Chapter 32: The Mujahideen

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Heard Zheng Wei shouting: "I want revenge!" ”

Zhang Mai said: "Okay, we'll help you!" ”

Guo Shiyong frowned, and hit Yang Dingbang with his elbow, Yang Dingbang said: "Special envoy, your identity is special, please be cautious." He reminded Zhang Mai: With your current status, a word may affect the movements of the entire Tang Army.

"Be careful what you say!" Yang Yi sneered: "Didn't you say that our Guo Yang Lu Zheng is a century-old world friend?" Now that the hundred-year-old friend has suffered such a great humiliation, and we are also responsible for him suffering this humiliation, is it reasonable not to help? He had been raising the bar with Zheng Wei, and Zhang Mai didn't expect that he was the first to stand up and help Zheng Wei speak.

Yang Dingbang glared at his nephew, and said calmly: "Special envoy, we are now planning to return to the east, this move is related to the lives of more than 10,000 people, and there are troubles, I am afraid that something is wrong - it is still a big matter." ”

Guo Luo said: "Otherwise, we have been working hard all the way since the new broken leaves, and we want soldiers, but there are only 3,000 soldiers, and we want food, and the food is only for a few months. Although we have won a series of victories recently, we don't know how to go next - we don't even dare to touch the main force of Sekan! We don't rely on the team that Lilu combined, but on affection, on the love of Datang and the hatred of Hulu, these are the things we share, and they are also the things we should protect the most, it gives us a momentum that the Hui people do not have, but if we ignore the sentiment and righteousness for the sake of temporary interests, without momentum, what advantages do we have? What else do we use to unite people's hearts? I'm afraid I won't be able to go far this way! ”

Guo Shiyong said: "The truth is so, but whether it is revenge or other things, you have to do what you can." ”

Zhang Mai said: "Do what you can? If we do what we can, we should listen to Uncle An, go to a remote river valley that the Hu people can't catch and hide, or go to bow down to the Hui people. Besides, the matter of returning to the east and helping the Zheng family to avenge the two things may not be contradictory. ”

Guo Shiyong heard Zhang Mai say the same, so he didn't object, but asked Zhang Mai to say a specific plan, that is, to take revenge without affecting the return to the east, but Zhang Mai groaned.

As Guo Luo said, although the Anxi Tang army has won one after another recently, but the next road is very difficult, although the general direction is set, but in front of the divergent road is a little not sure how to go, this is like a chessboard game, the Tang army took advantage of the Hui people did not react for a while, and ate a few pawns of the other party, but unfortunately the strength and the other party is too far away, the Hui people lost a few troops, and thousands of soldiers and horses were killed without hurting the bones at all, and as long as the Tang army is not careful, it will fall into a situation of no return at any time!

Even in terms of the current situation, the Tang army is majestic on the surface, but in fact it has fallen into a dilemma - there is no oil and water in Kulan City, and since Sekan has returned, Talas will not be able to take risks lightly, if you want to break through the line of Talas and Kulan City, most of them can do it now, but what about after you cross over? What kind of challenges will the Don Army face in that unfamiliar land? A qiē is full of dangerous variables because of its unknowability.

As for going to attack Talas and seek revenge on Sekan, there are still a few difficulties here.

The room was silent, no one spoke, only Zheng Wei looked at everyone's reaction with cold eyes, this young man seemed to be coming out of the biggest trough in his life, and began to regain his usual composure and calmness.

"Today's matter, let's get here first, this is a big event, and there is no hurry. Luo'er, you send Brother Zheng Shi to rest first. Ah Yi, Shoujing, you have only come back from the Eagle Yang Camp and the Riding Camp, and there must be some affairs to be taken care of. "The one who made the final closing remarks was Guo Shidao.

After the meeting ended, Zhang Mai just thought about the arguments at the meeting, pacing back and forth in the room, not knowing whether he was affected by the alcohol last night, and his head hurt when he thought about it. After nightfall, he regained his spirits and decided to talk to Zheng Wei again.

A few years ago, Satuk captured Talas, and the main members of the Zheng family who were still in Kulan City and had no time to withdraw were Zheng Wei and Zheng Han's brothers, Zheng Wei's new wife and the two housekeepers inside and outside, as well as some old family members who couldn't walk. This time there was an accident, Hu Steward Meng You ran to tell the whistle first, and as a result, Saikan rewarded him with a lot of part of the real estate of the Aqimu family in Julan City, and the fate of the Zheng family's female dependents went without saying, and the male servants were scattered, leaving only Zheng Hao with him, Yang Yi said that he would pick up their family's "one brain", but in fact, there were only three people.

