"Turtles!"

Xun Yang, the commander of the Qiuzi army, rode on the hillside outside the city, looking at the provincial capital of the Western Regions under the cold afternoon sun, and sighed! Behind him were 800 elite cavalrymen left in reserve. It was taking a short break, and the formation was loose and not chaotic.

10,000 Beijing battalions, traveling far into the desert, out of the vast yellow sand, when they got this Kuqa oasis, there were only 8,000 people left!

At this time, the agreed trumpet sounded in the city. "Woo ---!"

Several pro-soldiers around Xunyang bowed down and congratulated: "Congratulations to the general for taking Qiuzi and building a miracle feat." ”

Xun Yang smiled, pulled the horse rope, and said loudly: "Brothers, follow me into the city!" "The first contribution to the capture of the city this time is Shen Qian, the second son of Qingguo Gong. After he led his troops to reconnoitre, he suggested that he first seize the water source to recuperate the army, then surround Qiuzi, and then take the city. Instead of going out of the desert directly, take a little rest and attack by surprise.

"Hu Qi has always been good at attacking but not good at defending. The turtle was a new place for the ancient people of Baye. The defenders in the city either knew the outcome of the Battle of Beishan, or they did not know. But our presence here is enough to make them panic and have no resolute resistance. A few days later can reduce casualties. ”

And so it was!

In the past few days, the Hu people in the city have been demoralized after nearly 1,000 people have been killed in an attempt to escape. The Zhou army attacked the city and went down in one go. He gave Shen Qian a thousand cavalry and led the city to the city, just to sit on this credit.

And now, the turtle is his!

With Xun Yang's order, 800 cavalrymen who were resting under their horses got on their horses and quickly lined up. The knight in front of the battle, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a resolute face, held the banner of the Zhou army, and the banner was unfurled in the cold wind. "Appeal --!" The horses snorted in the cold wind, and their hooves swayed.

In the city of Qiuzi, a little farther away, the sound of fighting is gradually stopping. Shen Qian, the head of the military department, Yang Ji of the Shenwei Battalion, and Li Guerrilla of the Yaowu Battalion led the army in the city.

"Stomp!"

The sound of horses' hooves grows from small to loud, gradually causing resonance in the earth. This cavalry is like a tide, like a torrent! Influx into the turtles. Cut off the back road of the Bayogu coalition army!

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of October 11 in the winter of the 18th year of Yongzhi, the army of the National Dynasty recovered Qiuzi.

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Cen Shen, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote in his immortal masterpiece "Bai Xue Ge Sends the Military Judge Back to Beijing": The north wind swept the white grass and folded, and the snow flew in August.

Luntai East Gate sent Jun to. The Luntai here is the Luntai County under the Anxi Jiedu Envoy Station. The core area of Beiting, Tingzhou, also has Luntai County (now Urumqi).

It was already October at this time. The temperature can be imagined. For a few days after the snow melted, it was still unusually cold. The fox fur is not warm, and the brocade is thin.

In a fine house in the southeast of Qiuzi City, the nobles of the Tiele people looked up at the sky on the steps of the corridor of their own courtyard, and then, wrapped their mink fur coats, and commanded: "Let's go!" ”

Qiuzi starts from Luntai in the east, reaches Bachu in the west, borders the Tianshan Mountains in the north, and borders the Taklamakan Desert in the south, which is an important town in the northern route of the Taklamakan Desert on the Silk Road. It is famous for its dancing and ironware. There are more than a dozen ethnic groups here. Among them, Tiele people are the most.

Tiele, known as Ding Ling in Han. During the Tang Dynasty, the nine surnames of Tiele were attached to the Tang Dynasty, namely: Fugu, Tongluo, Bayegu, Huifu, Xue Yantuo, etc. After the Khitan unified Mobei, the Tiele people gradually disappeared in the long river of history.

However, in the early years of the dynasty, a branch of Tiele in the Western Regions arose. Just like during the Tang Tianbao period, Hui Hui ruled the nine surnames of Tiele, and Hui Hui was Tiele. Then, it keeps splitting and evolving. For hundreds of years, the rise and fall of the Western Regions and the Mobei grassland have been like this.

In other words, the Tiele people, who are now scattered in the vicinity of Qiuzi, were once wider. Moreover, it is the same as the Bayegu and Hui Hui that are still wide today, and the same customs, the same nation. Therefore, in the battle of Gumo, Tiele's 20,000 troops rebelled from the cavalry, which is reasonable.

Eight sturdy servants and twenty samurai with scimitars followed him. The group left the mansion and rode along the cold and gradually regaining popularity of the long street to the Commander's Mansion in the middle of the city of Qiuzi. It is located on the east side of the Yamen of the former Western Regions of the Zhou Dynasty.

Ju Ke was about sixty years old, his face was wrinkled, and he sat in eight large sedan chairs, dressed in beautiful clothes, and his face was gloomy.

