On the fifth day of March, Harun Rashid in the town of Timsah was planning how to deal with his brother Hadi.
It was unrealistic to send troops directly.
Now that the Western Qin army was on the opposite side, the soldiers were reluctant to use their swords.
Aiming at Cairo, since the problem cannot be solved by force in an open and honest manner, he can only think of other ways.
Harun has also thought about this for a long time.
His think tank Ishaq has not returned from Alexandria, and there is no resourceful person for him.
Make suggestions.
It was when Harun Rashid was troubled that an attendant hurriedly walked in and reported: "Your Highness, the Western Qin army has withdrawn."
"What did you say?"
Harun Rashid was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but stand up and asked immediately.
The guard said again: "The Western Qin army has withdrawn, and they have withdrawn to the northeast."
Harun Rashid was stunned, and then he was overjoyed, "Okay, Lord Ishaq must have convinced Nicephorus, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, in Alexandria.
The Eastern Roman Empire is sending troops to the Armenian border.
Please lead me."
The horse is coming" "Yes, Your Highness" Harun Rashid rode horseback and led his guards to the border to observe in person, and found that the Western Qin army was rapidly withdrawing to the northeast one after another.
Due to the large number of troops, a large amount of smoke and dust rose up wherever the army passed, and the horses neighed. , flags fluttering, and the momentum is extremely huge.
After a full two hours, the Western Qin army disappeared on the horizon, and the rising smoke and dust also descended and settled.
Harun Rashid breathed a sigh of relief, tossed his cloak, turned around and walked towards the horse, facing each other as he walked.
The guard ordered: "Convey my order to all the generals on the border and ask them to come to attend the defense meeting tomorrow.
In addition, send someone to find a way to detect the movements of the Western Qin army."
"It's Your Highness" In fact, Harun Rashid also knew that it was unrealistic to send people to investigate the movements of the Western Qin army.
Since the intelligence network in the Middle East was purged by the Western Qin people, both Constantinople and Cairo's informants in the Middle East Basically, everything has been cleaned up.
It is already difficult to get news from the people of Xi Qin in time.
Even if we can get the news, it is probably from a long time ago, or there is no way to get the news in time and send it out.
The next day, before the major food army generals who came to attend the defense meeting arrived, a guard reported to Harun: "Your Highness, Lord Ishaq is back."
Harlan immediately asked: "Where are the people?"
“We’ll be there in a while” Harun immediately walked out of the garrison.
Sure enough, it didn't take long before he saw Ishaq riding a horse from the north city gate, escorted by several knights.
He immediately went up to meet Ishaq's horse and pulled him away.
Holding on to the reins, he helped Ishaq down and asked, "I estimated that your Excellency should have a few more days to return, but I didn't expect that it would be three days earlier than the scheduled time."
Ishaq's face looked a little tired, and he said: "I was worried about things here, so I ran back quickly all the way.
Has the news of the Eastern Roman Empire sending troops arrived?
What is the reaction of the Western Qin Army?"
Harun immediately said excitedly: "Your Excellency is really a wise man in the world.
With just one mouthful, he persuaded the Eastern Roman Empire to send troops.
They withdrew yesterday."
Ishaq nodded and said: "That's good, but we can't be careless.
The Western Qin people have always been cunning, and they will inevitably not pretend to retreat.
We should still find a way to find out their movements and whether they are really retreating to Armenia."
"This prince has already sent people to do such a thing.
Don't worry, sir.
Let's go in and talk."
Harun said and took Ishaq as he approached the city lord's palace.
The two were chatting in the lobby about their trip to Alexandria.
Nicephorus originally did not agree to send troops to the border, but after being threatened by Ishaq, he had to give in and could only send warships as quickly as possible.
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Quickly go to Anatolia to find Alexius, the military governor, and ask him to immediately increase troops on the border in the name of military exercises.
Both Alex and Nicephorus were members of the imperial party and ministers who supported the emperor Constantine VI.
As the governor of the Anatolian military region, Alex had military power in his hands.
The regent Irina was very dissatisfied and had always disobeyed Irina's orders.
This time Nicephorus sent someone to find him, and he did as Nicephorus said without even thinking.
However, this move triggered a huge response from the Western Qin garrison in Armenia.
The Western Qin military responded quickly, and the combat readiness level was suddenly raised to the highest level.
The border forts urgently increased troops, defensive equipment and supplies, and border patrols were frequent.
The level increased threefold, and the 10,000 cavalry of the Seventh Army stationed on the Black Sea coast rushed to the border to bring reinforcements to Kars.
When the reinforcements of the Seventh Legion of the Western Qin Dynasty rushed to the border and learned that the troops of the Eastern Roman Empire had not crossed the border, but were stationed near a town fifty miles away from the border, and sent people over to say that they were conducting military exercises, the Western Qin Army led the troops Of course General Yang Zheng didn't believe it, and immediately ordered his army to station near the border to confront the 50,000-strong army of General Alex of the Eastern Roman Empire.
