Mudar cried out in terror, "Your Excellency, the enemy is coming..."

As they were talking, Amu Muzaffar had already heard the cavalry's movements.

Gao Changlin arrived with more than fifty Lanyue Army cavalrymen.

Upon seeing this, Amu Muzaffar immediately seized all the prisoners in his hands.

After Gao Changlin arrived, Amu Muzaffar threatened, "Let us out of the city immediately, or we will kill all of these people!"

Without needing a translator, Gao Changlin understood what Amu Muzaffar was about to do.

Gao Changlin was speechless: "You son of a bitch! Are these commoners subjects of your Ghaznavid dynasty or subjects of my Great Song dynasty?!"

How can a person be so shameless?

A nearby inspector said to Gao Changlin, “Brother Gao, why don’t we let this fellow go? If we rescue these civilians, firstly, we can demonstrate His Majesty’s virtuous rule to the barbarians of the Western Regions, and secondly, we can gain a good reputation for our army in Fulousha City, laying the foundation for our army’s next grain storage task. Didn’t His Majesty say that the power of the civilians is boundless? Our army must be good at utilizing the power of the civilians.”

Gao Changlin originally planned to disregard everything and beat Amu Mudafar severely, then capture him to claim credit.

After hearing what the inspector said, it did seem to make some sense.

He then said to the translator, "Tell them that as long as these civilians are released, they will not only be spared death, but our army will also grant them officer titles."

The translator translated Gao Changlin's words.

Before Amu Muzaffar could speak, Mudar, impatient, threw down his weapon and declared, "We are willing to surrender!"

Seeing this, the others also threw down their weapons: "We are willing to surrender!"

In the end, Amu Muzaffar had no choice but to surrender.

The resistance in Fulousha City was completely quelled before evening.

Wu Lin then set about measures to manage Fulousha, and the accompanying civil officials began to offer suggestions.

The following afternoon, two-thirds of the Lan Yue Army's provisions were diverted from the main force and transferred to Fu Lou Sha City to begin stockpiling provisions.

They began to restore the trade routes, and dispatched ten cavalry units, each with five hundred iron cavalry, to clear out bandits around Fulousha and along the main trade routes to ensure the normal operation of trade in Fulousha.

Fulusa was the capital of the Kushan Empire, and it held a strategic position as a vital link between the southern route to India and the Western Regions.

As long as merchants continue to have confidence in the city, its commercial prosperity can be ensured.

At the same time, it also has its own agriculture.

It can be said that occupying Fulousha City is equivalent to establishing a base in Ghazneh.

To the south, it could overlook India; to the west, it could attack Ghazni, the capital of India; and to the east, it could control the Khitan.

Amu Muzaffar was not truly subdued after surrendering.

He believed that this faithless army from the East numbered only 40,000 and was on a long and arduous expedition, so the capture of Purausa was only temporary.

Once Ghazni reacts, the kingdom can quickly muster more troops for a counterattack.

Therefore, Amu Muzaffar began to wait for an opportunity, preparing to launch a counterattack at any time.

To his relief, he was not only not punished, but was instead appointed as the Marquis of Duyu.

He had never heard of this military rank before, and subsequently, his captured subordinates were incorporated into his army.

The following day, Amu Muzaffar received orders to go to the front lines to support the main force.

He organized two thousand men and followed Gao Changlin's troops westward.

As Amu Muzafar thought, just as he expected, the enemy's numbers were not large. He would need to take a city and then immediately send reinforcements to the next team.

Fulousha City is more than 400 li away from the capital, with a wide flat area in between, which does not hinder the march of troops, nor does it hinder the transmission of information.

A few days later, news that Fulousha had been captured by an army that appeared out of nowhere quickly reached the capital.

From the royal palace in Ghazni, the capital of Ghazni, came the angry voice of Abu Muzaffar, the elder brother of Amu Muzaffar and the Sultan of Ghazni: "Who dares to offend the army of God? Unforgivable!"

"I will gather an army of 100,000 and tear them to pieces!"

The cannon fire outside Fulousha City had just ended when the Song army found their first stronghold.

The vast area south of the Amu Darya River and west of the Indus River was completely exposed to the iron cavalry of the Song army.

Wu Jie's main force was divided into four routes, each with 40,000 troops, like four sharp swords galloping across the fertile and prosperous Hezhong region.

Wherever they went, they were invincible.

Three days later, Gao Changlin's troops caught up with Wu Jie's main force.

It was a small town a hundred miles from the capital city of Ghazni.

This is where the Song army met, and Wu Jie himself named it Yongsheng, meaning the place of eternal victory.

"This humble general pays his respects to Commander Wu!"

"Xiuzhi, you've finally arrived."

Gao Changlin said, "It is my dereliction of duty that has kept Commander Wu waiting!"

"You've done a great job!" Wu Jie patted him on the shoulder. The swift capture of Fulousha City and the restoration of normal administrative operations not only provided a base for storing grain and fodder but also made it an important military barrier in the east.

This relieved the army from the threat of being exposed to Ladakh and the Ghurs when it was conquering the capital of Ghazneh in the west.

Once Ghazneh is conquered, it won't be too late to deal with Ladakh and Ghur later when we have more time.

The most important thing now is to capture the capital of Ghazni and undermine the confidence of the Western Regions states in the Khitan.

At the same time, they formed an encirclement around the Khitans.

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