At the end of the Umayyad Dynasty, during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, when the Turgish Khan Sulu was at its peak, he once controlled most of the Zeravshan River Valley, and most of the cities in the oasis were under the orders of the Sulu Khan. At that time, the great cannibals only barely kept two strongholds on the banks of the Zeravshan River, one was built by Sa Mo, and the other was to hunt and drink.

In the last year of the Tang Dynasty (739 AD), the Sulu Khanate was defeated, and the Umayyad Dynasty regained control of the entire Zeravshan River valley. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, less than ten years after Sulu's death, under the double blow of rebellion and natural disasters, the white-clothed food was defeated and replaced by the black-clothed food. The Zeravshan River valley was nominally a Abbasid dependency again, but the entire oasis remained a chaotic and intricate affair.

The black-clothed food arose in the sixth year of Tianbao (747 AD), and was founded in the eighth year of Tianbao (749 AD). It was nine years since Posilin killed the last emperor of the Umayyad Dynasty, Mohuan, and it was only a year since then. The Black-Coated Food has an unstable foundation, and is now busy integrating various internal forces, and its rule in the Transoxiana region is extremely weak. If it weren't for the proximity of the river to Khorasan, the Black Eaters might not have taken care of this large oasis.

Combine. In the same year that Po Xilin killed Mo Huan, the deputy capital of Anxi, Gao Xianzhi, defeated the Shu Shi, captured his king Bo and made his brother Sujia king. At this point, the Turan Plain west of the Green Ridge was completely displayed in front of the Tang Iron Cavalry.

Gao Xianzhi was ambitious, and Tianbao led tens of thousands of Hu Han athletes to cross the Green Ridge west again in ten years, and did not establish a foothold in the west of the Green Ridge, taking advantage of the great food to change the generation, and opening up a broader territory for the Tang Dynasty. It's a pity that the will of heaven did not fulfill people's wishes, and the battle of Talas Sichuan was not in my favor, and the Anxi Iron Army suffered an unprecedented defeat.

Talas River is now called Talas River, called Dulai Water in the Western Han Dynasty, in 36 B.C., Chen Tang, a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty, led 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty to advance to the banks of the Talas River, eliminating the Northern Xiongnu Zhizhi Shan Yu, leaving a famous saying: Those who commit strong Han Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away. 800 years later, the Han family once again advanced to the Talas River, this time in time for the Gellulu Middle Road Rebellion, and the Anxi Iron Army was almost completely annihilated.

In this battle, the black-clothed food actually won by extreme luck. Victory but stimulated and. Po Silin's ambition turned out to be to seek the four towns of Anxi. The reign of the Black Eater in the river was already precarious, and. Posilin sent a large number of large food armies and servant armies across the medicine and killing water, causing the power of the hinterland to be even more empty.

It is precisely based on his understanding of history that Ma Lan dared to take thousands of Anxi athletes to run thousands of miles, as if he were in a no-man's land on the banks of the big river.

The sons of the Han family, who have survived thousands of battles, can be said to be invincible in this oasis.

Wuhu water and medicine killing water both flow in the north-south direction, but the Zelafshang River flows in the east-west direction, from the construction of the sa straw to the capture and drinking, large and small cities and villages are built on the banks of the river. The Anxi army was in the enemy country, no longer bound by military discipline, and completely ate on the enemy, and the brothers of Changxingfang naturally had a lot less burden, and these cities and villages along the road were not lightly affected by the army.

This is not a regular march, if it is a regular march, there will definitely be a lieutenant officer supervising the army, and it is impossible to be so unscrupulous. Ma Lan knew that after his trip, the Sogdians in the river would probably be even more hostile to the Tang people.

He came from the afterlife, and he didn't care about that. In his opinion, the Han family's iron horse should not be respectable, but fearful. The surname Zhaowu Jiu dared to vacillate between Datang and Dashi, and he violated the Yin and Yang of Datang, isn't it because the Tang people are too merciful.

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As soon as the Tang Army's rangers appeared under the city, the entire city fell into a panic. The city gate was quickly shut, and black-clothed soldiers appeared on the city. The people outside the city cried and fled towards the city, and although the gates were closed, it did not interfere with their entry into the city.

Because the city is full of holes, large sections of the walls have collapsed, and there are tattered everywhere. Places that can enter the city can be said to be everywhere.

On the banks of the Zeravchan River, in front of Ma Lan and Anxi athletes, is a dilapidated city. In comparison, the forts around the city looked much stronger.

The elite of the 6,000 Han army quickly prepared, 3,000 dismounted and prepared for foot battle, 2,000 light cavalry cruising on both sides, 1,000 Changxingfang brothers took care of the baggage, and the tribal soldiers responded as a strategy.

The black flag fluttered over the head of the city, which was extremely quiet. From the faces of those black-clothed soldiers, Ma Lu saw only despair.

Obviously, he judged correctly, compared to Sa Mojian, the defense of the capture and drink was even weaker.

According to the predecessors, Anxi Prefecture can be called rich among the nine surnames of Zhaowu, second only to the Kangju Governor's Mansion. Why is it so desolate here, without the slightest hint of a big city? Du Huan looked at the city in front of him and asked his own questions.

The killing and plundering along the way has made this scholar change greatly. In the face of the enemy, he was already fearless. What Ma Lu could see in his eyes was no hesitation, only wolf-like ferocity. In the eyes of this family, the fishing city in front of him is completely a piece of fat.

"No matter how prosperous a city is, after a few wars, it will be like this." Ma Lan smiled lightly.

As he spoke, his heart twitched slightly, Chang'an City after Yuyang's drumming was probably like this.

It is now the tenth year of Tianbao, and it has only been a few years since Yuyang Drum.

Du Huan naturally didn't know what he was thinking, so he pointed to the ruined city in front of him and said, "General, did you say that this place experienced a war not long ago?" How did you find out? ”

Ma Lan smiled but did not answer.

The Tang people rarely went to the west of the Green Ridge, and the situation west of the Green Ridge was extremely vague. The knowledge that Ma Lan knows naturally comes from the memories of his previous life.

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A year ago, that is, in the ninth year of the Tang Dynasty, the general of the Dashi Frontier Army, Sherik, launched a rebellion in the hunt, gathering more than 30,000 people in a short period of time, shaking the entire Khorasan Province. The rebellion stretched on a wide range, from the capture and drinking, the construction of sassy moss to Khorezm, it can be said that the smoke is everywhere.

In and. Under the orders of Posilin, the black-clad general Ziyad crossed the Amu Darya River to the city of Catch, where he was repeatedly defeated by Sherik in battles with the rebels. Later, the Angolan king Kutba led a Sogdian army of 10,000 men to aid Ziyad, and Ziyad turned defeat into victory.

The local elders under Kutba moved into the surrounding villages, depriving the Sherik rebels of food and fodder. Forced by hunger, the rebels had to abandon their stronghold and move to Nuken Village. The area is famous for its fruits, which they feed their hunger on. In the subsequent battles with the Zia-German army, the rebels gradually became unable to support them, and a large number of them died, including Sherik himself. The leader was dead, the dragons were leaderless, and the Sherik's rebellious party collapsed.

Ziyad attacked and ordered the city to be set on fire, and the fireworks continued for three days. After a massacre, most of the residents were killed. Those who did not die by the sword were hung by the Ziadish army above the city gates, and this vigorous rebellion against the Abbasids or the Persians was brutally suppressed. King Kutba, the king of Angola was executed despite his service to the Posirin, accused of not being pious enough.

In the original history, after the Battle of Talas, Ziyad went to Khorezm and suppressed the movement against the Abbasid dynasty and the Posilin.

After this war, the Transoxiana region was completely pacified, and the foundation stone for the revival of the Persians in Central Asia was completely laid.

In the ninth year of Tianbao, the city of fishing and drinking was only slaughtered once by Ziyad, and now it is the tenth year of Tianbao, and the city is naturally unable to recover. In the process of quelling the rebellion of the remnants of the White Eater, the Sogdians sided with Ziad, and the execution of Kutba naturally made the Sogdians dislike the Black Eater. Now there are only Persians in the city, but there are no Sogdians, and this is why.

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It was also a siege, and this time it was obviously much easier than under Talas. When the army approached the city, the eight-oxen crossbows on the camels were fired, and the Persians at the head of the city did not dare to show their heads. 3,000 infantry poured in through the gap in the city wall, rushed directly to the city tower, and surrounded hundreds of black-clothed soldiers to slash and kill indiscriminately.

These are not and . Posilin's elite cavalry, but the Persian farmer who had just taken up arms, where was such a murderous opponent. The strong self-owned army is good at cooking, and the weak ones put down their arms and want to surrender, but the Anxi army will not let go of any of them.

The black-clothed food army from all over the city rushed over and engaged in a short street battle with the Anxi army, which was quickly annihilated by the Anxi army. More than 2,000 black-clothed soldiers were killed by the Anxi athletes, but the casualties on the Anxi army were extremely limited.

This is the difference between a hundred battle elite soldiers and farmers, the black clothes have only been a few years old, and the elite cannot be compared with the Anxi army, let alone catch these miscellaneous fish in the city.

Sweep away the remnants of the enemy, clean up the battlefield, everything is carried out in an orderly manner. Changxingfang entered the city with the army, and the tribal soldiers, under the leadership of Qibiye, went to the fortress outside the city with a happy face.

In the era of the Great Food, the Sogdians in the city were driven out of the city to build forts and live in the same way, which was also the Sogdians were willing to support and live. The reason for Posilin. Qi Biye is already familiar with the way in Sa Mojian, and there is no problem in completing this matter. With Du Huan following them, the thing of greedy ink will never happen.

Above the city gate, the black flag fluttering was cut off by Ma Lan's own hands and replaced with a flag of the era of white-clothed food. The catchers looked at the familiar flags and didn't know what to do, and Ma Lan didn't bother to pay attention to them, so he directly grabbed a few locals and whipped them, and then he knew the situation of the Tang Army's prisoners of war in the city.

Changing the banner of the era of white clothes and food is nothing more than a random act aimed at making the situation more chaotic. The most important thing is, of course, to save his robe, and then everyone returns to Anxi safely.