Liang Jianfang saw that the opponent's armor was also Tang Jun's, and leaned down again and walked back to the rear of the high slope.

"There is a team of soldiers and horses just passing by, and it looks like our Tang Army."

Zhang Shigui hesitated: "Is it Pei Xingjian's soldiers and horses?" ”

Liang Jianfang sat down with him for a moment to discuss, some things were still uncertain, and he couldn't easily believe them.

Zhang Shigui was older than Liang Jianfang, and he followed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, to conquer Luoyang and crusade against Wang Shichong.

was named the Duke of the Kingdom, and then went to Gongzhou to govern the army, and when he returned to Chang'an, he bumped into this Western Expedition, because of his bad conduct back then, there were a lot of criticisms in the DPRK and the army, and he was not as reused as Qin Qiongcheng bit gold.

I finally got this opportunity, and now I'm just a lieutenant.

Zhang Shigui is a veteran over forty years old, and immediately understood what he was worried about, he changed into a soldier's clothes, tied a cloth towel on his head, "The old man went to visit them." ”

With that, Zhang Shigui ran to the other end of the high slope.

With a quick footstep, he made a detour from here to the other side, stopping in front of the caravan.

Xue Rengui was patrolling around the neighborhood when he saw a stranger blocking the road, wearing the clothes and leather armor of a Tang sergeant.

And Zhang Shigui also looked at each other.

"Under the command of General Liang Jianfang, I came to investigate, and I dare to ask if it was Pei Duhu's soldiers and horses in person?"

Xue Rengui bowed his head and said: "Exactly, the last general is Xue Rengui, the general under Pei Xingjian's command, dare to ask where the general's soldiers and horses are?" ”

Zhang Shigui replied: "I will arrive in a few days, but I don't know that the capital of the Persian king is still safe." ”

Xue Rengui's whole person was dark, and his eyes were much sharper than when he was in Chang'an City.

"I also asked General Xue to take his humble post to see the Persian royal capital."

"It's fine."

Xue Rengui motioned for the Luo team behind him to turn around and give Zhang Shigui a camel.

"It's not easy for the army to trek here, it's when the melons and fruits in the Western Regions are ripe, we used the melons and fruits as military food all the way, and the army came on the march, and we encountered a wind and sand before, and the army had to stop and station."

Xue Rengui nodded and said: "It will be much better after the water and soil of Persia, and you will arrive after the valley in front of you." ”

Zhang Shigui didn't say much, and followed in the direction of the Persian royal capital.

When the caravan crossed a river, there were more greenery in front of them, and after walking a little further, they came across an earthen city.

After walking a little further, I saw more pedestrians and camel caravans, and even many people from the Western Regions who were patrolling around on war horses.

After that, you can see the Tang army, Xue Rengui explained: "Our soldiers and horses of the Anxi Protectorate Headquarters have always been stationed on the Persian royal city, and there are more than 50,000 soldiers and horses here, including the remnants of Persia, the Western Regions, Gaochang, and the Western Turks. ”

The walls of the Persian royal capital looked high, and the entire city was earthy brown, and Ashinadur was sitting in front of the city and staring intently at the Tang man brought back by Xue Rengui.

Zhang Shigui smiled at Ashinadur, and entered the Persian royal capital with Xue Rengui.

"It's not like a place to prepare for a big war at all."

Xue Rengui explained: "Pei Du Hufu means that even if the army wants to fight, it needs military salaries and grain and grass, and the city cannot refuse merchants. ”

"I see."

Zhang Shigui looked at the Persians who were in good shape, and became more and more curious about Pei Xingjian, a young man.

As soon as I entered the city gate, I saw a stall behind the city gate, and it seemed that the merchants had to pay here.

Seeing the stack of gold coins on the table, Zhang Shigui's eyes were stunned.

Unexpectedly, when merchants entered the Persian king's capital to buy and sell goods, they had to pay three gold coins.

Just after one more look, Zhang Shigui withdrew his gaze and continued to follow Xue Rengui, and the Persian king's capital became more lively.

There was the laughter of Persian women, and there was the sound of angry scolding.

It's just that there are more Tang soldiers in the city.

Zhang Shigui didn't say a word, he kept observing the situation in the city, and his heart was a lot calmer.

The domed Persian palace in front of you is flanked by trees and even a small river with a clear flow.

On one side of the palace there was a hut, in front of which stood quite a few Tang troops.

Xue Rengui turned over and got off the camel and walked into the hut.

Zhang Shigui saw the situation in the house, and finally saw a young man wearing a Tang round-necked shirt, looking about twenty years old.

Pei Xingjian saluted: "I don't know when General Liang Jianfang's soldiers and horses will arrive in Persia." ”

Zhang Shigui replied: "It is as short as two days, and as long as half a month." ”

"Hmm." Pei Xingjian nodded, and said to Xue Rengui on the side: "Brother Xue, clean up the royal capital today." ”

"Whoa." Xue Rengui nodded when he heard this.

