There is no detailed record in the history books about the battle of Jieyugas attacking Beiting, so Shen Long did not know their marching route, but according to the current distribution of forces in Tibet and the Uighurs, and the future Uighurs will fight the Tibetans and reopen the Silk Road, it can be judged that the direction of their attack should be from west to east, and after taking Tingzhou, it should be the turn of Yizhou in the east, and then Guazhou and Shazhou in the Hexi Corridor.

Of course, it is also possible that Jieyugas went west to fight Qarluq, because the last time he was defeated by the Tibetans, it was because the Tibetans united the Qarluq, Baifu Turks and other forces to jointly deal with the combined forces of the Uighurs and the Northern Protectorate.

In the end, the hatred of Tubo prevailed, and in the military discussion after taking Tingzhou, Jieyugas proposed a plan to attack the east, and this plan was approved by Yang Zhengu, after all, the Tang Dynasty was in the east, and if the road to the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions could be opened, the days of the Beiting Protectorate and the Anxi Protectorate would be better.

On the other hand, if they attacked Gelulu in the west, it would not be of much benefit to the Tang Dynasty, at most they could only give them more territory and capture, and there would be no essential change in the situation of the remnants of the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate in the Western Regions.

This time, the attitude of the military council Jie Yugas has changed greatly, and his attitude towards Yang Zhenggu and Shen Long has been much better, this is because he finally saw the whole picture of the Tang army, and the four thousand Tang troops were all wearing iron armor, this scene made him both jealous and afraid, you must know that iron armor is a strategic material, known for its high cost, even if the Uighur Khan looted in the whole Uighur territory, it is extremely difficult to search for 4,000 sets of iron armor.

This incident shocked Jieyugas no less than the guerrillas of later generations saw armored clusters, and the deterrent power of ironclad soldiers in the era of cold weapons is comparable to the significance of tanks in the era of hot weapons.

If Yang Zhenggu's subordinates were still the old, weak, sick and disabled in ragged clothes before, Jie Yugas would of course look down on them, but now Yang Zhenggu actually brought a full 4,000 ironclad soldiers, and if they fought head-on, it would not be a problem to defeat the tens of thousands of Uighur soldiers under him; The people on the grassland believe in the law of the jungle, and now that Yang Zhenggu's strength is superior to his own, then Jie Yugas naturally wants to change his attitude.

"I wonder if most of the guards have extra iron armor? Can you sell it to the next some? At the same time, he was also wondering in his heart, this Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions have been cut off for many years, and the caravans of the Tang Dynasty have only recently returned to the Western Regions through the Uighur king's tent, and they are carrying silk, porcelain and other things, and they have not seen iron armor? Where did Yang Zhengu's iron armor come from?

This is definitely not sent by a caravan, four thousand pairs of iron armor, how big is this caravan? Moreover, in the eyes of the Uighurs, iron armor is more precious than gold, and if so many iron armor enters the territory of the Uighurs, the Uighurs will have to snatch these things even at the risk of turning against the Tang Dynasty.

"It's not impossible!" Yang Zhengu touched his beard, he had expected this matter a long time ago, and he had also discussed it with Shen Long, Yang Zhengu was a little reluctant, but Shen Long insisted on using iron armor in exchange for some benefits for them.

"Oh?" Jie Yugas didn't expect to get the iron armor from Tang Jun's hands, but now when he heard Yang Zhenggu's tone loosen a little, his eyes immediately lit up and he hurriedly asked, "How can I get the iron armor?" Most of the protectors, please make it clear, but if you can do it in the next, you will never shirk! ”

As long as he can get the iron armor, his power will be even stronger, the Uighurs are not the same unified dynasty as the Tang Dynasty, the Uighur nobles tend to pay more attention to the interests of their own tribes, if they can get the iron armor for themselves, then the Jieyugask will be developed.

"Before the fall of Beiting, countless people of the Tang Dynasty fell into the hands of the enemy, and every time I think about it, I feel shameless to face it, so if the prime minister can help me find these people in the Tang Dynasty, Bendu Hu should be rewarded with iron armor." Yang Xinggu said, of course, this is Shen Long's plan, the most important thing for Datang now is the population, these Tang people who are in the hands of foreign races are much more valuable than just iron armor, as long as the iron field of the six cities is still there, how many iron armor there are, and the people of Datang will not increase out of thin air.

"This matter is easy, I don't know how many people of the Tang Dynasty can be retrieved in exchange for a set of iron armor?" Jieyugas secretly rejoiced, since the Western Regions broke off contact with the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Tang Dynasty have fallen into the hands of foreign races, not to mention the enemy armies such as Tubo and Qarluq, and even the Uighurs have some Tang people in their hands, and Jieyugas wants to use the Tang people in his hands to exchange for iron armor.

Shen Long and Yang Zhengu both knew this, but if they were strong, Jieyugas would definitely say that no, it would be very good to be able to exchange people with iron armor, and when they attacked Tubo in the future, in order to exchange for more iron armor, they would definitely give priority to recapturing the people of the Tang Dynasty from the Tubo people, which was definitely a good thing for them.

Yang Xigu and Jie Yugas bargained, determined the number of Tang Dynasty people who could be exchanged for a set of iron armor, and then led the army east together, directly approaching the city of Yizhou.

Soon after arriving in the city, Jieyugas sent a group of Tang army prisoners, presumably that they had just attacked the Tubo people not far away, and that they had captured them from the Tubo people, but in fact they had collected them from his own tribe.

In this regard, Shen Long and Yang Zhenggu pretended to believe that as long as people could come back, it would be fine, in the expectant eyes of Jieyu Jiasi, Yang Zhenggu paid the iron armor truthfully according to the amount as promised, Jieyugus was greatly excited, and immediately sent people to the territory of the Hui to find the traces of the Tang people, and at the same time strictly ordered his subordinates to rescue those Tang people first when attacking Tubo.

Shen Long sent a team of men to send these redeemed Tang people to Tingzhou for resettlement, where these Tang people would first recuperate their bodies, and then settle them according to their respective specialties, either to settle in the fields, or to become craftsmen, or to become Tang soldiers again.

These Tang people, who have been in the hands of foreign races for many years, were moved to see their relatives again, and many people wanted to return to the team at the moment, but they were rejected by Shen Long, they have suffered enough over the years, and it is not suitable to return to the battlefield, now it is better to go to the rear to eat a few more full meals and recuperate their bodies.

After sending these Tang people away, Shen Long led a small group of people to investigate the situation around Yizhou, and with the help of Eagle Bird, he saw that there seemed to be a group of Zahu watching them not far ahead.

was thinking about how to deal with these people, when he saw the local leader Gao Ju riding over with both hands, and shouted from a distance, "But the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are back?" The villain is willing to lead the warriors in his department to fight for the Tang Dynasty, and he hopes that the general will take him in! ”

Hey? This is the legendary Zigan Tang?