In fact, deserters' words cannot be trusted. In order to find a chance to survive, they will say anything.
If Governor Faisal still had any brains, he would never believe what these deserters said, but there had been no news from the front for several days, and more and more defeated troops were returning, and there was no organized army returning at all.
Governor Faisal also began to panic. When these deserters came back, it meant that the Tang army should be making preparations. He never believed that the Tang army would stop advancing.
You know, according to his understanding of the Tang Dynasty army, the Tang Dynasty army has always been an expansionist army. If you let them stay where they are, it will be simply impossible. So we can't care about the prince who is seeking death. We have to think about how to live our own lives, otherwise the prince's today will be our tomorrow.
The ministers who came from the capital could not notify them. Once they were notified, these people would immediately return to the capital with their followers. They would cause chaos in the entire Anton Governor's Office, and then the entire jurisdiction would be in chaos.
"Go to the prince's warehouse immediately and take away everything you can. Also, take away everything from the warehouses of the wealthy families in the city. If anyone dares to stop you, kill them without mercy."
Less than half an hour later, Governor Faisal made the decision that he could no longer stay here. It was too unsafe and his men could no longer defend the city, so he had to make arrangements early.
So this guy came up with a plan, which was to take away everything he could. Of course, he could not go back to the heartland of the Arab Empire. If he went back, he would probably be hunted down by those above him. So in this situation, he would run as far as he could. Anyway, he had money on him, and with two or three thousand brothers with him, there was no place he could not go.
The men were originally very resistant, but thinking about the current situation, if they didn't seize the time to escape, they might not even have a chance. The city of Samarkand would soon get the news, so it was an opportunity for us to take advantage of the quiet time now.
"Send a few more beautiful women over there. We must keep these bastards at bay. We can't let them out of the house before dark today."
Thinking about the ministers coming from the capital, each of them has a higher rank than himself, and they are all decisive in killing. If they know the news here, he will have no chance of escaping, so he has to trap them with beauties and fine wine, so that he will have a chance.
Governor Faisal had some trusted subordinates, so they couldn't care less at the moment. They rode their war horses and pulled carriages, loading all the valuables they could loot in the city. The most important thing now was to follow the governor and leave quickly.
When the sun was about to set, these three thousand people finally abandoned the entire city. There were no defenders on the city walls. After they saw the governor leave, they thought about the strange situations in the past few days. These people were not fools. They quickly led their camels and followed the governor if they could. Those who couldn't keep up could not stay here.
Samarkand is the most important city in the entire Anton Governorate area. If we are defeated on the front line, the Tang army will soon target it, and we won’t have much chance of survival.
So in this situation, we must hurry up and leave. Once we are surrounded by the Tang army, our lives will be lost.
The ministers who came from the capital had been drinking all day. When they woke up, it was already midnight. The yard was brightly lit before, but now it was surprisingly quiet.
Samarhan is the largest city nearby, and there are some lights in the night sky, but now it is dark outside. What is going on?
Some people finally felt something was wrong. Apart from the guards around them, they couldn't find a single local official. It turned out that these people were always by their side, doing whatever they wanted, but where did they go now?
"Where is Governor Faisal?"
Ye Tanzan, the left minister of the Arab Empire, said loudly.
"Reporting to the Left Prime Minister, no one in the city can be found. Except for ordinary people, all the officials seem to have left. Our people have gone out to look for them, and the Governor's Mansion is also empty."
After hearing the news, Ye Tansan still felt a little suspicious, but he did not think that Governor Faisal would run away directly.
not good!
Could it be that the front line was defeated?
"Oh no, sir..."
Just when he was suspicious about this, another guard ran in.
"The gifts you received some time ago were all in the three houses at the back. I don't know where the thieves took them to now, and the three guards who were in charge of guarding them are all dead."
After hearing this, Ye Tansang was also anxious. Didn't he come here from such a long distance just to get some benefits? Now even the benefits he got were gone. What on earth was going on?
When he ran out of the house, there were several other ministers coming from the capital on the road. They probably received the news at the same time. When they saw the mess where they hid the treasure, these people instantly understood what was going on.
"Damn Faisal..."
If they could see Faisal again, they would want to cut this guy into pieces. The people from the Governor's Office of Anton gave them so many gifts and praised them highly at that time, but they didn't expect that they would be taken back now, and in this way.
"Forget about all this for now. Send someone to find out what's going on. They've abandoned the entire city. I think it's the front line..."
The Left Prime Minister didn't finish his words, but everyone around him was in the court. Even the most incompetent official now had a clue in his mind. It must be our people who were defeated, but Faisal did not tell us the news.
This guy took his people and ran away, which means that this city is no longer safe. If we continue to stay here, doesn’t it mean that we are also not safe?
"Hurry, hurry, prepare the horses..."
When some people thought of this, they were ready to leave here quickly to prevent being surrounded by the army of the Tang Empire. They were high-ranking officials of the Arab Empire.
