Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1577 Revenge
Bahuan City can hardly be called a city anymore.

Half of the area was severely damaged, and no one cleaned it up, so it was just put aside and left to be exposed to the wind and sun, and continued to collapse.Today, it is covered with weeds, and snakes, insects, foxes and squirrels infeste it, and it is very desolate to look at.

The Yangmo people designated a small area on the east side of the old city and built a wall to enclose it as a small residential area with more than a hundred families living in it, which became today's Bahuan City.

The level of civilization is a bit low!

To a certain extent, Satuk still has meritorious service.Historically, it was under his advocacy that the people of the Karahan Dynasty began to move from nomadic to settled, and the proportion of farming increased day by day, eventually becoming a relatively powerful country.

Otherwise, they would not have the strength to destroy Saman Persia, who was able to squeeze them wantonly.

The small town of Bahuan has no defense capabilities.

Basically, Xia Bing broke through as soon as he charged, and most of them became prisoners, and then they were liquidated one by one.

Many people fled in haste.

After hearing the news, Yang Liang, who had just entered the city, glanced at Su Nong, who was soaked in blood, and said, "Don't say you won't benefit, you go and catch these fugitives, and it will be yours if you catch them."

"Thank you for the attack." Su Nong said with a smile.

He was in the same mood as Pu Saigan, many people died, and he didn't know how to explain after returning.It's better to get some slaves now than to return empty-handed, let's try to fool around.

"But you have to feed yourself. I won't allocate food here." Yang Liang added with a half-smile.

"What?" Su Nong was dumbfounded.

"All grain depots must be sealed up, waiting for the saint to come and dispose of them." Yang Liang said with a straight face.

"This..." Su Nong wanted to say something, but when he thought of the big battle just now, he shuddered and closed his mouth.

"Those wounded and dead horses—" Yang Liang pointed to the battlefield, and said, "You can dispose of them, but hand in the hide and half of the horse meat. If you dare to hide it privately, you know the consequences."

"Yes, yes, I will never keep it private." Su Nong was a little surprised.

After three days, there were many dead and wounded horses on the battlefield.They had already disposed of themselves two days ago, and they were still left on the battlefield today, before they could be slaughtered.

Seriously, that's a pretty big deal.

In a large-scale cavalry battle, it is common for thousands of horses to be killed or injured-wounded horses will not be treated, and generally they are slaughtered.

Horses also wear out during long marches.

Su Nong estimated that there were at least 1000 dead and wounded horses left on the battlefield today.These are not those dwarf northern prairie horses, but authentic Western Region horses, which can yield more than 40 catties of meat. Even if you donate half, you can still keep 20 and make a profit.

Yang Liang patted Su Nong on the shoulder and laughed.

Most of the dead and injured horses were Turkic and tortured people. You must be very happy to eat your own horses, right?

There were repeated screams not far away.

The two looked around, only to see that the soldiers escorted a group of captives into the wild grass, and beheaded them all with their knives in hand.

Yang Liang was a little puzzled.

"Yang Shuai, those are believers of the Creator, and keeping them is a disaster, so we simply kill them." Su Nong explained beside him.

It was the Atami Turks who did the work, and they also took the initiative to do this. Gaochang Mujia Mizhida sent a Fu Duodan to supervise.

"Don't hang out with those monks all day long, it's not good for you." Seeing that Su Nong is more well-behaved, Yang Liang reminded him: "You are also the governor of Atami Prefecture after all, and the imperial court official. There are many."

Su Nong seemed to have realized something, but he was a little puzzled.

Yang Liang didn't bother to pay attention to him, and under the guard of his own soldiers, he left the small town again to inspect the surrounding area.

"Sages should like this place." After all, he also spent a winter stationed in Kucha and worried about the increasingly empty grain depots. Yang Liang already had a deep understanding of agriculture and animal husbandry.

In his opinion, the agricultural conditions in Bahuan City and the entire Balujia are actually acceptable.

There are traces of reclamation left by the Tang people everywhere, and some irrigation canals are even paved with bricks at the bottom, which can be described as a luxury.Although it is covered with weeds and mud, but if it is cleaned up, it can still restore its original function. After all, the conditions here have not changed much in more than a hundred years.

There are also many vineyards, one after another, and they are even better managed than farmland.

He strolled into a vineyard, and there was a house in the garden, which was empty and deserted, apparently running away.

"Historical Records" once recorded Dawan like this: "The grapes are used as wine around Wan, and the rich have more than ten thousand stones of wine, and the long-term ones are undefeated for decades."

The barbarians of the Western Regions really love to grow grapes and make wine!

"The sage once said that the Western Regions can be bounded by the Tianshan Mountains. In the early Tang Dynasty, prefectures, counties and townships were set up to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and they were strictly controlled. However, the south of the Tianshan Mountains is dominated by recruiting and confinement, and there are four towns in Anxi." Yang Liang picked up a After looking at the tall glass cup for a while, he suddenly asked the military judge who came with him: "Why?"

