With strong national strength as a backing, a steady stream of materials arrived in the Western Regions, consolidating the Tang Dynasty's rule over the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions.

Gao Xianzhi, the governor of the four towns of Anxi, wanted to gain military achievements and strive for the reputation of the most famous general of the Tang Dynasty today.

Although Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was tired of politics, he was still an ambitious emperor, paying attention to border wars and punishing countries that did not respect the Tang Dynasty. After the Kaiyuan year, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had almost never opposed the border military commanders, and gave the border military commanders great confidence, so that the Tang Dynasty used troops from all sides, attacking the Xi tribes and the Khitan tribes in the northeast, attacking Tubo in the west, and attacking Nanzhao in the southwest. Gao Xianzhi of the Western Regions destroyed many countries in a row. After defeating the provocation of Tubo, he had always surrendered to the Tang Dynasty because he had destroyed the Xiaobo Kingdom and the Tochari Kingdom (Afghanistan). At this time, the Tang Dynasty's forces in the Western Regions had already left the Tianshan Mountains and Lake Balkash, and arrived at the Aral Sea.

The Stone Kingdom is located between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea, north of Persia. Its national strength is stronger than the Tochar state (Afghanistan). It is a vassal state of the Abbasid dynasty of the Arab Empire.

The previous part mentioned that Gao Xianzhi used the excuse that the Shi Kingdom was disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty and led the Tang army in the four towns of Anxi to attack the Shi Kingdom and killed the King of the Shi Kingdom. The Shi Kingdom brought the remnants to resist, and the Shi Kingdom was on the verge of destruction.

The king of Shi Kingdom was killed. The prince of Shi Kingdom hated Gao Xianzhi and Datang, and asked for help from the Arab Empire in anger. This was undoubtedly a way to attract the wolf into the house. With the appetite of the Arab Empire, even if he repelled the Tang army, it would be impossible for the Shi Kingdom to restore the country.

However, the Prince of Shi Kingdom was determined to take revenge. Instead of letting Shi Kingdom be captured by the Tang Dynasty, it would be better to give the Arab Empire a favor. At least this request for help from the Arab Empire will treat him well.

The Arab Empire had only the power of the Tang Dynasty, but the only country left to buffer the Shi Kingdom. Moreover, the Arab Empire had the intention to annex the Shi Kingdom. How could it be that when the Tang Dynasty seized food, it was the first to annex the Shi Kingdom?

This is not the first time the Arab Empire and the Tang Dynasty have clashed.

In the third year of Kaiyuan, after the Arab Empire destroyed Persia, it had its first conflict with the Tang Dynasty. That year, the Arab Empire and Tubo countries jointly established a man named Alada to attack the Datang Shu Kingdom (formerly Dayuan Kingdom), but was defeated by Lu Xiu, the governor of Anxi at that time.

Of course, the Arab Empire and Tubo were unwilling to give up. In the fifth year of Kaiyuan, they joined forces with Tuqishi. The three-country coalition forces attacked the four towns of Anxi and were defeated by Lu Xiu again. In addition, Tuqishi himself was almost destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and had to surrender to the Tang Dynasty from then on.

In the sixth year of Kaiyuan, the Arab Empire sent troops alone to fight north to prepare to attack the Tang Dynasty in the north. However, they were besieged by Tuzhu cavalry and had to pay a large ransom to rescue the siege. They were left unresolved before they even entered the borders of the Tang Dynasty.

In the tenth year of Kaiyuan, Mai Like, then the emperor of the Arab Empire, coveted the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and arrogantly agreed to his two generals, Muhammad and Gu Taibai, who promised whoever attacked the Tang Dynasty first would appoint who would be the highest commander of the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, his two generals could not invade the Tang Dynasty until their deaths, let alone destroy the Tang Dynasty and become the highest commander of the Tang Dynasty.

In the 12th year of Kaiyuan, the Arab Empire had fierce conflicts with the Tang Dynasty, but they all suffered miserable defeats.

This is why since the twelve years of Kaiyuan, the Arab Empire has not dared to attack the Tang Dynasty again for nearly 30 years.

