Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2274 The Inertia of History

From ancient times to the present, the Han family has been in the right order of the world, and countless nations have risen on the grasslands and deserts. There are also Huns, Turks, and other huge empires that can conquer wars and run rampant for a while, but without exception, they are all right. The prosperous and fertile Han country is full of longing.

Once upon a time, if one could become an official of the Han Dynasty, many aristocrats of the grassland barbarians would be willing to go bankrupt and give up their noble status to be naturalized as Han family...

It is the most honorable thing to have a Han family registration.

It is already a very high standard of treatment to be able to include the subjugated Persian prince into the Tang Dynasty, grant household registration, and provide political asylum.For the countries in the Western Regions, they were sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, and now the Arab Empire has extended its tentacles, and the country may perish soon or overnight.The royal families and nobles of these countries in the Western Regions relied on the Silk Road to earn huge wealth. If they could become Han people and live in Chang'an after the subjugation of the country, it would be a dream.

So as long as Datang yells such words, the hearts of the entire Western Regions will belong to Datang.

This is something that a knife and a gun can't do.

His Majesty Li Er was very pleased. What could be happier than seeing his heir gradually grow up?
For Datang, even though the Arab Empire was the overlord of West Asia, it was too far away from Datang, and the entire Western Regions had not yet been placed within its territory, so why bother about Arabia annihilating Persia?
Just remind the Anxi Protectorate to warn the Arab army not to enter the Western Regions, and the rest doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter...

Li Ji glanced at Fang Jun, and said slowly: "According to the battle report of the Anxi Governor's Mansion, the story of the Arab army's contribution to the Persian country is widely spread in the Western Regions... It is said that as early as three years ago, the Arab army had surrounded The Persian country Taixi closed the city, but the Persians fought desperately, guarding the capital without losing it, and the brave Arab soldiers were helpless. As a result, in the spring of this year, the Arab army used a new type of weapon. Under the attack of this kind of weapon, the landslides and the ground cracked, the ice and snow melted, and the entire city wall was destroyed in an earth-shattering explosion. Only then did the Arab army break into the city and start a massacre..."

The hall was silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes were on Fang Jun.

Fang Jun sat on the last chair, touched his chin, looked at the beams with beautiful patterns painted on them, and smiled wryly.

Gunpowder is the most outstanding invention of China, but it has not been used in wars. It was not until it spread to West Asia that the West Asians improved the formula of gunpowder, making it possess the power to destroy the world. It was thrown into the war. Later spread to Europe.

And the time when the West Asians improved gunpowder was after the Battle of Hengros, the Arabs who controlled most of the Western Regions got the papermaking technology and the way to make gunpowder.

The reason why Fang Jun exchanged Zhen Tianlei with the Arabs for high-quality war horses is because he knew that gunpowder would become a technology fully mastered by the Arabs in a short time. In exchange for something useful.

But who would have thought that maybe it was the possession of the thunder in advance, which suddenly accelerated the pace of the Arab Empire's eastward advance, and even advanced the time for the capture of Taixi Fengcheng by several years.

The most important thing is that Fang Jun, who insisted on trading Zhen Tianlei with the Arabs, became the "sinner" who indirectly led to the collapse of the Persian Empire...

Of course, Datang didn't care whether the Persians were dead or alive, so this "crime" didn't matter.

However, if the Arabs continue to advance eastward and march into the Western Regions to join the Tang army, the historical "Battle of Constant Ross" will start 100 years ahead of schedule, and the Arab army will use Zhentianlei on the head of the Tang army...

He, Fang Jun, is likely to become a sinner of the "enemy"!

A lifetime of fame, all paid for...

And in his opinion, this possibility is very large.

Armed with religion, Arab warriors have the characteristics of bravery and fearlessness. They are not afraid of life and death, and they are brave.They have never been in contact with oriental civilization, and they never put it in their eyes. Under the leadership of Umar I, the Arab army was invincible and their morale was high. They would even take the initiative to attack the Tang army, hoping to pacify Inner Asia. region, the soldiers crossed the Congling Mountains and went straight to the Western Regions, and finally spread the gospel of the prophet to the East...

Fang Jun didn't care too much about whether he was convicted because of "supporting the enemy". Even if the Arab army at this stage got the thunder, it would be impossible to crack the formula of gunpowder.

