As for Yang Feng’s insidious tricks, there is no need to tell his father-in-law.

And his southern expedition ended here.

After almost half a year of war, he finally pushed the Tang Dynasty's border line southward to the northern foot of the Hindu Kush Mountains. As for the Khorasan army retreated to Maimana and actually turned completely into the defensive. There was a narrow valley facing north and south in the mountains. The ancient silk road from Balihe to Herat was inserted diagonally into the Murgabe River, which was a dangerous place similar to Hangu Pass.

There is also a Khorasan legion that is strengthened to Mare.

The Silk Road is divided into two branches in the river and Khorasan. The northern branch is from Samarkand to Bukhara and then goes south across the Amu River, crossing hundreds of miles of Black Desert to Mare, from Mare and then forward to Mashhad. The southern branch crosses the Pamir Mountains, follows the routes of Kunduz, Balihei, Herat, and then from Herat to Mashhad. Now, no matter which route, Yang Feng has actually arrived in front of the gates of West Asia. The great cannibals must not only guard against him along Balihei and Herat, and directly attack Sistan in eastern Persia, but also guard against his nomadic cavalry attacking from Bukhara, cross the Black Desert to seize Mare or the current name Mulu, and then go straight to Mashhad, the most important city in northern Persia, and even conquer the modern Tehran from Mashhad to the west.

In short, the Khurasan Legion at this time had completely taken over the role of the Song Dynasty, and Yang Feng is now the Liao Kingdom or the Jin Kingdom.

Of course, he is not interested in this for the time being.

He generously presented Barihei to the Tocharis people. In fact, this place was originally the territory of Tochar. In Termez, he left a Sogdian coalition of ten thousand people. This coalition was rotated, and the countries including Shiguo, Ningyuan, Sancao, Kang, Mi, Shi and other countries were responsible for pieced together. Anyway, this garrison was to protect the river. Once the Persians went north or east from this route, these two cities were the first line of defense. The garrisons in the two places would be responsible for defending the reinforcements to arrive. As for whether they could defend...

That's all Yang Feng's business!

They can't keep it, it's their own bad luck, and the Saoye is far away from here!

Anguo and its system Dong'an, Xi'an and other countries are responsible for guarding Amul, that is, the modern Turkmenabad, to defend against Mulu. This is not the main route, and even if there is an attack, it will not be too many. After all, there is not only a vast river between Mulu and Bukhara, but also a black desert with a straight distance of 400 miles.

The army is not a caravan, it can be equipped with camels that are several times or even dozens of times the number of people.

In this way, the defense system in the Western Regions will be established.

Balihei and Kunduz behind it were responsible for blocking the routes to the east and to Kabul to the south, and barriers to Tochar and the vassal states on the southern front. Of course, these small countries blocked the core defense line of the Tang Dynasty, Pamirs and the Ironmen Pass behind it were responsible for blocking the northward defense line once Balihei lost, and Amul was responsible for blocking the Anguo. These two points supported the barriers of the countries along the Zelavshang River, and the countries along the Zelavshang River also blocked the countries north of the Turkic Sitan Mountains, and the countries north of the Turkic Sitan Mountains also blocked his broken leaves for Yang Feng, and the main force of Li Siye's Anxi Army to block their Shule and other towns.

In short, it is a series of barriers that ultimately protect the direct territory of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty can rest assured.

Anyway, even if the cannibals invade again, the Tang Dynasty would not need to face it directly. At most, they would send troops to lead the countries to fight together. As for destroying the river, it would be a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning.

This is the benefit of cannon fodder.

After everything was arranged and Li Siye also took Ma Lin and others to return to the Pamir Mountains, Yang Feng finally returned with his army. Just when he left, he also received news from Abu Musilin that this legendary figure of the Great Food Empire was not shot to death by Li Fei Shouyu. After lying for nearly a month, he finally survived the dangerous period and could not die in the short term. Although this news is a bit regrettable, it is not a big deal. It is okay if he is not dead! It is just that Li Fei Shouyu's extraordinary skills were discounted. Yang Feng remembered later that this army that almost alone brought thousands of hasty recruited militias to block An Lushan's army. It is said that his subordinates ran away and shot hundreds of enemy troops alone, and even shot into An Lushan's carriage. Finally, he used up his arrows before jumping into the river to commit suicide.

Now that he shot Abu Musilin, he can be regarded as a masterpiece.

Yang Feng quickly returned to Kangju. As a reward for defending Balihei, he handed over Kangju City to Geluopu. As for whether to appoint Geluopu as the king of Kang State, he certainly didn't make any decision, but the memorial had been sent to Chang'an by Li Siye.

In fact, there will be no suspense.

Li Longji did not care about this. He just had a remote small vassal state in vain. He didn't care who would be the king. As long as he didn't forget to give him a sacrifice, Geluo's servant was able to do his duty, which was enough to stand out among these messy vassal kings. Li Longji definitely didn't mind being named King Kang, and by the way he would also reward him as the governor of the Kangju Governor's Office. This is certain.

