.Continue to look forward from Guazhu Mountain to the southeast, the terrain gradually becomes uneven, and the green mountains faintly pull out one by one from the horizon. There are springs twitching down from the mountain, thousands of streams flowing, gathering into small rivers, towards the Wuhu River.

Some rivers have many reeds growing by the river. In late April, reeds are the best time to grow, and each cluster of reeds is green and shady. A further away is a road. An ancient stone bridge is built on the riverside. I don’t know when it was built, and the stone bricks under the stone bridge are covered with moss.

At this time, two people were lying in the reeds on the south side of the bridge.

"Lao Liu, let's tell you another story."

"Little Mazi, do I have so many stories?"

"When I hit the city of Moufu, how about I invite you to have sex with Persian belly girls?"

The middle-aged man who called Lao Liu's eyes lit up, thought for a while, and said, "There is a firewood pile in my hometown. I have been left for a long time. No one dared to touch him. Everyone in the village said that there was a fox fairy living inside. I have a clan uncle who didn't believe it. That night, he got drunk and made a bet with someone, so he ran over, slept beside the firewood pile, and urinated on the firewood pile. Then he fell asleep. In his sleep, he heard a woman talking. This boy was hateful. Another woman said, "He is a scoundrel, sister, don't worry." The first voice said, "No, I will never let him go, and I will make up the scoundrel." I woke up these two sentences and looked around. There was no one. It was almost dawn, and I woke up from the wine, and I returned home. Seeing that he came back safely, everyone said he was bold. But he was suspicious and didn't know what he heard that night was really heard.

It was done in my dream. After a few days, it was fine. On this day, the melons in his home were ripe, so he went to see the melons. Before his wife came, she saw him sleeping on the bamboo bed. A beautiful woman in red was slapping him with a fan. His wife was very fierce and cautious, and she was a famous jealous woman in the village. When she saw the scene in front of her, she immediately picked up a bamboo snatch and went to fight to the death. When the beauty in red saw that something was wrong, she ran away.

Before the woman, she started to hit my uncle in a scattered manner. My uncle asked her to cover her head and asked while protecting her face, why did you hit me? His wife said he had an affair outside, but the uncle said no. His wife saw it with her own eyes, but she didn't believe it, and beat me again. She beat me, the uncle, miserably. After a long time, she heard two loud laughters from the grass outside. When she went over to see, she saw no one. She realized that she had been revenge from the fox fairy."

Xiao Mazi laughed twice and asked, "If it were me, I would have captured the pair of fox sisters alive, and then, then..."

"Don't talk nonsense, you can't touch the fox fairy." After saying that, the old man started and said something.

"Lao Liu, stop thinking, listen."

A rumbling sound came from a distance, and in a while, the sound of countless horses' hooves were heard.

The two quietly pulled out the reeds and looked out. It was early morning when a large white morning mist rose from the horizon. At the end of the thick fog, there were some green hills, and in the distance was the yellow Gobi Desert. A black shadow rose from the yellow color, and a huge army rushed over.

The two of them were lying down without moving, but they counted numbers silently in their mouths.

The sun gradually rose from the horizon, and the white mist gradually dissipated. The last batch of Dashi troops escorted the baggage and stepped onto the stone bridge, and disappeared in the mountains and ridges for a while.

"Little Mazi, how many people are?"

"It's 13,000 to 15,000."

The Dashi army is fast and has a large number of people. It is impossible to count accurate numbers, so it can only estimate one by one.

Lao Liu also estimated it himself and said, "You have a large number of more than 10,000 people, but there will never be 13,000 people. This is similar to the number of troops heading east the day before yesterday. Go back and report to Your Majesty. I will stay and continue to monitor."

"Lao Liu, be careful, you have many scouts these days."

"I know that I have not entered the Mufu City yet, so my life will not be given to the great cannibals."

"Then I'll go back first." Xiao Mazi stood up, looked around, and ran towards the Wuhu River.

...

At this time, Li Wei was receiving the second group of envoys from Dashi in the army.

Constantine IV also felt that his approach was too hasty. Especially after hearing the description of the envoys who came back, the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty was a very capable emperor, with his literary and military skills, and no one could match him. Moreover, he was very sincere. Before he came to the Western Regions, he had repeatedly received envoys sent by him and said he wanted to join forces.

So the second group of envoys was sent. This group of envoys was very high in specifications. Theosseth, the senator of the Senate and the senator of the Roman Senate of Byzantine were just an honorary position, but maintained a huge political influence and was also the highest level in the hierarchy society. Tantini, the principal of the Constantinople, was also an important figure in Byzantine. Not only did he have the power of the divine power, he also had some political power. Matthew, deputy governor of Asia Minor, was originally planning to let the governor of Asia Minor come in person, but once he counterattacked the Great Food, he had to prepare from now on and could not get out. Therefore, he let Matthew come. Procobi, the chief minister of the empire, was another super heavyweight. Moreover, these four people were determined ministers of the war.

