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Suzhou is located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor and has always been the key place for east-west transportation in the Eurasian continent. During the Western Han Dynasty, General Huo Qubing defeated King Hunxie and drove the remnants of the Huns out of Yumen Pass, and moved hundreds of thousands of Han people to cultivate here. Therefore, the water quality of the land is sweet and wine. The Han Dynasty established Jiuquan County here. For thousands of years, the Han border people have besieged Shuhaige3 on barbarians and plundered and reproduced. Three hundred years ago, the Tang Dynasty declined, Suzhou was captured by Tubo, and the lives were miserable under the rule of swords and weapons. After a brief period of the revival of the Guiyi Army, Suzhou was captured by the Uighurs about a hundred years ago. Tens of thousands of Han people became untouchables again.

At this moment, looking down from the city of Suzhou, flags were flying over the camp of the Guiyi Army of Shazhou and the Western Expedition Army of Lanzhou. Within the camp, a five-foot short wall divided the camp into several small camps with independent defense capabilities. Each camp was stepping up the training of sergeants. The outside of the camp was made of loess and wood to build a village wall of three meters wide and two meters high. A trench of two meters wide and seven feet deep was dug outside. A vast open space was cleared outside the trench. In addition to a few main passages to enter and exit the camp, there were pits with broken horse hooves, deer antlers, spikes and other obstacles. A piece of space was cleared from the back of the camp. In addition to several main passages to enter and exit the camp, there were pits with broken horse hooves, deer antlers, spikes and other obstacles.

From a distance, countless siege equipment are being built. According to Chen De's intention, the Ganzhou Uighurs have become fish in the pot. The Lanzhou army would rather sweat more than bleed less. After the equipment is built, they will first use stone throwing machines to bombard the enemy day and night for ten days to kill the enemy, and then go to the city to fight. At that time, the surrendered Uighur soldiers must be driven to fill the outer moors of Ganzhou and dig the city walls for the front drive. After this battle, the Lanzhou army would digest the millions of people in Hexi with more than 10,000 soldiers, and each soldier is an extremely important and precious seed.

"Prime Minister, is there no other way to beg for peace?" Looking at the continuous Han army camps under the city, Yao Luoge Jingqiong looked depressed. Only a few hundred people fled back with him. In addition, the nearby Uighur troops, the Suzhou defenders were less than 3,000, so it was really difficult to fight against the vigorous Han army. What's more, the attack and defense of the city was not the director of the Uighurs.

Dong Tu lowered his head under his gaze, but things were over. Jing Qiong was unwilling to give up and asked again: "My Uighur tribes migrated from the Western Regions. Can't we retreat to the Western Regions?"

"Khan, although the Gaochang Uighurs are of the same lineage as us, they have been separated for a hundred years. Now the relationship between the Li clan of Gaochang and the Cao clan of Guiyi is closer than that of us. When he goes to him, it is probably better to surrender to Chen De." Dong Tu replied respectfully, "We have repeatedly blocked the passage of Gaochang Uighurs to the Central Plains court. Although we have made huge profits, we have already broken the relationship between the two sides. Moreover, if we go to the Western Regions, the Gaochang Uighur nobles may swallow the people in the Hexi region. Surrender to Chen De, the Han people cannot rule the Uighur tribes, and in the end they still have to rely on these Uighur nobles. This is the same as what the Han people said, "There is no immortal court, but there is an immortal aristocrat." When Zhang Yichao expelled Tubo, his reputation was so great, but he still wanted to use our Uighur tribes."

Dong Tu's family was all in the Lanzhou army. He was weak since childhood and could not fight. He was familiar with military books and history. He was able to get the position of prime minister by making suggestions for Khan. Although he had done a lot of ignorant things, he had never been bloody with his own hands. Even if he surrendered to Lanzhou, he would not be cursed. Besides, Chen De always wanted to use some Uighur-born people to help him conquer various divisions. Dong Tu thought he was familiar with the allusions of the Han people and was also an Uighur, and even if he surrendered to Lanzhou, he would be highly valued. His current mentality was the same as the mentality of the ministers who went south to Jiangdong back then, and he was the one who surrendered but not the one who fought.

