"The general's injury must not be disclosed to the outside world."
"yes!"
"Bury these warriors on the spot. They were killed by the traitor Leonti and the Tang Dynasty's internal guards. We will avenge this sooner or later!"
"yes!"
The little black big horse sat in the main seat with a golden sword, his neck was bandaged, and his voice was slightly hoarse and low.
Yang Zaiwei and Pu Ximi stood on the left and right, watching her blame the death of her soldiers on the Tang Dynasty's attack, and use her injuries to cover up the abnormalities in her voice and intonation as she issued orders. In addition to surprise, there was inevitably scrutiny and fear.
Especially Yang Zaiwei.
He once pretended to be his twin brother Yang Zaisi. The two looked almost the same. However, due to the difference in behavior, Li Yan found out his authenticity. Later, he put on a mask and a toga and became a "commander", and Yang Sijian was killed.
The influence cultivated by father and daughter is absorbed, and they become more aware of the difficulty of pretending to be another person.
The mysterious man in front of me has turned into General Abu. Even if you look closely, there is no trace at all. It can be said that it is fake and real!
What kind of human skin mask can have such a terrifying effect?
Has the current technology of interior defenders reached this point?
Xiao Hei unceremoniously used his identity as an internal guard. After stabilizing the situation, he asked the soldiers to exit the tent and clapped his hands: "Hang him up!"
Puaduli was let down, and Ginjiu Abu was hoisted up.
Things are changing.
A few hours ago, he had confidently interrogated the traitor, but now he was being interrogated by the traitor. General Abu's face was obviously gray, but his expression remained calm. He slowly closed his eyes and consciously turned off his senses.
But the next moment, an indescribable tingling sensation hit his heart. He suddenly opened his eyes and opened his mouth wide, but no sound came out.
Yang Zaiwei slowly retracted his fingers, feeling nostalgic: "It was twenty years ago to torture with consciousness-only energy... If you don't want to suffer, just explain it as soon as possible. When the energy penetrates deep into the meridians, you will not be able to survive, and you will not be able to die."
!”
The stinging sensation subsided slightly. General Abu took a few deep breaths and said coldly: "Come on, you don't dare to keep me for a long time. The longest is just ten days of torture before entering the Tang Dynasty. I will suffer
Stay here!"
Yang Zaiwei was not surprised and continued to act.
The silent torture began.
But after a quarter of an hour, Yang Zaiwei stopped.
This person does have willpower, and the consciousness-only energy targets the five senses and can torture him into an ignorant and useless person, but the secrets in his heart still cannot be 100% unearthed.
Moreover, he admired the Dashi general in his heart. He felt that he was brave and resourceful and could take the lead even when there were traitors everywhere around him. He was worthy of respect, but he did not want to humiliate him.
"Don't stop, keep going!"
Pu Ximi was not so magnanimous. He was almost exposed for his collusion with the Tang Dynasty. He walked between life and death. He wished he could kill the person in front of him with a thousand knives: "You are so stubborn now, just don't beg for mercy with tears in your eyes!"
"
General Abu was covered in cold sweat, his features were distorted in pain, but his eyes remained firm and he did not bother to answer.
"Severe torture is the next best thing!"
At this moment, Leonti stood up: "How about cutting off this man's escape route and letting him become a traitor to the Caliphate?"
Pu Ximi's eyes lit up: "How to do it?"
Leonti obviously had an idea. He took out a letter and handed it to Puaduli: "This is a letter I forged. How similar is it?"
Puaduli took it, read it carefully, and commented: "I can't tell the authenticity from the fake. It's like it was written by a general, but it lacks the family coat of arms..."
Just like the seals of the Tang Dynasty, Dashi generally used family crests as a way to identify authenticity. However, when Leonti turned his hand, it turned out to be a delicate small seal.
Puaduli was very surprised: "This... is so similar!"
Pu Ximi grinned: "Okay! With this evidence of a secret connection with the Tang Dynasty, let's see how the Caliph treats our loyal and brave general!"
Listening to several people discussing face to face on how to discredit their loyalty in front of the monarch, General Abu's eyes fluctuated and he said with hatred: "Despicable actions cannot shake my loyalty to the Caliph, let alone the Caliph's trust in me!"
Leonti shook his head: "General, don't deceive yourself. You are surrounded by traitors, including personal guards, scholars, and guests. With these letters of secret communication with the Tang people, even if the Caliph originally believed in you, he would probably feel guilty.
Somewhat doubtful!”
"And just these few doubts have doomed your fate!"
"Given the general's prestige in the military, once he betrays us, it will be much more harmful than us. The Caliph is a wise monarch, and he will not take the risk of being driven in by the Tang Dynasty just for a few trusts!"
General Abu gritted his teeth but did not argue.
He knew that the other party was right.
Once the envoys entered the Tang Dynasty and surrendered to the enemy, the Caliph would not ignore the overall situation for one of his confidants, and would definitely label them as traitors!
Leonti observed his expression and softened his tone: "I have no doubt at all about the general's determination to die loyally for the country, but you must be very unwilling to do so. The operation to capture the traitor fell short, and you have to be accused of being a spy.
