"My king, Datang is the most powerful country in the East, with a vast territory and a wide range of soldiers, provoking it is equivalent to angering a tiger, there is no need to provoke a tiger that has put away its minions, right?" Hachar, the Minister of State of the Great Food Country, said with some concern.

The Great Food Nation has swallowed and digested the territory and resources of the Persian Empire, Abdul. After stabilizing the domestic situation, Merrick set his sights on the more extensive and rich East, and planned to expand his territory to the east, but the eastward expansion could not avoid a problem, that is, it would conflict with the powerful Tang Dynasty, although Dashi and the Tang Dynasty were thousands of miles away, but the influence of the Tang Dynasty was very strong.

"Hmph, I didn't expect that the courage of our Minister of State for the Great Food, I don't know where it fell, as soon as I heard the Tang Dynasty, I was so frightened that my face turned pale, if I was afraid, it was better to go home and let the camels go." Ibn sneered and mocked.

Ibn is the first general of the Great Food Country, wise and brave, the main battle faction, the war fanatic, the most said is: trample the enemy's corpse with the war horse under the crotch, and use the sword in his hand to exchange the territory for the Great Food, these years the Great Food has fought in the south and the north, and the Yiti has made great achievements, and was not long ago appointed as the highest power in charge of the East.

When he heard that Hachar was opposed to eastward expansion, he immediately refuted it.

Only the more territory he expanded eastward, the greater the benefit of Hazar, because he was the supreme ruler of the east, which was one of the reasons why Ibn insisted on expanding eastward.

Abdul up. Malik is shrewd, a title and a promise, Ibn spares no effort to fight.

Hazar looked at the expressionless king and continued to argue: "My camel has its own slaves to graze, no need for General Ibn to remember, it is good to expand eastward, and can obtain a large area of land and countless wealth for the Great Food, it is not a problem to expand the land, the question is whether General Ibn is ready to accept the wrath of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

There were only three people in the room and King Abdul was gone. Malik, the Minister of State Hazar and the general Ibn are also the three people at the core of the Great Food Country, and the king does not express his position, and Hazar can only continue to express his opinion.

Over the years, the territory of the Great Food Country has expanded again and again, and it is unstoppable, but Hazar knows that there is too much luck in the rise of the Great Food Country.

Fortunately, the Persian Empire was crippled by the Western Turks, and when the Persian Empire was greatly damaged, the Great Food received the tacit consent of the Western Turks at the cost of paying tribute, and sent troops to destroy the Persian Empire; The Western Turks went to war with the Tang Dynasty and were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.

Over the years, Da Shi has been attacking the surrounding small countries, all of which have taken plundering but not occupying, and constantly growing themselves, Datang feels that it is a contradiction between several small countries, coupled with the fact that Da Shi is respectful to Datang, and the tax tribute has been increasing, so it has adopted a laissez-faire attitude.

When Xuanzong Li Longji ascended the throne, Da Shi also sent a delegation to Chang'an with congratulatory gifts to congratulate.

In Hachar's eyes, the Great Food Nation is strong, but it does not yet have the capital to compete with the Tang Empire.

The once invincible Western Turks are a lesson from the past.

Ibn said proudly: "The soldiers of the Great Food Country are all warriors of a hundred battles under the protection of Allah, and even if they encounter the Tang army, they can be invincible." ”

"We are on an expedition, and the army of the Tang Dynasty is waiting for work, General Iben, what do you think are the chances of victory?" Hazar said with some trepidation.

"The odds of winning are very high," Ibn analyzed with confidence: "First of all, this time we are not directly attacking the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but attacking its vassal country Bahana, which is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty may treat it like Persia, and we can send more gold and silver treasures afterwards." ”

Without Persia, the entire Alapai Peninsula is the strongest in the Great Food Country, which has been rampant and domineering over the years, as long as the attitude is more respectful and the Nagong is more, the Tang Dynasty will see with one eye and close one eye.

"That's right, this time it's not an attack on Datang, it's only a vassal state of Datang, but this time it's a coalition with Tubo, Datang's sworn enemy, what's the difference between that and a war with Datang?" Hazar asked.

Datang is too far away from the Hezhong region, the cost of large-scale military operations is too great, even if the victory is won, the gains outweigh the losses, there is nothing important, Datang is one eye open and the other is closed, but with Datang's sworn enemies, Datang will definitely not sit idly by.

