The governor of the west of the moraine is the governor of the west of the city, it sounds a bit like the official title of a big cannibal, anyway, for a long time in the future, the west will still be in charge of himself. Without an undefeated imperial court for 10,000 years, the Tang Dynasty will eventually be destroyed, or it is really good to let the Han culture cover more regions.

Divide 1,000 new troops to Zhang Xun...... If you are willing to go to the prosperous place of Chang'an, then go with Zhang Xun! These people will definitely become the skeleton of the new forbidden army in the future, and after Chang'an masters the method of manufacturing new ordnance in the future, there will be several strong armies, but as long as these athletes control the military power, then it is impossible to target the spearhead at the west of the moraine. Chang'an has a few more strong troops, and it will be much more convenient to sweep all parts of the south in the future, and its own expansion direction is in the west, and others will have to do it in other directions.

The purpose of this visit has been achieved, although it was put on the table by Zhang Xun, but it is basically satisfied. The holy decree did not let him go to Liaodong to overthrow Li Jing, it seems that Zhang Xun still believes in Li Siye and Guo Ziyi very much. In that case, let's not wade into this troubled water.

Ma Lan probably understood Zhang Xun's thoughts, he was actually afraid that he would change his mind after coming into contact with Li Jing, so he didn't let the Anxi army get close to the Pinglu army. In fact, Li Jing's self-reliance is nothing, and without his own support, Li Jing is like blowing a soap bubble, and his dream will soon be shattered.

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Another day passed, and the two armies separated.

In the first year of Zhide, the taxes in the west of the city were directly handed over to Zhang Xun to bring back to Chang'an, using the bills issued by the Hezhong Group. And the 1,000 carefully selected Anxi border troops also left with Zhang Xun with various ordnance such as Yuanrong crossbows, fire and thunder.

The contents of the decree have been sent by the messengers to all parts of the world, and they have been officially announced to the world, starting today. Ma Lan officially became the governor of the western part of the city. Still the master west of the quicksands. This time, the edict was issued. It is Li Heng, the most virtuous son of heaven.

The implementation of paper money in the west of the city has always been his idea, and the one who is qualified to issue paper money is naturally the Hezhong Group with the endorsement of the Tang Household Department behind it. With Zhang Xun in Chang'an, there is no problem in a short time.

Although Zhang Xun vomited blood every day and looked like he was going to fall down at any time, but after seeing it with his own eyes this time, he understood that this guy probably had many years to live. Vomiting blood looks scary. But it's not coughing up blood, coughing up blood is mostly lung disease, vomiting blood is just gastrointestinal bleeding, in the words of later generations, it is a serious stomach ulcer, as long as it is not perforated, you can survive with a good recuperation.

Ma Lan himself is not good at medical skills, but he happened to have a similar problem in his previous life, and his final recovery relied on traditional Chinese medicine to recuperate. Before leaving, he gave Zhang Xun a prescription, saying that he should live well and take good care of himself, Zhang Xun had great trust in Ma Xun's ability. Listening to Ma Lan, he was not terminally ill, and he immediately had spirits. He made a dangerous decision for Datang, and naturally wanted to watch Ma Lu alive. Let's see if Ma Lan really just wants to expand the territory for Datang.

Zhang Xun will not die for the time being, the relationship between Moxi and Chang'an can be stable, with Zhang Xun in Chang'an, the development of the Hezhong Group can also be expected, and one day it will extend its tentacles to the west of the Green Mountain and become a real Hezhong Group. Li Heng will definitely not live long, but with Zhang Xun's strength, he should be able to control the situation, and it should not be a big problem to change the emperor when the time comes.

As for the sharing of ordnance making technology with Chang'an, this is something that has been promised and must be done. The Anxi athletes are getting closer and closer to zero casualties when they send troops and horses, and it is extremely inappropriate to let other border armies bleed when they send troops. Li Longji died for this matter, in fact, Ma Lu just didn't have the right time and no effort to deal with this matter. All the armies of the Tang Empire have established absolute superiority over foreign races, which is actually his dream.

Li Heng, the son of heaven, still did not appear, but everyone still worshiped the new son of heaven from afar. This is not an obstacle for Ma Lan, he has also worshipped Li Longji before.

Zhang Xun took more than 20,000 people to turn east in the cold weather, and the group returned to Chang'an, from beginning to end until Li Heng, the son of heaven, did not appear, and it is unknown how Zhang Xun would stabilize the situation after arriving in Chang'an. Ma Lan led the Anxi army to the Hexi Corridor, and the 10,000 new troops were less than 1,000, but with 1,000 athletes in Chang'an, the west would be more stable.

The matter finally came to an end, and Ma Luan felt a lot more relaxed. The next step was to recover the treasures left by the Persian temples, a wealth of more than 30 million yuan, enough to pay taxes for decades. Of course, the tax of one million dollars is actually nothing to Moxi, and now he has a territory that not only includes the original Anxi and Beiting, but also includes Hezhong and most of the big food, and will expand to Fula in the future, these are all treasures, and these places can provide taxes for the Tang Dynasty.

