An army of 10,000 people is nothing in the Western Regions under the Tang Dynasty in another world, but 10,000 elite soldiers are a considerable force in the Western Regions.

The small governors who controlled the entire territory had only a total of 1,000 to 2,000 regular Tang troops. Even the guards of the four towns of Anxi, the scale of the Tang field troops in their hands would not exceed 5,000 during peacetime.

The entire Anxi Protectorate's Office has no more than 40,000 regular Tang troops!

Of course, the Western Regions need to suppress and deter a large number of Seme natives. The local garrison troops are very organized, almost covering all ordinary Han people. With less than 40,000 troops alone, it is impossible to control the huge Western Regions...

However, during the invasion of the Tufan Kingdom and the division of the four Anxi towns, the entire Western Region was divided into two major camps and fighting each other. A large number of regular field troops of the former Tang army were consumed and dispersed, and they were annexed and incorporated.

Nowadays, the soldiers who truly belonged to the former Tang Dynasty field troops in Shule Army Town could not even get two thousand people. However, because Luyang had incorporated some remnants and defeated soldiers from other regions, and the veterans who were extracted from local garrison troops during the war, there was also an army with Luyang as the core in Shule Army Town.

Because this army has experienced war baptism, its combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the Tang Dynasty field troops, but its morale is a bit sluggish...

It’s okay to use it to defend the city, but going out to fight is purely to deliver vegetables!

On the other hand, although the two guards, Khotan and Yanqi, suffered considerable losses in the war, their strength increased by incorporating surrendered troops and annexing other Jiedushis.

The regular army under the command of the garrison of the Khotan Army Town, Yuchi Yingzhe, could reach tens of thousands of people, among which all the middle and senior military officers were trusted by the Yuchi family and Yuchi Yingzhe, and they completely transformed into Yuchi Yingzhe's private army!

The teams in Yanqi Army Town are similar, and the team size can reach tens of thousands. They are controlled by Yanqi guards Long Letian, and have substantially transformed into the Long Family Army.

Yuchi Yingzhe and Long Letian were self-contained and became self-sufficient warlords with tens of thousands of troops.

Their army did not count the actual field troops of local garrison troops and Semuren, and their combat effectiveness was only slightly worse than the original Tang Dynasty field troops.

The ability of Yuchi Yingzhe and Long Letian to become stronger is closely related to the support of the Tufan Kingdom.

Because there are too many warlords of all sizes in the Western Regions, in order to better utilize their power, the Tufan Kingdom chose the most powerful military towns of the Khotan Army and the Yanqi Military Town as representatives, and integrated the warlord forces of the surrendered Tufan Kingdom.

It is precisely this integration that has led to the local forces of the Western Regions of the Tufan Kingdom. Even without the name of the orthodox Tang Dynasty, the morale of the army under his command was generally low, and they still beat the orthodox Tang Dynasty, which was essentially a warlord alliance, to the point of being blue and swollen. In the end, they wiped out the main force of the Tang army in Kucha Army Town in one battle!

Of course, this practice in the Tufan Kingdom was beneficial during the war, but the disadvantages arose at the end of the war.

Yuchi Yingzhe and Long Letian were not mediocre people. Not only did they use the convenience of the war to annex the power of other small governors, they also took over the territory of various surrounding prefectures and counties and expanded their own wealth.

When the Tufan Kingdom army entered the Western Regions, the two families had already become bigger. In order to win over the two warlords, Songtsen Gampo not only did not have any restrictions, but also gave them the titles of dukes as ordinary as dukes!

Now in the Tufan Kingdom, Yuchi Yingzhe has become Duke of Khotan, and Long Letian has become Duke of Yanqi, and he regards himself as a royal family in two towns!

After the Battle of Kucha, Yuchi Yingzhe and Long Letian reached a cooperation intention at some point, and they were reluctant to launch troops to attack Luyang, which was lingering in Shule Army Town. Instead, they sent troops everywhere to annex the territory.

Soon, all the prefectures and counties east of the Pamir Mountains in the Western Regions were divided into Tufan Kingdom, and the three forces of Yuchi Yingzhe and Long Letian were divided.

Only Shule Army Town is the only one who insists on the orthodox banner of the Tang Dynasty...

However, after learning about Luyang's intention to resist resolutely, the Tufan Kingdom continued to urge Yuchi Yingzhe and Long Letian to attack Shule Army Town, but was unwilling to use the elite troops of the Tufan Kingdom to attack Shule Army Town like a fortress.

Now the two major warlords who have grown up are naturally unwilling to spend their capital. The coercion of the Tufan Kingdom has actually made the two major warlords more closely connected, and even sent out their tribes to each other and formed in-laws under the noses of the Tufan Kingdom!

Regarding the order of Songtsen Gampo, the king of Tufan, the direct superior, on the grounds that a Ming Dynasty king Richard appeared in the west to capture the city and plunder the land, he was only concerned about dispatching troops to the west to the territory west of the Pamir Mountains, but he was unwilling to force himself to slaughter Shule Army Town...

After the Battle of Kucha, a military vacuum appeared in the Western Regions. A large number of small warlords were killed in battle and the Tang army was destroyed, which made the number of local garrison troops in prefectures and counties in various places, not to mention field troops.

This is a good time to grab territory. The entry of the Tufan Kingdom broke the balance between the four towns of Anxi, allowing Yuchi Yingzhe and Long Letian to grow into a big family, forming a phenomenon that the tail cannot be lost.

Although the Tufan Kingdom has the strongest military strength, its family knows its own affairs. If it really starts a war with the two rising warlords, even if it wins, it will be a situation where both sides will suffer losses!

What's more, there is a Shule army who insisted on orthodox town in Luyang, sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight. The Han Ming King Richard, who had an open alliance with Luyang in the west, could not be ignored.

If the loss of strength is too great, Songtsen Gampo will not only be difficult to explain to the major Tufan tribes in China, but may also affect his foundation in the throne in China because of the loss of too much from the direct army!

The Tubo people did not have the clear inheritance system of the Tang Dynasty. The tribes had great autonomy. Songtsen Gampo was able to be king, which was closely related to the strongest strength of his tribe. If his tribe declined, there would be no new challengers in the country.

Anyway, civil wars in the Tang Dynasty are happening frequently, and green-skin attacks are becoming more and more serious. The Tang Dynasty court is unable to take care of itself, and the Tufan tribes are becoming more and more courageous...

Because of this, the three forces led by the Tufan Kingdom formed a delicate balance. Yuchi Yingzhe and Long Letian expanded their territory to the west of the Pamir Mountains in the north and south. The Tufan Kingdom did not want to forcefully slaughter the Shule Army Town, and only sent more than 10,000 people to siege Shule Army Town to prevent Luyang from leading troops out of the city...

It is obvious that Yuchi Yingzhe, the Duke of Khotan, and Long Letian, learned to raise enemies and respect themselves, and Luyang is the one they raised.

Although they shouted loudly in their slogans, when it was time to send troops to attack, they had ten thousand reasons to shirk...

In the eyes of Yuchi Yingzhe and Long Letian, Richard in the west is the soft persimmon, and he has swallowed so many prefectures in his stomach. Of course, the so-called Ming Dynasty cannot take all the advantages!
Chapter completed!