The scene of Li Xian and Li Zhe fighting can't be seen by everyone, they don't know at all, when the two dogs are fighting, Li Xian and Li Zhe, as the owners of the dogs, are also secretly competing. Li Xian is keen on power and wants to replace Li Hong, doesn't Li Zhe have any ideas? Born in the royal family, which one is a fuel-efficient lamp? Especially in front of the "Xuanwumen Change" and the dispute between Li Tai and Li Chengqian for the throne, the thoughts of Gaozong's three sons are even more difficult to guess.

The battle situation in the dog fighting arena has not changed, Li Xian's dog is pressing the hybrid mastiff, and the hybrid mastiff has no chance to turn over at all. When I saw this scene, there was a sigh from the crowd watching the battle, and a tournament ended like this... That's too unsightly, isn't it? Everyone is losing interest and patience. But at this moment, there was an exclamation from the dog cage. I saw the mongrel mastiff turn over and hit Li Xian's dog by the neck with its big mouth.

"Ahh This attack is too sudden, isn't it? As soon as he was pressed to the ground by Li Xian's dog, he instantly turned over and bit Li Xian's dog with a big mouth?

"Can this be?" Li Zhe was also stunned when he saw this scene, he didn't expect that his dog was about to lose, and he could definitely fight back. Only Li Xian's expression was a little surprised when he saw this scene, obviously he didn't know enough about Li Zhe's mongrel mastiff. Li Hong had long expected such a result, so he was not surprised, but [][]. []. It was his gaze that moved to the viewing area, and his eyes flashed. Because he saw the foreigners in the war viewing area, and looked at their costumes, there were Fusang people, there were people from the Western Regions, and...

Li Hong really couldn't believe that he could see the people of the Arab Empire in the dog ring tonight.

It was a great feudal empire spanning Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Li Hong didn't know much about the Arab Empire, but he remembered that in 750 AD, the Arabs occupied the Sanghjib Islands in Tanzania. In 751 AD, the Arab Emperor ** team and the Tang army engaged in a skirmish in the Central Asian city of Talas, the Arab army dispatched 150,000 people, and the Tang Dynasty also dispatched about 30,000 or 40,000 elite troops. Originally, the Tang army was victorious under the command of Gao Xianzhi.

Due to the betrayal of the Grolu tribe, the Afghan army won a complete victory. But at this time, the Arabs did not dare to attack eastward, because this was the greatest difficulty encountered by the Arabs since their expansion in the last hundred years. The Afghan army lost nearly 40,000 men in this battle. The Tang Dynasty could have regrouped and fought against the Arabs, but due to the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty's national strength was greatly reduced and it was unable to conquer the west.

Li Hong is not yet the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he does not have the power to expand the Western Regions and conquer this barbaric empire. But that doesn't mean he won't do it in the future. In China's history, the Chinese have never been expansive and aggressive. All the so-called "expansion" is because they were harassed by those "Yi tribes", so they had to send troops to destroy them in order to prevent future troubles. The same is true of the Tang Dynasty, which operated the Western Regions, but also fought back angrily because it could not bear the harassment of the Turks.

However this was before. Now that he has Li Hong, he is not willing to do it anymore. Datang spent money and paid the price of tens of thousands of people, and if the city was not ruled by its own people, it would still be a chicken feather? Li Hong is not a benevolent and righteous monarch, to put it bluntly, he can't be benevolent and righteous, because he represents thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty, and for the sake of the people of the Tang Dynasty, he would rather be a tyrant, an aggressor with expanded ambitions, and he will not hesitate to do so.

"Chen Gong, you call them over, you have something to ask them." Li Hong said to a group of foreign aristocratic disciples who were watching the battle area from a distance.

"No!" Chen Gong received the order and strode down the steps. Suddenly, more than a dozen foreign nobles came to Li Hong and saluted him, "See His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Li Hong didn't speak, but looked at these foreign nobles' children in front of him for a long time before he spoke, "You all introduce yourself!" ”

"The minister is from Fusang, called Dog, Sheep and Tiger, and has been in Chang'an City for three years." A man in a Datang costume spoke. A man dressed in the costume of the Western Regions spoke, "The minister's name is Azig, he is from Loulan, and he came to Chang'an City a year ago. ”

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After everyone had finished introducing themselves, they saw a tall man dressed in black and say, "The minister's name is Muhammad?? Ah Wang, not long after he arrived in Chang'an City, met His Royal Highness the Prince of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"People from the Arab Empire?" Li Hong asked rhetorically. Mohammed?? Ngawang nodded slightly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also knows about our big food?" ”

Li Hong nodded slightly. How could he not know about the big food in black? During the 62 years from Tang Gaozong to Wu Zetian, the Tang Dynasty fought a continuous tug-of-war with Tibet in the Western Regions, and finally maintained the foundation laid by Emperor Taizong. Time passed, and in the era of Emperor Xuanzong, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak during the period of Emperor Xuanzong after decades of recuperation, and Emperor Xuanzong was also an emperor with great ambitions, and he was not satisfied with just being a monarch who kept his course.

