Chapter 314 The Fuse

Two days later, more than 20,000 Anxi Army arrived at Tuozhe City. This was Li Qing's first return after stationed in Baishui City. After a brutal massacre of the city, there were less than 20,000 people left. Several months have passed. After repeated cleanings, Tuozhe City has gradually become orderly, but the city is still empty and sparsely populated, and the prosperous scene of the past has disappeared.

In the past, Mohedu's palace had been burned down, leaving only a stone skeleton. The palace of Chebishi was intact. As soon as Li Qing arrived at the palace, he saw Duan Xiushi leading a team of cavalry to come quickly. Seeing that his expression was strange, Li Qing jumped suddenly and rushed forward, and asked loudly: "Where are Chebishi and his son?"

Duan Xiushi jumped off the horse, clasped his fists at Li Qingyi and said, "We encountered resistance in the palace. Che Bishi had been beheaded by me, but Che Duoduo had led 2,000 troops north to Talas City five days ago."

‘Talas’, these three words passed through Li Qing’s brain like a flash of lightning. He was extremely shocked. Will the Battle of Talas in history break out in his hands? Countless thoughts surged into his heart. He seemed to have captured something, but it was not true. He calmed down and asked hurriedly: “When did you start attacking the palace?”

"Go back to the general, we started attacking the palace yesterday evening, and it ended in half an hour."

"Last night!" Li Qing shook his head slowly. It was too long that the person who escaped to report the news could not catch up with him. He was afraid that Che Bishi and his son would surrender to Dashi when they heard the news, so he sent Duan Xiushi to take action first. However, Che Bishi was more cautious and sent his son out early. Five days ago, wasn't that the day when Li Chu came? It seemed that Che Bishi had already expected it, but if Chedu was too heavy, he would have to surrender Dashi. Will this become the fuse for the fierce collision between the two empires of Datang and Dashi?

Li Qing stood up proudly. Although he didn't know the details of the Battle of Talas in history, he suddenly understood that the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Arabs was inevitable. This was a collision on the edge of the two empires, just like two icebergs meeting in the sea. Since the collision is inevitable, let it come more fiercely! When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win, so let this collision change the whole world.

Thinking of this, Li Qing immediately turned around and said to his personal soldiers: "Go back to the camp first, please ask King Guangping and Li Siye to come quickly to discuss major events with me."

With a "bang!", Li Siye's fist slammed heavily on the table, smashing a big hole in the hard table. He said hatefully: "Talas, I have been there a month ago. It is the fortress in the northern part of Shiguo. The city wall is extremely strong. I once advised Gao Shuai to send troops to station, but he is unwilling to disperse his troops. Otherwise, how could this cause be caused?"

After saying that, he raised his head and sneered, "But no matter how strong it is, can it be comparable to Yunbao? I only lead 5,000 people, but I can take it overnight."

Li Qing waved his hand with a smile, stopping Li Siye's pride. He looked back at Li Chu, and saw that he was thinking, he asked with a smile: "Your Highness's thinking is always clear, so you might as well talk about it!"

Li Chu touched his nose embarrassedly and smiled, "The General is over the award. I just wondered, if Che Duoduo defected to Dashi, how should we deal with it? If he just surrendered but did not leave Talas, what should we do? This is a matter of two, and we should consider it separately."

Li Qing's interest increased greatly and encouraged him, "Your Highness is indeed organized in consideration of the problem, so why not continue to talk about it."

Li Qing praised him and Li Chu was greatly confident. He rubbed his hands and continued, "If he had run away, we would take down Talas without any effort, and Dashi would not be impatient to send troops. Then we can establish the two towns of Shuye and Dayuan according to the emperor's wishes, and lead the landless peasants in the Central Plains to move westward, and then gradually establish counties and counties..."

"What if Che Duoduo didn't leave Talas?" Li Siye interrupted Li Chu impatiently. According to his inference, Dashi would not give up the fortress of Talas easily, and Che Duoduo could not leave Talas as the capital, so King Guangping's first inference could be ignored.

Li Chu's words were interrupted, and he couldn't help but glance at Li Siye coldly, then closed his mouth and stopped saying a word.

Li Qing saw it from the side and couldn't help but nodded secretly. This was the Emperor Li Yu of Tang Dynasty whom he wanted to support. He had his own personality and even had a little bit of royal aura. As he gradually matured, he would become more and more cunning. Only in this way could he win until the end in the cruel power struggle.

