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Besides, since Sars left Constantinople, he led his army to fight, and the success was beyond his imagination. Because of the fall of Damascus, the morale of the Dashi army in the north was depressed. As soon as his army arrived, these former Eastern Roman Empire lands fell and regained the territory for him.

Things were so happy that Sars was busy collecting the land, and sent people to report victory to Philip Bex. The emperor's praise kept coming, which made Sars even more happy.

After collecting the territory of Asia Minor, Sars led his army south to take back Syria and Egypt. On that day, during the march, the scout came to report: "General, you find the Tang army ahead!"

"How many people are there?" Sass raised his brow and asked with some anticipation.

"There are not many people, almost ten thousand people." The scout answered truthfully.

There were too few Tang troops in 10,000, because Sass had 100,000 troops in his hands. If he could not defeat ten to one, he thought he should jump into the Mediterranean and drowned.

"Telection: set up a formation and fight a battle with the Tang army!" Sass looked into the distance with great anticipation: "Tang army, hum, I hope you can fight! God is with us!" The devout Christian drew a cross on his chest.

As soon as the order was passed, the Eastern Roman army advanced in combat formation, and the black heavy cavalry rushed towards the Tang army like a tide. The earliest division between the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire was in military terms. The Western Roman Empire was dominated by traditional infantry, while the Eastern Roman Empire was dominated by cavalry. The heavy cavalry was built by the famous general Belissaliu, who reconquered the Western Roman Empire with his powerful cavalry troops.

Sas rode on his horse, put on a haystack, looking into the distance. He saw the Tang army moving forward, neatly formed, like a rainbow-like momentum, and his iron helmets and armor shining in the sunlight, not because there were few people.

Although Sass relied on his large number of troops and did not take the Tang army seriously, he still had to admire the Tang army's momentum. He nodded and felt a sense of luck in his heart: "Fortunately, they are not many, otherwise we might not be able to win! God bless the glory of the Roman Empire is heavy in my hands! I am Belisa and the second one!"

This Tang army was all infantry, so Sars naturally would not take it seriously and ordered the heavy cavalry to rush forward. The heavy cavalry controlled their horses and galloped, waving the sword in their hands, and shouting towards the Tang army. The shouts that shocked the world made the wind and clouds look somber. Sars heard it in his ears and was happy in his heart, thinking that this was worthy of being the army of the Roman Empire!

In contrast to the heavy cavalry's deafening movements, the Tang army quietly made no sound, but looked at the heavy cavalry that was rushing in a hurry indifferently. The European tactics were somewhat different from the Chinese tactics. According to Sars's idea, it was a sure thing for him to attack the infantry with cavalry, let alone this was the heavy cavalry with the strongest impact. The Tang army's infantry would be unlucky to encounter them and would undoubtedly be defeated.

However, the development of the facts was completely opposite to Saras' expectations. Suddenly, a dense rain of arrows shot out from the Tang army. The dense arrows were even impossible for flies to escape from the arrows.

"This is a heavy cavalry, covered with iron armor. Can arrows be useful?" Sass did not take the Tang army's rain of arrows at all.

This cannot be blamed. The difference between the Roman Empire and the Great Food Empire is that the Roman Empire still attaches great importance to crossbows. In the most glorious years of the Roman Empire, the crossbows of the Roman Empire were scared by the enemy. With the loss of time, the glory of the Roman Empire was no longer there, and the military was paused, and some aspects even showed a regression.

Although the Eastern Roman Empire was proud to inherit the Roman Empire's mantle, their skills in crossbows were far inferior to those of the Tang Dynasty.

Just as Saras turned his mind, the rain of arrows had already covered the heavy cavalry. A sound of crying and calling for his parents sounded. The originally invincible heavy cavalry actually became in chaos. Many people were caught in the arrow and made miserable tragedy before their death. Even if they were not dead, they still screamed.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, heavy cavalry was popular for a while, and even the Sui Dynasty maintained a considerable number of heavy cavalry. By the Tang Dynasty, heavy cavalry withdrew from the historical stage. With Emperor Taizong of Tang's outstanding military talent, he would not be unable to see the huge power of heavy cavalry rushing forward. One of the very important factors that made heavy cavalry withdraw from the war was that the Tang army already had weapons that were more powerful than heavy cavalry, which were crossbows and modao, and no longer needed heavy cavalry.

