This time Hong Tao guessed correctly, and the black smoke in the city soon increased, and then the whole city was shrouded in flames and smoke, forcing the new army to retreat half a mile away, and even the Qingtang soldiers withdrew. They said that the gates of the city were never opened, and no one escaped, and that there was still a prisoner of war.

"Why would they rather die than surrender?" Wang Da didn't quite understand this practice, and it was not a lifetime to be a prisoner of war to mine, as long as he behaved well and was willing to submit, he would be released after a few years. Although a large number of prisoners of war cannot stay in Huangzhou and Ganliang Road to live, it is better to go anywhere than to die.

"That's why I don't allow you to believe in God, sometimes God kills more people than they fight, and believing too much can make your brain stupid. Looks like we're going to have to camp here for a while and wait until the supply convoy arrives before we can move on. This is the case in Suzhou, and the same is true in Guazhou and Shazhou, and this official will create a lot of evil along the way. ”

Hong Tao has never had faith, let alone understands the taste of faith, so he naturally can't explain why, so he can only put the blame on the gods and Buddhas. If you are wronged or not, you don't care about it anyway, you don't belong to the gods and Buddhas, can they still come down and bite yourself?

Isn't it even more nonsense, faith has not been clearly broken up in later generations, and you can't expect a second-hand philosopher like yourself to give an accurate answer.

"Wouldn't it be easier for us if they all burned themselves to death, shouldn't we be happy?" Wang Da blinked and obviously didn't understand too much, but this didn't prevent her from thinking about the future battle situation, how to think about it and how not to lose, but why did her adoptive father be so melancholy.

“…… The last general will choose the camp ......" Tsering Gondo felt that it was no longer appropriate to stay next to the strange father and daughter, for fear of hearing more palpitating words.

Even if he is a person who can slaughter the city casually, it is not very comfortable to see the people of the city burned to death. But Wang Da was stunned and didn't feel anything, and felt that he should celebrate, what kind of person is this Nima.

Now he also believes that this Lord Shuai Si may really not be a human being, but a celestial change. And Wang Tiantian is a little heavenly star, so it makes a lot more sense to think about it.

There were no prisoners, no property, no booty, and hundreds of dead and wounded, which made the Qingtang soldiers very depressed, and then they divided into four or five small detachments and swept around. The thief does not go empty, and the army that is accustomed to robbery cannot go empty, which is very unlucky.

Hong Tao stayed in the camp and didn't go anywhere, presumably Suzhou City was gone, and there was nothing left of the army here. The size of those tribal forces is really no match for the Qingtang cavalry, and the number will not be too much. Prisoners of war don't have to be captured by themselves, Tsering Gondo will complete the task.

Now there is a problem that has to be considered, Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou are more than 1,000 miles away from Liangzhou, and it is obviously not reliable to rely on the new army and Qingtang soldiers alone to defend it. Such a long front requires a large number of troops, and the cost of replenishment will increase many times, and you can't afford it yourself.

Moreover, the religious beliefs here are too strong, very difficult to assimilate, and even more difficult to conquer at a small price. Cities can be conquered, armies can be wiped out, but what about the people? You can't kill them all, you have to kill them all.

As soon as your army leaves, this place will become a power vacuum, and there will always be new rising ethnic groups occupying it. If you have to come and sweep every once in a while, it will not only be costly, but also affect the connection of trade routes.

Merchants are the most thieves, they are bold, but they are also better at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and no one is willing to carry precious goods thousands of miles away to find a war-torn area to pass.

It is said that the imperial court should be responsible for this matter, but judging from the current situation, those forces in the DPRK and China may not have the time to think about anything to expand their territory.

If it is okay to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Tang Dynasty will not hold much of such a remote and broken place in the Western Regions, and if the Northern Song Dynasty court wants to spend a huge amount of money to set up a regime here, there will definitely be little hope at present. Therefore, I not only want to open up this trade route, but also find a way to occupy and operate it well.

"Well, where are you going to get so many reliable people?" Sitting in his handsome tent, Hong Tao held his cheeks for a long time, but he still couldn't think of a clue.

