readx; Five old men followed Luo Qiming into the big tent, they are the leaders of Samarkand and Bukhara and Shiites, today the Tang army lifted martial law, allowed the people to gather, they gathered together and began to discuss future countermeasures, but they were suddenly surrounded by the Tang army, brought them to this military camp, although on the way Luo Qiming had comforted them with good words, said that he would discuss the situation in the river with them, but they were still a little uneasy, if the negotiation failed, what would be their fate?

Walked into the big tent, Li Qing'an was already waiting in the tent, he had just slept for a while, his spirit was much better, he had already received the news in advance, the Muslim moderates he was waiting for came, he saw Luo Qiming bring five old men in, so he smiled and praised: "Luo Zhijun is so fast." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Luo Qiming bowed and said regretfully: "Actually, I have long had their information, but I was constrained by many unfavorable factors, making it impossible for me to negotiate. ”

Li Qingan knew that he was referring to the toughness of Li Fei Yuanli, so he said: "There is no need to mention the previous things, from now on, follow my train of thought." ”

Luo Qiming turned back to the five people to accept Li Qing'an and said: "This is our Anxi Jiedu envoy General Li, who made a special trip from Broken Leaves to solve the crisis in the river. ”

The news that Li Qing'an had arrived in the river was still highly confidential, and the five old men who did not arrive to see them were actually the envoys of the Anxi Festival, they were shocked, and after a glance at each other, they immediately stepped forward and bowed and saluted, "Supreme General, we are looking forward to your arrival all the time to relieve us of our deep suffering. ”

Li Qingan nodded and said: "I came to the river to solve the crisis in the river, I came with sincerity, without any prejudice, I hope you don't have any concerns, talk freely with me, find the best and fastest way to calm down the incident, I don't want to be forced to use force." ”

Li Qing'an spoke in Turkic, everyone could understand, they could also feel Li Qing'an's sincerity, and they also understood the determination behind Li Qing'an's words, if he could not resolve the crisis by peaceful means, he would use force, and the five old men expressed their attitudes one after another: "Of course, we hope to solve the crisis as soon as possible, and this afternoon we will also have a meeting together to discuss countermeasures, and we can discuss methods with the general, which is what we dream of." ”

"Alright! You may be seated. ”

Everyone sat down one after another, and Li Qingan did not greet him, he went straight to the point and said: "First of all, I want to ask you, whether you welcome the Tang Dynasty or the Abbasid Dynasty, of course, there is no third choice. ”

The third option is that no one in the two empires is welcome, Li Qingan first denied this possibility, the five old men glanced at each other, and they elected the most prestigious representative to answer this question.

"First of all, let me introduce myself to the general, my name is Borodo, everyone calls me Old Boluo, I am a doctor, and I have been practicing medicine for fifty years."

Luo Qiming, who was next to him, added with a smile: "Old Boduo is the most famous doctor in the river, with superb medical skills and high prestige among the people in the river. ”

Li Qingan smiled, "Very good, you continue." ”

The old doctor named Borodo sighed and said: "To tell the truth, we hate the Abbasids very much, they betrayed the original agreement, did not make Shariq a caliph, but stole the caliphate themselves, he then brutally suppressed the Muslim uprising in the river, what he did was unforgivable, but the Tang army has favored the Zoroastrians in the past year and helped them demolish the mosque, which is also painful for us, we most hope to go back to forty years ago, the countries in the river were subject states of the Tang Dynasty, Datang does not interfere in our internal affairs, which has always been what we desire. ”

"But have you ever thought that it is precisely because the Tang Dynasty does not ask about your internal affairs at all that the Great Cannibals continue to successfully expand eastward and annex you, in fact, it is impossible to go back to forty years ago, you are in the gap between the two empires, and you have no choice."

Li Qing'an was also very frank, he continued: "In order to defend against the expansion of the Abbasid army into the riverside region, the Tang Dynasty must station a heavy army in the river, of course, I am also reflecting, I admit that the Tang army's favoritism towards the Zoroastrians is the main cause of the expansion of the crisis in the river, but this is not my original intention, for this reason I have removed Li Fei Yuanli from the post, and in the future General Bai Xiaode will be in charge of the army in the river, and the army in the river will be replaced by the Han army of Shiguo, and the original army will be transferred to Tocharo." ”

In fact, Li Qing'an also knew that Lifei Yuanli's explanation was reasonable, the army in the river was composed of tens of thousands of mine slaves who were liberated from Yincheng that year, almost all of them were Zoroastrians, and they were oppressed in Yincheng, so their hatred for Islam in their hearts was also extremely strong, which was the main reason why Lifei Yuanli favored Zoroastrianism, he needed to encircle his subordinates, and these soldiers killed Muslims in private were also endless, and it was difficult to stop, and the Muslim people would naturally count these accounts on the head of the Anxi army and on his head Li Qing'an.

