Chapter 18: Kulan City

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The Tang army was spearheaded by the Yingyang battalion, still led by more than 100 light cavalry wearing the uniforms of the Hui soldiers, led by Ma Xiaochun, and this time took the banner of Baga. This place is only more than 30 miles away from Kulan City, the third watch time has arrived, the three battalions of soldiers lit torches, the defenders of Julan City saw a fire dragon swaggering approaching, shouting at the head of the city: "What person! ”

Ma Xiaochun was one of the smartest young men in the Valley of the Tibetan Monuments, and he was proficient in the Hui language, so he shouted: "Open the door!" Bagadikhkan defeated the bandits, took Alidikhkan, and returned triumphantly! ”

The head of the city, Feldad, listened to the words and said the way, and saw in the light of the fire that the city was full of "Hui soldiers", and saw the temperance of Baga and Ali, and opened the gate of the city without any deceit.

Yang Yi didn't wait for the city gate to open, and rushed in with his horse, and Fairdry shouted: "What are you doing! Do! Yang Yi took out Baga's head and threw it to him, and said with a smile: "What do you say we are doing?" ”

Fairdade screamed miserably, and he had already been slashed by a sword.

There are only three gates in the east, west and south of the city, there are prisoners in the Tang army who are familiar with the city of Julan, and they are driven by the Tang army to occupy an important stronghold in the city, and the residents of the city are mostly in a dream at this time, but they listen to the sound of horses' hooves, and then they wake up, although the people of the city are fierce, but it is too late for the people to gather to defend the city!

As for the standing army, there are three troops on duty this night, with a number of 900, arranged in three city gates, of which there are 500 people at the west gate, after the Tang army seized the west gate, Yang Yi quickly rushed to the east gate under the leadership of the guide, An Shoujing went to capture the south gate, after Yang Dingbang took over the west gate, Guo Luo took Lyce Fairdade and occupied the Laiis Mansion in Julan City, as the command center of the Tang army in the city, and responded in the center.

When Zhang entered the city, Yang Yi's good news had already come from the east gate, and more than 100 soldiers there had all disarmed and surrendered when they saw that the Tang army was strong. An Shoujing's side encountered a lot of resistance, Guo Luo asked Zhang Mai to sit in Laiis Mansion and lead people to reinforce, but Zhang Mai said: "No, you stay in command, I will support." ”

He rode away with only two guards, and the twenty-one horsemen rushed to the vicinity of the south gate, at this time Zhang Mai was wounded in the left shoulder, and held a red satin blood spear in his right hand, and he did not pull the reins when he rode the horse, and after several months of training, his riding skills have progressed to the level of qualified light cavalry.

Seeing that the cavalry battalion was fighting with more than 200 soldiers defending the city, Zhang Mai raised his red satin spear and shouted: "The envoy has arrived!" The Dragon Camp has arrived! The brothers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion rush! ”

Some of the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion glanced back, and sure enough, they saw the red satin blood spear, but most of them didn't have the time to turn back at all, and only heard the shouts of small stones, some screamed loudly, and some gritted their teeth, all of them fought to go to the city. The soldiers defending the city of Hui were already subservient, and at this time, when they saw Tang Jun's appearance like this, they felt a little furious in their hearts, and they didn't know why this group of "robbers" suddenly had such a change.

Zhang Mai asked Ma Xiaochun and the others to shout: "Baga is dead, Ali is dead, Fairdry has surrendered!" Kulan City has changed hands! Death to the recalcitrant ones! Surrender and don't kill! ”

The words "those who resist die, surrender and avoid killing" echoed in the quiet night, not only the defenders of the south gate were very weak when they heard the resistance, but even the neighboring residents were terrified when they heard it, and some even the timid hid under the bed ridiculously.

