Tian Mingyuan led the army to arrive at the meeting place on time, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced the strength in Ma Lan's hands.

The nearly 40,000 Turkic miscellaneous soldiers under the command of Khibino alone were enough to offset the hastily assembled Persian Mavari outside the city of Isfahan. The Turks who grew up on horseback were beaten by the Tang Dynasty border army all the year round, and rarely had the upper hand for more than a hundred years, because the enemy was too strong, and if they were good at riding and archery, they could definitely be easily crushed if they were used to deal with Persian farmers.

After selling the booty to the merchants, the Turkic cavalry had a great lightening burden. The merchants all reaped considerable gains, and they were all extremely happy for a while.

The Turkic cavalry camped below, and the 2,000 Anxi new troops brought by Tian Mingyuan entered the barracks and joined forces with other Anxi new troops.

In the handsome tent, Ma Lan set up a banquet for the generals from Wannian City to wash the dust. The generals and Tian Mingyuan and his entourage had a hearty drink, and it was very lively for a while.

“…… The city has now become a local center, the city is extremely lively, there are many merchants stationed there, many merchants from Fars choose to go to sea from here, and a large number of ships are parked on the docks every day......"

“…… The most lacking is the eight-ox crossbow...... This thing, with Greek fire and heavenly thunder arrows, is invincible on the surface of the sea. The Great Cannibal also has a simple ballista, but the range is too close to that of the Eight Bull Crossbow. Now there is no official sailor in Dashi, and the real sailor on the sea is our family - the general said that it was the fleet, and I was wrong......"

“…… Niu Xu took a fleet, it was some of the most powerful ships, and now there is another one. There are only seven boats. But it's enough to put it in that place to collect taxes. The flotilla passing through the Tang Sea is there every day. We levy a tax, which is also a lot of wealth. The strait is very wide, the safe channel is so narrow, if you want to cross from here, you have to pay taxes to us, the profits at sea are huge, and the tax of one percent is not heavy......"

“……”

In the middle of the staggering, Tian Mingyuan and others also talked in detail about the current situation of Wannian City.

Wannian City is extremely important to Datang. Ma Lan has always attached great importance to it, and Ma Lan naturally knows the general situation, but it is not easy for the eagle slave to pass on the information, Hai Dongqing is too small to carry too much weight, so what he knows is a rough idea. Now listening to Tian Mingyuan's personal narration, it is naturally much more detailed.

The establishment of Wannian City is to drive a nail in the Strait of Hormuz. This nail was extremely important to the Tang Dynasty, and in Ma Lan's eyes, this big city was the cornerstone of the homeland of Han Chinese immigrants to Persia. Even if the situation changes in the future, hold this port. Hermes-Epitek has a solid foothold.

Now the Persid Hegans near Wannian City are extremely obedient and willingly accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty. With Wannian City as the center, the province of Fars in the west, the Sistan Basin in the east, and the ancient city of Kerman in the north, a large area is under the control of Wannian City. This up-and-coming port city has become the center of the region and is thriving.

It seems that the Ten Thousand Year City Le Shi Ji Gong is yesterday's thing, but so much time has passed. When I wrote the eight characters "Those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me die" that day, I didn't expect the situation to develop so quickly.

For Tian Mingyuan's performance during this time, Ma Lan is also extremely satisfied. Although this young man had only studied in a private school for a few years, he was a rare all-round figure in civil and military affairs, who could not only fight, but also handle affairs in an orderly manner.

It's not that there are no talents in the Anxi army, but many people don't get the opportunity, and once they get the opportunity, they are like a cone in the bag, and the end of it is immediately visible. Tian Mingyuan was not well-known in the original annals, but now he is in a high position in the Anxi Army, relying on his true skills.

Tian Mingyuan got the opportunity, but there are still a lot of people buried in the army, this is certain, but with the continuous expansion of Datang, these talents will have a day to shine.

Tian Mingyuan is his subordinate, and Ma Lan is not polite to him, but Ma Lan also praised Tian Mingyuan's achievements.

Tian Mingyuan has established himself in Wannian City, and the taxes collected from the merchants have basically been able to support the daily consumption of the army, which is a remarkable achievement.

In the past few years, the Anxi New Army has been fighting in the east and west, basically burning money, relying on a large amount of money to achieve a victory, and now occupying several important cities, have not been able to achieve financial self-sufficiency, this 10,000-year city is the first.

Of course, being able to do this has a lot to do with the location of the Ten Thousand Year City.

The city of Wannian guards the Strait of Hormuz, backed by Fars, the richest area of the Iranian plateau, and merchants come and go very frequently, which is why there is so much tax revenue. But after all, it is a newly established city, and there are tens of thousands of troops that need to be fed, and it is already very good to be able to do this.

Relying on plunder to support expansion cannot last. No matter how much wealth there is in the Great Food Country, it can't support the expansion of the Anxi Army, so self-sufficiency is extremely important, which is also the goal that Ma Lan has always wanted to achieve. Sooner or later, the most important cities west of the Green Mountains will have to achieve this goal so that the expansion can continue.

