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The first news brought back by the scout was the approximate situation in the core area of ​​Dashi.

This core area refers to the areas conquered by Muhammad, Abu Bourke and Omar, including the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Iraq, Libya and Egypt. Dashi has been operating here for a long time and is the foundation of Dashi. It only occupies less than half of the current Dashi territory. Later, the Ottomans, Ali and Avia conquered the Berbers, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Fars, Khorasan, Sestan, Markland, Sindh, Lower Tochar and Khwarezm.

Uprisings occur from time to time in these areas, and they are areas where the food can be shaken.

The strength of Dashi's core area determines Dashi's true strength.

It turned out that I had asked in Luoyang, and there were different opinions. After arriving at Shuye, I asked the envoys of various countries in Hezhong. The various countries in Hezhong were loosely affiliated and had not had a very bad relationship, but they were all destined to have a shallow vision. Most of them only knew how the Dashi people invaded, and the Governor of Khurashan was insatiable. They did not pay much attention to the situation of Dashi.

The scout went to Khorasan, disguised himself as a merchant, brought some gold, silver and jewelry, and made friends with the powerful and wealthy people in Dashi, and got some trouble from them.

The Great Cannibal did not remember that he might have heard that the Tang Dynasty army entered Suye City, which was to quell the rebellion. Suye City was not far from the Hezhong area, but it was still very far from Khurasan. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty had not negotiated with Dashi for decades, and the scout was a Hu man, so he did not expect that after the intercourse, the scouts learned a lot of useful information.

The process is very simple, and many thrilling deeds actually happened in the middle.

The first news is not very good.

Speaking of Dashi, Li Wei stayed in the impression of his previous life, in the endless golden desert, an Arab wearing a scarf and a robe, led a camel and faced the scorching sun, walking on sand dunes one after another, while wiping sweat with a scarf.

But that's not the case.

The core area is like later generations, dry and hot, and the Sahela Desert began to spread. However, like the Hezhong area, the drought is severe, but it is better than later generations. There are many rivers that have caused a large number of oasis. Even the former capital Medina (now Yatrib) is often troubled by storms and mountain torrents. And it is not as hot as Li Wei thought. Because the desertification is not serious, the water in Sanaa will freeze in winter, and the Hadul Mountain snows almost every year, and frost is very common (both of these places are in Yemen). This climate makes Dashi many oasis suitable for growing rice and wheat. As for other areas with dry weather and salty soil, dates and barley are also suitable for growing. Because the food is not short of shortage, barley is used to feed horses, which is luxurious than many areas of the Tang Dynasty. Barley is still the staple food for farmers in Xiangshan South Road.

In addition to common trees, there are also chamois trees, which produce charcoal, which produces a kind of Saimuha tree that can grind powder and cook porridge, and produces a kind of Saimuha tree that can grind powder and cook porridge. The fruits include grapes, olives, pomegranates, apples, apricots, batan apricots, oranges, lemons, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas. In addition, there are many animals, such as cheetahs, leopards, coyotes, jackals, foxes, lizards, crocodile lizards, lions, apes, eagles, bustards, falcons, kites, owls, crows, leopards, skylarks, nightingales, pigeons, and sand chickens. The family storage is not much different from the Tang Dynasty, such as camels, donkeys, dogs, cats, sheep, goats, and mules. Some are produced locally, and some are introduced in other places, such as mules and horses. Horses were introduced by the Ksai people and the Hit people. It may be due to climate reasons, but it has created one of the best war horses in the world.

In addition, locusts also appear in the desert, and a locust plague occurs every few years. Many big eaters believe that locusts are delicious and add some salt to barbecue, which is the most delicious food. Because people like to eat it, the number of locusts is always controlled and the locust plague cannot spread.

Speaking of this, the scout looked at Li Wei with a strange look.

In the eyes of people in the Central Plains, locusts are divine objects and are the punishments of heaven. Every time they encounter locust plagues, the people burn incense and offer Buddha-like prayers.

Li Wei said, "General Guo, write down this paragraph and submit it to Luoyang."

It is very useful for reference. The Tang Dynasty was also troubled by locust plagues from time to time, but what he said doesn't count. Look at people who can eat people for hundreds of years. As a result, the more they eat, the stronger the country becomes.

