The Abbasid Caliph Mansour was on the west bank of the Amu River at this time. In order to urge Chiaed to implement his strategy, he personally came to Khorasan. At this time, the 40,000 Khorasan army and 10,000 guards were stationed on the edge of the desert about ten miles away from the Amu River.

In the Nasebo area on the other side of the Amu River, the Tang army also gathered in large numbers, with at least 70,000 troops. The two armies have been confronting each other for almost a month.

Mansour has been waiting for the news from Khwarezm. According to time, a hundred thousand army should have arrived in Khwarezm. Now it should be on the way south to the river. Perhaps because there was no news from Haman, Mansour was restless and a very uneasy feeling had been lingering in his heart for the past two days. This uneasiness had already planted the seeds when he left Damascus. Khalid begged him that no matter what Haman did, please do not blame his family.

Mansour agreed, but Khalid's request cast a shadow on his heart. After not receiving the news from Khwarezm, Mansour finally regretted it. Perhaps he was wrong and should not have appointed Haman as the main general. His appointment of Haman as the main general was not a hothead, Abu.

The Muslim died for nearly two years, but his prestige has remained undisturbed in the Imperial Army, or his ghosts have remained undisturbed. In this way, Mansour is eager to find someone to replace Abu.

Lieutenant General of the Muslim Army.

Haman.

Balmak is his most ideal candidate, he and Abu.

Muslims are like Persians, and he is from a famous family, elegant temperament and excellent appearance. He has participated in several wars and was injured for this. He has become an idol worshipped by many young Arab soldiers. In order to further make Haman a god, Mansour decided to let him lead his army to the east and win the victory on the northern line with absolute strength. Mansour thought it carefully and he knew very well that Haman was definitely not Li Qing'an's opponent, but Li Qing'an should be right opposite him now and confront him. The Hezhong area should be an ordinary Tang army. Even if Haman is a little weak, there will be no big problems with his real talent and talent. In the final decisive battle, he personally commanded the army.

Unfortunately, Mansur had never read the story of Tian Ji, an oriental man, and did not know that in the wisdom of the oriental man, there was a strategy of fighting against the upper sir. He was the caliph of the Abbasid Dynasty, but Li Qing'an might not have faced him personally according to diplomatic etiquette.

Mansour finally felt something was wrong these days. It seemed that Li Qing'an was not among the main forces of the Tang army on the other side of the Amu River. He had also considered that Li Qing'an would see through his strategy and go to Khwarezm in person. But after all, this possibility is very low. He would not arrange troops to target a very low possibility. However, now.

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Mansour didn't sleep well for two days. He was worried and longed to see Harman bring him good news. In the morning, Mansour had just had breakfast and was drinking tea. It was ironic that the white porcelain cup he held was given to him by Li Qingan back then.

At this time, a guard hurriedly walked in and knelt down to salute him, "Your Majesty, Li Qing'an has sent someone to deliver a letter to Your Majesty."

"ah!"

Mansour's hand trembled slightly and poured out a little tea. Li Qing'an sent someone to come, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart. So is Li Qing'an not in Khwarezm?

"Bring it in!"

Soon, more than a dozen guards brought in two young civilian officials of the Tang army, one of whom bowed to Mansur and said in Turkic words: "In the order of Chen Shaoyou, the clerk of the Anxi Jiedu Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty, he was ordered by the command of the Anxi Jiedu and the General of the Cavalry King Zhao to send His Majesty a letter and a gift to His Majesty."

Speaking of the gift, the young official behind him placed a wooden box on the table. Mansour took the letter and did not look. He stared at the wooden box with his eyes tightly. The ominous feeling once again rose strongly in his heart. He seemed to smell a trace of blood.

"Open the box!"

He took a deep breath and ordered the guards on both sides. At this time, Chen Shaoyou and his companions had retreated to the wall, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The two guards stepped forward, pried open the wooden box with a dagger, opened the lid, and uncovered a layer of oil paper. Suddenly, the two shouted "Ah!", and their faces were pale. They took two steps back together and stared at the things in the box. One guard shouted, "Your Majesty, it's General Haman!"

Mansour saw clearly that there was a human head in the box, with a lifelike face, which was exactly the Harman he had high hopes for.

Balmack, Mansour felt an unbearable pain in his heart, as if a knife was inserted into his heart hard, his eyes became blurred, and his body shook, and he was about to fall.

Several guards hurriedly supported him, and the other two guards roared and drew their swords to rush towards Chen Shaoyou, "Stop!" Mansour stopped them. After all, he was a monarch of a country, and finally restrained his loss of composure. Then a huge sadness attacked him. He knew that Haman was finished and his 100,000 troops were finished.