So under his leadership, the Tang Dynasty began a large-scale use of foreign troops. At this time, the Arab Empire had also joined the ranks of the struggle for the Western Regions, and in the third year of Kaiyuan (715 AD), there was the first conflict with the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Regions finally became a contest between the three great powers.

Therefore, Li Hongke is very wary of such a country. Now seeing that this country has sent people to Chang'an City, can they not succeed in any plans for Datang? Thinking of this, Li Hong smiled slightly, "Ah Wang, welcome to Datang." ”

Mohammed?? Ah Wang was slightly stunned, and then thanked Li Hong, "Thank you, His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Do you like dog fighting?" Li Hong asked.

"We really like this kind of game." The dog and the tiger spoke. He has been in Chang'an City for three years, and he is already very proficient in speaking in the language of Datang.

"Why don't we gamble on something?" Li Hong said with a smile. To be able to pit these foreign noble disciples, he would be very happy. If you don't pit anything, who makes this group of people rich?

"What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to bet on?" Mohammed?? Ngawang asked eagerly.

"Bet on who wins this dog fight." Li Hong said calmly, "The dog who gambled on King Pei won alone, what about you?" ”

When everyone heard Li Hong say this, they all showed a puzzled look, now in the iron cage, the mongrel mastiff has the upper hand, and Li Xian's dog has no temper at all. At this time, it is not a wise move to bet on Li Xian's dog! Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty is letting us? Everyone couldn't help but speculate.

"Lone's bet is 100,000 copper coins, what is your bet?" Li Hong asked. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the bet is too small to show his identity, the bet is too big, he is going to win, everyone will say that he deliberately wants to make a few people's money, and 100,000 yuan is just right.

"The minister gambled with His Highness, and he made a bet with 100,000 copper coins." The dog and the tiger spoke. He doesn't care about the 100,000 copper coins, what he cares about is that he can have a friendship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty. As the son of Fusang Nayan, he wanted to bring many of the techniques of the Tang Dynasty to Fusang, such as printing and many books. He heard that this was all under the control of Li Hong, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. Now that he can intersect with the prince of the Tang Dynasty because of dog fighting, what else can't he give? What's more, it's only a mere 100,000 copper coins.

"The minister bets with His Highness, with a hundred taels of gold." Loulan said. He doesn't use copper coins as bets, but directly uses gold, which shows that Loulan has a lot of gold, and there is no shortage of gold like Datang. His mind is not as deep as that of dogs, sheep and tigers, just because the Tang Dynasty rules the Western Regions, although Loulan is not oppressed by the Tang Dynasty, it can be controlled by the Tang Dynasty, which is always uncomfortable for the people of Loulan, so he will gamble with Li Hong and use gold as a bet.

Li Hong smiled when he heard the Loulan people's bet.

Two years later, due to the lack of copper, Datang minted money because of the insufficient amount of copper, which triggered an economic crisis. He is worried about this now, otherwise he would not have tried all kinds of ways to mine gold. Now that the actions of the Loulan people prove that they are not short of gold, does this mean that Datang can want the Loulan people to "borrow" some gold for use?

"The minister also gambled 100,000 copper coins."

"The minister has made a bet with His Highness."

With the beginning of the dog, sheep and tiger and Loulan people, the rest of the noble children have bet on their own bets one after another. The amount of their money is not less than 100,000 copper coins. But some of them used copper, some of them used silver, and some of them used gold.

"Chen Gong, write down their bets and get them to sign." Li Hong said. Although his bet is not big, he can't withstand the large number of people in this group, eighteen children of foreign nobles, and the total number of wins is 1.8 million copper coins, which has to be pulled by a car, and how many cars do you have to load to be loaded?

"No!" Chen Gong received the order, so he found someone to write down the number and bets of the people, and then asked them to sign their names, which was called fairness, and everyone did not think so. When it came to the big cannibal, he hesitated for a long time, but he just didn't bet.

"Ngawang, why don't you place a bet?" The dog asked. Since he wants to curry favor with the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, he doesn't mind being a villain in front of Ngawang for Li Hong.

"This-" Muhammad?? Ah Wang hesitated for a moment and said, "The minister came to Datang this time, and he didn't bring much money. However, I brought ten night pearls, I don't know if it can be used as a bet? ”

Nima - everyone scolded in their hearts, ten pearls of the night, you are too big to play this time, right? A night pearl is worth a fortune, no 100,000 yuan can not be bought, now you bet ten night pearls, it is a million copper coins. This bet is no longer a bet on winning or losing, but a bet on national strength and dignity.

The powerful eyes of the Tang Dynasty are clear to everyone that they are from Muhammad?? Ngawang had also heard the power of Da Shi, but he never believed that Da Shi could dare to challenge the prestige of Da Tang. Now it seems that they are wrong, the big cannibals have the guts to fat, and they really dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty.