Chapter 219 Anxi Army's Westward Expedition
The Western Regions, the Yellow Sha is thousands of miles, the Gobi Desert, the Desert, and the Oasis are intertwined. One of the towns stands on the banks of the Shuyeshui River on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and has already left the boundary of China.
However, if Zhang Hua were here, he would have been surprised to find that the layout of this third-level town is close to that of Chang'an City.
The town is more like a small Chang'an City, and focuses on strengthening the city walls and arrow towers, becoming a fortress.
The defenders stationed in this town were dressed in bright armor and had horizontal swords hanging around their waists, patrolling the streets.
There are mixed Hu merchants in Suiye Town, and from time to time you can see Hu people with high noses and deep eyes, including the blond hair and blue eyes of Germanic barbarians.
The Tang army in Suiye Town has long been used to it.
The Tang army generals of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty established this town. The purpose of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty was to expand colonization and to continuously expand the influence of ancient China to the west.
Until now, this Anxi Army is still faithfully fulfilling its mission, constantly attacking westward, recruiting Hu tribes from all over the country as lackeys, and then taking them to the west to conquer more Hu tribes.
Suiye Town is a bridgehead for the Anxi Army to expand into the Hezhong region of Central Asia. There are 15,000 Tang troops stationed. In an emergency, Hu people's servants can be summoned to advance together.
In the Western Regions, 15,000 Tang troops could already be rampant and defeating tens of thousands of Hu tribes was also quite easy.
A third-level town in Suiye Town is difficult to support the 15,000 Tang army in the town. The generals of the Tang army imposed heavy taxes on the Hu merchants and required various Hu city-states and tribes to pay tribute to maintain strong military power.
"We have rebuilt the four towns of Anxi. The next step is to capture the Dayuan Kingdom, establish the Dayuan Governor's Office, restore the most prosperous territory of our Anxi Protectorate, and even take over the entire Hezhong area as mentioned by the Hu Shang. Throughout the dynasties, the population of the Western Regions was added together, with a large number. As long as we take over Hezhong, our Anxi Protectorate can even...be king."
"But the Symposium of the Protector is not interested, but the Protector is expeditioning the West! Hearing these Hu Commercial Bureaus say, in the west, like the Central Plains, many kingdoms appeared. Our Anxi Army wanted to conquer all the kingdoms in the west and put all these areas into the territory of our Anxi Protectorate!"
The government offices of Suye Town and the military generals of the Tang army have made people outline the scope of various forces west of Suye Town. There are hundreds of city-states and tribes in the central river area of Central Asia alone.
The Tang army generals were ambitious and wanted to conquer the entire river and turn the river into a colony.
"General, go to the pass to find His Majesty's soldiers to return."
"Bring him to see me."
"yes."
Soon a soldier from the Anxi Protectorate Mansion came in.
The soldiers of the Anxi Protectorate were ordered to return to the pass to find the whereabouts of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.
The Tang army that rebuilt the Anxi Protectorate was mainly the soldiers of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, so they actively searched for news about Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. If they could obtain the support of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the Anxi Army's Western Expedition would be smoother.
After all, there were not many Tang troops in the Western Regions.
The main source of the Tang army was still Han people.
Moreover, after experiencing that incident, the general of the Tang army did not trust the Hu people very much, but only the Han people, so it would be best to get supplies for the troops in the pass.
As for using the Hu people's servant army, it was a helpless move. After all, these Hu people's tribes are almost all soldiers, and can provide a large number of troops.
"The subordinates passed through Shazhou, entered Yumen Pass, and followed the Qilian Mountains, and were blocked from Xiliang. The princes of Xiliang fought against each other, and the soldiers were in chaos and the roads were blocked, so they could not enter Guanzhong."
"That means, you didn't hear about His Majesty?"
"This is not the case. My subordinates stayed in Liangzhou and found out that His Majesty rebuilt Chang'an City in Guanzhong, and he was expected to sweep Guanzhong for a time."
"Your Majesty is really in Guanzhong?"
Several Tang army generals guarding Suiye Town were shocked when they heard that their Majesty, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was in Guanzhong.
If Guanzhong and Anxi Protectorate opened the Hexi Corridor, then the glory of the Tang Dynasty might be restored.
"But Your Majesty was defeated by a prince named Zhang Hua and has been under house arrest by Zhang Hua."
"What?!"
The Tang general of Anxi Protectorate was shocked and shocked.
They have always been calm and did not show such a loss of composure when facing tens of thousands of Hu cavalrymen. The incident of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang being under house arrest was really shocking.
The Tang general pondered for a while, and then said, "Our Tang army may be the last army of the Tang Dynasty. Since we cannot enter the pass, we will continue to fight westward and rebuild the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions."
"Yes, rebuild the Tang Dynasty!"
"How can the great Tang Dynasty disappear like this!"
Several Tang army generals learned that the power of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was destroyed, so they could only believe that they were the people who launched a Western Expedition to rebuild the great Tang Dynasty in the Hezhong area with the Anxi Army as the team.
"There are 20,000 Anxi troops in Kucha Town and 5,000 Anxi troops in Shule Town and Yutian Town will arrive in Suye Town within three days. In addition, we will recruit soldiers from all the Hu tribes that depend on us and ask them to send troops and food. If anyone fails to follow, he will be attacked by our Anxi Protectorate. Once these tribes are captured, all tribesmen will be slaves."
