On the way to Yiwu City, An Xinggui looked at the army around him with some emotion! Such an army is in the Western Regions, and he has no idea where there are any opponents!

50,000 cavalry, men and horses with armor, all steel armor! And each was armed with a Tang sword, a bow and arrows, and sixty arrows.

This was the configuration of the Southern Route Army and the Central Route Army, which had already left, and they were not equipped with heavy siege equipment, mainly for these small countries...... Basically, no.

Because there are not many of these small countries that dare to oppose the Tang Dynasty, in addition, after they arrive in Ruoqiang City, they will replenish their supplies in Ruoqiang City, and there are these small countries that are the target of the Southern Route Army...... There is no need to siege the city, it is enough to besiege the city, and they will surrender.

The cities of these small countries simply can't last long, and they don't have enough self-sustaining ability, and they will have to run out of food for about ten days at most.

Whether it is these small countries at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains or these small countries at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, their main farmland and other crops are outside the city, and the army will not lack food at all in the past.

The equipment was changed in Dunhuang City, and all the troops dispatched this time were replaced with new weapons and equipment armor, and unlike the Southern Route Army, the main army they were destined to attack the city along the way also carried a large number of different weapons and equipment.

In addition, An Xinggui also noticed some special equipment.

For example, the equipment arranged for the scouts, their armor is no longer like the main battle unit, the armor is all bright armor, but the armor of the whole body is painted earthy yellow, and the armor painted with special colors does not reflect in the sun, and it is impossible to see that the other party is wearing armor from a long distance.

In the Western Regions, where there are many Gobi Deserts, if you advance on foot, such equipment is difficult to be discovered by the enemy, and there is a certain camouflage effect.

In addition, the scout was also issued a kind of binoculars in his hand, which An Xinggui also had in his hand.

An Xinggui has seen it several times along the way, this thing ...... It's amazing, it can put a very distant place in front of you, and although it looks a little distorted, it still has a huge role in detection.

An Xinggui didn't know how this thing was made, but it was foreseeable that this thing was definitely an artifact of war.

In addition, some special signaling devices are made from fireworks that have appeared in Chang'an City, which can see relatively bright colors even in the daytime, and can also emit a unique bright light.

If it is on a plain with a flat line of sight, I am afraid that it can be seen from more than ten miles away, and the night sky will be even more conspicuous, this thing will be carried by almost every scout. This means that the probability of a sneak attack on the army is infinitely reduced when marching, as long as it is not stupid enough to not send out scouts, it should not be sneak attacked.

In addition, the saddle and horseshoe of the war horse in this attack are all in the latest style, just these complete sets of weapons and equipment have been replaced, An Xinggui doesn't know how to describe it.

He didn't know how much His Highness had prepared for the war, but he knew that the current Tang army would be invincible! With such 30,000 elite soldiers, An Xinggui is confident that he can defeat any enemy.

Three days later, the 20,000-strong army had bypassed the Gobi Desert on both sides of the city, because they had plenty of horses, so the number of scouts released ensured that no enemy scouts could enter their hinterland, nor could they discover the whereabouts of the army.

When the 20,000 troops crossed the city of Yiwu, and An Xinggui and their scouts had also been informed of the movements of the Gaochang army, they obviously did not know that the Tang Intelligence Department had been informed of their movements, and they thought that their actions were very fast, and with the support of 3,000 Turkic cavalry, Ju Wentai temporarily transferred 1,000 young men to form 5,000 soldiers, a total of 8,000 troops, and quickly approached Yiwu with thousands of auxiliary coolies.

Before setting out, they directly seized all the caravans in Gaochang and sent Turkic cavalry to intercept all the Tang caravans along the way.

Fortunately, Ju Wentai was not stupid, he did not let the Turks intercept these caravans, because Ju Wentai knew very well that Gaochang relied on the Silk Road to prosper, and if he inexplicably intercepted the caravans, even if the war was over, I am afraid that no merchants would pass through Gaochang again.

Therefore, he strictly ordered that the Western Turkic cavalry that cooperated with him in the battle was not allowed to intercept any caravans.

Because Yibi Lulu gave the Turkic generals who came to lead the army an order, so that the other party strictly obeyed Ju Wentai's orders, so the other party did not start, and all the caravans were escorted back to Gaochang City by Gaochang's follow-up escort materials and temporarily formed army after being captured.

Ju Wentai personally led the expedition, perhaps he was sure that Yiwu City simply did not have enough defense, because Yiwu City did not have the Tang Dynasty army stationed.

To be precise, Yiwu is not the city of the Tang Dynasty, Yiwu City is the country of Yiwu, the country of Yiwu is smaller than Gaochang, the entire Yiwu has less than 2,000 troops, and the total number of citizens is more than 10,000.

But what makes Yiwu different from other countries in the Western Regions is that Yiwu submitted to the Tang Dynasty earlier, and when the king of Yiwu wrote to the Tang Dynasty, he expressed his willingness to obey the leadership of the Tang Dynasty, and he was directly and completely subordinate to the Tang Dynasty.

And at that time, Li Shimin had some good face, or rather, the Central Plains Dynasty has been like this for generations, as long as these small countries give me face, then I will give face, if you are willing to listen to me for everything, and I fight, you are still willing to send troops, then I can always guarantee that you are my vassal country, not directly annex you.

Therefore, in fact, in later generations, China's global introduction of the concept of win-win cooperation has been inherited, and this concept that has been inherited from history has actually been recognized by the international community not a lot, but many of them have been brought to the rhythm in China.

When Yiwu was returned to Shun at that time, Li Shimin had this idea, and everyone talked about it to this point, Li Shimin said on the spot that your Yiwu country is a subject country of my Datang, and then I Datang will keep you safe and so on, but my Datang will not garrison and so on.

But King Yiwu also thought very clearly at that time, so he said very simply, I am not a subject country, I am a city in the Tang Dynasty.

Then Li Shimin was happy, and directly named King Yiwu as the governor of Yiwu, to put it bluntly, if you give me this face, then your things are still yours, and then he also rewarded King Yiwu with a lot of things.

For King Iwu, he is indeed looking for a backer, but he is also indeed obedient. Because King Iwu knew very well that he had a bad neighbor.

So Yiwu City is such a special existence, although it is nominally Tang, but Yiwu City does not have the garrison of the Tang Dynasty, it is still the army before Yiwu, the officials before Yiwu, and all taxes and everything are also owned by the governor of King Yiwu.