After returning from the inspection of Talas City, Li Qing'an threw himself into the intense preparations, Wang Changling brought 500 ordnance craftsmen from the north court, which made his preparations like a tiger with wings, the Tang army built an ordnance battalion behind the camp, and drew 3,000 strong soldiers to assist, build trebuchets, make ten-round bed crossbows, secretly prepare gunpowder packs, the ordnance camp is full of steaming scenes, from time to time from the depths of the forest came a strange muffled sound, startled out a large number of animals, that is the Tang army is testing the effect of gunpowder.

Soon, Shi Sanniang also led 200 female guards to Tuozhi City, and they established a logistics general hospital in Tuozhi City, but with only 200 of them, the number was still a little less, so the Tang Army recruited 300 young and strong Hu Niang in Tuozhi City, supplemented as female escorts, so that they received intensive training, and also participated in the team of saving lives and helping the wounded.

There is also a small episode in this matter, at the beginning of the Tang Army posted a recruitment notice in the city, but there were few applicants, and the people of Shi Guo thought that the Tang Army was recruiting military records, and later the Tang Army increased wages, but still no one came to apply, and later Li Qingan asked Prince Hassan to come forward to clarify the facts, this is a recruitment of female soldiers to help the wounded, not a military record.

Prince Hassan even let several of his concubines also participate in the female escorts, which dispelled Shi Guo's concerns, and the recruitment office was suddenly full of people, and the Tang Army offered generous treatment to make the women of Shi Guo flock to it, and in just one day, three hundred young and capable female escorts were all recruited.

Perhaps realizing that he had gotten on the same boat as the Tang Army, Shi Guo also tried his best to assist in preparing for war, not to mention grain, cattle and sheep, Shi Guo was rich in cotton, all the white cloth in stock was provided, and the wine cellar full of spirits was also emptied, in addition, nearly 100 handicraft workshops of all sizes in Tuozhi City also undertook the manufacture of arrows from the Tang Army, and almost the entire Shi Country was mobilized.

On the morning of this day, Li Qing'an accompanied Prince Hassan to inspect the General Logistics Hospital, which was located in the old palace of Shiguo, which was originally the palace of the vice king of Shiguo.

The palace occupies a large area, with more than 100 houses, and several idle aristocratic mansions next to the palace have also been temporarily requisitioned, and the walls have been demolished and connected together, which can accommodate 3,000 wounded soldiers at the same time, in addition to the female escorts, there are also 50 Tang army doctors, and even dozens of Sogdian doctors in Tuozhi City have also been hired.

The two walked around the hospital, the newly recruited Hu Niang guards were being trained, and several old nurses who knew Turkic language demonstrated to them, disinfecting with wine, cleaning the wound, stopping bleeding, applying medicine, and wrapping the wound with strips of white cloth, in fact, it is not very difficult, the key is to be proficient, and some special precautions must be explained, such as being stabbed by a spear, can not walk, must lie down and lie still, to prevent bleeding in the body.

Hassan listened for a moment, then smiled at Li Qing'an: "I heard that when the Tang Dynasty was founded, Princess Pingyang's talent and courage were not inferior to men's. ”

Li Qing'an smiled and said: "Using female soldiers to care for the wounded is what I thought of when I was fighting Shibao City, when we rescued a group of Tang Dynasty women who were taken captive by the Tubo people, most of them were homeless, at that time we were not manpowered, so we asked them to help take care of the wounded soldiers, and the result was wonderful, using women to take care of the wounded soldiers is not only that they are careful and will take care of people, but also they can calm down the wounded soldiers and eliminate their tension and fear, which men can't do." ”

Speaking of this, Li Qingan couldn't help but sigh with some emotion: "I still remember the first time we broke the leaves, we injured more than 1,000 people, if as before, these wounded soldiers would have died at least half, but in the end only seriously injured and killed dozens of people, and the rest all survived, this is the credit of the female guards, in fact, those who were really killed on the battlefield, except for cutting off the head with a knife and piercing the heart, the others were wounded soldiers, most of them died due to excessive blood loss, if the rescue was timely, at least half of them could be saved, so the logistics of the war is extremely important." ”

