Su Chen glared at Elsa: "Your thoughts are so vicious!"
Elsa rolled her eyes at Su Chen: "Isn't that what the Marshal originally planned?"
Su Chen was speechless for a moment, looking at Elsa up and down:
"This is indeed my plan, but this decision was made not long ago. I used to hope that the Byzantine coalition would destroy the Ottomans."
"You guessed my next plan in just two words when you met me,"
"Am I too presumptuous, or are you too smart?"
Su Chen suddenly wondered if there was something wrong with his decision-making, but it was completely discredited by Elsa, who had just come back and didn't say a few words when they met!
Elsa laughed so hard: "Commander, where is your decisiveness in killing before?
I was so scared by what I said!"
"Haha! Let me be proud for a while!"
Su Chen said leisurely: "Don't get carried away!"
"Do you still want to go to Datang?
Do you want to take revenge and restore your country?
?”
Elsa immediately stopped laughing: "I have been living on the same boat with the Marshal for several months, so I have some understanding of the Marshal's thoughts."
"After the commander learned that Byzantium is unreliable, this choice is the most convenient."
"But don't worry, Marshal. Dashi and Byzantium know nothing about the Marshal, so it's hard to guess what you are thinking."
Su Chen shook his head: "So what if they can guess what I'm thinking?"
"The initiative in the war lies with me, and I am not afraid of their evil tricks."
Elsa said: "Yes! The handsome man is invincible!"
"Then, how can I reply to the question that the prophet's widow asked me to ask?"
Su Chen frowned: "He should ask His Highness the Crown Prince about this matter."
"Haven't some wealthy nobles arrived in Basra?"
Elsa waved her hand: "The Big Eater knows that you are the teacher of His Highness the Crown Prince, and also knows that His Highness the Crown Prince does not interfere in military issues. If you don't give an answer, they will be worried."
Su Chen said: "It's useless for them to worry!"
"To be honest, I don't think they can put much pressure on Osman unless they can really re-elect someone to replace Osman."
"Moreover, I must eliminate some of Osman's elite men, otherwise I will not be able to return to the Tang Dynasty without worry."
Elsa smiled and said: "If the commander gives them a clear answer, won't they feel more at ease dealing with Osman!"
"They are making trouble, and they will continue to feast without delaying the weakening of the commander-in-chief."
Su Chen said to Elsa: "Tell them that the conditions for Datang's withdrawal are very simple,"
"First of all, Dashi must formally apologize to the Tang Empire and admit its mistakes, hand over the instigator who caused the locust plague in Datang and attacked the Tang naval fleet, and hand over the Datang rebels who colluded with him."
"Dashi must compensate for the damage Dashi caused to Datang!"
"Also, the Tang Dynasty navy spent countless amounts of money and suffered heavy casualties. Dashi must pay war compensation!"
"Ask them to discuss specific matters with His Highness the Crown Prince."
Elsa lay on the table, wrote down what Su Chen just said, and then pushed it in front of Su Chen:
"The commander-in-chief will use his seal and he will directly send them his original words!"
Su Chen stamped his personal seal and said to Elsa: "You made it quite formal."
Elsa said: "Of course, in the words of your Chinese people, it is a matter of loyalty to others when entrusted by others!"
As he spoke, he quickly wrote a letter, put it into an envelope, and sealed it with wax.
He called in a large food attendant from outside, gave him the letter, and asked him to deliver it to Mecca.
"Oh! I'm finally done with my work, I can take a rest!"
"Commander, don't forget your promise!"
With that said, Elsa stretched out in front of Su Chen, showing off her wonderful body curves!
Su Chen was stunned and waved his hand: "Go down early and rest!"
Elsa smiled seductively: "I take my leave!"
Su Chen watched Elsa leave his tent and ordered his guards to get him a bowl of smoothie to quench his thirst and go away from the heat.
After a bowl of smoothie, Su Chen rested for a while, summoned senior officers to enter the tent, and began to plan the next move.
The situation inside Dashi is clear, but this does not change Su Chen's planned military action.
Su Chen did not have much hope for the food-eating nobles of Mecca and Medina.
And even if they succeed in pulling down Osman from the throne and pushing that guy named Zubair on the throne,
Su Chen should still fight if he should.
Now Su Chen's purpose is very clear. He is the first to weaken Dashi's military power.
And then work with Li Chengqian to weaken the economic foundation of Dashi,
At the same time, moderately support Persia and completely end Dashi’s dominance in West Asia!
Different from the original plan, Su Chen gave up his plan to join forces with Byzantium and rush back to the peninsula.
Mainly because Heraclius was such an old guy, Su Chen was disappointed.
Heraclius was actually too shrewd this time,
If he hadn't deliberately been passive aggressive in Damascus and worked hard to defeat the elite troops on the Western Front,
After regaining the Levant area, he marched eastward and attacked Dashi from both sides of the Lianghe River Basin and Su Chen.
Su Chen was planning to hand over the northwest part of the Mesopotamia to Byzantium.
As a result, Heraclius could not trust Su Chen, so he led the Khazars from the north of the Caucasus Mountains to the Mesopotamia, and worked as a foreigner on the Damascus front line.
Trying to wait for both Su Chen and Osman to suffer losses so that he could reap the benefits.
Su Chen had no choice but to change his strategy. He could just cripple Osman instead of completely driving the cannibal back to the peninsula.
At the same time, we will increase support for Persia so that Persia can have the power to fight against Dashi in a short period of time.
It also allowed the cannibals to continue to fight against Byzantium.
Su Chen probably won't be able to resolve the conflict between Dashi, Persia and Byzantium for a while.
Anyway, the Tang Dynasty doesn't have many plans in West Asia at the moment. It can just finish the feast first, give an explanation to Li Er and the court, and open the Maritime Silk Road at the same time.
I came in a hurry this time and didn’t make many preparations.
Moreover, the entire Tang Dynasty did not know much about the Maritime Silk Road and the Great Navigation.
Later, the Tang Dynasty realized the importance of navigation and maritime trade.
The Arabian Sea, the Tang Navy will definitely visit again!
The next morning, Su Chen ordered fifty hot-air balloons loaded with kerosene, flew over Nasiriyah on the other side of the river, and directly dropped 10,000 kilograms of kerosene.
Then a fire set this small town on fire!
Basrana did not use kerosene because it was kept for its own use, so you are not welcome here!
Although only a few of the 10,000 kilograms of fire oil are Greek fire, and most of them are just ordinary petroleum crude oil,
That's enough to burn a small town three miles in radius into rubble.
However, it only burned the town, not many people were burned to death, and the cannibals ran away long ago when they saw something was wrong!
