readx; The assassination case in the political hall finally made Li Qing'an make up his mind, he has realized that the contradictions in the river have gradually become a dead knot, although he does not want to use force to solve the Shia Muslim riots, but in addition, it is difficult for him to find a quick way to quell the turmoil in the river, if he does not quell the unrest in the river, once the Shiites are organized and a large-scale uprising breaks out, the river will change hands between Tang and Dashi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In order not to use force to the greatest extent, Li Qing'an decided to go to the river in person, to solve the crisis in the river, on the second day of the assassination, he rushed to the river, a thousand cavalry galloped between the vast plains and mountains, this is a high-speed march, each cavalry is equipped with three excellent Dawan war horses, galloping west day and night, four days later, the cavalry team arrived at the capital of Ningyuan City, where they changed their horses and continued to gallop, eight days later, the cavalry team arrived at Kuzhanti, where they crossed the Pearl River, Finally, at noon on the eleventh day, a thousand cavalry escorted Li Qing'an to Samarkand, this march was a test of physical strength and will, a thousand cavalry changed 10,000 horses along the way, only slept a full night in the battle, and it took eleven days to complete the distance that took twenty days to complete.

The cavalry was exhausted, and when they reached the camp outside Samarkand, they fell to the ground and fell asleep, and Li Qing'an was also exhausted, but the grim situation in the river made it difficult for him to sleep, not only Samarkand was under martial law, but also the major cities of other countries showed signs of Shiite Muslim rally, and the Tang army had to impose total martial law.

Especially in Samarkand, the long-term martial law has brought serious living difficulties to the residents of the city, prices have skyrocketed, many families have been cut off from food, and they are destitute, in order to have food, many people have even deliberately violated the ban and were arrested, the food crisis has made the Zoroastrians also begin to be dissatisfied, in order to alleviate the crisis, Bai Xiaode had to relax martial law, from one hour of free time, relaxed to two hours, that's it, the lack of food in the city, or constantly cause chaos, the Tang army had to give porridge on the street, It was in this situation that Li Qingan rushed to Samarkand.

There was no time to rest, Li Qingan immediately summoned Bai Xiaode and Luo Qiming to inquire about the situation in the city, Bai Xiaode was already a little anxious, and Li Qing'an's arrival made him breathe a long sigh of relief, which means that the situation in the river will take a turn for the better, and many major decisions are not something that Bai Xiaode can finalize, but must be decided by Li Qingan.

"Report to the general, the martial law in Samarkand can no longer continue, the price of grain has risen tenfold compared with before the martial law, and the big families may be able to barely support it, but ordinary civilian families have become abject poor because of the price of food, and the number of prisoners temporarily imprisoned has exceeded 5,000, and the dissatisfaction of the residents of Samarkand with the Tang Army is becoming more and more serious, and yesterday afternoon, more than 100 Zoroastrians stormed the official office, and Luo Zhijun was also injured."

Li Qingan looked back at Luo Qiming, he saw that Luo Qiming was wearing a hat when he came in, and he felt a little strange, and now he probably guessed the reason.

"Luo Yuanjun, how are your injuries?"

Luo Qiming also hurried back to Samarkand three days ago, yesterday afternoon, there was a conflict in the porridge shed at the entrance of the official office, so that he was also unfortunately slightly injured, he took off his hat, a scar appeared on his forehead, and he said with a wry smile: "I was hit on the forehead by a flowing stone, and I bled a little, and the injury was not very serious." ”

Li Qingan nodded and said to Bai Xiaode: "I have ordered to quickly transport 200,000 stone of grain from Juzhan to the river, and it is estimated that it will arrive one after another in a few days, you now distribute the grain as soon as possible, in addition, change the martial law in Samarkand to a curfew, allow residents to live normally during the day, and strictly prohibit going out after dark, and other cities are still under martial law and must not be relaxed, so it will be implemented immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Bai Xiaode agreed, turned around, and Li Qingan asked Luo Qiming: "How is the situation of the joint meeting?" ”

Luo Qiming shook his head and said: "The joint meeting is now a virtual reality, every time there is a meeting, there will be fierce quarrels, they are obviously divided into two factions, the three major countries of Kang, An, and Shi are one faction, and Shi and other small countries are the other faction, they are not convinced by each other, making it difficult for any discussion to become a decision, I have sent someone to inform all the kings the day before yesterday, asking for a meeting to resolve the current situation, in addition, I have one more thing to report." ”

"You say!"

