Su Dingfang, who has been holding back his anger for almost a year, is crazy this time.

Originally, he was the protagonist of pacifying the Western Regions, and he was originally the majestic hero, and he was originally his...

But with the world's attack on the Tang Dynasty, Su Dingfang, who originally held the strongest army in the Tang Dynasty, actually became the most aggrieved one.

pursued all the way to the foot of Jinshan, but he was never able to catch the Western Turks who ran like rabbits.

Later, even if Hui and Xue Yantuo came to attack, Su Dingfang was still confident that he would win.

But these tribes don't talk about martial virtues, they don't engage in frontal battles, they just keep attacking and harassing, and they also run to cut off his grain route.

Su Dingfang also had no choice, what kind of army was cut off from the grain route, he could only retreat one after another.

The struggle with the Western Turkic Hui and Xue Yantuo is like quicksand in the desert, but the strength of the empty body is limited by the terrain and supplies, and it can't be used.

After retreating to the Yinli River Valley, he was asked by Li Ermi to stay here and drag the three major tribes.

If it weren't for the fact that he had hoarded a batch of supplies in the river valley before going to Jinshan, and had plundered many tribes to get supplies such as cattle, sheep, horses, etc., Su Dingfang's department would have to catch mice.

Meat can barely be supplied, but the lack of vegetables and fruits makes Su Dingfang's troops demoralized.

Even the alfalfa and bean cakes that were originally used to feed the war horses were eaten.

Finally waited for the arrival of reinforcements, and finally waited for the attack order sent by Li Er, and the crazy Su Dingfang took the Tang army, which was also crazy, and frantically swept through the Hui departments.

Hui Hui, who encountered a sudden impact, hurriedly asked Xue Yantuo next to him to come to the rescue.

Xue Yantuo did come, but he came on a horse and wielding a knife.

Under the attack from both sides, the Hui tribes quickly disappeared like rivers flowing into the desert.

Su Dingfang, who killed the red-eyed man, was unwilling to leave the prisoners at all, and the cruel slaughter even frightened Xue Yantuo and did not dare to approach the Tang Army, for fear that he would become the next one.

Originally, in history, after the withdrawal of the main force of the Tang Army in the Anshi Rebellion, the Hui who gradually controlled the Western Regions disappeared in the long river of history.

Li Yunze was not idle here, first directly attacked and defeated the royal court of the Western Turkic Khan, wiped out his old camp in one fell swoop, and seized hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep.

Then the battalions and regiments scattered and attacked, sweeping through the Western Turkic tribes.

Compared with the red-eyed Su Dingfang, Li Yunze is much more merciful. He took as many prisoners as he could, especially the young ones.

After all, the technical conditions of this era were not good, and the mines where mining disasters were frequent, as well as the plantations where diseases were rampant and the weather was hot, continued to have a large number of manpower.

Women too, after all, the Han and Tang Dynasties cleaned up the Western Regions, not just for that little raisin, the beauties in the Western Regions are really beautiful.

The Tang army that went to the Western Regions this time, but anyone who had some military exploits could bring a concubine home.

As for the old and the young, it is naturally of little use.

In addition to the old and young with status, the old man can apply for Li Er's song and dance troupe, and those who are no more than wheels tall are sent to the palace to devote themselves to the service industry.

All the rest are left to the ministries themselves.

Those with a better mentality will be driven away and left to fend for themselves in the vast world.

If the mentality is not so gentle, of course, it is directly disposed of.

The Western Turks, who once controlled the two rivers of the Western Regions, were broken in the First World War. Even if there are still some scattered tribes on both sides of Jinshan, they are all grasshoppers after autumn and have no way out.

After solving the two strong enemies, Li Yunze secretly cooperated with Su Dingfang, and the two sides silently concentrated troops and horses towards the two wings of Xue Yantuo's department.

The original intention was to make a surprise attack and completely solve this little trouble.

As for Li Er agreeing to reconcile with Xue Yantuo or something, that was what the emperor promised, and I didn't know if the front-line generals didn't receive the holy decree.

It's a pity that Xue Yantuo's Yinan Khan was frightened by the fury of the Tang army, and very simply threw out Tang Jian, who was going to follow them, and hurriedly went north to Jinshan.

Yi Nan Khan ran too fast, and when the Tang army chased after him all the way, his royal court had even fled across the Golden Mountain to the far north.

At this time, it was already winter, and fleeing to the north of Jinshan in this weather was really a life of death.

After learning the news of the victory in the Western Regions, the proud Li Er quickly made arrangements.

He took the Tianshan Mountains as the boundary, and set up the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and Cheng Yanjin replaced Li Yunze as the Grand Protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

Li Er left him 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the order was to watch the Tubo on the plateau, and at the same time go to fight the big and small Bolu to avenge the hatred.

To the north of the Tianshan Mountains, the Beiting Protectorate was set up, and Su Dingfang served as the Governor of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate.

Li Er left 40,000 soldiers and horses for Su Dingfang, and the task was to monitor the two rivers and prepare to go deep into the two rivers to attack and destroy the nine surnames of Zhaowu.

It's not that Li Er doesn't want to give more soldiers and horses, but at this time, the railway line has only been built to the area of Xizhou and Tingzhou, and there are thousands of miles from here, and it needs to rely on horse-drawn carriages for transportation.

Until the construction of the railway lines on the north and south sides of the Tianshan Mountains was completed, the limits of logistics supply were so much.

