In the early morning of the next day, the Western Qin cavalry that pursued and killed the rout returned one after another, carrying a large amount of booty and human heads, as well as a large number of bound prisoners.

After three poles of the sun, the returning Western Qin cavalry gradually decreased, Prince Mahdi and a few others were about to sneak away, but suddenly found that a large group of people and horses came from the direction of Mahiz City, there were as many as five hundred horsemen, among these Western Qin cavalry, there was a caliph al-Mansur's royal carriage, and there were several eunuchs of the Great Food Court around the carriage, and there was another carriage behind the imperial carriage, and there were several women in the palace costume of the Great Food Palace sitting on the carriage.

Prince Mahdi's face turned pale, and what he feared finally happened, "The caliph has been captured by the Western Qin!" ”

Several other Great Food Soldiers showed a look of horror on their faces, the Caliph is the highest existence of the Great Food Country, is the representative of Allah Allah in the world, and was captured by the Western Qin people? The sky is about to fall in the Great Food Country!

Although Prince Mahdi is just a gentleman, he was born in the court with a strong atmosphere of political struggle after all, and he is extremely sensitive to political turmoil, he immediately realized that after his father was captured by the Western Qin army, there was a vacuum of the highest power in the Great Food Country, not to mention how the war between the Great Food Country and the Western Qin will continue, just say that it is a golden opportunity for him at the moment, you must know that there are half of the soldiers and horses of the Great Food Country on this front, and he is the only prince here, If you can control more than 100,000 elite soldiers and horses on this frontline, what are the princes in Baghdad a fart?

Mahdi's mind was running at high speed, thinking that now the Vizier Khalid, the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Commerce and others were in the Behdashir Castle, and these people originally wanted to return to Baghdad with Mansour, but because of many complicated affairs, they needed to be delayed for a few days, so they were spared, if he returned to the Behdashir Citadel now and brought back the news that the caliph was captured by the Western Qin army, and then promised some benefits to these people, saying that these people would support themselves as the new caliph, this matter would be very operational, As long as he can sit on the throne of the caliphate, he can dominate the world, how domineering is that? As for the Western Qin Army?????? Let's wait until we sit on the throne of the caliphate!

Thinking of this, Mahdi immediately said to several soldiers: "Now that the city of Mahiz has been captured by the Western Qin army, it is no longer possible for us to return to Baghdad by this road, I have decided to return to the castle of Behedashir by the same route, many lords and generals of the dynasty are there, you go with me to protect my safety, I guarantee that you can gain power, wealth and land!" ”

The soldiers, who had been ordered to guard the Mahdi, looked at each other, and knew that they had no choice but to protect the Mahdi as he returned to the castle of Behedashir, so they bowed down to the Mahdi and swore allegiance.

Mahdi was overjoyed: "Okay, let's go!" ”

A few men emerged from the rocks, then pulled out a few horses from behind the hill, stepped on the horses, and galloped towards the castle of Behedashir to the northeast.

Late that night, Mahdi finally arrived at Behedashir Castle under the protection of these great cannibals, but was stopped at the bottom of the castle.

"Open the gates, open the door, this is Prince Mahdi!" One of the soldiers protecting the Mahdi raised his head and shouted at the wall.

The soldiers of the Great Food Army defending the city were all alarmed, and all raised their torches, and a general in armor threw a torch from the city wall and shouted to the city: "It's too dark, please Prince Mahdi pick it up and let us identify it!" ”

Mahdi had to let the soldiers around him dismount and pick up the torches, he held them in his hands to illuminate his face, the guards on the city wall saw it and confirmed that it was Mahdi, but he hesitated, Prince Mahdi made a big mistake and was imprisoned in a cage by the caliph and brought back to Baghdad, why did he appear here again?

The guard had doubts in his heart, and he didn't dare to open the city gate casually, and asked, "Your Royal Highness, weren't you put in a cage by the caliph and taken back to Baghdad?" How did it come back? ”

Mahdi was anxious, knowing that there were Western Qin detective outposts everywhere around this Behedashir Castle, if those Western Qin detective outposts learned that he, the prince, was blocked outside the city, once he was captured, wouldn't his ambitions and ambitions be all in vain? He immediately shouted: "This matter is complicated, first open the city gate and let us in, and then Prince Ben will give it to you, open the door quickly!" If you can't do it, send someone to inform Lord Vizier Khalid at once! ”

The guard general thought in his heart, although Prince Mahdi is a guilty body, but he is still a prince, and he can't be turned away because he is guilty of a guilty body, if he is arrested by the Western Qin army, once the top is investigated, he, a small commander, can not afford to be responsible, he immediately ordered: "Open the city gate!" ”

The city gate slowly opened, and the guard immediately ran down the city to the entrance of the city gate, and when Mahdi and the others rode in, he immediately led someone to stop him, and said to Mahdi: "Your Royal Highness, I beg your pardon, you and your entourage must stay here first, and I will first send someone to see General Artis and report this matter to the general!" ”

Mahdi was furious, but forced himself to hold back, he knew that he could not be angry now, his goal was to sit on the throne of the caliph, and before that he could meet the vizier khalid and the commander of the guards, Artis, and try to keep a low profile before meeting them.