Zhang Mai walked into the room specially arranged for them, and saw Zheng Wei swallowing the dry food that was more unpalatable than Wowotou, Zheng Hao was very sophisticated, so he took Zheng Han out, Zheng Wei said: "What are you doing here, taking advantage of the ruin of my family, do you want to persuade me to join you?" ”

Zhang Mai said: "Am I so bad in your heart? If you want to join, we will naturally welcome it, but if you really don't want to suffer with us, when this side of the matter is over, I should try to send someone to send you to Kangju City, there are many capable people in our army, it is not easy for a large army to cross the border, but if only one person is sent, it should still be possible. ”

When Zheng Wei heard this, his face softened slightly, and he said: "Let me tell you, although I am in a very bad situation now, I still will not go with you, because whether you want to build a country or return to the east, it is impossible for you to succeed." I'm not going to do something that is simply not going to succeed. ”

Zhang Mai brought a pot of wine this time and handed it to Zheng Wei: "Do you want to drink some, get drunk, forget everything when you wake up, and feel better." ”

Zheng Wei pushed away the wine bottle: "I don't drink, from now on I want to make my mind clear, I don't want to forget anything, I feel uncomfortable, at least let me not slack off." ”

"What are your plans for the next step?" This is the second time Zhang Mai has asked this question.

"What are you going to do?" This time, Zheng Wei replied very simply: "Of course it's revenge!" ”

"Revenge? You...... What are you going to do with revenge? ”

The people of the Western Regions are fierce, although Zheng Wei is not weak, but compared with Guo Luo Yang Yi, he is just a scholar-like businessman after all, and now he has fallen into such a field, asking for money without money, asking for no people, Zhang Mai really doesn't know how he plans to take revenge, or, this is just an impulse on his part, not a plan.

However, Zhang Mai was wrong.

"I naturally have my own opinions! In this area of Talas, the shape is intricate, and the Great Khan Arslan of the Hui Dynasty wants to use and suppress his younger brother Satuk, what is Satuk's attitude towards Arslan, that is Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows! He also colluded with the Mujahideen, desperately trying to curry favor with them, but also wanted to invade the Samanid dynasty and plunder the wealth. Nasr II of the Samanid dynasty hated the aggressive Satuq, but for the time being he did not want to conflict with him, but hoped that he would turn the spearhead to Khotan in the east, and love and hate the jihadists - these are the real powerful people, and Sekan is just a pawn among them. Although I don't have much power in my hands, as long as I can skillfully borrow the form, I may not be able to kill him. As for Monyou, hmph, I won't let him go with this scrap! ”

Zhang Mai thought to himself that you are very clear about the military and political forms in this area, but unfortunately you don't have a strong force in your hands, and I'm afraid that no matter how good a plan is, it's useless.

The Great Khan Arslan and the Deputy Khan Satuk, these two people, Zhang Mai, know that Nasr II is the contemporary monarch of the Samanid Dynasty, and I have heard Guo Shidao mention this, but, "What is a mujahideen?" ”

Zheng Wei glared at him: "You don't know the Mujahideen? ”

Zhang Mai looked a little dazed, and Zheng Wei seemed to feel incredible: "You don't even know about the jihadists, there is such a lack of intelligence, you actually have the courage to bring thousands of people to break into the city of Talas, and say that you want to return to Chang'an, I thought you acted after a comprehensive plan." ”

"Intelligence, alas, we are shrinking to the new broken leaves, the place is far away, poor and isolated, how can we be as well-informed as you." Zhang Mai smiled bitterly. The current scope of intelligence exploration of the Anxi Tang Army is basically from the lower reaches of the Broken Leaf River in the east to the lower reaches of the Ba Ersi in the south, and then it will exceed the limit of the ability of Guo Shidao and others. Even if you get some information, it is hearsay, not accurate enough, which is like the Zheng family, who has lived here for decades and has business in all directions, and naturally has an extremely accurate grasp of the delicate relationship between various factions.

