readx; Ten days have gradually passed, with the return of the Byzantine mission, Li Qing'an's family turmoil has gradually subsided, since Elleni visited Li Qing'an's family strongly, she has never mentioned this matter again, and even did not mention the special relationship with Li Qing'an, as if nothing had happened, but the preliminary plan for military cooperation has been drawn up by both sides, and the two sides have reached the willingness of both sides to support each other and jointly deal with the big food, as a part of military cooperation, but also to show their sincerity, Li Qing'an decided to send a 100-strong crossbow army to Byzantium to demonstrate the powerful crossbow arrows of the Tang army to the Byzantine military, and at the same time he signed a memorandum with the Byzantine mission to sell 3,000 pairs of crossbow arrows from the Tang army's stock at a price of fifty gold soles each. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the fifth day of the second month, the Byzantine mission left the broken leaves, but at this time the attention of the entire broken leaves was shifted to the river, and the situation in the river was deteriorating day by day, and Li Qing'an had to send Li Siye of the Zha Shi State to lead 20,000 new troops to support the river, but on the way of the Tang army to Samarkand, the largest unrest broke out in Bukhara, the capital of the country.

．．．．．．．．． As soon as the day dawned, a long-planned riot swept through the ancient city of Bukhara, the largest temple square in Bukhara, nearly 10,000 Zoroastrians who were preparing to demolish the mosque and the Shiites who were stubbornly defending it broke out in a bloody battle, they stared at blood-red eyes, fought desperately with long knives and sticks, shouts and cries resounded through the square, a young Zoroastrian was knocked to the ground, a group of Shiites immediately surrounded him, sticks rained down on him, the young man rolled on the ground with his head in his hands, he cried and begged for mercy, but hatred had filled everyone's heart, and in just a moment, the young man was beaten to death.

The same tragedy happened to the young Shiites, who were killed and beaten to death in the square, when the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and more than 5,000 Don cavalry rushed in from all directions, rushing into the crowd of Shiites, mercilessly killing the Islamists who tried to defend the mosque.

The Islamists fled in all directions, and the inspired Zoroastrians rushed into the mosque with cheers, and in less than half an hour, the mosque, the source of Bukhara's hatred, finally collapsed.

Enraged, the Muslims took the flames of rebellion into the streets of Bukhara and took bloody revenge by slaughtering the Zoroastrians' parents, wives and children, while the Zoroastrians, grief-stricken with the loss of their loved ones, vowed revenge and took out the same bloody killings on the Muslim women and children.

The city of Bukhara is full of fires, the situation has completely gotten out of control, thousands of people are rushing to escape from this city flooded with hatred, escape from this city full of bloody killings, until three days later, the Tang army finally controlled the situation in Bukhara, but this ancient and prosperous city has become a ghost town, more than 20,000 people were slaughtered, even the Tang army unfortunately killed more than 400 people, although the riots in Bukhara have subsided, but the seeds of hatred have been spread, A large-scale civil war and uprising is about to break out in Angola and the entire Hanzhong region.

．．．．．．．．． On the one hand, Bai Xiaode, the deputy envoy of the town guard in the river, urgently reported to the broken leaves, and on the other hand, he ordered the capitals of all countries in the river to be under martial law, and the residents were not allowed to participate in any public activities, especially Samarkand, the largest city in the river, and the Tang army was even more heavily guarded.

At noon, it was the time when the residents were allowed to go out to buy food, and the streets were full of residents who were nervously shopping, all of them looked in a hurry, and acquaintances did not even have time to greet each other, they only had one hour, and after an hour, all the residents had to go home, and those who did not go home were immediately arrested, and those who resisted were killed.

At this time, a mysterious messenger also came in front of the palace of Kangguo, and after a little notification, he was immediately led into the palace by the guards, and in a secret room, Xiaofen, the king of Kangguo, received this mysterious messenger.

"This is a letter from the Muslims, the Governor of Khorasan, to His Royal Highness."

