477 slaughtered caravans of the Tang Merchant House
"Patriarch Ratan, where did these Arab soldiers come from?" Raja Sri threw the spear to the guards and wiped his hands with a silk scarf.
"Queen, just after you have been gone for about two months, the Arab Empire has suddenly gathered 400,000 troops on the border."
"Sindh was conquered in the eighteenth day, the Gandhara in the twentieth day, and the Kashmira in the eleventh day, and then they continued their eastward march. Because of your absence, and our lack of troops, General Zhen led the army to resist in the city of Modala for six days, and then abandoned the city. He gathered the remnants of the army and resisted the Arab army in Qunu City for four days, and was finally defeated. ”
"General Zhen's whereabouts are unknown after that battle, and it is difficult for my Tianzhu to form a large-scale resistance, and the various cities have been broken in turn, if you don't come today, it is estimated that our Latan tribe will also ......"
Speaking of this, Latan Tata still had palpitations, and he was almost, almost wiped out.
"The army of 400,000 ......" a sense of powerlessness rose in Rajasri's heart.
The whole of Tianzhu did not have so many armies, and because they were a city-state system.
Each family concentrated its armies in its own cities, which was a good time for the Arab armies to break through.
"What are we going to do now?" Ratan Tata asked.
The city of Latan could not be defended, and this time it was able to repel the Arab army because of Raja Sri and the night attack.
The other party will never give such a second opportunity.
But where can they go if they leave the city of Ratan? This is the territory that the family has held for a hundred years, and they have nowhere to go without it.
Raja Sri shook his head: "The Arab Empire is too strong, we are not opponents. ”
This is not a discouraged statement, but to tell the truth, even if there are weapons of Datang, but there are too few of them, it is impossible to fight ten with one against ten like Datang.
That's right, Datang!
At this time, the only thing that Rakya Sri could think of was the Tang Dynasty.
If there is anyone else who can defeat the powerful Arab Empire, then there may only be the more powerful Tang Dynasty.
But Raga Sri knew that if she directly asked for help from Datang, their Tianzhu was not a vassal state of Datang, and Datang might not send troops for them.
So she asked Ratan Tata: "Those merchants of the Tang Dynasty."
What about the team? What about our Datang caravan in Tianzhu? ”
Because of Tang Ping's relationship, some Tang merchants have come to Tianzhu to trade, which is the last straw for Laga Sriri.
Fortunately, Ratan Tata is not stupid, and he immediately understood when asked by Raja Sri.
nodded and said: "At that time, the Arab army advanced too fast, and many caravans from the Tang Dynasty had no time to leave, and I took them in when they arrived at the caravans in Latan City." ”
"Well done!" Raja Sri patted him on the shoulder, "Take me to them." ”
The two returned to the city of Latan, and the two-day siege battle caused heavy casualties in the city of Latan, and there were wails everywhere.
"Patriarch Latan, evacuate with people as soon as possible!" The repulsed Arab army will gather more troops in a few days at most, and the city of Latan will certainly not be able to hold it.
"The Tang people have a saying that if you stay in the green mountains, you are not afraid of running out of firewood, so it is what you should do to keep the clansmen as much as possible. Continuing to the east, there is our newly developed jade mine, and some guards from the Tang Clan's trading house, let's discuss it with them again! ”
"Yes!" Ratan Tata took Raga Sri to the place where the Tang merchants were housed, and went to arrange the evacuation.
Raga Sri entered the hall, because there were many merchants who came, and the small city of Ratan could only arrange such a place for them.
Everyone huddled together, praying in their hearts that the war would end soon.
Many people are interested in coming to Tianzhu to do business and make profits back and forth, but they didn't expect to encounter such a thing.
After Raja Sri entered, he first said: "I am Raja Sri, the queen of Tianzhu, and I am sorry for everyone to get involved in the war between our Tianzhu and the Arab Empire. ”
"Queen?"
"Is it really the Queen of Tianzhu?"
These businessmen didn't expect Queen Tianzhu to come, but no one should pretend to be this identity casually.
An old man stood up and said, "The queen is polite, this is originally an invasion launched by the Arab Empire against you, why are you wrong?" Patriarch Dosheratan is willing to take us in in the midst of war. ”
Raga Sri nodded to the old man, and then asked, "I just came back from Chang'an, and I have reached a lot of cooperation with the Tang Pingguo Gong and the Tang Chamber of Commerce, is there anyone from the Tang Chamber of Commerce here?" ”
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone looked at a one-armed man in the corner.
Looking at the blood stains on his severed arm, it was obvious that it had just been cut off.
The man, who had been sitting in the innermost part with some dejection, raised his head when he heard Raja Sri speak.
"You...... Do you know our owner? ”
"Yes!" Raga Sri nodded, took the long knife from the guard's hand and handed it to him: "This time I went to Chang'an, and I personally traded three thousand weapons produced by your Tang clan iron shop with your host. ”
The man confirmed that it was indeed a weapon produced by his own Tang clan, and cried with a long knife: "I...... I'm sorry for the owner! We...... We ......"
didn't finish a sentence, and actually fainted directly.
While calling for rescue, Raga Sri asked the other Tang merchants around him to know that there were more than 500 people in the caravan of the Tang Clan, and he was the only one who escaped alive.
You must know that the Tang family firm is the most powerful, so the amount of goods entering and leaving each time is very large, and the money it brings is also very large.
The caravan of more than 500 people has more than 300 men who can become combatants, plus they are well-armed, and the ordinary small forces are actually not their opponents.
Plus the name of Datang is there, who dares to move them easily?
But this time they met the invincible Arab army, in the eyes of these fanatical religious warriors, what kind of Tang Dynasty? What Ping Guo Gong? I've never heard of it!
No matter how powerful it is, can it be more powerful than the gods they believe in? Therefore, the caravan of the Tang Clan Trading House was treated as a fat sheep.
Half an hour later, the one-armed man was rescued.
Raja Sri looked at him and said, "I already know what happened to you, but don't you think you have a more important task now?" ”
"I ...... Mission ......" The man's eyes were a little misty.
"Yes, shouldn't you tell Ping Guogong what happened here? The souls of your dead companions are wandering outside and cannot return to their homeland, so call Ping Guogong to pick them up. ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" The man seemed to be energized at once: "I have to tell the owner that we people from the Tang Clan Trading House can't die in vain!" ”
He also suffered a sudden blow, and only then did he become a little depressed, and now when he heard Raja Sri say this, he finally remembered Tang Ping.