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Chapter 150: Soldiers Arrive in Samarkand

Zhang Mai stared at Watick coldly, he himself started by strategy, wandered among the major forces in the place where the Tang Army of Anxi started, and used his strength to go all the way to Shule, so many years have passed, his insight into people and things has been deeply trained, and he is condescending at this moment, and he can see through Watik's thinking at a glance. To read the latest chapters, please lock the biquge.info of Aishang Novels

Seeing the cold light shining in Zhang Mai's eyes, Liu An suddenly thought of something, and was shocked: "It's not good that the marshal's domineering has become stronger and stronger in recent years, even for people like Yelu Deguang, he has to push back hard, and for people like Harry who only have a throne and no real power, I'm afraid that the marshal will not be polite - that will cause great resistance" He seemed to have a premonition of Zhang Mai's reaction, and thought: "Satuk has been fighting with us for so long, he must have figured out how the marshal would react, so he deliberately let the envoy over."

was about to secretly advise, but Zhang Mai had already spoken, but he did not answer Watik's words, and asked rhetorically: "I heard that Harry has now lost power and has become an empty shelf, but is there such a thing?" ”

After listening to the translation, Watik's face turned slightly ugly, what Zhang Mai said was the truth, irrefutable, but he couldn't admit it positively, and reluctantly replied in defense: "His Majesty Harry is the agent of the true God on the earth, and the secular military and political affairs sometimes change, but the will of the true God will not change, and His Majesty Harry, as the return of the faith of the heavenly kingdoms, will not change even in another thousand years." ”

"Really?" Zhang Mai said: "I have great respect for the teachings of Hari in the past, and the Prophet Muhammad also made great contributions to ending the chaos on the peninsula and educating the surrounding barbarian peoples. If His Majesty Harry can maintain his position as a religious leader under such circumstances, then he deserves my respect. If he is such a great man of profound deeds, then wherever my territory expands, I will embrace him as the spiritual center of the Heavenly Sect. ”

Zhang Mai's reaction surprised Vatik very much, and for a while he didn't quite understand the intentions of this Eastern Overlord.

But I heard Zhang Mai say: "After I came to the river, I encountered a lot of misunderstandings, and some devout followers of the Tianfang Sect were misled, claiming that I was here to destroy the Tianfang Sect, but I actually came to protect the Tianfang Sect. ”

"Protect me?"

"Not bad." Zhang Mai said: "All religions that lead people to goodness are good religions, and I will protect all religions that are beneficial to the country and the people, whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Cruciform or Tianfangism......

Watik's face changed a little, and what Zhang Mai said was still the policy of "separation of church and state and freedom of religion" that he had always advocated. In the enlightened era of the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Religion also allowed the existence of pagans within its borders, such as Christianity and Judaism, but the Celestial Religion must naturally be the state religion, and the religious leader Harry naturally wanted to take power

Celestial Sect is the strictest monotheistic religion in the world, and this is the most intolerable thing. However, Zhang Mai always ranks them with other religions, believing that there is no distinction between the major religions

The Heavenly Realms were worried about Zhang Mai's attitude, fearing that he would continue to expand, but Zhang Mai did not seem to be prepared to compromise - even if he would face greater military resistance as a result.

"I know what you're here for. You can go back and sue sù Harry, or sue sù all those who wish to get a reply from you to sue them for the following words. Zhang Mai said to Watik, who was no longer able to speak: "I, Zhang Mai, and the Tang Dynasty behind me, will always support people's free pursuit in the spiritual world, and I also respect the efforts of various religions in education, but the territory has never relied on scriptures, but on horses and swords to lay the foundation, I very much hope that one day I can discuss the doctrine of Tianfang Sect with him, as for the secular struggle......"

Zhang Mai said lightly: "Let's let someone with power come and talk to me." ”

This was the end of the meeting with the envoy of Harry.

Liu An was quite worried about Zhang Mai's unflexible remarks at first, but Zhang Mai had no intention of changing. His position began to sprout as early as the Shule era, and was officially made public at Barasagon until now, even if it encounters obstacles, this position will never waver.

After Watik went back, the news spread, Satuk was overjoyed, and said to Su Lai: "I knew that Zhang Mai would definitely harm his own affairs, and the kingdoms of Heaven originally expected him to change, but he was so obsessed with it, look at it, the land between the medicine killing river and the Wuhu River will become the last tomb where the Tang Dynasty is buried."

After Zhang Mai once again reiterated his position, the situation in the Western Regions was once again catalyzed, and the non-Tianfang Sect followers moved closer to the Tang Army, and some of the moderates in the Tianfang Sect also expressed their support, while the fanatics of the Tianfang Sect once again set off a rebellion against Zhang Mai. All the fanatical believers who could not accept Zhang Mai's juxtaposition of Tianfang Sect with other religions came from all directions, and the Bouweich family, fearing that Zhang Mai would continue to advance westward after destroying Satuk, also provided assistance to Satuk, and secretly promised that during Satuk's confrontation with Zhang Mai, the rear countries would not attack his back.

