The Zhongyun Division, the Right Shence Army and the cavalry of the Zhongyun Governor's Mansion gathered here have also set off.

A total of 35,000 people, led by Xue Atan, the general of the Right Shence Army, and also brought 12 divine cannons and 12 Tiance cannons, because they were going to attack Yanqi City.

The 10,000 cavalry of the Zhongyun Governor's Mansion were not all members of the Zhongyun tribe, but there were also more than 3,000 tribes, including Han Chinese, Tibetans, and Uighurs.

On this expedition, Zhongyun Governor Qiuyun will also be together, and he will be responsible for leading this 10,000 Zhongyun cavalry.

In fact, when the Anxi army set off from Yizhou, Xue Atan led the army to set off.

The distance from Datun City to Yanqi is actually a little farther than that from Yizhou to Xizhou, but the army led by Xue Atan is all cavalry, even if the Shenji Cannon and Tiance Cannon are too cumbersome, it does not affect the advance of the army.

On the other hand, the army led by Liu Kui had a large number of infantry, which slowed down the speed of the entire army.

Therefore, when Liu Kui's army had just crossed the Ghost Valley, Xue Atan's army had already arrived at Yuli City, the gateway to the south of Yanqi.

Yuli City, in the Han Dynasty for the ancient canal plough country, in the Tang Dynasty after the establishment of the Anxi Protectorate, for the Yanqi Governor's Mansion.

After the Anshi Rebellion, it was occupied by the Tibetans and later by the Uighurs of Western Prefecture.

The scale of the Yanqi under the jurisdiction of the Western Uighurs was actually not small, and it was stronger than the Zhongyun tribe, with a population of more than 100,000 people.

The standing army of Yanqi is less than 10,000, but in wartime, it can draw up to 40,000 troops.

This strength is not strong in the entire Western Regions, but it is only stronger than the Zhongyun Division.

However, Yanqi belongs to the Uighurs of Western Prefecture, with a powerful royal court to the north and a powerful Qiuzi to the west, so it naturally does not need to worry too much.

Just like this time, Yanqi sent 20,000 cavalry to follow the Khanate's army to meet the main force of the Tang army from Yizhou, and he would not have thought that the Tang army would directly kill Yanqi from the Zhongyun Division.

Because in the eyes of Yanqi and Fu Gulin, the target of the Tang Army was Xizhou, not the small Yanqi.

I didn't pay much attention to Zhongyun in the south.

Until the Tang army captured the city of Yuli.

There were only more than 300 households in Yuli City, and although there were several thousand inhabitants, there were only more than 100 people in the army, and there were less than 300 adult men in the city, because the others had been transferred by order of Yanqi City before.

When Qiu Yun led his cavalry to kill, Yuli City surrendered without even holding out for half a day.

More than 100 soldiers faced tens of thousands of cavalry, and they were still slapping!

Subsequently, Xue Atan sent 5,000 cavalry to attack other small towns under the jurisdiction of Yanqi, and he led the main force of about 30,000 people to kill Yanqi City directly, directly surrounding Yanqi City, and did not give Yanqi the possibility of reporting to the outside world.

Although this news may not be hidden, it can be concealed for a few days.

Because Yanqi led 20,000 cavalry to Xizhou, the Emil of Ibn who stayed in charge of Yanqi City at this time was the Emir of Ibn who was defeated by the Tang army under Datun City.

When he learned that the Tang army had been killed under Yanqi City, Ibn was still shocked, and he didn't understand how the Tang army could be here.

But when he saw the dense Tang Army battle flags outside the city, his whole face changed.

At this time, the garrison army of Yanqi City was only two thousand, and even if all the young and strong men in the city were armed, it was only seven or eight thousand.

The Yanqi special service took away most of the Yanqi troops, leaving behind most of the old, weak, sick and disabled.

And the number of Tang troops outside the city was large, and in Ibn's opinion, there must be fifty or sixty thousand people.

The Uighurs were not good at defending cities, while the Tang army was good at attacking cities.

"Emir, what now? How did the Don Army appear here? ”

Knowing that the Tang army was coming, the nobles in Yanqi panicked, especially the wives and children of Yanqi's special service, and they were all frightened and cried.

"What's the noise? The order was given to go down and keep the city wall strictly, and all the young men in the city were gathered to defend the city wall, and the adult women had to join in.

Also, send a messenger to find a way to kill it, and go to Xizhou to tell the secret service the news here. Send more messengers, and someone will get out. ”

At this time, Ibn didn't have a good way, he was actually very weak in his heart, after all, as a defeated general of the Tang army, he was still a little afraid of Tang.

Suddenly, a Tang cavalryman came hundreds of paces away from the city, took a bow and crossbow, and shot a crossbow arrow tied to a letter, which was set straight on the wooden pillar of the city tower.

The surrounding soldiers were startled, but when they saw that it was only a letter, they breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly took down the arrow and handed it to Iben.

"Emir, what does the letter say?"

The person next to him saw that Ibn looked at the contents of the letter with a somewhat wrong expression, and hurriedly asked.

"The Tang people told us to surrender within three days, otherwise the day the city is broken, it will be the time when the city will be destroyed."

"What? The Tang army wants to slaughter the city? What can I do? ”

"Ibn Amir, if we don't open the city and surrender, we can't hold it."

"Yes, surrender, as long as we surrender, the Tang people will not kill us."

For a moment, Ibn was filled with the sounds of war, which annoyed him.

"How can the special service let him stay behind and surrender without a fight? The Tang army is only cavalry, and without siege equipment, it can't get in! ”

"Can't you really get in?"

"I don't know!"

Seeing this group of people, Ibn really had the heart to kill them.

There is no way, he can only bring these people back, otherwise it will affect the morale of the army even more here.

Outside the city, Qiu Yun was also a little puzzled as to why Xue Atan didn't attack the city, but instead shot a letter in.

"Governor of Qiuyun, you Zhongyun tribe also have a lot of hatred with the Uighurs, and now that Yanqi City is besieged, there are still many small tribes scattered outside the city, so it will be handed over to Governor Qiuyun."

Qiu Yun was stunned for a moment, then turned to great joy, and hugged his fists and said, "General Xue, don't worry, those tribes will be handed over!" ”

After saying that, Qiuyun led the 10,000 cavalry under his command to break away from the large army.

After Qiu Yun led the army away, the general of the Right God Ce Army asked, "General, why did you let the people of Zhongyun's army leave at this time?" In their habits, these tribes will surely be plundered. ”

"What does that have to do with us? It wasn't our right-hand army that did it! Send someone to urge the team transporting the Tiance cannon, so that they must arrive at the foot of Yanqi City within three days. ”

It turned out that Xue Atan's so-called three-day persuasion period was to buy time for the artillery units behind. But also, with the weight of the Tiance cannon, even if it is disassembled, each part is not light, and it has to be horse-drawn, and the speed is still a little different from that of the cavalry, so naturally it did not arrive so quickly.

As for conniving at the plundering of the Zhongyun tribe, it was also to weaken the resistance of the Uighurs, and the old and weak women and children were also trophies.

Men can be sent to the mines as slaves, and women can be rewarded as trophies to meritorious soldiers.

Even if he doesn't think about himself, he has to think about his subordinates, but many of his subordinates are not married yet.

Even if you get married, it's not bad to take a concubine and go back!

However, he didn't want the Right God Army to do this, so he naturally let Zhongyun be a villain.