"Click!" With a bang, Abu. The Muslim drew his sword and slashed the table, and in a fit of rage, kicked the small table over, and the tall parchment rolls on the table fell to the ground.

"Pass my orders!" He turned around and roared angrily, "All the idols that appear in various places will be smashed, and anyone in the army who dares to talk about this matter will be killed!" ”

The statues of the gods built by the Tang army in various places in the river brought him great trouble, and the followers of the Yuanjiao sect who rushed to worship the statues from all over the country were surging, if it was usual, they would not have the courage to kill them, but now they are not afraid of anything, isn't it because they are the statues built by the Tang Dynasty? What made the Muslims even more angry was that the military was also unstable, and the followers of the Confession left behind their training and ran to worship the sun.

After giving the order, he regretted it a little, and immediately ordered someone to go and recover the military order. The Muslim became agitated, pacing the room with his hands behind his back, and although he ordered the destruction of the idols, he also understood that it was irrational to do so, and would make the Sogdians more antagonistic to him.

At this time, a report came from the door: "His Highness Mansur has arrived." ”

The appearance of a defensive hole in the east of the river made Abu. The Muslim was a little short of breath, and he nodded and said, "Please let him in!" ”

"Your Excellency the Muslim Governor, am I not here at the right time?"

Mansur walked into the room with a mocking tone, he glanced at the parchment rolls all over the floor, bent down to pick them up, patted the dust and smiled: "This commander of the Tang Army seems to know us very well, unlike the last time that General Gao, who did some stupid things that were beneficial to us, Your Excellency the Governor, I came to ask you, what are you going to do with this matter?" ”

The Muslims had completely calmed down, and he understood that the monstrous flood could not be stopped by blocking, and that only by channeling could it be solved, and only if he showed better sincerity than the Tang Army, could the Sogdians feel at ease to work for him, and he sighed and said: "Your Highness Mansour, it is a matter of peace of mind for the army, and I would like to comply with the Sogdians' request to temporarily relax the restrictions on their visits to temples and statues." ”

"Absolutely not!"

Mansour turned his face in a rage, he was afraid that the Muslims would give in to the Sogdians, so he rushed to him, but he did not expect that he really wanted to do so.

"The Islamic faith is the national policy of the Great Food, no matter what happens, there must be no concession on this point, on the contrary, the Tang Dynasty supports the Hangism, we must restrict the Hangism more severely, and make concessions to the Sogdians in faith, that is disrespect to Allah, Muslim General, if you dare to make concessions in this matter, I will let the Caliph abolish your governorship."

Mansour's tone was resolute and resolute, and there was no room for negotiation, and the Muslim sighed secretly, he wanted to say what to do if the army was unstable? But his lips moved, and in the end he didn't say anything, just as Mansur said, anything can be compromised, but in Islam, the faith cannot give an inch.

Mansur snorted heavily, and said: "I will deal with this matter, since I have conquered the river, I must show the appearance of a conqueror, and any weakness and concession is an insult to our Abbasids." ”

．．．．．．．．． Under Mansour's tough statement, the Great Food Army, which was dominated by the Syrian army, drove to the countries in the river, where they smashed the statues erected by the Tang army, destroyed the temples built privately by the followers, searched the Tang army spies door to door, and also searched for related religious items, small statues, scriptures, imitations of holy relics, etc., and a huge spiritual suppression was in full swing in the countries of the river.

The Samarkand Temple, the last spiritual home of the Sogdians, was facing destruction, and Mansur's heavy-handed suppression of the Sogdians' demands for faith was achieved by demolishing the temple.

Five thousand heavily armed Syrian soldiers lined up in the square in front of the temple, each armed with iron rods, waiting for the commander-in-chief's orders.

In front of the temple, more than a thousand Hangists, led by their two elders, are desperately protecting their homes with their bodies, two months ago, their main idol had collapsed, and now it was finally their turn to the temple, and the Hangists looked up to the sun and silently prayed for the appearance of the main god.

Mansur stared indifferently at the nearly 600-year-old temple, which had been temporarily repaid by its elders two months earlier by deceiving him with a lie, and today, the time had come for them to retribution for their lies.

"Let's go!" Mansour's cold lips burst out with an order to demolish the temple.

