Chapter 21 The Expedition to the West

"Dun'er!"

"The Xianbei bastard who entered the mother!"

"This place has passed the sweet spring water, this side is all gravel beach, and further west, only to Puchanghai can there be an oasis. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Damn Xianbei dog!"

Cursing, neighing, shouting, wailing, begging for mercy, shouting of the Huren...... These strange sounds were intertwined, and everything became strange as the vanguard of the Western Expedition Coalition Army fought through Dunhuang.

The servant army that followed the emperor's edict to conquer the non-subordinate army included the old Turkic people, the Tiele tribes, the party departments, the 18 villages of Xiqiang, and the miscellaneous Hu of the Western Regions......

Among them, there are Ansili Anbo's father and son who Zhang De knows, and there are also Hirmuye Shahin, who was born as a slave and came from the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, and there is even more Qi He Li.

"Don't be noisy! Hou Shangshu is going to see Fu Yun's head today! I'm running out of time! ”

"To the west?"

"To the west!"

Having made up their minds, the vanguard coalition forces, although in great confusion, instantly unified their opinions.

"To the west! To the west! To the west! To the west! To the westβ€”"

"To the westβ€”"

"Brethren! To the westβ€”"

"Boys! To the westβ€”"

It is mixed with Xialuo official dialect, Hetao dialect, Turkic dialect, and Qiang dialect...... It was noisy again, but the horses opened the way, and the infantry battalion immediately followed. Tracking the traces of the Xianbei people, he strives to behead Fu Yun who fled in embarrassment on the territory of the Western Turks!

The Silk Road battalion, the general manager of Shanshan's Western Expedition, Hou Junji, the secretary of the military department, was holding a pottery black bowl in his hand, and then stared at the front with a fierce look: "Where did the Zahu cavalry go?" ”

The officials of the marching department were all sitting upright, and after giving a military salute on the seat, they said: "Back to Shangshu, Shouchang has passed, and the king of Huaiyuan County has tracked all the way to the south, and Shunnan Jinshan has bitten the king of Tianzhu." ”

"Oh? I heard that the dog was used by a Tessie person this time? ”

"That man's name is Shahin, who was originally a slave, but later showed his talent and stood out from the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate."

"It turned out to be a ...... from the Metropolitan Protectorate"

Syllable.

Hou Junji threw the wine bowl on the table, and the nail leaves on his body made a loud noise with movements. At this time, the armor he wore was not a practical type for combat, but a formal dress. The red and black are staggered, and the crown and hat are shiny, which is very intimidating. The patterns on the armor are all bronzing, and the fur seems to be tiger skin and python skin, adding to the killing.

The reason why this is so is because he has already entered the territory of the Western Turks, and King Gaochang even sent people over to see Wang Shitianjun in order to find out the truth and truth......

As a result, the Hu people of the Western Regions at both ends of the Western Regions under the rule of the Western Turks saw Hou Junji's appearance. and Hou Jun's 5,000 elite equipment and 5,000 canned food...... Tin cans.

The tin cans that canned even the eyeballs can't be seen, the bad taste of Zhang De, a member of the Ministry of Labor, is vividly embodied. He came from the Maozi mecha of "Pacific Rim...... As rough as it is, as rough as it gets.

The most important thing is that the twelve guards like it, and they are durable at first glance.

In these years, the armor is not impatient, and it is all garbage.

"This person's homeland name is Xi'er Muye, and I heard that Sha Xin has his national bloodline, so in the eighth year, the king of Huaiyuan County was on the table, and he was given the middle marquis of Huaihua."

"Oh? This is ...... "Hou Junji tiger whiskers moved slightly, he was cunning and treacherous, how could he not know the emperor's plan at this moment, this is preparing to destroy the Western Turks."

The emperor doesn't need to know where the Hil Muye is, and the emperor doesn't need to know if the Hill Muye is a small tribal state under the rule of the Western Turks.

The emperor only needs Sha Xin, the Hil Muye people, to complain, only the Shil Muye people kneel down on Suzaku Street and cry on the street, and only need to shout "Long live Your Majesty" hoarsely when the Silk Road is opened in the imperial court!

That's all.

There was no enemy in Yangguan in the west for two months, and Hou Junji opened the flag victoriously, without even a small setback.

It's a pity that Fu Yun ran fast, and with a feint, he actually went east from Shanshan! He was not scared to death, and he did not flee to the Danhe River in a panic. He did not go west to the Western Turks, but went to the Great Sand Sea like a horse gun, and led people from the next door to the south Jinshan and then to the west.

Not surprisingly, it should be that I want to borrow from the end.

Tuyuhun is finished, and the last country of the Xianbei people also fell under the iron hooves of the Tang Dynasty. But it's not over, Fu Yun is not dead, it's not over.

Hou Junji thinks that he is talented and full of wisdom, but in this situation, he has only one feeling: he has been tricked.

