The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 515 Undercurrent
It is recorded in the history books that when the nomadic tribes were strong, it was true that gods blocked and killed gods, and Buddhas blocked and killed Buddhas.

It's like destroying the sky and destroying the earth, destroying everything in the world is no problem.

This is naturally the case when the nomads were strong and the Central Plains dynasty was in decline.

Like a period that cannot be mentioned, like the Xiongnu Rouran Turkic Khitan Jinmeng and so on have had a bright period.

However, over the millennium, the glorious days of this nomadic people are not many even if they add up.

In the true sense, it was the Central Plains dynasty that dominated the nomads.

For the people of Datang, they are lucky, because at this time Datang is in a period of glory.

But for Huihe, Tuqishi, Ge Luolu and other tribes, life is gloomy.

Because Datang's squeeze is too serious.

The number of cattle, sheep and horses Tang Jun asks for every year has been increasing, which is already beyond their affordability.

And in these years, both Gao Xianzhi and Guo Ziyi have been very keen to call them to serve in the army and fight in wars, even to the extent that horse bandits want to mobilize them.

Not to mention the heavy losses to the young and strong in the tribe, there is basically no benefit to speak of, at most they give some insignificant rewards.

If he dared to make any complaints, Datang's knife would cut them down immediately.

For example, here at Tuqishi, two envoys who pleaded for mercy and hoped to reduce the amount of tribute were cut off within three years.

Whether it is Gao Xianzhi or Guo Ziyi, they are all ruthless people in the true sense. They will never have a chance to show mercy when they strike. They are completely different from those big turbans who don't know their surnames after hearing three nice words.

They never bothered to explain anything to the tribe, they just gave orders directly, and if they couldn't do it or didn't listen, then the army would drive over directly.

It is precisely because of knowing the tyranny of Datang, and also knowing that the tribes on the prairie are undergoing terrible punishment.

Under the strong fear, so that they dare not offend Datang, they can only smash their teeth and swallow blood.

But the anger in my heart is gradually accumulating.

On this day, Ge Luolu's Ye Hu (regal title, similar to Khan) came to the Tuqishi tribe in person and visited the fire-breathing fairy Khan.

"Khan."

After some simple and unnutritious reminiscences, Ge Luolu and Yehu entered the theme very straightforwardly, "The oppression of the Tang Dynasty is too strong, and the Ge Luolu tribe can no longer bear it. I want to turn against the Tang Dynasty. I wonder if Khan is willing to help? "

Tuqi Shi can be regarded as the successor of the Turks, or the successor of the ashes after the Western Turks were destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.

They fought with Datang before the establishment of Datang, and they have been fighting for more than 100 years.

Of course there is no need to say more about hatred, the entire Turks were wiped out by Datang.

But after hearing what Ge Luolu and Yehu said, Fire Spitting Immortal Khan jumped up without joy and shouted, "Brother, let's go together~~~"

But he asked very calmly, "Can you beat it?"

This is where the most critical issue lies.

Geluolu people are not grass on the wall, because the grass on the wall only falls on both sides.

They are falling on three sides.

Datang Qiangsheng followed Datang, Tubo came and followed Tubo, and Dashi came and immediately switched to the Dashi camp.

I have never heard of etiquette, justice, shame, diplomatic credit, and whoever is powerful will follow.

No one naturally likes to be a family slave with three surnames, the only reason is that they can't beat them.

Tuqi Shiren, who has fought against Datang for so many years, is of course well aware of Ge Luolu's strength, even if Tuqi Shi is added, he is not Datang's opponent.

Ge Luolu and Yehu lowered his voice mysteriously, "The governor of Khorasan, who is a big man-eater, sent an envoy to make an alliance with me to attack Tang. If Khan is willing to join, everything south of Tianshan Mountain will belong to Khan afterwards."

"Big food?"

The fire-breathing fairy Khan's eyes lit up.

Dashi's strength is strong enough. Although he has been defeated successively in the wars with Datang over the years, he is still qualified to wrestle with Datang.

"Emperor Tang is also here this time."

Ge Luolu and Yehu smiled like the profiteers that can be seen everywhere in the Western Regions, "As long as the war starts, I'll wait for a blow from the back. If you can catch Emperor Tang, let alone the Western Regions, it's not even impossible to live directly in the Central Plains." matter."

These words touched Fire Spitting Immortal Khan, and the two quickly warmed up, passionately discussing how to divide the spoils after the Tang Dynasty was conquered.

When it comes to the passion, the fire-breathing fairy Khan raised his arms and shouted uncontrollably, "I want to rebuild the Turkic Khanate and become the greatest Khan~~~"

"it is good!"

Ge Luolu and Yehu, who were the supporters, clapped their hands immediately, and when they were about to present a eulogy, someone outside the tent reported loudly, "The envoy of the Tang Kingdom is here~~~"

In an instant, the tense atmosphere in the tent suddenly became quiet.

Ye Hu and Khan looked at each other. After looking at each other for a while, Ye Hu nodded and turned around to hide in the back tent.

The fire-breathing fairy Khan also put away the insolent smile on his face, and invited the Tang envoy in.