, life is worse than death!”
"The person who can provide you with the identity of an inner guard is by no means an ordinary person. Tell us his name. We will enter the Tang Dynasty as an envoy and have our own battle. Perhaps we can survive the desperate situation and turn defeat into victory.
!”
"Don't you want to seize this opportunity, General?"
General Abu's expression quickly regained his composure: "As expected of a scholar with extraordinary wisdom, he is really eloquent. It's a pity that you can't fool me. I have no chance to turn defeat into victory!"
Leonti raised his brows: "You are as proud as a general, why should you just give up?"
General Abu said calmly: "There is a difference between pride and arrogance. You traitors have been prepared for a long time. I have failed. It is time to accept the reality. As a prisoner, the only chance is to prevent you from getting what you want!"
"After I die, that traitor from the Tang Dynasty will still contact Dashi, making the internal guards' years of infiltration efforts come to nothing!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You can never expect to find clues from me to solve this serious problem!"
Seeing that this man refused to accept his advice, Leonti also frowned, and Pushmi suddenly sneered beside him: "No need to ask anymore, he may not even know who the traitor from the inner guard was who leaked the information."
Puaduli was puzzled: "How could you not know?"
Pu Ximi said: "The person who can betray you is not a senior official of the internal defense, but also a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty. Only then will he have the opportunity to know the identity of the internal agent lurking in the enemy country. If the other party is exposed, it will be a handle in the hands of Da Shi. How can he be willing?"
"
Leonti nodded slightly: "So that Tang Dynasty official will only give information but not his identity. It is this doubt that General Abu wanted to test before. One purpose is to lure us out. On the other hand, because he
I’m not sure whether the information is true or false?”
When Puaduo dawned, he stepped forward with a voice of hatred: "But if this is the case, this butcher will be useless. His hands are stained with the blood of devout people. In the name of Allah, kill him!"
Yang Zaiwei stopped him: "This is speculation after all and has not been confirmed. Moreover, with his character, I am afraid he is not willing to be led by the other party. He entered the Tang Dynasty as an envoy and wanted to stir up trouble, so he obviously had something to rely on...
…”
Leonti said slowly: "If you can't get him to speak next, you can take him into the Tang Dynasty and set up a trap to lure the traitor out, but the risk is very high, so you should be prepared!"
During the discussion, everyone's eyes fell on General Abu intentionally or unintentionally. The latter's eyes flickered, his expression changed several times, and finally turned into a sneer: "You have done a good job in analysis, so do it... It's not too late to kill me now."
, so as not to regret it later after entering the Tang Dynasty!"
Yang Zaiwei, Leonti, Pu Ximi and Puaduli had different expressions, and finally looked at Xiao Hei subconsciously.
This mysterious but crucial person never expressed his opinion.
Xiao Hei finally spoke: "Although we, who belong to the Tang Dynasty camp, have the upper hand, there are still Dashi soldiers and members of the envoy outside. The interrogation cannot be made big, and we want to obtain key information, so time is limited..."
"General Dashi, who is in prison, is walking on the edge of life and death. He is unwilling to die like this, and he is unwilling to leak the information. We have to remove the traitors inside, so we can only use the trick and try our best to deal with it..."
"Everyone has their own fears, and each has his own determination!"
"But no matter what, we have the upper hand. At this time, if we are afraid of risks and stagnate, then it may be General Abu who hangs others up for torture in the near future!"
At this point, she looked around at everyone and made the final decision: "If you are afraid of a bird, enter the Tang Dynasty and see who laughs last!"
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"The official road is ahead!"
Xiao Hei sat on the tall horse, looking at the scenery not far away, looking excited.
After returning to this world for nearly two months, I finally arrived at my hometown.
She was not timid about being close to home, but felt sincerely happy, because what she saw along the way had given her a glimpse of what was happening in the Tang Dynasty, and she had a taste of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty today.
I still remember that when I was sent to Tibet as an envoy, the border between the two countries was also desolate. It was still Chiling on the right side of Long. Now this area is far to the west from Hexi, but it is full of convoys and people setting up camps.
In between, it was very lively.
This is partly due to the stability of the Silk Road.
The trade routes that originally connected the east and west countries had to go through various countries and were filled with risks. Ordinary small businessmen were simply unable to travel alone. Even if they were lucky enough to make trades, they would have to trade their lives for money. They were not large-scale. Only big businessmen with astonishing backgrounds could travel.
Earn a lot of money.
After the rise of Tubo and the increasing number of bandits, which threatened the four towns, even the big merchants no longer dared to take the road from Longyou to Anxi.
Now that Tubo has long been destroyed, the western frontier is stable, and all the barbarians have surrendered, and they no longer have the intention to peep and disturb. The imperial court has also set up a post station ten miles away on the main traffic road, and set up a post house thirty miles away on some remote roads to ensure that
With smooth traffic and reduced risks, more and more caravans are naturally attracted to join in.
The smooth flow of goods has also promoted the prosperity of various parts of Anxi. Coupled with the garrison to suppress bee bandits and the expansion of farming, the original places where tribes dispersed have turned into new towns.
