In the city of Talas, a convoy of more than a dozen carriages, under the protection of hundreds of heavily armed knights, was quickly leaving the city of Talas, which had become a ruin. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect, Os, lifted the curtain on the window of the carriage, looked at the ruined scene outside, and couldn't help but shake his head gloomily, in this great earthquake, the headquarters of the Eastern Diocese in Talas City was not spared, all the buildings collapsed, and the loss of personnel was not small.

As the bishop of the Eastern Diocese, after analyzing the situation in Talas City and the entire province of Sarma, Oss immediately ordered all the surviving personnel of the Eastern Diocese Headquarters to immediately pack up their things and retreat to Gaochang City, the capital of the Gaochang Kingdom, to temporarily hide in the headquarters of the Northeast Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect.

Now the Eastern Governor of Gaochang Kingdom, Haner Apdu, died in the earthquake, the entire Eastern Governor's Mansion was almost completely lost, and the 1.5 million Gaochang troops in Talas City lost more than 40% after an earthquake, and the most important thing is that the remaining 900,000 Gaochang troops have been completely chaotic, and a large number of stragglers, and even formed armies, began to loot in Talas City, which has become a ruin, making the situation in Talas City even worse.

The bishop of the Eastern Diocese, Os, has been very sure that Talas City is over, and the province of Salma is also over, as long as Liu Ji's army can enter the province of Saras and enter the city of Talas at this time, the resistance it can encounter is absolutely minimal, as the Holy Fire Sect that has become a mortal enemy with Liu Ji, if he does not escape from Talas City quickly, he may not have a chance soon.

At this time, the new head of the Holy Land Guard of the Eastern Diocese, Muwafaga, rode to the carriage where Bishop Oss was riding, "Your Excellency, Baihela still hasn't made it through, and has already swallowed his last breath, alas—"

The diamond-level flame guardian of the Eastern Diocese, Baihela, was seriously injured in the earthquake, and if it weren't for Baihela's physique surpassing ordinary people, he would probably have been stoned to death at that time, and it was already a miracle that he could persist and live for a few more days.

Bishop Oss smiled bitterly and said: "Together with Baihela, our Holy Land Guards of the Eastern Diocese have lost one Diamond-level Sacred Fire Guardian, two Gold-level Sacred Fire Guards, three Silver-level Sacred Fire Guards, and seven Bronze-level Holy Fire Guards in the earthquake. ”

Baihela hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, except for the Northeast Diocese, the Flame Guards of the other four dioceses are not going to continue to follow the convoy, and the Flame Guards of these four dioceses want to rush back to their respective diocesan headquarters as soon as possible. ”

Bishop Oss sighed and said: "This time, the Holy Land Guards of the other five dioceses have suffered a lot of losses on the territory of our Eastern Diocese, and now the rescue of the six Holy Maidens and the two elders can only be postponed because of this great earthquake, so let the remaining Holy Fire Guards of the four dioceses leave!" ”

The people who understand Talas City, not only Bishop Os, but also many nobles in Talas City simply packed up their things and left Talas City in a hurry, they all know in their hearts that the chaos in Talas City cannot restore order in a short period of time, and the army under Liu Ji cannot give Talas City time to restore order.

Some of the remaining Gaochang troops, led by their officers, also evacuated Talas City, but most of the Gaochang troops gathered in Talas City were still in chaos and did not leave Talas City.

Of the three legion commanders who survived in the Eastern Governor's Mansion that day, two of them have been in a coma because of their injuries, only Diaai, the corps commander who belongs to the Eastern Governor's Mansion, is still awake, but Diaai's two legs were broken, and the 100,000 elite troops of the entire legion under his command have been buried because they are stationed at the foot of Talas Mountain, and Diaai is also powerless for the chaotic situation in Talas City, and Diaai also understands that the army under Liu Ji will never give Talas City time. Restore order to the whole city.

In fact, just eight days after the earthquake, the cavalry unit of the westward march of the Turth'an army arrived at Taras City, at this time, the walls of Talas City had already been collapsed in several places in the earthquake, and the chaotic situation in Talas City, no one cared about the problem of rebuilding the city walls, so the cavalry troops of the Westward Legion easily entered Talas City, and the commander of the legion, Diaai, learned that the cavalry of the Hawks' Army had entered Talas City, and chose to kill himself.

