The endless snow-capped peaks, among several huge mountains, are distributed with vast yellow sand deserts and large fertile grasslands.

A mirror-like lake is embedded in it, with the crystal-clear Resea (Today's Iksai Lake), and to the north is the vast Yibo Sea (Today's Balkash Lake). Countless rivers of all sizes are rushing and flowing among the snow peaks, and the famous Yili River, the broken leaves are intertwined.

This is a rich land with extremely abundant water sources. In the Western Regions, water is the source of life, and Sailye City is located in this unique river valley.

Suiye City was once the westernmost territory of the Tang Dynasty and was the first of the four old Anxi towns. In the seventh year of Kaiyuan, the ten Turkic Khans invited him to live in Suiye City. Tang Jiahui, the governor of the four towns in Datang, suggested that Yanqi Town be replaced by Suiye Town and become the new four Anxi towns.

After the rise of Tuqi Shiren, Saiye City fell into his hands for a while. In the late Kaiyuan period, the Tuqi Shiren gradually declined, and Saiye City became a homeless land. The country of Bahan took the lead in occupying it, but it aroused dissatisfaction from the Shi Kingdom. The two countries had a dispute, which eventually became an excuse for the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi Kingdom to intervene in the Shi Kingdom.

In August, a huge army was approaching the city of Suoye. They were the main force of the Anxi Army that had traveled thousands of miles, Gao Xianzhi was the main general, Li Siye was the deputy general, 20,000 Anxi Tang Army, and 30,000 Geluo mercenaries. They were lined up in a row on the Great Plain. Five thousand Light Cavalrymen were driving in front, with 10,000 infantry in the middle, all of which were all the Modao Army. This was the most elite unit of the Tang Dynasty. Only Anxi had such a large number of equipment. Behind them, there were five thousand crossbowmen, and the formation was neatly arranged. The Tang army targeted the Thunder Ye City twenty miles away.

Gao Xianzhi is located in the middle of the cavalry team. The actual lord of Anxi's face is extremely gloomy at this moment. Halfway through returning from the Imperial Kingdom, he suddenly received an edict from the court, ordering his army to quickly go to Shacheng and act in accordance with the situation of the Shi Kingdom. On the surface, he seemed to have freedom of action, but under the edict, he ordered Li Qing to serve as the Tang Dynasty's envoy to Shi Kingdom, fully resolving the conflict between Shi Kingdom and Bahanna Kingdom. These two orders were placed in an edict, but Gao Xianzhi understood it. The implication was that Gao Xianzhi asked him to act according to Li Qing's instructions.

Gao Xianzhi's anger could hardly be suppressed. Li Qing was the deputy supervisor of Anxi, the chief minister of Anxi, and his subordinate Gao Xianzhi. But now the imperial decree has reversed this relationship of superiors and subordinates. He has no idea what happened between Anxi and the court when Li Qing was an envoy? Gao Xianzhi set out with anger and questions.

But something happened later, which suddenly escalated his dissatisfaction with Li Qing. In Kucha, he intercepted a Tang army escorting Chebishi and his son to Chang'an. He learned that the Shi Kingdom had had a coup and Dou Lu's army actually had an encounter with the Great Cannibal. Gao Xianzhi was furious. He believed that Li Qing had obviously exceeded his power. Li Qing's duty was to mediate the relationship between Shi Kingdom and Bakhanna. Fighting with the Great Cannibal was his military power. Moreover, Chebishi, who was more likely to be more popular with the Great Cannibal, was written clearly in Li Longji's edict, and was executed by Gao Xianzhi, the Great Protector of Anxi.

"Master, King Bakhan is asking for a visit." The personal soldiers' reports interrupted Gao Xianzhi's thoughts.

"That country of Bahan?" Gao Xianzhi slowly raised his head. Isn't that the country of Bahan Li Qing's business? What are you doing to him? Suddenly he understood that this must be for Saiyecheng. He sneered slightly and shouted: "Take him here!"

Gao Xianzhi expected that Pei Luo, the king of Bahan, did come for Saiye City. Saiye City is currently under the control of Bahan, and Pei Luo received news as soon as the Tang army entered the border. He couldn't help but be deeply worried about the future of Saiye City, which would mean that the Tang Dynasty would restore the military town of Saiye City.

The Tang Dynasty had no choice but to restore the town of Suiye, but Bahan had already invested a lot of money in Saiye, digging rivers and canals, building city walls, and cultivating land. The Tang Dynasty could not take it away if it was taken away. At least he had to give him an explanation, how to compensate Bahanna's losses? Moreover, Li Qing, as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, had reached an understanding with him that before the Dashi Army's eastern expedition, the Tang Dynasty would not take back Saiye City.

