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Then the Tang army in the Western Regions pursued and killed more than 30,000 more, and more than 30,000 became prisoners and were reduced to slaves.

Among those who participated in the war were the Tang family in Liangzhou, who ate all the slaves at an average price of three guan per person, and scraped together 100,000 guan to share the price for Wei.

Ashnaduzhi was unable to escape, and in the process of escaping, he was hit by an arrow from his mount, which threw him off his horse and threw him to dust.

When he got up in embarrassment and looked around blankly, a young general of the Tang family in Liangzhou called Tang Bufan rushed over, and stabbed him cleanly, so that his head and body said goodbye!

The unlucky Ashina Duzhi was so confused that the Tang family junior general was obtained, and the other chieftain, Li Shalu, got lucky to get rid of it and went straight to the Western Turkic Ashina Che Bo.

Except for some important captured chieftains who were sent to Luoyang, the rest were sold as slaves.

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When the war subsided, Yang Chengxian met Wei and waited for the price, and everyone was overjoyed.

The 45,000 people broke through 150,000, and although the 150,000 people were seriously flooded, the captives, the heads, and the slaves were all the same.

Yang Chengxian's arrival not only greatly helped Wei to win, but also allowed him to rest, so that he could hand over the military and political affairs of the Western Regions to Yang Chengxian and return to Beijing to report on his work.

Since Wei Xi left the Western Regions, Wei Zhiwei has not returned to Beijing and returned to his hometown, he is on the move, busy with military affairs, and can finally take a breath.

Yang Chengxian parachuted in, and took over the seal to take charge of the Western Regions, he is the cadre of Wei Xi's system, and he helps everyone win, and the Western Regions Army welcomes him very much.

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It's cold in the wee hours of the morning, but it's no match for the warmth of people's hearts.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, built the White Horse Temple.

Founded in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (68 AD), China's first ancient temple, the world's famous Jialan, is the first government-run temple built after Buddhism was introduced into China, and is known as the "ancestral garden" and "Shiyuan" of Chinese Buddhism.

The temple enshrines the statue of Shakya, Amitabha, the medicine master "three Buddhas", Wei Tuo, Wei Li two heavenly generals, eighteen arhats and so on.

On the first day of the upcoming Lunar New Year, believers have already crowded outside the gate of the White Horse Temple, waiting to burn the incense of the first furnace of the new year.

Burning incense is an ancient folk custom of the Han nationality, "burning incense" is also called "burning incense", which is a way of worshiping Buddha and worshiping God. That is, believers rush to temples, Taoist temples or shrines to burn the first incense burner to show their piety. The custom of burning incense has a long history, since Buddhism was introduced to China, especially when the Spring Festival or some major festivals come, the incense is more respected.

Many believers believe that burning the first incense stick indicates the importance and devotion of the incense person to the Buddha, and that the first incense stick will bring greater luck to oneself.

In a commercialized society, the situation of burning high-priced incense is becoming more and more intense, and it is often auctioned for sky-high prices.

But now, the White Horse Temple is the same, who wants to burn the first incense of the New Year, please early!

Everyone came to line up, the believers ignored the cold, lined up all night, there was a long queue at the door, a full 300 meters, under the command of the monks in the temple, lined up in three phalanxes, in good order.

Everyone has expectations, hoping to burn incense on their heads to express their respect, gratitude and nostalgia for the Buddha, and at the same time to protect their own happiness or various wishes.

The sky was dawning, and it was almost time to burn incense, when everyone was stomping their feet coldly, they heard the sound of a large group of people rushing over, and the hearts of the well-informed Luoyang people suddenly sank.

M's, the dignitaries came to grab the incense burner.

There are many powerful people in Luoyang, and it is commonplace for them to rush to burn incense in Buddhist temples and Taoist temples.

Fortunately, the White Horse Temple is very bullish, and whoever comes, please queue up, and rarely make exceptions, even if it is a prince, he will not give face.

