readx; The battle of the infantry city ended in a bloody storm, the Tubo army was unwilling to surrender, or fought with the Tang army in the city, or rushed out of the city and fled in all directions, was brutally killed by the Tang army, 40,000 Tubo army was killed by more than 30,000 people, and finally less than 500 people fled desperately, and the main general was killed by the Tang army when breaking through the siege. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Three thousand enemies were killed, eight hundred were self-inflicted, and the Tang army also had five or six thousand dead and wounded, which was nothing compared to the glorious victory, and the Tang army won the first battle as scheduled, and completely seized the land on the north bank of the Amu Darya River.

The Tang army from the state of Xie Su again 20,000 troops arrived, Li Qing'an left 10,000 people to guard the city, he personally led the 90,000 troops from the city of Tan to cross the Amu Darya River, into the Great Khanate, the army deployed in the city of Huolu and the city of Tiwei, and the main force of the Tubo army confronted.

In the afternoon, a two-hundred-man Tang army patrol patrol the desert north of the Great Khanate, a desert close to the Amu Darya River, and although the desert in March was not as unbearable as in summer, the sun shone brightly on the desert, and the sun was so dazzling that it was impossible to open one's eyes.

This patrol of the Don Army was led by a brigade commander named Ami. Zarik, a Sogdian of Anguo, is now more than Chinese New Year's Eve years old, believes in Zoroastrianism, is honest and sincere, shrewd and capable, whenever his subordinates have difficulties in their families, he will give his own military salary to support his brothers, so his popularity is very good, and the soldiers and generals from all over the country like him very much.

When Zarik was a young child, his family was taken into slavery in Syria, where he grew up and became a blacksmith, and then he married a Sogdian slave girl and had a daughter, and soon after, the Abbasid army captured Damascus, and his parents, wife and daughter were killed by the Abbasid army, and he was convicted of making weapons for the army, plus he was a Zoroastrian, and was banished to the silver mines of Mount Bosi as a slave, and was forced by the great cannibals to mine day and night, and witnessed the death of countless companions in miserable conditions, He also knew that sooner or later he would die in the silver pit.

But the arrival of the Tang Army liberated him, and organized them into the Silver Mining Army, he also became a soldier of the Anxi Army, with the passage of time, most of the Silver Mining Army was discharged and returned home, Zarik because his parents, wife and children died in the hands of the Arabs, he was homeless, so he regarded the Anxi Army as his home, and continued to serve in the Anxi Army, and gradually he went from a soldier to a fire commander, and then became a team leader, and was promoted to a brigade commander last year, and also won the title of Xuanjie lieutenant of Zhengbapin, the brigade commander is equivalent to the company commander of later generations, belonging to the middle and low-level officers, Although the military rank is not high, Zarik is already satisfied, especially to him is pleased that Anxi Jun has improved his military merits, and he is not discriminated against because he is a blue-eyed, high-nosed bearded man, and after a few years of fighting, he can be promoted to lieutenant.

Anxi encouraged Hu and Han to intermarry, due to the annual war, there is a shortage of men in the river area, obviously the female surname is much more than men, many Han soldiers of the Tang army have married Hu women as wives, and settled their homes in the river, similarly, there are also Hu officers and soldiers who married Han women as wives, saved a sum of money, and started a new life.

Due to Zarik's good conditions, many Han officers and soldiers were willing to introduce him to a Han woman as his wife, so that he could re-establish a family, but Zarik missed his deceased wife and children, and he had vowed not to remarry, whether it was a Han or a Hu woman, he would never remarry.

Zarik led two hundred soldiers in the desert to the west, and after a short distance to the north, they went out of the desert and entered the Gobi Desert on the banks of the Amu Darya River. ”

All the people looked to the northwest, and saw that on the Gobi Desert near the Amu Darya River, a group of small black dots was coming east, it was obvious that it was camels, and the Tang Army also had logistics camels, but at least it was a brigade of several thousand people, and a small team of 100 camels like this would not be the Tang Army.

"Let's go! Look at it. ”

The soldiers urged their horses and rushed down the sand mountain, and rushed straight to the group of black spots, and gradually approached the team, only to see that the camels were full of goods, and this was actually a team of merchants.

