931 The Last Faith I

Compared with the three-nation alliance outside the city, the Arab army inside the city is not having a good time, since the great rout three years ago, every major battle will undoubtedly be defeated, countless comrades-in-arms have died because of it, I don't know how many once famous and sworn generals have never returned, how many territories have been taken away, and now, they are only left with this latter barrier, if this barrier is lost, the kingdom of Allah, the Prophet's heart and blood will really no longer exist.

Their beloved second caliph has died of illness, and the third caliph is anxious to deal with official affairs, deal with defense, and discuss with other countries and nations about sending troops to rescue, but this qiē is not very smooth, the people above always say that other countries and tribes are not willing to risk offending the three empires to help the Arab empire tide over the difficulties, and they all believe that under the strong oppression of the three empires, the fall of the Arab empire has been irreversible.

Damn it!

All followers of Allah and the Prophet feel inexplicably angry, this is the most severe slander of the infidels against Allah and the Great Prophet, we don't need them! We don't need them! The Great Prophet and the Great Allah, will be defended by ourselves! Even if the last drop of blood is shed, protect our last territory, protect the last glory of the Prophet and Allah! And our last dignity!

This is the content of their sad third caliph tearfully declaring war on them after hitting a wall everywhere, and then the caliph launched a final attack on these evil infidels on behalf of all followers of Allah and the Prophet. The Last Great Patriotic War began, and 200,000 Prophets and followers of Allah urgently enlisted in the army to fight the evil infidels. Finally, half a million prophets and defenders of Allah were urgently mobilized.

However, the battle was not as they expected, because with the last hope of the Prophet and Allah, the evil infidels could be defeated, on the contrary, because of the evil firearms in the hands of the evil infidels, the army was defeated again and again, and hundreds of thousands of advance troops were wiped out within a month, and all the front-line positions were lost. Hundreds of thousands of troops of the Three Kingdoms are pressing closely, and the battle situation has reached the most fierce moment, the most dangerous moment. There can be no moment of slackness.

During this time, they had heard that a great general had led his troops to attack the Persian grain and grass, exterminated 30,000 shameful Persian pagans, and burned all their grain and grass. Fought a rare victory. In the past few years, they have always heard the news of defeat and death, but this time, they heard the news of victory, and the whole country and the whole army were very happy, and they all thought that the dawn was coming!

As a result, within a few days, news of the general's death came along with the news of the total annihilation of his unit. Everyone was stunned, it was obviously such a good time. As a result, they actually failed miserably, it was still such a tragic fiasco, the general who had just been enshrined as a hero was even beheaded and sent back, they all remember the desperate atmosphere of the whole country at that time, and the pain of everyone.

Because of this, at that time, there was a peak of "defection" throughout the country, every day there were an unknown number of soldiers, officers and even generals disappeared from the army, and countless original believers also fled, they shamefully betrayed their former beliefs, they shamefully betrayed their former food and clothing, and after that, the caliph personally led people to the front line to inspect, and gave a final speech, which finally made everyone firm in their last faith, and both defectors and betrayers were arrested and executed. Executed in front of the tomb of the Prophet.

This is the last war.

The caliph said.

The fortress was increased by 100,000 troops, even if all the fortifications of the fortress were full of people, it could not stand 150,000 people, including the original 50,000 people, but the caliph still did it, and the last famous general Sennasee was appointed as the chief general of the fortress, leading the last elite, with the last courage to resist the evil infidels of the three kingdoms that were coming, after them, there was a full reserve of 100,000 people, and the last 50,000 caliphates' personal guards, this is the last combat strength, if the army is expanded, It is not known if food and weapons were provided.

These things were bought by the caliph with land and money, and those evil tribes and cruel nations did not forget the plunder of their interests even at this last moment, and forced the caliph to use the property left by the prophet to buy their food and weapons, and the caliph had to agree to their demands for the final victory, ceding fertile land, and spending a lot of wealth to buy food and weapons that did not need so much money at all.

In the end, the fortress was armed, General Senasi personally climbed the city wall to direct the battle, the evil Three Kingdoms army did not use terrible firearms, but used very normal weapons to fight with all the defenders, the defenders fought bravely in the battle, for the final glory of the continuous struggle, continuous advance, continuous fierce battles with the superior enemy army, the most terrible Tang army was repulsed, the strong enemy Roman army was also defeated, the weakest Persian army was defeated, a full twelve days, All three armies took turns to fight, and all of them were defeated without exception.

Everyone almost cheered wildly, they even thought that the war was over, but at the beginning of the second twelve days, the trebuchets and incendiary canisters of the Don army appeared in the sky again, shooting at them fiercely, and then the third twelve days, the fourth twelve days, they finally realized that such days would not stop, such attacks would not stop, and the evil heretics would not let the great light continue to shine, this was their shame, which they could not accept.

