In March, the Yili River Basin is already full of spring, the endless grassland gradually turns green, the breeze blows, the warm breath is permeated between the heaven and the earth, this morning, the milky white mist shrouds the grassland, in the distance, a rapid sound of horses' hooves broke the tranquility of the grassland, a fast horse appeared in the mist, galloping towards the Demon Dragon City, immediately Kurband bit his lip, his eyes became desperate due to anger, he desperately whipped the war horse, and the war horse rushed into the Demon Dragon City like a storm.

Demon Dragon City has been regained control by the Tang Army, after the end of the war, many of the original residents who took refuge with the Tang Army to the south have also returned to their homes one after another, in the subsequent reconstruction, the first wharf built by the Tang Army was also successfully completed, and twenty hundred stone transport ships were also successfully launched, the construction of this wharf will connect the Demon Dragon City and the Yili River through the waterway, but this is only the first step of the Tang Army, after fully controlling the Yili River Basin, the next step of the Tang Army will be to expand to Yibohai, and complete the strategic encirclement of the Hui from the west.

The current Demon Dragon City Soldiers and Horses Envoy is the Captain General Shi Yang, this young general made a great contribution to the surprise attack of Bahanna, and did not soar because of this, his military position has not changed, he was transferred from Ashburai City to the Demon Dragon City Soldiers and Horses, the only gain is that he was awarded the rank of General Ning Yuan's loose official, which is only from the rank of military attache of the fifth grade, these rewards are obviously not worthy of Shi Yang's military achievements, and even his deputy Lai Jinlin was promoted to the rank of Captain General, Ashbulai City Soldier and Horse Envoy, Shi Yang's injustice caused many people in the army to sympathize with him, But Shi Yang himself is very happy, he finally sat firmly in the position of general of the capital with military merits, and no one will think that he was promoted because of his identity background in the future, this is what he values, as for being transferred to the Demon Dragon City, Shi Yang knows that the smoke of the Great Food Campaign has dissipated, and the next step will be the Tang Dynasty's counter-pumping of the Hui people, and the Demon Dragon City is one of the power points of the Hui people, and he will be transferred to the Demon Dragon City. He will be given another chance to make meritorious contributions.

Last night, he received news from the scouts that the Demon Dragon River had shown signs of thawing, and if the Demon Dragon River thawed, then the operation of using the Demon Dragon River to transport supplies could begin officially.

Shi Yang led 500 cavalry early in the morning to personally inspect the thawing of the river along the river, and the cavalry had just sailed out of the dark forest. There was the sound of galloping horses' hooves from behind, "General Shi, Shi Yang!" Faintly hearing someone calling him, Shi Yang looked back, only to see a horse a few miles away rushing towards him, immediately someone was waving his arms, the light in the forest was dim, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly.

Soon, the war horse approached. The war horse turned out to be Kurband, a native of the Hipsters, looking quite anxious, wasn't he in the city of Ashibula? What to do here. Could it be that something happened to Gu Dai? Shi Yang couldn't think of any other reason to make Kurband so anxious, so he stopped his horse and waited for Kurband to step forward.

"General Shi, Gu Dai has finally gone to Baghdad, I can't stop her, you go and chase her back!" Kurband's expression was extremely excited, and Gu Dai's last shout seemed to echo in his ears, "Brother Kul, go back!" Go and fight for the Ques. With a woman, you can never become a real hero. ”

Gu Dai's words deeply hurt Kurband's self-esteem, for this reason, he wanted to go back to the grassland to become a real hero, but he couldn't worry about Gu Dai, so he came to discuss with Shi Yang, he hoped that Shi Yang could send someone to intercept Gu Dai, no matter what, he couldn't let her go to Baghdad to adventure.

