To feed 150,000 to 200,000 troops, logistics are already a heavy pressure, and such a large army must have enough water supply, this place has not been found by the Min army for more than half a year, and its concealment is also outstanding.

Lake Tiberias fits this criterion, it is located in the Syrian desert, it is difficult to find, and it is also the largest river in Palestine and crosses the Jordan River, with abundant water, and near the lake there is a rare oasis pasture in the desert that can support Arab camels and war horses.

For more than a year, the Fujian army was passively beaten under Li Jie's strict orders, defending the city and resisting the enemy, which made the Fujian army, which was accustomed to attacking, almost crazy, and got the position of the nest of the Arab Empire's soldiers.

"The last general, please be the vanguard!"

The last time the Right Route Army was defeated, although Li Jie did not settle accounts with him and Li Yexu, and encouraged them to make meritorious contributions and fight again, but since then, the Fujian army has not had any decent battles, making the two of them feel that they are a head shorter than other generals.

After experiencing a big defeat on the right side, in addition to being a little embarrassed by the imperial historian, the two of them were still their generals, and the rest of the generals also knew that the two of them couldn't fall, in this case, why bother to offend Sheng Lianshan, a reckless man, to compete for the opportunity for the two of them to make meritorious contributions? Even the veteran pioneer medicine Geluo was waiting quietly in the back this time, and he didn't say anything to fight.

However, under Sheng Lianshan's expectant gaze, Li Jie, who was in a good mood, actually laughed, smiled and waved his hand and quipped: "If you want to fight the Arab Xiao Sheng, you can go by yourself!" The widow is not going. ”

"This, Your Majesty, why is that?" Han Han was puzzled, Sheng Lianshan almost didn't jump up, what did the Fujian army do all the way from the comfortable Beijing division to Damascus, isn't it just to destroy the Arab Empire and ensure the stability and prosperity of Damin in the future? It's hard to find the main force of the enemy, and you don't fight, what the hell is this?

Looking at these two lengzi full of puzzlement, many other generals were also puzzled, the military department Shangshu, the old Li Ji of the military division of Damin, shook the fan helplessly, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then explained: "The Arab thief chieftain is resistant to extreme heat, most of our cavalry are northerners, and they are not tolerant to extreme heat, and the vicinity of Lake Tiberias is a desert, which is even hotter than Damascus, and it is not good for our army to go on an expedition at this time."

"When the weather cools down in the first month, and then attack the Arab barbarians, the day will be transferred to my Min side, and now our army is struggling hard, the Arabs are even more difficult than my Damin, in recent months, in order to maintain the supply of the army, Hussein thieves did not even attack my Damin city on a large scale, only sent sporadic cavalry to attack my Min supply like a thief, and after waiting for two months, maybe the Arabs' supplies will be exhausted, and they will collapse without a fight!"

At this time, the weather was really hot, and as he spoke, another layer of sweat appeared on Li Ji's head, and after wiping it again, Li Ji also joked and said: "Of course, Your Majesty has a will, if General Sheng wants to fight the Arabian barbarians by yourself, the old man will never stop him!"

Alone with 150,000 to 200,000 Arabs fighting in the scorching heat? Sheng Lianshan, whose scalp was numb, rubbed his mist and shrank back in embarrassment, and the other generals who looked embarrassed couldn't help laughing.

Even Sheng Lianshan's old partner Li Yexu couldn't help but shake his head, and in the midst of laughter, the balance of war seemed to be faintly tilted towards Damin.

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After several months of defense, the Fujian army in Syria Province defense was impenetrable, which caused great pressure on Hussein's logistics, and the Fujian country continued to provide logistics for tens of thousands of miles, but he did not have it, and Mecca and Medina, who relied on him, could send the soldiers who were waiting to be fed to the front line desperately, and could not provide even a little food.

The rise of Mecca was due to the war between the Eastern Roman Empire and Sassanid Persia for hegemony and forced the trade route to divert to the Red Sea, but now the blockade of Damin is like a big net, through Dubai in the Persian Gulf, Suez in the Red Sea, and Damascus on the Mediterranean coast, the Arabian Peninsula is firmly isolated, not to mention food, not even a fly can fly into the Arabian Peninsula, and money cannot buy it.

Relying on the last bit of money accumulated during the great Arab expansion, Hussein has indeed reached the end of the mountain, but even so, this proud descendant of the Hashemite family still does not intend to give in.

Under the scorched earth policy of the Great Min, Syria has become a barren land overgrown with weeds and no grain is produced, but Antioch, which is less than a thousand miles away from the Syrian province, now seems to have enjoyed a peaceful and prosperous era in advance.

Worthy of being the capital of the ancient Seleucid Empire, Antioch is located on the banks of the lower Orantis River in the Caucasus Mountains, with fertile land on both sides, a warm climate, and was once the terminal of the Silk Road in the Mediterranean.

In order to settle the landless population of Syria under the scorched earth policy, the Min adopted a mercenary system and transferred them to the vast middle of the land that Antioch, Edessa, and Ancatolia had taken from the Byzantine Empire.

