Chapter 358 Thirty-Six Countries, only the Huihe Refused to Surrender

The capital of the Huihe people, the ancient city of Harabalegas.

With the outbreak of the Battle of Talas, the well-prepared Arab Empire army launched a large-scale expedition to the east, and the entire 36 countries in the Western Regions fell into a state of alert.

Under the coercion and inducement of the messenger sent by Turhong, the general of the Abbasid Dynasty, more than half of the small countries in the 36 countries in the Western Regions announced that they would break away from the vassal and suzerain relationship with the Tang Dynasty, and turned to the Abbasid Dynasty and regarded the Arab Empire as the suzerain.

After that, under the tyranny of the Arab Empire army on the expedition to the east, the remaining more than ten countries in the Western Regions that were still on the sidelines also announced that they would regard the Arab Empire as the new suzerain, and completely broke away from the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

So much so that to this day, the prosperous Silk Road under the management of the Tang Dynasty has been interrupted, and only the Huihe Khanate among the 36 countries in the Western Regions is barely holding on.

The reason why the Yingwu Khan of the Uighur Khanate, Moyanchuo, did not succumb to the sword of the Abbasid Dynasty on the eastern expedition was because his daughter, Princess Pijia Yueqiluo, was the imperial concubine of the Tang Dynasty and was already pregnant. In a few months, she would give birth to a prince (princess) for the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian;

If the Empress of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Shujun, had not given birth to a prince for Emperor Zhaowu, then his grandson would most likely be the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty in the future;

Wouldn't it bring bad luck to his daughter and grandson if he surrendered to the Abbasid Dynasty at this time?

The Yingwu Khan Moyanchuo could still tell which was more important.

In addition, the Uighur Khanate was the leader of the 36 states in the Western Regions, with nearly 200,000 Uighur troops stationed in various places, and was closer to the Anxi Protectorate (Northern Prefecture);

Although, in the battle of Talas, Lan Yu, the Anxi Marquis of the Tang Dynasty and the deputy governor of the Anxi Protectorate, suffered heavy casualties in Talas;

But, Mo Yanchuo knew that the Tang Dynasty was not injured, and that Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian would definitely not sit idly by after receiving the information of the mutiny in the Western Regions, and would definitely raise troops to reinforce;

Mo Yanchuo had full confidence and confidence to resist the Abbasid Dynasty army on the eastward expedition with the 200,000 troops of the Uighur Khanate and the 150,000 Anxi troops of the Tang Dynasty in the Anxi Protectorate, and persist until Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian raised troops to reinforce.

Mo Yanchu was still thinking in his mind that he wanted to use this opportunity to resist the Arab Empire's eastward expedition to accumulate some merits for his daughter and his soon-to-be-born grandson in the court of the Tang Dynasty, and to accumulate capital for the future appointment of the crown prince!

At this juncture, it is even more impossible for him to choose to surrender to the Arab Empire like the other thirty-five countries in the Western Regions!

This is indeed the case.

After the Arab Empire continued to send troops to the Western Regions and used force to force all 35 of the 36 Western Regions, except the Uighur Khanate, to surrender to the Abbasid Dynasty;

The two deputy governors of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, Lan Yu, Marquis of Anxi, and Huo Qubing, Marquis of Guanjun, and Zuo Liangcai, Marquis of Changxin, who was originally ordered to replace Lan Yu as the deputy governor of the Anxi Protectorate (Northern Prefecture) but eventually gave up due to the outbreak of the Battle of Talas, and Guo Dingfang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, could not sit still immediately;

Finally, after learning the intention of Zuo Liangcai and others, Lan Yu, Marquis of Anxi, took the initiative to resign from his post as deputy governor and personally led 10,000 elite troops to the Uighur Khanate to help, just to defend the last vassal state of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

At this moment, Anxi Hou Lan Yu was stationed in the palace of the Uighur Khanate, ready to dispatch the Uighur Khanate's army to cooperate with the Tang Anxi Army at any time to defeat the Arab Empire's attempt to annex the Uighur Khanate in one fell swoop.

In the palace of the Uighur Khanate, Yingwu Khan Mo Yanchuo, Anxi Hou Lan Yu of the Tang Dynasty, and a group of civil and military officials of the Uighur Khanate were discussing matters.

"Report--"

"Report to the Khan, the scouts in front have an urgent military report!"

Suddenly, a Uighur messenger in armor rushed into the palace hall, knelt down in the hall with a plop, and reported the military situation to Yingwu Khan Mo Yanchuo on the throne.

"Turhong, the general of the Arab Empire's Eastern Expedition, has assembled 500,000 troops and divided them into four routes to attack our Uighur Khanate;"

"The four cities of Black Tiger City, Khatun City, Meijian City, and Princess City are in distress, and the soldiers defending the cities request reinforcements!"

"What?"

As soon as this news came out, the heroic Khan of the Uighur Khanate on the throne stood up suddenly.

The Uighur civil and military officials who were discussing matters in the palace hall were also in an uproar and looked sideways.

The four cities of Black Tiger, Khatun, Meijian, and Princess are the four barrier cities outside the capital of the Uighur Khanate, Harabalegas. Once one of the cities falls into the hands of the enemy, the army of the Arab Empire can march straight in and reach the capital of the Uighur Khanate.

This Turhong is also cruel enough. If he didn't move his troops, it would be fine. Once he did, he sent out 500,000 troops.

At present, the entire Uighur Khanate has only more than 200,000 defenders, including the more than 10,000 Tang Anxi troops under the command of Lan Yu, the Marquis of Tang.

In addition, the cities in the Western Regions are not like those in the Central Plains. The walls are high and easy to defend, and there are moats outside to protect them.

Once the siege begins, it will be a life-and-death battle between the soldiers of the attacking and defending sides. With only the current 200,000 Uighur defenders, it will be difficult to hold out for a long time in the face of the strong attack of the 500,000 Arab Empire army.

It is unknown when the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty will arrive in the Western Regions!

Almost subconsciously, everyone in the hall, including the Yingwu Khan of the Uighur Khanate, Moyanchuo, focused their attention on Lan Yu, the Marquis of Anxi of the Tang Dynasty.

So much so that Lan Yu had to cough twice to cover up his embarrassing situation.

In the end, it was the Yingwu Khan Moyanchuo who took the initiative to speak: "My Lord, the army of the Arab Empire has already arrived at the city of our Uighurs;"

"My Lord must be well aware of the city defense and armaments of our Uighur Khanate. With our current strength and the combat effectiveness of the army, I am afraid it will be difficult to withstand the sharp edge of the Arab Empire's eastward expedition army!"

"I don't know--"

As he said, Moyanchuo changed the subject and asked tentatively: "I don't know if the Khan Zhaowu Emperor When will the reinforcements arrive at the Uighur Khanate, leading the warriors of our Uighur Khanate to rise up and defeat the invading Arab Empire enemy forces! "

Uh——

Hearing this, Lan Yu, who knew that the reinforcements were only a thousand cavalry, had a stagnant expression on his face, but he had to bite the bullet and replied with a smile: "Khan, the reinforcements of my Tang Dynasty have arrived in Shule City;"

"I believe that they will arrive at the Uighur Khanate soon and join forces with the Uighur Khanate's garrison to fight the enemy together!"