After the battle, Li Shimin rode his horse through the corpses all over the field under the escort of Luo Shixin, Shan Xiongxin, Niu Jinda, Wu Heita, etc. They entered the city directly from the broken city wall gap.

Just from the ruins of that city, you can know the size of the city before.

The entire city is an irregular square, divided into three parts: outer city, inner city and palace city, which is very trustworthy of many capitals in the Central Plains.

The outer wall of this heroic city is four feet thick, nearly four feet high, and has a circumference of twelve miles.

The city wall is made of rammed earth, each layer of rammed earth is three inches thick. In order to increase the firmness of the wall, a small amount of adobe bricks are also mixed between each layer of rammed earth layer.

On these city walls, there are twelve huge steel gates.

Xuande Gate, Jinfu Gate, Jianyang Gate, Wu Gate, etc. When the Tang army attacked this city, these twelve gates caused a lot of hardships from the Tang army.

What annoyed the Tang army the most was the Sanshan City, and the inner city was within the outer city.

The inner city is located in the middle of the outer city, while the palace city is located in the north of the city.

The palace is also known as Khan Fort.

This city is huge in size and has a large population, and there are more than 3,000 monks in the city.

There are many markets and workshops.

This is a city located south of the Tianshan Mountains and on the Mutougou River Delta on the southern foot of the Flame Mountains, which happens to be on the Silk Road.

This is the Gaochang Capital, which is as famous as the ancient city of Loulan, and it is also an important gateway to the Silk Road.

The city was built eight hundred years ago and has a long history. It was first developed during the Western Han Dynasty. In order to strengthen the rule of the Western Regions, Emperor Wu of Han sent General Li Guangli to farm here and set up a local unit to manage Gaochangbi.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, after the remnants of Northern Liang destroyed the Cheshi Kingdom, Gaochang City quickly developed into an important political, economic and cultural center in the entire Western Regions.

About a hundred years ago, Gaochang founded the country, and because it had a unique geographical location and developed trade, it established its capital here.

Li Shimin looked at the numerous houses in the city and sighed, "I didn't expect that there would be such a big city in this Western Region."

Fang Xuanling told the history of Gaochang Kingdom on the side.

"Your Majesty, the name of Gaochang is named after the 'high and spacious terrain and prosperous people'." At the end of the Sixteen Kingdoms, after the Cheshi Kingdom, which once occupied this land, fell, the leader of an army, Kan Shuang, occupied the Gaochang area with the help of Rouran, and became the prefect and declared himself to escape from the rule of Northern Liang."

"After the remnants of Northern Liang, Juqu Wuhui, led the remnants to occupy Gaochang again, and Kan Shuang led his clan members to flee to Rouran for refuge. More than ten years later, Rouran sent a large army south to conquer Gaochang, killing Qu Wuhui's heir Juqu Anzhou, and helping Kan clan Kan clan Kan be the king of Gaochang. After that, he used Gaochang as the national name, also known as "Kan Gaochang", which opened the prelude to the Gaochang Kingdom."

After Kan Bozhou established the "Kan Family Gaochang", he completely cut off his official relations with the Central Plains dynasty from the outside, and used Rouran as its protector, and used the "Yongkang" reign of the Luobu Zhenkang Khan for a long time. He developed the local economy and advocated the Han cultural traditions.

With its important geographical location on the Silk Road, Gaochang Kingdom quickly developed and strengthened. At this time, Gaochang established a connection with the Central Plains, and each Gaochang king accepted the enthronement of the Central Plains dynasty. After the Kan family Gaochang, he experienced four dynasties: Zhang family Gaochang, Ma family Gaochang, and Qu family Gaochang.

Among them, the Qu Dynasty ruled Gaochang for the longest time, and has been around for more than a hundred years. After years of operation, it finally became a dazzling pearl on the Silk Road and the most prosperous city and commodity trading place in the west.

Economic prosperity made Gaochang the center of politics and culture in the Western Regions for a time.

Gaochang is a hub connecting the Central Plains, Western Regions, and Thailand. Merchants from Persia and other places came to Gaochang City with alfalfa, grapes, spices, peppers, gems and horses, and then took away the silk, porcelain, tea, etc. from the Central Plains from here.

"Because of the prosperity of trade, Gaochang King Qu Boya also held a large gathering, where merchants from all over the world gathered here, bringing gold coins from various countries, speaking different languages, and carrying various commodities. Back then, even Emperor Yang of Sui was shocked and came to visit. Later, Yang Guang even married his daughter to Gaochang King."

