Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 557: Planning before the Great Victory
"hateful!"

"who is it?"

Muawiyah rose up in a rage, like an angry lion.

He knew Hussein. Like his father, the boy was courageous, cheerful, generous, and informal, which made him very popular among the soldiers and nobles. However, because of this, he was very lacking in political details and was easily trapped by emotions.

It was impossible for Hussein to foresee his murderous intention in advance, otherwise he would not have dreamed of succeeding his position as caliph. Someone must have reminded him, which led to his desperate escape at this critical moment.

"caliph!"

At this time, only Amr dared to interrupt Muawiyah.

"Hussein's retreat will certainly shake the morale of the army. Now this battle cannot be fought no matter what. We have lost in the end..."

In fact, since he learned that Chen Qingsi was in control of the Tang court, Amur had already realized this. Only after he had been to the Central Plains did he know how terrible Mr. Chen, who was admired by everyone in the Central Plains, was.

Even though he was unwilling to give in, he also knew that if he didn't take drastic measures and preserve his core strength at this moment, he would not be able to face subsequent problems.

Amr has already bet his family on Muawiyah. The two families will prosper and suffer together. People on the same boat have no choice.

Muawiyah was able to become a great ruler of the Arab Empire, so he was naturally a decisive person. He gritted his teeth and said, "Let Abu stay and cover the rear."

Most of the soldiers brought by Abu Awar are good at water. In order to minimize the losses in this situation, the best way is to use medicine to kill water and stop the Tang army.

only……

When Muawiyah received this order, he felt a dull pain. The ones sacrificed were his most trusted and respected soldiers. It was like cutting off an arm and digging out flesh.

But he knew that this kind of thing could only be done by his own people. If it were anyone else, who would be willing to stay and die?
The soldiers of the Arabs are easy to fool. They think that they have suffered so much in this life for the sake of the true God. In order to enjoy happiness after death and go to see God earlier, they are not afraid of death.

But the nobles lived like gods, so why would they pursue the illusory afterlife?
The capital that the nobles rely on to enjoy their lives is the soldiers in their hands. Even if the soldiers in their hands are willing to die for their service, they will not be willing to do so.

Leaving Abu Awar was the only solution.

Muawiyah retreated extremely decisively and issued the order to retreat that night.

This made Li Ji, who was in the Tang army camp on the other side of Yaosha River, sigh and say, "He is indeed a good opponent."

He did not hesitate any longer and said to Tang Xiujing, "Don't make any arrangements, just attack directly, with all your strength. Also tell General Qibi to inform the coalition forces that the Arab Empire is about to be defeated. If they have the ability to penetrate deep into the heart of the Arab Empire, they can deal with the things they have seized."

After learning about the situation of Liu Rengui and Xue Rengui, Li Ji began to arrange the pursuit of the Arab Empire and made a lot of preparations.

If Muawiyah hesitated for one more day, he would pay a more painful price.

He retreated so decisively that Li Ji could only resort to the worst strategy and let the nomadic coalition forces fight in the wild on their own. Whether they succeeded or failed was up to them.

As for their troops, they were to stay and eat up the troops that Muawiyah had sent to guard the rear.

At this point, all of the Tang Dynasty’s strategic goals have been achieved.

Li Ji did not take the opportunity to march straight in and take the life of the Arab Empire by taking advantage of its illness.

This is contrary to the real interests of the Tang Dynasty. Although pursuing victory at this moment can occupy a lot of western land, it will also fall into the quagmire of war, which is disadvantageous in the long run.

Especially since the Arab Empire was about to fall into civil strife, if they pushed too hard and put the Arab Empire in danger of destruction, it would arouse the people from top to bottom to unite against the enemy. On the contrary, if they let them go, they would fall into civil strife. The Byzantines also had other countries in the west that they bullied, and with the restoration of Persia, there were several conflicts between the forces.

The Tang court took the opportunity to recuperate and used the power gained from this war to completely control the Western Regions and open the door to the Arab Empire.

When the Westerners have all their brains out, if the Tang court still has the ambition to make progress, it can naturally send a large army to continue expanding the territory and plant the flag of the Tang Dynasty in Damascus, Jerusalem, or even Mecca, but not now...

A centipede is still alive even after its death. The prosperity of the Arab Empire has not yet dissipated and its strength still exists. It is impossible to swallow it up in one gulp.

Of course, the most crucial thing is that the Tang court itself is already at the end of its strength. After a series of wars, the treasury has long been empty.

Chen Qingsi has already used up the grain from the charity granary...

The so-called charity granary was a system established by Emperor Wen of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Jian, which was to collect the excess grain from the people and then distribute it to the people in years of disaster. Although Yang Jian was an excellent ruler, he was definitely not a good emperor who loved his people. The charity granary system he established was to make money for the country. When a disaster year came, Yang Jian had no intention of opening the granary at all.

This is also why Yang Jian was able to accumulate the wealth of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing of the early Han Dynasty in just twenty years, a typical example of storing wealth for the country.

With the wealth left by Yang Jian, even if a dog was tied to the throne, it would be enough to maintain the Sui Dynasty. But the person sitting on the throne was Yang Guang...

The Tang Dynasty adopted the system of the Sui Dynasty, but also learned lessons. The charity granaries of the Tang Dynasty were truly used to deal with natural disasters.

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Chen Qingsi has now even used the charity granary, which shows that the situation has really reached a point where he has no alternative.

If the charity granary cannot be filled in time and a natural disaster occurs, thousands of people will suffer.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Ji did not launch a deeper attack.

A strategic victory is far more important than a tactical victory.

Li Ji said: "There is one more thing. Immediately notify Liu Rengui and Xue Rengui that they can withdraw and leave the mess to them."

Liu Rengui quickly received the order to retreat through the old Persian nobles in the interior of the Arab Empire. He had already made preparations and had no intention of staying in the heart of the Arab Empire for a long time. He would withdraw to the South China Sea when his goal was achieved.
only……

Liu Rengui felt a headache whenever he thought of Xue Rengui. He knew that Xue Rengui was very fierce and that he was a rare famous general in the world, but he never expected that Xue Rengui was so brave and powerful.

The original decision to split the troops into two groups was intended to share the pressure between them.

As a result, Xue Rengui's army attracted all the pressure, and the key point was that the other side could not do anything to Xue Rengui.

According to the information he had gathered, because Xue Rengui's actions were too big, Cassio mobilized all his forces, and those crazy believers spontaneously raised the banner of protecting the holy land and enthusiastically joined the army. In just a few days, the number of people had reached over 100,000.

But Xue Rengui was able to come and go freely in the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops, and even won battles one after another, leaving Cassio's hundreds of thousands of troops helpless.

This performance can be described as miraculous.

"We have to find a way to contact him, so we can withdraw..."

Liu Rengui looked at the map in his hand, thinking about how to bring Xue Rengui home safely.

(End of this chapter)