The Shi Kingdom, with Baishui City (Chimkent) to the north, Jizhak to the south, and Ju Zhanti to the east (Kuzhan later generations), and in the middle is Zhezhe City (Tashkent), the largest castle in Central Asia. The country is about 600 miles long from north to south and about 300 miles wide from east to west. There are farmland, pastures and mountains in the territory. The mountains separated from the Fergana Basin are rich in minerals, so it can also smelte copper and iron. It is also the country with the most sizzling stones at this time, and naturally the richest country.

Such a great country naturally would not surrender to a certain country at once. If Gao Xianzhi had not forced him to rebel in history, the Shi Kingdom would have been completely independent for a longer period of time between the Great Food and the Tang Dynasty.

The King of Shi Kingdom Mo Hedu also thought so.

Just last year, Mo Hedu was named King of Shunyi by the Tang Dynasty, and was recognized by Dashi as King of Shi Kingdom. He also served as the governor of Shi Kingdom. He symbolically went to Khurasan every year to pay some items.

Since stones are rich in rich stones, Mo Hedu only needs to hand over a bag of fifty stones to Governor Khurashan every year. Mo Hedu is naturally willing to do so with such generous conditions.

As for going to the Tang Dynasty, it was even more generous. The tribute caravan sent by the Shi Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty every year, including Sesse Shi, naturally brought far more goods than they went to Khorasan, but they got much more than they brought.

Such tribute is what the Shi Kingdom longs for, and can earn more than five times the profit every year.

Mo Hedu was not a descendant of the native Shi Kingdom nobles. During the Western Turkic period, he also sent Shi Lifa in Shi Kingdom during the prosperity of his country. In fact, he was the governor of Shi Kingdom. About a hundred years ago, Shi Lifa of the Asina family married Princess of Shi Kingdom. Finally, in a "fire", the entire family of the Shi Kingdom royal family was buried in the sea of ​​fire, and Shi Lifa's descendants became the family closest to their bloodline.

So, decades ago, the lineage of the King of the Stone Kingdom changed, and he was actually a descendant of the Ashin family.

Of course, after the new king took office, in order to cater to the people of Shi Kingdom, he naturally named Shi Kingdom and believed in Zoroastrianism.

The Tang Dynasty naturally knew about this background that descendants of the Turkic royal family like the Shi Kingdom wearing the Zhaowu Shi family were also afraid of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, although Gao Xianzhi was forced to rebel in the original history and his capital was looted by the Tang army, Li Longji did not blame Gao Xianzhi, and continued to increase his titles.

The situation in other Central Asian countries is roughly similar to that in Shi Kingdom, but Shi Kingdom is an exception. Due to the barrier of mountains and rivers, the Western Turks did not go deep into them, so they still maintained the royal heritage of the Sogdians.

Of course, after decades, under the strong local inertia, these descendants of the Western Turkic royal family had long been highly assimilated by the Sogdians.

If there was no Talas Governor's Office, after seeing Nasr's army invading, Mo Hedu would definitely surrender to Anguo and Kangguo, but with Talas Governor's Office, he would not have considered this way.

Zhezhe City (Tashkent) is located on the west bank of Zhezhe River (later Qierqike River), a tributary of the Pearl River. It is about eight miles in a radius. The city wall is made of stones, but it is only one meter high. There are 20,000 military and civilian households in the city. It is the largest city in Central Asia today.

In the middle of the city is an inner city made of neatly ground stones, about two miles in a radius, the entire building complex, including the wall, is white, and the architectural style is also deeply influenced by Persia. It is called "White City" in the Stone Kingdom.

There are gardens, springs, military camps, and beautiful palaces in Baicheng.

The garden is built around a hill that originally exists. A clear spring oozes from the hillside. The spring water is weak all year round. After flowing to the bottom of the mountain, it was originally a deep pool, but now it has been transformed into part of the garden by the King of Shi Kingdom.

There is a resting place built in the shape of the Tang Dynasty pavilion near the spring, and there is also the words "Guiyi Pavilion" written by the former Anxi Protector Dong Baoliang.

It is late winter now, and the Shi Kingdom is also in a state of bleakness. It is said that no one should be enjoying Guiyi Pavilion on the hillside, but at this time, there are two people talking on it.

One man and one woman.

The man is the current Prince of Stone, the heir to the throne, Shun is the first, and the woman is his sister, Jinsi Kaiya, who is only fifteen years old.

The king of Shi Kingdom, Mo Hedu, had many wives and concubines, but the mothers of these two people were Sogdians from the Han area. They married Han women during the Great Sui period and settled in Chang'an and became officials in the Great Sui period.

After several generations of mixed races, the two mothers actually looked completely Han, but the appearance of the brother and sister is very different. The brother's Che's nose looks completely Hu, while his younger sister Jinsi Kaiya is a typical Han Chinese appearance.

Of course, the fair skin and towering nose still retain traces of the Sogdians.

Therefore, Mo Heduo also gave the two completely different educations, and naturally provided a complete set of Sogdian aristocratic education for the club, while Jinsikaiya implemented the Tang people's education. However, in the end, things went against their wishes. Jinsikaiya became a devout Zoropa.

The full name of Jinskaiya is "Arta. Jinskaiya". The word before is actually the God of Water, one of the major light gods of the Zoroastrian Church, and the name given by her father is the last one.

