"In this case, the Khazars are expected to arrive near Nineveh in northwest Persia soon, and then go south along the Tigris River,"
"The Byzantines will probably urge us to go north. What do you think?"
Everyone frowned. Byzantine suddenly led the Khazars south, which surprised everyone.
"Commander! We must act according to our own steps and cannot be influenced by the Khazars!"
Liu Rengui first suggested.
"The last general agrees with Commander Liu. It's hard to say how powerful the Khazars are, and it's hard to say whether they are willing to follow our battle plan."
"Furthermore, the Prairie Warriors are good at field battles and not good at attacking cities. If we cooperate with them, we will definitely be the ones facing the main force of Dashi."
When the audience said this, Su Chen laughed and said: "This is the sophistication of Heraclius. He did fulfill his covenant with us and sent troops to the Mesopotamia."
"But they are sending useless Khazar cavalry. We are still the main force in attacking the enemy. This is like sitting on a mountain and watching the fight between tigers and tigers in disguise!"
Liu Rengui sighed and said: "It is true. If the cannibals are ruthless and determined to clear the country, they can completely ignore the Khazars."
Lapu Pasu interjected: "They are not too ruthless, they will definitely let people wreak havoc in the Mesopotamia."
After a pause, Rappasu said angrily: "I guess that was Heraclius' original plan!"
Su Chen also thought so in his heart: Heraclius is a cunning old man!
The two river basins are indeed occupied by cannibals.
But Heraclius estimated that even if he defeated Dashi, his strength would be greatly reduced. In the end, the Mesopotamia would probably not have any share of him, and would probably return to the hands of its old rival, the Persians.
At most, Byzantium could take back the Levant.
If this is the case, why should I bother to go to the Two Rivers Basin?
But we have to fulfill our contract with the Tang Dynasty.
Otherwise, the Tang Dynasty will return to the Tang Dynasty, and Byzantium will be left to face the wrath of the cannibals alone. By then, let alone taking back the Levant, the Balkans will be in danger!
Therefore, it is the best choice to lure our old friends the Khazars to the Mesopotamia.
No matter how the Khazars fight in the Mesopotamia, even if the Mesopotamia is plundered by the Khazars, it is none of their business!
In the end, the unlucky ones were either cannibals or Persians.
As long as the Khazar people can grab something, it doesn't matter where they go. Even if they can't defeat the giant cannibal, won't they just grab something and run away?
Moreover, the Tang army's combat effectiveness is strong. With the help of the Khazars, they should be able to defeat the Great Eater. Even if not, they can still severely damage the Great Eater.
I have preserved my strength, and it will not be too late to deal with the cannibals when the time comes.
As for whether the Tang people will see through his little thoughts?
It doesn't matter if you see through it, it's not like you haven't contributed anything, the west side is still dragging 40% of the elites who have eaten it.
If the Khasar people go again, they can be regarded as fulfilling their covenant with the Tang people. At most, they are not trying their best.
People in the Tang Dynasty will not fall out with themselves just because they did not give 100% of their efforts.
They themselves probably didn't try their best.
Su Chen stood there and pondered for a long time, and finally figured out Heraclius's plan.
I cursed in my heart that this old guy is really cunning and cunning!
I want to take advantage of the contradiction between Byzantium and the Great Eclipse and form an alliance with Byzantium to relieve myself of some pressure. At the same time, I hope that Byzantium can fight to the death with the Great Eclipse.
Heraclius had the same plan. He also hoped that the Tang army would have a bloody battle with the cannibals first to relieve himself of some pressure.
Su Chen let out a long sigh and told everyone his thoughts. Everyone nodded in approval!
Sun Renshi smiled and said: "Is it an alliance between countries? That's how it is. It's good to help each other, and it's normal to use each other."
Li Chengqian covered his head and said, "Then what should we do?"
Su Chen said helplessly: "Let's wait and see how the big cannibal responds!"
"It should be more difficult for the cannibals than us. The territories they have invaded in the past few years, whether it is African countries, West Asia, Persia, the homeland of Byzantium, are now full of opposition forces against them."
"If Dashi doesn't care, he will completely lose control of these places. But with us here, Dashi doesn't dare to dispatch the main force to suppress the rebellion everywhere."
"Now that the Khazars are coming again, it is estimated that Yi Siqi's strength will also improve by leaps and bounds soon,"
"We will make proper arrangements for the Lachem people in a few days. I want to see if the big cannibal will ignore everything and fight us to the end!"
Although Su Chen felt that delaying the situation any longer would be detrimental to the Tang army, he estimated that it would be even more detrimental to Dashi.
"Explain to the soldiers what we are facing now and let them hold on for a while longer. We can't make such a long trip and then give up halfway and go back in despair!"
Everyone clasped their fists at Su Chen and went back to encourage their subordinates to go down.
Everyone feels that the morale of the Tang army's officers and men will be fine for a while.
…
Deciding to see how the cannibals deal with the Khazars first, the Tang army continued to stay in Basra to rest.
What happened was exactly as everyone expected. The Khazars marched southward all the way to Nineveh without encountering any resistance.
However, under the city of Nineveh, the Khazar cavalry tasted the power of the cannibal cannon, gunpowder shells and kerosene.
The Great Ogre's garrison in Nineveh was not large, but the 5,000 local garrison made the 30,000 Khazar cavalry suffer greatly.
According to the intelligence received by Rappasu, 30,000 Khazar cavalry stayed under the city of Nineveh for three days, but they failed to capture Nineveh.
As for the number of casualties, Lapu Pasu has not received detailed information, and it is estimated that there will be no less.
The Khazars, who suffered a loss in Nineveh, immediately changed their tactics and no longer fought against Nineveh's fortified city.
Continue south along the Tigris River to plunder the small towns downstream.
Su Chen thought that the Khazars would go south along the Tigris River.
As a result, halfway through, the Khazars went back and headed towards Nineveh again.
This made Su Chen very confused. Is this person out of his mind?
Rappasu urged the Persians to inquire urgently what was going on,
The news that came back shocked everyone.
Yi Siqi led his army to the vicinity of Nineveh and was about to attack Nineveh, but the Khazars turned back to help Yi Siqi!
"Yi Siqi captured Rai so quickly?"
"He even led his troops to Nineveh. The distance between them is not that close!"
Su Chen was quite surprised by Yi Siqi's behavior.
Li Chengqian shook his head: "Teacher, shouldn't you lament why Yi Siqi got mixed up with the Khazars so quickly?"
Su Chen looked at Lapu Pasu, who spread his hands: "The Khazars followed Heraclius and invaded more than ten years ago,"
"Since Yi Si's strength is weak now, it is possible to rely on the power of the Khazars."
