July is the most enchanting season, it has taken the lead out of the middle of summer, the heat is gone, summer is like an exhausted traveler, lying dying in the low mountains, the lake is full of autumn is approaching, endless cedar forests, thick straw mats, shepherds' sheep grazing peacefully on the grassland.

On this day, the sky is clear, faintly drifting a few white clouds, far away, on this calm sleepy lake sailed a fleet, stretching for dozens of miles, this is composed of more than 300 three-masted ships, full of food and all kinds of military supplies, huge sails bulging into a spherical shape, is riding the wind and waves to the east, led by the big ship with a red yellow Tang dragon flag, hunting in the wind.

Wang Siyu stood at the bow of the boat, staring at the boundless surface of the lake like the sea, and from time to time a huge strange fish jumped up from the water and fell heavily into the lake, as if to protest the arrival of these uninvited guests who disturbed the tranquility of the Yibo Sea.

Yibohai is a long and narrow lake from east to west and narrow from north to south, the area is vast, equivalent to four Qinghai lakes, its biggest feature is that the lake water is half salty and half is light, there is a peninsula that extends into the lake in the middle, the lake water is divided into two parts, there is only a narrow waterway of six or seven miles wide in the middle is connected, it is this waterway that divides the lake into two, the west is fresh water, the east is salty water, and one of the military cities of the Tang Army will be built on this peninsula, called Dahu City.

Wang Siyu came to inspect the progress of the construction of Dahu City, according to the deployment of the emperor and the imperial court, the Tang Army of Broken Leaves will build three military cities around Yibohai, and now two have been started, one is in the north of Yibohai, called Yibo City, and the other is built on the Dahu Peninsula, called Dahu City, and the two cities are built opposite each other. Less than ten miles apart, one to the south and the other to the north, the two cities were to garrison 3,000 men each, and were responsible for intercepting the caravans leading to the Hui.

"Dashuai, look!" A soldier pointed into the distance and shouted, Wang Siyu's curtains blocked the dazzling sunlight and looked away. He saw a long black shadow appear in the distance, and it was the Ibo Peninsula.

Dahu City began to be built in April, here is about 600 miles away from the east bank of the lake controlled by the Hui people, and the south is an endless desert, the earliest is the territory of the Western Turks, in the second year of Xianqing, the Tang general Su Dingfang defeated the Western Turks, and the Yibohai River Basin officially belongs to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. ^^, UC eBook, first issue ^^ under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Protectorate, after the Battle of Talas, the Tang army fully withdrew from the west of the Green Ridge, and the Yibohai Valley was also occupied by the Qarluqs, and the Hui also expanded westward to the east coast of the Yibo Sea, until today, with the demise of Gelulu and the victory of the Battle of Broken Leaves, the power of the Tang Dynasty once again moved westward to the north, and the vast territory east of Yaozhishui became the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty also changed its previous method of governance. From April, after Broken Leaf officially became the location of the Western Regions Protectorate, the Tang Dynasty established the Dawan Governor's Mansion in Shiguo and Bahanna and other countries, with the veteran Ma as the Governor of Dawan and Wu Yuanheng as Changshi, under the jurisdiction of ten military towns, such as Talas Military Town, Juzhanti Military Town, Baishui City Military Town, Pearl City Military Town, and even the northernmost Xihai City Military Town (Xihai is today's Aral Sea). Together with the garrisons in the capital of Shiguo, Tuozhi City, and the capital of Bahanna, there were more than 20,000 people, and they firmly controlled the vast territory west of Broken Leaves.

The fleet slowly approached the dock, which is located in the middle of the Great Lakes Peninsula and is surrounded on three sides by land. Access is via a passageway. It is a natural harbor, and Great Lakes City is built next to this harbor. Great Lakes City is located on a hill, about seven or eight miles from the top of the Great Lake. About five miles from the mainland, surrounded by dense cedar forests, at present, the opposite bank of the land has been repaired, but the Great Lakes City has not yet been completed, nearly 1,000 engineers rushed to work day and night, striving to build the city before the arrival of winter.

The arrival of the fleet caused a jubilant sound, the soldiers on the dock docked the big ships to the shore one by one, hundreds of soldiers ran down from the top of the mountain, ready to carry supplies, Wang Siyu went ashore, looked at both sides, and then asked: "General Shi, why don't you see him come to meet Ben Shuai?" ”

Half a month ago, Wang Siyu appointed Shi Yang as the capital of Dahu City, commanding the 5,000 troops of Dahu City and Yibo City, which was a kind of compensation for his lack of promotion, and his task was also very arduous, responsible for comprehensively intercepting the materials leading to Huifu.