It is definitely not easy to have such a name.

At the moment, although she was only facing her own sister, she did not act domineeringly, but seemed to respect her very much.

Jinsikaiya sat on a padded stone bench, listening absent-mindedly as her brother was saying something.

“…”

“…”

"Sister, only you can convince your father and let him send troops to follow the Tang army to the south."

After talking for a long time, the main point is this time.

The question is, as the eldest prince, why don’t he ask Mo Hedu personally, but instead ask his sister to take the lead?

Jinsikai seemed to be commonplace for all this. When he was listening to his brother's talk, he did not ask him to sit down together.

The problem mentioned by the Chebi Bishi Jinsi Kaiya naturally knew.

Just yesterday, a large army came outside the city, with a population of about 3,000, claiming that it had been asked for help from Prince Shi, who was his brother-in-law, Steyranmian, and asked Shiguo to send an army to follow him south.

But King Mo Hedu refused. He was unwilling to go deep into the territory of Shiguo, but was only willing to symbolically send an army to the battle of the squad to threaten the cannibal's flanks in order to strengthen the stance of the defenders there.

The Chebis followed Mo Hedu to Chang'an, and knew the vastness of the Tang Dynasty and the wealth. He naturally wanted to be with the Tang Dynasty, but Mo Hedu was unwilling to stand between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food.

Of course, his real mind is that once the winner is decided, he will immediately turn to the winning side. Before that, he will not ask for a statement easily.

There is a reason why Jinsi Kaia is so difficult.

Just this year, Mo Hedu was about to promise her to Duhe, son of King Kang, because it would be a matter of time before Duhe succeeded King Kang, but things have changed.

In the past, Kang Guo was also in vain between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food, but now Kang Guo completely defected to the Great Food, and unexpectedly became the king of the Kingdom of Kang. In this way, whether to fulfill the engagement of Jinsikaiya's marriage contract is still a question (King Kang Guo was only forty years old, and the position of king was suddenly replaced by his own son, so there must be a great cannibal operation here). This is the reason why she was melancholy.

"Where is the envoy of the governor of the Talas Palace still in the royal palace?"

"Yes, that man is my brother-in-law's apprentice, named Shige Shuminu, and has come to the palace many times."

"Why didn't the Han governor come to the royal palace in person?"

"The governor of the Tang Dynasty naturally has a high opinion of himself, and most of them are afraid that our country will start a sudden attack, so..."

"Well, why don't you and I go outside the city and talk about the governor when I meet you."

"This..., why don't you report to your father first?"

"No, you don't know yet, Father? It's hard for anyone to change his idea."

...

In the camp outside the city, Sun Xiurong, who came here with the Talas brigade, met the Princess of the Shi Kingdom who left his name in history.

In an instant, Sun Xiurong was also moved by Jinsikai's beauty, but what surprised him even more was that this woman was graceful and generous, neither humble nor arrogant, not like a fifteen-year-old girl, but like an adult woman who had experienced many things.

"No wonder"

Sun Xiurong sighed in his heart. After Gao Xianzhi captured Zhezhe City in history, he naturally made a fortune. However, what moved him the most were two treasures, one was naturally Jinsi Kaiya, and the other was two gems, one was the Fengzhe Gem. The peach blossom stone in Sun Xiurong's hand, and the other was the fiery red ser stone. It was the treasure of the Shi Kingdom and the gem called the holy object by the Zoroastrians of the Shi Kingdom.

The gem Gao Xianzhi took was probably the fiery red squeak stone.

"A person like her must have had some experience since childhood to become like this."

Sun Xiurong thought to himself.

"Governor"

Jinsi Kaiya can speak fluent Chang'an words, and her voice is pleasant, and when she speaks it, it is like the crying of kites in the orchid in the valley, which makes people intoxicated.

"Are you really sure to defeat the army of the Great Cannibal? The Great Cannibal is less than 10,000 under Qishi City, and you only have three thousand people here..."

Sun Xiurong said: "From the princess' perspective, how does the army that thrusts the cavalry and the cannibals compare with those who cannibals?"

Jinsikaiya said: "In the past, when Sulu Khan was in power, he had fought against the Cannibal several times, and both sides were unbeaten. So, the two sides should be almost the same..."

"That's it. When my Tang Dynasty attacked the Thunder Ye City of Talas River, the number of people was far less than that of the Tukhas. Especially in my way, there were only one thousand tribal cavalry and one thousand young soldiers. However, the Erweitler army in Talas had 15,000. No matter from any perspective, I could not win, but I still defeated it. Now my young soldiers have increased to 3,000, and I have strong military skills. Can't even defeat 10,000 large-scale soldiers?"

"If there are three thousand people from Shi Kingdom heading south together, it will be easier to defeat the cannibals."

...

The next day, Jinsikai convinced Mo Hedu, but Mo Hedu only asked the chariot to take two thousand cavalry to follow Sun Xiurong south.

But Mo Hedu was not completely unconcerned.

Before leaving, he said to Sun Xiurong: "Governor, our country's small country is weak and cannot bear the big setbacks. This time, the chariot and two thousand cavalry went south, so he naturally had to follow the leader of the Tang Dynasty. However, this time he also brought five thousand troops for a month's food and grass. Let him be an auxiliary force to take care of the baggage."

Sun Xiurong did not refute him, but nodded solemnly.
Chapter completed!