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The celadon teacups from the top of the Fujian Kingdom were smashed to the ground, shattered to pieces, and the stubble splashed on the robes of Arab nobles and generals, but no one dared to dodge. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]

All of them bowed their heads in resignation, for their emperor, the caliph, the great Umayyad nobleman, Mu'awiyah, the successor of the Prophet, had an old and wise face, gloomy and iron-blue as ever.

Before the case of the Calipha were two documents, one was a declaration of war sent by Xi Junmai, the vanguard general of the Fujian State, and the other was a war report between Khorasan and the Persian Gulf.

The eight buffer states of Khorasan, with the Governor's Palace of Khorasan, which was directly under the Arab Empire, were breached

, Li Jie, the king of Fujian, officially occupied Khorasan with 320,000 people, and the leaders of various tribes in Khorasan had gathered together to crown Li Jie with the title of Shahansha.

This title originally belonged to the Persian emperor, the head of the Central Asian kings called himself Sha, which influenced later generations, even the emperor of the Russian Empire called himself Tsar, this sand, the source is this, Shahan Shah means the king of a thousand kings, this title originally belonged to Muawiya himself, and now the crown is on others, the anger in Muawiyah's heart can be imagined.

Khorasan is good to say, although it is a vast area, it is the birthplace of the Persian Empire, drought and little rain, vast desert, and Persian culture is far more advanced than Arab culture, even if it is strange Islam, the Persians who did not follow Zoroastrianism and fled to Fujian still look down on Arabs in their bones.

The empire has a weak foundation there, and if it is lost, it is lost.

But the problem is that in the Battle of Hormuz, the Arab Empire was defeated again, 523 capital warships and 32,000 sailors were killed in the sea, and the entire army was annihilated.

Without the loss of Khorasan, the Arab Empire could still rely on the Zagros Mountains across the Iranian Plateau and the Kavir Salt Desert to defend against the attack of the Fujian army, and it would not be a problem to drag on for a year and a half.

However, having lost the sea control of the Persian Gulf, the fleet of the Fujian State could go all over the world, transport the army to the rear of the Arab Empire's defense at will, and harass the two river valleys from all angles, the most elite fertile land of the Persian Empire, and the granary of the Mesopotamian Plain on which the Arab Expeditionary Force depended.

Even Min could directly attack the Arabian Peninsula, attack Oman, attack Yemen, go around to the Red Sea to attack Medina, attack Mecca.

This is definitely not what Mu'awiya wants to see.

"He, Marwan, is an idiot, a pig, he lost the battle he won, the bedbugs in the wood are smarter than him, and Booth, the Caliph of Ben valued him so much, and put the whole Persian Gulf under his control, and how he repaid my trust in him?"

Unable to get rid of his hatred after dropping the tea bowl, Mu'aviya roared angrily, his old face in his fifties, wrinkled together, and hideous like an angry leopard.

However, after a long deathly silence, an equally old voice came from among the ministers.

"Caliph, the top priority is not to hold accountable, the Tang pagans can fight from Khorasan to Mesopotamia at any time, and how to deal with it is the most important thing for the caliph to consider."

It was the governor of Egypt who spoke, Amur. Root. As, under the neat white turban, the wise man of the Umayyad showed a worried look, and Mu'awiyya, who was furious when he listened, couldn't help but be stunned.

In the Sui-Fen campaign, which decided the Umayyad family and Mu'awiyah's own victory, in the event of Mu'awiyah's defeat, Amur proposed to ask his soldiers to demand a truce in the Qur'an to gain a politically favorable situation, so Mu'awiyah also attached great importance to this loyal retainer who followed his family.

After hesitating for a moment, Mu'awiyah raised his head and asked, "Amur, what do you say the Caliph should do?"

"Withdraw your troops!"

Without thinking about it, Amur said it, seeing Muaviye's painful eyebrows, Amur hurriedly spread his hands and explained: "Your Majesty, although the Tang people are heretics, they are also a country of etiquette, and they are famous for their teachers, once we withdraw our troops from Byzantium, the people of Fujian will have no reason to continue fighting, even if Li Jie, the king of Fujian, refuses to negotiate peace, we are justified in general justice."

"And the Byzantines have now been frightened by the glory of Allah, even their emperor has fled to the west, we attack Byzantium, the Min country volunteers, but if we attack the Min country, the cunning Byzantines will not only not support, but will also take the opportunity to betray, the Tang people pay the most attention to courtesy and exchanges, once we return to the army to force the Tang people back, the next time we attack Byzantium, the Min country will never send troops for the treacherous Byzantium again!"

Listening to Amur's explanation, even the Arab generals present couldn't help but nod, but unfortunately, Muawiyah's brows were furrowed even higher.

"Wait for you to stand down first, and the Caliph will think again." Waving his sleeves, Mu'aviya commanded tiredly, without saying more, he quietly bowed, and led many nobles to retreat.

Rubbing his temples with a headache, Leng Buding saw that the black national book of Min Guoxuan was still on the table, and his anger surged, and he grabbed the thing, and Mu Awiye fell to the ground hard......

