Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others were very willing to come and collect the corpses of those big-eating barbarians under the city.
However, all the iron weapons from those eating barbarians must be kept!
He couldn't defeat the Tang Dynasty, so he had no choice but to agree to the Tang Dynasty's request!
So, Li Shimin and others stood on the city wall and watched as the eating barbarians were carrying the corpses tremblingly under the city wall.
At the same time, they piled their companions' weapons into a hill and left them for the Tang army on the city.
One day later, the outside of the city became much cleaner.
However, standing on the city wall, you can still smell the strong smell of blood below.
Two more days passed.
Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others were already preparing to wait for the hungry barbarians to either attack or beg for surrender.
But he didn't expect that when the scouts sent to investigate the disappearance came back to report, the eating barbarians actually retreated to Lehman City, a hundred miles away.
Moreover, look at the battles of those eating barbarians, those eating barbarians actually want to hold on to Lehman City!
"Your Majesty, these big food barbarians don't know how to live or die. Please give me an army of 50,000. I will break through Leman City in one day and capture the king of the big food country!"
Li Xiaogong's face was filled with anger.
Niu Jinda and other veteran generals on the side were not slow to react, and hurriedly asked for a fight: "Your Majesty, the defeated soldiers of Dashi are not worthy of the help of the King of Hejian. The veteran can lead an army of 50,000 to capture the leader of Dashi.
Come!"
"Your Majesty, I would like to serve as a pioneer..."
"You old men, shut up!"
Li Shimin snorted coldly, "Let you old guys take command, and maybe hundreds of more people like me, the Tang Dynasty son, will die. I will fight this battle myself!"
In the battle to defend the city two days ago, although the barbarians suffered heavy losses, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty also suffered more than 400 casualties! This incident became the reason for Li Shimin to attack veteran generals such as Li Xiaogong and Niu Jinda in the past two days.
Moreover, the effect is also excellent!
Immediately, Li Xiaogong, Niu Jinda and others all laughed with ridicule and did not dare to dissuade Li Shimin.
The second day.
Li Shimin handed over 10,000 troops to Li Chenglu and stayed in Saar City.
And he led an army of 60,000 men, two thousand artillery pieces, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of bombs, arrow bombs, and hand-thrown bombs, and marched toward Lehman City ahead.
This time, Li Shimin's patience was worn out by his act of eating the barbarians.
If the Dashi barbarians do not surrender this time, Li Shimin will directly lead his army to completely defeat and destroy Dashi.
Anyway, the Tang Dynasty dispatched more than 200 large ships and 100,000 troops to Dashi this time. The materials consumed were huge, and we must not go back empty-handed.
By the time the Tang Dynasty's 60,000-strong army arrived twenty miles away from Lehman City, all the Arabs knew about it.
Immediately, the entire 100,000 Arab army in Lehman City became energetic.
They were the ones who attacked the city a few days ago, causing them heavy casualties.
This time, it was their turn to defend the city, and they must let those shameful Tang people feel the hardship of attacking the city!
However, what the Arabs did not expect was that the next day.
While they were waiting, those shameful Tang people stood far away from the city wall and stopped taking a step forward! Even the most powerful bows and arrows in their hands could not reach that distance.
"These cunning Tang people!"
A group of Arab soldiers could not help but gnashed their teeth in hatred as they looked at the Tang people who were leisurely arranging their formation in the distance.
"What kind of weapon is that?"
"It's artillery! The Tang Dynasty people brought artillery!..."
Suddenly, seeing the dark and shiny iron bumps exposed in the Tang Dynasty's military formation, the Arabs standing on the city wall thought of something, their faces turned pale, and their legs felt a little weak.
"By God, how could those Tang people bring such big artillery?"
"They don't think they can hit the city wall where we are from such a long distance, do they?"
"Absolutely impossible, this kind of artifact has never appeared in this world..."
"boom!"
"Rumble..."
However, before the Arab generals and soldiers on the city wall finished praying, they heard familiar loud noises.
Subconsciously looking at the sky, all the Arab soldiers had their eyes tightened, and small black iron balls quickly enlarged in their eyes.
"Boom..."
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, loud noises were heard throughout the walls of Lehman City.
Immediately, another ball of fire appeared, and a series of explosions occurred on the city wall.
