Chapter Twenty-Nine: Embark on the Way Home

Yesterday and. The news of Posilin's murder in Sa Mojian has been spread, along with the . Bosilin's last words spread in all directions like a tidal wave. Now that the night has passed, many of the cities and villages around Samojian have received the news, and they have been thrown into chaos before the arrival of the aggressive army and the Anxi army.

There was a dispute between the Sogdians and the Persians, and the Persians also had their own opinions, beliefs and beliefs. Posilin's, there are also believers in Abu. Abbas's. However, these fights were still a war of words, and there was basically no bloodshed.

And with the arrival of the heavily armed army, the already tense strings were broken all at once, and things immediately changed completely.

The Persians instantly became united in their hatred and resisted with an unexpectedly strong force. The Persian peasants, armed with all the weapons they could find, rushed frantically towards the enemy cavalry.

The Sogdians, on the other hand, did not hesitate to accept the king's orders and attack their former neighbors.

The flames of war were ignited everywhere outside the city, and the Persians resisted extremely stubbornly, and the battle was extremely fierce. However, such resistance is basically useless.

In the entire Zeravshan River Basin, only the Fishing and Drinking Trees were built as large cities, with strong walls, and the rest of the places were basically undefended for the army.

Although the Sogdian army was formed on an improvised basis, it was an army after all, with a unified command and decent weapons. And the Anxi army that assisted them was the elite of a hundred battles, and the sharpness of the edge was something that these Persian farmers could resist.

The "Decree on the Extermination of Hu" written by Du Hao himself was posted in every village and town, and the Zoroastrian believers, who had a dominant population advantage, liquidated the followers of Hu Da, and violence spread in every city and village.

Everyone went into a frenzy, and everyone had red eyes. There are only two possibilities in this case, either kill or be killed.

The oasis in winter is full of people chasing each other.

Ma Lan rode on a war horse with a Mo sword, and watched more than a dozen Persian peasants being chased and killed by hundreds of Sogdians, and his heart was also extremely emotional.

The Persians ran so much that their shoes fell off, but the Sogdians refused to let go, and each Sogdian was so excited that he made a strange whistling sound from his mouth, and when he caught up with a Persian, he rushed up and stoned him to death.

Back then, Ran Min issued an order to exterminate Hu in Yecheng, and the Han people within a hundred miles of Yecheng responded, and that kind of scene must be nothing more than that!

Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. The relationship between the two nations has reached such a point that it is really unstoppable.

Kangju is thousands of miles away, and the most densely populated area is on the banks of the great river. With the distribution of the "Hu Suppression Order", Zoroastrian followers everywhere took action.

In the midst of this storm, the Anxi Army is basically a bystander. The existence of thousands of elite soldiers is more of a role to give confidence to the enemy, and the specific killing does not involve much.

"General, this arrogant man is a very ambitious person, we help him now, will he be used?" Du Huan looked at the village in front of him in the firelight and asked in a low voice.

Ma Lan smiled: "This matter is also what I considered. Don't worry, if he wants to become the king of the river, he must rely on Datang. Any ambition comes at a price, and the price of aggressiveness is the decline of the well-being population. When the number of Sogdians was small enough, it was impossible for him to turn his back on the Tang Dynasty. ”

"The land in the river is fertile in the west, and the Persians call it a paradise on earth. When the number of Sogdians was small enough, the Han Chinese could just migrate over on a large scale. At that time, no matter what ambitions he had, he could only obediently consider himself a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. In another 100 years, the Zhaowu Nine and the Sogdians will be a thing of the past. ”

Du Huan's eyes were shining, and he said: "The general's intention is not to make Hezhong the four towns of Anxi, but to create another Xizhou?" ”

Ma Lan nodded: "That's right!" Only when the Han family has an advantage in this place, can this land be considered to belong to the Tang Dynasty permanently. Even if the artifact is easier, this place still belongs to my Han people. Otherwise, what's the point of today's action? ”

Du Huan nodded vigorously.

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The scope of activity of the Anxi Army was limited to 200 miles of the city by Ma Lan. For the Persians outside this range, the Anxi army no longer provided assistance, but let the Persians solve it themselves.

The army swept around Sa Mojian for five days, and had basically achieved the predetermined goal. The Persians and Zoroastrian Sogdians in this area were slaughtered, and the number of fanatical Zoroastrians gathered by his men reached 15,000.

It's not that he can't muster more people, but the limit of Kang Guo's army is so much. Such an army, as a standing army, at least in numbers, has already caught up with the time of Ulga.

15,000 people, the number is already more than the number of generals under Ma Luan's command. The Han family and the clan soldiers combined, only in their early 10,000s.

