Chapter 247 Historical Fork

A long scream cut through the quiet morning. Julan turned over and got up from the bed and walked quickly to the window. Julan was imprisoned on a high tower in the palace, which was close to a square in Damascus. Every morning, a tragic event happened in the square. One hundred Sogdians who believed in the Zorocraticism were killed.

It has been seven days, and a hundred people are taken to kill every day. Among them are slaves from Persia and Tocharism, but more are ordinary Sogdians. They have not committed any crimes. It is just because of Abbas' decision that Abbas would spiritually conquer the saint from the Temple of Samarkand and conquer the princess from the Stone Kingdom. Julan slowly walked to the window. After seven consecutive days of killing, she no longer dared to watch the bloody scene. However, she still couldn't help but walk to the window and witnessed Abbas's atrocities angrily.

From her window, you can see the situation in the square from afar. Dozens of people have fallen into a pool of blood. At this time, Ju Lan saw a scene that broke her heart. A child, a little girl who was only a few years old, was so thin, like a tender grass, looking at the executioner and walking towards him with a knife. Her big helpless eyes were filled with fear. She kept dodging backwards with her wooden stake, but she was still picked up by the executioner like a chicken.

"No!"

Ju Lan could no longer control her boiling grief and anger in her heart, and grabbed the iron fence and shouted: "Stop it!"

"pause!"

The leading officer of Dashi called out the butcher knife, and the knife stopped on the little girl's head. The officer of Dashi looked up at the tower, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

On the tower, Ju Lan closed her eyes in pain. After a long time, she slowly opened her eyes. There was no one in the square. All the killed people were dragged away. The little girl was gone. The square was covered with blood. Huge sorrow came to Ju Lan. Tears filled her face. A kind of sorrow for the misfortune of the nation filled her heart.

At this time, the voice of the supervisor came from outside her door, "Princess Kulan, someone is coming to see you."

‘Clang! The iron door opened and someone walked into the door. When he saw Ju Lan, he shouted excitedly, “Ju Lan!”

Ju Lan slowly turned around and saw that the person who came in was her brother Changyuan. She was stunned.

"Second brother, why are you here?"

"Hey! I was captured and tortured while fighting Dashi."

Yuan'en's expression was very painful. Several scars appeared on his face at the right time. He rolled up his sleeves and several dazzling scars appeared on his arm. He said sadly: "Look, this is what they beat him. They said that you refused to obey, so they tortured me desperately and set a deadline for me. If you don't agree within ten days, they will kill me!"

"Stop talking!" Ju Lan interrupted him, "I understand what you mean."

She slowly walked to the window, Yuanen behind her knelt down and cried, "Sister, I'm waiting for the second brother to beg you. Second brother has been treating you the best since childhood. Have you forgotten? You almost died of illness that year. Second brother has been taking care of you and saved your life. Now, Second brother is killed by them. How can you not save him? Even if you don't do it for me, in order to save countless Sogdians' lives, you should agree. Besides, being an extremely noble caliph, countless women will never get honor in their dreams!"

Ju Lan stared blankly at the pool of blood in the square. She remembered the poor child. I don’t know how many children would be slaughtered. Tears surged out again. She finally nodded, "Okay! I promise you."

Ju Lan closed her eyes in grief and anger. After a while, she resolutely said: "Let that supervisor come in!"

The supervisor was a local woman in her forties. She was surprisingly fat, her small eyes were dazzling and full of a cunning smile. She couldn't believe her ears. Princess Ju Lan agreed. She shouted happily, "I'll report now!"

"Wait a minute!"

Julan called her and said calmly: "Let me convert to Islam and become a Caliph's concubine. I have several conditions."

"Condition?" The fat woman was confused. Can she bargain with the great caliph?