Zheng Wei shook his head: "You don't have an overall plan, you actually dare to set off, I really don't know what Uncle Guo thinks, he will follow you to mess around." ”

He has always been accustomed to "plan before acting", so he thinks that others must do the same. For a while, he didn't expect that the Anxi Tang Army didn't want to plan carefully, but was forced into a desperate situation and had to take risks. Judging from the forces, intelligence, and materials that Guo Shidao and Zhang Mai had in their hands when they were still in Xiaye Hebei, it was simply impossible to formulate any "overall plan" that could not only open up the situation but also be completely certain.

Zhang Mai smiled at this time and said, "I told you, because the Tang army believes that we can succeed, so we will definitely succeed!" No, we have won all the way so far, and the more the battle is fought, the more we fight, the more supplies we fight, and the stronger the army is! ”

Zheng Wei was very powerless to win against his blind optimism: "If you really don't have an overall plan, then I think it's just a blind cat encountering a dead mouse." ”

"You want to say that we are lucky, but let me tell you, luck is also one of the strengths!"

Zheng Wei was speechless, but he also knew that Zhang Mai's words were right, those who could achieve great things throughout the ages did have extraordinary luck at critical moments.

"Don't talk about that, tell me about what a mujahideen is." Zhang Mai urged him, and he intuitively felt that this information might have a heavy effect.

Zheng Wei said: "Although you are from Chang'an, you should always know about the Heavenly Fang Sect, right?" At this time, he had not heard the story of "Special Envoy Zhang's family traveling westward from generation to generation", and thought that Zhang Mai was a messenger who came directly from Chang'an.

"yes, yes." How could this not be known, starting from Lanzhou all the way to Central Asia, the thousands of miles have almost become the territory of the Tianfang Sect, Zhang Mai traveled all the way, and the farther he went, the more he felt that he was not like in China. Administratively, it is still under the jurisdiction of the central government, but culturally it feels like a completely different matter.

"These jihadists are the first group of quite extreme people in the Great Food Empire, and they believe that the highest meaning of their existence is to promote the Celestial Sect to the whole world, so that everyone in the whole world will believe in their true god, and they will not hesitate to start a war for this, because they think that is the most effective means. After the division of the Great Food Empire, as a separatist dynasty of the Great Food Empire, these people still existed in the territory of the Samanids. These people are all dazed, and they cannot be taken by common sense. Although Nasr II and his important ministers Jaihanni and Bal'ami also believed in the Celestial Religion, although they also wanted to use this power, because these people were too close to Satuq, they adopted an attitude of tolerance, restraint, pacification and prevention towards this group of people. ”

But such a person with religious fanaticism usually has extremely strong combat effectiveness and destructive power.

As soon as he explained this, Zhang Mai completely understood: "But what do these jihadists have to do with Satuk? ”

"Satuk has already converted to the Celestial Sect - he is the first and only member of the Uighur Khan clan to convert to the Celestial Sect. And there is a secret pact between the Mujahideen and Satuq, and they will support Satuq as much as they can...... Alas, in fact, this is not a secret agreement, and the well-informed people of Hui and Saman probably saw it. After Satuk conquered Talas, he soon began to protect the position of the Celestial Sect in Talas, and at the same time promoted the Celestial Sect in Shule, which he controlled, and even oppressed the Buddhists, Zoroastrians, and Mingjiao Christians for this reason. ”

The military and political relations between the various factions in this region, Zhang Mai's heart is becoming clearer and clearer, Zheng Wei's words are not forced out by An Jiu's torture.

"The Mujahideen support Satuk, so what can Satuq give them?"

Zhang Mai understands very well that these major military and political events, and even the so-called sacred religion, also pay attention to reciprocal exchanges.

"What else can you give them," Zheng Wei sneered, "Of course, after Satuk became the Great Khan, he ordered all the ethnic groups under his rule, including the Uighurs, to believe in the Heavenly Sect!" ”

Zhang Mai's heart shook wildly!

He suddenly remembered something: "It's him!" It's him! It turned out to be him! This Bogra Khan is really a big man! He's a big guy I've heard of! It is the 'ancient monarch' who ordered 200,000 nomads to convert to the Heavenly Sect at the same time, and turned the entire northwest of China into green! ”

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Note: In ancient times, the Han people calculated the population as a unit, and correspondingly, the Hu people often used the "account", which was a family unit.

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