Abdullah thought for a moment, nodded and said, "The general is right, my sphere of influence is Syria and Egypt, and I should indeed use Damascus as the capital." ”

Ma Lan smiled: "Wise choice." Abdullah, Kufa is too close to Rai, and as a friend, I don't want us to have any conflicts in the future. ”

Abdullah's eyes flashed, he glanced at Ma Lu, and nodded slightly.

General Tang Ren said it directly enough, it can even be said to be a naked threat, obviously Rai will not be the end of the Tang people's westward advance. He had already seen the strength of the Tang army with his own eyes, and he had no idea of starting a war with the Tang people at all.

"General rest assured, I will complete the relocation of the capital by next year at the latest. It's a bit cold now, and I don't have the financial resources to do this. ”

"Next year, then. In addition, you'd better send someone to Chang'an City to worship the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty. If you can accept the canonization of the Son of Heaven, it will bring you great benefits. Of course, I'm just making a suggestion. ”

"I'll send a messenger soon."

Ma Lan smiled and nodded.

The purpose of forcing Abdullah to move the capital was to get the Great Food Empire to move its political center back to Damascus. The black-clothed Great Food is essentially the revival of the Persians, and the capital of the Great Food Empire returns to Damascus and is no longer in the traditional territory of the Persians, and the revival of the Persians is impossible, which is extremely beneficial to the westward expansion of the Tang Dynasty.

Abdullah left behind a fortune worth 1.5 million dinars, and when he returned, he sent 20,000 Arab horses, and Ma Lu's request was satisfied, and it was time for the army to return home.

This time, the primary goal has been achieved, and a generation of Tianjiao Mansur has been killed by his own hands. In the eyes of the Persians, it was the new caliph Abdullah who killed al-Mansur.

With a fortune of nearly six million dinars, which emptied the treasury of the Great Cannibals, such a huge fortune was transported back to Bukhara (to catch and drink) and would help the Han migrants in the river to survive the most difficult moments.

The Anxi army was still one man and three horses, but all of them were replaced by majestic Arab war horses, and the Turkic war horses that were replaced could not be taken away, so Kang Million's trading house got a big business and was responsible for sending these war horses to the river.

The migrants cultivated fields in the river, and there were no cattle, and these retired war horses could be used for emergency purposes temporarily. Although it is a bit of a luxury to use war horses to pull plows to plough the fields, but there is no way to do it, and the people of Guanzhong who come from afar cannot be allowed to pull the plows by manpower.

Again and again, the strength of Kang Million Commercial Bank has been verified, and Ma Lan has enough confidence in Kang Million Commercial Bank to complete this business. He also greeted Caliph Abdullah for this business, and there was no problem for the Kang family trading firm to pass through Abdullah's territory, and it would be safer to set foot in the Tang people's sphere of influence.

Of course, with Kang Million's means, he can complete this big business without saying hello.

From your Shabuer to the ancient city of Rai and then to Kufa, this expedition lasted more than two months, but the athletes did not lose anything. Ma Lan was not going to do anything in the two river valleys, but was ready to return to the river immediately to deal with the migration of the Eighth Army in the river.

The immigration of hundreds of thousands of Guanzhong people was the most important thing for him, and if he didn't feel that time was running out, he would have returned to the river after killing 40,000 Kufa cavalry near your Shabul.

It is now the beginning of October in the thirteenth year of Tianbao, and according to the time, the Eighth Army in the river has already arrived in the river, and now that Mansur has been killed, the matter of immigration cannot be delayed, so it can no longer stir up the wind and rain in the two river valleys, and must return to the river immediately.

……

The whole army rose up and left the ancient city of Kufa and headed northeast. The march was prepared by the same route as the original one, with the preparation first reaching the ancient city of Rai and then heading east into the province of Khorasan.

Ma Chen, the little guy, is extremely strong, sitting firmly in front of Ma Lan, Kang Lin'er is riding next to Ma Lan, looking heroic, her clear and clean eyes fall on the father and son, and her little face is full of happy smiles.

Ma Lu is a Tang person, and his son is naturally a Tang person, so he can't grow up in the Sogdian pile, he must be educated by the Tang people and become a real Tang person.

I didn't know it before, but now that I know the existence of this little guy, where is Ma Lu willing to put him in Kufa, he must be brought to the Tang people's sphere of influence to rest assured. Children can't do without their mothers, so Kang Lin'er naturally has to follow.

Riding a horse on the fertile plains of the two river basins, Ma Lu also saw the wealth of this area. Khorasan can't compare with this fertile plain, and the vicinity of the ancient city of Rai is not as good as it.

It's a pity that this piece of land is too far away from the Tang Dynasty, this land already has an owner, and it is impossible for the Tang people to immigrate to this place in the short term.

However, not allowing this land to be Tang does not mean that it cannot be colonized. The millions of people living here should be able to provide a lot of wealth to Datang every year.

These are all things to be done in the future, and the most important thing now is to return to the river quickly and try to settle the poor people in Guanzhong who have traveled thousands of miles to settle them.

……

When they came, they were led by Abdullah's army, but when they returned, only the Ansi army returned. The governors and generals along the way had already submitted to Abdullah, so they did their best to provide food and lodging for the army.

