Chapter 836
Corn rice, braised pork!
In the Ming Dynasty, this food is definitely first-class, and it is the landlord and old wealthy family. At most, it is only when the busy season starts, so I am willing to give the long-term workers a meal!
But the Tang Kingdom was generous. For the surrendered soldiers, there was a big bowl of rice, with at least half a pound of braised pork inside. It was like a hand-pickled rice, with meat in the rice and rice in the meat.
Let you eat enough at one time.
Eat or not is a choice.
Facing the fragrant braised pork, even if it was the one who thought he was pious in the past, he started to eat it voraciously after hesitating for a moment.
After all, the survival instinct will drive them to make the most appropriate choices.
This meat is so fragrant!
I have never eaten such delicious meat in my life!
At this moment, the aroma of meat was imprinted in their hearts.
After drinking a few bowls of meat rice, I will shout another sentence.
"Do you want to convert to Buddhism?"
Those who respond immediately are like clouds.
In fact, the so-called "religion" often follows reality. After all, there are carrots on one side and knife on the other. Everyone knows how to choose.
At least most people have weak wills, just as their ancestors converted to the Green Church.
Braised pork shakes your mind and destroys your will. Then, be obediently a slave to our Tang Dynasty soldiers!
After all, in the future, the soldiers and men of the Tang Dynasty would join the army to fight. Someone would always do the rough work such as raising horses and farming, and it would be necessary to leave some people to be slaves.
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Every day, thousands of hungry defenders fled to the Tang army. Although it could save a lot of food for the defenders, the problem was that the strength of the defenders was weakened.
Of course, what is more important is that the siege of complaints and hunger are tortureing everyone in the city of Isfahan, whether it is ordinary people, soldiers, tribal leaders and nobles. The siege of more than eight months has put all of them on the verge of collapse.
Now, the emergence of a large number of deserters has shaken everyone's will. If it weren't for the pagans standing outside the city, it wasn't for worrying that their butcher's knife would come to him.
Perhaps, they had surrendered long ago.
Sometimes, the so-called "unity" is just a face caused by external pressure.
"Big Emir, His Majesty Shah has something to discuss with you."
The eunuchs from the palace came to Shayide's palace to report,
The so-called "Great Emir" is actually the tribal leader. Although the Safi Dynasty was established with the support of the seven Turkmen tribes and the Kizilebash army from these tribes. However, after the establishment of the dynasty, they declined in terms of wealth, land and military power in the continuous attacks of "Shah" in all generations, but the seven "Great Emirs" are still the richest and most powerful people in Persia.
"What's the point of your Majesty?"
"His Majesty Shah hopes that all the nobles and Emirs will take out all their treasures and food to inspire the defenders to guard the capital. Moreover, Shah feels that there may be traitors in the city, and wants to discuss with you who may become traitors and collude with the Tang people."
The emergence of deserters made Abbas II realize the danger. While ordering the execution of deserters and strengthening patrols, he believed that the biggest risk exists inside. After all, there are now a large number of Red-headed troops in the city, such as the Red-headed troops of the seven major tribes. These Red-headed troops that pushed the Safi family to the throne have been the source of rebellion and stumbling blocks to the royal power after the establishment of the dynasty.
Why did these Emirs, whose "fiscation" have been abolished, lead their troops to guard Isfahan? Isn't it because they gave them the promise to restore the fief? But in the face of the current dilemma, will these Emirs turn against him and betray him?
If there is a way out, they will never be trapped in the dead city!
Therefore, only Abbas II sent Shayide to the palace to discuss matters Shayide's sister was his concubine, and they were all his family members. His family members could always discuss some things.
But the problem is that Shayed is also an emir, and his mind is also very clear! After the establishment of the dynasty, like the family and other families, his fiefs were taken back and his power was suppressed, and he could only maintain his rule in the tribe. This time, the reason why he was willing to send troops was on the one hand to respond to the "holy war" and on the other hand, what was it for?
Not for power, because Shah promised to give them a new fief and restore their privileges. Now, he actually suspected that the Emirs would betray him.
After chatting with Shahxu for a long time, after promising to take out all the food and treasures, Shayed had just left the palace and turned around and invited the Great Emirsul and Ishe. As soon as he saw them, he said.
"Shah is going to attack us!"
"What?"
"Shah not only wants us to give away all our food and treasures to help him defend the city! He also suspects that someone colludes with the Tang people and wants to betray him. Please ask me to enter the palace to discuss this matter. He is ready to attack you!"
"Damn it, he's crazy!"
"He must be crazy, otherwise he would not have summoned all the troops of the whole country here. Look at what are we now? Prisoners in cages!"
"No, I want to go find him and question him in person, why do you think we are colluding with the Tang people!"
"You need to calm down."
Sur grabbed Isch:
"If you go to find him, you will definitely fall into the trap!"
"What should I do?"
Ishezi said loudly.
"Now the enemy has surrounded us here, we are like prisoners, blocked here, and can't get out at all, guard the city? Even if we stay for a few more months, what should we do when the food is finished? Will we all starve to death here?"
"Surrender is also a dead end, and the Tang people's methods are very cruel. They will kill all men and leave only women to give birth to children for them!"
Suer said.
Shayed said:
"Surrender may not necessarily die. I heard that if you change your faith, such as Buddhism, the Tang people will not kill people. Only those who resist to the end will die, and this is always the case!"
Suer said loudly:
"Change faith, that's going to hell!"
"Don't forget that in Urima's eyes, we are also heretics..."
Shayide was too lazy to talk about the matter here and asked directly.
"It is better to convert to Buddhism than to die here. I heard that we also believed in Buddhism more than a thousand years ago!"
Of course, this is not impossible, but one thing that is certain is that there is no record of all this. After all, the invasion of green destroyed everything, just like Afghanistan. Without the Bamiyan Buddha, it is difficult for people in the world to find the existence of Buddhism there, just as people in the world cannot find Buddhism in Central Asia and the Western Regions, where did the Buddha Kingdoms of all sizes go there?
Even the traces were not left behind, only in the written records of the Central Plains dynasty. Even the history of the conquered areas disappeared, leaving only four big characters "The Ignorance Period", which is the reference of the historical period before the Green Church entered a certain region by the Lulu historians. In the language of Green, it is called "Jia Xiliye", which is also translated as "Barial Age".
As for that "barbaric era"?
Of course, there is nothing in the "Barial Age"!
Yes, there is nothing!
The civilization of the Two Rivers is nothing, the glorious Persian Empire is nothing, and the history of the Western Regions is naturally nothing.
Why is this happening?
"If you want to destroy a country of man, you must first destroy histories."
To the person who wrote this sentence, he was just a sigh, he didn't know that in some areas, all this happened clearly.
The four-character word "Barbaric Age" is enough to describe everything.
"Of course, the most important thing is that when we live, we just need to bring our people back to the tribe. As for Buddha or God, what's the big deal? Whether it is Buddha or God, it will not affect our power or our wealth, but..."
Staring at the two of them, Shayed said.
"If we do nothing, even if Shah didn't kill us, we would either starve to death or be killed by Don, is that what you want?"
Chapter completed!