At this time, Wang Da walked in from outside the tent, his face was covered with dust, and his clothes were even more strange. The tunic was linen, very thick, and there were many buttons, no less than twenty, like a big centipede growing on its chest.

The pants are very similar to the wide-legged pants of the Tan family, they are short and fat, and they expose half of the calves. The women of the Tan family wear this kind of pants to facilitate fishing in the sea, and Wang Da wears these pants for the convenience of playing football.

Football is a sport that has developed rapidly in the new army, on the one hand, Hong Tao likes to play, up and down. On the other hand, this exercise is indeed quite interesting, and it is suitable for the military as a kind of collective exercise.

Each of them drew more than a dozen people to participate in the competition, and there were rewards for winning, and training for losing, which was very competitive.

In addition to men who love to kick, women like Wang Da are not to be outdone, they don't need to be separated from men and women, and they can't be separated if they need to, there are not so many women in the army to form teams, so they can only be with men.

But women suffer a bit in the fierce scramble, except for strength and technique, their bodies are inherently at a loss. If Wang Da was dragged off his shirt by someone, wouldn't the head of the dignified army be gone, wouldn't it make people laugh and lose their big teeth.

This dress is the women's football uniform designed by Hong Tao, and it has no other advantages that it is sturdy, no pulling and dragging, no kicking and no kicking, no washing and no sun......

"Official, we lost again, without you as the referee, Qingtang people are always fouled, and they can't win!" Panting and drinking Hong Tao's water cup in one gulp, Wang Da began to complain.

In fact, not to mention that Hong Tao also knew that her team had lost again, why was it again, because Wang Da's playing level was very stinky, and he couldn't score an empty goal.

But the addiction is very big, and he doesn't want to come down when he plays, and he is also a coach and a player. With her stinky feet, whichever team you go to will lose. But no one dared not let her play, and she did not obey the law in this regard, and she was very domineering.

"As long as the official doesn't blow the black whistle, you haven't won, and you still have the face to say that others have fouled, have you ever seen judo on the court besides you?"

For Wang Da's ball, Hong Tao has no tricks, and he and her team also lose. She can give away several penalties in a game, not playing football at all, but hand-to-hand combat.

"Hmph, when Wang Er was the referee, my team won every time, and there was no opponent in Liangzhou!" Wang Da was very unconvinced, he could lead his troops to fight, why couldn't he lead the team to win, this doesn't make sense.

"Don't mention Wang Er, both of you are stinky in Liangzhou, and the team in Mawei City is reluctant to come to Liangzhou to compete as soon as they hear that you two are participating. You're fine, but you know that your husband doesn't dare to make do with the side of the court in Mawei City? ”

Wang Da and Wang Er were embarrassed and mistreated the Liangzhou League. This league is a civil-military friendship project conceived by Hong Tao, and there are several games every ten years, which can be participated in by pioneers, residents, and new soldiers, and there are bonuses every year.

It's a pity that with the combination of these two guys who don't play well and play tricks, the league will go bad. Wang Da was enjoyable in the last game, and Wang Er was enjoyable when the referee blew the black whistle.

There was once a time when the goal was too fast at the beginning, Wang Er found an excuse to send the striker down, but Wang Da's team was 11 to 10 and was scored a goal, Wang Er immediately punished the player who scored the goal, how to play this game.

Of course, Hong Tao forbade the military to participate in any form of gambling, so the league was just a recreational project, and he never mixed it with management. And as long as he goes to watch the game, Wang Da and Wang Er are honest, and the one who pretends to be a well-behaved person is called a well-behaved one.

“…… I'm going to take a shower! As soon as Wang Da saw that his old bottom had been revealed, he didn't dare to be verbose anymore, and immediately found an excuse to slip out.

As if it had been rehearsed in advance, Wang Da's figure had just disappeared at the door of the tent, when a shrill horn suddenly sounded outside, and it was connected in an instant.

"What's going on here!" Hong Tao had just resumed his posture of holding his cheeks in contemplation, and before his thoughts could be withdrawn, he was directly dispersed. With a sad and indignant face, he stared at Wang Da who came in, and really wanted to kick it over.