In Shanzhou City, Wu Zheng looked at the map of the entire Longyou Road, Longyou Road contains the four towns of Anxi, so the scope of the entire Longyou Road is very large, this map is not drawn by the winter officials' wine bags and rice bags, but the science student Hou Wenkai led people to draw, after ten years, traveled all over the north and south of the Great Zhou River, and drew this quite detailed map, of course, this is only one of them.

A total of 13 science students, including Hou Wenkai, were awarded the award by Wu Zheng, and the silver medal for geography was awarded for the first time. Hou Wenkai was invited to Qingxin Academy as a professor, and the geography major of Qingxin Academy was officially opened. The other 12 science students also responded to the call to go to the 12 states and counties with science middle schools and became the leaders of geography.

Of course, Wu Chu also dedicated this set of 900 volumes of geographical atlases of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the empress, but the empress did not understand what these geographical atlases meant, but only praised them verbally and handed them over to the historical museum for collection.

Geography is only a kind of discipline that science students have made outstanding contributions to in recent years, in fact, there are many aspects that have also made contributions, but it is not yet the conditions for awarding medals, such as astronomy, agriculture, mining, water conservancy, etc., there have been breakthroughs, but there has been no substantial breakthrough, so Wu Chu decided not to commend for the time being.

Wu Zheng stared at Long Youdao, carefully looking for what he needed. Suddenly, he locked his eyes on the North Garden, the Western Turk Uzile Tuqi Shi Division, and now the Uzile is still the protector of the Beiting Capital for several years, the Tuqi tribe has a stable environment, it should develop well, you can select brave people in the Tuqi tribe, if you train it, you will be able to become an iron army.

But I haven't seen Uzile for a few years, and I don't know if he still has ambitions. If so, then take this opportunity to cut him down, Uzil is not the Western Turkic Khan. is just a chief, and now as the protector of the Northern Court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is time for the tribe to settle down and multiply in the Tingzhou area.

So, he ordered his own soldiers to find Guo Zhiyun.

Not long after, Guo Zhiyun came. Kneeling on one knee, he clenched his fists and said loudly: "The last general has seen His Highness!" ”

"Excuse me!" Wu Chu waved his hand and ordered him to sit down and speak.

Guo Zhiyun is a military general promoted by Wu Zheng. It has long been marked with the mark of King Wei, so now there is only loyalty, and there are no other ideas. After sitting down, he looked at Wu Zheng.

Wu Chu said slowly: "What does Zhiyun think of this person? ”

Guo Zhiyun was stunned. Is this King Wei examining himself? There was a burst of excitement in his heart, but his face showed a touch of composure, and he said: "As far as the end and future are concerned, since the formation of the Turgish tribe by Uzil, he has collected the poor and small tribes of the Western Turks and merged them into the Turgish. It can be seen that his ambition is not small. But in any case, he was not a Western Turkic royal family. Moreover, it has always been at odds with the ten tribes of the Western Turks, and there have been conflicts from time to time as early as in the area of Shaye River. It was His Highness who allowed his tribe to settle in Tingzhou, and now after years of development, the turkish of Uzile should be very prosperous. Your Highness, this person has to be guarded against. ”

Hearing Guo Zhiyun say this, Wu Zhi couldn't help frowning, if this is the case, then Wu Zhile really can't stay. But if the two wolf cubs of Turkic and Khitan are not slaughtered first, if they move the Turks at this time, there may be changes, and since Wuzhile has a lot of ambitions, he must be prepared, but no matter what, he should try it first.

At that moment, the plan had been decided, so he said to Guo Zhiyun: "You go to Tingzhou for me, discuss with Wu Zhile, and recruit 20,000 to 50,000 Tuqi warriors for my use in the Great Zhou." I don't think Wu Zhile will turn against me for the time being, after all, the grain that the imperial court sends to Beiting every year to feed half of his tribe. ”

Guo Zhiyun got the order, so he stood up and bowed, "The last general will definitely complete the task and live up to His Highness's instructions!" He then exited the room.

Wu Chu shook his head and continued to look at the map of Longyou.

Four years ago, Wu Chuan led the army to recapture the four towns of Anxi, Xizhou Assassin Tang Xiujing helped a lot, and his overall situation and logistics planning ability was very outstanding, he wanted to promote him at that time, but he had been sent to the empress, after asking Li to be the crown prince, Wu Chu suddenly had no idea, who wants to find himself unhappy.

Maybe it was because of the sudden awakening, or maybe it was another strategy, Tang Xiujing wrote a long letter to Wu Chu last year, which was Tang Xiujing's opinion on the governance of the Western Regions, and the insight was very unique, and Wu Chu also appreciated it. Later, the two of them exchanged letters, that is, to discuss the defense and governance of Longyou, Hexi, and the Western Regions.

According to Wu Chu's idea, he first trained a plateau army to destroy Tibet within ten years, which was also his consistent proposition.

