As one of the few cities in the world that can rival Constantinople and the two provinces of Suzhou and Hangzhou of the Eastern Dynasty,
Baghdad's population may not be as exaggerated as the "million" mentioned by Machha, but if you include the nearby almost unified Tarsus, the difference from this number isn't far off.
Such a gigantic city, or rather a city cluster, with the troops at Losa's disposal, it would be no easy feat to incorporate it into the rule promptly.
The 6,000 troops of the vanguard entering the city are undoubtedly like a small stream flowing into the ocean.
If Losa wants to rely on garrison troops to stabilize the situation, he wouldn't have the mobile forces to engage the Tatars in battle; just defending Baghdad and Tarsus alone would exhaust his troops.
