Liu Yan only heard the rapid sound of the bugle, and then the farmer who was pushing the cart immediately put the cart down and hid behind the cart with his livestock.
The cavalry immediately mounted their horses, and a small shotgun was dragged out of the carriage and installed in the center of the convoy.
Liu Yan was also evacuated to the civilian community. At this time, he felt a little nervous.
The player who commands this team is named Jiang Jin, and he is also among the first batch of players to enter the game during the test.
Jiang Jin never left the army and followed Yuchi Xin to conquer the east and west.
Originally, he was supposed to set off with Yu Chixin's army, but the Qiang tribe on the edge of Wuwei City rioted, and Jiang Jin went to suppress it. In the end, he could only protect the baggage and set off.
Now the army is almost arriving at Tongliao, and Jiang Jin's baggage team has only left half of it.
It happened that Liu Yan was going to take office in Songmo Mansion, so Jiang Jin took over the task of protecting Liu Yan when he took office and took him along with him.
"Brother Jiang, he is a Turk!"
Turks?
Jiang Jin said: "They are actually Turks. No wonder they want to attack us. How many people are there?"
"A medium-sized tribe, all the men who can get on board are on board, and five hundred people are riding over here on horseback."
"How's the equipment?"
"There are only a few dozen people with armor, old and young. It seems that they have all been mobilized."
Jiang Jin smiled: "They regard us as fat sheep. In this case, you're welcome!"
"Follow me to the mountains and lay in ambush. Wait until the Turks get close to the cart and the cannon fires before moving!"
The subordinates smiled, this was already a common routine summarized by the baggage team ahead, and it was also a tried and tested routine.
When this small Turkic tribe saw the convoy, they were overwhelmed by greed and rushed towards the convoy shouting wagggggg.
Liu Yan felt the vibration on the ground and felt a little nervous.
Where are the convoys? Did they abandon the convoy and run away?
No, when I got along with that Captain Jiang along the way, he didn't seem to be someone who was greedy for life and afraid of death.
Liu Yan was unsure. Seeing that the mighty Turks were about to rush into the convoy, he became even more nervous.
At this moment, there was a sound of cannon, and the shotgun mounted in the convoy was fired!
Shrapnel and steel nails flew out from the muzzle, and a steel storm swept the entire fan-shaped area in front of the muzzle. The steel storm tore apart the Turks who rushed at the front.
Immediately afterwards, the war drums of the Tang army rang out on the mountain, and Jiang Jin led his cavalry straight towards the Turkic troops from the hillside.
There was no suspense about the outcome of the battle. After Jiang Jin's troops rushed into the Turkic troops, the Turks had lost their fighting spirit.
When the second shotgun was fired, the Turkic warriors who were still organizing the attack also lost their courage.
The player's army crossed over again, and the Turkic army completely collapsed, and then it entered the garbage time of the battlefield.
By evening, Jiang Jin had returned to the temporary camp with hundreds of prisoners.
Liu Yan stepped forward and asked: "Captain Jiang, where did these Turks come from?"
Liu Yan had done his homework before coming. Now that they have entered the Modong area, the influence of the Uighurs is already very weak.
Various nomadic tribes are fighting in this area, and no new overlord has been born yet.
A tribe of five hundred people is no longer a small tribe on the Modong grassland.
Jiang Jin said: "Previously, the army moved and drove several Turkic tribes further north. Now that the army has left, they have united and want to plunder our supplies."
"Liu Changshi, don't be afraid, we have defeated their main force."
Looking at the Turkic prisoners strung together with hemp ropes, Liu Yan asked: "What about these prisoners?"
Jiang Jin said: "I have already contacted the people from the Modong Development Company. These captives were sold to the Modong Development Company."
"There are still several strongholds to be built later, and we happen to be short of manpower!"
"If we weren't in a hurry, we could just go and kill these tribes, and we could make a lot of money."
"Pity!"
Seeing Jiang Jin lamenting that there were not enough prisoners, Liu Yan felt ridiculous.
These tied Turks are lambs to be slaughtered. When did the ferocious nomads become the sheep plundered by the Tang army?
With such questions, Liu Yan continued to set off, trying to find answers in Song Desert.
At this time, in front of a small city in Songmo, Fang Guoshou was repairing the city wall.
This is the seat of the Songmo Dudu Mansion, and was called Cherry City in the Han Dynasty.
However, Cherry City has been abandoned for many years now. Fang Guoshou recruited some Han refugees from the Bohai Kingdom and brought them back to Songmo to build the city.
The Songmo Dudu Mansion probably controlled the area east of Mongolia and Liaoning Province, and the Tang Dynasty extended its tentacles here during the reign of Emperor Taizong.
However, due to the limits of the empire's territory, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, the Tang Dynasty only sent a small number of officials to manage the Songmo Governor's Mansion, mainly to adjudicate the internal disputes of the Khitan people and use diplomatic balancing techniques to control the area.
In the last years of Emperor Taizong's reign, the Songmo Governor's Mansion was abandoned again because of the Khitan's rebellion against the Tang Dynasty.
