Chapter One Thousand and Four: Western State Crisis

A man who looked like a general walked towards Shen Long, and the white-haired veterans around him bowed to make way. Shen Long looked at the white-haired general in front of him, with dimples on his face, like knives and axes; Shen Long Stand straight and walk a military salute. He handed the transfer documents and waist badge to the general, and said loudly, "The Ninth Cavalry Squadron of Xuange Battalion, Wuwei Army of the Great Tang Dynasty, all report for duty, and the military expenses have been delivered!"

"Yang Xigu, the guardian of Beiting, received it!" Yang Xigu took the document and waist badge, glanced at Shen Long and Lu Shishi, and couldn't help being moved. The two of them were left alone. Under such circumstances, it was not easy to deliver all the military expenses.

Yang Xigu reached into the money bag, took out a copper coin and looked it over carefully, and saw that the copper coin with the outer circle and the inner square was cast with the words Datang Jianzhong, which was quite different from the previous Zhenguan Tongbao and Kaiyuan Tongbao.

The Jianzhong coins of the Tang Dynasty are different from the copper coins minted in the past dynasties. The characters cast on the copper coins in the past are composed of the year name and Tongbao; In order to save themselves, the government began to mint money by itself. In the past, the Dali Tongbao and Jianzhong Tongbao minted by Guo Xin also followed this principle.

But this time, Guo Xin changed the words to Datang Jianzhong. This is by no means a mistake, but to show his loyalty to Datang in this way, and at the same time boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians, telling them that Datang still did not abandon Anxi. The mansion is now in the Jianzhong period of the Tang Dynasty.

"It should be the eleventh year of Jianzhong, right?" Yang Xigu looked at the words on the coin and said, Yang Xigu, like Guo Xin, had been trapped in the Western Regions for many years. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the reign titles of Xingyuan and Zhenyuan were changed successively, so this year is the sixth year of Zhenyuan.

"You two have worked hard from afar, let's go to the city and rest! Ben Duhu will distribute the military expenses to everyone now." After that, Yang Xigu turned around and led Shen Long and Lu Shishi into Xizhou City, Lu Shishi opened his mouth Zhang Zhang seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn’t say anything. He walked alone among the enemies all the way, crossing the desert from Khotan to Xizhou. Lu Shishi was also very tired. As for soldiers and horses, he also wanted to take a rest for a day or two, and then mentioned to Yang Xigu that he was going back to Datang.

Entering the city, Shen Long found that the veterans in the city were all sharpening their swords and preparing their horses, as if they were about to go to battle, Shen Long couldn't help but secretly sighed, it seemed that the fall of Xizhou was not far away, no wonder this advertisement was named "The Great War" Tang Mobei’s Last Transfer”, that’s because shortly after Lu Shishi sent the military funds to Xizhou, Xizhou fell, and from then on, there was only an isolated city of Kucha left in the Anxi Dufu of the Tang Dynasty, and there was no need to Transferred.

Previously, Jie Yujiasi, the Grand Minister of Huihe, led a large army of Huihe to help Beiting, but was defeated by the coalition forces of Tubo, Ge Luolu, Baifu Turks, and Shatuo Turks. to Xizhou.

This year, Jieyujiasi felt ashamed of the failure to rush to aid Beiting, so he "reported all the national soldiers" and recruited 50,000 to 60,000 heavy troops to attack Beiting again. It was also defeated by Tubo; only 160 of the more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in Xizhou City survived.

Yang Xigu originally planned to flee back to Xizhou again, but at this time Jieyujiasi told Yang Xigu strangely that he could let them go back to Hedao and return to the Tang Dynasty. Yang Xigu believed it was true, but was killed by Jieyujiasi. As a result, Xizhou City fell into the enemy's hands, and Kucha became an isolated city.

Now every city is extremely important to the Tang Dynasty and the Anxi Protectorate, and Yang Xigu must not be lost at the hands of Jie Yujiasi, so Shen Long probed, "Is the protector going to fight?"

"Exactly, Jie Yujiasi, the Great Minister of Huihe, invited me to attack Beiting,

Firstly, I was originally the Chief Protector of Beiting, and the opportunity to recover the lost land must not be missed. Second, Jie Yujiasi was invited to rescue Beiting last year, and he has a kindness with us. Don't go! "Yang Xigu said.

"But...but I heard that something happened to Huihe on the way. It seems inappropriate for Jieyujias to attack Beiting again at this time!" Shen Long persuaded. According to the information he collected, he had already I thought of how to solve the crisis in Xizhou, but I'm not sure if I can persuade Yang Xigu and Jieyujiasi.

"Oh? What's the news?" Yang Xigu became anxious when he heard it. He didn't know that this attack on Beiting would lead to a disastrous defeat, but he regarded it as a good opportunity to regain Beiting.

"In March, Huihe Zhongzhen Khan was poisoned by Princess Shaoke Dunye, and his younger brother Yao Luogeduoluosi took advantage of the chaos to succeed to the throne. It doesn’t seem appropriate to lead a large army, right?” Princess Shaoke Dunye is the daughter of Princess Chonghui of the Tang Dynasty and Mou Yu Khan, the former Khan of Huihe, and Princess Chonghui is the daughter of the famous general Pu Gu Huai’en. ,; Because the son of Pugu Huai'en was Ye Hu (the head of a branch of a clan) in Uyghur, so Pugu Huai'en's granddaughter was called "Princess Shao Ke Dun Ye" or "Princess Ye" in Uyghur.

Datang's kinship policy allowed these princesses to suffer the humiliation they shouldn't have endured, but it also left a lot of useful resources. If they can connect with Princess Chonghui and Princess Ye in the future, they might be able to manipulate some of them. Fan, to win a wider living space for the Anxi Protectorate.

"What? Isn't this a rumor?" Yang Xigu was shocked when he heard the words. He had been trapped in Xizhou for a long time and had no news from the outside world, but he didn't know that such a big event had happened. If it was true, it would be better than Jiasi For many years, he has been holding the power of Huihe. Now that Huihe has just changed his khan, Jieyujiasi needs to consolidate his position. It is indeed not appropriate to go out at this time.

"Maybe Jieyu Jiasi wants to use a big victory to maintain his position?" Yang Xigu speculated that he still had hope of taking back Beiting with the help of Jieyu Jiasi.

"If Jieyujiasi attacked Beiting, it would be a victory but not a defeat. If it was a big victory, it might be better. The new Khan was afraid of his military power, so he would not dare to touch him; but if he lost or even just won badly, He will definitely attack Jie Yujiasi, and at that time, will the chief protector be spared? This matter is very important, and the chief protector should be more cautious!" Shen Long continued to persuade.

Jieyujiasi returned to Huihe immediately after this defeat, and dealt with the khan before he attacked first, and re-established a khan. However, Jieyujiasi did not feel complacent for long. Disappeared in the history books, which should be inseparable from his defeat and loss of his own elite.