The five thousand soldiers moved slowly, they raised their iron rods and walked towards the temple step by step, the believers met them without fear, they used their bodies to block the advance of the army, but they were greeted by a stormy blow, their heads were broken and their bones were broken, the believers were knocked to the ground, the soldiers stepped on their bodies and continued to move forward, the two elderly elders were knocked to the ground, blood flowed from their faces, several holy women snatched them aside, they cried out to the heavens and the earth, and cried out to the sun in sorrow: "O Lord God Ahuramazi! Save your temple! ”

At this moment, there was a cry of exclamation in the square, and the army stopped, only to see a young saint woman dressed in white holy robes appear on the platform of the temple, and in her hand she held a red gem in her hand, and a faint flame rose from the gem.

"Ahh The eye of the god of Ahuramaz. ”

All the believers in the square fell to their knees and worshiped the holy stone that suddenly appeared, and the eyes of the two elders widened, why did she come back again?

Al-Mansur felt a thrill in his heart, and involuntarily took a few steps forward, and he saw the holy stone that the caliph had pointed out, for which he had already been blamed by the caliph.

The square fell silent, and Kulan took a deep breath to calm her heaving chest.

"Let Prince Mansour come forward and answer the word!" Her high-pitched voice was carried by the wind to every corner of the square.

Mansur slowly stepped forward and said with a gloomy face, "I am Mansour, you name it!" ”

Kulan's beautiful eyes looked at him, and he said word by word: "I am the twelfth holy woman of the Samarkand Temple, and the holy relic in my hand is the Eye of Light, and in the name of the Lord God of Ahuramadaz, I command you to stop the killing of the temple. ”

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Mansour's mouth, "What if I don't agree?" ”

"If you don't agree, you won't get the Eye of Light."

At this time, an official from Samarkand whispered a few words to Mansur, who nodded and smiled slightly: "It turns out that you are the princess of Kulan in Tashkent, if you think carefully, you will lose your life for this." ”

"Before I lose my life, the Eye of Light will be shattered!" Kulan said-for-tat.

Mansour's face changed, and he said coldly: "You dare to threaten me!" ”

Julan didn't look at it, she bit her lip and took a step back, holding up the flame gem high, and the gem emitted a dazzling brilliance under the sun's rays, and the square suddenly burst into exclamation.

Mansur rolled his eyes and smiled, "Okay! I promise you to stop the demolition of the temple immediately. ”

"Nope! I want you to swear that no one will ever tear down the temple of Samarkand for the rest of your life. ”

Mansur's face changed drastically, he was an Islamist and the heir of the caliphate, how could he swear at will.

"You're dreaming!" Mansour gritted his teeth.

Julan pulled out a sharp dagger from his waist, when Li Qing'an and her were surrounded by the Turgish people in the stone woodland, Li Qing'an gave her this dagger for self-defense, time has passed, this dagger has been treasured by her side, and today this dagger is pointed at her chest.

"If you don't swear, I'll shatter the Eye of Light!"

At this moment, the air in the square seemed to freeze, and time stopped advancing, and nearly 10,000 pairs of eyes were staring at this beautiful and holy goddess of light in the sun.

Mansour's face was pale, and his eyes were fiercely fixed on her, and Julan was not afraid, looking back at Mansour coldly, it was a battle of will and determination.

"I'll count three times, and if you don't agree, I'll immediately smash the Eye of Light, one!"

There was silence in the square, and Mansur's face was expressionless, as if he was not moved at all, but the dagger in Kulan's hand had pierced her chest, and blood stained her white robes.

"Two!"

Her arms were raised higher, and strength began to build up in her hands, and Mansur saw in her eyes a determination to be crushed to pieces.

"Alright! I promise you. Mansour finally relented.

He turned slowly and announced in a deep voice to everyone in the square, "From this moment on, the temple of Samarkand in front of me will be preserved forever, and neither I nor my children will ever demolish it again, this is the promise of me, the heir of the Abbasid caliphate, al-Mansur." ”

The square was suddenly boiling, the believers hugged each other excitedly, and the two elders couldn't help but cry to each other, and the temple was finally saved.