This time, the westward marching army sent troops to Salma Province, and did not take care of other cities at all, and directly let the nine cavalry battalions, as well as the 40,000 cavalry of the four prefectures of the Dongfan tribe and Anxi City, bypass several cities in a row, and directly take the city of Talas, 18 infantry battalions and 350,000 auxiliary troops, as well as the remaining 80,000 infantry of the four prefectures of the Dongbo tribe and Anxi City, are responsible for capturing those cities bypassed by the cavalry.

In order to absorb some more soul points, Liu Ji took the nine thousand cavalry of the guard battalion and twenty-seven puppet bodyguards, and this time he followed the nine cavalry battalions to act together, and Xiao He also followed Liu Ji's side.

To Liu Ji's surprise and depression, Talas City was simply a mess of porridge, the Gaochang officers and soldiers encountered in the suburbs of Talas City, saw the cavalry of the Ju'an army coming, and they all obediently knelt down and surrendered, Liu Ji led more than 200,000 cavalry, all the way to the outside of Talas City, and the city wall of Talas City collapsed again, when the Ju'an army entered Talas City, there was no resistance from the Gaochang Army.

The Gaochang army in Talas City, facing the Jue'an army that entered the city, also surrendered, and this Gaochang country's important town, which still had hundreds of thousands of troops, fell into the hands of the Jue'an army almost bloodlessly.

It's a pity that there won't be a large number of dead people without fighting, and Liu Ji won't be able to quickly absorb soul points, but he can capture Talas City without blood, and Liu Ji is also very excited in his heart.

After entering the city of Talas, the army immediately began to suppress the officers and soldiers of the Gaochang State and the rebellious people who took advantage of the chaos to loot, collected food in the city of Talas, set up free porridge shops for the victims, confiscated all kinds of materials from the Eastern Governor's Mansion in Talas City, recruited young and strong men among the victims, and began to rebuild houses and resettle the victims inside and outside the city.

He led a large number of infantry to Talas City, and Talas City and the surrounding suburbs had been restored to order under the high-pressure policy of the Hawks' Army.

Subsequently, the westward marching army divided its troops and began to march to the cities of Sarma Province that were not occupied by the Juan army, and by August 20, 427 of the Great Jin Dynasty, the entire Sarma Province completely fell into the hands of Liu Ji.

In a newly built two-story stone building on the site of the former Eastern Governor's Mansion in Talas City, Liu Ji said to Xiao He with a smile: "Thanks to Mr. Xiao's presence, otherwise Talas City would not have recovered so quickly. ”

Xiao He then said: "The lord has won the award, this earthquake has razed all the buildings in Talas City, and at present, we have only rebuilt a small number of houses, and more people in Talas City are temporarily living in tents and felt bags, and it will take a long time to completely restore Talas City." ”

"Hehe, Mr. Xiao can properly resettle so many disaster victims, it is already a great achievement, if Mr. Xiao had not resettled more than one million disaster victims in an orderly manner, it would be impossible for the Westward Expansion Army to capture all the remaining cities in the entire Sarma Province so quickly." Liu Ji said happily.

At this time, Lian Po, the commander of the Westward Expansion Army, also said with a smile: "It is indeed thanks to Mr. Xiao's overall arrangement, otherwise where would Talas City be able to restore order so quickly." ”

After a pause, Lian Po said to Liu Ji: "My lord, counting the soldiers and officers of the Gaochang Kingdom captured from Talas City, the number of prisoners of war we have obtained in Salma Province has exceeded 850,000, so many prisoners, what should we do with this time?" ”

In the end, the Tortoisean army captured as many as 450,000 prisoners of war here in Talas City, and captured another 400,000 prisoners of war in the other 23 cities, of which 250,000 still escaped from Talas City, and the Hawks' Army also killed 50,000 or 60,000 Gaochang officers and soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to loot in Talas City, and only about 150,000 Gaochang troops who were originally in Talas City fled from Talas City.