The general defending the city was quite stubborn, and he was unwilling to surrender when he saw that he was invincible, and he felt that his resistance was getting weaker and weaker, so he simply opened the city gate and fled on horseback. The little stone was about to catch up, and Zhang Mai said: "Don't chase the poor." ”

Xiaoshi said: "What should I do if they run away and go to Talas to report the news and let the Hui people know?" ”

Zhang Mai laughed: "You are a little pawn, you also know this?" ”

Xiao Shi said: "We've been doing surprise attacks to win lately, right? So we can't let people know about our situation. ”

Zhang Mai nodded again and again, and praised: "The children can be taught." But the way the battle has been fought so far, it is estimated that there is no way to hide it. The banner of our Tang Army has almost been officially opened in this area. ”

After An Shoujing finished packing up the prisoners, there was also good news from Guo Luo's side, saying that he had taken control of the major streets, grain and grass and barracks in the city. At this time, the residents of Kulan City had already woken up, but most of the city had been controlled by the Tang Army, even if they were frightened, what else could they do?

Zhang Mai returned to Laiis Mansion, Guo Luo had always been calm, and at this time, he couldn't help but have a look of joy on his face, and said to Zhang Mai: "Brother Mai, the materials in Julan City have not been calculated clearly, but this place is really not comparable to the jaw and the son." Although there are not as many gold, silver and jewelry as the Zhaoshan Palace, the food should be comparable! Zhang Mai smiled: "In this way, we have made a small fortune again." ”

Guo Luo said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's not just a small fortune, maybe it's also a big fortune - I learned from the servants of Laiis Mansion that the official treasury of this Julan City is actually not much, but there are a lot of merchants who have money, as for whether we scrape this money or not, it depends on Brother Mai's meaning." ”

Zhang Mai coughed and said with a smile: "What does it mean to scrape or not, we are the teachers of benevolence and righteousness, the teachers of justice, how can we use scraping words?" Is it asking them to provide sponsorship, let's borrow money in Jaws, aren't we all IOUs? How to pay back the interest, how is it called scraping? ”

Guo Luo laughed, while sending people to find out what the merchants in the city were, preparing to set up a "borrowing money banquet", and said that he would quickly send people to Xiaba Ersi and Dengxia Valley to report the victory, and transfer all the soldiers, horses, money and food in Dengxia Valley to Kulan City, "I expect that this will be Talas side should already know about Ba Ersi." Once Talas sends troops to Xia Ba'er Si again, Liu An and they will not be able to resist it. ”

Zhang Mai thought so, so he sent messengers to Xia Ba'er Si and Dengxia Valley respectively.

Backed by the Kulan mountains, the city of Kulan is the second most important city in the Talas region, located at the intersection of the nomadic zone and the agricultural irrigation area, the herdsmen of the steppe will often bring cattle, sheep and horses to this vicinity to find buyers, and the merchants in the river area will come here to buy, gradually making this one of the most important cattle and horse distribution centers in the north of the river region, in addition, it is the only way for the Barasagon to the Talas and even the Samanid Dynasty, so there is a commercial convenience, more than 6,000 residents, although it is still not as prosperous as the central plains town, But it's no longer comparable to Jaw Child's thinking.

After Zhang Mai occupied the whole city, Guo Shiyong's follow-up men and horses also entered one after another, and the sky was already white at this time.

When Guo Shiyong rode into the gate of Julan City on horseback, his mood was very complicated. From his birth to the present, how many years have been fighting to keep the new Broken Leaf City, so that he is not old before he is white, but in just a few months after meeting Zhang Mai, Tang Jun actually had the opportunity to occupy a city several times larger than the new Broken Leaf City!

"Are we the masters of the city?" Although I can't say "like in a dream", at least I still feel a little trance.

It's like a man who has received a salary of thousands of dollars all his life, and suddenly gets hit in the head with a million bills, and then is told that the bills are his.

Relatively speaking, it is more difficult for young people to accept this change, "Occupy Kulan City today, occupy Talas tomorrow, and capture Barasagon the day after tomorrow!" When Little Stone entered the city, he said with a smile, still bending his fingers, as if he had captured a city by bending one finger.

