Ye Hua kept running between Chang'an and Lanzhou, and every time he returned to Chang'an, even if the time was urgent, he would take a little time to take a look around with Ye San.

The little guy has grown up very quickly and has learned to be called "Baba", Ye Hua hopes to leave a deeper imprint in his son's heart, because the father and son are destined to be separated for a long time, maybe one or two years, maybe three years and five years, or even longer.

Chai Rong's determination to use troops in the Western Regions is not questioned, it is destined to be a long battle.

Walking in Chang'an City, you can feel it clearly.

In order to recover Youzhou, in Yecheng, Daimyo Mansion and other places, established many military workshops, but also built the Yongji Canal, after subduing Hedong, a huge iron-making factory was established in Jinyang, in order to recover Jiangnan, shipyards and loom factories were built...... To put it bluntly, the economic layout of the Great Zhou was accompanied by the war.

In addition to after opening, it is basically where to hit and where to develop.

After Chai Rong arrived in Chang'an, the huge project began.

In addition to the eye-catching Shu Dao, Chai Rong also established a horse farm that could accommodate 300,000 war horses, established an ordnance workshop, and most importantly, he put the first special gun workshop in the Great Zhou Dynasty in Chang'an.

After nearly ten years of accumulation, the amount of gold and silver in the Great Zhou Dynasty has been considerable, and the bulk transactions have been completely made of real money and silver, and more than half of the copper coins have withdrawn from the circulation field and have been transported to Chang'an one after another, where they are melted into artillery.

In the past three months, 200 artillery pieces have been produced, and the original bed crossbow has been gradually replaced, and artillery has become the most enviable class of troops in the Great Zhou, and many people are squeezing their heads to join in.

In addition to artillery, the production of muskets was in full swing, with a production capacity of an astonishing five thousand units per month.

Just after these preparations were made, people from all walks of life also rushed to Chang'an.

In addition to Zhao Kuangyin, Han Tong, Zhang Yongde, Yang Ye and others, rising stars such as Shi Shouxin, Pan Mei, Cao Bin, Han Lingkun, Wang Quanbin and others are also among them.

Fierce generals and strong troops gathered, and everyone was gearing up.

Especially Zhao Da, he came to ask for war several times, the so-called war brothers, father and son soldiers. The second brother is in Khotan, and the third brother Zhao Kuangmei is also there, but he is the only one watching from behind, this big brother is too much of a failure!

"What's that...... What about my two brothers? Pretty good, right? ”

"Well, that's good!" Ye Hua smiled: "Your second brother just died once a while ago!" ”

"What?" Zhao Kuangyin jumped up, what are you kidding, dead?

He slapped the table, "Master Hou, my second brother is also your apprentice, what happened to him, is he alive or dead?" ”

Ye Hua glanced at him, "What are you talking about, there may be people in this world who can kill your second brother, but not in the Western Regions!" Ye Hua was patient and told him that the Great Food Warrior wanted to assassinate Zhao Er to take revenge, and also mentioned that in order to force Zhao Er out of the city, they even went to destroy the karez!

"Beast!"

Zhao Kuangyin was furious, he had done his homework these days, and he knew very well the importance of the karez, that is, the source of life for the people of the Western Regions, even the bandits and sand thieves would not destroy the karez, how dare the big food warriors attack the karez, aren't they raised by their parents!

Aren't you afraid of God's damnation?

"Of course they're not afraid!"

Ye Hua said: "Most of these big food warriors are herdsmen from the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea coast. They have been captured by slave traders since they were young, and after purification, they specialize in all kinds of killing skills, and some even cut out their tongues, they can't even speak, they are just killing machines! ”

Zhao Kuangyin was terrified when he heard this, "My God, how dare the big cannibal do this?" He, they're too ruthless! ”

Ye Hua said: "This is the enemy we are facing, you have to tell the brothers below that going to fight in the Western Regions is absolutely different from the past, and we must make the big guy mentally prepared, the cruelty of the war will be beyond our imagination!" ”

"Understood!"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded vigorously, he was also scared, no matter how high his martial arts are, he is afraid of kitchen knives, no matter how powerful a normal person is, if the other party is determined to die, it is also very terrifying.

All soldiers must be told to prepare for the worst!

……

Just when the Great Zhou was actively preparing for war and was about to enter the Western Regions, in the direction of Shazhou, the Guiyi army was facing a test of life and death, and the 50,000 Uighur army continued to attack the city, and Shazhou was already crumbling.

The current Guiyi Army Festival Envoy is Cao Yuanzhong, who is the fourth Commander of the Cao Clan and has been sitting in this position for more than ten years.

In order to keep the Guiyi army, he tried all means, such as marrying Khotan, the Uighurs of Ganzhou, and the Uighurs of Xizhou, and befriending the party.

He is like a superb dancer, in the middle of a pile of plum blossom piles, skillfully maintaining balance, and the ability to dance with the tip of a knife is unparalleled in the world!

It's just that he, a dancer, has met a real warrior at this moment!

The Uighur army attacked the city as if they were dying, and the Guiyi army suffered very heavy losses, with about 3,000 wounded people alone, filling all the city's medical halls, and even the streets were full of wounded soldiers.

Many of the wounded, without medicine, food and water, lay beside the ditches full of sewage, wailing in pain, some of the wounds had festered, maggots had crawled up their bodies, and death could come at any moment......

