The country surnamed Wu was originally controlled by the white-clothed food, and the Abbasids of Khorasan raised the full support of the Zhaowu countries, but after the Abbasid became the new caliph, he turned around and brutally suppressed the Shi faction and the Zhaowu state that supported him back then.

Since the beginning of Tianbao's crusade to the east, An, He, Kang, Shi, Mi and other countries have fallen one after another, compared with the previous white-clothed food, the rule of the black-clothed food is more brutal, almost all the kings or fled or killed, the food plundered property, forced taxes, destroyed temples, forced the local people to convert to Islam, and slaughtered all those who dared to resist.

On the one hand, he sent people back to Damascus to ask the Abbasids to gather troops to the east, and on the other hand, he actively prepared for war in Kangguo.

This is undoubtedly an excellent excuse to intervene in the affairs of Shiguo, but Budu looked at the strategic location of Rus City, let us expand the map of Zhaowu surnamed Guo, Kang Guo is located in the southwest of Shiguo, and then south is Mi and Shiguo, and the northeast of Shiguo's capital is Baishui City and Rus City, these places seem to be a row of oblique buttons on a coat, and Ross is the collar of this coat, the north is the vast desert, the east is blocked by Qianquan Mountain, and the west is adjacent to the Yaozhi River, which has the strategic position of 'Tiqiu Potential'.

Sending troops north, Budu immediately made a decision.

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Or the Yaozhi River, it is the largest Syr Darya River in Asia today, originating in the Karakoram Mountains, crossing Asia, and finally flowing into the Aral Sea, this river has actually become the dividing line between the Tang Dynasty and the white-clothed Dashi after the decline of Turgish, the west is controlled by the Great Eclipse, and the east of Shiguo and Bahana and other countries are the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty.

The abundant water volume of the Yaozhi River has also created the fertile and rich land of Shiguo, and the reckless primeval forests are distributed on both sides of the river. From Kangguo, you can go north along the medicine to kill the river, and you can bypass Tuozhi City and Baishui City. Going straight to Ross, Chedolu sent someone to ask Budu for help, and it was also this road that he walked.

The first snow had already fallen overnight, and there were still sparse snowflakes in the air and space, falling like pine balls, and the chill was shrouded in the banks of the river, and it was the cold winter of the white and vast land of the four fields, the sky was gray, the snow was creaking with feet, and the branches were bent by the snow. The sky suddenly became so dark.

There was originally only one lonely bridge in the territory of Shiguo, that is, the stone bridge where the Tang army and the Great Food Army had an encounter, and the massacre of Tuozhi City had made this stone bridge disappear, and the bridge was covered with a thick layer of snow, and almost all the merchants crossed the border from a newly built temporary bridge in the north, passing through Baishui City to Broken City and finally going to Qiuzi.

Just east of the bridge, in a dense forest, a thin Tang soldier struggled to climb to the top of a big tree. The snow suddenly appeared in front of him, this was an extremely young Tang Jun, and even a teenager, his name was Zhao Qilang. Originally a wanderer in Chang'an City, a few years ago a golden ball made him and Li Fei Shouyu form an indissoluble bond, they are both friends and apprentices, Li Fei Shouyu was ordered to guard Xiao Bolu, but Zhao Qilang wanted to fight and make meritorious contributions, so he followed Li Qing to the west. Become a scout of the Don Army

"Shichiro, did you see that?" Someone below is shouting loudly, shouting is a Tang military captain, with a roe head rat brain, about forty years old, his name is Jiu Yanchang, originally a gang commander of the Doulu Army, in the fifth year of Tianbao, Li Qing killed Tubo Zampu. It was he who was the first to discover the camp of Tubo Zampu and made great contributions. Promoted to scout lieutenant and under the management of Duan Xiushi.

This time their task is to observe the whereabouts of the enemy army in the Yaozhi River Basin, Duan Xiushi sent a total of twenty scouts, and the Jiu Yanchang scout team is one of them, just now they seemed to see a black spot in the distance, and then it disappeared, in order to see the truth, Jiu Yanchang ordered Zhao Qilang to climb a big tree more than ten zhang high and look into the distance.

"What the hell, what moving black spots are there, isn't it that the old wine cat has been filled with too much urine, and he can't be dazzled?"

Zhao Qilang rubbed his eyes, there was still a gray expanse in front of him, the dense forest was covered with white coats, and the flying snow obstructed his vision, he lowered his head and shouted down: "Old wine, there are no black spots?" ”

"You have to think a little farther ahead!"

