After a few snaps of fingers, Zhang Qian burst into laughter.

The routine seems familiar, and it has a vague smell of familiarity. Isn’t this the common agent war in another time and space? Or the upgraded version of the 2.0 version, one-way agent war.

In the 21st century, some major countries always hide behind and instigate a small country to charge for themselves because they are not sure that they have the strength to crush their opponents, or are afraid of provoking wars and fail to lose money.

If the small country rushing in front and successfully bites the opponent, the instigator behind the scenes can humiliate the opponent and promote the opponent to be strong from the outside and fight at the middle, and even a small shrimp cannot be taken. If the small country rushing in front is pressed on the ground by the opponent, it can also jump up and accuse the opponent of cruelty, and then incite other small countries around the opponent to "death of rabbits and foxes, and things hurt their species" together!

It’s an old routine, but I didn’t expect that the cannibals would play so skillfully in the eighth century!

But then I thought about it, with the current population base and military delivery ability of the Tang Dynasty, it would be difficult to crack when encountering such a routine. Just like this invasion of the Shi Kingdom, if Yi Hu successfully attacked Sai Ye successfully, the counterattacks that the Tang Dynasty could be dispatched would be at most part of the Anxi Army. As long as Yi Hu fought a little bit and was not killed by Niu Shizhuo in one battle, the great cannibals could be convenient for distance and continuously provided support to Yi Hu.

It doesn't take too long to support it. As long as it can last more than one year, the logistics supply of the Anxi Army will have problems. At this time, some clear streams in the court, without having to give up the benefits of the cannibals, would take the initiative to jump out and suggest that the Tang Dynasty give up the Broken Leaf.

Even if Niu Shizhao was able to kill Yi Hu or even counterattack the Shi Kingdom, Dashi would not have any direct losses. However, after the Tang army occupied the Shi Kingdom, it could not organize enough Tang people to move. It won’t take long before the people of Shi Kingdom launched a rebellion under the instigation of the Dashi Buddha’s preacher, forcing the Tang army to evacuate on their own initiative!

Thinking of this, Zhang Qian suddenly understood a little? Why did Empress Wu come to power? The Tang Dynasty's sphere of influence retreated from Persia to Anxi, but never had a direct national war with Dashi.

It is not necessarily that the Tang Dynasty did not want to fight? Instead, the other party always followed the same routine? Initiating a one-way agent war, the country's troops and horses were determined not to have any contact with the Tang army.

He also suddenly understood why in another time and space, Gao Xianzhi captured the king of Kanshi Kingdom alive? He took the capital of Bakhan, Bakhan, but refused to stop when he saw the good news, but decisively rushed towards Talas.

It is not necessarily that Gao Xianzhi is greedy for merit, but he is watching the big cannibals constantly playing tricks but is powerless. This time he finally faces the big cannibals head-on? He wants to teach the big cannibals a lesson.

But Gao Xianzhi didn't expect that no matter what, his Allied Army Geluo people had secretly colluded with the cannibals, and at the critical moment, he stabbed him hard in the back.

In that battle, less than three thousand Tang army successfully withdrew from Anxi.

In that battle? The cannibal claimed to have annihilated the Tang army 100,000 and won a great victory? But he did not dare to chase Pamir.

Subsequently, the influence of Confucian culture gradually declined in the Western Regions, while the temples of the Great Food Education blossomed everywhere in the Western Regions.

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"Master? The villain didn't lie? He really didn't lie! If the coach doesn't believe in the little one, he can tie up the little one and put it on the city wall. As long as he finds that the little one has colluded with the Shi people, he will cut off the little one's head directly, and the little one will die without complaint!" Su Lu, who had been secretly observing his expression, was frightened by the strange smile on Zhang Qian's face, and he knelt down again decisively and cried loudly.

"Hmm?" Zhang Qian realized in an instant that he had been distracted for a long time. He smiled and raised his hand gently, "Get up, I am the guard to believe that you have not lie."

"Master, the young man is willing to fight for the Master wearing armor." Su Lu wiped his cold sweat and asked in a low voice. However, he did not dare to get up immediately, for fear that Zhang Qian would change his face again in a while and he would have to kneel down again.

"I asked you to get up, and you got up! I have important things to arrange for you to do. Don't waste your time!" I knew that the more I gave Su Lu a good look, the more nervous the other party was. Zhang Qian frowned and scolded in a low voice.

Although Su Lu's Tang Yan said it well, he didn't know what it meant to be slack. He stood up in shame, lowered his head, and did not dare to face Zhang Qian head-on.

And Zhang Qian really had no time to talk nonsense to this person anymore. He grabbed an arrow and ordered in a deep voice: "Su Lu obeys the order!"

"The last one is here!" Su Lu shivered and quickly stepped forward, bent down, raised his hands above his head to respond.

"Since the Hei surname Tutun Yiliqi has surrendered to Shiguo and the people of Tukhi Shi who fled to the Saiye, they can no longer follow him. You can first find a doctor to treat the wound, and then take the general order of the guard to go outside the city to collect the escaped Tukhi Shi people."

