Compared with the ancient snow-capped mountain road that crossed Sangzhu Daban, this road is much easier to walk, and it is the road that the Tubo army often chooses to pass through Bolu when entering Anxi. The 5,000 athletes crossed the mountain pass to the west at the White Rock Beach and entered the Great Bolu, and then a few days north before entering the territory of the Little Bolu, and did not lose a single person along the way.

It is precisely because this road is easy to walk that Tubo often chooses this road when entering Anxi, so Xiao Bolu is regarded as the "West Gate of the Country" by the Tang Dynasty. And now there is a surrendered city standing majestically on the plateau, blocking the possibility of the Qiang people entering Anxi through this way, and the powerful Tubo Empire is about to collapse, so the status of the west gate of the small Bolu country no longer exists.

The Quy Nhon army originally had 3,000 men, but later Ma Lan added 3,000 veterans to the Quy Nhon army, and Li Siye left 2,000 old and weak in the Quy Nhon army before going to the river, and the strength once reached 8,000. However, after that, Ma Lan transferred 2,000 veterans from here to the surrendered city to change the defense, and the Quy Nhon army now has 6,000 Han family children, which is twice the number of Xiao Bolu's troops.

After the arrival of Ma Lu's army, the number of Han troops in Xiaobolu reached more than 11,000. However, since Xiao Bolu is no longer the west gate of the country, the historical mission of the Quy Nhon Army can be said to have been completed. Datang's large-scale garrison in this place is actually not much necessary.

After arriving at the Quy Nhon army, Ma Lan immediately called some Hu merchants who were passing by and asked about the situation on the other side of the river. According to the Hu merchants, it was true that a Tang army had entered the land of the river, and it seemed to be progressing extremely well. However, the Hu merchants have always walked around when they encounter the army, and the specific situation is not very clear.

The army was stationed in Xiaobolu for more than ten days, and it was already the beginning of August of the twelfth year of Tianbao, and the Anxi secret agents finally sent back accurate information.

Li Siye and Li Fei Yuanli have joined forces with the king of Qinhua, and have fought until they reach Anxizhou (Anguo), which is closest to Mulu, and have driven all the remnants of Persia on the east side of Wuhu Water through Wuhu Shui, and are now renovating the city walls and preparing to officially open a military town.

At present, in addition to the 5,000 Anxi iron cavalry, there are also more than 20,000 Sogdian elite soldiers of the king of Qinhua. In addition, there are more than 10,000 Turkic cavalry from the Fergan Basin, who are facing off across the Wuhu River and the army of black-clothed food. Until now, the black-clothed Dashi has not crossed the Wuhu River to fight the Tang Army with a single soldier.

The spy brought Li Siye's handwritten letter, in which he apologized for violating the military order. Then the situation in the land of the river is written in detail.

Seeing this letter, Ma Lan's heart was finally completely put into his stomach.

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The black-clothed Great Food has just established a country, and there are constant internal strife, and the Hawarites, the descendants of Ali, and the remnants of the white-clothed Great Food have their own thoughts. Posilyn's super sword swept away everything for Abbas. Nowadays and . But Posilin was dead.

This legendary Persian slave not only died, but also died with a full hatred for the Abbasid brothers, and the last words left behind also provoked the hatred of many Persian Mawari against Caliph Abbas. At this time, Abbas did not dare to let the Persians cross the Wuhu to fight against the Sogdians, because the Persians would become strong in battle, and if a Persian army trained in the war was hostile to him, the caliph, the consequences would not be known.

So as expected, Abbas would never allow such a thing to happen, so the Tang army had already reached the city of Hunting, and the black-clothed border guards were still standing still.

During the Gojong Dynasty. Datang and Dashi are bounded by Wuhu water, and now they are in the same situation. In Marla's plan, the Anssi army never intended to cross the Wuhu River into the Persian homeland, and Abbas seemed to be preparing to abandon the land in the river.

It is now the twelfth year of Tianbao, in 753 AD, according to the original historical trend, the "butcher" Abbas will die of illness next year, and the black-clothed Taizong Mansur will ascend to the throne, and at that time, the black-clothed food will usher in a complete civil war. And there is no more and. Posilin, the black-clad food name, will support Mansour. This battle must have lasted longer and more lively than the original history, and it is not yet known who will die in the end.

"It's also a good thing for Heiye to march into the river at this time, and the Great Food Civil War will begin next year. With the participation of our Anxi Army, it is bound to be even more interesting. Ma Lan looked at Li Siye's letter, thinking in his heart, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The great food of later generations was composed of a large number of small countries, which were inseparable from each other. There are many contradictions in the old place of the big food. Those forces that are on the same page after a thousand years have now appeared on the stage of history in due course and have begun to fight with each other like fate. And once such a situation starts, it is normal for it to last for thousands of years.

Ma Lu is not a dictatorship, he can accept anything that is beneficial to the entire Han nation, after all, Li Siye has achieved excellent results in sending troops this time, and he will naturally not blame Li Siye for this incident. After knowing the situation in the middle of the river, he no longer had anger in his heart, and only thought about maximizing the effect of this matter.

"The fishing city has been occupied by Li Siye, in fact, the Hezhong military town of the Tang Dynasty has been established, and you only need to report to the Son of Heaven."

