Great Tang Broom Star

The outlines of the icebergs in the distance can be vaguely seen, and one can even vaguely feel a icy cold. Looking down, the grass and trees are everywhere.

Hundreds of riders slowly climbed up a high slope, lowering their heads slightly...

"Plain!"

Cao Yingxiong said happily: "This place is really beautiful."

The first thing that comes into view is the green grass, and there are many trees dotted on the grassland, forming a forest in threes and fives. There are colorful wild flowers here and there... The river winding and circling on the grassland quietly seems to be motionless in these beautiful scenery.

Li Jingye took a look, "Boring, brother, this place is only thirty miles away from Shule Town, let's work harder, and we will definitely arrive before sunset today."

"There are beauties and delicious food in the city, right?"

Jia Pingan has been immersed in this beautiful scenery.

Li Jingye said confidently: "Isn't being a man just eating and sleeping? Brother, you are addicted to those calculations all day long, are you tired? Last time I heard Mr. Sun say that overthinking can make a man sluggish... sluggish Brother, don't you worry that you will only be able to sit and watch the beauties in the future, with more energy than energy?"

Jia Pingan frowned and looked at him, "Go away! Take someone to prepare food."

Li Jingye saw that his face was not looking good, and he rolled away in a hurry.

"Go down!"

Jia Pingan rode his horse and rushed down the high slope first.

The movement of hundreds of galloping horses was too loud, and several wild birds fluttered into the air.

At the bottom, Jia Ping dismounted and patted Abao's back lightly, "Take a good rest."

Ah Bao dawdled his head in his arms, then went to look for delicious food.

Cao Yingxiong's horse came over to show his courtesy, dawdling. A Bao turned his head away in disdain, but the horse was not reconciled, and frequently disturbed A Bao to eat.

Ah Bao gritted his teeth and bit the horse.

Eryol!

The horse fled back to Cao Yingxiong's side in a flash.

Abao ate grass leisurely and contentedly,

Jia Pingan was sitting on the grass, while some soldiers in front were burying pots for cooking.

Bao Dong came over, "Mr. Jia, Baiqi's brother is here."

A man dressed as a commoner came over, saluted and said, "After the conquest of the army, the interior of Shule was quite turbulent. Now the school captain Han Zong is screening out those rebels...Many people have cast aside the blame, and some have absconded."

Su Dingfang quelled the rebellion with his best method. Although the rebellion was led by the Turkic Duman, the people in Shule were easily persuaded, which surprised and shocked Chang'an.

This is what is meant by the so-called surrender and rebellion. If this continues in the future, Datang will be exhausted and even powerless...

This is why Li Zhi paid attention to it and asked Jia Pingan to come to Shule.

Why did the small country of Shule surrender and rebel?

It can be seen that the rule of the Tang Dynasty on this land is still unstable, whether it is the Tubo people or the Turkic people, they can come to stir up trouble.

In the former Han Dynasty, Ban Chao was ordered to go out of the Western Regions for 31 years. He entered Yumen Pass again and returned to Luoyang when he was more than 70 years old. Since then, Shule has been under the control of the Han Dynasty.

After the fall of the former Han Dynasty, Shule became an orphan. Looking around, he was shocked to find that there were countless wild wolves... They desperately surrendered to the Central Plains separatist forces, just seeking shelter.

Jia Pingan was thinking about the plan of this trip.

"Aren't you willing to settle down?" Jia Pingan sneered, "So go back and pass on the news that I'm about to arrive in Shule Town. I want to see who dares to do it!"

"Take orders!" Baiqi looked reverently, and then got on his horse and left.

A sergeant asked: "Baiqi looks like an ordinary person, but he is indifferent. Why does he respect Duke Jia so much?"

The companion said: "Duke Jia was in charge of the Baiqi back then, and many of the Baiqi were trained by him."

It was night, and Jia Ping'an led his army to camp ten miles away from Shule Town.

The night sky in Shule is beautiful, full of stars, and there is no trace of pollution.

"Brother."

Cao Yingxiong is here.

This time he took the initiative to invite Ying... He felt that it was good for him to be by the prince's side, but he wanted to come out and see the world.

"Camping outside the city... Those Turkic and Tibetan people can't stop!"

Baiqi's secret agent said many things today... For example, those Tubo people and Turkic people are not stopping, especially the Turkic people, they have been staring at Shule.

