Jixi State.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Xizhou is actually part of the Western Regions.

The seat of governance in Xizhou is Gaochang, and there is no doubt that it is the Gaochang of Xinjiang in later generations.

After Li Shimin sent the general Hou Junji to capture Gaochang, he overbearingly planned this region, which originally belonged to the ancient kingdom of the Western Regions, to Hexi and became a state of the Tang Dynasty.

This also shows the foresight of Li Shimin, the emperor, and the existence of Xizhou is like a nail into the hinterland of the Western Regions.

Gaozong Li Zhi was able to easily capture the Western Regions and establish the four towns in the Western Regions, and the nail of Xizhou played a decisive role.

Even now, Xizhou has a very high value.

Because most of the people in Xizhou are remnants of the ancient kingdom of the Western Regions, it is extremely difficult to control.

Poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, this is not empty words.

In the early years of the Western Regions, there was almost no talk of Shunmin.

That's where the typical jungle eats the jungle and survives the fittest.

Travelers who do not travel in groups will be in danger of begging for water.

Because the local people will welcome you into the tent very warmly, and then give you a slap in the face.

When I was lucky enough to wake up, I was lying naked in the wilderness, and if I was unlucky, I couldn't wake up.

However, with the strong entry of the Tang Dynasty, which brought cultural control, the Western Regions became richer and richer, and the similar situation was much better.

Especially the people of Xizhou, who have been deeply sinicized, have changed greatly in their behavior.

However, in recent years, the people of Xizhou have become extremely disgusted with the incompetence of the local government.

Repeated failures have led to the looting of their homes, resulting in embarrassment.

It is not like Longyou, Taozhou suffered in the past, and the imperial court allocated material support many times.

The emperor of Xizhou is far away, and the people are poor, how can the imperial court know?

Even if you know, it's just beyond the reach of the whip.

Having lost its credibility, the people spontaneously organized a defense alliance.

The people here are fierce, and he is a man with a weapon.

Although they have not undergone special training, in order to protect their homeland, they are able to risk everything and burst out with powerful combat effectiveness.

Not to mention, it really resisted several horse thieves' attacks.

On this day, several villages of the Alliance resounded with the piercing sound of bone flutes.

A shrill sound echoed over the grass, and a similar bone flute rang out in almost every tent.

One by one, the sturdy people rushed out of the tent with rudimentary weapons.

They were together as always.

"Run, run to Gaochang City......"

What awaited them was not to stop the defense, but to shout in panic.

The young man who summoned the arraignment, Lang An Chongzhang, shouted sharply: "Father, there are three thousand enemies, too many, too many, we can't resist at all!" ”

An Chongzhang's father, An Zhongjing, couldn't help but change his face when he heard such a number.

This horse thief attacked, at most only four or five hundred, how did three thousand come.

Unless the thieves aren't really thieves......

Three thousand soldiers are definitely not something that these people who have gathered together can deal with.

An Zhongjing decisively followed his son's advice and said sharply: "Quick, quickly retreat to Gaochang, I don't want anything." The women and children go first, we stay, the queen! ”

An Zhongjing is a descendant of King Anxi, his father was once the Tang Dynasty's Youwu Marquis general An Xinggui, with this identity, An Zhongjing has a high prestige in the hearts of the people, and he is also the leader elected by everyone.

Hearing him arrange this, everyone had no objections, and dispersed in a hurry, arranging for their daughters-in-law and children to flee for their lives.

The timid ones also slipped away, but the vast majority chose to stay.

They are brave and ruthless, not that they are not afraid of death, but that they care more about dignity than death.

It was about half an hour, and there was no trace in the distance.

An Zhongjing suddenly slapped An Chongzhang on the back of the head and shouted, "Are you mistaken!" ”

An Chongzhang shouted: "How is it possible, the child has seen it with his own eyes, and there is no mistake." ”

An Zhongjing also knows his son's ability,

They were the best at raising horses, and when they were at the peak of their empire in the past, they even called things out, and they were listed as one of the four major powers in Asia and Europe at that time along with the Han Dynasty, Rome, and Kushan Empire.

The most powerful thing in the country of peace is their cavalry, in terms of the skill of raising horses, rest with Dawan, Wusun, and called the Western Regions.

It has been many years since the Anxib Kingdom was destroyed, and An Chongzhang, as a member of the royal family of the An family, has the skills of raising and taming horses handed down from the Anxibi Kingdom.

Although he is young, he is very talented, and he has the talent of Bole, and he can roughly hear the number just by listening to the sound of horses' hooves, and it is not wrong to see it with his own eyes.

"I'll take a look!"

An Zhongjing got on his horse and ran in the direction An Chongzhang pointed out.

An Chongzhang was not willing to be lonely and followed.

The father and son traveled about ten miles to the northwest, but they saw two troops facing each other on the grassland.

Father and son glanced at each other, and sneaked around from a hill on the right, hiding their mounts at the bottom of the slope and lying on a high place to watch the battlefield......

Both sides numbered about three thousand, and they did not go to war with each other, but circled each other.

An Zhongjing suddenly laughed and said, "This Pei Min is really capable, this time this group of 'horse thieves' is going to be deflated." ”

An Chongzhang also gradually saw the door: "That is the Tang army, they blocked the way for the horse thieves to retreat." ”

An Zhongjing said with a teachable expression: "If I guess correctly, the new Cui Dudu is using us as bait to attract horse thieves to attack." They directly intervened in the opponent's back, blocking their retreat first, and forcing the horse thieves to fight. It is rare for the Tang Army to dare to fight like this. It seems that we will have a good life in the future...... Let's go, let's go back, gather the brothers, help out, and get out of the evil spirit. ”

The father and son snuck away.

Before the two armies, Xia Shan was dressed in beautiful bright light armor, which was particularly conspicuous in the sunlight.

Looking at the horse thief army with a bit of calmness on the opposite side, his delicate face showed a bit of perseverance, and shouted: "Brothers, they all say that the cavalry of the grassland comes and goes like the wind, and I really don't believe in this evil." It's all two legs on four legs, can they give birth to one more leg than us? Even if there is, I will cut it for my mother today...... Than running away, I admit, we can't compare to such a miscellaneous thing, but than the charge, compared to our Zhenxi Army, this group of guys is just weaned babies! That's why we cut them off in the first place...... lest they flee! ”

The soldiers of the Zhenxi Army burst into laughter, completely ignoring the enemy in front of them.

"This battle ......" Xia Shan raised the saber in his hand and said sharply: "Our army will win!" You don't need any tactics or any way of playing to deal with them, just kill them and win! ”

There is no hesitation, no hesitation!

Xia Shan saw that the other party was not thinking about escaping, and gave the order to attack.

Hundreds of flags waved at the head of the formation, and the elite cavalry of the Zhenxi Army in red armor roared up to meet them.

Xia Shan, the famous Yasha in Longyou, ushered in the first battle in Hexi.