And Pei Xingjian took Zhang Shigui to introduce the situation in the city, and he had already heard Xue Rengui talk about the specific situation once.

Zhang Shigui was curious: "What about the king of Persia?" ”

Pei Xingjian explained: "He is in the palace, and when General Liang Jianfang arrives, the king of Persia will come to greet him in person." ”

"I don't understand, the kings of Persia are obviously Persians, why are everything here, including the taxes in front of the city gate, from the Tang people?"

Pei Xingjian explained: "This Persian king was snatched by us from the big cannibals, and the old king of Persia fled, he took away some of the nobles of Persia, but unfortunately, these people were intercepted and killed by the big cannibals, including the old king." ”

"I have seen the legal order of Persia in the past, and the people who took care of the royal capital, including those who governed the royal capital, were also Persian nobles, since they had to fight with the great cannibals, everything here must be subject to our arrangement."

Zhang Shigui was very satisfied with Pei Xingjian's governance, at least the Persian kings seemed to be vibrant, and he didn't see them causing trouble in Persia.

Now it seems that the news and reports seen in the Western Regions are true.

Pei Xingjian first took him to see An Yanyan, "This is a member of the old clan surnamed Zhaowu Jiu back then, he was in charge of the goods in the Persian royal capital, and he was also the money bag and grain bag of our Tang army in Persia. ”

An Yanyan politely saluted the strange Tang man.

Pei Xingjian took him to meet Adalan in Persia and introduced: "This is Adalan, who was in charge of the Gaochang people in the Ministry of Rites back then, and now he has 10,000 Gaochang soldiers and horses. ”

Adalan saluted slightly, "I've seen this general. ”

Pei Xingjian said with a smile: "Gaochang soldiers and horses are also our main force, and they are now stationed in a remote city three miles away. ”

The situation in Persian City is very complicated, so complicated that there are people from all walks of life, including people from the Western Regions, as well as Gaochang people, and even the original Turkic soldiers and horses, such as the soldiers and horses of all ethnic groups under the Great Tang Dynasty Khan gathered in Persia to fight against the Great Eclipse.

Pei Xingjian took him to see Ashnadur again, "This is the Turkic Terre Ashnadur, and he still has 5,000 Turkic soldiers and horses in his hands to take care of the situation outside the Persian royal capital." ”

Knowing the distribution of power in the Persian royal capital today, Zhang Shigui has a general appearance in his heart.

All these soldiers and horses were under the command of Pei Xingjian, and the Tang people were in charge of the inner city of Persia.

Zhang Shigui followed Pei Xingjian on the city wall of the Persian royal capital, and saw that there were still many Guanzhong disciples practicing in the west of the Persian royal capital.

Pei Xingjian said in a low voice: "Of the eight thousand Guanzhong disciples brought at the beginning, there are still two thousand, and the other thousand are brought by Wang Xuance, and the rest have returned to the Western Regions, and there are records in the Anxi Protectorate. ”

Zhang Shigui has seen the records of the Anxi Protectorate, because he wants to pass on the news, there have always been soldiers and horses coming and going between the Western Regions and Persia, and there are many news exchanges from the Anxi Protectorate to Persia.

Whether it is governing or managing the army, Pei Xingjian can govern the Persian kings with such complex personnel like this, and it has to be said that his talent is very high.

Zhang Shigui asked again: "I don't know where General Wang Xuance went." ”

Pei Xingjian's chin also grew some beard, and he bowed his head and said: "General Wang Xuance took a thousand soldiers and horses to Tianzhu, and the news that he just sent last month failed to borrow troops, and now he has gone to Tubo again, and borrowed troops from the Tubo people to attack Tianzhu." ”

"Tianzhu?"

Pei Xingjian smiled ashamedly, so he had to explain, "The war in Persia is very complicated, once the war starts, it is not only the war between Persia and Dashi, but also many small countries around it, this is not a matter of one country and one country, Tianzhu people helped Da Shi back then, and the incident of that time was written down by a certain family and is about to be liquidated." ”

"In Wang Xuance's words, the big cannibal war elephant that was lent to him is now going to settle accounts after the autumn, and he has to destroy Tianzhu, so that the rear of Persia can feel at ease, and he has no choice but to laugh."

Zhang Shigui was secretly shocked in his heart, not to mention how Wang Xuance was going to fight with a thousand soldiers and horses, just saying that he was going to destroy Tianzhu, this matter sounded incredible.

After standing on the city wall for half an hour, the heat was unbearable, Pei Xingjian took Zhang Shigui and walked down the city, "When he won the first battle, the general of Dashi Omer won the battle, and that battle was also thrilling, and the next time he came to conquer not only Umar, but also a general named Khaled, but Ashinadur had already sent a letter to the Turks, and he would call his brother Ashina Funian to come to the aid of Persia." ”

It seems to have become the center of the world situation, if the Great Eclipse wins, the territory of the Great Eclipse borders the Tang Dynasty, and the two countries will go to war without the buffer zone of Persia.

