Chapter 1012: 6 cities

"Although it cannot be compared with thirty years ago, it is now much better than before." This time, apart from the weapons carried by the Chang'an boy brought by Shen Long, the caravan did not bring any other weapons or iron tools. Moreover, the number of people brought by Shen Long is not large. From the standpoint of armaments alone, it does not provide much help to Anxidu Hufu.
However, in the past three decades, Guo Xin fought alone in the Western Regions, relying only on those merchants who ventured across the Tubo jurisdiction to come to the Western Regions to obtain a little meager support, and the rest must be self-reliant. At the same time, there was no silk and porcelain from the Tang Dynasty. In view of the benefits brought by the caravan, Guo Xin's desire to conquer the various departments of the Western Regions is becoming more and more difficult.
Now that Datang ’s caravan reappears in the Western Regions, everything will be different. The cities occupied by Datang, Qizi and Xizhou, will surely become the trading centers of the Western Regions again. capital.
Datang's garrison in the Western Region was originally not much. How did Anxi Dufu rely on 20,000 soldiers to rule this land that is not much more affordable than the Datang native, Guo Xin, who has spent more than 30 years in the Western Region It can't be more clear, he can use many methods to rely on the goods sent by these Datang merchants.
The emotion was over, Guo Xin remembered the old manager's title to Shen Long. He looked back at Shen Long, "Shoucao? Yuanzheng is promoted?"
"Dadu Hu!" Shen Long quickly got up and saluted. Originally, he was Guo Xin's next soldier. Without Guo Xin's order, he accepted the imperial edict to become the guardian of the Sixth City, which was somewhat unruly, but this was also Shen Long. His strategy was to be quite different from Datang ’s original strategy in Anxi. If he could not lead the army alone, he would be hamstrung by Guo Xin or Yang Xigu and the generals of Anxi and Beiting.
This is what Shen Long does not want to see. The situation in the Western Regions is becoming more and more critical. There is really not much time for internal struggles, so it is better to lead the soldiers to get the six cities in the first place, to Guo Xin and Yang Xi. The ancients have set a model, and with practical cases, they can better convince people.
This is not the reason for Guo Xin and Yang Xigu's personal abilities, but the limitation of the vision of the times. Shen Long explained to Guo Xin, "After the end of his return to Chang'an, His Majesty and the Central Minister of the DPRK asked about the situation in the Western Regions. Nowadays, the connection between Datang and the Western Regions is cut off, and the two armies of Anxi and Beiting can only survive on their own. In the Western Region, only the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains and the Yili River are available for cultivation. If you want to gain a foothold in the Western Regions, these two places must occupy Firstly, while Juliu City is not far from Guizi and Xizhou, it is one of the most suitable places. Perhaps Your Majesty and the ministers think that the general will make sense, so they grant the post of the general Liujuu City to capture. "
"The court has a sense of knowledge, and Bendu has been in the Western Region for many years, but failed to find that Yuanzheng has this advantage. It is a mistake of Benduhu." Guo Xin not only complained about Shen Long, but also apologized seriously. "Fortunately, the court helped Ben Duhu to make up for this omission. Now that Liulicheng is still in the hands of Tubo, Yuanzheng has something to help, let's just say it."
Shen Long was greatly moved. Perhaps this is the reason why this iron-blooded county king can still lead the remnant soldiers to protect the Western Regions for decades after severing contact with Datang!
"Most of the last generals are recruits from Chang'an, and they have experienced some hardships all the way from the west. This battle may be acceptable, but they are not very clear about the geography of the Western Regions. Most of them if they can send a few people who are familiar with the six cities. The veterans of the surrounding geographical situation went together, but it couldn't be better. "Shen Long did not ask for reinforcements, but only needed a few guides.
"Yuan Zhengmo didn't worry about me waiting for me? Although Anxidu Hufu is not as good as before, it is not a problem to mobilize some soldiers to help Yuanzheng win the Julu City!" Guo Xin was puzzled. Although the Juli City was small, it was also Did n’t you win if you led these recruits? Thirty years later, Anxidu Hufu finally got such a little manpower from Chang'an. It would be a pity if it was so easily buried under Juliu City.
"Now that the caravan has just arrived in Guizi, most of them are just about to hire people." Shen Long explained.
"It doesn't matter, no matter how you need to hire people, 500 soldiers and horses are still drawn. In addition to the recruits under Yuanzheng, more than 1,000 people are enough to win the six cities! It is also possible to take advantage of this opportunity to let these children know. Our Anxibing's ability, although our grades are older, but when it comes to fighting, they are still far away! "Guo Xin said.
"Haha, what Daduhu said is! This battle will make me wait for the vanguard." The white-haired soldiers around laughed. This laughter is proud of their own skills, and more of it is the care of the younger generation. They finally saw their loved ones, how could they have the heart to let them die in front of themselves?
"Grandpa, don't underestimate the children. The children are also Changan's famous rangers!" The newcomers were not convinced yet, and the white-haired soldiers came out to compete with them on the spot ~ EbookFREE.me But the experience of fighting in the battlefield is far from enough, and most of them are easily solved by these white-haired soldiers.
But it is not shameful to lose to his elders. These young men took advantage of this opportunity to ask the white-haired soldiers. Guo Xin and Shen Long both secretly nodded when they saw them. These are good soldiers.
Shen Long stayed in Guizi for a few days and led five hundred white-haired soldiers and more than a thousand Changan teenagers to Juliu City. Guizi and Xizhou were south of the Tianshan Mountains, while Guiliu City was north of the Tianshan Mountains, with a huge Tianshan in the middle However, fortunately, between Guizi and Xizhou, there is still a road leading to the north of Tianshan Mountain. Yang Xigu escaped from Beiting to Xizhou on this day.
Yang Xigu also got the news, squeezing 300 people out of the 2,000 people under his command and Shen Long to act together, so the strength of attacking the six cities reached 2,000.
Two thousand people do n’t sound like much, but they are already considered a large army in the Western Regions. Do n’t look at the history books. They often use tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of soldiers. But most of them are imaginary numbers, including the civilians who feed the army. It is not easy to use two thousand people in the western region, where materials are scarce, people are sparse, and the road is difficult.
Moreover, Juliu City is located on the edge of the Tubo forces. The Tibetans did not arrange many defenders in the city. It is more than enough for two thousand soldiers to win Juliu City.
From Yanqi town to the north, led by the guide through the Tianshan mountain range to the northern foot of the Tianshan mountain, and then to the east, Shenlong and they finally reached the outside of Liuliu city.
The horses in return reported that the Tubo army in the city did not notice it, so they rested in the valley outside the city for one night, intending to launch an attack tomorrow morning.