The generals of the Tang army adopted tough measures to maintain the Anxi Army's dominance in the Western Regions.
The Hu tribes around Suiye Town all received notices of recruiting soldiers and grain from the Anxi Protectorate.
These Hu tribes conquered by the Anxi Protectorate did not dare to follow them. Teams of Hu soldiers gathered in Suiye Town, and they also brought their own food, grass and weapons.
These Hu tribes are also used to it.
They either surrendered to the Anxi Protectorate or to other more powerful Hu city-states. Anyway, the weak can only rely on the fate of the strong.
Hu Shangs in Suiye Town noticed that the Anxi Protectorate was dispatching troops. These Hu Shangs were in a panic and some people were already planning to inform the forces they belonged to.
However, the generals of the Tang army had prepared in advance and asked to block the city gates. No one was allowed to leave Suye Town until the Tang army's military operation was over.
Moreover, Tang military generals searched the pigeons from door to door, and no one was allowed to leak the news.
A Hu man was shot and killed by the Tang army's sharpshooter because he let the pigeon go. Then the caravan where the Hu man was located was killed by the Tang army and killed by random swords.
"Our Anxi Army will not kill merchants, but if we are traitors and collude with the enemy, don't blame us for being in charge!"
The general of the Tang army held a blood-dropped waist knife and pointed at the onlookers, who were trembling.
The Anxi Protectorate has the ability to rule the Western Regions, but it is not a false reputation.
Under the tough style of the Tang army's chief general, the Anxi army adopted iron-fisted measures to suppress the Hu tribes and kill the meticulous works.
The Hu Shang in Suiye Town did not dare to do anything randomly, so he had to wait patiently for the completion of the Anxi Army's military operations.
In the direction of Kucha Town, 20,000 Tang troops broke through the yellow sand and arrived at Suiye Town along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and met with the Tang troops in Suiye Town.
Kucha is the main city of Anxi Protectorate, but as Anxi Protectorate launched a western expedition, Anxi Protectorate and the main forces of the Tang army began to gather in Suye Town.
The other two towns in the four Anxi towns - Shule Town and Yutian Town, each sent 5,000 Tang troops to cross the Tianshan Mountain Road and were ordered to come to Saiye Town to meet.
The Tang army in Suiye Town increased from 15,000 to 45,000, full of murderous intent.
Perhaps in the Central Plains, the 45,000 Tang army could not become a force that could control the world, but in the Western Regions, this Tang army could destroy the national-level troops.
The Tang army general from Kucha Town turned over and dismounted. The iron sheets of Mingguang armor collided and said to the Great Protector of Anxi: "The last general Feng Changqing was ordered to lead 20,000 troops and come to Suiye Town to meet with the Great Protector as scheduled!"
"This time, the goal of this Daduan Protector is to take over the Dayuan Kingdom, establish the Dayuan Governor's Office, and then fight all the way to the Dashi Kingdom, Persia Kingdom, and Daqin Kingdom. You can follow the Daduan Protector to conquer Dayuan. As for the Shuye Town, leave 5,000 people to garrison."
"I will obey the order!"
Feng Changqing and other Tang army generals were all excited.
In the Western Regions, their Tang army was invincible, and the Hu people all surrendered in the wind!
This time, the Anxi Protectorate mobilized 40,000 Tang troops to attack Dayuan, and Dayuan was doomed.
If the Hu tribe did not have military armor of the same level and did not have heroes to establish strict military order, then ten thousand Tang troops could defeat 100,000 Hu people, and 40,000 Tang troops might defeat 400,000 loose Hu people.
Of course, if there were heroes who organized the Hu people according to the system of the Central Plains Empire, then the Tang army would not be so relaxed.
The next day, 40,000 Tang troops left Suye Town and marched towards the Dayuan Kingdom along the foothills of the Tianshan Mountains.
Five thousand Tang troops stayed in Suye Town and continued to suppress the Hu people in Shuye Town.
In case, the Anxi Dadu Protector recruited 100,000 Hu people as cannon fodder and attacked Dayuan with 40,000 Tang troops. The Tang army's troops reached a terrifying 140,000 people, and they pushed forward all the way.
The population density of the Western Regions is far less than that of the Central Plains. The 140,000 army can already sweep away most of the princes, but in the Central Plains, 100,000 troops can barely join the ranks of the princes.
"This, what is this?"
A herder was leisurely sheep when he suddenly saw a large army appearing all over the mountains and was so scared that he was scattered.
He had never seen so many soldiers, and even the population of the tribe he lived in was not as large as that of this army.
At the forefront of this army, the Tang army's flags were waving and roaring in the wind of the Tianshan Mountains!
Over the Tang army, war eagles soared.
Although the Guanzhong Tang Dynasty established by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang disappeared, there was still a Tang army that was victorious in the distant Western Regions, and under the leadership of the Anxi Protectorate, the first Western Expedition began.
Forty thousand Tang troops and ten thousand Hu people drove away hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and wherever they fought.
"The Tianshan Mountains have thousands of peaks, and the north and south of the mountain are always beijing. People must watch the fire when they stand far away, and horses can't see the traces of the deep mountains."
A poet who followed the Tang army commander to the west and witnessed the grand occasion of the Anxi Protectorate's Western Expedition.
The head general of the Tang army said to the poet: "Wang Changling, if we fight with the main force of Dayuan, you don't have to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. However, you should try to activate the atmosphere in the army and teach the soldiers some songs. After all, fighting is a boring thing."
Chapter completed!