Kufa, the palace of the black-clothed Great Food King.

Abu Abbas was rescued by his brother al-Mansur and several eunuchs (eunuchs were not unique to China, as there were eunuchs in Eastern Rome at the time).

The black-clothed caliph, who has been on the throne for less than two years, is not yet thirty years old, but his body is very weak. Not long ago, he was seriously ill and knew that he would not live long, so at the beginning of his reign he appointed Mansour as his heir.

The Abbasid Dynasty was founded in black, and it had not yet begun to stabilize, and various problems could not arise, which can be said to be internal and external troubles. The empire was full of internal contradictions, and the Abbasids overthrew the white food with the help of the Shiites, and when they came to power, they began to gradually turn to the Sunnis in order to stabilize their power.

This immediately provoked a Shiite backlash, as was the Shiite rebellion in the city of Shariq in the riverside city of Bukhara last year.

On the other hand, the presence of Sadiq, an orthodox descendant of the Ali sect and a famous scholar with high prestige, has always made the Abbasid brothers, who are inferior in origin and prestige to him, like a man. At the same time, the radical Hawariji faction within the empire continued to rebel in various places, and the empire was now extremely unstable.

The external situation of the empire is also not optimistic, the two sons of the last caliph of the white coat and his henchmen fled to Ethiopia, and they have not been eliminated until now, and the war on the Egyptian side has not ended; The Byzantine Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantine V, took advantage of the opportunity of the alternation of the old and the new in white and black, and the civil strife continued, and sent troops to occupy a large amount of land in northern Syria.

All this alone has left Abu Abbasid exhausted and exhausted by his life in the affairs of the state. It was for these reasons that he was both wary of the black-clothed king of the East and Posilin, and had to rely on him to maintain the stability of the empire.

By far the main military force of the Black Eaters had been the Khorasan religious warriors recruited and trained by the Posirin. The Caliphate's guards were all made up of these Khorasan Persians, and most of the black-clad officials at all levels were Khorasan Persians.

Abu Abbas, who was born in the Arabs, was also quite worried about this situation, and considered waiting for the political situation to stabilize and slowly weaken the power of the Persians. conAd1(); In particular, he has a vague tendency to become self-reliant, and has been listed by the two brothers Abu Abbas-Mansour as the number one dangerous person who must be cut off.

However, hearing the news that he had been completely annihilated by the Tang Dynasty army made Abu Abbas anxious.

He needs to use up a little bit of Posilin's strength, but not all of them will be wiped out! In this battle, not only did he lose the river, but now he could not even save Khorasan. The commander of the Tang Army, named Gao Xianzhi, has already spoken openly that he wants to fight all the way to Mulu City and kill all the Khorasan soldiers and their families!

God knows what unimaginable tragedy will happen if the Tang army is really allowed to defeat Mulu, and the Abbasid Dynasty will collapse and overthrow in an instant. Not to mention anything else, most of their relatives are in Mulu. When the time comes, these soldiers will go crazy because of the loss of their loved ones, and themselves, Mansur, and the entire Abbasid family will be wiped out!

On the other hand, the defeat in the river and Khorasan will also make the Black Food lose enough deterrence against the opposition below, and more seriously, the crisis of confidence in the Abbasids' ruling empire.

Therefore, if you don't want to die and be annihilated, Khorasan must not be lost, Mulu City must not be defeated by the Tang army, and even Hezhong must be taken back from the Anxi army.

Thinking of this, Abu Abbas, despite his physical discomfort, forged his spirits, sat up with the support of several eunuchs, and looked at the messengers who were kneeling on the ground.

"He has 40,000 Khorasan religious warriors, 5,000 Syrian elite soldiers, and can also mobilize 50,000 cannibal militias, plus the temporary conscription of Maiwali and mercenaries, how can he be completely defeated all at once?" He gasped for breath: "If any of you know the detailed process, I'll listen." ”

One of the several messengers who knelt down below and came to report for help was none other than Yuan En, the prince of Shiwang, this guy was simply an unkillable Xiaoqiang. At the beginning, Gao Xianzhi lured all the nobles of the vice king of the stone kingdom to the family, and he ran away by ghost; In this battle of Talas, the more than 60,000 troops of the Great Food Army were almost wiped out, and more than 1,000 remnants were pursued and intercepted by the Anxi coalition army. conAd2();

He fled all the way, and when he arrived at Mulu and was sent by Ji Posilin to Kufa for help, he was tired and angry to death. He cried out loud and said, "It was the Anxi army that produced a demon who could use witchcraft, and Posilin was defeated. ”

"Hex?"

