In the morning light, two healthy horses galloped from a distance, and the knights were tall and could not see clearly against the sun.

More than a dozen Turkic teenagers rode out on horseback, and with a whistle, they bent their bows and arrows at the same time, and shot at the comer.

The two knights flickered with their swords, cutting half of the long arrows into two pieces, and the other long arrows all fell on the grass.

Ma Ling smiled, if Ma Yong and Ma Qiang couldn't even resist such an attack, they would not be qualified to go to the battlefield with him as a personal soldier.

Ge Qiu'er and Gao Qianqian grabbed out of the tent at the same time, Ge Qiu'er also recognized Ma Yong and Ma Qiang, and hurriedly shouted loudly in Turkic. The Turkic teenagers immediately stopped attacking, but they were still staring at the two of them.

"Big brother! There is military intelligence! Lord Tsugo wants you to go back quickly! Ma Yong stopped his horse and shouted.

"Military intelligence? Where is the military intelligence? Ma Lan frowned.

"Lord Tsugo didn't say anything."

Rushing here overnight, Ma Yong and Ma Qiang both looked a little embarrassed, and they didn't know how the two brothers found this place.

Finally found Ma Lan, and the two brothers jumped off their horses tiredly, so that the war horses could rest and raise their horses.

"Qiu'er, find the best horse, quickly!"

Ge Qiu'er answered, pursed her lips and insisted on walking to the stable, picked out more than a dozen of the tallest war horses, and quickly put them in the saddle.

The matter is urgent, although she knows that Ge Qiu'er is reluctant, she is helpless. Reaching out and rubbing the little girl's head, Ma Lan took Gao Qianqian, Ma Yong and Ma Qiang to turn over and get on the horse, and galloped out of the ranch quickly.

"Where is Lord Tsugo-sama now?"

"I have gone to the barracks with Dr. Feng."

Ma Lan nodded, and the spur touched the war horse, and the war horse accelerated again, galloping away in the direction of Taniguchi.

Ma Yong and Ma Qiang have both been incorporated into the Anxi New Army, and the military camp that Ma Yong said is the camp of the Anxi New Army. It seems that Wang Zhengjian is preparing to let this sharp blade out of the sheath, but he doesn't know who the enemy will be this time.

After the Anxi New Army has completed its reorganization, it needs to be trained on the battlefield. For this army, Changqing poured all his money into the treasury, and at this time, everyone wanted to see how this army behaved on the battlefield.

Without returning to the Grange or returning to Qiuzi City, the four men and twelve horses galloped all the way, changing horses continuously in the middle, and it took half a day to rush to the temporary military camp of the Anxi New Army at the junction of the desert and the oasis.

Duan Xiushi, Cen Shen and other staff members had all arrived here from the grange, apparently also receiving orders from Feng Changqing. Feng Changqing and Wang Zhengjian are both in the barracks, and the lieutenant Bian Lingcheng will naturally not let go of this opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and he has already come to the camp.

"Renjie, you are the chief general in the army, you can't leave the barracks if you have nothing to do, and you should let people know your whereabouts when you leave the barracks. What's the matter with letting everyone look for you for a long time like this! Wang Zhengjian looked at Ma Lan and looked quite dissatisfied.

What the old general said was right, how dare Ma Lan tell the difference, and said with a smile: "What the adults have taught me is that Ma Lan will not be in the future." But I don't know where the military situation is? ”

Wang Zheng snorted coldly, slowly sat back in the chair, waved his hand tiredly, and said, "Feng Er, tell him about the military situation!" Leave the army alone and go to have a private meeting with your concubine, I have never seen such a general. ”

Ma Lan smiled bitterly, and said in his heart, how did the old general know about this matter?

He is now the envoy of the soldiers and horses of the four towns of Anxi, and the chief of the four towns is responsible for the soldiers and horses, Wang Zheng saw that he was entrusted with this important task, and he had high hopes for him, and now he heard that Ma Lan was naturally angry when he heard that he was acting profligately.

"Don't worry about protecting adults, Renjie is just a teenager's heart, no loss, it's not a big deal." Bian Lingcheng said with a smile on the side.

Wang Zhengjian snorted, closed his eyes and did not speak.

"Renjie, that's ......"

Feng Changqing looked serious, took out a map of the Anxi Protectorate, pointed to the map and began to speak.

It turned out that the enemy faced by the Anxi army this time was not the Western Turkic tribes, nor the Tubo, nor the small country at the southern foot of the Green Mountains, but the Persian Hu people!

Not long ago, a black-clothed army suddenly appeared to the east of the Green Ridge, crossed the beacon of Bedieli, burned and plundered along the way, and the soldiers pointed directly at Shule. The Tang army in Bedieli didn't have time to spread the news at all, and it was obvious that all of them were killed in battle. It was the nomadic Geshu tribe herdsmen in the foothills near Shule Town who spread the news to Shule Town, and Bai Xiaode lit the beacon fire and sent people to fly to Anxi to report the emergency.

"Doctor, how many food troops are here?" Ma Lan asked.

Feng Changqing said: "According to Bai Xiaode's news, the number may be more than 20,000!" The Wuqijin tribe at the foot of the mountain could not resist, and most of them fled to the vicinity of Shule Town, and the people near Shule Town were panicked, and the city was already overcrowded. When Bai Xiaode sent the news, the garrison of Shule Town had not yet received the enemy, and there were more than 20,000 black-clothed enemy troops, which was the judgment given by the people of the Geshu tribe. ”

Ma Lan nodded.