The cold-faced envoy Tang came in, not polite or talking nonsense, but just conveyed an order from Guo Ziyi.

"The fire-breathing fairy Khan is limited to lead no less than [-] riders to Talas to gather and wait for orders before July [-]th."

After finishing speaking, the envoy took out a military order and put it in his hand and stretched it out to the fire-breathing fairy Khan, "Khan accepts the order!"

Facing Datang's attitude of completely treating himself as a vassal and giving orders, Fire Spitting Immortal Khan trembled with sweat.

He wished he could call someone in now and kill the emissary.

Anyway, they had killed Tang envoy before, so it was not a big deal.

But when he thought of the terrifying Tang Jun, this idea was quickly dispelled.

It's no problem to kill the Tang envoy now, but after the Tang envoy is killed, the Tang army will come, and then he can kill the Tang army?
If he really had this ability, then this would not be the case today.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Fire-breathing Immortal Khan lowered his head and accepted the military order, "Got it."

Tang Envoy was obviously a little dazed. He didn't expect that Tu Qishi, who had been ignoring him before, would have a sex change today?

Before he came, he was ready to be cut down, and the army in Beiting had also assembled and was ready to come at any time.

Unexpectedly, Tu Qishi was cowardly?

How can you be cowardly, Lao Tzu's name goes down in history, and the chance of Lao Tzu's family being reused is gone!
The Tang envoy, who was full of unwillingness, was kicked out of the king's tent cursing.

When Ge Luolu Yehu came out, his expression was extremely ugly.

Seeing his expression, Khan the Fire-breathing Immortal froze for a moment and then figured out that Talas is the core of the Ge Luolu people.

Obviously, Tang Jun intends to fight Dashi at Talas.

No matter who wins or who loses, the Ge Luolu people, as landlords, must have suffered heavy losses.

The fire-breathing immortal Khan, who was still feeling angry before, suddenly felt much better when he saw Ge Luolu Yehu's distorted face.

After pretending to comfort a few words, he sent his confidants to go back with him to discuss cooperation with the envoy of the governor of Dashi Khorasan.

It wasn't just the Tuqishi people who received the mobilization order from the Tang Dynasty. In fact, all the tribes in the Western Regions, no matter how big or small, were mobilized by the Tang Dynasty, driving their cattle, sheep and horses to Talas.

In July of the tenth year of Tianbao, the Nuo Prairie near Talas had become a huge military camp.

Until this time, the main force of Li Yunze's central army started from Anxi.

But before going to Talas, Li Yunze went to Suiye City first.

During the rebellion of the Tuqishi people more than ten years ago, Suiye City fell into the hands of the Tuqishi people.

Of course Li Yunze couldn't tolerate this kind of thing.

This time the troops were dispatched, and Suiye City was taken back along the way.

The left-behind Tuqi Shiren were immediately beaten up. They never thought that when their own Khan led an army to fight for Datang, Datang turned his back and copied his old den.

In fact, this time Li Yunze did not intend to let those tribes who went to Talas return to the Western Regions again!
After regaining Suiye City, Li Yunze teased Li Bai and asked him to compose a poem for Suiye City, then continued westward across Congling, heading straight for Talas.

The specific location of Talas is in the north of Congling Ridge and near the Talas River west of Suiye City.

The area here is open, and it is a large area of ​​fertile grassland.

When the time came to the beginning of August, after Li Yunze personally led the main force of the Chinese army to Talas, including the soldiers and horses from Anxi and Beiting, which arrived earlier, the total strength of the army had exceeded [-].

In order to provide logistical supplies for this army, a long supply line was transported from Anxi and Beiting with countless laborers and livestock.

However, it is still not enough!
At this time, Li Yunze finally missed the train a little bit.

If there were a railway, one trip would be enough to last a large army for many days.

This is because Li Yunze started preparations many years in advance, providing supplies from the Western Regions nearby.

If it was shipped from far away Guanzhong, it would be a fart, but it would have been eaten up here long ago.

This is why every time the Tang army goes out to fight, the number of soldiers and horses is always small.

It's not that the Tang army can't send more soldiers and horses, but that the logistics cannot support so many soldiers and horses to fight outside.

Just like the Battle of Talas, Gao Xianzhi only brought 2 people here.

It's not that Anxi doesn't have more soldiers and horses, there is really no way.

Facing the lack of supplies, Li Yunze's solution was very simple, he asked for it directly from the surrounding vassal tribes.

Cattle, sheep, horses, fodder, food, and so on.

don't give?

If you don't give it, the army will drive over and pull everything back.

Facing more than [-] Tang soldiers, no tribe dared to resist.

The Tang army, almost everyone wearing iron armor, put too much pressure on the tribes.

Of course, doing so will definitely arouse dissatisfaction and anger among the tribes.

It's just that Li Yunze didn't care at all, he just wanted to fight to settle these unstable factors.

The time came to the tenth day of the eighth month, and the mighty Dashi Legion passed through the Kingdom of Kang and the Kingdom of Shi, and finally arrived at the Talas Prairie.

The most intense collision of this era is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)