It is said that after three years in the army, I felt close to my mother mosquitoes when I saw them.

Since leaving Chang'an last summer to now, Zhang Qian has not had any woman around him for more than a year. Suddenly, he saw Zijuan and his eyes were shiny.

Zijuan's arrival not only brought him convenience in life, but also clearly expressed a message that Yang Qingqing did not reject Zijuan's existence.

"This damn patriarchal society!" In the evening, he heard the familiar sound of counting money. Zhang Qian despised himself while happily waving his fists into the sky.

Although I am not as good as the brain, there is a little beauty around me. Just looking at her back is more comfortable than facing a group of big men every day. What's more, when Zijuan was in Zhangjiazhuang, she was trained to become a qualified secretary, and she could easily manage the trivial matters in his life and work in an orderly manner.

So, there was Zhang Jiuling outside and Zijuan inside. More than a year after coming to the Western Regions, Zhang Qian finally passed a few more days of "master" life. Unfortunately, the good days passed a few days later, and soon, Zhang Jiuling prepared to finish the baggage. He had to order five thousand troops and rush to Yanbo Prefecture to gather with the main force of the Anxi Army led by Niu Shizhao.

After more than half a year of rest, the strength of the Anxi Army headquarters stationed in Kucha has been fully restored. The morale and morale have also reached the peak again with the full adjustment of the veteran general Niu Shizhao. The legend of Zhang Qian's use of new weapons was invincible in the Shi Kingdom and breaking a city in one day made the Anxi Army headquarters full of confidence in the upcoming decisive battle.

"Don't blame the marching commander! I have to use the fire dragon cart and gunpowder bullet to talk about things on purpose!" Unlike the blind optimism of the brothers, Anxi Dadu Niu Shizhuo secretly gave him a solid foundation on the first day of meeting Zhang Qian again. "Last spring, Zhou Yiti's troops lost too much. So many brothers lost all their courage when they heard the word "field battle". If I don't try my best to exaggerate the power of the fire dragon cart and gunpowder bullet, if the Turkic Khan Mo Chuo was forced to jump over the wall and go west with all his strength, the brothers might not be able to stop him in the wild."

"If you want to do whatever you want, just let it go. Your subordinates will follow you!" Hearing that the old general did not call him a word of expression, but directly called him his official title, Zhang Qian did not dare to neglect, so he quickly raised his hands and made a solemn statement.

"The power of gunpowder bullets, the brothers you sent last time have already demonstrated to me. But the troops of Guo Hong and Wei Bo were only heard of." Niu Shizhuo bowed and returned the gift, and then discussed seriously, "Especially Wei Bo, he had just arrived from Chang'an at the beginning of the year, and his soldiers were defeated and rebuilt, and he must be strong from the outside and the middle. Therefore, after Guo Hong and Wei Bo led their troops to arrive, I wanted to ask the marching commander to draw an elite force from his subordinates, several fire dragon chariots and catapults to demonstrate these two powerful weapons in public. I hope the marching commander will not refuse."

"No problem, the Great Protector even ordered. There is a group of brothers under his jurisdiction who usually trains to use the Fire Dragon Car and the Tail Stone Car. How much does the Great Protector need it? You can dispatch it at any time." Zhang Qian didn't think about it and agreed decisively.

He is a common move to use advanced weapons to boost morale in another time and space network. Therefore, he does not think that there is anything wrong with Niu Shizhao's plan. From the perspective of the marching chief of the Anxi Protectorate, he also hopes that all the Anxi Army units will establish the confidence that they will win a great victory in this battle before fighting with the Turks.

In addition, Zhang Qian did not want to appear. The Snow Ye Army was fighting against the Turks in front, and the Khotan Zhen Army and Shule Army on both wings were suddenly defeated on the whole line. In that case, no matter how advanced the weapons the Snow Ye Army held and how brave the combat was, they would inevitably fall into a passive position, and even be trapped in a desperate situation due to the drag of friendly forces!

"The Sailye Army has just ended its expedition, and it is definitely too scarce. If you have any needs, don't be polite to me." Seeing that Zhang Qian was still respectful to himself like a year ago, Niu Shizhu's heart finally fell back into his stomach. After thinking about it, he smiled and reminded. "Although you Sailye Town is a famous big family, I still have the title of a large gubernatorial guardian and can't take yours for nothing. Whether it is people or food, even if you say Zhao, I will never be stingy as long as I can take it out!"

"Senior, don't be polite. If you hadn't been giving your best efforts to help me with my juniors, I might not have done so smoothly in the shattered leaves!" Zhang Qian immediately changed his name and bowed with a smile for the third time. "There is no need to be replenished for the time being. Although there are only two battalions in Suiye Town, it is a burden to replenish new recruits at this moment. However, the food shortage is very large, and there are arrows..."

