To the east of Balasagon City, at the Burana Buddhist Temple, Titsigu looked at the purple-robed monk who came anxiously to report the news, and his head immediately fell into a state of shutdown. Several eminent monks from Balasagon behind him also had confused faces.

mind.

This helper they hired themselves turned them away without asking any questions.

No! This should not be said to be shut out, it should be described as hostility.

Moreover, the reason used was that Balashagon and Shule had different beliefs.

No need for bullshit belief!

Buddhism is not Nestorianism, Tianfang Sect, etc., and the sectarian conflicts are not fierce at all. This county official can use any excuse, but this one should not be used.

Because using this excuse is equivalent to telling everyone that I am just a perfunctory person.

"This..., this county prince, isn't he an impostor?" A purple-robed monk said with great imagination.

"Impossible!" Another purple-robed monk shook his head.

"Even if Duke Zhang is a fake, the soldiers under his command cannot be fake. The traitor Saktu has been defeated. There is no other country in Hezhong and Anxi that can produce such brave soldiers."

"Does that mean someone leaked our secret? Or did they know the information about Talos?" Someone else questioned.

Master Titsigu shook his head slowly, with a solemn look on his face.

"The poor monk will go there in person tomorrow morning. I am the one who caused this trouble and it is up to me to solve it.

Those in the Great Qin Sect have begun to think about retreating. Apart from the Kingdom of Khotan, we have no other force to rely on.

Even if it is a lie, we must keep this Duke Zhang. If he is dissatisfied, let him vent it on me!"

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In Helie City, several fast horses rushed towards the Nestorian temple in the city like a whirlwind. Xuancheng, the prudent virtuous man, looked at the secret letter in his hand and was speechless for a long time.

There were only a few words in the secret letter, but it made this great Nestorian monk, who was over sixty years old, sigh for a long time.

The young man at the bottom quietly stood on tiptoe to look at it. The secret letter clearly read the words "Tang'er has arrived in Shazhou, please wait."

"It's you, it's your Guo family who has harmed everyone!"

"Your father is a traitor. He betrayed all of us! We followed your Guo family blindly."

"Can your Guo family be worthy of us? Can you be worthy of the spirit of the old prince in heaven?"

Xuancheng, the prudent virtuous man, closed his eyes with a look of pain on his face. These scoldings came from the people he was closest to. For decades, he thought he had forgotten it, but now it is like this

clear.

"I am not a traitor! He is not a traitor!" Xuancheng, the prudent virtuous man, muttered a few words in a low voice. Then he opened his eyes and spoke a few words to the messenger with great difficulty.

"Please reply to the Great Virtue, the dead are gone, the living are like this, I have forgotten those things, the plan remains unchanged, Balashagon will become a place of right and wrong, it is not suitable to stay for a long time."

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In the palace of Balashagon Khan, Hu Duwuxi couldn't help but yawned. According to time, it was almost the end of the Chou period (a little after two o'clock in the middle of the night), but Lord Zhang opposite him didn't show any signs of fatigue. He was still

He looked at himself with that half-smiling expression that made people tremble in his heart.

This made Hu Duwuxi couldn't help but complain, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? What kind of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity do you think?

After several hours of ideological struggle, Hu Duwuxi's attitude had actually softened somewhat.

He doesn't have many family members in Balasagon City. Although his old wife and young daughter are in the city, they are not something that cannot be abandoned. The important thing is that the tribe must survive, and whether the benefits are big enough for him to give up his wife and daughter.

"Is the old gentleman sleepy? It's strange, isn't it said that people often can't sleep as they get older? Why does the old gentleman look different?"

Zhang Zhao looked at Hu Duwuxi who was sleepy and teary-eyed, and then asked jokingly.

Hu Duowu Xi was almost speechless. What does it mean to be unable to sleep at an old age? He really wanted to sleep now.

However, he was a little complacent, because the word "sir" was not a casual title in this era. It was a term for a virtuous elder whom he respected very much.

Why would this seemingly rude Duke Zhang regard himself as his elder? Hu Duowu Xi had no idea that this was because in later generations, Mr. was just a common title.

Okay! Since everyone calls him sir, let’s give in a little bit! Hu Duwuxi comforted himself in his heart.

"I still have a family in the city. Can the Duke send someone to send them out of the city? Master Titsigu and others are willing to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin. It is true that they have some evil intentions, but they are also from Balasagon, how can they

betray them at will?"

What he said was righteous, but Zhang Zhao knew that this was just a sign of preparing to speak, and the key point was the word "casual".

However, Zhang Zhao curled his lips in disdain, you, a Uighur, should use the Uighur way of going straight, you can't learn the twists and turns of the Han people.

"Are you asking for a favor from me? I said that if you can save me time and energy, I will give you a golden opportunity. Don't you want to know what the opportunity is?"

"I'd like to hear the details!" Hu Duowuxi sighed to himself. God has eyes. This county prince is finally on the right track. I have wanted to know for a long time, but you didn't tell me!

"Do you know why the Great Sage of the Jin Kingdom asked someone to come here? Because Balashagon is too far away from Khotan, I'm afraid Master Titsi's so-called surrender is just lip service but not real.

That’s why the Great Sage and Emperor asked XX to come here, and XX doesn’t have much energy to take care of Balasagon, do you understand?”

After saying that, Zhang Zhao felt an unprecedented sense of relief, as if the irritability that had been suppressed in his heart was suddenly released.

Zhang Zhao also suddenly found the reason why he was so anxious these days. Ever since Li Shengtian asked him to take a trip to Balashagon, Zhang Zhao's heart felt like a stone was weighing on him.

