The Uighur can turn his body sideways and put the man on the horse's belly. The horse will run quickly and at the same time shoot an arrow, hitting the opponent's horse.
Armored soldiers kept falling off their horses. The Uighurs shouted, and their horses scattered in all directions, surrounding the enemy on both sides.
Belus drove his horse to follow the Uighurs, and the Persian army behind him kicked up a cloud of dust.
More and more armored soldiers fell, and the Uighurs were only wearing light animal skin coats. They were lighter, could move freely on horseback, and their arrow skills were more accurate.
I don’t know how long I ran. It was dark, and the armored soldiers around Musab finally stopped.
They were surrounded by Uighurs with knives in their hands.
Belus rode his horse up and said in a deep voice: "Mus'Ab, I want you to pay with your life."
The armored soldiers in front of him rushed over, and the Persian soldiers standing behind Belus rushed forward, and the soldiers and horses of both sides fought together for the last time.
Musab took off the iron helmet on his head, pointed at Belus and shouted: "Without the Tang people, you are nothing."
"You killed countless Persians, you deserve to die!"
Musab said angrily: "The Tang people want more land and gold than we want!"
Belus nodded and said: "At least they will let the Persians live."
After saying that, Belus waved his hand, and countless arrows fell on Musab. This time the Persians finally took revenge.
In the city of Babylon, the war here is coming to an end.
Li Xiaoyi asked: "Why should Musab be given to the Persians?"
Liang Jianfang sat on a step, pouring wine into his mouth, "It is not a good thing to want to achieve great achievements at a young age. It is not a good thing that he died in the Tang Dynasty. He was killed by the Persians. Our position in the future
will be better."
"You did this on purpose, knowing that Musab wanted to flee west."
Liang Jianfang said earnestly: "I didn't let the Tibetans go to the west, and they didn't get any great achievements. The Persians won't always let it go and give the Persians a chance to take revenge. We haven't lost anything. You follow me and win."
If you reach this bay, you will have great merit when you return to Chang'an."
Li Xiaoyi was very dissatisfied with Liang Jianfang. This general made a deal with the Persians, but he kept it secret.
Liang Jianfang added: "This is all for your own good."
Li Xiaoyi stood up and said: "No wonder Cheng Chumo said you old bastards are not good people. Now someone understands."
Liang Jianfang smiled in surprise.
Equally angry were the Tubo people.
Zhang Shigui came back, looking a little anxious, "The Gauls have gone to take the holy city to the west."
Liang Jianfang spat again, "Damn, these villains are taking advantage of our main force to fight against the cannibals to take over the Holy City."
"Do we need to send troops to attack them?"
"The large army of soldiers and horses are tired from marching, so I won't bother with them in advance."
Zhang Shigui nodded and said: "It should be so. Everything the Gauls plundered will be ours sooner or later."
The people of the Tang Dynasty were good at settling accounts after the fall, and now that the fighting in the city has come to an end, it is time to clean up.
Lun Qinling, a young Tubo general, stood at a high place and looked at the chaos in the city, not understanding the ways of the Tang people.
Zhang Shigui ordered people to pull out all the dead bodies in the city, count the casualties, and prepare to end the war.
Late at night, Belus came dragging Musab's body.
Lun Qinling jumped down from the roof, looked at the body, and cursed in Tubo dialect.
Musab died like this, and Belus raised a torch and burned his body, along with countless dead cannibals.
The feud between Persia and Dashi that had lasted for more than a hundred years was wiped out at this moment.
Liang Jianfang said to him: "According to the agreement, this city belongs to us Tang people. This city is very good. From now on, it will be the Protectorate of our Tang Dynasty. This bay also belongs to us."
Belus saluted respectfully and said: "The agreement between Persia and General Liang Jianfang is still valid. This place belongs to the Tang people."
Seeing Li Xiaoyi's gloomy attitude, Liang Jianfang patted him on the back and said, "Boy, this is a very good deal. A life is exchanged for a piece of land. What else do you have to worry about."
Li Xiaoyi turned his head, still unhappy.
"When this place is tidied up and new generals have been sent to the court, you can follow me back."
When the boy didn't reply, Liang Jianfang kicked him, "Ignorant boy, your brother is still waiting for you to return to Chang'an to start a family. He is very tolerant of letting you come to the west for expedition. The clan members still want to lead the army. You really need a lesson."
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Li Xiaoyi was unconvinced and said: "Why can't the clan members be in charge of the army?"
Liang Jianfang nodded and said: "A lot of things have happened in Chang'an City in recent years. The emperor has changed, and many people have also changed. Is the situation different? You will know when you go back."
Li Xiaoyi looked at the moon in the sky and said: "It will probably be next summer when we return to Chang'an City."
The journey back was very long. This was the farthest Li Xiaoyi had ever left home. He lowered his head and felt homesick for some reason.
He was not the only one who was homesick, there were also many Tang people who had been coming to Persia for several years, and the war was finally over.
After so many years of support, they are very tired. This time they can get enough rewards when they go back.
Liang Jianfang asked Xiang Belus, "Is there a pyramid to the west?"
"General, there is indeed a kind of high tower in the west, which is used to bury people. I have not seen it personally, but on the other side of the strait, you have to pass through the Holy City. Today, the Holy City is in the hands of the Gauls."
Belus bowed and saluted, "I will let the Persians inquire."
Zhang Shigui ordered people to collect all the books here. He needed to consult the classics to facilitate future management.
The writings of the Great Cannibal were not good to read, so he still found some Persian and Cannibal vendors to translate them. He had been looking through these classics and wanted to record everything here and the history and send them to the Tang Dynasty.
Liang Jianfang ordered people to rebuild the city of Babylon and set up a monument outside the city to write down Musab's various crimes, including those he framed against the Tang people.
Yin was not killed by the Tang Dynasty, but Musab killed his brother to usurp the throne with the intention of continuing the war with the Tang Dynasty.
Everything here was recorded by several old stonemasons.
Several Tubo people stood in the distance and watched the actions of those people. Lun Qinling asked: "Is this the method of the Tang people?"
Bolunzan replied: "If the Tang people want to govern a place, they must be on the right side. Now they have become the reinforcements to save the Persians. They first convert all the people here into Persians. All the great cannibals are
Persians, then they will become Tang people."
Lun Qinling drank the wine and nodded: "You are the wisest person around me."
Bolunzanren saluted with Tubo etiquette, "My little general, the prime minister, and the original Zanpu all told the Tang people's plot, and they have never changed."
Lun Qinling sighed: "The Tang people are very powerful now, and we Tubo people are no match for them."
"The Prime Minister has said that the people of Tang Dynasty will not always be strong."
"Um."
A decisive battle in Babylon ended, but the Gauls captured the holy city of Jerusalem and sent envoys to negotiate peace.
This time, the peace talks between the Gauls and the Tang people did not go smoothly. Liang Jianfang was very angry that the Gauls had robbed the rear of the Tang Dynasty, and asked the Gauls to give up the holy city.
Of course the Gauls were unwilling, and they invited the Tang generals to enter the holy city to divide the treasures.
Because Liang Jianfang was furious, the negotiations collapsed this time. Zhang Shigui asked the Gauls to donate all the treasures in the Holy City to the Tang people.
This request undoubtedly angered the Gauls, but the Gauls did not dare to provoke the Tang army at this time.
In the end, the Gauls gave in and dedicated cartloads of gold, silver and jewelry to the Tang people.
But from then on, the collapse of the negotiations between the Gauls and the Tang people was enough to make the Gauls and the Tang people enemies.
Zhang Shigui knew that Liang Jianfang was very arrogant now, but it didn't matter. He would go back as soon as the government's decree came.
The generals sent here will take charge of future affairs.
Zhang Shigui decided to stay here to deal with the Gauls and prepare to march westward to Gaul and the Strait.
He recorded everything that happened and reported it to the court as a military report. He also wrote down the plan to build the city of Babylon into the largest protective palace in the West.
The military report went from Babylon all the way through Persia, to Suiye City, and directly to the Governor's Palace.
Five months later, in the winter of Guanzhong Year again, Xu Jingzong took Li Yifu, Yuan Gongyu, and Pei Xingjian, and the four of them ran all the way to Lishan Mountain.
"The County Marquis! The County Marquis! The Western Expedition is won!"
The shouts came closer and closer. In the newly repaired railway station, Zhang Yang was roasting some pumpkin seeds on the stove in a room.
Li Xiaogong took a sip of wine with satisfaction every time he knocked one.
Li Tai and Yan Liben are looking at the construction drawings of the next stage.
"Marquis of the County! The Western Expedition is won!"
Another shouting came from outside. Zhang Yang opened the window and shouted: "Here."
There was another round of discussion outside the door, followed by the noise of a train starting up. Several people walked in hastily, making the rooms seem even more crowded.
In fact, since he took office as Minister Zuocheng, he has only met with Xu Jingzong a handful of times in the past two years.
Had it not been for the successful news of the Western Expedition this time, they would not have come to Lishan.
