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In the early morning, a group of cavalry galloped on the boundless grassland, and they had already seen the swarthy Wude Mountain in its original place, and also saw the rippling blue waves, like a jade belt, the Kun River, which is the bank of the Kun River in the hinterland of the grassland.

The Kun River, Xian'e River, Dule River several major water systems have formed a huge water network in this area, the Wude Mountain blocks the cold current in the north, so that the climate of this area is slightly higher than elsewhere, the abundant water source, the warm climate, so that this area has also become the most fertile place in the whole Mobei grassland, there are large herds of cattle and sheep everywhere, and from time to time there are groups of horses galloping across the grassland.

The cavalry quickened their speed, and they rushed up a low grassy hill, only to see a city appear before them, and they finally arrived, the city of Han'er Duobali, located on the banks of the Kun River, which was also the capital of Hui.

The cavalry shouted excitedly and galloped towards the city of Han'er Duobali.

At this time, it was the beginning of March of the third year of Qingping in the Tang Dynasty, and the spring breeze blew the green prairie, but the Hebei crisis made Shi Siming have to ask Hui for help.

Shi Siming decided to ask for help from Hui Hui in early February, spring has arrived, Shi Siming finally got the exact news, the Khitan and Xi people's nest has been leveled by the Tang army in winter, and the 150,000 troops who have been stationed in Henan have also taken advantage of the Yellow River to freeze into Xiangzhou, and more importantly, Shi Siming knows that Tian Chengsi has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

All kinds of unfavorable news made Shi Siming realize that their crisis was coming, and he also knew that he had a lot of sin in his hands, others could lower the Tang, but he Shi Siming could not descend to the Tang, he had no way out.

In order to save the last crisis, Shi Siming decided to ask for help from Hui at all costs.

This team of cavalry is to escort Shi Siming's son Shi Chaoyi to go back to Su for help, Shi Chaoyi from Youzhou Juyong Pass out of Hebei, each with three horses, galloping all the way for 20 days, and finally arrived at the capital of Han'er Duo Bali.

A group of fifty people slowly came to the gate of the city, and they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the city.

"We are envoys from Hebei, asking to see Gele Khan!"

"Wait outside!"

One of the centurions shouted viciously, and then ordered someone to take their documents and go to report them.

They and their group had been waiting outside the city for an hour, and still no one paid attention to them, Shi Chaoyi's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word, but his entourage henchman Luo Yue was full of anger, and said to Shi Chaoyi: "Young marshal, the Hui people may not be too rude, there is a reason for people to wait outside the city for an hour." ”

Shi Chaoyi waved his hand, "If you are rude, you have to wait!" ”

He sighed again, "I guess this is the Hui people deliberately hanging us out and suppressing us, it should be soon, wait a minute!" ”

At this time, a group of soldiers came out of the city, led by a Hui civil official, who slowly stepped forward and asked, "Which one is Shi Gongzi?" ”

He spoke Turkic, without considering Shi Chaoyi's feelings at all, but fortunately, Shi Siming was a Turkic, and Shi Chaoyi could understand it, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "I am!" ”

The civil official looked at him for a moment and nodded, "I'm Hui Ci Xiang Lu Mo Dagan, you can go into the city with me!" Only one retinue can be carried. ”

Shi Chaoyi was overjoyed when he heard that the other party was actually the second minister, and he didn't care how many people entered the city, so he turned back to his subordinates and said, "You guys are waiting outside, General Luo will follow me into the city." ”

He followed Julu Modagan all the way into the city, and when he rode to the front of the palace, Julu Modagan pointed to a wolf-headed flag, and didn't say anything, Shi Chaoyi heard his father say some rules when he left, and nothing else mattered, but when he saw the Khan, he must first worship the wolf-headed Khan flag, otherwise it would be extremely rude, and the Khan would not see it at all.

Shi Chaoyi immediately turned over and dismounted, knelt under the banner of the wolf-headed khan and kowtowed three times, Julu Mo Dagan saw his sincerity, his face improved a little, and he smiled at him in Chinese: "You follow me into the palace!" We Khan are waiting for you. ”

After a few years of recuperation, the Hui gradually recovered, many Hui young people grew into warriors, so that the Hui army increased, the Hui army has 100,000 people, plus Gele Khan in recent years, the courage to try, the army and horses, raising millions of cattle and sheep, hundreds of thousands of horses, their vitality has been completely restored.

