Endless snow-capped peaks and mountains are scattered between several huge mountain ranges, with a desert of reckless yellow sand and a large area of fertile grassland.

A mirror-like lake is embedded in the crystal clear Atami (today's Lake Ixei), and to the north is the sparkling Isokai Sea (today's Lake Balkhash), where countless rivers of all sizes run smoothly among the snow-capped peaks, and the famous Ili River and broken water are intertwined.

This is a rich land, with abundant water, and in the Western Regions, water is the source of life, and the broken city is located in this unique river valley.

Broken city was the westernmost territory of the Tang Dynasty, is the head of the old Anxi four towns, in the seventh year of Kaiyuan, the Turkic ten surnamed Khan invited to live in the broken city, the Tang Dynasty four towns festival Tang Jiahui suggested to replace the broken town with Yanqi Town, become the new Anxi four towns.

After the rise of the Turgish, the broken city once fell into its hands, in the late Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Turgish people gradually declined, and the broken city became a borderless land, and the country of Bakhana took the lead in occupying it but caused the dissatisfaction of the stone country, and the two countries had a dispute, but in the end it became an excuse for the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food State to intervene in the stone country.

In August, a huge army is approaching the broken city, they are the main force of the Anxi army that has traveled thousands of miles, Gao Xianzhi is the main general, Li Siye is the deputy general, 20,000 Anxi Tang army, and there are 30,000 Ge Lulu mercenaries, the mighty march on the great plain, 5,000 light cavalry troops in front of the road, between which are 10,000 infantry, all the same color Modao army, this is the most elite army in the Tang Dynasty, and only Anxi has such a large number of equipment, followed by 5,000 crossbowmen. The queue was neat, and the Tang army's goal was to point directly at the broken city twenty miles away.

Gao Xianzhi is located in the cavalry area, the actual lord of Anxi at the moment face is extremely gloomy, in the middle of the return from the Shushi country, he suddenly received an edict from the imperial court, ordering his army to rush to the broken city, depending on the situation of the country of Shi and act, on the surface it seems that he has freedom of action, but under the edict he ordered Li Qing to be the envoy of the Tang Dynasty to the country of Shi, with full authority to solve the contradiction between the country of Shi and the country of Bakhana. These two orders were placed on an edict, but Gao Xianzhi understood it. The implication was to ask him Gao Xianzhi to act according to Li Qing's instructions.

Gao Xianzhi's anger was almost uncontrollable. Li Qing is the deputy governor of Anxi, the chief historian of Anxi, and his subordinate of Gao Xianzhi, but now the will of the imperial court has reversed this relationship between superiors and subordinates, and he doesn't know that Li Qing is an envoy, what happened between Anxi and the imperial court? Gao Xianzhi took to the road with anger and questions.

But then an incident happened that caused his dissatisfaction with Li Qingdi to escalate suddenly, in Qiuzi. He intercepted a Tang army escorting Chebi Shi's father to Chang'an, only to learn that a coup had taken place in Shiguo, and that the Doulu army had actually fought an encounter with the Great Cannibal, Gao Xianzhi was furious, and he thought that Li Qing had obviously overstepped his authority, and Li Qingdi's duty was to mediate the relationship between Shiguo and Bahanna. And against the big cannibal, it was his Gao Xianzhi's military power, and the lesson was in favor of the big eater. Li Longji's edict was even more clearly written, and it was executed by Gao Xianzhi, the capital of Anxi.

"Marshal, King Bakhana asks to see you." The report of the pro-soldier interrupted Gao Xianzhi's thoughts.

"The country of Bakhana?" Gao Xianzhi raised his head slowly, isn't it Li Qingdi's matter in the country of Bahan? What do you want to do? Suddenly, he understood that this must be for the sake of the broken city, he sneered slightly, and shouted: "Bring him here!" ”

Gao Xianzhi expected it to be good, Pe Luo, the king of Bahanna, was indeed coming for the broken city, the broken city is currently under the control of the Bahanna country, as soon as the Tang army entered the country, Pei Luo got the news, and he couldn't help but be deeply worried about the future of the broken city, which would mean that the Tang Dynasty would restore the military town to the broken city.

Datang has no choice but to restore the broken military town, but Bahanna has already invested a lot of money in Crush, digging canals, building city walls, and cultivating land, Datang can't say that he will take it away, at least give him an explanation, how to compensate for Bahanna's loss? Moreover, Li Qing, as the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, had reached an understanding with him that the Tang Dynasty would not take back the broken city for the time being before the Great Food Army's eastward crusade.

But Gao Xianzhi's army came straight to the broken city, Pei Luo thought about it again, and he decided to explore the purpose of the Tang army before making a decision.

