"Expedition to Persia?" Wang Xuance and Meng Yu exclaimed in unison, and then looked at each other, and both saw the confusion in each other's eyes.

"What does expedition mean?" Wang Xuance said in confusion.

"What country is Persia? Persia? I've never heard of it." Meng Yufa asked.

Chai Shao put down the will of His Majesty Li Er and explained to the two rising stars: "The Persian State is a very ancient country. It is said that the founding of the country was more than 400 years ago. It should have been the Later Han Dynasty in our Central Plains. It had had many friendly exchanges with us. The court at that time also recorded the affairs of the Persian State. This time, it is said that when the Anxi Protectorate quelled the rebellion in the Western Regions, the Western Regions sent documents for help, which made the Persian State notice us.

The Persian state is currently being invaded by a country called Arab state... Arab? Who translated it? It's really difficult to pronounce it... Well, anyway, this Arab state seems to be very powerful. The Persian state is not an opponent of the Arab state at all. It seems that even the capital is in danger, so he sent an envoy to ask for help from the Tang Dynasty, hoping to let the Tang Dynasty send troops to help them defeat Ah... Ra... Bo people, damn it, it's really difficult to pronounce! You can't stop giving such a difficult name! The country name is actually three words! I really don't know how they considered it!"

Wang Xuance and Meng Yu looked at each other, and Meng Yu asked, "So Your Majesty let the general be the commander, and we will serve as deputy generals to fight for the waves... Persia? Fighting with that Arab country? Is this a bit inappropriate? We don't know anything about the information of other countries, so we sent troops rashly?"

Wang Xuance nodded in support: "This war has just been completed, the rebellion has just been quelled in the Western Regions. There is still a plague in Goguryeo. At this time, war will start on both ends? This seems to be very unfavorable to us. The army also needs rest and rest. It has not been home for more than half a year. The soldiers miss home very much, and it is winter soon, so it is not convenient to fight! Food, grass and other transportation is too far away."

Chai Shao said seriously: "Sending troops to fight is a big deal, how can we make a fuss about military and national affairs? Since Your Majesty has made a decision, we will be responsible for the implementation. Your Majesty must have considered it. We are soldiers, and soldiers do not interfere in politics. This is Your Majesty's rule. You must abide by it. No matter how arguments are made in the court, it has nothing to do with our soldiers. We just need to fight our wars and do our job well. Do you understand?"

Wang Xuance and Meng Yu paused their heads: "I will know the mistake in the end!"

Chai Shao nodded slightly: "Well! Your Majesty means that this time the battle was a request for help from Persia, so we don't need to worry about whether it is food, grass, cost or other things. In addition to bringing our own weapons and clothing, the Persian countries use their supplies to support us. Moreover, the cost of weapons and clothing is also all spent by Persia, and military expenses are also spent by them. After winning the battle, there are rewards specifically for each soldier. Soldiers who died in battle can get more pensions.

It means that we only need to contribute our efforts in this battle. The rest does not need to worry at all. Your Majesty meant that we should specifically promote national prestige, gain fame, gain a foothold, and lay the foundation for the next strategy of advancing westward. Since we have no understanding of the western region of the Western Regions, we need to understand them and check the climate there, people there, culture and discourse there, as well as their army and tactics.

We are not only going to promote our national prestige, but also to understand the actual situation. Since Persia is more friendly and weaker than Arab countries, we cannot let the powerful and warlike Arab countries become the master of that land, make them stronger and stronger, and then treat the Western Regions as our battlefield. We must try our best to keep the war away from the national borders and let our army leave the country to fight, and do not damage the development of the country, especially the Western Regions that have just been pacified.

This commander was appointed as the chief general of the Tang Expeditionary Army this time. You are both generals under the commander. Du He, the cavalry manager of the Anxi Protectorate, is the deputy chief general of the Tang Expeditionary Army. Du He, this kid, has made a great reputation. No, it is not a reputation, but a crazy name. When fighting, this kid is like a madman, and he ignores other things at all. He often takes thousands of cavalry to kill several times in the tens of thousands of enemy military formations, and has forced the other party's military formation to penetrate. It is simply the rebirth of Xiang Yu and Lu Bu is reborn.

You said your military academy is really a magical place. Haha, before, Du He was a famous dandy in Chang'an City. He fought with another dandy for a courtesan, but was injured. Then he went to gamble again. After losing all the money, he used the things at home to pawn and then gamble. Du Ruhui was so angry that he almost died. If Suning hadn't had a wonderful return, there would probably be the current Du Shangshu. Just my unsatisfied son, he would have changed into a different person when he arrived at the military academy. Tsk tsk...

You guys from the military academy are amazing, they are like little tigers. No wonder Your Majesty prefers you so much. In a battle to fight abroad, he calls on three of the four masters of your military academy to fight. The remaining one is still fighting with Suning in Goguryeo, and it is said that he has made great contributions. Changsun Chong and Li Boyao are said to have destroyed the Khitan with Qin Qiong, and 70,000 to 80,000 people have captured the city of Beiping as slaves. Now it seems that they are going to fight against the Marines with Su Lie again. It is amazing, so amazing.

