Chapter 37 Peaceful Unification - Take Hexi without fighting!

Zhang Mai had already heard that Lingjun was deliberately moving closer to him, but before asking about the recent situation in Shazhou, he still wanted to understand why Lingjun chose him. He thought to himself and asked: "Monkey, you are also a monk in Shazhou. Even if you do nothing, you can live a peaceful and glorious life. Why did you come to me from a long distance? Do you hope to get a higher status through me?"

He came from an era of extreme reality and an era of lack of ideals. Therefore, he "did not be afraid of using the worst malice" to guess all the actions of people around him. Lingjun did not expect Zhang Mai to speak so directly. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Major Protector, it is really a hard thing to talk to you. Why do you always take out the darkest side of things directly?"

Zhang Mai said: "I think this is honesty. I could have gone around with you, but at this moment I don't think it's necessary."

Ling Jun nodded, looked at the direction of Shazhou for a long time before saying, "I came to look for the Dadu Protector because I felt that there was no hope for the Guiyi Army." He stopped and continued, "Yong player can only see in front of him. The master player can see three or five steps. A dozen steps away. In front of him, Guiyi Army seems to have not had any major internal and external troubles, but I know that Cao Linggong has missed the first step. He should try to curb Dadu Protector before the Anxi Army arrives in Kucha..."

Lingjun stopped again when she saw that Zhang Mai did not show any disgust for his words, so she continued: "If he tried to curb the Protector at that time and prevent you from advancing eastward, then the Anxi Army and the Guiyi Army may still maintain a distant relationship between the dead sand sea. Once the two families border, it is impossible to form an equal alliance again. In the future, they must be distinguished from the superiors and inferiors. There are reasons for the character of the commander of both sides, and the ambitions of the two armies - Protector. I'm right."

Zhang Mai said hell and did not give a positive answer.

Lingjun continued, "I speculate on the character of the Great Protector from the rise of the Great Protector. I judged that you would definitely not be able to surrender to others. Cao Linggong was not like Lord Li of Khotan. Even if he knew in his heart that Guiyi Army was already in the evening of the sunset and could not defeat the Anxi Army, he would not admit defeat. He would definitely make the final attempt and resistance. Alas, one step is different, one step is different, and both sides cannot stand together, and in the end they will only develop into wars with each other - that is the situation I least want to see."

Zhang Mai said: "Then do you think I have a higher chance of winning, so come and surrender to me?"

"No," Ling Jun said: "Guiyi Army and Anxi Army each have their own strengths and their own weaknesses, but I have no use of their strengths in Shazhou. On the contrary, if I am on the side of the Great Protector, I might be able to play a role. So I came - since the conflict is inevitable, I hope he can end as soon as possible, and the best choice to end the conflict as soon as possible is to support the strong and kill the weak. If I can help the Great Protector to win Hexi without fighting, it will be a great thing for the Shagua people, and for the soldiers and civilians of Anxi."

"Go to Hexi without fighting!" Zhang Mai couldn't help but feel a thunderous heart when he heard this. He didn't dare to imagine such a good thing until today! You should know that although the ruling territory of the Hexi Corridor is smaller than that of Anxi, regardless of geographical location, population base and development potential are much more important and greater than Anxi. If the people of the Tang Dynasty want to revive the Tang Dynasty and revive China, the unification of Anxi and Hexi will be an imperative move. Unlike Satuk and Arslan, the Guiyi army that Zhang Mai faces at this moment is a separatist regime dominated by the Han people. If it is possible, he really doesn't want to fight because it is his own people who kill his own people, but it is an extremely difficult thing to imagine if he really wants to unify Longyou without fighting.

"Master," Zhang Mai changed his name unknowingly, because the proposal brought by Lingjun hits the desire hidden deep in his heart. Before that, Zhang Mai only talked about this issue with Zheng Wei alone, but he did not talk deeply. "Is it really possible to unify Hexi without fighting?"

Lingjun said: "That depends on the choice of the Great Protector."

“My choice?”

"No," Ling Jun said: "If the Great Protector must seize the upper level, then a battle between Anxi and Hexi will be inevitable. But if the Great Protector can be willing to be in a low-level position, then it will be possible for the two Han vassals in the northwest to be peacefully reunified. Of course, it is only possible."

"Willing to be a naughty?" Zhang Mai frowned: "What do you mean is that after the northwest unification, Cao Yijin will be the leader?"