However, it is precisely because of the prosperity of trade and the wealth of the treasury that King Gaochang gradually became proud.

After the Sui Dynasty, King Gaochang was no longer satisfied with being a vassal of the Central Plains dynasty. After unifying the eastern grasslands, King Gaochang even joined forces with the Western Turks.

King Gaochang had a great ambition, which was to intercept the Silk Road. In the future, merchants in the Central Plains had to pay heavy taxes to him if they had to pass the Silk Road, and they could even sell the goods to them and then resell them to merchants in the Western Regions. Or they could only buy Western Regions and Western Thai goods from them.

Li Shimin sent troops to the Western Regions to destroy the Western Turks, and sent people to send an order to Gaochang King Qu Wentai to send troops to cooperate, provide food and grass, and open up pass roads.

But Qu Wentai said to the Tang envoy, "The eagle flew in the sky, lies in the Song Dynasty, the cat swam in the hall, and the rats only came from the cave, and each got its place. Can't they develop evil on their own?"

This means that you, Tang State, have a rich and powerful army, but as long as I stay here and stay in motion, I can defend the enemy thousands of miles away with the advantages and national strength of Gaochang State.

After hearing this reply, Li Shimin was furious.

He sent someone to send a message to King Gaochang.

"The soldiers and horses of Gaochang are like frost and snow, and the soldiers of Han are like sun and moon. The sun and moon shine on the frost and snow, and look back and eliminate them."

After delivering the letter, Li Shimin led his troops to attack Gaochang.

Gaochang is indeed rich, and Gaochang City is indeed very large. It is a big city with tens of thousands of people. There are countless business trips and travels every day, and goods from the East and the West are gathered here.

They also raised a army of ten thousand people.

He even joined forces with the Western Turks.

But King Gaochang was still arrogant. The army of ten thousand people might be unparalleled in the Western Regions. But in the eyes of the Tang army, it is not worth mentioning.

A whole month of siege.

Li Shimin personally led an army of 100,000 and mobilized Xueyantuo, Khitan, Xi, Shiwei, Jun, Tuyuhun, Dongnu, Supi and other tribes, and gathered a total of 200,000 troops.

Li Shimin took out his artillery as he attacked day and night.

No matter how strong the steel gates are and the rammed earth walls are, they cannot withstand the 200,000 troops' attacks day and night, as well as artillery bombardment and explosives.

The city walls of more than ten miles are covered with gaps.

The Gaochang people's resistance was also very tenacious, and even the Khan of the Khan did not disappoint the Gaochang people and sent 50,000 Western Turkic troops to reinforce. The two sides fought repeatedly under Gaochang City, a prosperous Gaochang City, and finally defeated the ruins of the city.

Just last night, the Western Turks retreated in the darkness, and they suffered heavy casualties and were no longer able to support them. The arrogant King Gaochang finally paid the price for his arrogance and fled in shame.

Teams of barbarian soldiers walking in the ruins of the city with swords and swords. They cut the wounded and cut off their heads.

There were also teams of soldiers, searching for the Gaochang people who had not escaped, searching for the spoils of war.

Many places in Gaochang City are still burning, and black smoke is filled with the sky.

More and more Gaochang people were driven out, some were trying to escape, and then they were chased by the tribal warriors with a smile, knocked down, and finally driven together.

"We have gained a lot. This time we captured at least 20,000 prisoners and a lot of commercial goods and money." Xue Yantuo's Khan Yinan reported to Li Shimin with a smile.

Tuyuhun Khan Murong Fuyun loudly congratulated Khan Tian.

Li Shimin was in a good mood. After this battle, the Western Turks were severely injured again. Now they are heading west and flee north of the Tianshan Mountains. As long as the Tang army chases after them and fights again, they can completely destroy the Western Turks.

"It's a pity to have such a powerful city on the Silk Road, and it's a big ruin." Li Shimin sighed.

"His Majesty!"

Luo Shixin arrived with a cavalry, "The envoy from Hanjing, sent by His Highness the Crown Prince, Hanjing changed."

Li Shimin took the letter, opened it and looked at it a few times. His eyes turned black and his body shook a few times before falling from his horse.

"Your Majesty!" Luo Shixin and others hurried forward to catch it.
Chapter completed!