Chapter 15 The Ancestral Hall

The chamber was located at the bottom of the fortress, covered with a thick layer of stone slabs, and was surrounded by the corpses of smoked horses.

This is a secret room hidden in the horse circle, and I don't know how Du Huan found it.

"General, I was a little buoyant when I was in Chang'an, and I went to a lot of Flower Street and Willow Lane, and I was extremely sensitive to the breath of women, and there were many young women's breath below, and I knew it as soon as I smelled it here." Seeing Ma Lan's doubts, Du Huan approached Ma Lan and whispered.

Ma Lan smiled and nodded.

It seems that Du Huan is determined to recognize himself as the main general, otherwise he would not be so heartfelt with himself.

In a place like Flower Street and Willow Lane, the original owner of this body, Ranger Chang'an, did not go less, Ma Lan sniffed, and found that Du Huan was right, and what came from under the floor was indeed the unique breath of an immature girl.

More than a dozen Anxi army athletes removed the corpses of the war horses on the stone slabs, and together they lifted the stone slabs, waiting for all the smoke inside to dissipate, Ma Ling jumped down with Du Huan and a dozen low-level officers.

After walking more than a dozen feet in the dark, a huge space appeared in front of me. All kinds of treasures were scorching, making the breath of many Anxi soldiers heavy.

This is the real treasure trove, and what you have obtained in the fortress before is really not worth mentioning compared to the wealth here.

A large amount of gold sand was piled up together, and Umayyd gold and silver coins were piled up into small mountains, pearls, agate, large pieces of sese, silk from the Tang Dynasty......

Compared with these treasures, the beautiful Sogdian girl who fell to the ground in front of the statue was also a lot more discolored.

Du Huan walked to the wall, picked up a huge piece of Serse, sighed and said: "Years ago, I followed General Gao to break through the Stone Kingdom, and the piece I saw was already big enough, but I didn't expect this piece to be bigger than General Gao's!" If such a treasure can be presented to His Majesty, it will definitely get a lot of rewards! ”

Ma Lan nodded: "The Sogdians are known as rich, and so it is!" The nine surnames of Zhaowu are respected by Kangguo, and such treasures can only be seen here. ”

"If the property here can be used at will, what else do I want!" A junior officer swallowed.

"These things are dead things, how can they compare to Tsunetabe Field? Leaving it to future generations is just a scourge! Another junior officer said loudly.

However, he also swallowed a mouthful of saliva, obviously these words were just said to Ma Luan.

Wealth is touching, and it has been the same since ancient times. Seeing so much wealth, Ma Lan himself was also a little moved, naturally not to mention these guys.

Ma Lu didn't answer the words of these two guys, but just walked to the corner and grabbed a handful of golden dinars and put them in his arms.

"No one can only take so much, otherwise military law will deal with it!" Du Huan said coldly, and also symbolically grabbed a handful of Umayya gold coins.

In this kind of matter, the secretary has the greatest say in joining the army. Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly walked over, each grabbing a large handful of gold coins. They are not as polite as Ma Lan and Du Huan, but desperately spread their five fingers and take as much as they can.

"A bunch of unproductive ones." Ma Lan scolded with a smile.

Everyone smiled, and they didn't care, they were all thinking in their hearts about how much benefit so many gold coins could bring to the family and children.

As for the more precious treasures, no one covets them. Everyone is a fighter, and only adults are qualified to enjoy that kind of thing, and if you take these things, you can only bring trouble to yourself.

Du Huan took out the biggest piece of Sesser, and picked up a few other good things, saying that they were tributes to the Son of Heaven. This is naturally recognized by everyone, and after returning to Anxi, how many times can he make a move, this kind of thing is probably more effective than the knife in his hand.

After carefully taking the tribute into his arms, Du Huan began to register the items here. Joining the army as a clerk is his duty.

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Seeing the statues of the two gods of light and darkness in the depths of the secret room, Ma Ling immediately understood that this was a shrine. The Sogdian maidens who staggered to the ground were supposed to be in charge of tending to the flame.

There were more than a dozen Sogdian girls, all of whom looked good, but they were all half dead by smoke and fire. Fortunately, the top of the secret room was covered with stone slabs, and although these girls were unconscious, they were not worried about their lives.

After Ma Lan used fire on the fortress, they were the only ones alive.

"Is this the holy daughter of Zoroastrianism? I have also seen a few in the Persian Temple in Jingshi, and these few are also unique compared to those in the Persian Temple. ”

If the reader is shameless, he can't listen to it. Ma Lan looked at the twelve or thirteen-year-old Sogdian girls on the ground, glared at Du Huan and said, "You can do it with such a little girl?" ”

"What's that, the courtesans raised by the adults in the Jingshi are bigger than this one." Du Huan didn't care.

Ma Ling shook his head, the Tang people are not good at this, but after a thousand years, their own ideas are naturally not good to impose on these ancients. Even people like Bai Lotian also like a pear blossom pressed begonia?

"It has been almost a hundred years since the establishment of the Jingshi Persian Temple, and those Persians have almost run out of money, and they have been begging us to help him restore the country, but the Son of Heaven has never agreed. Now the Zoroastrian saints there have become a tool for those Persians to make money, as long as they have money and status, anyone can become the guests of the saints, of course, the price is more expensive......"

