Chapter 868

"Boom!"

On the road to Anxi, the earth shook, the earth shook, and each troop carrier was full of eighteen or nineteen people, pulled by four horses, speeding on the cement road. Unlike the usual carriages, each of these carriages had a white folding sail mounted on it. The sail was about six feet high and eight feet wide, and when the wind was favorable, the sail was stretched to the extreme, cooperating with the horses to speed up the troop transport.

And once the wind is against the wind, the soldiers in the carriage fold the sails as fast as they can. This is what Zhang Shouzhi said according to Wang Chong, using the principle of sails, hoping to transport the Western Capital Protector to Talas as soon as possible.

All the way into the Western Regions, Wang Chong's brows slowly wrinkled unconsciously.

The impact of this war on the Western Regions was much stronger than imagined, and Wang Chong had been to the Western Regions when he met Hulu Yege before, and the Western Regions were extremely prosperous at that time. Zhaowu nine surnames, 36 countries in the Western Regions, as well as merchants of big food and strips are gathered here, all kinds of pearls, agate, spices are everything. It was the gathering of merchants from various countries here that made the Western Regions rich and prosperous.

But Wang Chong entered the Western Regions this time, and almost all the bazaars were depressed, and there was no figure in sight, and almost all the cities he passed along the way became empty cities, and there was a tense smell everywhere.

"It seems that the battle between the Tang Dynasty and the Great Food has had a greater impact on the Western Regions than imagined. All the Hu merchants sensed the danger and withdrew ahead of schedule. ”

Wang Chong rode the white hoof, looking at the tall and short cities around him, such a huge city, the streets were empty, and Wang Chong could only see a few people. And they were all nervously looking at the distance, and they didn't dare to approach at all. The scout just glanced in the direction of the men, and the next moment, all the doors and windows were slammed tightly.

"Zhang Que, what's the situation?"

Wang Chong said.

"Back to Master Hou, all the hawks and sparrows have spread all over the surrounding fifty miles, and there is no abnormality. In addition, General Xu Keyi sent a letter, the mission has been completed, they are about a hundred miles ahead of us, General Xu Keyi asked if you need to wait for us and join us together?"

Zhang Que rode his horse and followed from behind with a quick pace.

"No need. Tell them, speed up. No one from the Grolu tribe is allowed to pull down!"

Wang Chong said. When he said the last sentence, Wang Chong's voice suddenly became extremely cold.

"The Hu people are afraid of power but not virtue", the Grolu Department is the key to this war, Gao Xianzhi is still too conceited, conceited to think that these mercenaries will never betray. Hire, hire, these people work for money, and Gao Xianzhi specially arranged them behind the army, which is simply digging his own grave.

But now that Wang Chong has been replaced, everything is completely different. "Compassion is not in charge of the army", war is a major matter of the country, related to the court and the people, any mercy is the benevolence of women, and it is not taken by the generals. If Glolu betrays Datang, he must be prepared to pay the heaviest price!

“...... In addition, give the order to exchange the horses of the troop carriers and the horses of the cavalry, and speed up the march!"

Wang Chong said.

"Yes, Master Hou!"

Zhang Que bowed on horseback and quickly took the order.

When Zhang Que left, Wang Chong's eyes flashed, and he quickly fell on the black and endless army in front of him. Different from the rush of the first southwest battle, this time can be said to be Wang Chong's most fully prepared, more than 100,000 troops, all arms fully cooperated, all the supplies were also in place, one by one, car by car, the traffic was busy, on the newly built cement road in Anxi and Moxi.

But the speed of the march was still too slow, and the speed of the infantry, the craftsmen, the axemen, and the spearmen, these classes were completely different from the cavalry. What's more, there are also a considerable number of crossbows in Wang Chong's team, and the crossbows are also called bed crossbows, each of which is extremely large, and because it is made of the finest steel, each one is extremely heavy. A troop carrier can basically only carry two or three crossbows, and this alone makes Wang Chong's march speed not fast.

However, Wang Chong was already trying his best to speed up the pace of the march, whether it was the small sails loaded on the troop carriers, or the interchange of the horses pulling the cart with the horses of the cavalry, so that the horses could get enough rest and try to maintain enough energy, all in order to speed up the march to the maximum speed and rush to the city of Talas in advance.

Time passed, and the closer we got to the northwest, the more intense the atmosphere of war became, and the more depressed and slaughtered all the cities became.

About three days later, the wind and sand howled ahead, and under the dark clouds hanging low in the sky, a magnificent city with a distinctly military town style gradually came into view. This castle is completely different from other cities, and every ten zhang or so on the city wall, there is a beacon tower, and there are observation towers mixed in, which is something that only the military can use.

"Is this the Four Towns of Anxi?"

Wang Chong said secretly in his heart.

In the entire Western Regions, the most famous place for the Tang Dynasty's military forces is the four towns of Anxi, such as Shaye, Qiuzi, Khotan, and Shule, and it is also the place where the Tang Anxi Protectorate is located. To get from Moxi to Talas, Ansi is a must-see. In his previous life, although Wang Chong had heard the name of the four towns of Anxi for a long time, he had never had the opportunity to get there, let alone get along.

