Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

On the way to Yiwu City, An Xinggui looked at the troops around him with emotion!With such an army in the Western Regions, he has no idea where there are any opponents!

Fifty thousand cavalry, men and horses with armor, all steel armor!And everyone is equipped with Tang swords, bows and arrows, and sixty arrows.

This is the configuration of the South Route Army and the Central Route Army that have left. They are not equipped with heavy siege equipment, mainly for these small countries...basically not used.

Because there are not many of these small countries who dare to oppose Datang. In addition, after they arrive at Ruoqiang City, they will replenish supplies for them in Ruoqiang City, and these small countries targeted by the South Route Army...do not need to attack or besiege the city. On it, they are bound to surrender.

The cities of these small countries can't last long at all, and they don't have enough self-sustaining ability. They will have to run out of food in at most ten days.

Regardless of whether it is these small countries at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains or these small countries at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, their main farmland and other crops are outside the city, and the army did not lack food at all in the past.

The equipment was changed in Dunhuang City. All the troops dispatched this time were replaced with brand new weapons and armor. Unlike the South Route Army, the main army destined to attack the city along the way carried a large number of different weapons. equipment.

In addition, An Xinggui also noticed some special equipment.

For example, the equipment arranged for the scouts, their armor is no longer like the main battle troops, they are covered with shining armor, but the armor all over their body is painted khaki, and the armor painted with a special color does not reflect light in the sun , and even from a long distance, it can't be seen that the other party is wearing armor.

In the Western Regions where there are many deserts, such equipment is difficult for the enemy to detect if you are advancing on foot, and it has a certain camouflage effect.

In addition, the scouts were also issued a type of binoculars, which An Xinggui and the others also had.

An Xinggui has seen it several times along the way. This thing...is amazing. It can bring extremely far places into view. Although it looks a little distorted, it still has a huge role in detection.

An Xinggui didn't know how this thing was made, but it was foreseeable that this thing was definitely an artifact of war.

In addition, there are some special signaling devices, which are remade from the fireworks that appeared in Chang'an City. Even in the daytime, they can see relatively bright colors, and they can also emit a unique bright light.

If it is on a plain with a flat line of sight, I am afraid it can be seen more than ten miles away, and it will be more conspicuous in the night sky. Almost every scout will carry this thing.This means that when marching, the probability of the army being attacked by surprise is infinitely reduced. As long as it is not too stupid to send out scouts, it should not be attacked by surprise.

In addition, the saddles, horseshoes, etc. of the horses for this attack are all in the latest style. An Xinggui doesn't know how to describe these complete sets of weapons and equipment.

He didn't know how much His Highness had prepared for the war, but he knew that the current Tang army would be invincible!With [-] elite soldiers like this, An Xinggui is confident of defeating any enemy.

Three days later, the [-] troops had bypassed the Gobi Desert on both sides of Yiwu City. Because they had enough horses, the number of scouts released outside ensured that no enemy's scouts could enter their hinterland, and it was impossible to find them. The whereabouts of the army.

When the [-] troops crossed Yiwu City, An Xinggui and his scouts had already obtained the movement of Gaochang's army. They obviously didn't know that the Datang Intelligence Department had learned of their actions, and they thought their actions were very serious. Quickly, with the support of [-] Turkic cavalry, Ju Wentai temporarily mobilized [-] young men to form [-] soldiers, a total of [-] troops, and quickly approached Yiwu with thousands of auxiliary coolies.

Before they set off, they directly detained all the caravans in Gaochang, and sent Turkic cavalry to intercept all the caravans of the Tang Dynasty along the way.

Fortunately, Ju Wentai is not stupid, he did not let the Turkic people intercept these caravans, because Ju Wentai knows very well that Gaochang prospered by relying on the Silk Road, if he intercepts the caravans inexplicably, even after the war is over, I am afraid that no businessman will pass through Gaochang again.

Therefore, he strictly ordered the Western Turkic cavalry who cooperated with him not to intercept any caravan.

Because Yipidulu gave the Turkic generals who came to lead the team to strictly follow Ju Wentai's orders, the other party did not make any moves. After all the caravans were captured, they were escorted by Gaochang to transport supplies and formed temporarily. The army was escorted back to Gaochang City.

Ju Wentai led the team in person, perhaps he was certain that Yiwu City did not have enough defense at all, because there was no Datang army stationed in Yiwu City.

To be precise, Yiwu is not the city of Datang. Yiwu City is Yiwu Country, which is smaller than Gaochang. The entire Yiwu has less than 1 soldiers, and the total number of citizens is more than [-].

But Yiwu is different from other countries in the Western Regions in that Yiwu surrendered to Datang earlier, and when the king of Yiwu country wrote to Datang, he expressed his willingness to obey the leadership of Datang, and he directly and completely surrendered to Datang. Datang.

At that time, Li Shimin had a bit of a good face. In other words, the Central Plains Dynasty has always been like this. As long as you small countries give me face, then I will give face. If you want to listen to me, and I fight, you If you are still willing to send troops, then I can always guarantee that you are my vassal country instead of annexing you directly.

So in fact, in later generations, China's global launch of the concept of win-win cooperation has been inherited, and this concept that has been passed down from history has actually been recognized by the international community, but many domestically have been brought along. It's just rhythm.

When Yiwu Kingdom surrendered, Li Shimin had this idea, and everyone talked to this point. Li Shimin said on the spot that your Yiwu Kingdom is a vassal state of my Tang Dynasty, and then I will keep you safe, etc., but my Datang Don will not garrison and so on.

But King Yiwu also thought very clearly at the time, and simply stated that I should not be a vassal of this country, but a city of Datang.

Then Li Shimin was happy, and directly named King Yiwu as the governor of Yiwu. To put it bluntly, if you give me this face, then your things are still yours, and then he rewarded King Yiwu a lot of things.

For King Yiwu, he is indeed looking for a backer, but he is also really obedient.Because King Yiwu knew very well that he had an evil neighbor.

So Yiwu City is such a special existence. Although it is said to belong to Datang in name, Yiwu City does not have the garrison of Datang. It is still the army and officials before Yiwu. It belongs to the governor, King Yiwu.