However, Ma Lan did not directly agree to Zhang Xun in this matter.

Li Jing slashed and killed in Fusang, in fact, Ma Ling was happy to see it, with Li Jing's temperament, he would definitely kill the Japanese people until he was completely frightened before he stopped, and Ma Ling had never had a good impression of the creatures like the Japanese people.

Of course, the coexistence of the Son of Heaven and the Son of Guardian will definitely be broken, as long as Li Jing still bears the name of the Son of Guardian, then Chang'an is bound to crusade, and this will not change in the slightest because Li Jing fled to Fusang. With the national strength of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing's fate is destined to be a tragedy, and sooner or later he will have to fall to the ground.

In the matter of crossing the sea to go to Fusang, in fact, the Anxi sailors couldn't help much, after all, the distance was too far, and Niu Xu's fleet had some strength, but it would take a year or two to reach Liaodong, and Zhang Xun obviously couldn't wait for such a long time. Moreover, the Anxi naval division is stronger than the naval battle, and Li Jing does not have a strong fleet in his hands that can be used as the opponent of the Anxi naval division, Zhang Xun wants to expedition to Fusang, as long as he can successfully land in Fusang, what is needed is to transport enough soldiers to Fusang, not to defeat a huge fleet that does not exist.

The Tang Dynasty Navy Division was able to recruit a lot of ships, and now it has occupied the entire territory of Silla, and the expedition to Fusang does not need to start from Dengju, it is completely possible to use Silla as a base and directly send a large army over, Silla is not far from the main island of Fuso, and it is naturally much safer to attack Fusang from here as a base.

Li Jing can be called good at fighting, but the gap between his soldiers and horses and the army in Chang'an is increasing rapidly, they don't even have fire and thunder, and the Han army accounts for less than thirty percent of the soldiers and horses. The rest were Silla and Goguryeo. The army of Chang'an is constantly obtaining a large number of new ordnance from the west of the city. Li Jing did not have sea superiority. It was impossible to prevent the landing of the army, and once the army landed on Li Jing, the defeat would not be far off.

These can't be changed, and he doesn't have a good impression of Li Jing Ma Lan, but in his reply to Zhang Xun, he still hopes that Zhang Xun will not be in a hurry, and that the sea crossing battle must be safe, and Li Jing's 100,000 troops arrived in Fusang safely from Silla, which is also a blessing, and it may not be so lucky to come again.

Li Jing has conquered Fusang. Zhang Xun's attack on Fusang again is a civil war of the Tang people, although he knows that Zhang Xun will definitely win, but Ma Lan does not have too much idea of mixing in this kind of war. He is now in the valley of the two rivers, tens of thousands of miles away from Fusang, and he really has no ability to mix such a thing.

In October of the second year of Zhide, after sweeping the entire middle and lower reaches of the two river valleys, all the troops were gathered back to the small town of Baghdad, and the army set out again, once again embarking on the journey.

Since Tian Mingyuan's 2,000 men and horses were crossing the Zagros Mountains, Ma Xuan did not leave any new Anxi army for Niu Xu. And none of the 50,000 Persian servants under Niu Xu were taken away by Ma Lan. He was followed by the original men, the new army of Anxi, and the Turkic miscellaneous soldiers. The target of this march is, of course, Damascus.

Most of the provinces of Syria have fallen to the Tang Dynasty, and the lords near Damascus are still watching, and as the capital of the Umayyad dynasty, the local Arabians and Yemenis are still quite powerful. The reason why there are large areas that are still on the sidelines is also related to this.

And such a wait-and-see is naturally intolerable.

Abdullah is dead, Damascus is leaderless, and the local powerful lords and generals are also fighting with each other, and in the province of Egypt, the Syrian army that was originally loyal to Abdullah learned the news of Abdullah's death, and they immediately abandoned the front and prepared to return to Damascus. After the hard fighting, the Syrian legion, which has fewer than 10,000 soldiers, has now returned to Damascus, where it is setting up a defensive line to prepare for the attack of the Dons.

The fighters of the Syrian Legion have seen with their own eyes the strength of the Don Army, and they chose to resist this time because there is no way to retreat. Behind them is Damascus, their hometown.

They can also be regarded as courageous, and can even be said to be admirable, but under the huge advantage of the Tang army, courage has no effect, and they choose to resist, which is destined to bring a catastrophe to this ancient and beautiful city.

This is the main resistance force in the Syrian governorate, but it is not worth mentioning. All they control is a small area near Damascus. According to the information from the nearby lords, they have no intention of expanding their territory, and it is obvious that they are also desperate for the current situation.

Such an enemy is naturally not an opponent.

Syria's vast province on the Mediterranean coast is also an important part of the Fertile Crescent. The army left Baghdad and marched westward, and after crossing the West Tang River, the banner of the Tang Dynasty could still be seen along the way. The entire middle and lower reaches of the two river basins are now the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the Dehegans along the way are afraid and respectful when they see the army.