It was this unique environment that made the cannibals gradually become stronger. Tang Dynasty historians recorded in historical books that the big food was better than 400,000 soldiers, and Li Wei also believed that after all, it was all deserts, so it was not wrong to have 400,000 soldiers.

However, the news brought back by the scout overturned Li Wei's views and historical records. The environment in Dashi is far less harsh than Li Wei thought. Moreover, because of his military system, only by mobilizing all the core areas, 400,000 powerful troops could be dispatched.

The most terrifying thing is that they not only have an ambition to expand, but also have humility.

At the beginning, Dashi was very backward. In addition to religion becoming their magic weapon and being inviolable, they absorbed foreign cultures very quickly. For example, after conquering Persia, they burned, killed and looted all the way, but did one thing, carefully welcomed Dashi as treasures. This made Dashi's various craftsmen and scholars quickly improve, such as Dashi's knife. The first material is the material, and it must be made of Uzi iron from the Sindhi region. But there are good irons, and there are countless smelting and forging techniques. Without the introduction of scouts, Li Wei knew this very early. It is said that some people imitated Dashi's craftsmanship to create a Dashi knife, which cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Not only that, the historical books also clearly record many examples of the absorption of foreign technologies, such as the Greek fire. If history does not change, the Great Cannibal was obtained decades later. There is also paper. The Great Cannibal originally used animal skin paper, but later it was unknown what channels to start to make straw paper. After Gao Xianzhi's defeat, the Great Cannibal could make excellent paper. It was not through the prisoners of war in the Tang Dynasty that they knew that the paper was made, but the prisoners of war under Gao Xianzhi, who improved the paper making technology for them. There is also culture. When the Byzantines placed the books of Aritudott and others in the corner of the Holy See, the Great Cannibal translated them as treasures and issued them to scholars for research.

"Remember it," Li Wei said.

This incident has also been heard in Luoyang, and the envoys did not explain it very clearly and were not convincing.

But the news that the scouts got from the mouths of the Great Food nobles can be used as evidence. And these evidences can indicate a title, how a small country becomes a superpower!

Not only that, there are also measures to maintain the expansion of emperors, generals and ministers, and to encourage business development, etc., to write down the measures of cannibalism and bring them back, so that the ministers and Confucians in China can have a profound reflection.

This news is not very good, but the following news is good news.

Twenty-one years ago, the saint Ali, in the eyes of the followers of Shiites, annihilated the rebels on the bank of the Naihai Laiwang Canal and returned to the mosque of Kufa. Along the way were all worshiping people and religious people, and flowers were sprinkled on the ground. At this time, in a simple hut, a young man named Abdul Raihaman Ibn Mull had a fighting spirit in his eyes and said to his three partners: "We will eliminate the three sinful people for the Muslims, Ali! Muaweiye! Amur!"

Then I said a lot of passionate words.

The Muslim was fanatical. His three friends finally got moved and agreed. Then they bought poison, applied the poison to the dagger, and quietly inserted it into the welcome crowd. Among all the caliphs of Dashi, Ali's talents may not be that great, and honor was given by the Shiites after his death. But he also had many good qualities, such as being brave on the battlefield, being very wise on the podium, being sincere to friends, and being open-minded to the enemy. Therefore, he went along the way, talked to the people all the way, and even took the initiative to pull the people up.

When they were almost at the tail of the people who were greeted, four people rushed out. Ali was not prepared and asked Muller to rush behind him and stab him in the brain. All four were killed on the spot. In fact, Muller could not be regarded as a terrorist. His wife was innocently killed in the Naihai Laiwang extermination battle. If this matter was in China, it might be recorded in history. As for his three friends, they were even more innocent. They were bewitched by his friend and became accomplices in the killing of the "saints".

But when hearing this incident, he gave Li Wei a strong warning. The emperor was the same. He often talked with the people and was approachable. If there was a Muller, this kind of thing might happen to the emperor.

Li Wei didn't care. The truth completely overturned what the messenger described in the river. But it had happened for twenty-one years. Why did the scout say that it brought important good news? Keep listening.

After learning about Ali's death, Aviye immediately claimed to be a Caliph in Iriya (Jerusalem), turning Damascus into the new capital of the Dashi. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was working hard to deal with the ***, otherwise it would be a good opportunity to send troops at that time, and it would be very likely that Persia would be revived in one fell swoop.