Not only did they not attack the Tang Dynasty again, did the Arab Empire send envoys to investigate the truth and truth of the Tang Dynasty in the name of tribute. The Kaiyuan year was the most powerful period of the Tang Dynasty. The "fiction and truth" that can be found was the power of the Tang Dynasty, so that the Arab Empire did not dare to launch troops to the Tang Dynasty again in the past 30 years.

In the past, the Arab Empire was afraid of the strength of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the war with the Byzantine Empire in North Africa and the west direction was not daring to plan a war against the Tang Dynasty again.

However, the war with the Byzantine Empire has come to an end, and the two sides have signed a truce. At the same time, the newly succeeded Arab Abbas was an ambitious emperor and wanted to fight with the Tang Dynasty to overthrow Central Asia and seize control of Central Asia.

In addition, the Tang Dynasty had already reached the Shi Kingdom, and the Arab Empire could not continue to tolerate it.

The Arab Emperor Abbas sent 90,000 troops into the Shi Kingdom and resisted the attack of Gao Xianzhi's Tang army with the remnants of the Shi Kingdom.

The Shi Kingdom is more than a thousand miles away from the four towns of Anxi, not to mention the Central Plains. No matter how strong the Tang Dynasty is, the power that can bring Gao Xianzhi to the Shi Kingdom is limited, and it can no longer defeat the coalition forces of the Arab Empire and the remnants of the Shi Kingdom that are so close.

After more than a month of fighting, Gao Xianzhi was defeated in a small battle, losing nearly 10,000 troops. He was finally forced to withdraw from Shiguo and return to the four towns of Anxi to cultivate.

After repelling Gao Xianzhi's Tang army, the Arab Empire, as the Prince of Shi Kingdom was worried at the beginning, did not restore the country to the Shi Kingdom, but directly annexed the Shi Kingdom, leaving only a noble title for the Prince of Shi Kingdom.

After occupying the Stone Kingdom, Emperor Abbas was not satisfied and wanted to further expand eastward, capture Tochar, the vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and seize the entire Central Asia from the Tang Dynasty.

"The Tang Dynasty started wars everywhere, with the Tubo Empire restrained it, and it was defeated in Shiguo again. This is the opportunity given to us by the true god. We must completely seize the entire Central Asia, and even the four towns of Anxi, the Tang Dynasty." This was what Emperor Abbas said to his general Abuda and Mus.

For this battle of hegemony, the Arab Empire mobilized all the power that could be used, and a total of 200,000 troops of various troops entered the Tochar state.

The power of Tochar is smaller than that of the Stone Kingdom. How could it resist the 200,000 army of the Arab Empire? It surrendered in just over a dozen days, and the Tochar is annexed by the Arab Empire.

The Kingdom of Tochar was annexed, and the Arab Empire army continued to go north to Kangguo, and Henglus.

Kang Guo was also unable to resist the attack of the Arab army and soon surrendered. The Arab army pointed directly at Henglus, preparing to capture Henglus, and then directly crossed the Pamirs and truly entered the four towns of Anxi, the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Gao Xianzhi had basically finished resting in the four towns of Anxi. Hearing that the Arab army had successively defeated the Tucharo and Kang Kingdom, the troops were aiming directly at Hengluo, and had the momentum to directly attack the Tang Dynasty, he was furious.

Tocharo and Kang Kingdom surrendered to the Tang Dynasty for decades, and were the Shu Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty. Now that it has been destroyed, the Tang Dynasty's forces in Central Asia have been hit hard. The most important thing is that the defeat of the Shi Kingdom is not a big loss or a small matter. If the Arab army directly attacks the four towns of Anxi, he, as the governor, will be in trouble.

Gao Xianzhi couldn't sit still, and sent troops from the four towns of Anxi again, crossed the Pamir Mountains and entered Central Asia, and ordered the surrounding areas to surrender to Bakhanna, who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Geluo sent troops together to form the Han vassal coalition, including 18,000 Han troops, Bakhanna, and more than 22,000 foreign troops, about 40,000 troops, to Hengluo.

In the Arab Empire, because some left-behind soldiers were stationed in the newly captured Tochar and Kang Kingdom, the Arab army reached Henglus was about 160,000, of which 40,000 were the most elite religious soldiers. This was the core force of the Arab Empire. It was known for its fearlessness and fearlessness. Even such a force was dispatched, which shows how much the Arab emperor attached to this war.

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