Now his identity is similar to that of the provincial governor of the black-clothed Dashi era, and his status is similar to that of Qu Dibo, which is equivalent to the tax official of Moxi. With such a large land in the west of the city, there should always be something to contribute to the Tang Dynasty, and in the past, the Tang Empire spent a lot of money for the west of the city, and it should also start to recover some.

This amount was set by himself. If the Tang Dynasty can get benefits from the west of the city, those big families will set their sights on this side, and they will be willing to take out their wealth to participate in the expansion of the Anxi army. The annual income of the Tang Dynasty is more than 30 million yuan, but I don't know how much wealth is hidden in the people, as long as people's eyes are attracted here and enough attraction is maintained, it will not be just a dream for Han merchants to appear in every area occupied in the future.

The land directly occupied by Hermes-Epitek is always limited, but the expansion of the army is endless, and the occupation of an area always has to obtain benefits, and these must be achieved by the merchants. A behemoth like the British East India Company was what Ma Lan wanted to achieve in the end.

Of course, it's still early, but it's time to gain it. In the future, there will be no obstacles to acting, and you can let go and realize your dream of expansion.

The army crossed Lanzhou City and headed towards the Hexi Corridor, and a large number of Xinghu caravans also turned around, still following behind the army. Ma Ling thought in his heart, but he was also full of ambition for a while, but the figure of that stunning woman did not appear in front of him for the time being.

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In the cold air, arrows staggered across the sky, ladders leaned against the city wall, a large number of soldiers climbed up quickly, the Silla people at the head of the city roared loudly, braving the rain of arrows to push the ladder away from the city wall, the hot dung and urine kept falling, scalding the people below screamed loudly, and people kept falling down the city and couldn't get up again.

Li Jing stood on a high place with his brows twisted, watching the continuous consumption of the Goguryeo and Silla people, his expression was extremely heavy.

Silla, it's not easy to fight.

originally wanted to take Jincheng in one go, but he didn't expect that after crossing the Datong River, he would keep encountering trouble. The resistance of the Silla was extremely stubborn, there were well-defended cities everywhere, and his army was mainly cavalry, and he was good at field warfare but not at siege.

The light cavalry marched quickly, without much siege equipment at all, and the Silla people were fortified and cleared, so the supplies of the army could not be obtained, so they could only wait for the arrival of the Goguryeo vassal army behind them with the grain prepared by the household department for the northern expedition before continuing the attack. And 100,000 Goguryeo people are 100,000 mouths, although it is a big help, but they all have to eat.

The two kings under his command are his lifeblood, and he is naturally reluctant to take them out and consume them, the Goguryeo and Silla people are feuding, and they are brave in battle, and they don't need to mobilize at all, after these guys keep up, the army can uproot the city and advance southward at the same time, but the Goguryeo people are all foot soldiers, and the speed is really not up to it.

It's already October, and the pace of progress is getting slower and the weather is getting colder. The resistance of the Silla people was futile, but each city consumed a lot of time.

In fact, these places were occupied by the Silla people for not much time, and the Silla people only got the territory south of the Taedong River for twenty or thirty years, but it seems that the Silla people are doing quite well, and the people in every city are desperately resisting. Of course, this may also be caused by the first few massacres of the city, but didn't Ma Lu also slaughter the city one after another during his expedition to the west? Those Persians did not dare to resist the wind and surrender, so why was it different when they came to themselves?

There are 100,000 Goguryeo people, and the strong bows and crossbows of the Tang Dynasty are enough to suppress the Silla people at the head of the city, so the resistance of the Silla people is actually meaningless, but these guys are so desperate to defend the city, and they are not willing to surrender to him, the son of Jiade.

Maybe these Silla people think that they are not the real Tang Dynasty emperors. But what's the difference between this, he is the descendant of Prince Zhang Huai!

Under the cover of the rain of arrows, the Goguryeo people finally climbed up to the top of the city, and then were cut into meat sauce by the Silla people on the head of the city, but there were fewer and fewer Silla people on the head of the city, and there were more and more Goguryeo people rushing up, hand-to-hand combat unfolded everywhere on the head of the city, and the rain of arrows below slowly stopped. At this time, the situation was actually settled, but the fighting continued above the city.

The gate was slammed down, and the Goguryeo soldiers finally succeeded in opening the gate after paying heavy casualties. The Goguryeo soldiers outside the city cheered loudly and rushed into the city of the Silla people. Without Yi Jing's decree, they would have turned this small town into a slaughterhouse, and it was impossible for any Silla people in it to survive.

The Tang army was strong, they chose to surrender, and the Silla people were their mortal enemies, and now that they had the opportunity to take revenge, they naturally would not let the Silla people go. For Li Jing, the significance of building this city is to solve the problem of eating for hundreds of thousands of mouths for a few days.

Cavalry blitzes are useless, this has been proven, and it seems that it can only be slowly advanced south little by little like this. Victory is no problem, the Silla people have not yet been able to fight with his main force, but the possibility of hitting Jincheng this winter is actually non-existent.

For Li Jing, the battle of Silla was supposed to end quickly. At this time, Chang'an must have reacted, if he didn't take Silla as soon as possible, when the Chang'an army arrived, it would be a situation of attacking from both sides, which was a great disadvantage for him.

However, in the face of the Silla people, who were good at building cities, it was impossible to fight quickly. (To be continued......)