Chapter 341 The Confrontation between the Two Arms

Li Qing'an walked to the window and pointed to a clearing space west of the mosque and said, "I have carefully observed the surrounding terrain just now. We can dig an artificial river along the back of the library and college to connect to the Bukhara River. In this way, this square becomes an isolated island in the river, which belongs to neither Muslims nor Zoroastrians, but to the public place of Bukhara. Then, regarding the ownership of this temple, I propose three plans for you to choose."

The eyes of the people on both sides widened at the same time, turning Bukhara Square into an isolated island in the river. He could think of it, but it seemed that this was the only way to resolve the dispute, making no one belong to this square. The deputy king Luo Jiwang next to him suddenly guessed Li Qing'an's idea. Li Qing'an used the method of stripping. Since both sides refused to get the temple, neither side could get it.

The conference room became extremely quiet. Li Qing'an's decision to dig a canal and turn the square into an isolated island had nothing to say. After all, Li Qing'an was the highest ruler in the river. As long as he was willing, he could even demolish the entire Bukhara. Who dared to oppose him opening a small river? Moreover, both sides were concerned about the ownership of the mosque. Li Qing'an proposed three plans, and they all listened attentively.

Li Qing'an glanced at everyone and saw that no one objected, he slowly said: "The first plan is to divide it into two, divide the foundation of the temple into two halves, and build a separation wall in the middle. I think the temple covers a large area. After one is divided into two, plus the open space in front of the original temple, both sides should be able to build a temple on their own."

Both sides were still silent. Li Qing'an's first wall plan was barely acceptable in the hearts of Muslims. After all, what they wanted was the cemetery of the former leader. As long as they were given the cemetery, they could accept it even if they set aside some place for the Zoroastrian Church, but the elders of the Zoroastrian Church could not accept it. Their sacredness was the entire temple itself. The temple seemed to be half of the incarnation of the Lord God and gave half to the Muslims, which was the same blasphemy to their Lord God.

Although both sides had their own ideas, no one spoke. When Li Qing'an's second plan was waiting for Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an nodded and said, "The second plan is that no one belongs to the temple. I plan to use that foundation to build the government."

"inappropriate!"

People on both sides opposed it in unison. Neither Muslims nor Zoroastrian elders could accept that third parties occupied the foundation of the temple. Their opposition was expected by Li Qingan. He smiled and said, "Since the second plan cannot be passed, then I will propose a third plan. I know that both Zoroastrian and Islam advocate nature and green life. So my third plan is to demolish all artificial buildings on the original site. I will plant a dense forest there. It belongs to both Muslims and Zoroastrians. No one is allowed to step in. What do you think?"

Li Qing'an's third plan made both sides excited. It did not belong to anyone, but belonged to nature. What the Muslim elders thought was that their leader was sleeping in the forest and accompanied him with the scent of birds and flowers. The elders of the Zoroastrian believe that this was the continuation of the life of the Lord Ahuramaz, belonging to light, belonging to nature, and more importantly, it was neither a mosque nor a temple nor a man-made building, but a forest.

Deputy King Anguo also secretly praised. What he guessed was that Li Qing'an would vacate this land for a long time and put the dispute between the two sides aside by delaying. He thought this might be the best solution at present, but he did not expect that Li Qing'an actually proposed to plant a forest, which would not be delayed, and that this vacant land had a new master, that is, nature, that is, heaven, in the hearts of Muslims, it naturally belongs to Allah, but in the hearts of the Zoroastrians, it naturally belongs to Ahuramaz. Faith exists in the hearts of the hearts, and a forest is their belief. This is a great wisdom to truly untie the knots between the two sides.

"We agree!"

The Muslim Elders Group made its statement first. After discussing for a while, they agreed to the third plan, "We hope this forest will exist forever."

Li Qing'an's eyes turned to the elders of the Zoroastrian Church again, and they were also discussing in a low voice. Finally, an elder led by the leader said: "We reluctantly agree."

The reason for this is tolerate is that the former religious leaders of Shiites were buried on that land. Forty years have passed. It is difficult to find the tiny bone, or it has turned into soil. The elders of the Zoroastrian have no choice but to cause bloody conflicts and do not want to let children and elderly people be massacred. They also know that Li Qing'an's third solution is the best solution at present, and they accepted it.

With the final statement of the Elders of the Zoroastrian, everyone in the conference room breathed a sigh of relief. Li Qing'an said happily: "Since both sides expressed their acceptance, we will sign a memorandum. Tang Jun is responsible for planting forests, but I hope you will jointly undertake the excavation of the river. Once the river is formed, this square cannot be easily entered. I will move them to the south, demolish all the buildings and plant them into forests."

