Abdullah is a descendant of the true family of the Prophet Muhammad and is of a very noble lineage, and most of the generals and governors of the provinces along the way have chosen to submit to Abdullah.

For Abdullah, the self-proclaimed caliph, the generals and governors had no hostility, and most of them chose to accept it. Not only did they supply the army, but they also sent their limited cavalry to join Abdullah's ranks, and he went with him to the city of Kufa.

One of the important reasons for this is Mansur's command to declare that he is the shadow of Allah on earth and to ask all Muslims to pray for him every Friday. Al-Mansur's order was completely out of step with the traditions of the Muslim world, and most of the governors and generals were disgruntled, and now Abdullah, also from the Prophet family, ascended to the top and shouted in obedience.

Of course, another reason is that the Tang Army is strong and ruthless.

From the ancient city of Shabuer to Rai, the army marched and conquered the city, and when it encountered the rebels, it took time, so the speed of advance was naturally not fast. The speed of the advance could not match the speed of the spread of the news, so the strength and ruthlessness of the Tang people had already spread in all directions, and these governors and generals knew before the arrival of the coalition forces.

Those who disobey will be slaughtered, and none of these discerning Dehgans will accept such a fate.

The people in high positions only want to make rich and rich, and not many people are really devout about their beliefs, and those who are pious are the low-level Mavari. Since Abdullah is from the Muhammad family, he is naturally qualified to become a caliph, and with the powerful Tang army supporting him, the governors and generals along the way naturally obey him.

Half by virtue of the Tang people's fierce name, and half by the appeal of the Abdullah bloodline, the coalition forces basically did not encounter real resistance.

Abdullah is a cannibal caliph, not an intruder like the Tang Army, and naturally acts differently from the Tang Army. There were also cities that did not obey orders, and after the city was broken, Abdullah only executed the generals or governors who were led by him, and installed his own agents, but did not actually slaughter the city once.

Since the army had to get to Kufa as soon as possible, Abdullah accepted only cavalry, not a single infantryman.

The distance from the ancient city of Rai to the city of Kufa is almost the same as the distance to the ancient city of Youshabhir, and since the distance is led by Caliph Abdullah, there is much less resistance on the way. The roads on the Iranian plateau are not easy to follow, but with Abdullah as the largest leading party, the road is unimpeded. In the middle of September of the thirteenth year of Tianbao, the coalition army had entered the hinterland of the two river valleys and came to the outside of Kufa City.

At this time, Abdullah's subordinates had more than 10,000 cavalry, and the total strength reached more than 30,000 people. A cavalry of this size is definitely an extremely formidable force in the Great Food Country.

Outside the city of Kufa, in front of the two armies, Ma Lan also met the famous figure in the history books, the British lord of the Abbasid Dynasty, the builder of the city of Baghdad, Taizong Mansur.

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Abdullah was fighting against al-Mansour's rebellion and declared that Abbas. During his lifetime, al-Safah invoked the Word to foretell him that he would be the next caliph, and that he would be in good faith along the way. On Mansour's side, the places behind Kufa City have not expressed their position ambiguously, but a large area in front of Kufa City has been subordinated to Abdullah, and now Mansur is completely alone.

In addition to the factors of the wall-to-wall governors and generals, the most important reason for this situation was that he turned his back on tradition and claimed to be the shadow of Allah on the earth, elevating his power from secular power to the level of divine power.

Historically, he succeeded, and the Abbasids became a theocratic state, with the caliph not only being the agent of the prophets, but also the representative of Allah on earth, and the religious leader of great status. Historically, Mansour had been done with ruthless skill, but now the situation is completely different.

Abdullah buried his 40,000 iron cavalry in the name of the Eastern Crusade, and now the United Tang Army is surging, and when the troops are approaching the city, he can only command tens of thousands of infantry.

The Ahgans near Kufa had already come with their people, but when Abdullah's army arrived, the despicable Ahgans slipped away with their people, abandoning him as a caliph. Tens of thousands of infantry could not go head-to-head with the cavalry, so Mansur ordered all his troops to be retracted into the city of Kufa and prepared to defend the city.

Hundreds of trebuchets were placed in various parts of the city of Kufa, and tens of thousands of defenders were waiting for the city. The whole city was completely surrounded by Abdullah's army, and when he arrived at this place, Abdullah began to accept the infantry of the nearby Persian tribes, so that his men accumulated more and more, and within a few days they reached more than 70,000 men, half infantry and half cavalry.

The Ansi army also set up camp outside the city of Kufa, a little further away from the Persian army, and surrounded the city alone, not allowing the people inside the city to go out. Anyone who tried to leave the city from here would be shot mercilessly by the scouts of the Anzai Army.

On the other three sides, Abdullah's army began a fierce siege of the city. The Persian warriors rushed forward with a shout, risking a dense array of stone bullets and arrows to attack the defenders, and retreated again and again.

