Arabian Palace
In a place surrounded by desert, they actually built a magnificent palace, and there are all kinds of plants here. Many slaves carry water here from morning to night so that these plants can grow. Otherwise, they would have died long ago in such an environment.
"My respected Caliph, the army has already begun to assemble. It will take approximately two and a half months for our empire's warriors to be fully assembled. When the time comes, please rest assured that I will lead the empire's warriors to crush the invaders of our Anton Governor's Mansion in one fell swoop and recapture our original land. We will also invade the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions and open a passage to the Central Plains."
In front of the huge throne, a general dressed in gold and silver knelt down and said, this guy is the first general of the Arab Empire, Sukhguman.
After hearing the news, many ministers around showed fanatical smiles on their faces. As long as General Suhoguman went to war, there would basically be victory. There were only battles that he was unwilling to fight, but no battles that he could not win.
"May Allah bless us and may Allah bless you to be victorious."
The current caliph is a king in his fifties. Since he ascended the throne, he has been acquiring new lands and making new efforts. This also makes him extremely conceited. However, in front of the big country in the East, they actually failed, and it was a miserable defeat, so he killed all his sons without hesitation.
Everyone present had heard people describe that the Tang Dynasty was an extremely wealthy dynasty. Their imperial palace was paved with gold bricks everywhere, and the entire country was very prosperous. So the people of the Arab Empire also thought that if they could conquer that place, they could even migrate there as a whole country and would not have to live in such a hot place.
Of course, if this is to be achieved, we must first defeat the Tang army. According to the soldiers who escaped last time, the weapons and equipment of the Tang army are much more advanced than ours. We are no match for them on the battlefield. Often, the Tang army can disrupt our front line in just a few breaths.
General Sukhguman did not trust those who disrupted the morale of the army at all, and directly ordered his men to chop off their heads.
Apart from him, the great Caliph also did not believe this, so 90% of those who escaped from the Tang Dynasty battlefield are now dead. Many people feel that their souls have been polluted by the devil, so they say such unrealistic things.
Is our empire's army weak in combat? This is simply impossible. Look at how well we performed against those European heavy cavalry. When we raised our scimitars, no one could be our opponent. They could only become our slaves.
During this expedition to Europe, they brought back nearly 20,000 strong slaves. These people were much taller and stronger than them. They had hoped that they would serve their country for a long time. However, after these people arrived here, many of them could not bear the heat and died early.
So the great Caliph said that these white people must be in conflict with us. If we can defeat the Tang Empire, we will be able to have a large number of slaves. After all, there are also many people from the Western Regions here, and those people from the Western Regions can survive here.
In the palace hall, hundreds of officials were cheering loudly, as if they had won the war. After all, two years ago, they used this cheer to send off General Sukhkuman on his expedition to Europe.
In the end, they won the victory and defeated several European countries, especially the most powerful Frankish Empire. If we were not unfamiliar with the local terrain, we could even have reached their capital.
According to some people, they should have pursued the victory and continued to exterminate the Frankish Empire, but the entire empire suffered a crushing defeat in the East, and more than 200,000 troops were wiped out. They had to withdraw their troops temporarily, eliminate the danger in the East first, open up a passage to the Central Plains, and then make plans when the time comes.
The Caliph's idea was very direct. After opening up the passage to the Central Plains, if the Tang army was vulnerable, then we would concentrate our superior forces and rush directly to their Chang'an City. Many people have said that it is the largest city in the world, larger than all the big cities in the entire Arab Empire.
If we can conquer that place, it will be a very glorious thing for the entire empire. In addition to the face-saving matter, the most important thing is that we can gain a large amount of gold and silver treasures. According to some businessmen, the gold and silver treasures in Chang'an City are beyond your imagination. Even if all the wealth of our empire is gathered together, it is not as good as that wealthy country in the East.
Of course, if this channel cannot be opened, the land around the Andong Governor's Mansion must be preserved. The people here are not arrogant, and they also know that the Tang army is very powerful. Therefore, this expedition has two strategic goals, either to be able to break into Chang'an City, or to preserve the Andong Governor's Mansion and return the Tang army to what they call the Western Regions.
After determining these two goals, the entire empire began to recruit troops on a large scale. Many people had just retreated from the battlefield and had not had time to digest the gold, silver and treasures they had looted, but they were already ready to go into battle again, preparing to march eastward to conquer the Tang Dynasty.
The intelligence personnel of the Tang Dynasty were also not idle. As time went on, they also investigated the number of generals and troops, and sent them to the Tang Dynasty military camp as quickly as possible to remind our people to be prepared. If possible, they could attack in advance and launch a surprise attack on the army of the Arab Empire.
If the sneak attack can be successful, then our Tang Dynasty can turn the passive situation into the active one. After the last disastrous defeat of the Arab Empire's army, although they tried their best to block the news of the failure in the east, many people in the army still knew that if the first battle was a success, the fighting spirit of these soldiers would be very little.
Of course, this is just a suggestion from the front-line intelligence personnel. As for which one Li Xiang will adopt, that is Li Xiang’s own business.