Originally, according to his and Li Shengtian's plan, after defeating Saktu, the next step should be to attack the Bakhna country, that is, the Fergana Basin. Balashagon, which was blocked by the snowy mountains, was not in the plan of the two at all.

middle.

Now that Li Shengtian suddenly appeared like this, he should have been a little on guard against Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Zhao actually understood that such a day would come sooner or later, but he did not expect it to come so soon. It was too early. He had not yet completed the layout, and Khotan's national power was not yet stable.

Of course, it's just a sign now. Zhang Zhao guessed in his mind that Li Shengtian might have the intention of letting him station in Balashagon. Perhaps Li Shengtian thought that the Khotan Golden Kingdom could learn from the Kara Khanate's dual-heads-of-state model.

In fact, if you don’t still have ambitions in your heart, Balasagun is a good choice. Hundreds of years later, there will be a person here who is deeply influenced by the culture of the Central Plains. Yelu Dashi uses Balasagun as Hu Sihan’s ear.

, thus establishing Xiliao.

It is not difficult to build a Xiliao with one's own ability, but this is not what Zhang Zhao wants.

This is probably why Zhang Zhao, who always likes to think carefully, chose to treat Titsigu and others so roughly. He didn't want to spend too much time in this place, he just wanted to solve the problem quickly.

Perhaps, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but have another option in his mind. Maybe he could not attack Fergana and return to Shazhou directly after the Balashagon incident was settled?

But then he shook his head again, this won't work. If he goes back now, he will still be just a military leader with at most two to three hundred soldiers. With this strength, how many years will it take to seize the power of the Guiyi Army?

After seizing the power of the Guiyi Army, there are also the Uighurs in Ganzhou and the Mo Mo in Liangzhou. The Li family must solve the problem, which may take more than ten or twenty years.

And more than ten or twenty years later, the Central Plains was at the peak of the British leader Guo Rong. He led a large army with mixed ethnic composition to confront Guo Rong? I'm afraid I don't know how he died in the end!

Zhang Zhao knows his own abilities. Although he seems to be invincible at the moment, he actually has the advantage of being a time traveler. With the blessing of this advantage, his vision, personal quality and even bravery are magnified.

But after ten or twenty years, when he is no different from the local aborigines, he will definitely not be able to compete with a human hero like Guo Rong.

Not to mention Guo Rong, Zhao Da can beat him by two blocks. Maybe his ability, probably, is only a little better than the Gaoliang River Car God. At least he will never choose to abandon his robe and ride a donkey cart.

drift.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao's best opportunity is to intercept Liu Zhiyuan when Yelu Deguang enters the Central Plains.

Entering the Central Plains at this time, you can firmly grasp the great righteousness, because the Khitan caused trouble in the Central Plains, and he Zhang Erlang held high the banner of loyalty and righteousness of his ancestors, expelled the Tartars, stabilized the Central Plains, and won a country that was more upright than the Han Emperor Gaozu conquered the Qin Dynasty.

Among the feudal dynasties, only Taizu Hongwu's Northern Expedition to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty could compare with this.

With such a righteous reputation, he had the confidence to reverse the arrogance of the five generations of warriors. He could also successfully recruit Guo Wei, Guo Rong and other celebrities under his command, and finally regained Yanyun, expedition to the northern desert, and sealed the wolf as a Xu.

But if you miss this opportunity and want to dominate the Central Plains just by relying on the northwest, it is probably a fool's errand.

Not to mention anything else, the warriors of the Five Dynasties were not the warriors of the Song Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty. This was the era when warriors were most arrogant and their fighting power was overwhelming. They had no righteousness in their hands and participated in the melee of the Five Dynasties like a warlord?

Zhang Zhao couldn't help but shudder!

He did not want to be hijacked or stabbed into holes by tooth soldiers like Wei Bo Yin Gun Xiao Jiejun, a model of military democracy.

Therefore, the only way is to dispel Li Shengtian's doubts. He must complete the established plan so that he can take away a large amount of supplies and soldiers who are willing to go east with him from Anxi and Fergana.

With at least two thousand mounted soldiers and more than five hundred iron cavalry, he could quickly pacify Hexi and finally march into the Central Plains just as the Later Jin Dynasty collapsed.

What Zhang Zhao was thinking about was Li Shengtian's change in attitude, but Hu Duwuxi thought that Zhang Zhao was waiting for him to think it over. He couldn't help but look at Zhang Zhao in confusion, and stroked a few strands of his beard under his chin with some pride.

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The doubt is that he doubts whether Zhang Zhao can solve the trouble at hand.

I was proud because I thought that the prince had chosen me among so many people. He had a good vision and knew that he was capable!

"The Duke is really wise and discerning. I have been born here and have been here for a long time. What I am missing is this opportunity. If I can control Balasagon for the Duke, I will do my best!"

Zhang Zhao glanced at Hu Duwuxi, the old curly-haired Uighur man opposite with a red face, in astonishment. This man's appetite is really big! He just wanted to say that he could share some of the power after the matter was completed, but he didn't say that he was a bad guy.

Gon lets him take control!

"Does the prince know why Titusi insisted on surrendering to the Kingdom of Khotan? And why is the city so desolate?" Hu Duwuxi was ready to make a big revelation.

"Please clear up the confusion!" Zhang Zhao stretched out his hand to indicate for him to continue.

"Because since Balasagon fell to the Persians twenty years ago, a large number of people in the city and the surrounding countryside have converted to Tianfang Sect. After driving away the Persians, the returned Bugra Khansak

Tu turned out to be a believer in the Tianfang Sect.

Therefore, after the Persians left, the number of Tianfang believers in Balasagon not only did not decrease, but actually increased.
To be continued...