It is recorded in the history books that when those nomadic tribes were strong, it was really the gods who blocked and killed the gods, and the Buddhas who blocked and killed the Buddhas.

It seems to destroy the world and destroy everything in the world without any problem.

When the nomads were strong, it was natural to catch up with the decline of the Central Plains Dynasty.

It's like a certain period that can't be mentioned, such as the Xiongnu, Rouran, Turkic, Khitan, Jinmeng, etc., all of which have had a highlight period.

However, over the millennium, the bright days of this kind of nomadic people, even if they are combined, are not many.

In the real sense, it was the Central Plains Dynasty that beat the nomads.

For the people of Datang, they are lucky, because Datang is in a period of glory at this time.

For the Uighur, Turgish, Qarluq and other tribes, the days were bleak.

Because Datang's squeeze is too serious.

The number of cattle, sheep and horses demanded by the Tang Army every year has been increasing, and it is already unaffordable for them.

And over the years, both Gao Xianzhi and Guo Ziyi have been very keen to summon them to serve in the military and fight, even to the extent that they have to be mobilized to fight horse bandits.

Not to mention the heavy losses of the young and strong people in the tribe, there is basically no benefit to speak of, at most some insignificant rewards.

If you dare to complain, the Datang knife will be cut down immediately.

For example, here in Turgish, two emissaries who had interceded in the hope of reducing the number of tributes were cut off in three years.

Whether it is Gao Xianzhi or Guo Ziyi, they are ruthless people in the true sense, and they will never have a chance to show mercy when they start, which is completely different from those turbans who don't know what their surname is when they hear three good words.

They never bothered to explain anything to the tribe, they just gave orders, and if they couldn't do it or didn't listen, the army would drive straight over.

It is precisely because he knows the strength of the Tang Dynasty and knows that those tribes on the prairie are receiving the terrible reduction.

Under the strong fear, they did not dare to offend Datang, so they could only knock out their teeth and swallow blood.

But the anger in my heart is accumulating gradually.

On this day, the Khahu of Qarluq (honorific name, similar to Khan) personally came to the Turgish tribe and visited the Charizard Khan.

"Khan."

After a simple and unnutritious reminiscence, Gelulu Ye Hu entered the theme very bluntly: "The Tang Dynasty is too oppressive, the Gelulu tribe can no longer bear it, I want to oppose the Tang, I wonder if the Khan is willing to help?" ”

The Turks are considered to be the successors of the Turks, or the successors of the remnants of the Western Turks after they were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.

They fought with Datang before the establishment of Datang, and they have been fighting for more than 100 years now.

Hatred naturally goes without saying, the entire Turkic was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.

After hearing the words of Gelulu Yehu, the Khan of the Spitting Fire Immortal jumped up and shouted, 'Brother, let's go together~~~'

He asked very calmly, "Can you fight?" ”

That's where the most critical question lies.

The Qarluqs are not wall-topping, because the wall-topping grass is poured only on both sides.

But they are on three sides.

The Tang Dynasty is strong and prosperous with the Tang Dynasty, Tubo comes with Tubo, and when the big food comes, he immediately switches to the big food camp.

I have never heard of any courtesy, righteousness, honesty, and diplomatic credibility, and whoever is strong will follow whom.

No one is born with a preference to be a slave with three surnames, and the only reason is that they can't beat others.

The Tuqi Shi people, who have fought the war with the Tang Dynasty for so many years, are of course very aware of Ge Lulu's strength, even if they add the Tuqi Shi, they are not the opponents of the Tang Dynasty.

Gelulu Ye Hu, the god mysteriously lowered his voice, "The governor of Khorasan, the great cannibal, sent an envoy and agreed with me to attack the Tang Dynasty. If the khan is willing to join, all the south of the Tianshan Mountains will be returned to the khan afterwards. ”

"Big food?"

The eyes of the Fire Spitting Fairy Khan lit up.

Dashi's strength is strong enough, although he has been defeated one after another in the war with Datang over the years, he is still qualified to wrestle with Datang.

"Emperor Tang is also here this time."

Ge Lulu Ye Hu smiled like a profiteer everywhere in the Western Regions, "As long as the war starts, I will wait for a blow from the back. If you can catch the Tang Emperor, let alone the Western Regions, it is not impossible to even live directly in the Central Plains. ”

These words moved the Fire-Spitting Immortal Khan, and the two quickly became enthusiastic, passionately discussing how to divide the spoils after the defeat of the Tang Dynasty.

Speaking of the burning place, the fire-spitting fairy Khan uncontrollably raised his arms and shouted, "I want to rebuild the Turkic Khanate and become the greatest khan~~~"

"Good!"

Ge Lulu Ye Hu, who served as a platter, immediately clapped his hands and applauded, and was about to offer a eulogy, but someone outside the tent loudly reported that "the envoy of the Tang Kingdom is coming~~~"

For a moment, the atmosphere in the tent suddenly fell silent.

Ye Hu and Khan, who looked at each other with each other, looked at each other for a while, Ye Hu nodded and turned around and hid in the back tent.

And the Fire Spitting Immortal Khan also put away the arrogant smile on his face and invited the Tang envoy in.

