Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 124 The New Crisis
From Liangzhou, along the Zhuanglang River all the way to the west, you will reach Wushao Ridge, and after passing Wushao Ridge, you will enter the boundary of Ganzhou.

The snow water on the endless Qilian Mountains converges into rivers, nourishing this lush water and grass land, and the current owner of this land is the Uighur tribe of Ganzhou.

The Uighur tribe originated in the Sui Dynasty. After the Turks were defeated by the Tang Dynasty, the Uighurs gradually rose and became the new overlord on the grassland after the Huns and Turks.

On the eve of the Anshi Rebellion, Guli Peiluo, the Uighur leader, destroyed the Turkic Khanate and the last Turkic power, stepped on the corpse of the Turkic Khanate, and called Khan Jianguo.

At the beginning of its establishment, the Uyghur Khanate inherited all the territory of the Turkic Khanate, and expanded its territory, covering Shiwei in the east, Jinshan Mountain in the west, and the desert in the south, all of which were Turkic lands.

The outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion gave the Uighur Khanate and Datang a chance to wrestle.

At that time Tang Suzong wanted to recover the two capitals, so he sent Prince Li Chu to borrow troops from the Uighurs, and agreed that after the capture of Chang'an, the land, scholars and common people would return to Tang, and the gold, silk, and children would all return to the Uighurs.After conquering Chang'an, he begged the Uyghurs to plunder Luoyang instead on the grounds that Chang'an was dilapidated.

Gele Khan, who led the Uighur army at that time, finally agreed to the request of the Tang prince.

Luoyang was conquered. At that time, the Tang court fulfilled the agreement. The Uyghur army burned, killed and looted Luoyang. The eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty was almost burned to ashes overnight. Looted.

And during this looting, Gele Khan also found three people who affected the fate of the Uyghur Khanate.

Three Sogdians came to Datang with their beliefs. They wanted to spread the Manichaeism of the Sogdians in Datang, but the Tang Dynasty at that time would not believe in the religion of foreign countries. sex, declared it a cult, and banned it.

The three of them went back and forth for decades without success.

Unexpectedly, the Anshi Rebellion and the arrival of the Uighur army gave them a chance.

When Gele Khan saw the three of them, he was shocked and became a devout follower of Manichaeism not long after.

After returning to the Uyghur, Gele Khan vigorously promoted Manichaeism, and the Sogdians saw that some people believed in it, so they came to the Uyghur Khanate in groups.

The Uighur Khan forced the implementation of Manichaeism, which caused dissatisfaction among the subordinate tribes, among which the Jiegas tribe was the most powerful.

Finally, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the gunpowder keg broke out, and the Jiegas tribe united with other tribes to destroy the Uighur Khan Tent.

Gaochang, where the rest of the Uyghur tribe moved westward, was called Gaochang Uyghur, and the other way moved to Ganzhou, known as Ganzhou Uyghur.

"The leader of the Uighurs in Ganzhou is Tianmu Khan. He has two sons. The eldest son is Prince Ren, and the second son is Prince Diyin. Both of them are brave and good at fighting."

"Ganzhou Uighurs have soldiers!"

"No less than [-] accounts, and no less than [-] people who can recruit good fighters."

Yang Shihou shook his head and said: "I also sent people to investigate the Uyghur Khan Tent. There are less than five thousand soldiers, and less than two thousand armored soldiers. How can there be thirty thousand soldiers?"

Chi Haijian laughed and said, "All the Uyghurs live by the water. When they are not fighting, they are scattered among the tents. If there is an army, all the men who fall higher than the wheels are soldiers."

Master Yang nodded.

In the past, Huo Qubing was able to bring [-] cavalry to sweep the Huns' tents, which is inseparable from the unique military system of the Huns.

These nomadic peoples simply don't have the strength to support a standing army, so they can only temporarily convene the tribal people when there is a war.

This gave Huo Qubing the opportunity to launch a blitzkrieg. Before your army was assembled, sweep the royal court, plunder all the ministries along the way, and support the war with war.

"Commander Yang, how do you make a decision?"

Yang Shihou laughed and said: "How can I make a decision, I can't wait for this Tianmu Khan to gather troops and horses to attack me!"

Chi Haijian said: "Commander Yang, the Ganzhou Uyghurs are not the mobs of the Kumo. The Uyghur cavalry are extremely brave and there are many armored ones. If I send someone to inform Zhang Jieshuai, the two sides will attack and we will win."