It was late autumn, and it was the time to use the army. The army crossed the vast desert and entered the territory of the Syrian province, without stopping at all, pushing the speed of the Anthi army to the limit, leaving even the caravan behind, and at the beginning of November, it was already under the city of Damascus.

At this time, it had already penetrated deep into the hinterland of Damascus Province, and the surrounding area was no longer controlled by the Dehgans who were loyal to the Tang Dynasty. After entering this area, there were also Dehgans who had been watching and wanted to surrender, but Ma Lu ignored these people, and anyone who dared to approach the army was killed.

By no longer accepting the surrender of these people, they are in fact seeing these people as enemies. They had been waiting and watching, and that was the price they were going to pay. Ma Lu's army was far away from the caravan, there was no logistical support, and the method of being in the enemy country was completely eaten by the enemy, and the new army and the Turkic miscellaneous soldiers totaled more than 40,000 people, and the place was in a mess, and the local residents suffered extremely miserably.

Damascus, the garden on earth, the paradise on earth. In the eyes of Muslims, it is known as the Four Great Heavens on Earth, along with Balkh, Samarkand and Fars. This city on the edge of the desert has prospered as the capital of the Umayyad Dynasty for more than 100 years, and now the Umayyad Dynasty has only been extinct for more than ten years, and this large city still has the atmosphere of the past.

In the past few years since Abdullah ascended to the position of caliph, he made Damascus the capital of the dynasty, although it was not recognized by other caliphs, but the people of Damascus still had the pride of the inhabitants of the royal capital.

This ancient city was well fortified, with an oriental-style wall surrounding the city, a large number of ballistas distributed on the city's head, and a large number of fortresses built on the edge of the desert, as well as a small number of troops. Abdullah is dead, and nearly 10,000 Syrian legionnaires who have returned from the bloody battle in Egypt have taken over the city, waiting for a long time to fight to the death against the invaders from afar.

However, the arrival of the invaders was so sudden that they did not even receive any news. Tens of thousands of cavalry appeared outside Damascus, besieging the city like an iron barrel.

Thunder and smoke rose everywhere, and the defensive forts outside the city collapsed with a loud bang, and the soldiers inside were hacked to death by the enemy. The fortified fortresses on the edge of the desert in the distance were also lost in sight of the soldiers defending the city.

There was a commotion at the head of the city, but the aliens outside the city were extremely indifferent, and after they cleared the army and defense outside the city, they did not stop at all, nor did they shout a word, and the siege battle broke out directly.

The alien army stayed in the distance, and one after another frighteningly large arrows flew over, some flew over the city and into the city, and some fell directly on the city. When the giant arrow fell, it was accompanied by a terrifying loud noise, and everything around it was reduced to nothing, and the robe that was still by his side disappeared without a trace in the next moment.

Under the sunset, thunder and thunder broke out, and the city was constantly filled with dead people, and the city was plunged into a state of terror. A large number of the soldiers guarding the city wall fell, and those who did not fall were worried that their families in the city would not be able to stand on the city wall at all.

After the enemy's huge arrows were fired for a while, the ballistae on one of the walls had been destroyed, and the enemy troops close to this wall got closer, took out their terrifying hard crossbows, and aimed them at the top of the city, and then a large number of enemies took the wrapped objects one by one, ran to the city gate and left.

The people in the city wanted to take a peek, but as soon as someone showed up, it caused a rain of arrows, and those who dared to probe were directly crucified. After a while, more than a dozen huge arrows flew out of the middle of the enemy camp at the same time, but instead of crossing the city, they were nailed to the city gate.

Then there was an astonishing bang, as if the sky was falling apart. Smoke and dust flew everywhere, accompanied by a piercing scream. By the time the smoke had cleared, the gates and a section of the city wall had disappeared.

The enemy troops outside the city cheered loudly, and the dense alien cavalry in leather armor rushed over with loud shouts, and a large number of huge arrows shot out of the enemy formation, shooting into the city from all directions, and exploding in various places in the city.

The soldiers of the Syrian Legion, who originally wanted to fight to the death, immediately lost their fighting spirit and went down the city in chaos, wanting to find their families. The alien cavalry rushed into the city shouting, slashing and slashing with their weapons, and the streets were soon filled with corpses.

On the hill outside the city, Ma Luan's eyes were calm, silently watching all this.

The walls were blown up by gunpowder at the same time, and a large number of cavalry swarmed in, but in a matter of moments, Damascus was broken.

After the Turkic cavalry entered the city in large numbers, the Heavenly Thunder Arrow stopped firing. Standing at the top of the hill, you can see that the resistance in the city is extremely weak, and it is not worth mentioning at all.

The fighters of the Syrian Legion were not lacking in courage at first, but they faced an enemy who was not at all of the same rank, and now the new army of Ansi was stronger than when they killed Mansour's elite cavalry, and even more powerful than the battle of Kufa. The range of the Yuanrong crossbow far exceeds that of the ballista, the gunpowder can easily destroy the city wall, and all the soldiers in the army are equipped with the Yuanrong crossbow, such an army is naturally not something that a Damascus city can resist. (To be continued.) )