However, Tang Xiujing believed that the training of plateau soldiers took a long time, the cost was immeasurable, and it was not necessarily successful, so it was better to garrison troops in the two small countries of Dabolu and Xiaobolu in the Western Regions, so as to prevent Tubo from breaking through from the Western Regions. In the area from Longyou to Hehuang, the construction of a stronghold can prevent Tubo from attacking Longyou and Hexi. In this way, Tibet can be confined to the southwest alpine region, unable to develop, and forever subjugated to the Great Zhou.

Although Wu Chu was amazed by such a meticulous defensive strategy, according to his meager historical knowledge, he still knew that Tubo invaded Chang'an after the Anshi Rebellion and plundered a lot of Chang'an's wealth. At this point, Wu Chu didn't want to let go of this wolf.

But in any case, Tang Xiujing was a very good official, and Wu Chu had already considered letting him play a role in the war against the Turks, so that he could have capital to enter the center. Immediately ordered the guards to call Deng Ping.

Deng Ping is a personal guard, waiting to be sent at any time, so it will be a moment.

Wu Chu was also not polite, took a jade pendant and a sealed letter, and said: "You go to Xizhou, give this jade pendant and this letter to Tang Xiujing, the assassin of Xizhou, and tell him that this king values him very much, and let him recruit 20,000 young people, which will be of great use in the near future." ”

Deng Ping carefully took the letter sealed with jade pendant and fire paint, put it in the poster bag, bowed and saluted, and then exited the room.

After glancing at the map of the four towns of Anxi, Wu Chu felt that he could not mobilize the troops of the Western Regions, and although Tubo Zampu was fighting for power with the Geer family, it did not mean that he had no ideas about the four towns of Anxi. In addition to the Wuwei Army, there are really no well-known states and counties in the Hexi area, most of them are sparsely populated states and counties, and recruiting soldiers in these places may cause their wives to be separated again. Immediately shook his head and decided not to recruit soldiers anymore.

Now I just wait for Guo Zhiyun's news. But how should the siege of Liangzhou be lifted? I'm afraid that after a long time, the empress agreed to Mo Du's request, so what credibility does Da Zhou have.

Mobei. Udstalg.

After three days of looting, the Tiele tribes such as Tongluo and Fugu finally swept away the Later Turkic tribes around the Ude Mountain. All men who were taller than the wheels were killed, and all women were taken captive.

It also seems that the Wude Mountain has been sacked, and it seems to be decaying, and you can't see the cattle and sheep all over the field, nor can you see the athletes galloping on horseback, and you can't see the beautiful woman singing mountain songs.

Now there were only a group of warriors of the Tiele tribe driving away the women and the elderly. There were also cattle, sheep and horses, slowly leaving this holy mountain in the hearts of the post-Turkic tribes.

A few days later, Wu Chuan got the Flying Pigeon Messenger.

When Wu Chuan unfolded the pigeon letter. Seeing that the Turkic Udsa Mountain was broken, the stone in his heart suddenly let go. Then next, it depends on Ashinamo fleeing, but Guo Zhiyun has no news. He was a little dissatisfied.

Just after Wu Chu sent Murong Si and Lou Shide out the door. Guo Zhiyun's news came, and the pigeon letter said that Wu Zhile was very cooperative, and in just two days, he recruited 50,000 Tuqi Shi warriors, if 50,000 was not the upper limit, Wu Zhile wanted to recruit 80,000. Wu Zhile was very cooperative, so he handed over all the troops to Guo Zhiyun's command. Guo Zhiyun also asked Wu Zhile's eldest son Po Ge to be his deputy and practiced every day. Just wait for Wu Shui to order.

A hanging heart suddenly fell, so start to eat away at this bit of soldiers and horses of Mo Du!

Outside the city of Liangzhou.

While sending ten commanders to attack the city in turn every day, while drinking mare's milk wine and playing with women, while waiting for the reward of the old woman of Wuzhou, he did not know that now the old nest of Wudeshan Mountain has been taken by the Tiele tribes who have no power to fight back, and perhaps from now on, the post-Turkic Khanate can be called history.

Mo Du has been very unhappy lately, because the petite woman he couldn't find was played to death by him, so every time he drank mare's milk wine, he was basically drunk. Then he lay in the tent, followed by a series of nightmares, he didn't know why, but he always felt that something was going to happen. So he ordered someone to find a shaman in the army to divinate and pray for him.

At this time, in the city of Liangzhou.

Xu Qinming, the assassin, was discussing the military situation with Guo Yuanzhen, who had joined the army. It had been a long time since the rescue letter sent to the King of Wei and the imperial court had not been answered, and Xu Qinming had a feeling of being abandoned by the imperial court.

But Guo Yuanzhen seemed to be confident, and persuaded Xu Qinming, saying: "Assassin Shi, from the humble point of view, His Highness must have another plan, you, don't sigh for a long time." Moreover, although the Turks are attacking the city every day, they are all petty fights, they have so many soldiers and horses, and they spend countless money and food every day, as long as we hold Liangzhou, His Royal Highness will definitely give us credit. ”

Guo Yuanzhen made it clear that he was the person of the King of Wei, which made Xu Qinming, an old minister of Li Tang, very angry, but now that it is the world of the Wu family, what can he do, he can only endure it, and sigh deep in his heart.

