It is now the fourteenth year of Tianbao, which was originally the year when the Anshi Rebellion broke out. This year, the main task of the Anxi New Army was to cede the land of the black-clothed caliph Abdullah from the map to the Tang Dynasty, and all of it was truly turned into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

This division of forces was a prelude, and the targets of the attack were all in the territory of Khorasan Province. Abdullah ceded to the Tang Dynasty far more than one Khorasan province, and after completely occupying the Khorasan province, the next step is to include all the lands east of the line between Shabul City, Kerman, and the Strait of Hormuz.

With the addition of various new equipment, the combat effectiveness of the new army in Anxi is getting stronger and stronger, and it would be a bit of a waste if 10,000 people were dispatched in each battle, and it would be better to divide into two armies to go on the expedition. Tian Mingyuan has been trained for so long, especially the expedition from Mulu City to Balhei, which has proven that he can be on his own.

Tian Mingyuan's route of this expedition was from the territory of Iran in later generations to the southeast to the territory of Afghanistan in later generations, and the road was far and rugged, which was a test for him. The target of Ma Lan's attack this time, Xi Mi, is much closer, and it can be said that it is close at hand.

It is located in the lower reaches of the Wuhu River, and its territory extends to the coast of the Aral Sea, and it is about 1,000 miles away from the town of Anhua in the lower reaches of the Nami River.

Huoxun was originally also the country of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, and became a vassal of the Great Food during the Qu Dibo era, and also supported the Abbasids during the change of generations, and later raised troops to respond when the Hunters launched a rebellion against the Black-clothed Great Food and the Abbasids. And after Bo Xilin's general Qi Yade quelled the rebellion of the capture city and slaughtered the city, he was originally going to quell the rebellion of Huo Xunren, but it happened that Gao Xianzhi, the deputy capital of Anxi, led his troops out of the Green Ridge to the west, wanting to find a foothold for the Tang Dynasty in the west of the Green Ridge, Qi Yad took the counterinsurgency army to fight against Gao Xianzhi, and did not take into account the fire search for people for the time being.

In the Battle of Talas, Ziyad won a great victory, according to the original historical trend, after the victory, Ziyad quickly quelled the rebellion of the Huoxun people, but due to the appearance of Ma Lan, history has changed dramatically. The two heroes of the Battle of Talas, Ziyad and Bo Silin, soon died in the city of Sa Mo due to the counterattack of Ma Lu with Tang army prisoners of war, and the king of Qinhua issued an order to exterminate Hu and cut off the Persians in the river, and the new governor of Khorasan, Hajd, was strictly ordered by Caliph Abbas to never send troops to cross the Wuhu River, let alone send troops to attack the fire to find people.

The king of Qinhua took the opportunity of cutting off the Persians to integrate the nine Sogdians, in fact, it was mainly to integrate the Sogdians in the Nami River Valley, and the farthest was only the felling land in the lower reaches of the Nami River.

This time, Ma Lan sent troops for the land of the lower Amu Darya River. He had no intention of helping Duhao annex Huoxun, but the fertile land on the Turan Plain was extremely important to the Tang Dynasty. At present, there are only hundreds of thousands of Hermes-Epitek, and they will eventually multiply in the future, and they will need a lot of Yongye fields. Clearing this disrespectful small Sogdian state would give you a lot of land.

In later generations, the population of the river reached tens of millions, and there is no irrigated agriculture developed in later generations, but it should not be a problem for the entire Turan Plain to feed millions of Tang people.

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At the end of February of the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the weather was still cold, Tian Mingyuan left the city with 5,000 athletes, followed by more than 10,000 Turkic miscellaneous soldiers and a large number of Kangju caravans, and headed towards Mulu City.

This expedition was extremely important for the Anxi army to receive the large tract of land that Abdullah had promised. Only by first occupying and reorganizing the entire province of Khorasan can we take a large area east of the line from the city of Shabuer to Kerman.

Ma Lan personally sent the army away, and suddenly felt a little apprehensive in his heart. All along, it was he who carried everything on his shoulders, and now that Tian Mingyuan went to sweep the small half of Khorasan Province alone, he suddenly felt empty in his heart.

This expedition is no longer than the last expedition from Mulu to Balhei, this time the distance is farther, the road is more difficult, I wonder if Tian Mingyuan can successfully complete the task?

Ma Lan smiled bitterly and shook his head, he was really sick. Zhuge Liang is probably so tired to death, now that he is like this, he refuses to let go of everything, do he really want to follow in Zhuge Liang's footsteps.

"General, the future will ultimately depend on these young people, so you don't have to worry too much." Duan Xiushi looked at Ma Lan's face, understood what he was thinking, and said with a smile.

Ma Lan smiled bitterly and nodded, I'm afraid that it won't be long before I have to leave the river and leave this army, and then I can only rely on Tian Mingyuan and them to take charge alone. In his thirties, he is already a real veteran, and sometimes he has to let go when he has to let go.