Yang Shihou shook his head and said: "Zhang Jieshuai dispatched troops from Guazhou, passed through Suzhou, and came here thousands of miles away. I'm afraid the Uighurs would have been prepared by that time."

"Soldiers are precious and fast. I led 2000 troops to attack the Uyghur Khan Tent. I left the rest of the troops for you to control and guard the camp."

Chi Haijian said: "The Uighurs have so many eyes and ears, it may not be easy to make a surprise attack."

Master Yang said with a smile: "The sky is clear today, the moon must be bright at night, so I personally lead the night attack!"

Chi Haijian was greatly admired. It is wrong to dare to fight in the field in this era. It is not because you have enough control over the army. Fleeing.

"The final general wishes General Yang the best of luck."

Master Yang returned a salute and prepared to leave the tent.

That night, Yang Shihou led a team of one man and three horses, traveled a hundred miles at night, and arrived at the Uighur Khan's tent at the middle of the night.

"kill!"

The silver gun effect Jiejun suddenly rushed into the account, and the soldiers lit torches and lit fire everywhere.

The Uyghur army staying behind in the Khan tent could not organize effective resistance at all, and countless people died after being pushed across the road.

Tianmu Khan was also awakened in his sleep, and hastily pushed the woman away.

"What's going on? Where did the soldiers come to kill?"

Tianmu Khan is a bit hazy. There are no powerful enemies around Ganzhou. The Long family in Suzhou in the west can hardly protect themselves. , is already very good.

As for the Yanzhi Mountain in the north, it is an endless desert, and only the devil can come from there.

"Could it be the Liuguhun tribe of Tubo in the south!"

It is unlikely that the Liuguhun tribe is far less powerful than before due to internal strife in Tubo, and they are not capable of crossing the Qilian Mountains to attack the Ganzhou Uighurs.

"Khan, let's go, it's Tang Jun, Tang Jun is here."

"Where did Tang Jun come from?"

In the image of Tianmu Khan, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty cried and begged them, asking them to send troops to suppress the rebellion, how could they have the strength to attack them.

"Counterattack, counterattack! Kill them!"

Di Yin helped Tianmu Khan onto his horse, and said, "There are too many people here, and they are all in armor. Big Khan will go first, and my son will cut off the heir for you."

"kill!"

Tianmu Khan saw that the situation was really bad. Tang troops rushed into the camp from all directions, and the soldiers under his command gradually seemed unable to resist.

Helpless, Tianmu Khan could only urge his horse and flee in a hurry with dozens of guards. Before leaving, he didn't even care about his woman.

Yang Shihou saw Tianmu fleeing at a glance, and rushed towards Tianmu Khan to kill him.

"kill!"

After overthrowing three Uighur soldiers in a row, Yang Shihou saw a young Uighur general wearing the same Mingguang armor.

"Who is coming!"

"It's me Yang Shihou, the Silver Spear of the Great Tang Dynasty. Who are you?"

"A certain is the son of Tianmu Khan, Uighur prince Renmei, I ask you, why did you invade our territory?"

Master Yang said heartily: This man speaks Chinese well, he is still a great prince, if he is caught, Tianmu can also be subdued.

Yang Shihou didn't talk nonsense, he raised his gun and stabbed.

"As for why I hit you, I was afraid that you would hit me. Is that enough reason?"

When Renmei saw Yang Shihou coming to kill him, she hurriedly raised her spear to resist.

But this spear is different from other soldiers. Yang Shihou's spear was straightened and rushed directly to Prince Renmei's throat.

In the light of the fire, Hitomi saw a little cold light from the tip of the gun, and the dead soul was frightened, and hurriedly raised the spear to block it.

There was only a bang, and Hitomi's hands went numb.

"It turned out to be an all-iron steel gun."

Yang Shihou's gun was blocked to the right, and he swung it in a circle, sweeping from the left.

Hitomi felt a gust of wind gallop.

"How is it possible, the stab just now was a false move, this man named Yang Shihou wanted to knock him down."

Just a moment ago, Yang Shihou felt that Yang Shihou's strength was far superior to his own, but now he was ready to attack, Hitomi didn't dare to take it at all, she hurriedly leaned down, half of her body leaned on the horse.

"Good riding!"

Seeing that Hitomi dodged the blow beautifully, Yang Shihou applauded secretly.

Since he is good at riding, he can only...kill the horse!

Yang Shihou pointed the spear at the horse's head and pushed it lightly. The horse was not as flexible as Renmei.

The tip of the spear went straight into the horse's head.

"puff!"

The horse fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)