In Yanqi City, after Yan Chixia violently uprooted almost all the resistance forces in the city, the army of the Tiance Army swept through the five towns around Yanqi with a thunderous force, and almost swept away the large and small tribes that had originally planned to support the Uighurs to resist the Tiance army. Although most of the tribesmen's old and weak women and children were released one after another from the next day, the elders and nobles of their own tribes were condemned for rebellion and escorted to Yanqi City, and the tribal property and the private property of those nobles were all seized. After a large-scale sweep that lasted for nearly five or six days, Yanqi City began to gradually restore calm, and at that time, with the help of this thunderous operation, the Tiance Army fundamentally disintegrated the local resistance forces, and the leaders of those large and small tribes were all escorted back to Jiaohe City and Xizhou to be handed over to Sima Daoxin, who rushed to deal with the news, and Tuoba Sijian began to officially take over the government affairs of Yanqi with more than 100 government officials.

But before Wan Yi and Gao Siji and the others who had just rushed back were relieved a little to stop the army for renovation, Xuan Yingwei's urgent information was sent to Wan Yi and the others again, and the fight officially started on the Khotan side. The Safavid Dynasty marched heavily into the Protector and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Anxi Corps stationed in the Protectorate, and the city was surrounded by the opposing side.

"Does the marshal need to send troops to support Zhang Sheng?" Because the city has been handed over to Tuoba Siji, and the defense of Yanqi City has also been taken over by Yang Yi, so the Western Expeditionary Army Brigade is basically stationed in several towns outside Yanqi City and the surrounding areas, and has entered the stage of rest, and the rear has also taken the opportunity to seize the time to transport weapons and baggage, in order to save time, after Tuoba Siji is registered, the Logistics Department and Tuoba Siji will discuss all the captured food into military food, so as to allow the Logistics Department to free up manpower to hurry up and transport weapons and ammunition. The logistics of the Western Expeditionary Army was divided into two teams from the beginning of Shazhou, which was almost a catastrophe for the logistics department of the Western Expeditionary Army, which had been squeezed to the limit, and in order to cope with the continuous fighting of the main force, all the logistics and transportation of the Anxi Corps were handed over to the transportation company set up by the Yelu family and local horse merchants in Shazhou. But at this time, the war has officially started there, and this method naturally has no way to maintain the consumption of the army. However, when Gao Siji asked this sentence, he didn't think about this, but when the city of Humi had been surrounded, once the measures taken by Zhang Sheng's side were wrong, it would inevitably cause the collapse of the entire situation in Khotan.

"Even if you send troops to support, I'm afraid it's too late. According to the speed of transmission of our army's intelligence, it is necessary to cross the vast desert from Khotan to Yanqi, and even if the falcon is used, it will only take a detour to the east, so the fastest speed will take five to seven days. In other words, if Zhang Sheng makes a decision at this time, then I am afraid that the battle has already begun. Liu Xuan compared the map and said with a wry smile: "The best way for us to support Khotan is to go all the way, from Shule to the south, there is almost flat land, and you can directly reach the city of Ya'er in the north of Khotan." The crowd paid no attention to the second half of his sentence, he was still in Yanqi, thousands of miles away from Shule, and far away water could not quench his thirst.

"There is no need to divide troops to support Khotan for the time being. Although Zhang Sheng has been in control of the Anxi Corps for a short time, he has also fought a lot of battles of various sizes, and there should be no accidents in a short period of time. It may not be a coincidence that the Safarid army came to attack at this time, according to the report of Xuan Yingwei last time, they should not be able to reach the northern border until the end of the month, and there must be something wrong with this nearly a month in advance. Wan Yi shook his head, there are 50,000 horses and horses of the Anxi Corps in Khotan, and the problem of relying on the favorable terrain of the guards is not too big, and the Safarid attack in advance made him feel that there is something wrong with this, plus he has been thinking about the next strategic goal of the Tiance Army in the northwest region for the past few days, and he always feels that there is an element of Uighur tandem in this, but there is a lack of intelligence support in his hands, and Zhao Si is no longer in Qicheng at this time, so he suppressed the doubts in his heart and continued: " The Seventh Corps was originally intended to ambush the last elite Uighur troops when Hammad and Tuobas were dealing with the Shule coalition forces, but they did not expect it to happen, so we must have a hard battle to fight when we march into Shule. Originally, I planned to let the army recuperate in Yanqi for a period of time and fight again, but time is running out, once the news of the resumption of the war on the Khotanese side reaches Shule, it will inevitably make the Uighur royal court think that this is an opportunity, and it will also give Qarlu and Samani a signal that the time has come to besiege our Tang Dynasty in multiple ways, so in order to share the burden on the Khotanese side, I need to immediately send troops to advance to Qiuzishache, and then recover the old lands of the 36 countries in the Western Regions such as Shanshan along the way, and directly approach the troops near Shule, forcing the Uighurs to pay attention to our army. Forced him to recruit Qarlu and other tribes to come to the northern front to fight a decisive battle with me, so as to free up enough time for Zhang Sheng. ”

