The war on the Great Food Peninsula is in full swing, but the main force of the Plateau Army led by Zhao Lei is waiting for the changes in Syria in the two river valleys, Leo IV is not a fool, he got the news that the Western Qin army did not fight with Mahdi, and he also ordered the army to stop in the Antioch region and not go south, but Mahdi was attacked on both sides at this time and could not move.

Faced with such a critical situation, Mahdi was so frightened that he was so irritable that he was even restless when consulting with military generals and officials.

An official named Arcelrod stood up and advised him: "Commanders of the faithful, you must not lose faith, but remain calm and reasonable!" Our current situation is indeed very dangerous, but it is not impossible to solve it, if the Eastern Roman Empire is a lion, it is only an old lion, and the Western Qin in the east is a dragon, with our current strength to deal with a lion is very difficult, it is impossible to deal with a lion and a dragon at the same time, they are all our enemies, but this lion and the dragon in the east are not friends! ”

Hearing the last sentence, Mahdi seemed to see hope, and immediately asked, "So what do you want to say?" Or is there any way you can solve the crisis we have now? ”

Asayrod looked at the other officials and generals and asked, "Do you know why the Western Qin and Eastern Romans attacked us?" ”

One of the officials was a little unhappy and said, "Asayrod, who doesn't know that they are attacking us to seize Syria and the land of Canaan?" Did you do it on purpose? If you have something to say, let it go! ”

Asarod said to Mahdi: "Since they have come for Syria and Canaan, why don't we give up Syria and Canaan?" Give the land of Canaan and Syria to the Eastern Romans, if the Eastern Romans get the land of Canaan and Syria, their strength will definitely increase greatly, will the Western Qin in the East watch the meat in their mouths being swallowed by the Eastern Romans? Moreover, the Eastern Roman Empire, which had obtained Syria and Canaan, became the biggest enemy of Western Qin, and they would definitely fight! ”

Mahdi's brow furrowed, "Asayrod, I admit that your plan is very good, but if we give up Syria and Canaan, then we will not have a place to live?" ”

"Of course there is, of course we have a place to stay!" Acelrod said aloud, then walked to the edge of the map and pointed to North Africa on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, and said: "Here we are, Egypt, Tripoli and Mauritania!" In this area, the vast majority of people are our people, with our current strength and your wisdom and talent, it is not difficult to defeat a few of your brothers at all, and when we capture this area, the Western Qin and Eastern Roman Empires in the east are afraid that they have already killed a river of blood here, and when they are empty and exhausted, we will march east to recapture Canaan, Syria, Persia and our hometown! ”

"But?????? But ??????" Mahdi sighed: "But I am not willing to surrender Syria and Canaan to our enemies!" ”

Aserod advised: "Commander of the Believers, it is only a strategy for us to throw Syria and Canaan out for the two enemies to kill each other and weaken their strength, we are not trying to abandon Syria and Canaan forever, and the temporary retreat is only to take back everything that has been lost in the future!" After throwing Syria, Eastern Rome and Western Qin will definitely not have time to take care of us in order to fight for these two places, and we can take the opportunity to capture Egypt, Tripoli and Mauritania! ”

Mahdi was still a little unwilling, "Is there no other better way?" ”

The ministers and generals were not reconciled, and one of the ministers said: "Yes, can't we use Syria to buy the Western Qin to attack the Eastern Romans, or use Syria to buy the Eastern Romans to attack the Western Qin?" Let them fight each other, we will help the weaker side, and when the situation reverses, we will help the other side, so that they will always fight each other, never stop, until their national strength is empty, and then we will fight back. Wouldn't it be better that way? ”

Arcelrod shook his head and said: "My lord, your idea is too taken for granted, not everyone in this world is stupid, let's not talk about the King of Western Qin, let's talk about Leo IV, if he is a straw bag, we can still use this method, but he is not a straw bag, he is a very smart, and very scheming city person, otherwise his several half-brothers would not have been destroyed by him in just one month!" We want to deceive him with such a low-level trick, and he will only laugh at our intelligence! There is a saying in this world called 'If you don't see a rabbit, you don't scatter an eagle', if you don't hand over Syria first, Leo IV will stupidly lead troops to attack Western Qin for us? Would you be so stupid if it were you? Even if we hand over Syria to the Eastern Romans in order to show our sincerity, Leo IV will definitely pay his debts after occupying Syria, not only will he not attack Western Qin, but he will also occupy Syria. Speaking of Western Qin, if we give up Syria, Western Qin can ignore Syria and directly attack the land of Canaan, and both of them will occupy a piece, and they will definitely be safe for the time being, and Western Qin can quickly pursue and kill us if they occupy the land of Canaan. Therefore, only by ceding all the land of Syria and Canaan, and before we withdraw, we must also spread the word to the Eastern Romans, so that Leo IV will send troops to occupy Syria and Canaan first, as long as the Eastern Romans occupy Syria and Canaan, they will block the Qin army for us, can Western Qin be willing to allow Syria and Canaan to be swallowed by Eastern Rome alone? Surely not, they will fight, and that will buy us time to conquer the lands of North Africa! ”

