Chapter 478: Abdullah's Messenger
Standing on the walls at this moment was Ibrahim's own army.
His army was the backbone of this war. After two years of war, the soldiers under him have become quite an elite division.
For this battle, he temporarily gave up his intention to fight for Damascus, and even reached a temporary agreement with Abdullah to temporarily suspend the fighting on the Aleppo front, so that he could return to the division to deal with the Tang.
He wrote Abdullah a very harshly worded letter angrily reprimanding Abdullah for ceding land to the Tang people, and Abdullah was probably ashamed, so he agreed to his suggestion not to attack his line near Aleppo for the time being. After all, Abdullah is a Muslim and knows how to choose at this time.
"The fate of the empire will be decided in this battle! But...... In the end, it will be Allah's people who will win! Ibrahim looked into the distance and thought to himself.
The most damned are the Persian Dekhgans, who do not make any resistance to the aliens from the east, but help the aliens to slaughter Allah's people. After defeating the Tang people and becoming the caliphate of all the great cannibals, you must make those wall grasses pay!
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"Able to judge the situation, your master Abdullah is a character."
The setting sun reflected in the camp of the Tang Army, shrouding the soldiers' armor with a layer of gold. Ma Lan stood outside the tent, looking at an earless Persian merchant beside him and smiled.
The merchant looked extremely respectful and said with a smile: "Ibrahim is beyond his strength, and he actually wants to oppose the general, my master." Naturally, he won't be as stupid as he is. Nabrahim also wrote to my master. A temporary truce was demanded on the Aleppo front. Give him time to fight the general. My master pretended to agree to him, and he hurried to Isfahan with peace of mind. The master sent me here to cooperate with the general again to get rid of this scourge once and for all. The master knows the general's prestige and only wants to be friends with the general, and we are not as stupid as Ibrahim. ”
Ma Lan smiled, looked at the Persian merchant who had no ears, and said, "Cooperation...... Tell me what your host wants. What can your master bring me? ”
The arrival of Abdullah's messenger was an accident. Abdullah also seems to be a person who likes to use acquaintances, and this messenger Ma Lan has met before.
This guy's two ears were originally cut off by Ma Lan when he was in Anxi. Speaking of which, this is also an old man.
In the original history, Abdullah and Mansur fought for the position of caliph and finally died in the union. By the hand of Posilin, because of his arrival, the history of the river and even the Great Food was changed, and Abdullah lived to the present. And and. But Posilin was dead.
On top of the original history, Abdullah's name was not prominent. It's just that he is remembered as a loser, and after history changes, Abdullah has also shown his ability, from ceding land in exchange for the support of the Tang army, to resisting the other two caliphs without falling behind, and even contacting himself to get rid of Ibrahim this time...... These performances are enough to show that this is definitely a heroic character.
Of course, it also shows that Abdullah does not value faith, he is just a secular king, and the Shiite leader Ibrahim is extremely religious in his faith, and the two caliphs are completely different.
The earless merchant smiled and whispered: "My master is not ready to keep his promise to Ibrahim, and he will attack Ibrahim's defense line in Aleppo soon, and by that time, Ibrahim will be attacked on his back, which is also extremely beneficial to the general." In this way, the general can easily occupy Isfahan without much effort. My master is willing to give up all the territory east of the Zagros Mountains and no longer have any claims to the land here. ”
"So, Abdullah is ready to use this mountain range to demarcate my Datang?" Ma Lan asked with a smile.
The businessman who had no ears nodded: "The majesty of the general, my master does not dare to offend, the land east of this mountain range, my master is willing to give up." ”
"Huh!" Ma Lan smiled.
Well thought of!
"Ibrahim's rise has something to do with me. The territory west of the mountain range, my Datang has already occupied some of it, and your master is going to use this mountain range to draw the boundary, I don't know what to think about these things? ”
Looking at the Persian merchant, Ma Lu asked slowly.
The Persian merchant said, "My master knows all these things. But these are all negotiable, and the boundary is not a problem, and now Ibrahim is our common enemy, and we can discuss other things. - It is not impossible not to demarcate this mountain range. My master sent me here just to renew our old friendship. ”
"Huh!" Ma Lan smiled, "Since Abdullah treats me as a friend, then you can bring him a word." There is no diplomacy for a weak country! No matter what calculations you have in your heart, in the end, it still depends on strength! So how to demarcate the border, that's something that can only be decided by General Ben, so he doesn't have to worry about it. Of course, if he is willing to completely destroy Ibrahim's power first, General Ben will be happy to see it. ”
The Persian merchant looked calm, nodded slightly, and said respectfully: "I will remember the general's words." ”
Ma Lan smiled and waved his hand to let the messenger leave.