"In view of the fact that the previous fierce battles of various units were more than ten days and urgently needed to rest and recuperate, the Seventh Corps was responsible for sending troops as the vanguard of the army, and the deputy marshal could be in charge of commanding the battle." After Wan Yi said this, he motioned to Liu Xuan, who stood up, walked to the edge of the map, picked up the command pole, and said: "The Seventh Corps should arrive at the city of Qiuci before June 15, sweep the surrounding towns along the way, and after taking Qiuci, make a posture to continue to advance in Kupira and other places to attract the attention of the Uighurs." Liu Xuan's words made Gao Siji on the side nodded, Qiuci is a major town in Anxi, its status is not smaller than Yanqi, and because of history, Qiuci is the location of the battlefield of the last battle of the Anxi Army, when Qiuci City was broken by the Tubo people, Guo Xin was over seventy years old, but still led the last strength of the Anxi Army to fight with the Tubo people to the end, after the city was broken, he was martyred, and none of the white hairs in the city surrendered.

"Qiuzi is the eternal site of the Anxi Army, and it is also the habitat of the Anxi war spirit. Brother Si, I'll leave it to you. Wan Yi looked at the generals with heavy faces around him, looked up to the sky and sighed for a long time, and then continued: "The beginning of my Tiance Army's self-formation army is to rely on the military soul of the two border armies of Anxi Lingwu as the core. You should always keep in mind the immortal spirit of Anxi, and work hard for our Tang Dynasty to recover the old land and comfort the souls of the martyrs in the sky. ”

"The marshal and the generals rest assured, the last general Gao Siji will do his best, not forgetting the spirit of the martyrs fighting alone in the desperate region, recovering the old land and recovering the rivers and mountains." Gao Siji bowed to Wan Yi, and then hugged his fists and said solemnly to the generals behind him with a sinking face: "Si inherited the importance of the emperor and the marshal, and gave him the heavy responsibility of the vanguard, and he will live up to your trust, and he will recover Qiuzi with all his courage, find the remains of the fierce battle of the Anxi army, and wait for the marshal and everyone to go to pay respects, so that the heroic spirit can look at it." ”

"Chief of Staff, accompany the deputy marshal to allocate materials and baggage, so that the Seventh Corps will set off today, and the battle ahead will continue, and we will work together." Wan Yi instructed Liu Xuan to accompany Gao Siji to count the grain and grass and prepare for the expedition. Because the Seventh Corps had almost no losses in the previous battle, and the entire establishment was also very complete, after replenishing the baggage, accompanied by Gao Siji's order, it immediately set out from the camp outside Yanqi City and embarked on the vast westward expedition road. The soldiers of the Seventh Corps, who were still in the battle of Yanqi and were not able to participate in it, were happy at this time, the Seventh Corps because Gao Si succeeded him as the deputy marshal, usually used as a corps directly under the command, and once the troops were divided, they also needed to serve as a response task, so they had no opportunity to use it as the main force, at this time as a pioneer into Qiuzi to make all the soldiers enthusiastic, along the way the military song was loud, there was no intention to hide themselves at all, and the rolling journey made this ancient Silk Road shake it.

After the departure of the Seventh Corps, Liu Xuan contacted Zhao Si, who was in Qiuci at this time, and asked him to pay attention to the situation in Qiuci so as to provide Gao Siji with the latest intelligence support, and at the same time asked him to seize the time to contact Qinkong in Khotan to keep the intelligence of the two sides unimpeded, and on the other hand, he began to quickly transfer the news of the war on the Khotanese side to the Chang'an base camp. The northwest side was at war on both sides because of the renewed war between Khotan and Safar, and the entire northwest was shocked by this cross-regional war. However, in the Chang'an base camp at this time, the General Staff also received the latest developments from Chen Fan's side in Sanhan after receiving the news of the previous Yanqi victory. The Koreans began to assemble a large army to besiege Jangguchi, where the two sides engaged in a fierce battle around the naval landing ground. With the support of warships and guns, the Eastern Expeditionary Group Army, Ge Cunzhou's Division, and the main force of Goryeo completely defeated the other side after three days of fierce fighting, and when Chen Fan's main army had not yet arrived, they divided their troops into two ways to protect the landing ground in Changkou all the way, and followed the opponent's rout all the way south to Andong Protectorate, preparing to take the opportunity to take the largest city in Lelang County in one fell swoop, and control the entire western coastline of Goryeo in their own hands.

