About two miles away from the Songzhou battlefield, on a hillside, several war horses stood on the hillside.

Shang Guangming and the others on horseback couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the scene in the distance, and the mounts under them were also restless.

"Tang Jun has tens of thousands of people, right?" Shang Guangsi swallowed his saliva and looked at his brother hesitantly.

"It seems that the Tang Army is not good, but I didn't expect them to come up with so many cavalry, which surprised me a little." Shang Guangming pretended to be calm, but those who were familiar with him would notice that his hands were trembling slightly, which was a sign of nervousness.

On the hillside where they were, looking down, it was very clear.

In the direction of Songzhou City was a coalition of Wenmo, Qiang and Tubo tribes, numbering only a few thousand for some unknown reason, and many of them were wounded.

Quite simply, because after Shang Guangsi's defeat and before the Tang army arrived, there was also a conflict between the Wen Mo and the Qiang people in Songzhou, after all, everyone wanted to monopolize Songzhou. Before, they just joined forces to drive away the strongest Shang Guangsi, and then the two sides divided the winner and loser, who would have thought that before the winner was decided, the Tang army was killed.

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Looking at the alliance of various tribes in front of him, which was only six or seven thousand people, Shi Ling was not timid, but excited, Datang's counterattack would start with him.

Shi Ling raised the horse lance in his hand and shouted, "Attack!" ”

"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"

"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"

"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"

Under the deafening shout, tens of thousands of cavalry killed the Wenqiang coalition army in front of them in the shape of arrows. The iron armor on the thousands of elite cavalry shone brightly under the sun, and Shang Guangming, who was standing on the hillside watching the battle, was also envious.

Judging from the equipment of the Tang army, it can be shown that the tens of thousands of cavalry in front of him are not all Tang people, only the thousands of cavalry wearing iron armor are, and the others should be those Qiang people or soldiers of Wen Mo and other tribes who belong to the Tang people.

Standing on the hillside, Shang Guangming had a very direct sense of this battle, as if he was there.

The Tang army was like a torrent, like a bamboo, and soon dispersed the Wenqiang coalition army, which had previously defeated Shang Guangsi's Wenqiang coalition army, and under the attack of this Tang cavalry, it was defeated and retreated.

Seeing the invincible cavalry of the Tang Army in front of him, Shang Guangming suddenly had a feeling of being invincible, and in front of him, he couldn't raise the courage to fight against it at all. I'm afraid that only Tubo in the heyday of the strong period can compete with the Tang Army, thinking about the current situation in Tubo, Shang Guangming's expression is a little depressed.

"General."

The general next to him shouted in a low voice.

There was no suspense at all in the battle below, the Wenqiang coalition army was attacked by the well-equipped and disciplined Tang army, and it was defeated without holding out for a quarter of an hour, and you don't have to think about it to know what the result will be.

Looking at the Tang army that was slaughtering all sides under the mountain, Shang Guangming's expression was very complicated, and he said unwillingly, "Retreat!" Immediately withdraw to Taozhou, this Songzhou is not a place we can touch.

That mighty Don army is back! ”

Yes, although the Tang army in front of me is a little inferior to the powerful Tang army before, but I see that kind of spirit, this is an army that has the potential to become a strong army.

It is conceivable that after the Tang army seized Songzhou, it would definitely garrison troops here.

It's a pity that this place with such abundant water and grass has cheapened the Tang people because of the civil strife on its side.

At this point, there is no way to change it.

Even if Shang Guangming came over with more than 5,000 troops, he didn't have the confidence to defeat the Tang army in front of him.

Rather than risk great danger to fight the Tang army, it is better to retreat, and by the way, take those tribes in the north of Nasong Prefecture captive, and this trip is not a loss.

Just after Shang Guangming withdrew with his own men, the battle under the hillside was also coming to an end. The Wenqiang coalition army, which was unable to form an army, fought separately, and was soon chased by the Tang army and fled.

Shi Ling didn't expect this battle to go so smoothly, the whole battle didn't last long before the winner was decided, although the enemy troops who fled were a little troublesome, but they couldn't affect the Tang Dynasty's control of Songzhou.

The next day, Wangjie also joined the battle, and he didn't feel good when he saw that the coalition that had defeated him was defeated so badly.

"General, our men have found traces of a large number of cavalry behind the hillside two miles away." Just as Shi Ling was wiping the blood on his horse's lance, a fast horse came to him.

"What?" Hearing this news, Shi Ling was taken aback, he didn't expect that when he was fighting on his side just now, there was still a cavalry ambush beside him.

"Commander Qin, take a few of your capitals and go see what's going on immediately." Shi Ling immediately turned over and got on his horse, and after giving instructions to Qin Yi'an, he then instructed the others, "The whole army is on alert." ”

Although I don't know why, after hearing the order, all the cavalry of the Tang Army mounted their horses one after another, and then lined up in units. Qin Yi'an, on the other hand, led 3,000 cavalry to chase towards the hillside in the distance, but soon he sent someone back to deliver the message, and it was unknown that the cavalry had retreated.

Although it was a false alarm, this cavalry of unknown origin still made Shi Ling a little worried, if this cavalry was killed just now, it would be easy for his subordinates who did not have much experience in this kind of cavalry combat to be caught off guard.

