Shule, the important town of the Anxi Protectorate, was an important strategic support point of the Tang Dynasty in the southern part of the Western Regions. It was an important base for the Tang Dynasty to control the Green Ridge and the small Bolu and the big Bolu in the Green Ridge, and it was also a supplementary base for the Tang Dynasty to enter the South Asian subcontinent.

In the Tang Dynasty, because of the special surname of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the lack of transportation, the main route to India in the Tang Dynasty was not to take the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but to enter India through the Western Regions, which needed to be supplemented by Shule, an important base.

If Shule was in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty would be able to control the Green Ridge and the important passage into the South Asian subcontinent, which would be extremely beneficial to the Tang Dynasty.

If Shule falls into the hands of the Great Food, the Great Food can control the Green Ridge, and further, it can connect the current Pakistan controlled by the Great Food with the Western Regions, which is of great benefit to the Great Food.

Fifty years ago, present-day Pakistan was conquered by the then Governor of the East, Yusuf, and became the territory of the Great Food. From here, you can attack India to the southwest, and to the northeast, you can enter the Western Regions through the Green Ridge, which is an important strategic base for the Great Food.

Later, Pakipetan was conquered by India and became part of India. However, it was precisely because Pakistan was conquered by the Arab Empire, Islamized, and very different from the Hindu India, which eventually led to a split, that there were three "Indo-Pakistani wars" in the last century.

Abu? Muslim was a legendary governor, a great commander, and a brilliant strategist, and he was very aware of the benefits of conquering Shule, so that as soon as he arrived in the Western Regions, he sent a large army to attack Shule, preparing to capture Shule.

Shule is very clear about the important surname of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi is very clear, he is in Abu? After the failure of the Muslims' plan to block the eastward advance, they returned to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and sent their henchman Li Siye to guard the place.

Li Siye was an excellent general, commanding the Tang army to defend the city, under his command, the Tang army was guarded like an iron bucket, although the attack of the Great Food Army was fierce, but there was no chance.

Moreover, he was brave and brave, and fought in person from time to time, which inspired the morale of the army, which made the morale of the Tang army high and the morale of the army, which dealt a huge blow to the Great Food Army and made the Great Food Army pay a high price.

After months of fighting, the corpses under the city of Shule were like mountains, and the corpses piled up on top of each other, I don't know how many, and the entire city wall was russet brown, which was the result of blood coagulation.

Although after several months of hard fighting, the overall situation in Shule was better than that of Khotan, and the casualties of the Tang army were much higher, and the Tang army originally stationed here still had nearly 2,000 people left.

Even the walls of Shule are better maintained than those of Khotan. The city walls of Khotan are very damaged, almost the entire city wall has been damaged, and only a few sections here have been damaged, and the overall situation is not bad, which can be used as a support for defense.

There are four main reasons for this situation, one is that although Shule is important, it is not as good as Khotan, because Khotan is the throat of the eastward expansion of the great food, Abu? The Muslims spared no effort to attack.

Second, it was Ziad who attacked Khotan with extraordinary military talent, and the general who attacked Shule was not as talented as Ziade, and his command was not as strong as Ziade.

Third, Li Siye's military ability was higher than that of Bian Lingcheng, and his command was powerful and moderate, which reduced the casualties of the Tang army.

Fourth, because Shule's Tang Army is more than a knife hand. Li Siye is a famous Modao general, good at using Modao, and he is naturally a Duomo swordsman where he is. And the Mo knife has a lot of room to play in this kind of defensive battle, if the big food soldier dares to rush to the city, the Mo knife hand will dare to hold the Mo knife to split his head.

Li Siye fully exerted the power of the Mo knife to the extreme, in order to deal a heavy blow to the Great Food Army, Li Siye played heartbeat many times, put the Great Food soldiers in the city, ordered the Tang Army to surround the Great Food Army, and then sent Mo Daomen to rush and kill. Under the almost frantic slashing of the Mo Knife Hand, the Great Food Army was all reduced to pieces.

It is for these reasons that the overall situation in Shule is slightly better than in Khotan.

Despite this, the overall situation of Shule is still not optimistic, and there are twists and turns in the entire defense of the city, and the city is almost lost several times.

One of the most thrilling was when the Great Food cut off Shule's water source, leaving Shule with no water to drink.

Da Shi's hand is ruthless enough, ready to kill thousands of Tang troops to death.

Shule is a famous city in Chinese history, and there were many fierce battles here, starting from the Han Dynasty when the town was established here, and there were many great wars. However, there is a huge drawback, and that is that the water source here is easily cut off.

From the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, although our ancestors knew this, they still did not move Shule from here, but still put it here, because the geographical location of Shule is very important. If you move to another place, its usefulness will be reduced, and it will have to be so.

Li Siye was well aware of the crisis in Shule, and as soon as he arrived in Shule, he ordered the soldiers and civilians in the city to start stockpiling drinking water. With the efforts of the military and civilians, Shule stored a large amount of drinking water, which made Li Siye breathe a long sigh of relief and put his mind at ease.

