And outside the city another tent was erected.

Salem got his wish, and a fire displaced many people. I had to let them out of the city first, live in tents, settle down, and wait until the inner city was taken, and then build houses for them, give them some food and daily necessities, and survive the current crisis.

Some people had lost their relatives in the war, thinking that the Tang army had entered the city, and the recovery of Moufu City was just around the corner, and the bright prospect suppressed the pain. However, a fire burned them to nothing, no matter how Tang Jun persuaded them, they just cried and refused to leave.

In the end, I invited a few local elders with high moral standing and made repeated promises to persuade them ,—— leave.

It has no impact on the overall situation, but can show the cruelty of the enemy and the mercy of the Tang Dynasty. But when it happens, it's always annoying. In order to appease the people, Li Wei did not hesitate to go out of the city himself and make some promises to this group of Persians. Only then did the people slowly walk to their tents under the leadership of the soldiers.

Wang Fangyi followed behind and said, "Your Majesty, you have relented. ”

"Wang Duhu, what is difficult in Hushan is not to attack, but to govern. Just some benevolent and righteous means, the banner of Nini Shi is not enough, there will be religion, people's livelihood, and military resources in the future......" Li Wei suddenly stopped and looked at Wang Fangyi.

"I think Your Majesty can be tougher." Wang Fangyi said vaguely.

"You come here", Li Wei took Wang Fangyi to a small canal not far away, the water of the canal shimmered in the sun, and there were some trees growing on the bank, but the thick trees were all cut down by Tang Bing and made siege equipment. In the distance, there are oases, and the golden Gobi, yellow and green, very similar to the patterns of some Persian carpets.

After finding a clean sandy place and sitting down, looking at the east, Li Wei said: "I used to look at history, especially the history of Song Qi, Liang and Chen, which was shocking. After the unification of the Sui Dynasty, the cause of Emperor Wen of Sui's death was very suspicious. In our dynasty, there was the Xuanwumen Rebellion first, and then the Hidden Prince Rebellion. ”

Referring to these two incidents, Wang Fangyi did not dare to make a sound.

"Wang Duhu, do you see that it is possible for the army to reach the territory of Moufu City and reach Nissa City. But as long as there is a civil strife during the transfer of power, the sacrifice and hard work of many soldiers will be wasted. The larger the territory, the more likely it is to collapse in times of civil strife. I'm in the prime of life, but what about twenty years later? The country will enter a vicious circle of bad cycles. So I want to set an example and put a stop to this cycle. ”

"Lovely ......"

"I know that when I came to the Western Regions, I knew that I couldn't be good. In the past few years, I have traveled from Yaozhou to Qinghai, the Western Regions and Khorasan, and many heroic soldiers around me have died one after another, and some soldiers, I can now recall their voices and smiles. No matter how soft the heart is, it will become hard after seeing so many deaths. In the past few years, a lot of things have happened in the Tang Dynasty, and some changes have brought vitality to the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers and other soldiers often feel unworthy for Your Majesty."

"I won't let some people, for their political ambitions, kill this vitality, but I have to wait for the wedge, and at that time, I will not be wary of killing and killing a lot of people."

When Wang Fangyi said soft-heartedness, he did not mean soft-heartedness towards the Persians. He wanted to say that his repeated concessions made him and some other officers and men in the army feel that he was cowardly and indecisive. But politics is brutally realistic. Once they fail, they will be implicated as their confidants, not confidants.

I have been thinking about the transition of power and want to set an example. And his mother's wisdom made him jealous. Therefore, it is necessary to complete the transfer of power in a peaceful way. But as his parents attacked again and again, he knew that his attempt had failed. This enabled Pei Xingjian's plan.

Not only did his attempt to change power fail. Also, the distribution of imperial power and relative power in the future has not been thought about. The power of the emperor is concentrated, and as long as there is a mediocre king, a dynasty may collapse immediately. If it falls into the hands of the prime minister, it will inevitably be a powerful minister, and there are not too many people who want to be Cao Cao and Sima Zhao.

Democracy and the constitutional monarchy were not practical in this era, or there was a cabinet system, like the Ming Dynasty, where power was dispersed. But in my memory, the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty created batches of shameless literati, making the Ming Dynasty the most powerful dynasty of infighting.