"The lord of Bahan, Pei Luo, see the great handsome!"

Far away, Pei Luo saluted Gao Xianzhi, but Gao Xianzhi didn't return the salute, only glanced at him coldly, and suddenly pointed a horsewhip at him and said: "My army has arrived, I order Bahanna's army to withdraw from the broken city within five hours, otherwise I will declare war on the Tang Dynasty as if you were you!" ”

Pei Luo was shocked, he hurriedly bowed to Gao Xianzhi and saluted again: "I have reached an understanding with Li Shilang, the Bahanna army is responsible for defending the northern part of Shiguo and preventing the Great Food Army from breaking through to the back of Shiguodi, and now the army is building fortifications along the Broken River, can the marshal give a few days." ”

It's okay that Pei Luo didn't mention Li Qing, as soon as he mentioned Li Qing, Gao Xianzhi's eyes immediately narrowed into a slit, and there was an eerie chill in his eyes, "I don't know what Li Shilang is, you're talking about Li Qing!" The fight against the Great Food Army is in charge of Ben Shuai, and he has nothing to do with it! Gao Xianzhi opened his five fingers, shook them in front of his eyes, and looked at Pei Luo coldly: "You are limited to quit the broken city for me within five hours, otherwise my army will enter the city!" ”

In the face of Gao Xianzhi's arrogance and rudeness, Pei Luo couldn't help it anymore, he straightened his waist and said: "The Great Tiger Wolf Army is coming, but Gao Dashuai ignores the overall situation and blindly makes it difficult for strong people, which really makes this king feel cold, so don't worry!" I will not care about this matter, but let him go. ”

As soon as he turned, he flew on his horse and ran straight in the direction of the shatter.

Gao Xianzhi kept watching his back disappear, and then ordered to the soldiers around him: "Pass my order, the army will camp and rise in four hours!" ”......

"Property is not allowed to be robbed, women are not allowed to touch, so what are we here for? Do you give them their lives as a Don man? Don't do it! ”

"Hu, you have to tell Gao Xianzhi that we Qarluq people are only here for money, if you don't let the brothers eat enough, who will give him his life?"

"Protection, we Qarluq people poured all the country's troops to help him, don't he know how to repay the favor?"

The Qarluqs' tent is in shambles. Dozens of generals shouted loudly around their leader, all dissatisfied with Gao Xianzhi's letting go of the country of Bahanna, the leader of the Qarluq people is called Shajia, he is not tall, strong as a cow, with a red and rotten nose, and a pair of small eyes the size of mung beans, from the appearance of him is a reckless man with developed limbs and a simple mind, but in his bones he is a sinister and cunning villain who will never suffer any loss.

The Qarluqs are also a branch of the Turkic people. Living in the vast area between Altay and Tacheng in today's Xinjiang, he lived as a nomad and hunting. They were attached to the Tang Dynasty, and they also played a role in the campaign against the Turgish. This is a warlike and plundering nomad, this time Gao Xianzhi sent an army to pieces, due to the serious shortage of troops in the Anxi Tang army, he hired this army as his coalition to fight against the Great Eclipse.

"Don't make any noise!" Shaga roared and stood up, his hands behind his back and walking irritably around the tent. Along the way, he proposed to Gao Xianzhi many times to loot the city to motivate the army, but Gao Xianzhi refused, and today his subordinates obviously looked at the rich Shi State and the Bana Khanate, if they don't get any benefits, I'm afraid the military spirit will change.

"You go back first, I'll go and tell the big handsome!"

He saw that the generals remained motionless. Angry, he stomped his foot, opened the leather curtain and got out.

Just when the leader of the Qarlu people went to find Gao Xianzhidi, he was ten miles away from the Tang army camp. More than 100 cavalry of the Tang Army escorted Li Qingzheng and galloped towards the northeast.

Li Qing also received a report from the scouts, 'Three hundred miles away, it was found that the main force of the Anxi army was heading towards the broken city. , He was deeply afraid that Gao Xianzhi would be empty-eyed, so he drove away the army stationed in Broken Land Ba Na Khan without asking any questions, and destroyed the resistance alliance he had easily established, but Li Qing didn't know that just two hours ago, Pei Luo was insulted by Gao Xianzhi and had already left in a rage.

The herd of war horses crossed a hill and saw the Tang army's local camp from a distance, the sentry had received the signal of the scout, and hundreds of Tang army sentry guards were stationed at the gate to intercept Li Qing's way.

"General Xi, it's me!"