A lieutenant immediately stepped forward and said, "Hui Marshal, the scouts found a caravan heading for Hui this morning, and General Shi led his army to intercept it." ^^, UC eBook, first issue ^^ "I see. Wang Siyu nodded, and walked quickly along the stone steps to the top of the mountain.

At the same time that Wang Siyu arrived in Dahu City to inspect, Shi Yangzheng, the envoy of all soldiers and horses, led a thousand cavalry to gallop to the south, and a large area of pine forests in the dark and swarthy land had been left behind, and in front of him was a long yellow sand and a vast desert as far as the eye could see.

Early this morning, Shi Yang received a report from a scout team that he had found a large Sogdian caravan on the edge of the desert, with a thousand camels and more than 300 people, all armed with weapons.

Shi Yang immediately led a thousand cavalry to make a detour to intercept them, according to the speed of the camels, he should have outflanked them in front of them, he stood on a sand dune, looking to the west, several scouts had already split up to investigate.

At this time, a small black dot rushed from the west and slowly approached the team, it was a scout of the Tang Army, he rushed to Shi Yang like a whirlwind, hugged his fists and said: "General Qiyu, my subordinates have discovered the whereabouts of the caravan, and it is twenty miles away due west." ”

"Got it, let's go and explore." Shi Yang waved his hand and took the lead in rushing out, and the cavalry rushed down the dunes, rushing due west like a lightning speed, about a dozen miles, everyone had already seen a black line in the distance, and was moving towards this side, and they obviously found the intercepted Tang army, and began to turn around and flee south.

Shi Yang immediately ordered coldly: "Intercept them, those who dare to resist will be killed!" The Tang army immediately took off with murderous spirit, saddled with a long lance, wound the bow and arrows, and fanned towards the caravan.

This caravan came from Bukhara, for many years to do business with the Uighurs, its proprietor is one of the three most famous Sogdian merchants in the Uighur, monopolized the Uighur pig iron and cloth trade, this time because of the need for the Hui to prepare for war, he specially ordered his caravan to transport 200,000 catties of pig iron and some cloth from Bukhara to Han'er Bali, in order to prevent the Tang army from intercepting. They walked to the sparsely populated place on the north road, but they were discovered by the Tang army in Yibohai.

The steward in charge of escorting this batch of goods found the Tang army brigade, and they immediately panicked and tried to flee into the depths of the desert to hide, but their camels were far from being as fast as the Tang army's war horses, and in less than half an hour, this caravan was firmly surrounded by the Tang army. ^^^^

"Kill!" Shi Yang gave the order for the massacre. In order to strictly enforce the embargo, Shi Yang believes that the only way to eliminate these unwarned businessmen is to kill them again and again, and he believes that this is the most effective way.

The Tang army did not ask any questions, waved a long lance and rushed up, and the people in the caravan saw that the Tang army began to poison their hands, some were so frightened that they fell off their camels and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and some drew their knives and fought hard with the Tang army, but they were far from being the opponents of the Tang army. In a moment, nearly 100 followers who were ready to resist were killed by the Tang army, and the rest of the Sogdians knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and the Tang army did not bury the corpses, and returned to Dahu City with camels and Sogdians begging for mercy.

As soon as he returned to the camp in Dahu City, a soldier immediately came to report that the marshal was coming, Shi Yang immediately turned back to a captain and said, "Send these people to the construction site, and send the materials to the dock warehouse." ”

Done. Shi Yang hurried to the construction site of Dahu City, and from afar he saw Wang Siyu being accompanied by several soldiers to check the construction of the city, Shi Yang ran to Wang Siyu, turned over and dismounted, and knelt down in front of him to salute and said: "The soldiers and horses of Dahu City make Shi Yang see the marshal." ”

Wang Siyu waved his hand and asked with a smile: "How about it, go out to rob and kill the Hui Hui caravan, what do you gain?" ”

"Returning to the commander, his subordinates intercepted a large caravan. 200,000 catties of iron were seized, as well as a large amount of cotton cloth. ”

200,000 catties of iron! Wang Siyu was also secretly taken aback, how many weapons can be built into these 200,000 catties of iron, what does this mean, do the Hui people want to prepare for war?

"You're doing a great job." Wang Siyu approvingly: "This time, I personally sent you 30,000 stones of grain and 50 stones. There are also thunderbolts, bows and arrows, tents, weapons, armor, and other items. If possible, I would like you to be stationed at the castle by the end of October. If you still have any difficulties, please feel free to report to me. ”

"Thank you, General, for your concern. Don't wait until October, at the current pace, Great Lakes City could be completed by mid-September. Speaking of this, Shi Yang hesitated and said, "But the subordinates do have a request." ”

"If you ask for anything, just say it."