The messenger put a parchment scroll on the table, Xiao Fen's expression was solemn, he slowly picked up the parchment scroll, opened it and read it, in the letter, the Muslims clearly asked him to launch a Shiite uprising in Samarkand, Xiao Fen read it twice in a row, the letter did not write what compensation would be given to him, he couldn't help frowning, sighed and said: "Things are not as simple as His Excellency the Governor thinks, the Tang army has 20,000 troops in Samarkand, and the strictest martial law has been implemented, you must have also seen it, the streets are full of Tang soldiers, More than twenty residents are not allowed to talk together, how can they contact the uprising? Besides, the Tang army was fierce and cruel, and it was biased towards the Zoroastrians, more than 10,000 Shiites died in Bukhara, and the entire city was destroyed, I am only afraid that the uprising will not succeed, and finally the Islamists will disappear in the river. ”

When the messenger heard that he would not accept the Muslims' request, his face sank, and he threatened: "You have to think about it, our counterattack in the river is just around the corner, and you will not make atonement for your sins now, and when the Khorasan soldiers enter Samarkand, your head will be hung high above the city gates, do you understand?" ”

Xiao Fen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I didn't say no, I just begged to give me a little time, and when martial law was lifted in the Tang Army, I would immediately organize an uprising." ”

"No way!" The envoy categorically rejected his request, "If the Tang Army is under martial law for ten years, you will not move for ten years, I don't care what method you use, you must obey the orders of the Muslim general, the Muslim general said, give you a month at most, otherwise you will wait to die!" Think for yourself! ”

The messenger was gone, and Xiao Fen sat down weakly, rubbing his temples desperately, what should he do?

．．．．．．．．．． Li Qing'an received 100,000 urgent news from Bai Xiaode before dawn, Bukhara broke out a riot of Islamic Shiite believers, the city's residents suffered heavy casualties, and now Bukhara has become an empty city, in other cities in the river, the contradiction between Shiites and Zoroastrians has reached a white heat, and now it can only be controlled by martial law, but if the contradiction between the two factions is not resolved, a large-scale uprising of Islamists in the riverside area will inevitably break out.

This news made Li Qing'an immediately activate the emergency plan, he ordered the Hexi Tang army to return to Anxi immediately, and ordered Shule's 20,000 Tang troops to enter the big and small Bolu, and then urgently transferred Li Guangbi, who was stationed in Juzhanti, to lead another 10,000 troops to Yincheng, ready to cooperate with the Shule Tang army to attack Xinde.

At the same time, Li Qing'an began to investigate the responsibility for the deterioration of the situation in the river, the serious situation in the river made him no longer tolerant, and Lifei Yuanli had an unshirkable responsibility for the deterioration of the situation in the river, he dismissed Lifei Yuanli from the post of the town guard in the river, and changed him to Ningyuanguo, and at the same time Li Qingan used a flying pigeon to pass a letter to Bai Xiaode, ordering him to temporarily act as the envoy of the town in Hezhong, and continue to implement martial law.

In Li Qing'an's official room, Li Fei Yuanli stood with his head down, and despite Li Qing'an's sharp reprimand, he lowered his head and said nothing.

"What did I tell you when I gave you the river? Without Luo Qiming's request, you are not allowed to send a single soldier, but how do you do it! You do whatever you want, you can use your soldiers however you want, you can kill people when you want, you blindly favor the Zoroastrians, now you see, the situation in the river is like this, how can you explain to me! ”

The more Li Qingan spoke, the more angry he became, he slapped the table, and wanted to strangle the bastard in front of him with hatred, Li Fei Yuanli hung his head, and after a while, his thick lips moved, and explained in a low voice: "The main thing is that most of the Tang troops in the river are from the Yincheng mining slaves, they are basically Zoroastrians, and they favor their own people. ”

"your stinking!"

Li Qingan was furious, picked up the inkstone on the table and smashed it at him, his hand slightly off, 'Bang! With a bang, it slammed into the wall, and the inkstone shattered into several petals.

"If you don't give the order to send troops, will they suppress the Shiites? Who told you to send troops, did I give you an order? ”

Li Qing'an restrained the monstrous anger in his heart, stared at him and said viciously: "I wanted to demote you to a pawn, but for the sake of you and me for so many years, I will give you another chance, you go to Ningyuan Kingdom to replace Li Guangbi, I will give you three more strict orders, if you dare to violate one of them again, I will smash your head."

Li Fei Yuanli was so frightened that he trembled: "Don't dare to be humble." ”

"Good! You remembered it for me, first, you are not allowed to take any more concubines, and you are not allowed to women in Ningyuan Country again; Second, without my authorization, you are not allowed to move an army of more than 100 people; Third, you are not allowed to interfere in the local affairs of Ningyuan Kingdom, and you are not allowed to interfere in any government affairs, have you heard these three articles? ”

Li Fei Yuanli wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Remember the humble duty, don't dare to disobey." ”

Li Qingan stared at him for a long time, and then said slowly: "You can't be reused in the future, it depends on your performance in Ning Yuanguo, do well, I will let you lead the troops to fight again, but if you still can't do well in Ning Yuanguo, then you will go back to Sulou Fengshu Fort to be the lord of the war, don't blame me for not remembering the old feelings, go!" ”

"Yes! Retired from his position. ”

Li Fei Yuanli slowly retreated, and the two soldiers quickly stepped forward to clean up the broken inkstone, Li Qingan sat on the seat and flipped through a report on the table, and ordered: "Let Cui Qianyou come in!" ”

After a while, Cui Qianyou walked in, bowed down and saluted: "Subordinates see the general!" ”

Li Qingan smiled and pointed to the chair next to him, "Sit down and talk." ”

"General Xie!"

