Outside the city of Shazhou, white clouds and blue sky.

Thousands of miles of yellow sand as a school field. Wisps of white clouds were used as banners, and the 10,000 jīng sharp iron cavalry selected from the Liangzhou Tubo Army, the Suzhou Dragon King Army, and the Guasha Guiyi Army, plus the expeditionary army composed of 5,000 cavalry and a brigade of Ai Yihai's headquarters, after three days of integration and preparation, the horses were inspired, and now the horses are bent and bowed, waiting for the order to go out of the fortress.

Ma Mingfeng Xiao Xiao, red rì shines on the flag!

A fiery red "Yang" character Daxu flutters high, the autumn wind blows, and the hunting sounds. The soldiers who were standing on the horse immediately looked eastward, and under a round of red, Yang Hao personally came to serve them.

Yang Hao came with the local officials, gentry and celebrities, and the elders of the village in Guasha Prefecture, in addition to the mission team that was ready to rush to Gaochang with the army, there were dozens of cars behind him, carrying oxen and wine, thinking that it was for the army.

"Woo~~Woo~~~"

As soon as the Yang character Daxu appeared, the soldiers in the military array were sonorous, the flags were flying, and tens of thousands of jīng horses moved like a forest, approaching the yellow sand platform with a high base.

This time to send troops, Yang Hao mobilized the gentry and celebrities of Guasha. The fathers and elders of the township played the banner of protecting their families and defending Sha and resisting Kasha and aiding Yu, and even used three days to do enough propaganda work, and directly linked the importance of rescuing Khotan with the rise and fall of the Hexi Corridor and the survival of Guasha's fathers and elders.

Every common man and every soldier now knows that the Khotan chaos is blocking the east and west, and they will not only be unable to reproduce the prosperity of the ancient road in the Western Regions, but will also be blocked by the road, unable to trade, and gradually become as poor and backward as Gaochang Kingdom.

Every common people, every soldier, now knows that the Qarakhanid people are extremely poor, once they occupy Khotan, they will continue to advance eastward, threatening the safety of Dunhuang, the Buddhist temples and Tallinn in Dunhuang will be destroyed, all the monks and devout believers will be burned with their heads, the whole Hexi will fall into endless war, and all the people will become slaves of others.

How much of it is exaggerated and left alone, propaganda is very effective, the heart of the same hatred and hatred has permeated the whole Gua Sha, what was originally an unattainable war suddenly became a major matter related to their life and death, Gua Sha's fathers, villagers and people naturally spare no effort to support, their attitude directly affected this expeditionary force, every soldier from the people's every move, word and deed. They all felt what an important mission they had, his longbow and sharp spear were not just going to fight in other places in the Western Regions, he was directly protecting his fathers and fellow villagers, and his morale was unprecedentedly high.

And today, Yang Hao and the eight great families, local officials, gentry and celebrities, as well as the respected township elders solemnly inspected the expeditionary force, and even raised this sense of honor, pride and indestructible fighting spirit to the extreme.

Yang Hao slowly ascended to the platform, and the people who followed him stood solemnly under the stage, facing the expeditionary army.

Looking down from the platform, facing the Dianjiang platform is Ai Yihai's 5,000 cavalry, fluttering under the flying leopard flag, the same style of battle robes and armor, sharp swords and guns of a unified standard, and the military appearance is majestic and majestic.

The horse is a majestic and burly Xiliang strong horse, with armor and a fiery red cloak, along with the autumn wind, like a burning cloud. When the autumn wind lifted their cloaks, they could see the scimitars under their ribs, the spears on the butts, the round shields hanging on their sides, and the bows on their shoulders. Two pots of wolf's tooth arrows were full.

The left and right and the rear formations are the Liangzhou, Suzhou, and Guasha three-way military formations. Their armaments and weapons are not uniform, swords, guns, swords, halberds, clubs and whips are different, in the same team, long and short weapons, light and heavy weapons can be described as varied, and the bows and arrows used are also different, but the kind of majesty and fierceness shown by them, and the momentum that is as strong as a tiger is not weaker than Ai Yihai's Chinese army.

The same is still these teams, when they are enemies with Yang Hao, they are passive and demoralized, and after falling into the hands of Yang Hao, with a little mercy, the spirit of jīng has completely changed, looking at the eyes of those behind Yang Hao, they can't help but feel a little more respectful to Yang Hao.

