readx; Li Qing'an finally declined the desire of the Gesa Khanate to send troops, "I thank the Gesar Khanate for its brotherhood first, but my Anxi army has enough strength to deal with the Arabs, and I have completed the deployment of the army, if your country intervenes, it will disrupt the deployment of military forces, of course, if the Gesa Khanate is bent on making enemies with the Arabs, then it can also send troops to Armenia, and the battle in the east, the Tang army can completely deal with it." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Qing'an's words hit the key point of the Gesar Khanate, if the Gesar Khanate really wanted to attack the Arabs together with the Tang army, then they should fight with their strength, send troops to Armenia west of the Caspian Sea, and contain the Arab army, instead of following the Tang army to fish in troubled waters, not only do not want to really contribute, but also want to get a piece of the pie from the Tang army, how can there be such a good thing in the world.

Seeing that Li Qing'an was firm and did not want them to participate in the war, he had no choice but to return to China to report to his father, but Arslan, the exiled king of Khorezm who came with him, was unwilling to go back with him, and the two almost turned their faces, and Broni was very angry in his heart, but he did not dare to attack in front of Li Qing'an, so he had to go away with hatred.

In the evening, two personal soldiers took Arslan to see Li Qing'an, he had already bathed and changed clothes, his beard had been shaved off, and he looked much younger, Arslan was uneasy, and after he showed his heart to Li Qing'an in the afternoon, Li Qing'an did not reply to him, and even ignored him anymore.

Of course, Arslan also knew that in front of the Geza people, Li Qing'an could not give him any answer, at this time, his heart was nervous, but also full of hope.

He was led into a heavily guarded mansion by the soldiers, and when he came to a room, the soldiers reported: "General, the king of Khorezm has brought it." ”

"Come in!"

Arslan entered the room, the room was already lit up, the light was bright, Li Qingan had already eaten dinner, and was standing in front of a huge woodcarved map with an oil lamp, thinking about something.

Arslan's eyes were keen, and his heart pounded when he suddenly discovered that the place illuminated by the oil lamps was the Aral Sea Delta, the birthplace of their Khorezm.

In fact, the country of Khorezm is still there, but it has been conquered by the Arabs, and the new king Shifen is a descendant of the Khwarazm nobles who surrendered to the Arabs, and has long been subjugated to Damascus.

He didn't know that Li Qing'an was not thinking about the affairs of the Khorezm country at this time, but was thinking about the possible route of the big cannibals, he thought about it repeatedly, and felt that the big cannibals were still attacking from the north, on the one hand, the Tang army had just taken Tocharo, and there must be heavy troops stationed in Tocharo, and there was also the cooperation of the army in the river, especially they had just tested the country of Xiaoshi, and the iron gate pass of the country of Xiaoshi was close to the liberation of the country of Tocharian, if the army of the big food army attacked Tocharo, the Tang army in the river could quickly support, and the risk was very high, on the contrary, The Tang army had almost no troops stationed in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya, and the central area of the river was the core interest of the Great Cannibals, more important than Tocharo; On the other hand, the area around the lower reaches of the Amu Darya River is still under the control of the Great Cannibals, who first transfer their heavy troops to the Fire Quest Country and then wait for an opportunity to go south.

So no matter which way you look at it, it is more likely that the Great Food Army will attack from the north.

Of course, there is also the possibility of a two-front attack, the Great Food Army of Khorasan attacked Tocharian in the south as bait, while the main force of the other Great Food Army stationed troops in the north of the river, through the Karakum Desert, along the Amu Darya River, and directly killed the middle of the river.

Thinking of this, Li Qing'an put down the oil lamp and smiled at Arslan, who had just entered the room: "Your Royal Highness, please take a seat!" ”

Arslan hurriedly saluted: "I am an exile, and I dare not call myself king." ”

He sat down in a nervous mood, a personal soldier served him tea, Li Qingan also sat down, took a sip of tea from the teacup, and said unhurriedly: "I heard that you and Prince Broni of Gosa turned their faces, aren't you worried?" ”

Arslan asked, "Does the Great General mean three thousand Khwarazm cavalry loyal to me?" ”

"Yes! That's exactly what I meant. ”

Arslan claimed that he had been in exile for fifty-four years, and he had received help from the Khanate of Gesar for fifty-four years, how could he part ways with the Khanate of Gasa as soon as he saw him, and this change was a little too fast, so Li Qingxin had a trace of suspicion, and he was a little suspicious that the two of them were cooperating.