"That's right!" Ling Jun said: "I abandoned Cao Linggong and chose the Great Protector because I knew that Cao Linggong could not be under the Great Protector, and the Great Protector was possible-so I came here."

Zhang Mai looked at Ling Jun coldly, as if he was wondering whether he was here to surrender to him or to be a lobbyist for Cao Yijin. He snorted and said, "Why is Cao Yijin pressing on me? In terms of credit, he just pacified the two states of Shagua, but I traveled thousands of miles! In terms of achievements, has he ever won a great victory against the outside world? Whether against the Uighurs in Ganzhou or Gaochang, the means he used was just to be peaceful and have no future marriage. In terms of tools, hum, he has the temperament of me as arrogant as I am? The Han people did not appear noble under his command of Cao Yijin, and the Uighurs in Shazhou were still

It is rampant, but what under my rule? The Hu people in the territory are rushing to be Han people. The Hu people outside the territory mention me like a fox and wolf smelling the smell of a tiger. When talking about talents, my strong soldiers are like clouds, and the strong generals are comparing, and as the situation develops, they are getting stronger and stronger! Shazhou is getting weaker and weaker under his rule. Now there are those in the Guiyi army who are invincible like Yang Yi? Are there those who are both civil and military, like Guo Luo? Are those who are both wise and brave like Xue Fu? Are those who are as fierce as tigers and wolves like stones? Even if a talent with such potential is abandoned because the Guiyi army has not fought for too long!”

Speaking of this, Zhang Mai laughed and said, "Although I am polite to Cao Yijinke, in fact, he is not as good as me in everything. Since he is not as good as me in everything, why should I let him press on me? Hey, even if I agree, my brothers under me will not!"

Lingjun did not interrupt when Zhang Mai was in a burst of passion. She just waited silently for Zhang Mai to finish her words, and then said: "I know what the Great Protector said, but I still think that the Great Protector can and should be temporarily inferior because..." He pointed at Zhang Mai's black hair: "Because the Great Protector is younger than Cao Linggong!"

"young?"

"Yes, young!" Ling Jun said: "Cao Linggong is already very old and has not been in good health in the past two years - I can clearly say that his life will not be long. If the Great Protector can tolerate each other and serve as the country, then although Cao Linggong can get the reputation of unifying the northwest in front of him, behind him, the Great Protector will definitely inherit this great cause as the second person in the northwest!"

Lingjun's tone was very calm when she said this, but every word was sonorous and powerful!

Tolerate each other for the country...

When Lingjun mentioned these four words, Zhang Mai suddenly remembered Guo Shidao. His arrogance suddenly turned into silence, thinking: "When I was still in Xinxuye City, in Dengxia Valley, and in Talas Julan City, many of the things I did actually infringed on my father-in-law's power, but he had tolerated me again and again, for what was it? I burned Maswude, attacked Zhaoshan at night, flew over the desert, and fought against Dengyang City. In fact, my father-in-law also had the opportunity to take these military achievements as his own, but my father-in-law still acquiesced to me to construct a myth that belongs to me, what was it for?"

What Guo Shidao wants is four words: Tolerant is to be the country!

For the overall situation, sacrifice the part, for the future, so endure the present.

At the same time, this is exactly what Lao Tzu said, "If you want to take it first, you must give it to it first."

Looking at Lingjun again, the old monk was looking forward to his reply.

Zhang Mai stood up and bowed to Lingjun. Although this bowed to Lingjun, what he thought of was Master Guo at this moment.

"Master," Zhang Mai said: "Thank you for your reminder. Next, I know what to do."

Outside Gaochang City, the two armies were facing each other. The Gaochang Army formed a nearly square formation. Of course, the cavalry formation could not be as neat as the infantry formation, but the Anxi Army seemed too uneven. The three governments and Zhe Chong troops were divided into three groups, rushing from the front, left and right sides. The three groups of people were facing one target - the main flag of the Uighurs!

This battle is not for killing people, not even for dispersing the enemy, nor for any other purpose. The only simple and clear goal is to seize the main flag!

Infantry field battles are more important than formation. An infantry formation that holds the position can withstand the impact of cavalry far more than its own, while cavalry battles are flexible. The enemies that the Tang army in Anxi, such as Satuk and Arslan, have encountered in cavalry's experience against elite infantry. Although their ancestors had suffered under the sword of the Tang army, it was almost legendary and without any pain. The Hu's always find it difficult to truly realize that the enemy they face today is no longer the Han people who have allowed them to bully in the past few decades. Therefore, Satuk and Viga made the same mistake, that is, to use light cavalry to attack Anxi Xisheng's infantry formation head-on.