Due to the Tang Dynasty's trade blockade of the Hui Dynasty, especially the strict prohibition of iron and other strategic materials to be transported to Mobei, once found out is a felony of beheading, Chang'an has killed three households on the street for heavy profits and risked selling pig iron to the Hui merchants, deterring the Tang Dynasty merchants, and no one dares to take risks.

Although pig iron could not be purchased from the Tang Dynasty, the Hui Hui still bought some pig iron from the Khazar Khanate in the west last year, which was used to build weapons and arm knights.

At this time, there were 100,000 armor-clad soldiers in the Hui tribes, and the soldiers were strong and strong, and the Gel Khan had the heart of revenge, and they were like wolves on the steppe, waiting for the opportunity for revenge.

In fact, Gele Khan has been watching the situation in Hebei, and he gave Shi Siming a large number of cattle and sheep through the Hui Servant Bone Department, and gradually controlled Shi Siming's army, otherwise he would not be able to support Shi Siming's army of more than 100,000 with one servant bone.

Now that the situation in Hebei is beginning to become clear, and the harvest season is about to begin, at this time, Shi Siming's son Shi Chaoyi came to ask for help.

Half-reclining on a high golden chair, two bewitching women wrapped around him like snakes, feeding him cups of red wine into his mouth.

The pale-faced Mo Yan squinted his eyes and was thinking about his thoughts, and he had returned to the consensus of the Tang Dynasty to mobilize troops, Li Qing'an killed them too badly when he was in Anxi a few years ago, and almost every family had the grief of their relatives being killed, and it was difficult to heal the wounds in their hearts if they did not sweep the Tang Dynasty.

Reason told Mo Yansi that he should attack the empty North Court first, but he couldn't let go of the wealth of the Central Plains in his heart, one was a rational strategy, and the other was his greed and **, just like the two women around him, one left and one right, making it difficult for him to choose, who should he choose? Whether it was reason or greed, he couldn't make up his mind.

"Khan!" A guard walked in and whispered, "Shi Chaoyi is here, waiting outside the palace." ”

"Did he worship my wolf-headed khan?" Mo Yan asked slowly.

"He bowed, very respectfully."

"Good! Let him come in and see me. ”

Soon, several guards brought Shi Chaoyi into the palace, but the general Luo Yue was not allowed to attack and was left outside the palace.

Shi Chaoyi walked into the carpeted hall, knelt down in front of the steps, kowtowed to Gele Khan, and said humbly: "Your courtier Shi Chaoyi knocks on the heavenly khan!" ”

"Courtier?"

Mo Yansi suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing so happily, so high, Shi Chaoyi's heart was extremely painful, his father wanted him to be as loyal as a dog and humble as dust, so as to impress Hui Khan's pity, but when he behaved like a dog, he felt that his heart was bleeding.

Mo Yansi was very satisfied with his attitude, he thought that Shi Siming was still knowledgeable about current affairs, knew that he was his master, and he supported him by himself, he waved his hand, "Tian Khan is the title of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I have not destroyed the Tang Dynasty now, and I can't afford this title, you get up!" ”

"Yes!"

Shi Chaoyi stood up, stood with his hands bowed respectfully, Mo Yan glanced at him, and asked, "How many troops do you still have now, not including the servant bone department, but your own army." ”

"Back to the Great Khan, we have 120,000 men."

"Hmmm! How many Han Chinese were there in that army? ”

"There are very few Han people, less than 10,000, mainly Turkic people who used to be attached to the Tang Dynasty, and some Khitan and Goryeo people."

After a pause, Shi Chaoyi added: "We still control more than 200,000 Han people. ”

Mo Yansi was not interested in the Han people at this time, he was calculating Shi Siming's army in his heart, there were 50,000 people in the servant bone department, and Shi Siming had 120,000 people, excluding some outliers, that is, 100,000 people, plus his own 100,000 iron horses, then he had 250,000 troops under his command, so that 250,000 grassland iron horses, mainly Turkic Hui people, were enough to sweep the Tang Dynasty.

