After a few snaps of his fingers, Zhang Qian smiled dumbly.

The routine is somewhat familiar, and there is a faint familiar rancid taste. Isn't this a common proxy war on another plane? It's still a fucking 2.0 upgrade, a one-way proxy war.

In the 21st century, some major powers are not convinced that they have the strength to crush their opponents, or because they are afraid of provoking a war. Always hiding behind himself, instigating a small country to charge for himself.

If the small country that rushes to the front successfully bites the opponent and instigates the envoy behind the scenes, it can humiliate the opponent and publicize that the opponent is strong outside the middle, and he can't even take a small shrimp. If the small country that rushed in front was pressed to the ground by the opponent and rubbed, it could also jump up and accuse the opponent of the cruelty, and then incite other small countries around the opponent to "die and the fox will be sad, and the thing will hurt its kind"!

It's an old routine, I didn't expect the big cannibals to play so skillfully in the eighth century!

But after thinking about it, with Datang's current population base and ability to send soldiers and horses, it is really difficult to crack this kind of routine. Just like this Shiguo invasion, if Yihu successfully sneaks up on Broken Leaves, the counterattack soldiers and horses that Datang can dispatch are at most the Anxi Army. And as long as Yihu fights a little bit and is not killed by the Niu Shi Award, the big cannibals can provide support to Yihu from a distance.

There is no need to support for too long, as long as it can exceed a year, there will be problems with the logistics supply of the Anxi army. At this time, some clear streams in the court, without the benefit of big cannibalism, will take the initiative to jump out and suggest that Datang give up the broken leaves.

Even if the Niu Master Award can kill Yihu, and even counterattack into the Stone Country. There is also no direct loss of the big food. After the Tang army occupied Shiguo, it could not organize enough Tang people to emigrate. It won't be long before the people of Shiguo will launch a rebellion under the instigation of the Great Food Messenger, forcing the Tang Army to take the initiative to evacuate!

Thinking of this, Zhang Qian suddenly understood? Why has Empress Wu been in power since he came to power? The Tang Dynasty's sphere of influence retreated from Persia all the way to Anxi, but it never had a direct national war with Dashi.

It's not necessarily that Datang doesn't want to fight? But the other party always follows the same routine? A one-way proxy war was launched, and the country's soldiers and horses resolutely did not have any contact with the Tang army.

He also suddenly understood? Why did Gao Xianzhi capture the king of the Stone Kingdom in another time and space? Took the capital of the Stone Kingdom, Bahanna? But he refused to accept it when he saw it, but decisively pounced on Talas.

It's not necessarily that Gao Xianzhi is greedy for merit, but he sees that the big cannibal keeps playing routines, but he can't do anything about it. This time, I finally managed to face the big food soldiers? I want to teach the big cannibal a lesson.

It's just that Gao Xianzhi didn't expect it anyway? His allies, the Qarluqs, had secretly colluded with the Great Cannibal, and at the critical moment, they stabbed him in the back.

In that battle, the Tang army successfully withdrew less than 3,000 to Anxi.

That war? The big cannibal claimed to have annihilated the Tang army of 100,000 whole and won a complete victory? But he didn't dare to chase after the green ridge.

Subsequently, the influence of Confucian culture gradually declined in the Western Regions? However, the monasteries of the Great Food Sect are blooming everywhere in the Western Regions.

……

"Handsome? The villain didn't lie? I'm not lying! If you don't believe in the small ones? You can tie up the small ones and put them on the wall. As long as he found out that the little one had colluded with the people of Shiguo, he directly cut off the small head, and the little one died without complaint! Sulu, who had been secretly observing his words, was frightened by the strange smile on Zhang Qian's face, and decisively knelt down again, crying loudly.

"Huh?" Zhang Qian instantly realized that his distraction was a bit long. He smiled and raised his hand slightly, "Get up, this town guard believes you didn't lie." ”

"The big handsome, the little ones are willing to fight for the big handsome." Sulu wiped a cold sweat and whispered a plea. But he didn't dare to get up immediately, lest Zhang Qian's face change again after a while, and he would have to kneel again.

"Arise thou shalt arise, and thou shalt arise! Ben Shuai has important things, arrange for you to do it, don't grind and chirp and delay your work! "Knowing that the more he looks good at Sulu at this moment, the more apprehensive the other party is. Zhang Qian frowned and scolded in a low voice.

Although Sulu's Tang Yan said it well, he didn't know what he meant. He stood up in a gloomy manner, lowered his head, and did not dare to face Zhang Qian head-on.

And Zhang Qian really didn't have time to talk nonsense with this person. Grabbing an arrow, he commanded in a deep voice: "Sulu obeys!" ”

"The last general!" Sulu shuddered, stepped forward quickly, bent down, and raised his hands above his head to receive the order.

"Now that the black surnamed Tutun Ilyich has surrendered to the Stone Kingdom, the people of the Black surnamed Tuqi Shi who fled to Broken Leaf can no longer follow him. You first find Lang Zhong to treat his wounds, and then take the order of the town guard to go outside the city to collect the turkish people who have fled. ”

"The last general obeys!" Sulu said yes at the top of his throat, and in an instant, he was ecstatic.