As soon as Lian Po's words fell, Xiao He immediately said: "Lord, I was about to ask my lord to let the 450,000 prisoners of war in the prisoner of war camp outside Talas join the project of rebuilding the houses, we have captured the province of Sarma, the army's losses are almost minimal, it is not suitable to expand the army again, and now the monthly military expenditure is really too great." ”

Liu Ji hesitated for a moment and said: "Although the Eastern Governor's Mansion of Gaochang Kingdom was basically destroyed by us, but Gaochang Kingdom has three other Governors' Mansions, as well as the provinces and armies directly under the King of Gaochang Kingdom, the war between us and Gaochang Kingdom is not over, in the face of the King of Gaochang Kingdom plus the three Governors, we still do not have an advantage in terms of troops, this time we captured the entire Salma Province, and captured a lot, I was originally prepared to continue to expand some troops." ”

Xiao He smiled slightly and said: "My lord, according to my subordinates, the side of Gaochang State should not want to continue fighting, maybe soon the envoy of the king of Gaochang Kingdom should come to Talas City, the king of Gaochang Kingdom and the three governors will not be willing to fight with our army all the time, especially the king of Gaochang Kingdom, Mujheed." ”

Lian Po then nodded and said: "Mr. Xiao's analysis is very reasonable, when our westward army captured the entire Sarma Province, the army of Mujshid, the king of Gaochang State, sent troops to occupy the Shakhtinsk Province, Huhesa Province and Lisakos Province of the former Eastern Governor of Gaochang Kingdom, and did not continue to advance eastward, even the Timirtau Province that our Ji'an army did not capture, and Mujshid's army did not send troops to occupy it, and there was no news of a large expansion of troops by Mujshid, the king of Gaochang State, in Heishuitai. Maybe the people of Gaochang are really scared. ”

Liu Ji touched his chin and said, "The 450,000 prisoners in the prisoner of war camp outside Talas City, then let's go build a house first!" However, the number of guards must be sufficient, and there must be no mess! The westward marching army immediately dispatched troops, first occupied the province of Tiemirtao, and then saw what kind of medicine was sold in Gaochangguo's gourd, and then decided on the next plan. ”

After a pause, Liu Ji said: "The 400,000 prisoners of war captured in the other twenty-three cities, select them young and strong, and first integrate them into the auxiliary troops of the Westward Expansion Army, no matter whether Gao Changguo fights or not, we have to maintain a large number of troops in the Western Regions." ”

In the royal palace of Gaochang City, the capital of Gaochang State, Meng Taisuier, the prime minister of Gaochang State, said with a wry smile to Mujshid, the king of Gaochang State: "Your Majesty, the other three governors have expressed their hope to end the war with the Hawkshire Army, and the three Governors have lost a lot of troops in this war, and if they continue to fight with the Hawkish Army, their three Governors will basically have no troops to send." ”

Mujshid, the king of Gaochang Kingdom, said with a gloomy face: "I didn't expect that the situation in Talas City was so bad that the entire Sarma Province was easily captured by the Hawkshire Army, and hundreds of thousands of troops surrendered to the Hawkish Army without even fighting, these people who were captured by the Hawkish Army are likely to be absorbed by the Hawkish Army, and if the other three governors do not send troops, how can we fight with the Hawkish Army next?" ”

Prime Minister Mengtai Suier hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, there are still about 500,000 people in the army directly under your command, including the recruits recently recruited in the five provinces directly under your control, occupying the Shakhtinsk Province, Huhesa Province and Lisakos Province of the Eastern Governorate, we have obtained 130,000 troops, but among these 130,000 troops, the vast majority of them are recruits, and the combat effectiveness is not strong, and the army that has fled from the Salma Province to the above three provinces these days is almost 120,000 people, with these 750,000 troops alone, It is indeed difficult to defeat the Hawks, unless His Majesty expands his army by at least a million. ”

Mujshid, the king of Gaochang Kingdom, said gloomily: "If you expand the army by another million troops, the king's finances will collapse immediately, it is impossible!" Well...... If the king forcibly gives the order, can the three governors send troops? ”

Prime Minister Meng Tai Suier shook his head and said: "The jurisdiction of the Eastern Governor's Mansion is basically adjacent to the provinces directly under His Majesty the King, and the three Governor's Mansions are unwilling to send troops, and they have already lost a lot of troops on the one hand, and they don't want His Majesty's power to be stronger, which is likely to account for a large factor. ”