Chapter 678 Reply before the battle
Ali Arslan searched through all the memories of the Kingdom of Tan, but did not find a name that matched the person in front of him. He just felt that his clothes and armor had many similarities with the Guiyi Army, but now he didn't have to continue thinking about it anymore. The general slowly rode forward and stopped outside the land under the city with an arrow. He seemed to have something to say.
"The Grand Tutor of the Song Dynasty, the Governor of Shazhou, was appointed as the governor of Guiyi Army, Guasha and other states to observe and deal with Yingtian Aifan, and the Dunhuang prince asked Arslan Khan to come forward to speak." A general translator next to Li You loudly translated these words into languages that the Karakhans could understand and sent them into the ears of Arslan and others.
It's really hard for you. I wonder what he translated these long titles into? Under such a serious situation, Li You was thinking of such a messy thing in his heart.
"Are you the general of the Peach Blossom Stone?" Ali Arslan poked his head out from behind the shield. Li You's archery skills just now brought him tremendous pressure, for fear that he would suddenly use a cold arrow to take his life. It was not until he saw that Li You's big bow had been put back behind him that he felt a little relieved and asked.
Peach Blossom Stone is the name of the Western world to the East at this time. The scholars of Karakhan once left such a text, "Qin is divided into three parts, the upper Qin is the Peach Blossom Stone in the east, the middle Qin is the Khitan, and the lower Qin is the Baerhan (i.e. Kashgar). Later, Qiu Chuji also recorded the words of Central Asian people in "Changchun Journey to the West" in "The Legend of the West", "Farmers also made canals to irrigate the fields, while the natives only used bottles to get water and put them back. When they saw the Central Plains, they were happy and said, "The Peach Blossom Stone is a clever thing." Peach Blossom Stone means the Han people."
After the Karakhanate annexed Khotan, they began to call their jurisdiction the lower peach blossom stone, named themselves the peach blossom stone khan, leaving behind the titles of Sulaimankadar Peach Blossom Stone Khan, Peach Blossom Bugela Khan Hassen, Peach Blossom Stone Khan Mahamo, etc.
"I am the Dunhuang King enthroned by the Song Dynasty." Li You said after he had no intention of entangling these details with him. He said, "This time I led the Guiyi Army, the Kingdom of Khotan, Gaochang Uighurs, and Ganzhou Uighurs to recover this city. If you are tactful, you will leave the city obediently and give it to us. Perhaps we will let you go back with kindness, otherwise you will not be so lucky after the city is broken."
Well, Li You boasted about less than 100,000 troops to 150,000, but actually leading some troops is something that has been known as a matter of ancient times. Cao Cao blew up 800,000 troops in the Battle of Chibi. Compared with him, Li You is still very honest, but only half said it was too much, which was also to shock the enemy and weaken their will to resist.
Sure enough, when he heard Li You bringing 150,000 troops, a scream sounded above the city. You must know that Ali Arslan Khan led his army into the Hezhong area five years ago and captured Bukhara City, and now the number of soldiers in Kashgar City is far less than that of the attack of 150,000 troops. If these 150,000 troops were as elite as the army that annihilated the 3,000 Karakhan cavalry just now, they had almost no chance of winning.
"We are believers of the True God, and we can't imagine that we want to surrender to you pagans." The general translation translated Ali Arslan's words to Li You.
"Then, let's see the truth!" Li You didn't think that he could take Kashgar City by talking. The reason he stepped forward was just to add some pressure to his opponent. From the exclamations on the city, Li You understood that his goal had been achieved, so there was no need to continue talking nonsense, and then he slowly left with the translation.
"The Dunhuang King has excellent archery skills and is like a god. We really admire him." Yuchi Sinhalama and Bilego came up from afar, with respect on their faces. Li You's performance just now has convinced them, and it will be easier to command them in the future.
"You don't have to be too polite. It's really that these Karakhans are too careless." Li You smiled and greeted them one by one. "By the way, the soldiers have seized a lot of armored war horses just now, and my Guiyi army can't use that much. You can take it to dice a point." Li You distributed the seizure to each of them.
The Western Regions are far less prosperous than the Central Plains, so it’s okay to have war horses. Armor and weapons are good things. If they get it, they will definitely not be able to give it to others. Li You is so generous and they admire them even more. Yuchi Sinhalama and Lu Sheng quickly thanked him. Bile Ge previously took all the food and war horses in the city for himself. Now seeing Li You doing this, he is not only a little blushing.
Since he had already taken Li You's armor and weapons, he was so embarrassed to hide the food and grass. He quickly patted his chest and said, "I have been marching before, so I didn't have time to share the food with you. Now that I have started camping, I'll send it to you."
This action was based on Ban Chao's suggestion. His long-term experience in commanding the multi-national coalition forces in the Western Regions made Ban Chao deeply understand the importance of unity. If each team is allowed to use the spoils, the consequences will inevitably be that it is easy to fight and no one is willing to chew on the tough bones. Some people even argue about fighting for the spoils, resulting in indelible cracks between the coalition forces, which will fall apart and break them into each of the enemies.
Therefore, the most reasonable choice is to distribute spoils based on the number of meritorious contributions. Li You's move just now was to gradually change this custom and turn it on the right path.
He divided the spoils obtained from the Karakhan cavalry into four parts. The Guiyi Army, as the party that annihilated this cavalry, naturally obtained the most. Although the Khotan, Gaochang Uighurs and Ganzhou Uighurs did not participate in the war, they also put a lot of effort behind them to build camps for the Guiyi Army and naturally should have one.
The same distribution of food and horses obtained by Bilege before was also given. The Gaochang Uighurs received the most. Later, Guiyi Army, Khotan, and Ganzhou Uighurs obtained the due one based on their different roles in this battle. Li You's handling was extremely fair, and Yuchi Sinhalama, Bilege and Lu Sheng were all very impressed.
The walls of Kashgar City are strong and the defenders are strong. They are not something that any of them can take on independently. If they want to capture this city, they must work together. The wealth in the city is piled up like a mountain. If they want to get a big end, they must make contributions that can make others admire them in the next battle. The commanders of several sides are ready to fight hard in this battle.
Chapter completed!