At the end of January of the fifteenth year of Tianbao, the new army of Anxi left the city of fishing and drank and went east in the direction of Samojian.

The city has become the most important base of the Anxi New Army in the west of Green Mountain, where the army has replenished enough fire and gunpowder, and equipped all the Yuanrong crossbows that have been transported from Qiuzi for most of the year, and the combat power has returned to its peak state, and there are a lot of improvements. The main reason is, of course, the increase in the number of Yuan Rong crossbows.

Now the number of Yuan Rong crossbows in the army has exceeded 3,000, and the number of scouts has exceeded 3,500. This kind of long-range repeating crossbow arrow is the foundation of the new army of Anxi, and it is also the weapon that Ma Lu relies on the most, and the power under the salvo is extremely amazing, and it is a sharp weapon to defeat the enemy.

The arquebus is not small at close range, but the range is too close, and it is extremely heavy, so there is no equipment in the new army of Anxi, including the pro-soldiers, who also left the arquebus in the fishing city, but only brought a hard crossbow to follow Ma Lu.

Thousands of miles of running, the number of soldiers is not too many, but the fine, too many soldiers and horses, logistics supply is a big problem. This time when they returned to Anxi, they did not let Changxingfang follow, and the army only brought food and horse food for a few days, and everything else needed to be replenished along the way.

The army rolled along the dense water, and Ma Ling sat on the back of the Qinghai skull, looking refreshed. Kang Xiaoyu and Ma Lu walked side by side, wearing a well-fitting leather armor on their bodies, lined with a beautiful face, looking heroic.

She and Ma Lan finally came together, and the two naturally didn't want to separate, so this time Ma Lan took her directly with him. Although Du Yu waited for Duan Xiushi to advise, Ma Lan ignored him.

The entire Nami water basin can be said to be the sphere of influence of the Anxi army, the army marched east along the Nami water, and under the constraints of Duan Junzi, it acted in strict accordance with the regulations of the new Anxi army, marched day and camped at night, everything was in order, and everything did not have to worry about Ma Lu.

This was on their own territory, so naturally there was no need to stop and attack the cities and towns, and the Sogdians had already prepared everything along the way, and served the army as best they could, and after a few days of riding fast horses, they had arrived at the first city in the river and built it.

Located on the edge of the dense water, it is the capital of Kangguo, and now the Fufeng Army of the Eighth Army in the river is stationed in this area. This is the place where Ma Lu first started his trouble, the land is fertile and abundant, known as one of the four paradises on earth, and it is the richest area in the river. The Fufeng Army is the Ma Lan Township Party, and Fang Wenwen was the master of arranging the Fufeng Army here in order to please Ma Luan's boss.

After arriving at Sa Mojian, the army turned to the northwest, still galloping fast horses, and after a few days, it crossed the medicine killing water and entered the territory of Shiguo.

Wuhu water and Yaozhi water both originate in the Green Mountains and flow into the Aral Sea in the northwest direction, and the vast area between the two rivers is what the Tang people call the river. The Shi Kingdom is distributed on both sides of the Yaozhi River, but since the Qinhua King Du Yi integrated the nine surnames of Sogdia through the war to expel the Persians, the Shi Kingdom has existed in name only, and has completely become a vassal of the Kangju people.

On top of the original history, the prince of Shi, who caused the Battle of Talas, later fell to the Tang Dynasty again, and a few years later sent tribute, and was also crowned king by Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty. However, history has changed, and King Kang, who completely fell to the Tang Dynasty, has already killed Prince Shi, and the King Shi family no longer exists.

After passing the stone king's capital and heading northwest, he arrived at the foot of the city of Talas. This is the sad place of the Anxi army, in the battle of Talas River, the Anxi army was killed and captured nearly 10,000 people, most of the captives were rescued by Ma Lan, but nearly 10,000 Anxi men were buried near this small city.