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"General Shi."

Seeing Shi Ling coming on horseback, after he approached, Qin Yi'an hurriedly saluted.

"What's going on?" Shi Ling looked into the distance and asked with a calm face.

"General Huishi, there are about 1,000 unidentified cavalry, according to the horseshoe prints on the ground, it should be heading north, should we pursue?" Qin Yi'an asked.

"Don't rush yet. Songzhou is the top priority, and the rest is left alone for the time being. Shi Ling looked into the distance thoughtfully, and after a while, he instructed the subordinates next to him, "Go and call Wangjie the next day." ”

The next Dan Wangjie is a local snake, and he should be familiar with the surrounding forces. After a long while, the second Dan Wangjie, who did not know the situation, was late, and after listening to the briefing, the next Dan Wangjie guessed which force the cavalry retreated north belonged to.

"General Shi, it should be the Shang brothers in Taozhou. The tribe controlled by their brother is the largest tribe in Taozhou, with tens of thousands of soldiers, which is considered a large force among the nearby tribes, and the cavalry led by Shang Guangsi was among the coalition forces that defeated me before. ”

"Send someone to find out what this force wants to do." Shi Ling commanded.

The news of the defeat of the Wenqiang coalition army by the Tang cavalry in Songzhou soon spread throughout Songzhou and nearby areas, and it was rumored everywhere that the Tang people had returned to the plateau again.

However, at this time, there were many large and small separatist forces in Tibet, and if it was in the past, Tubo would definitely take countermeasures. But now in the face of the Tang Army's occupation of Songzhou, they only know how to protect themselves, and they don't think about uniting at all.

This allowed Shi Ling to find various opportunities to break through, and in a month, tens of thousands of cavalry led by Shi Ling swept through the entire Songzhou, and the soldiers pointed directly at Chengzhou and Wuzhou.

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"Master, this court is also in a difficult situation now, you look at Chang'an City, it has been attacked twice, and you are looking for them to help, is it really okay?"

On Suzaku Street in Chang'an City, several men dressed in Hu clothes were walking on the street, and they looked at Chang'an City under their feet from time to time.

At their feet is Suzaku Street, also known as Heavenly Street. This street divides Chang'an City into two, the east is Chang'an County, the west is Wannian County, this heavenly street extends from Taiji Palace to Nanshan (i.e., Zhongnan Mountain) Shitouyu.

Although Chang'an City has been damaged twice in five years, Zhang Huaiding is still shocked when he stands on this wide Vermilion Bird Street. You can imagine how lively this Suzaku Street will be when Chang'an City is prosperous.

Next to them, a group of young people were demolishing houses, to be precise, demolishing the dilapidated houses on both sides of Suzaku Street, and then expanding Suzaku Street.

I heard that the expansion of Suzaku Street was an order issued by King Shou, but now the court has no money, so it was demolished first.

In Li Ye's opinion, the 150-meter-wide Suzaku Street is still a bit narrow, and in the long run, he plans to expand it to 300 meters wide. Perhaps it was vanity, but Chang'an City was damaged twice on a large scale, and the houses on both sides of Suzaku Street were also seriously damaged, and the expansion of Suzaku Street at this time was the lowest cost.

In addition to the expansion of Suzaku Street, Li Ye also quoted many advanced concepts of urban management in later generations, including sewer systems. Of course, he only put forward some ideas, and it was up to Li Yingxu, Jing Zhaoyin, to be responsible for completing them.

In his plan, the new Chang'an City in many years will be more perfect than the Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty more than 100 years ago. This may be an extravagant hope, but it's all in this plane, wouldn't it be too much of a loss not to do something?

"The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, even if the imperial court is now in internal and external troubles, as long as the imperial court is willing to help us, even a little help, it can help us change the current predicament." Zhang Huaiding said seriously.

"But now that the court is controlled by that Shou King, the Holy One can't call the shots, and in the end we still have to go to that Shou King for help, and I don't know if he will help us!" The person next to him said worriedly.

"It should be, it depends on what we can give, if we can send what Shouwang wants, he will definitely help us." Zhang Huaiding affirmed.

"But what do we have that Shou Wang wants? Treasure? It is impossible for us to send these things under the harassment of the Uighurs and Tibetans. ”

"I'm not talking about gold and silver jewelry, I'm talking about war horses."

He can be sure that King Shou needs war horses, or that the entire imperial court needs war horses, but their Liangzhou and Guiyi armies are not short of war horses, because the land of Hexi used to be an important production area of military horses in the Tang Dynasty, how could there be a shortage of war horses.

Suddenly, a fast horse galloped down Suzaku Street, attracting the attention of a crowd of pedestrians.

"Eight hundred miles expedited! Eight hundred miles expedited! ”

A fast horse galloped through the street next to Zhang Huaiding and his party, rolling up billowing dust.

Eight hundred miles of urgency, those who resist die, and those who oppose die.

Being able to send a letter with an expedited amount of 800 miles obviously means that something big has happened, but I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

In recent years, it is not uncommon for 800 miles to be expedited, but generally bad things are common.

(End of chapter)