Datang's territory in the Western Regions is constantly expanding, and Tocharian and other countries have sent envoys to express their allegiance, but the westernmost end of the Western Regions actually controlled by Datang is Shule.

Jia Pingan glanced at the left side, "Over there is Congling, Lu Dongzan is hiding there, his eyes are full of greedy green light, just waiting for the opportunity to come out of Congling and sweep the Western Regions. On the right side, The Turks are still unwilling to give up, the Eastern Turks are gone, but the Western Turks are constantly rising, Ashina Helu is like a hare, with super reproductive ability... Now he is drooling at the Western Regions on the right..."

This is the status quo of the Western Regions. Later, the big cannibals will start to eat away, and there will be a fateful battle with Datang.

Battle of Talas!

Datang's expansion speed in the Western Regions will definitely far exceed history. Although it will not expand unrestrainedly, when Datang turns the four Anxi towns into its own bridgehead, it will be able to attack Tocharian and other places immediately. When those places become When the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the big cannibal will turn to...

The Battle of Talas was decades later, but Jia Pingan knew that the situation had changed, and it was impossible to say when this battle would happen.

Dashi will undergo major changes from this year, and will soon enter a period of intense expansion... Start a full-scale attack from any direction that can be conquered. All the way to attack Byzantium, all the way to attack Tianzhu, all the way to the grassland... and finally met the Tang Dynasty, and then the two most powerful countries in the world went to war.

Jia Ping'an couldn't help trembling all over.

bring it on.

He thought of the Battle of Talas, where Datang fought more with less, what would have happened if the internal servants had not turned against him?

"Brother?"

Cao Yingxiong felt that his state was not right.

"I'm fine."

There is some movement on the left side, and the sound of horseshoes can be heard.

Bao Dong and Lei Hong appeared beside Jia Pingan at some point, staring ahead with piercing eyes.

Xu Xiaoyu held a knife behind Jia Ping'an, looking around.

"No need to be nervous."

Jia Pingan said indifferently: "I have three hundred cavalry in my hands, and this place is only ten miles away from Shule Town. Who can stop me in this world? It won't work even if Lu Dongzan comes. Let the brothers continue to sleep."

Bao Dong said in a low voice; "Mr. Jia, I'm afraid that small groups of Turkic people will suddenly appear..."

"That's just a good time to warm up the brothers."

Jia Ping turned around and went back, "Sleep."

When he arrived in the tent, just as he lay down, someone outside said: "Mr. Jia, the brothers caught up with those people and captured one alive. After careful inspection, he should be from Tubo."

Jia Pingan got up and sat cross-legged, "Torture on the spot, it's more brutal."

He sneered and said, "I want to make those people terrified. Besides, Xiaoyu!"

"exist!"

Xu Xiaoyu outside responded.

The corners of Jia Ping'an's mouth were slightly pursed, "I'm sure those thieves are still around, you take some brothers to touch them quietly."

More than a mile outside the camp, dozens of cavalry were standing guard on the sidelines, and two hundred cavalry were tortured.

"ah……"

The screams of the captives spread far away in the quiet night, and even the bugs around them stopped chirping.

"ah……"

In the distance, several riders turned around on their horses. Hearing the screams coming from them, they couldn't help being silent.

"They said that Jia Pingan's journey was like traveling in mountains and rivers, and the guards were loose... That's why they sent us to investigate, but they didn't expect that it was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and they were discovered just by looking at it..."

"This man is ruthless. He killed 100,000 people and destroyed the three kingdoms of Liaodong. When the news came back, it was said that the prime minister lost his composure and knocked over the silver bowl..."

"Without the restraint of Liaodong, Datang will be able to deal with us with all its strength."

Thinking of the consequences of this behemoth Datang's all-out efforts to deal with Tubo, everyone couldn't help being silent again.

"Don't worry." A man said with a smile: "For the people of Tang, Tubo is really too high. If they dare to go up, most of them will be killed or injured without our hands."

Everyone couldn't help laughing easily.

"Yes! We have God's favor."

Attacking from a high place, defending...why defend? The highlands are naturally the line of defense, and the enemy was defeated by the weather before they touched the essence of Tubo.

"He tortured...why didn't he just shut up?"

The man looked in the direction of the camp gloomyly, "He did it on purpose, this person is vicious, look, he dared to light a fire in the camp, this is unscrupulous..."

No fire was allowed in the camp of the army, that is, no light was allowed to come out. If you have an urgent matter and want to read documents or something, and need a light source, you have to go to the official to ask for instructions...