The Caliph was elected by various nobles. Aviye ascended the throne by himself, and there were many opposition voices within the Dashi. Therefore, his territory shrank greatly. However, Aviye was a very capable person. After a patient mediation, the Ali faction in Egypt was put aside his prejudice, so he sent his generals Amur Yimu Asui to seize Egypt. However, Iraq also declared that Ali's eldest son Hassan was the legal successor of Ali. Aviye's name was wrong and his words were not smooth. Moreover, Ali faction had many troops and territory, and the bureau was similar to Li Wei and Li Zhi and his wife. He wanted to use force but did not dare to use force. If he did not suppress it, the situation would deteriorate.

But Hassan was not Li Zhi or Wu Zetian, and had no ambitions. He even thought that the boudoir was more comfortable than the throne. This made Aviye seize the opportunity and sent someone to lobby again, promising to give him a large sum of generous annuity, including the five million Derhans of Kufa public funds, and the income from a Persian county, which he enjoyed for life. Harry gave up his position unscrupulously. Aviye truly controlled the entire food. However, eight years later, he was reluctant to give Hassan so many years of money, so he poisoned him to death.

It once again caused dissatisfaction among many nobles within the Dashi.

However, Aviye was very talented and had done many major events that contributed to the Great Food in recent years. For example, the expansion of the Eastern Front captured Sindh and the entire Sestan. The Northern Front twice hit the gate of Constantinople, the capital of Byzantine. The Great Food in the Western Front also achieved brilliant results. During the Ottoman period, Egyptian Governor Usman had conquered Tripoli, but Aviye's Governor attacked the ***ists in the west and fought from Tripoli.

At Gabes, Kairowan, and crossed the sea from Kairowan to Sicily. Then to Ogbai, the nephew of the Egyptian conquerors, conquered Balkha. They also divided the Berbers, and led some Berbers to join forces with him to destroy the rule of the *** religion in North Africa. When Hu Ying went to the Berber tribe, it was the time to fight. If he went one or two years later, he would become a world of great cannibals. These two attacks engulfed all North Africa into the hands of the great cannibals.

Faced with such an emperor, even if he is dissatisfied, he dare not object publicly.

But in his later years, he made little progress on the main battlefield. In order to attack Junlitantino, he sent countless troops to attack from land and water. However, facing the fortifications of Constantinople and the Greek fire at the sea, he had no effective means. He fought for seven or eight years. Two years ago, when Li Wei returned from Qinghai, he concluded a peace treaty with Byzantium. Not long after, he died of illness. He left a mess for the Great Cannibal. Not only that, he did something that made the Great Cannibal unsatisfied - let his son Ye Qide serve as the new caliph.

Aviye also thought of the consequences. Before he died, he asked the nobles to take the oath. For the great cannibals, it was an extremely strong thing. Once he held the Quran in his hand and made the oath, he would not dare to disobey it for the rest of his life. However, the leader of the great cannibals, Ali's second son, Hassan's younger brother, Abdullah, the son of Abdullah, and Zobair's son, Abdullah, refused to take the oath. After Yezid ascended the throne, he forced Abdullah to take the oath, but Hussey and Abdullah, the younger one, escaped to Mecca.

The diffusion of the food began.

The Kufa immediately asked Husaiyin to go where they took office as the caliph. Husaiyin placed his hopes on the Iraqis, which disappointed him. Seeing the Kufa repeatedly begged, he finally decided to go to Kufa (southern Iraq, the Iranks refer to Iraqis in northern Baghdad). But at this time, he missed the best opportunity. The son of Ziyad (Inkorn made Aviye recognize him as his younger brother) Governor Obedulla. Ziyad set a front out on his way from Hijaz to Kufa. The winter of the previous year, Omer, the son of the famous food star Sailde, led 4,000 cavalry to surround Husaiyin and his relatives guards, and did not even give him a drop of water to force him to surrender. Husaiyin still refused to surrender. He was eventually killed in Karbala.