"Drive!"

The king grabbed the horse's belly and galloped forward from the end of the line. Behind him, Xu Keyi and the others glanced at each other and hurriedly followed.

Anthy's architecture is far less elaborate than Middle-earth, and there is a rough smell everywhere. Wang Chong led everyone to ride over, and finally saw the appearance of leaving the four towns of Anxi. This huge city is very crudely built, and the whole is made of huge rocks, and the surface is brushed with layers of thick mud to form this huge and ancient city.

Standing in Anxi for many years, the surface of this city has long been covered with swords, traces of war, in many places there are traces of smoke and fire, and in some places you can even see signs of trebuchets throwing. And frequent wars have dyed the city a black and red color.

"Shattered Leaf City!"

Wang Chong raised his head and saw three mottled characters on the city gate. Seeing these three big words, Wang Chong's heart shook slightly:

"I didn't expect it to be this city!"

Among the four towns of Anxi, Wang Chong has the most intimate sense in his heart, and the most familiar is this legendary Broken Leaf City, the reason is very simple, in another time and space, this is the birthplace of a generation of poets, and many famous generals have also been born. The farthest border fortress town in Datang is this Broken Leaf City.

The army slowly advanced, mighty, all the way into Shattered Leaf City. This previously well-defended military town has now become an undefended city with Gao Xianzhi and more than 30,000 Anxi Du escorts. The gates of the entire Shattered Leaf City were wide open, and no one was stationed at all.

"Master Hou, there is a stone tablet here!"

Just a few dozen feet away from the city gate, Zhang Que suddenly pointed to the side of the road.

Wang Zheng suddenly stopped. This is a huge stone monument, which has become very mottled after being exposed to the wind and rain and polished for a long time. If you don't look closely, you think it's a big brown rock more than two people tall lying on the side of the road. But Wang Chong just glanced at it, and he couldn't help but jump his eyelids.

"Hunting on behalf of the sky!"

Wang Chong recognized it at a glance.

In his previous life, before the birth of his family, Wang Chong had never been out of Beijing, let alone the Western Regions. Even the days of wandering around later, I never went. In the Western Regions, the names of the four major military towns in Anxi are thunderous, but there is another thing that is more famous than the four towns of Anxi, that is, the "Hunting Monument on behalf of the Heavens".

When Wang Chong was still a teenager and was literate, he had heard of this stone. In fact, there are not many people who are afraid that a Jingshi does not know this monument. Because it was set up by a very special person.

Ban Chao!

In the history of Middle-earth Divine Continent, the first generation of Anxi Dadu in the true sense of the word!

Although for the first time in the history of Middle-earth, the Western Regions were opened, and it was in the hands of Zhang Qian that the power of Middle-earth was expanded to the Western Regions. But the real rule here, with influence, is the Ban Chao hundreds of years later! In the territory of the Western Regions, the successive dynasties of Middle-earth have continued to gain and lose, and even the middle has been disconnected for hundreds of years, and most of the Western Regions that have come out of the middle have protected it. But really retrospective. The first generation of the Western Regions Dadu Hu was the Ban Chao of the Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, who wrote as a scholar.

"Although the Western Regions are far away, they are also the land of the Central Plains civilization king, the Son of Heaven is difficult to take care of, I am a subordinate of the Son of Heaven, and I will patrol the hunt on behalf !!of the Son of Heaven!

I don't know how many generations of people with lofty ideals have been inspired by the later generations of people with lofty ideals, generation after generation, one after another, to open up the Western Regions, and this is the situation where today's Tang Dynasty is in the Western Regions! And the place where Ban Chao erected the monument is said to be the place where Zhang Qian first went out of the fortress, and it is also the farthest place that Zhang Qian has ever reached!

This stele has always been a place protected by the heavy soldiers of the capital of the past dynasties.

It was only later, in the battle of Talas, the defeat of the Tang Dynasty, the annihilation of Gao Xianzhi's 30,000 elite soldiers, and the great cannibal soldiers and horses came eastward, they passed through the Green Ridge and marched into the four towns of Anxi, and the first one to be destroyed was the "evil end" in their eyes

Even the fragments were dragged back to the Great Food by them and discarded into the sea.

When the news came, many people in the Middle Earth Divine Continent were heartbroken. Wang Chong was also suffocated in his heart, regarded as a lifelong regret!

This time he sent troops to the Western Regions and went to Talas, but Wang Chong did not expect that he would get his long-cherished wish and see this "Hunting Monument on behalf of the Heavens".

These thoughts flew through his mind, Wang Chong's heart moved, and with a bang, he suddenly turned over from the white hoof black in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Don't worry, this time, the big cannibal will never have any chance to set foot in the country of Datang!!"

Wang Chong's heart was heavy, and he bowed respectfully, and said secretly in his heart. This stele does not know how many loyal ministers and dreams of the Middle-earth Divine Continent are entrusted, this is their dream, and it is also the dream of the entire Middle-earth Divine Continent. Wang Chong would never allow such dreams to be tarnished.

"Let's go!"

Wang Chong took a deep breath, quickly turned on his horse, greeted everyone, and drove towards Broken Leaf City.

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