Only dead aliens are good aliens, although this sentence is poisonous, many times it is a wise saying.

Coming from later generations, Ma Lan was essentially a Sven, and he admired both the splendid civilization created by the Abbasids and the civilization created during the brief prosperity of the Tibetans, but this did not prevent him from raising the butcher's knife against the Great Cannibals and the Tibetans.

After a certain level of killing, a symbiotic relationship can be established, like later generations of white Americans and Indians, white Australians and indigenous Maori. Although the Tibetan civilization is brilliant, it cannot be compared with the long-standing Han culture. Since the Tubo people will have to integrate into the big family of Chinese civilization sooner or later, it is better to integrate into nature early than later.

This kind of integration relies on subtle influence and takes a long time. If you use a steel knife to force it in, the effect is undoubtedly much faster.

Not without precedent, the most recent example is the Great Eclipse. It has only been 180 years since Mokomo was born, and it has been more than 100 years since the Great Cannibal occupied the Persian homeland with a scimitar, but now the Persians have all converted to Huda, even if they overthrew the Umayyad Dynasty, they have not changed their piety. This is the result of forcible fusion with knives, and it is not surprising that the proud Persians would have taken care of them if it had not been for the military occupation, but for the slow infiltration of the imams.

The black-clothed food is essentially the revival of Persian civilization, and the piety of the Persian Mavari to Hu Da is extremely troublesome, so that Ma Lu does not want to further seize the territory of the Persians, but only wants to demarcate the territory with the black-clothed food with Wuhu water, and restore the territory west of the Green Mountains in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty of the Gaozong Dynasty.

Tibet is a large plateau country, the climate is very cold, survival is extremely difficult, everyone is short-lived, the average household is less than four people, 20 years old and parents and grandparents are everywhere in the Central Plains, but in Tibet is regarded as an auspicious person. Since it is so difficult to give birth, it is extremely difficult to recover after killing. When you reach a certain level, you will be able to honestly integrate into the cultural circle of the Han people.

Of course, this is a long-term plan. For the Tibetan people, the sky is too far away, the Tang Dynasty is too close, and it is both their luck and misfortune to be close to the Tang Dynasty, and the fate of integrating into China cannot be changed.

What Ma Lan wants to do now is not to kill millions of Tibetans, but to occupy a stronghold here now, and then slowly try to do it.

What needs to be done, when the time comes, is what needs to be done.

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Li Gongbu was driven away, and without Ma Lu's order, the old guy could not get out of the camp at all.

The 5,000-strong army had already been lined up in the valley, after all, it was the strongest Anxi man, and they had adapted to the winter in the southern mountains of Khotan, and it took them three days to adapt to the thin air here.

This time on the plateau, all the horses used were captured from the hands of the Nanshan Qiang people, and they were extremely adapted to this place, and there were no problems. It was only when crossing the snowy mountains that the height was too high, so these livestock had to be allowed to pass by prick blood and decompression, and now many war horses have not healed the needle holes on their noses, which looks extremely strange.

Naturally, the camels that are most cherished by Ma Lan cannot reach this plateau, but fortunately, there are yaks. More than 100 eight-ox crossbows were all placed on top of the most robust yaks selected, and the huge steel crossbow arrows flashed with cold light.

Of the four standard hard crossbows of the Tang Army, only the eight-bull crossbow with the longest range and the most powerful has been retained in the new army of Anxi, and the remaining three hard crossbows have been abandoned. More than 600 expensive Yuanrong crossbows were the most relied on weapons of the Anxi New Army. The range of the Yuanrong crossbow in the state of single shot has reached the distance of the Fuyuan crossbow, but the weight is extremely light, and the shooter can carry it with him.

These more than 600 Yuan Rong crossbowmen sat on top of the war horses and surrounded the eight bull crossbows. Further beyond is the eternal core of the Tang army, the fierce horse infantry, flanked by two thousand cavalry led by Han Wu and Li An.

Whether it is infantry or cavalry, there is a riding crossbow on the side of the saddle, and this sharp weapon is the hard work of the Ma family workshop in the past six months. The riding crossbow was designed by Ma Lan himself, and it could penetrate the Mingguang armor within a hundred steps, and its range was only slightly lower than that of the Fuyuan crossbow, but it was more than twice as far as the barbarian's horn bow. Since it is only a single-shot crossbow arrow, the weight is lighter than that of the Yuanrong crossbow. The crossbow arrows cast in pure steel are like small javelins, and the leather armor of the barbarians can basically be ignored.

Such an army is a complete barbarian nightmare. Even other Tang troops could not resist such a salvo of crossbow formations.

If there are more Yuanrong crossbows, the combat power of the new army in Anxi will be increased again, but the Yuanrong crossbow is too troublesome to make, so it can only be equipped so much now.

Soldiers are expensive but not too expensive, and 5,000 elite soldiers are enough. This time, Ma Lan did not follow the usual practice to levy the soldiers of the vassal kingdom attached to the Tang Dynasty, those soldiers could not fight a tough battle, and they could only add to the chaos when they came.

More than 5,000 soldiers, more than 10,000 war horses, mountains of materials in the camp, and Xinghu merchants who are busy coming and going on both sides of the snow-capped mountain, this is the strength that Ma Lu can rely on in his hands.

The scouts have already spread out for more than a hundred miles, and more than a dozen horse shops have been built along the way. Ma Ling urged Qinghai Cheng to slowly walk out of the valley, and the army followed behind, slowly moving on the desolate plateau, towards the upper reaches of the Shiquan River.