I can't think of a perfect solution.

But the pressure of his parents and the shadow of history made Li Wei unable to take care of the long term.

Wang Fangyi was worried that he would have to say some ideas and strengthen their thoughts. Otherwise, it is possible that the mother used some wrists, and the second and third Zhang Qianxun appeared. In fact, among the generals in Qinghai, there has been a Zhang Qianli!

Finally learning His Majesty's thoughts, Wang Fangyi was very happy. Fu Dao: "Your Majesty, if there is a place for the minister, the minister is willing to smear the ground and repay him with his life." ”

"Get up, if I want to do it, I will do it righteously and brightly, and I will not let my subordinates bear notoriety." Li Wei helped him up with a smile, and suddenly thought of the reaction of the generals under his grandfather, who had never met before, before the Xuanwumen Change. It is very likely that they were really forced by the generals, they are the same as Wang Fangyi, if Li Jiancheng succeeds in ascending the throne, they will inevitably be implicated, so they force Li Shimin to strike first.

Salem burned down the houses around the inner city, but it brought convenience to the Tang army.

Taking advantage of the situation, all the houses around the inner city were demolished and large camps were built. A number of siege towers were built on this occasion, but this time the height of the siege towers decreased. Each siege tower has only one trebuchet and a drawbridge. The area is small, the striking surface is reduced, and the hit rate of the enemy's trebuchet is reduced.

The onslaught lasted for three days, with damage on both sides. But in three days, more than 300 siege towers were built. Li Wei changed his strategy and turned into a day and night attack, and continued to attack for two days and two nights. After seeing that more than 200 siege towers had been added, he finally gave the order to let the siege towers approach the inner city wall and fight at the head of the city.

It was counterattacked by the big cannibals again.

People are poor and changeable, and Salem is poor, and he thinks of another way. Inspired by the Greek fire of the Byzantines, the craftsman invented a spray can, which was not to be crudely crafted...... The distance of the jet is not far from no more than fifty paces. Then some materials are used to make the oil viscous. Spray it on the baffle, and then smash the baffle with a fire jar and immediately burn it.

The outer city is useless, just a dozen meters high, and the soldiers can calmly escape. It was not until the Tang army officially launched an attack on the city wall that this secret weapon was taken out and used. Thousands of spray canisters were sprayed, and most of the huge frontal baffles of the siege towers were stained with this thick fire oil. Then he smashed it with a fire jar, because it was very close, he didn't need a trebuchet, and he threw it directly with his hands if he had a lot of strength. More than half of the siege towers were on fire. Seeing that something was wrong, Li Wei ordered that the siege towers that were not on fire should be returned immediately, and the soldiers of the siege towers on fire came down from the top of the towers.

There were still many soldiers who did not escape in time, surrounded by the flames, and let out terrible screams. Even when they fled, they threw down many boulders and sassalwoods, and bows and arrows. In this attack alone, casualties amounted to almost two thousand soldiers.

However, there is also a strategy to defuse, and the Tang army has made improvements to the siege tower, because it is very high, so the height of the siege tower has reached eight floors, and two soldiers are set up on each floor, with buckets, and then dig holes to see the fire and water to do. After all, it is facing downward, even if it is fire oil, after being diluted with water, it will flow downward. The fire could not be burned. But in doing so, the load capacity of the siege towers was increased. So more wheels had to be installed under the siege towers, and more soldiers had to push them.

And before the siege, he poured water on the siege towers to make all the timber damp.

While improving the siege tower, let people dig tunnels.

Seeing that the Tang Dynasty army was digging tunnels, Salem forcibly mobilized the people of the inner city to dig a deep trench along the corner of the city wall. As long as the tunnel is dug through, soldiers and broadswords are prepared on the other side to cut off people's heads.

After more than a day of improvement, the tunnel was dug very deep.

The siege towers were rolled out again, followed by drums and trumpets.

The Inner City Warrior was talking to Kang's beard: "General Kang, why don't you let us attack?" ”

"Before the opportunity comes, learn to be patient."

"General Kang, many days have passed."

