The thunderous war drums beat, and the Tang army formed a large formation at the foot of Kesai City.
There were soldiers standing on the top of the city, holding spears in their hands, nervously looking at the overwhelming Tang army below the city.
Queen Adele of Bukhanna was about thirty years old. She was very fat, with layers of flesh on her chin, and her neck was invisible. She sat on a golden hammer carried by eight people, wearing a golden crown on her head and holding a
A gold and gemstone scepter, wearing a gold silk robe.
She stared fiercely at the Tang army under the city, gritted her teeth and said: "Pass my message to the entire army. If you kill a Tang army soldier, you will be rewarded with ten gold coins!"
A general ran up and said: "The Tang army is about to attack the city. The bows and arrows have no eyes. The city is very dangerous. Please return to the palace first!"
Queen Adele nodded and ordered: "Go back to the palace!"
Eight strong men lifted her stool and returned to the palace escorted by hundreds of soldiers.
The Tang army built a mound five hundred steps away from the city, facing the city gate. Bai Xiaode ordered: "Bring General Shenwei here!"
Several soldiers carried up a bronze cannon. This was the artillery that had just been successfully developed by the Firearms Department. It had been successfully tested many times. This was the first time it had appeared on the battlefield.
A total of ten artillery pieces were carried during this western expedition, and one of them was tested today.
The artillery was mounted on the mound and aimed at the city gate. Several operating soldiers who came specially to follow were busy filling the gun with powder, tamping it tightly, and then placing solid bullets into the barrel of the gun.
Bai Xiaode nodded, "You can launch!"
The soldier lit the match, and the match "Bah! Bah!" burned into the cannon. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and a cast-iron cannonball was shot out, hitting the city gate. The strong impact force immediately broke the city gate open.
Big hole.
Bai Xiaode was not satisfied. The effect of the iron fire thunder was far less effective. He immediately ordered: "Blow the city gate open with arrow thunder!"
Immediately, dozens of soldiers aimed their crossbows at the city gate and fired arrows together. Dozens of arrows hit the city gate and exploded on the city gate, "Boom! Boom!"
A series of explosions immediately blew the city gate to pieces.
The soldiers on the city were in chaos and ran towards the city. These soldiers did not want to fight in the first place. Now that the city was easily breached by the Tang army, they were even more frightened. They took off their armor, threw away their weapons and ran towards their homes.
Bai Xiaode waved his sword and shouted: "The army is entering the city, those who surrender will be spared death, and those who resist will not be killed!"
Tens of thousands of troops shouted and marched towards the city.
The soldiers who could not escape in the city knelt down and surrendered. The Tang army did not kill them, but confiscated their weapons and armor, and escorted them out of the city to wait for disposal.
The army occupied the granary and the treasury, and another important treasury was the palace. Lu Yang led 10,000 soldiers to surround the palace of Bahna.
Not long after, a white flag was hoisted on the palace, and groups of guards came out to surrender.
Lu Yang pointed his sword and asked: "Where is your queen?"
The head guard said with a mournful face: "She has committed suicide by taking poison!"
This was unexpected. Lu Yang ordered the guards: "Go and carry your queen out!"
Not long after, several guards carried out the disheveled queen's body on a stretcher. Her face and body had turned black, exactly like the death of her brother Arole.
Many guards realized that the former king was poisoned to death by this woman. The angry guards rushed up and kicked and punched her body.
Bai Xiaode arrived just in time. He stopped the guards and asked, "What are you doing?"
The guards burst into tears, and the leading guard knelt down and cried: "Our king was just like her. When he died, his body was completely black. She also said that he was poisoned by a cannibal. It turned out that she poisoned the king."
Bai Xiaode nodded, "This is what she deserved. Her body was carried outside the city and buried with the courtesy of a commoner."
Dozens of soldiers carried the queen's body outside the city, and buried Queen Bakhna under a hill according to civilian burial.
The Tang army captured Kesai City. The biggest feature of the Western Region countries is that they have few cities and the people are concentrated in a few big cities. There are two main cities in Bukhan, one of which is the capital Kesai City, which contains 60% of the country's population.
The population is concentrated in one city, with 30% of the country's population concentrated, and the last 10% of the population scattered throughout the country.
Bukhanna and Li Ye had a close relationship and were very friendly to the Tang Dynasty. Although the queen hated the Tang Dynasty, ordinary people were nostalgic for the Tang Dynasty, so Li Ye decided to incorporate Bukhanna into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and he did not suffer any consequences.
to fierce resistance.
Kesai City was officially renamed Ningyuan County, and Bahanna was also renamed Wanzhou, because the country of Dayuan was named after it in history.
The Tang army incorporated 10,000 Bahanna cavalry into the Tang army, leaving 5,000 Tang troops to defend the city.
After three days of rest, the 45,000-strong army marched towards Qianquan City again.
The army in Qianquan City was the same Saintess Army that had previously invaded Suiye City. After losing nearly 5,000 men in the attack on Yibo City, the remaining 15,000 soldiers quickly withdrew from Suiye City and are currently stationed in Qianquan City.
The general of this army is called Sabah, a native of Anguo. He was once the general of Anguo, but was later dismissed from his military post by the king. The Holy Girl Association was planning to build an army. He took hundreds of people to join him, and the Holy Girl Association found a treasure.
He was immediately made General of the East and led 20,000 troops to garrison Shiguo and Bahanna.
This was a major mistake made by the Holy Sisters. They did not investigate why Sabah was dismissed by King Anguo. They just heard about his reputation and promoted him.
The reason why Sabah was dismissed by the King of Anguo was because he secretly converted to the Dashi Cult. After the King of Anguo confirmed this, he immediately dismissed him from all military positions and drove him out of Bukhara.
Sabah led hundreds of people to defect to the Holy Sisters. These hundreds of subordinates are all followers of the Food Cult. They are currently placed in various important military positions in the army by Sabah. In fact, this army is not only composed of three senior decision-making officials.
Dashi spies, all the generals in the army are followers of Dashi Cult.
Dashi had completely controlled this army. In order to provoke conflicts between the Tang Dynasty and Sogdian countries, this army raided Suiye, causing heavy losses to the soldiers and civilians of Suiye.
In a large tent, the general Sabah was discussing countermeasures with his two lieutenants Maimana and Charan.
They had just received the news that the Tang Army had occupied Kesai City without any effort, and that Bukhanna had fallen. The Tang Army's next target must be the Kingdom of Shi.
They were stationed in Qianquan City, and they happened to be the first to bear the brunt. When the Tang army came to kill Shiguo, they were their first target.
"According to the information I have received, the Tang Army has approximately 50,000 troops. They are currently advancing towards Shi Kingdom and are expected to arrive at Qianquan City in two days. So we must make a decision now. Where should we retreat? Should we go to Juzhanti or
Withdraw to Anguo."
Lieutenant General Charan said: "What is Governor Ziad's attitude?"
"He asked us to stay in Juchanti, but the Big Food Chamber of Commerce asked us to move to Anguo."
Maimana suddenly said: "The Dashi Chamber of Commerce must be following Baghdad's instructions!"
Sabah nodded, and the three of them immediately reached a consensus. Publicly and privately, they all wanted to return to Anguo, overthrow the king of Anguo, and make Sabah the king himself.
As for the order from the Governor-General of Khorasan, screw it!
In the afternoon of that day, 15,000 troops and 10,000 camels left Qianquan City and marched toward Anguo.
