As for Yang Feng's insidious tricks, there is no need to tell his father-in-law.

And this was the end of his southern expedition.

After almost half a year of campaigning, he finally advanced the border of the Tang Dynasty all the way south to the northern foot of the Hindu Kush Mountains, while the Khorasan army retreated to Maimana, and in fact completely turned to the defensive, where in a narrow valley in the mountains running north-south, from which the ancient silk road from Barihei to Herat was obliquely plunged into the Murgabe River, which belonged to the kind of danger similar to the Hangu Pass.

There was also a Khorasan legion reinforced to Mare.

The northern branch of the Silk Road from Samarkand to Bukhara and then south across the Amu Darya River crossed hundreds of miles of the Black Desert to Mare, from Mare to Mashhad, and the southern branch came over the green mountains, along the Kunduz, Barihe, and Herat routes, and then from Herat to Mashhad. And now no matter which route, Yang Feng has actually reached the gate of West Asia, and the great cannibal must not only guard against him from going south along the route of Barihet and Herat, and go straight to Sistan in eastern Persia, but also guard against his nomadic cavalry from attacking from Bukhara, crossing the Black Desert to capture Mare or now called Mulu, and then going straight to Mashhad, the most important city in northern Persia, and even from Mashhad to the west to attack the area of modern Tehran.

In short, the Khorasan Army at this time has completely taken on the role of the Great Song Dynasty, and Yang Feng is now the Liao State or the Jin State.

Of course, he wasn't interested in it yet.

He generously gifted Barikh to the Tocharians, in fact, this was originally the territory of Tochar, and in Termez, he left behind a Sogdian coalition army of 10,000 people, this coalition army implemented a rotation system, including Shiguo, Ningyuan, Sancao and Kang, Mi, Shi and other countries responsible for patchwork, anyway, this garrison is to protect the river, once the Persians from this route to the north or east, these two cities are the first line of defense, the garrisons of the two places will be responsible for waiting for reinforcements to arrive, as for whether they can hold ......

That's about Yang Feng's!

It's also their own bad luck if they can't hold it, and the broken leaves are far away from here!

And Anguo and its system of Dong'an, Xi'an and other countries are responsible for guarding Amul, that is, modern Turkmenabad, in order to defend the direction of Mulu, which is not the main route, even if there is a number of attacks, it will not be too much, after all, there is not only a mighty river between Mulu and Bukhara, but also a black desert with a straight line distance of 400 miles.

An army is not a caravan, it can be equipped with camels several times or even a dozen times the number of people.

In this way, the defense system of the Western Regions was established.

Bari and the Kunduz behind it were responsible for blocking the eastward route to the Green Ridge and south to Kabul, blocking Tochar and the southern vassal states, and of course, these small states were blocking the core defense line of the Tang Dynasty. Termez and the Iron Gate Pass behind it were responsible for blocking the northward defense line once Barihei was lost, and Amul was responsible for the barrier of Anguo, these two points supported the barrier of the countries along the Zeravshan River, and the countries along the Zeravshan River blocked the countries north of the Turkic Sitan Mountains, and the countries north of the Turkic Sitan Mountains were the Yangfeng Barrier and his broken leaves, and the main force of Li Siye's Anxi Army was the main force of Li Siye's Anxi Army to shield their Shule and other towns.

In short, it is a series of barriers, which ultimately protect the territory directly under the Tang Dynasty.

Datang can sit back and relax.

Anyway, even if the big cannibals invade again, Datang doesn't need to face it directly, at most he will send troops to lead all countries to fight together, as for smashing Hezhong, it is a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning.

That's the benefit of having cannon fodder.

After arranging everything and Li Siye also took Ma Ling and others to return from the Green Ridge, Yang Feng finally triumphed with his army, and when he left, he also got Abu. Mu Silin's news, this legendary figure of the Great Food Empire was not killed by Li Fei Shouyu's arrow, and after lying down for nearly a month, he finally survived the dangerous period, at least in the short term. Although this news is a bit regrettable, it is not a big deal, and he is okay if he is not dead! It's just that Li Fei Shouyu's miraculous skills have been discounted a little, and Yang Feng only remembered later that this almost alone with thousands of hastily recruited militia blocked An Lushan's army, and it is said that his subordinates ran away and he shot hundreds of enemy soldiers by himself, and even shot at An Lushan's carriage, and finally ran out of arrows before jumping into the river to commit suicide.

Now he shot and wounded Abu. The wood sirin is also a miracle.

Yang Feng soon returned to Kangju, as a reward for defending Barihe, he handed over the city of Kangju to the Golok servant, as for whether to appoint the Goro servant as the king of Kangguo, of course he said, but the twist has been sent to Chang'an by Li Siye.

In fact, there will be no suspense either.

Li Longji doesn't care about this, this kind of remote and small vassal state is just a state, he doesn't care who is the king, as long as he doesn't forget to give him an offering, the Song Luo servant can do his duty, this is enough to stand out among these chaotic vassal kings, Li Longji definitely doesn't mind making him the king of Kangguo, and by the way, he will definitely reward him as the governor of Kangju, this is for sure.

As for the other kings......