Today, Wannian City has become the most important port city on the Tang Sea, and its momentum is even greater than that of Basra, a port city occupied by Niu Xu. Tian Mingyuan has already begun to buy a large number of Kunlun slaves in Wannian City, and many of the sea ships entering and leaving the port will bring some Kunlun slaves back to the Anxi New Army, which can be regarded as a part of the taxes, and even some families have specially organized fleets to go to distant places to start capturing Kunlun slaves, and a new business has been slowly formed. There were already thousands of strong Kunlun slaves hoarded near Wannian City, and Ma Luan's idea of establishing a plantation in the middle of the river and making Han people slave owners already had an eyebrow.

In the future, the Han people who will move to the river will want to be superior people. Only in this way can we attract more Hermes-Epitek to come. In this matter, the obedient Kunlun Nu is an extremely important link.

We camped very early on this day, and when we set off again on the second day, everyone was in good spirits.

Of the 14,000 Anxi new troops, only 5,000 were left in the middle army, and the rest were all sent out to sweep the villages and cities along the way.

Since it is already not far from Isfahan. So the army has slightly increased its speed. and no longer accept the surrender of the Persian Dekhgans along the way. Directly it is to implement a scorched earth policy, and when you see something moving, you will shoot it directly.

The aim was to completely cut Isfahan off from the outside world.

Behind Isfahan is the Zagros Mountains, and now a large number of alien races have gathered, and now they start to kill people, and the space on Isfahan's side will be compressed smaller and smaller, and there will be no way to get any information from this side, in this case. A fog of war will be cast in front of Ibrahim. As long as they continue to kill people, then no one will know the whereabouts of the main force of the Anxi New Army, which can form a favorable situation in which the enemy is overt and we are covert.

In order to achieve this, Ma Lan plans to create a no-man's land from here, completely isolating Ibrahim under the city of Isfahan. The clash of civilizations is the most cruel, he didn't care about the lives of foreign races, and he was a cold-faced and black-hearted person when he treated foreign races, such a thing seemed natural to him.

Several thousand-strong teams were scattered, resolutely carrying out Ma Lu's orders. Everywhere they passed, fire broke out in towns and cities. Villages are in ruins.

The Turkic cavalry followed the Chinese army, escorting the merchants as they walked slowly.

They actually prefer to participate in the raids. However, he did not get Ma Lan's permission.

Turkic people have the genes of robbery in their nature, but the Han family is relatively lacking in these things, and the Anxi New Army is better, but there are also a lot of recruits. There are some things that must be adapted to these young people as soon as possible, so Ma Lu still handed over the murder to his own descendants.

For these Turkic miscellaneous soldiers under the command of Khiberye, Ma Lan was like a god-like existence, so no one dared to disobey his orders. In addition, Ma Lu promised them to allow the army to plunder after breaking through Isfahan, and never seal the sword, the Turkic knights had some expectations in their hearts, so they were extremely honest, and Baba waited to hurry to Isfahan, and then began to slaughter the city.

Such killings are also a means of deterrence. Since this piece of land is not going to be handed over to the Persian Dekhgan to manage, but is going to be slaughtered into a white land, at this time, there is no military discipline to speak of. All the thousand-man teams have become beast soldiers completely, and the human instinct has been completely indulged.

The Chinese army marched along the road leading to Isfahan, and naturally encountered many large towns in front of them, and for several days in a row, the towns that stood in front of them were broken by Ma Lan's Chinese army and turned into a blank field.

On this day, Isfahan was only one hundred and fifty miles away.

A small city of more than 10,000 people stood in front of the army.

The Dekhgans in the city opened the gates, came out trembling, and knelt on the ground to submit to the army. There were a number of ballistas on the walls, but they had been destroyed and destroyed by the Dekhgans themselves.

The army stopped outside the city, and at the sound of the horse's order, two thousand-man troops roared into the city, and the Dehgan and their guards were instantly trampled into pulp by the horses' hooves. It didn't take long for smoke to rise from the city, and screams could be faintly heard.

This undefended city is like a weak girl, who has lost the last bit of shelter and stands in front of a strong man, about to face the fate of being ravaged.

Ma Lan stood several miles away, still far from the city, so he couldn't hear the voices inside.

But some things are imaginable.

The beautiful Persian woman was also very attractive to the Anxi men. When the city is slaughtered, something will inevitably happen.

This was the most common in the process of conquest, when he took thousands of prisoners of war across the river, the Anxi men would often get into the houses of the Kangju people and do similar things to the beautiful Kangju women.

He had no intention of forbidding such things, but these things were not suitable for Yang Youniang to know, so he would not approach the city at this time.

The fate of the city's demise was inevitable. When the army passed, it was a scorched earth left.

Squinting at the increasing smoke in the city in front of him, waiting for the end of the matter, suddenly a young man gritted his teeth and jumped off the war horse, kneeling to the ground towards Ma Lan: "General! It's not right for you to do that! (To be continued......)