Military advisor Medhra reluctantly accepted the order and began to select his subordinates, but he had no confidence at all about this visit to the Byzantine Empire.
Take the emerald ring on his hand for example. It was looted from the Byzantine Empire. According to incomplete statistics, the Arab Empire occupied more than 40 cities of the Byzantine Empire and killed more than 200,000 people. In this situation, you want to form an alliance with them. Do you think they are fools?
But Sukhguman no longer cared about so many things. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he had to seize it, even if he failed. It didn't matter. It would be best if all of you were missing. As long as you were missing, I could say whatever I wanted. At that time, I could send out a second team. The Caliph would not kill us until the team we sent out came back.
Prince Landing's territory.
Compared with the royal palace of the Arab Empire, this place is still too shabby, but for His Royal Highness the Prince, many places are already quite good.
When he first surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, His Royal Highness the Prince was filled with guilt. After all, the Arab Empire was his father's country, and betraying his father was a very sad thing. However, after thinking about what happened later, he was not so sad anymore.
Ever since his father passed away, no one in the country has remembered him. His life is not much better than that of a rich kid. Although his father has not explicitly stated that he wants him to inherit the country, as a prince, he cannot live that kind of life.
The Tang Dynasty lied to him, and he didn't believe it at first. But as more and more people told it and time went by, he had hypnotized himself, as if the throne of the Arab Empire should be his, and the current Khalifa was just a usurper.
When he first heard this statement, even he himself felt it was a bit absurd, but gradually more and more people around him said it, especially those tribal leaders who controlled the population. When His Royal Highness the Prince heard them say it, he really felt that it was somewhat true.
Now he has occupied more than 70 cities, and has sent people to declare their allegiance. According to the suggestions of some officials of the Tang Dynasty, the lords of these cities should be replaced. Of course, only those who are not strong enough should be replaced. If those who are powerful are replaced, I am afraid that his position will be unstable.
"Master Cao, where are General Sima and the others?"
When His Royal Highness the Prince turned around, he found that the person behind him had changed. He was replaced by a civil servant named Cao Zhen, who came from Jiangnan in the Tang Dynasty.
General Sima, who had been following him, was now leading his troops towards the northwest, which was the front line of the Byzantine Empire.
The strategy of the Tang Dynasty court was very simple. Although the Arab Empire had suffered many losses, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Before these issues were resolved, the court tried to avoid a decisive battle with the Arab Empire. If the court was really trapped in it, it would not be easy to get out.
The Byzantine Empire had not yet reached its strongest moment, and had already suffered a lot of blood from the Arab Empire. In this situation, if they could seize the opportunity, they would be able to tear off a piece of flesh from them.
"To answer your Highness, I do not know."
Prince Landing looked at Lord Cao in surprise. "How could you not know this? Aren't you an official stationed by the Tang Dynasty?" General Sima said before he left that if there was anything I didn't know, I could ask you. "Are you keeping this kind of information from us?"
Seeing the surprised face of His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Cao did not say much. He knew the reason why this order was issued from above. Perhaps His Royal Highness the Prince would not leak our secrets, but the people around him were not necessarily the same. The people around him were all kinds of people. Some surrendered, and some were forced. It is inevitable that these people would have resentment in their hearts.
Although no leaks have occurred yet, the order from above has been issued. Tell them what they should know, and be aware of what they should not know. If this cannot be done, then there is no need to say much about many things that will happen next.
The Tang army's attack on the Byzantine Empire can be said to be a very big event. If it becomes known to everyone, and if a merchant passes the news on, our 20,000 troops will be in trouble.
There was a look of humiliation on His Royal Highness's face, but when facing Lord Cao, he could only shut his mouth. After all, he knew very well, and had tried many times, that he should try not to argue with these Tang Dynasty officials. Once a dispute occurred, he would be the one who suffered in the end.
Although the Tang Dynasty officials could not do anything to him, the people around him would be in trouble. Last time, because of a dispute with General Sima, the attendant of His Royal Highness the Prince was beaten with twenty boards. The boards of the Tang Dynasty army were very severe. After being beaten with twenty boards, the attendant died that night. He was one of the best people that His Royal Highness the Prince could trust.
So from then on, His Royal Highness the Prince basically understood that he should keep everything in his heart and not speak it out if possible. The main reason was that speaking it out would be of no use and might even bring disaster upon himself.
Lord Cao had no time to consider His Royal Highness the Prince's thoughts. Now he was thinking about where General Sima was.
At this moment, about 1,700 miles northwest of what the prince described, Sima Jun was commanding his men to advance with difficulty. As the vanguard of the attack on the Byzantine Empire, he had to walk ahead of everyone and win a city for the follow-up troops to rest.
The dozen or so cities we passed along the way have basically turned into black ash. These are all the first attacks of the Arab Empire. After these people occupied a city, they immediately sent heavy troops to rob it. After taking away all the people, food and money, there was no use for the remaining city, so they simply burned it down.
If Li Xiang had not appeared, the Tang Dynasty army would have thought this was a very normal thing. As the victor, we do have this right. But when Li Xiang appeared, many people thought this was an extremely low behavior. Only those who had no brains would do this. Our Tang Dynasty army has brains.
