"Deying, you go to see if O'Gyan's injury is better, if you can walk on the ground, let him come over, and say that I have something to tell her." The Uighur corps was basically in the process of repairing after joining up with the main force, and the continuous war not only reduced one corps by more than seventy percent, but also the remaining soldiers were now exhausted, and after the long-term tension of a string was suddenly loosened, countless soldiers just wanted to sleep quietly after they fell, and they did not want to do anything else. In order to take care of them, the 7th Corps and the Modao Battalion, which had arrived at the foot of Shule one step earlier, even suspended their attacks for three days, just so as not to disturb the rest of the Uighur soldiers. In the past two days, in addition to visiting the wounded and sick in the field hospital, Hammoud has been docking with Liu Xuan to prepare to replenish the troops as soon as possible to rebuild the Uighur Corps, after all, there are only Modao Battalion and the Seventh Corps in the frontal corps outside Shule City, and the Anxi Corps has just fought Shuangqu City, and as a result, it has encountered the attack of the southern tribes of the Uighur organization, and there is no way to enter Shule in the past few days. After the main force arrived in Shule, the task of the Anxi Corps also changed, pacifying the south of Shule, and opening up the north-south passage from Shule to Khotan as soon as possible became Zhang Sheng's top priority, after all, if Shule was taken, the entire east of Shule would be all southbound by the Tiance army, and the next step would be to include the entire Anxi into the official territory of the Tang Dynasty. In the planning of Tuoba Siji, instead of marching from Yanqi to Qiuci, it is better to go from Khotan, Khotan's internal products are richer than other places, and it is more suitable as a rear supply base than Qiuci and other places, so a large number of Samanid prisoners and previous prisoners of war captured by Hammud were rushed to the front line by Tuoba Siji and Yang Yi, and they waited for Zhang Sheng to start work immediately after opening Shule. During this period of time, after the front-line troops were divided, the logistics troops also brought a large number of building materials with them when they delivered materials, and they were waiting for the start of construction this time.

However, these were not for Hammoud to consider, and he was not even concerned about the upcoming Shule War, which was to be done by the Modao Battalion and the Seventh Corps, and what he was now planning was to accept Shule and the entire Uighur tribe immediately. Compared with the Uighurs of Gaochang, the Anxi Uighurs are not only large in population, but also very geographically dispersed, almost the entire Anxi is their distribution range, and the tribes are more than 1,000 miles from south to north and from east to west. So when Deying walked in with Ogyan, who was covered in bandages, he didn't even notice it.

"General, are you feeling unwell?" Deying, as the captain of the personal guard, saw Hammoud's face change and thought that he was also sick, and many soldiers had fallen ill after resting in the past few days.

"Okay, you're here, sit down first, I'll have something to tell you." Hammoud waved his hand when he saw the two coming, signaling him to help Ogyan sit down and said with a smile: "I have nothing to do, Deying has worked hard to take care of the brothers below in the past two days, and I don't have much time to visit everyone." The two of you are here today because we have an important matter to discuss with you, and it is also a task entrusted to us by the commander of the Uighur Corps. ”

"Is that what I said earlier about uniting the Uighurs into one?" Deying and Ogyan were not only Hammad's henchmen before, but also the Gaochang Uighurs, and besides Hammad, they were the highest-ranking generals in the Tiance Army, so they also knew a thing or two about the previous plans of the Western Expeditionary Army. It was indeed time for the two Uighurs to finally merge, so Deying immediately asked after hearing Hamoud's words.