He was just a little Burke, and the subordinates and clansmen combined did not exceed five thousand. And Tutun Ilyich's tribes and clansmen together have twenty or thirty thousand. According to what Zhang Qian said just now, these fleeing Turgish no longer belong to Ilyich, so who else can their new master be besides Sulu?

As it turned out, however, he may have been a little early in his joy. Zhang Qian glanced at him, and continued to smile and order, "After the collection is completed, the young and strong men and women will be yours, and you can take them to find pasture near the frozen city to recuperate." The envoy of this town will send an order that no Turgish tribe shall attack you. But the elderly, children, and pregnant women, you don't have food on hand, and you can't afford to feed them with you. The town guard can't watch them starve to death, so you'll need to get them all safe to Shattered Leaf City. ”

"Yes! The last general, promise to live up to the trust of the town guard! Sulu pouted, and immediately agreed.

After sending the elderly, children, and pregnant women to Broken Leaf City, the number of Turgish people he could gather would definitely shrink by two to three percent. However, Zhang Zhenshou was right, he had no food on hand, and with the livestock and hunting he had gathered, he could not afford to feed the elderly, children and pregnant women. Therefore, it is better to follow Zhang Zhenshou's intention and leave a good impression on the other party.

"If there are parents of children who are there, if they are reluctant to have children, they can take the children with you. Ben Shuai just wants to save people, and he doesn't want to save people kindly, but he is resented. Zhang Qian thought for a moment and continued to instruct, "If only the children and their mothers or fathers are left, you must send them to the city." If you do a good job, Ben Shuai can teach you a way to fish to solve your food shortage. If you don't know what to do, or if you don't know what to do, Sulu, don't blame Ben Shuai for turning his face with you after he knows it! ”

"Don't worry, the little one can swear to the sky!" Little Burksulu shuddered again with fright, and hurried to his knees.

"It's all said, you don't have to kneel, just work hard!" Zhang Qian smiled and waved his hand again, "Go ahead, don't waste time." The part that escaped with you will continue to follow you. You can temporarily settle down three miles west of the city, and if you need medicinal materials, the commander will arrange to join the army to go to your side in a while, and you can mention it to him! ”

"Thank you, handsome Hongen!" Little Burke Sulu finally knelt down and thanked him loudly. Then, he kowtowed to Zhang Qian twice before he stood up, grabbed the arrow and ran away.

In the Western Regions, any title, land, is fake. Only the tribes and the clansmen are true. With tribes and clansmen, you can seize other people's territory and pastures, and then proclaim your own title. And without tribes and clansmen, even if they were once khans, they would not be able to escape sooner or later.

Seeing this person go out, he quickly glanced at all the remaining generals present. After hesitating again and again, Zhang Qian took out another arrow and handed it to Captain Ren Wu. "Ren Wu obeyed the order, and after half an hour, you took fifty guards and went outside the city to join Sulu to collect the turquoise people who had fled from the rout, and try to leave as many old and weak women and children as possible. Then, take them to a new training camp in the city to settle down temporarily. ”

"Yes!" Ren Wu agreed loudly and took the second arrow handed over to him today.

"The original task, you don't want to delay." Zhang Qian sighed and whispered, as if the teacher was teaching students who had not graduated, "After the old and weak women and children of Tuqishi are settled, try to arrange adult women to work in wool workshops, and if there are adult men, arrange them to blacksmiths, car plows, cement, and glass workshops, so that they can support themselves as much as possible and be able to support their children." ”

At this time, it shows the lack of talent in Broken Leaf Town. In the main hall of the town guard, the remaining captains are either surnamed Guo or Ren, and they are all from the Ren and Guo families.

Fortunately, Ren Wu has been with Zhang Qian for a long time, and he has been able to keep up with some of his ideas. First nodded in agreement, and then asked cautiously, "Does the owner want them to be buddies in the city, and then learn to be Tang people?" I will try my best to let them see the benefits of being a Tang person. ”

"They are originally Tang people, but they can't speak Tang Yan. You find a few clever interpreters in the city and teach them to speak Tang dialect. Regardless of whether it is an adult or a child, anyone who can speak more than 300 Tang dialects will be treated as Tang people. ”

"Yes!" Ren Wuxin comprehended, arched his hand, and quickly turned away.

"Dashuai, Yihu came from afar, I don't know the situation on the side of Broken Leaves, we can wait for work, ambush outside the city, and kill him by surprise!"

"Dashuai, the Huang surnamed Tuqi Shi of Ye Zhicheng and the Zhu surnamed Tuqi Shi at the northern foot of Hengshan are close to Broken Leaf City, and the last general is willing to carry the Dashuai Ling Arrow to gather them to return to Qianquan Mountain and cut off Yihu's back road."

"Handsome ......"

In the main hall of the town guard envoy, the few remaining generals spoke one after another, scrambling to give Zhang Qian advice. lest Zhang Qian forget himself and let himself miss an opportunity to make a contribution.