The two sides discussed some details again and finally reached an agreement. The civilian officials of the Tang army present compiled it into a memorandum. The elders of both sides, Li Qing'an and Deputy King of Anguo signed the memorandum. Since then, the biggest source of hatred between Islamists and Zoroastrians has finally been resolved. The ease of the Bukhara conflict means that the conflict in the entire Hezhong area has been completely eased.

Li Qing'an immediately ordered that 15,000 troops were dispatched from Samarkand to rush to the Shiguo Tiemen Pass to reinforce the garrison there, and 5,000 troops were dispatched from Bukhara to reinforce Li Siye. At this time, Li Qing'an's focus began to shift to the Amu River. Khorasan's Great Food Army could attack the river at any time, so he rushed to the Amu River overnight.

The Amu River, also known as the Uhu River, originated from the Pamir Mountains and finally flowed into the Aral Sea. To the east of Khorasan is a vast desert, called the Golden Desert by the locals. The Amu River flows through the golden desert and was once the dividing line between the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi Empire. During the Umayyad era, the Dashi began to expand eastward, crossed the Amu River, and gradually eroded the rivers, Tochar, Xinde, Punjab and other vast areas, seriously infringing on the interests of the Tang Dynasty. The two sides eventually collided in Talas City.

History has been changed by the arrival of Li Qing'an, a later generation. The defeat of the cannibals in Talas caused them to lose the Fergan Basin and the Hezhong area, but Abu.

The Muslims were not willing to give up, and the Abbas Caliph was also unwilling to give up. He ordered Abu.

Muslims regained the river in two years, and it has been a year and a half since time passed, Abu.

Muslims are gradually facing a deadline.

Pressure and fatigue make Abu.

The Muslim has become old in the past year and a half. His hair has been half white and his body has become thinner. Despite this, he still cheered up every day to train the new army himself. After a year and a half, he finally trained a sharp army, which has as many as 40,000 people, and all the soldiers come from Khorasan.

Abu.

The Muslims not only trained the combat effectiveness of the army, but also learned advanced weapons of the Tang army. He found that the Turks' bows and arrows were also very powerful. He learned that the Turks' bow making techniques came from Han bow craftsmen who fled to the grassland during the chaos in the Central Plains more than a hundred years ago. He spent a lot of money to invite ten Turkic bow craftsmen to teach the Khurasans to make bows and arrows. Although it took two years to make a qualified good bow, he had no time to wait. He forced the craftsmen to make bows and arrows by fast methods. In this way, Abu.

Muslims also slowly built a archer of three thousand people.

The second is to develop tincture oil weapons. A craftsman named Rahman invented the tactic of using a large trencher to project huge fireballs. Giant trenchers have always been available. The key is fireballs. This giant fireball with a diameter of one person is hollow in the middle, filled with tincture oil, and the outer layer is covered with cotton cloth soaked in tincture oil. It is quickly thrown out when it burns. When it hits an object, the thin wooden shell in the middle will burst, which will burst out the tincture oil in the middle, and then ignite it to form a sea of ​​fire.

With this weapon, Abu.

Muslims were confident in fighting against the Tang army's Tianhuo Thunder. He named this tincture oil weapon "Angry Abu", which would be his secret weapon against the Tang army.

It is already February, and Abu, who has been waiting for the opportunity.

The Muslims finally waited for the moment he had dreamed of. A serious sectarian conflict occurred in the river. The Shiites were dissatisfied with the Tang army's partiality with the Zoroastrians, and riots continued. When the Bukhara riots occurred, Abu.

The Muslims began to act. He mobilized the army one after another to the small town of Chalju, abdicated by the Amu River, and sent special envoy Saif to Samarkand to contact anti-Tang forces.

Abu.

The Muslim was ready to make a comeback. He was waiting for the final outbreak of the uprising in the river. That was the great moment for him to cross the river and recover the river, but Abu.

The Muslims were disappointed, and he soon received news that the Tang army had quelled the riots in Samarkand. He knew that all parts of the river were taking Samarkand as an example. The quellation of the riots in Samarkand meant that the great uprising in the river he was waiting for would not happen. At this time, Abu.

Muslims also realized that this was most likely because his old opponent Li Qing'an came to Hezhong, because only the supreme power person like Li Qing'an had such strong ability to quickly calm the chaos in Hezhong.

Abu who didn't get the chance.

Muslims face a choice, should they fight or not?

The Amu River flows through the golden desert east of Khorasan. It was early March, the ice and snow melted, the river water surged, the vast river surface was several miles wide, the flow was fast, and the murderous intention was hidden, and crossing the river was very dangerous, which brought great difficulty to crossing the Amu River. Generally speaking, there are two ideal locations for crossing the river, one is the area of ​​the small town of Chalju. Here the river is slow and the riverbed is narrow. With a large sheepskin raft, you can cross a hundred people at a time. In one night, 40,000 large food troops can all cross the river.

Another ferry estuary is in the city of Tawei in Tochar in the south. Although the water flows sharply there, the riverbed is very narrow. Before last year, there was a bridge on the river surface, which was an ideal place for merchants to cross the river. Although the bridge has been demolished, it is possible to use ships to build floating bridges to cross the river. However, there are disadvantages to crossing the river from there, that is, after crossing the river, it is not a plain, but blocked by continuous mountains. Only by passing through the Tiemen Pass can you enter Shiguo. Therefore, seizing Tiemen Pass has become the biggest difficulty in the southern line.

At dusk, the setting sun was like blood, reflecting in the rippling waves of the Amu River. The Amu River turned red, like the Nether Blood River in Hell, the West Bank, Abu.

The Muslim stood on the wall of Chalju City and stared at the opposite bank of the Amu River. When the weather was good, he could see the shining golden desert opposite, which was endless, as if it was a sea of ​​golden sand. Now the wind and waves were high and the waves were rushing, and he could not see anything clearly. Despite this, Abu.

The Muslims still knew that the Tang army on the other side must have laid heavy troops to wait. If they crossed the river in a hurry, their army would definitely be intercepted by the Tang army's middle stream and would suffer heavy losses.

Abu.

The Muslim suddenly remembered an Eastern story he had heard, saying that a king sent troops to the riverside. As a result, his enemy asked him to retreat three miles when crossing the river. For the sake of benevolence and righteousness, he really retreated three miles, and finally let the enemy cross the river calmly, causing himself to suffer a tragic defeat.

Abu.

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of the Muslim's mouth. Could Li Qingan be like this?

Perhaps it was an arrangement of the God of Destiny in the dark, or perhaps it was just a coincidence. On a hill on the east bank of the river, Li Qing'an was also staring at the other side. The two of them were on a straight line, but it was a pity that they could not see each other, otherwise their eyes could be a handshake before the war.

But Li Qing'an could see Charzhu City. A few miles away, Charzhu City was like a small black dot. Li Qing'an also knew that the 40,000 elite soldiers stationed in Khorasan behind Charzhu City, Abu.

If a Muslim wants to compete for the river, if the troops are less than 40,000, it will be impossible for him to do so.

Li Qingan was also thinking about Abu.

In the Muslim's military use, he knew his old opponent very well, Abu.

It is difficult for Muslims to train troops, so he will never risk crossing the river easily. At this time, the river water surges, and he will not cross the river in a dangerous place. Although it will be effective as a surprise weapon, if there is a slight mistake, he will suffer the misfortune of the ship capsized and the people who died. Besides, Abu.

Muslims should also know that Li Qing'an would not send a large number of scouts to patrol the east coast. Even if Slin wants to cross the river in a dangerous place, he will not be able to use surprise troops. Moreover, as a military and political leader, he must not only know how to fight, but also understand political struggles. Li Qing'an knows Abu.

The conflict between Muslims and Mansour, once the Abbasid Caliph dies, Mansour ascends the throne, Abu.

Why do Muslims protect themselves?

Army! Only the army will make Mansour dare not take action easily, so in this sense, Abu.

Muslims will cherish the army in their hands, or after the crisis in the river disappears, they will no longer have the intention to seize the river again.

Li Qing'an's idea was completely correct, Abu on the city wall.

Muslims are indeed considering the corresponding strategy after the death of Abbas Caliph.

For him, although Hezhong needs to wash away his former shame, Khurashan is the foundation of his position. If even Khurashan can't protect him, what else can he talk about washing away his former shame?

Abu.

Muslims have received news that the Abbas Caliph’s old injury relapsed in January, and the injury was even more serious than the recurrence last year. The doctor said that spring is a taboo for his internal injuries, and it is hard to say whether he can survive this spring, Abu.

Muslims have to consider their own way of retreat. The 40,000 troops in his hands are the foundation for his life. Do they really need to fight against the Tang army? The answer is undoubtedly no, especially when he encounters difficulties in crossing the river, he is even more cautious in his army.

At this time, General Chiad quickly walked up and saluted, "Governor General, are you looking for me?"

Abu.

The Muslim stared at the prisoner of war who was released by the Tang army. Perhaps his desire to avenge his shame would be even more urgent!

"General Ziyad, if I give you ten thousand troops, can you cross the Amu River before dawn the following day?"

"You can definitely get through the humble position."

"Okay! I'm ready to cross the river tomorrow night, and the morning after tomorrow, I'll wait for your good news."

Abu.
Chapter completed!