At the beginning of the summer of the 11th year of Tianbao, the Anxi army began to expel the Da Shi cult followers in the Tocharian area, destroyed the Da Shi Temple, some Buddhist buildings began to be rebuilt, and various pujas emerged one after another. Li Siye even invited some eminent monks to North India to open an altar in Tocharo, and the Anxi army supported Buddhism from top to bottom, infiltrating all aspects of the people, including high-ranking officials and nobles, and poor people, all re-believing in Buddhism and returning to the embrace of the Buddha.

Li Siye actually didn't understand, and he wasn't even interested in Buddha. If he could, he would rather get the Taoist Sanqing to the Tocharians as a religion, but that would be too costly, and it would not solve the problem after death. In the Tang Dynasty, Taoism is still the pursuit of the rich, you can't afford to buy a Dan furnace, and you don't have time to pick fairy grass, what qualifications do you have to learn the Tao of immortals. Therefore, the best universality for the people is Buddhism.

All his considerations are political, purely for the sake of grabbing power.

Three months later, Wang Zhengjian and the other five returned with their fruits, the blood on the horizontal knife on their waist did not seem to have been wiped away, and they may have encountered some resistance in the process of acting, and the simplest and most practical way is to destroy the body.

Tian Zhen and Ma Phosphorus brought back the heads of the two kings, they were die-hard fans of Da Shi in Tocharian for nearly twenty years, if these two were not even afraid of death, then they must be the most devout believers.

Ma Pho told him about the king's family and still refusing to give up their faith, and Ma Pho had no choice but to put them to death one by one. Li Siye was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "This kind of thing should also be called qijie." If he were just a commoner or an ordinary monk, we wouldn't kill him, we'd just drive him to the Great Eater. But he was a king, so a dead king was a good king. ”

He added: "There is no way, in their eyes we are all infidels." But that would make room for our allies, and Qarluq Yehudun Viga couldn't wait to get a king for his son. Another son of King Ningyuan also needs to be settled. ”

The generals smiled knowingly and followed him into the Dome.

At the beginning of June in the 11th year of Tianbao, after Li Siye initially controlled the situation in Tocharian and Hezhong, he decided to lead most of the Anxi Army to return to the west of the river, and the nobles and merchants of the nine countries in the river were sent off along the way, many people held baskets and held local products above their heads to pay tribute, and young women and children shuttled back and forth in the crowd. Regardless of whether these people are sincere in sending off or sending the plague god, anyway, there is already the smell of supporting the army in film and television dramas.

Li Siye personally dismounted, took the saluted wine from the hands of King Kangguo, held it in both hands and said loudly to the Sogdian people present: "Thank you Sogdian fathers and elders for practicing for us, whether Sogdian or Han, everyone is a family, and your people are also in Chang'an, He Mingyuan, the king of Chang'an's rich mansion, is a Sogdian, and An Sishun is the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and An Lushan is also a Sogdian. I hope that all compatriots can support our Anxi Army, and we will also ensure your safety in this land. ”

After saying this, he picked up the bowl in his hand, tilted his head and poured the wine down his throat. He reached out and wiped his beard and handed the bowl back.

"Goodbye, everyone."

Yan Xiaosi personally led the horse over, and Li Siye stepped on the stirrup and turned over on the horse, and went east along the Nami River.

On the way back, Duan Xiushi and Cen Shen rode horses on his left and right, each holding an account book in their hands, reporting the results of the Anxi Army's war with war.

"Six thousand three hundred and six horses were seized in the battle of Thirsty City, five thousand two hundred camels were captured, and three hundred and thirty horses were seized from the city of Talas. The Battle of Kangju captured 8,200 ...... of war horses"

"Okay, okay." Li Siye waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "Don't repeat these things over and over again, just tell me how many horses and camels are counted and reported now." ”

Cen Shen said with a smile on his face: "Doctor, our army has captured a total of 23,000 war horses and 34,000 camels, but last winter due to poor forage and poor management, 1,000 horses died of cold and starvation, plus the loss during the war and peacetime, there are still just 20,000 horses left, and together with the 12,000 horses compensated for the big food, it should be 32,000 horses. There were not many camels dead, and there were 33,000 left. ”