When Li Qing'an mentioned the first Battle of Broken Leaves, Prince Hassan couldn't help blushing a little, and he quickly changed the topic and said: "The general has 50,000 troops, plus the 10,000 troops of Bahan, and the 20,000 troops of our Shiguo, a total of 80,000 troops, I am worried that the troops may be insufficient." ”

Li Qingan glanced at him and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, you can't win a war with a lot of troops, many times you need strategy, soldiers, tricks, and good surprise soldiers are also one of the important factors in victory, such as the thing I entrusted you with before I went to Talas City, that is my strange soldier." ”

Hassan suddenly remembered, and he couldn't help but ask worriedly, "I wonder how they are now?" ”

Li Qing'an looked to the south, and he said to himself: "I think they should be able to complete the task successfully." ”

．．．．．．．．．． Starting from Mulu, the capital of Khorasan, traveling more than 800 miles to the east, crossing the vast Gobi Desert, we arrived at the Amu Darya River, crossed the Amu Darya River, continued to walk 500 miles to the northeast, and entered the middle of the river and arrived at the first country of the nine Sogdian countries, Anguo, which is called Bukhara, which is the capital of Anguo.

Continue to go east along the Nami River, successively pass through Dong'an, He, Xicao, and finally reach Samarkand, the capital of Kang, and there is also a southern line, that is, through Xiaoshiguo, Shiguo, Miguo, and finally to Samarkand.

Nearly 10,000 camels carrying countless kinds of ordnance and materials on their backs strode along the main road, and groups of Khorasan infantry and cavalry marched in columns, among them were light cavalry dressed in black and covered with leather armor, most of them holding spears and bronze shields; There were also heavy cavalrymen and horses in heavy armor, who marched slowly and walked last.

In the middle there is also an infantry team dressed in iron scale armor and holding special spears, they also hold small round shields, but their spears are extraordinary, full three zhang long, converted to today's length, that is, six meters, this is the famous Macedonian phalanx, composed of 8,000 people, these 8,000 people not only have heavy infantry, but also light shields, auxiliaries and cavalry, this is Abu. The Muslims selected the most elite and brave soldiers, led by the Persian general Khalid Khalid. Barmack was in charge of the training.

Abu. The Muslims have made a military order in front of the caliph that they will completely defeat the Tang army and drive the Tang army back to Broken Leaves, for this reason, he has made careful arrangements, and used almost all the war resources of Khorasan, his 50,000 troops, in addition to 10,000 led by Ibrahim to Sindh, and 10,000 troops to defend Khorasan, and he recruited 20,000 soldiers from the surrendered Umayyad army, a total of 50,000 people to go to the river, and these 50,000 people alone are not enough, for this he ordered to concentrate 50,000 men in each [***] team in the middle of the river, In the end, his total strength reached 100,000.

The vanguard general was Ziyad, the governor of Samarkand, who was responsible for gathering troops, collecting food, and recruiting men in the Transoxiana region.

Abu. There was no way out for the Muslims, and Mansour led 30,000 Syrian troops from the southern front to Samarkand.

The capital of the Xiaoshi Kingdom, Nasebo, was a city rich in gems, from which merchants carried gems to the distant Tang Dynasty to make huge profits, so it was also a gathering place for Sogdian merchants, especially from Samarkand, numbering in the thousands, who were active in the city and surrounding mines of Nasebo, bringing the gems that were abundant here to all directions.

Before the eastward expansion of the Great Food, almost ninety percent of the people of the Serbo believed in the Yuanjiao, when the Yuanjiao was in its heyday, the whole city was covered with nearly a hundred temples of all sizes, and the statues of various Ahuramaz were all over the city, and even every household had them, but after the eastward expansion of the Great Shi, Xiaoshi Guo bore the brunt, almost all the temples of the Serbo were destroyed by the Great Food Army, all the statues were smashed, the people were forced to convert to Islam, and those who insisted on not converting were taxed heavily. They still hold on to their beliefs and worship the sun without a temple.

But a crackdown on the Shiite uprising killed more than 10,000 people in Nasebo, nearly 20,000 were captured across the Amu Darya River and sold into slavery, and homes were looted.

Nasebo is not on the Khorasan Avenue, but a branch line is connected, about sixty miles away from the avenue, Nasebo is very calm these days, the Great Food Army has driven away, the remaining 2,000 soldiers of Nasebo have been taken away, and the whole city is in an undefended state.