The agents of the Mountain Eternals were also more closely united with Satuk, and the resentment that had arisen from Satuk's seizure of all military and political power was temporarily put aside, and Satuk's internal unity was unified.

Seeing this situation, Satuk was very happy, and he gathered all the manpower and material resources in the middle of the river, gathered in the city of Samarkand, and implemented the strategy of clearing the wilderness in Samarkand, and used the fortified city of Samarkand and the Nami River to fight against Zhang Mai

Under the organization of Su Lai, the Hezhong region under the control of Satuk began to implement a wartime mechanism, in the name of religion to requisition all property, materials in favor of the military, and the distribution of materials among the people was all handled by preacher at all levels.

The Hezhong region, originally a complex society with thousands of years of commercial traditions, was quickly destroyed, and many merchants and landlords complained bitterly, but the lower class members shouted long live when they were given something

"Is Satuk going to build a **?" Zhang Mai smiled slightly after receiving the information. Attacking Haoqiang to curry favor with the lower classes, this strategy Zhang Mai has also played before, "It seems that they have all been learned by Satuk." Zhang Mai knew that this move could be extremely powerful in wartime, but he knew that this kind of stimulation like beating chicken blood would have a lot of consequences.

In line with Zhang Mai's strategy of reiterating his firm stance, Guo Luo's military operations continued to be carried out step by step. He marched all the way west, did not storm strongholds, and in addition to planting strongholds, he also protected the pastures along the way, and enclosed the farmland and pastures east of Samarkand - most of these places are now ownerless, and some militia were placed in the military pasture and military cantonment, which actually meant to fight a protracted war

Although Wei Renpu was also in favor of first going west and then east, after all, he was from the Central Plains and was more concerned about the situation in the east, so he felt that the first battle in the river was suitable for a decisive battle, and after it was resolved, it was better to concentrate on returning east to fight for the Central Plains -- in Wei Renpu's view, entering the Central Plains was the right way, and this side of the river was just a border vassal of the Tang Dynasty, and it was just a matter of placing it so that it would not be troubled by the Central Plains.

But Guo Luo's various arrangements seem to have a long-term plan, and Zhang Mai also acquiesced in his plan.

After the Tiance army crossed the Yaozhi River, more and more locals attached to the Tang army were attached, and Guo Luo divided into ethnic groups according to the habits of the returnees and implemented semi-military resettlement. In addition, Zhang Mai ordered the Jokhang Temple to use half of the monks of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, numbering more than 20,000 people, to enter the various armies and departments to teach the Xinmin Tang dialect on a one-to-five and one-to-ten basis. At the same time, he also held a booklet written by Zhang Mai as an outline, compiled by Zheng Wei, and revised by Guo Luo, which contained the half-ballad text compiled by the concept of the founding of the new empire, the common sense of the law, and the outlook for life, commonly known as the "Book of Tang Bao" -- which was also the crystallization of the assimilation education carried out by the Tiance Army for many years, and carried out the most preliminary universal education for the uneducated people who came to join it.

This is a great undertaking that is so complicated that it cannot be repeated, but fortunately, Guo Luo made preparations when he was in Ningyuan City, and the large number of talents cultivated played a huge role at this time, and the number of people who were organized into hundreds of thousands was also in an orderly manner.

The undertakings carried out by the Chinese army and the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the large army have to face endless chores every day, and Yang Xin and others, the forward, think that the Chinese army is marching too slowly

Riding a sweaty and bloody horse, they can run for hundreds of miles in one drive, holding the sharpest swords and guns in the world, Yang and Xu are almost invincible everywhere they go, and even Esta does not dare to face their edge head-on. However, Guo Luo's march according to the strategy of step-by-step was conceivably slower than Yang Xin's cavalry, so the forward cavalry complained extremely much.

After the army crossed the Yaozhi River, it took another month and a half before the advance reached Samarkand

At this time, the summer is coming to an end, the autumn wind has blown, and winter will come earlier in the middle of the river than in the coastal areas. Guo Wei counted the days and felt that Satuk was probably ready to defend the city at this time, "If we want to attack the city, we only have two months left." ”

Samarkand, at its peak, had a population of five or six hundred thousand, and in the Middle Ages, such a population was extremely terrifying, there were no high-rise buildings in ancient times, and the city was up to two or three floors, and it was usually a house that only wealthy families could build, and the houses of civilians had to be bungalows, so the city with a population of 500,000 people covered a large area.

Samarkand is built on the side of the river and the mountains, the river is the Nami River, and the mountain is the Samad Mountain, the city is not a lonely city, but an urban agglomeration with more than a dozen large and small towns around it, with more than 10,000 people in the big ones and thousands of people in the small ones, each of which is connected to hundreds of villages and pastures.

Samarkand is also the most fertile land in the entire Transoxiana region, with numerous pastures and farms, and although the city has amassed a lot of wealth through commerce, how can it feed hundreds of thousands of people without enough food?

When they came here, Guo Wei seemed to see Hedong, and Yang Xin seemed to see Hexi-they were accustomed to seeing desolation after going deep into the inner 6, but they didn't expect to see such a rich land here, and for a while, the irritability in their hearts swept away, and a trace of imperceptible love for this land was born in their hearts.

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