"Yes, that person's name is Xiao Quai, he is simply not human, he can shoot a nine-stone treasure bow and shoot five or six hundred steps away...... He rode alone into battle, wounded more than 100 places, and his blood was about to be drained...... A loud thunderous noise suddenly appeared, and the fire was dazzling...... That Xiao Qu was sick and appeared on the battlefield alive, and it was he who killed General Ziyad with an arrow...... In this way, the three of them pursued all the way and the Emir of Posilin did not stop until the Wuhu River. ”

"You're telling the truth, not an excuse to get away with it?" Mansour, next to Abu Abbas, was skeptical.

"What the little slave said is true, the caliph thinks, if it weren't for this, how could our army of more than 100,000 be wiped out by the 30,000 allied forces of Anxi? They are about to testify! ”

The two soldiers who had participated in the battle of Talas repeatedly said yes, and Abu Abbasid was silent for a long time before he said: "In my opinion, this is not some demon or witchcraft. It's just that now Anthy has a weapon more powerful than Greek fire, and there is such a peerless general, it's really ...... Go down, and don't speak of it. ”

After several guards and a eunuch took them down to take care of them, Abu Abbasid turned to his brother: "Djerfar, we must send troops to support Mulu, otherwise the Abbasids will be finished." ”

"However, even Posirin was defeated...... al-Mansur was only the honorific title he gave himself after he became caliph, and his real name was Abu Djalfar-al-Abbas.

"What can I do? Give up the wooden deer? In the unlikely event that Mulu falls, you know what the Caliphate Guard will do! And those in the opposition! ”

"How many soldiers should I take with me? Do you want to transfer troops from Abdullah, the royal uncle of Syria? ”

"I'm afraid it's too late. Now the only troops that can be mobilized are 20,000 Khorasan warriors, plus 20,000 Arab militias, and I will transfer 5,000 from the Caliphate Guard to you. conAd3(); With 45,000 troops, plus Mulu's existing more than 10,000 troops, it should be no problem to defend the city. ”

Abu Abbas's brain was excessive, and he said so many words in one breath, at this time he was almost out of breath, his face was pale, his whole body was sweating, and he rested for a while before he continued: "As long as you don't go out of the city, Mulu City is strong, and the Anxi army has no choice. They are tired from long battles, and it is easy for us to find opportunities to take advantage of. He paused and continued: "Just like the battle of the trench more than a hundred years ago, and more than a year ago, we defeated the main force of the white-clothed Great Food at the Great Sab River. This time too, there will be miracles, and the glory and power of Hu Da will be with you! Bless Hu Da! ”

"Great blessing Hu, I will defeat them and bring that Xiao Quai's head to His Majesty the Caliph!"

“…… It was decided that 5,000 troops should be garrisoned in the river, and the garrison would be built in Samad! In the city of Samad, which was almost 4,000 miles away from Kufa, as soon as Gao Xianzhi's words were finished, the entire conference room suddenly became silent. Many kings and Ye Hu were a little stunned, making eye contact with each other, wanting to ask but not daring to ask.

"If you have a question, just ask!"

The kings Ye Hu hesitated for a long time, and under the signal of many people's eyes, Tocharian Ye Hu stood up and respectfully saluted Gao Xianzhi and the others: "There are two questions, is it less to defend against the Great Food and only garrison 5,000 troops?" Also, since there is a garrison, do we have to pay taxes to the imperial court? ”

Gao Xianzhi nodded, motioned for him to sit down, and said with a smile: "These two questions are good at Tochar Luo Ye Hu!" Answer the first question first. If the 5,000 Anxi Army alone guards such a large area and defends against the hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops that may be eaten in the future, of course, it is not enough! ”

"So, first of all, you also have to take responsibility and defend against the Great Eclipse together. Your respective armies are still under your own command, but you must obey the unified deployment and command of the Anxi town guards when fighting. And in view of the lack of training and low combat effectiveness of your army, each of your countries must send at least a hundred officers to the Anxi town guard for training;

In the second aspect, the 5,000 garrisons are only temporary, and it will be announced that His Majesty will station more troops in the river in the future. But you don't have to worry that the 5,000 troops are not enough now, this time I will lead troops to Mulu, if you want, you can go together...... The first battle wiped out the main force of Khorasan and even the entire black-clothed food. A certain dare to guarantee that after this war, he will not dare to take the land in the river within ten years of keeping the black-clothed food. ”

Gao Xianzhi has already said twice that he will fight Mulu, destroy the Khorasan army and capture him alive. If most of them didn't think so in the past, Mulu was the lair of the Khorasan people, and the place where the black-clothed food rose, how could it be so easy to fight? However, with the previous results, most people still can't help but believe that Gao Xianzhi may really be able to do it.

