After the army captured Gaochang, Liu Changzuo stayed for a month and sent red-clothed monks to appeal to the Qiuci and Yan clans. Because the two Tatar tribes were clamoring for military glory, he sent Menggentulak and Jida to cross the Tianshan Mountains as the vanguard of the army to attack.

Beiting and Zhangbali.

Qiuci and Yanshi are Buddhist cities, and the city guards of the two places welcomed the "Buddhist Army" and opened their city gates to welcome them.

Gaochang was a big city on the Silk Road with very developed commerce. Li Yanqing had already sealed up the treasury accounts. Tong Guan inspected the Gaochang treasury and found 1.5 million gold dinars.

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However, what happened next made several Song army generals on the North Road frightened. Meng Tulak massacred Beiting! Jeddah massacred Zhang Bali!

Shanbei is where Ganbal's headquarters is. Ganbal led his elite to fight in a decisive battle. Shanbei is actually very empty, with only the old and weak left. However, the Uighurs in Shanbei are extremely strong and strong. They defend the city and will never surrender.

However, the Tatars were more ferocious than them. Mengturak and Jida coincidentally thought of the Song army's method of building sacks for fortifications outside Yizhou City. They used sacks to hold soil to build a slope and had good armor protection. The Tatars

The city was captured at a very small cost.

According to the Tatar rules, they generally do not massacre lightly the tent cities that have surrendered obediently, but if they dare to gather together to defend the city, they will be slaughtered in one fell swoop after the city is broken.

All the men who were taller than the wheels of the carriage were killed, and all the remaining women and children were driven out of the city and became the trophies of the two armies.

Liu Changzuo and Tong Guan led the new army and light and heavy cavalry to surround the two troops. They called them into the tent and gave them a scolding. Then they remembered that they were the "volunteer army" and they were the "observation group". In theory, the two

The troops are not under his own control.

But these were just extravagances on the scene. Liu Changzuo and Tong Guan did not dare to neglect them and jointly submitted a petition to apologize.

Ji Duo Gyaltsen had been comforting the Buddhists in the south of the mountain. He couldn't help but feel sad after hearing the news, and led the sangha to the north of the mountain to preside over relief and relief works.

Things turned into trouble at this point, but Tong Guan was still too naive, so he suggested that since everything had been done, he should simply leave Mengantulak and Jeddah to guard the two cities, and use their evil names to continue to deter them, while the army speeded up.

, go out of Zhangbali and capture Yining along the Yili River, and take the retreat route of Balashagon, the tent of the Black Khan King!

Liu Changzuo had no choice but to think about it, so he left two troops to guard the two cities and protect the monks. He brought enough supplies and supplies, and ran thousands of miles to make meritorious deeds!

Between the fright and fear, and the fact that the battle situation was so easy, both of them forgot that they had just led their army to seize the entire Xizhou Uighur territory, expanding three thousand miles of territory for the Song Dynasty!

Compared with the Northern Route Army who was in a hurry in the later period, the South Route Army along the Zhangkai Route could be said to be orderly and orderly, with a leisurely attitude.

Coming out of Yangguan, Shazhou, Zhang Kai, Guo Jingxiu, and Chao Guodong led 10,000 new troops, 30,000 Tu cadres, 40,000 Ningxia troops, and 60,000 Qing Tang Tibetans and Qilian Uighurs, and occupied the area leisurely.

Datun City, southwest of Lop Nur, then marched all the way through Yuechang and arrived in Khotan.

There was no resistance along the way. Although Datun City and Yuechang City were nominally the territory of the Black Khan, they had long been isolated to the east by Khotan. They had actually entered the Song Dynasty when Su You was still in Ningxia.

Along the way, Zhang Kai still had time to train his sergeants, integrate combat forces, and study tactics.

When they arrived in Khotan, Yuchiwei led his 30,000 cavalry to join them.

There were a total of 170,000 troops on the south road, marching towards Balashagon in a mighty manner. The defenders along the way did not dare to resist, so they retreated and fled towards Balashagon.

Zhang Kai did not give chase, but sent the scouts 150 miles away, and successively occupied Ya'erkan, Shule, and Wuzgen.

Wuzigen was Dawan in the Han Dynasty, the furthest place that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reached.

There was only slight resistance along the way, and the scouts wiped it out without dispatching the Chinese army.

But Zhang Kai knew that these were just tactics used by the Black Khan King Hassan to lure the enemy deeper, and the decisive battle would come soon after he had overcome the poisonous water.

So he simply stationed troops in Uzgen, waiting for supplies to arrive for the retreat, and sent scouts far to the west to find out Seljuk's reaction.

…

In Bianjing City, the little sister of the Meng family recently found a book for Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu has been reading it with gusto these days.

The spring was bright, and Gao Taotao, Empress Dowager Xiang, and Empress Dowager Zhu were preparing to raise silkworms, washing dustpans, and inspecting the silkworm hills. There were many things to do.

Zhao Xu held a book and explained the contents of the book to the three of them.

