Chapter 86: The Thoughts of the Prisoner Offering Ceremony (7).
Li Shimin's eyes were as hot as blazing fire, and as far as his eyes could see, no one dared to look at him, so he lowered his head, only to feel a great pressure pouring over him, his oppressed chest was tight, and he could barely breathe.
They finally know why Datang can become the overlord of the world - with such strength, who can resist?
There are many people with ulterior motives in the envoy group, and they came to Datang this time for the purpose of spying on Datang's strength, and even more so they want to do something in Datang during this period.
But now that Datang has such a momentum, they are all distracted, and they only want to transmit Datang's strength back to China, where else do they have other thoughts?
Of all the messengers, the emissary of the Great Food Empire was named Bakr ibn Khattab, the eldest son of the second caliph of the Great Food Empire, Umar ibn Khattab.
At this time, the Great Food Empire was in the era of the four major caliphs (Abu Bakr, 'Umar ibn Khitab, Uthman ibn Affan and Ali ibn Abi Talib), because the first caliph Abu Bakr was the earliest supporter and follower of the Prophet Muhammad, and later Muhammad died, he was chosen as the first caliph of the Great Food Empire, and the Great Food Empire founded by him has been passed down for a total of four generations, that is, the era of the four major caliphs, and also because of his legitimacy, Therefore, the four major caliphates are also called the orthodox caliphates.
However, Abu Bakr died after only two years as caliph, and his successor was 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (also known as Umar ibn al-Khattab, the two were actually one person, but the transliteration was different), and he was also his comrade-in-arms and close friend.
And Bakr ibn Khattab was the eldest son of 'Umar ibn al-Khitab, and the name Bakr was given in honor of Abu Bakr.
It's just that this Bakr has an arrogant personality, thinking that his Great Food Empire is powerful, and he is the son of the Caliph of the Great Food Empire, with a noble status, and the combat power of the Great Food Empire is unparalleled in the world, so among all the envoys who went to the Tang Dynasty, he is the most jumpy, and he has been making trouble in Chang'an City all day long, and he has been caught by the officers and soldiers patrolling the city several times, and he was fished out by Honglu Temple.
And the reason why he is arrogant is because he doesn't believe that the strength of the Tang Dynasty is much stronger than them, and they have hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Great Food Empire, each of whom is a skilled warrior with bows and horses, a warrior among warriors, and an elite among the elite.
The Tang Dynasty is certainly prosperous, but in his opinion, these prosperity are all castles in the air, without strong military strength, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is destined to make wedding dresses for others - and this person, in Berkel's view, is their Great Food Empire, just like Sassanid Persia and Byzantium in the past.
As for the rumored Datang to win all battles......
Hehe, that's just because the strength of the enemy of the Tang Dynasty is too weak, in his eyes, the strength of the Tang Dynasty is at most the same as the Sassanid Dynasty, if the enemy of the Tang Dynasty is replaced by the Sassanid Persia or the Byzantine Empire, even if he can win, at most it will be a miserable victory, where can their Great Food Empire win so easily.
But now after seeing the performance of the 100,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and being impacted by the strong morale, Burkel realized that he was the frog at the bottom of the well sitting in the well and watching the sky, which was extremely ridiculous.
He didn't know the size of the world in the past, and he didn't know that the Tang Dynasty was strong, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, his courage had already been robbed, his face was pale with fright, and there was even a little wet feeling in his crotch - where is there still a little bit of arrogance?
The Great Food Empire is located in Central Asia and West Asia, connecting the Tang Dynasty to the east, and Europe and Africa to the west, and Bakr is well aware of the situation in his country and the surrounding regions - not to mention Africa, except for one Egyptian region, the rest of the places are still in a state of drinking blood, and tribal melee occurs from time to time, so let them unite, it will have to wait another thousand years.
As for Europe, it is even more unbearable, Europe is multi-ethnic, and there are endless wars between countries, and they have already formed a great enmity of life and death, although there is a Holy See next to it to check and balance, but it is precisely because of the presence of the Holy See that Europe is destined to be unified.
Even the interior of the Great Food Empire is not peaceful, the expansion of the Great Food Empire is too fast, and revolts in the occupied areas occur from time to time.
What's more, the empire also forcibly promoted *** religion in the occupied areas and forcibly destroyed the native religions......
This exacerbated the conflict within the empire, and his father, who had been working to quell internal turmoil since becoming caliph, had little energy to expand outwards during this period......
Having said all this, what Bakr wants to say is that with the quality of these 100,000 soldiers in front of him, it is enough to sweep the vast majority of the world's armies - including those *** soldiers who have been blessed by Allah, and they are definitely not opponents; If Datang had 300,000 such soldiers, it would be enough to make the Great Food Empire sleep; If there are 500,000 such people in Datang, in the face of Datang's soldiers, the Great Food Empire will have no choice but to retreat; If Datang has a million such people, then Datang is enough to sweep the world, and the whole of Asia, Europe, and Africa combined is not enough to resist Datang's offensive.
Does Datang have a million such soldiers and horses?
Except for the high-level of Datang, no one knows, but what Berkel knows is that judging from today's statistics, there must be 500,000 such soldiers in Datang - at least 100,000 in Nanyang Datang, and when the northern expedition to Goguryeo, another 100,000 was transferred, plus 30,000 young troops who can be used as ten, Datang is enough to make the Dashi Empire retreat.
What's more, with the current economic state of the Tang Dynasty and the self-confidence of the nation, the Tang Dynasty can raise an army of more than one million people at any time, which is no problem.
And this army must be fully armed, well-equipped, well-trained elite soldiers, and when they see blood on the battlefield, they will become a qualified soldier, even if they are not as good as those in front of them, but it is still no problem to be two as one, which is another 500,000 ......
Therefore, with the strength of the Tang Dynasty now, it can completely sweep the world, if it is not for the internal stability, and the Tang Dynasty also pursues the so-called way of benevolence and righteousness, I am afraid ......
Fortunately, things are not to the worst yet, and there is room for redemption.
This is true of Berkel, and the emissaries of the Western Turks are likewise of the same idea.
The envoy of the Western Turks is called Ashina Zhebolu, who is the younger brother of the new Khan of the Western Turks, Yibi Shekui Khan (who is still canonized by the Tang Dynasty).
In the face of Datang's military might, Ashina Zhebolu can be said to be pale - although he knew that Datang was strong, but where did he expect Datang to be so strong?
With such a strong army, wouldn't it be easy to destroy the Western Turks?
In my heart, I am even more grateful to my brother Yibi Shekui Khan, if it weren't for his brother taking the initiative to declare himself a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that after cleaning up Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty's troops will be aimed at the Western Turks, right?
In the face of the powerful Tang Dynasty, Ashina Zhebolu really couldn't find a way to make the Western Turks win this war, that is to say, if the Tang Dynasty really attacked, the fate of the Western Turks would be the same as that of the Eastern Turks, becoming the pasture of the Tang Dynasty, and the royal family would become the captives of the Tang Dynasty like Jieli's waste, and suffer endless humiliation from then on - and may even be placed on this prisoner sacrifice ceremony, which would lose the face of the Ashina clan, and even after death, there would be no shame to face the ancestors and ancestors.
And now the only remaining country on the Goryeo Peninsula, the envoy of Silla made up his mind, and as soon as he returned to Silla, he immediately persuaded the king to be desperately attached to the Tang Dynasty, and even simply followed the example of the Six Edicts, and directly requested that it be attached to it - the Tang Dynasty was so strong that only by attaching to the Tang Dynasty could there be any hope of survival.
The power of Datang has been engraved in their hearts like a brand.