"In the Great Food Civil War that will start next year, the Anxi Army must intervene, and if it wants to intervene deeply, Li Siye's 5,000 men and horses will definitely not be enough, and the manpower must be increased!"

In a hurry, Ma Lan couldn't care whether he would be criticized by the courtiers at the moment, and after discussing it with a few henchmen, he immediately made the decision to increase the troops.

The 6,000 soldiers of the Quy Nhon army were not among the 24,000 men of the Han army in the four towns, leaving 1,000 people stationed in Xiaobolu, 1,000 people stationed in the Torifei Governor's Mansion (Protector Country), and the remaining 4,000 people were all stationed in the river.

The new army of 5,000 Anxi went with all the equipment, and at the same time sent people to receive an order from the surrender of the city, asking the Xinghu merchants not to transport the spoils of war to Khotan, but to the river directly through the Great and Small Bolu.

The weather in August is fine, but in another two months it will be extremely difficult to travel. If you want to rush to the river to mobilize supplies and men in the middle of the snowy mountains, you must hurry.

After making this decision, the army rested for only three days in Little Bolu before setting out on the journey again. The mighty army left the Lesser Bolu, first to the north to the Gomi, and then directly to the river.

At the same time as the march, the horses and shops along the road were constantly set up, and the Tang Dynasty began to actually control the countries at the southern foot of the Green Mountains for the first time.

There are many officials in the staff, so they are familiar with these things. This time, it was Duyu Hou Duan Xiushi who led the 9,000-strong army to the river, and as for Ma Lan himself, he had more important things to do, and took more than 100 personal soldiers and Dorje's mother and son to set foot on the Bolu Road again.

From Xiaobolu to Anxi, the fastest is to go to Baishitan first, and then go over the mountain directly to Khotan, the road is easy to walk, can save most of the time, the difficulty is to climb over a few ice Daban. Ma Lan was in a hurry to return to Anxi, so naturally he could no longer take the Shule Road to the north and walk slowly, but could only choose this road.

After arriving at the White Rock Beach, Ma Lan did not go to the surrender city at all, and went directly to the north, after crossing the White Rock Beach, he climbed several mountain passes in a row, and walked in the mountains for two days to arrive at Khotan, and it took less than half a month to go all the way, and it was still mid-August when he saw Feng Changqing again.

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Listening to Ma Luan talk about the situation in the land in the river, Feng Changqing laughed heartily: "Renjie, in this matter, the old man shouldn't hide it from you." However, the old man is sure that you can gain a foothold in Qiangtang, so that he does not have the slightest bit of caution to break the heir business. Now that our Anxi Army has made immortal achievements in Qiangtang and opened a military town in the river, the old man is very relieved. How you want to punish the old man, the old man doesn't care, haha! ”

"It's my own stupidity that I can't see through the tricks of the heirs. But he is also very meritorious, how can I blame the doctor. Since the military town has been opened, it must be defended, and it cannot be discarded after decades of guarding like Broken Leaf Town. Therefore, the matter of immigration must be carried out as soon as possible. Ma Lan didn't talk to the veteran, and said bluntly.

"Immigration?"

Feng Changqing frowned and said: "Immigration is indeed the fundamental way to defend the military town, but it is the most difficult thing. Anxi Hanmin is based on the three states of Yixiting, and after the opening of the four towns, it is easy to have a little foundation here, and it is not easy to let them immigrate! Hermes-Epitek resettles and relocates to his homeland, and unless he can't survive, who wants to leave his homeland. If the persecution is too much, I am afraid that it will provoke the anger of the heavens and people. ”

Ma Xuan said: "If you use it strongly, you will run back if you move it, and it is useless at all." If I want the Hermes-Epitek to move to the land of the river, I have my own way to ensure that they move there obediently. ”

"What's the solution?" Feng Changqing asked.

"Land!"

Ma Lan smiled: "The land in the river is extremely fertile, and the area near the sassy straw building is called the paradise of the world, but it is not comparable to the land near Qiuzi that can only grow crops by the meltwater of the glacial river." Over the years, the river has been plagued by wars, first between Sulu and the white-clothed food for decades, and then aggressively purge the black-clothed people, and the number of people has become extremely scarce. The oasis area is not suitable for grazing, and the Turkic tribes in the west do not want to live in it, and such land is given to me by God. As long as the land is granted, I am not afraid that the Hermes-Epitek will not go! ”

Feng Changqing listened, nodded and said, "Using fertile soil as bait is indeed a good method. However, the Han people in Anxi are already scarce, and if there are too many immigrants in the river, the four towns will be empty, which is also a big problem, and it must not be careless. ”

Ma Lan smiled: "Who said that immigrants must go through the four towns?" The first immigrants came from the four towns, but we can look at the world. ”

"Renjie, tell me, how to look at the world?" Feng Changqing frowned, "It's that the Dao people in Guannei are extremely thick, and those people would rather starve to death in their homeland than take a step away from Guanzhong." After all, the river is too far away, and it is not so easy to want people to leave their homeland! ”

"Didn't the doctor forget the lord Lordta?" Ma Lan smiled and said. (To be continued.) )