The news of Changkou's victory shocked both warring sides at the same time, and even the party Ge Cunzhou did not expect to achieve such a big victory, more than 70,000 people of the Goryeo army were killed on the spot, more than 30,000 were captured, and less than 10,000 people were evacuated to Andong Metropolitan Protectorate with the commander Jinshan Road.

The impact of this battle on the battlefield of Samhan was very far-reaching, and the defeat of Goryeo was equivalent to losing the initiative of the entire western campaign to the Cheonce army, and after the defeat of the Battle of Changgu, the entire western 17 large and small cities became the pockets of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and some of the city's troops were previously evacuated by Jinsando, and they were faced with the embarrassing situation of having no soldiers to defend at this time. And the most fatal thing is that the western passes that were originally used to intercept the Tiance army and carry out layers of resistance, such as Heiquan Pass, Lion Ridge, Linjiang Road, etc., were almost all lost in this battle.

And the most important thing is that the victory of this war made the Goryeo people feel the strong combat power of the Central Plains Dynasty again after a hundred years, and the three Korean ministries that were still in a state of luck began to surge under heavy pressure, and the king of Goryeo even directly launched a national mobilization order, calling on all the Goryeo people to participate in the battle against the Tang Dynasty. Baekje in the south and the state of Liang established by Zhu Youlun, who occupied Zhen Xuan's place, also began to move quickly under the leadership of Zheng Fan.

However, Chen Fan does not know these at present, when he learned that Ge Cunzhou Changkou won a great victory, he divided his troops to pursue south, Chen Fan immediately dispatched Hou Yong's troops to the south and arrived at Changkou, on the one hand, he swept many cities left after the defeat of Jinshan Road, and on the other hand, he was also afraid that Ge Cunzhou would have an accident. At the same time, he ordered Liu Baoliang to speed up and sweep the mountainous areas in the north of Goryeo, cut off the resistance of Goryeo here as soon as possible, and free up his hands to deal with the upcoming big battle. At the same time, Liu Yi also began to command the infantry corps, which began to gradually advance from Pyongyang towards Changkou. In this way, the Eastern Expeditionary Army in the entire territory of Goryeo put on a formation similar to scissors, with Changkou as the axis, Liu Baoliang's corps sweeping the mountainous areas in the north as the mainstay, and Ge Cunzhou's corps in the west as the vanguard, and began to gradually press strongly from the north and west directions to the southeast.

After the Changkou landing ground was stabilized, the materials of the brigade began to be transported directly from Dalian through the Xu family's fleet, and when they returned, they took away all the more than 30,000 prisoners of war captured by Changkouhui, and then sent them to the train from Dalian and then directly transported them to the northwest thousands of miles away along the Fengzhou railway line and handed over to Sima Daoxin and others who were responsible for receiving them. Because after the war, the Tiance Army packed the families of the prisoners of war and sent them to the northwest, so that the prisoners of war stabilized and increased the population.

However, Chen Fan must not have taken care of these, after arriving at Changkou, he frowned after seeing Ge Cunzhou learn more about the battle of Changkou, according to his thoughts, he always felt that this battle was full of weirdness, even if the Koreans were defeated, they would not be defeated so badly, and what made him even more puzzled was that the timing of Jinshan Dao's choice to send troops to fight was too stupid. It is impossible for his own navy to choose a landing ground without the protection of the army, and he still led the army to come when he knew that his army was hoarding beside him, isn't it a sheep's mouth? And since it is iron-hearted to destroy the landing field, why not send more troops? 70,000 people against Ge Cunzhou's 50,000 people, are you really sure that your power is so strong?

Therefore, Chen Fan was not optimistic about Ge Cunzhou's move to divide his troops to pursue at this time, he always felt that there was something in this that he did not expect, so after ordering Ge Cunzhou to personally rush to the front line to command, he began to ask Liu Yi to find Xuanying Wei Biaozi to come quickly.

Chen Fan's temperament makes the first thing he thinks of in any situation is defense and passivity, and when he feels faintly uneasy in his heart, the first thing he thinks of is what the Korean people are doing here. You must know that in history, when the emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties conquered Goguryeo, this situation did not occur often, and the Goryeo people first showed weakness to attract the opponent's troops to stride into the interior of the peninsula, and then concentrated their troops and horses to break through each one. So it's impossible for him to rest assured if he doesn't figure out this kind of thing.