Chapter 586: Breaking the Stone Kingdom and robbing the Royal Palace
In early June, Gao Xianzhi led more than 10,000 Anxi troops from Shule Town, crossed the Geluoling Mountains in the southern mountain range of the Tianshan Mountains, and led his army towards the Kingdom of Shi. They first arrived at Xiuxunzhou City, the capital of the Bakhna Kingdom.
.Now it has been renamed Ningyuan Kingdom, and even the king was given the surname Dou by the emperor.
Ning Yuanguo is a die-hard fan of the Tang Dynasty, and he is also an unreasonable die-hard fan. They participated in every war in the northwest of the Anxi Protectorate, whether it was just or unjust, if it was a just war,
They are allies, and if it is unfair, then they are accomplices.
This time Gao Xianzhi's attack on the Shi Kingdom was related to the Ningyuan Kingdom. There were great conflicts between the two neighboring countries. King Ningyuan often reported to Gao Xianzhi some of King Shi's words and deeds that criticized the Tang Dynasty, pointing out that the King of Shi Kingdom and Tu Qi Shi
They are preparing to form an alliance, or even prepare to merge into one force, in an attempt to threaten the rule of the Anxi Protectorate. Tuqishi gave the Talas City to the Stone Kingdom is the best evidence. It is not clear whether these are false accusations against Gao Xianzhi, perhaps.
He didn't want to tell the difference at all.
Perhaps Gao Xianzhi and Mussolini had the same idea. He did not need the King of Shi Kingdom to surrender because he had decided to use war to deal with him.
In order to paralyze the opponent, he ordered someone to write a letter and send it to the Shiguo Palace, saying that he agreed to the other party's surrender request. Secretly, he rushed forward quickly and set off to Shiguo in just six days.
Near the capital, he took advantage of the cover of night to attack the unsuspecting Shi Kingdom.
This time Li Siye purely acted as an observer, saying nothing about everything that happened before and after the siege, and then wrote everything down on paper to see how the situation would develop.
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At dawn, the Anxi army was still in high spirits, and some soldiers looted the city wantonly.
Two Tang soldiers took a dromedary camel out of the stable, and a Sogdian businessman wearing a pointed felt hat hurriedly went up to pull the reins.
"My camel! Please, don't lead my camel!"
"This camel is military equipment and was requisitioned by our Anxi Army!"
The Sogdian businessman grabbed the reins and knelt down on the ground with his legs and knees, crying and begging: "Master Jun, please don't hold my camel. This is all my property!"
"Fuck you!" The soldier kicked the businessman in the chest, causing him to turn several somersaults and kowtow to the ground.
"Don't steal my camel, please!" The Sogdian businessman banged his head on the ground several times. He raised his head and watched the two women walking away leading the camel, with a flash of tears in his eyes.
He fiercely pulled out the short knife from the belt around his waist, held it in both hands and rushed towards the invader.
"ah!"
When the soldiers heard the rapid footsteps, they instinctively drew out the sword from their waists, turned around and slashed it with one hand.
Bada.
The short knife in the Sogdian merchant's hand fell to the ground, and thin lines of blood burst out from his neck to his chest, and then blood spilled out like a dam, and he fell backwards.
"court death."
The soldier inserted the horizontal sword into the sheath, cheerfully stretched out his hand and stroked the camel's hump and said: "This dromedary is very valuable. It can be sold for 20,000 yuan a piece on the black market in Qiuci. At that time, you and I will share it equally."
The two of them stood at the entrance of the street and were suddenly stunned. The smiles of harvesting trophies froze on their faces. Gao Xianzhi, the governor of Jiedu, came towards them on a white horse. Behind him were Li Siye and the supervisor Bian Lingcheng, and behind him were the tooth soldiers.
Carrying a six-sided scroll.
Bian Lingcheng stared at the two men and asked in a sharp voice: "Is this robbing people's property?"
The corners of their eyes were drooping and they were completely despairing. As soon as their knees gave out, they immediately knelt down to beg for mercy.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Gao Chengcheng opened his mouth, he determined the nature of this vicious incident: "This should be regarded as fighting to support war."
As if they had received an amnesty, they scratched their foreheads and laughed out loud: "That's right, war feeds war, war feeds war!" After that, one of them led a camel and walked around in front of Gao Xianzhi, knelt down on one knee and crossed his hands and said
: "Reporting to Zhongcheng, this is a camel that we captured as military supplies from the enemy country, and we specially dedicated it to Zhongcheng!"