Yang Hao's training of soldiers, of course, pays attention to military discipline and military law, but the generals at all levels trained from the Luzhou Yanwutang are originally from civilian backgrounds, they are more indifferent to the upper and lower classes, pay more attention to the integration of officers and soldiers, and the same ambition of first-class generals and officers, and protect the family and the people, coupled with the fact that there will be no arrears and deductions of military salaries, so that this team was quickly reborn and changed in the hands of Yang Hao.

Although the crowd standing behind Yang Hao were all rushed to the labor army, they may not all be single-minded with Yang Hao, such as the Suo family, which was originally the second largest family in Shazhou, is now in power, although their huge family is destined to still have considerable influence in Guasha. But the people of their family have retired from the important military and political positions in Guasha, like the Linghu family, which is at the bottom of the nine families, and now its family heads have done Shazhou, if the Suo family can't produce a few outstanding people in the future, and can't seek a few important positions in the Guasha military and political circles, then it is inevitable that after three or five generations, it is likely that the Suo family will be at the bottom of the nine major families in Shazhou, and even collapse, completely decline, and not squeeze out of the ranks of the family.

If Yang Hao withdrew his main force to Xiazhou, and the news of Yang Hao's war with the powerful Central Plains regime came, they were likely to join forces to launch a coup d'état to overthrow Yang Hao's rule over Guasha.

And now, they have to work together with Yang Hao.

Yang Hao returned to Xiazhou, and Guasha Liangsu Zhuzhou Jīng Rui expedition to Khotan, what kind of wind and waves could they stir up at this time? Even if they still have that spare strength, they don't dare to act rashly, many of the generals in the expeditionary army are the sons and nephews of the powerful people of the Zhuzhou family, if there is something to do in Hexi. Behind the generals stood a number of well-established families, and behind the soldiers stood ordinary people, even if they were only for their own families, they would never allow chaos in Hexi and block the way for their children to go home.

Yang Hao is dressed in military uniform today, with a helmet and armor, and he is mighty.

He stood solemnly on the general's platform, looking at the officers and soldiers of the three armies who were slowly facing the stage, and suddenly raised his hand slightly, and the three armies immediately stopped abruptly. Standing in front of the horse, standing solemnly, it is really like a forest, immovable like a mountain.

Ai Yihai and the other generals of the three-way army rode out of the formation and galloped towards the front of the stage.

Yang Hao slowly retracted his gaze and said loudly: "Soldiers of the three armies, when Yang came from Xiazhou, he once posted the "Letter to the Fathers of Hexi", declaring to the world, vowing to rule Hexi, restore the homeland, and return the fathers and elders of Hexi to a peaceful world. Yang did it! ”

He paced up on the stage, looking at the various armies with majesty: "Now, there is only one Ganzhou left to support hard, jumping off the beam clown, there is no need to worry, when the commander waives the army back to the division, stepping on Ganzhou, it is just a matter of a flick of his fingers." Now, Ben Shuai wants to issue the "Letter to the Countries of the Western Regions" to the countries and ministries of the Western Regions, and declare it to the world! ”

The three armies are solemn, the battle flag hunting, even the eight families behind Yang Hao, the gentry of Guasha, also felt the soaring murderous aura in Yang Hao's words, yes, Yang Hao's rise is an alternative, he miraculously rose in Hexi, and miraculously defeated Li Guangrui, the king of Hexi, before that, he has been low-key and low-key, just burying his head in the development of his own military politics, he confidently announced his strength and sovereignty to the entire Hexi for the first time, that is, when he sent troops to the west and unified Hexi.

"Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish", the impassioned oath is still in his ears, he did it, and he miraculously dominated Hexi. It took him the shortest time to realize his first declaration, this is the second time Yang Hao has announced to the world, this time, what does he want to say?

At that time, the generals spoke to the whole army, no matter how loud and hoarse the shouts were, it was impossible to reach the whole army, and the army had its own well-trained heralds, who passed on the generals' speeches as quickly as possible, so the generals often spoke one sentence at a time, so that the tone of the tone could naturally be strengthened, the understanding and digestion of the soldiers and men, and at the same time, it was also for the convenience of communication.

