Chapter 402: See through the mystery

On the afternoon of the day when he talked to the Sogdian merchants, Li Qingan set off for the Sebo. He received the news from Li Siye that the Sebo had been captured.

It was actually not far from Samarkand to Nasebo, only more than 300 miles away. Li Qing'an galloped all the way. Two days later, he and two thousand personal guards arrived at Nasebo City.

The battle to attack Sebo City has ended. In this tragic battle, nearly 3,000 Tang troops were killed or injured, and 2,000 Dashi Army also suffered more casualties than the Dashi Army. Not only that, the Tang army also fought quite poorly in this battle, and suffered heavy casualties during the attack. Without the help of the thunder, the Tang army might not have been able to capture Nasebo City. What annoyed Li Siye was that after the Tang army rushed into the city through the explosion gap, Shahim, the chief general of the Dashi Army, took advantage of the opportunity of the Tang army's transfer to the East City and led 500 people to break through the north gate and escape from Nasebo City. His whereabouts are still unknown.

"General, from this battle, it can be seen that the combat power of the cannibal should not be underestimated!"

Li Siye was deeply moved, "The Three Thousand Great Food Army not only broke through our defense line, occupied Nasebo City, and tied with the Tang army. In the end, the main general named Shahim could also lead his army to escape, and escape under my nose. This is my great shame."

When Li Qingan heard Li Siye's tone of resentment, he smiled and said, "We have been dealing with the Dashi Army for many years. Khurasan's army has always been their elite. Judging from the equipment of these 3,000 people, they must be Khurasan's elite soldiers, the elite of their elites. If even such an army performs mediocrely, then what is the meaning of confrontation with the Dashi Army? The key is that we cannot underestimate the enemy."

Li Siye sighed and said, "The General is right. I am indeed a little underestimating the enemy. In fact, I can mobilize 20,000 troops to siege the city, but I think 10,000 troops is enough. As a result, it was my underestimation of the enemy, which made the main general of the Great Food run away. I feel ashamed!"

Li Qingan patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "I won't say that anymore, I want to see the effect of the thunder and thunder."

When talking about the thunder of the sky, Li Siye was very energetic and urged the horse to take Li Qing'an to the east city.

The place where the east city wall was blown up was still the same, without moving, there were broken bricks everywhere, and a section of the city wall was shaking. The hole where the city wall was blown up was more than ten meters wide. The yellow sand inside the wall poured down, forming a gentle slope. It was through this gentle slope that the Tang army rushed into the city.

"This kind of shocking thunder is indeed extremely sharp. The general didn't know that when the explosion that night, the earth-shaking sides were shocked. Both sides were fighting in the north city. The two sides actually stopped fighting for a moment. Many war horses were also frightened and ran around, causing more than a dozen brothers to be injured."

Speaking of this, Li Siye was a little worried: "The power of this gunpowder is too powerful. I am worried that once the secret is leaked, the enemy will also have this weapon, which will also be a serious threat to us."

Li Qing'an nodded and said, "Your concern is good. There is no airtight wall in the world. How to protect the secrets of gunpowder is indeed a difficult thing to do. For this reason, I decided to use this weapon as little as possible. Secondly, I must absolutely keep the secrets absolutely. Except for a few of us core generals, no one knows what this is? I am going to create an opportunity to leak secrets to the outside world, saying that this is actually a stone unique to the Palacio Mountains, called the Fire Thunder Stone, which will explode when you see the fire."

"Fire and Thunder Stone, you really have it. If An Lushan knew about it, he would not know how many people would send to Pamir to find such stones."

The two of them walked as they spoke and walked up the city wall from the gap. When they walked to the north city, Li Qingan slowly stopped and stared at the distant mountains, falling into deep thought.

"What are the general thinking?" Li Siye walked up to him and asked.

"I was wondering, why did they attack that erotic wave, and what was the point?"

"Actually, I'm thinking about this question too. To be honest, it's really surprising. They have gained nothing except losing 2,500 people. Of course, they tasted the smell of thunder. Maybe they want to test our combat power."

"No! That's not the case."

Li Qingan shook his head gently and said in a deep voice: "I have been thinking about this question for a long time. I think this should be Mansour's plan, a strategic conspiracy of his."

‘Strategic conspiracy?’

Li Siye was stunned. He didn't understand what this meant and hurriedly said: "Please explain in detail, General."

Li Qingan smiled and said, "If we judged from common sense that the color wave was occupied, what countermeasures would you take?"

"Strengthen the defense!" Li Siye said without hesitation: "The second similar incident will never be allowed to happen again."

"That's right! Most people will do this, and they will inevitably be heavily stationed near the color wave, and we will form a fixed mindset. Since the enemy's vanguard troops can easily break through the color wave's defense, the enemy's main force will inevitably attack from here. In this way, we will deploy the main force on the central line of the Amu River, especially near the color wave, Siye, do you think that at that time, the main force of the Dashi Army will attack from?"

After listening to Li Qing'an's analysis, Li Siye suddenly reacted and said with a punch: "I understand. They sent 3,000 people to attack the color wave, with the purpose of creating an illusion for us and then tempting us to deploy the main force in this area. However, the real main force of the big cannibals came from the north or the south. If they target Tochar, then they would come from the south. If they target the river, then they would most likely come from the north. In short, they would never go to the center line."