There will be no problem with the crossbow arrows piercing heavy armor in the Tang Dynasty, which has been tested in countless battles.

The heavy cavalry of the Eastern Roman Empire was built by the famous general Belissaliu. Although he had been dead for more than a hundred years, his teachings were still there. The heavy cavalry was brave and good at fighting. Although he paid a considerable price, he was still fearless and rushed towards the Tang army.

However, they had to brave the dense rain of arrows to charge. The rain of arrows of the Tang army never stopped, and they had to pay the price every step forward. When they rushed to the front of the Tang army's formation, their formation was already in chaos, with nearly half of the casualties.

Sas saw it in his eyes and was shocked in his heart. He never dreamed that there was such a sharp weapon in the world that could make the heavy cavalry that the Eastern Roman Empire was proud of to pay such a high price.

In the sunlight, a dazzling light appeared, as if a huge mirror was reflecting the sunlight. Sass couldn't even open his eyes and couldn't help but close his eyes. When he opened it again, he was stunned again because his heavy cavalry no longer existed. In front of the Tang army, there were minced meat and flowing blood.

Cavalry has a natural advantage in fighting infantry, and will reasonably gain the upper hand, let alone SAS dispatched heavy cavalry with the strongest attack power, and there is no possibility of failure, even a little bit. However, at present, SAS cannot believe it and rub his eyes. Yes, it is indeed a failure!

As soon as Sas knew it was powerful, his heart couldn't help but tremble. The infantry of the Tang Dynasty could defeat heavy cavalry, so what were their cavalry like?

As soon as his question came to his mind, he immediately had an answer. Earth-shaking shouts came from all directions. Countless Tang Dynasty cavalry lined up in neat battle formations, carrying horse spears, and rushed over.

The cavalry of the Eastern Roman Empire did not have as many equipment as the Tang army. Their common weapons were to use shields and swords. Sass did not recognize the horse lance, but in his eyes, this was a deadly poisonous snake, who opened his mouth and wanted to choose people to eat them.

The Tang cavalry rushed to the infantry formation of the Eastern Roman Empire, stabbed the soldiers in their hands, and then raged across the sword. The Tang cavalry fought against the infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire and the battle just now. In the face of the attack of the Tang cavalry, the infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire had no power to fight back, and could only give the killing.

The Tang cavalry easily broke through the infantry formation, divided the army of the Eastern Roman Empire into two, and began to encircle and annihilate.

It is not necessary for a high military mind to see that the army of the Eastern Roman Empire is at a disadvantage. If it does not withdraw from the battlefield, it will be annihilated by the Tang army. Sarth immediately ordered a retreat, but the Tang army kept popping up and surrounding them on their retreat, leaving them with no way out.

Sars kept shouting in his heart: "Escape quickly, escape quickly! It will be safe to escape back to Constantinople!" At this time, the Eastern Roman Empire only wanted to be safe. Whether it was generals or soldiers, they were no longer the invincible army in the Roman Empire that could fight and dare to fight. Sars did not care about the army, and slapped his horse and fled in panic.

As soon as he fled, the Eastern Roman army lost its backbone and was completely in chaos. He could not organize effective resistance at all, and it was impossible to retreat. The 100,000 army became the lambs that could be slaughtered. Under the command of Chen Wanrong, the Tang army galloped and killed countless people. When the Tang army stopped, there were only more than 2,000 troops in the Eastern Roman Empire who survived.

While wiping the saber, Chen Wanrong said, "Let them all go and let them bring their failure and fear back to Constantinople!"

Cheng Xiaotian was covered in blood and came with a horse. He raised his thumb and praised: "Military Supervisor, the one with you actually set up a pocket array, waiting for them to come and drill. Military Supervisor, how did you know that they would drill?"

"The reason is very simple. Dashi is not our opponent. They dare to collect land. This proves that they are a group of gamblers and always have a lucky mentality!" Chen Wanrong also got into the scabbard and said, "The order: don't worry about the others, and go straight to Constantinople!"