Mansour turned to Kulan and said, "Princess Tashkent, you have won!" ”

He couldn't help but have a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Kulan breathed a sigh of relief, she knelt down facing the sun, and prayed silently in her heart, "Incomparably holy Lord God Ahuramazi, in order to keep the holy temple, I have to hand over your holy relics to the enemy, but my heart is not the slightest bit unclean, not the slightest disrespect to you, Lord God!" I will accept all your punishments and bless your believers! ”

She stood up, turned and held out her hand to Mansour, red flame gems glittering in her palm.

"Take it!"

"No!"

Mansour shook his head slowly, "I want you to give the gem to His Majesty the Abbasid Caliph with your own hands!" ”

．．．．．．．． Of the nine Sogdian states, the closest to Shi was not Kang, but Dongcao, a small of the nine Sogdian states with a population of less than 100,000, which was conquered in the eastward expansion of the Great Cannibals.

This time, the Tang army's westward advance was bounded by the Yaozhi River, and the east and north of the Yaozhi River were controlled by the Tang army, and the west and south were the sphere of influence of the Great Cannibal.

In addition, in the Bosi Mountain south of Dongcao, there is the famous Bosi silver mine of the Umayyad Dynasty, and the silver it produces accounts for 20% of the silver coins required by the Umayyad Dynasty to mint silver coins.

The Abbasids replaced the Umayyad dynasty, and the silver mine became an important source of finance, so the Great Cannibals built a city at the foot of Mount Bosi, known locally as the City of Bosi, and the Great Cannibals called it the Silver City, where 2,000 great cannibals were stationed and supervised the mining of silver for nearly 50,000 slaves.

When the Tang-Afghanistan War broke out, in order to keep this important silver mine, Abu. The Muslims sent three thousand more troops to the city of silver, bringing the total number of its forces to five thousand.

On the day of the Autumn Harvest Festival, the Eastern Cao Kingdom also received a gift from the Tang army: a statue of the main god of Ahuramadaz, but it was also destroyed by the Great Eclipse soldiers soon after.

For several days, tens of thousands of people from all over the world gathered in front of the palace to protest in silence against King Jeong's surrender to the Great Eclipse.

In the palace, Sutina, the king of the Eastern Cao Kingdom, was receiving two special guests, one was Fern, the younger brother of the king of Shiguo, Teller, and the other was Bai Xiaode, the general of the Tang Army.

Fern was sent by King Teller of the Stone Kingdom to persuade Sutina to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Royal Highness, you should have also seen that your subjects have been gathered by your palace for three days, they are telling their anger and dissatisfaction with you, my brother hopes that you can follow the example of Shi Guo and renew your allegiance to the Tang Heavenly Khan, this is your chance, the Tang Dynasty will forgive you for your past infidelity with its broad mind."

Before the eastward expansion of the Great Food, the Eastern Cao Kingdom was actually a vassal state of the Stone Kingdom, and the first thing their king did after ascending the throne was that he had to go to Tuozhi City to express his allegiance to the King of the Stone Kingdom.

Sutina was nearly sixty years old to-day, and his old age had made him even more timid, and he was so enwared of the Great Eclipse that it had become so ingrained in him that neither the protests of his subjects nor the persuasions of Fern had any effect, and he bowed his head and remained silent.

At this time, Bai Xiaode, who had been silent on the side, saw the stubbornness in the old king's heart, and he didn't want to say anything more, so he stood up and said to Fern: "Since the king refuses to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, we don't have to force him anymore, let's go back and resume our lives!" ”

Fern sighed, and couldn't help but persuade him again: "Your Royal Highness, this is your last chance, repent!" ”

Sutina shook her head slowly, and said in a very low, but very firm tone: "My army is loyal to Samarkand, I have no choice, you go!" ”

Two days later, 20,000 Tang army pioneers arrived at another small country, Juzhanti, about 150 miles away from Dongcao, the king of Juzhanti surrendered without a fight, and 20,000 Tang troops crossed the medicine and killed the water from Kuzhanti, and slaughtered to the Eastern Cao State, and at the same time, Qi Yade, the vanguard general of the Great Food Army, also led a mixed army of 30,000 from Samarkand to the Eastern Cao State.

The first battle of the Tang-A War was about to break out.

(To be continued)