On the third day after the Tang army plundered the old and weak women and children of Qarluq, on the ruins of the city of Getush, a down-and-out army appeared, their armor was broken, their weapons were incomplete, and they were panicked like lost dogs, this was the great chief of Gellulu, Atre, and his 3,000 remnants who were defeated in the Battle of Heluling, they hid in the wasteland for a few days, and made a big circle before they dared to return to the lair of Hitush City, but they were faced with a ruin and the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of people.

Atre stared blankly at the ruins of the city of Heatush, of course he knew what was happening, but he didn't have much sadness or hatred, his heart had become numb in the past two days, and he was even relieved, at least he didn't have to explain to hundreds of thousands of women and children where their husbands were?

After standing for some time, his chief of guard, Rut, stepped forward and whispered, "Great Chief, let's go to the Erie River first!" Maybe you'll be able to find some people to come back. ”

Atley nodded blankly, and left with the chief of the guard, he didn't know what to do now, the national teacher went back to Hui to ask for help, there was no news from the Demon Dragon City, the national teacher was not around, Atre felt as if he had lost his backbone, he didn't dare to go anywhere, he didn't dare to decide anything.

The river Ili was only five or six miles away from the city of Hatush, and in a moment the soldiers were exhausted, and without waiting for the chieftain to give the order, they jumped off their horses and lay down by the river to rest, and a dozen or so personal guards set up the last tent and asked their great chief to come into the tent to rest, but as soon as Atre entered the tent, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and Atley's face turned pale, and he instinctively ran out of the tent and turned on his horse, and his movements were swift and swift, and the Qarluqs lying by the river were so frightened that they jumped up and made a mess. They have become frightened birds, and the first thing that comes to mind is to run for their lives.

Moment. The cavalry team approached, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it was the cavalry they went to Demon Dragon City to inquire about the news returned, and more than a dozen noble generals in the remnants of the army came to the big tent to listen to the news.

The cavalry brought back two pieces of news, one bad news and one good news. The bad news is that the Qarlu army in Demon Dragon City has been besieged by 20,000 Tang troops for nearly ten days, and they can't move for half a minute, but the Tang army has not attacked them, and their intentions are unknown.

But the good news was very heartening to the Qarluqs, about 400 miles downstream of the Yili River, there were still several tribes of the Mou tribe that had not been captured by the Tang army, about 30,000 people, and were now on their way here.

Hearing the good news, the remnants of the Qarluq army on the banks of the Erie River immediately cheered. This is the most exciting news of their frustration these days, and the presence of the tribe means that there are cows, sheep and tents. This means that the Qarluqs have not been completely destroyed, and that they are still the people they are plotting for, even if Atredang sends a thousand men to help the people arrive.

Although the first news is bad news, in Atley's view, it is the same as the second news, it is also a great news, Duotu was trapped by the Tang army, and he could not come to compete with him for the clansmen and the position of the big chief, once Duotu got out of trouble. Even if the Don army didn't kill him Atre, Dotu would definitely kill him to vent his anger, and the army that killed the Pierre brothers was the henchmen he sent out with his own hands.

Atre paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, and now that he had more than 30,000 tribesmen and an army of 3,000 men, he was at a loss as to where to go next, and how to decide the fate of the Qarluqs.

That's when it happened. A guard ran to report, "The national teacher is back!" ”

Atre was overjoyed. shouted repeatedly: "Hurry up and invite the national teacher to come in." ”

Finished shouting. He didn't wait for the soldiers to go out. I ran out first. Now Sulman is showing him the way. The sun shines on his future. Just ran to the tent door. Then he saw Sulman striding towards him. He was smiling. Greeting the soldiers along the way.

"National teacher. I have good news for you. "Atre couldn't wait.

"I already know." Sulman waved his hand. smiled and said, "It should be said that it is two good news." Right! ”

Atrey was stunned. It was immediately understood. The national teacher is right. I think so too. Duotu Ruo got out of trouble. He's going to kill me the first time. ”

"And what are you going to do?" Sulman glanced at him and said quietly: "Once the Great Eclipse Army of Tocharian attacks Broken Leaves, the Tang army besieging the town of Amtu will immediately retreat south, and then Dotu will come back in a long time, and you must make a decision early." ”

Atre nodded, he sighed slightly and said, "I don't know what to do, I'm just waiting for the national teacher to come back and make an idea for me." ”

"Are you really willing to listen to me?" Sulman looked at him closely.

"Of course, I only have one relative, the national teacher, what can I do if I don't listen to the national teacher?"

