Chapter Twenty-Seven: Gao Xianzhi's Countermeasures: Shulek, the leader of Manichaeism, is probably one of the most difficult leaders in the history of Manichaeism.

The history of Manichaeism for hundreds of years can be said to be deep-rooted, especially as the state religion of the Persian Empire, which is highly respected and has countless followers. What no one expected was that the Arab Empire would rise and destroy the Persian Empire.

In the history of Manichaeism, there have been many incidents of the fall of empires, and the impact on Manichaeism is not great, and no matter which country, Manichaeism will be respected, even if it is not respected as the state religion.

On the other hand, the Arab Empire was an empire of religion and state, empire was religion, and religion was empire. In this way, Manichaeism became heretical, and the congregation became infidels, and according to the laws of the Arab Empire, they were either converted to Islam or put to death.

It is impossible to convert to Islam, and there is only one end, and that is to be put to death.

Since then, the Manichaean religion has been saddened, as long as there is a presence of the Arab Empire, it is the place where their nightmare took place, and the number of dead and wounded believers is unknown.

Fortunately, Balus, the last crown prince of the Persian Empire, retreated eastward with the help of the Tang Dynasty, and Manichaeism followed the retreat, and with the help of the Tang Dynasty, it was able to continue.

However, in the past hundred years, the Tang Dynasty has gone through twists and turns, with the soft Tang Gaozong, Tang Zhongzong, Tang Ruizong, and Wu Zetian as the emperor, and the national conditions of the Tang Dynasty have changed greatly, making Manichaeism more and more sad.

Fortunately, since Li Longji ascended the throne, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has increased dramatically, the borders have become more and more stable, and the Tang Dynasty has vigorously operated the Western Regions and carried out a strong clamp on the Arab Empire, so that Manichaeism has a chance to breathe.

Otherwise, Manichaeism would have been eradicated from the Arab Empire.

At this moment, Abu? Muslims are like crazy, chasing and killing Manichaeans everywhere, to the extent that they kill people indiscriminately, which is tantamount to adding insult to the situation for Manichaeism in a difficult situation, which makes Shulek's words even more sad.

It was in this situation that he thought of the Tang Dynasty and had to ask the Tang Dynasty for help.

Now, Feng Changqing is here, he can't wait to pull out the answer from Feng Changqing's mouth immediately, and after asking in one sentence, a pair of eyes are aimed at Feng Changqing, and his eyes are full of expectation.

Feng Changqing saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, it was really unexpected that Manichaeism, the former state religion of Persia, had fallen to such a state. ”

This is a very skillful statement, and it is exploring the bottom line of Shulek.

"This ......" Shulek originally thought that Feng Changqing braved the cold and braved the wind and snow to come to see him, and he must have been eager to get his promise immediately. If that's the case, Feng Changqing must have come with a large number of generous gifts, where did he think of it, Feng Changqing was very indifferent, as if he was just chattering, not talking about national affairs with him.

"If the prophet doesn't want to say it, Feng Changqing will leave." Feng Changqing is a shrewd person, and retreats as advances.

"General Feng, you misunderstood, it's not that I don't want to say it, but I don't know where to start." Shulek knew that Feng Changqing was not easy to deal with, and if he played tricks with him again, it would be in vain, and sighed and said: "Since the loss of the country, the situation of our Manichaeism has become more and more difficult. Especially in the past six months, Abu? Muslims have become mad dogs, killing people everywhere, and our situation is even more difficult. We all lack food, clothing, shelter, weapons and armor, we all lack everything. ”

Speaking of this, tears rolled in his eyes, and he sighed: "When was the state religion of the Manichaean church so embarrassed? ”

The Great Sect, which has a history of hundreds of years, needs to reach out to people to ask for things, which is tantamount to begging, and he is really sad.

If they want anything before they die, they have everything. Needless to say, just a hint is needed for the king of the Persian Empire to send them things in a hurry, for fear that they will not accept it.

Now, all this is just a good memory, and the more you think about it, the more sad it becomes.

"How much do you need?" Feng Changqing was no stranger to the situation of Manichaeism, and said indifferently.

"This ......" Feng Changqing's words were touching the bottom of Manichaeism, as long as Shulek said the number, Feng Changqing could guess a rough idea, Shuleke was a little hesitant.

"The prophet doesn't treat Datang as a friend, Feng Changqing said goodbye" Feng Changqing didn't understand his thoughts, stood up, hugged his fists, turned around and left.

"General Feng, please stay!" It's hard to look forward to Feng Changqing, if he leaves, it will be a great loss.

Just saying that the loss is still light, since then without the support of the Tang Dynasty, the fall of Manichaeism is the inevitable result, Shulek hurriedly pulled Feng Changqing, accompanied by a smiling face, and said: "General Feng, you misunderstood." I'm calculating how much is needed to be appropriate. ”

These words are too weak, Feng Changqing doesn't break them, he accepts them when he sees it, and says, "I don't know how much time the prophet needs to calculate?" I have limited time, so if it's too long......"

"It's not going to be too long, I've already figured it out." Shulek squeezed out a smile and said, "Two thousand are needed for weapons and armor, more food and grass, plus the old and weak, four or five thousand people's rations." ”

After speaking, he stared at Feng Changqing closely, as if he was afraid that Feng Changqing would refuse, and he was very nervous.