"Yes, I have the conditions!" Julan said slowly, "Remember! First, return all my things to me, and no one is allowed to take them away, including my dagger, which is my favorite thing; second, give me the Eye of Light to me, and leave my identity as a saint, and I need to apologize to the Lord God; third, as a saint, I also need to apologize before all believers, please ask the Caliph to summon the believers of the Zorocratic Church in Damascus for me, and go these three things!"

The supervisory woman carefully remembered her words and turned around and left. Ju Lan no longer looked at her brother. Yuanen was extremely happy. Her sister became the Caliph's concubine. The time for him to turn over was up. He wanted to say something else, but when he saw that his sister ignored him, he had to leave reluctantly.

The room became quiet, and Ju Lan's eyes looked at Dongfang with great attachment, and refused to take it back for a long time.

The snow had stopped, and the earth turned into a vast white world. The sudden heavy snow interrupted the war between the two countries of Tang and Shi. They each withdrew their troops back to the camp, waiting for the next war, or the next war was the time to decide the outcome.

The Tang army's camp was continuous for several miles, and there were huge fences and deep trenches outside the camp. The trenches were covered with caltrops within three hundred steps outside the trenches. What was even more troublesome is that these caltrops were covered with thick snow and could not be seen at the naked eye. Only when the war horse stepped on it would feel painfully, there were no caltrops on the road facing the gate. This was the main way for the Tang army to enter and exit. If Dashi attacked along this road, they would be greeted by the Tang army's strong bow and crossbow.

In the camp, the Tang army camped according to each army, of which 10,000 people from Shatuo Mercenaries and Geluo Mercenaries were stationed in the northeast corner. In this war with Dashi, they played an active role and each lost nearly a thousand people.

There was lunch in the Geluo camp, and fat sheep were roasted with fat and fragrant. The soldiers were making loud noises and were extremely lively. At this time, a Turkic soldier quickly passed through the camp and came to the tent of Mushishan. Several guards stopped him. He bowed respectfully and said, "Please tell the prince, and the Turkic Dos asks for a visit."

"Wait!" The guard turned around and went in.

The General Geluo, who went to the Tang army to fight for the Great Food this time, was the prince Mai Mai Shihan. After the eldest prince Mai Mai Mai Mai Shihan died, Mai Mai Mai Shihan became the first heir to the chief Geluo. Mai Mai Mai Mai was completely different from the eldest prince who hated the Tang army. He was very smart and had great ambitions. He was good at using all external conditions that were beneficial to him. For example, the Shatuo people would not be as hostile as the eldest prince, but tried to get along well with them, put aside past grievances and resolve their worries. His goal was not in the south, but in the north. He longed to one day to merge with the Uighurs' Gelu tribe into one, become a powerful nation, and replace the Uighurs.

To achieve this goal, we must get strong support from the Tang Dynasty. On this point, Mushi Sihan and Li Qing'an reached a consensus.

At this moment, Mushi Sihan was having dinner with several generals in the camp. The guards came in and reported: "Report to the prince, a Turkic man named Dos, to ask for a visit."

Moussan was stunned for a moment, and he suddenly remembered that Dos was the son of the leader of a Turkic group living in the south of the Geluo people. He had a good relationship with him when he was a child, but eighteen years ago, their entire tribe had moved to the West, so why did it suddenly appear?

"Please go to my side account."

Moushu Sihan picked up a piece of Hu cake from the table, took a bite and said with a smile: "You eat it slowly, I'll go."

He picked up the tent and walked out with great strides. The tent was his private tent, close to the side. He walked into the tent. The Turkic Dos had been waiting for a long time. Seeing him in, he quickly saluted respectfully and said, "Prince Sihan, do you still remember me?"

Moushu Sihan laughed and hugged him tightly, and punched him on the shoulder, "Why did you, the Golden Mountain Eagle, never come back after you fly away?"

Dos smiled and said, "Aren't I back now? I heard that you are here, so I come to see you."

Moushu Sihan looked him up and down, and asked in confusion: "Why are you in the Tang army? Are you the Shiguo army?"

