Chapter 225: Close preparation for the war

The day after Li Qing'an returned to Beiting, the Yiwu army envoy Yang Zaicheng sent someone to send news that the first batch of 15,000 Tianwei troops had arrived in Yizhou. The head general was Li Guangbi, the deputy envoy of Tianwei Army, and the second batch of 15,000 Tianwei troops were already on the way. The general led by the Uighurs Pugu Huaien.

The arrival of the Tianwei Army is undoubtedly a great news for Li Qingan, who lacks troops. He personally took people a hundred miles away to welcome the arrival of the first Tianwei Army.

The grassland in February has already felt the breath of spring. The ice and snow have melted, and the snow water seeps into the soil, urging the seeds of life. The tender green grass buds have already poked out their delicate little heads from the withered winter grass seeds. They are curiously looking at this brand new world. The endless grassland has been dyed with light green. Every day is changing, full of vitality. In the blue sky full of white clouds, countless goshawks hovering under the white clouds, looking for rats that also began to move on the grassland. At this time, a huge goshawk spread its wings and flew countless goshawks in a panic. Several herders saw it from afar and exclaimed, "The Eagle King is here!"

The herders hid in the distance one after another, and the arrival of the Eagle King means the arrival of the general of the Jiedushi.

After a moment, a sound of horse hooves like thunder came from a distance, and then a group of small black dots appeared, getting closer and closer. There was a team of hundreds of cavalry, one man and two horses. Li Qing'an took the lead and ran on the boundless grassland. Another white war horse followed him, with strong steps and long manes flying in the air. At this time, a cavalry ran towards him in the distance. Li Qing'an slowed down his horse speed, and the cavalry rushed to him, blocking the reins and said, "General, Tianwei Army has reached fifteen miles away."

Li Qingan immediately rode his horse up a hill and looked into the distance. The weather was clear, which made his vision particularly clear. In the distance, he faintly saw a black line. A smile appeared on Li Qingan's face, "They are finally here."

For Geshuhan, transferring his elite Tianwei army was definitely an extremely unhappy thing. He once thought about changing the elite Tianwei army into ordinary soldiers and handing it over to Anxi, but after weighing the pros and cons, he still gave up this idea. After all, the military supervisor was by his side. If he annoyed the emperor for this matter, his two governors of Longyou and Hexi would not be able to take it long, and it would not be worth the loss, but he was unwilling to give Li Qing'an a free gift.

There is an unwritten unspoken rule among the frontier armies, called "borrowing troops will not return", which means that the troops will not be returned after lending them out. The borrowed troops always have various reasons to detain the borrowed troops and not return them. For example, An Lushan borrowed 20,000 Hedong cavalry to attack the Khitan last year, but he did not return them. In addition to the fact that his brother Shuhan transferred to Shuofang, the Hexi army fought against Shibao City. Except for the Turks who had to go back, the rest of Shuofang and Hexi army Geshuhan did not return them.

Therefore, this elite Tianwei Army consisted of both Longyou soldiers, Hexi soldiers, and Shuofang Army. The composition was very complicated. The general Zhang Shouyu and Wang were commanded by Tianwei Army. Both of them were his favorite generals. Geshuhan naturally would not give Li Qing'an. He selected a middle-level officer Li Guangbi from the generals of Longyou whom he did not like, and temporarily promoted him to the deputy envoy of Tianwei Army's military and horses, and ordered him to take Tianwei Army to serve in Anxi. The second batch of Tianwei Army was an army from Shuofang. Geshuhan ordered Shuofang Hu general Pugu Huaien to lead his troops to Anxi.

After nearly a month of trekking, Tianwei's army finally arrived in Tingzhou. Li Guangbi was particularly excited. His experience in the past two years was very bumpy and he was depressed and unsuccessful. After training troops in Yangzhou, he was transferred to Shuofang and served under the tent of the deputy governor Guo Ziyi. Although he was appreciated by Guo Ziyi, the governor Zhang Qiqiu did not like him. Guo Ziyi asked for his merits several times and was rejected by Zhang Qiqiu. Finally, Zhang Qiqiu was transferred to Hedong last year. His old boss An Sishun was appointed as the governor of Shuofang, but An Sishun appreciated him too much and wanted to marry his daughter to him. Li Guangbi refused. Regardless of An Sishun's appearance, more importantly, Li Guangbi was not optimistic about An Sishun and he was unwilling to be shackled by this marriage. In this way, he offended An Sishun and was sent back to the court by An Sishun. Shuofang had nowhere to live.

