Chapter 390 The Third Reich, Charlemagne

The arrogant Arab Empire, of course, cannot be just because of the failure of the Eastern Expedition and the death of all 800,000 troops in the Western Regions, just like the Tang Dynasty in the east surrendered.

In fact, for the Abbasid dynasty, which had unprecedented national power and was at the peak of its empire, even if its 800,000 Eastern Expedition army was wiped out, it still failed to really damage its vitality;

In the capital Baghdad, the second largest city in the country, Samarra, Kufa, Damascus, Cairo and other important cities and military towns of the Abbasid Dynasty, there are still more than three million Arab Empire troops.

These three million imperial troops were not only the foundation for the Abbasid Dynasty to control the vast imperial territory, but also the confidence of the princes, nobles, civil and military officials in the Abbasid Dynasty under Caliph Safah.

What's more, under the conditions of the Arab Empire where all people are martial, it is not difficult to mobilize and arm an army of one or two million in a short time as long as Caliph Safah gives an order in the name of God.

Under such circumstances, it is obviously impossible for a super empire spanning Asia, Africa and Europe to surrender to another super empire in the east.

Applying the life creed of Turhun, the just-buried general of the Abbasid Dynasty, for the current Arab Empire, the famous saying of the Abbasid Dynasty that "there is no other way in the world but conquest" is still valid.

It's just that the experience and lessons of the disastrous defeat of the 800,000-strong army in the Eastern Expedition gave the Abbasid dynasty a blow from top to bottom, making them realize that this "neighbor" to the east of the empire was not what they imagined. A fat sheep that can only be slaughtered at will, but a lion that has just awakened.

In a short period of time, the empire's conquest target must not be placed on the Tang Dynasty in the east.

Didn’t Chen Huaian, the Great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, build a new Great Wall outside the territory on the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains on the Pamir Plateau?

If he wants to cultivate, let him cultivate!

Although the Great Wall outside the region prevented the Persian cavalry of the Arab Empire from leaping into the Western Region in the future to a certain extent, it also blocked the Tang Dynasty from continuing to conquer the west;

For now, let's just let the Abbasid Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty be separated by an extraterritorial Great Wall, so that everyone can stay on the same page. That's good!

As for the 500,000 soldiers of the Imperial Eastern Expedition who were used as corvees to stay in the Western Regions to build the Great Wall outside the region——

Forehead!

Just think that they are already in the Eastern Expedition, and like General Turhong, they have already sacrificed their lives for the country!

The caliphs will remember their contribution to the empire in their hearts, and the Abbasid subjects will also remember their contribution to the empire in their hearts;

Right next to the mausoleum of Turhong, the general of the Eastern Expedition, build a monument to the 500,000 Imperial Eastern Expedition troops to commemorate their contribution to the Empire!

Furthermore, how to quell the public resentment caused by this incident in the country, and how to prevent the families of these 500,000 soldiers from resenting the Caliphate or even triggering riots in the country.

This question is also very simple.

It’s still the same saying, “There is no other way in this world but to conquer”!

If the Eastern Expedition was a disastrous failure, then the victory of the Western Expedition would be used to dispel the shadow of the defeat among the people, thus diverting the contradictions of the domestic people. Anyway, the whole country is looking forward to making war fortune.

Who should I hit? Not a fight?

At least the Charlemagne Empire and the Carolingian Dynasty in the west of the empire seemed much easier to deal with than the Tang Dynasty in the east.

As for the reason for sending troops——

Um!

The reason was that the arms dealers of Charlemagne's Empire sold 200 bronze cannons to the Arab Empire at a high price.

If it hadn't been for the two hundred bronze cannons that were kidnapped by the Tang army in the Warahan Corridor, the Arab Empire's army on the Eastern Expedition would not have been defeated so miserably in the three cities of Black Tiger, Meijian, and Kedun of the Uighur Khanate. !

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The impact of the disastrous failure of the Arab Empire's Eastern Expedition was not only reflected in the Abbasid dynasty.

On the banks of the North Rhine in distant Europe, Charlemagne's Empire, one of the four major empires in the world today, is also deeply affected by the disastrous defeat of the Arab Empire's Eastern Expedition.

When the news that Turhon, the first warrior of the Abbasid Dynasty and the general of the Eastern Expedition, had died in battle, came back to Aachen, the capital of Charlemagne's Empire, his old rival who had had many battlefield duels with Turhon in the Mediterranean area, Duke Orlando, the leader of the Twelve Knights under Charlemagne of the Carolingian Dynasty, was so surprised that he rushed to the palace to report to Charlemagne.

When they learned that the enemy's general had died in battle, whether it was Charlemagne or Duke Orlando, or even the entire Carolingian dynasty, they all celebrated with joy and joy;

If it weren't for this Turhun, the territory controlled by the Carolingian Dynasty today could still extend to the east of the Mediterranean.

Charlemagne's influence would never stop at the Ebro River in the south, the North Sea in the north, and the Elbe and Danube rivers in the east.

The disastrous defeat of the Arab Empire in the Eastern Expedition was undoubtedly a great event worthy of universal celebration for the Carolingian dynasty.

However, after the joy, a problem that troubled Charlemagne and the entire Carolingian dynasty was once again faced by the princes and nobles.

That is, after the Arab Empire suffered a disastrous defeat in the Eastern Expedition, in order to divert domestic conflicts, it was bound to launch a new round of conquests, use new victories to calm domestic public dissatisfaction, and dissipate the negative impact of the disastrous defeat in the Eastern Expedition.

According to the memories of some Carolingian businessmen who traveled to the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty, the Eastern Empire that controlled the Western Regions and was founded less than a year ago, was powerful and armed.

The Great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty even killed Turhong, the first warrior of the Abbasid Dynasty and the general of the Eastern Expedition, in the form of a knight duel under the Black Tiger City of the Huihe in the Western Regions with only three moves.

He was a young and brave ruler.

After defeating the Arab Empire in the Western Regions, the Great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Huaian, also issued an order to let 500,000 captives of the Arab Empire build a new outer Great Wall on the Pamir Plateau and north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, just to resist the continued eastward expedition of the Arab Empire.

In this way, the Abbasid Caliph Safahi wanted to divert domestic conflicts and quell domestic grievances. It seemed that he had no choice but to aim the spearhead of the conquest at the Carolingian Dynasty to the west of the Arab Empire!

This was not good news for Charlemagne, who was currently focusing on developing the economy, conducting scientific and technological exploration and innovation, and using a large number of fleets to grab land all over the world.

Although Charlemagne, who was over 40 years old, had never read "The Art of War", he was well aware of the principle of making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones.

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

In the current situation between the empires in the world, the enemy of the Arab Empire, the Tang Dynasty in the east, is the friend of the Carolingian Dynasty.

The Tang Emperor Chen Huaian is Charlemagne's friend.

So, in mid-November of the first year of the Tang Dynasty, Charlemagne wrote in the palace hall of Aachen, the capital, and a young envoy named Marco Polo set off on a journey to the Tang Dynasty in the East with Charlemagne's greetings to the Tang Emperor Chen Huaian in the far east.

The young Marco Polo had the habit of writing a diary. From the moment he boarded the merchant ship to the Tang Dynasty in the East, he wrote the first line of his travels around the countries.

And he named his diary "The Travels of Marco Polo".