It turned out that Qin Yan did not stop even when he arrived in Tubo, and he actually crossed the mountains south of Tubo and broke the poisonous country. The messenger returned to Chang'an this time, bringing not only the military report of the victory, but also the prisoners of war and special products of the poisonous country.

There were as many as seven prisoners of war with the name of the king, and as for the specialties of the poisonous country, they were nothing more than jewelry, gold and silver, but the workmanship was rough and could not be compared with the jewelry and utensils created by the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty.

However, there were several peculiar-looking short knives that aroused Qin Jin's great interest. The obvious exotic style is not the most distinctive feature of this short knife, and the curved body is covered with flowing patterns.

"The sword that the subordinate has seen is all light and can be seen, why is this sword so peculiar?"

It is true that the Fifth Qi has never seen such a strange short knife, although there are some similarities in shape with the saber of the Hu people in the north, but the saber of the Hu people is rough and rough, and it is far from being comparable to the knife in front of him. The pattern on the body of the knife is natural, and the handle is inlaid with various colored gemstones, which is obviously not extraordinary.

Qin Jin wiped the blade of the knife a few times with a silk handkerchief, and it was smeared with a thin layer of grease, which was used to prevent rust, and the previous owner of this knife must have cherished it very much, but now its owner must have become Qin Yan's defeated general, maybe among those prisoners who came to Chang'an together.

"The name of this thing is *, it comes from the extreme west of the Western Regions, Qin Yan got this knife with poison in his body, and I think it was transmitted there through Persia!"

At this time, the body poison was called Tianzhu after the Song Dynasty, and it was called India a thousand years later.

The excitement of the Fifth Qi is not in this exquisite *, but in the fact that Qin Yanjian sent two thousand deputy generals to poison and destroy the fifteen countries, capturing hundreds of thousands of people and countless goods.

Tubo is located on the plateau, there is a shortage of labor, Qin Yan brought the captured population to the plateau, but also to a certain extent liberated a large number of strong laborers who were restrained by heavy labor.

These strong laborers born in the bitter cold land were the best warriors in the eyes of Qin Jin, and it was a pity that they were only used for labor.

Fifth Qi suddenly realized something, and blurted out:

"Does the prime minister plan to transfer Tibetan troops to relieve the siege of Hexi?"

Qin Jin smiled and nodded.

"According to the time, Qin Yan's Tubo soldiers should be on the road by now!"

In the office of the Prime Minister's Mansion, a huge map was hung on the screen at some point, and the eastern part of the country began in detail from Chang'an to the land in the river in the western regions. The so-called land in the river is the two river basins of Central Asia thousands of years later.

It was the limit of the Tang Dynasty's sphere of influence, but it was only a nominal bondage, but whenever the local chieftain wrote to the Tang Dynasty to surrender, he sent a feudal official to reward, which was counted as a Chinese vassal.

During the reign of Gaozong, the Tang Dynasty sealed a large number of governors in the west of the Green Mountains, but it is a pity that the big cannibals also rose at that time, not many years to the post-martial period, the Tang Dynasty's domestic power struggle was flourishing, and the sphere of influence that had been extended to the west shrank rapidly, and the rewarded governors also turned their heads to vote for a more powerful food.

It was not until the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong that the Tang Dynasty was politically stable and extremely powerful, and it was once again engaged in the competition for the Western Regions. It's a pity that time has changed, and the famous Gao Xianzhi suffered a big loss at the hands of the big cannibals, and the whole army was wiped out, and he fled back to Anxi with only a few relatives.

However, further west in the river, there was a large blank space, and Fifth Qi felt strange and asked:

"On the map of the Prime Minister, why is there a lot of blank space in the west?"

Qin Jin pointed to the blank space and said in a low tone:

"Here is Persia, the Great Eclipse, and there is the Roman ...... further west"

The Roman Empire was divided hundreds of years ago, and Western Rome was destroyed long ago, leaving only Eastern Rome with Constantinople as its capital, and today it is known as the Byzantine Empire.

"The Roman Empire?"

Fifth Qi was even more surprised, he didn't know much about the geography and history of the West, thinking that only China in the world was a place of civilization and enlightenment, and now seeing that Qin Jin said that the head is the Tao, it seems that there is a country in the West that can be compared with China, and he can't help but be suspicious.

However, when he saw that Qin Jin attached so much importance to the great power that the West was called Rome, he immediately realized.

"Could it be that the prime minister plans to contact the mule and horse kingdom to fight the Great Eclipse together?"

As he spoke, Fifth Qi secretly slandered, how civilized can this big country in the West be? Even the name of the country is inseparable from mules and horses, so he classifies the Rome in the mouth of Qin and Jin with the former Xiongnu Xianbei and the current Turkic Hui.

In any case, if Rome in the extreme west was really as powerful as the Turkic Hui, it was indeed qualified to be an ally of the Tang Dynasty and fight the Great Eclipse together.

"The envoy was sent by Qin Yan, and the estimated time may have passed through Persia by now, but along the way, there are thousands of mountains and rivers, and there are many war-torn places, whether they can reach Rome safe and sound, it is still unknown, you can't count on too much, but it is better than nothing......"

Qin Jin said it lightly, but Fifth Qi could still see that he still had a lot of hope.