The civil and military forces in Shazhou, especially the people of the Cao family, got together, frowned sadly, and discussed for days.

"The Uighurs are also in-laws with us, so what are they trying so hard for?" An old man of the Cao family asked angrily, "Could it be that our daughter is married to a white-eyed wolf?" ”

Cao Yuanzhong shook his head helplessly, "Uncle, this time the Uighurs are hard-hearted. They mobilized 200,000 men, 150,000 of whom were attacking Khotan! ”

"Ahh The old man was so frightened that he dropped the teacup in his hand to the ground and shattered it.

"This, so you can't help us?"

Cao Yuanzhong shook his head helplessly.

How could this be good, without Khotanese assistance, how could they stand up to the wolf-like Uighurs?

"By the way, what about Da Zhou, Da Zhou's reinforcements?"

Cao Yuanzhong still shook his head helplessly, "Now that the Uighurs have cut off all the roads, and the messengers we sent out have been blocked, there is no way to understand the situation at all. ”

It's even worse!

Thinking that the Great Zhou is thousands of miles away, it has taken a lot of effort to send a thousand people to Khotan last time, and now I am afraid that there will not be many people to be sent?

There are fewer people, and there is no use for them, and they can't compete with the wolf-like Uighurs.

By the way, there is also Tibet, what about Tibet?

Can you borrow Tibetan soldiers to deal with the Uighurs?

Cao Yuanzhong smiled bitterly, "Tubo has indeed sent troops, and more than 10,000 people are thirty miles south of Shazhou. It seems that they want to wait for the Uighurs to break Shazhou, and take the opportunity to capture Guazhou and take advantage of it! ”

"Ahh

Even Tubo has to start, is this a desperate situation?

While they were discussing, someone suddenly came with an urgent report, saying that a group of Uighur soldiers had climbed to the top of the city, and the people and horses of Shazhou were fighting hard, but they were powerless to stop it, and they were losing and retreating!

"It's over!"

The same thought came to the mind of the whole room.

Shazhou can't be saved!

Cao Yuanzhong said helplessly: "So far, I can only plan for the worst, the city of Shazhou is broken, it is inevitable, those treasures cannot be destroyed by the Uighurs!" ”

These Cao people ran out in a panic, and they separately informed that the temples in the city had hidden the treasures of the Buddhist scriptures underground. The Cao family itself believes in Buddhism, and Cao Yuanzhong's nephew Cao Yangong is one of the best, and there are thousands of Buddhist scriptures stored in his house, all of which are extremely precious.

He ran home in a panic and told his family to quickly hide the Buddhist scriptures in the dug tunnel.

While she was busy with her work, a woman walked over quickly.

This person is Cao Yangong's wife, Murong Shi, Murong Shi's mother is Li Shengtian's eldest daughter, and she married Cao Yangong, which is a political marriage.

The personalities of the husband and wife are not the same, and they were quite harmonious in the past, but at this moment, the Murong clan broke out!

"Sir! What are you doing? She raised her eyebrows and rebuked loudly!

Cao Yangong said helplessly: "Madam, the Uighur soldiers are about to come in, I must make a plan early!" ”

"What else are you going to do?" Madame scolded, "You're still not a man? ”

"What are you talking about?" Cao Yangong was disgusted.

Murong sneered, "If you are a man, carry a knife and go out to fight hard!" My grandfather fought all his life and never gave in. My uncle and they are still fighting hard in the face of an army of 150,000. There are only 50,000 people outside the city, but you think all day long, how to keep those Buddhist scriptures! Now that the catastrophe is coming, which Buddha has come to the world to help you retreat from the enemy? ”

In the face of Madame's sudden outburst, Cao Yangong was asked instead, he was dumbfounded and speechless!

Madame stomped her foot fiercely, "You are willing to die on your knees, the old lady will not stop you!" I have the blood of the Li family in my body, even if I die, I will die standing up! ”

"Let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, the Murong clan beckoned twenty personal maids, and these women's soldiers, with knives and guns in their hands, rushed out with the Murong clan and went straight to the city gate.

Seeing that the lady was gone, the family was stupid.

"Master, what should I do?"

Cao Yangong was stunned for a long time, and said helplessly: "Long hair and short knowledge, don't worry about her." It is of the utmost importance that you follow me to hide the scriptures, especially since the relics and blood scriptures cannot fall into the hands of the Uighurs......"

He thought to himself, how did he know that as soon as he looked up, many people in the house had already picked up their weapons and followed his wife to kill them.

As they went, they were joined by a steady stream of people, armed with shovels, pickaxes, sticks, and the rudimentary of weapons, gradually converging into a long dragon.

The soldiers at the head of the city were killed and kept retreating, Murong was the first to rush forward, she was skilled in arching and horses since she was a child, and she was vigorous, there was a Uighur soldier who was raising a knife to cut people, and the lancet in her hand was from the bottom up, like a dexterous poisonous snake, stabbing into the throat, the other party was in pain, threw the knife, and grabbed the knife on the neck with her hand.

Murong gritted his silver teeth, twisted the handle of the knife fiercely, the blood vessels were torn off, blood sprayed wildly, and his bear-like body fell straight down.

"Madame is mighty! Big guy rush! ”

Countless people, along with the Murong clan, rushed to the city......