Peng Lin laughed when he heard this, and said loudly: "I am Peng Lin, the commander of the middle battalion of the Anbei Army on the Ququ Road of the Great Song River, and I am ordered to guard here. You shall not bring swords or spears, but all men shall discard their weapons, and come and examine them. Ask where you're coming from and make arrangements. ”

Umar said: "We are stationed in Khotan for the Black Khan, and we are ordered to go north. Get out of here, or you won't have eyes! ”

Peng Lin said: "If you want to fight, you will fight, what are you talking about!" You can fight all the way, and I'll send you out!" ”

Omar was silent for a moment, thought for a while, and had nothing to say, turned his horse's head and walked back. Song Jun saw it and laughed together.

Back in the military formation, Yu Sufu had already seen what happened just now, so there was no need to say anything more. Seeing that the generals around him were all nervous, obviously a little afraid of fighting the Song army, Yu Sufu said: "Even if the Song army wins for a while, it can't win all of them!" To put it bluntly, this is the only way to go north, and if we can't get through, we can only turn back. There are no more words to turn around, so what can I do? Today there is no other way but to fight to the death! ”

After speaking, he took out his waist knife and said in a loud voice: "Array, follow me to kill forward!" ”

The military order was difficult to disobey, and a group of soldiers lined up in a military formation, looking at Yu Sufu.

Yu Sufu gritted his teeth, kicked the horse's belly fiercely, and said, "It doesn't matter if everything else, just rush into the Song army formation and fight with it!" After saying that, he rushed out first, and the Black Khan sergeant behind him mustered up his courage, shouted loudly, and followed him.

Peng Lin saw in the telescope, and when he was still two hundred paces away, he ordered the mortar cannon next to him to open fire. With the sound of cannons, a large number of cannons fired towards the Black Khan army. Yu Sufu, who was at the front, heard the sound of the cannon, and he was so frightened that his heart rose to his throat.

The mortar cannon was not large, and the distance was close, and it did not cause much damage to the Black Khan army, but only wounded a few people. Everyone plucked up their courage and went all the way, not wanting the second round of artillery to hit, because of the proximity, dozens of them fell at once.

In the third round of cannons, Yu Sufu was hit by a cannon, and his calf was bleeding profusely. At this time, he couldn't hold back anymore, shouted, held the knife and ignored it, and rushed straight towards the Song army. It wasn't long before I heard a gunshot and I didn't know anything behind me.

Two rounds of guns were fired, and a counter-charge was fired, and the Black Khan army fled back. Peng Lin couldn't help but shake his head, today's Black Khan army is far from the time of Bu Xuer. Seeing that the other party could no longer line up the military formation, he ordered the cavalry on both wings to step forward and ended the battle.

The Black Khan army lost more than 50 people, but in fact, the combat strength was still there, but it had no fighting spirit, and was frightened by the guns of the Song army and surrendered. Even Yu Sufu himself, because he rushed to the front, actually died under the platoon of guns.

After collecting the prisoners and interrogating them slightly, he heard that the high-ranking officials and nobles from Khotan were still behind, Peng Lin was overjoyed: "The team of more than 500 people, if it is just like this, it will be a loss today." I didn't expect there to be a big fish behind, so I must have a good credit! ”

A hundred cavalry were sent, but the people behind were escorted over and carefully interrogated one by one.

In the Shule City Lord's Mansion, Du Zhongxiao was sitting in the study and reading a book. Fu Bi came in from outside and said, "Jieshuai, good news." The troops we had placed at the place where the Baiyu River entered the Tarim River came to report that they had intercepted the retreating army from Khotan, won a great victory, and captured them! ”

Du Zhongxiao put down the book and said, "The current Black Khan army, where does it still have the courage to fight, and victory is deserved." ”