"Now we only have twenty sentinel ships here, which are generally used to communicate with Yibo City on the other side, I don't know if the marshal can leave a hundred big ships for us this time."

Wang Siyu groaned, 200,000 catties of iron were robbed by the Tang army, how could the Hui people give up, they would inevitably raise troops to pull out the nail of Dahu City, leaving a hundred ships is indeed beneficial, and besides, 200,000 catties of iron can be transported back with the remaining 200 ships, he nodded, and then readily agreed: "Okay!" I promise you, I'll leave you a hundred ships. ”

The flags on the grassland, the sound of horns, Han Erbali seemed to usher in the most solemn festival of the year, Hui Khan Jiegan Qas personally led more than 300 Hui magnates to leave the city fifty miles away to welcome the arrival of the Great Food Vizier Yahaya, Jiegan Qas was also very clear about Yehaya's status in the Great Food, which made him more excited than the Caliph himself.

Only a few months after he became Khan, Yehaya personally came to visit Da Shi, which is enough to show that Da Shi attached great importance to the Hui Dynasty, not only Jiegangas, but also more than a dozen Sogdian merchants, and the Manichaean state teacher Surman also came to welcome the arrival of the distinguished guests.

Since Jiegangas poisoned the loyal Khan and ascended the throne, there has not been a situation of surrender as Suerman said, on the contrary, the pro-Tang faction simply cannot accept the statement that the Tang princess was poisoned, and the Tang princess has no chance to get close to the loyal Khan, as for poisoning in the wine pot, anyone can do it, and the more suspicious point is the advance transfer of the army, which is obviously a well-planned conspiracy in advance, and the biggest suspect is the Jiegangas who ascended to the throne of the khan, only he has the ability to mobilize the team, and he is still the biggest beneficiary!

If Jiegan Jiasi could change the national policy of swaying from side to side of the loyal khan after coming to power, fully fall to the Tang Dynasty, and continue to marry the Tang princess as Kedun, perhaps the pro-Tang faction would also acquiesce to this fact, but after ascending the throne, Jiegan Jiasi changed back to the national policy of the Great Diet and began to fully devote himself to Da Shi, which made the pro-Tang faction completely desperate for him. Hundreds of thousands of people left, and the Eastern Hui was established in the city of Kedun in the East, officially breaking with the Jiegangas, causing the already sparse population of the Hui to suffer a major setback in the past hundred years.

After May, hundreds of thousands of Chen soldiers of the Tang Dynasty returned to the border with the Tang Dynasty, completely prohibiting the transportation of strategic materials such as grain, salt, sugar, pig iron, copper, and oil back to the north, and even tea was not allowed to be transported north. Violators of the ban will be beheaded, and only one trade point in Jiuyuan will be opened, and only porcelain, silk and other luxury goods will be allowed to trade with Hui.

The serious deterioration of relations with the Tang Dynasty is the inevitable consequence of a series of policies after Jiegangas came to power, which is also expected by the Jiegangas group, but they are not worried, even if the Tang Dynasty has a comprehensive trade embargo, Hui Hui can still get all the materials needed from the West, and the arrival of Yehaya fully illustrates this point.

Two hours later. Three thousand food troops escorted Ye Haya to appear at the end of the grassland, Ye Haya was from Baghdad in late May, after more than a month of trekking, arrived at Han Er Bali, to Han Er Bali is not his main itinerary, he came to visit the Tang Dynasty this time, and the Tang Emperor to discuss the issue of broken leaf prisoners of war, and Han Er Bali is just a visit by his way, in order to win over this eastern nomadic country that took the initiative to throw himself into the Great Food.

Use Hui to clamp down on Datang. It has always been Yehaya's strong advocacy that it was Yehaya's idea to order Sulman to poison and kill Hui Khan, and to support the new Khan of the pro-big food land, and this time he was pleased to achieve the plan as he wished, and before leaving, Yehaya persuaded Rashid to canonize Jieganas as the Great Khan of the East, rewarding him with 10,000 taels of gold and 100 beauties, in order to collect the center of the earth.

As Yehaya's carriage approached, Gyangas laid down his position as the king of the kingdom. Personally come to Yehaya's carriage to meet the first magnate of the Great Eater.

"Hui Khan Jiegangas, see His Royal Highness the Abbasid Empire Vizier, His Highness has worked hard all the way."

