This guy hated the Caliph very much because that man did not take his life seriously, but he did not want the Tang Dynasty to occupy this place. After all, deep down in his heart, the Tang Dynasty was a group of pagans, so how could he allow them to occupy this place?
Regarding General Sima's memorial, what he said was actually all true. He also believed that some of the analysis was very accurate, but he did not want the people in power in the Tang Dynasty to see this memorial. If they really sent a large army to attack directly, let alone the Beidaying, even if the more powerful troops he talked about were to be deployed, they would probably not be able to withstand the attack of the Tang army. During the period of surrender, he was carefully observing the Tang army, and its strength should not be underestimated.
In fact, in this age without the Internet, it is difficult to confirm whether many things are true based solely on other people's descriptions. But if you see it with your own eyes, you will know that this thing is really real.
Take the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty army for example. From the war of the Governor-General's Office of Anton to the present, many people cannot continue to be skeptical even if they have not seen it with their own eyes. However, including Prince Landing, many people are unwilling to believe this. This has actually gone beyond basic analysis and is purely an obsession in their hearts.
However, after spending a long time with the Tang army, His Royal Highness the Prince finally knew the combat effectiveness of the Tang army. The descriptions of those people in the past could be said to be simplified versions. What he saw with his own eyes was the true combat effectiveness of the Tang army.
He even had a sand table simulation in his mind. The real Tang army only needed 50,000 people to defeat Beidaying and turn the Beidaying army into a bunch of scattered and defeated soldiers. When these people began to retreat to the south, it would be like the natural disaster of the year. These people would be like locusts and would disintegrate all the defenses of the Arab Empire. The Tang army could march straight into the holy city of the Arab Empire.
"Maybe you're right. I don't know enough about that place. There are many things I need your guidance on."
Sima Jun was telling the truth. Although we have quite a few spies at the front, judging from the news they sent back, their level is not very high. Perhaps His Royal Highness the Prince knows the true strength of the Arab Empire. In the face of such a large-scale war, we must be careful about everything.
So General Sima opened another line on the side and wrote the words of His Royal Highness the Prince on it. As for how our Prince made the judgment and the final decision, this is not our concern. All the necessary information should be written on it and let His Royal Highness decide for himself.
When seeing those words, His Royal Highness the Prince felt complicated. He didn't know if what he did was right. If someone found out in the future, thinking about Li Xiang's frightened eyes, it seemed that he should change it. But he just told a lie in front of others, should he slap himself in the face immediately?
In the end, this guy didn't say a word, and the memorial was handed over to his men to be sent out by express horse. Even with the pigeon route, it would take at least nearly a month for the memorial to reach Li Xiang. Maybe the actual situation would have changed by then. His Royal Highness the Prince could only comfort himself in this way.
At this moment, Li Xiang was less than 500 miles away from Chang'an City and was eager to return home. According to Li Xiang's original idea, this time he went to the front line and swallowed up a large amount of territory of the Arab Empire, but the situation on the front line was different from what he expected, so this time could not be considered a victorious journey.
"What are you laughing at, Your Highness?"
Just now when Li Xiang thought of that incident, he smiled bitterly. Who knew that he was seen by Li Chengyi next to him. This guy served as the chief guard of Li Xiang and escorted Li Xiang back from the front line. This was also his first time to hold this official position.
"I'm laughing at the fact that I think conquering the world is too easy. When I left Chang'an City, I was thinking of defeating the Arab Empire in one fell swoop. Even if I couldn't occupy their entire territory, I would at least occupy a large amount of their land. Now it seems that this goal has not been achieved, and it is still a long way from being completed."
Li Xiang smiled bitterly and shook his head. In fact, he had analyzed it before. The reason why he did not win as quickly as before was purely because the front line was too far away. The most important thing was that the land of the Arab Empire was too desolate. Take the surrounding Xueyantuo for example, it was even slightly better than the land of the Arab Empire.
From the perspective of the current agricultural society, the land of the Arab Empire is of no use at all. Therefore, if Li Xiang wants to wage this war, he cannot spend too much money, and he cannot affect the development of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Li Xiang can only carry out small-scale wars. If it is a large-scale war, perhaps opposition within the court would have arisen long ago.
But Li Xiang had no way to explain to the opposition, could it be that these bastards buried a lot of oil under the ground? We may not need these things now, but after the industrial revolution, these things will be black gold, which can bring many advantages to our country.
If this is the explanation, let alone ordinary officials and common people, even the wisest people in the entire Tang Dynasty probably would not understand these things. It would be like playing the lute to a cow. So after careful consideration, Li Xiang could only start from two aspects.
On the one hand, they continued to exaggerate the threat of the Arab Empire. Fortunately, these bastards invaded the Western Regions, and our army fought with them. We also knew the power of their Desert Storm, so with this threat, the opposition did not dare to say anything.
On the other hand, it does not take up a large amount of financial budget. Many things are done by local troops and talents, and it does not have a far-reaching impact on the entire Tang Dynasty. This can also shut those guys up.
"Your Highness, why are you so stubborn? What did you advise me earlier? Destroying a large number of their manpower and slowly cutting them off bit by bit is also one of our tactics. At least we are now supporting the Ali Dynasty and that prince. This is all good for us. How do you know they can't surprise us? Maybe while we are in Chang'an City, they have already entered the capital of the Arab Empire."
After hearing Li Chengyi's words, everyone around laughed. Although they knew that this guy was talking nonsense, these words were indeed very exciting. They could only hope that they had the ability to do so.