The unscrupulous fire of the Tang army camp is just a provocation: Come on! Come surprise me.

"Our people are behind, if..." A man was eager to try.

"That's Jia Pingan. If we go to attack at night, do you think he will wait honestly? If there is no trap, I will cut off your head and kick it for you."

"We should set the fire." The man still refused to give up, "If it is set on fire, they will be in chaos if they say it is wrong."

"Maybe." The man was the leader, casually said.

"ah……"

The screams suddenly raised several tunes, and everyone couldn't help trembling.

"No statement was asked."

"Yes, screaming all the time, it really is a bloodthirsty killer."

"Let's go, if you don't go... I'm worried that Jia Ping'an will send someone to search."

"Do you think they can come over at night?"

"Now I can only vaguely see the camp. If there is no bonfire, I can't see anything. In other words, Tang Jun can't see us."

The man was still muttering, "That's a killer!"

"So what about killing generals?" A man was irritated, "He only brought hundreds of people, how can he search for us here with hundreds of people?"

"That's crazy."

"ah!"

The screams stopped suddenly.

Several men looked over there sadly.

"let's go."

They just rode their horses and turned around, when one of them inadvertently caught a glimpse of something shaking from the corner of his eye. He looked over abruptly, but found nothing unusual.

"I'm dazzled."

He laughed at himself and said, "If you can't see at night, you can't be a scout, let alone a spy..."

A man joked: "The only thing you can see clearly at night is the woman's body, even if you can't see your fingers, you can still see clearly."

Everyone couldn't help laughing lowly.

The figure flickered violently.

More than a dozen people stood up abruptly on the grass. They were carrying something, and the leader shouted, "Let go!"

Puff puff!

Shooting at close range, these Tubo people fell one after another.

"Yilulu!"

The horse that was hit by the arrow neighed, and those Tubo people fell on the grass. The two Tubo people who were blocked by their companions escaped from death by beating their horses desperately.

"It's from Jia Ping'an!"

terrible.

Just when they felt that Jia Pingan didn't dare to send someone out to search for them, they didn't even know they were touched by them.

"Stop chasing."

Xu Xiaoyu shook his head.

They had just arrived in Shule and were unfamiliar with the place, so they were prone to problems in pursuit.

There were four people lying on the ground, two of them were shot to the vitals by crossbow arrows, their breathing was weak at this moment, and they couldn't survive. The remaining two were screaming after being shot in the waist by an arrow, and the other was hit by an arrow in the thigh. At this moment, they struggled to stand up and jumped forward with one foot.

He looked at his companion fleeing far away in the dark night, turning his head while jumping.

Behind him, Xu Xiaoyu pulled out the horizontal knife and said coldly, "If you run any further, your leg will be broken."

The Tubo people shouted in despair, but Xu Xiaoyu couldn't understand, so he just stepped forward.

The Tubo people turned around abruptly, not knowing when there was a dagger in their hands.

"careful!"

A sergeant who followed exclaimed.

Xu Xiaoyu took a step back suddenly, then rushed forward. He didn't even use a knife, but knocked his opponent down with his shoulder.

This man... is so courageous.

A sergeant said in a low voice: "At this time, at least we have to make the opponent lose the ability to resist, Xu Xiaoyu... Who did you learn this skill from?"

"I don't know."

Xu Xiaoyu tied up his opponent, and two sergeants came up to carry him, but just by looking at his technique, he knew it was the old driver.

"This binding is done by a scout in the army. Xu Xiaoyu should have a master scout."

Everyone returned to the camp.

"Mr. Lang."

Xu Xiaoyu arrived at the tent.

"how?"

Jia Ping'an's voice sounded a little sleepy...he had just slept for a while.

"It's from Tubo, who was ordered to investigate our situation. It is said that there are quite a few Tubo people scattered around... There are hundreds of them."

"Got it."

Jia Pingan ordered: "Tell the brothers, take care of those corpses, and get them to Shule Town tomorrow."

Take care of yourself...

The sergeants were puzzled.

Bao Dong said: "It's just made... to make people scarier, and it's best to show your teeth."

Lei Hong added: "They can move while they are dead, and they can't move when they become stiff later."

...

In Shule Town, Captain Han Zong was discussing with his subordinates.

A general said: "Xing Guogong went back earlier, he should continue to sit in town for half a month, and he will surely be able to suppress dissidents in Shule and deter those Tubo people who are about to move."

