135 Woe to the west

Compared with Dayu's steady and steady defense of the people of the Western Regions who resolutely refused to give in, the Mengwu people obviously felt that Yuejibei was a better partner to cooperate with. Gebul wrote an enthusiastic letter to Salaman Khan, 'You rule where the sun sets, I rule where the sun rises,' stating that trade would prosper each other, and that the two sides would work together to exterminate the scattered Huns, and that the Mughal caravans would trade the spoils and increasingly abundant supplies through the other territories to Baoda and the Great Cannibals. As for the division of territory, the Mughurs asked for the east of Qiuzi and Jinghe, and Bahei would withdraw from Shache, but whether Shule's moon or not others could take advantage of Dayu had nothing to do with the Mughu.

Saleman Khan had no reason not to agree, and Yusu Yufu did not need to use a single soldier, as long as he stayed comfortably in Ningyuan for the winter, he could make a steady stream of profits from the trade of the Mughal people, and he was naturally overjoyed. Musuman was furious, he had already sent people to reconnoiter the army of Da Yu, as long as there was a city, no matter whether it was attacked or defended, the moon on horseback could not be the opponent of the Yu soldiers, if there was no accident, Gumo, Shache, Pishan, and Puli would not fall into his hands, and it was possible that the Yu army would be driven out of the Green Mountains on the grounds of 'recovering the Buddha country'. He worked hard to build Shule, a place known as the 'source of the Buddha Kingdom in the Western Regions', to win Huda's dignity and rescue the ignorant people, but his father and brother were content with trade and stopped moving, and did not actively promote the teachings to the ignorant and vulgar Muguls, which is really hateful!

Under such a mentality, Mussumman did not listen to Saleman Khan's resignation to the status quo, and followed the mediation of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina to support and live in harmony with the Moses, and took advantage of the fact that Bahhay had just finished looting Shacha's belongings and the women had retreated, and brazenly attacked Shacha.

Pishan's 60,000 Yu army, under the leadership of Guan Sancai, immediately rushed to the rescue, and the general stopped the 200,000 Yue Farewell army in front of the city gate. Under the organization of Buddhist monks and Han Chinese, the Shache people welcomed the Yu army, and even though the number of people was very different, the arrival of the Yu army still made the Shache people feel sincere joy.

Gu Xi also rushed to Dunhuang at this time, and seeing that his own people might have to fight with Yue Ji first, he immediately sent a large number of Jinyi guards to spy on the situation of the Moon and Mongolia Alliance.

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At this time, there was also a lot of small commotion in the refugee camp in Xining. Small-scale protests erupted in areas inhabited by Tianfang cultists, who felt that Han Chinese employers were discriminating against them because of the atrocities of others, and that they were even being paid less than others.

The person responsible for solving this matter is Wu Shenyang, Wu Shenzhou has rushed to Dunhuang, ready to replace Gu Ke again, so that Gu Ke can go to Khotan. After asking about the situation, Wu Shenyang took the guards to the Tianfang District to gather the sect members to explain, "The agreement signed by several shopkeepers when they hired people has already stated that the hired workers are paid by the hour, and the believers of your sect will definitely not be paid for their daily worship time, and there is nothing unfair about it. ”

An elderly imam stepped in to respond, "How can it be said that many believers have been dismissed now? ”

Wu Shenyang hesitated for a while, what to say, now that there are more and more refugees, it is difficult for men who are not young and strong to find a job, which store would be willing to hire an employee who suddenly left the business at hand and began to spread out the blanket and kneel to pray......

A young man who looked like a businessman beside him suddenly spoke timidly, "This imam, your religion has always had different food and lodging, and you all bought vegetable oil and beef in my shop before, why don't we talk about a business and open a branch in your neighborhood?" In this way, it is convenient for you to have a job, and you will not have conflicts with the people of the Wei Tuo Sect. ”

The imam glanced at him, recognized it as the money shopkeeper of the Huatian Department Store who often went to buy oil and rice, and greeted him gently and politely. Last month, several fleeing merchants from the Wei Tuo Sect almost got into a fight with the Celestial Sect when they were buying things at the door of the goods store, because the Wei Tuo Sect worshiped the cow as a god, and the Heavenly Fang regarded the pig as unclean, and it happened that each side bought pork and beef. Thanks to the money shopkeeper who came forward to mediate, the matter did not make a big fuss. This proposal is also good, Dayu encourages refugees to find work, and will not restrict rich people from renting storefronts on the commercial street of Xincheng to do business, and buying goods from the money shopkeeper and selling them to the clansmen alone is also a solution. After all, there are more and more refugees, and it is too late for Han people to take care of their own families, so it is better to rely on themselves. The imam and the shopkeeper made a contract under the witness of Wu Shenyang, one party went to rent the shop, and the other side went to mobilize materials and supplies, and the matter was successfully resolved.

"Thank you for your advice." Wu Shenyang sincerely thanks.

"Lord Xiaowu has won the award, and the grass people don't dare to be it."

Qian Fuguihan smiled and started a conversation with this Tongzhi who had no 'official spirit'. One thinks that the official master is really approachable and easy to talk, and he is worthy of being the son-in-law of the queen's mother's family, and the other knows that he is the chief steward sent by the royal estate, and he is close to him and has a good conversation.

Wu Shenyang has been married to Xie Jin for many years, and now his wife is at home with a big belly and the children, and she still goes to work on Jubao Street, and she may not apply to be transferred to the Western Regions to accompany him until she is finished. His friend Qiao Qi, under the double pressure of his grandfather and father, reluctantly married the daughter of the Duke of Weiguo the year before last. It's a pity that the husband and wife look like each other, Chi Ai gave birth to a son, and Qiao Qi invited himself to Daguang to communicate happily with the Meitai people. Although the road is far away, and it takes two months for each other to arrive, but the whole region of the country is rich in products and abundant rice and grain, and he has taken a few concubines in the local area, and gave birth to a son and a daughter. This is also thanks to the special artemisia annua for malaria in the Royal Hospital, and the unremitting promotion of various mosquito repellent and mosquito control methods in Nanyang, there are many fewer people who are not accustomed to the water and soil, and now the Yu Dynasty will not regard the 'Nanban' as a daunting path.

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The sectarian dispute in Xining soon spread to the capital, and Gu Ci saw that the imam did not rent a store in the end, so he had to apply for a special approval for a room in the neighborhood as a shop, which felt a little inappropriate.

This Celestial Sect is very united internally, but different sects have different understandings of doctrines, and they will fight each other, and when they are 'isolated' and self-sufficient, it is not appropriate to look at it. During the Qing Dynasty Tongzhi ** Rebellion, the Hui and Han ethnic groups in Xi'an City were mainly engaged in commerce, got along well, and the feelings of the countryside were common, and they did not suspect each other, but they were at peace in the riots. The residents of the countryside are one village and one fort, and the Hui and Han are separated, and the ethnic groups are seriously divided, and the grievances are deep, which naturally leads to vendettas. **Playing the slogan of 'killing Han Xinghui', it was exterminated by Zuo Zongtang, many areas in Guanzhong were thousands of miles away, the Han died a thousand times and died eight hundred, and the Han people suffered heavy casualties, **After this battle, they were almost extinct, and each other did not benefit. Only the first county of Gansu Ha Guoli protected the county under its jurisdiction, and the Hui Han in Xi'an City protected each other, all survived.

From this, I thought of Dingfuzhuang, where the inner servants lived, although she did not mean to be isolated, but the objective effect was the same as that of Tianfang District. Gu Ci turned his head and asked Yiqing, who was reviewing the operation of the royal property next to him, "Ah Qing, you said, how are the attendants living in Dingfu Village?" ”

At first, Yiqing didn't understand what she meant, and said lightly, "At the beginning of the Ding Dynasty, because of disgust with the disputes between the eunuchs of the previous dynasties, all objects and historical records related to eunuchs were erased. Now they have to be reused, and it is a great blessing to have the support of the imperial court. ”

Gu Ci suddenly realized why Cai Lun's papermaking skills, Cao Teng with the emperor's name, Gao Lishi and other famous eunuchs did not appear, and even the author of "Historical Records" was Sima Qian's father Sima Tan, not to mention the notorious eunuchs such as Chang Yu, Zhao Gao, Liu Teng, Shi Chang Shi, and Li Fuguo, all of which were killed by Ding Taizu......

"Well, could it be, a little bit discriminated against?"

Yiqing raised his eyebrows and glanced at the Xining briefing, understood that he had a clue, "There are conveniences and inconveniences, some people who can go out to do things at present feel that there is nothing wrong with Zhuangzi, they go out early and return late, of course, some people have saved money to move out and live by themselves." ”

"What if it's you? Do you think it's better to live like ordinary people, or do you want to keep to yourself? ”

This question was really difficult for people, and after thinking about it for a long time, he smiled bitterly, "It's different from ordinary people, it's a fact." There are pros and cons to both, and each person's choice is different......"

Gu Ci took his hand soothingly, and he smiled back and shook it, "But as long as there is a choice, it is always better." ”

The problem of discrimination has been a chronic problem since ancient times, and no matter how advanced the civilization is, it may not be able to solve it, and if a more advanced alien comes to the earth, it will also be considered that 'it is not my race, and its heart will be different', and she does not expect to have the ability to deal with religious disputes now, as long as it does not escalate into war, it is a good thing.

Gu Ci put this matter behind him, but Yiqing truthfully reported it to Shenzong, and after Mu Wanqing listened, he asked to join the guidance work in the army's propaganda work, so as to prevent the soldiers from throwing themselves to a certain religion because they were not fit to kill, which would affect the will to fight.

This will be the starting point of 'psychology' in a hundred years.

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Gu Qiye did not come to Dunhuang in vain, even if the situation in Shache was about to erupt, he still managed to find an opportunity to stuff a translator between Musuman and Bahei as a nail. Bahe's black brain melon is flexible, seeing that his father will immediately break Changji and press on the Jinghe, and Qiuzi will also fall into the hands of Hu Qin, he will go to Pu Li, and he will have to face Shule's moon that is, and he can't please under Da Yu, so he has to let it out, so it is better to grab a handful of Gumo again, and then join up with Hu Qin. So he sent a caravan of 500 men to transport the treasure to Tash through Shule to trade with each other in the realm of the great cannibals, and at the same time besieged Gumo's Quanqulu.

In the spring of the fifth year of the Divine Sect, the war-torn Western Regions were even more chilling than the goose-feather snow a few months ago.

Previously, Gebul burned and plundered in Changji, although he did not order the slaughter of the city, but the adult men who did not look like Han people were almost wiped out, but unfortunately he still let Hu Yanjie, who did not spare his hands, escape with serious injuries. The soldiers still did not harm the people of Qiuzi, but only accepted the money and captured Uwe and his 30,000 men. Gumo's Bahei and Quan Qulu have been glued to each other, and Bahei has sent a letter to Hu Qin, asking him to help, and by the way, beware of Shache's Yue Ji and Yu Jun. The battle of Shache was fought without suspense, and under the power of artillery, a broken body with turbans lay outside the city, and a panicked Mussuman retreated to Shule to recuperate and recuperate for the winter. Fang Liangzhi also gained a foothold in Pishan, waiting to encircle Shule or continue to plow.

Musuman suffered heavy losses this time, and could not squeeze much oil and water in Shule, and heard that the Mongol army had gained a lot in the Western Regions, and almost emptied the royal treasury, and hit the idea on the caravan of Bahehei, and secretly told Hebad, the son of the town guard, to scrape some oil and water from the Mughuls. The good son Hebbard understood what his father meant, and his eyes sparkled as he looked at the gold, silver, silk, and all kinds of fur fabrics on the Mughal camel. He arrested the caravan and accused them of being spies. When Musuman got the report, he told his son to 'stay in custody and await trial', but when a few people escaped that night, Hebald did not stop doing anything, killed them all, and took their property for himself.

Gebul and his son were furious, but when they heard that Mussumman's son had done this, and that Saleman Khan, who was far away in Talas, had just learned about it, he sent a three-man delegation and fifty guards to Talas to hold him accountable and demand severe punishment. Saleman Khan was also stunned by his grandson's hand, but he didn't care. But I saw the letter from the Mughu, which contained the sentence 'Treat you as my beloved son', which was extremely unpleasant, so I simply made a mistake, killed the main envoy, shaved the hair of the deputy envoy, expelled them, and then informed Yusu Yufu and Musuman to set off towards Jinghe and Gumo!

When the humiliated envoy returned to Gebul, the Mugultures were furious, gathered 200,000 elites, led by Bahei, and marched west from Shule. After recovering from his wounds, he was extremely gloomy, and Khut, who had lost his head in drawing a bow and arrows, followed his father to continue to encircle and suppress the Huns, while Hu Qin was sent to the north, preparing to go around in a big circle, from Lake Zaisan to Yibohai, to contain the reinforcements sent by Talas to Tash.

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Musuman was tripped by the Khut thorn at Shule, and the army of the Western Expedition bypassed Shule and followed the river valley into the Dawan Basin, where the western exit of the basin was located. The Mongol army was all scattered, and they divided their troops all the way to prepare for each breakthrough, and surrounded the three outer layers of the city of Tash.

In the first round of the contest, the moon who was hiding in the city was not afraid of the cavalry charge, and Hebald ordered patrols and surveillance to be strengthened to prevent night attacks. The crossbowmen on the city wall caused heavy casualties to the Mongol soldiers who tried to cross the moat, and the smashing of rolling wood and bricks also made the Mongol troops at the city gate helpless, and the twelve strong attacks were fruitless.

Bahei adjusted his deployment, changed to a long-term siege, cut off his food and grass, and then waited for an opportunity to attack. So the army was divided into two routes, and the army took various methods to break through, swept the surrounding areas, implemented the three-light policy, cut off contacts, and created a large area of no man's land, making Tash an isolated city. The city gates were surrounded on all sides, and the captured craftsmen were allowed to erect and assemble siege equipment, and the news of the slaughter was spread in the city to create panic. The craftsmen built more than 20 moats higher than the city wall outside the city in a week, set up nest cars and lookout cars for lookouts, and condescended to reconnoiter the situation of the defenders in the city, and could see almost every dead corner around the city, so as to prevent the defenders in the city from breaking through on a large scale.

However, Hebald and his men did not have the courage to break out of the encirclement, for no other reason, the horses were not fast, and even if they could escape, the infantry and civilians would only be slaughtered like lambs, and it was better to delay the time and wait for reinforcements or the Mughal who lacked logistical supplies to withdraw automatically. They ignored the fact that the Mughal cavalry was now plundering grain, grass and livestock, and slaughtering civilians who were not protected by the army. In the richest Dawan Basin in Central Asia, Osh, Andijan and other places have been reduced to red earth, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed. Moreover, Bahei would not allow the defenders to delay comfortably, and he ordered the sappers to cut down trees and shovel bricks, and continue to build high platforms near the city walls, on which powerful large bed crossbows and stone throwing carts were erected.

The Mughal crossbows were very skillful, and although they were made of wood, they were very powerful, with a range of nearly three hundred meters. There are two kinds of arrows used, one is light and small, extremely sharp, and is used for long-range shooting; The other type of heavy arrowhead is large and wide and is used for close-range shots. They learned many siege techniques from the captured craftsmen of the Western Regions, covering the wooden curtains and ladders that climbed the city walls, the trains and fire cabinets that burned the city gates, the hooks that crashed into the city gates, the bed crossbows that fired the arrows as thick as spears, and the arrows with fire with the bows, and so on. Although it is slightly crude, it is enough to deal with the same barbaric lower civilizations.

Bed crossbows and stone-throwing carts shot a rain of arrows with flammable materials such as gunpowder packs and grease and dead leaves from all directions at the houses and pavilions in the city of Tash. Many crude rockets were extinguished in flight, but quite a few hit the target and ignited the fire. Once a fire is spotted, the crossbowmen aim at that spot and shoot with a large amount of grease tied to the shaft of the arrow to cause a larger fire.

The crisp autumn season and the whirring winds helped the Mughal people, and the city of Tash was burned with fire. The streets burned to rubble, soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded, and most horrifyingly, many granaries were reduced to ashes.

Standing comfortably on the highest observation deck, Bahei admires the magnificent scene of a sea of fire.

Hebad, who seriously underestimated the Mughals, did not expect to get away with it at all, and was overwhelmed by the fire that had no time to extinguish, and now there was no way to retreat, and he could only hope for reinforcements. The news of the request for help had reached Talas long before Bahehe's departure, but Salman Khan was extremely dissatisfied with Musuman at the instigation of Yusuyufu's mother, not to mention that the Mughal were primitive nomads, and there was no city, so they were not as strong as the moon, so the envoy sent by Gebul to send a war letter again unceremoniously shaved and stripped his clothes, and then sent the general Chaha to bring 10,000 men to help defend Tash. Later, Yousu Yufu, who attacked Jinghe, was in a stalemate with Tu Xu, and Gebul took Changji and Benjinghe, not knowing whether to prepare to be a yellow finch or pull a dozen one. Saleman Khan couldn't help the pillow wind, and transferred his heavy troops to Jinghe to protect his youngest son, ignoring Tash, who had not heard for a long time. Musuman felt that something was wrong and wanted to lead his army to break out of the encirclement of the Khut Thorn and rush to the aid of Tash, but unfortunately the Khut Thorn made him helpless.

Now, after nearly four months of attacking and defending the Tash, the supply of food and grass began to be tight, and Hebad, knowing that no more reinforcements would come, felt that the end was coming, and in desperation ordered to withdraw into the inner city and lose it. The Mongolian assault team took advantage of the situation to climb the top of the city, lowered the drawbridge and let the cavalry rush in, and the outer city was lost and burned. Feeling that he could not hold on, Chaha persuaded Hebald to surrender in order to reduce military and civilian casualties, but was sternly refused. As the main culprit of this war, Hebald knew that the Mughal would never forgive him, so he issued an impassioned declaration of war, demanding that all the soldiers live and die with the city. Chaha was unwilling to be killed, so he led his cronies to sneak out at night to surrender, but who knew that Bahei interrogated him overnight, and after finding out the situation in the inner city, he ordered all of them to be beheaded. As brave and fearless people of the Immortals, the Mughal have always hated traitors who flee and flee from their masters, and only welcome enemies who surrender voluntarily from the beginning. Such an act also put an end to the idea of surrendering to others, and everyone had the idea of fighting against the water and living and dying with the city.

After Bahei cleared the outer city, he blew the horn to attack the inner city and ordered Hebad to be captured alive, but he did not expect to meet the fiercest resistance. Every street and every house has a moon that others engage in a desperate struggle with them, wielding sticks and bricks when the weapons are gone, and even tables, chairs, pots and bowls can be used, even the old woman who was cut to the ground will try her last breath to drag the legs of the Mengbing soldiers or bite the places that the armor cannot protect, not to mention the well-trained soldiers who can pull out the feather arrows and stab the Mongolian soldiers when they are hit by several arrows in their bodies, and there are even reports of Mongolian soldiers being blinded by children's slingshots. Bahei had to break his troops into pieces, sweeping through the carpet inch by inch, sometimes not caring about looting, but had to set fire to the houses and burn them to ashes along with the defenders.

Such street fighting was very brutal, and the casualties of the Mongol army were far greater than at the beginning of the war.

In the end, all resistance was quelled, and Hebald and his three guards retreated to the highest tower, smashing all the bricks that could be thrown on the tower, and still making the Mongol army pay more than 20 lives before they committed suicide from exhaustion.

The Mughals ransacked, killed, and burned the city, as they had done before.

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Of the more than 200,000 people in Tash, only a few hundred young and beautiful women survived, and even children under the age of one were 'corpses'. Such a tragic fate was a matter of no surprise for the whole month, for they had not experienced such a crushing defeat since Saturnik Khan, even more so than at the hands of the Great Cannibal. At this time, not long after breaking through the siege, Musuman, who had not yet arrived at Osh, made a painful oath of 'never forgetting the feud', and while questioning why his father did not save him when he saw death, he came out of the Dawan Basin and fled to the south of Kangju, hoping to get rid of the pursuit of the Khut Thorn, and then go north around the jade dragon Chijie to Broken Leaves. After receiving reinforcements, Yusu Yufu, who was like a thunderbolt, immediately waved his army and went straight to Gebule, hoping to be ashamed, and the two sides started a battle in the area of Xiangyang Lake (Abbey Lake).

Tu Xu was thinking about whether to pick up the leak, when he suddenly heard that his two generals had been assassinated, he immediately went out to control the scene, and was ambushed by several black-clothed people on the roof with a very special firearm. Fortunately, with the protection of his own guards, he only injured his left shoulder, but several garrisons in the city were in flames, and it was obvious that the situation was out of control. Fortunately, no one on either side of the war took him seriously, so he ran all the way to Yibohai and met the equally embarrassed Huyanjie. The enemy was very red when he saw him, and Hu Yanjie, who had always been blessed with good stars and could smear oil on the soles of his feet every time, was really unable to escape, so he had to be arrested. However, Tu Xu, whose shoulder bones were almost shattered, was not happy for a few days and died of his injuries. Hu Yanjie led his men and Tu Xu's soldiers and horses to prepare to go to Talas and say goodbye to Shunyue.

Gebul did not expect that Saleman Khan's reinforcements would be sent to Yusuyufu, and his less than 30,000 men and horses would face an army of 120,000, but he was very confident in his army, and while urgently calling for reinforcements from Yessuhai and Qinqin, he tied all the blankets on the back of the empty horses to make dummies to confuse the other party. The soldiers of Yue Jibei really believed it to be true, thinking that the Mughal reinforcements had arrived, and they were devastated. Yusuyufu stopped the panic in time and prayed in Huda's name to convince them that they would win the battle because they had the upper hand in numbers. Then divide the left and right flanks, intending to take Gebul to the shore of Xiangyang Lake.

The brave Mughal people flexibly launched an attack, Yusu Yufu ordered the whole army to dismount, tie the reins around his waist, and shoot a salvo of arrows at the Mongolian army, after several waves of dense arrow rain, finally stopped the momentum of the Mongolian army's attack. Then the commander of the three-way army turned over and launched a counter-charge against the Mongolian army. Seeing that the encirclement was about to be completed, Gebule, who knew that something was wrong, was angry and retreated to Alashankou, but unexpectedly, in the late autumn of October, the road was actually a great wind and sand, the vision was inconvenient, and many potholes or sunken quicksand were formed, and the Mongolian soldiers fell off their horses one after another, and there was nowhere to escape, becoming the target of slaughter, and only less than 500 horsemen escorted Gebule to retreat outside the mountain pass. And this small wave of people unfortunate to meet Huyanjie, the hero of the Mughal Khan Gebul died in humiliation at the hands of the Xiongnu deserters, its head as Huyanjie's vote, handed over to Yousu Yufu, cut off the ears and nose and gouged out the eyes, covered the face with pork, and sacrificed to the largest Tianfang Temple in Talas.

The rescue was too late, chased to Talas, and Suhai was dragged by Quan Qulu, and when he heard the news of the death of his father Khan, he was furious, and the whole army pressed on Gumo. Fearing the tyranny of the Mongol army, the civilians of Gumo began to rebel and betray their power. The rebels in the city desperately opened the city gates, and the Muguls entered the city. Quan Qulu took the remaining Huns to fight desperately out of the encirclement, went the opposite way, and fled to the north of Jinwei Mountain, the old nest of the Mengwu people. The cruel is not a diligent, and slaughtered all the way from the city. If it weren't for the rush to avenge his father, Gumo City would also become a scorched earth.

When savage civilizations collide, the more brutal side wins. At this point, in addition to taking refuge in Yue, that is, other Huyanjie, the power of Qulu, which fled to Mobei, the Huns who had just assembled the 'million army' for less than five years almost disappeared. The Mughal people found a new object of revenge, and Suhai went to Talas to help the diligent, and the Khut Thorn joined up with Bahei to continue the westward expedition.

Dayu quickly filled the defensive vacuum left behind the Mongol army and began to work to restore life in various places.