Chapter 276: Envoy to the Tang Dynasty
When Hajjaj learned that his army had not only failed to conquer Persia, but had also lost his troops and generals, not to mention the crushing defeat, he had also lost two of his generals.
Qu Dibo became a prisoner of the Tang Dynasty, and his nephew and son-in-law Muhammad is even more missing, and there is no news of him so far.
When Hajjaj heard the bad news, he vomited blood and fainted.
After he woke up, after careful consideration, the current east, if all the people were soldiers, they could still gather more than 200,000 horses.
As long as he still wants to fight, he still has this strength.
However, he was injured in the east, losing two generals, and even the main force of more than 100,000 failed to take the Persian state, and he couldn't get any advantage when he went on an expedition.
Hajjaj had no choice but to write a report to the caliph about the situation and ask the caliph to make a decision.
When Caliph Abdul Malik received the news of the crushing defeat, he was furious and ordered Hajjaj to be brought back for questioning.
Hajjaj was brought before Abdul Makli.
"Hajjaj, are you guilty?"
Abdul-Makli looked at Hajjaj, who was kneeling in front of him, and asked.
He was very disappointed in Hajaji, this Eastern Crusade originally had high hopes for him, but unexpectedly brought the news of a fiasco, and hundreds of thousands of Great Food Elites fell on the way to the Eastern Crusade.
Not only did he not regain the lost Khorasan region, but he was also taken prisoner by tens of thousands of people, much to Abdul-Makli's annoyance.
"I'm guilty, I'm confessed, I'm willing to accept any punishment!"
Hajaji didn't have any excuse, this time he completely miscalculated the situation, and he didn't expect the strength of the Tang Army to be so strong, he didn't even have the strength to parry, so he was cleaned up by the Tang Army!
To be honest, when he first heard the bad news, it was difficult for him to accept vomiting blood and fainting, but after waking up, he had to accept this reality.
The gap between Da Shi and Da Tang is too big, and it is precisely because of this realization that he did not start a war against Persia again.
This time, the Tang army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and it was fortunate to invade the territory of Dashi, and if it sent troops again, it was likely to anger Datang.
When the time comes, the Tang army invades the territory of the Great Eclipse, what will they use to resist?
In Hajaji's view, Dashi should not be hostile to Datang, but should shake hands with Datang and learn Datang's advanced technology and culture.
Only in this way can the strength of Da Shi be taken to a higher level, and when the strength of Da Shi becomes stronger, he will compete with Datang!
"Hajjaj led to the failure of this eastern crusade, and should have been severely punished, remembering that he had made a contribution to quelling the rebellion, and from today on, he will be removed from the post of governor of the eastern part of Hajjaji!"
Caliph Abdul Makli pronounced a sentence on Hajjaj, who was also his favorite general, to remove him from the governorship.
The removal of Hajjaj's governorship is a small punishment for him, and it can be regarded as an explanation for others.
Next, we should consider the relationship with Datang, whether to mobilize the armies of other places and continue to fight to the death with Datang, or to negotiate peace with Datang!
"The defeat of this Eastern Crusade has shown us the strength of the Eastern Soil Datang, and everyone thinks that we should continue the Eastern Crusade or make peace with the Datang."
Caliph Abdul Makli looked at his ministers and asked about diplomacy with the Tang Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the Great Caliph, now we are not the opponent of the Tang Army at all in terms of combat strength, if we have to fight the Tang Army insisted, we will only lose."
"We should send envoys to negotiate peace with Datang, and take the opportunity to send people to Chang'an to study, learn from Datang's advanced culture, and learn Datang's advanced science and technology."
"Only by learning all these can I better strengthen the national strength of my big food, and when my big food becomes stronger, I will consider the issue of eastward expansion."
Hajaji was the first to make a suggestion, that is, to become a white-eyed wolf, and after the stealing teacher succeeded, he would use the knowledge learned from Datang to change Da Shi and make Da Shi more powerful.
After that, he used everything he learned from the Eastern Tang Dynasty to deal with the Tang Dynasty.
Doesn't Datang have a saying that says: with the way of others, govern the body of others!
Let Datang also have a good taste of the power brought by their advanced technology!
Caliph Abdul Makli was very satisfied with Hajjaji's shameless behavior, worthy of his confidant, and could even think of such an ungrateful idea.
Fortunately, Hajjaj, a cunning fellow, was his Abdul Makli courtier, and if he was an enemy, he would be prone to nightmares when he slept at night.
Others were ashamed of Hajjaj's actions, but no one stood up against it, and while Hajjaj was shameless, his plan was in favor of the big food.
He didn't say much, but he still agreed with Hajjaj's plan.
"Do you have any other ideas? If you have something to say, it is related to the future of our big food, and there should be no restraints!"
Abdul looked at the others to see if they supported Hajjajja's proposal.
"Your Majesty the Caliph, I'm just a tax collector, if you ask me for advice on taxation, I will say a few, and I have nothing to say about the relationship with Datang!"
The chief tax officer stood up and said that his words spoke for all tax officials.
Caliph Abdul nodded, looked at the others, the official in charge of the law, and gave the same answer as the tax officer.
Now only the group of government officials remained, and when Abdul's eyes fell on them, their chief officer stood up and saluted:
"Your Majesty the Caliph, the believers of Allah who were captured by the Tang army, should we bring them back?"
Abdul-Makli understood what he meant, those captured cannibals, must be ransomed.
"How do you think we're going to get them back?"
"Send a delegation of emissaries to Datang to send a lion representing power, and propose to Datang to welcome our people back and pay some ransom to the other party."
Said the chief officer.
Caliph Abdul nodded and agreed, and discussed with everyone the amount of the ransom, which could not be too high, too high to be overpowered.
But it can't be too low, it's too low and people won't be willing, and after some discussion, give a maximum upper limit, and a minimum lower limit.
"Hajaji, I have ordered you to be the envoy to the Eastern Earth Datang on behalf of my Great Food, complete this mission, bring our people back, and take a thousand students to study in the Datang."
Abdul handed over the mission to Hajjaj to complete.
"Yes, Your Majesty the Caliph, I will complete the task in a moment!"
Hajjaj replied.
Three days later, Hajaj led a huge team from the capital of Dashi to Datang for foreign affairs activities.
Some people died, but not completely......