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Chapter 62 Guo Luo's Whip

Satuk's two major strategies, east and west, invested different forces, but the results they got were beyond his expectations.

In the East, he almost tried his best to smash his old capital in the Uighur tribe, but in the end he was defeated. In the West, he used only a partial army and staff force, but the results he achieved were far beyond his expectations.

Satuk was blocked by Zhang Mai in the eastward advance. All his attacks, including military, politics and diplomacy, were blocked by Zhang Mai. Although he spent a lot of effort, he could not advance. However, the Saman country was rich and the army had relatively weak combat effectiveness. There was a serious problem of the wealth and poverty gap in internal affairs. Once stimulated, it was like a spark that broke out like a fire! The actual combat troops led by Ista did not play every battle, but only attacked the key positions of the battlefield under the arrangement of Su Lai during the critical period. Others relied on the rebel army to win with the human sea tactics. This not only achieved great victory, but also selected strong and good fighters from the captives and followers of peasant uprisingers after the war, armed the recruits with weapons and armor confiscated from Saman's captives, and used the wealth obtained from the cities in the river to support the army. The more they fought, they became stronger and stronger!

The army was unstoppable, and the poor people of the entire Saman Dynasty moved and gathered under the banner of the immortals in the mountains, smashed mansions, killed the rich, and divided their wealth! When they attacked the city of Bukhara, not only did Mahdi's agent Ahmed have hundreds of thousands of peasants, herders, and citizens' uprising troops under the command of Ista, but the number of cavalry in the mountains controlled by the mountain reached 25,000!

Seeing the situation was in danger, Neser II hurriedly asked for help from neighboring countries, but at first he did not ask Ningyuan for help, but instead asked for help from all countries that were the world of Tianfang Sect, especially the Caliph in Baghdad, hoping that the Caliph could call on the world of Tianfang Sect to help Saman calm the chaos.

Unfortunately, this world is always more icing on the cake, and fewer helping in time. Seeing that Saman was about to fall, some separatist forces from the Tianfang Sect in the west actually took advantage of the chaos to rob! The three Shiraz rulers, who had a certain belief connection with the "Eternal Life in the Mountains", took the opportunity to raise an army, claiming that the rule of Naiser II violated the teachings of the True God, burned the war to the Khorasan region in one fell swoop and occupied an important city on the Silk Road!

Naiser II sent troops out of the city several times. Although the Bukhara defenders could always kill and hurt many people when facing the rebels, the rebels always fought hard. When the Bukhara defenders became tired, Ista immediately sent troops to attack. The rebels could not kill them and suppress them. Several times, the Bukhara defenders suffered a great loss!

On this occasion, Emperor Niesl II climbed to the top of the city. Seeing that there were many rebels surrounded by Bukhara, they were probably more than the total number of soldiers and civilians in Bukhara. He felt panicked and bitter, and said to Prime Minister Bala Ami: "Emil has made mistakes, but he has made contributions to the true gods and the rivers. Why do they hate me so much? Even the countries of Tianfang who should have been friendly with us took advantage of the situation and robbed them like this!"

Bala Ami said: "Your Majesty, the Caliph is just an empty air now. The countries of Tianfang are jealous of us and we have the exclusive Silk Road. Everyone wants to share our share! The current plan is better to ask Ningyuan for help while Jie Su has not been blocked yet!"

Naiser II hesitated and said, "Zhang Mai has expanded very well! They destroyed a country after passing through one country. In this situation, I am afraid that the tiger will be invited to drive away the wolf, and the tiger will occupy our house!"

Bala Ami said: "But it is not a solution to continue to waste like this now. Even if you drink poison juice to quench your thirst, you can only do so. What's more, Zhang Mai's foundation is in the east. I heard that they have advanced to the distant Chang'an, so he might be trying to capture his hometown, Datang, and that he might not be able to stay here to rule the river."

Naisl II sighed: "Okay, please send an envoy quickly. If the Tiance army can really help us solve this crisis, I... am willing to cut them all the Xizhu area adjacent to Ningyuan and Baishuicheng area adjacent to Talas!" After thinking about it, he said: "Tell the envoy that if Ningyuan is not satisfied, I... I will give them Pingge too!"