As for the other kings...

They wouldn't care too much. Kangju City made Yang Feng kill almost become a ghost city, and his wealth was looted and there was no much attraction. Except for Xi Cao, they wouldn't care too much. Of course, the main reason was that their harvest was too great on this trip, and the joy of a good harvest diluted this problem. Speaking of which, all the Sogdian army had a bulging pocket during this trip. Most of the armor, weapons, and even war horses and camels were divided by them, not to mention the gold, silver and treasures harvested by cities such as Termez, Barihei, Kunduz, etc., and the beautiful slaves that were harvested by the Sogdian army. The Sogdian army that went home was really happy. As for the more than 10,000 soldiers from various countries who died in battle on this trip...

This is not worth mentioning.

Is it necessary to bother with this issue when they are all dead?

Not only the Sogdians, but also the mistresses under Yang Feng. Almost one of these cavalrymen with the thunder cavalry as the core had one more horse or camel. The horse and camel were covered with pockets, and there were also big food women riding on it. As for the more than 2,000 people they died in battle, this was not worth mentioning.

In short, Yang Feng, who had returned home happily, returned to Shuye happily, and then he received the will to summon him to Beijing.

There is also an unfortunate news.

The Tang army was defeated again in Nanzhao!

"Why did you lose again?"

Yang Feng looked at Duan Xiushi in shock.

"Gao Gong, He Luguang, the governor of Lingnan, Jia Jiong, the governor of Yaozhou, and the three armies of Sadaoxuanxun attacked Erhai. Gao Gong and He Luguang broke through Longwei Pass and entered Taihe City. Use the patterns you gave to create a huge cannon to attack Taihe City. However, the Jiannan army led by Jia Jiong and Sadaoxuanxun were defeated by Longshou Pass. Jia Jiong fell into Erhai and died. The 50,000 troops were defeated. The Nanzhao army went out of Longshou Pass to bypass Erhai and wanted to cut off Gao Gong's retreat. Gao Gong and He Luguang had no choice but to burn all the siege equipment to withdraw, and they would meet with Zhao Guozhen, the governor of Qianzhou who reinforced him in the Dianchi area."

Duan Xiushi said helplessly.

This is almost a replica of the third time the Tang army attacked Nanzhao in history, but Li Mi was replaced by Jia Ji. That time He Luguang also attacked the city of Taihe, but Li Mi was defeated and died and had to retreat.

"They won't think of me, are they?"

Yang Feng suddenly had a sudden movement of his mind and said in horror.

"What do you think? A hundred thousand troops were defeated in Nanzhao. You took five thousand troops to regain dozens of countries, spread the land for two thousand miles, and beheaded more than 100,000. While watching the memorial of the defeat of Nanzhao, you looked at your scary battle results. What do you think the saint will make?"

Duan Xiushi said.

However, I'm afraid Li Longji won't see this memorial.

Yang Feng knew very well that Li Longji was thinking about him. It was clearly because his good friend wanted to ask him to help wipe his butt. Li Longji was in the Daming Palace at this time, and he didn't care about foreign affairs. He practiced and cultivated immortals, played mahjong with his sister Yuhuan, and listened to operas and danced. He would not worry about such trivial matters. He just died of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. He had tens of millions of subjects, and Yang Guozhong could not let such bad news disturb him. Even if there was a memorial, Gao Lishi would read it. Gao Lishi must have told Li Longji about the good news from the Western Regions. After all, this would make Li Longji happy, but there was no need for the bad news from Nanzhao.

But Yang Guozhong had to quickly solve this matter. After all, the Jiannan Army was defeated twice, and he, the Jiannan Jiedushi, was the direct person in charge.

In this way, I have to ask someone to help.

Yang Feng was his only choice. First, he was an ally with the Anxi Army, second, he had a good personal relationship with Yang Feng, third, Yang Feng had a low status and could not afford those senior generals. If he found someone to solve his troubles, he had to take out benefits. Even if he didn't take out a military governor, he had to take out a deputy envoy. However, no matter what official position he took out, it meant that he had to give out a share of the interests of Jiannan, which the Yang family had exclusively occupied.

Yang Feng doesn’t have to be so troublesome!

Just a fourth-rank general, you can just take out a third-rank official and solve it!

"Then what should I do if the broken leaves are gone?"

Yang Feng said.

Duan Xiushi pointed at herself.

All right!

Yang Feng won’t say more.

In fact, this kind of thing is inevitable. After all, he is an official of the Tang Dynasty, so he has to accept the order of the court. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with Saiye. As for his good things, it is no secret in the Anxi Army. Li Siye has also started to make cold-forged armor in Kucha. The cotton loom has long been asked to go, and they don’t need to cook salt at all, and there is still burning glass.

This is still a secret.

In fact, only his female slaves were responsible for his glass workshop.
Chapter completed!