The elite of the Zhou army, suddenly emerged from the desert, took control of the surrounding area, and captured the city of Qiuci. Although the Zhou army posted a notice to calm the people, they, the Tiele nobles, were all panicked.

Because, the fiasco of the Zhou army in Gumo and Qiuci that day, the Tiele people were very responsible...

However, even if the Zhou army that occupied Qiuci won a complete victory in the Battle of Beishan and defeated the 200,000 allied troops of the Baye Ancient Division, it would not be possible to kill all the Tiele people in the Qiuci area. This is their hole card to save their lives.

There were more than 100 people gathered at the gate of the General's Mansion, all of whom had come to meet Xunyang, the commander of the Zhou army, in recent days. Acquaintances greeted each other in Turkic.

In front of the General's Mansion, more than a dozen soldiers of the Zhou Army, carrying waist knives and spears, maintained order, and watched these Hu people with different faces with cold eyes.

Ju Ke got off the sedan chair and went to the general's mansion. More than a dozen Tiele nobles were waiting in the wings.

After a cup of tea, a junior colonel came in and said, "My general invites you to come to the hall for a talk." ”

Ju Ke waited for thirteen Tiele nobles, and followed the little colonel down the corridor to the second hall behind the Yimen. In the hall, Xun Yanggao sat on the right seat. Shen Qian, Yang Ji, Li Guerrilla and other generals lined up on both sides.

"I'll see the general!" Thirteen Tiele nobles bowed their heads, bent down and touched their chests in salute. If there were captured and abused Zhou soldiers here, it would be a joy to see this scene. You Tiele people, also today?

A bald old man at the head stepped forward half a step forward and said in Chinese: "General Tianwei, lead the army to Qiuzi, and we will bow down." The general has orders, and we will not obey them. General Wanwang had mercy on the people of the city. ”

Xun Yang glanced at Shen Qian, laughed again, and said, "That's the best!" I'm going to borrow your head. Come on, drag him down and cut him down. ”

Something happened suddenly.

Before the nobleman could figure out what was going on, he was dragged out by two soldiers who came in through the door like wolves, and then the terrible screams came to an abrupt end. The bloody head was sent in by the soldiers of the Zhou army.

Xun Yang said lightly: "There will be reliable news that this person colluded with the Wild Ancient Department and became an enemy of my Great Zhou." His sin deserves to be beheaded. Confiscation of family property. ”

Ju Ke took the first step, knelt down, and said loudly: "I will only obey the general's orders." The remaining nobles seemed to come to their senses and knelt down one after another. This time, it's no longer about bending down.

In the steppe, the vanquished, for the conqueror, should have knelt down and begged to be spared death. However, the nobles of Tiele seem to understand in front of the heads that the era of the previous Zhou Dynasty adults with tenderness is gone forever.

Xun Yang nodded and said, "More than a month ago, my Great Zhou Governor's Mansion issued a decree that wherever the Great Zhou horseshoe goes, Han'er shall not be a slave. Set an example! ”

Some of the nobles of Tiele had a sad face. Slaves are wealth. And it is a wealth that is worth more than land. They eat less and dry more. Moreover, children and grandchildren are slaves of their masters. However, they did not dare not agree.

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, the pacified Tiele nobles walked out of the General's Mansion.

Ju Ke sat back in the sedan chair and let out a long breath. Zhou will finish killing people and will not use swords again. Just said good words and wine to appease them: Baye Gu is powerful, and some of the implications are excusable, this matter ends here, and it is enough to stop betraying Zhou.

It's ridiculous Pei Luo, I can't see the situation clearly! became a chicken that was killed. Actually, Perot is not guilty. It is nothing more than getting a large number of Han slaves from the hands of the coalition army, and the name is the largest. Zhou people didn't figure it out. It was he who really opened the gate of Qiuzi City, and it was he who should be inside and out!

He did it more secretly.

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After the Tiele nobles left, Xun Yang and his generals also left the lobby and went to the flower hall behind to drink tea.

Xun Yang smiled: "It's better for Yu Qiao to do this." I'm still worried about munitions. Grab it, I'm worried that this city will not be easy to defend. If you don't grab it, you can't suffocate to death with urine! "The Tiele nobleman Pei Luo's family is very wealthy. His family property is enough for a large army to use for a while.

The generals laughed.

Yang Ji smiled and looked at Shen Qian, who was modest, and said in his heart: "Shen Yuqiao is afraid that he is about to come out!" This time, the performance has been extremely good. ”

Xun Yang made a slight downward gesture and asked, "Yu Qiao, just let go of this group of bastards?" "These Tiele people are all involved in the ancient tribe of Baye. Who knows if there will be another rebellion? If it is according to the evil spirit in his heart, he will kill him cleanly.

