The 30,000 Qarluq army surrounded Jinman County, and they did not carry siege weapons, so there were a large number of alpine forests around Jinman County, but Khan Amit's target was not in Jinman County, he didn't want to lose too many soldiers for the siege, if there were not many defenders in the city, only one or two thousand people, it would not hurt for them to capture the city directly.

But there were nearly 10,000 Tang soldiers at the head of the city, which made Amit hesitate a little.

At this time, the assassin Mozuo found the Khan and asked, "Is the Khan worried that the casualties in the siege will be too great?" ”

Ami nodded, "We didn't carry enough siege weapons, the improvised siege ladder is rough, inconvenient to use, and will increase casualties, I originally thought that Tingzhou was empty, but I didn't expect that there were nearly 10,000 defenders in Tingzhou, even if we forcibly captured Jinman County, we would have at least half of the casualties, we were afraid that the main force of the Tang army would kill, and we would be powerless to deal with it." ”

"If the Khan decides not to attack Jinman County, it is not a good choice to suggest that the army withdraw west to the area of the Baiyang River, and when the main force of the Tang army is hastily withdrawn, we will be caught off guard, or go directly to the Yili River Valley to fight a decisive battle with the Tang army, and wait for the Tang army in Jinman County, which is not a good choice." ”

"Why do you say that?"

"The main reason is that there are too many people in the city, and once the two armies fight fiercely, we are prone to being attacked by the enemy."

The assassin Mozuo deserved to be a famous general of Qarluq, and he immediately saw their potential threat.

Amit pondered for a while, then looked up at the Tang army waving flags at the head of the city, and he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the army will march west!" ”

Since the plan to seize the nest of the Tang army could not be realized, Amit could only change his strategy, and the two suggestions for assassinating Mo Zuo were undoubtedly the most suitable, first go to the vicinity of the Baiyang River mouth and wait, if the Tang army did not return for a long time, then enter the Yili River Valley and fight a decisive battle with the Tang army.

The 30,000-strong army turned around and rushed westward, the earth trembling and the sand and dust covering the earth, and when the Qarluq army was gradually moving away, and the rest of the city was restored outside, the defenders of the city immediately cheered.

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As soon as the Qarluq army arrived on the banks of the Baiyang River, they received news that the main force of the Tang army had attacked Broken Leaf and suffered heavy casualties among the assassins, which shocked Khan Amit.

He never dreamed that the Tang army would give up rescuing Tingzhou, but instead rushed thousands of miles to attack Broken Leaves, and he immediately thought of a strategy of the Han people in his mind, encircling Wei to save Zhao.

The entire Qarluq army is boiling, their families are plotting to assassinate the headquarters in Broken Leaves, and the Tang Army is attacking Broken Leaves, what should their families do?

The morale of the army was in turmoil, and there were even more than 1,000 Qarluq cavalry fleeing, and there was no time for the Qarluqs to think about countermeasures.

In the panic, Amit could no longer calm down, and he immediately led the army through Cheling and rushed towards the old nest 1,500 miles away.

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The clean-up of the old nest of the Qarluq has ended, more than 30,000 young and strong men of the Qarluq were killed by the Tang army, sparing the women and children of the elderly, but the nobles of the Qarluq became prisoners of the Tang army, and a group of the women, children and old people of the Qarluq nobles were escorted into the city, there were thousands of people, including the hundred wives and concubines of Amit Khan, and the wealth accumulated by the Qarluq for decades became the trophies of the Tang army, and millions of cattle and sheep were also driven into the city of broken leaves.

War was about to break out, and there was a secret atmosphere of fear in the city, and countless merchants and outsiders gathered at the city gates to urge them to leave the city.

Guo Song immediately ordered the city to be released, and the merchants and people in the city fled in droves, and in just three days, a total of more than 100,000 people fled from Broken Leaf City, and the originally lively and prosperous Broken Leaf City suddenly quieted down.

Broken Leaf City is very large, with a circumference of forty miles, but the permanent population is not large, only more than 80,000 people, mainly Han Chinese and nine surnamed Hu, and there are very few Qarluq people.

The Tang army camp is located in the north of the city, this is a tent area, the Hu people in the tent area have fled, thousands of tents have become the Tang army barracks, including thousands of women and children prisoners of war are also imprisoned in the corner of the camp.

