Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 389 Chapter 400: I have the final say on how big the territory of the Tang Dynasty is!

Starting from Tingzhou, heading north all the way, with some siege equipment, the journey was relatively slow. On the third day, he entered the Gobi Land, not far from Khan Futu City. When passing a low gravel hill, Li Hao Suddenly raised his hand and shouted: "The whole army stops."

Li Hao gave an order, and the army stopped slowly. Li Hao got off his horse and walked up the gravel hill. He saw a big crack five feet long and three inches wide on the stone hill, and black liquid overflowed from the gap.

Li Hao squatted down, dipped his finger in some black liquid, put it up to his nose and sniffed it, then grinned and said happily, "Good baby, let me find you."

He walked around the hills for a long time, then turned back to the army, and said loudly: "This is the commander's military order, the army stops and camps where it is!"

"Ah?" Fei Ying was stunned when he heard the words, and said, "Master Hou, there is still more than an hour before dark, why don't you continue on your way?"

Li Hao smiled lightly and waved his hands: "No, camp and rest at the same place, everyone will start to work tomorrow." He looked at the hills while speaking, his eyes were full of brilliance.

Xue Rengui led and Su Dingfang each led [-] troops to attack Kucha and Agni. These two are small countries. The reason why they dared to send troops to attack Datang was because Tubo and Western Turks sent heavy troops to attack Datang. It feels like they can take down a large area of ​​the Tang Dynasty and occupy half of the Longyou Road. From then on, the Western Regions will return to the Western Turks, so the Tang Dynasty will be far away from Agni and Kucha. It is precisely with this idea that they have the courage They came to fish in troubled waters and wanted to make some money by the way, but unfortunately, Li Hao's outstanding military talent shattered their dreams. Now Agni and King Kucha are full of regrets, but there is no medicine for regret in the world, Aqi The envoys of Ni and Qiuci came to surrender to the Tang army, but they were all reprimanded by Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui and went back. The two small countries could only summon the soldiers of the whole country to bite the bullet and prepare for the battle.

The royal cities of Agni and Kucha Kingdom are quite solid, but unfortunately their country's combat power is too weak, far inferior to that of Gaochang back then. No matter how strong the city is, if the defenders are a bunch of trash, then everything is empty talk, Xue Rengui It took seven days to lead the troops to Kucha, and it took only two days to capture the King City of Kucha. The King of Kucha knelt in the palace and accepted the surrender.

It took Su Dingfang six days to reach Agni and three days to capture the city of Agni. King Agni wanted to escape, but was captured alive by Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui attacked soft persimmons, and basically won a complete victory without wasting any effort. Next, they each left [-] troops to guard Agni and Kucha, and then led their troops back to Tingzhou.

When Su Dingfang captured Agni, Li Hao had already arrived at the city of Khan Futu. It's the enemy army, stand ready.

Li Hao was not in a hurry to attack the city, but instead sent troops to encircle San Que Yi and set up camp four miles outside Khan Futu City. He let the soldiers eat and rest in broad daylight because he was preparing for a night battle.

In the evening, when the horn sounded in the Tang army camp, more than 30 small catapults were pushed out, and they stopped more than one mile away from Khan Futu City. Then, countless wooden barrels were transported to the catapults. The top of each wooden barrel has a mouth the size of a wine glass. Originally, these mouths were used for pouring wine, usually with corks, but now there are no corks on these mouths, but cloth towels.

Looking at the torches in the Tang army below, they seemed to be mobilizing troops frequently, and they could vaguely see the catapults being dispatched, and the western Turkic troops in the city rushed to the top of the city, ready to fight, but after waiting for a long time, the Tang army did not attack.

"Master Hou, everything is ready!" Feiying reported to Li Hao.

Li Hao nodded and said, "Turn on the catapult, put these wooden barrels into the net bag, light the cloth and throw it out."

"Yes!" Feiying immediately took the command flag and sent the order.

Thirty catapults started slowly, and there were wooden barrels in the wire mesh pockets, and then the soldiers used torches to light the cloth weights plugged in the mouth of the wooden barrels.

The sound of the hammer hitting the spring was heard, and then countless flames drew long arcs in the sky, crossed the city, flew over the heads of the Western Turkic troops, and fell into the city. At first glance, it feels so beautiful, like a shooting star.

Li Hao also felt that this scene looked like shooting stars all over the sky, but he knew that these "shooting stars" were beautiful but deadly, and he wanted to take this Khan Futu City by a very cruel method.