"There are many small countries on the border of Anxi, and there are Tubo and Dashi coveting. If we set up prefectures, counties and townships, these small countries may defect to foreign enemies, so we mainly focus on appeasement and restraint." The judge replied.

"Looking at it now, can Anxi set up prefectures and counties?" Yang Liang asked again.

"Maybe you can try it."

"If Gu Mo Zhizhou, would you like to move here?"

The judge's face was ashen.

Yang Liang laughed loudly and left the house.

In this battle, the tribal armies such as Yangmo and Uyghur beheaded more than [-] ranks, captured more than [-] cattle, sheep, horses and camels, and more than [-] grains and beans. It can be called a great victory.

He has sent envoys to report to the saint, requesting to continue going south.

This battle is far from over.

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On both sides of the Chihe River, smoke and dust filled the sky, and the army could not see the end at a glance, marching northward day and night.

The tribal soldiers were carrying swords and guns, leading horses, talking and laughing, and seemed not to worry about the coming war at all.

Aslan Khan (Satuk) has already said that the Turks in Athai have overreached and invaded the borders of the Great Uyghur Kingdom, and now they will be wiped out, and then they will be killed in Athai, and they will offer their goods, cattle, sheep and women Apologize.

Turks really can't fight, everyone knows.Aslan Khan is also a man of great wisdom, so he is naturally right to say so.

The jihadists formed a separate team, not counting the Ghulam army, there were thousands of them.

More than half of them are newly added, because they can be divided into fields, cattle, sheep and women.

Those are good vineyards and well-irrigated wheat fields.

The cattle and sheep are also fat and strong. Compared with their own skinny livestock, they are not at the same level.

Women are even more terrible. The wives and daughters of wealthy families make many jihadists who have never seen a woman in their lives drool.

With all these benefits, why not join?I'm sick so I won't join!
Satuke handed it over to Ilug, a son of the royal family who was born in the Luoge family, to lead him.

Iluge is thirty years old and comes from a noble family.Playing small and playing big with Satuk, the relationship is deep.

A few years after Satuk got acquainted with Samani, he introduced Iruge, and both of them became believers in the Creator.

Unlike Satuk, who is a semi-public believer who is suspected by many people, Iluge is a secret believer. If he doesn't say anything, almost no one knows, including his father who has fled with the camel king.

Satuk originally planned to arrange for Irug to get close to Ogurchak to carry out the assassination on the day of the incident, but he never found the opportunity.

After Ogurchak escaped, Satuk disclosed his identity to everyone, appointed Iruge as the governor of Baluga, and led an army of five thousand believers to the north, turning the local area into a pasture for the Creator.

It should be said that the appearance of this army is still good.

Most of them were warriors in the first place.The weapons and equipment in Karasa City have also been supplemented first, coupled with the high morale, there is a taste of a strong army, at least much stronger than those loose tribal soldiers.

In addition to the tribal army and the believer army, the famous Gulam army is naturally indispensable.

During the Karasa mutiny, they made great contributions.

After success, many people were rewarded with wealth and beauties, and served as local and military officials.

If there is any army in Karasa city that Satuk can trust, it must be the Gulam army.This is the tip of his heart, and also his trump card to suppress the tribes.

They were passing by the side of the road at this time.

The number of people has expanded slightly, and has reached 500 people.The extra people were assembled by Satuk after recruiting warriors from various tribes and converting them to the Creator.

Five hundred heavy cavalry and two thousand heavy infantry lined up neatly. After seeing Satuk, they all shouted: "Great Aslan Khan!"

Satuk rode on the horse and greeted with a smile.

The carriage and the camel team followed closely behind, loaded with the armor and equipment of the Gulam army infantry.

Unlike the Gaochang Uyghur armor full of Tang style, the Gulam army is full of Turkic and even Persian-style equipment.

The pointed neck helmet, chain mail, chain shirt, heavy armor, etc. are very different from the Central Plains style.Some helmets even have curved horns on both sides, which is rarely seen in the Central Plains. The Tubo people have equipped a batch, but not many.

In addition to armor, there are round shields, axes, hammers, spears, scimitars, daggers, step bows and other equipment, which are not different from the rifles, epees, long axes and horizontal knives commonly used by warriors in the Central Plains. Small.

Different regions breed different cultures and produce different traditions, which is normal.

The sound of horseshoes sounded in the distance, and after a while, several messengers arrived in a hurry.

After getting off his horse, he knelt down by the side of the road and reported loudly: "Dear Aslan Khan, Bashtu asked me to tell you that the city of Bahuan no longer exists."

Satuk's face turned serious, and he looked at Irug who accompanied the messenger.

Yiluge nodded, and said: "Yangmoren and the Turks fought bloody for three days. When they were exhausted, Xia Bing suddenly came and the whole army collapsed. There were corpses on both sides of the Sihun River, and the vultures were circling and flying, and they never left for a long time. .”

Sutuk remained silent for a long time.

The cronies gathered around, staring at him, waiting for the next order.

"Speed ​​up and move on! I will personally avenge the revenge of Bahuan City." Satuk swung his horse's head and said firmly.

(End of this chapter)