Chapter 367 There Is No Other Way but to Conquer (Part 1)
August 22, the first year of Zhaowu in the Tang Dynasty.
The heroic Khan of the Uygur Khanate, Mo Yanchu, and one hundred and seven members of the royal family died for the country. The Arab Empire, which refused to surrender until death, sacrificed the lives of the royal family and practiced the principle of declaring the Tang Dynasty as the suzerainty of the Uyghur Khanate. oath;
Lux, the young prime minister of the Uighur Khanate, was entrusted by the Yingwu Khan on his deathbed. Before the capital Harabalegas was destroyed, he led dozens of loyal ministers of the Uighur Khanate to escape eastward and went to the Eastern Land to seek help from the Uighur Khanate in the Tang Dynasty. The protection of Princess Bijia, now the imperial concubine Yue Qiluo of the Tang Dynasty, was intended to seek help from the Tang Dynasty to restore the country;
Millions of Uighur people were trampled by the cavalry of the Arab Empire's Eastern Expedition, and had to embark on the road of exile from their homes. In the vast Gobi Desert and mountains of the Western Region, displaced Uighur people can be seen everywhere.
On the same day, Chen Huaian, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, led hundreds of thousands of Tang troops to the capital of Uihe, and temporarily took charge of Uihe state affairs in the name of "Tian Khan".
The next day.
The Tang reinforcements led by Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Tang Dynasty, Guo Dingfang, the Marquis of Zhenxi, and Zuo Liangcai, the Marquis of Changxin, gathered in Harabalegas, the capital of Huihe.
Lux, the Uighur Prime Minister who was entrusted by the Yingwu Khan on his deathbed to lead the Uighur Khanate in exile to escape to the Tang Dynasty, also returned to the capital palace under the conscription of Tian Khan Chen Huaian.
After a night of cleaning, the Uihe Palace, which was once littered with corpses and stained with blood, has returned to a clean and tidy appearance.
Only the arrow holes on the beams of the palace hall and the bloodstains on the horns that had turned dark red silently told that this place had been baptized by the cruel fire of war.
Emperor Zhaowu of the Tang Dynasty wore a golden battle armor with a Longquan sword tied to his waist. Under the gaze of the Tang military generals Hou Ye and the surviving civil servants and generals of the Uighur Khanate who were lined up on both sides of the palace hall, he walked through the palace step by step. In the main hall, ascend the throne that symbolizes the highest perfection of the Uighur Khanate.
After Chen Huaian sat down, he issued his first imperial edict since taking over the Uyghur Palace: "The heroic Khan Mo Yanchui of the Uyghur Khanate is the king of a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. In order to safeguard the national majesty and honor of the Tang Dynasty, Sacrifice your life and achieve unparalleled achievements, I think of it in my heart;"
"However, the year is not holiday, and I died young. I lost my thigh and leg, and my heart is broken. The loyalty and bravery of the Yingwu Khan to the Tang Dynasty have been engraved in the annals of history and passed down to future generations;"
"I think of his great achievements and should publicize them to comfort the loyal soul and inspire the future;"
"Today, I am hereby bestowing the posthumous title of Huihe Yingwu Khan Moyanchu as the Western King of the Tang Dynasty, Kaifuyi, Tongsansi, and Shangzhu Kingdom. He is given the posthumous title of "Yingwu" and is entitled to enjoy the Ancestral Temple. His descendants will inherit the title hereditary and enjoy the royal family of the Tang Dynasty forever. Favor;"
"I hope all Uighur subjects can follow the example of Yingwu Khan..."