"It's not enough to die a thousand? Three thousand horses died! Should those in charge of seizure management be whipped? I'm fucking pumping him half to death! ”

Everyone around them was silent, as if the whip could fall on their heads at any time, and I don't know who said weakly: "All seizures seem to be under the unified distribution and jurisdiction of Mr. Dai." ”

"Oh," Li Siye's breath suddenly dropped by half, and it seemed that even he felt embarrassed, and his tone turned into a light raindrop: "Then punish him for a year's worth of money and Lu rice." ”

Everyone didn't even feel aggrieved and disobedient, as if Mr. Dai, who was wearing a mask, should not be sanctioned by Dr. Li. There is always a magical existence around these generals that makes them feel that they are extra-legal, as if they are completely immune to the fact that they are treated equally. Mr. Dai Wang is an immune body.

After a three-month journey back, Li Siye led the Chinese army back to Anxi in early September, and all the captured camels were distributed to the allies, and the remaining sixty percent were distributed to the various armies, and forty percent were brought back to Qiuzi, the seat of the Anxi Protectorate. All the horses were brought to the pastures around the Yili River, where they were bred with Turkic horses to give birth to the next generation of fine breeds.

He still can't forget that he is the herdsman of Longyou, so when he goes to Chang'an, he has to take thousands of horses to the horse farm in Longyou, so as not to be impeached for "Dufei Anxi is private land, regardless of the general situation of the community." ”

As soon as he returned to Qiuzi City, the holy decree of the imperial court was already waiting for him, and the content of the holy decree was not only the beginning and the end, but there was only one sentence in the middle: "Summoning the heir Yelang to enter Beijing to report his merits, don't miss the return date." ”

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Qinren Fang, Wannian County, Chang'an, is inhabited by high-powered courtiers, including An Lushan Mansion, which is now the envoy of the Three Towns Festival. At this moment, the sun has just ended, the curfew has not yet begun, and the courtyard of the house is already brightly lit, and every pillar under the promenade in the courtyard is hung with paper lamps, which are reflected in the pond water.

An ink cart stopped outside the gate of Anfu, and the steward and servant Qing Yan who were guarding the door hurriedly walked down the steps, stretched out the palm that was shrunk in his sleeve, and whispered his hand in front of his chest: "Ah Lang, doctor." ”

The driver jumped out of the car, pulled out the rear door panel, and raised his hand to help a man wearing a black felt hat and a black and gray dog and bear figure out. The man broke free from the coachman's hand and jumped out of the carriage nimbly, and the frame of the ink car bounced upward, and even the horse snorted in comfort.

Yan Zhuang followed behind the "Dog Bear" and asked in a low voice, "Doctor, I can see the saint." ”

"Let's go into the main hall and talk about it."

An Lushan strode into the threshold, turned around and sat on the soft Hu bed, rubbed the armrest with both hands and said: "No, the eunuch Yuan Siyi said that the saint should bathe and burn incense and fast for seven days, and after seven days, he will enter the temple to worship the ancestors." What day is seven days later? The old emperor worships his ancestors as he pleases?"

Yan Zhuang leaned over and whispered, "We just entered Chang'an today, and I got the news from the Jinjuan Academy. In July last year, Li Siye fought with 70,000 people of the Great Food Army and won a great victory. In October, he fought with 80,000 people in Dashi and Kangju City, and won a great victory. In December, he captured the city of Mulu in the Great Eclipse Country, won both battles with the reinforcements who came to support, and entered the outside of Tus, the capital of Great Eclipse Khorasan. In February of this year, he fought with the governor of Khorasan and Posilin and the Kizilkum desert, and won another great victory. The emperor of the Great Food, also called the caliph, was forced to sue for peace, offered a million gold, ten thousand horses, and gave up the nine kingdoms of the river and Tocharo, and the signed agreement is now placed in the Zichen Hall of the Daming Palace. “

An Lushan's eyes widened suddenly, his pupils slowly narrowed like a fish's eye, and he muttered: "Appearance is the peak, this is outrageous." ”