I'm really curious about what method Gao Xianzhi will use to tactically capture Mulu? Unlike the previous time, this time almost all the kings expressed their willingness to take their troops with them.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Gao Xianzhi spoke again: "Regarding the second question, I want to let the second brother of XX, Anxi Beijiang, Hou Xiao of Shouchang County of the Tang Dynasty go to the sick to answer." ”

"Soshyan, he's still our Soshyan!" Led by King Kangguo, several kings of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu who had seen Xiao Quai's illness began to talk in a whisper.

Soshyan is the meaning of the savior, and the other kings and Ye Hu, who don't know the truth, were a little stunned when they heard their discussions, what kind of person can afford the title of savior.

At this time, he saw Gao Xianzhi beside him with a handsome face, a thin body, and a weak and weak man, standing up, glanced around at everyone, bowed, and said with a smile: "I know what you guys are thinking?" You must want us not to pay you a single silver coin, as we did before. Even if you send someone to Chang'an to pay tribute, you can get a reward of double the value of the tribute, right? ”

All the kings, Ye Hu, looked at Xiao Quai, and they didn't say anything in their mouths, but they were all saying in their hearts: "That's right, that's it, we all think like this." ”

Xiao Quzhi looked at their expressions and continued: "However, you should understand a truth, there is no free lunch in the world, and no one can get something for nothing. If you want to pay a single silver coin to the imperial court as before, then it is fine, and the Anxi army will not protect you from being attacked and plundered by the great cannibals.

Think about it, before the Anxi army drove away the big cannibals, you not only had to pay heavy taxes, but also had to bear everything that the big cannibals had, your land, houses, everything was robbed by the big cannibals. Your treasury has been plundered again and again by great cancellation, and your life is not guaranteed in any way, even your local nobles are no better than a dog in front of ordinary Arab soldiers; Even your faith will be destroyed...... I'm not wrong!

Here, I would like to assure you of a few things: first, Datang will not interfere in your internal affairs; Second, Datang will not plunder anything from you; Third, Datang will also protect the safety of life and property of all those who support and love Datang, as well as freedom; Fourth, the Tang Dynasty does not interfere with your freedom of belief, and can even carry forward Zoroastrianism for you and recast the idol of your main god, Ahura Mazda. But you must keep in mind that you must not preach to the Anxi Army, because we also have our teachings; Fifth, Datang can guarantee that no matter whether you are a Han Chinese, a native of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu, a Turkic, or a Persian, no matter what your color or beliefs are, as long as his identity is a free man, he supports Datang and loves Datang, we will treat everyone equally; Sixth, if there is a dispute between your countries, you can also come to the Anxi town guard to mediate and adjudicate. We will act impartially and without partiality. ”

Xiao Quzhi stopped, looking at everyone's reactions, this amount of information is a bit large, and he has to let his mother digest it slowly. After a while, he continued: "I can guarantee that in the future, your life will be ten or a hundred times better than if it was occupied by the Great Eclipse before. But in business, if you get something, you must pay it. The first thing you have to pay is loyalty, support, and love for Datang; The second is to pay taxes! ”

"How much do you have to pay?"

"I discussed it with Zhongcheng, and it was initially set at one-twentieth of the income. If they are destitute or have been affected by disasters, the Anxi Army still has corresponding assistance. ”

One in the twentieth, the kings and Ye Hu took a breath, thinking to themselves, it was not unacceptable. Although it is not as unsupplied as before, it is not necessary to sell a single silver coin, but it is more plundered at will than when it was occupied by the Great Eclipse and occupied by the Turgish. Ten out of ten and seventy or eighty percent will be snatched away by them, and this twentieth is simply like not coming out. After figuring out this layer, these kings and Ye Hu all nodded in agreement.

It's just that there are still many kings and Ye Hu who can't help but think in their hearts, the Tang Dynasty has always not charged a penny of tax to all the vassal states, vassals, or the people (except merchants) of the non-Han household under its rule, why has it suddenly become smart now?

At this time, Xiao Quzhi beckoned to the Persian girl and the Persian old man behind him, and the two walked to the front, and the girl took off her veil, revealing a delicate and beautiful face.

