Chapter 20: Yusuf panicked
Gul, filled with a joyful atmosphere, was filled with smiling Arabs everywhere.
Because out of their trust in Yousuf, they thought that the plan to use Talas to block the Tang army's advance west would definitely be realized, then the Tang army would be stopped under the strong city, lose troops and lose generals, and their morale would be depressed and their morale would be unstable. Then, under the leadership of the great and wise governor, the Arab team would take the opportunity to counterattack and defeat the Tang army. When they took advantage of the victory, they would definitely be able to chase the Tang Dynasty and conquer the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.
China is the legendary "golden kingdom". In the eyes of Westerners, gold is everywhere, and it is a paradise on earth.
This seems a bit ridiculous to the Chinese, but for the Westerners, it really is, they really regard China as a gold country full of gold.
Moreover, this legend has existed for more than a thousand years.
It is precisely because the West regards China as a golden country that Western adventurers ignore difficulties and obstacles. To reach China, this is also an important reason for the Age of Discovery.
As long as you conquer the legendary golden kingdom, there will be unimaginable benefits. Who can not like it?
Now, Yousuf has begun to gather together, which proves that Yousuf is going to attack the Tang Dynasty and victory is in sight, which makes the atmosphere of joy better.
The generals smiled and filled with joy, and went in one after another, greeting Yousu, who was sitting in the head.
"I have seen the wise and great governor." The generals were full of energy because of joy, and their voices were loud, like thunder.
"Yes." Yousuf no longer looked at his scary cold face as usual, with a smile on his face, nodding at the generals, saying, "Sit all."
Although Yousuf is a wise and great governor who is willing to follow, his face is always stern and intimidating. There are not many times when he smiles like today. The generals saw it and felt happy for no reason and laughed comfortably.
"Xie Yingming and great Governor." The generals sat down happily with a smile on their faces.
"I can see joy from your faces." Yusuf glanced at the generals, nodded slightly, and said, "You are very happy in your heart. Are you? I am very happy too..."
"Haha." Yousuf always had a cold face, which was intimidating. There were not many things like today, but there were a few times. However, what made him admit in person that he was very happy was unique. The generals burst into laughter, and the eyebrows were filled with joy.
"As for the whole story, I believe you all know." Yusuf continued: "That is, we are going to send troops to deal with the Chinese."
"Haha." Although this was expected, after being confirmed by Yousuf in person, the generals were still excited and burst into laughter.
"Talas is a strong city. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we strengthen it, it is a Jintang city. No matter how good the Tang army is, it will not be able to do anything to Talas." The Tang army marched very quickly. Until now, Yusuf had not received the news that Talas had been captured by the Tang army. He was still dreaming of being self-righteous: "The Tang army stopped the troops under the strong city and would inevitably lose troops and generals, and would be depressed and unstable. This is a good opportunity for us to take the opportunity to attack."
Speaking of this, Yousuf stood up and came to a huge military map. He looked at the military map with his own eyes and pointed it out with his right hand, saying, "Gu Taibai will drag the Tang army down and exhaust us. We can take advantage of the situation and attack the Tang army from the front and back. If you catch the Tang army off guard, the Tang army will definitely be defeated."
The tone of voice turned high and a little sharp, and it was hard to hide its excitement, and said, "I will take this rare opportunity to lead the army to cover up the killing, and pursue it from behind. We will chase it wherever the Tang army fled. Starting from Henglus, chasing it all the way east, chasing it to the Western Regions, chasing it to the Hexi Corridor, and then chasing it to China's hinterland, and we will definitely conquer China!"
"Conquer China!" The generals burst into shocking cheers, and everyone's eyes shot out with a blazing light. They clenched their right hand into a fist and shook it hard. Look at them like they were like they wanted to attack China immediately and enslave China.
"Slave China!" Yousufu has been looking forward to this moment for a long time, and his right hand clenched into a fist and shook it hard.
"Slave China!" the generals yelled.
Yousuf raised his hands and signaled that the generals should not laugh anymore. The generals quickly stopped laughing and looked at Yousuf with a burning look.
They knew that Yousuf must have more important things to say, and they were very excited.
"A thousand years ago, Alexander, the incompetent king of Macedonia, wanted to conquer China and enslave China, but he was too incompetent to know the direction. He went to India and missed the opportunity." Yusuf's eyes flashed with red light, and his face shone red, and he shouted: "And I, Yousuf, will he conquer China. You said, if Alexander knew about this, would he crawl out of the grave in shame?"
"Haha!" The generals burst into laughter, everyone was full of redness.