Dos nodded and said, "You are right, I am in the Shiguo army."

"wrong!"

Moushu Sihan shook his head, "I heard that your tribe moved to the Dong'an Kingdom area. How could you be in the Shiguo army?"

Dos smiled without answering. He took out a roll of parchment from his arms and handed it to Mushishan, and said solemnly: "Your Highness, this is the handwritten letter from Abu Muslim Governor to you. I am actually just a sender."

"Abu Muslim!"

Moussan was shocked. How could the commander of the Dashi Army write to him? He slowly unfolded the letter. The letter was written in Turkic language. The meaning in the letter was very clear. If the Gelulu people could help the Dashi Army, once the Dashi army defeated the Tang army, the Dashi would hand over the Saiye and Bahan to Gelulu, let them replace the Tuqi Shiren and become the overlords west of the river.

Moussing Sihan lowered his head and pondered without saying a word, it should be said that Abu.

Muslims offered a very tempting condition to obtain the Saiye and Bahan, which was something that Geluo had dreamed of for generations. From then on, they could avoid the oppression of the Uighurs and develop in the south of Jinshan.

Dos saw that Musashihan was a little moved, and he smiled and said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, Geluo. Think carefully, I'll come to you tomorrow."

After saying that, he bowed and left in a hurry. Mousai Sihan looked at the roll and fell into deep thought.

Li Qing'an talked to Li Mi about the capital in the big tent. Since Li Mi admitted that he was recommended by former crown prince Li Heng, he no longer concealed his purpose and treated Li Qing'an honestly. He came to use Li Qing'an's power to get Li Heng back to the East Palace.

He knew that Li Qing'an had this ability, and the key was how to use it to the greatest extent. This was his real purpose for joining Li Qing'an. He did not hide this, and he knew that he could not hide it.

"Empress, I have a way to make the Lord stop caring about your excessive force."

"What's the solution? Tell me."

"Implement the Lianbao Civilian Treasure Law in Anxi!"

Li Qing'an said a few words to himself and asked with interest: "To put it specifically, what is the Lianbao Mintun Law?"

Li Mi smiled and explained: "The so-called civil garrison law, the difference between it and military garrison is that the soldiers are no longer soldiers, but farmers who have left their armor and returned home. However, these farmers do not return home, but build a castle according to the camp. Their families live in the castle, and they work together to farm together. Of course, in order to protect their homes, they must carry weapons. In the future, the Han people in the mainland will be assigned to each castle and expand the camp into military palaces. Later, when the Tang Dynasty gains a foothold in the Western Regions and Lingxi, these castles will be transformed into counties. Do you understand what I mean?"

Li Qing'an smiled. He could be said to be the same as the heroes. He thought of a way to transform part of the army into a militia. The purpose was the same and reduce the number of troops in the process. However, Li Mi's ideas were more innovative. First, the fortress and then the prefectures and counties were completely feasible. He had to do this attitude of reducing the army. Before he completely controlled Anxi, he could not catch a handle for Yang Guozhong and others.

"You write me a detailed plan. If you are not familiar with Anxi's geography, you can ask the marching Sima. In half a month, I hope to see this plan."

"Please rest assured, I will start drafting today."

At this time, a personal soldier walked into the tent and reported: "General, Geluomou asked Sihan for a critical matter."

"Let him in!"

Li Qingan smiled at Li Mi again and said, "Sir, go back and start writing! I can't wait."

Li Mi nodded and said goodbye and left. At this time, Toushi Sihan walked into the tent. He half-kneeled to salute Li Qing'an, "I'm not allowed to meet the general."

"General Sihan please get up!"

Li Qing'an was quite satisfied with Toshi Sihan. This man had a foresight and took the initiative to reconcile with the Shatuo people. In this way, the Geluo people lost a great enemy and could develop towards the Uighurs with all their hearts.