The caravan also discovered the Tang army, they panicked, turned the team to escape, but the Tang army horses were extremely fast, and instantly blocked their retreat, surrounded them, and shouted and asked, "Where is the merchant?" ”

The merchants stopped, most of them were dressed in white robes, most of them were Arabs, and Zarik hated Arabs so much that every time he saw them, he could not help but think of his parents, his wife and children who died under the iron hooves of the Arabs, and his face suddenly became gloomy, and he asked in Arabic: "Where do you come from?" Where to go? ”

A middle-aged Arab man came out and said in a panic: "We have come from Egypt to carry a batch of cotton cloth to the city of Ashe, and we go every year. ”

'Egypt? ’

Zarik had been to Egypt with his master when he was a teenager, lived in Alexandria for four years, and was very familiar with the situation in Egypt, and he heard that this Arab did not have an Egyptian accent, but an accent in the southern part of Khorasan, which made him a little suspicious, but this doubt only flashed in his heart, he put it aside for the time being, and said: "The city of Asha is occupied by the Tibetans, don't you know?" ”

"Back to Master Jun, we have also heard, I heard that the tax is very high, but cotton cloth is a hot commodity in Ashu City, and it can be sold at a high price, so we can make money by paying a little tax."

"Humph! You're pretty confident. ”

With a wave of his hand, Zarik ordered his sergeant: "Check! ”

The soldiers of the Tang Army rode up one after another, stabbing the boxes and cloth bags with spears, and several merchants were so distressed that they shouted again and again: "It will break the cotton cloth!" ”

Tang Jun ordered them to take down all the goods and spread them out, and carefully inspect them one by one, including their taxes and identity certificates, Zarik squinted his eyes, paying attention to the middle-aged man's every move, the man's eyes flashed with panic from time to time, which aroused Zarik's suspicions, this man only had two camels, and brought more than 20 bundles of cotton cloth, although the cotton cloth was large in size, but it was not expensive, these 20 bundles of cotton cloth were sold for a maximum of 40 silver dollars, and half of the tax was deducted, then he could only earn 20 silver dollars, which came all the way from Egypt, I'm afraid that these twenty silver dollars are not even enough for the passage fee, which is a bit unreasonable.

Zarik became more and more suspicious in his heart, so he smiled quietly: "I heard that the Egyptians all grow cotton by the Nile, and they only start picking it in July and August, can you make money by transporting cotton now?" ”

The merchant echoed and laughed: "We bought cotton cloth in August last year, and we have hoarded it until now, and it is just selling it at a high price. ”

"Really? In July and August, everyone is busy in the field, how can there be time to weave cotton cloth? You remember wrong! ”

"Huh! Not mistaken, although everyone was busy in the fields at that time, women spun cloth at home and could buy cotton cloth. ”

Zarik's face changed, July and August were the time when the Nile flooded, the river flooded the land, it was impossible to cultivate, the cotton in Egypt was picked in April and May, this man was lying, he had never been to Egypt at all.

Zarik suddenly smiled at him in Egyptian, "I see, you're a big eater!" ”

The middle-aged man smiled on his face and nodded again and again, as if Zarik was very reasonable, Zarik took two steps back sharply and shouted: "These people are all annihilated, arrest them all!" ”

The middle-aged man understood this, his face changed greatly, he turned his horse's head and fled, only escaped more than 20 steps, Zarik opened his bow and arrow, hit his horse's hind legs, the war horse fell, and threw the middle-aged man out more than a foot away, he was just about to get up, Zarik had already arrived on horseback, put a spear against his throat, and said coldly: "You be honest, otherwise you will die here!" ”

．．．．．．． In the Tang army camp, Li Qing'an was talking about the situation in Chang'an with Du Hong, who had just arrived from the broken leaf, Li Qing'an received an urgent report from the broken leaf only the day before yesterday, and he knew that there had been a drastic change in Chang'an, Li Heng had forcibly ascended the throne, and An Lushan had set up a new emperor in Youzhou, and self-proclaimed the right minister.

From the time Li Qing'an left Chang'an, he knew that there would be this result, Li Heng's desire for the throne had made him extinguish human morality, and successively killed his son and grandson.

"General, the officials in Anxi are looking forward to the end of the Battle of Tocharian as soon as possible, and hope that the general will return to Chang'an as soon as possible."

Du Honggradually smiled a little embarrassed, as an official of Anxi, if Li Qing'an ascends the throne, he will inevitably reuse the officials of the Anxi faction, this is the expectation of all their Anxi officials, and Du Hongjian is no exception.

Li Qingan smiled slightly: "The battle of Tocharian will not be too long, the Tubo people have no foundation, they are opposed by the Tocharian people, they can hold out for a month at most, and their food will be in crisis, at that time, I will win without a fight, let everyone rest assured, and when the Tocharian war subsides a little, I will immediately return to Chang'an and clean up the mess again." ”

"But we are very worried, after a long time, Li Heng's throne will be secured, and a lot of changes will happen at that time."