"Can General Shi pass on the Tang army of Shiguo and let them intercept Gu Dai. It was too dangerous for her to go to Baghdad alone. ”

After being silent for a long time, Shi Yang smiled faintly and said, "Do you think I can stop her?" Besides, she didn't go to her lover until a month after knowing the situation, it should have been her deliberate choice, so why shouldn't I let her go? ”

Shi Yang's indifference to this matter was tantamount to pouring cold water on Kurband's head, he stood there dumbfounded, looking a little at a loss, and wanted to chase Gu Dai again, he no longer had the courage. It really made him go back to Gas. But he couldn't let go of this love in his heart, Shi Yang seemed to understand his thoughts. He patted Kurband's thick shoulder heavily, "You and me!" He urged his horse to rush up a small hill, pointed to the rising sky in the east and said to Kurband: "Do you see, there is so vast between heaven and earth, let us gallop, why should our hearts be so haggard for a woman, you and I are both men, the eldest husband should make meritorious achievements on the battlefield, why do you have no wife, you go back to the Ques!" Hopefully, we can join forces on the battlefield that sweeps the Uighurs. ”

Shi Yang's words inspired Kurband's bloody nature. He looked out at the boundless grasslands in the distance. He suddenly raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar. A sharp whistling echoed through heaven and earth. He then rode down the hill. Gallop to the far north. "Look at it! Someday. I'll make you understand with my bloody sword. What is a hero of the Warriors? ”

The outer city of Baghdad is still bustling. The cries of small traders come and go. Motorcades of laden camels walked the streets. A wide variety of people and languages. This cosmopolitan metropolis is flooded. Cui Yao rode on a camel in a large cannibal black coat. Leisurely towards the inner city. He's been in Dashi for half a year. Language is no longer an obstacle for others. Not only is he fluent in Arabic. He can even write poetry in Arabic. He also introduced the poetry and history of the Central Plains to the Great Cannibals. For this purpose, Rashid created a course in Oriental history for him in the Imperial Library. It attracted more than 1,000 children of the nobility to listen to the course. For months. Cui Yao began to make a name for himself in Baghdad's high society. Praised by the people of Kubaghda. Oriental Daystar.

It has also been more than four months since the end of the war. At the beginning of the defeat. There was a gloomy cloud over Baghdad. Prices are skyrocketing. Everywhere in the streets and alleys, you can hear the cries of the families of the war dead. The defeat in the war did not affect his teaching. And because of this war. attracted more people to pay attention to Datang. Cui Yaodi's student number has also increased from more than 1,000 to nearly 5,000. The original lecture hall can no longer sit down. He moved to the main hall of the library to teach. Classes are held twice a week.

Cui Yao lives in the empty mansion of Uncle Muta in the outer city. And Uncle Mutha went to Samarkand two months ago to buy goods. After the Battle of Broken Leaves. Although his students don't mind that he is from the Tang Dynasty. But ordinary people in Baghdad are not necessarily unrelenting. Especially the relatives of those soldiers who died in battle. Maybe I'll give him a knife. Therefore. Cui Yao covered his face with a black towel every day. Travel between the residence and the Imperial Library.

Today is not a class day. As usual, he prepared to go to the Inner City Library. His camel had just come to the gate of the inner city. Suddenly, he heard someone calling from behind. "Mr. Cui!" The voice is soft. It's a young woman.

Cui Yao turned his head. I saw a very gorgeous carriage coming from behind. The carriage stopped in front of him. A beautiful face appeared in the window. She was in her early twenties. With a charming smile. Teeth and black eyelashes are blue eyes neatly. The maroon ground hair was covered with a mesh of various precious stones. Cui Yao knows her. Her name is Abasei. She is the sister of the Rashid Caliphate. She is also the most noble princess of Baghdad. She was Rashid's favorite person. Even more than Rashid's own daughter. In order for her to stay with her forever. Rashid didn't even allow her to get married. There is only one nominal husband.

Abasai was also one of Cui Yao's students, but she studied Chinese, which stemmed from her love of Tang poetry, especially Li Bai's poems. In order to be able to appreciate the charm of Tang poetry more deeply, she began to learn Chinese from Cui Yao.

