Chapter 1164: The Caliph's Wrath!

Chapter 1164

boom! As soon as the aristocrat finished speaking, a golden boot stretched out from the throne. In the eyes of everyone in awe, Mutasim III stood up suddenly from his seat. At that moment, the world was shaken. Suddenly, the entire magnificent city of Baghdad seemed to be unable to withstand this force, shaking violently.

"I will never be threatened by anyone! Even if all the cities in the east are destroyed and all the people are slaughtered, it is absolutely impossible for me to be blackmailed by an oriental madman! Let him take one billion taels! Even if I pay Half of the city will personally smash his body into thousands of pieces!!"

Mutasim III was furious, his eyes were like thunder and lightning, bursting out bursts of menacing light. Facing the extremely enraged caliph, everyone was silent, and no one dared to speak.

In the Dashi Empire, the caliph said one thing, once he made a decision, no one could stop it, let alone defy it.

"If I were Your Majesty, I would give away one billion taels of gold now!"

Just when the atmosphere dropped to freezing point, suddenly a hoarse and mysterious voice came from outside the hall and sounded inside the hall. Hearing this voice, everyone was shocked.

The caliph said one thing, and no one thought that someone would offend His Majesty at this time.

However, at the next moment, when everyone was horrified by the other party's boldness, hum, a ray of light flashed, and a slanting shadow suddenly shot in from outside the hall.

Right at the entrance of the main hall, at some point, there was a tall figure covered in black robes. Mysterious runes were embroidered with gold thread on the toga, which was as black as ink.

"Great, High Priest!!"

Seeing that figure, a great noble from the Dashi Empire was shocked, and his eyes widened suddenly. No one thought that this mysterious person who dared to contradict the Caliph and appeared at this time was actually the most mysterious high priest in the entire empire who held divine power.

This is definitely the most surprising guest in the palace.

As a legend that has existed in the entire empire for hundreds of years, although almost no one has actually seen the high priest, everyone recognizes the special Sun God robe and the knotted black temple scepter in his hand.

A skinny hand of the high priest protruded from the cuff like a bird's claw, holding the authority of the black scepter, billowing black mist continued to emerge from his sleeve.

His long hat hangs down, completely concealing his face. He just stood there quietly, motionless, but there were so many governors, generals, and nobles in the hall, none of them could feel the depth of his cultivation.

Although he really appeared in front of everyone, in the perception of everyone, except for the knotted black scepter, there was nothing else, as if there was nothing.

"Buzz!"

In just a split second, the high priest's robe swung, and immediately in the eyes of everyone, he stepped over the threshold and walked in.

"High Priest, why are you here!"

Unexpectedly, the Dashi Caliph, Mutasim III, who had a face of rage at first, and immediately went mad, was like a punctured ball in an instant, and all the anger disappeared completely. Not only did he not get angry, but instead Surprised, bang bang bang, the excited hall quickly walked down and went to greet him in person.

The caliph's attitude towards the high priest,

The whole big food is well known. But until this moment, everyone felt how much His Majesty valued him!

"Taras was defeated, Qudibo died in battle, and the Chinese soldiers from the east came to Khorasan to threaten Baghdad. How could I not come for such a big event?"

The high priest said indifferently, walking forward slowly while speaking. When he was walking, the air seemed to turn into water waves. Circles of transparent ripples visible to the naked eye continuously spread from his feet to the surroundings, as if walking in water.

Not only that, when the High Priest walked forward, even his figure became faint, transparent and wavy, as if what passed by everyone was not a real person, but a faint water wave.

Wow!

In an instant, everyone retreated to the sides, and even the governors couldn't help lowering their heads to make way.

——The governor’s level of cultivation also varies. With their abilities, they can’t even feel the breath of the high priest. They can only feel a thick darkness that seems to swallow everything, which makes people feel frightened. daunting.

In just a moment, the high priest stopped in front of the caliph, neither saluted nor respected by his subjects, giving people a feeling of being detached from the power of the empire.

——To some extent, this is an offense, an offense to the Caliph!

But looking at what the caliph meant, he didn't care at all. Not only that, but the caliph seemed to respect the high priest even more.

"High Priest! You came at the right time. I have so many soldiers and generals. How can I be threatened by a teenager from the East? Dashi makes a living by fighting, and there are no soldiers who have surrendered. There is still half of the country, and millions of elites, are they going to succumb to the Eastern Tang people?"