"Then how many days have passed since Your Majesty fought in the Wuyou River in order to mobilize the Great Eclipse troops? However, our army has already launched a siege battle, and it is estimated that it will not be long to wait. When he had finished speaking, he heard the sound of the trumpet, and when he heard the sound of the trumpet, he stopped talking, listened again, and said, "Master Panji, inform those companions of yours that tomorrow at noon, when you have lunch with the great cannibals, you will attack, and you should join forces with the outside!" ”

The teacher responded with great joy.

This is Li Wei's biggest backhand. It cannot be used during the attack on the outer city, and if it is used at that time, more rebels will respond. However, the outer city is far less difficult than the inner city. Therefore, let this rebel army use some connections to find a way to infiltrate the inner city first. Then use the sound of the horn to remotely command, and let them do things when it comes to critical time. However, it has been reminded again and again that it is better to lack than to abuse. The number of people should not be large, and it is easy to leak the news if there are more.

It is unlikely that the big cannibal has become a turtle in the urn, and if it is sold at this time, the gains outweigh the losses. But just in case, so I made this order. Don't be afraid of few people, as long as you do something in one move, and cooperate outside the city, the people in the city will actively participate, and the momentum is not small.

The Great Cannibal narrowed the line to the inner city, imposed a curfew, and had to launch the campaign at noon.

The inside of the city will be up at noon tomorrow, and the outside of the city will also cooperate, launching rounds of crazy attacks. As a precaution, the success rate of the Great Cannibal Spitfire tactic was reduced, and some siege towers were burned. Especially leaning against the city wall, as long as the attack power of the soldiers in the siege tower is insufficient, slow down, and the big food soldiers directly pour fire oil on the baffle, and then burn it after pouring it. No amount of water can stop the fire from spreading. The big cannibal invented another instrument, a pole, pulled up with a rope on one side, and a sledgehammer on the other, much like the cannon hammer during the construction of water conservancy in the Tang Dynasty. Taking advantage of the bulkiness of the siege tower, move this device to the opposite side of the siege tower and smash it at the top soldier with a sledgehammer.

After a fierce battle for most of the day and a night, the onslaught continued the next afternoon. The casualties on both sides were severe, and the soldiers in the city were also afraid. After all, if this kind of consumption continues, the Tang army outside the city continues to swarm, and the number of soldiers who die every day is less than the number of Persians who signed up to join the army. However, in the city's own war, one dead is one less.

Seeing that morale was low, Salem again took out a large amount of gold and silver coins from the treasury and rewarded them to the soldiers. And personally supervise the battle, as a way to boost morale.

He still had a glimmer of hope, although the Tang Dynasty had sharp weapons, but the inner city walls were tall, and he had an absolute advantage. On this day and night, the death toll of the Tang Dynasty army far exceeded the death toll of its own army.

As long as you hold on for another two or three days and beat the enemy to the cold, the siege will weaken, and the attack will become weaker. Then it can drag on for many days. As long as it is delayed until the reinforcements arrive, the weather is hot, and the time for a counteroffensive will come.

I saw that at noon, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty burrowed into the tunnel one by one. Salem ordered his soldiers to lie down on the outer wall of the trench and listen, but they did not hear any movement. Terrible happens, in case some soldiers are sent to guard the trenches. While the city was still fighting, wave after wave of soldiers came to the city from the drawbridge, Salem shouted: "Listen to the soldiers, for every day of battle, reward two gold coins of Oreeus for the Great Eat, equal to twenty-five dinars of silver with seven .3 grams of pure gold, kill one Tang soldier, and reward five Oreus." ”

The herald passed on his orders.

It is definitely a heavy reward, two Oreeus contain nearly fifteen grams of gold, which is equivalent to nearly four thousand yuan before Li Wei wears it in the future. The price of gold and silver in the river and Khorasan has depreciated somewhat, and the real purchasing power will not be so much, but it can also reach the purchasing power of more than a penny.

Hearing this order, the great cannibal at the head of the city fought frantically again.

Li Wei still nodded secretly As a general, Salem has done a better job, if he is not a surprise attack, the other party is not well prepared, just this Salem, he can let himself drink a pot. The counterattack at the head of the city became very fierce, and Li Wei had no choice but to order the retreat. The soldiers retreated from the siege tower, using the siege tower to cover and open a distance of dozens of paces while watering. Then it's time for lunch. Seeing that the Tang army was having lunch, Salem also ordered the soldiers to eat lunch, and it was just time to breathe a sigh of relief and rest.