"I read a poem by Li Baidi yesterday, can you listen to it?" Like a schoolboy, Abasai recited in stammering Chinese, "Raise your head to look at the bright moon, bow your head and think of your hometown." ”

"Not bad! Not bad! Someone in the carriage was suddenly applauding, and Cui Yao realized that there was another person in the carriage, an extremely beautiful man, with surprisingly fair skin, and about thirty years old. There is always a dreamlike confusion in his eyes, Cui Yao also knows him, his name is Dzhelfar, he is the second son of Yehaya, and he is also the tax director of the Abbasid Empire, who controls the financial power of the empire, and he is also the most famous poet and family in Baghdad, he writes a good hand, and he always has some unconventional innovations. But this kind of initiative will always become a fashion in Baghdad at once. For example, he has a long neck, and he wore a high-necked suit in particular last year. As a result, this high-necked dress has become the most fashionable style in Baghdad, popular for a whole year, and the trend has not ended, Dzhelfar is also one of Cui Yao's history students, he will be on time every time he lectures, listen carefully, he especially likes to listen to Cui Yao's explanation of historical records, and Cui Yao's personal relationship is also quite good.

The reason why Dzhelfar rode in the carriage with Abasai was because he was Abasai's nominal husband, and they did not live together, and they rarely saw each other, and only when there was a great banquet in the palace would he sit with her in the name of Abasai's husband, but today he met Abasai on the road and invited her to sit in a carriage with him.

Hearing Dzerfar's praise, Abasai's face flushed, she glanced at him coquettishly, and quietly pinched his hand, although the movement was very subtle, but it was still seen by Cui Yao, he pretended not to see, bowed to Dzhelfar and smiled slightly: "Dzerfar, did you convince your father of the printing method I mentioned last time?" ”

Cui Yao said that the printing method is the printing technology of the Great Tang, in fact, as early as decades ago after the Battle of Talos, it was transmitted to the Great Food by the Tang Army prisoners of war, but it was not accepted by the Great Cannibals, mainly because Islam would oppose it, the elders believed that only copying the scriptures by hand was respect for Allah, so although printing technology had long been transmitted, it had not been adopted, but after Rashid came to power, he vigorously introduced Eastern and Western cultures, and a large number of cultures blended in Baghdad, and he himself did not reject printing, but the minister Yehaya opposed it, In order to print a history textbook, Cui Yao asked Djelfar, hoping that he would convince his father to use printing for permission.

Zhelfar nodded and said: "Even I didn't expect it to go so smoothly, my father actually agreed, not only to print Mr. Di's history textbooks, but he also agreed to promote printing in the territory of Dashi, and decided to be the envoy himself, and set off to the Tang Dynasty in May to meet with His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Cui Yao nodded silently, this is the change brought about by the war, the defeat of Broken Leaf made the Great Cannibal pay unprecedented attention to the Tang Dynasty, and even the printing technology that had been shelved for decades was finally accepted by the Great Cannibal.

At this time, a fast horse came from the inner city, and it was Rashid's guard officer immediately, and he suddenly saw Cui Yao, so he reined in his horse and said loudly: "Mr. Cui, I was about to go to look for you, His Majesty the Caliph wants to summon you and order you to enter the palace immediately." ”

Cui Yao immediately said to Aba Track: "This afternoon is still a normal time class, I will teach you another poem by Li Bai: "Will Enter the Wine". Hopefully the princess will arrive on time. ”

After that, he saluted Dzhefar again, and then quickly left with the guard officer, Cui Yao just left, Dzhelfar immediately lowered his face and said to Abba Race: "Your actions just now were very reckless, if someone with a heart sees it and reports the caliphate." He'll doubt our true relationship, and the consequences will be severe, you know? ”

In the palace of the Great Food King, Rashid and Zheng were engrossed in watching a Turkic craftsman draw the bow and arrow making process, and the fiasco of the Battle of Broken Leaves made Rashid begin to comprehensively review the military gap between the Great Food and the Tang Dynasty, in terms of weapons of mass destruction, the Tang army has heavenly thunder bombs, but they have Greek fire, and the power difference between the two is not too far. And in melee combat, the Don army had horizontal knives, and they also had Damascus scimitars. Also between the two of them, the key is the medium and long-distance attack, the spear of the Great Food is obviously inferior to the bow and arrow of the Tang Army, and there is a big leak in this link, which makes the Great Food Army pay a heavy price, and even an important factor in the defeat of the war. This was not only used against the Don army, Rashid realized that the Tang army's penetrating bows and arrows could help him defeat the phalanx legions of the Byzantine and Frankish kingdoms.