In the Han Dynasty, the name of the Han Dynasty was Dulai Shui, which was the place where Chen Tang destroyed Zhi Zhi. After the Anxi army was stationed in the river, Li Siye had sent people to erect a huge monument here to commemorate the Anxi athletes who were buried here.

On the edge of the Talas River, which was immediately frozen, Ma Lu was also extremely emotional. At the beginning, he suddenly crossed over to this battlefield and dominated this powerful body, which led to everything that followed.

However, the proud soul of the Guanzhong man did not really leave, and the stunning beautiful woman beside him, the woman who made the Guanzhong man's dreams haunt, made his heart tremble just by looking at it.

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History has undergone a complete change, and the chariot of Datang has entered a different historical fork. It is no longer clear where the road ahead is.

In front of the giant monument on the bank of the glacier, Ma Lan knelt down with 5,000 Anxi athletes to pay tribute to the departed heroes.

These brave Long March athletes will be buried here forever for the Tang Dynasty to gain a firm foothold in the land of the river. Now that the land in the river is the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty, they deserve the greatest respect from future generations.

From here on, there is also a way to Shule, that is, to enter Bahanna, which is later called the Ferghana Basin, from this narrow mountain basin over the green mountains, you can directly reach the town of Shule in the four towns of Anxi.

However, this time it was to deter the Western Turkic tribes by the way, and it was extremely difficult to cross the green ridge in this weather, and the army was all one man and three horses, so naturally they would not choose this path.

After passing the Talas River, we continued to the northwest and arrived at the Broken Leaf River.

This place was later called the Chu River, and it was also a land of fertile water and grass.

The Shattered Leaf River comes from the Tenshan Mountains and passes by Atami at a very close distance, eventually disappearing into the desert. There is a broken leaf city on the side of the Broken Leaf River, built by the famous general Wang Fangyi Du Huaibao in Anxi during the Gaozong period, and it is one of the four towns of Anxi after the completion of Yanqi, which is the place where the Tang Dynasty set up a card to collect taxes. Later, the Turgish Khanate rose up and requested that Broken Leaf City be the location of the tooth tent, and the Tang Dynasty withdrew the defenders of Broken Leaf Town and re-established Yanqi as one of the four towns.

Later, the Turgish Khanate fought with the Tang Dynasty, and was finally defeated, and after the Beiting army captured the Broken Leaf City, Wang Zhengjian burned the city, and now this famous city has become a ruin.

This place is no longer the territory of the surname Zhaowujiu, but has entered the core territory of the Western Turkic tribes. This is the so-called land of ten arrows, the Broken Leaf River has always been the place where the Western Turks have long built their teeth, and now the Western Turkic tribes are the strongest with the three surnames of Gelulu, so the vicinity of Broken Leaf City is the location of the tooth tent of Gelulu Yehu.

From Shattered Leaf City to the east into Anxi, there are two routes to choose from. One is to the east through the Atami, that is, Xuanzang's so-called Daqing Pond, through the Tianshan Mountains through the Beidieli Fengsui (that is, Lingshan Pass) to the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains Shule, the other is to continue to the north to Yibohai, that is, the later Balkhash Lake, into the Seven River Basin, along the Ili River to the east, you can reach the grassland at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and then continue to the east to reach Tingzhou.

This time, the goal of Ma Lu's army was to return to Hui, so this time the second route was chosen, that is, the avenue through the grassland at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the so-called Broken Leaf Road in later generations.

When the town of Broken Leaves returned to the Tang Dynasty, from Tingzhou to Broken Leaves along the way, they looked at each other, and now most of them have become broken walls, and there is no Han family to garrison, so they can only think of the prosperity of the past.

When Broken Leaf Town was one of the four towns, it was an extremely prosperous place, and the trade route led to the west to Eastern Rome (Whirat), and then Broken Leaf was ceded to the Turgish Khanate, and the Turgish tribe plundered, and this trade route was completely abandoned.