But in the middle of this Zhang Chi, morale was also relaxed. At this moment, hundreds of Persians flashed out of the city, armed with weapons in their hands, and slashed at the Great Eaters below the city walls. While rushing, at the same time, someone was shouting: "Tang soldiers have entered the city." ”

"Hey, are you a Persian, why do you help the big cannibal if you don't help Tang Bing enter the city at this time?"

"The fathers and elders in the city show their relatives, expel the great food and welcome the prince into the city, at this moment! Take up your arms and resist. ”

When Li Wei heard the movement in the city, he immediately ordered all the soldiers to put down their jobs and attack again.

This time not only attacked, but ordered all the troops to prepare for the attack, and batch after batch of soldiers climbed the siege tower, not only the Persian recruits, but also the soldiers in the river, the Turks, the Tocharians, and the Tang Dynasty soldiers brought by Li Wei.

The fierce attack crumbled the enemy at the head of the city, and also led to the inability of more soldiers to suppress the uprising of the people. In particular, many of the soldiers in the middle of the Great Food were local soldiers in Moufu City, and they could all know each other with these rebels. Some soldiers saw the rebels coming, and they couldn't help but flash back. Li Wei deliberately fought for many days, consuming the Great Eclipse forces in the inner city, and at this time, the city and outside the city launched an attack at the same time, and Salem's army supply was even tighter.

Seeing that the rebel army was not defeated, but fought vigorously, many people also poured out of their homes, picked up sticks and axes, and joined the rebel army.

Li Wei stood in the tower cart and watched, and asked the herald to pass down an order, so that the cavalry behind him who were about to rush into the city shouted in unison: "Surrender without killing, let you go home." ”

This sentence was enough to play the role of 50,000 elite soldiers in these battles. Hearing several shouts, many of the Persian puppet soldiers hesitated. At this time, there was another change in the city, and Kang Dabeard took advantage of some connections to stuff some rebels into the Great Food Puppet Army. Some also served as some low-level officers, and the number was not large, only a few dozen. Some of them were also at the head of the city, and when they saw that the situation at the head of the city had become favorable, they suddenly drew their weapons and launched an attack on the big cannibals.

This change caught many of the big cannibals unexpected, and those puppet soldiers were also unexpected, and they didn't know what happened, and some of the puppet soldiers saw that the inner city was gradually falling out, so they also learned, picked up their weapons, and counterattacked the big cannibals. I want to make meritorious service and reduce my future crimes.

It was already out of support, and with this incident, a large area of the city was soon occupied by the Tang army, and some generals led their men to approach the city gate to kill the enemies on both sides of the city wall to protect the army. Some rushed down the city walls and forcibly joined the rebels to strengthen the resistance in the city.

Li Wei saw it very clearly, and shouted again: "Beat the drum." ”

Ten thousand drums urged in unison, and in the sound of drums, the enemies of several city gates were gradually annihilated, and the Tang army also collided with the righteous army one after another. Immediately took over the command, led them to the city gate, grabbed the city gate and opened it.

An hour later, all but a few Persian puppets either fled or wisely joined the rebels who rebelled. There were still some enemies who resisted, but like a wave, they were quickly extinguished one by one.

The city gate was opened, and Wang Fangyi, Luo Wuquan, Guo Yuanzhen, Li Jinxing and other generals led the cavalry into the city after taking the lead. Salem was defeated and committed suicide, and all the enemies in the city were killed or captured alive. At the cost of more than 15,000 soldiers, the city of Moufu was taken.

Li Wei met with several leaders of the rebel army, all of whom were descendants of the original Persian nobles, or nobles, and asked a question: "Our army's weapons are sharper than the enemy's, our army's number is several times that of the enemy, and our army has also won the hearts of the people, including the people in the city, are cooperating with our army's attack." I have mastered all kinds of information in advance, I am well prepared, and you have the cooperation between the inside and outside, but you have attacked for so many days and sacrificed more than 10,000 soldiers. At that time, if you didn't take the initiative to surrender to the Great Food, and the Great Food attacked strongly, would you be able to conquer it? ”

Several of the leaders bowed their heads in shame. There were many reasons for the loss of Khorasan and the Moufu region, but the indifference of the various nobles at that time was also a key problem, which allowed the Great Food to take the whole of Khorasan almost bloodlessly.