"You are still short of military rations? Have you settled so many fields in Suiye Town?" Niu Shizhao did not return the gift this time, but made an exaggerated expression and tilted his head to interrupt.

However, without waiting for Zhang Qian to explain, he himself nodded with a smile, "Yes, the weather is cold on the side of Saiye. You have just been expeditioning to Shiguo. People eat horses and chew them back and forth, and you have to make every effort to save too much food."

"The key is that the Zaiye is full of fields. In two or three years, it will not be able to produce much food!" Zhang Qian did not blink and added seriously. "And the arrows cannot be supported after a battle without hundreds of thousands of troops. The Zaiye Town has a total of only tens of thousands of people, and they all make arrows, but they cannot supply them."

"Yes, the people there are too thin!" Niu Shizhao pretended to be confused with his understanding, and then smiled and waved his hand, "How big is the gap? Go to Sicang to allocate it yourself, whether it is food or supplies. You are the chief of the march, and this is originally within your responsibilities, so there is no need to ask me for instructions!"

"Thank you, the guardian of the Great Protector!" Zhang Qian was satisfied and thanked him loudly.

"Iron vest, whether you are rich or not, I will give you 200 sets evenly!" Niu Shizhuo would not let Zhang Qianbai take advantage, and immediately put forward his own exchange conditions. "In addition, I heard that you can make gunpowder bullets like gourds, called palm thunder, and send me five hundred pieces."

"Iron vest, after I go back, I can send someone to send it." Zhang Qian thought for a while and responded in a low voice, "But the thunder in the palm of my hand, I call this object a grenade, which is extremely dangerous to use. If the operation is not done properly, I will blow myself to pieces, and you are old..."

"Send a few more serious people to teach me how to use this item!" Niu Shizhao frowned and immediately gave the most appropriate solution.

Zhang Qian could not refuse, so he nodded with a smile. Then he asked Niu Shizhuo to allocate some gold, silver and copper coins to himself to encourage the morale of his brothers after the war.

He did not deliberately take the other party, but by asking for food, supplies and money, he showed that Suoye Town could not be self-sufficient, so that all parties hidden in the Anxi Army would send the news back to the capital and amaze some people's hearts. Niu Shizhao was obviously an expert in this field. After guessing his intention, he did not expose it. He just accompanied him to act and snatch the benefits from his hands.

Two foxes, one old and one young, bargained, and soon they got what they wanted. Then, they looked at each other and smiled tacitly, and pulled the conversation back to the upcoming decisive battle.

In his prime, Niu Shizhao served as the Zhechong Commander in the Shuofang area and fought with the Turks many times. However, at that time, the Tang Dynasty was in constant civil strife and was basically on the defensive. However, because the Turks had just recovered, they did not have the courage to expand the war infinitely. Therefore, most of the battles between the two sides were local conflicts, which could not show each other's true strength, and could not provide much reference for the subsequent decisive battle.

Zhang Qian also fought with a Turkic side division last winter. However, because his opponent underestimated the enemy too much, and he did not hesitate to use an unprecedented secret weapon such as grenade, so the battle was without any suspense from the beginning. It also provided no reference for the next big battle.

As a result, a large archer and a marching chief gestured to the map for a long time, but found out that they were talking about war on paper. They had no choice but to make a decision and fight steadily in this battle. They mainly provided strong cooperation for the Shuofang Army and blocked the Turkic people's journey to the west, and refused to be greedy for merit. In order to avoid being embarrassed by the defeat because they were not familiar with the enemy and the geographical conditions.

Of course, this decision was not exciting. However, it also avoided any possibility of underestimating the enemy and capsizing the gutter. At the same time, Niu Shizhao and Zhang Qian also believed that the Anxi Army units need to be brought together to act together to prevent any unit from being attacked by the Turks and other units from being unable to rescue.

Two days later, Guo Hong, the commander of Shule, arrived with 5,000 troops. Another day later, Wei Bo, the commander of Yutian, also arrived in Yanbo Prefecture. The total number of troops from four routes was more than 25,000. Under the unified command of Niu Shizhao, the drill was carried out on the spot. It took ten days to practice the flag, communication, cooperation, communication, and the use of various new and old weapons from beginning to end.

As Niu Shizhao initially hoped, when he saw the huge power of the fire dragon car and gunpowder bullets with his own eyes, especially the huge deterrence to the war horses, both the Tang soldiers from Shule and the Tang soldiers from Yutian, all their morale soared. Wei Bo, the commander of the Yutian guard who had originally quietly planned to compete with Zhang Qian for the limelight, also decisively changed his mind and strangled all his little thoughts to death in the bud.