He made up his mind in his heart, but his face did not show any sound, and he asked lazily, "Then your father asked you to come to me, is there anything wrong?" But you want me to provide food and grass assistance? ”

"Nope! No! ”

Shi Chaoyi hurriedly said: "I didn't come to ask for grain and grass, Li Guangbi's 150,000 army has entered Hebei, Tian Chenghe's 70,000 army has turned to the Tang Dynasty, Li Siye's 70,000 army has entered Jingcheng, and Li Baozhen's 100,000 army is about to go south to Hebei, we are embattled and in danger." ”

Shi Chaoyi was very anxious in his heart, he let go of the situation when he saw the Tang army soldiers approaching the city of Youzhou, in a hurry, he knelt down on his knees again, spread his hands, and begged loudly: "Tian Khan, I beg you, send troops to help us!" We know you've been helping us. ”

This is what Mo Yansi wants, he wants to see whether Shi Siming wants to surrender him or surrender to the Tang Dynasty, it seems that Shi Siming wants to surrender him, and he is desperate.

"Alright! I can send troops to help you, but what can you give me? Land or wealth, children? ”

"Everything we have can be given to you, you want land, we will dedicate Hebei to you, you want wealth and children, we can dedicate the Hebei treasury and more than 200,000 people to you."

Mo Yansi still shook his head, "You said it yourself, hundreds of thousands of Tang troops have entered Hebei, can you still call the shots of Hebei land?" No! I don't want your land, I don't want your riches, my children, I'm not rare. ”

"And what do you want?" An ominous premonition rose in Shi Chaoyi's heart.

"I have known Shi Siming for many years, and he is also Turkic, so be it! You can form a tribe of your own and join the Hui Hui, I can give you the land around Yinshan, let you recuperate, become strong, and take revenge on the Tang Army in the future, how about it? ”

Shi Chaoyi knew that this was actually asking them to surrender to Hui in disguise, and he would never agree to it with his original intention, but before he left, his father told him that as long as he could save the lives of their father and son, all conditions could be agreed, including surrender and Hui Hui.

In desperation, Shi Chaoyi had to kowtow heavily, "We are willing to be loyal to the Khan!" ”

"Good!" Mo Yan pushed away the two women beside him, stood up and laughed: "Then I will immediately send troops to Datang!" ”

At this moment, Mo Yansi gave up the Beiting strategy, and his heart was finally conquered by greed and **.

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In the city of Zhending in Hengzhou, tens of thousands of Tang troops are fiercely attacking this fortified city.

Li Siye led 70,000 Tang troops from Jingcheng into Hebei, first encountered the interception of the Hui army general Gu Jin, Fu Gu Jin is the son of the servant Gu Huaien, originally also Shuo Fang general, his father Fu Gu Huaien was forced into the Hui by Li Qing'an, Fu Gu Jin also gave up the Shuo Fang military position, fled back to the Hui Hui, became one of the main cadres of the Fu Gu Department, he led 20,000 Hui troops to garrison Yizhou, encountered a large attack by Li Siye's army.

The Tang army crossed Jingcheng lightly, successfully attacked Jingcheng County, and fought with the Hui people in Lucheng County, and the Hui army was defeated and suffered heavy casualties.

Fu Gujing led the army back to Zhending County, and reorganized 13,000 elites, relying on the strong city walls of Zhending County to compete with the Tang army.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums of the Tang army's attack shook the sky, and the overwhelming Tang army threw itself into the tragic siege battle like an ant colony.

This is already the fourth offensive, in the first three offensives, the Tang army has invested 40,000 troops to attack the city, but all failed, with nearly 6,000 casualties, which is a rare death and wound of the Tang army in recent years.

The Hui people were not good at defending the city, but Fu Gu Jin was a famous general, and under his command and command, the defense of the city of the Hui army became very orderly, the morale was high, and the soldiers were extremely brave.

Arrows rained down on the head of the city, although the range of the bows and arrows of the Hui army was not far, far inferior to the Tang army, but they were condescending, and the arrows also played a powerful role, but what made the Tang army suffer heavy casualties was the wood and stones of the Hui army, and the rolling wood and stones fell from the city like hail, and hundreds of catties of giant trees were smashed down from the city by the Hui soldiers, and often a dozen soldiers on a staircase would be wiped out, which brought heavy casualties to the Tang army.