The level of cannibalism to make bows and arrows is not high, the Egyptians are slightly stronger, but they are far less than the level of bow making in the Tang army, but the Turks can imitate the same sharp bows and arrows as the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty the Caliph. This is the bow and arrow commonly used by the Tang Army, they are generally made of willow wood and animal tendons, we can use Syrian oak or Armenian cedar here, it takes about two years from shaping, twisting, winding to the final bow, but the bow and arrow are actually not the sharpest long-range weapons of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Rashid listened, his brows furrowed, it took two years to make a bow and arrow like the Tang Army, and it was not the sharpest long-range weapon, and his face immediately sank. Said unhappily, "What's the sharpest ranged weapon?" Why don't you draw it out? ”

The Turkic craftsman heard the displeasure in the caliph's tone, and he replied in horror: "Return to Your Majesty." The sharpest long-range weapon of the Tang Army is actually a crossbow, which not only has a long range, but also has extremely strong penetrating power, and only knows a little about it, so I am afraid that it will not be able to achieve the effect of the crossbow arrow of the Tang Army. ”

"You have to give it a try anyway, no matter how much manpower and financial resources you use, I can give it to you, I will have a heavy reward for making it, and I will give you an official and a knight, but if you can't do it, I want your head!" After Rashid finished speaking, he turned and rushed away in a rage.

Rashid was in a bad mood these days, after the defeat of the Broken Leaves, his authority was seriously challenged, Yahaya took the opportunity to provoke the Egyptians and Khorasans to riot, in order to calm the serious situation in the place, he was forced to cede power, and replaced the governor of Upper and Lower Egypt and the governor of Armenia with Yahaya's henchmen, and at the same time appointed Yehaya's eldest son Fadl as the supreme magistrate, plus his second son Zhelfar as the supreme tax officer, this Bermacian family controlled almost all the power of the Abbasid Empire, And he, Rashid, is about to become a puppet of their family.

As soon as Rashid walked to the gate of the palace where he worked, the guard officer hurriedly greeted him, "Your Majesty, Mr. Cui, a native of the Tang Dynasty, has been brought and is waiting outside the palace." ”

Rashid nodded, "Bring him to my inner sanctum!" ”

He pushed open the palace door, passed through the huge palace, and entered a small door, this is his inner palace, which is equivalent to the imperial study of the Daming Palace, which is where he usually deals with state affairs, and the inner palace is generally cleaned by two black eunuchs, who are illiterate, and it is impossible to pass on some of his secrets.

Rashid walked to the table and sat down, there were a few reports on the table, most of them were the situation of tax places in various places, but one report suddenly attracted his attention, Yehaya actually wanted to go to Datang in May to discuss the redemption of prisoners of war, that is to say, there are still two months, Rashid seems to have thought of something, but he can't see it clearly for a while.

While he was pondering, the door of the inner palace suddenly opened, and the guard officer led Cui Yao in, "Your Majesty, he's here." ”

Cui Yao stepped forward and bowed to him deeply, "See His Majesty the Caliph." ”

Rashid's train of thought was interrupted, and he smiled and waved his hand, "Please sit down!" ”

The guard officer gently closed the door, and only Rashid and Cui Yao were left in the inner palace, Rashid poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Now everyone calls you Mr. Cui, it seems that you are very popular!" ”

"Your Majesty has won the prize." Cui Yao bowed slightly and said modestly: "The main thing is that everyone is interested in the history of my Tang Dynasty, from the initial more than 100 people to the current 5,000 people, people have to feel that Dashi is indeed a country that is studious." ”

"You're a good talker." Rashid sat down, he leaned back in his chair, as if he was pondering something, and after a long time, he smiled slightly: "I have read some of your oriental history textbooks, to be honest, I am very interested in your Qin Shi Huang character, I especially appreciate his domineering and skillful, but unfortunately your history textbooks are too simple to read, so I invited you here today just to let you tell me separately how this great man who created the history of great unification ascended to the throne of the Great Qin Empire." ”

Cui Yao nodded, "Then where does Your Majesty want to start listening to?" ”

"Let's start with the merchant surnamed Lu!" Continued, if you want to know what happened next, please log in, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading! )