Mansur's bad mood caused bad luck to the servants around him, many of whom were brutally murdered because of his nameless anger, and even many of his loyal ministers were abused and reprimanded, accusing them of not being able to relieve their worries.

As a result, both the servants who served him and the subordinates who were faithful to him became terrified, for fear that they would make a mistake and annoy him, so that they did not dare to speak out many reasonable suggestions, and the government affairs of Khorasan were seriously affected.

"Why hasn't Abu *** come back yet, it's been so long, is he a snail?"

Mansour yelled angrily.

Where did the slave beside him dare to answer, and this is not a question that can be answered, do you want to tell Mansur that the north is a long way, how can he return to the royal city so quickly, if he says so, it is estimated that he will be beaten to death, no one wants to be killed, so naturally he does not dare to say anything.

Mansour didn't expect anyone to talk to him, he was just venting it out for sheer anger, because he was so depressed that if he didn't vent hard, he would definitely be to death, just like his brother Apos did.

Although Mansour is not sure how Apos became seriously ill, he believes that it is inseparable from Apos's long-term irritability, and that Apos's irritability is caused by depression.

Now, Mansour himself is also in a very bad mood, he feels that he is also depressed, and he is very anxious in the face of Abdullah and Artik's two-sided attack.

Of course, he didn't think that Abdullah and Artik were much of a threat, but he learned that the Tang Empire was silently supporting Artik behind his back, and Artik wanted to give away part of the Arab land to the Tang Empire, so the Tang Empire's assistance to Artik would definitely not be low, so if he had to deal with Artik, the pressure would be greater.

Even more troublesome is that Ibrahim has fled suddenly, and he has been elected caliph by Artik, whose legitimacy even exceeds that of himself, so that Artik's power will inevitably increase and become difficult to deal with.

Judging from the investigation by his henchmen, the Artik army has received a lot of advanced weapons from the Tang Dynasty, especially the bow and crossbow assistance, which allows the Artik army to have long-range weapons far beyond the Mansur group, so that it can occupy a certain advantage in battle.

At this moment, Mansur is very worried that the main cavalry under the command of Abu *** will not be able to defeat Artik, although this Altik has always been a small role in his heart, but it is also terrible to have a small role supported by Datang behind him.

And even if Abu *** has a great advantage and defeats the Altic Legion, how to recover part of the land that was cut off by the Tang Dynasty after that, and whether their soldiers and horses will be attacked by the Tang Army, if the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses assist Altik, with the cavalry corps of Abu ***, how can they withstand the impact of the Tang Elite Legion, which is no different from looking for death.

Therefore, Mansour's mood seemed quite irritable, he felt that the Tang Empire was the biggest trouble, if there was no Tang Empire behind the scenes, Artik and Osman would not be able to become the climate at all, and Abdullah would also be wiped out by him, so that he could unify the entire Arab world.

On the question of how to attack Artik, al-Mansur felt that he had to consult with Abu*** and that he should listen to the opinions of professional military experts.

"Caliph, General Abu *** and his army have returned, and the vanguard has entered the city."

A henchman soldier ran over to report.

When Mansur heard this, he hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and let Abu *** come to me, and that Ziyad will also come with you, quickly." ”

The henchmen quickly went to deliver the order, and met Abu *** and his party at the city gates.

"Two generals, the caliph has asked you to enter the palace at once, and he wants to see the two generals."

The henchman soldier said.

Abu *** already knew what was happening in the southwest, so he naturally understood Mansour's intention to summon him back, and he was also in a hurry to see Mansour, so after hearing this, he immediately took Ziyad to the palace, and most of the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command were stationed outside the city, and only a small number of soldiers and horses were stationed inside the city.

"General, the caliph is in such a hurry to see us, he must be going to use troops against the southwest."

Ziyad opened his mouth to guess.

Abu nodded affirmatively: "You're right, Ziyad, the current matter in the southwest direction is the biggest crisis of our dynasty, and this threat is much greater than Abdullah's. ”

"If the caliph asks the general to send troops to the southwest, will the general do so?"

Ziyad asked.

Abu *** asked suspiciously: "We led the main army back to Khorasan, in order to attack the southwest direction, besides, the 10,000 elites under your command were killed by Artik and Osman, aren't you thinking about revenge, how can you talk like this." ”

In Abu***'s opinion, Ziyad had become too strange, and he was originally angry and wanted to lead his army to destroy Artik and Osman immediately, but he quickly became so cautious again, which really made him feel very strange.

Ziyad frowned and said: "Before, the anger was because of the misfortune that happened to his subordinates, and the last general was really painful in his heart, but now, the last general knows that Artik has the full support of Datang behind him, so I am afraid that we may not be able to win easily, and even, even, ......."

"What's the matter, Ziyad, will we still lose to Artik, even with the support of Datang, we should not be afraid, as soldiers, as long as the caliph gives the order, we must rush forward without hesitation, and we must not lose the face of the soldiers."

Abu said proudly.

Qi Yade was really a little scared, otherwise he wouldn't have said such timid words, after all, he had fought with the Datang army, although it was only a small and medium-sized battle, but the strong combat effectiveness of the Datang army left a very deep impression on him, making him feel that he was definitely not the opponent of Datang, and therefore, he was even a little afraid of the Altic army supported by Datang.

"What the general said is that as long as the caliph gives the order, I will not back down."

Ziad hurriedly spoke.

Soon after, the two of them entered the palace and met their caliph al-Mansur.

"Caliph."

Abu *** and Ziyad, with a pious attitude, this is a must.