So Mahdi said, "Well, I'll wait here, and you'd better go and tell Lord Khalid and General Attis that this prince has a hundred thousand urgent things to see them, and this matter is a matter of life and death for the dynasty!" ”

Mahdi's tone was extremely harsh, and the guards seemed to realize that something big might be wrong, so they didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and immediately went to the city to meet Khalid and Artis in person.

In a house in the middle of the castle, Khalid, the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Commerce, and other military generals were discussing how to go out of the city and take the initiative to fight the Western Qin army, when they heard a soldier coming from outside the gate to report that the city gate guards were asking for an audience outside.

After a while, the city gate guard walked in and saluted the ministers and the generals of Artis and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Prince Mahdi appeared outside the city gate, only he and a few accompanying soldiers, they looked very embarrassed, I see that it is late at night, I am worried that they will be attacked by the Western Qin army, so I opened the city gate and let them in, but because Prince Mahdi was ordered by the caliph to be detained, I did not dare to let him into the city without permission, so I sent people to watch them at the city gate, I hereby report to all of you and generals! ”

After listening to the words of the guards at the city gate, the ministers and generals were puzzled, wasn't Mahdi in a cage and taken away by the caliphate? How did you return here alone with a few soldiers? All kinds of questions came to the minds of these adults and generals.

Khalid asked, "Did you ask why they came back here?" ”

The city gate guard said: "Yes, but Prince Mahdi said that he would not say it until he saw your lords and generals, and he said that he had extremely important news for the lords and generals to know, and this matter was related to the life and death of the dynasty!" ”

The politically sensitive adults sensed that something was wrong, but they couldn't guess what it was, so they looked at each other, and Khalid said to a general next to him, "You bring someone to invite Prince Mahdi here!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Soon after, Mahdi entered the lobby, and several of the soldiers who accompanied him remained outside.

"I've seen all the adults and generals!" As soon as the ministers and generals got up, Mahdi saluted everyone.

On behalf of the ministers, Khalid asked, "Your Royal Highness, weren't you taken away by the Caliph?" How did you come back again? ”

Mahdi turned his head to look into the lobby, pointed to the attendants and maids around him, and said, "You all go out!" ”

The waiters and maids were a little overwhelmed and didn't know whether to listen to Mahdi, Khalid frowned, waved his hand, and the maids and waiters left the hall in a few lines.

Khalid said: "Well, now there are no idlers here, Prince Mahdi, you can speak!" ”

Mahdi began his performance, and he said with a sad expression: "We arrived at the city of Mahiz last night, and the city was small in size and had many houses, and the army could not enter much, so the caliph had to enter the city with more than 200 attendants to rest, while the army remained outside the city. In the middle of the night, our camp was raided by the Western Qin army, and they didn't know which path to take to go more than a hundred miles into the front line and came to Mahiz, I don't know if someone leaked the news or happened to catch up, it seems too late to pursue these now! I still got to the point, our camp was raided by the Western Qin cavalry, everyone was scattered, the camp was in chaos, a large number of routs rushed to the city, hoping to use the cover of the houses in the city to avoid the pursuit of the Western Qin cavalry, but this just gave the Western Qin army a guide to the direction of the attack, they rushed into the city and quickly occupied the whole process! ”

Before Mahdi could finish speaking, the faces of everyone in the hall turned pale, and they already had a premonition of what Mahdi would say next.

Sure enough, Mahdi continued: "The caliph was in the city at the time, and I was locked in a cage, and after the Western Qin army rushed in, I asked a few soldiers to open the cage, and we escaped from the camp together and hid on a nearby hill. This morning, after all the Western Qin cavalry that had pursued the rout, they sent an army of five hundred elite cavalry to escort the caliph's chariot in the direction of Mahan Town, surrounded by many eunuchs and some court ladies, and the caliph was sitting in the chariot at that time??????"

When Mahdi really spoke out, Khaled, Artis and other ministers and generals of the Great Food Country were like five thunderbolts, and everyone fell to the ground in a distraught, and some people cried loudly.