"Husband, can you believe the words of this Persian?" Yang Youniang asked with a frown. She had been standing here for a long time, and only then did she speak for the first time.
"It should be credible, but it doesn't matter." Ma Ling smiled, "We are only on our own this time, whether Abdullah stabs Ibrahim in the back or not, we will win, so we don't have to think about what he does." - Of course, if Abdullah had done that, we would have suffered less damage and would have won more easily, but we wouldn't have counted on them, and we wouldn't have put the hope of victory on them, just do what we had to do. ”
"Since it is credible...... That Ibrahim, this time it's going to be a big bad luck. Yang Youniang said, "Husband, how are you going to treat this Abdullah?" ”
"How to deal with it? Straight to the sea, of course! Of course, if he runs fast enough, it may save him his life. Ma Ling smiled, "With his current strength, what qualifications does he have to be friends with me?" He is not devout to Huda, but after all, he is also a caliph, so I naturally can't tolerate him. ”
"Then he sent a messenger over this time, and it was in vain." Yang Youniang smiled and said.
"It's not in vain, if he is smart enough, he should give up those unrealistic ideas and prepare to retreat early." "When Ibrahim dies and his threat to the east is temporarily lifted, he can concentrate on dealing with the remnants of Umayyad." The remnants of the Umayyad came from Tunisia and were no match for Abdullah, who killed them in Egypt with half his forces. Now that there is no threat from Ibrahim, Abdullah will be able to conquer the province of Egypt if he lets go of the remnants of the Umayyad. After he took Egypt, if he went west to attack Tunisia, the remnants of the Umayyad would have to flee back to Spain. This is the only way out for him, and if he wants to keep Damascus, it will be a pipe dream. Niu Xu has already established himself in Basra, how can I possibly demarcate with him with the Zagros Mountains? ”
Yang Youniang nodded slightly.
The envoy had been sent out of the barracks, and Ma Lan looked at the strict barracks in the twilight and smiled confidently.
Whether it was Abdullah or Ibrahim, he didn't care much. His reliance is on this army of kings who are undefeated in a hundred battles. This is the capital of his sweep of food, with this army, you don't have to care about other things. No matter what's in front of you, just push it straight over.
No matter how low Abdullah's posture is, Ma Lan will not look at him again. Abdullah was a tyrant, but a caliph who was not devout to Huda, he would not take it seriously at all. The secularized caliphate was not as threatening as Ibrahim to the expansion of Han civilization.
This time, the Anxi army re-entered the Great Eclipse, in order to completely wipe out the Great Eclipse in one fell swoop, not only to occupy the east of the Zagros Mountains, but also to let go of the "Fertile Crescent". The fertile soil of the two river valleys is a rare treasure in Dashi, and Damascus is also one of the four heavenly paradises on earth, how can he leave such a place to Abdullah?
Whether it's Ibrahim or Abdullah, he doesn't care. This time I came here with a large army, it is the momentum of Mount Tai to suppress the egg, this is like the game StarCraft played in the previous life, it has three attacks and three defenses and two hundred people, and only all the soldiers need to go directly to it, where is there still a need to talk to the opponent. The huge gap in strength has made all other factors meaningless.
After occupying Syria, we can conquer Fula. He also wanted to know whether Constantinople was insurmountable and how powerful the Byzantine navy was.
For Ma Lan, the arrival of Abdullah's envoy was a small matter. The army is getting closer and closer to Isfahan, and within half a month, it will be under the city, regardless of whether Abdullah will stab Ibrahim in the back or not, the city will be attacked at that time. And after the capture of this famous city, the initial strategic goal has been achieved.
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The Persian merchant moved away from the camp of the Tang army, looked back at the tents on the high hill, and shook his head helplessly.
"What do those who come from the East say? Are they willing to cooperate with the caliphate? A court guard dressed as a merchant asked. He was also Abdullah's confidant, and he had a very high position in the court of Damascus, and he was dissatisfied that he was not allowed to enter the barracks when he came here as a deputy envoy.
"They don't care about anything...... the earless merchant shook his head, "and in their eyes, there is no such thing as our caliphate...... After returning to Damascus this time, we will probably have to move! ”
"These aliens even want to do Damascus?" The palace guard said with a change of face.
"I guess so......" the earless merchant worried, "they're too strong for anyone to stop." Antar, Damascus...... It won't be ours in the future! ”
"Why are these aliens so excessive!" Antar's eyes showed anger, "The east of the Zagros Mountains has been given to them, are you not satisfied?" (To be continued......)