Chapter 206: Promoted to Situ and become a minister

Since the Western Turkic Khan ruled Ye Hu's death, news spread to the Western Regions. The Western Turkic Khanate immediately broke out in civil strife, and Ashinabuzhen was supported as the Great Khan of the Eastern Turkic Khan. However, his sphere of influence was nominally bounded by the Yilihe River in the east, Kucha, Dushan, Qiemo, Tochar, Yanqi, Shi Kingdom, Shi Kingdom, He Kingdom, Mu Kingdom, Kang Kingdom, etc. were all governed by their jurisdiction.

If Ashinabu really didn't have much ambition when he was a little khan, but as he was promoted to be a great khan, his ambitions began to grow wildly like the grass after the rain.

In terms of bloodline, he was originally the brother of the Western Turks' successor Jue Khan, the fifth-generation grandson of the Shidianmi Khan, and Moheduoye Hu Ashi. However, Ashinabu Zhen was very unlucky. When he encountered the rise of the Tang Dynasty, he inevitably had an irreconcilable conflict with Chen Ying, the great protector of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.

Ashinabuzhen originally wanted to fight with Chen Ying to the death, but she never thought that before Ashinabuzhen gathered the troops, He Luo Shichu, the eastern part of Tuqi Shihai, led his troops to surrender to Chen Ying. This made Ashinabuzhen really angry. The tiger did not show his power, and I thought I was a sick cat? In fact, although the eastern part of Tuqi Shihai is a large tribe of tens of thousands of people, in Ashinabuzhen's eyes, even if the Tuqi Shiwuchu was added together, it was completely a sandbag of the Western Turks. He punched two punches when he was in a good mood and kicked two feet when he was in a bad mood.

However, the sandbag was actually changed into the house. My uncle could tolerate it, but my aunt couldn't.

Ashinabuzhen, who was frightened by Chen Ying's 100,000 Anxi Army, was completely vented his anger on the eastern part of the sea. He gathered the other four cavalry, claiming to be a 100,000 army, and rushed to Yilulu City (now the ancient city of Pilang, the eastern suburb of Kuche, Xinjiang).

The Turks were originally blacksmiths of the Rouran Khanate. Even the meaning of "Turk" was the helmet. The city of Yilulu was another important steel smelting base for the Western Turks after Alkin Mountain. In fact, as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ban Chao set up the Western Regions Protectorate here, garrisoned and opened canals, agriculture flourished, and economic development. Digging ditches and setting up beacon towers were the place where the Han soldiers settled and resilient to resist the Huns. Li Daoyuan recorded the grand occasion of smelting here in his "Shui Jing Notes": "There is a mountain two hundred miles north of Qucz (aka Kucha) and the fire lights at night, and the day is smoke. People take this mountain stone; smelting this mountain iron will always be used by the thirty-six countries."

Ashin Buzhen was not a fool. He rushed to the vital points of He Luoshi as soon as he made a move. Haidong supplied his troops with iron tools and weapons. He lost the eastern part of the sea. In the future, Ashin Buzhen could only rely on the wooden sticks in his hand to fight. In this Yiluo City, He Luoshi also left more than 10,000 soldiers to defend.

It's just a pity that Asunabuzhen led a 100,000 army to rush over. The more than 10,000 soldiers in the eastern part of the sea resisted for less than half an hour and were defeated by Asunabuzhen. If He Lushi had definitely surrendered before, he would have been unable to defeat him and had no moral integrity. But now it's different. He has a new master, that is Chen Ying.

He Lushi suffered a lot along the way. The grassland was always full of hostility. The vassal tribe of the Western Turks, who wanted to use his head to seek credit for A Shin Buzhen. The neutral tribe took a fancy to their population and livestock, and seized the opportunity and rushed forward to bite them. During the process of crossing the Halaza Desert, he lost many people. When he stumbled into Shule, he was already out of reach.

However, seeing the tens of thousands of people outside Shule City being harvested by the wheat, watching four-wheeled carriages transporting them to the gravel field, He Lushi made a judgment: "No direct dispatch of troops to resist Chen Ying is one of the few correct choices he made in his life!

There is not no agriculture in the Western Regions. For example, the original Gaochang Kingdom, Jinman, including Yiwu, Qingjue, Loulan, Cheshi, Kucha, Wensu, Shule, and all have agriculture, but the number is not large, far from enough for the people in the entire Western Regions to eat. For example, the fields outside Shule City are only about 60,000 to 70,000 mu. However, Chen Ying's army had already defeated the Western Turks, and even gave them the chance to set fire. They directly seized the fields outside the city overnight and took the harvested crops into existing ones.

A tall, Turkish man wearing a dirty rat-fur coat beside He Luoshi looked at the long dragon formed by a four-wheeled carriage full of golden wheat, licked his lips, his eyes glowing green, and said, "There is so much food... If the troops were sent to defeat Shule, these foods would be enough for our entire tribe to eat for two years!"

The big man's words were recognized by a group of soldiers of the Thunder Cavalry. He Luoshi shouted sternly: "Kasul, don't always think about grabbing and rush your mind! How powerful are the Gaochemen in the Shule Plain? The Tang army can defeat even the powerful Gaochemen. What is the difference between looting their territory and seeking death!"

