The loud sound of artillery fire shook the earth, and the battlefield was covered with smoke.

　　 Hundreds of siege mortars lined up, and the dense shells resembled meteorite rain, blasting the gates of Baghdad heavily.

　　 This city, known as "The Gift of God", as the capital of the Abbasid Empire, has been struggling for a month under the offensive of the Ayub Empire.

　　 With more than two thousand shield vehicles and tens of thousands of soldiers advancing again, the sound of guns and shouts once again sounded on the battlefield that had been silent for a while.

　　 On a low mound 1,500 meters from the city gate, thousands of cavalry guards a mighty middle-aged man wearing a white scarf, who quietly observes the situation of the war without saying a word.

　　In the distance, a general wearing Malanmo's mail ran wildly while exclaiming excitedly: "Great Caliph! The omnipotent Emperor Saladin! The enemy can no longer hold it!"

　　 Saladin, who is nearly fifty years old, looks completely different from the legendary "undefeated God of War" on the battlefield, but more like a scholar who has been immersed in academics and books for a long time. He heard the general's shouting, and he did not have the pride and joy that others expected, but his expression was solemn and his eyes sharp.

　　 Saladin looked at the resistance at the end of the strong crossbow on the wall, while touching the gray beard on his face, said to the running general: "Isam, send another envoy to persuade the nobles in the city to descend."

The general called Elem strangled his horse, his eyes widened, and asked in disbelief: "Go and persuade surrender again?! Caliph, with all due respect, there has been no persuasion to surrender at this point in the battle. necessary……"

　　 "Tell the nobles in the city that the condition I made this time persuading them to surrender is to allow them to take all their belongings and servants and leave Baghdad."

"Allowed to bring all the property and servants?! Saladin the Great, I heard that right?! The first time you persuade them to surrender, you let them surrender all their wealth, leaving them with only one life; the second time you persuade them to surrender, you allow their patriarch , Take away the same amount of gold as their weight; when this time comes to persuade them to surrender, you even allow them to escape with all of their possessions?!"

　　 "The Caliph! I don't understand why the more advantageous the battle, the more generous the conditions you offered to persuade us to surrender?!"

　　 Saladin laughed and waved his riding whip, took a sharp whip on Elem’s mount, and shouted at the back who was running farther and farther: "Remember what I said! Just do it!"

　　 After half an hour, the surrendering mission entered the city, and the entire battlefield fell into deathly silence.

　　 After another half an hour, persuaded the delegation to return to the Chinese army and return to Saladin.

"The Great, the Abbasid nobles learned of your proposal and divided into two factions. One faction decided to take wealth and exit Baghdad, the other faction vowed to use their lives to guard the coffin of the Abbasid caliphate and the members of the royal family. These people I plan to abandon the outer city and retreat to the inner city."

　　 Saladin looked at the smoke-filled city, and asked in a deep voice: "How many defenders are there in the inner city?"

　　 "Three thousand people, of which one thousand are the royal guards of the Abbasid Empire."

Issam tightened the reins and whispered to Saladin: "The strength of the last army in the inner city cannot be underestimated. Moreover, the terrain there is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are countless turrets and forts, which will be difficult. Hard bones to gnaw."

　　 Saladin touched his beard and smiled, "No matter how hard a bone is, it can't escape a day of being broken."

　　 The Ayub Empire’s army retreated ten kilometers, Baghdad opened the gate, and the flag symbolizing the Abbasid dynasty was slowly lowered on the wall.

　　 Saladin, who was riding on a horse, looked at everything in front of him and nodded gently.

　　Elim looked at the aristocratic caravan slowly marching out of the city, imagined the wealth loaded on it, biting his lips with heartache, and sighed.

　　 Saladin twisted the stopper of the kettle, took a sip of water, looked at Elem, shook his head and said, "Look a little farther."

"The caliph! We have an army of 70,000, and one hundred and seventy artillery pieces. To us, Baghdad is like the fruit of a tree, which can be picked by just standing on tiptoe!" Elem said with a heartache, "Although it is said that There is still royal wealth in the city, but the wealth of these nobles is only a lot more than that! And now, so much wealth is under our noses and has slipped away quietly! If this wealth can be cut off, we can be formed. One hundred thousand...no, two hundred thousand army, at that time, no one in this world can compete with you anymore!"

　　 Saladin looked at the other person’s expression in his eyes, smiled and repeated Shi Cai's words: "Elim, look farther."

Elem looked around and whispered to Saladin: "Caliph, why don't you give me a cavalryman. I will order those soldiers to take off their uniforms and hide the flags. We can follow the noblemen in a suitable place." The location launched a surprise attack, no one would know..."

　　 Saladin waved his hand and denied the proposal in one sentence: "In the presence of God, my promise is like a law that cannot be shaken!"

　　 After waiting six hours, the convoy of the Baghdad nobles finally disappeared from the army's sight.

　　 Saladin led a large army into this ancient southern city with a thousand years of history.

