The night Li Chengqian arrived in Medina, he did not go to his residence to rest, but went to two military camps to visit the soldiers and stayed overnight in the military camp.
This move really moved the soldiers!
Moreover, Li Chengqian directly took the seal ribbon and stamped a large seal on the military merit books of the soldiers.
Tell the soldiers that he will personally review their military merits and will never miss anyone's military merits, nor will he let any official covet a single bit of the soldiers' rewards.
Su Chen could clearly feel the morale of the soldiers rising!
Su Chen smiled and said: "When I saw it, how could His Highness explain the meritorious service of the soldiers to the Ministry of War?"
"We have all achieved this by going into battle. The soldiers have at least three ranks of military merit. If this continues, when we return home, there will probably be a large number of people who are qualified to be knighted!"
Li Chengqian laughed and said, "Isn't that a good thing?"
"I can see a few marquises out there!"
"With the teacher and me here, it's not the Ministry of War's turn to comment on the military merits of these soldiers!"
Su Chen shrugged and said nothing.
Li Chengqian whispered to Su Chen: "If we achieve outstanding results this time, my father will definitely expand the navy after we return. These officers and soldiers will become the backbone of the Tang Navy in the future!"
Su Chenxin said: No need to wait for us to go back, Li Er is probably building a second fleet now!
The next morning, Li Chengqian left the military camp and came to the Governor's Mansion. After resting for a day, he discussed the surrounding situation with Su Chen and discussed the next plan.
On the third day, Li Chengqian summoned the nobles, officials, and envoys from various countries in Medina in the political hall.
The official identity of the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty announced several major crimes of Dashi.
Not to mention creating locust plagues, colluding with traitors, creating chaos, etc.
The Battle of Malacca was officially recognized as an undeclared war against the Tang Dynasty and a sneak attack on the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty.
Moreover, Dashi was charged with attacking the Tang Dynasty's subordinate state Shilifu without any reason.
At the same time, he announced to the world: He asked the King of Dashi to apologize to the Tang Dynasty in person and compensate the Tang Dynasty for the losses, otherwise the Tang Dynasty would not be lenient!
King Osman, who was far away in Ctesiphon, almost went mad when he heard that the holy city of Medina was suddenly captured by the Tang army.
However, the 30,000 defenders of Medina were quickly wiped out by the Tang army, which also frightened Osman.
Instead of mobilizing troops nearby to recapture Medina, Ottoman ordered a large army to be mobilized from northern Syria to go south.
The defenders of Medina, considered the strongest among the local defenders, were completely wiped out in front of the Tang army. The transfer of other local defenders would probably be in vain.
They could only mobilize 30,000 elite troops from the northern front to recapture Medina.
This will give Su Chen and Li Chengqian more time.
Next, Li Chengqian kept having banquets in Medina, entertaining the nobility and envoys from various countries in a high-profile manner, while Su Chen carefully followed the developments of the cannibals.
During this period, Li Chengqian revealed to everyone that the Tang army would go to the Persian Gulf next, and if they did not defeat Da Shi, they would take the initiative to apologize and compensate the Tang Dynasty for the losses. The Tang Dynasty would never give up.
"Teacher, we have been waiting for three days and we still haven't seen the special envoy of the King of Byzantium!"
"If you wait any longer, the cannibal army will arrive."
Su Chen pointed at the map: "Constantinople is not close to here, and the north is still the territory of the cannibals. It will not be easy for Heraclius's envoy to reach Medina, and he will probably be intercepted by the cannibals."
Li Chengqian worriedly said: "I hope this Chirac will have the courage to form an alliance with us. According to our intelligence, it seems that Byzantium and Dashi will have an armistice for a while."
Su Chen smiled and said: "According to the information I have inquired about, Heraclius is considered a bear master. Although he is not young, his ambition is still there. He will never be willing to surrender to the cannibal."
"As for the truce between the two countries, they have their own motives. The cannibals need time to consolidate their rule over the prosperous Mesopotamia. Heraclius also needs time to integrate resources and mobilize troops from other places to fight the cannibals decisively."
While Li Chengqian and Su Chen were waiting in Medina to discuss an alliance with the Byzantine envoy, Cheng Chubi, who was staying at the Red Sea, sent them a very interesting urgent message.
“Akmu Kingdom?
Is it the kingdom of Ham?
Hasn't it been destroyed by the cannibals?
Why did it suddenly appear again?
And they asked us for help.”
Li Chengqian was a little confused after reading Cheng Chubi's urgent report.
Not only Li Chengqian, but also Cheng Chubi was dumbfounded when he saw the dark Ham people in front of him.
The fleet reported that two sloops were approaching them. Cheng Chubi thought they were giant cannibals, but when he looked through a telescope, he saw that the boats were full of black Hams, shouting at them.
After Cheng Chubi asked them to get on the boat, he found a Persian translator to understand what he didn't want to do?
A group of Ham people who claimed to be the envoys of the Akmu Kingdom came for help and wanted the Tang army to help them fight against the cannibals.
He knew about the Ham people. Some time ago, a Ham man named Merokus helped guide the fleet. He had also heard about the destroyed Akmu Kingdom.
Cheng Chubi didn't think the Ham people in front of him were reliable, but both the Marshal and the Crown Prince wanted to find a local ally.
But it's not easy for him to decide on this matter. Besides, he doesn't have any extra manpower to help the Ham people.
So Cheng Chubi had to quickly report to Shen Chuan and Li Chengqian and ask for instructions.
Su Chen tapped the map with his fingers:
"The Persians said that Akmu was once very powerful. Both sides of the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa, and Hermiere in the southern part of the Great Eclipse Peninsula were their territories."
"In such a large kingdom, it's normal for some residual forces to exist!"
"Besides, the Great Cannibal destroyed the Akmu Kingdom only three years ago. There should still be many Hamu people resisting the Great Cannibal's rule."
Li Chengqian also stared at the map: "The geographical location of the Ham people is very important to us."
"It would be very helpful to us if they could drive away the big cannibals on the other side of the Red Sea, but the problem is that we don't have the troops to help the Ham people now."
Su Chen thought for a while: "We really don't have the manpower, but we can give them some weapons!"
"I've had some military supplies we seized from the cannibals this time shipped back first. They'll probably arrive soon. They'll all be given to the Ham people!"
Li Chengqian said: "This is a good idea, but I don't know how strong the Ham people are."
Su Chen smiled and said: "No matter how strong it is, now we know that there are people who are willing to fight against the cannibal. They are our allies. We will help them if we can."
Li Chengqian nodded: "Teacher, please reply to Cheng Chubi. He is probably dumbfounded!"
Su Chen smiled: "Okay, I'll write a letter and have it delivered to Cheng Chubi immediately."
"It can't be bad, this Hamu may be our first ally here."
