"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Has Abdullah already thought about it? ”

In the governor's palace, Ma Ling looked at the Persian merchant opposite.

The Persian merchant's eyes sparkled, and at first glance he knew that he was a powerful man, but he looked rather funny without two ears.

"The General said that Caliph Abbas would die in three years, and now he is really dead. The general said that within three years your army would occupy the river and open a military town, and now he has done it. ”

The Persian merchant looked at Ma Lan with a hint of awe in his eyes.

"Even if it is a prophet, he said that he can't see the netherworld, but the general can really see the netherworld!"

"What I'm asking is if Abdullah has thought about working with me." Ma Lan said lightly.

This guy who had his ears cut off in Anthi was just a subordinate of Abdullah, the governor of Syria, and this is a messenger, so there is no need to talk too much nonsense to him.

The Persian merchant said: "After leaving the territory of the general, I returned to Damascus to meet my master. The master listened to the words of the general and thought it was incredible. He sent me to Kufa City to see if Abbas was really short-lived, and if the General's words came true, he would cooperate with the General. ”

Ma Lan smiled lightly: "That means that Abdullah is willing to cooperate with me." ”

The Persian merchant nodded: "After the death of Abbas, my master secretly went to the city of Kufa and ordered me to go to the general to negotiate the terms of cooperation. At that time, I didn't know that the general had a plan to capture Mulu. I came across a great battle between the general and Hajid by the water, and if I hadn't run fast, I would have died there. ”

Ma Ling smiled: "You can survive under thousands of troops, you have some ability." ”

The Persian merchant's expression suddenly became serious, and he looked at Ma Lan and said: "General, that day in Anxi, you said that there are two conditions for sending troops to help my master, one is that after my master is a caliph, Datang and Dashi will be bounded by Wuhu Water and will not violate each other. Hajid will offend you first, and you will capture Mulu City as a punishment, and now it depends on the general's meaning, not to plunder once and leave, but to want to live in Mulu City for a long time. I want to ask the general, don't the conditions that the general himself said at the beginning count? ”

Ma Lu said coldly: "I did say such things back then, but now is different from the past. You also know that Hajid offended me first, what's wrong with me taking Mulu City? When it comes to the land in my hands, where is there any reason to spit it out again. ”

The Persian merchant sighed: "The general is reluctant to withdraw from Khorasan, for fear that my master and the general will not be able to cooperate." It's nothing to give up the land in the river, which is not the land of the great cannibals in the first place. No caliph can give up the province of Khorasan, otherwise he will not be able to sit in the position of caliph. ”

Ma Lan sneered and made a gesture to see off the guest.

The Persian merchant sighed: "Why should the general be like this, since it is cooperation, how can it not allow bargaining." ”

Ma Lan leaned back in his chair, squinted at Abdullah's messenger, and smiled coldly.

"The price you ask for is too high, and there is no sincerity to cooperate at all. Now Abdullah needs me to help him become a caliph, but not only does he not want to give me benefits, but he wants to snatch my things from me, how can there be such cooperation in the world! ”

"You also know the situation of your master, although he is the number one general of the Great Food, now Mansur has the upper hand. He has become a thorn in Mansour's side, and even if he expresses his allegiance to Mansour, Mansour will not tolerate him, not to mention that he already has different ambitions. If you don't get rid of Mansour, Mansur will get rid of him, and it's basically a life-and-death situation. At the moment, Mansur has the advantage, but you come to talk to me about cooperation like this, do you want to kill your master? ”

The Persian merchant said: "Mansur is not a famous general, he has not fought a few battles at all. It was not difficult for the Syrian legion under the command of the master to capture the city of Kufa. If the general refuses to give up Khorasan, it is not impossible for my master to fight for Khorasan with the general after killing al-Mansur and becoming a caliph. ”

"Then you go back and let your master try to see if you can capture Kufa!" Ma Lan sneered.

The Persian merchant frowned and said, "The general really refuses to withdraw from Khorasan?" ”

Ma Lan smiled indifferently and said: "Don't say a Khorasan, as long as General Ben is willing, what is the difficulty of hitting Kufa City by himself!" I know very well how many catties and taels there are now, Abdullah wants me to help him, but he refuses to give anything, so let's go and fight with Mansur myself! ”

The Persian merchant shook his head: "What does the general want?" ”

"More land."

"Is the province of Khorasan enough?"

"Khorasan is already in the palm of my hand."

"What does the general mean?"

"A corridor from Khorasan to the sea. In addition, after taking the city of Kufa, I will plunder for three days. I heard that al-Mansur was going to build a new capital, and he must have stockpiled a lot of wealth, all of which were mine. ”

The Persian merchant did not hesitate, and actually nodded directly: "Yes." ”

"You can call the shots on all of this?" Ma Ling frowned.

