Chapter 1177: Turning Thousands of Miles
Each of these silks sold to the Roman Empire in the West can be worth thousands of gold, hundreds of horses are millions of gold, Xue Yu looked at the silk that had turned into ashes, and his heart was full of happiness, the loss of these big cannibals was enough to make their flesh and liver hurt for several years.
But this was not his ultimate goal, he was going to completely disrupt the trade routes of the Great Cannibals, making it difficult for their caravans to enter the river.
Although the loss of the goods brought by the merchant's trade would also put Pahanna in a predicament of shortage of living materials, Xue Yu would rather live a tight life at home than take revenge on the big cannibal.
The governor of Khorasan who was sitting in Mulu City was already in a rage, thinking of this, Xue Yu's mood was much better.
However, the raid was only a raid, and it could not really defeat the Great Cannibal, and once the 30,000 Great Eater Infantry from the west of Khorasan arrived at Mulu City, the cavalry of Bakhana could not act as arbitrarily as they did now.
Xue Yu ordered the cavalry to retreat, and then sighed lightly, his eyes looked to the east, not knowing what happened to Zheng Xianli, who was acting with him. In contrast, Zheng Xianli was facing the elite cavalry left in Khorasan by Da Shi, and if he was accidentally bitten, it was likely that it would be difficult to get out.
After all, the Tang Dynasty was defeated by the Great Cannibals one after another, and even Xue Yu, who had a strong sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty, was inevitably a little suspicious of the combat effectiveness of the Tang soldiers, and there might be no room for ease in front of the Great Cannibals.
Of course, this is his subconscious tilt in a better direction. In fact, Zheng Xianli even lost the four towns of Anxi, and it was still uncertain to expect him to be able to independently support the situation of Tocharo.
The losses of Bahan's cavalry today were the most disturbed in the previous raids, and after counting, the number of cavalry that had lost their combat effectiveness reached more than 200.
The battlefield is brutal, this kind of attack deep behind enemy lines, once the cavalry loses their combat effectiveness and ability to act, there is only one way to wait for their fate, that is, death.
The difference is only in dying at the hands of the enemy or at the hands of one's own people.
Xue Yu chose the latter and sent these warriors who were seriously injured and difficult to transfer with the army to heaven. Then, a fire broke the body of the warrior of Bahanna into ashes, which was blown away by a strong wind across the heavens and the earth of Khorasan.
The Heroic Spirit of the Warriors of Bakhanna will bless the living, slay the enemy, and return safely to the steppes of Bakhanna.
On an unnamed high slope, Xue Yu stared coldly at Mulu City in the distance. The city was nailed like a nail to the eastern edge of the Persian plateau, to the southwest to control the homeland of Tochoro, and to the northeast to clamp the fertile valley of the river.
With Khorasan in control of these two places, he could rival almost any empire. And the big cannibal has Khorasan, Xue Yu is just the prince of the little country of Bakhana, and the country of Bahana can only survive in the gap between the two empires.
Finally, the spoils of war were counted, and although the losses were heavy, the harvest was also extremely rich, except for the large quantities of silk burned and the fine porcelain that were smashed, and the jewels and gold coins alone were enough to cover the tax payable by Bahan for ten years.
On the back, waist, and saddle of each cavalryman were hung bags with jewels and gold coins.
Xue Yu knew that the raid might be over, and he had to send these booty back to Bahana in the river.
At the same time as Xue Yu withdrew his troops, Zheng Xianli had already burned down the important hub town of Khorasan in Tocharian homeland.
The destruction of Jumi made Iprahim furious, and he vowed to catch the person who was playing with him and tear them to shreds himself.
However, looking at the city of Kumi, which had been burned to ashes, Iprahim still felt like crying without tears.
Soon, Iprasim found the surviving Kumi Merchant and learned an important piece of information from them, that is, the cavalry confronting him was not the cavalry of Bahanna, but the yellow-skinned and small-eyed Tang people.
This made Iprasim feel more and more excited, he even dreamed of taking the big * cavalry to abuse the Tang Dynasty army, and now the opportunity has finally come, as long as he catches up with the Tang Dynasty cavalry, and then annihilate it all, then his military exploits may also catch up with Muslim back then.
The rangers soon detected the movement, and they had made a beeline for the upper reaches of the Wuhu River, near the city of Dutuo in the Green Mountains.
The Green Ridge runs north and south, separating the river from the four towns of Ansi, and only a few valleys can be used as roads to connect with each other, the closest of which is the alluvial valley of the Bole River and the Xido River.
Passing through the valley and then to the northeast, passing through the Drinking Pantuo and crossing the Qingling Ridge, is Shule Town, one of the four towns of Anxi.
Located at the westernmost end of this valley passage, the city has always been a distribution center for merchants from all walks of life.
Zheng Xianli's choice of this place as his next foothold was also deliberate.
To the south of the valley leading to the town of Shule is the kingdom of Lesser Bolu and the greater kingdom of Bolu.
These two small states close to the western part of Tibet were destroyed by Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing respectively. Later, Xiao Bolu, near Shule Town in the north, was changed to the Quy Nhon Army during the Tianbao period, and nearly 1,000 Tang soldiers were stationed in its country.
As for the Great Bolu Kingdom, it was ruled by the descendants of the Great Bolu royal family, which was close to the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Zheng Xianli was still a general under Feng Changqing, and he personally participated in the expedition and surprise attack, so he was very familiar with the terrain and tribes here, including the current king of the Great Bolu Kingdom, Zheng Xianli.
At the critical moment, you can ask the king of the Great Bolu Kingdom for help, if the king of the Great Bolu Kingdom does not miss the old feelings, Zheng Xianli is still sure that his country will be destroyed, and then a new king will be raised, and then the Bolu people will join forces with him to fight against the Great Cannibal.
Now, the city of Dimtuo in front of Zheng Xianli made him a little contradictory, the city of Dimtuo had always been friendly with the Tang Dynasty, and did not surrender and fell to the Great Cannibal, and had always maintained a relatively independent situation, and the Great Cannibal did not put the city of Dimtuo under his troops after seizing the river.
This is also thanks to the Tubo people, in addition to the Tang Dynasty has been competing with the Tang Dynasty for the big and small Bolu, but also for the Shule Town to the west of the green valley, perhaps because the big cannibals are unwilling to offend the Tang Dynasty and the two strong enemies of the Tubo at the same time, so they did not capture the city of Dutuo, which is close to the Tubo.
The news of the big cannibal is blocked, maybe it is not yet known that Tubo has completely surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the deterrent power of Tubo is gradually weakening, and it is only a matter of time before the big cannibal takes action against the city of Dutuo.
Less than ten miles into the city of Dutuo, a number of merchants suddenly came up to meet Zheng Xianli, the highest of which was a Persian.