Arslan sighed and said, "To tell the general, we migrated to the Crimean Island forty years ago to seek refuge from the Romans. ”

"Why did you leave the Khanate of Gesar?" Li Qingan asked.

Arslan showed a hateful look in his eyes, and said word by word: "Because forty years ago, the new Khan of the Khanate of Ghsar, Lario, ascended the throne and was also the father of Bran Khan, and he not only took all our wealth, but also robbed five hundred women, including my mother and sister, and my father led his people to save them, but when he learned that his mother and sister had died tragically in the barracks, my father, in his rage, led the exiled Khorezmians to move westward, and begged the Romans for protection, and the Romans settled us in the Crimean Peninsula, Forty years have passed in a flash, but we have never given up the effort to restore the country, my father held my hand before he died, and I knew that he was buried back to his homeland, and three years ago, we got the permission of the Romans to form a Crimean army of 3,000 men, and we trained hard, and we missed that we could return to our homeland. ”

Li Qing'an looked into his eyes, and from his eyes, Li Qing'an saw the bitter hatred and that unyielding gaze, and Li Qing'an understood the belief in the immortality of a nation.

He nodded, and said, "You want to go back to China, do the Romans allow it?" ”

"I met with Constantine V a few months ago, and he wrote me a letter for me to give to the great general."

Arslan took out a letter from his bosom, handed it with both hands, and the personal soldier next to him took the letter and handed it to Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an opened the letter, and sure enough, it was the handwriting of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine V, as well as his seal, the letter was written in Turkic language, and the meaning was similar to what Arslan described, allowing them to return to the country, and asking Li Qing'an to help them.

At the end of the letter, Constantine V wrote at the end of the letter that the Bulgarians had provoked them, that a war was about to break out between Byzantium and Bulgaria, and that within two years, Byzantium would not be able to fulfill its contract and fight with him.

Li Qing'an frowned and said, "Are the Romans going to war with the Bulgarians?" ”

Arslan smiled bitterly and said: "Back to the general, the Romans like to make enemies on all sides, not only the Arabs, but also Bulgaria in the West is also his old enemy, the Roman emperor is too arrogant, Constantine V and his father Leo III launched a campaign to destroy the icon, throwing the icon into the sea, which offended the Holy See and the entire West. ”

"Then their relationship with the Geza people should not be good!"

Li Qing'an seemed to be an understatement, but he asked the most critical point, Arslan was shocked in his heart, he never expected that this young Tang Army commander would have such a profound political vision, and he could see through the good intentions of the Romans at a glance.

Arslan wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, he didn't dare to hide it at all, and said: "On the surface, the relationship between the Romans and the Gessars is very good, and even now the queen of the Romans is also a Gesa, but in fact, their relationship has long been cracked, the Gesa people are getting stronger and stronger, and they have been on an equal footing with the Romans from the original client state, especially since they converted to Judaism thirteen years ago, a large number of Jews have moved into the Gesa Khanate, the Gesa Khanate has become more and more arrogant, and the Romans have begun to be wary of them. This time, Constantine V allowed me to return to restore the kingdom in the hope that we could contain the Khanate of Gasa from the south, and I did not dare to hide the general. ”

Li Qing'an smiled faintly, and sure enough, he guessed that the Romans were willing to let them come back, just to let them contain the Gesar Khanate, and even the reason why they were allowed to set up the Crimean Legion three years ago was also the reason for this, in fact, as early as the meeting in Atil City, Li Qing'an felt Constantine V's dissatisfaction with Bran Khan, especially after learning that Bran Khan went to see him first, Constantine V's face was ugly, but on the surface they pretended to be very affectionate.

If Li Qing'an doesn't care about the northern Gesar Khanate, it is also self-deception, although the Gesar Khanate has been westernized, they still have Turkic blood in their bones, and that kind of blood contains a very aggressive factor, Constantine V installed Arslan to deal with the Gesar Khanate, which is actually not necessarily a bad thing for the Hanzhong region, why doesn't he Li Qing'an need such a country?

Thinking of this, Li Qing'an pointed to the southern shore of the Aral Sea on the map and said: "Khorezm is now the country of Huoxun, I have occupied the river for three years, but the king of the country of Huoxun has never come to express his allegiance to me, and he does not even have the intention of compromise, which shows that they are stubbornly loyal to the Abel people, I will not tolerate it, originally this time I was going to extinguish the fire and seek the country, just if you want to restore the country, then I will fulfill you." ”

Arslan knelt down, he was so excited that he wanted to cry loudly, he restrained his excitement, fell to the ground and choked up: "Khorezm is willing to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and become a subject country of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Don't get excited! I ask you, where is your army now? I'm afraid that Prince Gossa's return will be bad for them. ”

"Returning to the general, my army is hiding in the northernmost city of Aralsk, an old city that has been abandoned, and the people of Geza do not know it."

