Chapter 1163 War Claims

Chapter 1163

"No need!"

Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi stood side by side, looking at the thick smoke billowing from everywhere in Khorasan City:

"If a person like Abu Muslim/Lin wants to escape and the city is so big, it will be difficult for us to find him, and the next step, what we need to consider is no longer fighting or killing someone, but It's time to consider the overall strategy. General Cheng, is the letter I told you ready?"

"It's been prepared long ago. Shiyi will catch the pen, and it can be sent to Baghdad at any time through those big-eating falcons."

A voice came from behind, Cheng Qianli tapped lightly on the top of the wall, and quickly caught up from behind.

The top general always considers the victory or defeat of a war, but Wang Chong not only considers the things on the battlefield, but also the overall strategy outside the battlefield. His vision and structure are enough to make the empire generals on this continent feel sad Pale. This is why Cheng Qianli admires him.

The army quickly rushed in. Without the garrison of Abu* and Ziyad, the tens of thousands of troops collapsed and were annihilated far faster than ever. From opening the city gate to the army entering, it only took two hours before and after. Wang Chong led the army to completely take over this important military town at the west end of the Silk Road.

"Is this the Tigris River?"

On the west side of Khorasan City, on the high city wall, Wang Chong, Gao Xianzhi, Cheng Qianli, Li Siye, Yuan Shurong and Bahram all climbed to the top of this magnificent city wall. Standing on the wall to the east of Khorasan City, Wang Chong saw the Khorasan City at a glance. Not far away, a wide and huge river rushed through.

This river is fifty or sixty feet wide, and I don't know how deep it is. Although the river is rushing, it is not as muddy as imagined.

——For the first time in Wang Chong's life, he saw one of the two most famous rivers in the former Sassanian dynasty west of Congling, one was the Tigris River and the other was the Euphrates River.

This is the root of the civilization of the entire Sasanian Dynasty, and it is also the most important river in the entire Dashi Empire.

"This is just a tributary of the Tigris River. The main trunk of this river is wider and more magnificent than what you see now. We Sasanians have been able to breed thousands of years of history and become the most powerful country by the sea because of These two rivers have now all fallen into the hands of the Dashi Empire. They even imposed heavy taxes on all people who pass through this river. We Sasanians cannot do without these two rivers. How much wealth was plundered by them and flowed into the treasury of the big cannibal."

Bahram sighed.

Wang Chong listened silently, some thoughts flashed through his mind, but he quickly returned to calm.

History and Wang Chong's memories have changed quite a bit. At least in Wang Chong's memory, there is no tributary of the Tigris River outside Khorasan City. His eyes stayed on this famous river in the west and Dashi for a moment. Chong slowly raised his head, his eyes looked towards the endless distance, skimming through the numerous spaces, Wang Chong vaguely "saw" a huge capital city, which was the political, power, cultural and military center of the entire Western Continent.

"Baghdad!"

A thought quickly flashed through Wang Chong's mind.

Abu* wants to break through Talas, occupy the Western Regions, approach the city, and aspire to win the entire Central Plains, but ironically,

In the end, Abu* was not able to intimidate Chang'an. Instead, he marched all the way west, went deep into Dashi, followed the Silk Road, and in turn arrived at Khorasan, the city at the end of the Silk Road.

"General Cheng, let's begin!"

Wang Chong looked ahead without turning his head.

"yes!"

As soon as Cheng Qianli's voice fell, a moment later, a big hunting falcon soared into the sky, passing through many spaces, heading towards Baghdad, the king's capital of the Great Food Empire.

More than 2,200 kilometers, this is already a very short distance...

Starting from Khorasan, crossing the Tigris River and the Euphrates River, all the way to the west, more than 1,300 kilometers away, is the core of the entire Dashi Empire.

The city there is majestic, with tall towers and domed palaces densely packed like a forest, pointing directly at the sky. In this small place gathered a large number of soldiers and horses, millions of people, and countless business travelers, with extremely developed economy, culture and politics.

——This is Baghdad, the largest center of the entire Great Food Empire.

In the entire West Frontier, it also has another famous name, "City That Never Sleeps"! In this capital city, everyone celebrates day and night, day and night, known as the city that never sleeps.

Hey!

Suddenly, a shriek came from the air, and just above Baghdad, a huge Saker falcon spread its wings, its feathers fluttering, and it fell from the sky like a sharp arrow, wrapped in air currents, and flew into Baghdad In the palace at the highest point of the center.

Boom!

However, no one knew that when this big saker fell from the sky and flew into the palace, it immediately fell like a huge boulder, causing great waves in the empire.

"Asshole!!"