Li Qing saw at a glance that the general led by him was Xi Yuanqing, who was marching with him into Xiaobolu, he stepped forward, and said slightly on the horse: "General Xi, please inform the marshal, I have something important to see him." ”

General Xi looked at Li Qing, his eyes showed embarrassment, Gao Xianzhi had an order, no one saw it, although he didn't say it explicitly, but the implication was that he didn't see Li Qing,

He smiled reluctantly and said, "Da Shuai is unwell, Li Duhu might as well come back another day!" ”

This was a good excuse, but Li Qing had already noticed the changes in Xi Yuanqing's face and eyes, there should be a name in it, he turned his mind, and immediately asked Xi Yuanqing: "Has the king of Bahanna already come?" ”

Xi Yuanqing couldn't hide it anymore, so he had to nod lightly, Li Qing suddenly fell silent, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, needless to say, he could guess that Gao Xianzhi would definitely not admit that he had agreed to an agreement with the country of Bahanna and drove away Pei Luo, he had a good reason, he could say that the imperial court ordered him to enter the broken city.

"Then I'll come back another day!" Li Qing turned his horse's head and left, but Xi Yuanqing stopped him, "Li Duhu might as well wait a while, I'll ask the big handsome, maybe he didn't know that Li Duhu would come." ”

Xi Yuanqing sighed secretly, seeing that the war was about to kick off, but the two of them had a conflict, this is not the blessing of the Tang Army, Xi Yuanqing really knows Gao Xianzhi, he has always said the same thing in Anxi, but since Li Qing came, his authority has been repeatedly challenged, but the court seems to be biased towards Li Qing's side, this is actually Gao Xianzhi's panic!

"I'll go!" With that, he turned his horse's head and quickly ran towards the camp.

In Gao Xianzhi's big tent, the thick curtain blocked the light, and the tent was very dark, only to see the leader of the Qarluq people, Sha Jia, like an aggressive rooster, with his hands propped up on the table, two mung bean eyes staring at Gao Xianzhi viciously, his face turned purple with anger, and he hinted almost to the extent of straightforwardness, "Dashuai, I don't want to embarrass you, but my soldiers are here for money, if you don't reward again, I'm afraid the morale of the army will soon change, I'm very worried that they will no longer work for Datang when they fight, the stakes are very high, please be clear!" ”

Gao Xianzhi stared at the red rotten nose on his face, eager to cut it with a knife, what is this, threatening himself? Originally, it was a reward after the war, but now these bastards have changed their minds, Gao Xianzhi knows that dogs can't change their sex of eating shit, and they want to rob the country of Shi or the country of Bakhana.

Sacking the city during the war, this is in itself a means of motivating the soldiers, he does not object, besides, the stone country chokes the key point of the Silk Road, and the rich people in the city abound, even he Gao Xianzhi is also moved, but the problem lies in the attitude of the Qarluq, if Shakya asks softly, he may agree to give him the country of Bahanna, but he is now threatening himself like this, how can he buy his account again.

He slapped his sword on the table and said angrily: "If you Qarluqs don't want to fight, go back to me, I have a word first, and after the battle, I will naturally thank you again, but if you don't know what to do and act recklessly behind my back, then don't blame me for being ruthless under the sword!" ”

Sha Jia was intimidated by Gao Xianzhi's momentum, the malice of the mung bean eyes disappeared, and his tone immediately softened: "Then I will advance, advance our employment money, this is always okay!" ”

Gao Xianzhi sneered slightly, if he settled the account with them now, then there would be no one left of these Qarlu people tonight, even including the leader in front of him.

Thinking of this, he said lightly: "I don't have any money now, when the war is over, I will naturally let the country of Shi and the country of Bahanna pay you money, now you go back to me and tell your subordinates, if you don't want to fight, get out of me now!" ”

Seeing that Gao Xianzhi was soft and hard and didn't eat, Sha Jia couldn't help but be greatly discouraged, and arched his hand to him very reluctantly, turned around and left, but saw that the leather curtain was lifted, and he almost bumped into Xi Yuanqing, who strode in.

"Dashuai, Li Qing is asking to see you outside the camp gate!" As soon as Sha Jia stepped out of the leather curtain, he heard Xi Yuanqing reporting to Gao Xianzhi.

'Li Qing is here! , Sha Jia muttered to himself, he suddenly remembered Che Bi Shi's explanation, Li Qing made a fortune in Shiguo, and his heart couldn't help but move, but he didn't go far, and quietly hid in a tent nearby.

After a while, I saw Xi Yuanqing walking out quickly, his face was full of joy, this was very different from the situation he had just now, it seemed that Gao Xianzhi finally agreed to meet Li Qing.