In the river.

Generally speaking, this geographical term refers to the Syr Darya and Amu Darya basin regions of Central Asia, which encompass present-day Uzbekistan and southwestern Kyrgyzstan. The Persian Samanid dynasty and the Turkic Timurid Empire once arose here.

Intuitively, it refers to the nine Sogdian states of the Tang Dynasty. Today, the Sogdians have long since declined, and only a few Sogdian states exist. Here, it has long been a satellite state of the successive dynasties of the Persian Empire.

However, the Persian Empire only began to grow stronger after more than two decades of Abbas the Great's reign. They fought with the Ottomans for land in the north, and in the south they crushed the Turkmen Red Heads!

At one time, the Redheads could influence the choice of emperor of the Safavid dynasty. No wise emperor would put up with such a local divisiveness.

By the fifteenth year of Yongzhi, the strength of the red-headed army was already very weak. The tentacles of the Safavid dynasty thus stretched into the river.

However, in the Transoxiana region, Sogdians, Turks, Uzbeks, and Turkmen now live. It is the Uzbeks who are really strong.

In the fourteenth year of Yongzhi, Niu Jizong, the left governor of the Zhou Empire, led a large army to conquer Hezhong and Zhizhou County. The submission of the Uzbeks to help the Zhou army. However, after the allied forces of the ancient tribe of Baye invaded the Western Regions, the situation in the river changed dramatically: the Uzbeks fought with the Safavid dynasty of the Persian Empire for the middle of the river!

It was in this context that Shi Yuhua, a famous singer of the dynasty, came to the river from the Tocharian region.

In mid-September, early winter is approaching. The political center and commercial center of the river, the atmosphere in the famous city of Samarkand is tense. In the light rain, there were very few shops in the market.

On the fifth day of the ninth month, the 30,000 Sogdian coalition led by Kalimi, the governor of the Persian Empire, was defeated in the battle of Juti, and only a few thousand men fled back. The Uzbek Chingu Khan was about to lead an army to besiege the city. He was dealing with post-war matters.

The post house in the city, with blue tiles and white walls, and houses are scattered vertically and horizontally. A light rain is falling. In a small courtyard to the east, a graceful beauty wearing a white fox fur was on the corridor, looking at the rain and silent.

However, just looking at her beautiful and slender back, you can see her tiredness, sorrow, and longing. The reason why she chose the small courtyard to the east. It's thinking that one day I can return to the east. Humayi north wind, over the south branch of the bird's nest.

"Girl..., Princess Yuanshuang is here." A beautiful little maid, dressed in a green shirt, twenty-nine years old, walked into the cloister with a tea tray, and said prettyly. Exquisite silver tea trays with tea and pastries.

"Let her in!"

A moment later, I saw a woman in a white dress floating in. The fragrance is blowing. Wearing a white dress, a twenty-eight girl, her appearance is as beautiful as jade. smiled and said, "Sister Yuhua, I'm here to learn singing from you again!" ”

The yellow-shirted beauty in the corridor turned around, revealing her beautiful face: beautiful, pure and beautiful, with a pair of water-cut eyes like a dream! At that moment, the beautiful rain scene in the garden was eclipsed.

It was Shi Yuhua who left Beijing in the summer of the seventeenth year of Yongzhi.

More than two years have passed, and time has left its mark on the eighteen-year-old girl. It's even more beautiful than when it was a famous Beijing teacher. There is also a little vicissitudes and melancholy. That is the precipitation of life and experience.

Shi Yuhua smiled shallowly, showed his singing voice, and sang: "The evening breeze blows the curtains, and the shadow is not accompanied by lights." Don't forget each other, the end of the world looks at each other. The moon is like frost, and tears stain it, soaking the single tree. The bell fluttered gently, and the sound was sorrowful. ”

Her singing voice is tactful and melodious, with a delicate and ethereal texture, which goes straight to the heart. Apparently a masterpiece!

Princess Yuanshuang listened intoxicated, and when Shi Yuhua finished singing, she applauded: "Sister Yuhua is really a peerless person!" No wonder it sparked a war between the two countries. With that, he sighed softly, and sorrow climbed onto the jade face.

She is the princess of Kangguo. A few months ago, news came from Juzhanti, and the Qingu Khan named: You snatched the Shi family in Hengros City, and I not only want to snatch it back, but also want your first beauty of the Sogdians: Princess Yuanshuang to be my concubine.

Now, the Uzbeks are coming.

Shi Yuhua chuckled, brushed the green silk in his ear with his tail finger, and said, "I'm just a colorful head." "The outside world is full of rumors about her glamorous name, and she is in trouble! But, how could she have caused a war between the two countries? She's just a man's victory in the war.

Princess Yuanshuang was about to say more, when a fair-skinned young man came from the courtyard, his gorgeous robe stained with rain. He has a slender posture and a gentle bearing. Walking room, full of aristocratic style.

The fair-skinned young man had a letterhead in his hand, a smile on his face, and walked over quickly, "Shi family, Princess Yuanshuang, the merchants have brought good news to the city: the Zhou army is preparing to attack Juzhanti. Samarkand's dilemma here is self-extricating. ”

Shi Yuhua looked puzzled, "Prince Jory? ”

Jori was the fourteenth son of King Massoud of the Moon Clan. When he was in Tocharo, he fell in love with Shi Yuhua at first sight. For the past two years, he has been following her, running for her, and protecting her safety. Otherwise...

Jory Hamad Nadi smiled elegantly and handed the letter in his hand to Shi Yuhua, "This is the new work of Zhou Jun coach Jia Huan. That's the reason why he came to attack and fight, but you may not like it. ”

Suddenly hearing Jia Huan's name, Shi Yuhua's breathing was slightly short, and he took the letterhead, which read: Dinghu abandoned the world that day, broke the enemy and took the capital and Yuguan. The six armies are all vegetarian, and they are angry at the crown!

Chong Guan is angry and red-faced!

Shi Yuhua's heart was touched by this sentence, and tears rolled down in an instant. What's on her mind, who knows? How dare he give him a poem?

In the two years she was in the Western Regions, the vague thoughts gradually became clear. When she recalled the past in Beijing, only his ordinary face was engraved in her heart. A few dreams came to mind.

What she had just sung was the little song he had taught her master.

The beauty tears two lines, the pear blossom brings the rain, I see pity!

The little maid began to cry. The girl and she finally have a chance to return to the Central Plains. Over the years, the four guards sent to them by the third master have all died! Who understands the hardships and dangers along the way?

Princess Yuanshuang was a little stunned, and at the same time a little envious. What could be better than being a woman? What else could you ask for? Chong Guan is angry and red-faced! And then, bring a large army to fight?

Jory smiled wryly. He seemed to understand something.

Shi Yuhua was originally an extremely smart woman. However, she also said just now that she couldn't start a war, just a lottery. Now, there is news: Jia Huan sent troops for her. There are poems to prove it. The mood is agitated, and it is difficult to be yourself.

This thing, the strangeness of this poem, a little doubt, she didn't think about it.

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On September 21, the 19th year of Yongzhi, Jia Huanqin led 12,000 Zhou troops to conquer the city of Thirsty City, which was 700 miles away from Naren City and located in the Fergana Basin. The soldiers are approaching the important place in the river: all battles!