Outside the new city of Isfahan, several horsemen galloped from a distance and rushed directly into the barracks.

The knights on horseback had gloomy faces, saw Tian Mingyuan, the main general who stayed here, and told Zhao Guang the news of his escape.

By this time, they learned that the main force was no longer in Isfahan, but had crossed the Zagros Mountains.

This matter is not big or small. If he escaped, he should naturally be punished, Tian Mingyuan ordered a few people to go and receive the military sticks, and then went to find the Anxi agents in the camp. Not long after, in the valley outside the city, a falcon fluttered its feathers and disappeared into the autumn sky.

"This coward...... It turned out to be an escape! ”

In the small town of Baghdad, Ma Lan received the information sent by the eagle slave and snorted softly.

sent military police to send Zhao Guang to catch and drink, but he didn't want him to be in danger alone, after all, he was from the Tang Dynasty, and after being robbed of his military position, he couldn't carry the Yuan Rong crossbow or anything, and it was too dangerous to go back to the Central Plains alone. Now this guy has escaped...... If you escape, you can escape, it's not a big deal, if you really die on the road, it's your own fault, no one else's fault.

This matter is just a small matter. For Zhao Guang, he has already done his best to be benevolent and righteous, and if he escapes, he will run away, and he will no longer pay attention to it. Tian Mingyuan's letter asked if he had issued an order to hunt down Zhao Guang, and Ma Ling replied to the letter and ordered Yingnu to send it out, asking Tian Mingyuan not to mention the matter again. Zhao Guang has no military position, that is a Han civilian, no matter how he says it, he is also a son of the Han family, and there is no need to make a big move against the internal contradictions of the people.

After replying to the letter, the matter came to an end. As for Zhao Guang's fate, can he return to the Central Plains alone. He didn't bother either. Everything at the moment is a big deal. There's no need to dwell on such trivial matters.

Construction of the city of Baghdad has begun. The name has not yet been decided, but it will certainly not be called Baghdad City. The large amount of gold and silver on the Niuxu fleet is being turned into various resources through the merchants to support the construction of the city. The Persian coolies were fed every day, and although they were not paid, there were no large number of deaths. Things were in order, and the calf worked very hard, with the help of a few competent staff. Everything is well organized.

This city spans both sides of the East Tang River, and will be the center of the entire two river basins of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and after it develops, it may not be less prosperous than the Baghdad city of Mansour, where the Tang Dynasty will garrison troops, and the Ma family workshop will also set up a point here to deal with the next expedition.

Ma Luan's army was dispatched, so naturally he didn't come here to watch the construction of the city. After arriving here, the Turkic army dispersed again, with a small number of Anxi new troops. Travelled to check on the situation of the Arabians and Yemenis being cleaned. The Kufa to Basra has long been a site of Shiite activity, although the Ahgans have cleaned it up themselves. However, it is still necessary for the army to sweep it in person to be truly assured.

Of course, there are fish that slip through the net, and the cost of the fish that slips through the net will be borne by the local lord. Wherever Arabians or Yemenis and stubborn Mawari were found in their territory, the local Dekhgan paid with his life. After the army dispersed, it immediately set off another bloody storm.

However, the intensity of the killing was much lower than that east of the Zagros Mountains. While the army was sweeping around the country, the Dekhgans also became extremely nervous, and they also sent Persian warriors to participate in this sweep, desperately looking for the remaining believers in Huda.

It was not only the army that Ma Lan brought from east of the Zagros Mountains who participated in this battle, but also the Persian army of 50,000 men formed by Niu Xu. This army was made up of Persian warriors provided by the Persian Dehgans who had surrendered to Niu Xu, and was assembled in a very hasty manner, but they were all young and strong. This army also became a servant army of the Tang Army, and because the treatment provided by Niu Xu was extremely lucrative, it was also extremely hard to sweep up.

The big food is too big, and Ma Lan's subordinates are limited after all, so he definitely needs a large army of servants. The Turkic people like to kill and are suitable for fighting with the wind, and it is a bit reluctant to defend the city, but the local Persians are extremely suitable for this.

The middle and lower reaches of the two river basins were completely plowed by the army, and thousands of remaining Hu Da believers were caught, and hundreds of large and small Dehegan families were killed, and the families were eradicated by the army, and the territory and people were divided among the nearby Dehegans. In fact, there are not many people killed, but the deterrent effect is extremely great.

After this thing was done, it was already October of the second year of Zhide.

At this time, more than 30,000 Anxi Han troops had entered various parts of Dashi as garrisons in various important cities. Beacon horse shops have been spread out in large numbers, all over the key passes, and the ruling order of the Tang Dynasty east of the Zagros Mountains has been basically established.

In the depths of the Zagros Mountains, there was no Tang army stationed, and due to the problem of manpower, the garrison was basically some large cities on the main road. The construction of the new city of Isfahan has not yet been completed, but now there are 2,000 Anxi troops who have arrived here to take over Tian Mingyuan's mission. Tian Mingyuan, on the other hand, had left Isfahan with his 2,000 men and was crossing the Zagros Mountains.