This is where Hazar worries the most.

Ibn said with some disapproval: "The country of Bakhana is located in the only way to expand eastward, only to take it, turn it into a bridgehead for the eastward expansion of the great food, so as to ensure the supply of grain and grass, once we attack the country of Bahanna, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, because they both regard the Western Regions as their own backyard, and if they don't do it well, it will cause the two countries to join forces to attack, so we have to unite a country to attack a country, that is, choose one of the two, and the Tang Dynasty cannot unite, because our ultimate goal is to get rich and rich in the Tang Dynasty, in short." , Tibet is our best alliance. ”

After a pause, Ibn continued: "The Tang Dynasty and the Tibetans, the two countries have been fighting for many years, and they can be said to be comparable, but, coupled with the elite division of our Great Food Country, they can definitely overwhelm the Tang Dynasty, besides, not only the Tibetans, but also the tribes that split from the Turgish, they are known as the tiger and wolf division of the Western Regions, if the Tang Dynasty is a tiger, then the Tubo is a cheetah, the Great Food is a lion, plus the wolf of the Turgish tribe, three against one, any tiger is not a problem." ”

What else does Hazar want to say, Abdul. Merik said categorically: "The Tang Dynasty is too hateful, we have paid so much tribute, and we have been sheltering the fish that slipped through the net of the Nirvana Master, so that the king could not sleep easily, so he joined forces with Tubo to fight it, first stood firm, and then swallowed the Tang Dynasty step by step." ”

At the time of the fall of Persia, the Persian prince Nenizhi ran to the Tang Dynasty to move the rescue troops, and asked the Tang Dynasty to send troops to help him drive away the big cannibals, in order to let the Tang Dynasty not send troops, the Tang Gaozong Emperor Dasheng Dahongxiao Emperor Yonghui two years, that is, in 651, officially sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to call the ministers Nagong, and the Tang Dynasty accepted the title of the Great Food, but no matter how the messenger of the Great Food requested, he refused to hand over the Persian prince to the Great Food for disposal, and also helped the Persian prince to go to the Tocharian border to set up the Persian Governor's Office.

Datang's idea is very simple, if it is a great food country, it will maintain the status quo; If Da Shi doesn't know each other, it will help the Persian prince Neni to know the country, which can be regarded as a trick to keep a back hand, which makes Da Shiguo like a stalk in his throat, and he can only keep currying favor with Datang.

In the old land of Persia, there are still many people who are looking forward to the return of the Persian royal family.

After formally conquering the small states of the river, Da Shi finally freed up his hands and set his sights on the wider and richer East.

There is a heavenly kingdom full of beautiful women and gold.

When Hazar heard that Ikhu was reasonable, and that the king had made up his mind, he did not object any more.

Ibn crossed his hands in his mouth and said respectfully: "I will serve you, my king." ”

Although the eastward expansion plan of Dashi has been done a long time ago, the map of the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty has been revised and improved several times, but he has not made up his mind, because the risk of war with the Tang Dynasty is too great, and he is afraid that the front and the Tang Dynasty will fight hard, and the later Datang vassal countries will make trouble, and finally, after annexing those small countries in the river, the eastward expansion plan has been launched.

At this moment, Iben's face was a little breathless, and the whole person began to get excited.

Abdul up. Merik opened his mouth and asked, "Ibn, my great general, how is the contact with the Tibetan side?" ”

"The war horse has been raised, and the warrior's long knife has been sharpened, just waiting for our trust."

"Who are you going to send to this crusade?"

Without hesitation, Ibn said: "Muhammad and Qutaiba. ”

Muhammad and Ku Taibai were two fierce generals under the command of Ibn and made many military exploits for the Great Food, Gu Taibai conquered Taligan, Schumann, Takhastan, Bukhara and other large areas of Central Asia, and Muhammad conquered the frontier region of Tianzhu, both of them were good at warfare.

"Very good, just them, Ibn, you get in touch with the people of Tibet as soon as possible, Hazar, you have to fully cooperate with Ibn and prepare for the eastward expansion." Abdul up. Merrick commanded.

Hazar and Ibn looked at each other, and they both knelt down on one knee, put their right hand on their hearts, bowed their heads, and said with a solemn face: "I will serve you, my king." ”