Finally killed Ashina Helu, Fan Lihua breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Ashina Helu's hair, held his head in his hand, turned around and held it high, just facing the sun in the east.

Seeing this, the Tang troops in the rear shouted excitedly: "Datang Wansheng!" Datang Wansheng! Datang Wansheng ......"

Facing the rising sun, looking at the head of Ashina Helu in her hand, Fan Lihua whispered to herself: "Dad, brother, brother, Lihua has avenged you......" When she said the last sentence, she couldn't hold back anymore, and tears came out of her eyes.

Sentimental for a moment, Fan Lihua took Ashina Helu's head, continued to chase the remnants of Yang Fan's army, and finally caught up with them at noon, fought a big battle, and killed nearly 3,000 Western Turks, and captured a large number of Western Turkic nobles and ministers, Yang Fan left this group of nobles and ministers, and fled with the only remaining 3,000 cavalry.

By the time the sun set, Fan Lihua already knew that it was impossible to catch up with Yang Fan, and she only had two thousand cavalry now, and it was too risky to chase after her, so she returned to the royal court with a large army overnight.

In the royal court, Qin Qiong and they are already cleaning up the mess, the royal court as the capital of the Western Turks, the population is still very large, there are more than 200,000 people, this group of Western Turkic people can not accept the reality of the country's ruin, many people take advantage of the Tang Army's inattention, secretly launch a riot, stir up the wind and rain, which makes the marching managers of all walks of life very headache.

Fan Lihua returned to the city, Qin Qiong and the general managers went to see Fan Lihua and report the current situation in the city, most of them were good news, the best news was that a huge amount of gold and silver treasures were looted from the palace, and the coarse cloth was calculated, which was worth about two million yuan, but there was only one bad news, the people often launched riots, and the army had killed nearly 10,000 mobs.

Fan Lihua thought about it a little after hearing this, and then had an idea, she sent people to bring all the Western Turkic ministers and nobles who were captured, there were more than 300 people, from the street director to the Western Turk first-class officials, Fan Lihua only gave them one sentence, if they didn't want to die, they would appease the people in the city and let them accept this reality, although the Tang Dynasty annexed the Western Turks, but would not enslave the people of the Western Turks, and from then on, all the Western Turkic people joined the Tang Dynasty.

In order to facilitate their actions, Fan Lihua also specially arranged some manpower for them, not to mention, this group of officials and nobles is really useful, after all, they have a certain influence in the local area, only one day, the entire royal court was quiet, and the people were not angry and messed around, in fact, the main reason is that Fan Lihua's military discipline is strict, and there has been no incident of sergeants attacking the people, otherwise it will be uncontrollable.

Three days later, Yang Dingguo, Luo Kun and Groni came to the royal court from Xinyuan with a large army and prisoners of war, Fan Lihua sent Yang Dingguo to guard the royal court, intending to take Mu Kun and Ni Yi two tribes to continue the westward expedition, before leaving, she wrote a war report to Chang'an, reporting the great victory of the expedition to the west.

Early the next morning, Fan Lihua set off with an army of 40,000 people, and brought with her the stone tablet with Li Hao's inscription, she said that she wanted to expand the stiffness for the Tang Dynasty for 7,000 miles, since she released a bold word, she must do it, she has always been like this.

All the way to the west, very smooth, no matter which tribe encountered Fan Lihua's army, needless to say, directly surrendered, took the initiative to offer cattle and horses, gold and silver and surrender books, and since then surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

Traveling thousands of miles to the west, passing through the Shuhai, Zakmak, and crossing the Amu Darya, Fan Lihua has never moved a knife soldier, so smooth that it is not like a westward expedition, but like a super large tour group.

The royal court of the Western Turks has been captured, and the Khan has also died, this news has spread, and the states around the Western Turks will naturally fall into the well, beat the water dogs, and attack the Western Turkic army guarding the west, and at the same time there are nearly ten countries to wage war against the Western Turks, where can anyone take care of Fan Lihua's army, even if they meet Fan Lihua's army, they don't dare to fight, Fan Lihua has surrendered seventeen major tribes all the way, adding up to more than 500,000 nomadic people, Among them, there are eleven tribes that the patriarch specially came to Fan Lihua to submit a letter of surrender, which shows that the Tang Dynasty is rich and majestic, and it is really the heart of the world, and many people of Fanbang are eager to join the Tang Dynasty and be protected by the Tang Dynasty, after all, ...... They also had little affection for the Western Turks.

After crossing the Amu Darya, come to rest, this was once Ningyuan country, but it was occupied by the Western Turkic army, the name of Ningyuan country may not be too loud, but in history, there is a very famous name, and even often appears in martial arts, yes, it is Dawan, a country of famous horses.

Dawan is famous all over the world, Fan Lihua with a large army stationed in peace, the lord of Dawan personally came to visit her, and presented her with two hundred horses of sweat and blood, as well as some rare treasures, of course, as well as his surrender and surrender letter.

Fan Lihua talked with the lord of Dawan for a long time, inquired about the situation nearby, and learned that Persia and the Arab Empire sent troops to defeat the 70,000 troops of the Western Turks guarding the border, plus the resistance of other countries, the 150,000 army in the west of the Western Turks had been shattered.

However, Persia rejected him, because although the Persian national strength was acceptable, it was still very different from the Tang Dynasty, and Persia did not dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty, so he did not dare to accept Yang Fan, Yang Fan was very angry and was really cornered, but the Arab Empire threw an olive branch to him.