"That Yuan Zhen, the Turks have more than 200,000 soldiers and horses outside the city, how can King Wei break it." Xu Qinming finally couldn't bear the worry in his heart.

Guo Yuanzhen looked confident and said: "Your Highness is fighting in the south and in the north, you have experienced a hundred battles, a little Turk, how is your Highness's opponent, you will put ten thousand hearts when you are old, Your Highness will definitely lead the army to sweep away the Turks." ”

Xu Qinming was helpless, so he had no choice but to nod. In fact, he likes this young man very much, not only smart, but also quite strategic, since he came to Liangzhou, the Wuwei army has also begun to be well-trained, if it weren't for the Wuwei army, maybe Liangzhou was really captured by the Turks. This thorn history of himself can be regarded as the end. Some time ago, it was reported that the eldest brother Longshan Army was killed by the Khitan, and he cried bitterly for half a night. If Liangzhou hadn't been besieged, he would have gone to mourn a long time ago. Even so, he also set up an incense table in the back hall to worship.

It was at this time that the alarm bell at the head of the city suddenly rang.

Xu Qinming and Guo Yuanzhen got up suddenly, hurriedly ran out of the Assassin's Mansion, got on their horses, and ran towards the city, all the way were full of panicked people and soldiers.

Under the city of Liangzhou, I saw that the Later Turkic soldiers were rushing towards Liangzhou City like ants, carrying hundreds of ladders and dozens of catapults were also moving slowly.

When Xu Qinming and Guo Yuanzhen went to the city, they saw the Turkic soldiers who were about to kill the city. The two couldn't help but be shocked, Xu Qinming was just about to issue an order, but Guo Yuanzhen grabbed Xu Qinming.

"Assassin Shi can recruit the people in the city to defend the city again, and there is a lowly position, and this first wave of attacks can be completely resisted." Guo Yuanzhen hurriedly said.

Xu Qinming knew that Guo Yuanzhen was prepared in this city, so he nodded and said, "Then this place will be handed over to Yuanzhen." With that, he went down to the city, and went back to the assassin's mansion.

Guo Yuanzhen stared at the ant-like Turkic people and yelled, "Throw fire oil!" ”

Fire oil, that's right, this is what Guo Yuanzhen ordered people to dig in Suzhou after he came to Liangzhou.

According to historical records, in November of the first year of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Turks attacked Suzhou, and the soldiers and civilians of Suzhou burned their siege weapons with oil, and the Turks retreated.

Guo Yuanzhen was familiar with history books, so after arriving in Liangzhou, he asked for instructions on assassination, led hundreds of soldiers to the Suzhou area, and under the guidance of the local villagers, it took half a month to find fire oil and dig 300 barrels. Now, it's time to use it.

Since Wang Xiaojie left, Wuwei Jun has been concurrently served as an envoy by Assassin Shi. And Guo Yuanzhen joined the army, Xu Qinming was not embarrassed by Guo Yuanzhen, so he handed over Guo Yuanzhen to the maximum power, and now Guo Yuanzhen commands the defense, and the generals also obey one by one.

So, barrels of fire oil were thrown under the city, smashed into the middle of the Turkic soldiers, the three-zhang high city wall, after the wooden barrels were smashed down, they suddenly burst, and the black fire oil splashed everywhere, the Turkic soldiers only felt that their faces and bodies were sticky, very pungent, but they did not realize that the danger was coming.

In the space under the city, the ladder of the Turkic soldiers began to set up the city, and a large number of Turkic archers came to the city to shoot arrows at the city, and began to suppress the Wuwei army. At this moment, the Wuwei army also showed the spirit of seeing death as home, and they fired arrows towards the city while braving the arrows to cut down the cloud ladder.

When the Turkic soldiers climbed the city, Guo Yuanzhen cut down a Turkic soldier and shouted, "Throw torches!" ”

Suddenly, hundreds of torches were lit, and then, almost simultaneously, they were thrown down the city.

Under the city, the Turkic soldiers couldn't help laughing when they saw the torches thrown by the city, just a few torches, do you want to burn them too? Is there really no one in Da Zhou?

Poof!

When the first torch hit the ground, instantly igniting the slimy fire oil on the ground and igniting a dozen or so soldiers in an instant, the Turkic soldiers suddenly let out an exclamation.

However, it was too late!

Almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, the fire engulfed nearly 10,000 soldiers under the city, Guo Yuanzhen poked his head out behind the female wall, and suddenly his face changed slightly, and there was a sea of fire under the city for half a mile! The soldiers of the Great Zhou looked at the sea of fire under the city, and forgot to shoot arrows for a while.

The hundreds of Turkic soldiers who stormed the city were left without support and were immediately cut into pulp.

Outside the post-Turkic tent, Mo Du looked at the sea of fire under the city of Liangzhou, and suddenly his heart jumped, it was a team of 10,000 people, and it was burned by the fire like this?

"Damn Zhou Bing!" Mo stomped his foot, his face was pale, and his eyes were extremely frightening. (To be continued......)