The so-called employment system means that the state provides tools, ploughs cattle, builds granges, divides the land, and then the Syrian immigrants cultivate them, and all the agricultural products cultivated go to Damin, and Damin pays these hired farmers monthly wages.

This is a relatively novel method of agricultural production, which is equivalent to building Antioch Province into a large Foxconn enterprise, where all farmers are hired laborers, and industrial production is transformed into agricultural production.

From later generations, Li Jie also took the means of the profiteer boss who had squeezed him, and used the basic salary and performance salary in the employment grange, and sent a special person from the Damin Commercial Bank to evaluate, if he didn't do anything, the basic salary would be able to ensure that he was hungry and full, and his wife and children could not be fed.

For the first time, I tasted the days when there was money to spend before the harvest season, and it was close to the trade routes, and the markets were much more frequent than before.

One such new town is Perran, where hundreds of families are hired farmers from Syrian provinces, most of whom are Christians.

In the evening, at the end of the day's work in the fields, the whole town gathered in the small wooden chapel of the town to pray, and on the long wooden chairs, full of devout Christians put their hands together and silently prayed to God.

On the pulpit was a large thick and long butter candle, and it was placed on a silver shelf, one point was five, and the incense burner was replaced by the original iron incense burner to the silver incense burner today, which was still lit *, wearing a new clergy robe, and the heart of Father Brown, the priest of this community, was really full of happiness.

In Damascus, Islam imposed a heavy poll tax on infidels, and believers paid all the taxes when they had money, and they couldn't eat enough, so where could they afford to donate and preach? It's better to take refuge in Damin, although from time to time there are bald heretics to preach heretical ideas and strong believers, and they can't mobilize believers to drive these monks and Taoists out, but the quality of life is better.

In particular, Father Brown secretly colluded with the manager of the Damin Chamber of Commerce, urging the believers to work hard for the Chamber of Commerce, and the goateeed manager, who was said to be from Jianye in Huaxia, took a part of everyone's bonuses and paid him separately.

That's a lot more money than you used to make by waiting for handouts.

Father Brown, who has become the supervisor of Damin, is now really satisfied, and he can't wait to grab a few CCTV reporters and desperately say that I am happy. Taking people's money and eliminating disasters with others, Father Brown is also active in overseering the work.

"The Lord says, Live hard, work hard, and build beautiful homes with your industrious hands, and only those who work hard can bathe in the glory of the Lord after death, and walk in eternal peace in heaven, and the lazy and indulgent will fall into hell after death, and be tormented and spit on forever......"

Following Brown's recitation, the rest of the congregants also reverently recited like elementary school students, and in this subtle hypnosis, even a few foolish guys trembled with excitement, eager to finish praying and run back to the field to work.

But there are always a few outliers in the crowd.

With a bang, the Bible was lined up on the table, which frightened the believers who had fallen into the fantasy of heaven, and John, who was sleeping on his stomach, was also frightened by a spirit, but looking at the angry Father Brown standing in front of him with a shy stomach, John, who had sloppy beard and hair, was not polite at all, and rubbed his eyes in defiance.

"Finished praying? That old man went to eat. ”

Seeing that this lazy man was really in a daze and ran to the bread outside the church, Brown's angry face was trembling when the meat was down, this bastard was the laziest person in the whole town, and the share of the land that Da Min had divided was about to become a rotten haystack in his hands, and the person with the subsistence allowance was also eating and waiting to die, and there was no pursuit at all.

Of course, it doesn't matter if John starves to death or not, what really matters is the money bag, this guy has repeatedly failed to meet the standard, and has repeatedly affected the prize money that Father Brown receives, for the sake of the shiny silver coins and copper, Father Brown really looks at this bastard as if he was an enemy who killed his father.

"Sloth, gluttony, greed, you have committed three of the seven original sins! A villain like you will go to hell when you die, and God will definitely punish you! ”

The Bible pointed at John like a weapon, and Brown reprimanded him like a vampire, and the other believers trembled with fear, but for John, a lazy man, it was like tickling through his boots, and he didn't feel it at all.

John wouldn't have come if it hadn't been for the free bread, and listening to Brown's curse, the lazy man yawned sleepily again.

"Father, you have judged Lao Tzu twenty times, when will God punish me?"

Brown almost fainted with such anger, and his face trembled and he was about to reprimand something, but he let out a sharp whistle, and a red arrow suddenly drilled out of the sloppy chest of the lazy man.

In disbelief, I watched the arrows stained with my own blood dripping red liquid on the ground, and I reached out to Father Brown in fear, muttering to save me, just now this unbelieving bastard fell heavily on the ground under the terrified gaze of the other cultists.

"Is there really retribution?"

Subconsciously holding the bulging money bag, Father Brown himself was also terrified, but in the next second, more feathered arrows whistled in from the outside, and in the sound of puff, a large number of pious Christians were shot to the ground, turning the holy church into a slaughterhouse in an instant.

Disaster struck so quickly......