Cui Qianyou sat down, his waist was straight, and he was uneasy in his heart, the thick book of 10,000 words on Li Qingan's desk was the river countermeasures he wrote, he had heard that Li Fei Yuanli was dismissed as the envoy of the river town, so did he have any hope of going to the river?

Li Qing'an picked up the book of 10,000 words on the table and smiled: "General Cui suggested that the countries in the river be merged into two countries, and that the Zoroastrians and Shiites should build their own countries, although the suggestion is very good, but did General Cui think that one day, the Shiites will return to the Great Food, and the Zoroastrians will return to the Tang Dynasty, has General Cui thought about this possibility?" ”

"My subordinates have considered that in the past two years, the Great Food Country has vigorously suppressed the Shiites, and their hatred cannot be alleviated in a day or two, and I think that at least ten years, the Great Food Country will not be able to swallow the Shiite country."

"Ten years?" Li Qing'an smiled faintly and said, "If Abbasid dies of illness and Mansur is in power, Mansur will be in power. The old vendetta of the Muslims, he killed Abu. Muslims apologize to the Shiites in the river and ease relations with the Shiites, will the decade you are talking about still exist? ”

"But..."

Cui Qianyou was unconvinced: "But when will their caliph Abbasid die of illness?" This is just the general's speculation, no one could have imagined, what if he didn't die of illness in ten years? ”

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "Knowing that the other side is invincible, Abbasid was wounded by an arrow in the Battle of the Tigris River, and his internal injuries are still difficult to heal, do you want to know why he appointed his brother as the heir, not his own son?" It is because he knows very well that his injuries are not healing, and if I am not mistaken, it is that this year and next year, Abbasid will die, and we will wait and see. ”

Li Qing'an knew that the Abbasids had only been a caliph for four years in history, but he did not know why the Abbasids died of illness, and with the help of the Han Tang Society, he finally learned that the Abbasids had been wounded by arrows in the Battle of the Tigris, and he deduced that the Abbasids must have died on this cause.

Cui Qianyou couldn't say a word for a long time, at this time, Li Qingan stood up, slowly walked in front of him and said with a smile: "After talking for a long time, in fact, I just hope that you can continue to stay in Mobei and continue to command the troops of the three divisions for me, because I know that something is about to happen in Mobei." ”

Cui Qianyou was stunned, and he hurriedly asked, "Why did the general say this?" ”

Li Qing'an walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, turned around and smiled: "Before I returned to Anxi, I had already arranged a strategy in Hexi, after the beginning of spring, the Hui Hui will inevitably invade Helan in the south, at that time, my Anxi army can justifiably send troops back to Helan, you can take advantage of the empty opportunity of the Hui Ya tent to fall back to the east end of the nest of the Su people in one fell swoop, so that they are unable to attack the North Garden, only at this time, I can compete with Da Shi without worries, do you understand?" ”

Cui Qianyou stood up, straightened up and said, "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates no longer consider the things in the river. ”

Li Qingan nodded approvingly and said, "Very good, you go back immediately, I estimate that there will be news from Shuofang in a month at the latest." ”

"The subordinate has taken his leave."

Li Qingan patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "I just have something to go to the front, so I'll send you off by the way!" ”

．．．．．．．．． Li Qing'an explained a few words to his own soldiers, and then sent Cui Qianyou out of the compound, to the political hall, although the river is turbulent, but Chang'an side of him will not sit idly by, Anxi's silver dollars have begun to be minted in large quantities, he needs to send these silver dollars to the interior, and buy a large number of silk, porcelain and other luxury goods needed for trade with the Byzantines.

Li Qing'an has been sending Cui Qianyou to the gate of the political affairs hall, seeing him go away, then he turned around and returned to the political affairs hall to find Wang Changling, at this time it is noon meal time, the political affairs hall has no lunch supply, many middle and low-level officials and students who came to Anxi to help have come out of the political affairs hall, go to the nearby small wine shop to eat, in addition, there are many Sogdian merchants who come to the government hall to handle tax payments and receive transit approvals because of the lunch break and wait in the gate, people come and go, very lively.