The caliph strode up to the high priest and said.

"It's just one billion taels of gold! Is Your Majesty short of this money?"

The high priest did not answer, but asked another matter.

"This...although there are more than one billion taels, the savings of the empire for hundreds of years can still be used."

The Caliph raised his head slightly, his eyes were squinting, and he said proudly.

One billion taels of gold is a huge astronomical figure for many dynasties, countries, and even those big empires. Wang Chong asked the imperial court to support the battle of Talas, but the officials only gave 20 million taels of gold. At that time, the court already felt a lot. As for one billion taels of gold, this figure was fifty times the financial figure that Wang Chong had used to start the Talas War, which was enough to buy several cities.

But for the Great Food Empire, this is not an unbearable number.

——This is the advantage of being a predator, every time you defeat a country, you will loot it all! In this regard, Datang, which is bound by etiquette and justice, may not be able to compare with it. However, with the power of only one country, the wealth created can be compared with Dashi, and this is something that only China can do.

"I can take out one billion taels of gold, but if I want to accept the conditions of these people in the East and submit to them, I absolutely can't do it!"

The Caliph's eyes were sharp and he was decisive.

This is no longer a matter of money. Accepting the conditions of the Tang people means submitting and insulting. As the supreme commander of the empire, this is absolutely unbearable for the Caliph.

"It's just one billion taels of gold. How can you submit? Is His Majesty planning to surrender without a fight?"

The high priest said indifferently, with a calm expression, he dared to speak like this in front of the supreme caliph of the entire empire, and he still looked like he was above the imperial power, but the caliph did not blame him, probably only the high priest could do this.

"How can this be?"

The Caliph was startled for a moment, and then rejected it without thinking:

"I still have a large number of troops, the southern theater, the western theater, and other theaters. All these troops can be dispatched. It's just a mere 200,000 troops. When my army is mobilized, waiting for them will only lead to death!"

The Caliph clenched his fists tightly and his voice was murderous. Dashi is the country of fighting, and he is also the king of fighting, which is why he is so angry. The commander-in-chief of the Eastern Great Tang, Wang Chong, actually sent a letter to threaten them. He would not reply within three days, pay one billion taels of gold, and immediately continue eastward to occupy more cities. For Mutasim III, who deeply influenced his governor and all generals, it was a blatant provocation and shame.

This is why the Caliph was so angry.

And even though Qudibo, Ayibek and others died in battle, they only lost the top two manpower, and the entire Dashi still has a lot of top combat power.

"That's it. Since His Majesty still has a large army and is preparing for a bigger war, how can it be considered a surrender? With His Majesty's ability, gold and silver should not be considered at all. One billion taels of gold is only used to appease these Tang people. It is said that the Great Tang is famous for its benevolence and righteousness. They will keep their promises when they receive the money. Your Majesty only needs to temporarily appease them. When the time comes, when the army arrives, they can keep The cities west of the Tigris River are protected from their attacks, and Khorasan can be taken advantage of, annihilating the Tang people and the rebel army in one fell swoop. And the gold can also be retrieved at the same time.”

The high priest's lips moved, and the hoarse and deep voice was remembered in everyone's ears:

"One billion taels of gold is not a small amount. Even if they speed up their horses, they will not be able to run too far away. When Khorasan is broken, His Majesty will send out cavalry to pursue it, and they can still be recovered. Besides, hasn't His Majesty been looking for those who conquered the country all these years?" The remnants and the rebel army, but there has been no harvest?"

"Just relying on these Tang people to attract all the rebels out, wouldn't that kill multiple birds with one stone, and just kill them all?"

"Buzz!"

Hearing these words, Caliph was shocked and raised his head abruptly. He was driven mad by the compensation of one billion taels of gold, and he was so anxious that he didn't think about anything else at all. Yes, the remnants of various dynasties and the rebel army have always been the heart disease of Dashi. Over the past ten years, the entire empire has spent an incredible amount of energy chasing down traces of these rebellions.

The Behemoth Legion, Mamluk Legion, Cathay Legion, and even the God of War, such as Qudibo, were all sent out by Mutasim III to encircle and suppress the uprising. But these rebels and remnants of the dynasty are like gophers every time. When the army comes, they hide and can't hide. As soon as the army left, they all came out again, causing chaos everywhere.

Without quelling these rebellions, the empire will never be able to calm down and truly control these areas.

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