Chapter 868: Broken Leaf City!

Chapter 868

"Boom! "

On the road leading to Anxi, the earth trembled and the sky shook. Each of the troop carriers was full of eighteen or nineteen people, pulled by four horses, and galloped rapidly on the cement road. Different from ordinary carriages, each of these carriages is equipped with a white folding sail. The sail is about six feet high and eight feet wide. Once the wind is down, the sail will stretch to the extreme, and cooperate with the horse to speed up the troop transport.

And once the wind was against the wind, the soldiers on the carriage folded the sails as quickly as possible. Zhang Shouzhi built this according to what Wang Chong said, using the principle of sails, hoping to transport the Qixi Capital Guard Army to Talas as quickly as possible.

All the way into the Western Region, Wang Chong's brows slowly wrinkled unconsciously.

The impact of this war on the Western Regions was much stronger than expected. When Wang Chong met Hulu Yege before, he had been to the Western Regions. At that time, the Western Regions were extremely prosperous. The nine surnames of Zhaowu, thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and merchants from Dashi and Tiaozhi all gather here, and there are all kinds of pearls, agates, and spices. It is the gathering of businessmen from all over the world that has made the Western Regions rich and prosperous.

However, when Wang Chong marched into the Western Regions this time, almost all the markets were in a state of depression, and there was no one in sight. The cities he passed along the way were almost empty, and there was a tense atmosphere everywhere.

"It seems that the battle between Datang and Dashi has a greater impact on the Western Regions than imagined. All Hu merchants sensed the danger and withdrew early."

Wang Chong was riding a white-hoofed crow, looking at the tall and short ones around him. In such a huge city, the streets were empty, and Wang Chong could only see a few people. Moreover, they all watched nervously from a distance, not daring to approach at all. The scout just glanced in the direction of those people, and the next moment, all the doors and windows were immediately closed tightly.

"Zhang Que, what's the matter?"

Wang Chong said.

"Back to Lord Hou, all the hawks have spread all over the surrounding fifty miles, and there is no abnormality. In addition, General Xu Keyi wrote that the mission has been completed. They are about a hundred miles ahead of us. General Xu Keyi asked if we need to wait Let's meet together?"

Zhang Que rode on a horse and quickly followed up from behind.

"No need. Tell them to speed up. No one from the Grolu tribe is allowed to be dragged down!"

Wang Chong said. Speaking of the last sentence, Wang Chong's voice suddenly became extremely cold.

"Hu people are afraid of power but not virtuous." The Ge Luolu tribe is the key to this war. Gao Xianzhi is still too conceited. He is so conceited that he thinks that these mercenaries will never betray. Hiring, hiring, these people work for money, and Gao Xianzhi specially arranged them behind the army, which is simply digging his own grave.

But now with Wang Chong, everything is completely different. "Compassion does not control soldiers", war is a major national event, which concerns the court, the country and the common people. Any kindness is the kindness of a woman, and it is not taken by the generals. If Ge Luolu betrays Datang, he must be prepared to pay the heaviest price!

"...Also, send an order to exchange the horses of the troop carrier with the horses of the cavalry to speed up the march!"

Wang Chong said.

"Yes, Lord Hou!"

Zhang Que bowed on the horseback and quickly led away.

When Zhang Que left, Wang Chong's gaze flashed, and he quickly landed on the black and endless army in front of him. Different from the haste of the first Southwest War, this time can be said to be Wang Chong's most well-prepared one. The army of more than 100,000, all arms are fully coordinated, and all the supplies are also in place, one vehicle at a time. Cars, busy, on the newly built cement roads in Anxi and Qixi.

But the marching speed is still too slow. The marching speed of infantry, army artisans, axemen, spearmen, these arms is completely different from that of cavalry. What's more, Wang Chong's team still has a considerable number of crossbows, which are also called bed crossbows.

Each body is extremely large in size, and because it is made of the best steel, each body is extremely heavy. A troop carrier can basically carry two or three crossbows. For this alone, Wang Chong's marching speed cannot be fast.

However, Wang Chong is already trying his best to speed up the pace of the march, whether it is loading the small sails on the troop carrier, or swapping the horses pulling the cart with the horses of the cavalry, so that the horses can get enough rest and keep enough energy as much as possible. Energy, all of this is to speed up the march to the greatest extent and arrive at the city of Talas in advance.

Time passed day by day, the closer to the northwest, the more intense the atmosphere of war, and the more depressed and chilled all the cities were.

About three days later, the wind and sand whizzed ahead, and under the low-hanging dark clouds in the sky, a magnificent and magnificent city with an obvious military town style gradually came into view. This city is completely different from other cities. There is a beacon tower every ten feet or so on the city wall, and there are watchtowers among them. These are things that only the army will use.

"Is this the Four Towns of Anxi?"

Wang Chong secretly said in his heart.

In the entire Western Regions, the most famous places for the military strength of the Tang Dynasty are the four towns of Anxi, Suiye, Qiuci, Khotan, and Shule, and it is also the place where the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty is located. To go from Qixi to Talas, Anxi is a must pass. In his previous life, although Wang Chong had heard about the Four Towns of Anxi for a long time, he never had the chance to reach them, let alone get a chance to meet them.