Hamoud nodded and said: "This is indeed the case, it has been more than a hundred years since my Uighurs were divided, and it is time to merge the two, and the most important thing is that now the Tang Dynasty has reached the last moment of unification of the northwest." According to the current situation, in the future, the land occupied by Saman, Turgish and other surrounding tribes is actually the land and forces under the protection of the former Tang Anxi Metropolitan Protector, which means that these places and tribes will sooner or later return to the rule of the Tang Dynasty as they did a hundred years ago. According to the current institutions set up by Datang, I am afraid that it will not be like the previous generation, which is just a kind of state that can be out of control at any time, but a more closely managed institution similar to the current province. Therefore, if we do not merge, do not rely closely on the Tang court, and rely on the Tiance army, then the decline of the Uighurs will inevitably be overwhelming. Therefore, we still need to treat these people in Anxi in the same way as we did in Gaochang back then, so that the people at the bottom can get a chance to survive and develop. After seeing the reforms of the Han people before the Tang Dynasty, he realized that he was afraid that the reforms he carried out within the Uighurs would also need to be modeled after the original methods of the Tang Dynasty, eliminating the privileges of the top and establishing the current social structure of the entire Tang Dynasty within the Uighur tribes, so that they could survive and develop among the tribes in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty in the future. Moreover, Hammoud also had another idea in his heart, that is, by accelerating the integration between the Uighurs and the Han Chinese, he would become as inseparable from the Han as Dangxiang and Shatuo.

Hammad's thoughts, his two henchmen, can also faintly feel that in the bloody reform in Gaochang at the beginning, Ogyan was the first blade in Hammud's hands, and the blade pointed to countless of his own compatriots' heads rolled down, which stiffly subdued the constraints of many opposition forces within the Gaochang Uighurs to the Tang Dynasty and the Tiance Army. At this time, Hammud mentioned the reform and the two Uighurs were merged into one, and the two of them suddenly understood that the Anxi Uighurs in the future would also repeat the scene of Gaochang in the future, so the faces of the two became extremely solemn, no matter what, this is a slaughter of their own people, and it is not on the battlefield, I am afraid that after a hundred years, these people may be hated and hated by all the human races.

"Are you worried that you will be pointed at by a thousand people in the future?" Hammoud looked at the two people in front of him and said with a smile: "Are you wondering why the command handed over this matter to us and assigned someone else?" Hammud's face became serious when he said this: "I won this matter myself, in fact, the marshal asked me if I needed help before, but I refused." If we Uighurs want to integrate into the Tang Dynasty, we must clean up all the dirt within our own tribe and welcome the Tang Dynasty with a new look and this new era. If this is a matter of pretense to others, doesn't that mean that our Uighurs have fallen to the point where they can't even take care of their own affairs? Don't think too much about the two of you, we will share the weal and woe together in successes and failures, and I think that in a hundred years' time, our descendants will comment that what we need to do is to completely change the current Uighurs, and cooperate with the cabinet to do a good job in the reform and integration of the Anxi Uighurs. ”

"Don't worry, general, we understand this." Ogyan nodded, this adjutant general has become smart as if he had opened his mind since Andijan became famous in the first battle, which is even faster than Deying's reaction speed, but he can't hide anything, nodded and suddenly said: "The general's meaning is to let us cooperate with the cabinet, oh, it's the deputy prime minister's side, then don't we want to go to the civil affairs side?" I heard that our Datang is now separated from the military and the government, and I am afraid that we will not be able to fight after we enter the civil administration. ”

"Probably not, although our Uighur Corps is not the main force of the Western Expeditionary Army, but we have won a big battle this time, you haven't seen that the commander has personally greeted us before, and he will definitely not be incorporated into the civil affairs side." I just regret that we fought too hard last time, but now Shule City is in front of us, but we have nothing to do. Deying understands a lot more things than Ogyan, and knows the general difference between civil affairs and military politics, he is not worried about this, but he is a little regretful about the upcoming Shule battle, "General, if we don't participate in the war, won't we have no idea about Shule City?" You must know that Shule is the seat of the royal court of the Anxi Uighurs, and if we don't participate, it will be difficult to manage after the war. ”

"That's why I'm looking for you, in the past two days, someone from the Xuanying Guard's side will come out of the city, and when the time comes, all the current arrangements in the city and the distribution and location of the various forces in the city will be brought out, and then Deying, you and I will attend the meeting together, and be responsible for liaising with the Xuanying Guard. The commander said that because the Uighur corps was in the period of restoration and repair, all the Uighur troops would be responsible for the defense of the Shule River as city defense troops after the recovery, and their main task was to assist the deputy prime minister in carrying out internal tribal reforms and not to participate in other wars. Hammoud clapped his hands and said, "That's when we need to be responsible, so Deying has the heaviest task." Both of them understood that the command would hand over Shule to the Uighur Corps for military management, that is, let the Uighur Corps carry out reforms.

