"Although we have been prepared for a long time, we don't know much about the Arab Empire. You have provided some intelligence in this regard before, but it is still difficult to investigate. Therefore, the information was delivered a little late, and its accuracy needs to be verified."
The intelligence about the areas surrounding the Tang Dynasty had basically been investigated, and a lot of intelligence about India had also been collected. However, relatively little intelligence was collected about the Arab Empire. After all, the war with the Arab Empire was purely accidental, and the entire Tang Empire was not prepared for it.
According to Li Xiang's original strategic plan, he should have taken over the South Asian countries first, and then used the South Asian countries as a springboard to attack India. After taking over India, he would prepare for the war with the Arab Empire. Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. The tentacles of the Arab Empire have already reached our Western Regions. In that situation, the arrow is on the string and must be fired.
It was from that time that we began to take a positive view of the intelligence about the Arab Empire. Although we sent out many spies and spent a lot of money, we could only rely on our guesses about the next move of the Arab Empire. Based on the summary of the existing intelligence, whether the analysis was correct or not depended on fate.
Of course, our intelligence network within the Arab Empire also frequently sends out information that can correct our judgment.
"There are definitely difficulties. If there weren't any, what would you guys be doing? What's the situation over there right now?"
Li Xiang knew that Changsun Chong had already made a summary. According to Li Xiang's current busyness, even if the Arab Empire was the number one enemy of the entire Tang Empire, it was impossible to spend too much time on the Arab Empire. If Li Xiang wanted to hear anything, he would only listen to a summary. It was impossible to cover all the small pieces of news. If that were the case, the Tiance General's Mansion would not have to deal with other matters and would only have to focus on the Arab Empire, but it could not stop at other places.
"Although Governor Faisal escaped, he was eventually captured by the Arab Empire. It's said he was dragged to death by a camel. As for the prince, he's now trapped behind high walls. The Caliph of the Arab Empire won't allow him to leave, and he probably won't be able to leave for the rest of his life."
Chang Sun Chong first reported to our old friends. These two people had done such a big thing in the Andong Governor's Office, but in the end, apart from the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops and the loss of the land of the Andong Governor's Office, there were no other results.
Of course, it cannot be said that there were no results. For example, people knew the combat effectiveness of the Tang army and brought this vigilance back, making all the Arab Empire troops understand that when they encounter the Tang army in the future, they must not take it lightly. If they still fight in the same way as before, their chances of winning are estimated to be less than 10%.
"The outcome of these two men was predetermined. If they hadn't suffered such a devastating defeat, we might still be in the midst of a fierce battle. We must learn from this and never become complacent. Although we won this time, we still have to prioritize the Arab Empire over them, perhaps even consider them our primary enemy."
After the disastrous defeat of the Arab Empire, Li Xiang recorded these words and distributed them to officials at all levels in the Western Regions, telling them not to be too careless. Even after the disastrous defeat, the Arab Empire was still a tiger. If you think you have won completely now, then failure may happen to us.
"Your Highness is right. According to the information we have gathered from other sources, although the Arab Empire's army has lost hundreds of thousands of men, this is only a small loss for this vast empire. Their standing army already exceeds one million, and these hundreds of thousands of troops can be replenished quickly."
Chang Sun Chong took out a notice from his own files. This was a notice shipped back from thousands of miles away. It was the conscription notice of the Arab Empire. It did not say that they were preparing for war in the Governor's Office of Anton, but it publicized that they had obtained a large amount of land in the local area. This was a bit like what we learned from us. It said that as long as you go to the Anton area to fight, you can get a large amount of land and slaves. Therefore, there are also many people in the Arab Empire who want to join the army.
"Being a large empire has its advantages. After suffering such a crushing defeat at the border, not a single word of it was reported back, yet they were still able to trick the people back home into joining the army. This is truly remarkable."
The above text has been translated. Even though Li Xiang is a person from modern society, he doesn't know much about Arabic characters. Of course, when it comes to Arabic numerals, Li Xiang is very familiar with them. Now this kind of numerals has also begun to be used in the Tang Dynasty, but Li Xiang did not name them Arabic numerals, but named them Li Xiang numerals.
Since some historical advantages can be taken, then take them. You may not get any benefits now, but your descendants will benefit. When they talk about our glorious history, they will have more topics to talk about.
"Then should we add fuel to the fire? Although the effect may be limited, if we pick out some of the prisoners who don't work much in the prisoner-of-war camp and release them, they can also bring back news of the war. Even if the Arab Empire kills them all, it won't be a big loss for us, but it can make people in their country doubt what they believe."
Although Chang Sun Chong was in charge of intelligence work in the rear, he was also very clear about some operations on the front line. The Arab Empire's recruitment work in various places was very successful. If we release some of the defeated soldiers at this time, they will definitely try every means to return to their hometowns.
When they bring back the true news, it may be like a bolt from the blue, causing confusion in the minds of the entire Arab Empire. If the credibility of the imperial court no longer exists, it will be a very terrible thing, even more terrible than foreign invasion.
When Li Xiang heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. At this stage, it is not very realistic for us to launch an expedition to Arabia, mainly because the occupied areas are not safe yet, but it is not a problem to do something like this.