But Gao Xianzhi's army came straight to Suiye City. Pei Luo thought about it again and again. He decided to explore the purpose of the Tang army first before making a decision.

"Pei Luo, the Lord of Bahan, met with the Grand Marshal!"

From a distance, Pei Luo bowed to Gao Xianzhi, but Gao Xianzhi did not respond. He just glanced at him coldly, and suddenly pointed at him with a whip and said, "As soon as my army arrived, I order the army of Bahanna to withdraw from Suiye City within five hours, otherwise I will regard you as declaring war on the Tang Dynasty!"

Pei Luo was shocked, and he bowed to Gao Xianzhi again and said, "I have reached an understanding with Minister Li. Bahan's army is responsible for guarding the northern part of the Shi Kingdom to prevent the Dashi Army from breaking from the north to the back of the Shi Kingdom. Now the army is building fortifications along the Suiye River area. Can the Grand Marshal be graceful for a few days?"

It was okay for Pei Luo not to mention Li Qing. When he mentioned Li Qing, Gao Xianzhi's eyes immediately narrowed into a slit, and a gloomy chill appeared in his eyes. "I don't know what Mr. Li, are you talking about Li Qing! The general is responsible for the fight against the Great Food Army, and he has nothing to do with him!" Gao Xianzhi opened his five fingers, shook his eyes, and looked at Pei Luo coldly and said, "You can withdraw from the Thunder Ye City within five hours, otherwise my army will go into the city!"

Facing Gao Xianzhi's rudeness, Pei Luo could no longer help it. He thrust his waist and said, "The Great Tiger and Wolf Army is coming, but Gao Damao ignores the overall situation and keeps trying to force others. This really makes me feel disappointed, okay! I will no longer care about this matter, let him go."

As soon as he turned around, he flew onto a horse and ran straight towards the direction of the Shattered Leaf.

Gao Xianzhi kept watching his back disappear, and then ordered the personal soldiers around him: "Tell me my order, the army will set up camp, and start to pull it out in four hours!"

"If you don't let the property be snatched, and if you don't let the woman touch it, then what are we doing? Are you working hard for them Tangren? I won't do it!"

"Ye Hu, if you want to tell Gao Xianzhi, we Gelu people come only for wealth. If we don't let our brothers eat enough, who will work hard for him?"

"Ye Hu, we, the people of Geluo, are we going to help him with the country. Don't he know how to repay kindness?"

The tent of the Gelulu people was already in chaos, and dozens of generals roared around their leaders, all dissatisfied with Gao Xianzhi letting go of the country of Bahan. The leader of the Gelulu people was called Shaka. He was not tall and strong like a cow, with a red nose and a pair of small eyes the size of mung beans. From the outside, he was a reckless man with developed limbs and simple minds, but at heart he was a sinister and cunning villain who would never suffer any loss.

The Gelulu people were also a Turkic group. They lived in the vast area between Altay and Tacheng, Xinjiang today. They lived by nomadic and hunting. They depended on the Tang Dynasty and worked hard in the battle against the throne. This was a warlike and plundering nomadic people. This time, Gao Xianzhi sent troops to Saiye. Due to the serious shortage of the Tang army in Anxi, he hired this army as his coalition to fight against the Dashi together.

"Don't argue!" Shaka roared and stood up. He walked around the tent with his hands behind his back. Along the way, he repeatedly asked Gao Xianzhi to plunder the city to inspire the morale of the army, but they were all rejected by Gao Xianzhi. Today, the subordinates obviously took a fancy to the wealthy Shiguo and Bana Khanate. If they did not get any benefits, they might have a change in morale of the army.

"You guys go back first, I'll tell the coach now!"

Seeing that the generals were still motionless, he was so angry that he stomped his feet, opened the leather curtain and crawled out.

Just when the leader of the Gelulu people went to find Gao Xianzhi, more than 100 Tang army cavalry guarded Li Qingzheng and rushed towards the northeast ten miles away.

Li Qing also received a report from the scout, "Three hundred miles away, it was found that the main force of the Anxi Army was coming towards Suye City." He was afraid that Gao Xianzhi was arrogant and drove away the Bana Khan army stationed in Suye without asking any questions, and destroyed the resistance food alliance he had finally established. However, Li Qing did not know that just two hours ago, Pei Luo was humiliated by Gao Xianzhi and had already left in anger.

The war horses crossed a hill and saw the Tang army's camp from afar. The guard post had received a signal from scouts. Hundreds of Tang army's escorts were stationed at the gate, blocking Li Qing's way.