Therefore, while Li Qing'an transferred Lifei Yuanli, he also transferred this army and replaced it with Han soldiers with a fair position, which could greatly ease the contradiction between the Tang army and the Muslims.

The five old men glanced at each other, and Li Qing'an's announcement of the decision surprised and delighted them, and he stood up together and respectfully saluted Li Qing'an: "The general's decision makes us grateful. ”

"You're welcome, please sit down!"

Li Qing'an invited them to sit down and said sincerely: "I have made a gesture, in the future, the Tang army will no longer have a partiality, to be precise, the Tang army is stationed in the river to defend the big food, try not to interfere in local affairs, so you don't have to worry about the future, and I promise you, there will be no more demolition of the mosque, I will give Muslims and Zoroastrians equal treatment, but these are things in the future, I am more concerned about the present, now we must calm down the current turmoil, I hope to have your help. ”

At this time, an old man cautiously asked, "General, if the turmoil never subsides, what is the General going to do?" ”

Li Qing'an looked at them deeply, and said slowly: "I don't want that to happen, but I also have to consider the worst outcome, if it is really what you say, the turmoil in the river will never be quelled, then I have to take the strongest means to drive all the Muslims across the Amu Darya River, drive all the Zoroastrians to Tocharo, and I will move 300,000 Han people to live in the middle of the river, so that there will be no more riots in the river." ”

Li Qing'an's toughness made the five old men gasp, there are millions of Islamists in the middle of the river, and if you drive them across the Amu Darya, they will all be reduced to slavery, and they don't know where they will be sold? Li Qing'an obviously didn't talk about playing, he came to the river in person, he must have been prepared for the worst, at this time, Borodo stood up and said: "General, we are absolutely unwilling to leave our homeland, we will do our best to calm the current crisis, but not all Islamists listen to our call, we are very worried about some of the more radical believers......"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Qingan waved his hand to interrupt him, "I know what you mean, don't worry, you are moderates, I will vigorously assist you, as for the radicals, or hardliners, I will not give them any chance." ”

．．．．．．．．． The five old men left, Li Qing'an sat behind the table, fell into contemplation, he really had an impulse, Suo surnamed drove all the Muslims across the Amu Darya, a hundred, but reason told him that if he really did that, the river would be in a long-term war, and that would undoubtedly be welcomed by the Great Food, at least 200,000 of the millions of Muslims in the river were young and strong, and the Great Food would immediately arm them, issue them with swords, and let them go and take their homeland, and then there would be a long-term cannibalism between the Muslims and the Zoroastrians for their homeland, In the end, the Great Food Army crossed the river, drove out the Zoroastrians, and completely Islamized the river, which was not what he Li Qing'an wanted to see, and if he did this, he would undoubtedly repeat the contradictions between Jews and Muslims in later generations, but replace the Jews with Sogdians, which will always be a dead knot that cannot be untied.

Now that the contradiction between the two religions has just risen, there is still a chance to save it, at this time, Luo Qiming walked into the big tent quickly, bowed down and saluted: "General, I just got the news from King Kang's palace. ”

"Are they plotting again?" Li Qingan asked.

"Yes! The kings of Kang, An, and Shi and the envoy of the Great Food discussed in the secret room for an hour, but the content was not yet known. ”

"I can guess the content without saying it!" Li Qing'an sneered and said, "Abu. The Muslims had gathered 40,000 troops west of the Amu Darya River, and he was waiting for the unrest in the river! ”

"General, I suggest arresting people now, anyway, I also know who the leaders of those hardliners are, so as not to change for a long time."

Li Qingan pondered for a moment, but still shook his head, "No! Wait a little longer, I'm going to catch them all. ”

After speaking, he immediately ordered his own soldiers to say: "Let Bai Xiaode come to see me quickly." ”

After a while, Bai Xiaode hurriedly walked in and bowed his hand: "See the general!" ”

Li Qingan groaned for a while, and resolutely ordered: "Cancel the curfew and implement it immediately!" ”

It was already dark outside, and Bai Xiaode was about to send troops to the streets to enforce the curfew, when Li Qing'an suddenly canceled the curfew, although he was surprised, they didn't dare to ask more, and immediately turned around to carry out the order.

Li Qingan slowly closed his eyes, he needed to rest for a while and take care of his spirits.

．．．．．．．．． Night is slowly falling, the river in late February is already full of spring, blowing from the dense water river with a hint of warmth in the wind, the night is no longer cold, the Tang army no longer restricts the people on the street, but the street is still sparsely populated, the situation in Samarkand is unstable, so that the residents dare not go out at night, lest they encounter accidents, but there are also night pedestrians, they take advantage of the moonlight to hurry, the journey is hurried, the purpose is very clear, near the Kang King Palace, there are slightly more night pedestrians than elsewhere, the back door of the palace does not seem to be closed, At the door stood the butler of the palace, and he anxiously looked around from time to time, at this time, two men in black hurriedly came in the night, and the palace steward hurriedly greeted him, "Come in with me!" ”

"Has everyone else come?" A man in black asked.

