After the Abbasid Dynasty flourished, it began its historical law of prosperity and decline, and the rulers began to enjoy luxury. When the Caliph Mansour was reigned, he built a new capital on the west bank of the Tigris River in Baghdad. The construction of the new capital was used.

It took more than 100,000 people, four years, and more than 4.8 million Derhan, which shows that he spared no expense.

New Baghdad is a circular city, so it is called "Tuancheng". It is five miles long in diameter, divided into three levels: outer city, inner city and imperial city, and three walls. The imperial city is located in the center of the entire city, with the Forbidden City as the center of the circle.

, the city walls form three concentric circles. The city walls have four city gates at equal distances. Four streets extend from the central area to the city gate, shaped like wheel spokes. There are palaces, official residences, mosques, libraries, gardens, etc. After that,

On the east bank of the river, camps were built for the crown prince, mansions and mosques were connected by floating bridges on the east bank of the river, and they were connected to each other as a horn, gradually forming a city spanning both sides of the Tigerus River.

The Song Dynasty Expeditionary Force entered by water and land, and arranged its troops on both sides of the Tigerus River, and launched a clamp attack on the city of Baghdad. They first launched an attack on Hedong, swept through the castles, and attacked the castles in the castles.

The experience and powerful naval gun fire support were supported, and the battle was very smooth. It took only a day and a night to capture the most sturdy Prince Castle, which caused a great shock. People fled or surrendered.

To avoid being slaughtered.

After occupying the east bank of the river, in order to prevent the ships in the main city from escaping along the river, Cheng Xishou ordered two iron cables to be pulled up and downstream of the city to block the river channel, and sent ships to patrol along the river, deploy troops on the shore, any

No one who wanted to escape by boat could escape from the encirclement. This preventive measure proved necessary. In the chaos, the ministers in the city wanted to take the opportunity to escape from the water, and they sent warships to break through the levels set by the Expeditionary Force on the river.

In front of the Song army's warships, their actions soon failed. The warships were sunk and the soldiers were wiped out. The people fled back to the city in a panic.

As the castles around Baghdad were broken one by one, Ma Wei, who was responsible for the land attack, ordered the army and captured prisoners to cut down trees and demolish houses to build a wooden railing along the main city, surrounding the city and closing all the cities.

On the way, the army set up camp three miles outside the city.

The Caliph Fateh of the Seljuk Empire initially sent an envoy to blow the savory sausage in front of the Song army. He was a cooked duck, but he was left with a stubborn mouth. He was not ready to deal with the war, that is, he did not mobilize his army.

The city defense fortifications were not strengthened. Seeing that the Song army was fierce in offensive, all the roads to the city were blocked. He was panicked and completely desperate, knowing that he could no longer escape from the palms of the Eastern people.

At this time, although the main forces in the city were all Sultan Sanjar who went out to fight, there were only five thousand palace Gulam as the main force in defending the city. Now he could only temporarily recruit 50,000 city defense troops from the city to defend the city. This army is very

Fighting forward, he repelled an attack from the west, and the victory made Fatah forget his will. He thought that there was nothing scary about the Eastern people, and claimed that his rights were given by Allah. Whoever resisted me would be opposed to Allah

, This is a great rebellion and will be punished by Allah.

But as soon as Fatah's words were spoken, the enemy began to attack the city again, and it became more and more fierce. What made the defenders feel magical and frightened were the black and broken iron lumps, and they wondered why those guys under the city flashed with fire.

After a loud bang, the remaining limbs of human bodies will fly all over Baghdad, and humans will realize their dream of flying?

Hearing that the battle outside the city was fierce, Fatah was so scared that he sat down on the ground. From the pride of all kinds, he became depressed, his head was blank, and he was silent. He hurriedly asked the ministers for advice and everyone gave him a message.

The idea was to bribe the enemy with generous gifts. He also enlightened him that the treasures accumulated are for the purpose of preserving honor and making people happy. A large number of treasures should be prepared, and carried by a thousand camels and a thousand Arab horses.

Go and give it to the commander of the Orient and his men. Apologize to them, pray for them on the festival, and promise the conditions for the Orient to trade.

The great Caliph felt that it was a bit painful to give the treasures he had accumulated for generations to the enemy, but the enemy was already at the city and could not be hard, so he sent a great minister out of the city to ask for peace.

Obviously, he was spoiled by others. It would be fine if he had a bad attitude, but he was not good at speaking, claiming that if he offended the Caliph, something unfortunate would happen:

The war horses die, the soldiers get sick; the sun cannot rise, and the world will fall into boundless darkness; the rain will not fall, and the world will be in red wilderness; a cold wind will blow, and the world will be destroyed by an earthquake; plants will not grow from the ground, countless people

They will die of hunger; and the other is that the person who commands this war will die first that year.