Pingge is near Tashkent (now northeast of Uzbekistan). The essence of the Saman Dynasty was the Hezhong area between the Yaoshahe River and the Uhu River. Once the three places were cut, the Saman Dynasty almost cut off the territory of the Yaoshahe River Basin. But then again, except for Xishahe, all the other areas have fallen into the hands of the rebel army, and Xishahe is also under the threat of the rebel army. If the Tang army wants to collect these places, it must first attack the immortals in the mountains!

A smooth business road had already developed between Bukhara and Ningyuan, which could directly reach each other, but at this time the two places had been cut off by the rebel army. The envoy of Naiser II had to break through the southwest, walk the Sebo, Tabu City, and enter the Ningyuan area through Jiesu (near Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan). This road was very far away!

So when the envoy came to Ningyuan through hardships, Guo Luo received the helpless document from Naiser II and happily agreed, saying, "Since they are friendly countries, how can they not save them when they die!"

The envoy was overjoyed and urged Guo Luo to send troops as soon as possible!

Guo Luo asked back, "Where is the messenger going to ask me to send troops?"

The messenger was stunned: "This..."

He walked from Jie Su and crossed countless plateaus and mountains all the way. It was extremely difficult for him to walk along the way. If the army walked, it would naturally take longer! The army would not be able to reach Bukhara in less than half a year! At that time, Bukhara would not know what was going on!

Guo Luo said: "I have an idea. I want to join forces with the Xizhai army to attack the rebels' rear. In this way, if the rebels provide east support, the pressure on Bukhara will be reduced. If the rebels do not provide east support, we will defeat their defenders in the east and rush down to Bukhara City! What do you think?"

The messenger said happily: "That's the best! That's the best!"

Guo Luo said: "But if this is the case, you have to ask the defenders of Xihu to listen to my dispatch. I will explain to the envoy first that the matter of cedes land can be said after the war is over. This time, even if our army passes through Xihu, it will only enter as a friendly army and will not take over Xihu. We will only fight in joint operations and will not annex the military power of General Hail of Xihu."

The envoy was even more happy and said, "The Tang people are indeed the righteous clan! General Guo is indeed the righteous! I will go to Xizhu and tell General Hail about Emir's will and General Guo's intentions!"

Guo Luo said, "Okay." He sent someone to escort him.

After the envoy left, Liu An and Tang Renxiao all came to congratulate him. Liu An said, "It's a joyful congratulation! General Guo expanded his territory for the country without any effort! It is not easy to get the land from the enemy's country in bloody battles, but it is even more difficult to get the land from a friendly country."

Tang Renxiaoze said: "The rebels of the Tianfang Sect dreamed of the same bed as Satuk. After obtaining Xiluo, Pingge and Baishui City, we can attack Talas from the west! Now that Beiting has won a great victory, Satuk must have escaped into Balashaguon. Although the road is blocked, I heard that the Marshal has sent a new general Guo Wei to the west. We don't know how the Beiting fights against Balashaguon, but I believe the Marshal will never miss this opportunity. If we can attack Talas from the west, the momentum of closing the door and fighting dogs can be achieved!"

At this time, Guo Wei had already entered the Yili River Basin. From the Yili River to Yiheishan City, the northernmost part of Ningyuan area, the straight line is not very far away. However, the mountains, rivers and lakes in the middle are blocked, and the news cannot be transmitted. If the information is to be transmitted back to Beiting, cross the Tianshan Mountains and then travel around the west to Ningyuan, it is thousands of miles away. The information has long been outdated, so Guo Wei and Guo Luo are not in contact with each other.

Guo Luo pondered and said, "No, we will not attack Talas in the direction of Baishui City."

Tang Renxiao said in surprise: "Why is this?"

Guo Luo said: "Our Ningyuan army has been in charge of the western front for many years! We have not moved, and are we waiting for today? Satuk in Balashaguen is already a dying dog and has been defeated by the marshal. It is not worth killing it to be a great achievement!"

Liu An said: "Then General Guo means..."

Guo Luo said: "Take advantage of this situation and restore all the territory of the Tang Dynasty when it was in its prime in the Western Regions! Even continue to advance, surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties! If this is not the case, how can we show the power of our Ningyuan army!"

