RHE - Chapter 1161: Breaching Khorasan!

Chapter 1161: Breaching Khorasan!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Wang Chong turned his gaze back to the walls of Khorasan, smiling as he squinted at the two figures standing there.

"Abu Muslim, Ziyad, I've already given you a chance. Since you're not willing to surrender, then I'll do as you wish and have you live and die with this city!"

With these words, Wang Chong closed his eyes and became motionless. The two hundred thousand soldiers behind him were also like sculptures, none of them showing any signs of movement. But this only made the pair standing on the wall even more uneasy. No one knew what Wang Chong was scheming.

Abu Muslim turned to Ziyad. "Ziyad, check again. We can't allow Samarkand to be repeated. The gates must be kept under strict watch. If any Sassanid tries to approach, they must be killed without question! In addition, has the news reached Baghdad? When will our reinforcements arrive?"

Khorasan was the final gateway of the Arabian east. Once Khorasan was lost, the Arabian capital of Baghdad would be threatened. The two were only two-thousand-some kilometers from each other; only a few days would be needed to travel the distance. In the Arabian Empire's history of constant conquest and expansion, this was the first time an enemy had ever gotten so close.

This was the reason Abu Muslim had not continued to flee westward, instead choosing to remain in Khorasan.

"I've already checked. All the city gates are under heavy guard. No mishaps will occur. The news has already reached Baghdad, but all the nobles in the capital are in panic.

"In addition, in the previous battle, the forces of Cairo, Qutaybah's northern war zone, and our own forces were deployed, and the eastern half of the empire has been essentially emptied out. There are no soldiers behind us that can be deployed. Although there are still other governors with their own armies, they wouldn't be able to make it in time. The closest army would need at least half a month, and it doesn't have many soldiers. Even if it m

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Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1161: Breaching Khorasan!

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