The atmosphere in the camp became a little nervous. Li Chu raised his jaw and walked to the tent with his hands behind his back. He didn't say a word, and his eyes showed a hint of coldness and arrogance; Li Siye's face was flushed and red. Li Chu was once his apprentice, and he was used to scolding him without any scruples, so that in his heart, Li Chu has always been a child who has never grown up, but today he suddenly realized that his former apprentice had changed and became extremely strange.

Li Qing smiled slightly and walked slowly to Li Chu and said, "Shan Tai collapsed in front of him and his color remained unchanged, and the elk rose on his left but his eyes were not instant. This is the emperor's mind. How much can Your Highness understand?"

Li Chu was stunned, then suddenly realized, bowed deeply to Li Qing, "Li Chu is engraved in his heart!"

Li Qing patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "You are tired these days, go and have a good rest. In the future, the people of the Central Plains will rely more on you."

Li Chu understood Li Qing's meaning, so he slightly said goodbye to Li Siye and left.

After staring at his back, Li Qing slowly turned around. He looked at Li Siye for a long time and suddenly said, "I bet on him all the future of your career and the glory and wealth of our Anxi Army. Do you understand?"

Although Li Siye is not familiar with the struggles in the officialdom, he is not stupid. Li Qing has already suggested to this level. How could he not understand? He nodded silently and said, "I only follow your position in the court. You don't have to talk to me. The most urgent task now is how to deal with the war caused by Che Duodu. I know that if you don't have a vain case, you won't ask me to discuss it. You might as well say it directly."

"Haha! I am worthy of being my old friend, come! Let's show you something." Li Qing mysteriously pulled Li Siye to the tent, and there were several large square tables in the tent. He pointed to an item on the table and smiled: "Do you still remember what this is?"

"This is..." In front of Li Siye, there is a wooden plate with a length and width of two meters. It is made of four wooden plates spliced ​​together, with a desert made of yellow sand, a snow-capped mountain made of stones and white veil, a river made of blue clay, and a large area of ​​green grass, forests, canyons, roads, and bridges. The most attractive thing is the city made of wood chips. Everything is stuck to the wooden plate and can be moved.

"This is your sand table!" Li Siye suddenly remembered that he had seen the sand table made by Li Qing in Shazhou. Unexpectedly, he saw it again at this time. He suddenly became excited and walked to the sand table a few steps to look carefully. Before he knew it, his face became solemn. He had already discovered that this sand table was not only the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but also many cities that he was unknown to the west.

He suddenly pointed to a big city with a black flag on the west side and said, "Where is this?"

"That is Abbas's old nest Damascus." Li Qing picked up a long wooden pole from the sand table and pointed to a slightly smaller city south of Damascus and said: "This is Jerusalem. To the west is a sea. I have not done it yet, and I don't know its name. Let's call it the Mediterranean. To the north of the sea is the Great Qin Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), and to the south of the sea is controlled by the remains of the white-clothed food. This is the place that Abbas is attacking now."

Li Qing's wooden pole gradually approached the Shiguo from Damascus, pointing to another big city and said: "This is Samojian, the capital of Kangguo (the famous Samarkand, where Guo Jing flew down the ice peak with his lamb legs). I heard from a merchant that Budu did not return to Damascus, and he stayed here forever."

Li Siye suddenly realized, and he sighed: "I said why are you so familiar with the territory of black food and food? It turns out that I learned from the merchant that I heard that you got Princess Luo Lan, and I thought you had been in the past few months..."

Li Qing gently patted his hands with a wooden pole and smiled: "Do you think I have been in leisure and romantic these past few months? Tell you, you have never seen some amazing things before!"

He didn't want to go far, and pointed at Samo Kin City with a wooden pole and said, "I agree with your opinion. Che Duodu will definitely not give up Talas. He will send people to Budu for help from Kang's country. Budu doesn't have many troops, and it will take at least a few months to send troops from Damascus. He can't wait for time. So I guess if Budu wants to hurry up, he will definitely use Kang's army to rescue Talas. However, Kang's army will not be up to 30,000 people. He also needs to station Samo Kin City, so in the end there will be only more than 20,000 people."

Speaking of this, Li Qing looked back at Li Siye and said, "Do you understand what I mean now?"

Li Siye pondered for a moment and replied cautiously: "You want me not to attack Taduodu for the time being, treat it as a small fish to lead out the big fish of Budu."
Chapter completed!