Fu Bi said: "There is nothing to defeat, they caught the high-ranking officials of the Black Khan who were originally stationed in Khotan, and intercepted their stolen goods. It's really lucky to say that these people fled and even brought the treasures of the Khotanese royal family that they had robbed. Originally, it had been more than 50 years since the destruction of the country in Khotan, and these things, it was good to say that they could stay, but they happened to get them. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Oh, this is a big achievement. Ordered them to send it to Shule as soon as possible to see what it was. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao said: "Deputy envoy, it seems that it is the New Year, and it has been half a year since we left Shengzhou. In your opinion, should you go back after pacifying Khotan, or should you go back first and leave this place to the soldiers? ”

Fu Bi said: "Of course, I will stay, and I will leave when Khotan is pacified." Zhang Qi had already led his troops into Khotan, and the Black Khan army fled, just to occupy the place, and there was no major battle. Behind it is nothing more than Kriya and Yochang City, opening up the road to Qingtang, and it won't take much time. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It doesn't take much time to talk about place names, and when it comes to places, it's far away." It is more than 1,000 miles from Khotan to Youchang, and it takes more than ten days to walk on the road. By the time we returned to Hequ Road, it was already spring. ”

Fu Bi said: "The Western Regions is such a place, the place is very large, and there are hundreds of miles between the two places, what can be done?" Come back in spring, come back in spring, Shule is warmer here, not as cold as Shengzhou in winter. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said, "Since you have decided to come back next year, then I will do a few more things." I wrote several times, and the court agreed, and the state of Khotan was rebuilt. Since he didn't leave, let the imperial court send Wei Chi Saburo back, and send officials and monks to help him build the country. ”

Fu Bi said: "Zhang Yu reported that in the past fifty years, Black Khan has suppressed Buddhism and is full of local natives. The local people are nostalgic for the time when they were in Khotan. Sending Wei Chi Saburo back can solve this problem temporarily. Moreover, we do not have enough officials, and the officials in the imperial court do not want to go to such a remote place as officials, and it is also a way to build it in Khotan. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Another point, the black sweat was destroyed in Khotan for more than 50 years, and Buddhism here has been severely suppressed. If it weren't for Khotan, it would be difficult for us. If Buddhism is not revived, the influence of black sweat will not be removed, and it will be more troublesome in the future. Reviving Buddhism, how does the government preside over it? ”

The management of Buddhism and Taoism in the Song Dynasty was through the merit department, and the monks were set up in the local area. The Western Regions is different from the mainland, where the Buddhist sects are complex and there are a large number of local believers, so this kind of management is inappropriate. Gaochang and other places are good to say, there are many Han and Sogdian people there, but Khotan is different. Khotan is the place with the most indigenous people in the Western Regions, and there are few Han people, so there is no buffer in Khotan, so it is easy to have contradictions.

The re-establishment of the state of Khotan is only to manage civil affairs, and there are some security forces, and no real army will be allowed. The imperial court can manage as long as a small number of soldiers and horses are stationed, which greatly reduces the burden on the imperial court. Indigenous people from other places can also come here.

During the Han and Tang dynasties, there were many small countries in the Western Regions, most of which were due to this reason. Because the distance is too far away and the area is vast, the imperial court actually has no way to rule directly, so it can only rely on the natives. Now that the railway has reached Yizhou, if the construction of Shule is stepped up, there should be no problem in that area. Khotan is too far away, and there is no military necessity, so I don't know what year and month it will take to build the railway.

Fu Bi was originally reluctant to rebuild Khotan, but from Yizhou all the way to Shule, he saw the vast and sparsely populated Western Regions and changed his mind. If you want to govern directly with court officials here, it is much more difficult than the meandering road. During the Han and Tang dynasties, it was actually a military administration, and the military officers were sent, and the civil officials were also in the shogunate of the military generals. The military training caused by Du Zhongxiao demanded the separation of military and political affairs, and it was impossible to continue the methods of that time. And to send civil officials, how many officials in the imperial court are willing to go to such a place?

It should be necessary to build a country in Khotan, alleviate local contradictions here, and serve as the spiritual home of the indigenous people. As for the future, Khotan has not rebelled for more than a thousand years, this place is too closed, what is there to worry about?

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