Insufficient manpower is a big problem, and Ma Lan also proposed to Zhang Xun in a letter to Chang'an that the Anxi army be allowed to raise tens of thousands of horses in the Central Plains to increase the strength west of the Green Ridge, but this matter has not yet received a response from Zhang Xun. The big food is too big, and 30,000 people stationed east of the Zagros Mountains are actually very weak, and the land west of the Zagros Mountains also needs a large number of Han family sons to garrison in order to be regarded as a real income.

With Zhang Xun's personality, Ma Lan felt that he must understand this, and he promised to be sure, after all, he is a person who really cares about the people. However, with the urine nature of this guy who does not suffer, I am afraid that it will inevitably put forward some harsh conditions. No matter what the conditions, Ma Lu is ready to agree.

The matter of the southern expedition to Tianzhu is extremely smooth, the Buddha has given great support in this matter, Wang rare has basically ploughed the land of five Tianzhu, I heard that the killing is also more than one million, and Du Huan's ruthlessness is not much less than Wang Yuan, in the five river basins to kill the blood flowing, is along the Indus River to the south of the development, according to the latest information, it will not be long before Du Huan can appear at the mouth of the Indus River. At that time, the Tang Dynasty sailor will meet with Du Huan at the mouth of the Indus River to celebrate this event.

Ma Yong Ma Qiang, together with the Turkic miscellaneous soldiers and the fierce Qarluq cavalry, had swept away the Oghuz people, had discovered the mouth of the Volga River, and was driving the local settlement tribes to build a city nearby. The local tribes were extremely rebellious, but quickly learned to submit under the butcher's knife, as they had done in their original history. The fertile plains on the northern shore of the Caspian Sea are already fluttering with the banner of the Tang Dynasty.

Located west of the Ural River, the new city belonged to Europe in the geographical sense of the word.

At the eastern end of the Broken Leaf River, the construction of the new Broken Leaf City is already at the end of the project, and it will be completely completed next spring, when the four towns of Anxi will return to the old system, and the Broken Leaf Town will replace Yanqi Town and be re-included in the four towns.

Today, the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the west of the Green Mountain has included all of the five Central Asian countries in the later generations, and a small part of Russia, as well as the Iranian Plateau and the Lianghe River Valley, but for the Tang Dynasty, the westward expansion is just the beginning.

The latest news from Fusang has also come from Liaodong. Although it is a rumor, Ma Ling thinks that the rumor should be true, the filial piety of the female emperor was humiliated by Li Jing like that, and the end was extremely miserable, with Li Jing's temperament, this kid definitely did such a thing.

In later generations, the great monk Jianzhen who was revered by the Japanese people as the "master of the balance" died, and this news is a little embarrassing, but the Jianzhen monk helped the Japanese people to guard Pingchengjing, and it was a matter of course that he died. If he were to deal with this matter, he would certainly not do such a ridiculous thing as letting the Han monks take turns to serve as the emperor of filial piety, but he would definitely kill all these monks who helped the Japanese people defend the city as soon as possible, and avenge the soldiers killed in the siege.

The monks of Daming Temple fled from Fusang and kept their mouths shut and said nothing, but the news still spread. Chang'an was furious when he learned the news, sent troops to surround Yangzhou Daming Temple, and ordered the monks involved in the matter to commit suicide. The monks easily escaped a life and came back, but there was still no way to live, and their reputation was also bad, most of them chose to commit suicide, and several who did not want to commit suicide were hacked to death with knives, and even the entire Daming Temple was demolished by the army, and all the monks inside were dismissed.

In Ma's view, this is a normal reaction. After all, the identity of the filial piety emperor is there, and this kind of behavior is to despise the royal power, although it is the prince of Fusang, but from the position of the Tang royal family, such things are absolutely intolerable. Daming Temple, as a famous temple of the Vinaya, was also implicated because of this incident.

Zhang Xun attaches great importance to the people, but attaches great importance to the imperial power, he is different from Ma Lan, in his heart the imperial power can not be offended, the monks of Daming Temple have done such things, and the world knows that he is naturally going to take them.

And the news of this incident also brought about a consequence, that is, Li Jing, who fled to Fusang, re-entered the sight of the Tang people. Zhang Xun, who was originally going to put this matter on hold for the time being, also had to start a war in advance.

There have been constant correspondence between Ma Ling and Zhang Xun, and many consensuses have been reached that Li Jing has gone overseas, and there is no need to crusade for the time being, and it is not too late to solve this matter after the surrounding area is completely cleared. However, after the news was transmitted back to the Central Plains, Zhang Xun couldn't wait, after all, Li Jing was self-established as the emperor, and the Tang Dynasty could not tolerate the coexistence of the two emperors, so the crusade against Li Jing was mentioned by the ministers in the court, and the crown prince Li Yu was also strongly advocating this matter, and Zhang Xun was helpless, so he had no choice but to start preparations.

Ma Lan didn't hide anything from Zhang Xun, and Zhang Xun also knew that Ma Lan had a powerful sailor here, so he also made a request to Ma Lan in the letter, hoping that Ma Lan could help him in this matter. (To be continued.) )