Cheng Xiaotian asked in confusion: "Military Supervisor, we are collecting land. If we don't collect land in Asia Minor, isn't that good?"

"When we capture Constantinople, our reputation will be greatly enhanced. At that time, we will achieve twice the result with half the effort." Chen Wanrong analyzed with a smile: "In the eyes of Westerners, Constantinople is an undescending city. It has never been captured by people for hundreds of years. If we capture it, then we still have to say about our prestige? This is a good opportunity to establish authority, don't miss it!"

"It's reasonable!" Cheng Xiaotian suddenly realized and shouted: "Set out! Go to Constantinople!"

Under the command of Chen Wanrong, the Tang army rushed straight to Constantinople.

Just as Chen Wanrong rushed to Constantinople, the first batch of spoils from the Western Regions had been transported to Chang'an. At this time, outside Jianchun Gate, there were crowds of people. The people of Chang'an came to watch the fun after hearing the news. The first thing they saw were the big cannibals with long necks, and they saw their eyes rolling around, with a look of surprise.

For the cannibals, the wealth and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was far beyond their imagination. In their impression, Damascus was already a very remarkable city, but it was far behind Chang'an. Not to mention anything else, the scale of this city alone was much smaller, and things that could be seen at a glance would not shock them.

"Oh my God! There is such a magnificent city in the world!" This is the most common sentence in the surprise of the cannibals.

"If there is a heaven on earth, Damascus will be in it; if there is heaven in the sky, Damascus will be as famous as it. This is for the purpose of saying Chang'an. If there is heaven on earth, Chang'an will be in it; if there is heaven in the sky, Chang'an will be as famous as it!" Those scholars woke up from the shock and praised Chang'an with the knowledge of literati.

In their eyes, Damascus is a paradise, which made them amazed and surprised. Now they know that it is just a frog in a well, and the prosperity of Chang'an is beyond their imagination.

After they entered the city, they were even more shocked. The neat and clean streets were refreshed. When they came to Zhuque Street, they saw the widest street in Chang'an and their chin hit the foot.

In front of the palace, officials of the Ministry of Rites came to welcome these scholars. Chen Wanrong sent them to Chang'an with the purpose of radical food civilization so as to spread Chinese civilization. However, the Tang Dynasty was very courteous to scholars, and Li Longji was even more smart. He knew that the matter of eradicating his civilization should be done secretly and should not be as rough as Qin Shihuang, so as not to cause trouble. Giving them courtesy but not allowing them to leave the Tang Dynasty, not only achieved the goal of eradicating his civilization, but did not give others a word.

These scholars would never have expected that the Tang Dynasty would send high officials to greet them. They were all very happy and believed that this trip to Chang'an was not worth it. Many people made up their minds to make a name for themselves in Chang'an.

After the officials of the Ministry of Rites brought them to their residence and settled them, they asked the Imperial College to accept them. These scholars are now determined to make a name for themselves in the Tang Dynasty and happily went to the Imperial College. As for the good craftsmen, they were taken over by the Military Artsmen. This was what Chen Wanrong had already agreed to have some good craftsmen for the Military Artsmen. After the military Artsmen was received, their strength increased greatly.

There were too many things, and the escort team was less than ten miles long. The one in front had already entered the palace, and the one behind was still outside the city. The people at Jianchun Gate were surprised and kept thinking, "How much does this take?"

Just look at the Daming Palace. When you arrive, you will fill the wide Daming Palace, and even the corners are filled with large boxes.

So many things are so eye-catching. The peddlers, eunuchs and palace maids in the palace rushed to watch the fun when they saw the boxes piled up like mountains, and their eyes fell to the ground.

"Master, the emperor is here!" Gao Lishi's sharp voice sounded, and Ruizong and Li Longji were strode towards him.

Ruizong's eyes are very bright now. He stared at the big box and was dazzled. He didn't know which box to look at, so he kept rubbing his hands: "Sanlang, how many of these are there?"

Li Longji, who had always been aware of his heart, spread his hands and said helplessly: "Father, Chen Wanrong is lazy. He just said that he had seized too much and had no time to count it. He said that he would send him to Chang'an and ask me to send someone to step up slowly."

