Just when Zhao Lei and the others were launching a large number of slaves to storm Zaleburg, Caliph al-Mansur in Behedashir Castle was furious at this time. △ △○Tomato△▽ Net --'.x'f'q-x-s''.-c-o'm

"What? What do you say? Prince Mahdi retreated from Mulu City with his army? Who gave him the order? Who gave him the courage to lead the army to evacuate without authorization? Mansour asked loudly as he looked at Vizier Khalid and the Minister of Intelligence.

The situation in the north has completely collapsed and is terrible, even if the news that Prince Mahdi led his troops to evacuate Mulu City without authorization was deliberately concealed by Khalid and the Minister of Intelligence for a long time, but the situation in the north is becoming more and more chaotic, and a large number of fleeing Persians and cannibals will soon come like a wave, and the arrival of these people will inevitably reveal the news that Prince Mahdi has evacuated Mulu City without authorization, and at that time, the news can no longer be hidden, in order not to be implicated in this matter in the future and not to bear the charge of deliberately concealing the news, Khalid and the intelligence minister had to take the initiative to report the news to al-Mansour.

They had expected Mansur's anger in advance, but they did not expect that Mansur's anger was beyond their imagination, and without waiting for them to speak, Mansur asked, "Where is Mahdi now?" ”

The intelligence minister's eyes drooped, as if he hadn't heard, he was just an intelligence officer, his status in the Abbasid dynasty was too far from the other ministers, and he could not afford the anger of the caliph, he could only be a turtle with a shrunken head.

Vizier Khalid could only stand up and reply: "Prince Mahdi arrived in Zaland, and in the process of breaking through, he was blocked by the Fifth Army of the Western Qin Army, and there were only 20,000 people left in the 30,000 army, and some of the 10,000 infantry were killed by the Western Qin Army, some were captured, and some were missing, and the remaining 20,000 people were cavalry, and in the process of breaking through, he discarded almost all the armor and other heavy objects before he could barely get rid of the pursuit of the Western Qin army, and now the defense force of Khorasan has all collapsed, A large number of subjects are fleeing through the Cavill salt desert, a small number of subjects are fleeing through Khorasan Province to the southwest, Guchang City, Mashad, Neshapur, Zewar, Mashhar, New Shahr and other cities have fallen one after another, half of Khorasan Province has fallen into the hands of the Western Qin army, and the remaining part is afraid that it will be captured by the Western Qin army in a few days, and there are many nobles, rich merchants, and slave owners who surrender everywhere! ”

"Damn, all these people deserve to die, when I recover Khorasan, I must burn these people alive!" Mansur was so angry that his face turned blue, and he turned his anger out on Prince Mahdi: "Mahdi, a dog who is greedy for life and afraid of death, actually led the army to retreat without permission despite my strict orders, and abandoned the incomparably strong city of Mulu City, so that the Western Qin army could drive straight in!" ”

Khalid hurriedly said: "Commander of the believers, this can't all be blamed on Prince Mahdi, His Royal Highness the Prince has done his best, after Guchang City and Mahad City were besieged, Mulu City was in a state of isolation, if it wasn't for Prince Mahdi who immediately led the army to break through the siege, I am afraid that the whole army has been wiped out now, and it is already very good to be able to save 20,000 cavalry to come back!" ”

Mansur slapped the table and was furious: "Anyway, he retreated without permission and disobeyed my will!" Come, tell my will, send to Zaland, and get him!" ”

As the caliph's most loyal subordinate and minister, Artis, the commander of the Guard, immediately stepped forward: "Yes, the chief of the believers! ”

Khalid and some Persian ministers wanted to stop it too late, and at this time, the war was unfavorable everywhere, the losses of troops were serious, there were too many subjects who surrendered, Mansour was in a state of anger, and at this time he stood up against his decision, there was absolutely no good fruit to eat, and the ministers had to watch the commander of the Guards leave.

As if he had made up his mind, Mansour said to his ministers: "That man named Zhao Hu has already led his army to peep at us like a poisonous snake on the edge of the desert in the west, and the king of Western Qin has arrived in the town of Mahan with his men and horses for several days, and we can't be attacked from both sides, even if the castle of Behedashir is strong and there is enough food and weapons in the castle, if we are surrounded and blocked in the castle by them, no matter how many troops we have, we will not be able to exert our strength!" We can't let the army of the King of Western Qin continue to run rampant, they have come from afar, they need time to rest and recover their combat effectiveness, we can't give them time, Ziyad, Daoud, Said, Burke and other generals have all died in battle, the morale of the army is low, the confidence of the people in us is already insufficient, our Abbasid dynasty has reached the most critical moment, we must take the initiative to attack, with a victory to boost the morale of the soldiers, improve the confidence of the people and believers! I have already decided that I will take the initiative to conduct a decisive battle with the Western Qin army in two days, and I will personally command it! ”

