Hearing Yuan Tongzhi's request, Mahayana and Niang Ding'Ezeng remained silent.

The earliest Buddhism in the Western Regions was the Hinayana that was popular in Kucha. Its characteristics were that it had strict practices and was well organized, but it had serious conflicts with the royal rule. After all, no royal family liked that religious power was too inflated. Therefore, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the wave of "returning the Han Buddhism" occurred - Mahayana Buddhism, which saved all living beings, began to be welcomed by countries in the Western Regions.

Later, the Western Fan forces occupied this place and were also greatly influenced by the Han Zen Buddhism. Ma Chongying, Shang Jiezan and other great theories of Helong were all their followers, so Yuan Tongzhi asked the "Mahayana monk" Mahayana to save Shazhou from the war.

But Shazhou is the target that the god Zanpu insists on attacking. If the steps of siege are delayed, Zanpu will be punished.

At this moment, she was always sitting on the cushion behind her, and the beautiful and thin Prince Moudi spoke: "Jia Lan may not be worthy of saving the Buddhist temple, but it will be nothing but a bubble after all. But why are the people in Dunhuang in the whole country? If they are not saved, how can they practice Buddhism in the world in the future..."

Hearing Prince Moudi's words, the two monks were moved to each other and then agreed to Yuan Tongzhi that the monks of Manshu Temple were willing to go to Shazhou to stop killing and burning.

Soon on the streets of Shanzhou City, Duan Zuo, carrying a sword and other Han officials, counting the Tang people who were going to Ganzhou to go to the camp in Ganzhou. Many people who were collected knew that this time, they might have their wife and children separated, their families were destroyed, and their crying was shocking the entire city.

At the same time, Prince Moudi pursed his thin lips, wrapped in a red monk's robe, and sat on a camel, while Yuan Tongzhi and Niang Ding'Ezeng rode a donkey. At this time, Nuqiong walked out of the house next to Manshu Temple, carrying heavy luggage, and walked towards Moudi.

"Nuqiong, the journey to Ganzhou here is long. You are a woman, so you don't have to follow me." Mou Di turned around and shouted to Nuqiong.

But Nuqiong didn't listen at all and followed Mou Di stubbornly.

The camel bell rang out and left the front of Shanzhou City, with endless wastelands. In the desert dust, Prince Moudi's eyes stared at the front, very firm.

The traveler Yuan Tongzhi looked back at the city of Shanzhou and further east, and murmured to himself: "I have to make contributions to have the capital to take the opportunity to return to my hometown, and I can only help the military and civilians of Shazhou in this way."

In Dunhuang, Shazhou, it could have been through Yumen Pass to Yizhou, or to go west to Yangguan, cross the vast sand sea, and head to the four towns of Anxi. However, Yumen Pass later moved to Guazhou (now Jiuquan, Gansu), but Dunhuang's status did not decline. Its roads to all parts of the Western Regions are still prosperous. When the caravans coming from the west crossed the sea of ​​sand, they also needed to provide water, food and accommodation in the oasis of Dunhuang City, and then through the narrow Hexi Corridor to the Tang soil further east.

Xifan has been coveting Dunhuang for more than one day or two, but after the Anshi Rebellion, Xifan’s strategy to Hexi was "first east and then west", first seizing the Longyou prefectures, and then conquering Liang, Gan, Su, and Gua states in Hexi in turn. At the same time, it also launched a continuous siege on Yiting. Under such circumstances, Shazhou became the last stronghold in the Tang family Hexi.

During the Dali period, Xifan occupied almost all of Helong and launched attacks on Shazhou repeatedly.

The governor of Shazhou and the governor of Hexi Observation was Zhou Ding. After more than ten years of persistence, because the Uighur reinforcements were hopeless, he once wanted to destroy the city and flee east, and was killed by Yan Chao, a military commander who advocated to continue defending the city. This was at the end of the 12th year of the Dali period. At that time, Gao Yue was still preparing for the spring examination in Chang'an City for the next year.

Another ten years have passed. Yan Chao climbed the ridge tower and looked at the battle formations of the Western Fans on three sides, as well as the endless blockade camps and trenches, and couldn't help but laugh and said to the officials and people around him: "The power of Xiao Fans has declined! Our Shazhou has stood in a desperate situation for nearly 30 years. When Xiao Fans came to attack, there were still 50,000 to 100,000 soldiers. Now, looking at it, only 20,000 to 30,000 ears, I heard that my Tang family had taken all the passes of Longshan and regained Long, Yuan and other places. It can be seen that Xiao Fans are now declining!"

"Yan Kaifu, but there are less than two or three thousand officials and people in Dunhuang City who can fight. Please select the dead soldiers to go out of Shouchangyang Pass in the west of the city and rush to Anxi Town to request reinforcements." The soldiers and horse envoys around Yan Chao and the Yuhou asked.

Yan Chao nodded, then sighed in a deep voice and said that the military strength of the four Anxi towns was also very tight, so he saw whether Guo Xin could send a team of thousands of people here. As long as there were a thousand reinforcements, I would be determined to defend Dunhuang City for at least half a year!

Soon in Shouchang, several Dunhuang garrisons rode camels, carrying water bags and quivers, and came out of the city surrounded by three sides. At a long-destroyed beacon, these garrisons looked at the faint clouds in the sky, and then rushed into the vast desert without looking back: they had to walk a long way, and then divided them into two routes at the Nobzhi City, heading northwest to Kucha, and continue westward to Yutian.

As for the Necrochi City, will there be Xifan's cavalry waiting for their work and ready to hunt them down? This is no longer what they can consider.

This mission of saving the last city in Hexi was borne by them and they would never stop until death!

In Xingyuan Mansion, Gao Yue also said his last farewell to his family before the expedition.

Gao Yue remembered something in the backyard and said to Yunhe: "Previously, Zheng Wenming had asked his servant Liu Jing to come and ask me for something. If there is a young girl named Xue Tao after I go to war, you can place her in a girl's school as a school official."

Yun He frowned slightly when he heard this, "Brother-in-law, are you going to take the concubine again?"

Gao Yue quickly defended himself, how could it be possible? In Yun and you, am I the kind of person who takes advantage of others' danger?

"Why is it impossible! I heard that Xue Hongdu had wanted to recommend himself to the pillow and mat, brother-in-law Yu, you are a concubine, but now it's good. Brother-in-law is good to be kind to him, so I will send the other party to our hearts." Yunhe refused to let go.

Gao Yue thought that the normal explanation at this time would definitely not satisfy Yunhe, so he could only do this:

At this time, Gao Yue pressed his hands on Yunhe's shoulders and said earnestly, "Yunhe shouldn't say nonsense. Xue Hongdu actually agreed to be Zheng Zhi's concubine and had nothing to do with me. However, Zheng Zhi has now entered Yunnan for envoys, so he has only entrusted him to take care of Xingyuan."

Yunhe looked at her slightly angry, and then said, "Okay, I'll believe in my brother-in-law this time." Then her tone became softer, pinching her clothes and her eyes turned red, "You go to Baiyushan to be careful. The elder sister and children in the family will be left to me and Zhihui for care."

At the military camp in the north of Xingyuan Prefecture, the Dingwu Army soldiers were constantly flowing in light blue thin cotton clothes, with different numbers of bronze seals on their arms according to different levels, pants and leggings on their lower arms, and red mattresses wrapped around their heads, and rolled up cotton bedding, armor, and belts with fire scythes, daggers, horizontal knives, pottery bowls and other miscellaneous items. They held vehicles carrying weapons and drove west quickly and quickly.
Chapter completed!