Luo Qiming said in a low voice: "There are guards in King Kang's palace who secretly reported to me, saying that King Kang Xiaofen and Da Shi have colluded, and the Great Food Envoy has come three times, in addition, King An Guozheng and King Shi Guozheng are currently in Samarkand, I suspect that they are plotting a rebellion." ”

The king of the Hanzhong region and the big food colluded, which was expected by Li Qing'an, in the face of the chaos in the river, it was strange that the big food was indifferent, they would inevitably seize this opportunity to expand the chaos, it is certain that the chaos in the river and the big food have a close relationship.

Li Qing'an also knew in his heart that it was inevitable for Dashi to send troops to the river, and the key was the timing of their troops, although Bukhara was in turmoil now, the turmoil had not yet broken out in all the countries in the river, and they were temporarily forcibly suppressed by the martial law of the Tang army, and once any situation occurred, such as the food crisis in Samarkand, it would immediately become the fuse of large-scale turmoil, in this sense, he rushed to the river in time, which was a completely correct decision.

"General, should we take them under control at once? I mean the kings of the Three Kingdoms. ”

Li Qingan shook his head, "Don't worry, since we already know that they have some intentions, we are not afraid that they will go to the sky, send more people to monitor them, and in addition, we can use a lot of money to buy the people around them, keep abreast of their movements, especially to find out their accomplices, and when the time is ripe, we can catch them all." ”

"The lowly position understands, and the lowly position will be arranged."

"Wait a minute!"

Li Qing'an stopped him, he took out a thick booklet, and said with a smile: "This is a book of 10,000 words given to me by Cui Qianyou, about the solution to the river, his long-term proposal is to divide it into two countries according to different beliefs, I don't agree with this very much, but I agree with his short-term plan." ”

"The general is talking about living separately according to residential areas?" Luo Qiming remembered that at the parliament, Cui Qianyou once proposed this plan.

"Nope! That plan had already been rejected by me, and he had a new one. ”

Li Qing'an said: "His suggestion is to divide and disintegrate, there will always be hardliners and moderates among the Shiites, as long as we find the leaders of these two factions, we will crack down on the hardliners, vigorously support the moderates, as long as we reach a consensus with the moderates, and then restrain the excesses of the Zoroastrians, I think the contradictions should be eased, and the situation will gradually subside, this is a very good suggestion, and if I guess correctly, Da Shi and King Kang must also be fighting for hardline leaders among Muslims, So your task is to find the leaders of the moderates as soon as possible, and I will interview them personally. ”

．．．．．．．． As the Tang army officially lifted martial law, the streets of Samarkand, which had been deserted, immediately became lively, men poured out of their homes, rushing to the cake shops and grain shops as fast as possible, in front of a dozen porridge shacks in the city were quickly filled with long queues, women and children holding clay pots and long bottles anxiously stretched their necks forward to visit, and by the Mishui River, it was crowded with men and women who came to fetch water, and the voices of the people were boiling, Zoroastrians and Muslims crowded together, scrambling to fetch water in the river, and many children jumped into the river and laughed carefreeEnjoying the sunshine and freedom, at this moment, the dispute of faith is no longer important, and survival is the first priority.

The streets were full of people, merchants with camels appeared, bands of soldiers patrolled the streets to maintain order, they no longer interfered with the behavior of the people at will, and gatherings of more than 20 people were everywhere, which meant that martial law was officially lifted.

Li Qing'an sat in the carriage and looked at the scene on the street, rows of white flat-roofed houses were spread out in the city, anxious shouts could be heard everywhere, and from time to time a group of young people could be seen chasing each other, competing for the dry cakes hidden in their arms, this city tormented by anxiety, hunger and religious conflicts, so that Li Qing'an was relieved, Samarkand is the largest city in the middle of the river, and it is still so chaotic, you can imagine how anxious other cities should be.

Li Qing'an began to realize that his initial compromise was a mistake, and it was he who retained all his forces, including the kings of the countries in the river, in order to stabilize the initial situation, but it was these scheming kings who caused the joint council to be in vain, and finally there was a lack of power in the river, so that the leaders of the various sects could quickly fill this power gap, it should be said that this was an important reason for the dispute, and in order to change this situation, it was necessary to build a new power structure and let the secular political axe take the lead.