At this moment, everyone no longer felt the slightest nervousness in their hearts. On the contrary, there is still some vague anticipation for the upcoming war.

The reason is very simple, the Broken Leaf Army is weak, but its combat effectiveness is not bad. If the Shi Kingdom raises an army to kill the country, everyone really needs to worry about whether Shattered Leaf City can hold it. And now that we already know that Shi Guo has only killed more than 10,000 soldiers and horses at most, what everyone is worried about is not whether Broken Leaf City can hold it, but whether the skill of killing the enemy is enough!

"Hmm-" Zhang Qian understood everyone's thoughts very well, and grabbed two more arrows with a deep groan.

Dealing with one-way proxy wars, in another time and space, someone has already given him a good example. That is, with the cleanest and sharpest response, the small countries that rushed ahead will be crushed into powder. Let all those who are willing to be cannon fodder understand from now on that the struggle between the big countries is not at all something that a small shrimp like them can follow. If you don't have a clear head, you will invite the disaster of destroying the country, not to mention, and leave a laughing stock for the whole world.

However, before Zhang Qian could start to assign tasks to the remaining generals, Zhang Bao, the captain of the city gate, had already run in with a sweat on his head, "Report, big handsome." Shi Guo sent a messenger saying that there was a letter from the king to be presented to the marshal in person. ”

"The Messenger? Where did he come from? Wasn't he killed halfway by the fleeing Turgish? Zhang Qian's brows furrowed again, and he asked with a surprised face.

The Turks lacked organization and discipline, and when they were defeated, they could easily be defeated. But the Turgish shepherds, on their own, were much stronger than the Sogdians. It would be too strange if the messenger of the Stone Kingdom and the fleeing Turgish shepherd had followed the same path, and they had not been torn to pieces alive by the angry shepherds.

"He, he's a Tang man, and he speaks Chang'an fluently. Pretending to be a vendor, he came with the caravan. The fleeing Turgishes did not dare to provoke him. His subordinates almost treated him as their own, but as a result, he revealed his identity as a messenger at the city gate, saying that he wanted to see you" Zhang Bao hesitated for a moment and responded with a little shame.

"Tang people? I also came to be a lobbyist for Shi Guo! Zhang Qian's brows furrowed even tighter, and he pouted with a sneer. Isn't this person afraid of dishonoring his ancestors? ”

"Probably I received a lot of benefits from Shi Guo!" , Zhang Bao gritted his teeth and responded in a low voice, "My subordinates used to be in Chang'an, but I haven't seen such a shameless and handsome man who doesn't want to see him, so my subordinates will go to kill him and hang his head on the city wall." ”

"No hurry!" Zhang Qian thought about it again and shook his head slightly, "Lead him in first and let him hand over the letter." ”

"Yes!" When Zhang Bao heard this, he immediately turned around and trotted out. After a while, an old man with a gray cloth wrapped around his head and a long beard walked in.

The old man, although dressed as a big cannibal, had a standard Tang face. claimed that his surname was Deng and his name was Guanghua, and he first saluted Zhang Qian, and then presented a cowhide bag sealed with fire paint with both hands.

Lest he plot against him, Zhang Bao took the sheepskin bag, cut it open with a horizontal knife, took out another piece of sheepskin as a letter paper from it, and licked it with his tongue first, making sure that there was no poison, and then handed the sheepskin to Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian looked closely, and saw that on the sheepskin, a long letter was written in very neat Chinese characters. And the content of the letter is the reason why Shi Guo sent troops this time: at the request of General Zhou Yiyi of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, he sent troops to crusade against the Tuqi Shi people!

"Your general, don't you know that Ben Shuai has killed Suo Ge and restored the entire territory of Broken Leaf Town?" Zhang Qian didn't have the heart to continue reading, slapped the sheepskin on the bookcase, and asked in a deep voice.

Deng Guanghua was frightened, but refused to show weakness. Raising his head, he responded unashamedly, "Qiqi Zhang Zhenshou, Zhou Jingluo's original agreement with our Shi Kingdom was that after killing Suo Ge, the Tuqi Shi people and everything in Broken Leaf City would belong to Shi Guo. The Tang Dynasty only took back the city and land. Although Suo Ge was killed by the general, I, Shiguo, did Chen soldiers in Qianquan Mountain last year to deter Suo Ge behind him. Therefore, I also ask the general to abide by the agreement, temporarily withdraw from Broken Leaf City, and return by himself after our army leaves. In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts between our army and the general's subordinates when removing the materials in Broken Leaf City and driving away the Turgish people. ”

After that, he raised his head and looked at Zhang Qian with his eyes, waiting for the latter to reply immediately.

According to his understanding of the rules of the Tang Dynasty, the two countries clashed each other and never killed them. And at the moment, there are not many soldiers and horses in Broken Leaf City, and they are completely at a disadvantage to Shi Guo. Therefore, he didn't have to worry about his own safety at all, and the more arrogant he became, the more benefits he could win for Shi Guo.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Qian first tilted his head and looked him up and down repeatedly, as if he had a flower on his face. Immediately, he pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist.