The successful capture of the northern part of Shule was tantamount to a major earthquake for the power structure of the various parties in the northwest, and the loss of the Uighurs, the first line of resistance to the Tiance army, the Samanid, Qarluq, and Turgish tribes, large and small, felt real pressure for the first time in the face of the cold front of the Tiance army. Whether it was the Turgish and Qarluq, who were fighting the Beijing Corps of the Tiance Army in the north, or the Samanid Empire, which had been defeated by the Uighur Corps, they were all thinking about and exploring what attitude to adopt next with this powerful and progressive Central Empire.

However, these were not so important to Wan Yi and others, who were in charge of the Western Expeditionary Army on the front line, Shule was taken, and the Uighur power in Anxi began to fall with the recovery of this city, and the strategic task of the Western Expeditionary Army had actually been completed, and the next stage of the task still needed to wait for the orders of Li Xuanqing and the General Staff. Therefore, in addition to letting the Anxi Corps return to Khotan, Wan Yi sent the Modao Battalion to the northern front to support Chai Jia and Tuoba Siji, so far the entire northern corps has become the main direction of the Tiance Army at this stage, and with the gathering of the Tiance Army, the Turgish tribe, who bear the brunt of the winter, is afraid that it will not be good this winter.

"Dashuai, deputy prime minister, you are all here, I was just looking for you, I have sorted out the main contents of the alliance, and I ask you to review it." Hammoud came to the location of the royal court headquarters early in the morning, and saw that Wan Yi and Tuoba Sijian were both there, and immediately rubbed his eyes and smiled: "What day is today, the two military and political officials of the northwest of the Tang Dynasty are gathered here?" ”

"Counting this seizure." After Tuoba Si asked, "The content of the alliance has been sorted out so quickly?" Take it for me to see. ”

Hammud handed the information in his hand to the two of them and continued: "The purpose of this alliance is twofold, one is that the Uighur tribes will be loyal to the Tang Dynasty from now on and will never rebel, which is a necessary commitment for the Uighurs to integrate into the Tang Dynasty. Hammoud said with a solemn face: "Please also rest assured that since I, Hammoud, have chosen to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and the emperor, I will not allow anyone, including the Uighurs, to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and anyone who is an enemy of my Tang Dynasty is my Hammud's enemy, and at the same time, it should also be my Uighur enemy." ”

Wan Yi and Tuoba Sijian looked at each other and saw the color of relief in each other's eyes, Tuoba Sijian nodded and said: "I am very happy that General Ha can have such determination, there has never been a difference between Hu and Han in the eyes of the emperor, there is not only my party clan in the Manchu Dynasty, but also the Shatuo clan like the deputy marshal, and there are other small clan generals and officials, and the Tang Dynasty is now vast, and all the ethnic groups under its jurisdiction now have the household registration of the Tang Dynasty and have become the real people of the Tang Dynasty, and no one will look at them differently because of this." As long as you are loyal to the Tang Dynasty and loyal to the emperor, you are the subjects of the Tang Dynasty and a member of the Chinese nation. ”

Tuoba's words of advice were undoubtedly an affirmation of Hammad, and Hammad's face became a little lighter because of this, and he continued: "The second purpose is actually what the commander and the deputy prime minister said before, the two Uighurs will be combined into one, integrate internal strength, and become a barrier in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Hammoud obviously made enough preparations, so Tuoba Sijian and Wan Yi had no opinion on the content of his alliance sprinkled with more than a dozen pages and the ways and means that need to be taken in the future, because the cooperation of both the military and the government is still needed later, so Wan Yi called Liu Xuan over and asked him to be responsible for mobilizing all departments of the Western Expeditionary Army to cooperate with Hammad's actions when necessary in the name of the Western Expeditionary Army Headquarters, and in this regard, Tuoba Sijian also stated that he would be personally responsible for doing this well.

On September 15 of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Shule had ushered in the first light snow, but the people from the Uighur tribes who came from all directions one after another were basically all there, although some of the tribes came obviously wrong, and even many tribes came with more than one group, but Hammud did not care, originally this alliance was to tie the Uighur tribes to the chariot of the Tang Dynasty, and secondly, to use this alliance to completely disrupt the original hierarchical order of the Uighur tribes, and to provoke the tribes to fight for power in an artificial way. As a result, Hammud had enough reasons and excuses to participate in it, to remove the original nobles and elder leaders, replace them with people who were willing to obey the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and then smoothly implement the new national policy of the Tang Dynasty.

