King Shanshan, dead.

Just like the last words he said before his death, surrender is an insult to a hero or a hero.

This reminded Yang Shuang of Wujiang's self-slaughtering Chu overlord.

The 5,000 elites who survived the bitter battle all dropped their weapons and wept bitterly.

Putting down the corpse of King Shanshan, Yang Shuang was in a very complicated mood, his fists were clenched several times, and finally he did not raise it, but shook his head at the three babies behind him.

Upon receiving the order, a thousand crossbowmen, as well as bed crossbows and trebuchets ready for fire, withdrew from the arrows and stone projectiles that had been prepared for a long time.

All human beings have the right to live.

Moreover, among the 5,000 elites, there are also Han Chinese.

"Knock ······"

The sound of war drums woke up the weeping soldiers and met their puzzled eyes, and Yang Shuang's deep and powerful voice spread throughout the battlefield.

"I, Yang Shuang, can make you, and your family, live better!"

"From this day on, I would like the soldiers to stay and settle in the Turkic camp. Those who do not want to join the army, they will be given seven-day rations, and go to their respective hometowns with the army, whether it is farming, grazing, or hunting in the future, I Yang Shuang fully supports! ”

"Not only that, but when the Western Turks are driven out, everyone will be able to get a woman! In the future, marrying a wife and having children, whether it is to gain fame or to win military merits on the battlefield, this general is allowed! ”

With the farmland blessed by the system, Yang Shuang is fully confident that he will develop the Western Regions into a granary!

This is not a fantasy.

In the future, people will only remember the Great Northern Wilderness, who has paid attention to the Xinjiang Construction Corps that has been reclaiming the border for decades and selflessly dedicating a hundred years!

That vast land is the largest agricultural reclamation area in China.

Moreover, the Great Sui is in a period of great ethnic integration, and when this group of people marries wives and has children, after private school education, who will care about Loulan?

Not only that, but in the near future, Yang Shuang will make them proud of being Sui people!

'The flag of my Great Sui will eventually be planted all over the world! ’

Hearing the sonorous and powerful shouts, the faces of the five thousand elites were complicated, but no one chose to leave, but they entered the Turkic camp one after another, collecting countless tattered corpses.

And Yang Shuang took the generals to bury King Shanshan on a mound in the west of the city.

When the wild bull rumbled with the herd of horses, the heroes who crisscrossed the Western Regions finally failed to have a grave.

A pot of turbid wine spilled on the ground, causing a sigh.

After dawn, in the mansion of the city lord of Shanshan City.

Yang Shuang's golden knife sat in the first place, and the generals under his command lined up on both sides.

"The crossbowmen will return to the castle en masse, and the rest of the soldiers will obey the order!"

"The last general!" Shi Da and Shi Long Live clasped their fists and saluted.

"The three babies lead a thousand sword and shield soldiers, with a thousand Shanshan elites, and take the southern turtles, and the end, and Ruoqiang!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

"Niu Er leads a thousand sword and shield soldiers, with a thousand Shanshan elites, and takes Shache, Kashgar, and Shule in the west!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

"Shi Da and Liu Ling led a thousand sword and shield soldiers, three thousand Shanshan elites, and five thousand Turkic slaves, relying on bed crossbows and trebuchets to guard the North Daokou Pass, and strictly prevent the western Turkic reinforcements from advancing eastward!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

"Long live Shi, lead a thousand armor soldiers, together with two thousand laborers, and follow me to pursue Apo!"

"The last general obeys!"

During the Han Dynasty, most of the 36 countries in the Western Regions had long disappeared after hundreds of years of war.

Even the Da Yue clan and Da Wan, who moved west to Central Asia, have been wiped out by the powerful Sassanid Persia.

The remaining small countries are either a city state or an oasis controlled by horse thieves.

Now that the Turks have retreated, and the head snake Shanshan King has been ambushed, it is a good time to recover the Western Regions in one fell swoop.

However, as soon as everything was arranged, Shi Wansui asked something that gave Yang Shuang a headache but had to consider.

"General, now that we are victorious, our army has occupied several cities in the Western Regions, do you want to send good news to Dunhuang and the imperial city?"

Good news, in ancient times, belonged only to war.

It is not only about the reward and morale of the combat troops, but also about large-scale battles or the strategic layout of the entire country.

Yang Shuang pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head, "The whereabouts of the Datou army are unknown, and the main force of the Western Turks doesn't know if they will come to the rescue." The good news will be postponed for some time, and it will not be too late to pass it on when the fighting subsides! ”

"Everything is arranged by the general!" Shi Wansui nodded and left.

Looking at the distant back, Yang Shuang hesitated, and finally wrote hundreds of small seals, briefly told the story of the battle, listed several meritorious generals led by Shi Wansui and Shi Da, and summoned a sentry to hand it over to the Dunhuang commander.

If there is anyone else in Da Sui who can make him trust except for a few brothers, I'm afraid only Lao Hei.

Looking at the red and blood-red morning sun, Yang Shuang sorted out his armor, lifted his sword and shield, and set out again.

Although Datou retreated, he did not suffer any major injuries.

According to statistics, in the battle last night, the Turks only lost less than 10,000 soldiers and horses!

After removing the troops consumed in the confrontation with King Shanshan, plus the wounded soldiers who did not die, the Datou army still has more than 70,000.

Crossbow arrows, bed crossbows, and trebuchets may seem terrifying, but their power is far less than ideal, after all, they are all range-range weapons.

On average, if ten crossbow arrows can kill one person, it can already be called a god!

Yang Shuang pursued Apo, not to expand the results of the battle, but to see where Apo flew across the Tianshan Mountains!

In his previous life, he guarded the border of this land, and there were two places he could think of.

The first is to follow the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, walk the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert, cross the Pamir Plateau from the Kashgar region, and reach the Western Turks.

In ancient times, it was the Shule that Niu Er wanted to attack!

At the same time, it is also the most difficult and mysterious section of the Silk Road.

The other is to exit the North Road Crossing, along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, take the southern edge of the Junggar Basin, and exit from Tacheng!

As a soldier for more than ten years, Yang Shuang is fortunate to have been stationed at two border defense points, although there is a difference of more than 1,000 years, even if the sea becomes mulberry, it is estimated that the general direction of the Tianshan Mountains will not change much.

However, the north crossing was blocked by the pass, and there was no one before it, so eight or nine times out of ten would not choose there.

"Report! General, the Turks arrived in Turpan first, burned and looted, and did not go to Gaochang City, but attacked Yanqi three hundred miles away in the south! ”

Sure enough, Yang Shuang had just formulated a pursuit route to the south, and the sentry that followed the Turks last night suddenly came to report.

"Let's go! Go south to Shule and cut off the retreat in advance! ”

There are very few baggage captured in this battle, and if you want to reach the head in a hurry for two weeks, the grain and grass are already exhausted!

The consumption of 70,000 troops to eat and drink is not solved overnight.

There is no food and grass for the elderly, and there are even fewer Shule people, as long as the road to the western Turks is blocked, won't Datou become a turtle in an urn?

Summoned Niu Er, who was preparing to go south, the two armies were one, 1,000 sword and shield soldiers, 1,000 armor soldiers, with 1,000 Shanshan elites, each of whom rode lightly and simply, and rushed to the Pamir Plateau.

At this time, Datou was crying and ordering the army to kill horses and cook.

"Damn bald!"

PS: The new map of the Western Regions has been updated, and there may be many book friends who don't know the book friend group yet, but it's still - bandits' nests: 518, 278, 794.