Saying this, it was for them to reflect, and said: "But it doesn't matter, in the future I will send generals to teach you Persians to fight and defend the city." Let the big food rest want to dye Huluo - inch of land. ”

Hearing the translator finish translating the last sentence, several of the leaders danced. Isn't it just for this day?

Li Wei said again: "I have written down your merits. There will be some rewards for you, but specific rewards and conferrals will be given to you when your prince arrives in the city of Moufu, what do you think? He replied.

Just to show respect, even if the Ninishi arrives in Moufu City, he is just a puppet. However, Li Wei did return the rights to him in order to get out of Khorasan. But at present, in the next two years, the Ni Ni Division will be supervised and taught, and troops will continue to be dispatched to resist the counterattack of the Great Cannibals. Once you've laid the foundation, it's time to get out completely. In addition, the promotion of Chinese language and Confucianism to sinicize the people of Khorasan and Sestan. It is better to occupy it in the future, and if it cannot be occupied, it must be made the western gate of the Tang Dynasty. But we can't let Persia seriously drag down the country.

Let these leaders go down, except for the nobles who surrendered to the Great Eater, these people do have a high prestige among the common people, let them and some elders help to settle the people, and rebuild the burned houses in Salem.

Leaving a small garrison, he ordered Li Jinxing to lead his army south and rush to the city of Nisa. Li Wei himself and Wang Fangyi stayed in Moufu City, and after settling the people, they organized a provisional government. Let them put some of the surrenderers in the city on trial.

There is also the issue of religion, which is also a very serious problem, because the Great Eclipse reigned for a long time, and many people converted to Islam.

Li Wei did not participate, but euphemistically said some suggestions, let them be influenced by gentle means, really no, try to coexist, you can believe in Islam, but you can't help the big cannibals and harm your own country.

A dozen people listened and did the same. But it's hard to say whether it will be maintained in the future. Western religion is very troublesome, and many doctrines are very fanatical, so Li Wei did not let the Tang Dynasty people meddle in any religious affairs and let them solve it themselves.

Only then did the property be counted.

Persia itself is not as rich as the Tang Dynasty, but it is located at the throat of the Silk Road, so it is very wealthy.

It turns out that Rome and Persia have been at war for many years, and it is also for this reason. The silk porcelain of the East, the precious stones and spices of Tianzhu, had to be transported from Persia to Byzantium, and the Persians did not need to pay anything, only to collect taxes, and they benefited a lot. Rome produced some of its products, but when they were shipped to Persia, they were often taxed 100 percent, and the trade was seriously unbalanced, and the Romans felt red-eyed. So there was war after war between the two countries.

As a transportation fortress on the Silk Road and the capital of Khorasan, the city of Moufu has been established for hundreds of years, and it is not as good as Ctesiphon, but it has also accumulated huge wealth. Most of this wealth turned out to be in the hands of Persian nobles and merchants. After the arrival of the Great Cannibal, after a long period of suppression, they transferred to the pseudo-nobles and pseudo-merchants who betrayed Persia and surrendered to the Great Eclipse. Some of them were brought back to the Great Eclipse mainland, but as Khorasan stabilized, some of the nobles of the Great Eclipse migrated to settle here, and plundered a large amount of wealth from the river, most of which remained in the husband.

From the total amount, the current Moufu and the previous Great Eclipse entered the Moufu City, and the total wealth has not decreased much.

This is also the main reason why Li Wei set the target of the attack on Moufu City, in order to recover Lingxi, he brought many soldiers from China, as well as weapons and materials, and these losses could only be obtained from Moufu City.

After the trial of all the Persian annihilation, all the property was counted. The property was also divided into several parts, one part was the grain and weapons accumulated by the great cannibals in the city, one part was produced from the East, and most of them were silk silk, porcelain, lacquerware, tea, and paper from the Tang Dynasty. There is also a part of the property that was transported from Tianzhu, pearls, precious stones, and local gold and silver.