"Abu***, Ziyad, it's finally time for you, come and take a look at the map, the southwest direction, I guess you've all heard about it! The two bastards, Artik and Osman, actually occupied the entire peninsula, and now, the Ottoman belly has run to Egypt, and our thousands of men and horses in Egypt have all retreated back by sea, and it is estimated that they are still halfway there. ”

Mansour's chagrined debriefing.

Since the founding of the country, the Apos dynasty has never been so embarrassed, this time it is really too embarrassing, not only the internal important force Abdullah rebelled, the external Ottoman and Artik are very difficult external enemies, so that in the current situation, the territory of the Apos dynasty is only left in Khorasan, the strength of the reduction is very amazing, if this situation continues, the Apos dynasty will become a small country, an insignificant small country.

"I really didn't expect that taking advantage of the opportunity of our confrontation with Abdullah, Osman and Artik actually laid down such a large territory, and it is really surprising news to hear that Artik's soldiers and horses have exceeded 100,000."

Abu *** said helplessly.

"Caliph, I heard that Artik and Osman have the support of Datang behind them, otherwise, with their ability, how could they destroy my 10,000 elite soldiers and horses as soon as they made a move, and it is impossible to occupy a large number of cities on the peninsula in a very short time, Datang is the biggest problem!"

Ziyad got to the point of the problem.

Mansur sighed and nodded, "General Ziyad is right, it is the Tang Dynasty who is making trouble behind their backs, not only providing them with weapons, but also facilitating the alliance between the Ottomans and Artik, which is really infuriating." ”

Mansur must be very angry about what the Tang Empire did, but because he can't beat the Tang Empire, he can only sulk, and he can't declare war with the Tang Dynasty for this reason! If war had been declared, the Aposian dynasty would have been completely destroyed.

"Caliph, I don't know to what extent the Tang Dynasty has assisted Artik, and whether there are Tang soldiers and horses helping Artik to conquer the city."

Abu *** asked with concern.

If the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses assisted Artik in the battle, the pressure on the Khorasan cavalry under his command would be very huge, and if the Tang Dynasty only supported a small number of cold weapons, he still had a certain chance of winning.

"Come on, bring it in."

Mansur ordered loudly to have his henchmen bring in several weapons that the Tang Dynasty had used to aid Artik, and put them into the hands of Abu *** and Ziyad.

"See! These are the weapons that Datang aided to Artik, and I let the soldiers experiment for a whole day to figure out how to use them, which is really a good thing! It is much better than the crossbows used by our soldiers, one is powerful, and the other is fast-fired, firing ten crossbows in a row, and it is with these weapons that Artik defeats our soldiers. ”

Mansour spoke.

These weapons were brought back from the battlefield by his soldiers and horses, and although Artik's army could win every time, it was inevitable that soldiers would be killed alone, and the advanced weapons in the hands of the soldiers would naturally fall into the hands of Mansour.

Abu *** and Ziyad each took a weapon, and the soldiers next to them told them how to use it, so that they could get familiar with the weapon as soon as possible.

Qi Yade was holding an arm crossbow in his hand, he pulled the string hard, and sighed: "The strength is really big enough, it's really hard to pull away without feet, and the power must be great!" ”

Because there were several arrow targets next to him, Ziyad unceremoniously shot an arrow at the arrow target.

The arrow flew towards the target with great force, and it hit the target impartially, and because of the huge force, the whole target trembled.

"It's so powerful! It's a lot more powerful than our crossbows, and it's a good thing. ”

Seeing this scene, Abu *** said with a sigh.

Qi Yade put the Fuyuan crossbow away and said, "This crossbow is very powerful, but it doesn't seem to be difficult to make, that is, there are so many components, why don't our craftsmen make some of them?" If we equip our soldiers with this kind of crossbow, it will definitely greatly increase our combat effectiveness. ”

Although Abu *** didn't speak, he also nodded.

Mansur said helplessly: "This thing is indeed nothing unusual, our best craftsmen in Khorasan quickly completed the imitation, but the power is far less than the crossbow made by Datang, the power is almost half the same, no matter how it is improved, it has no great effect, it is the same material, why is the bow and crossbow made by Datang so powerful?" In addition, the cost of making such a crossbow is very high, three or five times higher than ours, Datang is really rich. ”

As a person of this era, of course, Mansour will not know what heat treatment is, what is mechanized assembly line production, and he will not understand that these slightly complex structures of Fuyuan crossbows produced by Datang are not only very powerful, but also relatively low, and not as high as the cost of Mansur's imagination.

Abu *** was envious, and he also began to play with the repeater in his hand, and aimed at the arrow target in the distance, ready to try the effect.

"Whoosh ......"

Aibu *** shot five arrows in a row, all accurately hit the target, although this is also related to Aibu ***'s excellent archery, but it can also be reacted from the side The accuracy of the repeater is still very high, not only high accuracy, but also the strength of the shot is not small, and the arrow target is a little trembling.

"The crossbow is so small, but it has so much power, it is really not to be underestimated, can't this be imitated?"

Abu *** can't put down the crossbow, as a soldier, he really likes this kind of weapon, this is simply an artifact! Not only is the rate of fire fast, it can destroy the enemy faster, but at the same time, the power is not small, the shooting accuracy is also very good, the size is also very small, it is very easy to carry, it is perfect.

Mansur sighed: "Even the crossbow is even more difficult to imitate, our craftsmen have made an identical one, but the power is less than half, the range is only twenty or thirty steps, and the lethality is not up to the requirements at all." ”

"It's really strange, it looks like it's a very simple thing, but why is it that our craftsmen make it and the power is halved? How did Datang do it. ”

Qi Yade took the fluctuating crossbow again, and observed it carefully, and found that the workmanship of the Tang Fuyuan crossbow was indeed very commendable, and it could also be said to be very advanced, at least in this era.