But now, Shiba's cavalry rushed over with a more flexible attitude. Shiba did not have the habit of strictly controlling his subordinates' combat methods. They could fight as much as they could, but the extension lines of the three troops were always aimed at the enemy's main flag.

Especially in Longxiang Mansion, all 1,200 war horses were installed with iron hoof covers, and the land outside Gaochang City was almost broken. As the eldest son of the Khan, Jie Li inherited the name of his heroic ancestors, but at this time his people were hidden at the core of the battle formation. On the contrary, Shi Ba, the chief general of the Anxi Tang Army, ran in the front! Lian Jie, who had been through the battlefield for a long time, actually carried his master away from the position of the soldiers behind him. One horse led the way, and then ran wildly. What a courage! Isn't this young general who waved his fangs and sticks afraid of death?

There are always some generals in history who often put themselves in danger, but they just can't die!

The power of the crossbows on both sides was not strong, so the expeditionary attack did not produce a very fierce competition, but soon entered a direct melee battle. The first contact between Hu and Han was actually three feet before Lian Jie's horse head, and the first one to take action was Shi Ba - he didn't know the principle of attacking others, so he knew one word - kill!

Jie Li's deputy general Ge Lan obviously miscalculated, or he did not investigate the enemy sufficiently, and he did not expect that the Tang army was carrying a heavy weapon, so the person arranged on the front line was not a shield player, not a hook and sickle player, but a horse-backed spearman. How could these people block Ship's vicious stick technique?

Titicaca sounded, and the two spears had broken, and the fangs swept over. The first soldier's brain burst out on the spot, and the second was knocked off the horse. It was like a shark smelling blood. Shiba shouted wildly. The fierce Tang soldiers found resonance in the roar of the commander's general. They rode their horses, they stomped on horseback, and they slashed their swords, and they slashed their spears! Since the opponents along the way were all Hu people, they had already mastered the skills of horseback fighting.

The Gaochang Army failed to stop Shiba, and it was like a muscle stabbed by a sharp knife, and the wounds became bigger and bigger.

At this moment, another general standing at the head of Gaochang City guessed the other party's intention from the Anxi Tang Army's operation mode - their target was Jie Li!

The specific commander of the battle outside the city was Ge Lan. Jie Li's battle this time was more to inspire morale, but they would not be able to bear any mistakes in front of the formation!

"Protect the Young Master!" "Protect the Young Master!"

At the core of the Gaochang cavalry formation, soldiers, generals and horses were placed horizontally, besieging a small circle in the city to block the enemy's forces. After Shi Ba fell into the formation, he could not tell the difference between the east, south, west and north. Everyone only knew to rush towards the direction of the main flag, but the changes in the opponent's formation were quickly noticed!

"They are protecting the main flag--they are afraid of us! Brothers, rush!"

Under his own city gate, in a head-on battle, he turned to the defensive with nearly twice the force of the enemy, but soon after the battle started!

A cavalry quietly appeared behind a hill in the south of Gaochang City. It was the Gaochang Shahai tribe with the Hu surname. The members were all mixed-race mixed races and could not tell which ethnic group they belonged to. Because they lived on the edge of the Dasha tribe in the southern part of Gaochang Basin, they were called the Shahai tribe. The people in this tribe were discriminated against. After hearing the news that Xue Fu had attacked Gaochang, they were the first to respond. They did not have much favorable feelings for the Anxi Tang army, but the enemy was friends, so they came.

But now they were shocked by the strength of the Tang army. These Anxi troops were obviously stronger than the Gaochang army, as fierce as the Shahai tribe, but their weapons were much sharper than the Shahai tribe!

"It seems that this Anxi Tang army may not just come to make a big fuss in Gaochang. Maybe they can really rule this land!" The so-called "good fuss in Gaochang" is the judgment of the Anxi army's advance eastward by most Gaochang tribes. They all believe that these people only ravage the land at most. Few people believe that Zhang Mai can become the new ruler of this basin - but the strength shown by Shiba now has changed all this.

"Brothers, prepare for a fight!" Di Lie, the leader of the Shahai tribe, said: "Use our courage to change this Gaochang to a master - I hope this time I will be a master who treats us better! Fight!"

