Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1005
As for the Xizhou Uighurs who occupied Shazhou, there was no change at the beginning.But at that time, according to the latest news and analysis from the Western Region Branch of the Ministry of Security, the reason why the Uyghur tribes in Ganzhou acted recklessly and turned into horse thieves was probably supported and instigated by the Uyghur Kingdom of Xizhou.

However, even if you know it in the early stage, it is useless for the time being. When Xiangfu Kingdom was fighting Tubo in the early stage, no matter what, you could not easily send troops to Ganzhou Uighur Kingdom with 20 cavalry.Therefore, during this period of time, while Huang Dongqiu was vigilant against the Ganzhou Uighur Kingdom, his biggest task was to suppress the horse thieves.Moreover, in the eyes of Huang Dongqiu and his battalion and brigade commanders, this matter is more troublesome than the previous capture of most of the Hexi Corridor. The reason for this trouble is that the horse thieves first have horses and are very mobile, while most of the cavalry Taken away by Yang Jiye, the number of cavalry left to Huang Dongqiu was less than [-], not even as many as the horse thieves.In addition, these horse thieves are far more familiar with the terrain than officers and soldiers.As a result, these horse thieves made Duanmu Zhongren and Huang Dongqiu a little anxious.This situation did not gradually improve until Yang Jiye, who was aware of the matter, sent Shi Lang, who was originally a horse thief and the best horse thief, back on the way.

Because Stone Wolf made the first contribution in the ambush in the Wusu Grand Canyon, the commander of the Second Battalion of the First Cavalry Brigade of the White Wolf Army died in battle. At that time, Stone Wolf was directly promoted to two levels and became the Second Battalion of the First Cavalry Brigade of the White Wolf Army. Battalion Commander, Jun Xun was also promoted from Shaodu School to Zhongdu School.

At that time, Huang Dongqiu directly gave Stone Wolf [-] fine riders to take charge of this matter. Stone Wolf really enjoyed himself. First, he found someone to dress up as a large caravan, and attracted a group of horse thieves with a population of [-]. Then wiped out half of them. After taking half of the prisoners, they learned the location of the other three horse thieves' lairs from the leader of this group of horse thieves, and rushed away, destroying the lairs of the three horse thieves.During this process, he listened to the suggestion of Kou Minglu, the envoy of the Western Regions Branch of the Ministry of Security, controlled one of the leaders of the horse thieves with poison, and then acted out a scene for him to lead hundreds of horse thieves away.Since then, the leader of the horse thief has become the biggest "infernal way" among all the horse thieves of Stone Wolf, and defected to other horse thief forces everywhere, and the horse thief force he defected to was wiped out by Stone Wolf, and so on, after more than two months , Stone Wolf actually wiped out nearly half of the bandits in the Hexi Corridor.Most of the remaining half of the horse thieves were originally from the Ganzhou Uighur Khanate, and they had nowhere to go. They left the Hexi Corridor occupied by the Xiangfu Kingdom one after another, and defected to the Lion King of the Xizhou Uighur Kingdom.

In addition, as early as more than two months ago, after Huang Dongqiu and Duanmu Zhongren urgently reported to the court and Ye Chen for instructions, some instructors and pickets were transferred from the Xiajing teaching team, and a teaching team was established in Suzhou, and began to batch in batches. The Long Family Army and the Guiyi Army have been training for nearly three months.This also includes [-] horse thieves who were captured by stone wolves.

It is also because of the above merits, plus the previous military exploits during the Western Expedition, that Shi Lang was directly promoted by Ye Chen from the Battalion Commander of the Zhongdu School to the Brigadier Commander of the Dadu School.

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In the Gobi desert, the saying that water is the source of life is true.If someone can control the water source, it is tantamount to controlling the entire Western Region.

In fact, this is impossible. There are more than 600 rivers in the Western Regions. It is these rivers that have nurtured the people on this land. However, since ancient times, there has never been any person, or force, nation, or country. Can control all rivers in the Western Regions.

However, Xiangfu Kingdom's ultimate strategic goals for the Western Regions include controlling the food in the Western Regions, controlling the materials in the Western Regions, controlling the price of material exchange in the Western Regions, and finally controlling the water sources in the Western Regions.

Facts have proved that the Uyghurs are more wild and unruly than the Tubo people. This time Kurban led [-] Uyghurs to surrender to rebel.

The Uyghurs have been nomadic and businessmen throughout their lives, and the only thing that can make them awe is the vast sky they see every day, and at night, the moon that changes in sequence and the complicated and invisible star map.This experience is very similar to the big cannibal.

In ancient times, the superstition and worship of the sun, moon, and stars was a phenomenon that existed in many nations in the world.In the desert, the worship of the moon is even more prominent.After Allah revealed the Koran to the saint Muhammad, Islam first spread in the Arabian region.

It is hot and dry there, and the production and life of the nomadic people are mostly carried out at night, so the Arabian calendar regards the sun setting to the sun rising as a day, and the new moon birth as the beginning of the first day of each month.

Ramadan in Christianity is a month from fasting on the first day when you see the new moon to breaking your fast when you see the new moon again.

