After deliberating on this matter, al-Mansur was about to order the entire army to withdraw to the city of Behedashir. At this time, the Minister of Intelligence stood up again and reported: "Commander of the Believers, there is some news from the city of Mulucheng, the capital of Khorasan in the north, and I think it is necessary to report it to you!" ”

Mansur raised his hand: "Say it! Long story short, we need to hurry up and evacuate! ”

"Yes!" The Minister of Intelligence agreed, and said: "According to the news from Mulu City, Yang Xingbang, the deputy general of the Fifth Army of the Western Qin State, led 10,000 elite cavalry of Oghus, 10,000 elite cavalry of Huathornzimo and 15,000 defenders of Guchang City in our north fought several times outside the city, and both sides had their own victories and defeats, but our army had more infantry and greater losses, and after the battle, there were more than 7,000 people left, so they could only retreat to the city to defendNow Oghuz, Flower Thorn Zim and Kurkure's men and horses are besieging Mashad City, while their Fifth Legion is eyeing Mulu City on the side of the Karaku Canal Corridor, and now people inside and outside Mulu City are already panicking, the governor Prince Mahdi sent a letter saying that the Western Qin army sent a large number of rangers to loot and kill near Mulu City, and the residents outside the city have taken refuge in the city for fear. His Royal Highness Prince Mahdi thought that if Mahhad was captured by the Western Qin army, then Mulu City would become an isolated city and would be trapped alive by the Western Qin army, so he asked to abandon Mulu City and lead the army to break through in order to preserve his strength and try to recapture Mulu City in the future! ”

Mansour was very angry when he heard this, "How can I have a son like Mahdi? He would take the initiative to give up the land and the people bathed in the light of Allah, which will be punished by Allah! You send someone to tell him that if he is still my son, I want him to stick to Mulu City like a true warrior!" More than a hundred years ago, the Byzantines could hold on to Jerusalem for three years under the siege of our army, but couldn't he hold on for two years under the siege of the Western Qin? ”

The reason why the Byzantines in Jerusalem held on for so long was not because the Byzantines were determined and brave, but because the Arabs did not want to cause large-scale destruction of Jerusalem. It is well known that once a large-scale siege war is launched, a large number of heavy siege weapons will inevitably cause extensive damage to the walls and buildings within the city, especially heavy trebuchets. Of course, the Arabs had just left the peninsula more than a hundred years ago, and had not yet inherited the military siege techniques of the Persians, and the inability to control the fortified Jerusalem was also an important reason.

Vizier liked Prince Mahdi more, and couldn't bear him to be trapped in Mulu City, so he stood up to help him speak, "The chief of the believers, the current situation is different from more than a hundred years, but our army lacks siege technology and equipment, and there is no way to let the Byzantines hold on to the fortified Jerusalem for three years, but now our opponent is the Western Qin State, they have inherited and carried forward the Eastern civilization and military ideas and technologies, and the power of their siege weapons is the greatest in the world, and Mulu City may not last long under the attack of the Western Qin people, Until now, the reason why the Western Qin people have not launched an attack on Mulu City is because they think that after capturing Guchang City and Mashad City first, Mulu City will not be a threat, and with the population around Mulu City, the food in the city will not last long! ”

Mansur waved his hand a little annoyed: "No, Mahdi is my son, I can't let him abandon all the people and land of Mulu City and flee back like this, this is an extremely humiliating thing, this will bring shame to the Abbasid family, don't talk about this matter anymore, even if he wants to die, he has to die in Mulu City for me!" ”

When the ministers and generals heard Mansour's words, they all felt close to each other, and it was also the misfortune of those princes to meet such a father!

After this military meeting, the ministers and generals went out one after another, and General Berke, who had been appointed to stay behind to reinforce and block the Western Qin army, had already left one step ahead to mobilize troops, horses, and grain and grass, and he had 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry.

The other ministers and generals left one after another to prepare for the retreat, and Khalid and Bo Silin finally walked out of the line, Khalid stopped the intelligence minister who was walking in front and asked: "I guess you didn't tell the whole truth in front of the caliph just now, I know the temperament of Prince Mahdi very well, it is impossible for him to ask the caliph to evacuate Mulu City, what do you say is going on?" ”

was said by Khalid, the intelligence minister was a little embarrassed, he was worried that Khalid would report to Mansour, so he looked left and right, and then pulled the two to the side before whispering: "To tell you the truth, I received news that a few days ago, Prince Mahdi had actually led his army to withdraw from Mulu City, and on the way to retreat, he was strongly blocked by the Fifth Army of the Western Qin Army, and the two sides fought a big battle, Prince Mahdi lost 5,000 elite cavalry and 5,000 infantry, and retreated south in a panic with the remaining 20,000 people, Having bypassed the besieged city of Mashad, they are now retreating southwest through the hinterland of Khorasan province! ”