Yang Hao paused for a moment, and then said loudly: "In Khotan, he has always regarded himself as a vassal of China, and he is loyal and sincere. China has always taken good-neighborliness and friendship as its policy, but it is also its own responsibility to help the needy and help the far-reaching. Bodhisattva mercy, there is also Shura protector, now the Qarakhan brazenly raised troops, poisoned thousands of miles, in Khotan envoy to ask under the rank of this commander, this division is the right commander of Hexi Long, An can ignore it? The Western Regions are small, and I rebel against the power of heaven, if I fall back a foot, how can he enter a foot ......"

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In the Poplar Pavilion, Talibhuo, who had been sitting leisurely, suddenly got up: "He has decided to send troops? ”

One of his servants bowed down and said, "I just heard from the guards outside the hall that Taiwei Yang has ordered troops on the battlefield and is about to go on the battlefield." ”

Talib's eyebrows twisted together, after killing the three envoys of Khotan, he expected that Yang Hao's jīng would guess that the murderer was him tomorrow morning, and he also expected that such an offense to Yang Hao's authority would inevitably provoke him, but Khotan did not have a need to protect Yang Hao, and he was an important partner of Yang Hao, as for the Khotanese rebellion would hinder the east-west traffic and affect the rise and fall of Hexi, this should be what Yang Hao was most worried about, and this problem was a big problem for other Hu merchants, but not for him.

He thought that he had held down Yang Hao's life, and Yang Hao would have to take it sooner or later. When Yang Hao's reliance on the Western Regions of Commerce became more and more heavy, and the key to the Western Regions of Commerce was completely in the hands of his family, he could exert greater influence on Yang Hao, and bloodlessly convert the overlord of the Western Regions to his faith and become the most powerful partner and spokesperson of the Great Caliph in the East. With Qarakhanid, that's exactly what they did, and it was a great success.

After the assassination was successful, he patiently waited for Yang Hao to take the initiative to come to him, no matter how angry Yang Hao was, he was confident that he would calm Yang Hao's thunderous anger with heart-warming conditions, so as to further strengthen his control over him, but he didn't expect Yang Hao to block the Hu Yang Pavilion and not meet him at all. Talib had always guessed Yang Hao's intentions, so he had to calm down and see who couldn't hold it first.

Unexpectedly, after the death of the three Khotanese envoys, Yang Hao was ready in just a few days and sent troops on an expedition without hesitation. For a while, Talib couldn't guess what Yang Hao was planning to do, and he couldn't help but be in chaos, he walked around the room for a long time, suddenly stopped, and said hurriedly: "Prepare the horse, change clothes, I want to see Yang Hao!" ”

On the stage, Yang Hao's voice was sonorous and powerful: "Karahan's invasion of my vassal is to challenge the authority of our China, and since this commander is here, he has the responsibility to govern China and the obligation to aid the vassal state." Today, I tell the countries of the Western Regions, don't think that the west of the Jade Gate is the land where China does not submit. At present, where the great righteousness is, the great love is given, the great goodness is done, the great virtue is the direction, and there is no room for reversal. ”

The little star with adoring eyes of the dog reached out to touch his chest, Zhu Yun looked at her, saw her take out a notebook, and couldn't help but say funny: "Xiao Yi, when did you fall into such a problem, what he said is not a holy decree, or write it down." ”

The dog smiled happily: "I just like to write down what the uncle said, he used to say little, I remember, now it's not done, wow......, what did you just say?" There are so many words, I can't remember ......"

Zhu Yun rolled her eyes, and handed over a neatly folded piece of paper: "Huh." ”

The dog said blankly, "What is this?" ”

Zhu Yun said angrily: "The notices posted all over the street, they all say ......"

Yang Hao said and said loudly: "All the soldiers, this time, I hope that the officers and men of the three armies will strive to be the first, make meritorious contributions, and play a majestic style, don't live up to the expectations of the commander, don't live up to the expectations of the fathers and elders of Hexi!" ”

Ai Yihai and other generals bowed their hands on the horse, and the four soldiers responded together, and the sound shook in the sky.

Yang Hao waved his hand and shouted: "Let's go!" ”

The Chinese army moved, the flags were like clouds, and the sound of trumpets resounded throughout the desert.

The impassioned "Great Array" echoed in the vast desert: "Looking back at Qinsai, which is as low as a horse, I gradually see the Yellow River flowing straight north." Tianwei rolls directly to the jade door stopper, and the thousands of miles of Hu people are full of Han songs......"