Therefore, for the first time, the irascible Gangsters roared at those miscellaneous Hu coalition forces like lions. All the generals of the Zahu coalition army trembled, knelt on the ground like servants, and then waited for Hou Junji to finish venting.

The elite of the headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army did not spend on tracking, but controlled Shanshan. And a new military town was added on the main road of the Silk Road, called Chiting.

If it were according to the old practice, it would probably be 500 people. But this time, Hou Junji was different, he followed Li Jing to fight the East Tuguhun and march into the West Sea, Li Jing was short of catties and short of two catties at that time, and there were not a few children in his pocket, how did he do it?

Li Jing is picking wool!

So this time, the army marched westward, and those who could keep up with the speed of the army were not ordinary peddlers and pawns, as well as more than 30 of the most powerful businesses in Beijing. Behind these firms, there are wealthy upstarts.

In Shanshan City, the requisitioned materials were stacked neatly, and the material sales department temporarily formed by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs had people from the special inner government come to supervise.

Several yin and yang dead eunuchs turned flushed, as if they were cool to something, and then their voices suddenly rose: "Six hundred pots of Tianshan Jinsha!" Six hundred pots! Fixed price! ”

"A pot of twenty pounds."

"Twenty pounds? Hiss...... How rich is this Shanshan? ”

"Judging from my experience in walking in the Western Regions for many years, these clay pots containing golden sand are in the form of Gaochang Kingdom."

"Jinsha, I'm going to 'Xingxia'!"

There was no scramble, and when the boss behind the "Xingxia" who was the king of Jiangxia shouted that he wanted this batch of golden sands, no one continued to bid for it.

It's not that there is no competition, but the atmosphere of competition, in the face of huge loot, has collapsed.

There is no need to bid, because the supplies are too large for a single family to eat.

The imperial court is also inexperienced, and for the first time, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War jointly organized the sale of war spoils, which is a new policy personally approved by His Majesty the Emperor. All the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs who traveled with the army were transferred in advance.

The emperor's thirst for wealth was so naked for the first time.

You must know that in the third year of Zhenguan, the Turkic people's cattle, sheep and war horses, he didn't fall down at all and hugged Guanzhong, like a rural old man who suddenly became rich.

And at this moment, he is no longer envious, but greedy, incomparably greedy.

The spoils of Tuyuhun had to be immediately converted into military supplies, and relying on the imperial court itself to supply them was too demanding on logistics.

Therefore, before the emperor went west, he had already asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to contact the strongest business in Chang'an.

"The delivery of the 'Xingxia' has been completed."

In Shanshan City, in addition to the spoils of the Western Expeditionary Army, there are also warehouses of dozens of merchants, a large number of camel teams, horse teams, and mule teams are stationed outside the city, and a large number of craftsmen build simple sheds. Those special board cars are built by Poly, and there are specially customized iron-clad wooden boxes on the board cars, whether it is grain storage or silk, they can cope with wind, sand, rain and snow.

On top of that, these carts have iron slats underneath, and some even steel slats, which can be formed into an improvised formation as soon as a crisis is detected. There is no shortage of old pawns in the team, although there is a lack of arms and legs, but it is extraordinary, because of the wisdom of the king of Huaiyuan County, these simple car formations can exert the power of the crossbow array at any time.

The warehouse is stacked with goods from various families, and one of the major items is grain. In addition to the military funds of the imperial court, the freight grain of each business is very distinctive, there are neatly stacked dried meat like bricks, there are edible cans made of clay pots, which can be stored for more than a month, and a large number of bricks made of flour cakes, which can be made into soup.

There are also snacks such as cured chicken thighs, mud cakes, salted duck eggs, etc., which are even more varied, and even brown sugar packaged in paper bags.

These brown sugars are the welfare of the sergeants of the headquarters, and when it is cold, make a cup, and the sweetness is enough for the Zahu coalition army to take out two silver dollars in exchange.

The silver dollar must be made by China Resources!

As soon as the loot is sold, the supplies are cut in the storeroom. The method of delivery is extremely simple and crude, if the original "Xingxia" sign was pasted, after the delivery, it will be branded as the Western Expeditionary Army.

Among them, the largest transaction is tea.

A large number of newly-made tea bricks filled more than a dozen warehouses, which had a weight of nearly one million catties. Not only the profits of Chang'an's upstarts, but also Luoyang, Denglai, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huzhou, Cangzhou......

The peddlers and pawns are not ordinary people, and they have their own origins. In recent years, the logistics lines that have emerged, such as "Kaishen Logistics", have all gone out of the relationship and entered the army of the Western Expedition.

To be precise, it is to follow the army of the Western Expedition.

These Chang'an businesses swept like locusts, and wolfberries, alkali artemisia, and sand dates can be seen everywhere in the Western Regions...... These can be acquired, or rather...... can be plundered.