The moon is mentioned many times in the "Koran", and some chapters are called "the moon". In Muhammad's view, the new moon represents a new force. Complete meritorious deeds and brighten the world.

The moon is fickle, so naturally this moon-worshiping religion is also fickle...

Fortunately, Ye Chen has more than one way to control the Western Regions!Compared with the fickle human nature, Ye Chen is more willing to believe in things that can be truly controlled.The rebellion of the Uyghurs this time, the smooth progress of Hehuang Tubo's migration and the reform of the land, made Ye Chen convinced of this point, and will inevitably gradually focus on how to completely rule the Uyghurs in the next step. Expand.

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Swamp, these two words are not a good place to go, let alone a beautiful place suitable for human survival.In order to avoid danger, it really didn't matter to hide in the swamp for a short time. Even if there were losses, the people of the Tagban Uighur tribe were unwilling to face the murderous army led by Huang Dongqiu himself.

If they stay in the swamp for a long time, even if the Uighurs know the way in the swamp, the cattle and sheep in their hands will not be able to last for a long time.

Vertical and horizontal for hundreds of miles, the vast, endless swamps, crisscrossed with grass and river ditches, silty black stagnant water exudes a stench, some even emit methane gas, the surface made of rotten grass is very soft and muddy, in the lush greenery Under the green grass, there is a big quagmire full of traps. If pedestrians are not careful, they will fall into disaster.

And it's not just these that are the most unacceptable.Most of the water in the swamp is black sewage, whether humans or animals will get sick immediately after drinking it, and there is no cure.The scariest thing is the thatch in the swamp. Most of them have hard burrs. Once they scratch the people and animals walking in the sewage, the skin will fester, and the same is true for humans and animals!

Kou Minglu, the division commander of the Ministry of Security in the Western Regions, has already sent people to inquire, and it is very clear that the Tagban tribe has secretly taken refuge in the Xizhou Uyghurs, and these days they are helping the West Uyghurs to find out various information about Guazhou and Suzhou.

Being deceived by Kurban this time, when the eldest son of the emperor was full moon, he and Duanmu Zhongren sent His Majesty the news of the loss of soldiers and the village.Thinking of this, the murderous intent in Huang Dongqiu's heart became uncontrollable.Duanmu Zhongren, who had always opposed the massacre of the entire tribe, also rarely agreed to take revenge on the Tagban tribe who had secretly defected to the Xizhou Uyghur Empire, and by the way, to deter other Uyghur tribes in the Hexi Corridor.

The swamps of the Western Regions in October are already terribly cold, and there was even a snowstorm last night.Under the feet was the ground that had been soaked by the melting snow, and the layer of permafrost on the surface had already melted, and the one-foot-thick mud made it extremely difficult for the horse to move.

Huang Dongqiu came here in person!

Standing on a high place, he saw those Uighurs, they didn't go deep into the swamp, they showed an attitude to Huang Dongqiu.

Huang Dongqiu couldn't afford the price of going deep into the swamp, but he didn't want his soldiers to die in this way.As for the Uighurs of the Tagban tribe, they did not have the courage and ability to go directly across the entire swamp to the opposite side...

Huang Dongqiu thought that the army could only trap these people for ten days, ten days at most, because after ten days he would lead the army to counterattack Heifengzhai and Huoyang Pass.

The weather in most places in the Western Regions is unpredictable. Just now, the sky was only cloudy, but in an instant, heavy rain poured down.

The water level in the swamp rose rapidly, and Huang Dongqiu had no choice but to order the entire army to move up the mountain.

Sitting in the tent on the top of the mountain, Huang Dongqiu watched the heavy rain outside the tent while warming the fire. His frown had been furrowed since Heifengzhai and Huoyangguan were lost. After the decree and the writing of the Military Shuttle Department, his brows frowned even tighter.Because as long as people in the Western Regions know that Heifengzhai and Huoyangguan are easy to defend and difficult to attack, they are not so easy to take down.But His Majesty has made a decree to take back the two villages by December at the latest, so this must be completed before December, no matter how much it costs in the process.

Compared to Huang Dongqiu, Shi Lang, who had just become the commander of the Second Cavalry Brigade of the Volunteer Corps, was in a very good mood.Anyone who, in just five months, has been promoted from a company commander of the eighth-rank Shaodu school to four ranks in a row, and became a sixth-rank brigade commander of the metropolitan school will be in a good mood, not to mention that at the Zhengdan Dachao meeting at the end of the year, there must be a lot of excitement. There will be a knighthood.This is a big step forward from the dream of General Stone Wolf and Fenghou Meng.But now in places like Guazhou, if they want to make great achievements again, it will naturally fall on the Northwest Uyghur Empire.

Next, attack Heifengzhai and Huoyangguan. The cavalry under Shilang's command can't play much role under normal circumstances.However, His Majesty's decree made it very clear that to win Shazhou before the spring of next year, this means going to war with the Xizhou Uyghur Empire, and the Xizhou Uyghur Empire is almost all cavalry, and they are good at field battles. The wolf will shine with his cavalry brigade.

(End of this chapter)