The Tubo people were not unguarded against the Tang army and those servant troops, but what they didn't expect was that Shen Long was very well prepared for logistics and materials, and the Tang soldiers and horses, as well as the Shatuo army and those miscellaneous hus, were well fed when they passed through the 800 miles of Hanhai, and they left slightly earlier than the Uighurs, and they did not rush out when they arrived at the edge of the Hanhai.

Therefore, in terms of physical strength, Shen Long's subordinates were not much inferior to the Tubo army, coupled with the encouragement of the Tang Dynasty green card and the fertile pasture, the servant army broke out with 12% combat effectiveness, saved the Uighur army from the predicament in one fell swoop, defeated the Tubo army, and even followed them into the gate of Shazhou City and took the city.

This made Jieyugas depressed again, although Shen Long thought that they had contributed this time, and divided half of the spoils among them, but since the troops came, although they won many battles, these victories were not won by the Uighur army themselves, and this spoils were too much to hold?

In the process of continuing to attack Guazhou, Jieyugas did not let the Tang army contribute to the whole process, so he commanded the Uighur army to storm around Guazhou, and finally defeated Guazhou.

However, this battle also caused the Uighur army under Jieyugas to suffer considerable losses, and it was difficult to cross the Hanhai Sea from Yizhou to deliver food and grass to the army, so they had to stop their attack. The northern part of Guazhou is next to the territory of the Uighurs, but there are many mountains in between, and it is simply unrealistic to cross the mountains to deliver grain and grass.

Why is the Hexi Corridor called a corridor? It is because this road is between the two mountains, the south is the north branch of the Qilian Mountain, and the north side is from west to east, and there are mountain ranges such as Horsehair Mountain, Jinta South Mountain, Heli Mountain, Longshou Mountain, Hongya Mountain, and Alagu Mountain, and there is only a narrow corridor for traffic, connecting the Western Regions and the Central Plains.

This is also the reason why the Western Regions can only be occupied in the heyday of the Central Plains, and it is too difficult to rely on such a narrow corridor to maintain logistics, once there is a problem in the Central Plains, the Hexi Corridor can be easily cut off, and this road is broken, so you can only take the road north to the Uighur king's tent and then south, and the logistical pressure has more than doubled.

After taking Guazhou, the distance between Suzhou and Guazhou is not much closer than that from Yizhou to Guazhou, and because Shazhou and Guazhou themselves can carry a small population, these two cities cannot supply the supplies of the army's Eastern Crusade, so whether Jie Yugas wants it or not, this Eastern Crusade can only end here.

"This time I will lead the troops to fight with Daduhu, but I am also happy, and we will join forces again in the coming year to fight against Gelulu." Thinking about it carefully, Jieyugas decided to withdraw his troops, since there was no way to fight Suzhou, it was not a good thing to stop in Guazhou, if the grain route was cut off by Tubo, then they would be in danger.

Anyway, this time I came out mainly to fight a wave of Tibetans to avenge myself, since the revenge has been half avenged, then it is time to go back, now that the Uighurs have a new khan, it is not a good thing to lead the troops for too long; Because of Shen Long's influence, Jieyugas did not replace the Uighur Khan as in history, and the new Khan inevitably had to engage in a power struggle after succeeding to the throne.

"So it's a deal!" Yang Zhenggu and Jieyugas high-fived and made a covenant, last time they defeated the Uighurs and the Tang Dynasty alliance to capture the Beiting Protectorate, it was not only the Uighurs and Shatuos, but also the Baifu Turks and Qarluq, this time they defeated the Turks and recovered the Shatuos, so next time they will definitely go to the Qarluqs for trouble.

Otherwise, if there is an enemy behind him, who would dare to rest assured of a bold crusade? If he led his troops to Ganzhou and Liangzhou, and he was about to contact the Tang Dynasty, but the Qarlu people sent troops from the Western Regions and copied their own back road, what should I do?

"Oh, that's a pity!" Although he knew that no matter what aspect he was at the moment, he did not have the conditions to re-open the Hexi Corridor, Yang Zhenggu still sighed after coming down.

"At the moment, we can hit Guazhou, and four of the seven states in Hexi are in the hands of my Datang, and it will not be difficult to restore the remaining three states in the future!" Shen Long could think about it, he knew that this mission was not so easy, and this start was already very good.

In order to cut off the connection between Tibet and the Turks and support the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty set up the post of Hexi Jiedu Envoy in the Hexi Corridor, under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Guazhou, Shazhou, Yizhou, Xizhou and other seven states, Xizhou was originally in the hands of Yang Zhengu, and now Yizhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou have also been taken, and the second half of Hexi to the Western Regions has fallen into the hands of the Tang Dynasty, as long as the existing territory can be digested, it is only a matter of time to take the other three states.

"A certain family also knows, but they are unwilling! The land of my Datang Dynasty stays in the hands of the Tubo people for a day, and Bendu will not be able to protect it for a day! "Yang Zhengu also knows that now that the Hexi Jiedu Envoy has been wiped out by Tubo, and the Tang Dynasty itself has no way to look west, so if you want to reopen the Hexi Corridor, you can only rely on the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

And with the soldiers and horses under their hands now, it is obviously not possible to do this, not to mention that the harvest of Juliucheng Tuntian has been almost consumed in this expedition, if the attack is not stopped at the right time, then defeat will come, this is the lesson of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions for many years, Yang Zhenggu could not have known.

"After I go back, I will rebuild the Han Navy, and then start to settle fields in Yizhou, Xizhou, Qiuzi, Shazhou, Guazhou and other places, accumulate grain and grass, and next time I will clean up Gelulu, and then come back!" Yang Zhenggu glanced at Dongfang and turned around and went down the city wall.

Shen Long looked at the direction of Liangzhou from a distance and recited a new poem, "Longtou Road is broken, and Hu Qi enters Liangzhou City at night." The Han soldiers fought to the death everywhere, and once they were all gone. Drive the people on my side to the middle of the hu, scatter the cattle and sheep to eat the corn. Last year, China adopted a descendant, and now he is learning Hu in felt. Who can make Li Qingche more and retake Liangzhou into the Han family?"

The Tubo people have been conquering Liangzhou for many years, they forced the Han people to graze cattle and sheep for them, and the descendants of those Han people can only wear the clothes of the Hu people to learn the Hu language, and they look forward to the excellent generals like Li Guang and Li Cai brothers to recover Liangzhou and rescue them from the Hu people.

When I go back to Hexi next time, I will definitely be able to rescue you!

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