　　 The traces of war are all over the city. The trees have been felled clean, the houses are full of traces of raging gunfire, and the cry of women and children can be faintly heard in the closed doors.

"Pass the order! First, no soldier may commit atrocities in the city; second, the army medical corps immediately treats the wounds and illnesses in the city; third, order Aimeni to lead the overlord regiment to maintain law and order in the city!" Saladin finished speaking to the clerk After these words, he shouted at Elem: "Before we attack the hard bones of the inner city, let us see the real wealth in this city!"

　　 In Elem's puzzled expression, Saladin led an army into the building complex in the north of Baghdad.

　　 Looking at these majestic buildings in front of him, Saladin got off his horse, lowered his head, and moved forward on foot instead.

　　Elim, who did the same thing, looked at the towering and gorgeous buildings in front of him, and asked in a low voice, "Caliph, where is this place?"

　　 "The courtyard and building in front of you is Baghdad University; the building on your right is Nuristan University; further afield, there is the largest library in the world-the Palace of Wisdom."

　　 Saladin’s thick voice made a group of people hiding in the building come out. They are ragged and thin, but their upright posture and wise eyes make their identities undoubtedly revealed.

　　 Saladin handed the whip to the guards beside him, walked quickly towards the group of people, and said with a smile: "Isam! Have you seen it? These are the most precious treasures in my mind!"

After a brief greeting with the scholars in Baghdad, Saladin mounted his horse again and shouted to everyone: "In the name of the Most High God! I hereby declare that everything here is under the shelter of me, Saladin. ! Food, medicine, safety...I will provide everything needed here!"

After giving a series of orders, Saladin took the helmet from the guards and put it on his head, and swung the whip towards the palace in Baghdad: "It's time to break the last bone on the remains of the Abbasid Empire. Go! Go!"

　　 The inner city of Baghdad at this time was already heavily surrounded by the Ayub Empire army.

　　 The muzzle of hundreds of artillery guns turned towards the front entrance of the palace, and the soldiers repeatedly checked the powder and flint of the guns.

　　 Before Saladin rode to the inner city, he asked an old general in charge of the offensive: "Nizal, how is the enemy's situation?"

　　 "Something's wrong." Nizar turned his head and said to Saladin: "The enemy cannot be seen on the wall, and we have spoken several times and no one has answered. The inner city is silent, and it looks like a...dead city."

　　 Just when the army was uncertain, the inner city gate slowly opened.

　　 A majestic giant nearly two meters tall, with a metal goblin mask on his face, and arrows and broken spears all over his body, pushing the door open from the inside.

　　 Then, several giants in the same costume walked out of the city gate, knelt down on the side of the road, motionless.

　　 Saladin, sitting on horseback, looked at these strange giants in front of him, and his heart moved.

At this moment, a young man who wrapped his body in a black robe walked out of the city gate. Using a slightly jerky Arabic, he said loudly: "Great and wise Emperor Saladin, you are the most Humble servant, now offer to you Baghdad Palace, the supreme diamond on the crown of the empire!"

　　 Saladin took a deep look at the young man who was kneeling on the ground, and led the army into the inner city without saying a word.

　　 As soon as he entered the city gate, Issam looked at the scene in front of him, and said puzzledly: "It's strange, the Baghdad Palace in my memory doesn't have such a high hill?"

　　 The old general Naizal saw the scene clearly, opened his eyes, his throat made a loud voice, and shouted: "God is here! This is not a hill at all!"

　　 A "mountain" made up of human corpses appeared in front of everyone.

　　 Thousands of dead, some were guard soldiers guarding the palace, some were maids in the palace, and some were even members of the noble royal family. All of them were stripped of armor and clothes, and the corpses were divided and torn into pieces, piled together, and turned into an extremely brutal "landscape~lightnovelpub.net~ All of this in front of us is not what humans belong to. What can be done, only the devil can do such a deed. Even warriors who have experienced many battles and soldiers who are accustomed to seeing death make them feel a bitter cold from the depths of their hearts.

　　 Saladin moved the horse's rein, walked in front of the black-clothed man, looked at the man who lowered his head to his horse's hoof, and asked in a deep voice: "Did you capture the inner city of Baghdad?"

　　 The man's body did not move, but the voice seemed to come from the ground: "Yes, the great Saladin, I and my men defeated the enemies in the inner city."

　　 Saladin glanced at the two-meter-tall "giants" and asked, "How many people are there under your men?"

　　 "Three hundred."

　　 "Do you dare to deceive the wise Caliph?!" An angry Issam drove over at this time and began to reprimand the man in black loudly.

　　 Saladin raised his right hand and stopped Isam's yelling.

　　 Looking at the young man surrounded by hundreds of muskets, Saladin thought for a while on horseback, and finally asked: "Young man, tell me your name."

　　 The black-clothed man lifted his hood and revealed a pale face. He smiled and said, "The supreme King Saladin, my name is Throat."...

　　

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