Shen Qian got up and said with a smile, "Of course not." In the future, Qi Dashuai will be investigated, we are soft-spoken, what can we do? ”

"Huh..." all the generals were coaxing.

Xun Yang smiled and stretched out his hand to nod Shen Qian, "You kid, you are a scholar!" Don't be the head of your military department. After Qiuzi is defended here, I will tell the marshal, I will protect you with a general Qian, General Wu Yi. "He was always a little prejudiced against the literati.

General Wu Yi, from the five products. This is an official rank. Thousand is always the actual job of leading the troops.

Shen Qianxi said: "Dare to disobey your fate? ”

The head of the military department is the sixth product. Now the promotion and appointment of military generals are all in the military department. is only promoted to one level, and for Shen Qian, it is not very cost-effective. But a real job leader with soldiers, this is very rare.

It is equivalent to the starting point of Shen Qian's career in the army, directly starting from the battalion commander of the ace field unit. Moreover, in such a situation as the Western Regions War, how difficult is it to have military power in hand and want to be promoted? A few victories are all you can do.

What's more, he likes to march and lead soldiers.

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When Qiuzi was captured, the Zhou army began to attack the surrounding subsidiary cities, passes, key roads, guards, and fortresses. The city of Qiuzi slowly stabilized, and the news spread to the outside world through various channels.

In mid-October, it was freezing cold.

In the city of Hami, thousands of miles away from Qiuzi, the messenger to Mobei has been setting off for many days, and the reply from Mobei has not yet arrived.

A mutiny, it's not that simple! Many mutinies, coups were successful at the time and then failed. For example, the Soviet Union, as we know it, repeated several times at the curtain call. And after Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, ascended to the throne, it was only a few people who immediately extinguished rebellions in various places.

Relying on the support of 20,000 cavalry of the Tongluo tribe, Baye Gu Xiaode killed the guards, cronies, sons, nephews, and clansmen of Baye Gutumen; and does not interfere with the military power of the generals of the various departments, and comes and goes freely; and deducted the pot of the defeat in the Battle of Beishan to the head of the ancient Tumen of Baye, and only then did he become the nominal commander of the remnant army. Among them, there are also reasons for the influence of Princess Wanguo on his favor.

However, this is only temporary. It also needs Mobei's recognition.

Otherwise, as long as the Mobei Royal Court has a contrary opinion, probably, many generals in Hami City want to kill him at this time! Poshi may not protect him.

In the early morning, in a tent in the east of the city, the twenty-two-year-old former princess Uniri served Bano Kotaka to get up, bent down to tie his leather armor, and her long white and soft embroidered skirt outlined her round dolphin. Its elasticity seems to overflow.

Uniri said as if he were a homely man: "Utre, a Hui man, loves money and is clever, and if you want to persuade him to go to Qiuzi, you first need to give a generous gift." Her voice was very soft. With her delicate and beautiful face, the posture of bending over and curling a dolphin at this time is full of charm and charm. It makes people want to rush and correct her on the spot.

She's showing her worth. Bano Kotaka told her that he was going to Qiuzi. She can go back to Beiting first, Mobei.

Baye Kotaka admired this wonderful beauty, recalling every blow that conquered her last night, and was full of ambition. But restraining the desire in his heart, he still had to do the right thing, saying, "I know! ”

The situation was like a rock on the edge of a cliff to him. But with the assistance of Fu Zheng, he still has some certainty. Pondering people's hearts, playing balance, and being very good at weight.

Half an hour later, Baye Gu Xiaode and General Hui Hui, holding about 5,000 people in their hands, held an archery competition in the school field on the outskirts of the eastern part of the city.

Baye Gu Xiaode's archery skills are quite good, bending the bow to shoot the Han people's living targets, for the targets in single clothes were shot to the ground by sharp arrows, bleeding all over the ground, screaming in the cold north wind, shouting, he didn't care.

After almost laying the groundwork, he smiled and said, "General Utler, the Battle of Beishan failed, if we return to Beiting, it will be a complete failure. The Tongluo cavalry wanted to return to Mobei. And I want to go to Qiuzi, re-recruit cavalry, and fight the Zhou army. If the Zhou army is defeated, Hami is all pastures for the Hui people. ”

Utler didn't answer, an arrow hit a half-grown teenager in the chest, watched him fall to the ground, nodded with satisfaction, turned his head and asked, "What about you?" ”

Baye Gu Xiaode said: "I want to go back to Mobei to marry the princess of Wanguo." ”

Utler laughed, showing an expression that all men understand, and patted Bano Kotaka on the shoulder, "You are very greedy!" Of course, every man on the prairie wants to marry her. ”

Returning to Mobei to marry the princess of Wanguo, this is not a literal meaning, but to compete for the position of Khan of the Yegu Department!