"Well, I'll show you the way." Seeing that there was no one left and right, Sulman suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Listen to me, go and go to the Hui people, I have already contacted you, as long as you go, the loyal khan will make you the Gelulu Yehu and become the tenth tribe of the Hui land, you and the clansmen will be placed in the Xuanchi Valley, which is the ancestral land of the Qarlu people, do you understand?" After 20 years of hard work, perhaps you will be strong again. ”

"Don't be a big chief!" Before Sulman finished speaking, a man suddenly rushed in from outside the tent, it was the chief of the guard, Rut, and he pounced! knelt down and said loudly: "The chief must not go to the Hui people, take refuge in it, our Q Lulu will really be finished, we and the Hui people have a competitive trend, how can the Hui people give the Qarlu people a chance to make a comeback, the chief should go to surrender to the Tang people, become a pawn for them to deal with the Hui people, as long as we sincerely admit our mistakes, regain our allegiance to the Tang Dynasty, with the heart of the Tang people, they will definitely give me a chance, besides, we still have hundreds of thousands of parents, wives and children in the hands of the Tang people, how can we abandon them and leave." ”

After speaking, Root desperately kowtowed on the ground, begging Atre to adopt his plan, but at this time, Sulman suddenly turned over with a sword, and in an instant, he actually cut off Root's head alive, Root fell to the ground, and the blood in his neck cavity sprayed to the ground, Sulman said viciously: "Sure enough, it is the remnants of the Tang people, and they dare to persuade us to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and be killed!" ”

Atremo was speechless, he knew that Root was loyal to him, but he was killed by the national teacher like this, at this moment. For the first time in his heart, he felt an antipathy towards Sulman, he was too vicious.

"What? Do you really want to surrender to Datang? Sulman glanced at him and said coldly.

Suddenly Atre felt an indescribable tiredness and palpitations, he shook his head, and sighed, "All right! I listened to the words of the national teacher and took refuge in the Hui people. ”

In the middle of July of the fifth year of Dazhi. The great chief of the Qarluq, Atre, led more than 30,000 people to cross the Yili River, and entered the territory of the Hui people to the northeast, and officially took refuge in the Uighurs.

Qarluq has since become the tenth tribe of the Uighurs, and as an independent nation, it has died out in the long river of history.

Shattered Leaf City. At this time, the tense atmosphere of the impending war was shrouded in the city, and since three days ago, the residents of each of the affiliated towns of Broken Leaf have moved into Broken Leaf Castle. There are also more than 6,000 refugees who fled from Demon Dragon City, and there are already nearly 300,000 residents in the city at this time, but the order is very orderly, with the efforts of officials at all levels of Broken Leaves, everything is arranged in an orderly manner, and all kinds of materials, including food, are very sufficient.

Although there were only 20,000 regular Tang troops in the city, there were as many as 70,000 armed militias involved in the defense, including Han Chinese immigrants, local Turks, and more than 20,000 prisoners of war who had been freed in advance. They were also incorporated into the temporary city defender militia group, united as one, coupled with the tall and sturdy walls of Broken Leaf City, even if there were 200,000 great food troops to attack the city, they might not be able to capture the strongest fortress in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.

In the Western Regions Protectorate, Wang Siyu and more than a dozen senior civil and military officials were gathering together to discuss the next tactical arrangement, and the strategic framework of the land had been decided, and the main force of the Tang Army was heading north. Attract the Great Eclipse Army of Tocharian to rescue the Qarluqs, and create conditions for the Tang army of Shule to attack Zhiyin, Shihanna, Yueshi and other places in the Tocharian region, so that Tocharian will become the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty again, and the threat of the southern part of Broken Leaf will be relieved.

Although this was a bold trick to lure troops, Wang Siyu still didn't dare to take it lightly, after all, Broken Leaf was a stake that the Tang Dynasty drove into the west of the Green Ridge, and the Great Cannibal hated it for a long time, he not only had to guard against the Tocharian Great Food Army taking the opportunity to attack Broken Leaf, but also to guard against the eastward advance of the Great Food Army in the Zhaowu region. Participation will break the leaves.

"Everyone. Let me tell you the news that our old friend Agush was appointed governor of Samarkand two months ago. In charge of the military and political affairs east of the entire Amu Darya River, whether the Great Cannibals will come to the rescue of the Qarluqs this time, or take the opportunity to attack Broken Leaves, is up to you. ”

As soon as Wang Siyu's words fell, a whisper sounded in the room, many people still remember the melancholy, arrogant and poet-like big food aristocrat, as a scholar, he may be able to achieve a little career, but let this person take charge of the military and political power of the entire east of the Amu Darya River, is there really no one in the big food?