At the same time, there were special personnel of the China Resources who explored various points in the occupied area and found two iron mines and two coal mines in the occupied area. This news, not only the people in the business were excited, but even Hou Junji was moved.

The consumption of light briquettes in Chang'an is 10,000 yuan a day, and millions of yuan of business in a year.

In addition to Chang'an, all the county capitals of Fushu Prefecture have begun to learn to save effort. There is no shortage of briquettes in the briquette business, especially in the northern desert of Liaodong, not to mention that briquettes are more durable than cow dung, and they can also save the fertility of cow dung. Cinders, on the other hand, are the number one material for paving.

At present, not only Poly Construction, but also several new construction workshops have understood why road construction is so troublesome.

It's really a repair, and it's been peaceful for a few years.

The road of Wuzhuang Temple in the southern suburbs of Chang'an is obvious to everyone.

"There! Where is it? ”

"Back to General, it's Grape City!"

"Grape City?"

Ansili, who was almost unfamiliar with the sand sea, couldn't even remember this place.

An Bo on the side rode Jinshan to chase the wind, and hugged his fists with some excitement: "My lord, it's Putao City, just south of the Jimo River, our army is advancing west along the river, and it should be able to catch up with Fu Yun!" ”

"Da Lang, will Fu Yun be here?"

"Probably not! Since Fu Yun escaped Pu Changhai, he must have fled west. My lord, after the end of the city, it is the border of Khotan, when the Chinese army is clear, the assassination is allowed here! ”

"I'll go to General Mingcheng."

After listening to his son's words, Ancili's mind turned, and he suddenly had a plan, he didn't eat dry food. At that time, the Turks were strong, and the Tang Dynasty counterattacked the Turks, and he was the first to initiate it. Although the Tang Dynasty was still recuperating a few years ago, the main internal affairs were to reconcile the confrontation between the north and the south and ease the discord between the east and the west, so that the delay in the westward expedition made Anxili feel bored, and he drank heavily every day, and almost died in the wine vat.

And with the great improvement of the imperial court's finances in the fifth year of Zhenguan, An Boyou followed Zhang De, a man from Liangfeng County, after several turnovers, and actually accumulated a lot of military merits, and now he is in charge of a regiment, although it is a mixture of Han and Hu, but it is a real cavalry. However, the general in charge of the division of the Zahu coalition army was not Anxili, but Cheng Chubi after entering Beijing from the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate.

Cheng Chubi, who is only twenty years old, is still impulsive and impatient, but this kind of character is extremely powerful in commanding the cavalry. Although the old devil often gave Cheng Chubi small shoes to wear, Cheng Chubi accumulated a lot of cavalry experience when he was fighting against noisy tribes.

More importantly, today's Tang cavalry is more well-equipped, and the horse lance, which could only be prepared in several years, has been mass-produced, and the strength of the horse bow is comparable to that of the Turkic bull horn step bow.

"General!"

Ansiri has a half-length armor hanging on his body, the armor is pitch black, and he is trimmed with red silk, he has a thick body, although he is not as tall and fierce as Cheng Chubi, but he can instantly make people feel explosive power.

"Found Fu Yun's traces?"

Standing in front of the map, his palm always pressed the hilt of the horizontal knife, and asked in a deep voice without looking back.

"I noticed it, but the last general thought that Fu Yun should go straight to Khotan along the end of the river, and judging from his escape horsepower, he should rest in the end of the city."

Hearing Ancili's words, Cheng Chubi turned around slowly, he was not wearing a helmet, his hair was coiled, he was tied with a porcelain crown, and then an iron rod was inserted.

With a full beard and a pair of copper bell eyes, they will shrink from time to time as they speak. There was also a scar in the corner of his eye, which Ancili knew was a scar from the arrow that had pierced the flesh.

This is a young warrior who survived the arrows.

Cheng Chubi is not an official general, and his official position is the commander of the Hanhai Unified Army of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, but if nothing else, as long as he beheads Fu Yun, he will indeed become a veritable general.

"Brother said a word."

Cheng Chubi, who couldn't see his expression, suddenly didn't answer Ansiri, but said to himself, "If we can easily think of something, then our opponent can also think of it." ”

After speaking, Cheng Chubi's thick knuckles suddenly loosened the handle of the horizontal knife and walked slowly, "A few years ago, when I was messing around in the 'Zhongyi Society', my brother once said that 'it is dark under the lamp', and I was ignorant at that time and did not understand its meaning. Now, something has to be confirmed. ”

"General......

Anxili was a little anxious, he didn't know what Cheng Chubi was talking about, he only knew that this was a great achievement, which was enough for his An family to make a great contribution in the Tang Dynasty.

However, Cheng Chubi's eyes were suddenly sharp, and he ordered in a voice that Anxili felt trembling in his liver: "The whole army will be pulled out, along the south of Dasha Hainan, and go straight to the crossbow branch city!" ”