A smile appeared on the face of the Persian merchant: "Before I came, my master gave me enough permission. Whatever the general wants, is within the reach of my master. ”

Ma Lan twitched the corner of his mouth: "It seems that I still ask for less." ”

The Persian merchant smiled, "The general should not regret it. ”

Ma Lan nodded: "I, like you cannibals, respect the contract, even if it is a verbal contract. Your mission has been accomplished, you can go back and tell your master that you can come to Mulu and say hello when you need me to send troops. ”

With a smile on his face, the Persian merchant got up and left. Looking at this, Abdullah was ready to give up a lot in order to become a caliph, and Ma Lan asked for much less than Abdullah could accept.

"General, what kind of caliph do you really want to help this guy do?" Duan Xiushi frowned.

He didn't speak just now, but there were translators around him, so he naturally knew the outcome of the negotiation.

Ma Lan smiled and shook his head: "Whether Abdullah can be a caliph or not depends on the outcome of his battle with al-Mansur. If he wins al-Mansur, he is the caliph, and if he loses, the caliph is still al-Mansur. It doesn't matter who wins or loses, as long as they can fight. It's better to play for decades, and the worse you play, the better. ”

"Shall we send troops?" Duan Xiushi asked.

"Of course we have to send troops! Now Mansour has a large number of generals, slightly stronger than Abdullah, but Abdullah's legions are more combative, and there is not much difference between the two sides. There are tens of millions of people in the whole big food, and if it is mobilized, it will be very remarkable, we will first help the weak side fight the strong side, and when the fight is almost over, we will directly withdraw and let the two sides continue to fight. The big cannibal is the most resentful, once it is lively, it will not be a problem to fight for several generations. At that point, we'll be able to pick up whatever we want. ”

Duan Xiushi frowned and said, "They all believe in Hu Da, but I'm afraid that they may not let us get our wish." ”

Ma Lan smiled. Duan Xiushi is a humble gentleman, and he lacks understanding of big food, so he naturally doesn't understand these Hu Da believers.

Ali's descendants fought for hundreds of years to regain the caliphate's position, but it was the Abbas brothers who finally succeeded, how could Ali's descendants be willing? The remnants of the Umayyad family are eyeing up as far away as Spain, and there are not many hidden in the Great Eclipse. A variety of bizarre sects are emerging, each with its own faithful followers.

In the original history, it was Mansur who used thunderous means to solve the contradictions of political opponents and eliminate contradictions, and forced the empire through the initial crisis, and finally let the empire last for almost 500 years. Mansour first let in. Posilim got rid of Abdullah, and then he used trickery to get rid of And. Posilin strengthened his rule by moving his capital to Baghdad to weaken the influence of the Khorasans, and by promoting the idea that the caliph was the shadow of Allah on earth, the Abbasids became a theocratic regime distinct from the secular Umayyad dynasty.

It was all accidental, and if Abbas had not contracted smallpox and lived a few more years, internal contradictions would have caused the collapse of the Great Food Empire. It was precisely because of Taizong Mansur's resolute actions that the Abbasid dynasty flourished and became an extremely glorious civilization.

Now history is completely different, although Mansur is still on the throne at the same time, he has no more in his hands. Posilin, the sharpest sword, no longer has an absolute advantage in the face of Abdullah's challenge. Combine. Posilin's last words were fatal to the foundations of the empire, and not all of the Persian Mavari were loyal to al-Mansur. And in Mulu City, there are 10,000 elite Tang troops.

Ma Lu is convinced that history is caused by a series of accidents, and Mansour's coming to the fore is an accident, and such an unborn hero cannot be everywhere. As long as al-Mansur is dead, whoever becomes caliph will not be able to become the next al-Mansur.

The Umayyad dynasty eventually collapsed due to the failure of two expeditions to Byzantium, and the Abbasids were an empire built on the ruins of the Umayyad dynasty and not on solid foundations in their own right. Without the integration of Al-Mansur, the history of the Abbasids would have been very different. The greatest possibility is that it will be torn apart by ambitious governors and generals, and divided into small countries.

There is no doubt that the primary purpose of the cooperation with Abdullah is to get rid of Mansour. Without this Abbasid Taizong, the history of the Great Food Empire would have turned completely.

A fragmented Great Food Empire is exactly what Ma Lan wants to see the most.

Weak countries are better controlled, and later generations of British colonization in this area, Hu Da's descendants have not effectively resisted because of division and grievances.

So Mansur had to die, and then he had to think about his relationship with Abdullah.

Without al-Mansur, there would be no city of Baghdad, no splendid and glorious civilization of the Abbasids, no beautiful story of a thousand and one nights, and it is a pity to think about it......

The feeling of regret was only for a moment, and Ma Lan couldn't help but get excited when he thought that the Great Food Empire would be torn apart and become a colony of the Tang people. (To be continued.) )