"Boom! Boom..." Suddenly there was an explosion in the city, and then I saw the light of flames igniting from the city. The Turkic army in the west of the city was stunned. What exactly did Tang Jun throw?Because they can see clearly from the top of the city, if those things fall into the city, don't explode, and there will be a big fire everywhere.

Seeing the flames shooting up into the sky in the city, Li Hao sighed quietly: "Petroleum...is really a treasure."

That's right, what is contained in these wooden barrels is oil. What Li Hao found on the gravel hills is exactly oil, and it is an oil mine floating on the surface of the earth's crust. For large oil mines with tens of thousands of tons or even hundreds of thousands of tons of oil, the amount of oil Li Hao needs is only a few tons.

After more than 100 wooden barrels filled with stones were thrown into the city, the entire Khan Futu City was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames, and the city was full of screams and wailing sounds. Some people couldn't take it anymore, so they let down the rope from the top of the city, and some people jumped directly on the city wall and outside the city in a hurry. It's better to fall to death than to be burned to death, but there are ten thousand Tang troops around the city, so These people, without exception, all became captives.

Li Hao fought a super victorious battle with technology beyond this era. In one night, he did not spend a single soldier. While talking and laughing, the city was wiped out. At dawn, the fire in the city was still burning, and there were scorching heat for miles around feeling.

Tens of thousands of Western Turkic troops were captured, and other enemy troops had been reduced to ashes in the city. At this moment, the [-] Western Turkic captives were gathered five miles south of the city, staring blankly at Khan Futu City, which was still in flames. Their hearts were full of fear, and they still don't understand what Tang Jun threw at their city. The fire that filled the sky, like a beast from hell, swallowed a city at once.

Next, Li Hao began to enclose the land and expand the land, leading his troops all the way west. Once he encountered the nomadic tribes of the Western Turks, they would all be defeated and then captured. As long as his horse stepped over, it would be the territory of the Tang Dynasty from then on.

Traveling westward all the way, he encountered many nomadic tribes, and Li Hao gained a lot, gaining countless cattle and sheep, and the number of captives increased sharply to nearly 2.

Finally, on the seventh day, Li Hao's army stopped, because the Tianshan Mountains were in front of him. Li Hao knew that behind the Tianshan Mountains was Gersa. Don't scare them. Looking at the stretching Tianshan Mountains, Li Hao said quietly: "It's almost there. Counting the Khan Futu City, it has almost a thousand miles of territory. Come! Build a boundary marker!"

As soon as the order was given, many soldiers came forward carrying a large stone tablet as tall as a person, and then dug the soil and erected the tablet. The inscription on the tablet was made by Li Hao, and the craftsmen in the army carved it on his behalf. The border monument, to the east of this boundary, is all Tang soil. You and other foreign countries should not be offended lightly. If you look up to the civilization of China, you can come to the dynasty with a devout heart. If you dare to map an inch of land in the Tang Dynasty, your family will be destroyed. Anyone who offends the majesty of the Tang Dynasty , Although it is far away, it will be punished! In the 17th year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shikuang erected a monument here to alert all nations."

The boundary monument was erected, and the soldiers looked at the extremely solemn stone monument and the extremely arrogant inscription on it, adding a bit of pride and awe.

Li Hao stood in front of the boundary monument with his hands behind his back, staring at the inscription on the monument, and remained silent for a long time.

Ma Zhou came up slowly from behind and was standing beside Li Hao. After looking at the inscription for a long time, he sighed with a smile: "In ancient times, Dou Xianbei attacked the Xiongnu and killed the stone Yanran. Now there is Li Shikuang who erected a monument on Tianshan Mountain, which shocked all nations. Poet mad, you have no regrets in this life."

The corners of Li Hao's mouth were raised, and he smiled calmly, looked at the vast land around him, and said proudly: "From now on, I, Li Hao, will have the final say on how big the territory of the Tang Dynasty will be!"

Ma Zhou was shocked when he heard the words. Li Hao's words were crazy, too crazy, but Ma Zhou didn't think Li Hao was arrogant, because he knew that Li Hao had the qualifications to say these words. People are full of enthusiasm, and Ma Zhou even regrets why he didn't learn martial arts well when he was young, so that he can expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty like Li Hao, make great achievements in the world, and it is not in vain to come to this world. As it should be.

　You said you want blood, I will give you blood, where are the tickets?
　　
　
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