Chapter 87: The first battle of the Western Expedition, Blood-stained Red Sand Mountain

The rise of a nation is destined to trample on the bones of other nations. The history books of the Chinese ethnic group record the shame and bloody debts of barbarian invasion. This is a typical bully of people without education.

If nomadic peoples such as Dapeng, Guifang, Donghu, Linhu, Loufan, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Turks also have their own writings and the habit of keeping black accounts, you will find that the history of the rise of the Chinese people is the blood and tears of these nomadic peoples.

So, even if Chen Ying only released a little kindness, they couldn't wait to come over.

It’s not that they are cheap, they are really afraid of being beaten, and they are afraid of living a hard life!

In the eyes of these Turkish men who yearn for a prosperous life, the Tang Dynasty was a paradise and a fairyland on earth.

In fact, the people of Anxi are also very hard-working. On average, they can plant more than 700 acres of land per person. Even if they use the latest four-horse and four-share plows, they can cultivate 60 acres of land every day. In addition to sowing and fertilizing, the entire farming period is as long as more than a month.

As for harvesting, it is easier to save trouble. The human-powered wheat scoop can cut eight acres of land a day, but a simple harvester with animal power can harvest fifty acres a day with one person and two horses. This kind of animal power harvester works like a carriage with a knife in front of it. The cut wheat is directly pulled aside with a slide rod.

Although it is still very hard, the people of Anxi are happy. Their annual income is nearly a thousand stones of grain. Except for more than 30 stones of tax, they are all at their own discretion. Just based on the consumption of grain, they only need to work for one year and they can’t finish their food within ten years.

What's more, the people of Anxi also grow cash crops, such as rapeseed, cotton, and various fruits.

Live in a warm and spacious house. Every day, you eat steamed buns if you want to eat rice. In the eyes of the Turks, the people of Anxi enjoy the god-like days every day.

After seeing the Anxi Army's treasury, Asunagushe completely lost his temper. Asunagushe, Geshunur and others knelt in front of Chen Ying and said respectfully: "We are willing to be the general as the main force, ask the general to fight and create a prosperous paradise!"

Ma Zhou and Chen Ying looked at each other and both smiled bitterly.

The intestines of these Turkic people are really straighter than arrows. They say whatever they think, without any obstacles! Fortunately, there is no suspicion from the court here, otherwise Chen Ying would have been unable to take advantage of what they said just now!

Su Dingfang asked in a low voice: "General, what should I do?"

As he said that, Su Dingfang reached out to silence his mouth. Some things were tacitly understood and could be done, but they could never be said, otherwise where would the Tang Dynasty court be placed?

Chen Ying shook his head, helped Ashinagushe and others up, and said in a gentle voice: "Everyone is a top-notch man on the prairie. Don't kneel down to others at any time. I don't like this... In addition, I also want to emphasize that the great world is the king's land; the boundaries of the earth are the king's ministers! Don't say anything stupid about being the chief of me in the future. I am a minister of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to be loyal, you can only be loyal to the Tang Dynasty."

Asunagus shook his head and said, "Our men on the grassland are the most heroes. We don't know who the Tang Dynasty is. We only obey the general!"

Geshunur shouted: "We cannot believe in the Tang Dynasty. Our Geshu tribes are 40,000 young and strong. From now on, we are willing to serve as the general."

Someone immediately responded: "Yes, the officials of the Tang Dynasty are not trustworthy. There are many selfish idiots among them who treat us as fools. We can't trust them, but we only believe in the general..."

To put it bluntly, the Turks believed in the laws of the jungle. Anxi was too far from Chang'an, and Chen Ying was close to him. From Lingzhou, to Hedong, and finally to Anxi now, the Turks did not take advantage of Chen Ying's hands at all.

In history, Xue Rengui attacked Tianshan with three arrows, killing Xue Yantuo and Tiel's tribes. When they heard that Xue Rengui was dead, they dared to rebel. However, when Xue Rengui appeared in front of the two armies, they surrendered without fighting.

Now, Chen Ying's reputation is no less than Xue Rengui in history. At least from Shibi Khan, Chuluo Khan, Jie Li Khan, and the Western Turkic Khan, Ye Hu Khan. After careful calculation, there were as many as five Khans who were trapped in Chen Ying's hands, and more than 300,000 Turks died in Chen Ying's hands.

The Turks only believe what they see and hear, and only believe in the strong. Those great principles are empty to them.

After understanding this level, Chen Ying was a little helpless.

The grudges and doubts accumulated by more than a dozen generations cannot be resolved overnight, and they can only be slowly pursued.

Chen Ying said loudly: "Okay, I accept your allegiance. We form an alliance. The two tribes work together to take over the entire Mesopotamian area. The Han people farm and the Turks grazed. The Han people will never invade the Turkic pastures. The Turks will not get the Han people's farmland to graz. They will not provoke the laws of the Tang Dynasty privately. The border markets will be fair and will never be closed!"

The Turks cheered: "Border markets are fair and will never be closed!"