Yang Fan has defeated the armies of the Arab Empire many times before, everyone can be said to be mortal enemies, the Arab Empire is willing to take him in regardless of the past suspicions, Yang Fan is also a master of art and bold, so he went to the Arab Empire.

Hearing that Yang Fan took refuge in the Arab Empire, Fan Lihua couldn't help frowning, Yang Fan is good at using soldiers, and acts unscrupulously, from the time he fled and left Ashina Helu and the ministers can be seen, this person is more ruthless than a poisonous snake, the Arab Empire's attitude towards the Tang people has always been not very friendly, if Yang Fan is accepted, I am afraid that it will be extremely unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty in the future.

However, even if Fan Lihua knows this, she is powerless, although she is the head of the march, but she can't come nonsense, if she takes the initiative to start a war against other countries, she needs the emperor's approval, not that she can fight whoever she wants, besides, with her current strength, it is absolutely impossible to attack the Arab Empire.

Sending away the lord of Dawan, Fan Lihua took out the military map and looked at it, she stared at the map for a long time, raised her head and sighed: "No wonder Li Hao told me before the expedition that this expedition to the west, you can reach Dawan, you can't go any further, the northwest direction is Persia, the northeast direction is the Arab Empire, I have no boundaries to expand, I didn't expect that in just a few years, the Western Turks were swallowed up by the Arab Empire for nearly a thousand miles, fortunately, from the Anxi Protectorate to here, there are almost seven thousand miles, and it can be regarded as the completion of my promise." ”

After sighing, Fan Lihua immediately began to write a war report, the content of the war report was very simple, asking Li Shimin to set up a resting fire in Dawan to find two states, move west to Anxi Protectorate to Rest Prefecture, and send additional troops to Anxi Protectorate to defend the border fortress, and the Western Turkic general Yang Fan defected to the Arab Empire, which shows that the Arab Empire is quite ambitious, and it may be unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty.

After writing the battle report, Fan Lihua sent a fast horse to send it out, and then told Fan Shui: "Fan Shui, early tomorrow morning, bring 20,000 elite soldiers, bring a stone stele, and follow me to Biansai to set up a stele." ”

Fan Shui was shocked when he heard this, he was so excited that he finally came to this moment, this exciting moment, as a military general, the greatest glory is to open up territory for the country, Fan Lihua conquered the Western Turks, expanded the territory for the Tang Dynasty for 7,000 miles, erected a monument to the border, and deterred foreign countries, how can such a major event not be exciting, it will definitely be passed down in history, just like Li Guang "drank horse wine springs and sealed wolves".

Early the next morning, Fan Lihua set off lightly with an army of 20,000 troops, and in the afternoon, he came to the vast wasteland hundreds of miles away in the west. ”

Fan Lihua stopped the army, turned to him and asked, "This is the border between the Tang Dynasty, Persia and Arabia?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Fan." Dawan's envoy bowed his head and said, "This is the border of the Tang Empire, the Persian Empire, and the Arab Empire. ”

Fan Lihua raised her eyes and looked around, there was a vast area here, you could see the mountains in the distance, but there were no bright signs, and I didn't know how to define the border, according to the map, it was almost here, she dismounted and moved forward for a while, stomped her foot suddenly, left a footprint on the ground, and then said loudly: "Here, set up a monument!" ”

"Yes!" Hundreds of people in the rear shouted excitedly, more than a dozen people came to dig with shovels, and the rest began to move the stele, at this moment the stele was wrapped in black cloth in the upper half, blocking all the inscriptions, only from the second half, like a big stone.

Dawan's envoy didn't quite understand, so he walked up to Fan Lihua and saluted and asked, "Manager Fan, what are you doing here?" ”

"Erect a monument." Fan Lihua said slowly, "Have you heard of King Qiongnan of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"I've heard it, I've heard it!" Dawan's envoy's eyes widened when he heard this, and his voice also raised, and he praised, "King Qiongnan is a strange person in the Tang Dynasty, and like General Manager Fan, he is an invincible general!" ”

Fan Lihua said proudly: "Tang Zhenguan seventeen years, at that time the king of Qiongnan was only the Marquis of Lantian, one person led an army of 40,000, broke several times the strength of the Seven Nations Alliance, turned defeat into victory, created a myth of war history, and then expelled the Western Turks thousands of miles away, and set up a stone tablet on the territory of the Western Turks, the inscription said: The Tang Dynasty Boundary Tablet, east of this boundary, are all Tang soil, you and other foreign countries, do not offend, if you look up to the Chinese civilization, you can come to the dynasty with piety, dare to try to Tang every inch of land, will destroy its clan, there are those who offend my Tang Tianwei, although far away will be punished! In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shifang erected a monument here to alert all nations. ”

Dawan's envoy was shocked when he heard this, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted sincerely: "I, Ning Yuanguo, am loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and I dare not disobey it, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous and inexhaustible!" ”

Fan Lihua turned her head to look at him, and said slowly: "Ning Yuanguo, it no longer exists, you have to be careful when you speak in the future, I am Datang...... There is no room for a country within a country, and this governor has also told your lord about this. ”

"Yes, the villain is guilty! The villain is guilty! This Dawan envoy didn't expect the horse's fart to be slapped on the horse's leg, and he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but fortunately Fan Lihua didn't bother with him.

After a long time, the stele was erected, Fan Lihua personally stepped forward to uncover the black cloth, the black cloth drifted away with the wind, revealing the inscription, only to see Li Hao's inscription next to it, there was one more line of words, the content is: Tang Zhenguan twenty-four years, Fan Lihua broke through the Western Turks, expanded the territory for seven thousand miles, moved the stele with this, borrowed Li Shimad's words, alerted all nations!