Chapter 201: Aerial Raid
“This feels much better.”
Shu Yichao finally nodded his head in satisfaction after conquering Sistan’s last city.
With this, all the cities in Sistan, Kandahar, and Kabul were flying the Tang flag, uniting Great Tang’s territories in Central Asia and West Asia. The minimap was finally not that irritating to look at anymore.
The Tang army was mainly stationed in the Western Regions and Transoxania. Those places had been previously governed by Great Tang, and the local populace had co-existed peacefully with the Tangs, so it wasn’t too difficult for them to be assimilated.
Similarly, the Tang army also guarded Important checkpoints such as the Pamir Mountains.
As long as they held onto these checkpoints, they would have their West Asia’s vassal states in a chokehold. If a vassal refused to obey, the Tang army could be immediately mobilized to quell them.
Venturing even further would be vassal states such as the Persian Military Commandery and the Ndiochia Military Commandery. Not only were those places far from Great Tang, but Persia had its own rich culture too.
It would be difficult to assimilate those places into Great Tang, so Shu Yichao returned those lands to the locals and allowed them to self-govern. These places could become Great Tang’s buffer states, serving as meat shields against invasions.
If enemies attacked, the buffer states would buy time for the Anxi Protectorate to gather its forces and retaliate.