"I will obey the order!" Su Lu agreed with a voice, and in an instant, he was ecstatic.

He was just a little Burke, and his subordinates had no more than 5,000. Tutun Yilichi's troops and tribes totaled 20,000 to 30,000. According to Zhang Qian's previous statement, these escaped Tuqi Shimen no longer belonged to Yilichi. So, who else could their new master besides Sulu?

However, it turned out that he was probably a little too early. Zhang Qian glanced at him and continued to smile and ordered, "After you have gathered it, all the young and strong men and women will belong to you. You can take them to find pastures near the frozen city and rest. This guard will send orders that no Tuqishi tribe will attack you. However, the elderly, children, and pregnant women, you have no food on hand, and you can't afford to take them with you. This guard cannot watch them starve to death, so you need to send them all safely to the Thunderbolt City."

"Yes! The last general, I guarantee that I will live up to the trust of the guard!" Su Lu was stunned, and immediately agreed readily.

After sending the elderly, children and pregnant women to Suiye City, the thunder cavalry and thirty percent he could collect would definitely shrink by 20% to 30%. However, Zhang Zhenshou was right. He had no food on hand, and with the livestock and hunting he collected, he could not afford to support the elderly. The children and pregnant women could barely keep these people, which was a burden. Therefore, it would be better to follow Zhang Zhenshou's intentions and leave a good impression on the other party.

"If parents with children are here, if they can't bear to leave the child, they can take the child with you. I just want to save people, but don't want to save them kindly, but I'm resentful." Zhang Qian thought for a while and continued to instruct, "If only children and their mothers, or their fathers are left, you must send them into the city. If you do well, I can teach you a way to catch fish to solve your food shortage. If you don't know the good or disobey your lip service, Su Lu, don't blame me for turning against you when you know it!"

"Don't worry, the young man can swear to the sky!" Little Berke Sulu was so scared that he shivered again, and quickly acted to kneel down.

"Everyone said, you don't have to kneel down, just do things with your heart!" Zhang Qian smiled and waved his hand again, "Go, don't waste time. The troops who escaped with you will also let them continue to follow you. You can temporarily settle down three miles west of the city. If you need medicinal materials, I will arrange for the army to join your side later, and you can just mention it to him!"

"Thank you, the great commander, for your kindness!" Little Berke Sulu still knelt down and thanked him loudly. Then, he kowtowed twice to Zhang Qian before standing up and rushing away with the arrow.

In the Western Regions, all titles and lands are fake. Only tribes and tribe members are real. With tribes and tribe members, you can seize other people's territory and pastures and then claim your own titles. Without tribes and tribe members, even if they were Khans, they would not be able to escape sooner or later.

Watching this person out, he quickly glanced at all the remaining generals and schools present. After hesitation, Zhang Qian took out another command arrow and handed it to the captain Ren Wu. "Ren Wu obeyed the order, half an hour later, you will take fifty personal guards outside the city to join Su Lu, gather the escaped Tuqi Shi people, try to leave the elderly, weak, women and children. Then, take them to the new training camp in the city for temporary resettlement."

"Abide by the order!" Ren Wu agreed loudly and took the second command arrow handed over to himself today.

"Don't delay the original task," Zhang Qian sighed and whispered, as if the teacher was teaching students who had not graduated, "After the elderly, weak, women and children of Tuqishi, try to arrange for adult women to work in the wool spinning workshop. If there are adult men, arrange for blacksmiths, car plows, cement, and glass workshops to let them support themselves as much as possible and be able to support their children."

At this time, the problem of the lack of talents in Suoye Town was revealed. In the main hall of the guard commander, the remaining few lieutenants were either Guo or Ren, and they were all from Ren. The servants of the Guo family were loyal, although their vision and ability were very limited.

Fortunately, Ren Wu and Zhang Qian have been around for a long time and can already keep up with some of his ideas. First, he nodded, and then asked carefully, "Does the owner of the manor want them to be a mate in the city and then learn to be a Tangren? I will try my best to let them see the benefits of being a Tangren."

"They were originally Tang people, but they just couldn't speak Tang Yan. You can find a few clever translators in the city to teach them Tang Yan. Whether adults or children, anyone who can say more than 300 Tang Yans will be treated as Tang Yan."

"Yes!" Ren Wuxin understood the truth, bowed his hand, and quickly turned around and left.

"Master, Yi Hu came from afar. If you don't understand the situation on Sailye, we can wait and ambush outside the city and catch him off guard!"

"Master, the Huang surname Tuqishi of Yezhicheng, and the Zhu surnamed Zhuqishi of the northern foot of Hengshan are close to Saiyecheng. They will be willing to bring the Grandmaster's command arrows to summon them to detour to Qianquan Mountain and cut off Yihu's retreat."

"Master..."