"Do other tribes and tribes in Anxi also teach us to be responsible?" Deying thought for a moment and asked. The biggest trouble on the Anxi side is that unlike the Gaochang side, which is dominated by Uighurs, and the other tribes are basically a minority, but the Anxi region is huge, and the tribes in the territory are not 1,000 or 500, and their power is unevenly distributed, which is more complicated than the problems within the Uighurs.

"That's not our responsibility, it's the deputy prime minister's business. However, according to the previous practice, we, as the Shule City Defense Force, that is, the Military Management Force, need to be responsible for assisting the civil affairs agencies and officials in dealing with these matters. Hammoud said: "So it can also be said that we need to be responsible for dealing with it, but we just do what we are told." ”

"In this case, we will be better, otherwise I am afraid that one of our corps will not be able to keep busy at all." Deying nodded and said: "But fortunately, there are many people in Anxi who have respect for Datang, at least those people surnamed Zhaowu Jiu are very supportive of Datang, and it is not a big problem to base on them." ”

"Well, that's what the deputy prime minister will do. The other important thing I want to talk about is-" Hammoud looked at Deying and said: "In the past few days, Deying has handed over all the affairs of the corps to Ogyan to be in charge of, and it is not a big deal for him to deal with military affairs like this, you think about it, the commander has already sent someone to send Jiamu from the Central Plains, and when the time comes, we will discuss with him that we will hold a meeting of the Uighur tribal alliance in Shule, and you will be responsible for informing the tribes, including our Gaochang side, so that the major tribes can send dignitaries to participate in the discussion and discuss the future of the Uighurs." Hamoud's words gave Deying a headache, and he looked at him and smiled bitterly: "General, I'm just afraid that this alliance organized this time will not have any good results, even if I inform them in the past, they may not participate, and a few of us now have a bad reputation within our clan, but there are many people who are eager to kill us." ”

"This is simple, when you send someone to inform, you directly pick it out and say that whether the elders of each tribe come, or the people at the bottom come, or even if it is a slave, I will treat everyone equally as a representative of their tribe. The person who signed on behalf of each tribe at the time of the alliance was the chieftain of the tribe that we had decided to report to the imperial court for approval. If anyone has any objections, it is against the Uighur tribal alliance, and even more so with the Tang Dynasty, and when the time comes, I will personally lead the army to clear the obstacles for him and help him ascend to the throne. Hammud's words made Ogyan's heart tremble, and he immediately understood what the general was trying to do, which was to make the entire Uighur tribes never have peace. No matter who comes to the alliance, they can represent their own tribe, so wouldn't the opposition within those tribes take the opportunity to kill the original tribal chiefs and elders in one fell swoop? And finally send the army to help? Isn't this just an excuse to bloodied those rebellious tribes? When the time comes, the major tribes after the cleansing will have no other way out than to honestly follow the pace of the Tang Dynasty.

"General, your trick is too ruthless, I obeyed you." Ogyan and Deying looked at each other, both mourning for those tribes. Deying didn't have to think about it, those who came to Shule to participate in the alliance were only afraid that on the way, they would worry about how many opponents in their tribe would also go to Shule, and use the powerful combat power of Hammud and even the Tiance Army to reach the highest position of the tribe.

"Why do I think we won't be able to save much physical strength if we don't participate in the Shule battle? Anxi is so big, we won't go to fight one tribe after another, right? Deying had just made a complaint, and suddenly there was a horn outside the tent, and the location was still from the headquarters.

"Okay, the marshal has gathered over there, I'll go over first, you two go to prepare first, these things must be implemented before the Shule war starts." Hammoud stood up and admonished as he walked out.

After Hammoud left, Deying and Ogyan looked at each other and smiled bitterly: "Why do I think that after these two parts are combined, the two of us have a more difficult life?" After that, I am afraid that I will be marching outside every day. ”