The spear pointed forward, and thousands of horses were vertical and horizontal, like a whirlwind, and countless brave soldiers roared west......

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Shazhou Jinshan King's Mansion, Yang Haorong pretended to be unsolved, sitting on the handsome chair with a golden knife, and when he saw Talib walking in, his eyes were just lightly wiped, and there was no courtesy when he met before.

Talib's face was very ugly, and when he came in, he bowed and did not speak.

Yang Hao didn't give up his seat, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea gently, then glanced at him, and said lightly: "The assassination case of the envoy to Khotan has not yet been clarified, and all the suspects are not allowed to leave for a while. I wonder what Mr. Talib is up to? Ben Shuai is about to return to Xiazhou, if Mr. Talib just has any inconveniences in his life, he can directly bring it up to Zhang Tingshi, and we will be satisfied with these aspects. ”

When Talib heard this, his face became even more ugly: "Why does the Taiwei ask knowingly, in the next place, I think the Taiwei already knows it, right?" ”

Yang Hao smiled coldly: "Ben Shuai only knows that Mr. Talib is a very important businessman in the Western Regions, and a businessman should know his identity and don't want to interfere in my political affairs!" ”

Talib took a breath, and the anger on his face gradually subsided: "Hehe, why is the captain so angry, is it worth it for Khotan to hurt your and my harmony?" Yes, I am a businessman, but unlike your businessmen in the Central Plains, in our big food, the status of a businessman is not low. And I, who have a royal status, have many connections in the military and political worlds of the Great Food, and the help to the Taiwei is far more important than the so-called Khotanese country. ”

Yang Hao put down the teacup and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Talib still doesn't seem to understand Ben Shuai's intentions. It's not a question of who is useful and who isn't, it's my right, absolutely inviolable. Mr. Talib and I have cooperated only in the financial interests of both parties, and nothing else. ”

Talib said with a smile: "Hehehe, there are no outsiders here, just open the skylight and say something bright, Taiwei is Gangjin Gongbao, is the ...... of the protector of Buddhism, but according to the next opinion, Taiwei just took advantage of the heart of the people of Hexi to worship Buddha, if Taiwei is a devout Buddhist, I am in Taiwei's mansion, but I have never seen a Buddha statue, I have never seen Taiwei go to any temple to worship Buddha incense, I have never seen Taiwei recite a scripture, wear a magic weapon. Taiwei, the Buddhists' restraining appeal to the people is actually very limited, if Taiwei ......"

Yang Hao raised his hand, stopped his speech, smiled slightly, and said, "Sure enough, I want to ...... I already understand what you're going to say, what your purpose is, hehe, you don't have to say it anymore. ”

Talib's eyes sharpened: "Could it be that the Captain yù helped the Bodhisattva and destroyed my Allah?" ”

Yang Hao snorted coldly: "The brilliance of the rì moon god has not yet spilled to the west of my river, Mr. Talib, where do you start?" ”

Talib said in disbelief, "So, what does the captain mean?" ”

Yang Hao slowly straightened up: "Since you are open and honest, then I will make my meaning clear to you." If Mr. Talib is willing to introduce the imam of your country to our Hexi River to spread the teachings, Yang Hao wholeheartedly welcomes it. ”

Talib was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Is this true? ”

Yang Hao said: "Ben Shuai is true to his word, so he naturally takes it seriously. However, I have a word in advance: during the Tang Dynasty, your country's merchant travelers came by sea, and a large number of people lived in Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Hongzhou, Yangzhou and other places, most of them amounted to tens of thousands of people, and built temples and missionaries, all of which belonged to zìyóu, and the Tang Dynasty did not prohibit it. When the Tang Dynasty invaded the Western Regions, the Great Food Kingdom had sent reinforcements all the way to help, and later this group of people and horses arrived in Chang'an, and was gifted by the Tang Emperor to allow them to marry a Han woman, stationed in Chang'an, and their faith sects were also as they pleased.

This is also the meaning of Ben Shuai, following the methods of the Tang Dynasty, embracing all rivers, being eclectic, believing in zìyóu, and never respecting one technique. Buddhism and Confucianism will not suppress it. If Christians come to my territory to preach, I welcome them all the same, and I will not refuse you, but I will not allow you to exterminate other faiths by bloody means, and if your faith is truly convincing to the people, the people will be your believers. Everyone is doing what they can, and with me, don't be delusional about the repetition of the Qarakhanid story. ”

Talib's face was hard to look at.