In the main hall of the guard commander, the only few generals and schoolmen left spoke, rushing to give Zhang Qian advice, fearing that Zhang Qian would forget him and let him miss an opportunity to make achievements in vain.

At this moment, everyone felt no nervous at all. On the contrary, they still had some expectations for the upcoming war.

The reason is very simple. The Sail Ye Army has weak troops, but its combat power is not bad. If Shi Kingdom raises troops to kill the country, everyone really needs to worry about whether Shuye City can defend it. Now that we already know that Shi Kingdom has only killed more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, what everyone is worried about is not whether Shuye City can defend it, but whether the killing of the enemy is enough!

"Well—" Zhang Qian understood everyone's thoughts very well, and pondered and grabbed two more arrows.

In another time and space, someone has already set a good example for him. That is, with the cleanest and most neat counterattack, he will crush the small countries ahead into powder. All those who are willing to act as cannon fodder will understand from then on that that the battle between big countries is not something that they can mix with. If they are not clear-headed, they will bring disaster to the destruction of the country, and leave a laughing stock to the whole world.

However, before Zhang Qian began to assign tasks to the remaining generals and schools, the city gate captain Zhang Bao ran in with sweat on his head, "Report, Grand Marshal. Shiguo sent a messenger, saying that there was a letter from his king and he would submit it to the Grand Marshal in person."

"Messenger? Where did he come from? He was not killed halfway by the fleeing Tuqi Shiren?" Zhang Qian frowned again and asked in surprise.

The Tukshi Shepherds lack organizational and discipline, and if they suffer a defeat, they will easily become defeated. However, the Tukshi Shepherds are much better than the Sogdians. It would be incredible if the messenger of the Shi Kingdom and the fleeing Tukshi Shepherds took the same path and were not torn to pieces by the angry shepherds.

"He, he is a Tang man, speaks fluent Chang'an language, pretends to be a vendor, and comes with the caravan. The fleeing Tuqi Shiren dares not provoke him. His subordinates almost treat him as his own. As a result, he shows his identity as a messenger at the gate of the city and says he wants to see you." Zhang Bao hesitated for a moment, responding with a little shame.

"Tangren? I'm here to be a lobbyist for Shiguo!" Zhang Qian frowned even more, and he sneered and curled his lips. "Are you afraid of letting your ancestors be shamed?"

"It's probably because I have taken over many benefits from Shiguo!" Zhang Bao gritted his teeth and whispered, "I was in Chang'an before, but I haven't seen such shameless people. The general doesn't want to see him. I will kill him now and hang his head on the city wall."

"No hurry!" Zhang Qian thought about it again, shook his head gently, "Take him in first and ask him to submit a letter."

"Yes!" Zhang Bao heard this and immediately turned around and trotted out. Soon, he led an old man with a gray cloth wrapped around his head and a long beard floating in.

Although the old man dressed as a cannibal, he had a standard Tang Dynasty face. He claimed that his surname was Deng and his name was Guanghua. He first treated Zhang Qian with a regular look, and then presented a cowhide pocket with lacquer sealed cowhide with both hands.

Fearing that he was planning to make a mistake, Zhang Bao took the sheepskin pocket, cut it with a horizontal knife, took out another sheepskin as a letter paper from it, and licked it with his tongue first, and was sure that there was no poison, so he handed the sheepskin to Zhang Qian again.

Zhang Qian looked carefully and saw that there was a long letter written in very neat Chinese characters on the sheepskin. The content of the letter was the reason for the Shi Kingdom to send troops this time: At the request of General Zhou Yiti, the Tang Dynasty's Western Regions General Zhou Yiti, sent troops to attack the Tuqi Shiren!

"Your general, don't you know that this general has killed Soge and restored the entire territory of Suoye Town?" Zhang Qian had no intention of continuing to look, slapped the sheepskin on the desk, and asked in a deep voice.

Deng Guanghua was frightened, but refused to show weakness. He raised his head and responded shamelessly, "Reported to Zhang Zhenshou, Zhou Jingluo's agreement with our Shi Kingdom was to kill Soge, and everything in the Shi Kingdom would return to the Shi Kingdom after killing Soge. The Tang Dynasty only took back the city and land. Although Soge was killed by the general, our Shi Kingdom did indeed deploy troops in Qianquan Mountain last year to intimidate Soge behind Soge. Therefore, the general asked the general to abide by the agreement and temporarily withdraw from Soge and return by himself after our army left. In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts with the general's subordinates when our army moved away from Soge's city and drove out the Shi Kingdom."

After saying that, he actually raised his head, looked straight at Zhang Qian, waiting for the latter to give an answer immediately.

According to his understanding of the rules of the Tang Dynasty, the two countries were in conflict and never killed. At present, there were not many soldiers in the Saiye City and were completely at a disadvantage against the Shi Kingdom. Therefore, he did not have to worry about his safety at all, and the more arrogant he acted, the more benefits he could win for the Shi Kingdom.
Chapter completed!