The Tang envoy with a cold face walked in, not saluting or talking nonsense, but just relaying an order from Guo Ziyi.

"Before the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the Khan of the Fire Immortal will lead no less than 50,000 horsemen to Talas to assemble and wait for orders."

After finishing speaking, the messenger took out a military order, put it in his hand, and stretched out to the Fire-spitting Immortal Khan, "Khan takes the order!" ”

Faced with Datang's attitude of completely treating himself as a vassal and giving orders, the Fire Immortal Khan trembled.

He wanted to call someone in right now and cut down the messenger.

Anyway, they had killed Tang envoys before, so it wasn't a big deal.

But when he thought of the terrible Tang Army, this thought was quickly dispelled.

It's no problem to cut down the Tang envoy now, but after cutting the Tang envoy, the Tang army will come, and then he can still cut down the Tang army?

If I really had this ability, I wouldn't be where I am today.

Holding back the anger in his heart, the Fire Spitting Immortal Khan lowered his head and took the military order, "Got it." ”

Tang Envoy was obviously a little stunned, he didn't expect that Tuqi Shi, who loved to ignore before, was transformed today?

Before he came, he was ready to be cut down, and the army of Beiting had already gathered and was ready to come over at any time.

But I didn't expect that Tuqi Shi was actually cowardly?

How can you coax it, Lao Tzu's name will go down in history, and the opportunity for Lao Tzu's family to be reused will be gone!

The unwilling Tang envoy was driven out of the king's tent with a scolding and scolding.

When Ge Lulu Ye Hu came out, his face was extremely ugly.

Seeing his face, the Fire Immortal Khan figured it out for a moment, Talas was the core of the Qarluqs.

It is clear that the Tang army is planning to fight the Great Eclipse at Talas.

No matter who wins or loses, the Qarluqs, as landlords, are bound to suffer heavy losses.

The Fire Spitting Immortal Khan, who had felt angry before, looked at the distorted face of Ge Lulu Ye Hu, and suddenly felt much better.

After a few words of false comfort, he sent his henchmen back with him to consult with the envoy of the governor of Khorasan.

Not only did the Turgish people receive the mobilization order from the Tang Dynasty, but in fact, all the tribes in the entire Western Regions, no matter how big or small, were mobilized by the Tang Dynasty to drive cattle, sheep and horses to Talas.

In July of the tenth year of Tianbao, the Norno steppe near Talas has become a super huge military camp.

It was only at this time that Li Yunze's main force of the Chinese army set off from Anxi.

However, before going to Talas, Li Yunze went to Shattered Leaf City first.

In the midst of the rebellion of the Turgish more than a decade ago, Shattered Leaf fell into the hands of the Turgish.

Of course, Li Yunze can't tolerate this kind of thing.

This time, the troops were dispatched, and the Broken Leaf City was recovered along the way.

The remaining Turks were directly defeated, and they didn't expect that when their own khan led the army to help Datang fight, Datang copied the nest with his backhand.

In fact, Li Yunze didn't plan to let those tribes who went to Talas come back to the Western Regions this time!

After recovering Broken Leaf City, Li Yunze teased Li Bai and asked him to make a poem for Broken Leaf City, and then continued to cross the Green Ridge to the west and went straight to Talas.

The specific location of Talas is near the Talas River, north of Green Ridge and west of Shattered Leaf City.

The area is open and has a large area of fertile grassland.

When the time came to the beginning of August, after Li Yunze personally led the main force of the Chinese army to arrive at Talas, counting the soldiers and horses of the two protectorates of Anxi and Beiting who arrived in the early stage, the total strength had exceeded 100,000.

In order to provide logistical supplies for this large army, the long supply line was carried from Anxi and Beiting with great difficulty with countless people and livestock.

However, it is still not enough!

At this time, Li Yunze finally missed the train a little.

If there were a railway, a single trip would be enough for a large army to last many days.

This is still Li Yunze's preparations many years in advance, providing supplies from the Western Regions nearby.

If it was transported from a distant pass, it would have been eaten up a long time ago.

This is also the reason why every time the Tang Army goes out to fight, the number of soldiers and horses is always small.

It's not that the Tang Army can't send more soldiers and horses, but that logistics can't support so many soldiers and horses to fight outside.

Just like the Battle of Talas, Gao Xianzhi only brought 20,000 people over.

It's not that Anxi doesn't have more soldiers and horses, it's really no way.

Faced with the lack of supplies, Li Yunze's response was very simple, directly asking for it from the surrounding vassal tribes.

Cattle, sheep, horses, forage, grain, and so on.

Don't give?

If you don't give it, the army will drive over directly and pull everything back.

In the face of more than 100,000 Tang soldiers, no tribe dared to resist.

The Tang Army, where almost everyone wore iron armor, put too much pressure on the tribes.

Of course, doing so would certainly provoke resentment and anger among the tribes.

It's just that Li Yunze doesn't care at all, he just wants to eliminate these unstable factors in one battle.

When the time came to the tenth day of the eighth month, the mighty Great Food Army, through Kangguo and Shiguo, finally arrived at the Talas steppe.

One of the most fierce collisions of this era is about to begin.

(End of chapter)