Yang Hao said: "If Mr. Talib can agree, then I and Your Excellency, and I and your country, will still be close friends. If Mr. Talib is still stubborn, then, if he really wants to ban a religion in my territory, it is what you believe. Ben Shuai hopes that Mr. Talib will make a wise choice, and when you have made a decision, you can come to me at any time, and now, please come back. ”

Yang Hao said, turned around and left, Talib hurriedly shouted: "Taiwei and slow." ”

Yang Hao stopped and said without looking back: "Why, did Mr. Talib make a decision so quickly?" ”

Talib asked angrily, "Now that all my people are trapped in the Poplar Pavilion, when will they get zìyóu?" ”

Yang Hao smiled and said, "This ah......, when my western expeditionary army arrives in the city of Yuchang in Khotan, you will get zìyóu." However, whether Mr. Talib agrees to my terms or not, whether I will be an enemy or a friend in the future, I need a few murderers, this ...... It's the biggest concession that Captain Ben has made because of your past friendship! ”

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Talib was led by the guards, angrily walked outside the palace, and when he walked to the front yard, he was met by several people, two Shazhou officials led several Roman warriors wearing bright red cloaks to walk inside, they were wearing horizontal red mane helmets, silver white sè plate armor, calves and arms were exposed, muscles were knotted like dragons, and bronze skin contained strong strength. Two of them were even Roman prisoners of war that Talib had brought to the west of the river.

Talib was stunned, and subconsciously avoided the side, and the few people didn't seem to pay attention to this Hu Shang, and one of them said, "Lombas, are you really a descendant of the Archon Crassus?" Hahaha, that's good, after our Roman Empire negotiated peace with the Parthian kingdom, we once asked them for the soldiers of our first legion, we know that you are not all killed in battle, you are Roman citizens, we will not give up you, but the rest of the people do not know your whereabouts, this matter has become our eternal regret. This time, Lord Lieutenant asked us to go to Rome together, and the return of the descendants of the consul of Crassus to their hometown will surely cause a sensation throughout Rome......"

A few people said and passed by in high spirits.

Talib was shocked in his heart, and his feet suddenly became heavy, don't look at him in front of Yang Hao, he said that the Great Food Empire was extremely powerful, it seemed to be invincible in the west, but it was just a borrowing of things and poor information. In fact, the Great Food Empire and the Roman Empire have been fighting for hundreds of years, and during that period of a few decades ago, the Great Food Empire did have the upper hand, advancing and winning countless battles.

However, after the Roman Empire was divided into the Eastern and Western Empires, there were differences in military, political, and cultural aspects, and the Western Roman Empire was conservative and had always followed the combat mode with infantry as the main force, so that when the cavalry became the main force on the battlefield, rì tended to decline until its demise, while the Eastern Roman Empire had already begun to attach importance to the combat mode with cavalry as the main force, and gradually grew stronger.

For more than 100 years, the Eastern Roman Empire annihilated the Great Food Army in Samosata in the upper reaches of the Euphrates River, and successively recovered Bari, Taranto and Calabria. With the seizure of Mesopotamia, Crete, Cyprus, Antioch, Aleppo, Edessa, Damascus, Beirut, and Syria, the Byzantine Empire began to regain superiority in the East. This is also the reason why the Great Cannibals can't wait to develop a nation of the same faith in the East, and they need a strong eastern ally to work together to stifle the growth of Rome.

The Eastern Roman Empire went downhill again after they lost Anatolia, an important horse breeding area, and that was hundreds of years later, and Talib did not have the ability to predict the future, he only knew that the Eastern Roman Empire was now like rì east, and according to this attitude of development, the future of the Great Food Empire was in jeopardy. He only knew that when Yang Hao understood all this, Yang Hao would understand that if he established diplomatic relations with the Roman Empire, the help he would receive would not be weaker than that of the Great Food Empire, and for the Great Food Empire, the loss of Yang Hao, who currently had a significant influence in the Western Regions, would be an extremely significant loss for them.

Talib's legs were like lead, getting heavier and heavier, he would never accept Yang Hao's suggestion, but now he ...... His will had to waver......