A smile appeared on the cold face of Baye Gu Xiaode, and he shot the Han man who was still running hard and trying to survive in the school field, and said, "General Utler, let's go have a drink." Ward off the cold! ”

Utler nodded with a smile on his face. In his heart, he actually wanted to go to Qiuzi. It's also good to form an alliance with Bano Kotak. He is now back in Mobei, and after so many deaths, there is an eighty percent probability that he will be executed by the khans of their tribe!

At this time, a messenger was brought in by the guards in the school field, and he knelt down and said, "General Xiaode, there is news from Yanqi that Qiuzi has been captured by the Zhou army!" ”

"What?" Before he could speak, the smile on Utler's face suddenly retracted, lifted the collar of the messenger, and roared, "How is this possible? Did Zhou Jun grow wings and fly over? ”

The messenger trembled, "He... They came from the desert! ”

"Rubbish! Tiele has more than 10,000 cavalry, and he can't hold a small Qiuzi city? Utler kicked the messenger away, "Rubbish! ”

Baye Kotak waved his hand, as if he wanted to stop Utler, but there seemed to be something pressing in his throat, and he didn't say a word!

He won the position of commander of nearly 50,000 troops, and at this time he won the support of the general Hui, and grabbed the former princess, the well-known beauty of the grassland, Uniri, what a beautiful situation and what a wonderful experience?

He is about to sit in the four towns of Anxi, command more than 100,000 troops, and crisscross the vast land of the Western Regions. As long as the Zhou army is defeated, or it is stalemate. He can return to Mobei and prepare to compete for the throne and collect the princess of Wanguo!

His dreams, his stage, his life!

However, at this time, he was told that the turtle was occupied, and when his heart was at its hottest, he poured a basin of ice water down! It's as if he was kicking people down when he climbed the ladder!

What a bitch!

Baye Gu Xiaode gritted his teeth, his lips were bleeding, suppressed his anger, and a few words popped out of his throat: "Convene the generals to discuss!" ”

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At the end of October, Dunhuang was already in the stage of recuperation. It was a little quiet, however, in the morning, a good news shattered the silence of the city.

"Good news! General Xunyang, capture Qiuzi! ”

The news spread all over Dunhuang like the wind.

And Jia Huan was in the scripture cave of Mogao Grottoes, looking through the original time, he got the news, and then rushed back to Dunhuang City.

Yu Qiuyu, in his famous essay "A Sigh for a Thousand Years", depicts the suffering of Dunhuang, Mogao Grottoes, and Tibetan Scripture Caves!

Jia Huan had traveled to Dunhuang in his previous life, and he still remembered it vividly. He had no interest in Buddhist culture, but he had no intention of leaving the cave to future generations, so he directly led people to dig it so that it could see the light of day. And Mr. Wang praised this as a grand event in the Dunhuang literary circle.

Jia Huan was not busy with official business these days, except for preparing for the newspaper, there was no major event, and he was dragged by Mr. Wang to the Tibetan scripture cave to read books. Whoever made him is also Hanlin, belonging to the academic authority. Is it the leader of Dunhuang's literary circle?

The governor's palace of the Governor of Qi is still in Guazhou. Here in Dunhuang, there are still only three people: Jia Huan, Cheng You, and Hu Chi. The main forces of the Zhou army were all in Guazhou. are all waiting for news from Qiuzi. If the turtle is down, it is ready to increase troops in Rouyuan. Coerced Hami.

In the Provisional Governor's Palace, Cheng You laughed heartily, "Haha." Dashuai must be very happy. Zeng Ji is a good means. Xun Shen will live up to the trust! The officers and men of the three armies have made great contributions with their lives! ”

Because of his good mood, Cheng Yu jumped out with a series of words! He was a strategist.

Jia Huan and Hu Chi both laughed.

Hu Chi said: "Look at what Gongda likes!" ”

Jia Huan smiled slightly. The heart is light!

How can you not like it?

At present, the overall situation in the Western Regions is a strategic defensive stage, which has turned into a strategic stalemate stage. And the capture of Qiuci is equivalent to a frog jumping tactic, which can save the time of the Zhou army to recover the entire territory of the Western Regions! And, you can charge up for the decisive battle in Mobei!

The population and resources of the Qiuci area are much more than here in Dunhuang!

Jia Huan didn't know: in Dunhuang and Guazhou, when the Zhou army cleaned up the internal opposition, the Bayegu coalition army mutinied and changed the commander. The old structure and order are crumbling, and new forces are dominant!

However, he could feel that the Western Regions were drawn like a long scroll. After Qiuzi was captured, it was as if a long wind was blowing, and the color of the scroll was gradually changing. Blue and red are alternating. And the red color of the Zhou army has the upper hand!

The long wind is mighty, blowing thousands of miles.

What's next? Who's going to be on the stage and who's going to be out?

Jiuwu said

I found that I was still fit to write big chapters!

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