"Ahura Mazda blesses, the Holy Maiden of Liqis! The sixty-third Zoroastrian saint of Sassanid Persia! Tocharian Yehu couldn't help but exclaim, "Weren't you captured by Ji Bosilin?" I thought you were dead. ”

The Persian government-in-exile operated mainly in southern Tocharian and eastern Khorasan, and many years ago, Grandpa Ligis's grandfather had restored part of the country with the help of Tocharian Yehu. However, later the Great Eclipse came, and Tocharian was also occupied by the Great Eclipse, and the activities of the "King of Persia" were forced to go underground. Only their Zoroastrian saints sometimes preach openly and carry out religious activities, and Tocharian Yehu also tries to take care of them. Otherwise, under the oppression of the Great Food, Liqisi, his grandfather and the thousands of followers would have been captured and killed long ago.

"Thank you Ye Hu for taking care of me before." Liqisi saluted him, glanced at the other kings and Ye Hu, and said, "This is my grandfather, the Persian Governor's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty, the third generation of the Persian King Pushang." ”

Puzan also bowed to the people with Zoroastrian etiquette, and then stopped speaking. Those kings and Ye Hu also looked at each other, not knowing what Xiao Quzhi wanted to do.

Xiao Quzhi said with a smile: "There is a third thing, I have discussed with Zhongcheng, and I am ready to play His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven and help the King of Persia restore the kingdom in Khorasan." Sassanid Persia is no longer as large a territory as it is, and I plan to help the Persian king gain a foothold in northeastern Khorasan first, and then march forward until he gains the whole of Khorasan. What I want to say here is to establish contacts with you first, and at the same time, I hope that you will give more support and convenience to the restoration of Persia. To emphasize one point, after the restoration of Persia, it was still the Persian Governorship of the Tang Dynasty, and its status was the same as that of the Sixteen Kingdoms. ”

Everyone was stunned again. It has been more than 100 years since the destruction of the Sassanid Persian capital, and the Persian Governorate canonized by the Tang Dynasty was occupied by the Great Eclipse almost a hundred years ago. Although the name of the king of Persia has been around all these years, and sometimes when you go to Chang'an to pay tribute, you can also meet the messenger of the king of Persia, but everyone knows that this is a "king of Persia" without an inch of land!

Now that he suddenly wants to help Persia restore the country, what kind of trouble is this?

Regarding this point, Xiao Quzhi certainly had his considerations, and he also explained and discussed with Gao Xianzhi and Wang Chengen. In order to fight against the Great Eclipse, little by little it encroaches on the territory of the Great Eclipse. Because after all, most of the territory of the current Black Clothes Food belonged to Sassanid Persia more than a hundred years ago.

Take Khorasan as an example, if the Han people in the Tang Dynasty wanted to occupy a place, the local Persians would definitely have natural resistance and resistance, and in the same way, the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms and the Turks, such as the Tocharians, would occupy and rule Khorasan, and the local Persians would not be willing. Because for hundreds of years, it was the Persians who ruled them.

But it would be completely different to let the direct descendants of Sassanid Persia go back under the banner of restoring Sassanid Persia. There will be no resistance in the hearts of the local Persians, and there will even be a little secret agreement. In fact, the rise of the Black Eater is, on the one hand, indeed a counter-conspiracy by the Abbasids to seize power; On the other hand, it was also the Persians who supported Abbasid to ascend to the throne and fully revived the Persian Empire.

It turned out that the Khorasan Kakhtaba, the first general under the command of Posirin, had repeatedly made his speeches to these Khorasan religious warriors: "This land originally belonged to your ancestors, but it was conquered by the Arabs. Now the power and glory of Allah are with you, and power has left the Arabs...... Huda let you defeat the Arabs, and you will defeat and slaughter them. ”

Therefore, the banner of recovering the country for the Persians is very marketable in the hearts of all Persians. The biggest obstacle is that before that, these Persians had basically turned themselves from slaves to generals by helping the Abbasids overthrow the whites. These people are already the recipients of actual benefits, and their first reaction is naturally to defend this black-clothed regime that brings benefits to them.

Another big problem is that most of these people, with the exception of a few who remained in the Zoroastrian faith, converted to Huda. Therefore, the descendants of Sassanid Persia, led by Champ and Lisis, who believed in Zoroastrianism, had to break through these two obstacles if they wanted to succeed.

Fortunately, this transformation of these Persians did not take place long ago. Most of them were Zoroastrian (Zoroastrianism) until four years ago, and were slaves or Persian nobles who had fled to the river.

For example, Khalid Barmak, who was now captured by the Anxi army in Samad Jian, this general of the same Posilin, has become a senior minister of the black-clothed food in another time and space, and his son and grandson even the former Sassanid Bosdekhgan, who once controlled the black-clothed and large-food government, had already agreed to defect to the Anxi army yesterday.

Therefore, Xiao Quzhi thinks that this matter is still promising.

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