Gao Xianzhi's smile was toothless: "I'm serious about it. Since it's the capture of you two, you can keep it."
The two excitedly raised their crossed hands above their heads and shouted like a cow crowing like thunder: "Thank you Zhongcheng for your gift!"
He turned his head and seemed to be looking at Li Siye behind him, but it seemed that he was not. He said to himself: "The brothers of the Anxi Army followed me on a long journey to the capital of the Stone Kingdom. They suffered so much along the way.
I can't give them anything else, they should have some trophies captured."
Li Siye raised his head and stared at the sky without even a single thought to refute him. As long as he followed this trajectory, the position of Anxi Jiedushi would be freed up.
With Gao Xianzhi's approval and encouragement, all the Tang troops who entered the city participated in the robbery. They first went to the homes of big families and rich people to rob. After the rich people's homes were all robbed, they then went to the homes of ordinary people and poor people to rob. The process of robbery was natural.
Some people blocked the way, but were killed by the robbers with a knife, so the robbery was changed to murder.
Naturally, Gao Xianzhi looked down upon these things. What he wanted to rob was the palace owned by King Juchebishi of the Kingdom of Shi. Jiedushi Yaya Bi Sixhen had already led most of the tooth soldiers to control the palace and was waiting for the arrival of Zhongcheng.
King Naju Chebishi of the Stone Kingdom led his ministers to kneel on the hard stone floor outside the palace. Although he hated Gao Xianzhi for his betrayal, treachery and cunning, he did not have the courage and courage to stand up and straighten his back to scold Gao Xianzhi.
.Living is the most basic desire. You will never give up everything until the last moment.
Gao Xianzhi wore a phoenix-winged robe on his head and a copper-colored mountain armor. He placed his right hand on the handle of the sword hanging at his waist and strolled in front of the king with domineering steps. Although the way of attacking the capital was not glorious, he could enjoy it with ease.
Such a victory. Seeing the king of the country kneeling in front of him, he felt unprecedented vanity and satisfaction.
How about Li Linfu? How about Yang Zhao? What about An Lushan? Have they destroyed the city? Have they destroyed the country? Have they seen the noble king kneeling before him?
The royal palace of Shiguo was influenced by Persian style and had a dome structure. The roof was painted with blue paint, and the windows and doorways were also dome-shaped. He walked up the stone steps made of light yellow chiseled stone.
After entering the palace gate, I looked up and looked around. The top of the palace is also rounded, with square stone pillars supporting the edge of the arch.
The king's concubines covered their faces with veils and knelt in a corner fearfully. Due to aesthetic reasons, Gao Xianzhi was not interested in these beauties at all. What he wanted was another color.
Captain Ya Bing led his people to search around the palace and piled up the gold collected from various rooms and warehouses. There were golden crowns, pure red agate stones, various spices packed in brocade boxes, and Sasanian stockpiles.
The gold coins were like a hill, half-burying these things.
Another Yabing captain ran in from outside, knelt on one knee and crossed his hands and said: "Reporting to Zhongcheng, a Suan Ni was found in the animal pen in the south garden of the palace! There are also more than thirty white camels."
"Oh, take me over there and take a look. Bring all the white camels to the palace and put gold on their backs."
In the backyard of the palace, the animal trainer drove out a lazy male lion. The soldiers were amazed and extremely guarded, fearing that the lion would suddenly attack.
Gao Xianzhi stood by the fence and laughed and said: "This is indeed a Suan Ni, also called a lion. It is the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva. There are several of these in the animal garden of Daming Palace. Get a cage and put a few of them in it."
I also got a white camel and will send it to Chang'an together to present it to His Majesty."
The robbery against the palace came to an end, and Gao Xianzhi came to the Lord and Minister of Shi Kingdom again. He put his hands behind his back and asked Bi Sishen, the prisoner: "Is everyone in the palace being detained here?"
Bi Sishen lowered his head and crossed his hands and said, "Zhongcheng, the king's son has run away."
"Run away?" Gao Xianzhi thought as he pulled the beard on his chin.
Li Siye stood in the distance and snorted to himself. This man had been amassing money and looking for adventures just now, and now he thought of asking if anyone had escaped.
It doesn't matter, he is just waiting for the next real war to get his gorgeous turn.