"General!" Many officials bowed to Li Qingan and greeted him.

Li Qing'an returned the salute, he walked into the gate, there is a waiting area inside the gate, it is the sandwich between the inner and outer doors, dozens of Hu merchants sit here to rest and wait, most of them hold boxes, the box is ready to pay taxes of large food and silver coins, noon to rest for more than half an hour, during this period is not allowed businessmen to enter the political hall, Anxi has set up a financial and taxation office, specifically responsible for the collection of commercial taxes, the General Administration in the broken leaves, in addition to Samarkand, Kuzhanti, Tuozhi City, Talas, Qiuzi, Jinman, Khotan, Shule and other eight cities have branches, The commercial tax is unified into 30 taxes and one, with a low tax rate to encourage trade, the tax office of the broken leaf has not yet been built, the officials of the tax office will temporarily work in the government hall, so the businessmen must also come to the government hall to handle the declaration and payment of taxes, after paying the tax, and then go to the festival to make the yamen receive a transit approval, this is a new rule that has only been implemented this year, in the past, it was to cross the border with the tax bill, but the tax bill can not represent the opinion of the military, so it is necessary to come to the broken leaf to handle a transit approval.

Since there is no one to work at noon, and they are not allowed to stay in the government hall, the businessmen generally stay in the corridor between the inner door and the outer door to rest, there are more than 20 wide wooden chairs here, and many businessmen have gathered in the intersection, drinking water and eating dry food, while patiently waiting for the afternoon office hours to begin.

Li Qing'an generally does not go through the gate, but takes a horse-drawn carriage directly from another side gate a hundred steps away into the east area of the political affairs hall to his office area, and today he walked back to the political affairs hall on foot because he sent Cui Qianyou out of the gate.

At this time, several Sogdian merchants saw Li Qing'an walking towards the door from afar, they quickly exchanged glances, and they all hid the extreme surprise in their eyes, they are all Islamic Shiites, from Bukhara disguised as merchants to break leaves, their goal is very clear, that is, to assassinate Li Qing'an, they have been in broken leaves for a long time, they have been looking for opportunities, they didn't expect to meet here today, they restrained the strong excitement in their hearts, and squatted down in front of their boxes as if nothing happened.

There are dozens of Tang soldiers standing guard at the inner and outer entrances not far from them, and they need to register to enter the outer gate, and they can only enter to do things after getting the admission notice, and the Hu people generally wear swords and other self-defense weapons, so they must be placed at the outer gate and are not allowed to be brought in, and the inner gate must be subject to stricter inspections to prevent assassins from entering the house.

At this time, Li Qingan walked into the outer door and entered the long sandwich road.

The door of the political hall is ten zhang wide, magnificent, between the inner and outer doors is about 30 steps long, more than 20 personal soldiers with knives to escort Li Qing'an into the political hall.

At this moment, a young Hu merchant in the east suddenly shouted: "General, I have been wronged!" ”

He ran towards Li Qing'an with a roll of parchment in his hand, knelt down three feet away, kowtowed and cried again and again: "I want to sue Li Fei Yuanli for robbing my wife." ”

The sudden situation distracted the attention of the pro-soldiers, and the eyes of everyone, including Li Qing'an, looked at the complainant in unison, and at the moment when their attention was distracted, three Sogdian merchants from the west launched at the same time, and they drew their short knives hidden in the cracks of the lid of the box, and pounced on Li Qing'an with great speed.

At this moment, two of Li Qing'an's own soldiers spotted the assassin at the same time, and they raised their knives without thinking, and shouted wildly: "There are assassins!" ”

There was a great chaos in the middle of the road, the other merchants did not expect that there were assassins among them, they were so frightened that they stumbled and fled on both sides, and the soldiers standing guard on both sides rushed up together, knocking the merchants to the ground, Li Qing'an's personal soldiers were extremely strong, they hacked to death the complainant, more than a dozen people raised their shields to protect Li Qing'an's group, and the other ten guards surrounded the three assassins in the west.

Li Qing'an quickly glanced at the scene and saw that there were only three assassins, so he shouted and ordered: "Catch them alive!" ”

When the three assassins saw that they could no longer assassinate Li Qing'an, they all looked up to the sky in despair and shouted: "May Allah bless the river and bless the Muslim brothers!" ”

They stabbed themselves in the chest with a backhand.

(To be continued)