Liu An was a little stunned when he heard this. Tang Renxiao was also stunned. Guo Luo slowly sat on a large chair with white tiger skin as a cushion and called his personal soldiers: "Tell Wen Yanhai, He Ziying! Let them prepare for action!"

The personal soldiers quickly left, and Guo Luo wrote another letter and called another person to say, "I heard Guo Bian's reply before, saying that Tianzhu has temporarily stabilized, and the countries of Tianzhu are willing to trade with us. Okay, you set out immediately and rush to Tianzhu, and let him act as what I said in my letter!"

Then he said to Tang Ren again: "Be kind and filial!"

"Here!" Tang Renxiao was very surprised after hearing Guo Luo's arrangement, and even couldn't figure out what Guo Luo was going to do.

But Guo Luo said, "You go to Kuba, raise some troops, and escort Liu Sima into Xizhu. Meeting Haroy and deploying the attack on Pingge."

Tang Renxiao was a little surprised and said, "I'm afraid that I'm afraid that I may not be able to break through the deployment of the Uighurs and the saints in the mountains of the Tianfang Sect in Pingge."

Guo Luo said: "You don't need to break through. The matter of Xilu is mainly diplomatic negotiations, not military operations. As long as you can cooperate with Liu Sima's negotiations, it's enough. Our military use is not here."

"Where is that?" Liu An asked. He had already vaguely seen Guo Luo's deployment, but he had to know more in detail to facilitate cooperation.

Guo Luo pondered and said slowly: "If possible, I want to let the Huns expel the West, do it again!"

Liu An and Tang Renxiao looked at each other and couldn't answer for a moment. An envoy from Yihei rushed into the outside and presented the latest information from the north. Guo Luo's eyes lit up as soon as he saw it, and he said in surprise: "Yal is such a strange movement! Could it be that the marshal has entered the west of the ridge?"

Tang Renxiao said: "It shouldn't be yet, but the new general named Guo Wei should have already broken into the west of Lingxi."

Guo Luo pondered for a while and said, "Even Yang Yi can't do such a layout - he is not of this personality... It is possible if it was a marshal, but if it was that Guo Wei... Then this person is really a talented general! Where did the marshal find this person!"

Pingge, Su Lai retreated here, after he heard about Dongfang's defeat!

"Sweat!" The old minister's eyes were full of tears. He knew that the eastward advance might fail, but he never expected that he would be defeated to this extent! Just as he did not expect that the westward advance would be as smooth as before.

"Even Holland...ah!"

At this time, his son Takra came from Talas and reported the latest information from the front to Su Lai. As soon as Su Lai saw him, he said, "Shan... isn't it okay?" There was a trembling voice in his voice.

"The Khan is safe." Takra said: "The Tang Kou has not yet attacked Balashaguen, we..."

"What!" Su Lai was a little surprised: "The Tang Kou has not yet attacked Balashaguen? How is that possible! According to the truth, the Tang Kou should be able to reach the city of Balashaguen within one month after the spring! Our army was extremely weak after the spring. Not only was the soldiers weak, but the khans would be in chaos. How could Zhang Mai miss this opportunity?"

"Yes," Takra said: "The other party sent a general named Guo Wei as the striker. After he hit the middle reaches of the Yili River, he didn't know whether he was unfamiliar with geography or what, so he didn't immediately head to Balashaguon, but followed the Yili River to the lower reaches to clear out the Yibohai, so our army left time."

Su Lai was even more surprised: "Tang Kou started from the upper reaches of the Suiye River. They had a fuss near Yibohai. How could he not know the geography of Balashaguen?"

"I don't know this," Takra said: "But the one who led the troops as the vanguard this time was a man named Guo Wei, not from Lingxi, but from Central Plains, so..."

"That's even more wrong," Su Lai said: "Zhang Mai is very clear about the use of people. If this person is not good, how could he send him as a striker? Then what's going on now? What's the situation in Balashaguon now?"

Takra said: "The situation in the east is better than my father had expected before. General Hushagar has drawn some troops to rush to the north to set up defenses. General Shuyibar has also personally rushed to Balashaguen to assist the Khan, so..."

"Wait!" Su Lai almost exclaimed: "Hushagar drew troops northward? Shu Yibal left Talas? Whose idea is this! Confused, confused!"

"What's wrong?" Takra said: "Father, is there any problem?"
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