"No, no, no! Barasagon is useless, I've heard it's very broken, and there are many places in the city with tents! We're going to Samarkand, and I've heard that the world of flowers there is like paradise! Big Stone said.

In the past few months, they have followed the Tang Army, and their horizons have broadened a lot, and they know the names of many important cities in Central Asia.

These young people who are full of pride do not take the worries in the veteran's mind seriously, and their hearts are full of confidence and optimism.

However, the inhabitants of Kulan City were panicked, most of the soldiers who had been cut off in the city surrendered soon after seeing that they were not lucky, and only a small part of them resisted stubbornly, but they were also wiped out before dawn, although the residents were afraid, they did not know what kind of forces were attacking the city, and they did not dare to make excessive resistance for a while.

After Yang Yi and Murong Chunhua disarmed the defenders of Kulan City, they had already gone separately to collect the weapons of the households, and prepared to "invite" the merchants of the city to "go to the banquet" like the following Ba'er Si.

But what will be the theme of this invitation?

If the Tang army decides to sweep away the city, then the theme of this banquet is to "borrow money" as much as possible, on the contrary, if the Tang army intends to use this place as a stronghold, then it will be necessary to be gentle with the various factions in the city.

Guo Luoyin asked: "This time, do you still want to invite in the name of the city lord on the lamp, or simply show the banner?" ”

Zhang Mai was undecided, and Guo Shiyong, who had already arrived at Laice's mansion, said: "At the beginning, I concealed my name in Jaw's Thoughts because the situation was unclear in all aspects, and I planned to flee away immediately in case of defeat and call back to the people who didn't know where we came from, but now we have made trouble in this area, and when I saw Na Abule that day, I listened to him knock on the side, and it seems that I have seen some clues about us." They can see it, and others can naturally see it. I don't think we can hide it for long, even if we deliberately hide it. The Art of War: Big and show small, small and show big, strong and show weak, weak and show strong -- we first came to become robbers, so that the enemy was caught off guard and returned to the Talas by surprise, now the shape has changed, it is impossible to collect the effect of a surprise attack on Talas, rather than waiting for others to debunk, it is better to simply show the identity, and at the same time bluff, call back to fear us, so that the Talas side decision-making is in a dilemma. ”

Zhang Mai said: "Uncle Yong is right, then show the banner!" Spread the news of the arrival of the Don Army! Not only to spread the word, but to spread it with a lot of fanfare! ”

Guo Luo took the order and went to do something.

Zhang Mai was tired all night, but at this time he was in good spirits, even Guo Shiyong was tired, the two of them took a few guards such as small stones, and rode horses to inspect the city, this time it was not like last night to gallop to help, but to take a good look at this Julan City, so more than ten horses just rode slowly, almost a walk.

Walking on the quiet streets, Guo Shiyong looked left and right, imagining the scene after all the shops on this street were open for business, and the color in his eyes was like recalling his old man's first love.

Zhang Mai came from a metropolis of tens of millions of people, and his vision was broad, this city was actually very small compared to the city where he lived in another plane, but since he came to this world, it was the first time he had seen a decent city.

The new broken leaves and jaw Ersi are called cities, but they both have cities but no cities, just cities and even walled cities, not cities. There is a collection in the center of the chin child, and there is not even a fixed shop. Kulan City, on the other hand, has it, and there are more than two dozen stores that are quite large - that is, the handicraft industry and commerce here have reached a certain scale.

At this time, Zhang Mai was walking on the street of Julan City, looking at the shops with closed doors on both sides, looking at Guo Shiyong's expression and reaction, and suddenly an idea came to him: "Can this be used as a temporary base for our Anxi Tang Army?" ”

After several successive expansions, the Tang Army is now close to the limit that the mobile troops can reach, and if it cannot find a base area in the next place, its development will encounter a bottleneck.

The Tang Army's need for base areas has become more and more urgent.

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