He stared at the wooden box for a while, and finally, he spoke, his voice became extremely low, and he asked Chen Shaoyou: "Are your general back?"

Chen Shaoyou stepped forward and bowed, "The General has returned, and everything he wants to say is in the letter. Please give a look at it."

Mansour slowly picked up the letter, and saw that the letter skin read: "His Majesty the Caliph of the Abbasid Empire personally opened it."

"Imperial?" Mansour smiled bitterly and opened the letter. Li Qing'an said at the beginning of the letter: "The King of Zhao of the Tang Empire, the General of the Anxi Jiedu General to the Cavalry of the Abbasid Empire, I have returned from Khwarezm and are willing to have a sincere conversation with Your Majesty."

This is Li Qing'an's handwriting, with the words full of sincerity. Mansour sighed. The letter was written very clearly that his 100,000 troops had been wiped out. Li Qing'an advised him to pay more attention to domestic crises. Hezhong and Tocharo were originally the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty, so please face the reality.

"The Tang army had no intention of crossing the Amu River and was willing to sit down and talk to His Majesty on the banks of the Amu River. If His Majesty does not want to, then I, Li Qing'an, don't mind taking a few more steps and going to Damascus to have an interview with you."

"Your Majesty may see me when he stands on the head of Damascus."

Mansour read the letter over and over again, and he fell into deep thought. No one dared to disturb him. The Tang army envoy Chen Shaoyou also stood quietly aside and waited for his reply.

I don't know how long it took, but Mansour seemed to wake up from his dream. He nodded gently, "Okay! Please tell your general that I am willing to talk to him."

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In that seduce wave, Li Qing'an sat in the room with his upper body naked. A military doctor was carefully changing his medicine. The arrow was not serious, but the last arrow shot by Shaikh made his wounds break and he was infected.

At this time, Li Siye pushed the door and walked in. Li Qingan heard his footsteps and asked, "Have all the pensions arranged?"

"All have been arranged. Except for the burned soldiers who used urns, the other bodies of the fallen soldiers were put into coffins and were transported from Samarkand. According to the news just heard from Sui Ye, major officials such as Wang Changling, Duan Xiushi, Cen Shen have all gone to each household to appease the death list according to the list of deaths, and sent pension silver dollars and pension certificates. They will be pacified strictly in accordance with the Anxi pension system. Please rest assured the general."

Li Qing'an sighed and said, "Two battles resulted in 15,000 people killed. This is the most serious casualties since I led Anxi. I am ashamed of Anxi's fellow villagers and passed my order. This time I will not be allowed to celebrate and triumphal ceremony when I go back. Within one month, there will be no entertainment in the entire Anxi area. Anyone who dares to violate the order will be punished with 150 sticks. If it is violated by my wife, I will get this stick."

"The last one will obey the order!"

Li Siye quickly ordered a clerk next to him to draft a military order, but he did not leave himself. He even wanted to say something to Li Qing'an.

At this time, the military doctor washed Li Qing'an's wounds, finally applied medicine, and solemnly instructed him: "The general is seriously injured, injured his muscles and bones. He cannot use force within three months and cannot use bows within one year, otherwise the general will not be able to use bows in his lifetime."

Li Qingan felt the pain in his left shoulder was unbearable. After taking the medicine, he immediately felt a coolness. He breathed a light breath and smiled at Li Siye: "I'm lucky to speak of it. Bai Xiaode's intestines have been broken. He will have to lie down for at least half a year."

Li Siye sighed and said, "The general is responsible for Anxi. He should not personally take arrows to kill the enemy. If there are three or two shortcomings, Anxi will be in danger!"

"If I don't go into battle to kill the enemy, how can the soldiers be willing to die? 25,000 people against 50,000 people, both sides are elite troops, and I can only take a gamble, otherwise the Dashi Army will definitely withdraw."

"Is the general so anxious?"

Li Qing'an nodded, "This battle is of great significance to me. If we cannot completely wipe out the Great Food Army and let them escape, then within three years, there will be no peace in the river. Mansour will never give up. However, the total annihilation of 100,000 troops may not be destructive. However, the psychological blow to Mansour is immeasurable. I have confidence that within at least five years, the Arabs will no longer consider expanding eastward again, so I will have time to look back and look eastward."

In fact, Li Qing'an's urgency for this battle is far greater than that of Mansour. It is now the thirteenth year of Tianbao. In history, the Anshi Rebellion broke out in the 14th year of Tianbao. Although history has been greatly disrupted by him, he has not changed the root cause of the Anshi Rebellion. To a large extent, the Anshi Rebellion was also triggered by various social contradictions that reached the critical point. Therefore, the 14th year of Tianbao will also be a critical point for the outbreak of various social crises, so his eyes and energy must be put back to the country immediately.