In the year of Emperor Shanghuang, three towns in Hedong were established. After An Lushan took charge of Hedong, the influence of the empire returned to the Songmo area.
The governor's office was re-established, but the position of governor was changed from being appointed by the court to being elected by the Khitan tribe and granted the position by the court.
After the Anlushan rebellion, the Hu people behind Anlushan were the first to be swept away.
The Khitans in the Songmo Governor's Mansion were beaten by An Lushan and fled north and west.
But no one in the world expected that the Longyou army would actually arrange such a roundabout strategy.
If Longyou had not already possessed the organizational capabilities of the industrialization era, such a strategy would not have been possible.
The civilian men who built the city under Fang Guoshou were all purchased by him from the Bohai Kingdom.
After the rebellion in the three towns in Hedong, the lives of the people under their rule became even more miserable.
An Lushan recruited troops many times, and after capturing Guanzhong, he still had to recruit troops from Hedong to support the front line.
From seven households, one den was levied, to three households, one den was levied, and now, one household is levied one den.
There were not many people living east of Hedong, but the war zone to the south was even more chaotic. Many Tang people fled north to the Bohai Kingdom.
The influx of a large number of people from the Tang Dynasty also gradually changed Bohai State's attitude towards these Han people.
At first, the whole Bohai country was very sympathetic to these Han refugees.
Moreover, the Bohai Kingdom is not small in area, but its population is not large. The leader of the Bohai Kingdom also granted these escaped Han people land for farming.
However, as the number of fleeing Han people increased, the conflicts between these fleeing Han people and the local residents of the Bohai Kingdom became more and more serious.
Many Han people became slaves, but they were more rebellious than the Hu slaves. Resistances and conflicts occurred one after another, and even the ruler of the Bohai Kingdom had a headache.
Fang Guoshou took the initiative to redeem these Han slaves and paid for them to move to Songmo.
Naturally, the leader of Bohai State supports this request 100%.
In this way, Fang Guoshou redeemed two thousand Han slaves from the first phase of Bohai Kingdom and took them to the vicinity of Cherry City in Songmo to repair the old city.
Cherry City is located near Tongliao, and Tongliao is still a grassland.
Fang Guoshou first announced that these slaves were freed and then granted them land near Cherry City.
Cherry City is a small city. Fang Guoshou commanded the civilians to expand the city. In the future, this will be the stronghold of the Great Outflanking Army in western Liaoning.
Grain purchased from the Bohai Kingdom was also gradually transported to Cherry City. With the grain available, the people became more motivated to work.
In addition to Han slaves, Fang Guoshou also crossed the mountains and formed an alliance with the Khitan tribe who stayed in Songmo.
These Khitan tribes originally hated Anlu Mountain deeply, and many of their tribesmen were captured by Anlu Mountain and sent to the front line.
Fang Guoshou quickly gained their support under the banner of Datang.
Fang Guoshou did not expect these tribes to unite to attack Hedong, but only took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain.
In the future counterattack on Hedong, these people will be the best guides.
Fang Guoshou was also very worried during these days. If the puppet Yan sent troops to attack with the few troops he had, he would definitely not be able to defend it.
We can only hope that the army will arrive soon. As long as the Yin Tao City stronghold is captured, players can control the entire Songmo Desert.
In the words of players who love to play interstellar, as soon as this sub-base is opened, build turrets to defend it immediately!
With the support of Longyou's advanced equipment, it can pose a huge threat to the puppet Yan's rear!
Compared with boring historical research, Fang Guoshou once again felt the thrill of the game.
A young mind thinks quickly, and a young body acts quickly.
In the game, Fang Guoshou does not feel aging and returns to his youth.
In that young age, Fang Guoshou did whatever he wanted and was full of action.
The recent busyness in the game has deviated from Fang Guoshou's original intention of entering the game.
The history of Datang has gradually deviated from the historical track due to the interference of players.
But Fang Guoshou was still very interested. This was an interesting "historical experiment" that brought Fang Guoshou's research on the Sui and Tang Dynasties to a higher level.
And this feeling of making history with his own hands is what makes him addicted to games.
Duan Wenchang, the general who accompanied Fang Guoshou on his mission to Bohai State, escorted the last batch of grain into Cherry City.
He wiped the sweat from his head and walked into the makeshift tent.
"Mr. Fang, the last batch of grain has been shipped back!"
Seeing that Fang Guoshou was still studying the map, Duan Wenchang said again: "Mr. Fang, this Bohai country is really rich. Look at their black land, it's really fat and oily!"
Duan Wenchang visited Bohai Country several times and couldn't help but admire it.
The territory of the Bohai Kingdom was probably the central and eastern region of today's Heilongjiang and Siberia.
I originally thought that Bohai Country was a bitter cold place, but I didn’t expect that Bohai Country was actually the granary of the north.
Fang Guoshou said: "Of course, the Northeast and the Far East are very fertile areas. What's more, it is a warm period in history. The frozen land of our future generations is still the Great Plains."
Fang Guoshou stood up, pointed at the map and said: "It would be such a waste to leave such fertile land empty!"