When Dunbijia saw the dazzling flag, stars suddenly appeared in his eyes. He turned angrily and asked Zhou Yi: "Didn't you say that Li Siye is in Chang'an? Whose flag is that?"
Zhou Yi denied it and said: "It's just selling dog meat on a sheep's head. I can guarantee that the person standing under the banner is definitely not Li Siye."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Siye had already urged the horses to move forward. Behind him, Bai Xiaode and other generals quickly advised him: "The Lord must not take any personal risk in front of the two armies."
Li Siye turned his head from his horse and said, "No problem, I'll ride alone to the positions of the two armies and ask Zhou Yi, this bastard, who dared to take advantage of my Li Siye's gold after eating a bear's heart, and old boy Dunpijana, who can lend it to me?"
Give him the courage?"
He rode his horse to the center of the two armies' formations. He was full of energy and shook his beard and shouted to the opposite side: "Zhou Yi, Zhou Zhongcheng, please come and speak, and Dunbiga Khan, please come and see me, the great laborer."
Zhou Yi looked frightened and pulled the reins of his horse involuntarily to retreat. Dunbijia trembled all over and bravely rode forward. When he came to Li Siye, he timidly lowered his head. He knew that the divination a few days ago had come true.
If you can see Li Siye alive, you are safe. If you can't see him and fight hard, it will be a disaster.
Li Siye stroked his beard and sneered: "Dunbiga Khan, you are well. I haven't seen you for so many years. I didn't expect that the first time I saw you would be in a place like this."
Dunbijia quickly lost his smile and said, "Since Dr. Li also served as the governor of Hexi Province, I didn't dare to expect to see you, but now I heard that you will soon become the emperor."
"Who told you? Hearsay is not trustworthy. I invite you here now not only to reminisce about the past, but also to explain to me what is going on in this scene? Are you so bold that you dare to cause trouble? Or am I too old?
Can’t you control Qixi? Hmm!”
Dunbijia trembled, got off his horse, bent over and hugged his chest, and said, "I'll tell you the truth, I did covet Tingzhou's treasury, but I really didn't know you were the one who came to get this treasure.
If I knew, even if I had 18 courages, I wouldn't dare to make a mistake in front of you. I think back when you led an army to conquer the west and the north, couldn't we just follow you and drink soup?"
Li Siye nodded: "Since you said so, then please correct your evil ways and make meritorious deeds, and take down the rebellious people. I will not hold you accountable."
Zhou Yi couldn't hear it from a distance, but even a blind person could see that Dunbijia was really scared. If he turned against him in front of the formation, wouldn't he die on the spot?
He quietly took off the horn bow from his back, held it in his hand, took out the arrow from the quiver, and put it on the bow string, preparing to give Dunbija a refreshing blow.
The eldest son of Dunbijia, Moro Teqin, looked at his father worriedly in the military formation, and at the same time warily watched the Beiting army. Suddenly he saw Zhou Yi taking out his horn bow and preparing to release a cold arrow. He quickly raised the horn bow and nocked the arrow.
, an arrow pierced Zhou Yi's arm, causing Zhou Yi's arrow to miss, only hitting the droop of Dunbija's cloak.
The Khan turned around, tugged on his cloak and saw Leng Jian. He broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly crossed his hands to Li Siye and said, "Doctor Li, please rest assured. Dunbijia is willing to atone for his sins and take Zhou Yi's head as a sacrifice."
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He grabbed the reins and climbed onto his horse, waving his arms and shouting loudly: "Athletes, kill the Beiting Army and take down Zhou Yi."
There are still many officers from the Li Siye era in the Beiting Army. They have long been unwilling to sacrifice their lives for Zhou Yi to protect his wealth. As soon as Ge Luolu switched sides and attacked, he surrendered in batches. Only Zhou Yi and his son were left with several hundred people.
The soldiers fled eastward in embarrassment.
Li Siye sent his army eastward and entered Tingzhou City. Hearing that Zhou Yi and his son wanted to escape through the Shatuo tribe into Uihe, Bai Xiaode and other generals asked for orders to lead their troops to pursue them. Li Siye smiled and waved his hands and said: "Don't worry, everyone, the Shatuo people will take care of it."
