Countless "Tang Dynasty soldiers" and the heroes of the state's official slaves, because of the imperial edict from the "Tang Dynasty Lord", brought their own horses, guns, and food. They gathered in groups to the assembly area. Even if they were separated by the Karakum Desert, they could not hide it from Persia next door.

In fact, Persia is not called Persia, it is just the name given by the Han people. The Persian country in this era should be called the "Safavi Empire". It was only a century and a half. In 1501, Ismay I would follow the Safavi tribes of the Salfavi Order for a long time to form the "Kizelbash", that is, the Red-headed Army marched into Azerbaijan and Armenia, united with the people who were dissatisfied with the Ottoman Empire, defeated the Aries dynasty in the Battle of Sharu, occupied Tabriz, and established the Safi Dynasty. Through a series of wars, the Safavi Empire not only occupied the entire Persian plateau, but also expanded its territory to Iraq, Kandahar and other regions, which was prominent.

Although in order to fight the Ottoman Empire militarily and establish a Habsburg-Persian alliance with the Austrian Habsburg dynasty, it entered its peak under the rule of Abbas I through a century of efforts, and its territory included later parts of Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, as well as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

However, this extreme was short-lived. After Abbas I died in 1629, the empire that once punched the Ottoman and kicked the Mughals quickly fell into decline.

However, the lean camel is bigger than a horse. As the "three powerful" in this world, in the face of the threat from the Tang Dynasty, they quickly mobilized the new army and collected information from their northern neighbors through various channels.

Every day, spies crossed the river from the north bank of the Atrak River, bringing various intelligence to the Safavi Empire. These spies were sent by Safavi themselves, as well as the Turkmen in the desert. Although the Shun army should be called the Tang army now, they destroyed Turkmen tribes, they still had some residual forces in the desert. These Turkmen hiding in the desert used to often loot Safavi on the border, but now they have become Safavi's allies. After all, compared with the infidels of the Tang Dynasty, they share common beliefs. Although they cannot get any secrets, they still know that the Tang army has concentrated a large number of troops on the border.

This is an army of 500,000 people!

Of course, this is just a foreign claim.

Because of this, in Isfahan, Abbas II and his prime ministers, the generals really couldn't understand what the Tang Dynasty sent so many troops for?

"There are 100,000 cavalry alone... Infantry is also coming in teams, all of which are light infantry that are not even equipped with armor. The number of people is probably over 300,000. The Tang army mobilized all its troops, but no matter how many troops are, it is not very useful! Not only is it useless, but it also consumes a lot of military rations."

Although wars require whether the troops are strong, here, 100,000 is often the limit, not because more troops cannot be mobilized, but because of logistics. After all, most tribes here still live a semi-nomadic life, which means they cannot provide enough food. Therefore, the scale of mobilization is of course very limited.

"They want to destroy the country!"

Abbas II suddenly spoke.

Unlike his father Safi, he was a promising monarch. Under his rule, the Safi Empire was once revived. Ten years ago, he seized Kandahar from Shah Jahan.

But that's it.

"All spies, whether it is ours or the news brought by the Turkmen, said that the goal of the Tang Kingdom was to occupy our entire country and Isfahan. Therefore, they mobilized such a huge army."

"Yes, in history, when the Orientals, including the Mongols, came, their goal was never to occupy a certain piece of land, but to destroy the country here!"

"Yes, just like they destroyed Shiva, Bukhara, those pagans killed the men who could resist and plundered all the women..."

"Since that's the case, Shah, let's mobilize all our strength. This time, we must completely defeat them so that those pagans will never dare to go south again!"

Shah is the title of Persian emperor, which means "king among kings" in Chinese, and has been passed down from ancient Persia to the present.

"Is it still urgent to mobilize all the forces?"

"Of course I'm still in a hurry. Now the Tang army has just begun to gather. When they attack, they will have to wait at least two or three months..."

"But they are all musketeers. Although we have musketeers and artillery, we are not as advanced as them."

After the previous reforms of Abbas I, the Persian army, like the Ottoman opponents, was equipped with a large number of muskets and cannons from Britain and the Netherlands, and even the firearms were the fundamental reason why they, as well as the Ottomans and Mughal Empires, dominated the dominance of the time.

However, they met a group of people who were better at playing with firearms, and the group of people were also lit with "golden fingers", or they were tapped by "golden fingers", and they opened their own "silver fingers". This "silver fingers" were enough for them to drink a pot.

"It is true, but what if we concentrated our army in Isfahan? When they brought the army, we would have managed it like an iron barrel!"

Prime Minister Camille's suggestion made everyone nod and said, "Isfahan is the capital of the Safavi Empire, a large city with a population of 600,000, located in the middle of the Persian Plateau. It not only has solid walls, but also has solid fortresses.

"That's right, the Tang army's muskets and cannons are powerful, but our city walls are stronger!"

"But at the border, we suffer a lot..."

"This time it's different to start fighting in Isfahan. Logistics supply is not good for the Tang army! How much food and grass should the 500,000 troops consume every day? If they are killed for a long time, the consumption of food and grass alone will make them die here."

Ali Cappu Palace, Abbas II and his courtiers and generals were there to discuss how to resist the Tang army's attack.

The army reformed by Abbas I was not only equipped with a large number of muskets and artillery, but also influenced by Western military ideas. As for the bastions and artillery, all of this, they are all familiar with them, and they can even be said to be familiar with it.

However, after chatting for a long time, they still didn't know how to defeat this huge army with first-class firearms besides perseverance.

In the end, they made a decision to send messengers to order the provinces to recruit troops,

"This is a grand battle! Tell every tribe and tell everyone that we will fight back the Tang people on the land of God!"

Unlike the Tang Dynasty who relied on the land and women drove the government troops to focus, with the issuance of Shah's conscript, thousands of people began to focus. For ordinary people, this was a war of faith, and for the nobles, their chance to regain power this time was relied on the Turkmen nomadic tribal army (Kizilebash army, that is, the Red Hat army). However, the Kizilebash army was undisciplined and often rebelled, posing a serious threat to the Safi rulers. After Abbas I ascended the throne, he was committed to curbing the expansion of Kizilebash's power. Abbas I used new weapons to equip the new army, making it the basis for curbing tribal power. Reversing the situation of Turkmen tribal nobles' self-respecting troops and reducing the influence of the Kizilebash people in the army.

Now, for the tribal nobles, this conscript is an opportunity for them to regain power. How could such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity be missed? Therefore, these tribal nobles are extremely enthusiastic about applying for recruitment, and many tribal leaders even mobilized all tribal men!
Chapter completed!