They had never learned economics, but they also knew that their living standards were very good when the border city was opened. After the border city was closed, the quality of life plummeted. There were cattle and sheep all over the mountains, but they couldn't even change the iron pot. They couldn't live that day. Do you still remember the days when they were worn in tatters and drove cattle and sheep to the border walls with the cold wind, shouting loudly to beg the Han people in the border to exchange for daily necessities with them? Those days are really scared of thinking about it.

Now, Chen Ying announced that the border city will never be closed, and their good days are not far away.

Although Yibidulu Khan was only one of the four Khans who proclaimed the Great Khan of the Western Turks, Chen Ying did not care about these things and wrote a letter to Chang'an: "In February of the third year of Kaiyuan, the Great Khan of the Western Turks, Yibidulu Khan of the Western Turks surrendered and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty!"

This news was conveyed to Chang'an by Chen Ying in a fast ride of 800 miles.

However, it will take at least three months for Li Jiancheng to get this news.

The delay and lag of the message are facts that Chen Ying can't change.

Spring in Anxi came later than that in the Central Plains. Even though it was already at the end of the third month of the lunar calendar in the third year of Kaiyuan, tender buds began to sprout on the grassland.

However, before these young buds could grow up and thriv, they were trampled into mud by countless horse hooves. With the orders of Chen Ying from the Anxi Grand Marshal Chen Ying, Beiting, Kucha and Shule received the orders from Chen Ying in the three towns.

The entire Anxi Army quickly advanced into the Western Regions. The main body troops had a total of 45 Zhechong Prefectures, with a total of more than 67,500 troops advancing slowly. The sixteen Zhechong Prefectures, hook, sickle, lances and eight Yue Cavalrymen under the jurisdiction of the Killing Cavalry Army, a total of more than 36,000 cavalrymen began to sweep Anxi.

In early April, the iron hooves of the Anxi cavalry of the Tang Dynasty broke through the tranquility of the Pamir Mountains. Although more than 36,000 cavalry were not large in terms of number, looking at the entire Anxi, not to mention anything else, there were at least 200,000 cavalrymen in each unit that could be taken advantage of.

However, all the cavalry of Anxi of the Tang Dynasty were elite.

Chen Ying's first battle in the western expedition was the first to start in the Doros River (now the upper reaches of the Ertzis River in Xinjiang). Geshunur, who was determined to give Chen Ying's minions, brought his tribesmen to the Su Dingfang headquarters in Kucha City, exchanged for the high-carbon steel armor and sabres of five or six thousand cavalrymen. Geshunur, who had exchanged guns for cannons, led five or six thousand well-equipped Geshu cavalry, hid in the day and went out at night, and attacked the Asina Helu army.

Asina Helu was the fifth generation grandson of Mikhan in the Western Turkic quarter, and was the son of Yebulishi Shekui Teqin Jieyue. After Asina Buzhen joined the Tang Dynasty, Yibidulu Khan asked Asina Helu to replace Asina Buzhen as Yehu Khan.

However, Asuna Helu is a typical ungrateful wolf. Yipidulu Khan supported him as Ye Hu Khan, second only to the Great Khan, which was also considered to be a kind of kindness to him.

However, after Asina Helu was firmly accused of Yehu Khan, he also wanted to be the Great Khan and fought fiercely with Yibidulu Khan. However, Asina Helu was quite capable.

He played at home in Doroschon, defeating Yipidulu Khan with fewer defeats.

Now, there is a high voice for Asunahalu to replace Epidulu Khan.

Suddenly, when he received a five or six thousand troops leading to attack him, Ashinahelu said with surprise: "Is it strange that Gesnahe is crazy? Why is even Ashinahe going crazy? He lost half of his 100,000 troops, and he actually dared to bring five or six thousand troops to provoke him and leave them for Ben Khan!"

As Geshunur burned, killed and looted the tribes under Asuna Helu, the good times were not only good. Asuna Helu led more than 15,000 cavalry to cross the Duros River and rushed towards Chisha Mountain.

Chisha Mountain is a mountainous area of ​​200 miles long, surrounded by mountains and is surrounded by strange rocks. It consists of red, yellow, green and white colors. The northern mountain is reddish-brown, and under the sunlight, it is shrouded in smoke, like a burning flame.

There are also mountains with unique shapes and beautiful shapes. For thousands of years, under the craftsmanship of nature, some are like the "stone forest" in Guilin; some are like the "Potala Palace" in Tibet; some are like skyscrapers; stone houses where primitive humans live. In ancient times, the famous ancient cocoa sand and iron smelting, and the copper smelting site is here. This is not only a magnificent mountain range, but also a copper and iron mine with huge reserves. It can be called a natural treasure house.

As early as the second year of Shenjue in the Western Han Dynasty (60 AD), Kucha surrendered to the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty established military service in Beishan and stationed troops.

Unfortunately, today is different from the past. The Tang Dynasty has not really arrived here yet.

When Geshunur saw Ashinahelu leading his troops, he was immediately overjoyed.

"The warriors of the Great Turks, kill all the traitors!"

"Kill them and use their heads to exchange for white registration!"

Although the two sides are of the same race, they have started a bloody fight for different interests.

The battle started from noon until the hour of You and both sides were exhausted and took the initiative to stop the battle.

However, the moment I saw the battle report.
Chapter completed!