I guess in another ten years, you will be the mainstay in the Tang army. First of all, you four, then Li Boyao and others, and the group of little tigers below. Now they are all brigade commanders, and they will be generals at that time! That's right, the military academy has spent so much money, and I have all given lectures. Li Yaoshi is your sacrificial wine and has also defeated the entire plateau for you to train. If you don't do your best, your Majesty will probably destroy this military university.

However, the most powerful person here is Du He. Be good, Su Lie accepted as his apprentice. Xue Li is already so powerful. Du He is not a person in the pool. Su Lie himself is a general, let alone Suning. He has tortured Goguryeo into the Three Kingdoms with ten thousand people, which is a world-changing! This family, Su family, is amazing... It seems that Li Zhen, Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin also have a good relationship with Suning, and they are all from military academy...

Well, let's do it, you two go and pull the three of them over, don't follow the old fools to go to Chang'an City for training. Those old guys were crying and shouting to go to the grassland, but they couldn't stop them. Now, they were going back and being scolded. Qin Qiong is so old and has bad health. He forced them to fight again. This time, we have to deal with them well."

Chai Shao asked Wang Xuance and Meng Yu to call Cheng Chumo and the other two to fight together, which was to sell Cheng Yaojin and the other two to one favor. Cheng Chumo and the other two were also ecstatic when they heard the news. As long as the president did not need to accompany his father to train with his father, everything could be discussed, not to mention that this was such a novel thing. It was a wonderful thing to go abroad and help the second and third countries to fight wars.

The 30,000 cavalry selection was released, and Chai Shao immediately led his army to go south to join the Western Regions Corps and artillery team. Chai Shao also heard a little about that artillery. Before he went to war, he could always hear loud noises from the palace. At first, he didn't know what was going on. He thought it was thunder and water, but he looked at the clear sky and the palace was in a good state. After asking, he found out what gunpowder was Li Tai fiddling with it...

After a war, gunpowder turned into artillery. Chai Shao still didn't know why His Majesty Li Er attached so much importance to artillery and ordered himself to live and die with artillery, and to put the artillery team around the commander's tent and protect it closely. Whether it was Persians or Arabs, they were not allowed to see artillery in places other than the battlefield. When the artillery went there, there were thirty or one hundred and fifty-one. When they came back, there were thirty or one hundred and fifty-one.

How powerful is this cannon? His Majesty Li Er cares so much? New weapons? Cannons? Are they very powerful? Are they stronger than catapults and eight-ox crossbows?

Speaking of which, all this is still unknown.

At this time, Isham, who was far away on the border of the Western Regions, learned that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was willing to send troops to help, and at the same time, it was an army of 70,000. Although 30,000 fewer than the highest expected 100,000 people, it was enough. During these days, he watched the daily training of the Tang army in the Western Regions and truly felt how this army used 60,000 people to defeat the 150,000 Western Regions coalition forces. Compared with the Arab army, this army is likely to be more powerful.

Seventy thousand people were already very helpful. Isham immediately passed the news back to the country, but what worried him was that at this time the news came from the country that the last barrier in the capital had been lost, the battle had failed, 300,000 troops were defeated, nearly 100,000 were killed in battle, and many were captured. Only 130,000 people were left to flee back to the capital in a panic and lost their will to fight. The Arabs were rectifying their troops and preparing to take down the capital of the Persian Sassanid Dynasty in one go.

This is called the Battle of Al-Cadisia in another time and space. Like this time and space, it was the result of the failure of the Persian Empire. Soon after, the capital of the Persian Empire was captured and the last monarch of the Persian Empire fled in a panic. After that, the Persian Empire carried out its final resistance. The so-called centipede worm died without being stiff. They overestimated the continuous combat effectiveness of the Arabs and underestimated their own desperate efforts. More than 20 years later, the Persian Empire officially declared its destruction.

However, what is different from that time and space is that there is a small episode in this time and space. The prince of the Persian Empire, which had already perished more than 20 years later, came to the Tang Dynasty to seek help. The Arab Empire has gained a firm foothold, and of course it is difficult to contain the water. Now, the Tang Empire is unprecedentedly strong and dares to challenge all the unknowns. More than 20 years ago, the Persian emperor's confidant ministers came to seek help, and brought more treasures and benefits.

The Tang Empire was not just like another time and space, building a Persian Protectorate, but actually 70,000 strong troops, with weapons and artillery that transcend the era, went to Central Asia to set off national prestige and reputation, and officially announced that the ancient peoples in the East would enter this land, enter this beautiful and rich land for their own conquest and occupation, and spread the brilliant and splendid Han civilization.

Isham's excitement and concerns coexist. He went to Anxi Protectorate almost every day to ask Guo Xiaoke about the progress of the Tang army. Guo Xiaoke was afraid of him, so he finally arranged a few people to answer the progress of the Tang army. His excitement and anxiety were understandable, but if he kept asking like this, Guo Xiaoke himself would feel very bored and irritable.

This is the first war to start a national prestige of the Tang Empire. Isham kept ensuring that the army of the Tang Empire only needed to win the war, and there was no need to worry about anything else. The army of the Tang Dynasty severely hit the Arabs, let the Arabs know the power of the Tang Empire, and let the aristocratic borers in the country be honest. The country is about to be attacked. Those hateful parasites must be considering how to sell their motherland and gain privileges from the new regime, rather than thinking about how to defend the capital of their motherland.r1152
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