"I'm here to send you."

The housekeeper pushed open the back door of the palace, and the three of them flashed into the palace, the back door slammed shut, and the door became dark and silent, at this time, a person flashed out of the alley opposite the palace, he looked at the list in his hand by the moonlight, there were already nine people, and he immediately ran out of the city.

The palace was brightly lit, in the wide conference room, more than a dozen people gathered together, an important meeting was being held, when the king of Kangguo Xiaofen made up his mind to follow the big food, his efficiency immediately became extremely high, one afternoon, he sent his henchmen to inform the Shia leaders of Samarkand, at the same time, the personal letter of the Angolan king Yejie was also sent to the Shia leaders of the Angolan country living in Samarkand, and nine people came that night, including six Samarkands and three Angols, These nine people are the leaders of the Muslim hardliners, and three of them are the initiators and leaders of the Bukhara riots, although these nine people are from different factions, they all advocate the expulsion of the Don army and the restoration of Muslim rule in the river, and from the time of the crisis in the river, they all acted separately, and it is for this reason that there were no serious riots in Samarkand, like in Bukhara, but today they gathered for the first time at the call of the king.

The meeting room was full of people, everyone was whispering, exchanging their respective experiences of resisting the Tang army, a man who claimed to be the leader of Allah in Samarkand, invited credit to Saif sitting next to him: "More than a month ago, I sent four assassins to Crushed Leaf to assassinate Li Qing'an, I hope they can succeed, as long as Li Qing'an is removed, Anxi will be in chaos, and our opportunity has come." ”

Saif was very interested in the news, so he smiled and said, "Did you get a report?" ”

The man hurriedly replied, "I received news from them in the twenty days, and they said that they had discovered the security vulnerabilities of the Broken Leaf Mansion, and they were waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Li Qing'an. ”

"Good!" Saif patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "If they succeed, His Majesty the Caliph will definitely receive you personally." ”

At this time, King Xiaofen, who had been silent, coughed dryly twice, stood up and waved his hand, "Everyone, please be quiet!" ”

The conference room immediately fell silent, and Xiao Fen glanced at Saif a little proudly, he just wanted Saif to see his ability, although he had been hollowed out by the Tang Army for nearly two years, his prestige was still there, and it was revealed at critical times, such as now, these Muslim hardline leaders are under his command.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Tang Army has lifted martial law, this is our opportunity, today I convened everyone, just to discuss the large-scale uprising in Kangguo, completely drive the Tang Army out of the river, let me introduce it to you."

He asked Saif to stand up and introduce him to the crowd: "This is Abu. An envoy of the Muslim governor to assist us in starting the uprising. ”

Except for the two people sitting next to Saif who knew his identity, everyone else heard about it for the first time, and everyone was stunned, some were happy, but some were not happy. The Muslims brutally suppressed their uprising two years ago, and the pain is still being felt to this day.

Saif heard Lyph deliberately mention Abu. Muslim is a sensitive name, he glanced at Xiao Fen with some dissatisfaction, stood up and explained to everyone: "To be exact, I am the envoy sent by the Abbasid Caliphate, although we have had unpleasant times in the past, but for the common interests of Islam, we should hold hands like brothers and drive the Tang army out of the river, and my ghostwriting Caliph promises to everyone that as soon as the Tang army is driven away, we will tear down all the Zoroastrian temples and turn them all into mosques." ”

"How will taxes be collected after that?" Someone asked.

At present, the commercial tax of the Tang army is thirty taxes one, the poll tax is three dinars per person per year, and the field tax is one dinar per mu, which can be said to be quite low, this is the only place where they can accept the Tang Dynasty, unlike the former Abbasid Empire, those Arabyans in Damascus not only do not pay taxes, but also have annuities to enjoy every year, only need to take 2.5 percent of the annual annuity as zakat, and although their Muslims in the river have also converted to Islam, they still have to pay a heavy human tax, They were indignant at the inequality, which was the main reason why they rebelled against the Umayyads with the Abbasids, but after the Abbasids were established, they taxed the same amount and even more severely, which made them deeply dissatisfied with the Abbasids.