In the lobby of the town of Timsah, Harun Rashid said to Ishaq: "Let's ignore the situation in Armenia first.
This matter has aroused the anger of the Western Qin people, and naturally the Eastern Roman Empire's Yi Queen Mother Linna is going to have a headache, we still have to think about how to deal with Hadi."
Just as Ishaq was about to speak, a guard came over and whispered in Harun's ear: "Your Highness, he is back."
Harlan immediately said: "Let him come in."
"Yes, Your Highness"
After a while, the man in black robe came in and bowed to Harun: "Your Highness, the matter has been settled.
Now the Guards Commander Thomas is unconscious, and the Guards are leaderless."
"Very good."
Harun was very satisfied with the black-robed man's ability and efficiency.
He praised him, then turned to Ishaq and said, "Teacher, look at what we are going to do next."
Ishaq's eyes flashed with gold and he said to Harun: "Your Highness, the Guards are the close bodyguards of the Caliph.
They are the last force to guard the capital, the palace and protect the Caliph.
The leader of the Guards is the most trusted person of the Caliph.
According to regulations, the commander of the Guards must be The Caliph personally appointed the Caliph.
Now the Caliph has died of illness, but Hadi concealed the news and did not announce the funeral secretly.
The outside world did not know that the Caliph had died, so Hadi had no right to re-appoint the commander of the Guards to replace Thomas.
We still don’t know whether the Western Qin army really of already After withdrawing, this will take time to verify.
We cannot withdraw the army to attack Cairo now.
We must immediately find a way to win over and bribe some generals in the Guards while Thomas is unconscious, and try to win over as many as possible.
People, let them support His Highness and control the Guards as much as possible before Hadi.
Even if they cannot control all of them, they must control most of them.
Only in this way can we have a chance of winning.
Otherwise, once a stalemate is formed or Hadi is allowed to escape, then It’s a disaster for all of North Africa.”
Harlan nodded, "The teacher is very correct, but sooner or later Hadi will learn that the Western Qin army has withdrawn and our threat has been lifted.
What if he orders the removal of my military power in the name of his father?
Then wouldn't I?
Let him slaughter you" Ishaq's eyes flashed coldly, and he said coldly: "If it comes to that point, His Highness can only announce to all the believers of Allah that the Caliph has been killed by Hadi, and Hadi deliberately concealed it and kept the mourning secret.
News” "Killed" Harlan's eyes widened.
He never thought of using this method to frame his brother and frame him for patricide.
Ishaq said coldly: "Your Highness, since ancient times, the battle for royal power has been a life-and-death struggle.
Even if Your Highness has no intention of competing with Hadi for the throne, do you think that Hadi will trust you and worry that you will take away his throne?
To keep his throne, he has a thousand ways to let His Highness and his family die.
His Highness can only Only by putting the charge of patricide on his head can he legitimately raise an army to attack him in the name of avenging his father.
Otherwise, the subjects and believers will not support His Highness.
And if His Highness puts the charge of patricide on Hadi's head, Hadi will lose the support of his subjects and believers, and these people will turn to support His Highness.”
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Harun calmed down at this time.
He knew that Ishaq was right.
This teacher had been planning for him and thinking about him.
His eyes were shining with an inexplicable light.
The throne high above was too tempting. , no one can remain calm in front of it, others cannot compete for that position because they are not qualified, but he has "The teacher is right.
Send people to Cairo immediately to bribe the generals of the Guards.
Buy as much as you can.
Don't care about property."
Harun said to Ishaq very firmly.
Ishaq agreed: "I will do this myself."
Harlan was very happy, "I am relieved that the teacher is taking action, but I also ask the teacher to communicate with me in time to let me know the situation in Cairo."
"Okay, I'll have a day off today and leave early tomorrow morning."
Cairo, Royal Palace.
Prime Minister Yahya handed a letter to Hadi, "Your Highness, take a look.
This is the letter written by Zhao Ziliang, the Holy King of Western Qin, to your brother Harun."
Hardy's expression changed.
He took the letter and opened it.
He saw that the letter had been scrawled in a mess.
As the saying goes, the authorities are confused and the bystanders are clear.
Neither Harun nor Ishaq could see anything from this letter.
However, when the letter came into the hands of Yahya and Hadi and they saw it, it was completely different.
They were very familiar with the letter.
The parts that were painted out can be filled in by your own imagination.
Soon, various possibilities for the erased part appeared in their minds, and every possibility made them frightened and disgusted.
After reading the letter, Hadi's face turned blue and red.
He looked up at Yahya and asked: "Father-in-law, where did this letter come from?"
"The people we placed around him took the opportunity to steal it," Yahya said calmly
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