The scouts and Anxi agents were very conscientious, and the limited Tibetan herders in this area have disappeared forever. Even in later generations, the Ali region was a famous no-man's land in China, with an extremely sparse population, and there were not many killings caused by the Tang army. However, if you don't count Tang Jun himself, this area is really no man's land.

The upper and lower Zhangxiong ten Dongdai is the core area of the original Xiangxiong country, Dongdai in the Tubo language means a thousand households, ten Dongdai is actually loyal to the Xiangxiong King ten tribes. The plateau is really not suitable for human survival, especially the hometown of Zhangxiong, which is the highest area on the plateau, and it is extremely difficult to survive.

On the east side of Zhangxiong's hometown, future generations of humans will not be able to live in it, let alone people of this era. The land area of Tibet is not small, but the population is relatively concentrated, and the Lhasa River basin and the north and south of the Brahmaputra River are the core areas of the Tibetan people. As for the source of the river, the Tuyuhun homeland and the territory of Bailanqiang were conquered later, and they were both far away from Zhangxiong.

Ma Lu knew very well the harsh environment of the plateau behind the Kunlun Mountains, so he knew that it was absolutely impossible for the Tubo people to come directly from the uninhabited area in the east, and even if they reinforced Zhangxiong, they could only come north along the Lhasa River Valley.

So there is nothing fancy about this battle, and there can be no such thing as being cut off. If the Tibetans come to fight, it will only be a frontal battle. If there is no war, then the army can always be pushed flat.

The Great Commentary of the Tibetan Emperor Qinling once said that it would only take more than a month for the cavalry to arrive at the White Rock Beach, and if there was a chance, Ma Ling also wanted to verify whether this sentence was accurate and whether there was any exaggeration.

A large number of yaks were mixed in the middle of the army with supplies, and the speed of the march was not fast. Mi Xue has drawn the map along the way in great detail, and the generals have basically learned how to use the map. Five days later, on the upper reaches of the Shiquan River, on a wide meadow, Ma Lu's vision finally saw a large number of sheep, horses and yaks.

This is the first Dongdai closest to the White Rock Beach, and the Dharma tribe who believe in Bon religion.

The army stopped by the river, and the trumpets rang out to the sky. The infantry abandoned their horses and quickly formed a phalanx by the river. Two thousand cavalry were on the flanks, some distance from the infantry.

The shepherds of the Dama tribe saw Tang Jun and were a little dazed for a while. Many young men and women were still pointing and laughing at each other.

The Tang Dynasty and Tubo fought for more than 100 years, but the Tang army never set foot on this land. It was these shepherds who did not panic when they saw the Tang army, because they did not know where this army came from.

Several young men and women rode over laughing and greeted them warmly. Yang Yu greeted him with more than a dozen scouts, and the Yuanrong crossbow in his hand quickly shot out a row of crossbow arrows, which immediately shot several people off the horse.

The shepherds of the Dharma tribe were stunned, but after all, they were plateau men who believed in Bon, and they were all fearless of death, and more than a dozen Tibetan herdsmen rushed over on horseback, grabbed the horned bow on the side of the saddle, and surrounded Yang Yu and others.

Yang Yu sneered, looked at a Tibetan herdsman through Wangshan, and gently pressed the bracket, and a steel arrow flew out, directly piercing the throat of the Tibetan herdsman.

The Yuanrong crossbow is extremely exquisitely made, not only powerful, but also very accurate. Yang Yu was the first batch in the army to get the Yuan Rong crossbow, and he was already very familiar with the use of this crossbow.

The distance between him and the Tibetan herdsmen is basically the distance of the original standard Fuyuan crossbow, and the horn bow of the Tibetan herdsmen cannot be shot at all. Just after Yang pre-shot the crossbow arrows, the rest of the scouts also shot the crossbow arrows one by one with their faces stiff, killing the Tubo herdsmen who rushed over one by one. The leather robes on the Tubo people were like pieces of paper, and the steel crossbow directly pierced the body after being shot.

The Tibetan herdsmen in the distance looked at this scene and were stunned. Seeing that Yang Yu and the others calmly walked to the side of the corpse and withdrew the crossbow arrows, they didn't know what to do.

Finally, an elderly shepherd who had fought with the Tang army in Xiaobolu recognized the Tang army's armor and howled loudly in the Tibetan language.

The shepherds had a look of disbelief on their faces, they couldn't believe that Tang Jun would actually appear here.

However, the old man's words must be believed, and the shepherds hurried away from the horses and sheep. The scouts gave chase, shot dozens of men, and then returned to the river, without making a big pursuit.

Ma Lan sat on the back of the Qinghai skull, looking at the distant Dama tribe herdsmen and smiled faintly. This is their home, and they simply have no way back. The Qiang people who practiced Bon were the most ferocious, and they could not retreat.

The area is too large and too sparsely populated. It is really troublesome to find valley by valley, and the best way is to solve it together. So all you need to do is let the leader of the Dama tribe know that the Tang army is coming, and they will definitely send it to the door themselves.

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Half an hour later, a flag was seen in the distant wasteland. The pattern of the Dapeng bird on the flag is the totem of the Xiangxiong people. More than 100 years have passed, and the unruly Zhangxiong people still have not completely surrendered to the Tibetan people of the Yalong tribe. (To be continued.) )