Jing Qiong nodded and whispered: "I know that the Han people talk about the principle of 'a real man can bend and stretch'. However, when the great cause of unifying Hexi is about to be accomplished, I am really unwilling to accept it." He punched him on the bushel at the top of the city. Yao Luoge Jing Qiong started fighting and fighting everywhere since he was young. Seeing that the Guiyi army in Shazhou was declining, the Tubo people were busy attacking and killing each other. The Uighurs were about to unify the land of Hexi, but failed. Jing Qiong asked in a deep voice: "If I use the children of the Han people in Hexi as bait and lead the Tubo tribes of Qingtang to help, can it be?"

Dong Tu's face changed drastically: "This is a strategy to drive away tigers and swallow wolves, I'm afraid it will harm himself." The Uighurs in Hexi have experienced the brutal rule of the Tubo people. Most of them would rather accept the Han court than return to the Tubo government. Seeing that Jing Qiong was still hesitant, Dong Tu said again: "The Han army is building siege equipment day and night. Although it has not been triggered, it will be thunderous once it is launched. This small Suzhou city may not be able to be maintained for two days. The Tubo people can't quench their thirst from afar!"

Jing Qiong sighed and whispered: "My Ganzhou Uighurs have been enthroned by the Song Dynasty court. Could it be that the court has indulged Chen De of Lanzhou to destroy us? I heard that Chen De has taken all the relatives and nobles of Ganzhou and have to be tried. People with serious sins will also ask the elders of each sect to place a poisonous curse to make their souls fall into hell forever. Such a cruel and ruthless person may not have a good result."

Dong Tu changed his mind and insisted on causing Jing Qiong to surrender. Seeing that he was worried that he would have no good ending, he immediately bowed and reported, "If Khan is worried that Chen De will turn against him later, I will have a problem." Seeing that Jing Qiong listened in a slanting ear, he knew that Jing Qiong had already surrendered, so he said, "I see Chen De in Lanzhou, who is proclaimed by the great righteousness of heaven. His soldiers and generals are brave, and the system is legal. All the scholars and people are willing to die for him. This is because he has a style that can be kept in the world. He has gained a thousand miles of land in Hexi, and millions of people dare to fight against Hu Han's household registration. Just like a dragon returning to the sea and a tiger entering the mountains and forests, he is ceding the land and defending himself.

, accumulate strength, wait for the opportunity to seize the world." After learning that it was the Lanzhou army that captured Ganzhou, Dong Tu carefully analyzed all the information about Lanzhou and Chen De that he could collect. He was a Hu man, and he did not have the deep prejudice of the Central Plains. He was familiar with the history books of Han people, and could deeply understand the significance of Chen De's various measures. If it were not for hostility, he would have admired Chen De and said it casually at this moment. Only Jing Qiong Khan's face darkened slightly, and he secretly wondered in his heart that Dong Tu had already known that Chen De in Lanzhou was difficult to deal with, why didn't he remind himself earlier.

When Dong Tu saw Jing Qiong's face change slightly, he woke up slightly, and said in a flash: "Since ancient times, people with such great ambitions have paid special attention to historical reviews. For example, Emperor Wu of Wei, who is so civil and military, is just because of his lust and righteousness. For thousands of years, everyone said that he is a traitor. If His Majesty gives the princess to Chen De, he will become your son-in-law. If he betrays the faithfulness, it will be very unfavorable to his people. Khan's glory and wealth in the second half of his life will naturally be preserved."

The tribal wars and the failures offered their daughters and married marriages. Since the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains courts were not ashamed of, and the Uighurs were naturally the same. After hearing Dong Tu's plan, Jing Qiong felt it was feasible and only pondered slightly: "I heard that Chen De already has a wife, so I'm afraid that Elide would be wronged." He had no son, and he was just a well-behaved daughter who took it off as a bargaining chip to please the enemy, and he couldn't help but feel reluctant to leave.