Nowadays, the three surnames are the most powerful, from the Broken Leaf River to the east to the Yili River, all of which are the territory of the Qarluq. From Yilishui to the east to Tingzhou, the large and small tribes basically obeyed the orders of the Qarlu Yehu. However, this area is the territory of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and although Gelulu Yehu was crowned king, he still nominally had to obey the orders of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate.

From the medicine to the Broken Leaf River, the Western Turkic tribes along the way were extremely respectful and tried their best to supply the needs of the army. In fact, most of the Turkic miscellaneous soldiers led by Khi Ye came from these tribes, and these guys who fought with the wind continued to have money to bring back to the tribes through Sogdian merchants, and at the same time, the Turkic miscellaneous soldiers knew the strength of the new army in Anxi, so naturally no one dared to offend Ma Lu's army.

When the army entered the Broken Leaf River and set up camp in front of the ruins of Broken Leaf City, Ma Lan sent an envoy to inform Gelulu Yehu and ordered him to come to meet the army.

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The Qarlulu Leaf Toothguard was on a hill near the Broken Leaf Water, not far from the ruins of Broken Leaf City. This is the traditional tooth tent of the owner of the Land of Ten Arrows, and it is no exception that Qarlu built his teeth here after he occupied this place.

Soon after the envoy went, a huge army of twenty or thirty thousand men came along the Broken Leaf Water, driving thousands of sheep and horses in front.

Duan Xiushi looked at the densely pressed Ge Lulu cavalry, frowned and said, "What does Ge Lulu Ye Hu mean by this, is this here to labor the army, or is it here to demonstrate?" ”

Ma Ling smiled: "Our army is here, and it is common for people to be wary. However, when he drove sheep and horses, he naturally came to the labor army. If you dare to make other moves, what's the use of just this little bit of people? ”

Duan Xiushi smiled and nodded. These 5,000 iron cavalry were prepared for the Hui Gol Khan, and the target was the hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry of the Hui tribe, which was not enough for the Western Turkic cavalry to really clash.

As he spoke, the Qarluq cavalry stopped a few miles away, and hundreds of people drove the sheep and horses in front of them, and more than 100 people rode their horses before the sheep and horses. The envoy sent to the Qarlulu tooth tent galloped back, bowed down and said, "General, the three surnamed Qarlu Ye are here to protect the army!" ”

"Well, good!"

Ma Lan smiled and nodded, and took Duan Xiushi, Kang Xiaoyu and a group of personal soldiers to greet him.

Before the sheep and horses, one hundred and ten horses galloped quickly, all of them were tall grassland men, and stopped in front of Ma Lu.

A richly dressed middle-aged fat man jumped off the horse with everyone, knelt down to Ma Luan, and said respectfully in Turkic language: "The three surnamed Gelulu Ye Protectors are stabbing to meet Ma Xiang!" ”

Ma Lan sat upright on the horse, smiled lightly and said in Turkic: "Ye Hu is also an old man, you and I have known each other in the old days, why do you need to be so polite?" Get up, please! ”

Seeing that Ma Lan was so arrogant, the Gelulu people who followed the fat man couldn't help but open their eyes angrily, and they stood up aggressively, patted the dust on their knees, and showed a trace of shame on their faces: "It's rare that Ma Xiang still remembers me, an old man." In the battle of Talas River on the same day, Ma Xiangyong championed the three armies, and killed dozens of people, and he was also extremely admired. I didn't have the intention to betray Datang that day, but the enemy couldn't resist it. Later, the Heavenly Khan forgave my sins and made me king, and I was really ashamed in my heart......"

Ma Lan waved his hand and said with a faint smile: "It's all over." The Son of Heaven has stopped pursuing this matter, and I have nothing to say. Today, I want to destroy the Tang Dynasty, and the soldiers and horses borrowed from the broken leaves, and I didn't disturb Ye Hu! ”

…… (To be continued.) )