Dozens of stairs have been erected on the head of the city, the dense Tang army raised the shield to climb the ladder and rushed upward, the Tang army under the city covered with bows and arrows, the arrows were as dense as flying locusts, and the Hui army could not raise its head, from time to time there were soldiers in the city screaming and falling down the city, the bow and arrow of the Hui army had been pressed down by the Tang army, but the Tang army was still out of the upper hand in the battle for the head of the city.

In front of each staircase were crowded with dozens of Uighur soldiers, they used huge shields and spears to block the Tang soldiers who had ascended the city outside the city, at this time, a huge log about one zhang long, two feet in diameter was carried up by four Uighur soldiers, found a gap, the Uighurs smashed the log down the stairs, only to hear a scream, more than 20 soldiers on the stairs were smashed and rolled down the city.

The Hui soldiers were overjoyed, and together they forked the stairs with long forks, and slowly pushed out the city wall, the high stairs were erected, and finally they were overturned and fell to the ground, and the last two Tang soldiers on the stairs screamed and fell out with the stairs.

Not only this staircase, but most of the rest of the staircase were severely damaged, or broken by boulders, and were cut by Uighur soldiers with knives, and the fourth attack of the Tang army had killed and wounded more than 2,000 people.

Two miles away, Li Siye, the main general of the Tang army who watched the battle, hated so much that his eyes almost erupted with fire, and he was also full of extreme remorse, this siege did not have heavy siege weapons such as ladders, crash cars and nest cars, mainly because the stone road in the narrowest part of Jingcheng only allowed one horse to pass, and the baggage could not be transported at all.

But Li Siye also made a big mistake under the light enemy, in order to seize Jingcheng County, he ordered the Tang army to march lightly, give up all baggage, although he seized Jingcheng County by surprise, but he put the sharpest magic weapon of the Tang army, the earth-shaking thunder and fire oil, together in the baggage logistics office, did not carry with the army.

He did not expect to encounter the defensive battle of the Hui army, for so many years, he never associated the Hui army with the siege war, he forgot that the main general of the Hui army, Gu Jin, was famous for his defense in Shuofang.

The unprepared siege battle caused the Tang army to suffer a big loss.

At this time, Li Siye's lieutenant Wei Boyu persuaded him: "General, it is better to stop for a few days and then attack the city, the soldiers have already gone to fetch the earth-shaking thunder, and they will arrive in two or three days at the latest." ”

"No way!"

Li Siye categorically refused, "Two days later, Li Guangbi will take Youzhou City, this is the last battle of the Tang Dynasty to restore Hebei, I can't even take a small Zhending County, wouldn't it make the world laugh at me Li Siye!" ”

He turned around and ordered: "Beat the drums, I will personally put on the siege of the city!" ”

The surrounding officers were all taken aback and persuaded him one after another, "General, you are the commander of the First Army, how can you personally attack the city?" ”

"You must not persuade me!"

Li Siye angrily reprimanded the generals: "I, Li Siye, have been in the army since the first year of Tianbao, and I have charged ahead in every battle, and I have never lagged behind. ”

Everyone still persuaded each other bitterly, "The public used to be only a junior general, and it is understandable to be the first soldier, but the official has become a hussar general and the prince of the country, how can the body of a daughter risk arrows again, please think twice!" ”

No matter how everyone persuaded him, Li Siye insisted on not listening, put on heavy armor, copied his Mo knife from his own soldiers, and gathered 5,000 soldiers to rush to the city.

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The rumbling offensive drums of the Tang army sounded again, and 10,000 Tang soldiers rushed like a tidal wave, carrying more than 30 stairs to the city, this time. The main general Li Siye took the lead, which greatly boosted the morale of the Tang army, and the overwhelming arrows shot at the head of the city, and the bows and arrows of the Hui soldiers lost their effect, and thousands of Hui soldiers on the city wall were pressed to death, and no one could get up and probe.

"Boom!" The thick staircase was erected on the top of the city, and more than 2,000 Tang troops rushed up the stairs by stepping on the corpses of their companions and began to climb the city bravely.