Once again, he brought the conversation back to the point.

"If General Qin can send troops to rescue Hexi, he may be able to leave immediately. ”

In fact, the Tibetan soldiers relied far less on logistics, so it was easy to prepare.

Now Zhangye is in danger, Liangzhou has fallen, and the fall of the entire Hexi is inevitable.

Qin Jin said:

"The Tubo soldiers did not go to the west of the river, but along this big mountain range, through Zhangxiong, Mayang, and Bolu to attack Shule Town!"

Shule is the westernmost town of the four towns of Anxi, and it is also the only place where Anxi leads to the river. When the time comes, it will be easy to close the door and beat the dog, or catch the turtle in the urn.

After listening to Qin Jin's simple description of the plan, Fifth Qi felt that his previous worries were indeed a little redundant, he did not doubt the combat effectiveness of the Tubo soldiers, Zhangxiong, Bolu and other countries were originally the subject countries of Tubo, and later although the imperial court destroyed the Bolu Kingdom, but after all, it was beyond the reach of the whip, so it was really a surprise that Tubo was able to transform from a strong enemy into a loyal eagle dog of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Fifth Qi was a little worried:

"What I'm worried about now is that the time for Tubo to return to Tibet is still short, and I'm afraid that excessive driving will cause chaos!"

Qin Jin nodded in agreement.

"Xianggong is very worried, so once the battle of Hexi begins, it must be ended as soon as possible within half a year. ”

Fifth Qi thought about it again, seemed to have an understanding, pointed to the location of the poisonous country on the map, and asked:

"Let the Tubo soldiers attack the Great Food Country from the poisonous country?"

Qin Jin shook his head and said:

"There are many rivers in the poisonous country, and the climate is hot, so the march from this, and I don't know that I pass through dozens or hundreds of small countries, and the Tibetan soldiers are resistant to cold and heat, and before they reach the big food country, they have to lose their spirit on the road because of epidemics and harassment. Shule is different, it is close to Tibet, and it is our Chinese territory, so the victory is naturally in hand. ”

In Qin Jin's view, it is unreliable to directly attack Khorasan in the Great Food Country, and the meal must be eaten in one bite, and he first defeated Yusufu, who claimed to be 300,000 Great Food Soldiers, and the Governor of Khorasan was afraid that there would be no soldiers to adjust.

At that time, the Tang soldiers could take advantage of the victory to advance westward, recovering the lost territory on the one hand, and attacking the sphere of influence of the Great Food State in the river on the other.

All plans were decided after careful consideration, but what Qin Jin was worried about was not the war itself, but how long the imperial court could hold out on to the war with its current strength.

Thinking of this, Qin Jin said:

"Can the public support be able to sustain the three-year expedition to the west?"

Fifth Qi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked:

"Could it be that in the prime minister's plan, this battle will be fought for three years?"

"No, it's two years! But always be prepared to be broad, for the unexpected!"

"The land of Hexi and Anxi, if it goes well, half a year is enough, and the prime minister plans to live for two years, so he has to destroy the Great Food Country in one war?"

In the eyes of the Fifth Qi, it is not surprising that Qin Jin and the Shenwu Army put down a rebellion that lasted for six years, and wiped out a country in the Western Regions with the power of a great victory.

However, Qin Jin smiled bitterly and said:

"The land of the Great Food Country spans tens of thousands of miles from east to west, is it not easy to destroy its country?

"Fifty years of ......peace in World War I"

Fifth Qi repeated Qin Jin's words, seemingly thoughtful.

Qin Jin's finger pointed at the edge of the blank space on the west side of the map:

"Restore the Persian Governor's Mansion in the Tomb City, this is the minimum!"

Fifth Qi had no idea of where Jiling City was located, and in his consciousness he didn't know anything about it except for the name of the place. However, Qin Jin did not expect a prime minister who was proficient in financial planning to understand the geography of the Western Regions, which had nothing to do with political affairs.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, how is Xia Xianggong's condition?"

Xia Yuanji originally planned to return to his hometown, but when he was about to leave Chang'an and return home, he fell ill.

Fifth Qi sighed.

"Originally, it was just a wind chill, so it shouldn't be a big problem, but Xia Xianggong is getting older and rarer, and the wind in midsummer is worrying!"

Qin Jin's expression also became solemn, although Xia Yuanji was just a political speculator, originally just an old official in the Xuanzong Dynasty, but after the Shenwu Army entered Chang'an, this person changed the previous style of swallowing water, and did a lot of practical things.

The two purges basically eliminated the opposition forces in the imperial court, enabled the Shenwu army to further control Chang'an, and established the absolute prestige of the Qin and Jin dynasties in the imperial court. Before Qin Jin restored the old system of prime ministers, he was able to control the imperial court for nearly a year as a imperial historian, and Xia Yuanji was indispensable.

Therefore, no matter what Xia Yuanji's reputation is in the government and the opposition, here in Qin and Jin, he is a capable minister and cadre, and he must be treated preferentially.

After thinking for a while, Qin Jincai said again:

"Let's prepare with both hands, the children of the Xia family, pick a few capable ones, you can go to the center to experience and experience, and the mediocre ones will be knighted and rewarded......"