In September last year, the court sent him to Longyou again, but Geshuhan was taboo because he was An Sishun's beloved general. He questioned his character several times and wanted to bounce him back to the court. After being rejected by the court in vain, Geshuhan kept sitting on the bench for him until now. This time he was transferred to Anxi, and Li Guangbi finally felt a sigh of relief.

The new boss Li Qing'an had a deal with him while training in Yangzhou, and his relationship was pretty good. And when he heard that Li Qing'an had gone a hundred miles away to greet him, he felt an inexplicable touch in his heart. At this moment, he looked at the blue sky, the white clouds piled up like a hill, and the endless grassland. The excitement and expectation in his heart were difficult to calm down for a long time. He had a sense of home for Anxi, regaining the broken leaves, fighting for the big food, and the general died in a hundred battles. A man should be like this!

At this time, a group of people and horses from afar rushed towards him like lightning. Li Guangbi immediately ordered to stop moving forward. He had realized that this must be Li Qing'an's coming. Li Guangbi immediately urged the horse to meet him. The horse team arrived, "Brother Guangbi, are you okay?" It was true that the Anxi Jiedushi Li Qing'an arrived. Li Guangbi was extremely excited and immediately turned over and dismounted, half-kneeled to salute, "Last general Li Guangbi, see the Jiedushi General!"

Li Qingan jumped off his horse, stepped forward and helped him up, smiled and punched him on the shoulder and said, "We haven't seen each other for a few years when we compete in the capital."

Li Guangbi also smiled and said, "The general has been proud of his youth in recent years, which is enviable!"

"What's the pride? Last year, I slept in the dungeon of Dali Temple for a few nights, and I almost lost my life."

"That's true. Life always has ups and downs. I can't get much better in the past few years. I offended the three major military governors one after another, which can be considered as a back-to-back home."

Li Qing'an patted his shoulder and comforted him: "As the saying goes, "The best is coming. Now you are transferred to Anxi. I believe that with me, you will be able to fully utilize your talents and make achievements!"

Li Guangbi was moved. He clasped his fists and said sincerely: "Guangbi is willing to serve the envoy!"

At this time, a large group of generals of Tianwei Army stepped forward to greet Li Qing'an, "See the general! See the envoy!"

Everyone participated in the Battle of Shibao City together. When they met in Beiting, many people Li Qingan knew each other. He punched this and pinched that arm, making him look particularly intimate.

"Luo Qingping, did your wife give birth to you a son or a little mother?"

"Report to the envoy, it's the little girl."

"Then you have to work hard. If you really can't do it, I'll help you."

Everyone laughed together, the bearded general named Luo Qingping laughed, and Li Qingan waved his hand to everyone and said, "Okay, let's not talk anymore. Now the army follows me into Beiting, I'll welcome you!"

He turned over the horse, looked at the mighty and majestic Tianwei army, and ordered loudly: "The army sets off and goes to Beiting City to camp!"

Everyone was excited and boarded their horses one after another, and the army of 15,000 drove towards Beiting City in a mighty manner.

Bukhara, Abbas's re-bent betrayal made the Shiites angry, Shiite leader Japur.

Sharik shouted loudly, calling for the launch of jihad against Abbas. Bukhara, Samarkand, Jisha, Nasebo and other major cities in the river broke out in large-scale armed uprisings against Abbas. The uprisings quickly spread to Khoras, with great momentum. The Great Food Army stationed in the river center could not stop the uprising and retreated step by step. Governor Abu of Khoras.

The Muslims ordered the Khorasan army to brutally suppress the Shiite uprising. He divided his troops into three groups and ordered the general Dawude to lead 10,000 Khorasan army to march into Nasebo, and the general Qiyad led 10,000 elite troops into Samarkand. He himself led 20,000 troops into Bukhara, Sharik's nest.

At the same time, the battle in Abbas's central area had ended. In addition to the need to expedition to Egypt, he had enough troops to send to Abu.

