Behind the Liu family's mansion is a small river, straight to the Yangtze River, two consecutive nights, Liu Jialiang more than 140 people all left the Jiangdu City by boat, they entered the Yangtze River from the main river, there was a heavy guard, easy to be checked, the Liu family relied on their years of accumulated contacts, under the guidance of dozens of villagers, they sailed into the Yangtze River from a secret waterway, to the other side of the Yangtze River.

Although the government strictly blocked the news, the news of the Liu family's move to Chang'an still spread far and wide, causing a big wave in Yangzhou, and also played an excellent demonstration role, and more and more wealthy families followed to move to Chang'an, which is not to be mentioned later.

At the same time, Zhu Zhu's bone scraper was finally raised, and overnight, seven wealthy families in Yangzhou were copied, all accused of fornicating with the enemy country, the man was killed, and the female dependents were not official slaves.

It was as if the cold winter had come suddenly, the city of Yangzhou was full of murderous atmosphere, the rumors were everywhere, everyone was in danger, the price of gold and silver in the black market skyrocketed, and many rich and noble families had no time to sell their property, so they packed up the soft gold and silver and fled to the other side of the Yangtze River, and then tried to find a way to go to Chang'an.

Early in the morning, Shi Yan took Kang Daqing, a Sogdian merchant who had just arrived in Chang'an, to Guo Song's official house.

In the official room, Guo Song and several high-ranking officials sat solemnly, Kang Daqing brought them the worst result, the Tang army of Broken Leaf was annihilated, the governor Ma Weijiang was killed in battle, and Broken Leaf was occupied by the Khazars.

"The little people listened to the shopkeeper in the tavern that at that time, the Great Food Army captured the thirsty city of Bakhana, and the king of Broken Leaves led an army of 20,000 to counterattack the thirsty city, and the Khazars also promised to send troops, but they took advantage of the emptiness of Broken Leaves and sent troops to occupy Broken Leaves, and the king of Broken Leaves stopped attacking the city of Thirsty Leaves and led the army back to rescue Broken Leaves, but fell into the ambush circle of the Khazar army, and the whole army was destroyed, and the head of the King of Broken Leaves was cut off and hung at the gate of Broken Leaves for a month."

The King of Broken Leaves that Kang Daqing said was Ma Weijiang, the Governor of Broken Leaves, and he hated Ma Weijiang for slaughtering Bahanna, so his words were full of relief.

"Are all the Tang troops dead in battle?" Guo Song Tie asked with a blushing face.

Kang Daqing shook his head, "Xiaomin heard that many prisoners of war were taken to the silver mines, but the exact number is unknown. ”

Guo Song asked Shi Yan again, "Does your uncle have any news?" ”

Shi Yan said gloomily: "I just heard that the Khazars have captured a group of merchants with carrier eagles and carrier pigeons, and my uncle is estimated to be among them, and nine times out of ten he was also arrested to open mines." ”

"What's the condition of broken leaves now? Where did the Khazarian army go eastward? Pan Liao asked next to him.

"The broken leaves have not changed much, I feel the same as before, the taxes that should be paid have to be paid, but I haven't paid more, the shops opened by the Han people are still there, but I heard that each family paid a lot of money to escape."

After a pause, Kang Daqing said: "The Khazar army did not advance eastward, and after passing the frozen city, I never saw the Khazar army again, all the way to the grassland, without any army, all the way to Bodaling. ”

"Is there an army stationed in Dundo?" Guo Song asked.

Bodaling is the Lingshan Pass, is the only way for Broken Leaf to pass through Anxi, before the Tang Army did not occupy Broken Leaf, it is the westernmost border of the Tang Dynasty, there is a military city there, called Dunduo City, two hundred soldiers are stationed in peacetime, and it is reduced to fifty people in winter.

Kang Daqing nodded, "There are troops stationed, but they don't seem to know anything about what happened to Broken Leaves, of course, we are the first caravan to open spring today, and it is normal for them not to know what happened last autumn." ”

Guo Song asked for some more details, and then ordered Kang Daqing and Shi Eun to be sent out of the Jin Palace.

Guo Song paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands in his hands, and he walked to the window and looked out of the window in a depressed mood.

"Your Highness, are we ready?" Pan Liao asked.

Guo Song shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The 50,000 camels have reached 40,000, and Zhangye's grain and materials are being transported to Beiting one after another, and Tingzhou has about 200,000 stone of grain, 30,000 sets of armor, 50,000 barrels of oil, and all kinds of war materials, but I don't know if they are ready." ”

At this time, Du You said: "Let me give your Highness a suggestion!" ”

"Dussa, please speak!"