The ministers were astonished and stood up to obstruct and oppose them, and the Minister of Agriculture said: "Ruler of the faithful, you are the leader of all your people and believers, and the battlefield is too dangerous, and if any accident happens to you, the Abbasids will be in danger, so please consider carefully for the sake of the dynasty's rule." ”

Mansour was furious: "What? You're cursing me! Do you think I can't beat the King of Western Qin? He's just a little doll in my eyes! ”

The Minister of Agriculture was shocked: "I am your servant, I am your servant, I have all that you have given me, and I have been bestowed with my glory, wealth and power, and without your grace, how could I be where I am today?" Of course, I hope that your reign will last forever, and I hope that you will defeat the King of Western Qin in one fell swoop! You are right, the age of the King of Western Qin is indeed a little doll in front of you, but don't forget, this little doll has created an undefeated myth and achieved a legend that the world cannot imitate. It only took him two years to become a general from the lowest soldier, and it only took more than ten years for him to become the lord of a country from a general, and he turned this barren land of Western Qin into the most prosperous and rich place in the world, and made Western Qin one of the most powerful kingdoms in the world! O chief of the believers, you are the lord of a nation, the leader of your people and believers, the war is the business of the generals, your duty is to steer the dynasty and to shepherd all the believers and people for Allah, your responsibility is far from being comparable to directing the war! ”

The Minister of Agriculture's words made Mansour's anger disappear a lot, and Khalid immediately stood up and said: "Commander of the Believers, Lord Marwan is right, after you led your army out of Baghdad, the important government and religious affairs of Baghdad have piled up, and you urgently need to go back and deal with it, if you don't deal with it, it will affect the operation of the dynasty." This battle can be fought, and it must be fought, but Baghdad needs you to go back to the town, I think it is better to hand over the military command here to General Artis, the commander of the Guards, and General Artis will command the army to fight against the army of the King of Western Qin! ”

Ministers came out in support of Khalid's views, but others objected, and the opposition was quickly drowned out by a large number of concurring opinions.

In a one-sided view, Mansour could only keep his regrets in his heart, and announced that he would hand over the command of the front-line army to General Artis, the commander of the Guards, and that Artis would lead all the troops of Behdashir Castle to fight against the Western Qin army, and that he would return to Baghdad in the near future, and that the ministers and the captured Prince Mahdi would also return to Baghdad to face the judge's trial.

Zaland, a hundred and twenty miles northwest of the Citadel of Behedashir, was terrified by the fact that the 200 men sent by the Guards to arrest Mahdi were brought back the next day, and Mansur scolded the son and threatened to put him on trial when he returned to Baghdad.

On the 22nd of October, Mansur and his ministers returned to Baghdad from the Citadel of Behedashir, escorted by 10,000 guards, including 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry.

Mansur and the generals of the Great Eaters did not know that on this day, Wei Gao had secretly left the town of Mahan with 3,000 men and marched to the southwest, his purpose was Shiraz, and Bo Xilin found clues in the Western Qin army, but when he figured out that the missing army was led by Wei Gao and marched to the southwest, it was too late to secretly pass on the news, Mansur had already set off, and the route back to Baghdad happened to be the same route as Wei Gao's army.

He was not prepared to deliver the news to Behedashir Citadel after discovering that Wegao's army had secretly set out in a southwestern direction, but he was stunned when he learned from other sources that Caliph al-Mansur had left Behedashir Citadel and was returning to Baghdad on the same route as Wegao.

This coincidence is also too coincidental, the two sides set off almost at the same time, once Wei Gao's army and the caliph's army encountered, there must be a great danger in the caliph, and Bo Silin was anxious after learning the news, he couldn't see the caliph in danger and let it go, he didn't know that someone in Dongchang was staring at him, in a hurry, he completely ignored his undercover identity, and risked being exposed to pass the news to the liaison staff.

As a result, the news was passed on, but he himself was also identified as an undercover agent by the shrewd agents of the West Qin East Factory, and all the liaison personnel in Mahan Town were wiped out by the West Qin Army, and the news passed on was intercepted.

"Let's go, hurry up!" A few soldiers pushed the tied up and Bo Xilin into the Chinese army's tent.

Zhao Ziliang was sitting on the main seat looking at the note he had found from a liaison officer, and what was written on this note was the information passed on by Bo Xilin.

After reading it, Zhao Ziliang looked up at Bo Xilin and sighed: "General Abu, you said that you sincerely served this king, but how do you explain this matter now?" ”

And Bo Xilin said calmly: "The facts are here, since it has been discovered by His Majesty, then what else do I have to say?" At the disposal of His Majesty! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "General Abu, this king treats you sincerely, but you treat this king like this, you are too disappointed by this king!" Come on, bring it down! ”