To this end, he needs to reach a ceasefire agreement with Mansour.

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After several preliminary consultations, the two sides finally decided to sign an armistice agreement on the ice of the Amu River, which was at noon three days later.

It was soon the day. Early in the morning, the weather was still cold, and the ice surface of the Amu River was covered with a thin layer of white mist. The Amu River usually began to thaw in early February. It was still the last day in mid-January, and there was still thick ice on the river surface.

When the spring sunshine shone warmly on the ice, a huge white tent appeared in the middle of the Amu River. One hundred people from both sides each participated in the arrangement of the facilities in the tent. In fact, the layout was very simple. There were three thick carpets on the ice, and a long table was placed in the middle. The text of the armistice was finalized by both sides and written in three words: Arabic, Chinese and Turkic.

There is not much content. Both sides agreed to a ceasefire unconditionally. From the date of signing, both sides will not be allowed to fight again within five years. With the Amu River as the ceasefire line, the Abbasid Dynasty recognized that the Hezhong and Tocharia areas belonged to the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, since the Tang army had signed a military alliance with Byzantium, the Tang army had the obligation to amend the alliance with the Romans. Within five years, as long as the Abbasid dynasty abides by the armistice treaty and the Abbasid army did not take the initiative to launch a military attack on Byzantium, the Tang army would not participate in Byzantium's military operations against Arabia.

At the same time, the two sides will also sign a memorandum of understanding on Khwarezm. Khwarezm will be divided into two, and Zoroastrians and Muslims will establish their own countries in the Aral Sea Delta west of the Amu River. Neither the Tang Dynasty nor the Abbasid Dynasty will interfere in the internal affairs of the two Khwarezm countries, nor will they send troops to interfere in the war between them.

Both sides use words very cautiously and each has its own compromises. For example, the Amu River is a ceasefire line, not a border, and the Abbasid dynasty only recognizes the river as the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty, not the territory; for example, if the Abbasid army actively launches a military attack on Byzantium, the Tang army will fulfill the military alliance signed with Byzantium, which is to prevent the Arabs from using the ceasefire agreement to disrupt the military alliance between the Tang Dynasty and Byzantium.

Regarding the issue involving Byzantine, the two sides specially wrote it in Roman. In addition, the two sides also agreed to fully liberalize trade and encourage trade between merchants to join the two countries. Various taxes and currencies will be implemented in accordance with the terms before the Battle of Talas.

At noon, the time agreed upon by both parties was here. According to the agreement, both parties would march towards the large tent in the middle of the river at the same time. Each person could only bring one deputy general, two civil servants and three hundred guards. Both parties sent people to the other party for supervision, and all kinds of details were considered without any leakage.

The deputy general led by Mansour is Governor of Khorasan, Chiade. On the surface, the relationship between the two is quite harmonious, and Chiade also obeys his orders, but it is precisely Chiade's obedience that exposed his incorrect minds. The word "ambition" cannot be used for the time being.

If he obeys his orders, then Mansour ordered him to cooperate with Haman, then he should send troops to Amuhe immediately. But in fact, Chiaed was reluctant to send troops, which was inconsistent with his obeying his orders.

Mansour knew this very well. He had no choice but to take Chiyad now. The main generals of the Khorasan army were promoted by Chiyad, and he used Mansour to kill Abu.

Opportunities for Muslim subordinates.

If he kills Qiyad, once the Khurasan army mutiny, not only will he be worried about his life, but the Tang army will also take advantage of the situation, and the consequences will be unimaginable. At this time, Mansur does not want to cause trouble.

"General Ziyad, let's go over!" Mansour said with a faint smile.

Qi Yade saluted respectfully, "Your Majesty, please!"

His face was extremely sincere, and it was no different from when he first met Mansour a month ago, but there was a change in his heart. Although Mansour suppressed the news of the Battle of Khwarezm, Chiyad still got some information. Haman was killed and his head was sent by Li Qing'an. The death of the head coach means that the main force on the northern front has been wiped out. Chiyad believes in his judgment, otherwise Mansour would never have signed this five-year armistice treaty with the Tang army.

In fact, Qiyad had already known that Li Qingan was not on the other side of the Amu River, but he did not tell Mansour that now that Li Qingan sent Haman's head, it means that Li Qingan personally went to fight the Battle of Khwarezm.

Qiyad had already judged the situation from all kinds of clues. He was secretly happy. If a hundred thousand troops were annihilated, then his Khorasan army would become the first army of the empire, and Mansour would have to give in to him in some matters.

Chiaed did not expect to become a caliph, but he hoped that he could become the king of Khorasan and had enough autonomy.

While accompanying Mansour towards the tent, he secretly thought about how to realize his dream of a king.
To be continued...