Feng Changqing opened his mouth and did not speak.

"General Feng, if it is more, it will be done with less." Schulek had a smile on his face, eager to slap himself, once upon a time, the dignified leader of Manichaeism was like a beggar, begging for things little by little.

"That's it?" Feng Changqing smiled.

"I'm going to be less?" Shulek looked surprised.

"Prophet, to give you a clear word, we have prepared five thousand weapons and armor." Feng Changqing said with a smile.

"Five thousand?" Scholek's face was full of joy, as if he had picked up a gold ingot, and his face was full of red light.

The long-term hardships and tribulations have made Schulek happy and angry, but this is the biggest good news in these years, and he can't do it without joy.

"Where's the grain and grass?" Shulek suppressed his mind and asked hurriedly.

If he only has weapons and no food and grass, his son is also sad, and he is anxious.

"Prophet, sit down and speak." Feng Changqing smiled and pulled Shulek to sit down, and said, "The grain and grass are not prepared. ”

"No food or grass?" Schulek was a big disappointment.

"Prophet, do you know that this grain and grass is very heavy and inconvenient to transport, so it is better to give you weapons than to give you grain and grass." Feng Changqing explained: "With weapons, are you still worried about having no food and grass? ”

It's not that there is no grain and grass in the Anxi Protectorate, it's not that it can't be transported, but that Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing deliberately didn't give it. The reason is that with grain and grass, these Manichaeans ate to their heart's content, and it was not good for the Tang Dynasty not to fight the Arabs.

Therefore they counseled and counseled, and gave only weapons, and not food and grass. Without food and grass, hungry, these heretics had to move, and had to find the bad luck of the Arab Empire, which would be helpful to the Tang Dynasty.

Shulek's eyes lit up suddenly, and he groaned, "Reasonable! Reasonable! ”

"Prophet, if you have weapons and fight against the Great Eater, won't you have food and grass?" Feng Changqing lured him and said, "By that time, not only will there be grain and grass, but more sect members will return." As long as the banner of the prophet is established, the scattered congregation will surely return! And the men and horses under the command of the prophet were plentiful, and there was as much grain and grass as they wanted. ”

Although this is an exaggeration, it is very reasonable. Over the years, Shulekdong hid in the province and rarely appeared. If he raised the banner and recruited the old department, and the weapons given to him by the Tang Dynasty, he could deal a major blow to the Arab Empire.

"Even so, my followers have been separated for many years, and this combat power is not very strong." Although Shulek was happy, he did not forget his form, and he knew the pros and cons very well.

"It doesn't matter. We can send a great army to fight with you. Feng Changqing threw out another bait.

"Great! That's great! Shulek couldn't hold back his emotions anymore and yelled.

Before the fall of the Persian Empire, the Persian Empire sent an envoy to Chang'an to ask for a meeting with Tang Taizong, asking the Tang Dynasty to send troops to relieve the Persian Empire from danger. At that time, the conditions were not ripe, and Tang Taizong finally refused to send troops.

Immediately after that, the Persian Empire fell, and it had always been their dream to restore their homeland. If you want to restore your homeland, you must send troops from the Tang Dynasty to succeed, this is a beautiful thing they have been looking forward to for hundreds of years, how can he not be excited when he hears this good news.

Next, the two discussed the matter of joining forces, and the talk was extremely speculative, and Shulek let out bursts of hearty laughter from time to time.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Qiuzi, Anxi Duhufu, Gao Xianzhi's handsome tent.

The generals all had gloomy faces, and they were extremely ugly.

They had just received the news that Shi Guo had taken refuge in the Arab Empire, which was tantamount to adding insult to injury for the Anxi Protectorate, who was in an extremely unfavorable situation.

Shi Guo has always been a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, although there are many actions that go against the yang and yin, but it has not defected to the Arab Empire. Shi Guo took refuge in the Arab Empire, leaving the Anxi Protectorate without a barrier.

Everyone knows that the battle in the coming spring is bound to be a shocking war. The current arrangement of the Muslims showed that he would definitely send a large army to launch a fierce attack on the Anxi Protectorate.

The Anxi Protectorate could not get reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty in a short period of time, and in the face of the army of the Arab Empire, this situation was difficult enough, and then the matter of Shi Guo surrendering to the enemy, this situation became even more difficult.

"Du Hu, the last general is willing to go to the stone country and recapture the stone country in one fell swoop!" Li Siye couldn't help it, stood up violently, and begged for his life loudly.

"The last will go!" The generals stood up in unison and pleaded in unison.

Gao Xianzhi frowned and didn't speak, muttering hesitantly.

The generals were very dissatisfied, and said in unison: "Du Hu, why hesitate about this?" Da Shi dares to attack Shi Guo, why don't we dare? ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense! What dare not dare? Gao Xianzhi's eyes rolled, and he said, "Abu? The Muslims have a good hand and have given me a chance. ”

"This ......" the generals were a little speechless. Shi Guo was Abu? The Muslims took it, and Gao Xianzhi applauded.

"We're beating it now, it's a scareless, Abu? Muslims, on the contrary, take it in stride. Gao Xianzhi groaned: "We have to pretend not to know about this, just like in the past. In Abu? When the Muslims are about to start, we will take the stone country in one fell swoop with lightning speed, and we will disrupt Abu? The Muslims' plan to buy us more time. ”

(To be continued)