Li Qing'an thought about various possible plans, canceled the joint conference, restored the autonomy of all countries, and established a pro-Tang political axe, the Tang Dynasty only controlled the army, and after the Tang Dynasty completely controlled the river, and then slowly implemented various reforms, not too hasty, Li Qing'an gradually found a long-term solution to the crisis in the river, and with short-term means, the situation should be able to stabilize.

At this time, the carriage passed by King Kang's palace, Li Qing'an looked at this huge palace, he couldn't help but snort coldly, he would clean up this group of scheming kings sooner or later.

At the same time that Li Qing'an passed by King Kang's palace, in the secret room of the palace, Kang Guozheng Wang Xiaofen, An Guozheng Wang Yejie, Shi Guozheng Wang Naquruo, and Abu, who arrived yesterday. The Muslim envoy Saif and the four are holding an emergency meeting to discuss the next course of action.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start with exciting news for you, Abu. The Muslim governors have gathered 40,000 troops on the west bank of the Amu Darya River and are ready to cross the Amu Darya River to attack the river. The time has come for the Muslim governors to take office. ”

Saif was a tall, lanky man in his forties, who had been the tax collector of the Great Food in Bukhara and was well aware of the situation in the Transoxiana region. The Muslims were elected to be the liaison officer of the Hanzhong region, and when he saw that the three kings were silent, he sneered at Xiao Fen and said, "Your Royal Highness the King of Kangguo, aren't you excited about this news?" ”

Xiao Fen sighed secretly, what can you do if you drive away the Tang army, the big cannibals will rule the river, the Sogdian countries are just the dough of their two empires, knead with them, go to the tiger and then the wolf, there is no difference, these kings are puppets left and right.

He didn't dare to show his emotions, so he forced a smile and said, "How can I not be happy? The arrival of the Great Food Army means that we will turn over the day of coming, and I will definitely support it strongly. ”

"What about the two of you?" Saif set his eyes on An Guo and Shi Guozheng Wang, Shi Guozheng Wang Na Qu Ru immediately expressed his support, although he also doesn't like cannibalism, but it is better than being completely set up by the Tang Army, An Guozheng Wang Yejie is worried, he fled from the city when there was a serious riot in Bukhara, and came to Kang Guo for refuge, he got the news yesterday that his palace has been burned down, and the treasures and all kinds of valuable things in the treasury have been looted, except for the original wife and son who escaped with him, the rest of the wives are nowhere to be found, Now that he has nothing, Ye Xie is extremely remorseful, and it can be said that the Shiite riots in Bukhara are partly related to his support and instigation, but the result is beyond his expectations, and when the situation gets out of control, he becomes the biggest victim.

Now that Saif wants him to make a statement, he shook his head and sighed: "I have nothing now, what's the point of me making a statement?" ”

"You can't say that."

Saif smiled and comforted him: "After all, you are the king of Anguo, although the property is gone, but your prestige is still there, as long as you call on the people of Anguo to support Da Shi and call on them to revolt to drive out the Tang army, you have made the first contribution, and then the governor will definitely re-establish you as the king and give you the benefits you deserve." ”

Saif is very shrewd, if the Great Food Army attacks the river, the first stop is Anguo, and Anguo still has 30,000 Tang troops stationed, directly threatening the Great Food Army to cross the Amu Darya, if the Anguo people can resist the Tang Army in groups, then they will consume part of the strength of the Tang Army for the Great Food Army, and become a strong guarantee for the Great Food Army to cross the river, from this point of view, the King of Anguo is still very useful.

Ye Xie had no choice, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay! I support the decision of the Governor of Khorasan. ”

Seeing that everyone had expressed their attitudes, Saif said happily: "Okay, that's how it was decided, I just got the news that the Tang army has lifted martial law, so from now on, you will contact the leaders of the various Shiites separately, organize them, and in ten days, raise a large-scale uprising, no matter what, this time we must succeed, and then we will be rewarded for meritorious deeds." ”

．．．．．．．． In the afternoon, news came that the first batch of ships carrying 50,000 stone of grain and stones had entered the territory of Kang, and three days later at the latest, the grain ships would arrive in Samarkand, and after receiving this exact news, the Tang army immediately put 30,000 stone of military grain in the Samarkand market to stabilize grain prices, and the grain in the market increased markedly and good news came, so that the high grain prices in Samarkand plummeted, and joy replaced anxiety, which quickly spread throughout the city, and people's dissatisfaction began to be alleviated.

In the evening, Luo Qiming led five old Muslims to Li Qing'an's tent.

(To be continued)