"There is no rain or snow in the Gaochang area and it is extremely hot. Every summer, the residents make holes in the ground. Birds flock to the riverside. When they take off, they are struck by the sun and their wings are injured when they fall. The houses are covered with chalk. The rain

If it's five inches, it means the house is in bad condition."

Empress Dowager Xiang couldn't help but said in surprise: "Oh, isn't such a place Abi Hell? How can people still live in it?"

"No." Zhao Xu said, "That place is good. I just mentioned the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the north of the Tianshan Mountains is a good place."

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After finishing speaking, he continued to read: "There is water in the North Courtyard. It originates from Jinling and is directed to the surrounding national cities to irrigate the fields and also serve as a water bank."

"The land is rich in grain, but there is no wheat to raise. The nobles eat horses, and the rest eat sheep and geese."

Gao Taotao asked: "Nobles eat horses? Are there so many horses there?"

"There are many." Zhao Xu said: "My dear, listen, there are many horses in the land. The king, queen, and prince each raise horses and graze them in the plains for more than a hundred miles. They are divided into groups based on their coat colors. I don't know how many they are. North

The garden is thousands of miles long and wide, and there are many beautiful grasses grown by eagles and falcons, but no flowers. Gerbils are as big as rabbits, and birds of prey prey on them.'"

"There are many pipa, konghou, minks, white clothes, embroidered flowers and stamens on the cloth. The custom is good at riding and shooting. The woman wears an oil hat, which is called Su Mu Zhe. According to the Kaiyuan seven-year calendar, March 9 is the cold food, and the remaining

The same goes for the second community during the winter solstice. Use silver or stone as a tube, store water to stimulate it and shoot it at each other, or use water to splash it as a play, which is said to suppress the yang energy and eliminate diseases. If you like to travel and reward, you must hold a musical instrument."

"The sand comes out of the mountain in the north of Beiting. There is often smoke rising from the mountain. There is no cloud or mist. At dusk, the flames are like torches, and all the birds and mice are seen to be red. Those who pick the sand wear wooden shoes, and the skin will be burnt.

There is a hole where green mud grows, and when it comes out of the hole, it turns into sand and gravel, and the natives use it to treat the skin."

After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment and explained to the ladies: "I think this sand is Glauber's salt."

"There are many towers and trees in the city. The people are fair-skinned and upright, skilled in craftsmanship, and good at making gold, silver, copper and iron utensils and attacking jade."

After that, he explained to several empresses: "The jade craftsmanship of Xikun is extremely exquisite. In the past, only our dynasty could match it. Until Su Song improved the jade cutting machinery, the jade craftsmen in the country were better than Xikun."

"Gaochang jade craftsmanship comes from the same lineage as Xikun."

Gao Taotao took out the dustpan to dry: "When the imperial dynasty took Chang'an, they once obtained several pieces of jade and agate, which were extremely exquisite. The handsome ministers sent them in, and they regarded the work as ghost work and passed it on as Kunwu's sword technique. Now it seems

, I guess it’s actually the Xikun jade craftsman that my brother mentioned.”

Zhao Xu felt that he could put his hands on his hips and be proud for a while: "Nowadays, the countries in the South China Sea regard the skills of the generals of the Song Dynasty as supervisors as their magical skills."

"A few pieces of jade are not worth much." Gao Taotao sighed: "Situ increased the number of people's acres by three stones in Hebei. That is the real magic skill."

Zhao Xu nodded in agreement and continued to read: "...the more than fifty areas of the Buddhist temple were all given by the Tang Dynasty. There are Tripitaka, Tang Yun, Jade Pian, Sutra and Sound, etc. in the temple."

"Residents gathered in groups during the spring moon and enjoyed themselves there. Visitors immediately took bows and arrows and shot at various objects, calling them to avoid disasters. There is an Imperial Library, where Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was kept, and Emperor Ming's imperial edicts were carefully sealed."

"There is also a Mani temple, and the Persian monks each hold their own Dharma. They are also called heretics in the Buddhist scriptures."

"All of them include the Southern Turks, the Northern Turks, the Dazhong Tien, the small Tien Tien, Yangmo, Jiulu, Xiejiasi, Moman, Geduo, and Yulong tribes. There are many names in the country. There are no poor people in the country, and those who are on hunger strike work together to provide relief.

In other words, people have a long life expectancy, and if they live more than a hundred years, they will never die young."

Gao Taotao nodded: "So, Gaochang was originally a paradise, but it fell apart due to religious disputes. This is the Ji family's worry."

Zhao Xu said: "It's not that good. Since there are hunger strikers who need relief, how can we say that there are no poor people in the country? This sentence doesn't make sense at all."

"Our army on the northern route took over the cities in the southern part of the mountain without a fight, including Li Yanqing, the defender of Gaochang City, and closed the door to the country's leader Gan Bale. This shows that the contradiction between the north and the south of Tianshan has been long-lasting and quite acute."
Chapter completed!