"Chief Ratan, where did these Arab soldiers come from?" Raja Sri threw the spear to the guard and wiped his hands with a silk scarf.
"Queen, just over two months after you left, the Arab Empire suddenly assembled an army of 400,000 at the border."
"Xinde was conquered in 18 days, Gandhara was in 20 days, and Kashimila was conquered in 11 days. Then they continued to march eastward. Because of your absence and the fact that we had insufficient troops, General Zhen led the army in Mount Tuoluo City resisted for six days, and then abandoned the city. Then he gathered the remaining troops and resisted the Arab army in Qunu City for four days, but was finally defeated."
"General Zhen's whereabouts are unknown after that battle. It is no longer possible for Tianzhu to form a large-scale resistance. Each city was defeated one after another. If you don't come today, I guess our Latan tribe will also..."
Said Ratan Tata is still frightened here, and he was almost, almost exterminated.
"An army of four hundred thousand..." A feeling of powerlessness arose in Raja Sri's heart.
There are not so many troops in the entire Tianzhu, and because they have a government system similar to a city-state system.
Each family concentrated its army in its own city, which was just right for the Arab army to defeat them one by one.
"What do we do now?" Ratan Tata asked.
The city of Latan could no longer be defended. The Arab army was able to be repelled this time because of Raja Sri and the night attack.
The other party will never give you such an opportunity a second time.
But if they leave Ratan City, where can they go? This is the territory that the family has maintained for hundreds of years. If they leave here, they have nowhere to go.
Raja Sri shook his head: "The Arab Empire is too powerful and we are no match."
This is not a word of discouragement, but to tell the truth. Even if they have weapons from the Tang Dynasty, there are too few of them, and it is impossible for them to fight one against ten like the Tang Dynasty.
By the way, Datang!
At this time, all Raja Sri could think of was Tang Dynasty.
If anyone else can defeat the powerful Arab Empire, then it may be the even more powerful Tang Dynasty.
But Raja Sri knew that if she asked for help directly from the Tang Dynasty, Tianzhu was not a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty might not send troops thousands of miles away for them.
So she asked Ratan Tata: "Those merchants in the Tang Dynasty?"
What about the team? Where is our Datang caravan in Tianzhu? "
Because of Tang Ping, some Tang businessmen have now come to Tianzhu to do business. This is the last straw for Raja Sri.
Fortunately, Ratan Tata was not stupid, and he understood immediately when asked by Raja Sri.
He nodded and said: "At that time, the Arab army advanced too fast, and many caravans from the Tang Dynasty had no time to leave. I took in all the caravans that came to Ratan City."
"Well done!" Raja Sri patted him on the shoulder: "Take me to see them quickly."
The two returned to Ratan City. The two-day siege battle caused heavy casualties in Ratan City, and there were wailing sounds everywhere.
"Chief Ratan, please evacuate with your people as soon as possible!" The repulsed Arab army will gather in a few days at mostMore troops will come to Ratan City. Definitely can't hold it.
"The people of the Tang Dynasty have a saying that if you keep green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood, so you should do your best to retain as many tribesmen as possible. Continue eastward, there is our newly developed jade mine, and there are also some guards from Tang's Trading Company. Let’s discuss it with them again!”
"Yes!" Ratan Tata took Raja Sri to the place where Datang merchants were housed, and went to arrange the evacuation.
Raja Sri entered the hall. Because there were many businessmen coming, the small Ratan City could only arrange such a place for them.
Everyone huddled together, praying in their hearts that the war would end soon.
Many people came to Tianzhu to do business and reap the profits, but they never expected to encounter such a thing.
After entering, Raja Sri said: "I am the Queen of Tianzhu, Raja Sri. I am sorry for involving you in the war between Tianzhu and the Arab Empire."
"Queen?"
"Really the Queen of Tianzhu?"
These businessmen did not expect that the Queen of Tianzhu would come, but no one should pretend to be her identity.
An old man stood up and said: "Queen, you're welcome. This was originally an invasion by the Arab Empire against you. What's wrong with you? We have to thank Chief Ratan for taking us in during the war."
Raja Sri nodded to the old man, and then asked: "I just came back from Chang'an, and I have reached a lot of cooperation with Duke Ping of the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Chamber of Commerce. Is there anyone from the Tang Chamber of Commerce here?"
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone looked at the one-armed man in the corner.
Looking at the blood on his broken arm, it was obvious that it had just been chopped off.
The man was sitting in the back with some slump, but he raised his head after hearing Raja Sri's words.
"You...you know our boss?"
"Yes!" Raja Sri nodded, took the long knife from the guard and handed it to him: "When I go to Chang'an this time, I will personally trade with your employer for three thousand weapons produced by your Tang Iron Shop. "
The man confirmed that it was indeed a weapon produced by his Tang family. He held the long knife and cried: "I...I'm sorry to my boss! We...we..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he fainted.
LaWhile calling for help, Kasri asked other Tang businessmen around him to find out that there was a caravan of more than 500 people from the Tang Trading Company. He was the only one who escaped alive.
You must know that Tang's Trading Company is the strongest, so the amount of goods coming in and out every time is huge, and it also brings a lot of money.
A caravan of more than 500 people and more than 300 guys can become combatants. In addition, with sophisticated weapons, ordinary small forces are actually no match for them.
Plus Datang's name is there, who dares to touch them easily?
But this time they encountered the arrogant Arab army. In the eyes of these fanatical religious warriors, what was the Tang Dynasty? What Pingguo Gong? Never heard of it!
No matter how powerful it is, can it be more powerful than the gods they believe in? Therefore, the caravans of Tang's Trading Company were treated as fat sheep.
After a while, the one-armed man was revived.
Raja Sri looked at him and said: "I already know what happened to you, but don't you think you have more important tasks now?"
"My...mission..." The man's eyes were a little blurry.
"Yes, shouldn't you tell Duke Ping what happened here? The souls of your dead companions are wandering outside and cannot return to their homeland. Please ask Duke Ping to pick them up."
"Yes, yes, yes!" The man seemed to have been injected with vitality: "I have to tell my boss that we at Tang's Trading Company cannot die in vain!"
He also suffered a sudden blow and became a little depressed. Now when he heard Raja Sri say this, he finally thought of Tang Ping.