Du You said unhurriedly: "I think we have to do too much, to destroy Zhu Zhu and Li Na, to solve the problems of the Chengdu Imperial Court, these are our core causes, as for the Broken Leaf Frontier, His Royal Highness will either hand it over to a general to solve, or wait until the core cause is over, and then think about it slowly, it will not have much impact on us, so we are not in a hurry." ”

Pan Liao also said: "Du Sima is right, the broken leaves are not stable, Da Shi and Khazar have each other's heart problems, we are in a hurry, it may cause them to put aside their differences and unite against us, but if we don't move, then they are very likely to fight each other, wait for them to fight first!" When we are tired of fighting, we will send troops to clean them up. ”

Guo Song squinted at the white clouds in the distance, he was very worried about whether the batch of firearms of Broken Leaf had fallen into the hands of the Khazars? But even if it falls into the hands of the Khazars, what can be done? Can the Khazars make it?

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"Boom! Boom! Boom! The sound of war drums resounded over Shattered Leaf City, and the 10,000 Great Food Army stood in a column hundreds of paces away, murderous, and everyone's eyes were on an army attacking the city gates.

Negotiations between the Khazars and the Great Cannibals eventually broke down, and the Khazars refused to withdraw their troops from Broken Leaf or from Talas City, the northernmost part of the country of Bakhanna, which aroused the strong indignation of the Great Eclipse army, and tens of thousands of Great Eclipse troops immediately launched a fierce attack on Broken Leaf City.

Shattered Leaf has no moats and no drawbridges, and the Great Food Army can rely on heavy battering rams to break through gates.

The arrows on the head of the city were like rain, and the overwhelming arrows shot at a giant battering ram, the battering ram was as high as one zhang and five feet, five zhang long, and a giant wood with a diameter of one meter was made into a battering ram, which was hung on the wooden frame with iron chains, and there were huge wooden wheels on both sides of the wooden frame, which slowly moved forward under the impetus of thousands of great food troops.

Hundreds of soldiers raised their huge shields to cover the others, and one soldier was constantly falling from an arrow, only to be replenished immediately.

At the head of the city, Khazar Governor Groling looked coldly at the approaching battering ram, and he turned back and ordered: "Thor prepare!" ”

Thor is the Tang Army's iron fire thunder, Broken Leaf City has a hundred small iron fire mines and fifty large iron fire mines, when the Khazarians sneak attack Broken Leaf and kill into the city, the inventory of iron fire mines were all destroyed by the soldiers in time, but the logistics materials that were ready to support the thirsty city were captured by the Khazars, and there were thirty small iron fire mines inside.

The Khazars have already learned the power of iron fire and thunder, and with this weapon to defend the city, they have the confidence to refuse the Great Food Army.

At this time, the Great Food Army sounded the rousing horn again, "Woo-"

Ten thousand cannibal cavalry, wielding spears and in high spirits, were waiting for the moment when they would break open the city gates.

The battering ram weighing 8,000 catties finally arrived at the bottom of the city, and at this time, five or six swarthy iron eggs were suddenly thrown down from the top of the city, some fell on the planks of the battering ram, some rolled into the bottom, and some fell in the crowd, sneering and emitting white smoke.

The soldiers of the Great Food Army didn't even know what it was, and it was still emitting white smoke.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

A series of fierce explosions sounded, iron pieces splashed everywhere, and the huge impact force blew the battering ram chassis into two, the huge mallet body lost its balance and flipped to the side with a bang, dozens of people couldn't dodge, and were crushed into meat patties, their brains burst, and their flesh and blood were blurred.

The soldiers transporting the battering rams were in a great confusion and turned around and fled, and at this time, the city was full of arrows, and more than a thousand soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and only less than a hundred people escaped.

All the soldiers of the Great Food Army gasped, and the arrogance of the previous moment was extinguished, and this powerful firearm made them fearful, and many of them prayed to Allah in silence.

Everyone looked at Ashley, the commander of the Great Food Army, and Ashley stared at the toppled battering ram for a long time, sighed and said, "Withdraw the army and return to the thirsty city!" ”

He knew in his heart that the other party had such a sharp weapon, and they would not be able to reap the victory.

"Woo~Woo~"

The sound of the trumpet became muffled, which was a signal for retreat, and the Great Food Army beat the war drums and retreated unhurriedly.

The Khazarian army at the head of the city was jubilant, and Gloring narrowed his eyes and said to himself, "Good thing! It's a pity that a little less is used, and it must be developed as soon as possible. ”