The cavalry encircled and annihilated the enemy army with a fixed method of warfare, most of them were frontal charges, the left and right flanks were outflanked, and the enemy army was encircled and annihilated by advancing in three directions.

The combat effectiveness of the more than two hundred bandits in front of them could not be compared with the elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, and the bandits didn't even have time to react, a team of cavalry killed them head-on, and before they could gather to make a resisting move, the left and right wings had been outflanked and sealed by the Tang army.

There is no suspense in the next battle, the Tang army is 1,000 people, the bandits are 200 people, both sides are not in the same order of magnitude in terms of number or combat power or array, Chang Zhong personally led the troops to charge head-on, only one back and forth sprint to scatter the bandits, the left and right wings were outflanked, and the halberd hook and sickle were raised to the bandits one-sided slaughter, the bandits failed to organize effective resistance at all, and most of them had been slaughtered by the Tang army.

Gu Qing led Han Jie and the other guards to stand in the distance, witnessing this unfair fight from beginning to end, and after the battle, Gu Qing smacked his lips with a satisfied smile on his face.

As Gu Qing expected, the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Zuo Wei are really elite, and in a small-scale battle, you can see their rigorous arrangement of troops and calmly divided and strangled, the quality of individual soldiers is very strong, and the command level of the generals is also remarkable, worthy of the army of the Tang Dynasty, at least the army led by him in front of him did not insult the reputation of the Tang Dynasty.

Most of the enemy was wiped out, and the living bandits were dismounted, threw down their weapons, and threw up their hands in surrender.

Chang Zhong left two hundred soldiers to clean up the battlefield and capture the bandits, and turned his head to see Gu Qing leading his guards to stand on the high place of sandbags and watch them quietly, Chang Zhong hurriedly rode his horse to meet them.

"Deputy envoy, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, the bandits have been annihilated, the living bandits have also been surrendered, and about 20 people in the Hu caravan have been rescued."

Gu Qing said with a smile: "I saw General Chang's ability to lead the troops to fight just now, it is really extraordinary, the soldiers have worked hard." ”

Chang Zhong grinned and said: "It's just a group of thieves, it can be solved in three or two efforts, it's not hard, only two soldiers under the command of this battle were slightly injured, and there were no war dead." ”

Gu Qing stared at the group of bandits who were tied up by the five flowers, and said, "Do you know where those bandits came from?" ”

Chang Zhong shook his head and said, "I don't know, I haven't had time to interrogate yet." ”

"We have a guide in the team, send a guide to translate, you find a clever person to interrogate them, figure out the ins and outs, they can be fools, we can't be fools."

"Yes!"

The rescued caravan thanked the soldiers for their kindness, and then walked quickly towards Gu Qing and the others.

The leader of the caravan was an old man, about fifty or sixty years old, dressed in a colorful robe, wearing a pointed round hat, his wrinkled skin tanned by the sun, looking like he had lived a miserable life, and even the facial features on his face were arranged as if he was dying of life.

"Thank you to this general for rescuing, the old caravan is grateful." The old man took off his hat as he spoke, touched his chest with one hand and saluted Gu Qing, what he said was actually half-baked Guanzhong dialect, and he could barely understand the meaning.

Gu Qing said curiously: "What nationality are you from?" ”

The old man said respectfully: "Back to the general's words, the old man's caravan originally had more than 30 people, all of whom were Tubo caravans, going back and forth between the countries of the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty to earn some hard-earned money. ”

"Tibetans?" Gu Qing raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Isn't Tubo at war with the Tang Dynasty?" Why do you still dare to enter the territory of my Datang? ”

The old man was stunned and said, "When the two countries go to war, what do they have to do with the merchants?" The caravans of the Tang Dynasty also often went to Tibet to do business, and our Tibetan army did not leave them in trouble. ”

Han Jie, who was next to him, tugged on Gu Qing's sleeve and said softly: "Master Hou, this person is not lying, there are often Tibetan merchants in our Chang'an City, and there are also caravans from the Tang Dynasty that often go to Tubo with goods to do business, when crossing the border, the armies of the two countries are usually not embarrassed, after all, ...... Merchants are interconnected, and the people of both countries have a need to buy and sell. ”

Gu Qing suddenly understood.

War to war, business to business, the two countries in a state of war on the battlefield to kill you to the death, but the businessmen of the two countries can come and go freely, it can be regarded as a precious gentleman's war in this era, of course, mainly for the interests of the two countries, no matter how fierce the fight between the countries is, after all, they need to communicate with each other, and the importance of commerce is irreplaceable in any situation.

Before Gu Qing left Chang'an, Li Longji gave him two tasks, one of which was to "open up the trade routes in the Western Regions", which shows that as an emperor, he is actually very aware of the importance of commerce.

Encountering bandits on the road was just a small episode on the westbound road, and after chatting casually with the old man of the Tubo caravan, Gu Qing waved his hand and let the caravan continue on its way.

The robbers also found out the results.

Through the guide's translation, Gu Qing knew that this bandit was originally a herdsman of a certain tribe of the Tuqi Shi Khanate, in the ninth year of Tianbao, Gao Xianzhi Xing'an Xisi Town's soldiers and horses attacked Shi Guo, Shi Guo was destroyed by the Tang army, Gao Xianzhi's class division triumphed, and actually destroyed the Tuqi Khanate, which had always been an ally of the Tang Dynasty, captured the transfer khan of Tuqi Shi alive, and escorted Chang'an to offer prisoners.

