I Can’t Play This Game Anymore

Latest website: When Ji Han heard about the Yin soldiers, he didn't pay much attention.

After all, the so-called shady soldiers had already seen several cars along the way. This statement was so common that it no longer caused any fear to Chen Ke.

Sure enough, Chen Ke said curiously:

"Yin soldiers? Fellow Taoist, we cultivators are still afraid of this. After all, it is within the scope of our profession. Since fellow Taoists know that there are Yin soldiers here, why don't you deal with them directly?"

The purple-robed Taoist turned back to look at Chen Ke and snorted:

"First, I really admire the brave soldiers who once existed here.

Second, they cannot harm anyone here, on the contrary, they can protect the stability here.

Last but not least, I can't handle the trail. "

Ji Han said curiously:

"Fellow Taoist, what is the origin of those Yin soldiers you mentioned?"

The purple-robed Taoist sighed and began to look at the stone city and talk about its history:

"Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, destroyed the Gaochang Kingdom of TLF and established the Anxi Protectorate in Jiaohe City to manage military and political affairs in the Western Region. Later, Guo Xiaoke, the Anxi Protectorate, defeated the Kucha Kingdom and moved the Anxi Protectorate to Kucha to govern Qiuci, The four towns of Yanqi, Khotan, and Shule guard the northwest frontier of the Tang Dynasty, do you know these?"

The four people nodded. Chen Ke had popularized these before.

The purple-robed Taoist nodded and continued:

"At that time, the enemy in the Western Regions was no longer the Huns, but Tubo.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsan Gampo commanded 200,000 Tibetan troops to attack Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty, but was defeated by the Tang army. He sent a special envoy to Chang'an to apologize and ask for peace. Later, Princess Wencheng entered Tibet and began the 20-year peaceful cooperation between Tang and Tibet.

More than ten years after the deaths of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and Songtsen Gampo, the conflict between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty re-emerged over the struggle for the Western Regions. During the Battle of Dafeichuan in Qinghai, the war between Tang Dynasty and Tubo broke out.

The four towns of Anxi in the Western Region have also become places of repeated contention between the two sides and have changed hands several times.

But crises always occur when there is turmoil in the Central Plains. Later, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, bringing serious disasters to the Central Plains. The Tang troops stationed in the Hexi Corridor and the Anxi Protectorate in the Western Regions had to be transferred to the interior one after another to participate in countering the rebellion.

The Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate received the edict from Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the Anxi marching commander Li Qijun, the hussar general Li Siye, and the left and right Jinwu Guard general Ma Phosphorus led their troops back to the Central Plains. A total of 15,000 elite troops were recalled.

The two military governors in Anxi and Beiting, located in the Western Region, were suddenly greatly weakened. Tubo took advantage of the opportunity, attacked the Hexi Corridor with all its strength, and marched into the Western Regions. After that, Tubo captured the area west of Fengxiang in Shaanxi and north of Sichuan Fenzhou. Later, he continued to capture the land of Longyou, cutting off Hexi from the Central Plains.

At that time, the Tibetan army even captured Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and only withdrew after half a month.

More than ten years later, Tubo moved northward along the Qilian Mountains, and Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Guazhou in Hexi fell successively. With the fall of Shazhou, an important town that had fought against Tibet for many years, the Hexi Corridor was completely lost. The connection between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty was cut off. The troops stationed in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty were isolated outside the fortress and faced a very difficult and dangerous situation.

However, the Beiting Protectorate still had the remaining troops of the Hanhai, Tianshan, and Yiwu armies commanded by Yi Beiting Jiedushi Li Yuanzhong to hold on. The Anxi Protector Guo Xin led the Anxi army to control the four towns of Anxi. The two places were never occupied. The Tubo army captured.

Later, Li Yuanzhong and Guo Xin sent messengers to Chang'an via the Uighurs to report the military situation to the DPRK.

At this time, the Anshi Rebellion had long since subsided, and Tang Dezong Li Shi was already in power in the Tang Dynasty.

Only then did the imperial court know that the two governor's mansions in the Western Regions were still intact, and Li Yuanzhong was named the Protector of Beiting and Prince of Ningsai, and Guo Xin was appointed Protector of Anxi and Prince of Wuwei.

However, they were unable to provide any reinforcements in terms of troops, money and food.

Later, the eminent monk Wukong met Guo Xin in Qiuci on his way back from Tianzhu, and also met with the local garrison envoys in Shule, Yutian and Yanqi, indicating that the four towns of Anxi were still in the hands of the Tang army at this time.

They mobilized the army and the people, stationed in the fields and recruited troops, developed the economy, minted coins, and always used the reign name of the Tang Dynasty. Although completely with the Central Plains

The contact was severed, but the territory of the Tang Dynasty was still maintained in the far western regions.

Beiting was captured by Tibet. At this time, Li Yuanzhong had died four years ago. Yang Xigu, the successor of Beiting's military governor, led more than 2,000 people to evacuate to Xizhou. After failing to contact Uighur to regain Beiting, Yang Xigu was killed by Uighur Prime Minister Jie Gangas.

Datang lost contact with Anxi and did not know the survival of the Anxi Protectorate. In fact, it had given up control of Anxi.

However, what the court would not have expected is that Anxi was still struggling to persevere under the leadership of Jiedushi Guo Xin.

Guo Xin was born in a family of famous generals. His grandfather Guo Jingzhi was the governor of Shouzhou and went to Zhuguo. His father, Guo Ziyun, was a guerrilla general. His uncle was Guo Ziyi, King of Fenyang, who was a hero in quelling the Anshi Rebellion.

General Yunhui and General Zuowuwei Guo Xin were ordered to patrol Hexi and Anxi and other places. Later, he successively served as the Liuhou of the Four Towns of Anxi, the Protector of Anxi, and the Jiedushi of the Four Towns. In charge of the Anxi Protectorate.

When he first arrived, Khotan fell first among the four towns in Anxi.

But it was not until eighteen years later that Qiuci, where the Anxi Protectorate was located, was finally captured by the Tibetans.

Under the extremely difficult situation, Guo Xin led the remaining Tang army to persist for another 18 years!

Although in the history books, there is no exact record of the time of Anxi's final fall and the whereabouts of Guo Xin.

But I finally confirmed that the last barrier they were guarding was this stone city, and most of the Yin soldiers inside were transformed at that time. Let alone being incapable, how could I be qualified to deal with them? "

Hearing this, Ji Han and the others were a little emotional. Even though they did not see those Tang soldiers with their own eyes, after listening to the purple-clothed Taoist priest's story, such a scene appeared in their minds:

At the last moment when the city was defeated, the white-haired Prince of Wuwei, Guo Xin, led a group of hungry and exhausted veterans, braving the falling snow, still standing on the top of the Kucha city and fighting with the Tibetan soldiers until they all died heroically for their country.

This is not a historical interpretation, nor is it a cliche plot. This is a real development of the past in this ancient ruins in front of you.

These people did not even leave their names in the history books, but what they did was more worthy of respect than those emperors and generals.

Ji Han asked:

"How can fellow Taoist know so much about the situation here? Is it possible that you have some connection with this place?"

The Taoist priest in purple ate the last two pieces of pork breasts, waved his hand and said:

"I came here before and listened to my senior brother talk about it in general, and then I went back to check the relevant books in detail."

"But since it's not to deal with the evil soldiers here, what's the purpose of fellow Taoist coming here this time?"