Su Chen was stunned and pointed in the direction of the other side of the river: "Nearly 50,000 Dashi troops are on the other side of the river. I don't see that they have any intention of surrendering."
Elsa waved her hand: "It's not them."
"The prophet's widow asked her concubine to come and ask the commander: What conditions do you want before you are willing to withdraw your troops?"
Su Chen's eyes widened: "Did you go to Mecca to meet Muhammad's wife?"
Elsa chuckled lightly: "Yes! If it weren't for the fact that I had to work so hard to see her, why would I be running from Chabiye to Mecca day and night?
After traveling more than two thousand miles, I almost died on the way!"
Su Chen looked at Elsa: "You have worked hard! But I really didn't expect you to be able to talk to the prophet's widow."
"But even though she has a special status, she doesn't seem to have any real power, right?
What’s the point of asking you to ask me about the conditions for withdrawing our troops?”
Elsa Mei stared at Su Chen: "I have told the commander a long time ago that the internal divisions in Dashi are very serious. I suggest you send someone to contact the nobles in Mecca City. You just don't believe me."
Su Chen said helplessly: "Okay, I believe you, but they are fighting within themselves, and they are quite consistent externally. Moreover, Osman has heavy troops, and most of the Mecca nobles seem to have no real power."
Elsa said: "That was before, but now Osman's throne is in danger."
Su Chen asked doubtfully: "There was a rumor that the nobles in Mecca and Medina united to replace Osman. Is it true?"
Elsa looked at Su Chen: "Of course it's true, why doesn't the commander believe it?"
Su Chen: "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that this kind of news has spread, doesn't Osman know?"
Elsa said: "Of course he knew, and he didn't hide it from him."
Su Chen was a little confused, could this be done openly?
Since Osman already knew about it, why didn't he make any move?
However, I think that the feudal lord system in the West is different from the centralized power of the Tang Dynasty. Dashi is a country where politics and religion are integrated, and the theocratic and royal powers are not separated.
In addition, Dashi is not yet in the era of hereditary dynasty. Osman is just the successor of the prophet elected by the nobles. If the nobles are dissatisfied with him, they will have more confidence to oppose him.
"So what do the nobles of Mecca and Medina want to do?"
Su Chen asked.
"Of course it's time to elect a new king."
Su Chen asked again: "Is there anyone chosen?
"Yes, Zubair, the prophet's cousin, was originally one of the candidates appointed by the previous king along with Osman."
Elsa then said to Su Chen: "When Osman took office, there were many people who opposed him. Later, he continued to use nepotism, and there were even more people who opposed him."
"It's just that his family's power is huge, and he has made great achievements in destroying Persia, and the army generals are willing to obey his orders."
"It's different now. Most of the generals under Osman now don't want to be enemies with you, Marshal."
Su Chen was stunned: "Is there still such a thing?"
Elsa looked at Su Chen and said: "But you raided Medina with 3,000 people, causing a huge shock inside the food."
"The three defenders of Medina, except for Umar who is a little weaker, Khalid and Suleman are all famous generals who followed the Prophet in the north and south, and made great achievements in battle. In the end, they all died in your hands.
inside."
"Also, when you captured Basra some time ago, the Ottomans had 20,000 elite troops, but only 5,000 came back."
"That was the most elite force in Dashi. They wiped out the whole of Persia without damaging so many people."
"In the past, the Great Ogre fought with the surrounding enemies, and each time there were thousands of casualties, and the generals were extremely heartbroken,"
"If I fight you, it will cost tens of thousands to fill it,"
"And the casualty ratio varies dozens or hundreds of times each time. Which general is willing to fight such a losing battle?"
Su Chen said: "That was a fluke. The cannibals were unprepared and I blew up the city wall."
Elsa shook her head: "Actually, the battle between you and the Dashi elite occurred in the previous battles across the river and on the beach. That's where the Dashi elite suffered the most losses. As for the city's destruction, most of the casualties were local defenders."
Su Chen's eyes widened: "You know better than me!"
Elsa smiled and said: "I got the inside information of the Great Cannibal. Of course I know it better than you, Marshal."
"Commander, you don't know, at that time the nobles in Medina and Mecca were all watching the Battle of Basra!"
Su Chen thought for a while: "In other words, the wealthy nobles in Medina and Mecca have high hopes for Osman, thinking that he will not be able to defeat the Tang army."
Elsa nodded: "They are now very worried that Osman will destroy all the tens of thousands of elites in his hands. In that case, the food will be in danger."
"Now there are rebels everywhere in Dashi. If Osman annihilates all his elites, he probably won't even be able to quell the rebellion."
Su Chen nodded: The Dashi noble was right to worry, that was what he had planned!
As long as more than half of the elites in the hands of the Ottomans are wiped out, and the rest are controlled by Byzantium, Dashi can only watch the rebels in the territory.
Compared with Persia and Byzantium, Dashi's population and other basic resources were much inferior.
Being able to conquer all directions depends on his 100,000 elite troops.
Once more and more rebels within the territory cannot be extinguished quickly, they will fall into the quagmire of battle formations and slowly be exhausted.
The small population of the Dashi Peninsula cannot withstand any consumption.
"The worries of those nobles are justified. I originally planned to do this, kill tens of thousands of Ottoman elites, and then give the Persians some weapons to slowly wear them down."
"So I came to ask the commander what the conditions are for withdrawing the troops?"
"Didn't the prophet's widow ask you to ask?"
Elsa smiled and said: "I also want to ask?"
Su Chen looked at Elsa: "You don't want me to wipe out the Ottoman elite?"
Elsa shook her head: "I am just curious and want to know what the commander is thinking?"
Su Chen smiled: "What?
Are you making plans for the future?"
"Didn't you say you were going to Datang?"
Elsa glanced at Su Chen resentfully: "I would like to go to the Tang Dynasty to see what the Heavenly Kingdom is like, but it's a pity that the commander-in-chief doesn't seem willing to take me back."
"And Hashem, he doesn't seem to want to leave his homeland and never come back."
Su Chen deliberately teased Elsa: "How do you think I should treat the fifty thousand elites of the Ottomans? If you are satisfied with what you said, taking you to the Tang Dynasty will be a trivial matter."
"I can lend you some soldiers and horses so that you and Hashem can go back and restore the country."
"I can also give you a fleet of merchant ships, just as big as frigates, so that you can travel back and forth between Datang and the peninsula without any worries."
Elsa's eyes lit up: "The handsome man means what he says!"
"of course!"
Elsa said excitedly: "Commander, please be more generous to the food-eating nobles. Anyway, Marshal, you have no intention of occupying the peninsula and Persia.
"Then beat Osman to a semi-crippling state and let him, the food-eating nobles, and Byzantium continue to fight!"