"Haha! Wanrong is really. He always has to know what he has to do in his heart for presenting gifts to the emperor, but he doesn't know anything. It's a strange thing! It's a strange thing!" Ruizong smiled so much that he couldn't even close his mouth. He changed his tone and said, "However, so many things really make people think about it. Wanrong and the others still have to fight!"

Li Longji was in a good mood and said, "Father, you are talking to him again! Open it and let me open my eyes. What kind of treasures are they?"

The soldier opened the box and Ruizong shouted: "Oh my God! Sanlang, my father's eyes were blurred. This is the Dinar gold coins of Dashi, this is jewelry. Persian jewelry is a good thing, but I have never seen so many of them. Oh, this is ivory! It is all ivory! How much does it take?"

Because there are too few elephants in China, ivory has become a treasure. Ruizong has never seen so many ivory, so it is impossible not to be surprised.

Li Longji picked up an ivory and weighed it in his hand: "It's a good thing! Have you ever seen so many ivory?"

"No!" the ministers answered in unison, each with a look of surprise and his eyes slipped around.

Li Longji opened a gold-tracing box, took out Darius's spear, danced in his hand, and said with a smile: "Among everything, this one is the most precious, and it has a history of 1,200 years. This is the spear used by Darius, the emperor of the Persian Empire! Among the gifts Chen Wanrong gave me, this one is the most satisfying to me. It's been put away!" He put it in the box and handed the box to Gao Lishi.

He was very talented and naturally loved Darius's spear.

"Yao Chong, is there any place to put it? If there is no place to put it, build a treasure house as soon as possible." Li Longji joked, and the ministers laughed loudly.

Yao Chong frowned and asked, "Prince, what should I do if these ivory are? Should I sell them? There are too many of them."

Li Longji waved his hand and said, "Who thinks there are too many? There are not many, but there are still fewer. I tell you that this is just something that Gu Taibai puts in Samarkand, as well as treasures from Kufa, Damascus, and Constantinople. Then we will arrive. Let's put the things first and sell them when needed."

Yao Chong received the order.

Ruizong Yila Li Longji said, "Sanlang, my father has something to say, I don't know if I should say it."

Li Longji hurriedly said, "Father, please say something if you have something to do."

Ruizong waved his hand and said, "You retreat." The ministers responded and retreated. Ruizong then said, "Sanlang, this is your lifelong event for your sister Jinxian. This girl has a high vision and doesn't care about it. She doesn't know what kind of demon she is possessed, but she actually has her heart on Wanrong. Sanlang, do you think you will help her?"

Li Longji was very surprised, touched his forehead and burst out laughing: "Father, Sister Jinxian likes Chen Wanrong? I didn't see it! This girl is very nervous."

"It was Yuzhen who said it, otherwise the father wouldn't know." Ruizong sighed and said, "If the Golden Immortal can find the Ruyi Man, the father would be relieved." He loved Princess Jinxian very much. She had her lifelong dependence, so he was naturally happy.

Li Longji frowned and said, "Father, do you agree with this marriage? Chen Wanrong has gotten married."

Ruizong sighed and shook his head: "My father asked me, this girl doesn't ask for fame, she just wants to stay with Wanrong for life. My father sees that this marriage can be settled, and it will be good for you and Wanrong."

Li Longji smiled and said, "Father, you are worried that your son will be unfavorable to Chen Wanrong, right? Since ancient times, the saying that the great achievements of the Lord have been said to those incompetent emperors, because they have no way to control these talented ministers, so they have to suspicion and have to kill them. Father, Emperor Taizong is not afraid of this. Li Jing's military achievements are so great, does Emperor Taizong have any suspicion of him? Because Emperor Taizong can completely control it. Chen Wanrong's contribution is quite great, but the minister can still control him. However, since Sister Jinxian is interested, the minister should do this!"

That's right. Will the magnificent emperors like Qin Shihuang, Han Wudi, and Tang Taizong are afraid of the ministers who shocked the Lord? They are not afraid at all, because they can control them completely!
Chapter completed!