hand really worked, Qin Haoge didn't have much arrogance when he saw Faris Rashid, and even took the initiative to stretch out his hand to show kindness.

Faris Rashid did not shake hands with Qin Haoge, but took a few steps and knelt on the ground and kissed Qin Haoge's shoes.

This caught Qin Haoge a little off guard.

"Sir—good evening." Faris Rashid greeted him in unfamiliar Chinese.

In order to be able to communicate with the Lanfang people, Faris Rashid still made a lot of efforts, Chinese is one of the languages that must be learned, Chinese etiquette must also be paid attention to, the first meeting is generally to give gifts, Faris Rashid prepared gifts are also very symbolic, a cultural relic that only exists in the Chinese world - tiger charm.

Tiger talisman, in the Chinese world is very symbolic, tiger talisman is the ancient Chinese emperor to send troops with the military talisman, with bronze or gold made into the shape of the tiger token, split into two halves, half of which to the general, the other half by the emperor to keep, only two pieces of tiger talisman at the same time combined use, the holder of the talisman can obtain the right to transfer troops.

The gift prepared by Faris Rashid was not a tiger charm, but a complete one.

Qin Haoge was a little absent-minded when he held the tiger talisman: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Prince Farris, please forgive me for being busy during this time, you know, there are too many things." ”

"Sir, I'm grateful that you can take time out of your busy schedule to meet me." Faris Rashid sat halfway in his chair, his respectful body language on point.

"Let's get down to business, you should know that your king is not very friendly to us Lan Fang, what do you think about this?" Qin Haoge is indeed busy, and he doesn't have much time to talk about Faris Rashid.

Lanfang is still not quite the same as the Republic of China, especially the Lanfang people who have lived in Europe, they don't like the clouds and mountains when they speak, and they are confused.

"No, no, sir, I want you to make one thing clear, Abdul Aziz is definitely not the king of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz is a traitor to Saudi Arabia, a sinner of Saudi Arabia, and his actions have hurt the interests of Lan Fang and Saudi Arabia, so Abdul Aziz is not qualified to represent Saudi Arabia, and everyone in the entire Aziz family should be beheaded." Speaking of the Aziz family, Faris Rashid was filled with righteous indignation.

"Beheading" was a common form of death in the Persian world, not with a large knife, but with a small knife little by little.

Although the way of beheading is a bit cruel, this attitude is exactly what Qin Haoge needs, so Qin Haoge's tone was immediately affectionate: "Since Abdul Aziz cannot represent Saudi Arabia, then his rule should be overthrown, and we Lanfang can help your Rashid family." ”

This is really a send-off, Faris Rashid has felt the ruthlessness of France, Britain, and Turkey, and has felt the cold reception he received here in Lanfang some time ago, before meeting Qin Haoge, Faris Rashid had imagined that Lanfang would help the Rashid family, but he didn't expect happiness to come so quickly.

"Sir, thank you for your generosity, thank you for your help, thank you for your charity-" Faris Rashid was incoherent, hugging Qin Haoge's feet and kissing them.