"Very good, you go back immediately now, and lead the army to join me in the country of Hedong'an."

．．．．．．．．． Arslan retreated, Li Qingan paced the room with his hands behind his back and pondered, if the main force of the Great Food Army really went down the Amu Darya River from Huoxun Country, then the battle situation would be unfavorable to the Tang Army, the upper reaches of the Amu Darya River are large deserts, the Tang Army is not suitable for desert combat, but the Great Cannibal is good at desert warfare, and the result will be extremely unfavorable to the Tang Army.

Therefore, he must preemptively extinguish the fire and search for the country before the big cannibals, knock on the mountain to shock the tiger, and let the big cannibals know that their plan has been seen through by himself, and force them to abandon their original plan.

Thinking of this, he picked up an iron creep and placed it on the Fire Quest Country, where he had already decided to use troops.

At this time, Li Siye's voice sounded at the door, "Is the general there?" ”

Li Qingan put down his thoughts and smiled: "I'm here, come in!" ”

Li Siye's figure like a black tower appeared at the door, he walked into the room, and said with a smile: "General, I don't want to be so polite." ”

"It's not strange to be polite, you are polite, I won't care."

Li Qingan made a joke and said, "Didn't you go to supervise the repair of the city?" Why is it here again? ”

"I'll just give me an order, and I'll stay there forever."

Li Siye walked to the map, and when he saw Li Qing'an putting down the little iron soldier on the Fire Seeking Country, he smiled and said, "Why, the general still thinks that the main force of the Great Food Army will come from the north?" ”

Li Qingan nodded and said, "If they come from the south, then there is no point in them attacking Nasebo, they should attack Bukhara." ”

"It makes sense, I also think that the main force of the Great Food Army will come from the north, because we are not good at desert warfare."

"I also have such worries, so I decided to clean up this fire country first, and force the big cannibals to cancel the plan to go north."

Li Qing'an took two steps behind his back, and said in a deep voice: "Heiye, I have decided to allow Khorezm to return to the country. ”

Li Siye frowned and said: "Actually, this is what I want to remind the general, if Khorezm is allowed to restore the country, we should treat it the same as the countries in the river, and they are not allowed to have an army, otherwise it will cause dissatisfaction among the countries in the river." ”

Li Qingan shook his head, "For Khorezm, I will give them two choices." ”

He walked to the map and pointed to the Amu Darya: "With the Amu Darya River as the boundary, if they want the land east of the Amu Darya River, then Khorezm must be the same as the countries in the river, they can't have their own army, and the defense is in charge of the Tang Army, this is their first choice, the second choice is to give up the east of the Amu Darya River, I will allow them to establish a country between the Amu Darya River and the Caspian Sea, in that way, although they are still subject countries of the Tang Dynasty, they can have their own army, I will let him choose by himself, I will not force it." ”

"Why would the Great General be special to them?" Li Siye was puzzled.

Li Qing'an picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the north on the map, and said: "Actually, I'm not very worried about the threat of the Arabs, I'm worried about the Geza people, the threat of the Tang people will always come from the north, in order to prevent possible threats in the future, I must support a hostile country of the Geza people, Khorezm is undoubtedly the best choice, this is actually the intention of Byzantium, Khorezm is established on the east side of the Caspian Sea, it will form a serious threat to the hinterland of the Geza people, so that the Geza people have to focus on the west, In this way, the northern part of Talas and Broken Leaf will be relatively calm. ”

"But what if Khorezm becomes unruly and threatens the river in turn?"

Li Qing'an laughed, "There are Gesars in the north, Arabs in the south, and Byzantium can't reach it, do you think Khorezm will lose the most realistic backer of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

．．．．．．．．． (Reminder, it is Khorezm, not Khorezm, a famous ancient country in history, after several rises and falls, revived after the destruction of the Kushan, revived after the destruction of Persia, revived after the extinction of Arabia, revived after the destruction of Mongolia, established the Khorezm Soviet People's Republic in 1920, dissolved in 1924, and its territory was incorporated into Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, I wonder if Khorezm will be revived again after a hundred years)

(To be continued)