Due to the rapid increase of prefectures and counties, in order to facilitate management, the imperial court also established the Beiting Protectorate in Tingzhou, which governed the vast area north of the Tianshan Mountains, including the Altai Mountains and the west of Balkhash Lake.
Therefore, the current structure is that the Beiting Protectorate and the Anxi Protectorate divide the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, linking thousands of miles, ensuring social stability, and allowing unprecedented development of agriculture, animal husbandry, commerce, and handicrafts in the northwest region.
Xiao Hei doesn't care whether the territory of the Tang Dynasty expands again. In her opinion, every new town here is a distribution center for markets and goods, as well as a place where the civilization of the Tang Dynasty is inclusive of all ethnic groups.
Historically, the Tang Dynasty reached its territorial peak during the Li Zhi era, but soon lost a lot of territory during the Wu Zetian era. After that, Tubo rose up and competed with it for the Western Region, repeatedly stalemateing in the four towns of Anxi.
On the one hand, this change is due to the fact that Wu Zetian was the leader of the country. In order to stabilize her own power, she was good at killing border generals, which gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of. However, the proportion of this factor is not high. Hei Te Changzhi and others were indeed
However, Wang Xiaojie and other outstanding generals promoted him, so overall the impact was not great.
The real key is that the rule of the Anxi Protectorate was relatively weak. This area was equivalent to Xinjiang in later generations, the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan combined. It was vast and sparsely populated, with various ethnic groups mixed. Many areas were nominally vassalized. There was no
In essence, the territory of taxation and control seems vast, but what is actually maintained is the sovereignty of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and the local autonomy is still alien.
This caused the national power of the Tang Dynasty to decline slightly, and the distant Anxi was immediately turbulent. During the Wuzhou court, many ministers even proposed to give up their rule here, because the cost of stationing the army was too great, and the gain was not worth the loss. Then the Anshi Rebellion broke out,
A large number of garrison troops from the Anxi Protectorate were transferred to the interior to participate in countering the rebellion. Tibet took the opportunity to invade, but they were not able to fully control the land. In the end, the local people, such as Kucha, restored the country.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Until this world, the Tang Dynasty is planning to spend several generations on this vast land to immigrate and colonize, set up counties and counties, build cities and defenses, and civilize foreign races.
, making it completely naturalized both geographically and culturally and economically.
This is an extremely important piece of advice that Li Yan left to Li Hong before he was promoted.
Such management does not ensure that the northwest will remain in the hands of the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years later. However, just as the Han Dynasty opened up the Hexi Corridor, although it was occupied by foreigners, it eventually returned to the Han country. This deep-rooted influence is a great cause for generations to come.
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Of course, eating too much is uncomfortable.
The people of the Tang Dynasty farmed all the way to their doorsteps. The contrast in national power between the two countries became more and more obvious, and the gap was also widening rapidly. With such a neighbor eyeing them, any monarch would have trouble sleeping and eating.
Therefore, on the one hand, this powerful Arab country tried every means to cause trouble to the Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, it had to obediently send out envoys to perform dances and celebrate the birthday of the Tang emperor, and did not dare to directly cause evil.
"Ah!"
Xiao Hei tried to figure out the mentality of the General Abu he was playing, and led the team towards the post house.
The posthouse here is more like a gathering of travelers who have settled in the country. In the center is the official building, and around it are places that receive caravans from various countries.
As an envoy, they naturally had to enter the official accommodation of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, as soon as they approached, a group of guards came to greet them in an orderly manner.
The leader, an official dressed as a scribe, had a calm face and held his hands far away: "Jia Zhong'an, the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple, welcomes foreign guests. I wonder which country he is?"
Honglu Temple is in charge of ethnic affairs and foreign affairs reception activities. The fact that the temple minister is from the sixth rank appears here, which shows that he still pays more attention to the diplomatic missions from various countries. However, the other party spoke in Chinese. It was inconvenient for Xiao Hei to reply directly, so he waved.
Let Leon communicate in advance.
Leontize immediately stepped forward, showed his credentials with the Umayyad family's coat of arms, proved the identity of the envoy, and demanded proper treatment.
However, the Honglu Temple official took it and after examining it carefully, he frowned slightly: "Dashi envoys, you... please come with me first!"
Leonti noticed that not only the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple, but also the officials on the left and right had strange expressions when they heard about the Dashi envoy. They hurried back to the team and reported in a low voice: "General, something is wrong..."
Xiao Hei said calmly: "No need to panic, just stop at the inn and find out the situation."
Check-in of the envoys.
The situation was quickly discovered, which surprised Xiao Hei: "A month ago, the Dashi envoys entered the country, and they were received by Honglu Temple? Is this someone pretending to be us?"
Leonti said: "No, it's not a simple counterfeit. We have credentials, and so do the envoys. Even what we don't have, they have..."
Xiao Hei asked curiously: "What do they have?"
Leonti paused and said uneasily: "In that envoy, there is the first dancer to dance to the saint, the living Lanmasanti!"