"Wang Dashuai, I think that the appointment of Agush as the governor of Samarkand by the Great Food Caliph has another deep meaning, and it is by no means as simple as just letting him deal with the Tang Dynasty." Speaking is Honglu Temple Shaoqing Meng Jiao, he also just arrived in Broken Leaf half a month ago, he accepted a task given by Zhang Huan in March, secretly sent a mission to Bakhana and Shiguo, looking for a possible way for the two countries to return to the Tang Dynasty, Cui Yao was engaged in it, accompanied him to the two countries, but unexpectedly encountered the war of Broken Leaf attacking the Qarluqs, the road was afraid of being unsafe, and the group stayed in Broken Leaf, and then went to Bathanna after the war subsided.

Before setting off, Meng Jiao had already made a lot of preparations, including studying the distribution of the power of the Great Cannibals east of the Amu Darya River.

He stood up and nodded to everyone, and continued: "From the perspective of the land I have mastered, the Great Food Caliph Rashid is a monarch who strongly advocates centralized power, and the Great Food also faces many crises in its local rule, one is the national rebellion in the occupied areas, and the other is the control of the major families over the localities, the possession of a large amount of land and slaves, which has hindered Baghdad's effective control over the various places, and the same is true east of the Amu Darya River, the rebellion of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu every year, and the possession of countless rich lands by the Samanid family, If our Tang army had not occupied Broken Leaves, perhaps Rashid would have considered solving the problem east of the Amu Darya River in the end, but now it is different, if he does not solve these two problems as soon as possible, he will inevitably be used by our Tang Dynasty, and eventually make him lose the land east of the Amu Darya River. Therefore, he appointed Agush, who was both moderate and high-status, to be the governor of Samarkand, in order to ease the hostility of the countries east of the Amu Darya River towards the Great Eclipse Land and the excessive power of the Samanid family. ”

As soon as Meng Jiaodi's voice fell, Wang Siyu took the lead in applauding, "Wonderful! The room erupted in applause. Wang Siyu said with some shame: "Meng Envoy Jun was able to study the Great Cannibal so thoroughly in Chang'an, which made those of us who lived next to the Great Food embarrassed, and we were still glad that Baghdad actually sent a subordinate to defeat the future. ”

Meng Jiao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Wang Dashuai is too humble, the so-called is not in his position, he does not seek his position, I shoulder the important task of contacting the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, I don't know how to do these situations, and Wang Dashuai is the head of the military of the entire Western Regions." Thinking about attacking the city and fighting battles, and implementing the strategic deployment of the imperial court and the emperor, it is not necessary to understand everything. ”

Wang Siyu shook his head. did not agree with the steps given to him by Meng Jiao, he walked quickly to the sand table, pulled away the silk cloth covering it, and everyone saw that the big man opened the sand table, so they gathered around.

Wang Siyu picked up the long pole and pointed to the two major areas of Bakhana and Shiguo, and said in a deep voice: "According to the information we have received, the Great Cannibal has mobilized two elite army corps of Khorasan with a total of 40,000 people to deploy to the east of the Amu Darya River, including 10,000 troops in Bakhana and 8,000 troops in Shiguo. If the attempt of the Great Cannibal is to cooperate with the Tocharian army to attack Broken Leaf, then it seems that the garrison of Bathanna is a little less, and there is no need to enter the Stone Country, so I am puzzled, and now with the reminder of Meng Envoy, I suddenly understand that the real intention of Rashid's garrison in these two countries is not to attack my Broken Leaf, but to clamp down on the Samanid family. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Siyu glanced at everyone. "Do you know what I mean?"