Send him his head."
Only five days later, the Shatuo tribe sent an envoy to Tingzhou City, holding a box containing the heads of Zhou Yi and his son.
Li Siye immediately ordered an envoy to be invited to the city. He personally affirmed the contribution of the Shatuo tribe and recognized their loyalty and support to the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, he also promised to appoint the leader of the Shatuo tribe as General Zuowuwei.
The official of the Prefecture, Tongsansi, Shatuo Khan, appointed Dunbijia as the Khan of the Ten Surnames, and designated the broken leaf as the location of the Khan's tent.
This can be regarded as a last resort move by Li Siye. The Central Plains is still in turmoil. He cannot focus on the Western Regions, so he also needs the help of these Western Region minority forces to stabilize the situation. The Di newspaper from Chang'an the day before yesterday said that after Shi Siming recovered his strength,
He went south and occupied Luoyang. In order to celebrate, he changed his reign name from Yingtian to Shuntian and called himself the mighty emperor of Yan. Li Siye knew that he would not stay in the Western Regions long. Shi Siming occupied Luoyang and would not give up without causing some trouble.
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He learned a lot about the situation west of Congling from Wei Boyu. Taking advantage of the emptiness of Anxi, he sent troops to occupy the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu. The Zhaowu Jiedu envoy he appointed, Bi Sishen, was defeated and prepared to return to Shule, but he fell ill and died.
On the way, there were more than 15,000 Zhaowu troops, but only 5,000 returned to Shule Town, and the remaining 8,000 were deceived into going to India.
Only then did he remember to ask Zhao Congfang, the governor of Tianzhu, whether he had also been defeated by Dashi. Wei Boyu suppressed his bitter smile, sighed and said: "A few of my followers were once
Members of the Western Region Chamber of Commerce, who came back from Tianzhu, let them tell you."
Wei Boyu waved to the outside of the court hall, and an official wearing a green round-collar robe walked in, knelt down and crossed his hands and said: "Li Bu, a humble official, pays homage to the king."
Li Siye waved his hand naturally and said, "Sit down on a felt and continue talking."
After Li Bu thanked him, he knelt down on the sheep felt at his head and narrated in detail: "Your Majesty, I am the accountant of the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce in Tianzhu. Since the shopkeeper Dai Wang followed you back to the Central Plains to put down the rebellion, the trade route to Hexi is still open.
It worked for a while, but Jiedushi Zhao Congfang gradually became ambitious and took the initiative to interrupt the post road from Tanjuling to Congling. At that time, he was covering the sky with one hand in northern India, and felt that the Central Plains was too far away from him.
Maybe he could extend his tentacles here again, so he gathered a few of his cronies and came up with the idea of proclaiming himself emperor in India."
"Proclaiming yourself emperor in India?" Li Siye felt that it was ridiculous. It seemed too low for outsiders to claim the title of emperor in such a multi-ethnic country where the Aryan race was the majority, the caste system was complete, and it had an independent religious and cultural system.
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"Of course, he knew that doing so required the approval of the Brahmin temple, so he summoned all the elders for a meeting, but was rejected by the elders. Then these Brahmins called on the Kshatriyas and Vaisyas in Qunu City to launch an uprising. As a result,
The rebels only persisted for a month before they were suppressed by Zhao Congfang. He massacred many rebels and forced the Brahmins to tamper with the teachings of Brahmanism."
"Doctrines can be changed, how did he change them?"
"Isn't there four major castes in Brahmanism, which represent Brahma's head, upper body, legs and feet respectively. He directly asked the Brahmins to create a fifth caste on top of the four major castes, which is said to be the golden crown on Brahma's head. It represents the golden crown.
His caste is the Han and Sogdian soldiers who follow him. This is how the soldiers under Zhaowu Jiedushi were deceived by him into India, saying that by following him and being loyal to him, they would become the noblest fifth caste and be able to ride on the battlefield.
The other four castes dominate and dominate. He himself is the jewel in the golden crown and can be the emperor for generations to come."
Li Siye was directly surprised. He knew that Zhao Congfang was capable, but he did not expect that he would have the ability to match his ambition. He had not returned to the Western Regions for five years. He had made various psychological preparations, but he still did not expect such an accident.