However, the Great Cannibals were even more vicious, and they took full advantage of the importance of water to Shule. After the first few failed sieges, the Great Food began to dig around Shule to cut off the underground water source in Shule.

In the city of Shule, where the underground water source was cut off, the wells began to dry up and the drinking water was drastically reduced.

Li Siye noticed that something was wrong and ordered a deeper well to be dug, however, no matter how hard they tried, no water came out. The drinking water stored in the city became less and less, and soon the drinking water was exhausted. Li Siye ordered to drink horse urine and blood, but it still could not solve the problem, so he had to order the horse manure to be collected and accumulated, wrapped in cloth, and squeezed out of water to drink.

That's it, there is nothing superfluous, the Tang army is thirsty, its combat power has dropped sharply, and it looks like it is about to break the city.

Of course, the Great Food General would not miss such a good opportunity, and ordered the Great Food Army to launch a fierce attack on Shule, which was even worse, and saw that Shule could not hold out for long.

Li Siye was almost desperate, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and prayed loudly: "God, open your eyes, bless Datang, and give you some water." ”

He was not a believer, and at this moment, he was more religious than a believer. However, the sky has no eyes, no matter how he kowtows and prays, there is no water, which makes Li Siye extremely uncomfortable, and in a fit of anger, he pointed to the heavens and scolded: "Good you thief, you dare not bless Datang and cut off my water source, what is the use of you as a thief." ”

The scolding was dry, still useless, and there was still no water that was urgently needed. Li Siye was really desperate, jumped into a well dug deeply, and stabbed east and west with the horizontal knife in his hand, but no water appeared.

"Geng Gong guarded Shule, swore to order Shule to go out of Feiquan, and finally had to stick to Shule. If God bless the Tang Dynasty, Shule will fly out of the spring again! With the force of his right arm, the horizontal knife in his hand stabbed down fiercely.

His strength was so great that he slashed down, and the entire horizontal knife sank into the earth.

Li Siye's eyes widened, staring at the ground fiercely, without the slightest movement, not to mention water, not even a little wet.

"God don't bless me Datang." Li Siye was disappointed, pulled out his horizontal knife, and prepared to leave.

At this moment, a cheer rang out, and I saw that the faces of the soldiers and civilians who came up from the siege were red, and their eyes were rounder than the eyes of a cow, and they shouted loudly: "Water! Water! There's water! There's water! ”

"Water?" Li Siye had already turned around and was about to leave, when he turned his head again to look, only to see that there was wetness on the ground, and there was a stream of water the size of chopsticks bubbling outward.

"Is there really water?" Li Siye thought that his eyes were wrong, so he rubbed his eyes, opened them wide, and looked at them again, what else could it be if it wasn't Qingquan?

Li Siye was still a little incredulous, pinched his thigh, it didn't hurt at all, shook his head and said, "It's dazzling." ”

"Ahh General, why are you pinching me? The guards around him jumped up and down, with a painful look on their faces, and lifted their clothes, only to see a large lump of blue on their thighs.

Li Siye's strength is so great, he pinched it hard, and almost unscrewed off a piece of the meat on the guard's big food, and he couldn't do it if he didn't suffer.

"Dig fast, dig fast." Without waiting for Li Siye's instructions, the soldiers and civilians also knew what to do, so they squeezed into the well with brushes and brought digging tools to excavate.

At this time, the soldiers and civilians were like being beaten with chicken blood, with inexhaustible strength, and under the hard work, the well was dug down as quickly as possible. As the depth deepened, the water spring, which was originally only the size of chopsticks, became larger and larger, and later, it became like a fountain, and clear water came out.

Li Siye couldn't care about anything else, threw himself on the water spring, drank it in a big gulp, was so comfortable that he couldn't help moaning. It wasn't until he drank well that Li Siye stopped, raised his head to the sky, and yelled: "God bless the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"God bless Datang!" The soldiers and civilians erupted in shocking cheers, and everyone's faces were filled with joy.

The water source is the biggest difficulty of Shule, as long as this problem is solved, everything is not a problem, the army and the people are overjoyed, bring containers, large barrels of water.

After drinking enough water, the strength of the soldiers and civilians was restored, and they had inexhaustible strength.

Li Siye immediately made a decision and ordered the soldiers and civilians to dig down in the dug well. Not surprisingly, there is a sweet spring coming out of every well, enough for the military and civilians to drink, even if they drink it until the end of the world.

While sharing the clear spring, the soldiers and civilians were excited and talked about the past of Geng Gongshou Shule.

Geng Gong was a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and after the famous family, he was ordered to guard Shule. The Xiongnu came to attack, surrounded Shule, cut off his water supply, and left Shule with no water to drink, and the Xiongnu were ready to kill them with thirst.

The situation at that time was similar to that of the present situation, and it was extremely difficult. After trying all means, he still couldn't find a water source, and Geng Gong prayed to the heavens, but it was still useless. In the end, he stabbed the abandoned well dug with a ring head knife, and there was a clear spring gushing out, which solved the problem of drinking water for the Han army.

This is a very tragic story in history, "Oath Shule out of the Flying Spring", what I didn't expect was that this scene reappeared.

(To be continued)