The Arab soldiers guarding the city wall flew up from the city wall like a goddess scattering flowers. Then, like hailstones, they hit the two-foot-high city wall hard.
However, what frightened all the Arabs in Lehman City was that the Tang Dynasty's terrifying artillery did not stop.
After three rounds of continuous bombing, the thousand-meter-long Lehman City Wall was directly blown into piles of rubble.
As for the tens of thousands of Arab soldiers who were originally guarding the city, none of them could be seen now.
The Arab Caliph Omer and a group of Arab nobles rushed out from the palace of Lehman City. When they saw a long section of Lehman City wall collapsed, everyone was filled with fear and dumbfounded.
"By the grace of Allah, are those Tang Dynasty artillery weapons borrowed from gods and demons?"
Omer couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
"Great Prophet Caliph, what should we Arab warriors do now?"
"Yes, the great Caliphate and the ferocious Tang Dynasty people are guarding outside and can attack at any time. But now, even the solid city walls can't stop these Tang Dynasty people. What should we do?"
"If the Tang Dynasty bombs us again several times, the entire Lehman City will be in ruins, and all the Arabs in Lehman City, as well as tens of thousands of Arab warriors, will be buried here with Lehman City!"
All the Arab generals also had worried faces.
It's not that they are not brave in fighting, nor are they timid. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty's artillery outside the city is so powerful that they have no hope of defeating them.
"The great Allah instructs us Arab warriors to surrender to the Tang Dynasty first!"
Caliph Omer stood there, quietly looking at the ruins of the city wall in front of him for a while, with a lonely expression, and his whole person couldn't help but look older.
Even though he knew that God was protecting him, Omar still felt deeply powerless when facing the Tang people who could not withstand these city walls.
"Inshallah!"
The same is true for many Arabs.
After hearing that the Caliph was about to surrender, the faces of these Arabs relaxed immediately.
"Who can take my place and surrender to the Tang Dynasty?" Omar asked, looking at the generals beside him.
"Great Prophet Caliph, I wish to go..."
When everyone looked at it, it was Osman Ibn Affan who negotiated with the Tang Dynasty to get back the bodies of their Arab warriors!
A quarter of an hour later.
Li Shimin, who was sitting casually on an empty wooden box and looking around Lehman City with his clairvoyance, saw a somewhat familiar giant man-eater slowly walking towards them.
"Uthman ibn Affan met the great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
After bowing respectfully, Uthman ibn Affan directly explained his intention.
"The great artillery of the Tang Dynasty completely conquered the Arabs, and Uthman ibn Affan surrendered to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty on behalf of the great Prophet Caliph!"
After listening to the translator's translation, Li Shimin's face darkened and he stared closely at Osman Ibn Affan.
"Since it's surrender, why doesn't the Lord of Dashi Kingdom come and surrender?"
The translator translated Li Shimin's words to Osman.
Hearing this, Osman's eyes flashed with panic.
However, Li Shimin waved his hand directly without giving Osman a chance to explain.
"I only accept the surrender of the Lord of Dashi. If the barbarians of Dashi want to surrender to me, let the Lord of Dashi come. I only give you a chance to wait for half an hour. If the Lord of Dashi does not come and surrender, I will
Then he ordered the army to start attacking!"
After listening to the translator's translation, Osman Ibn Affan quickly bowed respectfully to Li Shimin and walked quickly into the city.
then.
Half an hour later.
Li Shimin then met the Arab Caliph Omar, who he thought was the leader of the country.
"The Arab Caliph Omer met the noble Emperor of Tang Dynasty!"
"Arab Caliphate? What is this?"
After listening, Li Shimin was full of doubts.
The translator hurriedly asked Umar, and it took him a while to understand clearly, and explained to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, Arabia is the self-proclaimed name of the cannibal, and the caliphate is equivalent to the head of the cannibal. Umar is the
The name of the Lord of the Dashi Kingdom!"
"I see!"
Li Shimin nodded slightly. He didn't expect the title of the Lord of Dashi to be so complicated. However, he didn't pay much attention to it. They were all a group of barbarians anyway, and it didn't matter what they were called. They came here just to conquer these barbarians.
"You want to beg for surrender to the Tang Dynasty. You owe me the Tang Dynasty for so many years of tribute. In addition, you need to compensate the Tang Dynasty for the consumption of more than 200 large ships, 100,000 soldiers, and thousands of artillery pieces.