I don't know if I can resist this time, and the believers get up to see if the monks of the White Horse Temple are cowardly.

They didn't wait long before they saw a large group of cavalry rushing over like a torrent of iron armor, their bright light armor was extremely majestic, and the reflected light brought a lot of pressure to the people.

These cavalry sabers, shields, and all kinds of long weapons, all with bows and arrows, set out as if in battle, some of the men and horses wore golden cobra cloaks, and the horses carried large bows, and they escorted a bright yellow luxury carriage halfway through.

The leading cavalry swaggered and opened the way with a strong style, and the people shouted in surprise and dodged in all directions to make way to the gate.

After the cavalry drove away the people and occupied the road, the gates of the White Horse Temple were wide open, allowing the wagons to rumble inside!

Some of the people immediately scolded loudly: "Annoying nobles, incompetent monks (this is a polite scolding, and there are even more ugly scoldings)." ”

But more people didn't curse much, just complained a few times.

Some outsiders curiously asked Luoyang Daodao: "Who is that?" ”

"General Wei!"

"Didn't the White Horse Temple say that all beings in front of the Buddha were equal, and actually let them cut the line?" The outsider asked in surprise.

The people of Luoyang replied very cleverly: "The Buddha is also afraid of General Wei!" ”

"Afraid, afraid, afraid of the general?" The outsiders were even more surprised.

"The White Horse Temple is afraid of removing the Buddha statue for this great general!" The people of Luoyang replied, seeing that the outsiders were puzzled, so they kindly explained to him: "When this general went to the Wa Kingdom, he removed all the Buddha statues from the Wa Kingdom, remelted them into ingots, and then used them to mint copper coins. ”

"Ugh!" Hearing this, the eyes of outsiders were straight and unbelievable.

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Wei Xi is an atheist in his heart, he doesn't want to rob his head and burn incense, according to him, even if he wants to worship Buddhism, he should do more good deeds, he once said that "giving money to the poor is equivalent to lending money to the king of Yama" also applies to Buddhism.

Helplessly, the tigress has the final say on the small matters at home (Wei Xi decides which country and race to go to war with), and she wants to pray for their third child.

Yes, Wei Xi worked hard, and his children with Princess Taiping were born one after another (he once made a gaffe saying that she could give birth like a sow, and was beaten by Princess Taiping!). Now she's pregnant with a third.

First, Princess Taiping is so young and beautiful, and if she has time, she won't shoot a few shots, which is really a tyrannical thing; Second, find something to do for her, it is not a good thing for a woman to be idle, especially a powerful woman; Three, let the royal family see the results of their own efforts, Russia is working hard, and it is true that he did not treat Princess Taiping slowly!

When Princess Taiping proposed to go to the White Horse Temple to burn incense, he did not object, and the White Horse Temple also did not object, and gave them the first one to enter the temple.

The monks of the temple sing, the bell rings softly, the Buddha statue is solemn, and the Buddha hall is solemn.

Princess Taiping was full of joy, knelt down on the futon with Wei Xi, saluted, and recited words in her mouth, asking the Buddha to bless her.

Wei Xi also obeyed her wishes, and also saluted and worshipped.

After the salute, incense was put on in front of the Buddha, cigarettes curled, Princess Taiping personally took the Buddhist scriptures and read them, Wei Xi was not very interested, and couldn't help but be a little dazed.

The Li family of the Tang Dynasty believes in Taoism, but they are not exclusive to Buddhism.

When Princess Taiping finished reading, a fat monk said diligently: "General, the host invites you to have a vegetarian meal with the princess!" ”

"Very good, lead the way!" Wei Xi commanded.

When they left the Daxiong Treasure Hall, they saw the gate open in the distance, and the believers were running at a speed of 100 meters.

Wei Xi was used to fighting and charging, so he naturally didn't care, but with the courage of Princess Taiping, he was taken aback.

If you don't go through the back door, you will definitely not be able to grab the first incense to burn.