The battle, which lasted several hours, ended with the hasty retreat of the Uighur army.

Except for a part of the army to pursue the remnants of the enemy, the rest are cleaning up the battlefield.

After seeing the retreat of the Uighur army, the leader of the Zhongyun tribe ordered the city gates to be opened to meet the Tang army.

"Zhongyun Governor's Mansion Governor Qiuyun and Zhongyun's subordinates thank Datang for their help."

Seeing the elite armored cavalry, Zhong Yunbu was shocked after close contact, and his attitude became even more humble.

"I've seen the Governor of Qiuyun. In Xia is Zhong Wei, the governor of Shazhou Governor's Mansion under the Tang Dynasty's Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, this is Wan Baichuan, the governor of Gansu Metropolitan Governor's Mansion under the command of Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and he is also the general of the Tang Zuoshen Army. ”

Zhong Wei introduced without humility or arrogance.

"It turned out to be Zhong Du Du Du Du and Wan Du Dudu, and the two of them were also invited to enter the city, and they had already prepared wine and food to entertain the soldiers of the two Du Du who had already become Tang Dynasty."

Qiuyun Dudu said in a sincere tone.

"Then thank you for the kindness of the Governor of Qiuyun." Zhong Wei smiled, did not refuse, and rode into the city.

Datun City is not big, not as good as Shazhou.

Like Shazhou and other places, there are many Buddhist buildings in Datun City, because the Western Regions at this time were dominated by Buddhism, including Zhongyunbu.

In addition, Khotan and the Western Uighurs also believed in Buddhism, which were the two largest forces in the Western Regions, which means that the main religion in the Western Regions at this time was Buddhism.

As for the Qarakhanid dynasty to the west, it was a multi-religious country of shamanism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism and Buddhism.

It was only a few decades later that the Qarakhanid Dynasty, in order to strengthen the rule of the country, began to be ***, and finally began a forty-year religious war with the Buddhist alliance in the Western Regions (Khotan, Xizhou Uighurs, Guiyi Army and Ganzhou Uighurs), also known as the Qarakhanid Khotanese War, which finally ended with the destruction of Khotan.

That is, of course, decades away.

However, seeing the buildings in the city, Zhong Wei felt that it was necessary to report back and strengthen the influence of Taoism here.

During the banquet, the people below reported the results of the entire battle, of course, in front of all the nobles of the Zhongyun Clan.

In this battle, the Tang army killed more than 20,000 Uighur troops, captured more than 7,000 enemy troops, and less than 5,000 escaped.

And the Tang army was seriously wounded and killed in battle, but only 5,000 people.

Hearing this result, Zhongyun's subordinates were shocked, this gap is too big, is the Tang army so strong?

In fact, the Western Uighurs were not weak, but the advantages of the Western Uighurs in this battle were not brought into play.

The advantage of the Western Uighurs was superb in archery, and every soldier could be said to be a good marksman, but in this battle, this advantage was not brought into play.

In fact, the Tang Army's archery skills were not used, because in the end, it directly became a frontal charge of the cavalry.

Even the god cannon brought by Wan Baichuan did not come in handy.

Zhongyun's army also suffered heavy losses in this battle, and Zhong Wei finally decided to station 3,000 cavalry in Grape City (adjacent to Shicheng Town) west of Datun City on the grounds of a possible counterattack by the Uighurs in Xizhou.

At first, Zhong Wei was worried that Zhongyun's troops would oppose it, but as a result, Zhongyun's troops were eager for the Tang army to be stationed.

The reason is very simple, in the previous and current conflict with the Xizhou Uighurs, the Zhongyun tribe lost nearly 20,000 soldiers, and the vitality of the entire tribe was greatly damaged, if there was no Tang army stationed, they would soon be annexed by the Xizhou Uighurs.

In addition, after seeing the strength of the Tang Army, those who were originally dissatisfied also shut up.

Even Qiu Yun, the leader of the Zhongyun Clan, felt that 3,000 soldiers and horses were too few, and hoped that the Tang army could garrison more people, and their Zhongyun Governor's Mansion was willing to provide grain and grass.