The Great Eclipse Army appeared east of the Green Ridge, something that had never happened in the original history. Even in the time of Qu Dibo, the great cannibals had dreams of conquering China, but no army had ever crossed the green mountains.

These black-clothed food army, Ma Lan knew what was going on when he thought about it.

These are the Persian tribes who participated in the Battle of Talas, and after the Battle of Talas, they originally crossed the medicine and killed water to attack the four towns of Anxi. Combine. Posilin died in the river, and the Persian tribes were cut off from their back routes, and they were flanked by the Western Turkic tribes of the Fergan Basin, so they fled here in a panic.

Entering Anxi from Bedieli, it is obvious that he is following the old path of the tall general's westward expedition to Talas last year, but it is just the other way around.

Those people weren't really armies at all, but farmers on the run for their lives. The power that bursts out of desperate situations is always amazing, so they can break through the interception of the Western Turkic tribes and escape to the territory of Anxi through the territory of Eastern Pakhana.

The Wuqijin tribe at the foot of the Green Mountains near Shule has been comfortable under the wings of the Tang Dynasty for too long, and they can't stop these desperate Persian peasants! If General Geshuhan wants to know that his people are so unbearable, will he be so angry that he vomits blood?

"Lord Du Hu doesn't have to worry, Datang wants to set foot in the river, and always has to get rid of these scourges that believe in Hu Da. King Qinhua killed a part, and this part was given to his subordinates. If you can't even defeat these remnants of the defeated generals, your subordinates will simply draw their swords and kill themselves! Ma Lan looked at Wang Zhengjian and said solemnly.

Wang Zhengjian nodded tiredly and said, "These five thousand strong soldiers are piled up with copper coins. If you can't win, the old man will kill himself first. Winning is certain, the key is to win beautifully! ”

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely live up to their mission!"

"The messenger of Bai Xiaode set off six days ago, and I don't know what the situation in Shule is like now. Soldier is fast, you go! Feng Er, you go with him. Wang Zhengjian waved his hand and said tiredly.

"Yes!"

Ma Lan and Feng Changqing bowed down at the same time and led a group of staff out of the Chinese army's tent. Bian Lingcheng smiled slightly, and also followed by himself.

Five thousand strong soldiers have been assembled, the infantry and cavalry are two war horses, more than a thousand camels are surrounded in the middle, and various crossbow arrows are set on them, and the camels are controlled by the strongest soldiers who can use the sword.

More than 20,000 Persians are nothing, and if they are allowed to stir around in Anxi, it will be a matter of annoyance. Ma Ling and Feng Changqing led everyone to turn over and get on their horses, while Bian Lingcheng got on the camel, and the 5,000-strong army immediately started and galloped in the direction of Shule Town.

This time I was fighting in the territory, so I didn't need to carry too many supplies, just a few days' worth of rations and forage.

The army galloped on the post road, and the sky was full of yellow dust wherever it passed. Gao Qianqian was participating in a real march for the first time, and she looked curious. Ma Lan looked into the distance, but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.

"Duh! Duh! ”

"How dare you! Do you really think I'm a fool? ”

By the time he left the city, the number of Sogdian warriors under his command had reached 15,000. To be able to occupy an advantage in the land of the river, the army of the aggressive has not known how much it has expanded in the past few months, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of Dingkou in the land of the river alone.

According to the news from the middle of the river, Du Hao had an absolute advantage in the genocidal war with the Persian immigrants, and the Persian tribes were so embarrassed that they could not return to their homeland beyond the poison. And now, there are so many Persians suddenly appearing in Anxi, if it is said that Du Hao did not let these guys go, Ma Lu will definitely not believe it.

In the final analysis, he didn't want to lose his strength too much, so he didn't destroy these Persians, but drove them to the land of the Tang Dynasty. This is intolerable for Ma Luan.

A vassal should have the appearance of a vassal, what's the matter with calculating the suzerainty like this?

From the east bank of Yaozhishui to Anxi, along the way there are Turkic tribes from the Fergan Basin, the Eastern Bakhana Khanate loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Turkic tribes near Atami...... Which of these forces did not stop the strength of these big cannibals, but they actually let tens of thousands of big cannibals come to Anxi. In the final analysis, it's not that they are unable to intercept, but that they are unwilling to intercept.

Those who can become princes in the east and west of the green ridge do not seem to be fools. The Persians, who had survived the killing of the water, had reached a desperate situation, a fact that could be seen by all forces. The desperate peoples are the most terrible, so no one will fight them.

So they passed through the Fergan Basin, passed through Eastern Bakhana, easily crossed Atami, and came to the east of the Green Mountain.

Is the Wuqijin tribe in the foothills of the Green Mountains near Shule really that weak? Ma Lan didn't believe it at all.

These guys are just used to relying on the Tang Dynasty, and they don't want to drive out the enemy by themselves, and they just want the Tang Army to solve the problem for them.

For the choice of the Wujin tribe, Ma Lan can't blame anything. They are the people of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and it is within the Metropolitan Protectorate's duty to protect them.

Since the big cannibal is here, just kill it. No matter how crazy the more than 20,000 Persian peasants who have just taken up arms, they will not be the opponent of the Anxi Iron Army. What's more, what they have to face is this new army of Anxi piled up with copper coins.

"Duh, if you want to use Datang, then be prepared to pay the price! At that point, you'll have to regret your choice today! ”

Ma Lu was ruthless in his heart, but he just urged the war horse to move at high speed.

The army itself cannot be compared with the messenger sent by Bai Xiaode, and the speed of more than 200 miles a day has reached the limit of this army. Ten days later, the army reached the vicinity of Shule.