"You understand it very thoroughly. What I'm very embarrassed about now is that I can't make up my mind whether the main force of the Dashi Army will go to the north or south, so I can't deploy troops."

"It's better!"

Li Siye pondered for a moment and said, "Don't wait for their main force to arrive. We will directly cross the river and take the initiative to enter Khurashan to seize the initiative and disrupt their troops."

"Let me think about it, your plan may be a good idea." Li Qing'an's brow frowned.

At this moment, a team of cavalry appeared in the distance, about a hundred cavalry, and were rushing towards this side quickly. Several Tang soldiers came up. After a moment, a cavalry came back to report, "General, there is a special envoy in the Gessa Khan State to ask for a visit."

‘Gesa Khanate!’ Li Qingan couldn’t help but be stunned. What would happen if the Geesa Khanate came to ask for him?

"Take him up."

Soon, several Tang soldiers brought a heroic young man and a middle-aged man to come. Li Qingan felt that the young man looked familiar, and seemed to be there when he met Bran Khan.

The young man stepped forward and bowed, "Broni, Prince of Gesa Khan, met with the general!"

Li Qing'an bowed and smiled, "It turns out it's His Highness. I said why do you look familiar? We've seen it."

At this time, Li Qing'an's eyes fell on the middle-aged man again. This was a burly man with a big head and a big beard. Especially his eyes impressed Li Qing'an, which was an unyielding gaze.

Li Qingan's thoughts turned back and smiled at Prince Broni and said, "I wonder what happened to the Gesa Khanate to me?"

Bronie took out a sheepskin letter and handed it to Li Qing'an, "This is my father's handwritten letter to the general. Please check it out."

Li Qing'an opened the letter, in which Brankhan claimed that the Tang Dynasty and the Gesa Khanate were brotherly countries. For the sake of brotherhood, he expressed his willingness to send 10,000 troops to assist the Tang army in attacking the Arabs.

Li Qingan couldn't help but sneer secretly. The enthusiasm of the Gesa Khanate did not touch him. On the contrary, he saw through the wishful thinking of the Gesa Khanate. This was a country that was very good at speculation. From the earliest, in order to stabilize the trade route, they sent two thousand camel cavalry to follow him in the south to investigate Xinde. Although there were not many troops, they got a favor.

The same is true for being willing to assist myself in attacking the cannibalism this time. It is not a so-called brotherhood, but for the sake of trade interests. Once the trade routes between the East and the West are turned back to Arabia, it will be a heavy blow to the Jewish forces of the Ghaza Khanate.

Moreover, helping the Tang army defeat the Arabs, the Ghasa Khanate will also squeeze into the ranks of great powers and be on par with the Tang Empire, Byzantine Empire and the Arab Empire in a victorious manner.

Since contacting the Ghasa Khanate, Li Qingan also learned from other channels that this nomadic people who had gradually become Westernized, who had separated from the Turks.

For a hundred years, the Ghasa Khanate has been sandwiched between the Romans and the Arabs. In order not to offend these two major powers, they dared not choose Christianity or Islam, and eventually chose Judaism. This is to seek a balance between the two major powers. As the strength of the Ghasa Khanate gradually became stronger, they were no longer satisfied with playing the role of younger brothers. They wanted to be a passionate and powerful power. This time the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Arabs was an opportunity for them to rise in the north by cooperation with the Tang Dynasty.

This is the wishful thinking of Gesa Khanate. Thinking of this, Li Qingan smiled, neither agreeing to him nor rejecting. At this time, his eyes were once again turned to the middle-aged man and asked Bronie with a smile: "Who is this?"

The middle-aged man strode forward and knelt on one knee in front of Li Qing'an. He put his hand on his chest and said with great sincerity: "Arslan, a Momoguo, pays his highest respect to General Anxi."

Li Qing'an was stunned. He knew about Huatshuozimo Kingdom, that is, Huoxun Kingdom on the south bank of the Aral Sea, and once sought asylum from the Tang Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. The king was named the governor of Huoxun State by the Tang court. It was precisely because of their surrender that the territory of the Tang Dynasty could reach the Aral Sea in history.

But the Kazuma Momo Kingdom was conquered by the Arabs fifty years ago and no longer existed. How could another Kazuma Momo Kingdom come here?

Prince Geza next to him introduced: "Arslan is the son of the former king of the Fussar Mo Kingdom. After the Fussar Mo Kingdom was destroyed, Arslan went into exile to the Kessar Khanate with his father. He is still the king of the Fussar Mo Kingdom and is determined to restore the country. He has three thousand Fussar Mo cavalry, all of whom are loyal to him."

Li Qingan suddenly realized that this time he fought with the Arabs, not only did the Geza people want to take the opportunity to rise, but also the Huashuzi Momo people want to take the opportunity to restore the country.

Li Qing'an's sharp eyes fell on Arslan's face again, as if seeing through his thoughts. Arslan was already in tears. He turned to kneeling on his knees, kowtowed heavily to Li Qing'an, and cried: "I was forced to leave the country one year old. I have been waiting for fifty-four years this day. If Hua Tshuzimo can restore the country, Hua Tshuzimo is willing to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and I am willing to become the slave of His Highness the General."

Li Qingan glanced at him, and sure enough, he noticed a hint of anger flashing in Prince Geza Broni's eyes.

If Hua Tsarma surrendered to the Tang Dynasty after the restoration of the country, what would the Gesa Khanate be?

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