Liu Rengui asked in confusion: "In this case, why did the commander give this letter to me to read?"
Su Chen sighed: "Although I don't believe that Byzantium will trick us, Elsa has no reason to deceive us."
Everyone agreed upon hearing this. Considering the current situation of Elsa and Hashem, it is indeed impossible to deceive Tang Jun.
This nature is much more serious than her privately taking Li Qi and others to run back to Canni Country. With Elsa's intelligence, she would never talk nonsense.
"Maybe Elsa's judgment was wrong. Although she said she was unreliable in deceiving us, she had no evidence and made assumptions out of thin air. She finally thought that the commander-in-chief didn't need to pay attention."
Cheng Wuting was very dissatisfied with Elsa, a woman, who doubted the Byzantine military operations without any basis.
Su Chen thought for a while and said to everyone: "We are in a foreign country and are not familiar with everything here, so it is better to be more cautious."
"Assuming Elsa's suspicion is true, what do you think Byzantium will do?"
Seeing that Su Chen had said this and not saying anything else, everyone began to frown and think about what they would do if Byzantium betrayed Byzantium.
"Byzantium is currently holding back the tens of thousands of food elites in Damascus. They won't deliberately release the tens of thousands of food elites over there, right?"
Sun Renshi asked in question.
Liu Rengui shook his head: "This is unlikely. Even if Byzantium intends to let go, the Empire will not dare to bring back the elites from the Western Front, which is also extremely important to the Empire."
"Unless Byzantium and Dashi have secretly formed an alliance, Commander, do you think this is possible?"
Su Chen shook his head: "This is unlikely, Heraclius would not be so stupid!"
Liu Rengui: "Then Byzantium probably wants us to compete with the giant snipe and clam, so that he can benefit from it!"
Everyone agrees with Liu Rengui's view. After all, it is unlikely that Byzantium will suddenly join forces with the Great Eaters to deal with them. It is more likely that both the Great Eaters and the Tang Army will suffer losses.
The problem is that now I am far away from Byzantium, with Dashi in between, so I have no way of understanding the other party's situation.
Su Chen said: "We can't fight head-on with the cannibals. It's not that easy for Byzantium to see both of us lose!"
"But if Byzantium responds passively in the north, there is nothing we can do about cannibalism for a while."
Everyone was silent for a while. Of the more than 10,000 people, only seven or eight thousand of them could survive on shore. The rest had to watch the fleet.
With just this few manpower, there is nothing we can do to stop the cannibals.
After the meeting, Su Chen felt a little irritable.
It has been more than half a year since we left the Tang Dynasty. If we don’t defeat the Great Eclipse quickly, it will drag on for a long time. The morale of the army will be a big problem.
And the weather is getting hotter and hotter. West Asia and the Dashi Peninsula can be so hot in the summer.
Then there will be no way to fight the big cannibal.
Su Chen tried his best to calm down and let the army continue to repair in Basra. He would wait until he had arranged for Lahm and the Persians before making the next step.
According to Lapu Pasu's news, Yi Siqi's envoy is about to arrive.
Su Chen wanted to see first how much strength the Persian king who fled to Khorasan still had.
What Su Chen and Li Chengqian didn't expect was that the envoy sent by Yi Siqi turned out to be his son Belus.
In name only, Belus is the real Prince of Persia.
Although Yisi lost the capital of Persia and most of its territory and fled to Khorasan,
After all, he was still the nominal king of Persia.
When Yi Si sent Belus to meet Li Chengqian, it can be said that he was very sincere.
Li Chengqian and Su Chen warmly received Belus and asked him about Yi Siqi's current situation.
According to Belus, Yisiqi has now established a foothold in the Khorasan region, has an army of 50,000, and is attacking Rai, the largest city in the north.
Once Rai is captured, Yisrael will immediately send his troops south to recapture the capital Ctesiphon and restore the glory of the Persian Empire.
Li Chengqian and Su Chen were disdainful of Belus's boasting. If Yisi was really capable of regaining the Persian territory, he would not have lost Ctesiphon so quickly and fled all the way to the Khorasan region.
However, Li Chengqian and Su Chen easily agreed to Belus' request.
Gave the gunpowder formula to Belus.
Just as Li Chengqian expected, Belus was very smart and did not mention the matter of Khoslu and Rappasu.
This made Su Chen have a better impression of Belus and Yi Siqi.
Rapupasu told Su Chen that although Belus was bragging that Yi Siqi had 50,000 troops, there were still 10,000 troops, and according to his intelligence, Yi Siqi was really marching towards Rai.
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"I didn't expect Yi Siqi to still have some strength!"
Su Chen said.
Rappasu frowned and said: "He is also the original king of Persia. It is normal for him to have the support of nobles."
"Moreover, the arrival of the commander has attracted all the energy of the cannibals. There are not many cannibals left in the northern region."
"And this time he got gunpowder from the commander, and his strength has greatly increased. He might really be able to capture Rai."
Su Chen said to Lapu Pasu: "Our current enemy is Dashi, and Yi Siqi is also helping us. I have no reason to refuse Belus' request."
Rapupasu said hurriedly: "I don't mean to complain about the commander-in-chief, but if Yisi gives us an order as king, it will be very difficult for us to do it."
Su Chen smiled and said: "Belus didn't mention you in front of me or His Royal Highness today. I think they are not stupid and won't have any conflicts with you at this time."
"Before the big cannibal surrenders, put aside the matters between you. As long as you and Huoslu don't take the initiative to provoke, His Highness the Crown Prince will give instructions to Yi Siqi."
Rapupasu bowed his hand to Su Chen, and no one wanted to break their skin at the moment.
As for what will happen to Yi Siqi and Hoslu in the future, let’s wait until the big eater is defeated.
With Tang Jun beside them, Yi Siqi and Huo Silu should not dare to take the initiative to provoke.
"By the way, after talking for a long time, where is that Rai?"
Su Chen had never heard of this name, but Belus said it was the largest city in northern Persia, so Su Chen was a little curious.
Rappasu pointed to Su Chen on the map: "It is indeed the largest city in the north and a sacred place for Zoroastrianism."
Su Chen took a look and saw that it seemed to be the capital of Iran in later generations, with a large population around it.
It is located in the south of the Alborz Mountains, with mountains, rivers and flatlands. It is a good place. To the north across the mountains is the Caspian Sea, the largest saltwater lake in the world.
There are many impact plains on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, where agriculture is developed.
If Yi Si had captured Rai, he would have gained a firm foothold in the north.
Although this is not a good thing for Lapu Pasu, Su Chen hopes that Yi Siqi can make a difference in the north.