Tibet

Chapter 242 Brothers turn against each other
"I heard that the other party knew the plan of the Tocharian Legion in advance and set up a trap."

Kun Dushi hesitated and said again: "I think there may be a general of the Tang Army commanding here!"

"Tang Jun!"

Abu Muslim was taken aback, "How do you know?"

"I carefully inquired about the battle situation at that time. According to their description, Kesai City should have built a suspension bridge to prevent the cavalry in the city from escaping. The suspension bridge is something unique to the Tang Dynasty, so I concluded that there are Tang troops in the city."

Abu Muslim nodded, and asked again: "Then did you send someone to Kesai City to understand the situation in the city? You have studied in the Tang Dynasty. Don't you know that there is an old saying in the Tang Dynasty, which is 'Know yourself and know your enemy.' Battle yum'?"

"I know, I also sent spies to Kesai City disguised as businessmen, but I haven't heard any news yet. In addition, there are also businessmen from Bahan, and I can learn about the situation from them."

Abu Muslim just casually said that he came to Shi Country today for another purpose.

"What about the things I asked you to prepare? You promised to give me that treasure book." Abu Muslim said calmly with his hands behind his back.

Kun Dushi took out a copy of the "Precious Book" from the box prepared in advance, handed it to Abu Muslim and said, "Your Excellency, we have an agreement."

"Don't worry! The caliph has personally promised you to unify Sogdia and make you the king of Sogdia. At the same time, you will also be the governor of the river. As long as you can pay taxes on time, your descendants will be the lord of the river."

After finishing speaking, Abu Muslim hurriedly unfolded the scroll. There are two volumes in the treasure book, one is for civil use and the other is for military use. Abu Muslim is not interested in civilian use. copy of .

Most of the contents here are known to Abu Muslim. They have cooperated many times before. What Abu Muslim wanted was the content of gunpowder, but he kept reading until the end, but he couldn’t find the content of gunpowder. He read it again. Still no gunpowder.

Abu Muslim Huo Di raised his head and asked, "Why is there no content about gunpowder?"

Kun Dushi shook his head, "There has never been any record of gunpowder in the treasure book."

Abu Muslim said angrily, "But you told the Caliph before!"

"That's my record. I witnessed the craftsmen experimenting with gunpowder. With a 'boom!', the flames shot up into the sky and the roof was lifted off, but I never said that there is a record of gunpowder in the treasure book, otherwise I would have made it a long time ago. Out."

"Is that so?" Abu Muslim asked coldly.

"I will not deceive the governor, let alone the caliph. I have sent my son to Chang'an to find the secret of gunpowder. They set off for Chang'an in spring, so they should be back next spring."

Kundushi handed a sheepskin to Abu Muslim, "This is my record about gunpowder!"

Abu Muslim took it over and looked at it. It was all what he said before. It was all the results of various experiments. There was no gunpowder formula or manufacturing process. It was simply a hymn to gunpowder. Abu Muslim didn’t want it and gave it back over him.

"This is meaningless, can your son get the secret of gunpowder?"

"I have some important clues, I have confidence in him, I believe he will succeed!"

"All right!"

Abu Muslim was really helpless, "I will wait for you for a few more months!"

Is there no gunpowder content in the treasure book?have!It's just that when Kundushi made the copy, he deliberately deleted the paragraph about gunpowder.

How shrewd is he, knowing that Da Shi wants to get the gunpowder wholeheartedly, if he takes it out too early and loses its use value, what will happen if Da Shi refuses to promise in the end?
If he does not become the king of Sogdia, he will not take it out for a day.

Of course, he has also conducted repeated research and knows that charcoal and sulfur should be added to it. He understands these two things, but what is nitrate?A Sogdian merchant brought back nitrate from the Tang Dynasty, which was exactly the same as the nitrate used by Master, but he just couldn't make gunpowder.

The reason is that the Sogdian merchant brought back Glauber's salt instead of Huo's salt, so the source was wrong, and the subsequent formulas would naturally go wrong step by step.

There is no way, he can only wait for the opportunity, and when the master dies, he will bring back the gunpowder samples and raw materials from the bridge mausoleum,
His son, Shi Du, has gone to Chang'an, but there is no news about it, and he doesn't know if he will come back in spring.

Abu Muslim took the sand table to the expensive hotel to study carefully. Although he didn't get the gunpowder, but got the sand table, the goal of this trip was half achieved.

In the morning of the next day, accompanied by Kundu Shi, Abu Muslim visited the large armory of Shiguo. The arsenal is located in the southwest corner of the palace. There are hundreds of various siege weapons built over time, including ordinary siege ladders and large siege ladders, trebuchets, battering rams, nest carts, etc.

Even Abu Muslim is a bit envious. After they take the middle of the river, they will continue to conquer Egypt and need these siege weapons.

"What else is needed now?" asked Abu Muslim.

"I still need an army!"

Kundu Shi said bluntly: "There are only 5000 people in the Shi Kingdom, which is not enough to destroy Bahana."

"In addition to the 5000 people of the Tocharian Legion, isn't that enough?"

Kun Dushi thought for a while and said, "It would be enough if there were 5000 more people."

"Then hand over the 5000 men of the Sogdian Legion to you."

The Sogdian Legion, like the Tocharian Legion, is also an alien legion controlled by Dashi. It is under the jurisdiction of the Khorasan Governor’s Mansion. It is composed of Sogdians who believe in the Great Food Cult, and they are stationed in the Huoxun Kingdom in the north of Khorasan.

What Kundu Shi wanted was the five thousand Sogdian army, he nodded, "Then we've made a deal!"

Abu Muslim went back to the expensive hotel to rest. Kundushi’s brother Chebishi rushed to the palace and said to his brother very dissatisfied: “My brother promised my father to keep a distance from the big cannibals. Now the Governor of Khorasan He actually came to Shi Country, is it true that brother is going to completely betray his promise to his father and completely surrender to the cannibal?"

It is impossible for all countries to be 100% one-sided. There are leftists and rightists. In Sogdia, there are pro-Tang factions and pro-Turkish factions. It used to be Turkic, but now it is Dashi.

Kundushi is a typical pro-Dashi faction, while his brother Chebishi is a pro-Datang faction. Since Kundushi became king, the pro-Dashi faction has become more and more powerful, and the pro-Datang faction has become more and more powerful. Potential weak.

Kundu Shi said coldly: "You promised not to interfere with my king's power!"

"I promised, and I didn't intend to interfere with your power, but you broke your promise to father, and I need to explain to father!"

Kun Dushi also knew that the veteran officials of the Shi Kingdom who had been dismissed by him in the past few years were dissatisfied with him. His brother was the leader of this group of people and had always opposed him, but it was useless. Their power had been completely deprived and they were all at home.

Kundushi walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said: "Wu Maiye's Dashi Dynasty is corrupt and depraved, and following them will only lead to a miserable death. It is right for my father to choose to be pro-Tang.

But it’s different now. Now it’s the powerful Abbasid Dynasty, so what’s wrong with seizing the opportunity to move closer to the Abbasids, or even completely surrendering to the new Dashi dynasty? "

"And what about your faith?"

Chebishi glared at him and said, "Are you going to betray God Ahura Mazda? Just like the Dashi Temple you built in the city, how do you explain it to the people of Shiguo?"

Kun Dushi snorted, "Abbasi promised me that he would not force us to change our beliefs!"

"The Great Food Sect has always had me without others, do you believe his promise?"

"He is the caliph. If I don't trust him, who else can I trust?"

Che Bishi was surprised and angry: "Could it be that you have already surrendered?"

Kun Dushi squinted his eyes and looked at his brother and said coldly: "Don't ask too much, when I take down the sweater, I will seal the city of Kesai to you, and we will live our own lives, out of sight and out of mind !"

(End of this chapter)