This is a battle of change across Central Asia, where the Great Cannibals have penetrated the straits and hold a huge amount of land and people.

Pei Xingjian said in a low voice: "If this battle is lost, it is very likely that Datang will stop the pace of westward expansion, and the DPRK and China are also so worried about this." ”

Zhang Shigui replied: "I don't understand the humble position. ”

Pei Xingjian sighed, "General Liang Jianfang brought 20,000 soldiers and horses?" ”

"In fact, there are nearly 30,000, and there are 30,000 soldiers and horses by the son of Duan Zhixuan, the Duke of Fanguo, and the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong led by Duan Zan are reorganizing the army in the Western Turks, and they will be able to gallop to help Persia in the near future."

Pei Xingjian nodded and said: "With Persia's current financial resources, it doesn't hurt to raise 150,000 soldiers and horses, don't look at Persia now that Persia can only breathe, Persia is actually rich." ”

Now that I think about it, it was wise for the Ministry of Rites to advocate aid to Persia.

Zhang Shigui left the Persian royal capital.

When he came to the previous high slope, Liang Jianfang took his soldiers and horses to camp here.

Liang Jianfang listened to what he saw and heard in Persia, and had a rough idea in his heart, "The king of Persia is all under the control of our Tang people?" ”

Zhang Shigui nodded, "The king of Persia is just a person with no real power, Pei Xingjian is presiding over all the big and small affairs in Persia, and there is a special person to manage money and grain. ”

Liang Jianfang said loudly: "Whole army!" Tomorrow we will leave for Persia. ”

There was a cheer in the army, and everyone began to pack their baggage.

The next day, before dawn, the team set out from here.

After days of marching, they were already exhausted, and everyone in the army breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the Persian royal capital.

Liang Jianfang saw Pei Xingjian and Xue Rengui standing in front of the city, and the stone in his heart finally landed.

When he came from the Western Turks with a large army, if Pei Xingjian didn't answer here, he didn't know what to do, and he might have to go back to Anxi in embarrassment.

Pei Xingjian did not disappoint him, Liang Jianfang stepped forward and said: "The old man came with the Anxi army, and his efforts were not in vain. ”

Zhang Shigui beside Liang Jianfang had already changed into an armor, and this outfit didn't look like a scout spy.

Zhang Shigui explained: "I came here yesterday to investigate without my identity, I don't know what the situation is, I don't dare to let the army move lightly, if the king of Persia is not like this, I will plan to attack Persia again." ”

Xue Rengui is somewhat dissatisfied with this kind of thing, and Tang Jun still doesn't trust Tang Jun?

Pei Xingjian said with a smile: "Naturally, you should be steady, the dishes have been prepared in the city, and I don't know if the food of the Persians is suitable for your appetite, and I invite the army into the city for a banquet." ”

When the people entered the city, the main road was filled with all kinds of meat, cakes, and wine.

As soon as the soldiers entered the city, they began to feast, marching for a month, and those days were really not human.

There are also Persians dancing and singing all around.

Pei Xingjian took Liang Jianfang and Zhang Shigui to the Persian palace.

Compared to the bustling Persian capital, the royal palace is much more deserted.

The king of Persia was the Persian prince Belus who asked for help from the Tang Dynasty back then, An Yanyan stood beside the king of Persia and said with a smile: "I have seen two great generals. ”

The king of Persia also saluted, "Thank you to the two great generals for coming to the aid of Persia." ”

Zhang Shigui whispered, and Liang Jianfang's gaze fell on An Yanyan, "You are the one who killed the Western Turkic Khan?" ”

An Yanyan whispered: "General, it's easy to kill a person in Persia. ”

This is a barbaric place, at least under Pei Xingjian's current rule, everything has returned to order.

As for the matter of killing the Ni Khan, it is just that the court and the central government will not pursue it, and Persia still needs people like An Yanyan.

The king of Persia invited the two great generals to stay in the palace and prepared food and drink.

It can be seen that the king of Persia is obedient to Pei Xing's frugality.

There were Persian women dancing at the banquet in the palace, Liang Jianfang didn't want to look at this, he asked Pei Xingjian in a low voice, "This Persian king is so submissive?" ”

Pei Xingjian said in a low voice: "He doesn't have a choice, as soon as our Tang people leave, Persia will be gone, and the subordinate An Yanyan is not familiar with it, I heard that he helped the Hou of Lishan County to do things." ”

Liang Jianfang took out a compass, "This compass was also given to the old man by the Hou of Lishan County." ”

Pei Xingjian nodded, and said, "The Marquis of Lishan County has withdrawn from the court now?" ”