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Chapter 267
Once Gao Xianzhi does things that involve his own interests, he is very particular about efficiency. He has already understood the expectation of the emperor, which is to defeat Dashi and win the victory. He is still in Dunhuang, so he uses the eagle letter to inform Feng Changqing to prepare for the battle .

To prepare for a battle, first of all, the soldiers and horses were not moved, and the food and grass went first. Feng Changqing prepared [-] camels and began to deliver food and supplies to Suiye.

Ten days later, Feng Changqing personally led the camel team to Suiye. I don't know if it was a coincidence, or Gao Xianzhi had sent someone to notify him. At the same time that Feng Changqing arrived at Suiye, Sare, the chief of the powerful Ge Luolu, also arrived at Suiye. leaf.

In the official office of Suiye City, Feng Changqing received Sa Lei, and Li Ye sat beside him.

Of course Sare came here for the purpose of dispatching troops. Gao Xianzhi had already sent someone to write to him, expressly requesting him to dispatch [-] troops to join the battle with the Tang army.

Sare was extremely tall and strong, his skin was black and shiny, and he looked very rough, but his small eyes were particularly cunning and shrewd.

"Of course we are willing to send troops to cooperate with the Tang army, but we also have a small condition. We hope that the land west of Aitao Lake will be formally assigned to us as a pasture."

The other party's request was within Li Ye's expectation. This request was like a lion's mouth, and almost half of the Yili River Valley and the south bank of Yibohai were taken away, and half of the three treasures controlled by Tang Jun were taken away by him.

Li Ye played tricks on Feng Changqing, and Feng Changqing also knew that the other party's request was too much, he said slowly: "The land on the west bank of Yibohai originally belonged to Tuqishi, and the Tang army wiped out Tuqishi Wangting. Ge Luolu didn't participate, but in the end, he got the land on the west coast of the Yibohai by stepping on the strength department, and gained such a huge benefit, shouldn't the Ge Luolu people express it?"

Li Ye also added: "The hundreds of miles of land in the Talas River Valley have also been annexed by you. That piece of land has never belonged to you. You should withdraw. If you are willing to send troops to assist, then you can discuss it. If you are not willing To send troops, the only way is to ask you to leave!"

Chief Sare's face turned red and then pale, and he said angrily, "I'm going to talk to Gao Jiedu!"

Feng Changqing said coldly: "This matter has been entrusted to me by Gao Jiedu Envoy, and I am fully responsible. I can tell the chief clearly that the Yili River Valley is actually controlled by the Tang army, and I will not give it to Ge Luolu. If you send troops , at most the southwestern pasture of Yibohai will be used by you, but the land does not belong to you, but you are only allowed to graze there, the chief will weigh it himself!"

After a pause, Feng Changqing said again: "If the Jiedu Envoy comes to talk, I'm afraid you won't get anything!"

Great Chief Sare knew that he could not not send troops, and the other party's concession made him very unwilling. He said after a long while: "We also need to guard against the invasion of the Gaza people in the west. It is impossible to send all 5000 troops to assist the Tang army. The maximum number of troops sent is [-]." people."

Li Ye suddenly understood why the Ge Luolu people betrayed the Tang army during the Battle of Talas in history. It must be that Gao Xianzhi did not agree to any conditions. Ge Luolu was unwilling to send troops, and then Dashi secretly negotiated with them and agreed. Give them the three treasure lands of Rehai, Chu River Valley and Yili River Valley, and they betrayed and attacked Tang Jun from behind.

Thinking of this, Li Ye quickly winked at Feng Changqing, expressing that he had something to say, Feng Changqing understood, nodded and said: "Let's do this first! Let's talk about it in detail tomorrow."

Chief Sare left with a few of his men, Feng Changqing then asked Li Ye, "Does General Li have any ideas?"

Li Ye said slowly: "Don't Feng Changshi think this person is very dangerous?"

"How to say?"

"This person didn't send troops to help Tang Jun because he was grateful. He was willing to send troops because he wanted territory. But we obviously didn't meet his conditions, which made him feel unhappy. Such a person is a hidden danger! Once Dashi gives him good conditions, For example, given Rehai, Yili River Valley and Chu River Valley to him, does Chang Shi think he will betray Tang Jun?"

Feng Changqing frowned, "I can't!"

"Chang Shi, who is not of my race, must have a different heart. He will not fight for the dignity and peace of the Tang Dynasty. Once there are enough interests, they will definitely betray the Tang army."

Feng Changqing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back. Li Ye's reminder was very timely, and he also realized that this possibility would occur, and the possibility was extremely high.

He said slowly: "Then simply don't want Ge Luolu to join the battle. There are 1 people from Beiting Army and Han Navy coming to assist in the battle. We don't need 5000 people from Ge Luolu."

Li Ye was overjoyed, "Will the Beiting army also join the battle?"

