Chapter 1537 The Caliph's Decision

Arab Palace

In a place surrounded by desert, they actually built a gorgeous palace, and there are all kinds of plants here. Many slaves carry water here from morning to night, which allows these plants to grow. Otherwise, they would have died in such an environment.

"My respected Caliph, the army has begun to gather. It will take about two and a half months for the warriors of our empire to gather. When the time comes, please rest assured that I will definitely lead the warriors of the empire to flatten the people who occupied our Anton Governor's Mansion in one fell swoop, and take back the original land, and invade the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions to open the passage to the Central Plains."

In front of the huge throne, a general wearing gold and silver knelt and said. This guy is the first general of the Arab Empire, Suheguman.

After hearing this news, many ministers around them also showed fanatical smiles on their faces. As long as General Suheguman went to war, basically there was no victory. There were only battles he didn't want to fight, and no battles he couldn't win.

"May the great Allah bless us, and may the great Allah bless you to win."

The current caliph is a king in his fifties. Since he took the throne, he has been acquiring new lands and new efforts, which also makes him extremely conceited. However, in front of the great power in the East, they failed, and it was a miserable defeat, so he killed all his sons without hesitation.

All the people present have heard that the Tang Dynasty was an extremely rich dynasty. In their palace, there were gold bricks everywhere, and the whole country was very fertile, so the people of the Arab Empire also thought that if they could conquer there, we could even move the whole country there, and we would not have to live in such a hot place.

Of course, if this thing is to be realized, we must first defeat the Tang army. According to the soldiers who escaped last time, the weapons and equipment of the Tang army are much more advanced than ours. They are not their opponents on the battlefield. Often in a few breaths, the Tang army can disrupt our battle line.

General Sukhguman didn't believe in those guys who disturbed the morale of the army, and directly asked his men to chop off their heads.

In addition to him, the great caliph didn't believe this either, so those who escaped from the battlefield of the Tang Dynasty are now 90% dead. Many people feel that their souls are polluted by the devil, so they say such unrealistic words.

Is the combat effectiveness of our empire's army poor? This is simply impossible. Look at how well we performed when facing those European heavy cavalry. When we raised the scimitar in our hands, no one could be our opponent. They can only become our slaves.

This expedition to Europe, they brought back nearly 20,000 strong slaves. These people are much taller than them, and they are much stronger. They were expected to serve their country for a long time. Who knows that after these people came here, many people couldn't stand the heat here and died early.

So the great caliph said that it must be these white people who are in conflict with us. If we can defeat the Tang Empire, we will be able to have many slaves. After all, there are many people from the Western Regions here, and those people from the Western Regions can survive here.

In the palace hall, hundreds of officials were cheering loudly, as if they had won the war. After all, two years ago, they used this cheer to send off General Sukhguman to Europe.

In the end, they also won the victory, and beat several European countries to the ground, especially the most powerful Frank Empire. If we were not familiar with the local terrain, we could even kill their capital.

According to some people, we should pursue the victory and continue to exterminate the Frank Empire, but the entire empire suffered a disastrous defeat in the East, and more than 200,000 troops were killed. They had to withdraw their troops temporarily, first eliminate the danger in the East, open up the passage to the Central Plains, and then make plans.

The caliph's idea was very direct. After opening the passage to the Central Plains, if the Tang army was vulnerable, then we would concentrate our superior forces and rush directly to their Chang'an City. Many people have said that it is the largest city in the world, larger than the big cities in the entire Arab Empire.

If we can conquer it, it will be a very glorious thing for the entire empire. In addition to the face, the most important thing is to be able to harvest a large amount of gold and silver treasures. According to some merchants, the gold and silver treasures in Chang'an City are unimaginable. Even if all the wealth of our empire is gathered together, it is not as rich as that country in the East.

Of course, if this channel cannot be opened, the land around the Andong Governor's Mansion must be preserved. The people here are not arrogant. They also know that the Tang army is very powerful, so this expedition has two strategic goals, either to be able to enter Chang'an City, or to preserve the Andong Governor's Mansion and change the Tang army back to what they call the Western Regions.

After determining these two goals, the entire empire began to recruit troops on a large scale. Many people had just retreated from the battlefield and had not had time to digest the gold and silver treasures they had robbed. They were ready to go to the Tang Dynasty again.

The intelligence personnel of the Tang Dynasty were not idle either. As time went by, they also investigated the number of generals and troops, and sent them to the Tang Dynasty’s military camp as quickly as possible, reminding our people to be prepared. If possible, we can attack in advance and launch a sneak attack on the Arab Empire’s army first.

If the sneak attack is successful, then our Tang Dynasty can turn from passive to active. After the last disastrous defeat of the Arab Empire’s army, although they tried their best to block the news of the failure in the east, many people in the army still knew that once the first battle was a good start, the fighting spirit of these soldiers would not be much left.

Of course, this is just a suggestion from the front-line intelligence personnel. As for which one Li Xiang will adopt, that is Li Xiang’s own business. (End of this chapter)