Guo Song came to the large tent area where the material wealth was piled up, and hundreds of large tents were filled with a large amount of materials and wealth seized from the Qarluq nobles and the king's tent warehouse.

Gold and silver from Dashi and Persia, precious stones from the Hezhong region, porcelain and silk from the Central Plains, millions of good old sheepskins from various pastoral areas, hundreds of boxes of gold coins alone, nearly five million, silver ingots from the southern silver mines exceeded three million taels by visual inspection, more than 400,000 taels of gold, and five or six hundred thousand catties of pig iron and copper.

Guo Song grabbed a handful of gold coins, and the gold coins flowed out of his hand, which were the gold dinars of the black-clothed food, weighing about one and a half coins, and the gold coins of the Sassanid Persian Dynasty weighing two and a half coins.

Guo Song smiled at Sima Zhao Wei and said, "This gold coin is good, give fifty to each brother." ”

"This will be arranged!"

At this time, a personal soldier stepped forward and said, "Envoy, they are here!" ”

Guo Song nodded, and said to Zhao Wei: "Register all the materials as soon as possible, and take a look at the granary tent again, I feel that there are not only 50,000 stones, but at least 80,000 stones." ”

"Humble, remember!"

Guo Song turned over his horse and went to the big tent of the Chinese army, and after a while, he returned to the big tent, only to see more than a dozen gentry sitting in the side tent, these are the leading figures of the Han people in the city of broken leaves, and they were summoned by Guo Song.

"I've kept you waiting!" Guo Song walked into the big tent and smiled.

All the gentry got up and saluted, and Guo Song waved his hand and invited everyone to sit down.

"I know that everyone has been very excited and worried in the past two days, I don't know where Broken Leaf City is going, first of all, I want to tell you that the cold business is only short-lived, with the end of the war, the Eastern Trade Road will be opened, and Broken Leaf City will be more prosperous, please rest assured!"

This is also what everyone is worried about, these gentry all own a large number of shops, and now that business has stopped, everyone is worried about whether business can recover, Guo Song's statement made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

An old man asked, "May I ask the envoy, is the Tang army only temporarily occupying Broken Leaf, or is it going to restore Broken Leaf Military Town?" ”

All eyes are on Guo Song, this is the most concerned issue for everyone, once the Tang army retreats, Broken Leaves will fall again, although they have money, but they have no status, they have to pay a lot of money every year to gain a sense of security, once the Qarlu people are liquidated, they will face annihilation.

Now they don't dare to ask if they can be the masters of their own affairs, just to be able to save their own lives and those of their families.

Guo Song saw the worry in everyone's eyes, he smiled slightly: "The main army of Ge Lulu is on the way to kill Broken Leaf City, a big battle will be inevitable, I hope that you will fight side by side with the Tang army, unite as one, and completely annihilate the main army of Ge Lulu, and that Broken Leaf City will become the military town of the Tang Dynasty again." ”

"Of course we want to help Tang Jun, and we are also willing to contribute money and efforts, can Guo Yuanjun make specific arrangements for us?"

Guo Song sighed and said: "We have transported all kinds of defense materials to the city, and it is enough to have Tang soldiers in the battle, the key is some logistics support, such as transportation, taking care of the wounded, maintaining order, etc., in addition, I hope that the Han men of Broken Leaf can be organized and responsible for searching the Qarlu people in the city, I am worried that there are still many people in the city who are interested in the enemy army, once the big war starts, will they cooperate with the outside and deal with the enemy army outside the city?" You are more familiar with the situation in the city, and you can assist the Tang army by organizing a thousand more young women, after receiving simple training from military doctors, to help the military doctors take care of the wounded together. ”

The gentry discussed and said, "We will mobilize the young men and women of the Han people in the city, and we are willing to do our best to assist the Tang army." ”

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Mobilization began in Shattered Leaf City, and in just one afternoon, 5,000 young men and women signed up to assist in the defense.

More than 1,000 young women received simple training as military doctors and were ready to take part in caring for the wounded, while 4,300 men formed regimental training troops, put on leather armor uniformly distributed by the Tang Army, and began to go door to door to search for suspicious people and maintain order in the city.

Three days later, Guo Song received a report from the scouts that he had found an army of 30,000 Qarluq returning from a hundred miles away.