Hearing this, Zhao Qilang jumped onto another branch, and tried to look into the distance, suddenly, he faintly saw that behind a hill, countless black dots appeared densely, and they were coming to this side, at this time, the Tang army on the top of the mountain also sent a signal, indicating that they had also discovered the enemy situation there.

"Old wine, I see a lot of people coming this way, it should be the army."

Zhao Qilang was like a monkey, slipped down from the tree in three times and two times, and hurriedly said to Jiu Yanchang: "It's time not to be delayed, let's go back and report immediately!" ”

"Report! What to report? ”

Jiu Yanchang shook his head and said: "We are scouts, we must provide as accurate the number as possible, their marching intentions, and where the army, troops, equipment, etc., we don't know, and it is a dereliction of duty to report."

"But the military situation is like fire, and we can't afford to delay!"

Jiu Yanchang lowered his head and thought about it, and then said: "It's better like this, you take the two brothers back to report first, and I'll stay and explore."

Zhao Qilang received the order and led the two Tang soldiers to return to the camp in a hurry, while Jiu Yanchang led the others to quickly hide in the dense forest, and gradually, the snow covered the footprints they left behind.

The army that the Tang army scouts saw was indeed the 20,000 Kang** and 3,000 Great Food Army led by Budu himself, which was slightly different from the result of Li Qing's conjecture, in the capital of Kang State, Samad Jian was not only 30,000 people, in a few months, Budu had collected nearly 100,000 troops from various countries, in terms of quantity, 100,000 people had greatly exceeded the Tang Army, but after an encounter, Budu had already learned that the Tang Army was powerful, no less than the elite of the Abbasids, and even surpassed the Great Food Army in terms of equipment, he knew, This 100,000 allied army of the motley Banti is no match for even 10,000 Anxi troops, and it is necessary for the direct army of Abbasid to compete with the Tang army.

At this time, Budu's army of more than 20,000 had arrived on the west bank of the Yaozhi River, and from here there were two roads, one crossing the stone bridge to Tuozhi City; The other did not pass the bridge, but went north along the Great River, and finally crossed the river in the north, and then drove east to the city of Rus.

The army stopped at the junction and waited for Budu's order, which urged his horse to the bridge. Gazing carefully at the top of the mountain. Although he couldn't see the details on the mountain, he knew very well that there must be scouts from the Tang Army staring at him from afar.

At this time, Marshal Kang Guo stepped forward and said to Budu with a flattering smile: "Your Highness Emir, your subordinates think that the Tang Army is at this time

If we go to attack Rus City, the city will be empty, we might as well go straight to the city and let the Tang army return to defense, and the siege of Rus City will be naturally resolved. The Tang Army's Art of War also has this article, I remember calling it Wei.

"This is called Wei Wei to save Zhao!" Budu glanced at him coldly and said: "The Tang people also have a military art called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and not being defeated in a hundred battles, do you know who the current commander of the Anxi Army is?" ”

"Isn't it Gao Xianzhi?"

"Ten days ago, it might have been Gao Xianzhi, but now it's not." Budu let out a long sigh, and he couldn't tell whether his mood was relaxed or heavy, in the past few months, he had been trying to understand Li Qing's situation. Budu specially sent people to Chang'an to collect all the information about other places, how he made his fortune, his official history, his faction, and why he was demoted to Anxi, all kinds of signs show that this is a person who is highly valued by Li Longji. Otherwise, in just five or two years, how could he become an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, but Budu saw a secret from it, when the Tang Emperor was using him, he was wary of him, and he was relieved of his military power after conquering Shibao City. transferred back to Beijing as a household servant; From this time to promote him to the envoy of Anxi, but to put a young royal family by his side, these are all signs of distrust.

On the one hand, Budu sent people to collect information about Li Qing, on the other hand, he himself had dealt with Li Qing, and knew that he was a person who was good at using tricks, and he would pass through the side of Tuozhi City when he went north from Kangguo, how could Li Qing not think that he would use the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, Budu was almost sure. Li Qing's siege of Rus was just a false attack, and the real main force of the Anxi army was still in Tuozhi City. Waiting for him to throw himself into the net.

Budu stared at the top of the mountain, for a long time, he suddenly smiled proudly, waved his hand, and said softly: "The army crossed the stone bridge and advanced in the direction of Tuozhi City.

The scouts went to explore the road first, and then a group of Kangguo soldiers crossed the stone bridge and marched in the direction of Tuozhi City, and Jiu Yanchang, who was ambushed on the top of the mountain, had completed the task of the scout, and they immediately withdrew from the top of the mountain, beat their horses and galloped towards the camp.

However, Budu's army had only advanced ten miles before coming to a halt, and they suddenly turned around, withdrew back to the stone bridge, and hurried north along the Yaoshu River.

The scheming Budu was not wrong, Li Qing's main force of the Anxi Army was indeed in Tuozhi City, and the siege of Rus was only part of the Doulu Army and the newly built Dawan Army, but, just as Li Qing did not guess the number of his army, Budu did not guess the true intention of Li Qing's main force to stay in Tuozhi City

In the early hours of the morning, before dawn, the snowflakes in the sky were fluttering between the heavens and the earth, Li Qing turned over from the bed and sat up, and put on his clothes neatly, he had to rush back before the o'clock.

The day before yesterday, the princess of Shiguo Xi Shi Luo Yan in the Tang Dynasty support, officially enthroned as the queen of Shiguo, the canonization table has been sent to Chang'an, waiting for the imperial court canonization, although the Tang Dynasty to build Dawan military town in Tuozhi City, but this is not in conflict with the stone king system, in fact, the four towns of Anxi have been controlled by the Tang Dynasty for many years, but their king is still there, just a nominal king, and Shiguo Chuping, Princess Luo Yan became the king is politically necessary, only when the Han people living in the territory of Shiguo greatly exceed the Turks, It is possible to establish a county in Shiguo, which completely belongs to the Tang Dynasty, which is a later story.

Li Qing put on his clothes, stretched out his hand to rummage at the end of the bed, and didn't find anything to find for a long time, so he couldn't help but look back and ask, "Luo Yan, have you seen my socks?" ”

At this time, a smooth white and greasy shoulder came around his waist, hugged his waist tightly, and a jade hand immediately groped downward, Luo Yan's pretty face full of satisfaction stuck to Li Qing's back, and said to him in a delicate and sweet voice: "It's not dawn yet, you can accompany others again, okay?" ”

Li Qing was touched by her horny, he turned around and pressed her under him, reached into the quilt and rubbed her plump and elastic body, lowered his head and kissed her rosy lips, and teased in her ear: "Are you hungry again?" ”

Luo Yan's face turned red, she writhed like a coquette, her red lips pursed slightly, her eyes squinted at him, and she was so watery that she almost squeezed out of the water, Li Qing restrained her lust, only touched her **, and said with a smile: "I'll come back at night!" And she was pulled up and covered.

He jumped directly from the bed barefoot to the ground, turned back to her and shrugged helplessly: "You know, you don't want me to be beaten by my own military regulations!" ”

Luo Yan sat up, a large piece of snow-white body was exposed, and she said faintly while dressing: "You always have a reason, I'll ask you again, when will you let me see your wife?" ”

"Hmm...... This ..... I'll take you to see her when I have a chance later." Li Qing's head suddenly became ten times bigger, he quickly put on his shoes and socks, gently pushed the window open a crack, and suddenly, 'Ah! The earth cried out, "Luo Yan, come and see, it's snowing outside!" ”

"You told me last night, and you tried to distract me, phew! I'm not going to marry you! I don't want to be like that Tang County Lord, I don't even have a name."

While combing his hair, Luo Yan said lazily: "I am the king of Shiguo, it stands to reason that you should be my queen!" ”

Li Qing laughed and stretched out his hand to twist her cheek, "Yes, Your Majesty the King of my land!" ”

After speaking, Li Qing pushed open the door and walked away, and several maids who had been waiting outside saw him come out, and hurriedly rushed in to serve the queen, but heard the door 'bang!' There was a sound on the ground, and a pillow chased out of Li Qing's back, and for a long time, Luo Yan suddenly laughed proudly in the room, "If you refuse to tell her, won't I write a letter myself?" ”

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Although the sky has not yet reached the time of light, but the thick snow on the ground has reflected the earth clearly, at this time, the gate of the city of Tuozhi was creaked open, Li Qing galloped out of the city gate surrounded by hundreds of personal soldiers, and rushed towards the camp.

The garrison of the Anxi army was separated from the city of Tuozhi, and in just a few moments, the group arrived at the main camp, and the soldiers guarding the gate saw that the commander had returned, and immediately opened the small door to let him in.

Li Qing walked quickly to the handsome tent, he was just about to open the curtain and get in, but suddenly heard someone calling him, when he turned around, he saw Duan Xiushi running towards this side from afar, he was followed by a thin Tang soldier, Li Qing recognized that it was Zhao Qilang, the apprentice of Li Fei Shouyu, needless to say, he must have discovered the enemy, he stopped, and before Duan Xiushi spoke, he preemptively asked: "Where did you find the enemy?" Have you ever crossed the Killing River? ”