Everyone looked at each other, as if they understood something but couldn't say clearly, at this time, Shi Wu Yuanheng, the attendant who was present at the meeting, said with a smile: "Does Wang Dashuai mean that there is no need for us to gather heavy troops in Broken Leaves, and we should take the opportunity to expand northward by taking the opportunity of the destruction of Gelulu." ”

Wang Siyu laughed and gave a thumbs up: "Clever!" Sure enough, it's a vicious eye. ”

He groaned for a while, and then said to everyone: "You are all important officials of Broken Leaves, and I have the obligation to make it clear to you that the emperor has given us the task of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion, and Tocharo is not the business of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion. The emperor handed it over to the Shule Governor's Mansion. And has deployed 80,000 troops in Shule, of course. This is also my business, but specific to the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion itself, the Broken Leaf Land task is two, one is to expand northward, the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion and the Luntai Governor's Mansion (today's Urumqi), connected together, plus the Golden Dragon Road to contact Shule, in this way, the Broken Leaf, Shule, Luntai Governor's Mansion formed a bow posture, this is the first step of the strategy decided by the emperor when he fought the Battle of Anxi, so he took the Broken Leaf at all costs, this is one, after the establishment of this bow, the Broken Leaf is the point of arrow, The target is the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms in the west, which is the second step of the emperor's strategy and the second task of Broken Leaves, but the starting point is not Broken Leaves, but in Ashburai City. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Siyu's sharp gaze shot at Li Tianchen, "General Li, how is the plan to capture Ashi Burai City deployed?" ”

Li Tianchen immediately bowed down and replied: "Returning to the commander, my subordinates have sent the most powerful generals to lead the army to the west to ensure that they will take Ashi Bulai City within five days." ”

Wang Siyu looked at the sand table carefully, and said to Li Tianchen: "The Great Food Army is now gathered in the south of Bahanna, and the army of Ashi Bulai City is empty, it is a great opportunity, you must seize this matter." ”

"The last general obeys!"

Wang Siyu nodded, and then ordered: "Pass on my order, and order General Wang Ming to do something to the Grolu people in Demon Dragon City, and no one shall be let go." ”

He turned around and ordered Li Tianchen again: "General Liang Tingyu is on the way to escort the Qalluq people back to Shaye, he can't be separated, I order you to lead the headquarters to the north immediately, I will give you another 3,000 engineers, give me to occupy the Yili River Valley, before winter comes, be sure to build Gongyue City and Yili City, to prevent the Hui people from going south." ”

Samarkand, a famous city in Central Asia that flourished because of the Silk Road, was once the capital of the Huazim and Timurid empires, and in the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was the capital of Kangguo, the largest of the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu, also known as Samajian, because of its location in the link between the three kingdoms of Dashi, India and the Tang Dynasty, it also became the center of the Dashi Empire's rule over the vast area east of the Amu Darya River.

The governor of Samarkand is actually the governor of the whole Central Asian region, and the current governor of Samarkand is the prince of Agush, as Meng Jiao said, the arrival of Agush quickly alleviated the strong dissatisfaction of the Kang people against the great cannibals caused by the destruction of shamanic monasteries by the previous governor, and Agush issued three orders in a row: no more forcible destruction of monasteries of other religions except Islam; Harmonization of tithes and the abolition of additional taxes imposed on non-Muslim beliefs; No longer forcing people east of the Amu Darya River to convert to Islam; These three orders hit the nail on the head, and an imminent Kangguo uprising was quietly quelled, allowing Agush to concentrate on the immediate crisis of the Qarluqs.

It should be said that the Qarluqs' attack on Broken Leaf is one of the established strategies of the Great Eclipse, and the Great Eclipse will intervene in the situation of Broken Leaf, but Agush does not have much power in terms of army control, he can mobilize the Turkic slave army of Samarkand and the slave army of Tocharian in an emergency, but the two elite Khorasan legions, he does not have the right to transfer, and the Khorasan legions only obey the dispatch of the caliph.

In the past few days, the news of the precarious situation of the Qarluqs has reached Samarkand, and Agush did not expect the situation to change so quickly, and it will take at least half a month to transfer the Turkic slave army from Samarkand to Broken Leaves, and it is too late in time, so he ordered the day before yesterday to urgently transfer 50,000 Tocharian troops to Qarlu to help in the battle, and at the same time ordered nearly 100,000 garrisons from Kang, Shi, Mi, He, Shi and other countries to prepare to rush to Bakhanna, according to the deployment of the caliphate, the Great Eclipse will launch the Battle of Broken Leaves in September, In one fell swoop, pull out the nail in the eye of the broken leaf.

At this moment, Agush was writing to Rashid in his governor's palace about his dispositions, asking him to agree to the plan for the Battle of Broken Leaves, and to put the Khorasan army under his command.

When he had finished writing the letter, he put down the quill pen lightly, and read it again, and was quite satisfied with his wording, when he was about to send someone to deliver the letter, when a hurried footstep suddenly came to mind outside the door, and a retinue rushed in in a panic and shouted, "Your Excellency, Governor, quickly!" His Majesty the Caliph has arrived in Samar

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