Unlike the Tang Dynasty, the Han gentry class in the Western Regions controlled by the Anxi Protectorate did not live in the countryside at all. Although most of the rural fields are affiliated with the names of the Han gentry class, at most a few housekeepers were sent to manage them, mainly farmed by the Semu tenants.

Therefore, the robbery of the countryside by the Shiguofu army did not hurt the Han gentry class. Their main houses were all located in towns. Even if the tenants of the cultivated land were killed, when the war ended, these Han gentry could recruit enough families to fill in.

In this world, the area of ​​arable land close to the town is not large, and there is almost no need to worry about no one farming, unless the entire area of ​​Dashi Town is turned into white land like Richard, and even artificially changes the local population composition...

Because of this, the local gentry in Anguo Mansion was not very resistant to the arrival of the Shiguo Mansion army, and the countryside suffered little losses. The Shiguo Mansion army did not carry out large-scale looting of towns, and the foundation of the local gentry was preserved.

This is the main reason why Zhaowu Dizhe stopped the Tufan tribe soldiers from looting the county and town.

As long as these local gentry did not hurt the root of the problem, the Zhaowu family could soon resume production in Anguo Mansion after the war. The local Han gentry class was a ready-made framework. After the war, the ordinary people could be filled with the population of the people.

If the Han gentry class is eliminated, it will not only offend the entire Han gentry class of Anxi Protectorate, but also face a lot of problems of order collapse and reorganization after the war. Relying on those uneducated Semi people, let alone whether they will be hostile to the entire Han class in the Western Regions. The management ability of Semi people alone can cause headaches for the rulers...

In the Western Regions, because of the control of the Tang Dynasty, Semu people rarely received education and were very ignorant!

In the eyes of the local gentry class of Anguo Mansion, the war between Shiguo Mansion and Anguo Mansion was mainly a battle between the Jiedu governor Tao Anbang and the Zhaowu family. They were not even willing to support their servants and guards and guest warriors. Whoever won was on their side!

Anyway, no matter who ruled the Anguo Mansion, he needed the assistance of their Han gentry class.

The war situation in the entire Anxi Protectorate was actually similar. The four Anxi towns were divided into two factions. One was the banner of loyalty to the Tang Dynasty and the other was the banner of surrendering to the Tufan. However, the two sides were just a game between the top leaders and took the attitude of winning against the Han people and gentry below. As long as the Han people and gentry did not work hard to choose to take sides, they would not be liquidated.

In this way, when the four Anxi towns really decide the winner, social production in the Western Regions can be restored in the shortest time, and the Tufan Kingdom can also quickly gain help from the Western Regions!

Although the cultural customs of the Tufan people are different from those of the Han people, their appearance is not much different from that of the Han people. If they wear the same clothes and speak the same language, it is really difficult to distinguish them.

Therefore, the ethnic conflicts between the Tubo people and the Han people are not fierce. Both sides can cooperate sincerely in the Western Regions to oppress and exploit Semi people...

This is why there was a group of Han senior officials in Anxi Protectorate who defected to the Tufan Kingdom.

Thanks to the policy of great ethnic integration since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the gap between foreign races such as Hu people and Tubo people, whose appearance is not much different from that of the Han people, has become very small. Most Hu people and Tubo people can even use Chinese to communicate skillfully. After all, Han culture has advantages over foreign cultures. In addition, the power of the Tang Dynasty, and with the promotion of learning from the strong in human bones, Han culture has long been spread throughout East Asia.

It is precisely because of this general trend of integration that this war that affected the entire East Asia remained in the struggle of the ruling class, rather than ethnic opposition. The independence of the Tufan Kingdom actually also had the idea of ​​replacing the Tang Dynasty. They cooperated with An Lushan because the Tang Dynasty was too strong...

When the Tang Dynasty was overthrown, the Tufan Kingdom would not mind fighting with other forces competing for the Central Plains.

The annexation of the Anxi Protectorate is the first step to gathering strength in the Tufan Kingdom!

The conquest of the Anguo Mansion of Shiguo is a microcosm of the chaos in the Anxi Protectorate. A series of wars have also been launched in other areas of the Anxi Protectorate. However, the two Anxi towns, which were loyal to the Tang Dynasty, have been at a disadvantage because the army of the Tufan Kingdom has continuously entered the Western Regions to support their allies!

Richard naturally didn't know about these things. He was now listening to the enemy situation reported by the scouts of the Ming military camp.

Richard plundered almost all the military horses in Gaoxiang County, and finally gave the Ming military camp dozens of scouts and reconnaissance cavalry. These reconnaissance cavalry were originally scouts among the soldiers of Gaoxiang County. There was no problem in the professional field and saved the trouble of training.

This is the benefit of recruiting surrendered troops. You can pull onto the battlefield with just a little rectification, which is very useful for a newly emerging force!

The power of Li Zicheng, the king of the Ming Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty, rose so quickly because he had recruited a large number of Ming army surrendered troops.

In this era, those who served in the army often had no concept of loyalty to the emperor. As long as they could eat and drink enough and get rewards when fighting, they would basically work hard. As for how much they could work hard, it depends on the skills and financial resources of their respective senior management.

Although there were not many dozens of scout cavalry, they were only enough for the time being, and soon brought Richard specific information on the food route of the Shiguo Mansion army.

A large number of transfer grain and grass from the Shiguo Mansion army was placed in a small town near Anguo Mansion. The town's original defense power was not strong, with only more than a thousand town patrol battalions and a group of Semu mercenaries.

However, it was impossible for Richard's army of nearly 7,000 people to hide from the Shi Guofu's intentions. Zhao Wudi noticed that such an army was directly in the back, and immediately assigned a side army from the team to intercept Richard's army.

Since ancient times, large teams have traces to marching, and they cannot be fast enough, so they cannot hide traces as easily as scattered travelers.

As a result, the partial division sent by Shi Guofu quickly blocked the way for Richard's team.

The combat mission of attacking the food roads seems simple, but except for the nomadic peoples with all cavalry, farming civilization rarely succeeds.

The attacking party is not a fool, so how could he not be optimistic about his butt?

As long as you find that an enemy army is running towards your "local area", you will definitely divide the partial divisions to resist.

The attacking army has the advantage of the inside, so the speed of dispatching troops is naturally faster than that of the enemy.

Therefore, on the battlefield of cold weapons, cavalry often attacks the enemy's food routes, and rarely attacks with infantry brigades.

However, the main force of Shi Guofu needs to attack Anguofu, so it is naturally impossible to draw too many troops to intercept Richard's team. Richard only needs to defeat the intercepting Shi Guofu's partial division to cut off their retreat!
Chapter completed!