On that day, in the royal palace of the Uighurs of Anxi, more than 300 people from all over Anxi and from various tribes of Gaochang participated in this meeting of the alliance that later completely changed the relations between the various ethnic groups in the northwestern Tang Dynasty. This bombshell almost made this alliance go straight to the frying. In the eyes of the Anxi Uighur tribes, the Qocho Uighurs were far inferior in power and territory to the Anxi Uighurs, and Hammud himself was still a traitor who defected to the Uighurs and defected to the Tang Dynasty, so almost half of the Anxi Uighur tribes jumped directly above the meeting hall and spoke fiercely.

In the face of such a fierce scene, Hammud was not moved at all, and directly ordered Deying to arrest all these people on the spot and behead them in front of everyone. After dozens of human heads landed, the Anxi Uighurs finally came to their senses, remembering that the entire Anxi region was now in the hands of others. And with this bloody butcher's knife, Hammud once again declared that the first purpose of the merged Uighur tribe was to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, to become a member of the Tang Dynasty with peace of mind, and to take the initiative to integrate into the Tang Dynasty and become a part of the Chinese nation advocated by Li Xuanqing. And after beheading so many people, Hammoud directly asked everyone present to swear on the spot that they would never betray Datang, and that they would be at ease as the northwest barrier of Datang, and then directly ordered Deying to announce the alliance and ask everyone present to sign and detain.

This direct violence really frightened everyone and upset the minds of some of them. Originally, in their view, the alliance convened by Hammud should unite the tribes to form an alliance, and then negotiate with the Tang Dynasty to give the Uighurs a dominant position in the northwest and even within the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, except for the group of people who reacted most fiercely before, the others had a certain psychological preparation for the merger of the two Uighurs, but what they did not expect was that what Hammud announced later was very different from what they thought, and directly asked everyone to swear allegiance to the Tang Dynasty. You must know that these people who come to Shule are basically representatives of various tribes, and Hammud has announced that all those who sign the alliance are tribal leaders recognized by the Tang Dynasty, and when necessary, they can apply to the Tang military to assist them in obtaining the status and power of the leader. In this way, their signature means that all the tribes sign and sign the pledge, which is tantamount to the complete disintegration of the entire Uighur tribe in one move. In this case, the merger of the two tribes into one would not force the entire Uighur tribe into the rule of the Tang Dynasty. If this was signed, the Tang Dynasty would have the power and excuse to intervene in the Uighur tribes and meddle in tribal affairs at any time, in that case, wouldn't the tribes really become vassals of the Tang Dynasty from now on.

In fact, these people are not bad, and even Hamoud's heart is not as simple as they think, and it is time for the Uighur tribes to completely integrate into the people who once made the steppe tribes look up to them. This generation of the imperial dynasty is even more different from before, although Hammud has not been to the Central Plains, but there is such an invincible iron-blooded elite in the northwest to fight, a steady stream of new weapons sent to the hands of soldiers, the Central Plains must have entered an incredible era. So what Hammud wants now is to integrate his tribe into it, become a part of it, and keep up with the pace of the Han people as quickly as possible. In the past, the Han nation had already created a civilization that all the tribes of the grassland looked up to, and now it is even more so, and it is an honor for the various ethnic groups of the grassland to integrate into the Han people.

"How about guys, have you figured it out? This is the letter of the alliance, the 131 tribes of the Uighurs plus one copy to send back to the Chang'an court, a total of 132 copies of the alliance letter signed by everyone, right? After Hamoud took the initiative to sign his own signature, he looked at the various faces of everyone present and asked without being moved, and his cold and solemn tone even made several Gaochang tribal representatives around him shudder. The tribes on the Gaochang side did not have much resistance to Hammad's decision, so after Hammoud signed, representatives of more than 20 tribes, including Deying, quickly signed on behalf of their own tribes, and soon more than a dozen tribes in southwest Anxi that had been included in the rule of the Tang Dynasty also signed one after another.