——Xing Guogong is the title of Su Dingfang.

Everyone nodded.

"We only have more than 3,000 people. Whether the 5,000-odd Shule army can be relied on is uncertain. The 3,000-odd people control Shule less, but there are many immigrants..."

Han Zong's complexion was swarthy, and he spoke forcefully, "The land here is so salty, it can't feed many people. We only collect so much tax from Shule, and there is not enough food... The arrival of immigrants is good news. , but the more than 5,000 immigrants can only take care of themselves now... We are short of food, and the court has some ideas, probably wanting us to farm."

The general said dissatisfied: "Why do you need to farm? Once the farm is farmed, most of the brothers will be tied up in the fields."

Han Zong said: "The government soldiers farm and drill in peacetime, and go out in wartime...how can it be different?"

The general's name was Hu Mi, he was tall and tall, with a beard on his face, and said awkwardly: "Isn't this the Western Region?"

"The Western Regions is also the Tang Dynasty!" Han Zong said indifferently: "Our feet are the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and foreign enemies will kill them if they dare to come. On weekdays, when there is nothing to do, the brothers will farm at home, with their wives and children as companions... ..."

Hu Mi said longingly: "Lieutenant, you said... we might fight until the beards and hairs are all white?"

Han Zong nodded, "There are many forces in the Western Regions who are not convinced by the Tang Dynasty, and there are great powers in the distance, which must be fought."

A sergeant came in, "Lieutenant, someone from Baiqi is here."

"please come in."

Han Zong admired these people who were inquiring about the news for Datang in the dark.

The man came in and said, "Mr. Jia has arrived ten miles away from the city. He ordered me to pass the news back to the city."

Han Zong was overjoyed, got up and said, "Is Duke Jia here?"

Another general said: "Mr. Jia sent the news in. What if those people want to jump over the wall in a hurry?"

"Mr. Jia said...he wants to see what those ambitious people dare to do!" Baiqi glanced at the general, "Don't be alarmed!"

The general is ashamed!

Don't be alarmed...

Han Zong praised: "As expected of Duke Jia, I have been in Shule for many years, and he has a great reputation, but I have never met him. Now that I have news, I wish I could go out of the city to see him."

Hu Mi smiled and said, "We can see you tomorrow. By the way, how many people did Duke Jia bring?"

"Three hundred people."

Hu Mi got up, "Lieutenant, so I will arrange a place to live."

Three hundred people need a big place, Han Zong nodded, "Go."

There are several lights in the city, and some figures are reflected on the wall, shaking constantly...

"Jia Ping'an is here."

"This person...is very powerful?"

"He's more powerful than you can imagine."

"This man burned one hundred thousand enemy soldiers to death."

"That's a battle formation."

"That's right! That's a battle formation. But this person is cruel, I'm going to..."

The light was blowing by the breeze, the lights swayed slightly, and the figure swayed non-stop, looking like a ghost.

...

On the second day, Han Zong led his subordinates out of the city to welcome them, along with officials from the Tang Dynasty and local officials and generals.

"It's ten miles away."

"It was said earlier that the Tubo people harassed Lord Jia's camp last night."

"I don't know if he is afraid... This is the Western Region, not Liaodong."

Several local officials were talking in low voices.

A Shule general smiled and said softly: "This Duke Jia has just returned from Liaodong, and then he came to Shule again. I don't know why."

"Come to appease."

Someone said: "This time Duman contacted Shule and other places to raise troops, and the Tang Dynasty worked hard... If the war continues in the future, the Tang Dynasty will not be able to stand it."

"Well! It's too expensive, so it's important to appease."

The pleasant atmosphere made the local officials look relaxed, as did the Shule dignitaries.

"I'm coming!"

One rider came from a distance, and there were more than three hundred riders behind him.

Everyone stood up straight...

More than three hundred riders are getting closer...

"what is that?"

Someone pointed forward and exclaimed.

Tang Jun stepped aside.

Five riders came slowly behind.

The knight on horseback... Seeing his body stiffen, as the distance drew closer, someone exclaimed, "It's a dead man!"

"It's from Tubo!"

The five Tubo corpses were tied to the horses with ropes, and they grinned at the people who greeted them.

——This is the undead knight!

The sun was shining brightly, but everyone felt cold all over.

Those Shule people who looked relaxed looked stiff, some even turned pale, and dared not look any further.

Five corpses just entered the city.

The whole city is horrified!