Chapter 12: The Caliphate

The news of the restoration of the Persian Empire spread throughout the Middle East at the fastest speed, and it spread much faster than Li Changguo had expected.

Li Changguo originally planned to use all means to publicize it, but the result was that there was no need to publicize it, and the news spread like wings.

Li Changguo is resourceful and rarely miscalculates, but this time he miscalculated.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately triggered a political earthquake, and the entire Arab empire was in turmoil, with endless opposition to uprisings everywhere, and the huge Arab empire quickly collapsed and disappeared.

In Syria, when the news came, a local slave uprising broke out, driving out the Arab army en masse. In the beginning, there were not many slaves involved in the uprising, but soon, the number of slaves involved in the uprising increased, and it grew at a snowball rate, exceeding a thousand, followed by thousands, tens of thousands, thirty or twenty thousand, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands...... By the end, the whole of Syria was in revolt, and there were slaves everywhere who rose up to resist.

Syria was one of the first areas of the Arab Empire, and the people here suffered the most, and I don't know how many families were destroyed and died. Their hatred has accumulated for a hundred years, and there is nowhere to vent it. Now, they have finally waited for the opportunity, how can they not repay the blood debt on behalf of their ancestors?

The Great Food Army stationed here was caught off guard and caught off guard by the slaves. By the time the garrison reacted and was ready to mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress, it was too late, because there were too many slaves in the rebellion, and the situation was out of control.

A large part of the garrison here was beaten to death by angry slaves, and only a small part escaped.

That's it. Syria finally declared its secession from the Arab Empire and sent emissaries to Rey offering an alliance with the Tang Dynasty.

Egypt, the same thing happened. When the news of the restoration of Persia arrived, it immediately caused a storm, and the Egyptians roared and organized. Storming the garrisons of the Arab Empire.

At first, the garrison was able to resist, but as more and more slaves arrived. They will be able to parry. Finally, they were destroyed in the wrath of the slaves.

After the slaves occupied Egypt, they did the same thing as Syria. Declared its secession from the Arab Empire and sent an envoy to Rey to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty.

In this way, uprisings broke out in more and more regions, some of which succeeded in expelling the garrisons of the Arab Empire, and in others failed. Where they have failed, they are still persevering in the struggle, because they have hope, they have hope, and who can not persist in the struggle?

Successful regions declared their independence from the Arab Empire, and some were arrogant. Thinking that he could withstand the counterattack of the Arab Empire, he did not send people to Rey to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty. This was a minority, and the vast majority of the regions had sent emissaries to Rey to discuss an alliance.

They knew very well that without the support of the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible for them to cope with the next difficulties, and once the Arab Empire begins to counterattack, they do not have the strength to survive it, so they can only ask the Tang army for help.

Rey, Lee Chang-kook was handling military affairs, and Kant came in quickly. A mouth cracked into a lotus, and shouted from afar: "Dashuai, good news, good news, great news." ”

"Oh." Li Changguo raised his head and asked, "Is the caliph dead?" ”

"Not yet, but soon." Kant's smile was even bigger, and he said with a grin: "Great handsome, it is the envoys of Syria and Egypt who have arrived." They want to see the commander and discuss the alliance. Dashuai, the impact of the restoration of Persia is really great, we have not sent troops, and there are many places where the big dogs have been expelled. ”

Thumbs up, full of praise: "Handsome, you are really accurate!" ”

Li Changguo shook his head and said with a smile: "If this is not accurate, how can you command the army?" Leave the alliance aside, let them wait. ”…,

"Wait?" Kant was very surprised, his voice was a little high, and said, "Dashuai, why is this?" This is great news, so why wait? ”

"Dashuai, this is a clever move, ready to reap more benefits." Li Mi fluttered in his sleeves, walked in quickly, and explained to Kant, saying: "Although these people came to form an alliance, they don't take our Datang seriously, and after they have suffered enough, their stature will be lowered, and they dare not disobey our orders." At that time, the Tang Dynasty wanted them to go east, but they didn't dare to go west. ”

Li Changguo fought this idea, he wanted to get enough benefits.

It is conceivable that the envoys in Syria and Egypt must have held the idea that the Tang Dynasty could not do without them, and if they talked about an alliance with them, the Tang Dynasty would not gain much. If you wait a while, after the Arab Empire's counterattack is carried out, and put out a few slave revolts, then these regions will be frightened and have to be dependent on the Tang Dynasty and completely fall under the control of the Tang Dynasty.

"Ahh And so many more? Kant looked surprised.

As soon as he heard that the messengers from Syria and Egypt had arrived, he rejoiced, thinking that it was a great good, but he did not expect that there would be greater good.

"Go down. There is no need to report anything like this, just let them wait. Li Changguo waved his hand, and Kant withdrew.