Mahdi said suddenly: "Now that the Qin army is standing still in the two boxes valley, and Leo IV is also standing still in Antioch, neither of them dares to take the lead in attacking us, lest the other side take advantage of the fisherman, although the situation is tense now, Syria and Canaan should still be safe!" ”

Arcelód sighed: "Commander of the believers, you still have illusions, this calm situation will definitely not last long, once the Qin army occupies the peninsula, they will concentrate their forces in the area of the two river valleys, then the Qin army will no longer be afraid of being taken advantage of by the Eastern Roman Empire, even if the Eastern Roman Empire is eyeing one side, they will have enough troops to deal with it, and at that time, we will not be able to leave even if we want to!" ”

Mahdi had to admit that this guy had a lot of truth and analyzed the situation very thoroughly. There was a violent struggle in his heart, to go or not to go? It was too difficult for him. For a moment, he really couldn't make this decision.

It wasn't until two days later that Mahdi had to make a difficult choice, he ordered the abandonment of Syria and Canaan, and the officials everywhere had to secretly go to Damascus with their families to rendezvous, and the defenders everywhere also gave up the cities they were guarding, quietly went to Damascus to rendezvous, and then set off for Egypt together, and at the same time sent someone to secretly spread the news to Leo IV who was in Antioch that Syria and Canaan had become terra nullius, and that Mahdi had led a large army to withdraw from Syria and Canaan.

Antioch City.

"What do you say? Syria and the land of Canaan became terra nullius? Mahdi withdrew with a large army? Leo IV stood up in astonishment when he heard the news.

The intelligence officer said: "Yes, Your Majesty, we have sent people deep into the heart of Syria to check, although the cities in Syria and the lord's palace are patrolling and maintaining law and order, but all the officials and soldiers guarding the city are gone, which proves that the rumors should be true!" ”

Leo IV frowned, looked at the ministers and generals with puzzled expressions, and asked, "Why did Mahdi do this?" ”

A minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the reason is very simple, Mahdi is not only under pressure from us, but also under pressure from the Qin army in the east, once the fight starts, he will be attacked on both sides, he will not be able to resist at all, and he is likely to be crushed, he gave up Syria and Canaan obviously to preserve his strength and get out of this land of right and wrong!" ”

"Makes sense!" Leo IV nodded and asked, "What do you say, what should our army do now?" Will Syria be allowed to become a three-way zone, or will troops be sent to occupy it? ”

Immediately, a minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, of course, to occupy it immediately, this is the best opportunity God has given us in the Eastern Roman Empire, to occupy Syria and Canaan without a single soldier, except for this opportunity, I don't think there will be a good time!" If we don't occupy it, Xiqin will definitely occupy it, and we are afraid that it will not be easy to snatch it from Xiqin! ”

In addition, another minister stood up and asked: "If we occupy Canaan and Syria, will it anger Western Qin?" Will they send troops against us? ”

"Our relationship with Western Qin has not deteriorated to the point where they want to send troops to attack us, and it is not that the two countries can fight immediately if they want to, once the war starts, the people-to-people trade and cultural exchanges between the two countries will come to a complete halt, which is not a good thing for our country or for Western Qin! And Western Qin is not ready for war with us! Syria and the land of Canaan have become terra nullius, and now whoever occupies it first will own it, we occupy the land of Syria and Canaan, and if Western Qin attacks us, they will be an act of aggression! The Orientals have always acted in a nominee, and their aggression will never be supported by their people, and if they fight us, they will surely be defeated! ”

Someone immediately said to Leo IV: "Your Majesty, please give the order to send troops, this is a thousand years of merit, an emperor may not have such an opportunity once in his life!" ”

Young Leo was at the age of thirst for merit, his eyes were golden, he got up and said in a deep voice: "Okay, pass the order, the army will set out for Syria tomorrow, the cavalry will quickly go first, and the infantry and baggage will follow!" ”

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