The Muslims jointly attacked the Shiite uprising, and Abbas ordered his brother Jafar and his uncle Ali to lead an army of 60,000 to reinforce Khorasan.

The black Khorasan cavalry marched rapidly on the famous Khorasan Road. This was a wide and flat road, that is, the western section of the Silk Road. Along this road, you can walk to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. On the road, tens of thousands of troops were out of sight. The black flags were flying in the wind, and the heavy crossbows, stone shooting machines and siege rams were carried by camels, following the team in a mighty manner, Abu.

The Muslims looked coldly at both sides of the road. It had been a while since the suppression of the uprising. The trees on both sides of the Khorasan Road were hung with corpses of hanged or killed Shiite uprisingers, swaying in the storm of wind and sand.

"Governor General, all our troops are transferred to the river. I am very worried about the situation in the east, will the Tang Dynasty's army take advantage of the situation?" General Qi Yade said worriedly.

Chiade is Abu.

The first confidant general under the Muslim army made outstanding achievements in a series of battles to overthrow the Umayyad Dynasty. Last year, he led 15,000 Dashi Army with the assistance of the 20,000 Shiguo Army and 10,000 Dumozhi Tuqi Army to break through the Tang Dynasty's base in Hehezhong area. In that battle, he witnessed the sharpness of the Tang army. One thousand Tang troops could finally kill 20,000 Shiguo Army and fled back to the Tang Dynasty. Now all the Dashi Army were transferred to Hezhong to suppress the rebellion. The east was empty. Will the Tang army take advantage of the situation to retake Saiye? He was very worried.

Chiaed's concern did not resonate with the Muslims. He glanced at this subordinate who only knew how to fight and said lightly: "In fact, in my report to the Caliph, the Shiite uprising was much smaller than expected. It was enough to suppress Khorasan's army. But why did the Caliph still send Jafar and Old Ali to lead 60,000 troops to help suppress the rebellion? Have you ever thought about the ambiguity in it?"

Qiyad was an excellent military commander, but he was relatively simple in politics. He stayed for a while and did not understand what the Muslims said had to do with the Tang Dynasty's military dispatch.

Seeing that he didn't understand, the Muslim smiled and stopped explaining. In fact, the reason why he supported Abbas to replace Ali's descendants as the caliph was his careful consideration. The Shiites were a single Islamic faction and lacked tolerance. Its coming to power would inevitably treat other factions harshly, which would lead to the outbreak of wars between factions and would not help the establishment of a powerful Islamic empire. The Abbasids were secular forces that were not religious, and their coming to power could take care of all interests equally and tolerantly.

In addition, Shi'a is mainly concentrated in the Khorasan area, and the growth of Shi'a will inevitably weaken Abu.

The influence of Muslims in Khorasan, so he reached a secret agreement with Abbas, who supported Abbas as the Caliph, and in turn Abbas guaranteed his interests in Khorasan, which also included his sphere of influence in the river region.

But Abbas's change and repetition also made Muslims deeply wary. This time he had already guaranteed in writing that the Khorasan army could quell the Shiite rebellion. Abbas still sent his brother Jafar and uncle Lao Ali to assist in the war. The meaning of this seemed a bit subtle. In particular, Jafar had been designated by Abbas as the heir to the Caliph and was preparing to officially rename Mansur. Lao Ali was the fourth person in the Abbasian dynasty and sent them to assist in the war. Abbas's true intention was about to emerge.

Therefore, he could not allow Abbas to intervene in suppressing the uprising of Shiites.

Thinking of this, the Muslims said to Qiyad, who was still a little unwilling to accept it: "There are 30,000 troops from Dumozhi on the side of the Saiye. He claims to be the second in Sulu. If the Tang Dynasty did not attack heavily, I think he should be able to withstand a few months. The rebellion of the Shiites is far less than we imagined. At most, I can quell the rebellion in four months. If the rebellion is quelled, we will turn to deal with the Tang army. The Tang army also needs to prepare for attacking Saiye. Therefore, time should be too late. Ibrahim in Xinde has more than 10,000 troops stationed. The problem is not big. The key is time. We must do our best to quell the rebellion in the most decisive way, and kill at all. General Qiyad, do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand!"