Alexander the Great's famous expedition was for the purpose of conquering China. His famous scholar-teacher, Aristotle, gave him a map of China. Although Aristotle was a famous scholar in ancient Greece and had a profound knowledge, due to the limitations of the times, the map of China he drew was wrong.
Alexander the Great fought on this basis, and the result was as known to the world that he had made a wrong direction and went to India.
There are countless fans of Alexander the Great who feel very sorry for this matter, thinking that if Alexander did not make the wrong direction and came to China, he would definitely be able to conquer the legendary "Golden Kingdom".
In fact, this is not the case. If Alexander came to China, he would lose his fortune in his later years and would lose a lot. As for the reasons, friends who are familiar with the history of the Warring States Period will be very clear, so I won’t analyze it here.
In Yousuf's eyes, the mistake Alexander the Great made was a huge laughing stock, because he thought he would conquer China and he would not make the mistake Alexander the Great again.
This joke made the atmosphere better and the joy became stronger.
However, at this moment, the disappointed person came.
"Report to the wise and great governor, something big is wrong! something big is wrong!" A personal guard hurried in and started shouting from afar.
"What's wrong?"
"Let's talk nonsense with your eyes open!"
"It's so good now. Why is it not good?"
Before Yousuf could speak, all the generals started to scold him.
Yousuf is the heaven and earth in the minds of the generals. He says whatever he says, he can enter China, he can enter China; he says that if he can conquer China, he can conquer China. Who said that he is the wise and great governor?
"What's wrong?" Yusufuku's face turned solemn, the smile on his face disappeared, and he returned to his cold look. He asked coldly. He finally had such a happy time. Someone came to disappoint him, and he felt unhappy.
"Sir, the Tang army is here! The Tang army is here!" The personal guard was shocked and hurriedly reported the emergency military information.
"Buzz!" A loud laughter sounded, coming from the mouths of the generals.
"Your joke is so funny! It's so funny!"
"I have never heard such a funny joke in my life! You can really tell it!"
"How could the Tang army be called under the city of Talas? Tell me, tell me."
The generals laughed and ridiculed each other, and questioned loudly.
Their eyes were like sharp swords, scrambling over the body of the guards. If their eyes could kill people, they wouldn't know how many times the guards had died.
"Hmph." Yusufu snorted coldly, like thunder. He said coldly: "Can you tell a better joke?"
This is a slander, but the guard really told a funny joke: "Reporting to the wise and great governor, the Tang army has sent several small troops into the Persian territory, and the Persians are destroying everywhere as if they are crazy."
"The Tang army has entered Persia? Haha! I'm so laughing."
"You stupid thing, the Governor said the slander. You actually believed it, it's really stupid."
"That's right."
The generals laughed loudly and laughed at the personal guard.
"You are so good at telling jokes. If you tell a funny joke again, I will give you a lot." Yusufu smiled on his face, and he was actually amused.
"Sir, the Tang army has captured Talas." The guard did not disappoint him and told another big "joke".
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!" The generals laughed so hard that they leaned back and forth. Some people cried in their stomachs, and some even tears flowed down.
For a moment, the whole house was filled with buzzing laughter, almost lifting the roof.
"Talas is easy to defend but difficult to attack. How can the Tang army defeat Talas?" Yousuf grinned and said coldly: "If it is a joke, your joke is quite funny and you can get a heavy reward. If it is military information, you should die of punishment! Come on, drag it out for me and chop it up."
It would be impossible for Yousuf to believe that the Tang army captured Talas. He had absolute confidence that Talas would not be in trouble.
"Sir, what I said is true." The guard was almost crying.
It was obvious that he reported military information, which was even more real than gold, but it turned out to be a lie to report military information. He even wanted to die and hurriedly said: "The Tang army used a catapult to throw a large amount of turbulent oil into the city, turning Talas into a sea of fire..."
"How is it possible to turn into a sea of fire?" The generals listened to jokes again.
"What? It turns into a sea of fire?" This was different in Yousuf's ears. His face changed drastically, and he jumped up and asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, sir." The guard hurriedly affirmed: "The Tang army's catapult was so powerful that it could throw seven or eight miles away. Talas couldn't even destroy it."
"Stop seven or eight miles? How is this possible!"
"Impossible! Impossible!"
The generals shouted in unconvinced.
Speaking of catapults, the Arab Empire was at the forefront of the world, and their catapults could only be shot three or five miles away, and seven or eight miles away was unimaginable.
"Not good!" Yousufu's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed, staggered and almost fell to the ground.
"Sir, can you believe such a ridiculous statement?" The generals saw Yousuf's panic in his eyes, looking surprised.
Chapter completed!