When Khalid heard this, the expression on his face changed wonderfully, "If this matter is known to the caliph, Prince Mahdi will be finished!" Prince Mahdi has always been friendly with us Persians, the caliph is old, no one knows when he will be called back to heaven by Allah, once the caliph is called by Allah, then other princes will inherit the caliphate, which will be disastrous for us Persians! It is also extremely detrimental to the rule of the entire dynasty, so ??????"

Speaking of this, Khalid looked at the Minister of Intelligence and Bo Silin, "So this matter must not be spread, at least not now!" ”

And Bo Silin and the Minister of Intelligence glanced at each other, and both nodded at the same time.

Khalid said to the Minister of Intelligence: "You keep an eye on the movements of Prince Mahdi's army and report to me at any time!" ”

"Understood!" The Minister of Intelligence agreed, and then left.

Khalid said to Hebo Silin again: "You go undercover with the King of Western Qin this time, to be honest, it is very dangerous, at first I didn't recommend you to go, but your military talent can't be buried, the caliph doesn't worry about you, and wants to tie you to your side, but I know that this is your only chance to rise again, you have to go undercover this time, and successfully defeat the King of Western Qin to restore your prestige in the army, in order to re-command the army, this dynasty needs a general like you." With our current national strength and military strength, we can't compete with the Western Qin State for the time being, this time we must defeat the King of the Western Qin and let his army withdraw to the Western Qin State, this dynasty needs you to reorganize the army, and all this takes time, you and I are not young, we must complete some things in our lifetime, and we can't throw these shortcomings to the latecomers! ”

And Bo Xilin sighed: "I can only do my best, this time to go, to be honest, I don't have confidence, I can't figure out the king of Western Qin, from the limited intelligence analysis, he sometimes trusts his subordinates, sometimes he is extremely suspicious, sometimes he is very generous to his subordinates, the rewards are incomparably rich, sometimes he is extremely stingy, his food is extremely ordinary in addition to the large amount, and the daily diet of other kings or emperors is delicacies from the mountains and seas, he has built a lot of roads in the country, these roads extend in all directions, It can lead to any town in any province, he also advocates planting trees at the edge of the desert to block the wind and sand, reduce the erosion of the land by the wind and sand, from east to west, from south to north, tens of thousands of miles of territory are subject to his horse's hooves, no matter how you look at it, the king of Western Qin is a great king, but he is not called the emperor, this person's heart is as deep as the sea, the wisdom is boundless, I really have no confidence in front of him to hide from him! ”

Khalid patted him on the shoulder: "Do your best, I will wait for your good news at Behedashir Castle!" ”

Late that night, an explosive news spread in the camp of the Great Food Army, and Bo Silin begged to see the Caliph late at night, asking to lead the army to fight against the Western Qin army, but was vetoed by Ha Fa and was severely reprimanded. Enraged, he drew his sword at Mansur, who was furious and ordered the guards to seize him, whip him dozens of times, and put him in a cage and take him away as he retreated.

In the second half of the night when the main force of the Great Eclipse Army retreated, General Berke, who was ordered to lead the army to reinforce the besieged infantry of the Great Eclipse Army on the Tahe Heights, rushed to the Tahe Heights overnight with 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry.

In the distance, you can see that the Tahe Heights are full of torches held by the soldiers of the Western Qin Army, as well as piles of lit fires, and under the light of the fire, you can see many Western Qin soldiers carrying stones to build fortifications, and the cavalry of the Western Qin Army, who had just finished the war, began to reorganize their armies after learning the news of the arrival of another big food army.

"General, the heights have been occupied by the Western Qin army, what should we do now?" Jamal, the deputy on horseback next to him, asked Berke.

Burke said: "Now the Western Qin soldiers have just occupied the high ground, and their foothold is not stable, if they wait for them to build fortifications, it will be impossible for us to capture them again, I want to attack it before they have built fortifications, to see if we can take this high ground, if we can take it, the main army of the caliphate does not have to withdraw!" In this way, you take two thousand cavalry to lure the cavalry of the Western Qin army away, and leave the rest to me, remember not to engage the Western Qin army at close range, although our cavalry is not as good as them, it should be enough to play hide and seek with them."

"Well, be careful!"