The four of them led a team to the side of the Thunder Sea (Alard Sea) through the Khasa Khanate. They met the first batch of returning envoys and felt very happy. It happened that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was on the Wuhu River, which was broken and soft porcelain. He didn't even know the word kaolin. As for what kaolin is, Li Wei didn't know.

But when it comes to Greek fire, Prokkibe dared not speak.

In fact, the Byzantines exchanged the recipes of Greek fire before, and Li Wei would not exchange them.

To comfort him, Li Wei continued: "Actually, it doesn't have to be like this. As long as you repel the Great Cannibal and occupy the Great Cannibal Strait, you look at the map again. If you build a canal from here, it will probably not be difficult with your Byzantines' technology and national strength. Then Chinese ships can enter this strait and ship the goods to you Europa countries, and northern African countries. Or your Byzantine merchant ships can also reach China. Just one year's tariff will allow you to

You Byzantines have benefited a lot. Take a look at the great cannibals, they have had a feud with you Byzantines, which hindered trade. However, how much income does the commercial tax bring to them in a year? Without this income, can the great cannibals have the financial resources to expand? With this financial resources, why do you have to make it yourself? With money, what else can you not buy? Can you buy all kinds of weapons and materials and have sufficient economic control in your hands. Can you continue to move northward and expand to the barbarian territory?"

This sentence hit the hearts of several people.

"Whether it is distribution, trade, or the future of your Byzantium, a powerful country will appear. The primary premise is that you must defeat the Great Food." Because of different ideas, these words are more tempting than what Zhang Renyuan said when he went to Byzantium. And his status makes these words authoritative.

But there were still people who were not satisfied, and Tantini made another request, hoping to set up a church in the Tang Dynasty.

"Hissergeant, I have sent an envoy to negotiate with your Pope. Our dynasty never restricts the people from believing in religion. Whether it is Buddhism, Taoism or Persian Zoroastrianism, you think it is a Nestorian of paganism. As long as the religious concept teaches people to go to good and evil, we all welcome them. Our court never interferes in this regard. We want our court to take encouragement measures, such as actively building churches for you and encouraging the people to believe in Christianity. You are the basic one.

The Christianity must show me enough courage. If the great cannibals harm you Christianity so much, they dare not fight back. How can I help you? At this time, our two powerful kingdoms join forces to attack the great cannibals. As long as you Christians dare to launch a jihad, expel the great cannibals from Central Asia, and restore the glory of the holy land. After I return to my country, I will help you immediately. I believe that if there is God, he would not see you believers, and sit back and watch and let the great cannibals blaspheme him, right?"

After saying that, the translation was over, Tantini began to pray.

Matthew stood up again to ask how many troops the Tang Dynasty had.

He did not believe that the Tang Dynasty would dispatch an army of 300,000. At such a long distance, how much manpower and material resources would be needed.

"Matthew, I ask you, is the war to defeat the enemy, or to compete with how many soldiers there are on both sides? The great cannibals have only been decades of their rise. How many troops did they have at the beginning? How many troops did you Byzantine have? But now? As long as you can defeat the enemy, what is the difference between 10,000 and 300,000 troops?" Speaking of this, Li Wei was a little impatient and said, "This cooperation will bring mutual benefit to both sides. It is really better than Huili, you Byzantines took the big head. Our Tang Dynasty only restored most of the territory of Persia, for the sake of

Let Persia be restored to its vitality, and cannot plunder slaves, cannot plunder wealth, and cannot expand its territory. But what about you Byzantines? Do I have to beg you? Unfavorable, we can withdraw our troops and use the Wuhu River as the boundary. I believe that Dashi does not want to see an enemy of our Tang Dynasty. Rich, we can use Khorasan as the boundary, make an agreement with Dashi, and use joint efforts to deal with your Byzantium in exchange for their default on the restoration of Khorasan. Compared to the broader Europa and a wealthy Byzantine dynasty, I believe that the Dashi will be more interested."

Many people in Byzantine also knew that this was a good opportunity, but they were afraid that they would be dragged into the water by the Tang Dynasty. Once the war started again, they would resist the main force of the cannibalism. It was possible that they would not get anything, but they would get the most practical benefits from the Tang Dynasty and the Persians.

This idea is correct. Li Wei was so thoughtful and was precisely to achieve this goal. The Byzantines did not go to war, unless they did not take into account the national strength of the Tang Dynasty and mobilized 200,000 troops and countless supplies to decide the victory and defeat with the Great Cannibal. If that were the case, what should the national finances do? What should the Tubo people and the Turks do? What should the Byzantines come to pick melon seeds? They just don’t come to pick melon seeds, and if they win, can they rule? Besides, the Great Cannibals can be defeated so easily?

However, the Byzantines wanted to restore the territory that was annexed by the cannibals, and this was the only opportunity.

So Li Wei was intimidated in the end.

It is not impossible. There is no long-term friendship between countries, only interests are involved. Once the Tang Dynasty joins forces with Dashi, it may not be possible to send troops, but it can support them with a large number of weapons. Dashi is likely to be moved.

The four of them changed their sarcasm and immediately said, "No."
Chapter completed!