Isfahan is an extremely rich city, and the harvest of the new army of Anxi here is much greater than when they defeated Mulu City and your Shabuer. In order to resist the Tang army, Ibrahim concentrated a large amount of resources, almost all of which the Shiites could use, and now these resources are in the hands of the Anxi army.

Within a few days, the entire city was in ruins, and the new army of Anxi was stationed outside the city and began to plan for the construction of the new city. After selling the booty to the merchants, the Turkic cavalry began to sweep the area behind Isfahan, which was the custom of slaughtering the city within a hundred miles of the area that needed to be thoroughly cleaned.

Among the caravans, there were also a lot of Persian Dehgans who personally led the family caravan to follow the army, and the Anxi army won this great victory and got rid of Ibrahim, so that these people had a little more understanding of the strength of the Anxi army, and completely understood that the Tang people were unstoppable, and they had no doubts about falling to the Tang Dynasty.

Now that the city of Isfahan has been destroyed, and the province of Isfahan is still there, there is a power vacuum in this large area, and the Dehgans who follow are extremely eager to gain control of the province. Many Dehgan paid a heavy salute to Ma Lu, wanting to probe Ma Lu's tone, but Ma Lan just accepted the gifts, but he didn't pay much attention to these guys.

Behind Isfahan is the Zagros Mountains, the hub of the central Iranian plateau, the new Isfahan City is extremely important to the Tang Dynasty, naturally it must be controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and the rest of the province must be handed over to the Dekhgans to manage, but it is impossible for any Dekhgan to gain control of the entire province, at most a part of the territory.

These will not be on the agenda until the Turkic cavalry has completed their sweep of the surrounding area. Now Ma Lan has no time to pay attention to these things for the time being.

……

Taken Isfahan. Shiraz - Isfahan - Rai were connected. Once the vicinity of Isfahan has been completely pacified, the next major target is the mountainous terrain of the Zagros Mountains.

These places also need to be pocketed, but Ma Lu is not prepared to directly send a large army into the mountains to divide his troops to conquer the city, but is ready to give the Dehgans in the mountains a chance to surrender. What happened in Isfahan will soon spread to the mountains, and I believe that those Dehgans will make the right choice, and if there is a stubborn resistance, it will naturally clear the matter.

The rumors were released directly through the raiding Turkic cavalry, and soon word of what was happening in Isfahan spread.

Close enough to Isfahan. All of them were mercilessly slaughtered by the Turks, but due to the strict orders of Ma Lan, the killing area was strictly controlled within a hundred miles, and further afield, the Dekhgans of Persian origin received the news that Ma Lan had ordered them to come to Isfahan and surrender.

The mountainous region of the Zagros Mountains was also the territory of the Persian Dekhgans, where the Huda faith was even weaker, and the Dekhgans had not participated in the war in Isfahan, but the farmers in the territory were driven to Isfahan by Ibrahim. Ibrahim was defeated, and these people were a little apprehensive, after learning of Ma Lan's orders. Naturally, the shrewd Dehgans knew how to choose.

A few days later, the Turkic cavalry completed their plan. Slaughtering the hundred-mile area behind Isfahan, the whole army withdrew outside the city of Isfahan.

After that, far away from Isfahan, the Persian Dekhgans from areas where the army had not previously passed by the army came to submit to the city of Isfahan in a group of apprehensive gifts, as well as the Dekhgans from the Zagros Mountains.

Ma Ling accepted their contribution, but did not let them leave, leaving them here for the time being.

As time went on, more and more Dekhgan came to surrender, and almost all the old families in the Zagros Mountains came, even beyond the mountainous areas of Isfahan Province.

Everything went very well, according to Ma Lu's plan, which was to wait until the Dehgans who were willing to surrender had gathered, and then send their troops and horses back with them, and completely purge their territory of the Arabians and Yemenis, and of course the most pious Mawari, in order to completely wipe out Hu Da's influence, but on this day, the scout sent an unexpected news.

After receiving this news, Ma Lu had a smile on his face, and immediately took 5,000 new army soldiers and all the Persian Dekhgans to greet him.

……

At the foot of the Zagros Mountains, in a valley.

It was only a few dozen miles from Isfahan, and the villages along the way were in ruins, and more than 20,000 Syrian legion fighters sat on horseback, closely following caliph Abdullah.

Abdullah looked extremely happy, sitting on his horse's back and looking around. He already knew the news of Ibrahim's defeat, and he was extremely happy with the news.

In the past few years, Ibrahim has been sticking to the vicinity of Aleppo like kraft candy, so that he has to commit half of his troops, and Abdullah really hates this self-proclaimed caliph.