Saif himself was the tax collector of Bukhara, and of course he was well aware of the mysteries, so he said: "Your Majesty the Caliph said that if you can revolt and drive out the infidels, then the Muslims in the Transoxians will be the heroes of the Abbasid dynasty, and they will enjoy the same pension as the Arabyans, and they will no longer have to pay the human tax." ”

Seeing that the time was ripe, he discussed in a low voice with the three kings, and then asked for Saif to agree, so he stood up and announced: "The time of the revolt is set for the same time as the sun rises in three days, and the Muslims of Samarkand and even Kham will hold a large-scale revolt at the same time. ”

Seeing that no one objected, Xiao Fen said: "Okay, it's officially decided, everyone goes back to inform their followers, and everyone must keep it a secret." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of rushing outside, and one of the guards shouted in a panic: "Your Majesty, outside, there are countless Tang troops surrounding our palace. ”

"Ahh Everyone was so frightened that their faces changed greatly, they stood up together, there was a big chaos in the meeting, everyone rushed to run, someone knocked over the candle, and suddenly it became pitch black, Xiao Fen quietly pulled Saifu in the dark, he had a secret way to escape from the palace, the two quickly left the conference room from the side door, and ran towards the secret passage, as for the king of An Guo and Shi Guo, Xiao Fen couldn't take care of them anymore.

Outside the palace, five thousand Tang soldiers surrounded the palace, they held torches, the night was as bright as day, in the middle of the team, Li Qing'an was wearing a golden helmet and iron armor, riding on a high-headed horse, they looked at the palace gate indifferently.

At this time, Bai Xiaode came to report: "General, the exit of the secret passage has been found, and three hundred brothers are waiting there. ”

"Good!" Li Qing'an pointed at the palace gate with a whip and ordered: "Give me an attack on the palace, and those who resist will be killed!" ”

With a shout, the five thousand Tang troops began to launch an attack on the palace, and two hundred people held a huge bumper log and shouted slogans, "One, two, three!" ”

They worked hard together, slammed towards the gate, only to hear a loud bang, the palace gate was slammed open, thousands of Tang troops poured into the palace like a flood, the back door was also knocked open, hundreds of soldiers rushed into the palace from behind, shouting and killing resounded over the palace.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the nine Muslim hard-liner leaders who attended the meeting, as well as An Guozheng Wang Ye Xie and Shi Guozheng Wang Na Qu Ruo, were all caught, tied up, and dragged to Li Qing'an's horse, and the three sons of King Kang were also arrested, but King Kang Xiaofen and the envoy of Da Shi were nowhere to be found.

When the kings of Anshi and Anshi saw that Li Qing'an had actually come to the river, they were so frightened that they fell to the ground and trembled, and begged for mercy together.

"General, this matter has nothing to do with us, these are all done by Xiao Fen, and collusion with Da Shi is also done by him, it is not our original intention, I beg the general to spare his life!"

The other nine also knew that the general situation was gone, and their hearts were full of despair, but none of them begged for mercy, and they all hung their heads and remained silent.

Li Qingan looked at them coldly, without saying a word, and after a while, Bai Xiaode shouted: "General, catch it!" ”

I saw more than a dozen soldiers coming from outside with the pale Kangguo King Shaofen and the special envoy of Dashi Saifu, they hid in the tunnel, and were smoked out by the Tang army, and were caught by the Tang army waiting at the exit of the tunnel as soon as they came out of the ground.

When the others saw the two of them fleeing, they glared at them angrily, 'Plop! With a sound, Xiao Fen knelt down in front of Li Qing'an, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "General, I didn't know that you had arrived in the river, I was confused for a while, begging the general to spare me, I don't dare anymore." ”

Li Qing'an ignored him, he pointed at Saifu with a whip, and asked, "You are Abu. Envoys of the Muslims? ”

Saif raised his head and said nothing, Li Qingan sneered, and pointed at the horsewhip, "Chop off other people's heads!" ”

Immediately rushed up several Don soldiers, pushed Saif to the ground, and put a knife on his neck.

"Don't you beg for mercy?" Li Qing'an said.

Saifu's eyes closed and he bit his lip tightly, Li Qingan snorted coldly and waved his horsewhip, "Chop!" ”

A Tang army man violently swung his knife and chopped it off, only to hear a scream, Saif's head was chopped off, blood spurted out of his neck cavity, sprayed next to Xiao Fen's head and face, he was so frightened that 'Wow! With a loud scream and fainting, Li Qingan glanced at him in disgust, and then ordered: "Behead all these people, and leave no one behind!" ”

The soldiers dragged them down like wolves, and the three kings cried out in succession: "Spare your life! The general spares his life! ”

At this time, Luo Qiming stepped forward and persuaded in a low voice: "It's better to leave those nine people behind and let them surrender to Datang." ”

Li Qingan shook his head resolutely and said: "At the beginning, I was too soft and compromised with them, so that it became the disaster of today, and now I must not be soft, and I must use the strongest means to cut off future troubles against these diehards." ”

As soon as he turned around, he shouted, "Execution!" ”

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(To be continued)