Although Geluo is currently very loyal to the Tang Dynasty and fully supports Beiting, Li Qing'an still has a deep sense of war with them. In history, it was the betrayal of the Geluo people that caused Gao Xianzhi to be defeated by Dashi in Talas. However, history has been rewritten by him, Li Qing'an. Even if the Geluo people really betray the Tang army, it would not cause much loss. He ordered the Shatu people and the Geluo people to fight side by side in order to prevent the betrayal of the Geluo people.

Moreover, the reason why the Geluo people betrayed the Tang Dynasty was that the Tang Dynasty had promised to give them the broken leaves, but later they went back on their word, which made the Geluo people very disappointed with the Tang Dynasty and finally chose to betray. Now, the consensus reached between themselves and the Geluo people was to support their development eastward, so that the Geluo people became a major enemy to curb the Uighurs. The best way to deal with the grassland nation is to let them get internal friction, and then clean up the mess after they were almost done.

Mousshan stood up and he took out Abu.

The Muslim gave him the parchment roll to Li Qing'an: "This was sent by the Governor of the Great Cannibal to me. Please check it out."

Li Qingan looked at him deeply, opened the parchment, and looked at it again. A smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth. As expected, things happened along the line of history. The Great Cannibal found the Geluo people, but why did the Great Cannibal find the Geluo people in different backgrounds? This made Li Qingan a little confused.

The sentence of Mai Sihan solved Li Qing'an's doubts, "General, the wish of our generations of Ge Lulu is to replace Tuqi Shiren as the lord of the Shattered Leaf. For this reason, in the past ten years, we have wanted to migrate south several times, but they have all failed and were defeated by Tuqi Shiren. The Great Cannibal uses this to tempt us with Shattered Leaf and Sweat."

Li Qingan suddenly realized that it was like this. He glanced at Mushishan and smiled and said, "Why did you give up this good opportunity now?"

Moushu Sihan sighed and said, "It's because there is a general here, so I give up!"

"Why?"

Moushu Sihan smiled bitterly and said, "If you want to agree to the Great Cannibal, there must be a prerequisite, that is, the Great Cannibal must be able to defeat the Tang army. Otherwise, if we betray the Tang army, we will only perish ourselves. With the general's understanding of the Great Cannibal Army and his tolerance and encirclement to the Sogdians, we can see from this that the General has long-term plans for the Hezhong area. With this, I understand that the Great Cannibal will be defeated, so I will not take the risk of extermination to make an impossible dream."

"What if Gao Xianzhi fought with Dashi? Will you betray him?" Li Qingan asked again with a smile.

Seeing that Mou stabbed Sihan for a while, Li Qingan smiled and said, "You can tell the truth, I'm just an example. To be honest, I'm not optimistic about Gao Xianzhi fighting against the cannibal."

Moushu Sihan nodded slowly and said, "The reason why Gao Xianzhi failed in Tochar is because he was a domineering idea. He believed that the Tang Dynasty could massacre cities and plunder at will, and indulge soldiers to rape women. He didn't know at all that Dashi was a Western empire that was as powerful as the Tang Dynasty. They conquered Hezhong for decades. The countries of Hezhong and Tochar were hoping that the Tang Dynasty would rescue them, rather than massacre and plunder them like Dashi. Gao Xianzhi had this kind of thought.

The road is the first, I dare say that even if he wins a battle of big food by chance, he will eventually lose. If he wants to take the river, he must not use domineering methods. Instead, he should use the kingly way like the general, and use both kindness and power, combine hardness and softness, have a broad mind and a lofty gaze. This is the attitude of the winner, so the general asked me, if Gao Xianzhi fights against Muslims, I, Geluo, will definitely betray it. There is no other way. Birds choose good trees to live on, and we Geluo is willing to follow the winner to write history."

Li Qingan was silent, and history was on the fork in his way. If he could restore history, what would happen to the Geluo people?

"General, what should I do now? The people sent by the Muslims are still waiting for my reply."
Chapter completed!