Seeing that the Tang army was hit by boulders one after another, Li Siye was furious, he chose a siege point with the most dead corpses, and was the first to climb the wooden ladder, the wooden ladder was made of straight fir wood, very strong, he was wearing the heavy armor of the Mo Dao Army, holding a big iron shield in one hand and a Mo knife in the other, and walked towards the city step by step.

A boulder roared down and fell, 'Boom! With a loud bang, the boulder hit the iron shield, Li Siye trembled, but was not knocked over, the boulder was unloaded by him with a shield, he climbed a few steps, at this time the city's arrows were like dense rain, shooting at him, only to hear a clanging sound, the arrow shot on his heavy armor, but could not penetrate, Li Siye shouted, rushed to the top of the stairs, Mo knife split out with one hand, the four Hui soldiers could not dodge, was split into eight sections.

Li Siye threw away his shield and brandished his sword with both hands, only to see the blood mist filled, the minced flesh flew sideways, and in an instant, more than 20 Hui soldiers were hacked to death by him.

But the place where Li Siye climbed the wall was guarded by one of the most powerful Hui troops, the Hui soldiers saw that the Tang army was about to climb the wall, they also killed red eyes, desperate to rush up, hundreds of people blocked the battlements of Li Siye on the wall, for a time shouted to kill the sky, Li Siye slashed with a knife, the arrows under the city were like a rain, and the dead bodies were piled up on the city and under the city, but the Hui army also resisted desperately, and the dead bodies were packed up to block the battlements, so that Li Siye could not climb the city.

At this time, the head of the Hui army, the servant Gu Jin, also heard the news and arrived, and he recognized at a glance the god-like general, Li Qing'an's number one henchman, Li Siye, whose father was also bullied by Li Siye in Anxi.

Fu Guzhen pulled out an armor-piercing poison arrow, he knew that the heavy armor of the Mo Sword Army was almost invulnerable, but it could not be hidden by the eyes, and that was its weakness.

Fu Guying stretched his bow and set up an arrow, thirty steps away aimed at Li Siye, the bow was drawn into a full moon, the string was loosened, and the armor-piercing poisonous arrow shot towards Li Siye's left eye like lightning, at this time Li Siye had just chopped off the head of a thousand-commander, and the poisonous arrow had arrived in front of him, he was caught off guard, 'Poof! With a thud, a poisoned arrow hit him in the left eye.

Li Siye roared in shock, turned over and fell from the city, and Fu Guye shouted excitedly: "Li Siye has been shot to death by me!" ”

The city was suddenly thunderous, and the Tang soldiers saw that the main general would fall into the city, and they had no intention of fighting again, and dozens of personal soldiers desperately snatched Li Siye, who was seriously injured, and retreated to the camp.

Wei Boyu ordered to stop the siege and temporarily commanded the Tang Army Brigade to retreat to Lucheng County.

The three armies wept and the camp was full of vegetarians, and Li Zuoguo, the son of Li Siye, rushed to Chang'an overnight to report the funeral to the imperial court.

Hengzhou's attack was unfavorable, but Li Guangbi led the main army of 200,000 all the way to Moxian, which was close to Youzhou, and the forward general Li Yueyue had entered Youzhou, and Li Baozhen also led 60,000 troops from Pingzhou into Jizhou.

Two days later, the Hui general servant Ao Duosi was defeated by Li Baozhen in Yuyang, and led the remnants of the army to flee back to the grassland from Danzhou, and the Hui general Gu Jin also knew that the Tang army's retaliation would be very fierce, and he knew that he could not hold the Zhending City, so he led the army to abandon the city and flee north, and retreated from Yizhou to the grassland.

The Hui army retreated, and Shi Siming also knew that the general trend had gone, so he indulged the soldiers to plunder Youzhou City and sack Youzhou City.

On March 20, Shi Siming led 100,000 Turkic troops to withdraw from Hebei from Juyong Pass, and since then, the entire territory of Hebei has been restored.

But the battle did not end, on the contrary, Shi Siming's retreat to the north opened the prelude to a larger battle, 100,000 Hui iron cavalry was galloping from the depths of the grassland to the south, on the grassland, the wolf's head khan flag hunted and flew.

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(To be continued)