Although Yezid returned the head sent by Omer to Karbala and took some pacification measures, Husaiyin's killing aroused the dissatisfaction of more gales and nobles. It even led to a series of problems and contradictions left by Ali as the Caliph, which caused a more serious division of Islam. The sects in Iraq and Egypt believed that the descendants of Muhammad must be the caliph, namely Shiites. Other regions believed that a capable Mu

Sling served as the Caliph, the Sunni. Not only did he choose the Caliph, but he also had a doctrine. But it was not until Hussein's sacrifice that Islam really split. The Shiites were born on the tenth day of the first lunar month of this year (October 10, 680 AD), and even shouted the slogan of avenging Hussein. The Sunnis believed that Yezid was the ruler of the facts. Anyone who asked him where his rights came from would be executed. Don't object, you can't even ask.

Then Ye Qide himself, who cannot be said to be too stupid, had made some minor reforms in financial management and also built some water conservancy, but in general, he was addicted to music, fine wine, entertainment, and did not pay attention to national affairs, and ended the war against Byzantine. It was far from the previous caliphs.

This finally aroused the ambition of another person, Abdullah Zobair, the young Abdullah. He openly opposed the new caliph and encouraged Hussein to go to Kufa to take over. Hussein's killing and Yezid's foolishness made the people of the entire holy land express their support. Yezid also wanted to learn from his father's way of winning over the Egyptians and sent envoys to persuade the nobles of Mecca, but after more than a year, it was futile.

But Abdullah also has a shortage. Strictly speaking, he is a third-party force. He is famous for his origin. His mother is Ai She's sister. Ai She's the holy wife of Islam, Muhammad's stepwife, and the most useful wife. He made outstanding contributions to promoting Islam. However, according to the requirements of the Shiites, blood ties are not in line with it.

However, according to the first four caliphs, the orthodox caliphs of the Great Food, it is barely reasonable. Because Muhammad had no son and only one daughter, Fatteme (Ali's wife), was alive, father-in-law Abu Boke succeeded, and the other three were Omer, Ottoman and Ali, who were all Muhammad's comrades and relatives.

Abdullah Little can also be said to be a relative of Muhammad, at least better than Aviye and his son. This is another reason why he has received support from the people of the Holy Land.

Since we can send people to Dashi to spy on news, even Hu people, every scout is not a simple person.

After hearing the news, he was overjoyed. While leaving someone to continue spying, he sent someone back and delivered the news to Li Wei.

The only thing that was not good was that the successor Governor of Khorasan, Salem, was not only Ye Qide's close confidant, but also a tough man and good at fighting. He was a general who should not be underestimated (historical defeated the coalition forces that crossed Hezhong and the Turks two years later).

After hearing the scouts finished speaking, Li Wei, Wang Fangyi and others looked at each other and smiled.

It wasn't that I underestimated Salem, nor did I know his subsequent achievements, but no matter how brave he was, look at the generals in the Tang Dynasty army, there were four people who could be the commander, whether it was Li Wei, Wang Fangyi, Li Jinxing, or Qi Bi Ming.

There are several generals who are talented, the first one is Tang Xiujing, and then Xue Ne, Luo Wuzhong, Guo Yuanzhen, and Xifenglei. Several other people, such as Xin Chengsi, Jiang Sijin, Liu Dezheng, He Changqi, Tuoba Po, and Ye Ci Mingchuan, are also considered brave generals who are good at fighting. The several people brought from Luoyang have also grown rapidly after the battle of Yilishui.

It can be said that this almost concentrated one-third of the most outstanding generals of the Tang Dynasty. If this is the case, he was defeated by Salem, and the Tang Dynasty would simply hand over the river to the river. It was not Salem who was cautious, but the domestic food.

Li Wei immediately gave a heavy reward, let the scouts go to rest, and looked at the generals and said, "This is a rare opportunity. In Mecca, it is Abdullah Jr., not Husaiyin. If Husaiyin is better, he is not very righteous and will not support many people. Once Ye Qide loses patience and sends heavy troops, it is estimated that it will be difficult to support it for how long. The opportunity will be lost."

There is still nothing to say. Li Wei must not remember this history, but he knew that although Dashi was in chaos, he was still very strong later. He not only annexed the entire Tochar and the Hezhong region, but also occupied Spain, defeated Byzantium, and occupied almost all Turkish territory.

Li Wei didn't know how the cannibals got rid of this chaos, but he knew that if he missed this opportunity, it would be very difficult to deal with the cannibals in the future.

However, Dashi himself brought a huge opportunity to see the dawn that would make Dashi decline.

"Yes," Li Jinxing agreed immediately.
Chapter completed!