Chapter 15: Ready to Move (Part 1)
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In Bukhara, northwest of the city, there is a huge tabernacle, which is the tent of Abu Muslim, the governor of the Great Eclipse East.
Abu Muslim sat in the center, his face gloomy, his eyes shining, and from time to time he stabbed the generals like a sharp sword, making them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and they did not dare to come out.
There were no less than forty or fifty men in the tent, all of them tall and mighty, and they were the great generals of Abu Muslim. At a glance, it can be seen that these generals have all experienced life and death many times, and the severed heads are not 100 but 80, which can be regarded as the masterpieces of a generation, but in front of Abu Muslim, it is still not enough.
Abu Muslim did not speak, none of them dared to say anything, and for a time the whole tent was very depressed and dull.
Abu Muslim spoke slowly, "Where would this damned Manichaean heretic of Shulek be hiding?" ”
The rise of the Arab Empire was a bloody road forged with iron and blood, and wherever its armies went, Islam was ruthlessly promoted, and anyone who did not believe in Islam was put to death.
Despite this, there were still many religions that opposed the Arab Empire, and Manichaeism was one of the most famous opponents, and its leader Shulek was a thorn in the side of the Arab Empire. In order to solve Shulek, Abu Muslim racked his brains, but without success, and many times he was about to capture Shulek, but he escaped.
The reason for this is that Manichaeism has a large number of adherents who are covering Shulek.
Every time Shulek appeared, it was like a shock, appearing and disappearing faster, disappearing before the Arab Empire could react. As for where he went, no one knew where the generals could tell clearly, all of them lowered their heads, and they didn't dare to come out.
"Damn Manichaean heretics! They held us back so that we could not send troops to attack the four towns of Anxi! Abu Muslim hated the roots of his teeth and cursed loudly.
Breaking into China, which has the reputation of being the "golden country," was a goal set by the Arab Empire long ago, and for this reason, the Arab Empire concentrated its forces to fight eastward, marching thousands of miles to Central Asia, which was only one step away from China's territory.
When it comes to Central Asia, it can be said that China is already in sight, but it is at this juncture that two things are encountered that make the Arab Empire's march extremely unsmooth.
One is that there are many religions that oppose Islam, so that the Arab Empire invested a large number of troops, manpower, material resources, and financial resources in quelling religious rebellions, and was unable to concentrate troops to send troops to the Tang Dynasty on a large scale.
The other is that the Tang Dynasty was extremely powerful, and its strength far exceeded the imagination of the Arab Empire, which made the eastward expansion of the Arab Empire extremely bumpy, which lasted for decades, and still could only be entrenched in Central Asia and could not push further to the East.
Especially after the defeat of the Tang Dynasty in the third and fifth years of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Arab Empire became even more fearful, and Abu Muslim was very aware that in order to enter China, he had to concentrate his forces.
If we want to concentrate our forces, we must put an end to the religious rebellion, otherwise it will only be a fantasy to enter China.
"Good news, Governor! Good news! ”
Just when the atmosphere was extremely depressing, I only heard Ziad's surprised voice, walked in quickly, walked in the wind, as if stepping on the hot wheels, the whole person was beaming, before the person arrived, the joy came first.
"What's the good news?"
Abu Muslim's eyes twinkled, and he glanced at Ziyad.
Ziad only felt like falling into an ice cellar, and his joy disappeared in an instant, and he hurriedly reported: "Tubo has sent troops to the land of the river." Tubo dispatched an army of 100,000 this time, and it will definitely turn the land of Hehuang upside down! ”
It took a long time for the news to spread from the land of the river to the Western Regions, and then from the Western Regions to Central Asia. Even so, this is great news for Abu Muslim.
"Allah willing!"
There was a cheer of surprise in the handsome tent, and the faces of all the generals were filled with joy, and the joy was indescribable, and the suppression of the right talent disappeared for a moment.
"The land of the river is the only place for China to enter Anxi!" Abu Muslim stood up with a brush, his eyes shining like a sharp sword, mighty and powerful, and he muttered: "If the Tibetan army is sent out in a big way, the Anxi Protectorate will inevitably have no soldiers, no food, no ordnance, they will fall into an unprecedented crisis, this is our God-given opportunity!" ”
The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his right hand clenched into a fist, shaking fiercely, his eyes became brighter and brighter, like a fierce light above the nine heavens, and said: "In the words of the Chinese, 'the opportunity cannot be lost, and if it is lost, it will no more', such a good opportunity, we must not miss it!" This time, we must send troops! Troops are to be sent in a big way! ”
"Troops! Dispatch troops! ”
"Break into China!"
The generals were greatly infected, all of them were agitated, their blood was surging, and they roared loudly, roaring like thunder, and rushed straight to Xiaohan.
It was the long-cherished wish of the Arab Empire to enter China, and they all knew how much benefit it would be to enter China, which had the reputation of "Golden Country", and they were eager to send troops immediately.
Their purpose is to enter China, and they all know how much impact the Hehuang earthquake will have on the Anxi Protectorate, which will plunge the Anxi Protectorate into an unprecedented crisis, and if they send troops to attack at this time, they will definitely make the Anxi Protectorate unable to fight back, and it is more likely to take down the Anxi Protectorate.
The Anxi Protectorate was the only way for the Arab Empire to march to the East, and once the Anxi Protectorate was captured, the Arab Empire could reach the land of the river and point at Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, which was a wonderful prospect.
Arguably the most wonderful moment since the rise of the Arab Empire!
It's even better than destroying the Persian Empire!
Much more wonderful!
Although the Persian Empire is an old empire in the Middle East, it is too far behind China, whether it is territory, population, wealth, science and technology civilization, it is far from being comparable with China!
Think about Alexander the Great, in order to enter China, he went east for eight years, but he was unsuccessful, and he didn't even know where China was. And this great historical mission is about to fall on the shoulders of Abu Muslim, Abu Muslim's eyes shot a dazzling light, and he was excited, and said: "Ziyad, immediately mobilize 100,000 troops and enter the Anxi Protectorate!" ”
"Yes!"
Ziad was so excited that his hands were clenched into fists and shook violently, his voice was sharp and high-pitched, even more difficult than the voice of the eunuch, much more difficult to hear!
However, to the ears of the generals, it was a very beautiful sound, and it moved their hearts more than Allah's blessing.
"Immediately send an army and kill all the infidels! Then, concentrate all the troops, well, almost half a hundred thousand, and kill the Anxi Protectorate! ”
Abu Muslim's eyes twinkled, like an ancient beast, murderous.
"Governor, kill them all? That's four and a half million infidels. There was a general who was frightened and cautiously reminded.
Although the generals were very happy to kill the infidels, they were still terrified when they killed four or five hundred thousand infidels.
"None of them will be left!"
The answer to them was the voice of Abu Muslim, which was as cold as the ice of the eternal!;