Chapter 519: The Moon Full Night (Part 1)

About thirty miles west of Ayan City, there is a big river called Yuezhi River, which is also the mother river on which Yuezhi Kingdom survives. The river finally flows northward into the Julu River, a tributary of the Amu River, winds and circulates in the mountain canyons, and rushes out one huge canyon after another. These canyons are hundreds of miles wide and are narrow only ten miles. The land on both sides of the valley is flat, the climate is mild, and the land is very fertile. It has always been the main grain-producing area of ​​Yuezhi Kingdom. The many populations of Yuezhi Kingdom have been distributed in various canyons. Since the Tubo army occupied Tocharo, these canyons have become an important source for Tubo to collect military rations.

At the beginning, local residents could still endure humiliation and hand over food, but with the tension of the war, the Tubo people became more and more urged to ask for food more and more, and even sent teams of small groups to grab food from house to house. The unbearable Tocharians finally broke out in an uprising.

A team of fifty-man Tubo teams were surrounded by more than a thousand people near a village called Papa Village. They had just come out of the village and several carriages were filled with stolen food, leading more than twenty cows and hundreds of sheep.

More than a dozen Tubo soldiers looked unsatisfied with satisfaction, but they did not expect that after a widow was insulted and looted all of her property, she jumped into the river with her two children in grief and anger and committed suicide. The death of their family finally triggered the eruption of the volcano in the hearts of the Tocharians.

The villagers were angry. They rushed out of the village with the bodies of women and children who jumped into the river. They caught up with the Tubo team with wooden sticks and long swords, and surrounded fifty Tubo soldiers.

"Are you going to rebel?"

The Tubo centurion shouted loudly in a stiff Tocharismatic language. He drew his long sword and rushed towards an elderly old man. He felt the need to kill people and establish his authority. The Tocharis people looked at him coldly. If the eyes could kill people, the Tubo centurion had already been beheaded for meat sauce.

"Kill him!"

Someone shouted, and the Tocharians suddenly broke out. They roared and rushed forward, and used wooden sticks and swords to attack the Tubo centurion. They chopped off. A scream was seen and the Tubo centurion died tragically on the spot.

The other Tubo soldiers were shocked and drew their swords to defend themselves. At this time, hundreds of stones smashed at the Tubo soldiers like raindrops. The Tubo soldiers were smashed to death. Seeing that the situation was not good, they shouted and began to flee in all directions.

"Kill them!"

More than a thousand Tocharian village names were launched. Dozens of them besieged one, and soon knocked the Tubo soldiers to the ground, cut off their hands and feet, and cut off their heads. The crowd burst into cheers from time to time. They raised the heads of the Tubo soldiers and took back their cattle, sheep and food.

The same thing happened not only in Papa Village, but also in various parts of the Yuezhi, in Tocharia, uprisings against the Tubo people broke out. Many nobles who sneaked back to their homeland became the leaders of these uprisings. They organized one Tocharian restoration army after another, drove away the Tubo army stationed on their territory, and uprisings broke out everywhere in Tocharia.

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At the Royal Palace of Ayan City, Shang Xidongzan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

With three days left before the full moon night, he once again welcomed Abu, the special envoy of Mansour Caliph.

Zarik, the envoy of Dashi who dressed up as a merchant and the same name as the Shiite Muslim leader, had already convinced Shang Xidongzan. Although the envoy was still somewhat suspicious, for example, it took him only seven days to go there. Although the caliph was not far behind the Tang army, the speed was too fast. Secondly, he put on makeup to a merchant twice, did he not encounter the interception of the Tang army? Other Dashi merchants have disappeared in Tochar, why can he survive?

These suspicions are very obvious, but for Shang Xi Dongzan at this time, these suspicions have turned a blind eye to him. Many Tocharian nobles sneaked back to various countries. They fanned the flames and led the Tocharian people to break out in the countryside. Many of the Tubo teams who went to the countryside to grab food were beaten to death by the uprising people. The situation in Tochar was extremely critical.

Not only that, Shang Jiasu's army stationed in Lancheng had only enough food for five days. He sent people three times a day to urge Shang Xi Dongzan for grain. Although Shang Xi Dongzan still had some food in his hand, he did not dare to transport food to Shang Jiasu anymore. This was not because he was afraid of being kidnapped by the Tang army again, but because Shang Xi Dongzan received the news that Shang Jiasu was preparing to go south to Xinde. It was because he had no food in his hand that he could not leave for a long time. Once Shang Jiasu got the food, they would inevitably retreat to Xinde. At that time, he would leave Shang Xi Dongzan alone in Tocharo to fight against the Tang army. Isn't he dead? Therefore, Shang Xi Dongzan would rather let Shang Jiasu cut off food than tie him to himself.