"Okay! As long as you can suppress the rebellion in Samarkand within three months, I will let the Caliph sign you as Governor of Samarkand."

While the Great Food Army was eager to suppress the rebellion in the Hezhong area, Li Qing'an from Beiting also understood the urgency of time. He had received official news. The uprising of Shi'ite Sharik broke out in Sogdian countries such as Kang, An, Shi, Xiaoshi, He, Dong'an, Mi, etc., with more than 100,000 people participating. Many Sogdians also regarded this uprising as an opportunity to get rid of the control of the Great Cannibals. Therefore, the armies of various countries also participated in the uprising, but the people did not respond so highly, especially the Zoroastrians and Buddhists were unwilling to work for the Shi'ites and hid.

This information made Li Qingan realize that the uprising would not last too long, and it was a fleeting opportunity before him. Although his promise to Li Longji was to take down the leaves in one year, Li Qingan knew that once the Great Food Army truly entered the leaves, the Tang army would work on an expedition and it would be extremely difficult to seize the leaves. Only by taking down the leaves can the Tang Dynasty have the opportunity to develop in the Hezhong area and use them as a springboard and continue to advance westward. Therefore, the leaves have crucial strategic significance for the overall situation.

For this reason, Li Qing'an had no time to arrange the military and political affairs of Anxi calmly, nor did he have time to consider whether the loyalty of the generals of Anxi. When the opportunity first appeared, the recaptured shattered leaves became the top priority. On the second day after he returned to Beiting, he issued a war mobilization order. Under the mobilization order, any civilian supplies must obey the military mobilization. The Tang army mobilized 100,000 civilians, a large number of large chariots, camels, food, cloth, liquor, weapons, tents, and a large number of material resources were continuously transported to the five western cities. At the same time, the main force of the 20,000 Beiting Army also began to mobilize to the five western cities on a large scale, and the Gelulu and Shatuo people each sent 5,000 mercenaries to fight with the Tang army.

In cooperation with the preparations for the main force of Beiting, Anxi Bahuan's troops and horses Li Fei Yuanli also led 6,000 Anxi troops to mobilize in the direction of Lingshan, preparing to support Saiye's attack from the south.

That morning, Li Qingan got up before dawn. Today is the day for him to go to war. He sat calmly in the lobby, with a cold horizontal knife in front of him. He slowly pulled out a piece, and the blade was shining with a cold light. Li Qingan gently stroked the blade with his hand. He had heard the sound of the horizontal knife. At this time, a slight sound of footsteps came from behind him. Rushi knelt down, hugged his waist from behind, and his face was pressed against his back, and tears flowed over her beautiful cheeks.

"Brother, let me comb your hair again!"

Li Qing'an put the knife into the scabbard, took off his helmet, and his long hair was spread on his shoulders. Rushi gently combed his hair for him, and his voice choked: "Brother, when will he return to the broken leaves?"

"I don't know either."

There was a hint of parting in Li Qing'an's voice, "As short as many months, as long as one year, maybe our home will be settled on the broken leaves."

He smiled and gently wiped away the tears from Rushi's face, "Do you like it at the Thunder Ye An's house?"

"I like it, as long as I can be with you, I like it wherever I am."

Li Qingan put on his helmet, picked up the knife on the table, and stood up with Rushi's hand: "It's time for me to leave."

"Brother, take care of yourself all the way!"

Li Qing'an nodded and walked out of the hall. In the yard, his family all came out, danced clothes, paintings, and Xiaolian were waiting for him in the yard.

"Li Lang!"

Wuyi shouted softly, walked forward, she took out a jade Ruyi, hung it on her chest, stared into his eyes and said, "This is my amulet. Since I followed me when I was a child, it can keep you back safely."

Li Qingan nodded silently, put Yu Ruyi close to her body, and said to her: "You must take care of yourself too!"

"I will, I'll wait for you to come back."

Li Qingan said to everyone again: "I'm leaving, let's wait for news of my victory!"

He walked out of the mansion, hundreds of personal soldiers were already waiting for him on horseback. He turned over and waved his hand to the sent-out family members, and suddenly pulled the war horses. The war horses started running. In the dawn of dawn, hundreds of people rushed north. He would join the Tianwei army in Beiting City and go to the five cities in total.
Chapter completed!