The next day, the itinerary of the Arab army besieging Constantinople was still the same as usual, and the raids that should have been harassed, and the raids that should have been carried out in the fortified walls and the wilderness were also plundered by the fortified walls.

In fact, I don't blame Muawiye, playing Byzantium is like playing lol qualifying, immediately push to the opponent's spring, you can destroy the opponent's promotion diamond, Leng Buding sent the news that the teacher was named, I believe that everyone will stay and finish fighting, not to mention, the war to destroy Byzantium is even more important for Muawiyeh.

As Mu'awiyah's confidant, Amur knows his own ambition as the lord, he is no longer satisfied with his position as caliph, and he still wants to pass on the Umayyad caliphate from generation to generation, so he needs to capture Constantinople and suppress the Shia Sunnis and other Ali faction opponents in the country by destroying the greatest religious rival, the Christian support state.

Especially when Constantinople was so at your fingertips! Mu'awiyah can't afford to lose, he is in his fifties, this age among Arabs is about to be called by Allah at any time, if this opportunity is abandoned, no one knows if there will be a chance to fight here again.

Keeping his anxiety to the bottom of his heart, Amur did his best to assist Muawiyah.

In 655 AD, at the beginning of the third month of the Arab Empire's siege of Constantinople, another fleet came from Asia Minor to replenish, but this time it was different from the past, the Arab navy removed thousands of ballistae from the various city strongholds of the Byzantine Empire in Asia Minor, plus the empire's own imitation during this time, a full 1,300 ballistas were placed under the walls of Theodosius in Constantinople.

On the 6th of October, an ordinary day, great panic spread throughout Constantinople.

1,300 ballistas, the largest crossbow arm was six meters long, piles of stone bullets were placed on the ground and aimed at their heads, these things themselves came from the hands of the Byzantines, who knew their power, and only served as soldiers for two months, and the poorly equipped Constantinople militia looked pale one by one, and their legs trembled as they looked at the enemy under the city.

Regardless of them, even the Byzantine elders who followed Anna to the upper city were in a tremble.

"Soldiers, people of God, God is protecting you, do not be afraid, the glorious death in battle is integrated into the arms of the Father, Christ is testing us, endure! Endure! ”

Hordes of priests were driven up the walls, and under the leadership of Patriarch Paul, they continued to speak to the terrified defenders who they did not believe.

After three months as the co-emperor, Anna also looked more mature and calm, although she was still young and beautiful, but a little more mature that did not match her age, her brown and beautiful eyes were full of tiredness, leading the Goth guards, and without saying a word, she followed Paul around the city wall.

"Your Majesty!"

Suddenly, a small soldier on the orderly city wall suddenly broke away from the defensive position and rushed to the front of Anna's ranks, Amuliel and Leonti, two loyal irons, hurriedly blocked the front, and the Gothic guards also pressed the halberd in a panic, and a small soldier wearing a domed helmet and cloth clothes trembled and knelt on the ground, but it was a small child.

Seeing this scene, Anna's face also showed a soft smile, pushed away the Gothic guards who were blocking in front of her, bent down kindly, and asked softly, "Little brother, is there anything to ask Sister Caesar?"

Seeing that his emperor had no arrogance at all, he asked himself kindly, and the little soldier, who was only twelve or thirteen, finally let go, kowtowed and asked timidly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I, I just want to ask, can we really hold Constantinople?"

Listening to his question, even the nearby sergeants all turned around, in front of them was Sensen's ballista array, and the murderous Arab cavalry continued to gather from the camp, the first day of the bloody battle these recruits died more than 10,000, no one knew if they would survive for a while.

The soldiers nearby all had a look on their faces, and the Gothic guard couldn't help but be furious, and he pulled out the knight's sword and reprimanded angrily: "Bold, you dare to shake the heart of the army."

The little soldier was so frightened that he lowered his head, but Anna hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop him, and kindly helped the little soldier up, and asked, "Little brother, is your home in Constantinople?"

"No, me, my home is in the village of Silva in Angola, but it's already occupied by Arab barbarians, and my sister and I escaped, and people say that the Arabs are so cruel that they will take all Christians into slavery, so I'm worried about ......"

Before the little soldier finished speaking, Anna's heart was already shaking violently, and after a while, she stroked the little soldier's helmet and replied: "Sister Caesar's home is also in Constantinople, and I have no way out, just because this is our last home, so, I will definitely be able to defend it!"

Through the gray clouds, the sun rose higher and higher, and the black Arabian cavalry basically finished leaving the camp, pressing towards Constantinople like a dark cloud, and together with them, there were 1,300 chilling ballistas and a caliph who could not afford to lose, and Anna also took the guards and the patriarch to the tower.

The last home spread quietly among the troops defending the city, as if remembering the father, son, wife, daughter, sister, these townsmen who had been farmers and traders three months ago clenched their blades and stared at the enemy under the city with great determination.

No one noticed that standing on the tower, Anna did not pay attention to the enemy in front of her, but looked at the poorly equipped warriors beside her with great pity and apology.

Hou Jie, but Li is not by her side, I don't know where she went......