Seeing this, Niu Shizhao took the opportunity to announce that the troops and horses from each town were all based on the name of their garrison. Then, with the Suoye Camp as the vanguard, the Shule Camp and the Yutian Camp as the left and right wings, and the Kucha Camp as the central army, and the four groups of soldiers and horses lined up in a row to fight against the Turks. It was also agreed that the army would march thirty miles each in the afternoon, and each army would not be separated by more than ten miles. Any one of them was attacked by Turkic soldiers, regardless of whether they could handle it, the other three groups would have to move towards them with all their strength.

The generals expressed their promises, and then set off one after another, left Yanbo Prefecture, and rushed to the first destination of this trip, located at Xuanchi at the foot of Jinshan 700 miles northeast. (Note: Xuanchi, a large lake in the middle of the Erqina River. Jinshan, that is, Altai Mountain, is not the same as Jinshan on Jinshan Road.)

Around the Xuanchi Lake and on the north and south sides of the Jinshan Mountain, they were originally the settlements of the various tribes of Gelulu. The Khan of this tribe was enthroned by the Tang Dynasty for generations and was appointed as the governor of Hanhai. However, last spring, when Zhou Yiti led the Tang army to fight with Soge, the Khan of this tribe actually placed a Turkic army and horses through his territory and directly killed at the foot of Suoye City.

Afterwards, the Turkic Khan Mo Chuan thanked Chengzong for his favor and gave him ten chariots of gold, silver and fine gold, silver and fine materials obtained from the looting of Shaye Leaf. Chengzong also readily accepted it. The Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to question the Hanhai Governor's Office, but Chengzong said that he was sick at that time and was unable to stop the Turkic army, so he had to give in vain. Because the four towns in Anxi were not yet determined, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty had to pinch his nose and admit this statement.

Now, more than 25,000 Anxi Tang Army suddenly came straight to Xuanchi. When Geluo Khan Chengzong got the news, how could he sleep? He decisively ordered his capable generals to ride horses and blew the trumpets around, summoning all the shepherds of the north and south sides of the Jinshan Mountain to the bank of Xuanchi to "welcome" the king's army.

Knowing that although the number of people under his command was large, their combat effectiveness was far from that of the Tang army. If the Geluo tribe was severely damaged, the Jiegu tribe in the northeast and the Bashimi tribe in the east would definitely take the opportunity to rush forward and eat the Geluo tribe without even the bones left. Chengzong Khan did not want to just take the lead with the Tang army. While preparing for the war, he also sent out many foreign prime ministers under his command, driving 5,000 sheep and fifty cows to reward the Tang army, and solemnly stated that if the Tang army's goal was to wipe out the Turks, the Geluo tribe would be willing to bring its own weapons, war horses and food. (Note: The Geluo official system was influenced by the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, and there were three external prime ministers and internal prime ministers. There were also special officials such as Ye Hu, Shi, Abo, Dagan, and Meilu.)

According to his experience, the Tang Dynasty has always been tolerant to all divisions outside the border. As long as he put on a posture of waiting for the enemy and promised to send troops to fight against the Turks with the Tang army, the generals of the Tang Dynasty would definitely accept the support of the Geluo tribe again in order not to cause trouble, and might even support the Geluo tribe after destroying the Turks and replace them.

However, good dreams are always easy to wake up.

Seven days later, before the young and strong men under his command gathered in a neat manner near Xuanchi, the foreign minister was lazy and had already run back on a fast horse. Before he could jump off his mount, he shouted a warning on the saddle, "Kill, hurry up, lead the royal court to migrate. Tang army, Tang army wants to settle the accounts with you!"

"Calculate the accounts?" Chengzong kicked away Ke Dun (the concubine) who served him, rushed to the door of the tent in three steps, raised his hand and pulled Duolang off the horse's back, and asked loudly, "Didn't you tell him that we were forced to open a path for the Turks?"

"I said it, Niu Shizhao also listened!" Duolai was so angry that she was so slapped that she blushed. "But, the marching chief Zhang Qian refused, and refused. Khan spared his life, and I am loyal to you!"

"What does he refuse?" Seeing that Duolang's face turned black, Chengzong knocked the man to the ground and continued to ask sternly. "When will the marching chief be the master of the Great Protector?"

"He refused to let you go, let Grolu!" Duo lazily covered his neck, gasping and crying, "Niu Shizhao obeyed his words. He said, "You must either tie yourself up and apologize before the army, or let Mahua fight. If you want to be a fence again, you might as well dream!"

After saying that, without waiting for Chengzong to decide, he urged loudly: "Khan, let's go, hurry up. The legendary magic thunder is real, I saw it with my own eyes. With a wave of his hand, half of the hill was directly flattened by the thunder. No matter how many of the tribesmen we gather, it is not enough for him to use magic thunder to blow it up!"
Chapter completed!