The rest of the Tang army returned to the dynasty as a class division, first returning to Gaochang Yinzhou and other places, and then getting on the bus and returning to Guanzhong.

With the defeat of the Western Turks and the Hui, as the Tubo suffered heavy losses and did not dare to go down the mountain, and with Xue Yantuo fleeing, the world war against the Tang Dynasty was temporarily over.

The reason why I said it was temporary, it was because Li Er was going to clean up the wall grass next.

That's right, it's Goguryeo.

Goguryeo also participated in the world's attack on the Tang Dynasty, but it lingered on the border and waited for the opportunity.

If Datang fell in the midst of the siege, they would immediately turn into wolves and pounce and bite.

If the Tang Dynasty survived, they would send envoys to pretend to say words of peace.

This method is useful for dealing with faint kings and traitors, such as Zhao Gou and Qin Hui.

But Li Er couldn't tolerate sand in his eyes, Goguryeo didn't jump out, he was ready to fight, not to mention that he was one of the initiators of this world-wide attack on Tang.

Now there is only one reason that restricts the Tang Dynasty from attacking Goguryeo, and that is that the railway from Luoyang to Youzhou has not been repaired.

When the construction of this railway is completed, it will be the day when the Datang Iron Cavalry arrives.

The train staggered forward, and the people who were swaying were drowsy.

The Tang army who left the battlefield looked extremely lazy, most of them fell asleep on their seats, and the few who were awake were also joking and playing some Shuanglu, Ye Zi and other fighting scenes.

Li Yunze sat on a chair and looked at the book quietly, his eyes were calm and his expression was serious, and everyone who saw this scene would praise the sentence, "It is really the style of a general." ’

It's just that what he reads is an illustration book, and it's made by a famous artist.

This is a picture album that he specially instructed Yan Liben to carry out artistic processing according to the storyline provided by himself.

I have to say that Yan Liben is worthy of being the painting saint before Wu Daozi, and the paintings in these albums are vivid and vivid.

Especially when the hero and heroine interact... Ahem.

"Swinging... Fetching water from the well... Spring rain closes the window... After the rockery..."

Li Yunze's heart fluttered when he looked at the album, and what he thought in his mind was that after returning to Lijiazhuang, these postures would have to be practiced.

"General." Xue Rengui walked over and saluted.

Closing the album without a trace, Li Yunze smiled and nodded, "What's the matter?" ”

"The last general heard that this return to the dynasty will make a crusade against Goguryeo, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

"You want to go?" Li Yunze raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is this addicted to meritorious service?" I don't know exactly yet, but if you really want to go, I will definitely recommend you. ”

"Thank you, General!"

Xue Rengui was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted and thanked him.

On this expedition to the Western Regions, he jumped from a white coat to a dignified captain by virtue of his military exploits, and also won the title.

Naturally, he wants to make persistent efforts and be a general and a national prince.

The warriors of the martial era were always like this, staying up all day long to practice martial arts, thinking of sending troops and horses to clean up the surrounding enemy countries to make meritorious achievements.

Because of this, most of the troops from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Middle-earth Dynasty were sent to fight the surrounding areas.

It's just that after the turbans took power, they became everyone who went to study for the imperial examination and wanted to be an official, despising and spurning the martial arts.

As a result, the Middle-earth Dynasty was fought from all directions, and the Song and Ming dynasties were destroyed because of this.

"What kind of soldier is the general reading?" Xue Rengui noticed the book in Li Yunze's hand, and asked curiously, "Can you borrow the last general to take a look?" ”

"Oedo... Ahem. Li Yunze waved his hand, "This is my self-created art of war, but I haven't finished writing it yet, and I will definitely lend it to you when it is perfected." ”

"Thank you, General!"

The scenery outside the window gradually became colorful, and after entering Guanzhong, it was even greener.

It took several months for the Tang army to collect troops and return to Guanzhong, and by the time Li Yunze returned, it was already the spring season of the year.

At this time, Guanzhong has not yet reached the extent that the vegetation is destroyed and cannot be restored, and the green river is clear, and it is still the chosen place.

The population of the villages and towns along the route has gradually increased, and the people who are busy doing farm work in the fields have gradually become accustomed to the sight of the steel dragon roaring on the railroad tracks, and it will not be as shocking as it was at the beginning.

If nothing else, at least now there is basically no such thing as stealing railroad tracks.

In addition to the strict punishment and road guards, a very important point is that Datang's steel production has soared, and the price of iron products has also fallen rapidly.

At this time, most of the people were already using iron farming tools, and their cultivation efficiency was far greater than before.

Looking at the villages and towns along the road through the car window, most of them are mainly brick houses, and many of the houses are also made of glass.

This is also the benefit that Li Yunze brings.

The improvement of the technology of firing bricks and tiles, the knowledge of how to control the temperature and the large-scale use of coal, so that the quality of bricks and tiles has been guaranteed, and the output has increased rapidly, which is enough to meet the needs of ordinary people's homes.

As for glass, with the technology, this raw material is almost everywhere, and it is naturally not difficult to make it.

Looking at all this in front of him, Li Yunze was very satisfied.

I didn't come in vain, at least let the people of the Tang Dynasty in this world live better.

The geese have left a voice, and the people have left a name.

Although there will be a day when they will leave, the people of this world should not forget the changes they have brought to their lives.

This time, he didn't think about any imperial hegemony, but he was very satisfied.

As my thoughts flickered, the train began to slow down.

Chang'an City, which has been absent for a long time, has finally arrived.