Of course, there are also guys who are hostile to the Tang Dynasty, several cities have been turned upside down, Abdullah's agents were ousted by the rebels, and the rebels loyal to Mansur occupied the city.

For such a city, the Anxi army already has experience in dealing with it, how can there be anything to be polite. First, the defenders' trebuchets were killed with the new eight-ox crossbow, and then they rushed up to break the city directly, and it didn't cost much black powder to blow up the city gates.

After entering the city, the slaughter of the city was carried out directly, which was a massacre in the true sense of the word, and no men, women, and children were left.

It is better to teach people to be afraid, not to teach people to bully, and to be in an enemy country with enemies on all sides, you must be fierce enough.

The army swept all the way, and the obedient only needed to provide food and lodging, and the Anxi army basically did not commit any crimes in the autumn. The rebels were directly slaughtered in the city, so they were killed all the way, and the closer they got to the ancient city of Rai, the more cities they rebelled against, and the more people Anxi athletes killed.

Slaughtered three cities in a row in one day, the Anxi athletes were all soft, and Ma Ling stood in front of the fourth city, his brows furrowed slightly.

These cities near Rai all seem to be extremely hostile to the Don army, and each one seems to be occupied by mutineers.

Unlike the cities encountered earlier, the defenders of these cities did not use the banner of Caliph al-Mansour.

This place is close to the ancient city of Lai, but it is not within the scope of the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the previous agreement, there is no psychological burden to kill these people, and the Tang warriors will not rule the city, so naturally there is no need for Huairou.

After attacking the fourth city and dealing with it according to the standard procedure, Ma Ling continued on the road with his army, and at the same time ordered Yang Pre to expand the scope of the scouts, and release the scouts in the direction of the ancient city of Rai for an additional fifty miles.

A day later, Ma Lan finally got the exact information.

The ancient city of Rai had fallen into the hands of the rebels, and the agents installed by the Don army were cleared by the rebels. One is named Jafar. Sadiq's imam, who took possession of the ancient city of Rai and called on the people to rise up to drive out the evil infidels, are now fortifying the ancient city of Rai in preparation for the attack of the Tang army.

Intelligence shows that Jafar. Sadigh had occupied the ancient city of Rai for only ten days, but his influence had spread to a large area around Rai. The surrounding cities, large and small, as long as there are agents of the Tang Army, are controlled by the rebels, and the cities destroyed by the Tang Army in the past few days are all in a similar situation.

Hear that the ancient city of Rai was destroyed by Jafar. Sadiq occupied, and Ma Lan was immediately furious.

The cities that rebelled before did not belong to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and it is reasonable for them to resist the Tang army, the ancient city of Rai was ceded to the Tang army by Caliph Abdullah, and the contract is clearly written in black and white. No matter how high Sadiq's status is, he is not a caliph, where can he afford you to pay his debts!

What is ceded to Datang is Datang's, and no matter who becomes a caliph in the future, it is not allowed to repay debts. Ma Lan shook his spirits and continuously sent troops to sweep the small cities near the ancient city of Rai, and at the same time, the army went straight to the ancient city of Rai.

This is the land of Datang, and it must be taken back immediately!

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Jafar. After all, Sadiq was a scholar, and after agitating Mawari near Lai without taking the opportunity to develop his power, he retreated in the ancient city of Lai and waited for the Tang army to attack.

When the Tang army arrived outside the ancient city of Lai, they did not rush to attack the city, but first swept the outer cities and villages, and finally escorted thousands of Persians to the outside of the ancient city of Lai.

The ancient city of Rai was later known as Tehran, and was once an important city during the reign of the Sassanid Empire. The last emperor, Isiai III, gave his subjects a final order at the ancient city of Rai and then fled to the Khorasan region, where the Sassanid Empire fell into chaos and could no longer withstand the invasion of the Arabians and Yemenis, eventually becoming part of the Umayyad dynasty.

It was exactly a hundred years since the ancient city of Rai became part of the Great Food Empire, and during the Umayyad period, the status of the ancient city of Rai was not comparable to that of the Sassanid Empire, and it was a huge difference from the equally ancient Kufa, and today it is only a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants.

As a descendant of Ali and a well-known religious scholar, Jafar. Sadiq was extremely adept at inciting the people, and most of the inhabitants of the ancient city of Rai were preparing for a decisive battle with the Tang. However, he was clearly extremely ignorant militarily, and the defenses of the ancient city of Rai appeared to be extremely chaotic.

At the head of the city is Jafar. Sadiq impassionedly encouraged the citizens of Rai who were defending the city, and thousands of Persians outside the city were escorted under the walls by the Anxi army, and then cut down to the ground by the Anxi army in rows.

The screams rang out miserably under the city, and Jafar. Sadigh's voice was drowned out in screams, and the people at the head of the city shouted in surprise, and their morale quickly became low.

After the Anxi army cut off more than 500 heads, Jafar at the head of the city. Sadiq collapsed first.

He was a truly generous elder, how could he stand such a tragedy.

"Don't kill! Don't kill! We are willing to surrender, willing to surrender! "Jafar. Sadiq stood at the head of Rai, looking down and shouting in grief. (To be continued.) )