The door opened, and Yehaya stepped out of the carriage with the support of two more guards, and he smiled and saluted back to Jiegangas: "The Khan has come to greet him personally, and Yehaya can't afford to wait." This time I am entrusted by His Majesty the Caliphate. He made a special trip to form a formal alliance with the Hui and praised the courage of the Khan to be friendly with the Great Eater. ”

Let's talk about it. With a wave of his hand, several guards carried up two large heavy boxes. He ordered someone to open it, and the box was suddenly glittering with golden light, full of gold nuggets of ingots, and Yehaya asked people to catch up with dozens of carriages, pull the curtains, and the carriages were all charming and charming Western beauties, he pointed to the gold nuggets and beauties and smiled: "These ten thousand taels of gold and a hundred beauties are gifts from His Majesty the Caliph to the Khan, although these gifts are nothing in the eyes of the Khan, but they are a little heart of the Caliph, please be sure to accept them." ”

Jiegangas didn't care much about gold, but the hundred tall, fair-skinned, blonde-haired and blue-eyed Caucasian women made Jiegangas's heart moved, he was overjoyed, thanked him repeatedly, and ordered someone to send the gold and beauty directly back to the palace.

Ye Haya's eyes were sharp, he took every subtle expression of Jiegan Garth into his eyes, and when he saw the gold, he just smiled, but when he saw a hundred beauties, his eyes lit up, and he swallowed his saliva involuntarily, he knew that this Hui Khan was a womanizer, and it was not easy to like women? The Abbasids had beautiful women, and they could even persuade Rashid to marry the moon of Baghdad: Abasai, and firmly control the Uighurs in the hands of the empire.

Thinking of this, Ye Haya smiled slightly, took out a roll of sheepskin and said: "This time I went back and forth, and I was entrusted by the caliph to officially canonize the Khan of the East, which is different from the Tang Dynasty to be canonized with dignity and humility, this is the respect of our Abbasid Empire for the Hui brothers, and I hope the Great Khan can accept this title." ”

Of course, Jiegan Garth knew that this was just a nice saying, and accepting the title was actually an acknowledgment of the subordinate relationship between the two countries, which was no different from the essence of the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, but Jiegan Gasi also knew that he had no choice, the Hui population was sparse, the national strength was weak, and he urgently needed the full support of Da Shi, he slowly knelt down, respectfully accepted the sheepskin edict, and said loudly: "Jiegan Qas is willing to accept the canonization of His Majesty the Caliph." "Khan, please." Ye Haya hurriedly helped him up, the two of them looked at each other, and laughed together, Jiegan Gasi pointed to the big tent in the distance, and warmly invited: "I have prepared a sea of Roshan wine, and I am willing to get drunk with the Vizier Palace." ”

"Good! Today we are not drunk or dispersed. ”

The huge white tent was already full of sumptuous banquets, each small table was full of fragrant roasted mutton, the jug was filled with mare's milk wine, the yellow gold plate was full of green grapes and all kinds of fruits, Yehaya sat in the center with Jiegangas, next to Yehya sat Sulman, the Hui state teacher, and below him was the Hui minister Jiang Muhe Dagan, as well as the Sogdian merchants and Ye Hu of the various Uighur tribes, and beside Jiegangas sat Husser, the Syrian governor who accompanied Yehaya on his visit. and some important food chaperones.

Yehaya was obviously very satisfied with Sulman's completion of the task this time, he frequently toasted Sulman, his eyes were full of praise, Sulman was flattered, he remembered the promise of the caliphate, made him the governor of Bukhara, and allowed their family to get a large amount of land in Bukhara, which meant that their family could finally take the first step towards independent statehood, once the Abbasid Empire weakened in a hundred years, then the Sulman dynasty would become a reality.

Although he longed for Yehaya to speak out loud about this decision, Surman also knew that he must not let Jiegangas be suspicious at this time, and he saw that Yehaya was too concerned about himself, so he coughed dryly and said: "Your Highness Vizier, now that the Tang Dynasty has completely imposed a trade blockade on my Hui Hui, Hui is poor in materials, and I don't know about the Abbasid Empire

For more than 100 years, the Hui have been relying on the Tang Dynasty to supply grain, pig iron, tea and other materials at a very low price, even almost free of charge, although Sogdian merchants can also transport many materials from the West, but it is not free, it is necessary for the Hui people to exchange cattle and sheep at a high price, especially many Hui nobles, the free lunch in the Tang Dynasty is suddenly gone, which really makes them very unaccustomed, Their expectant eyes all turned to Ye Haya, hoping that Da Shi could be as generous as Da Tang.

Ye Haya secretly sneered in his heart, he stood up with his wine glass, and said to the Hui nobles with a smile: "As we all know, our Abbasid Empire believes in Islam, and the teachings warn us that we must always care for our brothers, and we must give selfless help to the industrious and poor, and the lazy must be punished. There will be tea, there will be clothes, there will be clothes, there will be weapons and armor, everything you want, guys, do you know what I mean? "Continued, uctxt,)