Zhong Wei was also a little uncomfortable with Zhongyun's enthusiasm, but in the end he decided to garrison 3,000 men and help Zhongyun to reorganize his army so that he could fight against the Uighurs in Western China later.

Before the tens of thousands of Tang troops left Zhongyun and returned to Shazhou, the thousands of remnants led by Haman and Zhiluo fled back to Yizhou.

When they saw that the 40,000-strong army had only returned a few thousand remnants, the whole of Yizhou was shaken, and many families were wailing.

And when the reason for the defeat of the Great Army spread, there was a great shock not only in Yizhou, but also in the entire Western Prefecture Uighurs, and even in the entire Western Regions.

The Don Army is back!

This news was undoubtedly shocking, because all the countries and ministries in the Western Regions also knew what it meant for the Tang Army to return.

The land they occupied was the territory of Datang a hundred years ago, and after a hundred years, Datang has returned.

Among these many forces in the Western Regions, the most worried about the return of the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions is the Xizhou Uighurs, because they occupy the richest land in the Western Regions and are also a force directly bordering the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty returned to the Western Regions, and the Xizhou Uighurs were a force that the Tang Dynasty could not avoid.

Moreover, this time the Tang army helped Zhongyun and annihilated their 30,000 cavalry, which also showed the attitude of the Tang Dynasty.

The Uighur Khan of Xizhou, who had spent the winter in Xizhou, heard the news of the Tang army's appearance in the Western Regions, and was so frightened that he became impotent.

Because when he got the news, he was in the bed of a concubine, doing things that were not humane.

He is the son of the Uighur founder of Western Prefecture, and is 50 years old this year.

The strength of the Western Uighurs today is inseparable from the efforts of his father and his two generations.

His father, Fu Gujun, laid the foundation of the Xizhou Uighurs, and after he succeeded to the throne, he made the Xizhou Uighurs more powerful, and faintly became the strongest force in the Western Regions today.

He is still very ambitious when he is young and vigorous, but in the past ten years, he has not paid much attention to these, and he is a little addicted to women, but he has not reached the level of absurdity.

Knowing that the Tang Army had officially entered the Western Regions, Fu Gulin was also anxious.

"What the hell is going on? Why did you run into the Tang Army? There was also a war with the Tang Army, didn't Ben Khan say that he should not clash with the Tang Army for the time being? Fu Gulin, who was already over fifty years old, didn't care whether he was really impotent, and came to the outer hall wearing a thick jacket.

"Khan, it was not us who provoked the Tang army, but the Tang army suddenly attacked us. We were originally leading a large army to attack Datun City, but tens of thousands of Tang troops suddenly came out, and we were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

Hamana also fled, leaving the army of the last general to face tens of thousands of Tang troops. Moreover, in the previous siege, Haman has not cooperated and attacked actively, which led to the arrival of the Tang army, we have not captured Datun City, and this is the opportunity seized by the Tang army. ”

It was Zhiluo who knelt in front of Fu Gulin and cried, and he led 10,000 elites to cooperate with the Tongluo Department to attack Zhongyun Division, but only more than 1,000 of the 10,000 people came back.

If he doesn't find a way to get away with it, then he will be finished, and he has no choice but to sell Haman.

So, villain, there's no shortage of anywhere.

"What? What does Harman want to do? Fu Gulin didn't even think about it, and subconsciously thought that Haman was the most responsible.

"The last general doesn't know." Zhiluo was a little 'sad', "The last general failed to bring back 10,000 soldiers completely, it was the fault of the last general, and I asked the Khan to punish him." ”

"Reprimand? Punish you, can those soldiers who died in battle come back? "Fu Gulin can't stand Zhiluo's excessive performance.

"Khan, nine times out of ten, the Tang Army was invited by the Zhongyun Ministry, what should I do now?" Zhiluo worried.

"What to do? How does Ben Khan know what to do? What are you doing on your knees? Give Ben Khan a roll back and face the wall to think about the past. ”

Seeing Zhiluo, Fu Gulin was angry, but when he thought of the Tang Army appearing in the Western Regions, he was worried.

Tang Jun, that is a nightmare for many years of these forces in the Western Regions!

I didn't expect it to come back again!