第二百三十五章 攻取石国(上)
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两名长老跪了下来,垂泪道:“神像已经倒了,只求殿下不摧毁神庙,我们就实言相告。”
曼苏尔冷笑一声,“居然还敢和我讨价还价?说吧!宝石在哪里?或许我会饶你们一命。”
两名长老对望一眼,痛苦地说道:“宝石早在三十年前屈波底将军攻克撒马尔罕时便被送走了,目前在石国。”
“石国?”
曼苏尔恼怒起来,呵斥道:“你们还敢骗我!”
“我们不敢欺骗殿下,宝石一直被石国国王收藏,这是当年光明使者护送宝石西去的文书。”
一名长老将一册发黄的文书递上,曼苏尔翻开文书,上面用粟特文详细地记录了三十年前圣物光明之眼被护送到石国的过程,并有石国国王接收圣物的印章。
曼苏尔相信了,确实是被送走了,这时他对这册记录文字的纸发生了兴趣,他早就听说遥远的东方是用纸来记录历史,可以大规模地传播文化和艺术,这一次他来东方,其中很重要的一件事,便是要学会造纸之术。
历史上,曼苏尔是阿拔斯帝国的真正奠基者,他在底格里斯河下游修建了巴格达城,阿拉伯的文化艺术在他统治下得到了极大地繁荣,也改变了欧洲的历史,这一刻,他的注意力转到了纸上。
他将文书一合,淡淡一笑道:“好吧!我就不提光明之眼了,如果你们能告诉我,如何能造出这种纸,我就暂时保留你们的神庙。”
两名长老愣住了,从宝石一下子跳到造纸上,这位殿下的思路也未免太快了,其中一名长老忽然想起一事,连忙道:“我倒有个造纸的线索。”
“说!什么线索?”
长老想了想便道:“去年在呼罗珊以东,大食军和唐军发生了一次战役,当时穆斯林将军俘获了一千余名唐军,便是安置在撒马尔罕,里面有不少工匠,我们神庙曾经雇来十几名唐军画匠替我们绘图,我记得其中有人说,他们会造纸,殿下可以去找他们。”
曼苏尔喜出望外,此刻火焰宝石之事暂时被他抛在脑后了,他急忙问道:“这些战俘现在在哪里?”
“这个我们不知,要问穆斯林将军。”
“我知道了!”
曼苏尔心情愉悦,他站起身一挥手道:“传我的命令,暂停拆毁神庙!”
曼苏尔翻身上马,在数百随从的簇拥下快速向城外军营而去,神庙被保住了,广场上一片欢腾,教徒们纷纷向太阳跪拜,感谢主神显灵,大食士兵也陆续撤离了神庙。
这时,两名长老迅速来到广场西面,十二名黑衣圣女正跪在神像前祈祷。
“俱兰!”一名长老喊了一声,圣女中站起一人,她摘下面巾,正是石国的公主石俱兰。
“长老,有什么事?”
“你随我来!”
石俱兰跟着两名长老进了神庙,来到一间密室,一名长老低声道:“把光明之眼给我。”
圣物光明之眼在俱兰身上的秘密,只有他们三人知道,石俱兰取出一只贴身的皮囊,从皮囊中拿出了李庆安给她的火焰宝石,递给了长老。
长老将宝石放在桌上,跪了下来,在淡淡的灯光映照下,宝石内有火焰在熊熊燃烧,在火焰中间就仿佛一只神秘的眼睛。
“阿胡拉马兹主神啊!保佑你们信徒吧!”
他们跪在地上,默默地祈祷着,念完一卷经,一名长老将宝石郑重地交给了俱兰,道:“我们只能骗曼苏尔一时,他很快就会知道真相,神庙估计是保不住了,为了保住这最后的圣物,你带着它立刻返回石国,愿阿胡拉马兹主神眷顾你。”
“愿阿胡拉马兹主神眷顾你!”
.........城外的军营内,大食呼罗珊总督穆斯林正默默注视着地图,在他身后,站着大将齐雅德和刚从碎叶逃回的萨乌德。
唐军占领碎叶的消息他早已经知道了,但唐军换主将的消息他才刚刚知晓,去年他击败高仙芝后便知道唐朝还会入侵碎叶,为此他派出探子装扮成商人去收集高仙芝的情报,高仙芝的姓格、爱好、习惯等等细节,他都收集到了大量的情报。
可是唐军换将后,意味着他几个月的努力全部付之流水,对这个新来的主将他一无所知。
“总督阁下,这个李庆安我知道一点。”身后的大将齐雅德低声道。
“嗯,你说吧!”
“我的手下有几名从前年碎叶战役中逃出的士兵,他们说这名唐军主帅很擅长使用弓箭,他本人就是一名箭术高手,朱迪尔就是在战场上被他一箭射死,所以我们应该在防御弓箭方面下功夫。”
“我也是很担心唐军的弓箭啊!”
穆斯林长叹了一声道:“从去年俘获的唐军手中,我得到不少唐弓,确实非常犀利,可惜战俘中无人会制作,而且他们铠甲也很结实,看得出唐军是一个强劲的对手,甚至还强于拜占庭,我们不能调以轻心,对付唐军,我决定使用马其顿方阵,你要加快训练!”
“卑职明白,已经在着手训练,快结束了。”
穆斯林点点头,又对另一名大将本.侯梅德道:“我很担心石国没有能力执行我的策略,你率三千轻骑兵立刻赶去石国,如果去晚了,也不要急着回来,直接驻防在北方的怛罗斯城,如果唐军有继续西进的趋向,你就发兵阿史不来城,逼迫唐军回援,明白了吗?”
“是!卑职遵令。”
就在这时,门口有人禀报:“总督,曼苏尔殿下来了!”
阿布.穆斯林吃了一惊,他急忙收起地图,对几名大将道:“你们记住,千万不能对他透露碎叶已失的消息。”
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