He was only worried that once the Arab army fought against the Tang army in the Anxi Protectorate, the Tang army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, would be defeated, which would reduce the prestige of the Tang Dynasty in Inner Asia and the Western Regions, leading to a series of hidden dangers.

Even, because of the "highland barley wine", Tubo, which has a domestic food shortage, will take the opportunity to go north and cut off the Hexi Corridor, leaving the Anxi Protectorate isolated in the Western Regions and becoming an enclave.

In fact, such things have happened in history.

During the mid-Tang Dynasty, Tubo, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, marched northward to capture the Hexi Corridor, cutting off the communication between the Anxi Governor's Mansion and Chang'an.The Tang army guarding the Western Regions, led by Guo Xin, the governor of Anxi and Beiting, and Yang Xigu, who stayed in the four towns, lost contact with the central government of the Tang Dynasty and cut off foreign aid. Anxi fought fiercely with the Tubo army.

Since then, the Western Regions and Chang'an have been "isolated and inaccessible", and have fought alone for more than fifty years!

It was not until many years later that Guo Xin sent an envoy to Huihe to return to Chang'an by luck.When the envoys of the Anxi Army arrived in Chang'an, Tang Daizong knew that the Anxi Protectorate was still holding on, and couldn't help crying like rain, and there was a lot of crying in the court...

However, the Tang Dynasty at that time was no longer the powerful empire with millions of armies and tyranny in the world. Weak finances and chaotic courts made them unable to open up the Hexi Corridor and connect the four towns of Anxi, which could only be symbolic. Order the generals and soldiers.

In the third year of Emperor Xianzong Yuanhe of Tang Dynasty, it was a snowy winter. It was the most tragic moment in the history of the Tang Dynasty's defense of the Western Regions. Under the siege of Tubo, they ran out of ammunition and food.The gray-haired general Guo Xin, the nephew of the famous Tang general Guo Ziyi, drew his sword and shouted. Amidst the loud shouts of killing, the sallow and emaciated soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fought with the Tubo army on the top of the wall with their weapons in their hands. All of them were martyred in bloody battles, and none of them surrendered!
The political and military jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty over the western region has since come to an end!
The Anxi Governor's Mansion, which represented the glory of the Tang Dynasty and even China, has since fallen...

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Thinking of this, Fang Jun got up, walked up to Majesty Li Er and stood still, bowed and saluted, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty clearly learned that although the countries in the Western Regions have surrendered to the British soldiers, their hearts are different, how can they be willing?" Accept the command of our Great Tang Dynasty? Once you have the opportunity, you will definitely rebel! The Arab army is brave and good at fighting, and it is extremely fanatical under the armed forces of religion. It may be difficult to resist with only a small part of the Anxi Protectorate. In case the Anxi Protectorate is defeated , will inevitably lead to the decline of Tang's prestige in the Western Regions, and those disgruntled countries in the Western Regions will definitely be ready to move. In addition, Tubo, who has been coveting the Silk Road... I am afraid that if I sit back and watch the Arab army enter the Inner Asian region, it will lead to The consequences will be extremely serious.”

He can't just watch history repeat itself. The current Tang Dynasty is not the late Tang period when the Western Regions fell and was powerless. As long as an army enters the Western Regions and joins the Anxi Protectorate to guard against the Arab army, it will definitely guard Congling, and the Western Regions are impenetrable.

If Tubo dares to go north, he will be beaten back severely!
His Majesty Li Er looked at Fang Jun in surprise, but he did not expect to express his opposition even when Li Ji, Cen Wenwen, Li Xiaogong, and even the crown prince all expressed their views.

He has always attached great importance to Fang Jun's opinion.

Looking at Li Ji, he asked, "What do Mao Gong think?"

Li Ji stroked his beard with his hands, pondered for a while, and said slowly: "The words of the son-in-law are really old-fashioned seeking the country, but..."

He paused, and continued: "At present, all the military power of the empire is seriously leaning eastward. Your Majesty's dragon body has recovered. The Eastern Expedition after the spring is the top priority. All actions must make way for the Eastern Expedition. There is nothing wrong with conquering. Under such circumstances, it is really difficult to mobilize troops to rush to the Western Regions."

Fang Jun was silent for a moment.

All in all, the Eastern Expedition is the most critical step in His Majesty Li Er's grand plan for dominance, and there is absolutely no room for loss.

(End of this chapter)