"General Ha, I have a question, I don't know if the general can explain." Hammoud personally walked over with one of the representatives of Germany and England, watched them make their choices, and watched them sign and draw the pledges. Hamoud, who was reluctant to sign, did not embarrass them, but the trace of compassion in Deying's eyes when he looked at these people made these people feel like the end of the world. It took a long time for each of the 132 delegates to sign, but Hammoud was not in a hurry, and a guard behind each of the delegates would record the details of the tribes of the delegates and himself. But as Hammoud walked up to a new delegate with the signing, the thin young man suddenly asked. It was evident that the representative had not been sent by the tribal leader, and that he was dressed shabby and had no guards with him. Hammoud looked at it and nodded.

"Can I help me ascend to the position of leader on behalf of the signing general?" The young man asked, arching his hand towards Hammoud.

"Indeed, I can help you ascend to the throne of the leader, and I can even promise you on behalf of the Tiance Army on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, do you understand what I mean?" Hammoud smiled slightly, as if he had seen through the young man's mind for a moment.

However, the young man was unmoved by Hammoud's affirmative reply, and continued to ask: "What if more than one tribe shows up to sign at the same time?" How should the general and the Tang Dynasty choose? ”

Hammoud looked at this person with interest, as if he wanted to know if he was pushed out by others to express his doubts, but these things were originally explained to him by someone asking at this time, which saved him a lot of trouble, so he nodded and said: "If there are many signatures, it means that they are all qualified to inherit the tribal leader at the same time, and no matter which of them can ascend to the throne, they will be recognized by the Tang Dynasty." As for who will be able to take office, I think you can go to the Deputy Prime Minister of Civil Affairs and ask after the meeting, maybe he has a way. ”

"Okay, I'll sign on behalf of the Black Sailor Capture Tribe." When the young man heard the answer, his eyes lit up, and the meeting agreed without hesitation and began to sign.

Hammoud nodded and did not stop the young man from signing, even he knew that this tribe captured by the black sailors was actually more than him, but the others did not enter the venue, obviously not going to participate in this alliance, but he wanted to take the opportunity to ask what Hammoud wanted to do. Hamoud glanced at Deying beside him, who nodded, and Blackwater was afraid that there would be a story about the capture of this Uighur tribe.

Several groups of people later asked Hammad questions about other aspects of the alliance before signing, and some even asked questions about whether Hammad would continue to let the Uighur tribes rule Anthi, which clearly exceeded the competence of the deputies. However, Hammoud seemed to have no interest in killing people at this time, but answered them one by one, and told everyone present all the main meaning of the meeting in this question and answer. There are more than 200 signatures on the 132 copies of the alliance, and there is no doubt that those extra people are from several representatives of one tribe, but there are also tribes that have not come to participate in the alliance at all, and Deying has counted about a dozen tribes that did not come, and they are basically large tribes, except for the five tribes in Shule that were suppressed by Hammud, there are almost ten tribes that did not come.

Looking at the list counted by Deying, Hammad's eyes flashed coldly, and then he smiled: "Since you have all signed the alliance letter, it means that you all agree that my Uighur tribe is willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty, then I also hope that after you return to your tribe, you can actively cooperate with the Tang Dynasty civil affairs officials to implement the management of Anxi." Standing in front of the main seat, Hammoud said: "Although you may be a little puzzled by the new Tang Dynasty policy and think that the new policy will harm the interests of my Uighur tribes, what I want to say is that you are all excellent children of my Uighur tribes, and you should have a long-term vision and think about the future and hope of my Uighur tribes." ”

"The meeting is over, but there is another meeting on the side of the deputy prime minister, which will be held in three days, and you can listen to it if you feel it is necessary, and maybe you can answer your questions." Hammoud continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, what I want to say is that the Tang Dynasty has entered a new era, a great era, and only by finding a way to actively integrate into it can I have a future, and only then can I personally participate in this era with the Han people and become the protagonists of this world." I don't want you to understand what I'm saying now, but I don't want to see you standing on the opposite side of me and the Tang Dynasty in the future because of the small profits in front of you. I want to emphasize that anyone who dares to be an enemy of my Datang is an enemy of my Hamoud and an enemy of my Uighur tribe. Hammud's words were sonorous and powerful, but listening to everyone's ears made everyone feel enlightened and shocked.