In addition to taking out some grain and cloth to help the people, all the weapons, food, and cloth were sealed and handed over to the Ninirvana Division to establish a country for later use. As for the goods brought from the Tang Dynasty, they were all taken out and rewarded for meritorious service in Hezhong, Tocharian and Persia. These things were not rewarded to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. A large vase was only worth a few tens of wen in the Tang Dynasty, but after arriving in Persia, it could be worth a few hundred wen, even more than the usual money.

The purchasing power of gold and silver in Persia was somewhat depreciated, but in the Tang Dynasty, the purchasing power was doubled. Including some gemstones from Tianzhu, and they are valuable, and they are inconspicuous to ship back. Let his subordinates take a roughly inventory, and this part of the property alone has reached more than 10 million marriages.

After thinking about it for a while, I left a part of it and continued to give it to Nirvana as a fund for the founding of the country. He also gave a part of the reward to the soldiers and the Turks. There were also about 8 million gold, silver and jewels worth more than 8 million yuan, plus the wealth originally obtained in the cities of Barikhei and Gabro, which were quietly transported to the city of Broken Leaves, leaving some in the city of broken leaves, and most of them were quietly transported to the city of Shanzhou.

Wang Fangyi was still reluctant, and said, "Your Majesty, there are too many left." ”

"We are not big cannibals, the hearts of the people must be content, do not leave some property, the Persians will complain, and it will be inconvenient to restrain them in the future. Moreover, he took away more than 8 million yuan of wealth, and reaped a lot of money. Back then, in order to accumulate money, I proposed to open the sea ban, and how many courtiers did I suffer? Even so, Li Wei was also a little reluctant in his heart. If the method of the Great Cannibal was followed, even if the cumbersome possessions were left to the Persians, including the blame, they would have taken away fifteen million of the following wealth. How many weapons do you need to sell to the Silla people in order to earn them back?

But for the sake of the long term, I endured it.

He even commanded that if the city of Nisa was taken, all the property should be sealed up intact and given to the Persians. However, these cities are all very small, and their wealth is far less than that of Moufu City.

By the end of June, the city of Nisa, though also very tall, had been taken down. On the other side, there was also good news, and Qi Biming took the initiative to ask to go to attack Herat, which was for credit. After leaving Barihe, he ordered his troops to divide into two routes, and let the fine seals gather all the cavalry and set out for Herat. With his subordinates, he rushed straight towards Herat almost non-stop. At this time, Buzarif hurriedly arranged the defense line, and the Tang Dynasty and the two roads of troops approached the city.

Li Jinxing's siege tower tactics were used. At this time, there were more than 10,000 soldiers in Buzarif's hands, but Herat was not a city of Moufu, there were not many equipment to defend the city, and the city wall was not as tall as the city wall of Moufu, so it only held out for two days, the morale of the soldiers was low, and the city was broken. Buzarif led the remnants of his defeated army and fled to Nishapur. However, Chipimin took the speed of his soldiers to the extreme, leaving a small number of soldiers to guard the city of Herat, and led a large army to chase after him on horseback.

Buzarif was chased so out of breath that he came to the city of Nishapur, and the Tang army also arrived. Immediately attacking the city, Nishapur was in the rear, and without even making a single defensive preparation, dozens of tall siege towers were erected, and after some bombardment, the defenders of the city laid down the city and fled westward. They did not dare to enter Guchang City to the north, but fled directly to Golgan City further west.

Qi Biming's soldiers were very fast, and he led the army to Guchang City. The defense of Guchang City was small, at this time the Tang army had broken through the city of Moufu, the soldiers were under the city of Nisa, and when they saw that the Tang army was coming from the south, the enemy in the city abandoned the city again and fled.

But the weather was also hot, Li Wei ordered that there should be no more greed for merit, and that strong fortifications should be arranged in the four cities of Herat and Nisa, Guchang and Nishapur, and the four cities were all ready to wait, as long as the four cities were not lost, the great cannibals would not be able to take a single step forward to Khorasan.

After some other explanations, the Ninishi was about to arrive at the city of Moufu. The city was about to burn the holy light and crown the Ni Nishi on the throne, but Li Wei suddenly led the guards to leave the husband. If you want to kill, you have to have a knife in your hand, and you have to protect the knife. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.