At this time, the Great Cannibal became the last life-saving straw for Shangxi Dongzan. Only by uniting the Great Cannibal to defeat the Tang army was the only way to save the Tubo army. It is precisely this that the various things that Zarick showed were too reasonable are no longer important. What is important is the handwritten letter from Mansour brought by Zarick, which is not fake.

This time, the arrival of Zarik brought more harsh conditions for Mansour Caliph. Not only did he limit the profits after the victory of Tubo to Tochar, but Tubo must also be a vassal of the Abbasid Empire and pay taxes and pay tribute every year. In other words, Tochar is actually also an Arab territory and is only rewarded for the temporary residence of the Tubo vassal state. Although the conditions are extremely harsh, Shang Xi Dongzan breathed a sigh of relief, which shows that the intention of the cannibal to send troops is real. Now, he will not be allowed to be a vassal state, but he is willing to be a grandson. As long as the Arabs are willing to send troops, everything will be discussed.

Shang Xidongzan agreed to Zarik's request almost without hesitation. He said in a deep voice: "Please reply to His Majesty the Caliph, our Tubo army agreed to his additional conditions and become a vassal of the Great Food. Please send troops as agreed."

Zarik shook his head and smiled, "General Shang Xi Dongzan, can you just rely on verbal agreement?"

"Then what are you going to do?"

"It's very simple. General Shangxi Dongzan wrote a written letter to guarantee that the number of words can be less and one page can be done, but the content must be written clearly and no signature seal can be missing."

“This is no problem.”

Shang Xidongzan sat down, picked up a pen and wrote a guarantee letter, a political statement that admitted that the Dashi Empire was the Tubo Sect Master. He put his own golden seal heavily on him. He suddenly frowned and asked, "Are you sending it back like this? But it's only three days before the full moon night. Is it too late?"

Zarik smiled slightly, "General Shangxi Dongzan, there is one of my followers outside the palace. He brings an eagle that can only fly thousands of miles a day, and it is naturally the Caliph who brings the general's letter to our Caliph."

Shang Xidongzan was overjoyed and said, "Very good! I want to see you send the eagle away in person."

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In the yard, a follower handed a strong eagle to Zarick. Zarick stroked the eagle's feathers and tied the letter tube containing Shang Xidongzan's political statement to the eagle's legs. He turned around and smiled at Shang Xidongzan. Shang Xidongzan was a little confused. The way of communication of this eagle was exactly the same as that of Tang Jun, and even the appearance of the letter tube was similar.

Perhaps because of the long-term war between the Great Cannibals and the Tang army, did they also learn how to communicate with the Tang army? At this time, Zarick threw the eagle into the blue sky in front of him. Looking at the eagle's agile and heroic posture, Shang Xidongzan had just had a trace of doubt in his heart and flew out into the sky. The eagle spread his wings and flew away with all his hopes.

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The main force of the Tang army was about four hundred miles away from Ayan City. After flying for half a day, the eagle arrived at its destination. A crisp chirping sounded in the air. It began to descend and flew towards an eagle tower that summoned it to return. A soldier had been waiting here for a long time. He stretched out his arms and let the eagle flap its wings and landed on his arm. The eagle stared at him with sharp eyes, and made a 'giggle' sound in his throat. The soldier quickly untied the message tube on its leg, patted its head and smiled: "What a good messenger!"

The soldiers rewarded it with a large piece of fresh meat. The eagle picked up the fresh meat and flew towards the lush forest outside the city. The soldiers rushed down the eagle tower and rushed towards the military yamen in the city.

The scene of a great war in the military yamen was coming. Teams of soldiers patrolled the military yamen and nearby, with high alert. The generals were in a hurry and looked solemn. Some people gathered in the yard, waiting for the summons of the general, and even a quick message from scouts gathered the information from various parts of Tochar. The military officers of the marching Sima translated and sorted the information and copied it into standard formats, and sent it to Li Qing'an's desk as soon as possible.

The eagle trainer hurried into the military yamen and came to the inscription room. This was the place where various information were submitted. He happened to meet Wei Jin, the director who came out of the inside.

The Eagle Trainer hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Wei joins the army, Zarik's letter has arrived."

"Ah! Let me write."

Wei Jin also knew the importance of this letter, and the general was looking forward to it coming! He took the letter and quickly walked towards Li Qing'an's room.

In the room, Li Qing'an and several generals were discussing military information. Whether they could defeat the Tubo army was no longer the key to the discussion. Everyone knew that as long as the Tang army fought steadily, this battle would be sure to win. The key was to wipe out the Tubo army completely, and they could not let them escape to Xinde. Xinde's Feng Changqing had already expeditioned to the hinterland of Tubo. Xinde had only 7,000 Tang troops, and their troops were relatively empty. If the Tubo army fled to Xinde or India, it would be an extremely heavy blow to Li Qing'an's Tubo strategy.
Chapter completed!