"Li Mi, what are you coming from?" Li Changguo asked Li Yu.

"Dashuai, the current situation is extremely favorable to us, and it is very likely that the Great Eclipse will be destroyed without a fight, what should we do next?" Li Mi's eyes widened, staring at Li Changguo.

He knew that Li Changguo's plan was far-reaching, and he must have already had a countermeasure.

"Well, the best thing we can do right now is to wait." Li Changguo raised his eyebrows and said: "There are two main benefits of waiting: one is that as time goes by, there will be more and more regional riots, and the big food will come more and more. The more chaotic it is, the weaker the strength of the Great Food, which is good for us. The second is that those areas that riot will be counterattacked by the Great Eclipse, and when they suffer a big loss, they will have to obey our orders. ”

"Dashuai, you're really yin!" Li Mi gave Li Changguo a thumbs up and said with a smile: "It's just a trick!" ”

The current situation is very favorable to the Tang army, and the Tang army only needs to wait, which will have great benefits, because this is a matter of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, allowing the Arab Empire and the rebel forces in various places to fight to the death, and consume a lot of strength.

But the Tang army is recuperating and waiting to move.

"It's called An Lushan and Shi Siming." Li Changguo ordered loudly.

Soon, An Lushan and Shi Siming came to see Li Changguo.

"An Lushan, Shi Siming, I have a task to hand over to you." Li Changguo's eyes flashed, and he said: "You lead the elite of your headquarters to the west with great fanfare, and you want to create a situation for the caliph that our army is pressing. ”

This is a great good thing, An Lushan and Shi Siming were overjoyed, and loudly received the order to ensure the completion of the task.

An Lushan led his eight thousand to the river, and Shi Siming led his elite and went happily. They didn't know that Li Changguo stared at their backs, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

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Medina, the Arab Empire is all there. At this time, the capital of the Arab Empire was Medina, and as for Baghdad, it was just a small village, and there was still a long way to go to become the capital of the Arab Empire.

In the palace, Caliph Melwan II was so pale that he trembled like he had had suffered a stroke, and he was almost foaming at the mouth.

No, he was foaming at the mouth of the mouth, spraying, not spitting, because he was angry, and he was so angry that he scolded.

"Abu? Muslims, you stupid pig, you boast of your wisdom and talent, you are extraordinary, you are bent on breaking into China, can you get in? Not only did you not enter China, but the Chinese did. The roar of Marwan II echoed through the palace like a thunderbolt: "You have lost all my hundreds of thousands of elites, and you have lost all the lands of the East. You even lost Rey, who is Rey, our center in the East. ”…,

Abu? The defeat of the Muslims was severe, not only losing hundreds of thousands of elites, but also losing all the lands of the East. If it is only defeated, the loss of troops will be hundreds of thousands, and it can be rebuilt with the strong national strength of the Arab Empire. The question is, even a large part of the territory of the East has been lost, where to go to conscription? Where to find money and food?

In particular, Rey's loss has dramatically increased this loss. You must know that Rey is the center of the Arab Empire in the East, and it is the seat of the Governor of the East, where a large amount of money and grain is stored, all of which have become the trophies of the Tang Army, which has greatly improved the strength of the Tang Army, but has a huge weakening of the strength of the Arab Empire.

"Damn Chinese, you are so vicious, so ruthless, you actually use the poisonous trick of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle." The conquest of China is not just Abu? The long-cherished wish of Muslims is the wish of successive caliphs, and Marwan II knows something about Chinese culture, and even knows the idiom of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle.

He was right, the restoration of Persia was indeed a draw from the bottom of the kettle, which completely disrupted the Arab Empire, and uprisings were surging everywhere, and bad news kept coming, one worse than the other.

In just an hour, Marwan II received hundreds of similar messages, all of which were news that such and such a place had declared its secession from the Arab Empire and was willing to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty.

Every such news came to mean that the Arab Empire had lost a certain piece of land, lost its garrison there, and meant that the strength of the Arab Empire had been weakened.

"Great caliph, news from the Western governors that the Romans have made a big attack and ask the caliph to send reinforcements." At this moment, there was even more terrible news that the Eastern Roman Empire had moved.

At this time, the Eastern Roman Empire, later known as the Byzantine Empire, regarded itself as a Roman, and was a mortal enemy with the Arab Empire, fighting for control of the sea and its coast.

The news of the restoration of Persia reached the Eastern Roman Empire, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if the Eastern Roman Empire let it go, it would become a pig, and the Eastern Roman Empire would naturally want to start.

"The Governor of the West, he is a pig, a stupid pig, even the Romans can't deal with it. I'm waiting for him to send reinforcements, but he's better to ask me to send him reinforcements. Where do I go to transfer troops? "The caliph is now facing an unprecedented dilemma, with no soldiers, no generals, no money, no food. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )