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"Li Shangshu, this is the Mogao Grottoes, which began to be excavated in the former Qin, and there are more than 1,000 caves, so it is also called the Thousand Buddha Caves."

Shazhou, southeast, Zhang Huaiding, who had just sat on the throne of the Guiyi Army, could be described as high-spirited.

However, he has not forgotten who he can sit on in this position, if it were not for the support of the imperial court, it is estimated that there are people who have risen up against him now.

Therefore, Zhang Huaiding did not dare to slack off at all for the officials of the mission led by Li Ling, and said that he would personally accompany him when he came to Mogao Grottoes this time.

"This scale is indeed huge, I didn't expect to see such a treasure in Shazhou, the westernmost place in the west of the river. The murals, the buildings and the painted sculptures all made me want to leave. Li Li was also shocked by the Mogao Grottoes in front of him.

Zhang heard that Shengshang had built a library building in Chang'an, and Li Shangshu also had a library in his mansion. The most important thing in this Mogao Grottoes is the Buddhist scriptures, in addition to the classics about Hexi and the Western Regions, I think I will like it very much. ”

Although Zhang Huaiding had never seen the saint, he also inquired about some of his hobbies, and also wanted to give some gifts to show his gratitude.

Li Li's face was a little moved, knowing that Zhang Huaiding wanted to take the opportunity to show his loyalty, but he shook his head, but the other party slapped the horse's hooves.

"Zhang Shuai may be disappointed. These classics about Hexi and the Western Regions, if Zhang Shuai doesn't mind, he wants someone to rub a copy and bring it back to Chang'an.

But forget about those Buddhist classics, I'm very interested in it, but Your Majesty doesn't like Buddhism. Thinking that Zhang Huaiding's hospitality during this time was very good, Li Li didn't want the other party to do bad things with good intentions.

Zhang Huaiding was taken aback, but he didn't expect this to happen, and hurriedly said, "Thank you Li Shangshu for reminding me, Zhang almost did something bad." But most of the people in Hexi believe in Buddhism, which 。。。。。 ”

Li Li smiled and shook his head, "There won't be anything about the Huichang period, but it's true that Your Majesty doesn't like Buddhism." And His Majesty attaches great importance to Taoism, and now the ordnance supervisor is a Taoist priest from Taoism, and several abandoned Buddhist temples in Chang'an have also been demolished. ”

Li Li didn't say much, thinking that with Zhang Huaiding's cleverness, he should be able to understand the meaning of his words.

Today's holy Taoist priests have no signs of destroying the Buddha, but they are promoting the Tao and suppressing the Buddha, and even Liu Jurong is a Taoist priest who comes out of the mountain, and he can also refine the pill.

Zhang understands that after a while, he will build a Taoist temple in Shazhou and invite Taoist masters to stay! In the future, the Guiyi Army will not continue to open new caves in Mogao Grottoes. ”

Zhang Huaiding quickly understood the meaning of Li Ling's words, and it was naturally impossible to destroy the Mogao Grottoes. There are so many Buddhists in Hexi that he won't dig his own grave, but he can stop building new caves.

Now that there are thousands of caves in Mogao Caves, it is very troublesome to maintain, and the newly opened caves are undoubtedly a great pressure for the Guiyi Army.

Although the saint did not like Buddhism, Li Li was very interested in these Buddhism and those Hexi-style classics.

The texts on Buddhism are not suitable for consecration, but they can be collected. Collecting books is one of his great hobbies, in addition to Hongwenguan, Guozijian and Chang'an Academy, etc., in Chang'an, his family's library has the largest collection of books.

Up to now, his family's library has 9,000 volumes, which is called a rich. In his house, this library is the most valuable.

It is also Zhang Huaiding's job to have a good relationship with Li Ling, the consolation envoy, and since Li Pei is interested, he is naturally happy to accompany the other party.

Li and his entourage stayed in Shazhou for nearly two months before setting out on their return journey.

During this time, the delegation had a deeper understanding of Hexi, and also brought back a lot of rubbings of some customs and classics about Hexi and the Western Regions.

After the return of the imperial mission, it became increasingly obvious that Zhang Huaiding was preparing to invade the Uighurs in Ganzhou.

As a result, the number of clashes between the two sides in Ganzhou also increased, but in Ganzhou, the Guiyi army did not have the upper hand, so an army of more than 1,000 people appeared in the field, surrounded by thousands of Uighur cavalry, and then all of them were killed.

This became a fuse, and under this pretext, Zhang Huaiding officially announced to the entire Guiyi army that he would crusade against the Ganzhou Uighurs.

All of a sudden, the entire four states actually controlled by the Guiyi Army began to mobilize.

Due to the response of the imperial court, Zhang Huaiding was very confident that if he could destroy the Ganzhou Uighurs in one fell swoop, it would be the best.

No matter how bad it is, it will hit the Ganzhou Uighurs hard.

Therefore, he decided to send out the 5,000 elite cavalry of his headquarters, a total of 70,000 cavalry.

After the defeat of the Tubo by the Guiyi army, the Guiyi army did not send so many troops. Even if Xizhou and Yizhou were lost, the Guiyi army only dispatched 30,000 or 40,000 people, which shows how ambitious Zhang Huaiding is this time.

If you can succeed, then everyone will be happy; If it fails, the Guiyi army will be greatly damaged.

Hexi began to shroud the clouds of war, and the mission that set off for Chang'an also noticed it, so they accelerated their speed and wanted to return to Liangzhou as soon as possible.

But whatever you're afraid of, you'll come!

Just over two hours after the mission left Fulu County, it was found that a ranger appeared in the distance of the mission, staring at the mission for a short time.

This is not good news.

Li Li hurriedly asked Li Wenzhong, "What's going on with Commander Li?" ”

Li Wenzhong cupped his fists and said, "Our scouts found that there were cavalry trailing behind our ranks, not like horse bandits, but most likely Uighur cavalry, and there have been thousands of Guiyi cavalry attacked by Uighur cavalry in this vicinity before.

If the horse bandits are fine, if they encounter Uighur cavalry, then they will be in trouble. ”

Hexi is now relatively chaotic, the Guiyi Army's control over various places is not as good as before, and the rise of the Uighurs in Ganzhou and the birth of horse bandits are also very normal.

However, the horse bandits in Hexi are not strong, and the most is only a thousand people, and the raids on the merchant travelers are almost the same, and attacking regular cavalry like them, not to mention sending them to death, will also cause great losses, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"Uighur cavalry?"

Hearing this, not only Li Ling, but also the other officials present did not look very good-looking, and they were a little pale.

"We are the envoys of the imperial court, and the Uighurs have always had a close relationship with the imperial court, so they will not attack us!"

Someone shook their heads, "Since the destruction of the Uighur Khanate, the Uighurs who migrated west have had little contact with my Tang Dynasty. Before the Liugu tribe surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the Ganzhou Uighurs did not react at all. ”

Li Li's brows were furrowed, he was also a little nervous, but he was the person in charge here, so he naturally couldn't act very embarrassed.

"Commander Li, can we withdraw to Fulu County?"

"I can't guarantee that if we are fast, we may be 。。。。。 in time"

Before Li Wenzhong finished speaking, several cavalry of the Right Shence Army in the distance quickly rushed towards the large team.

"Report to the commander, there is a large number of cavalry more than ten miles to the south, the number is about 3,000 people!" I want to talk about "Rebirth of Tang Zhongxing" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~