With so many troops under his command, his eyes are different. This time, he actually came to visit Ma Lu, hoping that Anxi Jun would leave more of the wealth taken from his family temple so that his subordinates could survive this cold winter.

Ma Lan was naturally unceremonious, and took action to humiliate the ruthless. Although he is good at killing, the Chang'an ranger Ma Lan is a step ahead.

He was really rude this time, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't want the Han family to have any more casualties, he would even have the idea of defeating the rabble under him.

After being beaten hard by Ma Lan, he became honest again. Seeing that he couldn't get benefits from Anxijun, he had to find another way. In any case, maintaining an army of fifteen thousand people in the river is not a simple problem.

After the Battle of Talas, a part of the Sogdians and most of the Persian peasants were annexed. Posilin crossed the medicine and was preparing to attack the four towns of Anxi. And now, and . The news of Posilin's killing is spreading in all directions, and will soon reach the other side of the medicine killing water.

That's when the real show begins.

At that time, it will be a great fire of the major forces in the river, and the Persian tribes who killed the eastern part of the river will inevitably take revenge and have a war of extermination with the Sogdians, and even the Western Turkic tribes in the Ferner Basin will be involved. He has now taken the lead, and whether he can grab the greatest benefits is up to him.

As for Ma Lan and Anxi Jian'er under his command, they are not ready to get involved in this drama anymore. Every Han family is precious, and it is not necessary to put it here and consume it with these natives.

So after beating up the fat man, the Anxi army set off again, left the city of Sa Mo in a mighty way, and officially embarked on the way home.

At the same time, most of the Persian army also came out of the army and began to expand the campaign to purge the Persians to the north.

Anxijun refused to help anymore, so he had to do it himself.

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In Ma Lu's army, there are two sons and a son and a daughter who are silent, which is an agreement between the two parties before, and it is to be sent to Chang'an. In the event of a defeat in the river, they are the seeds of the resurgence of the descendants of Ulga.

The weather in October is already extremely cold, but it can't stop the people who are returning to their hearts. With a sufficient number of horses and camels, the army was also extremely fast. After walking hundreds of miles east along the Great River, the army turned southwest, preparing to pass through Tocharian to the southern foot of the Green Mountain, and enter Anxi through the Governor's Mansion of Bird Fly.

10,000 Tang troops suddenly appeared in Upper Tocharo, the local king was startled, saw the banner of the Tang army, and hurriedly opened the city in fear to ask for surrender, trembling and took out the documents and tokens canonized by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

This has reached the South Silk Road, and it is not far from the Bird Flying Governor's Mansion. The king of soil here is a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, of course, only in name. Even when the Tibetan people were at their peak, the local kings here did not forget to send envoys to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. Now that Datang has opened up the road from the southern foot of the Green Mountains to the Wuhu River Basin, the king of Tu is naturally more respectful to Datang.

Ma Lan was just borrowing the way this time, not being ordered to conquer, he knew that his 10,000 soldiers who destroyed the country had indeed frightened the king of the land, and he was also comforted.

When I got here, it was already the upper reaches of the Wuhu River. The storm was condensing in the middle of the river, and now the Anxi athletes had completely left the center of the storm and entered safety.

Not all Anxi athletes have such a strong body as Ma Lan, and they are indeed tired after traveling quickly for days. Therefore, despite comforting the earth king, Ma Lan ordered the army to march into the city of Asha and prepare to rest in it for three days.

The city was just a small city on the South Silk Road, with an army of 10,000 more than the local population. The king of the earth was terrified, for fear of angering the army, and in a fit of rage he destroyed his own small city.

Fortunately, the Anxi army did what it said, saying that it would rest for three days, and after three days, it set off again, under the guidance of the guide sent by the Tuwang, with the tribute that the Tuwang dedicated to the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, and went in the direction of the Bird Flying Governor's Mansion.

And three days ago, Li Juan had already left Ashu City with five hundred of the most elite Anxi athletes, protecting the precious Seser gems and more than a dozen Zoroastrian holy women, and set foot on the way home first. Five hundred athletes were enough to protect themselves at the southern foot of the Green Mountains, and the army carried a large amount of wealth plundered from the river, and the speed was naturally slower.

Li Juan's destination is not Anxi, but distant Chang'an.

This is a plan made by Ma Lan and Du Huan early on, and now it has officially begun to be implemented.

The jewel and two large cannibal heads are dedicated to the Son of Heaven, and the Zoroastrian saint is dedicated to the big men of the court. All of this is for the difficult task of the Lord Anthy.

In order to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Ma Lan was ready to be a courtier through and through, giving him what he wanted.

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