He did not hate the Tang people, the Tang people were his friends, and his position as caliph was obtained with the help of the Tang people.

Unlike Ibrahim, he had no real faith, which he saw as nothing more than a tool for power.

The status of a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad helped him to gain worldly power, and that's it.

He was a very realistic man who was not very religious in his faith. He knows better than anyone how powerful the Tang people are, and he will never forget the scene of Mansur's tens of thousands of cavalry being wiped out in an instant, so for Abdullah, being friends with the Tang people is the best choice.

Even if more concessions and compromises were needed to maintain the friendship, he didn't care.

He hated the remnants of the Umayyad and Ibrahim, who wanted to remove him from the throne of the caliphate. Ibrahim, in particular, spent his days talking about his land ceded to the Tang people, accusing him of not being worthy of the position of caliph. Now that Ibrahim is dead, he is naturally extremely happy.

“…… The only regret...... I just didn't come in time. After coming, the war is over......" Abdullah thought to himself, looking at a village in ruins not far away.

After eliminating Ibrahim's remaining forces on the Aleppo front, Abdullah led his troops over the Zagros Mountains, hoping to work with his old friend again to defeat Abdullah together. However, after crossing the mountains, I got the news that the war was over.

When the battle was over, there was no need to help, but now that he had come with a large army, Abdullah decided to come to Isfahan and show his old friends how sincere he was.

Not long ago, he met a group of scouts from the Tang Army, and Abdullah had already respectfully expressed his intentions, and now at this time, that old friend should have known the news of his arrival.

It was the general of the Tang Dynasty, and the purpose was to get the land of the Great Food, which he knew very well.

But this time, he was ready to give in.

As long as he can maintain his position, he will not care if he concedes more.

The Tang general was a man of his word, and after the capture of Kufa City, although he took a lot of wealth with him, he kept the whole of Kufa for himself. At that time, he was extremely kind, and as long as he made concessions this time, it should be the same.

The messenger sent out must have seen him, but now he has not returned, and it is not known how he decided, which can only be known until they meet.

……

Five thousand horsemen rushed like wind and thunder towards the foothills of the Zagros Mountains.

Ma Lan sat on the horse's back, and the smile on his face was extremely rich.

"Husband, what is that Syrian governor...... What are you going to talk to him about? Yang Youniang, who was wearing a fitted leather armor beside her, asked.

"What to talk about? There is nothing to talk about. Ma Lan smiled, put his hand on his neck, and made a throat-slitting motion.

"Then didn't he come to die himself!" Yang Youniang said.

Ma Lan smiled slightly, and compared with the original history, Uncle Abdullah of the Great Food Emperor had lived a few more years, and he was already taking advantage.

can be wronged and willing to make the greatest concessions in order to survive, and he can be regarded as a character, but it's a pity that he is Abdullah, a caliph who is a big cannibal, so the ending is doomed.

If he wasn't a big cannibal, without this factor, Ma Lan wouldn't mind letting him live, as long as he was willing to leave the fertile crescent zone, it wouldn't be impossible for him to live.

However, his identity determines that he must not live.

The Prophet had no children, and Khaje Ali was the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. After Sadiq's death, it was already completely declining, and Abdullah, Abbas, and Mansur were all from the family of Uncle Muhammad, and they were also the closest to the Prophet's blood, and they had great influence in the Great Food Country.

In the distance, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and a large number of figures turned on the mountain road, slowly coming towards the front in dense clusters.

At the front was Abdullah, who also saw the banner of the Anxi Army displayed here. Abdullah ordered the army to stop, a friendly smile appeared on his face, and he left the brigade with dozens of guards and accelerated towards the side of the Anxi army.

"My friend, we haven't seen each other in years since you left Kufa!" There were still dozens of feet to go, and Abdullah shouted loudly on his horse.

"yes, it's been years." Ma Lan laughed loudly and waved his hand to stop the athletes, "I haven't seen you for several years, so naturally I want to have a good drink." ”

On Abdullah's side, the faces of the guards changed.

As Abdullah's cronies, they are naturally not religious about their beliefs, but Abdullah has the status of a caliph after all, and Muslims are not allowed to drink alcohol.

The smile on Abdullah's face was still strong: "Haha! The general's good wine, Abdullah drank it a few years ago, and this time when he sees the general again, he wants to taste it again. ”

As he spoke, Abdullah came to him, reined in his horse and bowed to Ma. Ma Lan smiled and threw over a pot of iced grape wine. Abdullah took it, opened it on horseback, and drank it with his head up. (To be continued.) )