The warm sun shone on the city of Nasebo, and nearly 30,000 people gathered in the square in the center of the city, and today is the harvest festival of the Yuanjiao, and the believers gathered in the square to kneel and pray silently to the warm sun.

There was originally a huge temple in the square, second only to the main temple in Samarkand, and there was also a statue in front of the temple, which was originally the most sacred place in the hearts of the people of Nasebo, but the temple and the statue had been destroyed twenty years ago, and only a ruin remained, and this ruin is still preserved, and 30,000 believers knelt down in front of this ruin, and the sound of chanting scriptures resounded in the square, and the sound contained anger against the great cannibals.

At this moment, a camel caravan of more than three hundred people came slowly from the northwest, and among the horses was a wooden flatbed carriage, pulled by five camels, on which was placed a huge object, wrapped in a thick cloth.

The 300-odd men were dressed like ordinary Sogdians, dressed in voluminous robes and headscarves, and were as ordinary as the merchants who could be found everywhere along the Silk Roads.

But many of them were clearly not Sogdians, nor Turks, but Orientals, and they were the Einsatzgruppen sent by Li Qing'an to carry out an important mission.

The guides were several Sogdians from the Stone Country, who were very familiar with the terrain of the river area, avoided the cannibal checkpoints, and entered Nasebo through the north gate, the defenders of Nasebo were gone, and there were only a dozen old and weak gatekeepers at the city gate, almost an undefended city.

The arrival of this procession did not attract the attention of the believers at first, and they were wholeheartedly praying to the sun under the guidance of the elders, when at this moment, there was a sudden twitching of the believers behind them, and everyone was alarmed, and they looked back one after another, and many people were stunned.

The Don troops had already stripped off the Sogdians' wide robes and headbands, revealing the armor of the Don army, and restored them to their original appearance.

"It's Tang Jun!"

Suddenly, a few merchants from Samarkand recognized it, and they exclaimed, the news of the arrival of the Tang army spread ten, ten, and hundreds, and soon, more than 30,000 sect members knew that the Tang army had arrived, and there was a lot of discussion in the square, and everyone was surprised, there was no news of the war ahead, how could the Tang army come?

The Tang army dragged a huge flatbed truck, bypassed the crowd, and came to a stop in front of the ruins of the destroyed temple, everyone did not know what they were going to do, but no one dared to come forward to ask, and their hearts were full of doubts.

At this time, the elder of the Cloth Sect of Nasebo stepped forward and saluted, "May I ask what you have to do here?" ”

The Sogdian, who led the way, replied respectfully: "Respected Elder, we are from the Stone Country, and the Tang Army is willing to help us restore our faith, there is no disrespect to the Lord God, let them do their best!" ”

He whispered a few words in the elder's ear, and the elder exclaimed, "O my lord god! ”

He knelt down on the huge object, there was a lot of discussion in the square, no one knew what was going on, at this time, the Tang army worked together, slowly unloaded the huge object from the carriage, erected, several Tang soldiers untied the rope tied to it, as the cloth was torn off, the square at the same time let out an exclamation, all the people knelt down, reverently bowed.

In front of the ruins appeared a stone statue of Ahuramadaz, the god of light, he raised his hands to the sky, calling the sun to give light to the earth, the carving was lifelike, this is the first statue of the main god that appeared in Nasebo in the past twenty years, countless people were so excited that they shed tears, they lay their whole body and mind on the earth, silently calling the holy god of light.

At this time, a Sogdian of the Stone Kingdom shouted in Sogdian: "O all the people of the God of Light! We are from Tuozhi City, and the army of the Tang Dynasty supports our faith, they have built a temple for us, remodeled the statues of the gods, let us pray together for the return of the Lord God of Light to Nasebo! ”

Amid the prayers of the 30,000 believers, the 300 Tang troops quietly left the city of Nasebo and left the country of Xiaoshi.

The Tang Army's remodeling of the statue of Ahuramadaz, the god of light, occurred not only on the day of the Autumn Harvest Festival in Nasebo, but also in a certain small city in the Sogdian countries such as Kangguo, Anguo, Miguo, Heguo, and Dongcao, and the Tang Army's remodeling of the statue of Ahulamaz occurred at the same time.

(To be continued)