"drive!"

Wang Chong suddenly clamped his horse's belly, and galloped from the end of the team towards the front. Behind him, Xu Keyi and the others glanced at each other and quickly followed.

Anxi's architecture is far from being as refined as that of Middle Earth, and there is a rough taste everywhere. Wang Chong led the crowd on horseback, and finally saw the appearance of leaving the Four Towns of Anxi. This huge city was built very rough, and the whole is made of huge rocks. Layers of thick mud were applied on the outside to form this huge and ancient city. .

Standing in Anxi for many years, the surface of this city has long been covered with swords and traces of war. There are smoky remnants in many places, and even signs of throwing trebuchets can be seen in some places. And the frequent wars have dyed the city a layer of black and red.

"Broken Leaf City!"

Wang Chong raised his head and saw three mottled large characters written on the city gate. Seeing these three big characters, Wang Chong's heart trembled slightly:

"I didn't expect it to be this city!"

Among the four towns in Anxi, Wang Chong felt the most intimate and familiar with this legendary Suiye City. The reason is very simple. In another time and space, this is the birthplace of a generation of poets, and it has also been born Many famous frontier generals. The farthest frontier town in the Tang Dynasty is this Suiye City.

The army marched forward slowly, mighty and mighty, all the way into Suiye City. This formerly heavily guarded military town has now become an undefended city following the expedition of Gao Xianzhi and more than 30,000 Anxi Guards. The gates of the entire Suiye City were wide open, and no one was stationed at all.

"Master Hou, there is a stone tablet here!"

Just tens of feet away from the city gate, Zhang Que suddenly pointed to the side road.

Wang Chong suddenly stopped in his tracks. This is a huge stone tablet, which has become very mottled after being exposed to wind, sun, rain, and a long time of polishing. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was a big brown rock lying on the side of the road, more than two people tall. But Wang Chong couldn't help but twitch his eyelids just by glancing at it.

"On behalf of the sky patrol!"

Wang Chong recognized it at a glance.

In his previous life, before his family was born, Wang Chong had never been out of Beijing, let alone the Western Regions. Even the days of wandering around later, I have never been there. In the Western Regions, the names of the four major military towns in Anxi are astonishing, but there is one more thing that is even more famous than the four towns in Anxi, and that is the "Daitian Xunshou Monument".

Wang Chong had heard of this stone when he was still a teenager learning how to read. In fact, I'm afraid there are not many people in the capital who don't know about this monument. Because it was made by a very special person.

Ban Chao!

In the history of Zhongtu Shenzhou, the first generation of the real Anxi Great Protector!

Although in the history of China, it was Zhang Qian who opened up the Western Regions for the first time and expanded the power of China to the Western Regions. But the one who really rules here and has influence is Ban Chao hundreds of years later! In the territory of the Western Regions, the dynasties of the Middle Earth have continuously gained and lost, and even lost contact with each other for hundreds of years, and the Western Regions who have been out of the middle are unknown. But really trace back. The first generation of the Great Protector of the Western Regions was exactly Ban Chao who joined the army as a scholar in the Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago.

"Although the Western Regions are far away, they also belong to the land of kings in the Central Plains civilization. The emperor is hard to care about. I am a subject of the emperor, and I will patrol the hunt on behalf of the emperor! The gate of the country will be guarded forever!!!"

When Ban Chao was stationed in the Western Regions of Ma, what he said was deafening. I don’t know how many generations of people with lofty ideals have been inspired. Generation after generation, one after another, they opened up the Western Regions. And the place where Banchao erected the monument is said to be the place where Zhang Qian left the fortress for the first time, and it is also the farthest place Zhang Qian has ever been to!

This stele has always been a place protected by heavy troops from the Duhufu in the past dynasties.

But later, in the battle of Taluosi, the Great Tang was defeated, Gao Xianzhi's 30,000 elite troops were wiped out, and the cannibal soldiers came eastward. They crossed Congling and marched into the four towns of Anxi. The first to be destroyed was this In their eyes "evil end"

Even the fragments of the "Dai Tian Xun Hunting Monument" were dragged back to Dashi and discarded into the sea.

When the news came that year, many people in China Earth Divine Continent were heartbroken by it. Wang Chong also regretted it in his heart, and regarded it as a lifelong regret!

This time he dispatched troops to the Western Regions to Talas, Wang Chong never expected that he would get his long-cherished wish and see this "Monument of Hunting on behalf of the Sky".

These thoughts flew through his mind, Wang Chong's heart moved, and with a crash, he suddenly turned over from the white-hoofed crow under the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Don't worry, this time, the big cannibal will never have any chance to set foot in Datang's country!!"

Wang Chong's heart was heavy, he bowed respectfully and saluted, and secretly said in his heart. This stele entrusts the blood and dreams of many loyal ministers in China-Earth Continent. This is their dream, and it is also the dream of the entire Middle-Earth Continent. Wang Chong will never allow this dream to be tarnished.

"Let's go!"

Wang Chong took a deep breath, quickly got on his horse, greeted everyone, and drove towards Suiye City.

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