Feng Changqing nodded, "The Son of Heaven is worried about the lack of troops in the Anxi Army, so he specially ordered the Beitinghan Navy to participate in the battle. It is estimated that it will arrive in two days, but I have a question, what if the Great Food Army does not fight? Should we directly Are you going to force them into battle?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "This question has been considered over and over again. The key point is still in Shiguo. Why did Dashi expand eastward? You said they were eager to preach, but Baiyi Dashi has been tepid for decades. They It has been at least five years since the Bushi State was occupied, and the local people have not been forced to convert their beliefs. The local people still mainly believe in Buddhism.

So I think that in terms of religion, Dashi is following a long-term plan. They may take three to fifty years, or even a hundred years, to slowly change the beliefs of the local people. I think Dashi’s eagerness to expand eastward is still out of plundering wealth. The purpose, one is the silver mine of Shiguo, and the other is the gold mine of Bahana.

So Abu Muslim's focus has always been on these two small countries. As long as we send troops first and control the silver and gold mines of the two countries, then the big food army will definitely send troops to fight for them. "

Feng Changqing nodded, "You are right, where are the gold and silver mines in these two countries?"

"The silver mine in Shiguo is near Talas City, and the gold mine in Bahana is in Qianquan City, but there is no gold in the easy-to-mining mining area of ​​the gold mine in Bahana. Now the gold mine is hidden in the deep mountains and it is difficult to mine, so The focus is on the silver mine in Shiguo, the largest silver mine in the west of Congling, with an annual output of more than one million taels of silver."

This figure made Feng Changqing gasp. Datang's annual coinage is only 60 guan, and Shi Guo's annual silver production is worth one million guan. Can get so much silver from Stone Country.

"I will discuss it with Marshal Gao, but it is estimated that the important task of sending troops to seize the Talas silver mine will be left to you."

Li Ye nodded, "Once the battle preparations are complete, the humble officer will dispatch troops immediately!"

There is a mansion in the east of Suiye City. This is a stronghold of Talige Luolu in Suiye. At this time, in a large room of the mansion, Chief Sare was furious, and he drew his knife and chopped down all the furniture in the house. The smashed and valuable Tang Dynasty porcelain was also smashed to pieces by him.

Just now, Feng Changqing sent someone to inform him that the Tang army no longer needed him to send troops, which meant that his hope of capturing the southern part of Yibohai and the Yili River Valley was completely shattered.

Sare vented wildly, and finally got a little tired. He threw the knife in his hand on the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's wait and see who will have the last laugh?"

In the afternoon of that day, Sare took his people away from Suiye and returned to the tooth tent on the west bank of Yibohai.

Five days later, the 1 Han navy arrived at Suiye under the leadership of Cheng Qianli, the Beiting Jiedu envoy and Han navy envoy, and set up a camp outside the city. They were walking through the Yili River Valley, and the Bianxi army came over. Not by much.

That's why Gao Xianzhi didn't want the Beiting Army to join the battle, he knew that Cheng Qianli would not let this opportunity go, and he would personally share the credit with him.

Gao Xianzhi's worry was not wrong, Cheng Qianli would not let this opportunity pass by.

Li Ye rushed to Daying outside the city and met Cheng Qianli.

It has been two years since the last battle of Shuofang. When Cheng Qianli saw Li Ye again, he was almost shocked. Two years ago, Li Ye was as tall as him, but now he is half a head taller than him. The childishness on his face also completely disappeared, replaced by a mature and heroic face, his eyes full of confidence.

Cheng Qianli was as cheerful as ever. He patted Li Ye's arm and laughed loudly: "What a boy, how tall is he? I almost couldn't recognize him."

"Cheng Shijun has hardly changed, he is still young and charming!"

Cheng Qianli pointed at Li Ye and said with a smile: "The boy can talk. I don't feel that I am still handsome, but I am very happy when I am young. If you say that I am younger than before, I will definitely be happier."

"Wouldn't that be flattering you?"

This level of flattery is very high, Cheng Qianli drank sweets, laughed loudly, "Let's go to the camp and talk about it!"

The two walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, seated guests and hosts separately, Cheng Qianli served tea to the soldiers, the two drank the tea, Cheng Qianli asked in a deep voice: "Why did my nephew choose Suiye?"

Li Ye was taken aback, "Is Broken Leaf bad?"

"You don't know that there is a saying in the army called 'Golden Longyou, Yinshuofang, both gold and silver are in Fanyang'? One of these three places is to defend the capital, and the other is to control Hebei. They are all the most concerned by the court. Small contributions in these three places will reap great benefits, and the imperial court will regard them as great contributions.

On the contrary, in Anxi and Beiting, the imperial court will only see that you have made such great achievements as pacifying Xiaobolu, and the imperial court will not take it seriously, even if you report it to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War Neither look.

As for Suiye, the imperial court will not take it seriously, like your contributions in Juyanhai, in Qushiguo, and in Bahana, if these meritorious services happened in Longyou, with your royal status, at least If you want to be promoted to three ranks, you will also have the title of county king, but look at what you have got now, a little broken leaf soldier and horse envoy?What kind of reward is this? "

(End of this chapter)