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"Let's go! After returning to Chang'an, I placed the Ma family's workshop on Qujiang Chili Island, and all craftsmen were not allowed to go out on the island. Everything produced in the workshop is the important weapon of the country, how can it be approached by outsiders casually. When this matter is over, I will recall Ma Renjie back to Chang'an, and I will be able to comfort him. Li Longji was in high spirits and walked slowly towards the bottom of the mountain, "The foundation of the Tang Dynasty has been established in my hands, and I also have the face to meet the ancestors and ancestors!" ”

Gao Lishi followed behind Li Longji and said softly: "Ma Lu treats those craftsmen very well, and those craftsmen who will be sent to prison will get three hundred taels of money for one person, and the annual income after that is said to be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Put them on the island, but I am afraid that they will not will. ”

Li Longji didn't reply, and snorted: "The craftsman is cheap, and the fortune of a craftsman is higher than that of the minister in Beijing, this is simply putting the cart before the horse, in this matter, Ma Renjie is too floating and acting too recklessly." I am the Son of Heaven, let them go back to Chang'an, they have to go back, no matter whether they are willing or not! After arriving in Chang'an, the fee was paid to them according to the old practice of being a supervisor. What they have gained in Anxi all these years, I will not let them hand it over, which is an extra grace! ”

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Yanran Mountain is the ancient name, the place of Dou Xianle Stone Meritorious Service in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the name of Hangai Mountain in later generations, and the name of this era is Wude Qianshan. This mountain range runs northwest-southeast, stretching for more than 1,000 miles, and the north of the mountain has always been regarded as a wild land by the Han people.

The river north of the mountain that eventually flows into the Arctic Ocean is also an important geographical dividing line. However, the river originates in the Oudgon Mountains. But most of it flows into the North Sea. It was later called Lake Baikal.

Trimble for three years. After the destruction of the Turkic Khanate by Wang Zhonghei and the Hui leader Guli Peiluo, Li Longji named Guli Peiluo as Huairen Khan, and Huairen Khan then moved south to Udeganshan and collected all the Turkic homeland. It is now the fifteenth year of Tianbao, and the Huiya tent has been standing here for twelve years.

Anxi agents have been exploring the Hui Road for several years, and Ma Lu has a detailed map of the Hui Khanate, so he naturally knows the location of the Hui Khanate's tent. Now that we have arrived at Yanran Mountain, it is time for a decisive battle with Gele. I just don't know which side of Yanran Mountain. How many Turkic cavalry are waiting for the Tang Dynasty.

But no matter how many enemies there are, Ma Lan doesn't care. The Uighur Khanate was built on the ruins of the Later Turkic Khanate, with a total of only a few hundred thousand soldiers and one or two hundred thousand soldiers. And he has this 10,000 yuan crossbowman in his hand, as long as he can stabilize his position, he doesn't care about any more grassland cavalry.

These 10,000 soldiers are enough to sweep the world, how can they care about hundreds of thousands of Turkic barbarians?

The scouts spread out for a hundred and ten miles, delivering a steady stream of news, all in accordance with the orders of the new army of Anxi. Ma Ling ordered the Shatuo people to follow behind, and led a large army through a canyon in Yanran Mountain. After walking in the mountains for several days, we came to the location of the Hui Ya Tent.

Along. The army did not put up the slightest resistance, and the tent was empty. It was as if he had accumulated enough strength and punched into the air, which made Ma Ling extremely uncomfortable.

Gol Khan was instigated! There is no doubt that before the arrival of the Tang army, he had already run away with the Hui people!

There was apparently a city here, and the whole city had burned to the ground. It was abundant, and it should have been inhabited by a large number of Turks, but there were not many people in the nearby valleys, and only a few were old and weak, and most of them had apparently left.

Ma Lan took Duan Xiushikang, Xiaoyu, Gao Qianqian, and others to ride their horses into a valley near the Huiya tent. There are only a few old and weak shepherds in the valley, but there are a large number of carcasses of sheep and horses. The sheep and horses were charred black, apparently killed and then burned in the fire. It seems that he was killed not long ago, that is, within a few days.

In other words, Gelkhan finally decided to take the Hui people to avoid a fight, and gave up the Hui tent and fled, that is, a few days ago. Killing these livestock and burning them was because they couldn't take too much away and didn't want to leave them to the Tang army, so they acted like this.

If you do this, if the wall is clear. Obviously, Gele Khan did not dare to fight against the Tang Dynasty, and wanted to use such a method to cut off the supply of the Tang army and force the Tang army to leave here.

When an elderly shepherd saw Ma Lan and the others coming, he glared and cursed. He was too old to leave the land, and when he saw a foreign race appear in his homeland, he didn't even have the strength to pick up a knife and mount his horse.

Ma Lan smiled and ordered the accompanying Shatuo cavalry to send dozens of sheep to the old Turkic man. When the old man saw the sheep, his eyes suddenly brightened, and his gaze at Ma Lu and the others became respectful.

Originally, there was nothing left, thinking that the family could no longer live, but now there is hope for life.

"Where has Gol Khan gone?" Ma Lan asked, in Turkic.