Zhang Yang drank tea and said: "Did the Western Expedition win?"
Xu Jingzong handed over the military report, "The news was just sent today that Musab is dead."
The room was quiet for a while. Li Xiaogong glanced at the door with an unhappy expression. Li Yifu quickly closed the door with a knowing look and saluted with an apologetic expression.
The wind and snow were blocked outside the house, and the wind was so loud that the roar of the train was drowned in the wind and snow.
Zhang Yang whispered: "The city of Babylon was captured?"
Xu Jingzong said quickly: "We have finally won it. His Majesty has issued an order to summon Liang Jianfang back to Chang'an City, and many generals have arranged for rewards."
"Um."
"There is one more thing that the DPRK and China are quite worried about."
Xu Jingzong recounted, "There were some twists and turns in this battle. The Gauls took advantage of General Liang Jianfang's siege of Babylon and took the opportunity to capture the holy city of Jerusalem. The two sides negotiated, and the Gauls took all the treasures in the holy city.
The donation was made, but the Holy City was still not handed over. The money went to Liang Jianfang, but the land was still in the hands of the Gauls."
Zhang Yang said in a low voice: "The Holy City is the throat for the westward advance. If they hold this throat, they must have their own plans."
Li Yifu replied: "The Gauls sent their credentials and said they were willing to help the Tang Dynasty advance westward."
Zhang Yang put down the military report and sighed, "We got the Persian Gulf, but it's just a fly in the ointment. The Holy City is the throat of the westward movement, just like the Hexi Corridor of the Tang Dynasty. If the Gauls had always controlled this place, they would
You can go eastward at any time."
Li Yifu snorted coldly: "Let the DPRK draw up credentials and let the Gauls hand over the holy city."
"No, they won't give it easily. Now the Gauls are our enemies." Zhang Yang felt worried and said, "I hate trying to reason with people."
Xu Jingzong took the tea eggs sent by His Royal Highness the King of Wei with a smile on his face, and said: "In this case, we still want to attack the Gauls from the west?"
"What else? Reason with them and let them give up the Holy City. In the future, instability will sooner or later be a disaster. If Dashi is destroyed, there will be another enemy. The only reason is that Liang Jianfang didn't clean up his tail and didn't do things thoughtfully enough."
"If we want to do things more beautifully, we should capture the holy city of Jerusalem at the same time and detach a force to defend against the Gauls."
Zhang Yang clicked his tongue and said, "I don't understand the art of war. What does Pei Fuyin think?"
Seeing everyone looking at him, Pei Xingjian replied: "Teacher, Liang Jian was not careful enough in his direction. Besides, the Persian army and horses are complex, including Uighurs, Turks, and people from the Western Regions. If you have to command so many soldiers and horses, it is inevitable that there will be mistakes."
"If we divide our troops, it will easily lead to the separation of troops. Instead of doing this, it would be more effective to unite our troops. After all, they are not soldiers from the Central Plains."
Listening to Pei Xingjian's analysis, Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Well, in short, the result is good."
Xu Jingzong grinned and said, "The county prince is right. Babylon is a very wealthy place. I heard that General Liang Jianfang obtained several golden mountains."
"Is there any news from the east?"
Speaking of the east, we have to talk about Silla's expedition. When talking about this matter, Xu Jingzong's face was full of sadness and sighed: "There is no news yet. This Jin Chunqiu is still in Chang'an City, and the lower officials will continue to urge him."
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The Jinshan Mountains in the west and the silver mines in the east were all needed by the Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Yang poured a bowl of tea for each of them, and Yuan Gongyu took it respectfully, lowering his head and keeping his posture very low.
"It must have been three years since the Tujue, Western Regions, and Tubo Protectorate were established."
"four years ago."
"The big thing that the Ministry of Rites will do next year is to add these three places to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so that they can truly become Tang people and redraw the map of the Tang Dynasty."
Xu Jingzong bowed and said: "Here."
Zhang Yang continued: "This is just the first step. In the future, we will continue to expand to the north of Mohe, within Persia, and then clean up Tianzhu."
Li Yifu and Yuan Gongyu bowed and accepted the matter.
There are people standing outside loading and unloading goods again. There is a picture hanging on the wall of this small house. This is the railway construction after Lishan. Starting from Lishan, two more railways will be built, one from Lantian County.
Leading to Chang'an City, one leads from Lishan to the 24th County of Zuofu.
There are several stations along the line, and Lishan attaches particular importance to the construction of stations.
Zhang Yang put down the tea bowl and asked, "What have you been doing these days?"