The transfer khan was beheaded by Li Longji in Chang'an, and the Turgish Khanate was torn apart, and many tribal herdsmen had to abandon their pastures under the pursuit of the Tang army, and turned to bandits, making a living by robbing passing caravans on the trade routes of the Western Regions.

After asking the ins and outs, Gu Qing rode on the horse and twisted his eyebrows and pondered for a long time.

Chang Zhong saw that he was silent for a long time, and asked cautiously, "Deputy envoy, what should we do with these captured bandits?" ”

Gu Qing came back to his senses, sighed, and said lightly: "These people robbed the caravan and didn't know how many killings they had done, so they all cut them down, and they didn't leave a single one." ”

Chang Zhong clenched his fists and led the order, and not long after, there were bursts of unwilling roars in the desert in the distance, and then there was no sound.

Gu Qing had no mercy in his heart, for these robbers who robbed money and killed them, a knife cut was the most suitable destination for them.

Before he arrived in Anxi, Gu Qing found many problems.

Anxi's hostile relationship with Tibet, its hostile relationship with Turgish, the rampant banditry, and the many diplomatic and war mistakes made by Gao Xianzhi when he ran the four towns of Anxi, etc.

These are all the thoughts that the battle to break the siege just now brought to Gu Qing.

Gao Xianzhi is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, but he is not a perfect general, and now the surrounding neighbors are quite hostile to the four towns of Anxi, and the capital protectorate is almost in a situation of embattlement, and Gao Xianzhi is responsible for most of the responsibility.

No matter what kind of psychology Li Longji had, whether he was suspicious or dissatisfied, but he sent Gu Qing to Anxi to contain Gao Xianzhi's power, I have to say that Li Longji's decision was correct.

After killing the group of bandits, Gu Qing ordered the entire army to continue to move forward.

For the next trip, Gu Qing deliberately slowed down the plan of marching, and ordered to rest after walking twenty or thirty miles every day, and then sent out a steady stream of scouts, the task of the scouts was not only to find out the enemy's traces in the depths of the desert, but also to remember the surrounding terrain and direction.

And walked and lived for more than a month, in this more than a month, the bandits around the Western Regions trade route fell into bad luck, Gu Qing deliberately slowed down the trip in order to suppress the bandits, after the scouts found the traces of the bandits, Gu Qing sent a thousand cavalry to exterminate.

Most of the bandits were very small, dozens of people in a group, and there were also a group of one or two hundred people, but under the crushing of the Tang Army's cavalry, they were all wiped out without any suspense.

All the way from Shazhou, a total of more than ten gangs of bandits have been exterminated, and the results are not cheap.

The news of the appearance of the Tang cavalry on the Western Regions trade route quickly spread out, and the bandits in front were frightened and avoided the trade routes, for the first time in decades, the Western Regions trade routes appeared in such a peaceful and peaceful environment, and the Tang Army's move attracted the gratitude and praise of the caravans of various countries, and Gu Qing actually established an excellent reputation among the caravans of various countries.

A month later, Gu Qingzheng was listlessly riding on his horse, dozing off with his hands on the saddle, and the scout in front rode his horse, pointing to the west and said excitedly: "Deputy envoy, twenty miles ahead has arrived at Qiuzi Town, and the Anxi Protectorate has arrived!" ”

When the words fell, before Gu Qing could react, the exhausted soldiers behind him cheered in unison.

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The scout quickly entered the capital to report that when Gu Qing led the army into Qiuzi Town, on the simple and bumpy dirt road outside the town, two rows of thousand-strong Tang Army cavalry had lined up to greet each other, and a middle-aged general in armor rode on a horse, standing solemnly in the middle of the road, looking at Gu Qing and his party who were gradually walking with a smile.

Gu Qing ordered to speed up the footsteps, and when the war horse stepped on the only dirt road in Qiuzi Town, the Tang soldiers lined up on both sides rode on their horses and bowed to their swords.

Gu Qing hugged his fists on the horse and saluted the soldiers in return, then dismounted and walked, and when he walked in front of the middle-aged general's horse, the middle-aged general also dismounted, and the two were close to each other, looking at each other.

The middle-aged general is not tall, but his figure is very strong, his burly body is slightly raised, as if it contains great energy, and he can move mountains and seas at any time, the general's face is a messy beard, and the black thick beard even covers half of his facial features, the only thing Gu Qing can see clearly is his eyes.

The eyes are full of arrogance and arrogance, which makes people can't help but feel awe, giving people a sense of deterrence of pulling out a knife and killing people without saying a word.

Gu Qing looked at it for a moment, and saluted with a smile: "The Venerable Driver must be Gao Jieshuai, right?" The last general, Gu Qing, met with Gao Jieshuai. ”

The middle-aged general was the famous Gao Xianzhi, who laughed when he heard this, stepped forward to support Gu Qing's arm with both hands, and said, "Brother Gu is exempt, the foolish brother has been famous for Brother Gu for a long time, and he hates Jing for a long time." Last month, I learned that Chang'an released Brother Gu to Anxi, and Brother Fool was so happy, haha, the world-famous Gu Dacai actually came to Anxi, Brother Fool has a lot to talk to you about. ”

Gu Qing was a little confused by Gao Xianzhi's enthusiasm.

I can't figure out why he is so happy to see himself, and the expression of this debtor in a foreign country is swollen and fat?