What the Grand Chair said was terrifying, but he forgot that the people he was facing were from the far east, their beliefs were completely different from those here, and he didn't know who their god was, especially these great Song expeditionary forces.

The god in his heart is the emperor. The result is that after the Grand Tutor issued a prophecy, it only caused a burst of laughter, and it was a military stick. Everyone wanted to see that beating the messenger of God would be the result of a god!

The peace talks broke down and the generals in the city began to persuade the Caliph to actively prepare for war and recruit warriors to form an army. He also warned Fatah not to take any measures to fight back the powerful enemy, and the Eastern army would definitely break through the city, just like they were in other castles.

The same thing is, rob them of all their money, and they will become slaves, no matter the rich or poor. If things go against their wishes, the noble man would rather die gloriously on the battlefield. After receiving the promise that the generals could disperse the enemy and keep the city, Fatah agreed.

They summoned the army.

Baghdad City is known as the center of the world. It is a big city as famous as the Bianjing of the Song Dynasty. It has a population of millions and does not lack troops. At this critical moment, a large army was quickly summoned. The generals were not afraid of death, but theirs

But the Caliph loved money very much. When he heard that the army had gathered and it was time for him to send money again, Fatah was unwilling to do so, and he did not mention the money. Without money, the team that had already been gathered dispersed again

The generals were completely desperate and were left to fate to wait for the mercy of fate.

This is exactly the old saying of "people die for money and birds die for food". If Fatah is willing to give up his wealth, he will gather a powerful army. Even if he cannot repel the Song army, he will come as long as he persists for a while and is eager to return to his voyage.

The Song army might have agreed to the peace talks. They originally did not want to overthrow the current regime. But he was so stingy with money that put himself, the residents in the city, and even the country in danger. He didn't think about it, and he would have lost his life.

Then, what's the use of having that much money?

A few days after the siege, a section of the outer wall in Baghdad collapsed under the continuous bombardment of artillery. Fatah, who was in a semi-shock state, remembered to surrender, but it was too late. The Song army quickly occupied the city wall and controlled the city defense.

It marks that the city of Baghdad has fallen...

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"Master General, please slow down your troops into the city first!" When Cheng Xishou and Ma Wei were about to enter the city, the captain of the "Pi Xiu" task force, who had been silent, found them and stopped the next military operation of the expeditionary force.

"Chan... Deputy Chief Chen, Your Majesty has the intention first. Your contingent must not interfere with the military operations of our expeditionary force. What do you mean?" Cheng Xishou took the gold medal handed over by the captain of the Pixiu task force and realized that this was with him.

The man who had been on a ship for half a year was named Chen Minggu, and he was also the deputy chief of the Imperial City Intelligence Department. He was actually a lieutenant general, with a rank lower than his own, and was on par with the deputy commander Ma Wei. He was puzzled and surprised.

Asked.

"Master General, I have no intention of interfering in military affairs, I just ask for something!" Chen Gu saluted respectfully and said.

"Then why do you stop us from entering the city?" Ma Wei also looked up and down at the man, asking. He was born and died in the army and followed the emperor for many years before he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general with his military achievements. This man was a few years younger than himself.

I have never seen it, and I have never even heard of this person in the army.

"This... can you talk with me in one step!" Chen Gu said hesitantly.

"Deputy Chief Chen, please say something!" Cheng Xishou immediately understood, and he waved his hand and asked both left and right to withdraw from the tent.

"Master Xie, Deputy Commander understands!" Chen Gu still said very politely, "Do you know what the two commanders are for when His Majesty launches an expedition this time?"

"Didn't it punish the Seljuk Empire for robbing and killing our Song Dynasty caravans and opening up the maritime trade route from Song Dynasty to Persia? Is there any other intention?" Cheng Xishou and Ma Wei looked at each other and were very surprised. He said in a deep voice.

.

"The Grand Marshal said it is right. This expedition is to open up the trade route, but there is another reason why Your Majesty is inconvenient to make it clear!" Chen Gu said in a low voice, "Persia has been established for hundreds of years. Although it has been changed for a long time, it is also a great country after all.

, with a deep accumulation and many advantages, Your Majesty also yearns for it..."

"We understand this very well. We will never let go of the good things in the city. We will bring them back to His Majesty. I have traveled all over the world, so I still have this little vision!" Before Chen Gu finished speaking, Cheng Xishou smiled and said in his heart.

Le turned out that the emperor was worried that he would miss the treasures in the city, so he sent someone else to stare at them.

"No, no..." Chen Gu waved his hand repeatedly, "How could Your Majesty be worried about the general's eyesight? However, this time he took his property was just the second best. What His Majesty wanted was something else. Humiliarity was just worried about it.

The commander led his troops into the city and destroyed it, and then he rashly stopped them!"
Chapter completed!