Chapter 266: Sending troops to the East
"Your Excellency the Governor, His Majesty the Caliph's herald has arrived!"
Attendant to the eastern Umayyad governor, reporting to the governor Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.
Hajjaj listened to the herald who hurried out to meet the caliph.
"Welcome to the East, Herald!"
Hajjaj greeted the herald politely, and the person in front of him represented the caliph.
"Your Excellency the Governor, I have brought orders from His Majesty the Caliph!"
"Your Majesty, Great Caliph, if there is any new order for me, I will surely fulfill him."
"His Majesty the Caliph has ordered you to lead an army of 100,000 to retake the region of Khorasan that had been seized by the Persians, and to continue to expand eastward."
The herald conveyed the order of Caliph Abd al-Makli to Hajjaj and presented a token representing the caliph.
"Please go back and tell His Majesty the Caliph that I am willing to put down all the enemies for him, and those who encroach on the territory of the Great Food will one day be punished as they deserve!"
Hajjaj took the token, examined it carefully, and after making sure that there were no problems, he accepted the caliph's order.
Hajjaj returned the token to the herald, who took it back and put it away, and immediately turned his horse's head and galloped away.
"Let Qudibo ibn al-Muslim, Muhammad ibn al-Qasim and others come to the council."
Hajjaj commanded his attendant, who took the order and left.
Since being defeated by the Tang army, Hajjaj has been thinking about how to save the lost face, and is bent on advancing eastward again to recapture the lost Khorasan region.
During this time, he gathered his strength, gathered his army, and ordered Muhammad ibn al-Qasim, who had become his nephew and son-in-law, to return from Tianzhu.
Today, Hajaj has nearly 200,000 troops, and he is very confident that he will be able to win this expedition!
Ten minutes later, all the generals under Hajjaj's command gathered in the council hall of the governor's palace and waited for Hajjaj's arrival.
Before that, there was a lot of talk about what Hajjaj had called them for.
"Qu Dibo, why do you say that the Governor is in such a hurry to call us here?"
"Muhammad, you are the nephew and son-in-law of the Governor, don't you know what it is for?"
"Are you preparing for a crusade? I've been waiting for a long time, just for the arrival of this day, Qu Dibo, the two of us will compete to see who will enter the Eastern Earth Datang first! ”
"Muhammad, let the horse come, and I will accompany you to the end, and when the time comes, if you lose, don't cry."
"Joke, I, Muhammad, am that kind of poor worm who has no ability and only knows how to cry his nose, Qudibo, you better take care of yourself! Don't ...... then."
"Your Excellency the Governor has arrived!"
As the shouts of the attendants at the door sounded, Muhammad and Qudibo stopped arguing, and the others stopped talking.
All eyes were on Hajjaj, who walked in through the door, and everyone saluted the governor, Hajjaji.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have important news to announce!"
Hajjaji's eyes swept over the generals, and seeing that they were all looking at him intently, Hajjaji continued: "Just now I received an order from the caliph, and the caliph ordered us to recapture Khorasan and attack the Tang Dynasty in the eastern soil. ”
"I am here to assure you that whoever is the first to attack the Tang Dynasty of Dongtu will be the governor of Dongtu, and the rich territory of Dongtu will be governed by the first person to attack Dongtu."
"Hooray! Banzai! ”
After hearing this, everyone's blood boiled, and they couldn't wait to lead troops to attack Datang now.
They have long heard that the Eastern Tang Dynasty is a rich country, and the emperor of the Eastern Tang Dynasty is arrogant and lascivious, and hundreds of people are waiting for him every day.
There were as many as 100,000 servants in the palace, and the milk could not be drunk and had to be poured out, and the emperor's bed was made of pure gold, and many priceless jewels were inlaid on it.
In short, in a word, Dongtu Datang is very rich, even if they only grab a little, it is enough for them to eat and wear for several generations.
Therefore, when Hajaji announced his march to the Eastern Tang Dynasty, everyone immediately boiled!
"Your Excellency the Governor, the Khorasan region was lost from me, please allow me to personally lead the troops and recover the lost Khorasan region."
Qudibo knelt down on one knee and saluted Hajaji and offered to ask for help.
The Tang army helped Ni Nishi to restore the country, which made Qu Dibo lose face, which was a shame in his life!
As a general with great achievements, Qu Dibo knows the truth that where he falls, he will get up from there.
This time he wants to regain everything he has lost, and wash away his shame, and as the governor of Khorasan, he will have to wash away his shame on his own.
"Excellent! I admire you, I admire you, I give you fifty thousand troops, I hope you will not disappoint me, do not disappoint the caliph. ”
Hajaji looked at the generals kneeling in front of him, and Hajaji decided to give him a chance to wash away his shame and allocate 50,000 troops to Qudibo.
Hajjaj believes that with the ability of Qudibo, it is not a big problem to retake the Khorasan region!
"Please rest assured, Your Excellency, before sunset the day after tomorrow, I will definitely drive the Persian Ni Ni Division and the Tang army out of the Khorasan region, and replant the banner of our Great Eclipse on the Khorasan Governor's Palace."
Qu Dibo made a package ticket to Hajjaji, and this time with 50,000 troops in hand, he had sufficient confidence and confidence in recapturing the Khorasan region.
The main reason why he failed before was that he was caught off guard by the enemy, and the enemy army was fierce, and he was not given any chance at all!
The enemy really didn't talk about martial virtues, but fortunately he flashed fast at the time, otherwise, he would have become a ghost under the enemy's sword!
If he hadn't gone for Shem, he would have been the most humiliated general of the Umayyad dynasty, and he would have gone to Allah with humiliation, and he would have been ridiculed for generations.
Fortunately, he flashed fast at the beginning, so he has the opportunity to be ashamed now!
"You set off now, take my warrant to mobilize the army, I will hand over the most elite army of 50,000 to you, I hope you will not live up to my expectations!"
Hajjaj summoned the warrant he had prepared into Qudibo's hand.
Qu Dibo choked up with emotion, there were 50,000 elite soldiers in hand, so if he couldn't recapture the Khorasan region, he would simply be killed by a head-on.
Qudibo bid farewell to Hajjaji, took Hajjaji's warrant, transferred Hajjaji's most elite army of 50,000, and slaughtered it in the Khorasan region.
Here, Hajjaj began to deploy the battle plan, which was divided into several parts to execute and so on.
Hajjaj ordered his nephew and son-in-law Muhammad to march eastward with an army of 100,000 men, and the other generals were assigned to Muhammad.
Hajjaj led an army of 30,000 to guard the governor's palace to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the fire to loot, and also served as a backup force to be ready for reinforcements at any time.
Make sure that the armies of Qudibo and Muhammad do not have any worries!
Some people died, but not completely......