Tibet

"Dong! Dong! Dong!"

The deafening sound of war drums sounded, and the Tang army lined up under the city of Kesai.

The top of the city was full of soldiers, holding spears, nervously looking at the overwhelming Tang army under the city.

Bukhanna Queen Adele was about thirty years old, very fat, with layers of flesh on her chin, and her neck was invisible. She sat on a golden sedan chair carried by eight people, wearing a golden crown, holding a golden gemstone scepter, and wearing a golden silk robe.

She stared at the Tang army under the city fiercely, gritting her teeth and said: "Spread my words to the whole army, kill a Tang soldier, and reward ten gold coins!"

A general ran over and said: "The Tang army is going to attack the city, bows and arrows have no eyes, the top of the city is very dangerous, please go back to the palace first, Queen!"

Queen Adele nodded and ordered: "Return to the palace!"

Eight strong men lifted her sedan chair and returned to the palace under the escort of hundreds of soldiers.

The Tang army built a mound 500 steps away from the city, facing the city gate. Bai Xiaode shouted, "Bring up the great general Shenwei!"

Several soldiers brought up a copper cannon. This was the cannon that the Firearms Bureau had just successfully developed. It had been successfully tested many times, and this was the first time it appeared on the battlefield.

A total of ten cannons were brought with them during this Western Expedition, and one of them was tested today.

The cannon was placed on the mound and aimed at the city gate. Several soldiers who came to operate it were busy filling the gunpowder first, tamping it, and then putting the solid bullet into the barrel.

Bai Xiaode nodded, "It can be fired!"

The soldier lit the fuse, and the fuse burned into the cannon with a 'hiss! 'hiss! Suddenly, with a loud bang, a cast iron cannonball was fired and hit the city gate. The powerful impact force immediately smashed a big hole in the city gate.

Bai Xiaode was not satisfied. It was far less effective than the iron fire thunder. He immediately ordered: "Use arrow thunder to blow up the city gate!"

Immediately, dozens of soldiers raised their crossbows and aimed at the city gate. They fired arrows together. Dozens of arrow thunders hit the city gate and exploded on the city gate. "Boom! Boom!"

A series of explosions instantly blew the city gate to pieces.

The soldiers on the city were in chaos and ran down the city. These soldiers didn't want to fight in the first place. Now the city was easily broken by the Tang army, which made them even more frightened. They took off their armor, threw away their weapons, and ran to their homes.

Bai Xiaode waved his sword and shouted: "The army enters the city. Those who surrender will be spared, and those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

Tens of thousands of troops shouted and rushed into the city.

The soldiers who couldn't escape in the city knelt down and surrendered. The Tang army did not kill them. They confiscated their weapons and armor and escorted them out of the city to wait for disposal.

The army occupied the granary and the treasury. Another important treasury was the palace. Lu Yang led 10,000 soldiers to surround the palace of Bukhara.

Soon, a white flag was hung on the palace, and teams of guards came out to surrender.

Lu Yang pointed his sword and shouted, "Where is your queen?"

The leader of the guards said with a sad face, "She has committed suicide by taking poison!"

This was unexpected. Lu Yang ordered the guards, "Go and carry your queen out!"

Soon, several guards carried out the queen's body with disheveled hair on a stretcher. Her face and body turned black, exactly the same as her brother Alole's death.

Many guards understood that the former king was poisoned to death by this woman. The angry guards rushed up and punched and kicked her body.

Bai Xiaode arrived just in time. He stopped the guards and asked, "What are you doing?"

The guards burst into tears. The leading guard knelt down and cried, "Our king is just like her. When he died, his body was all black. She also said that he was poisoned by the Arabs. It turned out that she poisoned the king."

Bai Xiaode nodded, "This is what she deserves. Carry her body out of the city and bury her with the ceremony of a civilian."

Dozens of soldiers carried the queen's body out of the city and buried the queen of Bakhtin at the foot of a hill according to the funeral of civilians.

The Tang army captured Kesai City. The biggest feature of the Western Regions is that there are few cities, and the people are concentrated in several large cities. Bakhtin has two main cities. One is the capital Kesai City, which concentrates 60% of the country's population, and the other is Kuzhanti, which concentrates 30% of the country's population. The remaining 10% of the population is scattered all over the country.

Bukhana and Li Ye have a deep relationship and are very friendly to the Tang Dynasty. Although the queen hates the Tang Dynasty, ordinary people have old feelings for the Tang Dynasty, so Li Ye decided to incorporate Bukhana into the territory of the Tang Dynasty without fierce resistance.

Kesai City was officially renamed Ningyuan County, and Bukhana was also renamed Wanzhou, because it was named after the Dayuan Kingdom in history.

The Tang army incorporated 10,000 Bukhana cavalry into the Tang army, leaving 5,000 Tang soldiers to guard the city.

After three days of rest, the 45,000 troops marched to Qianquan City again.

The army of Qianquan City was the army of the Saints Association that had previously invaded Suiye. After losing nearly 5,000 people in the attack on Yibo City, the remaining 15,000 soldiers quickly withdrew from Suiye and are currently stationed in Qianquan City.

The commander of this army was Sabah, a native of Anguo. He was once the general of Anguo, but was later dismissed by the king. When the Holy Maiden Society was planning to build an army, he took hundreds of people to join them. The Holy Maiden Society was overjoyed and immediately appointed him as the Eastern General, commanding 20,000 troops to garrison Shiguo and Bukhara.

This was a major mistake made by the Holy Maiden Society. They did not investigate why Sabah was dismissed by the King of Anguo, but only promoted him after hearing of his reputation.

The reason why Sabah was dismissed by King Anguo was because he secretly converted to the Arab religion. After King Anguo confirmed this, he immediately dismissed all his military positions and drove him out of Bukhara.

Sabah took hundreds of people to the Holy Maiden Society. These hundreds of subordinates are Arab believers. Currently, Sabah has placed them in various important military positions in the army. In fact, not only the three decision-making senior officials are Arab spies, but all the generals in the army are Arab believers.

The Arabs have completely controlled this army. In order to provoke conflicts between the Tang Dynasty and the Sogdian countries, this army raided Suiye, causing heavy losses to the army and civilians of Suiye.

In a large tent, the main general Sabah was discussing countermeasures with two deputy generals Maimana and Charan.

They just received news that the Tang army occupied Kesai City without any effort, and Bukhara had fallen. The next target of the Tang army must be Shiguo.

They were stationed in Qianquan City, just in time to bear the brunt of the attack. The Tang army came to Shiguo, and their first target was them.

"According to the intelligence I got, the Tang army has about 50,000 troops, and is currently attacking Shiguo. It is estimated that they will arrive in Qianquan City in two days, so we must make a decision now. Where should we retreat? Go to Juzhanti or withdraw to Anguo."

Deputy General Charan said: "What is Governor Ziyad's attitude?"

"He asked us to defend Juzhanti, but the Arab Chamber of Commerce asked us to enter Anguo."

Maimana suddenly said: "The Arab Chamber of Commerce is following the orders of Baghdad!"

Sabah nodded, and the three of them immediately reached a consensus. For both public and private reasons, they all wanted to return to Anguo, overthrow the king of Anguo, and Sabah himself became the king.

As for the order of the Khorasan Governor's Office, screw him!

That afternoon, 15,000 troops left Qianquan City with 10,000 camels and marched towards Anguo.