In the golden-roofed palace at the highest point in Baghdad, thunder raged and rang through the entire Dashi. Countless governors, generals, and nobles knelt down on the ground, trembling.

At the highest point of the hall, on a throne made of gold, Caliph Mutasim III of the Great Food Empire, wearing a white silver silk robe, wearing a golden crown, with thunderous flames shooting out of his eyes.

As the monarch of the entire Dashi Empire, Mutasim III is known as the entire Dashi Empire, the greatest king in history, the entire Dashi Empire is in his hands, how many forces have been wiped out, and the territory of the empire has been expanded by him To the point where it cannot be added, it has reached an unprecedented powerful state.

Countless famous ministers and generals, millions of elite cavalry, and powerful legions are all ready to conquer the world for him at any time.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is truly the most powerful and one of the most powerful rulers in this world.

But at this moment, all the brilliance and glory that had been created have all disappeared.

The Behemoth Legion was destroyed, the Cathay Legion was severely injured, Qudibo died in battle, Aybek died in battle, Osman was killed, and Mamluk was destroyed... During this period of time, he heard too many bad news.

For this Eastern Expedition, Mutasim III originally had great expectations, hoping to use a huge army to conquer the East, unify the entire continent, and accomplish an unprecedented feat.

But now, everything is shattered, more than that, even a great general of the pagans from the east has come to the city, threatening his Baghdad.

Moreover, the other party's letter made extremely excessive demands.

This is simply a shame and humiliation, how can Mutasim III bear it.

"Your Majesty, these Tang people only gave us three days to reply, but it takes two days for the carrier pigeons to go back and forth. If they don't receive a reply, or reject their request, they will immediately take action and cross the Tigris River all the way west. , Capture more cities. That may cause panic in the entire empire, which is extremely detrimental to the empire."

His Majesty, a food minister dressed in jewels and jewels, knelt on the ground and said in fear.

"Useless stuff! I have so many soldiers and horses, countless governors and generals, will they still be threatened by a heretic? Pass my will to wipe out these Tang people, together with the remnants of the dynasty."

Mutasim III roared like an enraged lion.

Hum, for an instant, there was a dead silence in the hall, everyone knelt down on the ground, their heads hanging to the ground.

"Why don't you talk, talk! With so many soldiers and horses, so many generals, can't we just wipe out more than 200,000 people?"

Mutasim III scolded angrily.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. In the previous battles, Cairo, the north and the east, all our soldiers and horses were sent to Talas, and there were a total of nearly half a million soldiers and horses. Talas was defeated and almost the entire army was wiped out. Now our entire army In the east, there are no soldiers available."

A military general of Dashi faltered.

"More than that, Qudibo and Abu* have always been the number one and second most powerful governors in the empire. There are only a handful of them in the entire empire. Even if we send troops there now, it may be difficult to defeat them. The mobilization is definitely not something that can be achieved in three to five days, but if the demands of those heathens are not immediately agreed, they may immediately cross the Tigris River, attack all other cities, and even come to... Baghdad!"

Another general said boldly.

Click!

As soon as the two finished speaking, there was a sudden crisp sound in the hall. Mutasim III retracted his five fingers, and instantly crushed the armrest of the throne on his right hand. And his originally fair face became extremely red.

As the most powerful emperor in the history of the Dashi Empire, he was forced to the point where he had no soldiers for the first time.

"One billion taels of gold, one billion taels! Do you mean that you want me to agree to that oriental madman, accept his blackmail, and give them so much wealth!"

Mutasim III looked furious, and his eyes were extremely gloomy.

One billion taels of gold!

Even though Dashi is as rich as an enemy country, hundreds of years of conquests have plundered the treasures of countless kingdoms and forces, and accumulated huge wealth, but this is still a huge number for Dashi.

"But Your Majesty, if we don't agree to them, I'm afraid the loss will be far more than one billion taels of gold. They can conquer a large number of territories from Khorasan to the east, and add 200,000 soldiers and horses, plus those Eastern Empires that are good at fighting. General, we can't resist in a short time! Even if we drive them out of the empire in the end, I'm afraid it will be a heavy loss."

Your Highness, a nobleman of great food, said in a trembling voice.

The eastern city was in danger, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses stayed in Khorasan, ready to go, and they would not let go. This was even more shocking than their real attack. With dozens of cities in the Dashi Empire as threats, In the name of war reparations, asking for a price of one billion taels of gold is simply unprecedented, even in the continuous conquests of the Great Food Empire, it has never been heard of.

But everyone had to seriously consider that the other party was powerful, ambitious, and more courageous, and the large area of ​​occupied territory from Samarkand to Khorasan had already proved that the other party was definitely not a false threat.

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