"If there is no Qianniuwei and the Anxi army in Chang'an, the ministers may be intimidated by Li Heng's Yinwei and give in to him, but as long as there is my Qianniuwei, those ministers will not give in to him, the longer the time, his crisis will be more aggravated, I am not worried at all."

"That's good, I hope the general will be triumphant soon."

The two were talking, when suddenly a report came from outside, "General, the Tang Army patrol has caught the big cannibal annihilator." ”

"Really?"

Li Qingan was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said, "Bring it quickly!" ”

In a moment, Zarik and a dozen of his own soldiers escorted the middle-aged man into the big tent, and the middle-aged man was tied up and knelt on the ground.

Zarik knelt down on one knee and reported: "Zarik, the brigade commander of the third scout battalion of the Broken Leaf Army, see the general. ”

He took out a letter, presented it with both hands, and said, "General, this is a letter I found from Jianxi's side, please take a look at it." ”

Li Qing'an took the letter, he couldn't help frowning, judging from the handwriting, it looked like Mansour's handwriting, but he wrote it in Arabic, and there was a Tibetan translation below, Li Qing'an couldn't understand both of these words.

At this time, Zarik understood Li Qing'an's thoughts, so he said: "General, the lowly official knows Arabic and can also speak the Tibetan language, and the lowly is willing to translate." ”

"I can't see that you can speak four languages, it's not easy!"

Zarik took the letter and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Back to the general, I actually know six languages, as well as Turkic and Egyptian. ”

"Really? I can't imagine that there are still dragons and crouching tigers in my army. ”

Li Qingan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Read it to me!" ”

As soon as he waved his hand, the soldiers first escorted the big food annihilation, and Li Qingan immediately stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back.

"Abbasid Empire Caliph Mansur to General Shang Xi Dongzan, now the Tang Army and the Tubo Army are fighting, I Khorasan 70,000 troops are looking aside, the Tang Army and our army have been fighting for many years, I know that its military strength is strong, and I also know that Li Qing'an has a far-reaching strategy and superb resourcefulness, and it is difficult to defeat the Tang Army with Tubo's own strength, and it is difficult to defeat Li Qing'an, Allah often say, all brothers in the four seas, I am willing to regard Tubo as a brother, and work together with General Shangxi Dongzan to fight the Tang Army......"

The corners of Li Qing'an's lips showed a faint smile, it was rare for Mansur to look up to him like this, Mansour's thoughts, he knew better than anyone else, at this time, Li Qing'an glanced back at Zarik, and there was thought in his eyes.

．．．．．． In Ashu City, Shang Xi Dongzan, the commander of the Tubo army, had already received the information of the fiasco of the Bushi City, he jumped like thunder, drew his sword and slashed and killed indiscriminately in the room, chopping the room into a thousand holes, and finally he threw the sword on the ground fiercely, sat down heavily in the chair, and the Tocharian easy chair swayed and rattled.

Shang Xi Dongzan pressed his forehead, the defeat of Bushi City made him upset, 40,000 people were annihilated by the Tang army, which made his strength shrink to 60,000 at once, while Shang Jiasu had 80,000 troops, which had surpassed him in an all-round way.

Now Shang Xi Dongzan is worried, he has seen the strategy of the Tang army, which is to concentrate superior forces and gradually divide and eat them, 40,000 people will be annihilated like this, and the next step will be his 60,000 army.

Obviously, the Tubo army had an advantage, because the troops could not be concentrated and were taken advantage of by the Tang army, if the defeat of the infantry city was caused by his too greed and refusal to give up the land, then now his insufficient troops belong to the internal strife of the Tubo army.

After Zampu's death, he sent some people back to Luo to report the news, only to find that Da Bolu had been captured by the Tang army, and the Tang army had cut off their way back, which made Shang Xi Dongzan even more frightened, and the Tang army surrounded them in Tocharian like a cloth bag.

Of course, they can also retreat south to Tianzhu, but that is their last retreat, he doesn't want to give up Tocharian until he has to, now he wants to talk to Shang Jiasu anyway, they need to join forces, and if they join together, they will benefit both sides, and divide will lose both.

At this moment, a soldier's voice came from outside: "Dashuai, the Great Food Messenger has arrived, ask to see Dashuai!" ”

Shang Xi Dongzan was stunned, the Great Food Messenger came, his mind turned, and he suddenly understood, so he hurriedly said: "Quickly invite him in!" ”

In a moment, two white-robed envoys were ushered in by the Tibetan soldiers, and the leader stepped forward and put his hands on his chest, saluted respectfully, and said in skilled Tibetan language: "Ministers of the Mansur Caliphate, Damascus tax collector Ami. Zarik is with General Shangxi Donzan, and I am sent to Tocharian by order of His Majesty the Caliph. ”

(To be continued)