Kang Million had just personally led the caravan to send the war horses replaced by the Anxi Army in Kufa City to be hunted and drunk, and when he heard this, he smiled and said: "How can anyone who is the master of the house not work hard?" It has been the same since ancient times, and there is no exception. Ma Xiang is now the lord of the river, and it is the time when he is thriving, so he naturally needs to worry more. If you don't spend your efforts, the good situation may be lost quickly, and Ma Xiang is like this, which is exactly what the master should be. ”

Duan Xiushi glared at Kang Wanwan: "Straighten your tongue and speak!" What is a human master? You Sogdian nonsense, even though you are the general's father-in-law, I will not tolerate you! ”

Kang Million smiled and said, "Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue!" ”

Ma Lan glanced at Kang Million lightly, this guy really wants to be Lu Buwei, Kang Million has been a translator in the Anxi Army, where would he not know what the master means, he said this on purpose. However, he obviously chose the wrong person, and he was willing to do what he wanted to do to make Hermes-Epitek bleed.

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The retreated war horses were distributed to the Eighth Army in the river, plus those previously bought from the Turks in the Ferghana Basin, which should be roughly enough to deal with spring ploughing. The new horse-drawn plough horse family workshop has made a large number, and the various military towns have sent a lot, and there is no shortage of skilled craftsmen among the people of Guanzhong, and each military town has begun to build this kind of heavy plough suitable for horses.

The construction of the various military towns continued, and the caravans supplying supplies were endless, linking the eight military towns with the fishing and drinking cities, and everything was in good order. When the weather warms up, the Han people of the Eighth Army in the river will sow the first seeds in the land and also sow hope for life.

At the beginning of March, the new army athletes who went to the Tocharian Mountains returned under the leadership of Niu Xu, and lost dozens of people, which made Ma Lan extremely distressed.

According to Niu Xu, the resistance of the Pushang clan was extremely fierce, they operated in the Tocharian Mountains for nearly a hundred years, and the residence became a war fortress completely, and the soldiers and horses of the new army and the Tocharian Yehu attacked for a whole seven days before they were defeated, and finally the corpses found in the fortress were only more than 300 people. In addition to the new army's loss of dozens of athletes, Tocharian Yehu also lost hundreds of soldiers and horses.

Mu Kun took advantage of the turbulent situation in the river to go out of the mountain, and had already taken away most of the elites of the Pushang clan, these elites fought in the river, and finally followed Mu Kun into Anxi, and all of them were lost in the battle north of Shule City. These people who stayed in the Tocharian Mountains were basically women, children, old and weak, but they relied on the strong fortress to the death, and actually caused so much damage to the Tang army and the Tocharian army.

However, since then, the royal family of the Sassanid Empire has disappeared forever, and there can be no resurrection.

As for those guys in the Persian Temple, they are obviously not all the way with the royal family of the Sassanid Empire, and dealing with the people in the Persian Temple is another matter.

After letting Niu Xu and them rest for three days, Ma Lu left the city with 5,000 new army athletes, followed by thousands of Turkic miscellaneous soldiers, heading towards the downstream of the Wuhu River.

These Turkic mercenaries make a living by plundering, and they are certainly not satisfied if they are not allowed to go to war.

The army marched northwest, and a few days later reached the Anhua army. The people here are preparing for spring ploughing, and a thousand Anxi veterans are stationed in Anhua Town, and together with thousands of selected Ding Zhuang, they are responsible for the defense of Anhua Town.

Soon after passing the Anhua Army, they left the oasis area and entered the desert area. The water was still abundant when it passed through the dungeon, but after flowing into the desert, the water gradually decreased, and finally disappeared into the desert.

Walking further, you will arrive at the shore of the Wuhu water. Like the two sides of the dense water, there are also large and small oases on both sides of the Wuhu water. This is already the territory of the fire search, and the villages and towns here are under the jurisdiction of the city of Cargo and Fortune.

Upon arrival, the Turkic rebels scattered under the orders of Ma Lu, and the villages and towns in the oasis were immediately in fear, while the Kangju caravansera, which had followed the army, began to buy booty from the Turkic rebels.

The Huoxun people are also Sogdians, but the Kangju people obviously have no sense of the same race as the Huoxun people, and do not regard these guys who live in the lower reaches of the Wuhu River as their own brothers.

Wherever the armies went, they brought death and fear. The new army of Anxi did not participate in the looting and killing, while the Turkic miscellaneous soldiers were given the opportunity to indulge. Most towns and villages chose to give up resistance, so mass slaughter did not occur, but looting was indispensable.

The speed of the army's advance was not fast, and the Turkic miscellaneous troops advanced far to the two shores, and the looted Huo Xunren even had time to cross the Tang army and flee to the city of Ximi.

Eventually, on the road before the great army, a large number of people who had been plundered and destitute fled to their royal capital, hoping to find refuge there. More of the unlooted Huoxun did not dare to stay in their hometowns, and left their villages and towns with their wealth, and fled to the city of Ximi. (To be continued.) )