The old man, who was old but very sane, replied respectfully: "The Khan of Gele has gathered the men and horses of various tribes to fight the enemy, and five days ago his tent was struck by a thunderbolt, and many of his ministers died, and he himself was seriously wounded. The leaders of the various tribes said that Gel Khan had offended the heavens, and that this battle must have failed, and they all left with their own men. After they left, the tent of Gelkhan was struck by lightning again, and he was too frightened to be here, so he left with all the people. He's a coward, not a hero. ”

"Heavenly thunder?" Ma Ling frowned on his horse.

"Yes, General." The old man said repeatedly, "I heard the thunder twice, and the sound was terrifying. All of the ministers trusted by Gol Khan were dead. He told everyone to leave with him, saying that he was going to the North Sea to take refuge. I was too old to walk, so they killed all my livestock, saying that they could not leave it to the enemy. ”

"Thank you, old man." Ma Lan nodded.

Taking out a long arrow from the quiver and handing it to the old man, Ma Lu said, "I am the general of the Heavenly Khan, and I am here to defeat Gele." Now that Gele has run away, I'm going to chase him. There will be my men passing by here, and if you stick this arrow in the door and say I gave it to you, they won't hurt you. ”

"Thank you, General!" The old man looked grateful. The Turkic tribe concept is not deep, and now that Ma Lan has given his family a chance to live, he is naturally grateful to Ma Lan from the bottom of his heart.

Leaving the small valley, Ma Lan rode into the ruins of the city.

This city, which has been famous for thousands of years in its original history, is a very famous place, although it is not large.

In the center of the ruins, there is a large crater that is very conspicuous, most of the surrounding buildings have collapsed, and there is a special smell in the air.

"It's gunpowder." Duan Xiushi said.

"Our guys did it." Ma Lan smiled bitterly.

There is no doubt that this is the handiwork of Anxi's secret agents, who can blow up such a big pit, Mi Xue and they used at least 500 catties of gunpowder. They don't always carry much gunpowder with them, and I'm afraid they have all of them.

With so much gunpowder, Gele Khan actually escaped, which can be regarded as his fate. If he had been here at the time, Ma Lan couldn't imagine how he had escaped this catastrophe.

Turks of all ethnic groups gathered here, ready to fight to the death with the Tang army, but they were blown away by Mi Xue. Faced with such a result, Ma Lan could only smile bitterly.

Still miscommunication, what Michelle thinks and what he thinks is completely different.

What this Xinghu woman thought of was to blow up Gele Khan and let Ma Lu receive the first merit of the Northern Expedition. What Ma Lan wanted to do was to reduce the population of the Mobei Turks as much as possible and kill and wound their cavalry as much as possible.

The elite of the Turks gathered here, which is very good, just enough to catch them all in one go, and there is no need to chase them around the steppe. But now the Turks are cowardly, giving up their tents and fleeing, and if they want to annihilate, they have to find one tribe after another, which has become extremely troublesome.

The Turks east of Jinshan have always been far more fierce than the western Turks, and Ma Luan entered Mobei this time, not only to destroy the Hui, but also to take the opportunity to greatly reduce the population on the grassland. The defeat of the Hui Khanate was inevitable, and he did not want to have a new steppe overlord in the future, reducing the Turkic population to a certain number, so that no tribe could dominate the steppe, which was the most beneficial for the Tang Dynasty.

And now the two big explosions made by the Anthy agents have complicated simple things.

"It's a pity that Gele didn't die!" Duan Xiushi sighed, "If he dies, the other ministries will definitely fall in the wind, and the reopening of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate is just around the corner!" ”

Ma Lan smiled bitterly, the army went all the way from Jinshan to kill people, this humble gentleman still didn't understand what he was thinking. A powerful tribe like the Tiele Nine Divisions should be wiped out one by one, so that Datang will have a peaceful time for decades. And a few decades later, the Tang Dynasty, which has fully entered the age of firearms, will not take a second look at the barbarians on the grassland.

"Brother Ma Lan, the old man just now said that Gele was seriously injured, maybe he is dead now? Let's catch up and see, don't we know. Gao Qianqian smiled.

Ma Lan nodded. Now that the Turks have dispersed, it is still necessary to hunt down and kill Gele first. Gele fled with the entire Hui tribe, and he was seriously wounded, so he couldn't escape at all, and he was sure to be able to catch up.

Walking out of the ruins of the small city of the Hui Ya Tent, Ma Lu immediately issued an order, and all the people of the Shatuo clan stayed near the Hui Ya Tent and waited for Du Huaiguang's army and the horses of the other northern expeditions. The Anxi New Army was dispatched with the whole army to pursue the fleeing Turks in the direction of the North Sea.

As soon as the military order was given, the new army of Anxi moved and pursued northeast along the horseshoe prints left by the Turks. Nowadays, all the new army athletes can skillfully control one person and three horses, so the speed of the army is extremely fast, and the horses are constantly changed along the way, and they can chase more than 200 miles a day.

Two days later, I walked out of Yanran Mountain, and when I arrived here, the direction of the horseshoe was already different, and it was obvious that after leaving Yanran Mountain, the direction of each Turkic tribe was not the same. The old man said that Gele's goal was the North Sea, but it was not clear which horseshoe prints were left by the Hui headquarters.

At this moment, a group of knights galloped out of a small canyon in the mountain pass, and the knight in the front was heroic, it was Michelle. (To be continued......)