"General Xi, it's me!"

Li Qing saw at a glance that the general in charge was Xi Yuanqing who marched into Xiaobolu with him. He rushed forward and bowed slightly on the horse, saying, "General Xi, please inform the general, I have something important to see him."

General Xi looked at Li Qing, and his eyes showed a hint of embarrassment. Gao Xianzhi had ordered that no one would see him. Although he did not say it clearly, the implication was that Li Qing would not be seen.

He smiled reluctantly and said, "Master Dayi is not in good health, Li Duhu should come back another day!"

This was a good excuse, but Li Qing had noticed the change in Xi Yuanqing's face and eyes, and there should be a reputation here. After a change of thought, he immediately asked Xi Yuanqing: "Has the king of the Pakhan Kingdom been here?"

Xi Yuanqing could no longer hide it, so he had to nodded gently. Li Qing suddenly fell silent, and a hint of anger flashed across his eyes. Needless to say, he could guess that Gao Xianzhi would definitely not admit the agreement he agreed with the country of Bahan and drove Pei Luo away. He had sufficient reasons. He could say that the court ordered him to enter Suiye City.

"Then I'll come back another day!" Li Qing turned his head and left, but Xi Yuanqing stopped him, "Li Duhu, might as well wait a moment, I'll ask the Grand Marshal, maybe he doesn't know that Li Duhu will come."

Xi Yuanqing sighed secretly. Seeing that the war was about to begin, the two of them had a conflict. This was not the blessing of the Tang army. Xi Yuanqing really knew Gao Xianzhi. He always had a good idea in Anxi, but since Li Qing came, his authority has been repeatedly challenged, but the court seemed to be on the side of Li Qing. This was actually Gao Xianzhi's panic!

"I'll go now!" After saying that, he turned his horse's head and ran quickly into the camp.

In Gao Xianzhi's big tent, thick curtains blocked the light, and the tent was very dark. The leader of the Gelulu people, Shajia, was like a fighting rooster, with his hands on the table, and his two mung bean eyes stared at Gao Xianzhi fiercely, and his face turned purple due to anger. His hint was almost straightforward, "Master, I don't want to make things difficult for you, but my soldiers came just for money. If I don't give me any rewards, the morale of the army will probably change. I am very worried that they will not be willing to work for the Tang Dynasty again during the war. It is of great importance. Please be aware of the general!"

Gao Xianzhi stared at the red and rotten nose on his face, wishing he could cut it with one knife. What is this? Is it threatening himself? It was supposed to be rewarded after the war, but these bastards have changed their minds now. Gao Xianzhi knew that dogs could not change their shit-eating nature, and they wanted to rob the Shi Kingdom or the Khan Kingdom.

The looting of the city during the war is itself a means of inspiring soldiers. He does not object to it. Besides, the Shi Kingdom is the key to the Silk Road, and there are many rich people in Tuozhe City. Even Gao Xianzhi is moved by his heart. But the problem lies in the attitude of the Geluo people. If Shaga asked softly, he might have agreed to give him the Bakhan country, but now he threatens himself like this, how can he buy his account?

He slapped the sword on the table and said angrily: "If you Geluo people don't want to fight, get back to me. I have something to say first. After the battle, I will thank you very much. But if you are ungrateful and act indiscriminately on your back, don't blame me for being ruthless under the sword!"

Shajia was frightened by Gao Xianzhi's momentum, and the malice of the mung bean eyes disappeared, and his tone immediately softened: "Then I advance my payment and advance my employment fee, this is OK!"

Gao Xianzhi sneered slightly. If he had settled with them now, no one of these Gelulu people would have been left tonight, even the leader in front of him.

Thinking of this, he said lightly: "I have no money now. After the war, I will naturally ask Shiguo and Bahan's country to pay you money. Now you go back and tell your subordinates that if you don't want to fight, get out now!"

Seeing Gao Xianzhi not eating soft and hard, Shajia was very discouraged and bowed to him reluctantly. He turned around and left, but when the leather curtain was lifted, he almost hit Xi Yuanqing who was stroking in.

"Master General, Li Qing is asking for a meeting outside the camp gate!" As soon as Shajia walked out of the leather curtain, he heard Xi Yuanqing reporting to Gao Xianzhi.

‘Li Qing is here!’ Shajia said to himself. He suddenly remembered Che Bishi’s explanation. Li Qing made a fortune in Shiguo. He couldn’t help but move, but he didn’t walk far away and quietly hid in a nearby tent.
Chapter completed!