Xizhou.

In fact, if you count carefully, Xizhou is actually part of the Western Regions.

The capital of Xizhou is Gaochang. There is no doubt that it is the Gaochang in Xinjiang in later generations.

After Li Shimin sent the general Hou Junji to capture Gaochang, he forcibly planned this area that originally belonged to the ancient Western Regions to Hexi and became a state of the Tang Dynasty.

This also shows the foresight of Emperor Li Shimin, and the existence of Xizhou is like a nail entering the hinterland of the Western Regions.

Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi was able to easily conquer the Western Regions and establish four towns and protectors in the Western Regions. The nail in Xizhou achieved a decisive role.

Even now, Xizhou has extremely high value significance.

Because most of the people in Xizhou are remnants of ancient Western countries, it is particularly difficult to control.

The poor mountains and rivers are out of troubled people, and this is not empty talk.

In the early Western Regions, there was almost no saying that people could follow.

That is the typical prey of the weak and the strong, where the fittest survives.

If travelers do not walk together, they will encounter dangers when asking for water.

Because the local people will warmly welcome you into the tent and then give you a slap.

When you wake up with good luck, you lie naked in the wilderness. If you are not lucky, you will not wake up.

However, with the strong entry of the Tang Dynasty, cultural constraints were brought about, and the Western Regions became increasingly prosperous, and similar situations have improved a lot.

Especially the people of Xizhou have been deeply influenced by the Chinese and have undergone great changes in their actions.

However, in recent years, the people of Xizhou have become extremely disgusted with the incompetence of local governments.

Repeated failures have led to their homes being robbed and their lives have been difficult.

This place is not like Longyou. Taozhou suffered in the past, and the imperial court allocated material support many times.

The sky in Xizhou is high and the emperor is far away, and the people are in trouble, how can the court know?

Even if you know it, it's just a whip.

The court, which lost its credibility, organized a guard alliance.

The people here are tough and a man is a man with weapons.

Although they have not received special training, in order to protect their homes, they can do everything and exert strong combat power.

Not to mention, I really resisted several attacks from horse thieves.

This day, several villages in the alliance agreed to make a harsh sound of bone flutes.

A sharp sound echoed over the grass, and then a similar sound of bone flute sounded in almost every tent.

One by one, the tough people rushed out of the tent with simple weapons.

They got together as usual.

"Run, run to Gaochang City..."

What awaits them is not stopping and resisting, but panicking and shouting loudly.

The young man An Chongzhang who was summoning the message shouted loudly: "Father, there are 3,000 enemies, too many, we can't resist it!"

When An Chongzhang's father An Zhongjing heard about the number of people, his face changed suddenly.

The horse thief attacked at most, at least four or five hundred people, so why did there be a 3,000-plus number?

Unless this group of horse thieves are not real horse thieves...

Three thousand soldiers are definitely not something that the people who gather together can deal with.

An Zhongjing decisively followed his son's advice and said sternly: "Hurry, retreat to Gaochang quickly, don't even want anything. Women and children leave first, let's stay, the palace behind!"

An Zhongjing was a descendant of King Anxi. His father was once An Xinggui, the general of the Right Marquis of the Tang Dynasty. With this identity, An Zhongjing was extremely prestigious in the hearts of the people and was also the leader elected by everyone.

After hearing his arrangements, everyone had no objection. They scattered and arranged for their daughter-in-law and children to escape.

The timids also followed, but most people chose to stay.

They are brave and ruthless, not because they are not afraid of death, but because they care more about dignity than death.

It was about half an hour, and there was no trace in the distance.

An Zhongjing suddenly slapped An Chongzhang on the back of the head and shouted: "Did you read it wrong?"

An Chongzhang shouted Qu, "How is it possible? What the child saw with his own eyes is absolutely no mistake."

An Zhongjing also knows his son's ability.

Their Annexation Kingdom was best at raising horses. When they were at the peak of the Annexation Empire, they even challenged the world and ranked among the four major powers of Asia and Europe at that time, along with the Han Dynasty, Rome and Kushan Empire at that time.

The most powerful thing in Anxu Kingdom was their cavalry. In terms of horse raising skills, Anxu was also known as Dayuan and Wusun in the Western Regions.

Anxi Kingdom has been destroyed for many years. As a member of the An clan's royal family, An Chongzhang possesses the unique skills of raising horses and training horses passed down from Anxi Kingdom.

Although he is young, he is talented and possesses the talent of a pro-length person. He can roughly hear the number of horse hoof sounds, and he will not be wrong when he sees it with his own eyes.

"I'll go and have a look!"

An Zhongjing got on his horse and ran in the direction An Chongzhang pointed.

An Chongzhang was not willing to be lonely and followed.

The father and son walked about ten miles northwest, but they saw two troops confronting each other on the grassland from afar.

The father and son looked at each other and secretly approached from a hill on the right. They hid their mounts under the slope and lay on a high place to watch the battlefield...

Both sides were about three thousand, and they did not start a war with each other, but went around in circles.

An Zhongjing suddenly laughed and said, "This Pei Min is really capable. This group of 'horse thieves' will be defeated."

An Chongzhang gradually saw the trick: "That is the Tang army, they blocked the way for the horse thieves to retreat."

An Zhongjing said with a sensible expression: "If I'm right, the new Governor Cui used us to bait to attract horse thieves. They directly intervened in the other party's retreat, blocked their retreat first, and forced the horse thieves to fight. It is rare for Tang Army to fight like this. It seems that we have a good life in the future... Let's go back, we will gather brothers, help, and let out a bad temper."

The father and son sneaked away.

Before the two armies, Xia Shan was wearing beautiful bright light armor, which was particularly conspicuous under the sunlight.

Looking at the horse thief army with a little calmness on their faces, with a bit of determination on their pretty faces, he shouted: "Brothers, they all say that the cavalry on the grassland comes and goes like the wind, and I really don't believe this evil. They all ride on four legs, can they have one more leg than us? Even if there is, they will be chopped off today... Comparing to escape, I admit that we can't compare to such messy, but comparing to charge, compared to our western army, these guys are just weaned babies! This is also the reason why we cut off their way first... to avoid them from running away!"

The soldiers of Zhenxi Army laughed loudly, not seeing the enemy in front of them at all.

"This battle..." Xia Shan held up the saber in her hand and said sternly: "Our army will win! There is no need for any tactics or any style of play to fight them. Just chase them over and win!"

No hesitation, no hesitation at all!

Seeing that the other party was not thinking about escaping, Xia Shan issued an order to attack.

Hundreds of flags on the front of the formation were shaking, and the elite cavalry of the western army with red armor roared and met.
Chapter completed!