Chapter 1376 Samarkand is on fire

Just when Li Xiang was drunk, General Feng Chucai finally arrived at the city of Samarkand.

He simply couldn't believe that the city in front of him was the largest city in Central Asia and the seat of the Anton Governorate of the Arab Empire.

The entire city was almost on fire. No one, including the local gentry who led them here, expected that the entire city would turn into this.

It turned out that after they left, many Arab troops came over in the wasteland. These people were able to reach the city of Samarkand with almost all their strength. They didn't care who the city belonged to, as long as they If there are still people here, then they must go in and rob, and then take away everything they can.

When they first came, there were only a few hundred people, so the people in the city didn't pay attention. They formed a special city protection team and killed all the hundreds of people. But later, more and more people came, and now there are enough More than five thousand people.

At the most critical moment, everyone can unleash their own fighting power. Even if these people ran from the desert and had no strength left in their bodies, after they learned that their family members in the city had been killed, these people immediately inspired He exerted his last bit of strength and displayed the majesty of the Arab soldiers.

So the whole city was set on fire, and many people inside were killed. You can smell the blood even standing outside the city. Can you imagine what is going on in the city?

Feng Chucai didn't care to sigh here, and immediately ordered his men to enter the city. Whether they were local people or remnants of the Arab Empire, as long as they saw someone killing people and setting fires, they would be shot immediately.

He still understands that heavy codes are needed in troubled times. If you try to reason with these people, you might not even be able to save your own life, so in this case, you have to kill them first and let them know that we are not Kidding.

After two days and two nights of killing, the fire finally subsided. There were less than 30,000 people in the entire city, which was one-tenth of the original number. After all kinds of catastrophes, a wealthy city became It became like this.

The army of the Tang Dynasty originally wanted to take over this city, but no one expected that it would take over a withered city. Various armies have been robbing this city for several days. If you can still snatch something out, it will be a real disaster. It's not easy.

Under this circumstance, Feng Chucai ordered all the Tang troops to withdraw from the city and set up camp on the edge of the city. If they were inside, there would be so many corpses and ghosts who knew what would happen.

As for the people here, we can only let them fend for themselves. According to some documents accompanying the army, this city is probably unusable. Most of it has been destroyed. If we want to build a As for the military stronghold, it can only be re-established. There are not many things that can be used here, but there are a lot of dead bodies everywhere.

It’s okay to think about it. Ninety percent of the people in the entire city are missing, about half have escaped, and the remaining 40% have died in the city. If you want to clean up the city If you come out, you don't know how much effort it will take.

So in this case, it is best to re-establish a city, which is much stronger than using force in this city. Of course, the most terrible thing is that after this war is over, in addition to human resources, various We didn't get much gold and silver, and the whole city was robbed countless times.

However, the Anton Governor's Mansion is very large, and there are other tribes around it. Their soldiers all died on the battlefield, and there is still a lot of social wealth left. As long as our supporting troops come, Feng Chucai will arrange it. His soldiers went out in groups and looted the surrounding area.

Although from now on, this place belongs to the Tang Dynasty, your tribe once sent troops to fight against the Tang Dynasty and fined you a certain amount of money. This is no problem, right? You can be freed by paying the money. The tribe continues to live here, but if you can't hand it over, don't blame us for being rude.

In short, it is one thing, that is, leaving them with the necessities of life, and turning over all the remaining assets to the Tang Empire. In any foreign war, they must not bear the losses on their own heads.

This is also the rule Li Xiang set earlier. He told everyone what happened in the last years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. We can bear the losses of one war, but if the losses of every war are under our control, no matter how big the Tang Empire is, In the end, we cannot persist in being wealthy, so in this situation, no matter what the other party thinks or how big their demands are, we have to take away all their remaining supplies. This is also the case. This is a hard requirement that no one can refute.

Regarding Li Xiang's words, many civil servants objected at the beginning, but after many wars, these civil servants also shut their mouths. If they can bear this loss, then you can do whatever you want. How about it.

But if you can't afford it, then you have to choose to keep your mouths shut. Every aspect of the Tang Empire is very nervous, and there is not that much extra money to pay for the war.

Of course, it's too early to mention this matter now. We don't have many soldiers in the local area, especially around General Feng. There are many people everywhere. He must calm these people down first, otherwise, the local war will break out. It will continue. This is already our Tang Dynasty's place, and the killing will never be allowed to continue.

After getting the news, Cheng Chuliang and others felt depressed for a while.

We made all preparations, but we were not prepared to not receive a penny. The Arab Empire once again refreshed their understanding. We also had various enemies before, but after the war, we were always able to immediately The military expenses are supplemented, but this time is obviously an exception.

The people of the Arab Empire were like a bunch of locusts. Wherever they went, there was not much residual value at all. Especially after the defeat, they took almost everything they could take away. If they couldn't take it away, they would just go there. Destroyed.

Including the entire city, there is almost nothing left. Therefore, when we fight against the Arab Empire in the future, we will never give them any chance to breathe. After defeating them, we must occupy the city immediately, otherwise our military expenses will still be lost. . (End of chapter)