Such battles will not stop either.

For the final glory, no matter what moment they fight, they must fight like this, they must fight like this, if they don't fight like this, a qiē will disappear, and the general has fought with everyone to this day with his last courage, which is not a very simple thing.

"General, how long are we going to fight before we can go home?" A mortally wounded soldier once asked their beloved commander, General Senasi. Senasi, a fifty-year-old general, crouched down, put down the knife he clenched in his hand, and held the bloodied hand of the dying soldier tightly together. He said firmly: "Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow we can defeat the evil infidels, and then we can leave here and reunite with our families to comfort the Prophet and Allah." We've won! ”

It was such an exciting word, but no one was happy or proud of it. Because everyone understands that that's just the general's rhetoric to let this soldier leave with peace of mind, tomorrow? Where is tomorrow? Can I really go home tomorrow? Can you really go home and reunite with your parents, wife and children? Isn't that too hasty? Is this really possible?

But as long as the soldier believes, that's enough.

The dying soldier smiled in relief. The mouth moved. "Mother" was shouted, and then the sparkle in his eyes disappeared, and the general lowered the soldier's hand, took out his handkerchief and wiped the stains and blood from his face for him, then closed his eyes, and finally stood up, looked at the distant sky, and cast his hateful gaze on the barracks of the Triple Alliance. Finally turned and left.

Twelve more days, twelve days after twelve. No one knows exactly how many twelve days were spent.

It is estimated that even the Triple Alliance Army on the opposite side does not know how many twelve days they have spent, but these are not important, what matters is how long this war will last, how many twelve days it will last, and the war is the decision of the country, it is the decision of the big man, but the soldiers below, who is willing to fight at any cost, and sacrifice their lives for an illusory reason?

Perhaps the Tang Dynasty army, which was deeply favored by the dynasty, was willing, the number of the Tang army was increasing, and the reason why everyone was vying to be a soldier was not only for power and fame, but also because the parents and children in the family were arranged by the Tang Dynasty government very properly, and everyone received the favor from the emperor's majesty, exempted from forced labor, reduced or exempted from agricultural taxes, got the seeds of high-yield crops, and had the right to eat a full meal or even eat three full meals, and even read a book, which was an unprecedented thing in all dynasties.

Everyone understands why, why everyone has such a good life, so as long as there is more than one son in the family, the old father and mother will find a strong child when the imperial court announces the conscription and say to him earnestly, we have today's days, it is the kindness of the imperial court, it is the kindness of His Majesty, and now His Majesty needs us to fight for the Tang Dynasty and expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty, which is a great cause and the glory of the whole family for a lifetime.

So, child, go, go and repay the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor, this is the only thing we can do, you can go with confidence, we will all be very safe, very rich, you fight hard, try to survive, be an officer, or be a general, that is our happiest time.

The newly enlisted soldiers of Datang basically took the initiative to participate in the standing army recruited by the imperial court for such reasons, and all the degrees of application were all prepared by the imperial court, weapons, food, war horses, and military uniforms were prepared by the imperial court, and there were military salaries that could be taken, and the military salaries were very high, the monthly salary of an ordinary soldier was almost the monthly consumption of a peasant family, and the soldiers could earn a month's consumption of a peasant family for a month, and a person could earn the money of several people.

Moreover, these military salaries are personally distributed to each soldier by the military salary envoy sent by the imperial court every month, rather than handed over to the general to be issued again, which directly eliminates the possibility of corruption among officers at all levels, of course, with the increase in the proportion of military academy students and officers, it is absolutely impossible for military cadets who hate corruption to allow this to happen, but at a deeper level, Suning proposed to Li Er Majesty the idea of setting up the position of military salary envoy.

And in order to ensure that the military salary is paid in full, the number of military salaries for soldiers and officers at each level is clearly stipulated, and when the military salaries are issued, the commanders of an army and the generals at all levels need to sit on the spot and monitor the military salaries and those who try to manipulate the military salaries, and the implementation of this system makes the lower-level soldiers rejoice, they do not have to worry about their military salaries being embezzled by others, and the generals want to embezzle military salaries, they have no place to reason.

Under such a full arrangement, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, especially the standing army, do not have to worry about the problem of life, even the lowest-level soldiers can get the living expenses of a family instead of a person, so they have no need to worry about their own life and the life of their families, and as long as they are not in battle, they can have family leave every year, and under the premise of no worries, they will naturally do their best to fight and fight for an officer, and they can also glorify their ancestors!

However, compared with the armies of other countries, there is no such transparent military salary system and officer promotion system, everyone has to worry about this and that, since ancient times, the tradition of good men not being soldiers is not only in China, but also in other countries, and it is not necessarily worse than China's concept, obviously, this is not accidental. (To be continued......)