They won't care too much, Kangju City has made Yang Feng kill and almost become a ghost town, and the wealth has been looted cleanly, and there is no longer much attraction, except for Xicao who is a little lost, they won't care too much, of course, the main thing is that their harvest is too big on this trip, and the joy of the harvest dilutes this problem. It is said that all the Sogdian armies on this trip also have bulging pockets, and most of the armor, weapons and even war horses and camels of the big cannibals have been divided among them, not to mention the gold and silver treasures and beautiful slaves harvested in Termez, Barihe, Kunduz and other cities, the Sogdian army that went home is really happy, as for the more than 10,000 soldiers from various countries who died in this trip......

This one is not worth mentioning.

Is it necessary to dwell on this issue when they are all dead?

Not only the Sogdians, but also the miscellaneous beards under Yang Feng, these cavalrymen with the Tuqi Shi as the core almost each had an extra horse or camel, and this horse and camel were piled with full pockets, and there were also big cannibal women on them, as for the more than 2,000 people they died in battle, this is not worth mentioning.

In short, Yang Feng, who returned with a full load, returned to Broken Leaf happily, and then immediately received the will to summon him to Beijing.

At the same time, there is also unfortunate news.

The Tang army was defeated again in Nanzhao!

"Why did you lose again?"

Yang Feng looked at Duan Xiushi in amazement.

"Gao Gong, Lingnan Economic Strategy Envoy He Luguang, Yaozhou Governor Jia Hao, the Central Envoy Sadao Hangxun Three-way Army Attack Erhai Lake, Gao Gong and He Luguang broke through Longwei Pass and arrived at Taihe City, using the pattern you gave to make a giant cannon to storm Taihe City, but Jia Hao and Sadao Hangxun led the Jiannan Army defeated Longshou Pass, Jia Hao fell into Erhai Lake and died, 50,000 troops were defeated, Nanzhao Army went out of Longshou Pass to bypass Erhai Lake to cut off Gao Gong's back road, Gao Gong and He Luguang had no choice but to burn all the siege equipment and withdraw the army, and in the Dianchi area to reinforce him Qianzhou Governor Zhao Guozhen rendezvous."

Duan Xiushi said helplessly.

This is almost a copy of the third attack on Nanzhao by the Tang army in history, except that Li Mi was replaced by Jia Hao, and that time He Luguang also hit Taihe City, but Li Mi was defeated and died before he had to retreat.

"They won't miss me, will they?"

Yang Feng suddenly said in horror with a sudden movement in his mind.

"What do you say? 100,000 troops defeated Nanzhao, you took 5,000 men and horses to recover dozens of countries, expanded the land for 2,000 miles, and beheaded more than 100,000 people. ”

Duan Xiushi said.

However, I'm afraid Li Longji won't see this twist.

Yang Feng knows very well, this is Li Longji is worried about him, it is obvious that his good friend wants to ask him to come over to help wipe his buttocks, Li Longji does not ask about foreign affairs at this time in Daming Palace, cultivates immortals, plays mahjong with Sister Yuhuan, listens to the drama and dances, he will not worry about this kind of trivial matter, tens of thousands of Tang soldiers died, he has tens of millions of subjects, and Yang Guozhong can't let this kind of bad news bother him, even if there is a twist and turn, Gao Lishi will see, the good news of the Western Regions Gao Lishi will definitely tell Li Longji, after all, this will make Li Longji happy, But the bad news of Nanzhao is not necessary.

But Yang Guozhong had to quickly solve this matter, after all, the Jiannan army was defeated twice, and he, the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, was directly responsible.

The only way to do that is to find someone to help.

And Yang Feng is his only choice, firstly, he is an ally with the Anxi Army, secondly, he has a good personal relationship with Yang Feng, and thirdly, Yang Feng's status is low, and he can't afford to use those senior generals, he has to come up with benefits if he finds someone to solve his troubles, even if he doesn't take out a jiedu envoy, he has to take out a deputy envoy, but no matter what official position he takes, it means that he has to give someone a share of the Jiannan interests monopolized by the Yang family.

Yang Feng doesn't have to be so troublesome!

It's just a fourth-grade loyal general, just take out a third-grade official and solve it!

"And what will I do with this broken leaf after I'm gone?"

Yang Feng said.

Duan Xiushi pointed at himself.

All right!

Yang Feng said no more.

In fact, this kind of thing is inevitable, after all, he is still an official of the Tang Dynasty, so he has to accept the dispatch of the imperial court, anyway, there is nothing to do on the side of the broken leaf, as for his good things, this is also not a secret in the Anxi Army, Li Siye has also begun to manufacture cold-forged armor in Qiuzi, and the loom of cotton cloth has already been asked to go, and they don't need to boil salt at all, and there is still burning glass left.

It's still a secret.

In fact, his glass workshop was only in charge of his slave girls.

Even if Duan Xiushi takes over as the Broken Leaf Guard, it is impossible to touch this, Lao Duan is a well-known kind-hearted person, and Li Siye has already discussed with Yang Feng, this kind of thing is only done in Broken Leaves, after all, this thing has to be kept secret from the Anxi Army, and if you want to keep it secret, you can't spread it, Broken Leaf is the best production base, for Li Siye, Yang Feng is his real confidant, in other cities, even if it is Qiuzi City, it is difficult to keep it secret.