Chen Huaian did not hesitate to praise the Uighur Yingwu Khan who sacrificed his life for his country, and made him the prince of the Tang Dynasty as the king of the vassal country after his death, and let his descendants inherit the title hereditary;
Of course, this is also Chen Huaian paving the way for the Tang Dynasty to take full control of the Western Regions;
Everyone knows that this Yingwu Khan suffers from a hidden disease. He has only one daughter, Princess Yue Qiluo, who has already been married to the Tang Dynasty as the imperial concubine. The rest of the royal family's collateral relatives are also resisting the Arab Empire's Eastern Expedition. Martyred in battle by a large army;
The title of Western King of the Tang Dynasty that Yingwu Khan was posthumously granted could only be inherited by Princess Viga Yue Qiluo and her heirs;
However, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian did this so that others could not find any faults. He also had to express gratitude to the great emperor and Tian Khan for his great kindness.
Sure enough, after hearing the contents of the first edict announced by Chen Huaian on the throne, the commander of the Uyghur royal guard, who was already in tears, the young Uyghur general Aba Bekeli, was the first to stand up and thank the emperor for his kindness: " Thank you, Great Emperor, for your kindness——"
Under the leadership of Aba Bekeli, the other Uighur civil servants and generals who had returned from exile also thanked the Great Emperor Chen Huaian in court: "Thank you, Great Emperor, for your kindness——"
Only a look of helplessness and compassion flashed across the face of the young Prime Minister Lukes, who had a scholarly air and was full of wisdom.
In the end, everyone kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Great Emperor, for your kindness!"
On the throne, Chen Huaian continued to issue the second edict: "After today's court meeting, I will immediately post the imperial notice to the exiled Uighur people and ministers in my name, so that they can return home with peace of mind;"
"Furthermore, from now on, the people of the Uighur Khanate who refuse to surrender to the enemies of the Eastern Expedition can enjoy the same tax policy as the people of the Tang Dynasty, and all taxes will be reduced by half for the next five years;"
"The specific implementation policy will be implemented after the coordination between Uighur Prime Minister Lukes and the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Tang Dynasty!"
Wow!
As soon as this edict came out, the Uighur civil servants who were present finally noticed something strange, and the expressions on their faces seemed quite interesting and complicated.
However, no one dared to stand up and refute.
First, there are the surviving Uighur civil servants and generals who are still immersed in the grief of the death of the Great Khan and the nearly annihilation of the Uighur country;
Secondly, as the Arab Empire's army on the Eastern Expedition stormed the Uighur Khanate, the already weak military strength of the Uighurs was already dead and surrendered. The total is less than a thousand;
If the Uighur Khanate wants to recuperate and return to its former hegemony of the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions, it can only and must rely on the power of its suzerain country, the Tang Dynasty;
Furthermore, Chen Huaian, the Great Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was also revered as the Heavenly Khan who was the co-lord of the Western Regions;
They have always obeyed the orders of the Khan unconditionally.
On the throne, Chen Huaian had no mood or time to care about the changes in the expressions of these Huihe civil and military officials. He continued to issue orders: "My dear ministers, after I have temporarily stabilized the situation in the Huihe capital, I will need you to work together to discuss how to defeat the enemy on the eastern expedition;"
As he said, Chen Huaian asked Zhao Zilong in the hall: "General Zhao, you are the first Tang general to arrive in the Huihe capital, and you know the situation of the enemy on the eastern expedition much better than me and the others;"
"Next, you will introduce to everyone the situation of the Arab Empire's army on the eastern expedition!"
"I have received your order!"
The chief general of the Imperial Guard, Zhao Zilong, immediately accepted the order and then stepped across to stand in the hall. Without thinking, he "Your Majesty, according to the information I have, the enemy troops besieging the Huihe capital Harabalegas totaled 200,000;"
"Yesterday, after I led the Imperial Guards to the Huihe capital, I had a brief battle with the Arab Eastern Expedition Army that besieged the city, and killed more than 10,000 enemies;"
"But most of the enemy troops have withdrawn to Heihu, Meijian, and Khatun in an orderly manner!"
After a pause, Zhao Zilong continued: "According to the information I have found, the Arab troops that evacuated from the Princess City have also withdrawn to Heihu, Meijian, and Khatun!"
"Conservatively estimated, the total number of enemy troops still in Huihe at this time is still more than 500,000!"
"The enemy situation faced by our Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions is still severe!"