After three days of continuous attack, with tens of thousands of casualties on both sides, Abdullah finally gave up his plan to capture Kufa City alone and humbly found Ma Lu.

"General, your friend needs your help."

"yes, okay."

Ma Lan smiled and nodded, and with a wave of his big hand, the gate of the Tang Army's camp opened, and more than sixty camels galloped out of the camp, setting up outside the range of the trebuchet.

On the back of each camel is an eight-ox crossbow. This is a new type of eight-bull crossbow designed by Master Li Xiu, with a range of 1,200 steps, which is 200 steps more than the eight-ox crossbow improved by Wei Pi of the Northern Song Dynasty recorded in the historical books. This range is not at all comparable to the trebuchet of the big cannibal.

More than sixty camels lined up in a fan, and the eight oxen crossbows were all pointed at the city of Kufa in the distance. For three days, the other three walls had been attacked, but this one had not moved, and the Kufa warriors at the head of the city had become accustomed to it. At this time, looking at the dozens of camels here, I had no idea what was going to happen.

"Abdullah, bring some of your warriors and fight them from here into the city later." Ma Lan looked at Abdullah and smiled.

Abdullah nodded hurriedly and ordered the earless guy to give the order and send 10,000 men in this direction.

Soon 10,000 cavalry arrived at the front of the Don Army and finished the formation, all of them were Syrian warriors. Abdullah was convinced of Ma Lu's words, and naturally wanted to use his own descendants at this time.

At this time, each of the new-style eight-bull crossbows was equipped with a separate giant arrow, and the new-style fire and thunder on it had been tied, and dozens of infantry were holding torches in their hands, which looked extremely strange in the daytime.

Tian Mingyuan gave an order, and the foot soldiers lit the incense stick with a torch, and then put the incense stick on the lead of the fire and thunder to ignite it, and the eight ox crossbowmen on the camel's back smashed down the machine bracket at the same time, and the movements were uniform.

During the march, these movements have been practiced countless times, and naturally there will be no mistakes. More than sixty huge arrows roared out, flying towards the trebuchet near the city gate with a trace of green smoke.

This location is an important place for city defense, and the trebuchets that can be seen are the most, of course, there are some trebuchets placed behind the city wall, and this part is not the target of this wave of attacks by the Tang army.

The arrows tore through the air with a piercing whistling sound, some of them flew over the city and into the city, but most of them accurately hit the trebuchets near the city gates.

"Boom, boom!"

A low voice sounded densely above the city, black smoke rose and pieces of iron flew, and the defenders on the city were in chaos.

Li Xiu is a natural talent, these Ma family workshops have been finalized and began mass production of fire mines, absolutely catch up with the level of the Huangyadong Arsenal in later generations, dozens of fire thunder exploded at the head of the city, the defenders who were hit by shrapnel screamed loudly, and the rope of the trebuchet was also cut by shrapnel, and it looked like it was standing upright, but it had lost its effect.

After all, the power of black powder is limited, and the effect of things like fire and thunder is more of a shock to the heart. A single salvo sent the city into complete panic.

A few minutes later, more than sixty more fire mines were sent to the city, destroying more trebuchets directly.

Above the city, the defenders of Kufa were in a panic, the wounded were screaming bloodied, and many people were running around, not knowing what to do.

After the third wave of fire and thunder flew up to the city, there was no longer a standing Kufa defender on the city wall within half a mile of the city gate. In the distance, many defenders knelt on top of the city, praying pale faces.

The fire and thunder naturally did not have so much power, and it was impossible to kill all the defenders near the city gate, but the damage caused to the enemy's psychology was unparalleled, and the defenders near the city gate did not suffer many casualties, but the living all fled.

Abdullah was also shocked when he stood beside Ma Lu. This is the first time he has seen this method, and the impact on his mind is also great.

It took Abdullah a long time to react, and peeked at Ma Lu, his eyes full of fear.

The means of the Tang Army are no longer comparable to the Great Food Army. Such an army can only be a friend, not an enemy. Abdullah said to himself again.

After three waves of fire and thunder bullets, the half-mile-long city wall is basically completely undefended, as long as the city gate is opened and killed, there will be no problem. Abdullah looked at the 10,000 troops in front of him, and was about to give the order to find some infantry with siege equipment, when he suddenly heard a loud thunder in the distance!

"Boom !!!!!"

The loud noise shook the heavens and the earth, and the momentum was extremely terrifying. With the gate as the center, a section of the city wall in front of it suddenly flew high and then fell to the ground in rubble. A section of the city wall that was twenty feet long disappeared, and a large area of ruins appeared in front of him.

After the ruins, large swaths of houses collapsed to the ground, and the remains of some trebuchets could be faintly seen.

The fortified ancient city of Kufa suddenly appeared such a huge opening!

Kufa City, broken! (To be continued.) )