Suddenly, more than a thousand people rushed down and quickly entered the left wing of the Gaochang Army, which was already in a difficult position. The soldiers of the Anxi Army did not recognize these ragged cavalry and ridiculous weapons, but when they heard them rushing, they called out with very unstandard Tang Yan: "The Tang Dynasty is powerful, the Tang Dynasty is powerful!" They knew that they were their own people. When Xue Fu sent a letter to the fourth territory of Gaochang, they considered that the Anxi Army and the local tribes did not recognize each other. If they met on a narrow road, they would probably have misunderstandings. Therefore, this article was attached to the end of the manifesto, telling all the troops that raised their troops to use "The Tang Dynasty is powerful" as the "Dark" number.

There were also figures shaking in a forest northeast of Gaochang City. This was a group of people who rushed to the Hufu Han family. There were about a thousand people from the grassland north of Puchang. However, they came here not to help the Tang army in Anxi, but to respond to Jie Li's call to help Gaochang Huihe defend the city. However, all of this in front of them made the clan leader change his mind temporarily.

"This group of Anxi Tang troops is so cruel! Just this little man can't raise your head."

Most of the habitual obedience of the tribes in Gaochang to the Uighurs was not Huaide, but fear of power. At this time, the courage of the Tang army in Anxi was tearing apart the invincible image of the Uighurs in the minds of the tribes of Gaochang.

"Class leader, can we go up and fight?" said a tribe timidly.

"Want, why don't you fight!"

"But they are so awesome! And now..."

It seems that the Anxi Army has the upper hand now! Not only has the upper hand, but it also has an overwhelming advantage. The spoken army felt that he might not be able to recover the situation if he rushed forward now.

"Who said we wanted to attack the Tang army?" The patriarch Bai Si'an pointed to the Gaochang Uighur Army, which had obviously begun to scatter, and said, "We are also citizens of the Tang Dynasty, of course we can help our own people! Kill!"

The tribes were a little surprised by the tribe leader's temporary change of mind, but at this time, they rushed out with the tribe leader!

"Kill, kill!"

"The Tang Dynasty is mighty, the Tang Dynasty is mighty..."

Their aura was much weaker, but they had two ambushed troops one after another, which caused a great blow to the Gaochang Uighur Army. Just as the guards in the city were discussing whether to send additional reinforcements, Jie Li's main flag had already swung.

"The Tang army has ambush!" Ge Lan, who could not resist it, was a little panicked, "I've been trapped, protect the young master and return to the city!" Once the army spins the horse in the melee, it loses its fighting spirit, and everyone fled back to the city in a hurry.

Shi Ba bit the tail of the Uighur army and refused to let go, and wanted to rush into the city with the defeated soldiers. Ge Lan saw the critical order to put down the Qianjin Gate, and ordered the city to shoot arrows regardless of the enemy and us! In this way, the city gate was finally lost, but countless soldiers and generals were trapped outside the city, many of whom died at their own hands!

Shiba blocked the city gate and shouted and scolded, but the Uighurs in the city were no longer "scamd" and could not hide. Soon Xue Fu arrived. General Shiba reported his situation and followed the monk Xianming in the army, saying, "The walls of Gaochang City are high and difficult to get down for a while. There is a Liuzhong City twenty miles southeast of this place. The residents in the city are half a Hu and half a Han. General Xue can take advantage of the power of this great victory to drive to Liuzhong without attacking. As long as I go to the city gate, I can call the Han people in the city to leave the city and surrender."

Xue Fuxin's words led his troops to Liuzhong, and it was obvious that he was shouting outside the city. After a while, there were suddenly riots in the city. It turned out that there were two people living in this city, one Hufu, the other Hanfu, and the Hanfu people attempted to leave the city to respond. The two sides had a conflict and had a meal. The city gate in the north was opened with a slam. The door opened shouted: "The Tang Dynasty is mighty! Come to the city quickly!"

Xue Fu was overjoyed and led his troops into the city. The Hanfu people in the city were used as the front drive and drove all the Hufu people away! Xianming Secret said to Xue Fu: "Liuzhongcheng is now empty. Although it is not particularly rich here, the Shahai tribe is in a place of suffering and drought. If the general can allocate half of Liuzhongcheng to them, they will be grateful and swear to be loyal to the death."
Chapter completed!