Ma Lan nodded, the Sassanid Dynasty has been destroyed for a hundred years, and the descendants of Yi Siai have long been unable to return to the sky, even if the white-clothed food is destroyed, the black-clothed food established on the ruins is still a country that believes in Hu Da.

Zoroastrianism in the homeland of Persia has been completely abandoned by the people. The Persian temple of the Tang Dynasty became the last mark of the Sassanid Empire in this era.

Only the Sogdians in the river, but not many of them were affected, and they still believed in the god of light, and the sacred fire in the shrine was never extinguished.

Where the ancestral hall is located is where the wealth is, this sentence is indeed true. I don't know which of the Kang king's children belonged to this ancestral hall, and Ma Ling even suspected that this place belonged to the king of Kang at all. Except for the King of Kangguo, who sat on the ground to collect taxes in the middle of the Silk Road, who could accumulate so much wealth?

Du Huan, who joined the army in the record room, wrote down the amount of these wealth, and dozens of Anxi athletes went down to the secret room and moved all the wealth up. The carts were no longer enough, but fortunately the Khimano had plundered some camels before, and the wealth was scattered on the camels' backs.

As for the dozen or so Sogdian girls, they were also transported by the Anxi soldiers.

Blown by the cold wind, the Sogdian girls woke up one by one, looking at these fierce and vicious Anxi men, they trembled with fright, and curled up together not knowing what to do.

Knowing the trick of fire attack from Ma Lu, he had already left the fort and rushed to the surrounding forts with nearly 2,000 tribal soldiers, but the horses and camels that had come before were left behind. The existence of this wealth was unknown to the tribal soldiers.

Seeing smoke and dust rising from one fortress after another, Ma knew that none of the Sogdians there would survive. Anyway, since General Gao broke through Shiguo and the king of Shiguo was beheaded by His Majesty, the Tang people and Zhaowu Jiu have already been mortal enemies, and the scourge is the scourge, there is nothing to pity.

Driving dozens of carts of wealth and a large number of horses and camels back to Samojian, Ma Lu estimated that after plundering all the nearby forts, it should be no problem for one soldier and two horses.

Although Sa Mojian was occupied, there were a large number of Sogdians around, and if the Kang royal family reacted, there would be a big battle.

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After destroying all the fortresses outside the city, the number of tribal soldiers had dropped to 1,700, but all of them had gained a lot and looked extremely happy.

According to Ma Lan's military order, half of the property captured by the tribal army belonged to him, and all the horses and camels were handed over.

A day had passed since the occupation of Sa Mojian, and no Sogdians had come to fight. Ma Lan knew that the Kang royal family lived in a nearby city, and one day was enough time for them to arrive, but he did not wait for these people.

Although it was a windy and snowy weather, the Anxi army still released a lot of rangers outside the city, and all the rangers returned safely without losing a single person.

After another night's rest in the city, the next day, the wind and snow slowly lightened. Dozens of people were captured to act as guides, and Ma Ling gave an order, and the army left Samojian and went along the river to catch and drink.

The Sassy Jianren, who had not encountered a war since the death of the Turgish Khan Sulu, finally sent away these evil gods, and the whole city wept for a while.

Half of a city in a few days was in ruins.

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In Ma Lu's army, the 6,000 Han soldiers were all one man and two horses, neatly dressed and majestic. The wounded soldiers were all placed on camels, and the more than 20 eight-oxen crossbows they had obtained were also placed on the camels' backs.

Such a formation, although it can't be compared with when he followed General Gao across the Green Ridge, it is not much worse.

The tribal army was still temporarily controlled by the Khiberye, but at this time the number of people was only about 1,500. It wasn't that there was another injury, but that the man who had left first.

Before leaving, Ma Lan did not hide the purpose of the march, and when he heard that he would enter Anxi through the southern foot of the Green Mountains instead of returning by the same route, the Bahanna of the tribal army was reluctant. Bahanna is located in the west of the Green Ridge, not far from the Sa Mo Jian, and the detour to the southern foot of the Green Mountains is inevitably to seek the near and far.

Ma Lu didn't intend to rely on the combat power of the tribal soldiers, so naturally he didn't embarrass them, not only gave them the treatment of one man and two horses, but also allowed them to take away the plundered gains. Nearly 200 Bahana soldiers left the brigade on their horses and drove ten carts to the northeast of Samojian.

Ma Lan is very optimistic about their future, but he is too lazy to pay attention to it.

All the wealth obtained was scattered on the camels, and it was guarded by the brothers of the long shop. This is their forte, and they are naturally familiar with it.

More than a dozen Sogdian women were also brought along, one of whom was the Sogdian dancer that Han Wu had bought, and the other was the Zoroastrian saints found in the Zoroastrian shrine.

These women also rode camels, and the little girls were originally extremely scared, but fortunately, with the explanation of the Persian dancer who yearned for the Tang Dynasty, they were emotionally stable.

The sassy building and the fishing and drinking are on the banks of the Zeravshan River, and can be reached by walking along the big river. Although the Anxi army was mainly infantry, it was an infantry on horseback, riding horses when marching, and then dismounting to meet the enemy when facing the enemy. Therefore, there is no discomfort with the immediate march.

Advancing along the big river, there is no need to worry about the water source, riding lightly and fast horses all the way, encountering a small group of black-clothed food troops directly besieged and killed, and six days later, they successfully arrived at the city of hunting and drinking.