Kasul said helplessly: "But what can we do if we don't rob us? We can't grow food and there are very few livestock. If the Tang people refuse to sell food to us, we will have to starve to death..."

He Lushi was even more annoyed and wanted to scold him, but he thought that he could not scold him now that the tribe's tragic situation was so tragic that he could not scold him. Finally, he sighed heavily and said, "That was the past. Remember, forget the identity of Tuqishi. From now on, we will be Tang people and Tang people. Even if we die, we will be Tang people."

In this era, the identity of the Tang people was much nobler than the green card of the later generations of Yingshang. Whether in the Central Plains or the Western Regions, the Tang people at least had no slaves, and even the aristocratic families, they were all employed.

Looking at the Tang soldiers who were nervously repairing Shule City, He Lushi was a little confused. The Tang army actually demolished the four city gates of Shule, and each city gate was opened with a large hole of more than fifty feet wide. On this gap, it began to set up camps.

He Lushi suddenly realized that Chen Ying was not afraid of the attack of the Western Turks, so he dared to do so.

In fact, He Lushi only guessed half of it.

As a commercial center on the Silk Road, Shule City is too small in scale. A city that can be filled with 30,000 or 50,000 people will definitely not meet Chen Ying's requirements. Chen Ying thought that Shule City would be the most timely county and prefecture city with 200,000 to 300,000 people.

Therefore, Chen Ying retained the walls of Shule City, and the four main roads in the inner city were built continuously. Before winter came, it could accommodate 200,000 soldiers of the Anxi Army. He had the seizure of 70,000 to 80,000 shi of grain in Shule City. Chen Ying could eat a lot of food with confidence.

The beginning of spring next year.

Just as Chen Ying was looking at the materials seized by Shule City with great enthusiasm, He Lushi ran to Chen Ying, hugged Chen Ying's thigh and howled and cried: "Dear General Chen, something is wrong. Ashi Buzhen, that dog thief led his troops to attack Yilulu City. His subordinates were incompetent and lost Yilu City!"

"Yilu City?" Chen Ying was stunned.

After a while, Chen Ying remembered that the so-called Yiluo City was a smelting city in the Kuche Oasis north of Kucha. It was said to be a city, but in fact it was not even a town in the Central Plains. At best, it was a slum of local rich people. It was built around it with less than one meter of earth walls. It was naturally enough to defend against wild beasts invasion in this way, but it was almost useless to act as a defensive city. Western Turkic cavalry could just ride on horseback, or even use a ladder, and could turn over directly.

Although he doesn't like the city of Yilulu, Chen Ying wouldn't think that there are too many steel resources in Yilululu. After all, it's money to mine steel.

When Chen Yingluo thought about it and immediately ordered: "Zhang Shigui, Luo Shixin!"

Before Chen Ying could issue an order, Su Dingfang spoke out: "General, why do you need to use a ox knife to kill a chicken? It's enough to deal with a mere Asina Buzhen!"

Zhang Shigui nodded in thought.

Luo Shixin said: "Anyway, I'm idle, so I'll go!"

Su Dingfang smiled and said, "General Luo is the mainstay of our Anxi Army, so you should not move lightly. Just go to the last general!"

Seeing Luo Shixin and Su Dingfang arguing, Chen Ying waved his hand and said, "Don't argue, Su Dingfang, you will lead the 30,000 Yue cavalry troops!"

Su Dingfang was overjoyed when he heard this.

Luo Shixin looked at Zhang Shigui with a calm face and said, "Why don't you want to go to Yilu City?"

"No need?" Zhang Shigui smiled faintly and said, "Ashinabu is really not a fool, otherwise he would not be able to become the general and support the Khan of the Eastern Region. Although he could use light cavalry to raid Yilu City, he would definitely leave with one blow. General Su ran to Yilu City, and Ashinabu was probably gone for a long time!"

Luo Shixin suddenly realized when he heard this.

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "This is not necessarily true. You must know that people's eyes are black, but gold is yellow. In a short period of time, Ashinabu will definitely not be able to move more than 8 million kilograms of steel, and he will not give up easily..."

When Luo Shixin heard this, he felt even more anxious.

Chen Ying said: "You don't have to worry. The Western Turks are divided, but once we defeat Ashinabuzhen, the other Turks will realize that no matter who it is, they will not be able to resist our Tang Dynasty alone, so they will reach an alliance in a short time, unanimously fight against the outside world, and some fights..."

...

In the Taiji Hall of Chang'an, Li Yuan sat upright on the imperial seat, and stood the civil and military ministers of the Tang Dynasty court standing on both sides. Li Yuan stood up and looked at the ministers and said lightly: "Duke Liang, the son-in-law Duke, and the general of the State of Zhen, Chen Ying, has been well-organized since he took charge of the Western Regions. Since taking office, he has been conscientious and diligent, comforted the local area, conquered and quelled the rebellion, and organized soldiers to reclaim fields, supplies, food and fodder, and self-sufficient, so that the soldiers on the front line of the Western Regions can be worry-free. The expansion of the Western Regions for three thousand miles is an indispensable contribution. In order to commend the achievements of Liang, I decided to appoint Liang as the Situ..."

The court suddenly felt an uproar.

Some of the ministers are envious, some are jealous, and some are gloating.
Chapter completed!