Seeing his face unbearable, Dong Tuo hurriedly said, "Khan is not worried. His princess was originally well-educated and well-reasoned, and he would not mention it. Chen De is a hero today. I, the Hexi Uighur tribe, has 300,000, and he always wants to win over my Uighur tribes. If someone does a big thing, as long as he agrees to this marriage, no matter what he is in his heart, he will not treat the princess in any way. He will even respect you very much." He added another sentence in his heart, but with his ambition, he will never let you be in power again.

Under Dong Tu's strong persuasion, the Uighurs in Ganzhou sent envoys to the Han military camp outside the city to surrender, which aroused heated debate.

"You can accept the surrender of the Uighurs, and you must never agree to the marriage." After sending off the Uighur envoy, Zhang Zhongyao immediately opposed the saying that Zhang was alone in Hexi and fought against the Uighur Tubo for two hundred years. The Han and Hu were very different. He hated the Cao family, the leader of the Guiyi Army, who had intermarried with various Uighur tribes in all dynasties. After Zhang Zhongyao joined Chen De of Lanzhou, he naturally wanted to assist him in fighting for the world, and was unwilling to let the future royal bloodline be mixed with the Hu people. As a result, many of the Hu people in the Lanzhou military lieutenants were from the Hu people. Zhang Zhongyao did not make it clear and just clicked to the point, representing the clear attitude of the Zhang family in Hexi.

"If you allow a marriage kinship, it will be of great benefit to recruiting the Uighur tribes. Besides, the mistress has not yet given birth to a successor for the lord." Li Si reported seriously that Chen De's subordinates lacked talent for handling chores. After defeating the Uighur army, he immediately recruited him from Ganzhou, just in time to discuss the marriage kinship.

"No matter how noble this Uighur princess is, she is just a daughter who was surrendered and captured. How can she be compared with the mistress?" Yu Furengui smiled slightly and bowed to him and said, "In the view of the last general, the Lord will take over this Uighur woman and become a concubine in the future. In the future, she can satisfy the hearts of the Uighur tribes."

"Suzhou is just around the corner. Although there are hundreds of thousands of Uighur tribes in Hexi, it is just a pile of loose sand. The Han people in Hexi have been bullied by the Tubo and Uighur tribes for many years. They are like innocent children looking forward to their parents, like long-term drought and rain. Now that the Wang Shifu has arrived in Hexi, the adults will accept Uighur women. Why don't the people in Hexi feel sad?" Seeing that most of the captains support the marriage, Zhang Zhongyao said anxiously and said without any choice, and then the Hu and Han division were divided, and the atmosphere in the army's tent suddenly became subtle.

The Zhang family was the former master of Hexi. One word of the word represents the emotions of the Han people in Hexi. The Lanzhou Army has not yet established a stable foothold in Hexi, and many things require the Zhang family to do. Compared with the Hexi Uighurs who rebelled and surrendered, the Zhang family's loyalty is more important to the development of the Lanzhou Army.

Chen De nodded slightly, considering the gains and losses of the clearance, he pondered and said, "What you said makes sense. Since the Uighur Khan was determined to seek peace, he could not refuse his kindness to avoid the death and injury of the soldiers. However, I must respect the hearts of the people of Hexi. Let me give the Uighur Princess the wife. The Hu and Han in Hexi will not distinguish between each other in the future, and they will all be my people." He considered that Zhang was also a famous family in Hexi, and Zhang Zhongyao was the legitimate son of the Zhang family. The Uighur Princess would not be humiliated if he gave him.

Moreover, the Zhang family and the Uighurs have always been incompatible. Even if they have formed this marriage, they will only slightly bridge the gap. If the Uighur princess is given to any other subordinate, they must be careful to take over the Uighur force and cannot be eliminated. On the contrary, Zhang Zhongyao's opposition is the most determined, and Chen De is most at ease. As for whether Zhang Zhongyao and the Uighur princess are harmonious, Chen De did not consider eliminating it and could not tolerate him. Anyway, it is a political marriage, and he can still have three wives and four concubines in the future.

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