When it comes to choosing the messenger, there is not much of a headache. The Arab Empire's Northern Camp has already helped us make the choice.
If there is no Bei Daying to intercept, then who to send the letter is really a problem. What if they don't come back? Of course, we don't care about these soldiers. The most important thing is that we don't know what to do and we don't know if they will respond.
But there is no need to think about this now. Beidaying has set up a long defense line to stop all the people. If you want to get through, only your body can get through. No matter which country or nationality you are from, Beidaying treats everyone equally. Unless they send people to the north to perform a mission, no one can get through.
Of course, everyone understood what their order meant, which was to block the news of His Royal Highness the Prince's rebellion. This was like covering one's ears and stealing the bell, but these people did it anyway, and they did it very enthusiastically. In their view, as long as no news was sent to the south, it meant that this incident did not happen.
They are still immersed in their own dreams, waiting for the Tang army to continue to capture cities and occupy all the cities in the north. Then the number of troops you can attack will become smaller and smaller. If that time really comes, we can turn from passive to active and launch a surprise attack on you.
Li Xiang didn't know what to say about the train of thought of these people in the Arab Empire. In short, it is extremely beneficial to us now, and we can send someone to deliver the letter immediately.
Raf and Sambik were also selected. The place they were going to was called Jedla, which was about three hundred miles away.
When the refugee crisis broke out, this city wasn't immune either. Most of the city's residents became refugees. Now that rule has only just been restored, it's said that even the city hasn't assembled a full army. What's the point of calling in such local officials? Can they actually increase our strength?
Of course, the two of them couldn't say anything nonsense. This was an order from above. We were just ordinary soldiers. We had to listen obediently to what they told us to do and try not to express too much. The most important thing was that we had no right to express ourselves.
The entire Fuguo Army is under the control of the Tang army. You have to do whatever you are told. If you don't do it, then you can try and get away with it. Look at our arrogant prince, what's his current situation? He is still honestly completing the tasks assigned by the Tang court. If he slacks off even a little, he might lose his life.
Of course, this time the two of them were traveling differently from before. In the past, they were purely trying to escape, and they didn't have much supplies on them. Every time they found a place to rest, their first thought was to hide the supplies first. If they didn't hide these supplies, it would be like half of your life was gone. Now they are not so anxious. After they surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the best thing is that they have enough supplies.
The two men were leading a total of four camels, as well as a variety of food and drinks, enough for them to go back and forth. Of course, when they gave them these things, it was also clearly stated that if you want to run back home, you can try to go to the defense line of Beidaying. If you get beheaded, that's your own business.
They weren't fools, so how could they possibly do such a thing? They'd heard from their subordinates long ago that the Beidaying had issued a death order: no matter where the defeated troops came from, you were not allowed to pass through their defenses. Unless their heads fell off, don't try to be kind to me. Even if we were former comrades, you had no choice but to follow the rules. Otherwise, if I let you go, the general above me would have my head cut off.
"Are we really going to deliver the letter?"
It has been an hour since they left the temporary military camp, and the two have not said a word. Laf was in a relatively calm state of mind, and now he could no longer hold back. After leaving the military camp, he was still afraid that someone was following them, so he kept conducting counter-reconnaissance. Now he realized that no one was following them. If he wanted to run back home, this would be a great opportunity.
After the defeat in the North, they wanted to go home all the time, but the way home was right there, but the question was, could you run back? If you couldn't run back, you would die on the road.
Before, due to insufficient supplies and lack of physical strength, they could only run half of the way every day. They had no intention of going home. At that time, they only had one thought, which was to survive. Although they cannot be said to be strong in men and horses now, they are much stronger than they were then.
"If you don't deliver the letter now, what else do you have to do? Open your eyes and see clearly. There is absolutely no place around here where we can get help. Do you see that tribe over there? They are so intact. Do you think we can gain anything by going there? It is very likely that our four camels will be robbed. Therefore, we have to avoid tribes like these along the way. As for those poorer people, they have nothing on their bodies, so they are even more useless to us."
Sambike also wants to go home, to see what life is like. When they were captured, they promised us everything: we could go home every six months. But now six months have passed, and not only have we seen no sign of home, we're actually getting further and further away. I really want to pull that officer over and ask him, "Don't you feel guilty when you lie? Is that all you can do to deceive kind people like us?"
"But if we go to deliver the letter, it would be a heinous act. Your Highness has bribed the local officials. If the Caliph finds out, everyone in our family will be beheaded. Have you forgotten this?"
Raf said sadly, "They became like this to protect their families, but the problem is they can't. Take the current situation for example. If you could protect them, would you still be like this? You don't even know the situation at home. It's very likely that you've already been implicated. After all, the families of the defeated never have a good outcome. This has almost become a routine in the Arab Empire. Everyone will bully the families of the defeated."