Only in this way can I explain to all the soldiers and generals of the Tang Dynasty, and then I can retreat with my 100,000 soldiers and generals of the Tang Dynasty!"
"compensation?"
Upon hearing this, Omer's expression changed drastically.
"Okay, if you can't make the decision, then go back and discuss with you and other food nobles. Either compensation, or I will lead the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to destroy you and other food! Tomorrow, if you can't send compensation,
I will directly lead the troops to attack!"
Li Shimin said directly.
Omar's face changed and he said repeatedly: "The noble Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, as the Caliph of Arabia, I can make the decision alone. However, the compensation that the noble Emperor of the Tang Dynasty demands is too much. All the property of the Arabs and I will be added to it."
Even if you get up, you can’t even afford compensation!”
"Are you unwilling to compensate?"
Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and others all looked at Omer with gloomy faces.
"I'm willing to compensate, I'm willing to compensate!"
Omar said quickly.
"Very good. I'll give you two days to wait. If you can't pay compensation, I will destroy the country!"
After speaking, Li Shimin asked the translator on the side to send Omer away.
Subsequently, the 60,000 Tang army withdrew back to Saar City.
When the Arabs in Lehman City saw the Tang army withdrawing, they all breathed a sigh of relief. The shadow of death hanging above their heads was finally gone.
However, before they could get happy, all the Arabs looked sad again when they heard the tribute and compensation demanded by the Tang Dynasty.
"Great Caliph, this much compensation is not enough even if the property robbed by the Persians and Byzantines is given to the Tang Dynasty!"
"Yes, these greedy Tang people, they are all robbers, shameful devils..."
"The great Allah, please guide your noble servants on how to drive away those cruel and greedy Tang Dynasty people!"
"..."
No matter how unwilling Omer and the Arabs were, how much they hated and cursed the Tang people.
But, after two days.
Umar still obediently brought more than ten carts of belongings to the city of Saar.
"Honorable Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, please forgive the poverty of the Arabs. In these two days, Umar emptied the belongings of all the surrounding Arabs and only collected so much belongings!"
"Your Majesty, I took a look around. They are all small coins made of silver and gold, and there are also some scraps of copper and iron. The total value of these dozen or so carts is probably 50,000 yuan!"
Li Xiaogong walked in and reported to Li Shimin.
"Fifty thousand strings?"
Li Shimin pondered for a moment and then said to Omar: "You and others have so much wealth, which is only enough for the military expenses of our Tang Dynasty army of 10,000 people. You and others must bring the same ten times the wealth again in order to support our Tang Dynasty army."
Military expenses for a hundred thousand troops.
In addition, you Arabs need to bring more food that can supply my army of 100,000 for half a year!"
"Ten times the wealth? Half a year's worth of food for 100,000 people?"
After hearing the translator's translation, Omer suddenly looked horrified and anxious: "No, no, dear Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the combined wealth of all the Arabs in this land does not amount to that much.
As for the food that can feed 100,000 people for half a year, we simply cannot provide it. That would starve many Arabs to death!
Allah will punish me!..."
"We from the Tang Dynasty have helped you kill 100,000 food soldiers, why can't you get enough food for 100,000 people for half a year?"
Li Shimin sneered, his face full of indifference.
"You big food barbarians dare to be disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty. I did not lead troops to destroy you and other big food countries. It is considered a mercy. So, if you are unwilling to compensate, then you will not get the kindness of the Tang Dynasty!"
Omar's face became even more anxious, "Your Majesty the Tang Dynasty, the Arabs really can't afford that much food and property!"
"You barbarians really think that the Tang Dynasty will not destroy your food country?" Li Shimin's face was full of anger.
"The noble Emperor of the Tang Dynasty will not get so much wealth even if he destroys the Arab countries!"
Omer looked desperate. He didn't expect these Tang people to be so greedy.
Immediately, with a hard look on his face, he took out a small, delicate dagger from his arms and raised his hands above his head.
"The noble Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the messenger of the great Allah in the Arab land, the Arab Caliph Omar offers you the sharpest sword. Umar can swear in the name of Allah that Umar really did not deceive.
you!
If the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty doesn't believe it, he can pull out this sword and insert it into Omar's heart!"