Qiuzi City is the largest city in Anxi, but it is only equivalent to a central county in the Tang Dynasty, with only a north-south main street, a royal palace due north, and the rest are low flat-roofed houses, layered on top of each other, very spectacular, and all kinds of alleys are like cobwebs all over the city.

The Tang Army's Anxi Protector's Mansion is in the south of the city, and it is also a building that covers a large area, together with the Tang Army barracks and family residences, the Tang Army occupies three percent of the Qiuci City, in the heyday of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, tens of thousands of Tang troops almost occupied the entire Qiuci City, affecting the entire Anxi, and now the influence of the Tang Dynasty has declined, and the Tang Army soldiers are no longer the masters of Qiuci City, they are struggling to support, and continue to serve the Tang Dynasty in Anxi with blood and loyalty.

Guo Song was arranged to live in a large stone house, the stone house has two inside and outside, although it is cleaned very clean, but the conditions are still very simple, there is a stone table outside, and there are two stone benches, the trees here are more precious, the people are reluctant to cut down, and at the same time, it is close to the Tianshan Mountain, it is very convenient to take stones, build cities, repair houses, and even use stones to make furniture.

Therefore, even the sleeping couch in Guo Song's room is a flat and smooth boulder, and there is a fire pit surrounded by stones in the middle of the outhouse, a pair of shelves in the corner of the house, and a pile of dried cow dung, which is the main fuel in the Western Regions.

Guo Song walked around the room, and he didn't have many things of his own, except for weapons and war horses, there were only two sheepskins and a few water hyacinths.

At this time, a small soldier at the door bowed down and said: "Enlighten the long history, the big marshal let the villain serve the long history." ”

Guo Song saw that he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he could see that he was very clever, so he smiled and said, "There is no need to serve, but you can be a guide for me." ”

"The villain was born here, and the surrounding situation is familiar."

Guo Song sat on the stone bench and asked again, "What's your name?" ”

"Looking back at the long history, the villain is called Xie Tianshan."

Guo Song smiled and nodded, "This name is very atmospheric!" ”

He asked again, "Is your father and grandfather in your family?" ”

Xie Tianshan said gloomily: "My grandfather was killed in the Battle of Talas, and my father was also killed when I was five years old. ”

"Joined the army last year? How old are you this year? ”

"The villain is fifteen years old."

Xie Tianshan saw that Guo Song didn't have any luggage, so he said, "The villain went and got something for Chang'an!" What does it take to see what it takes to have a long history? ”

Guo Song really needed something, he thought about it and smiled: "I want a pot for boiling tea, I plan to make a fire pit by myself, and I don't need anything else." ”

"I see!"

Xie Tianshan turned and galloped away, and after a while, he brought a wooden basin with a stoneware tea pot and a cup carved out of stone, and a half-worn blanket under his arm.

"These are all things left over from the Anxi Army in the past, although they are a little old, they are strong and durable."

"Thank you!"

"I'm going to fetch water for Changshi, and there's a well outside."

Xie Tianshan picked up two water hyacinths and ran out, and brought back two pots of water in a moment.

Guo Song took out a piece of tea cake and a piece of cheese from the skin, only to find that there was only one cup.

"Find another cup, and we'll have a cup of tea together."

Xie Tianshan shook his head, "No need, if Changshi doesn't have anything else, I'll go back first, and someone will bring it for dinner later." ”

"You go back first!"

Guo Song saw that his expression was a little gloomy, so he explained to him with a smile: "Because I myself was born poor, I never needed to be served, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

"The villain got it!"

Guo Song smiled again: "You can be a guide for me another day." ”

"You can accompany you at any time!"

Xie Tianshan saluted, turned around and hurried away.

Guo Song boiled a pot of milk tea, and was about to pour it into the stone cup, when he suddenly stopped his hand, raised the stone cup and looked at it carefully.

........

In the official room, Guo Xin was asking Guo Chongqing about the situation in Chang'an, and asked his uncle Guo Ziyi's physical condition, and the topic turned to Guo Song, he read the letter written by his uncle Guo Ziyi, Guo Ziyi praised Guo Song in the letter, which made Guo Xin very interested.

"Why is the new Changshi surnamed Guo, does he have anything to do with the Guo family?"

Guo Chongqing said with a smile: "He is a member of the Lingzhou Guo family, but he has a deep contradiction with the family, and the Lingzhou Guo family has removed him from the family." ”

Of course, Guo Xin knows that the Lingzhou Guo family is the same clan as their Huazhou Guo family, but Guo Song was actually removed from the family, which is a very serious matter!

He frowned, "What's going on?" ”

Guo Chongqing told in detail what happened at the beginning of last year, Guo Xin was speechless, he was removed from his name in order to occupy Guo Song's property, the patriarch actually supported this kind of behavior, and the Lingshan Guo clan was actually defeated to such an extent, and even the least right and wrong were not distinguished.

"And what is my uncle's attitude?"

Guo Chongqing shook his head, "The old man has no attitude, he doesn't want to ask about the Lingzhou Guo family, but the old man doesn't allow me to be the foreign aid of the Lingzhou Guo family anymore, in fact, you can see his dissatisfaction." ”

"Alright! I didn't ask about this matter, if he and I really became clansmen, others should say that the Anxi Army was Guo Jiajun. ”

..........

Early the next morning, Guo Song came to the official office of the Imperial Protectorate, although he was appointed as the chief of the Imperial Palace, but the Son of Heaven Li Yu also clearly told him that this was only a symbolic position, and the imperial court had lost contact with Anxi, and he was not able to re-operate Anxi for the time being, and his entire long history lost the most important function, docking with the six departments of the imperial court.

As for the government affairs of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, there are almost none, either to take care of the daily life of the families of the soldiers, or to care about the harvest of thousands of acres of wheat fields.

Guo Song had just arrived at the gate of the military office on horseback, and happened to meet Guo Xin walking out of the military office.

"Long history is just in time, let's go out for a walk!"

Guo Song reined in his war horse and asked with a smile: "The marshal wants to go out of the city?" ”

"It's just a routine, I go out for a walk every day, and I can take you to see it today."

The two turned their horses around and ran out of the city with a dozen followers.

"Changshi slept well last night!" Guo Xin asked with a smile.

"I slept well, I can adapt everywhere."

Guo Xin smiled bitterly and said: "We are looking forward to the envoys of the imperial court, but we are afraid of the envoys of the imperial court, our conditions here are too poor, we don't even have a wooden bed and a new bedding, if it is a civil official who lives a luxurious life to come over as a long history, we really don't know what to do, listen to Guo Chongqing said, you are a person who can endure hardships, which makes us all breathe a sigh of relief." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly, "Don't worry, Dashuai, when I was in Kongtong Mountain, I hadn't eaten flour for almost ten years, and it was all roots of various plants, in fact, I think Anxi is not bad, at least I can eat batter." ”

Guo Xin laughed, "Changshi is still the first person to praise Anxi's good food." ”

The two went out of the city, the city is surrounded by wheat fields, not far from the west is the White Horse River, the south is the Red River, there is sufficient water for irrigation, coupled with sufficient sunshine, the yield of Anxi wheat field is quite high, one mu can produce more than 300 catties of wheat, two to three percent higher than the Central Plains.

"Where are the Tibetans?" Guo Song asked.

Guo Xin's horse whip pointed to the north, "The Tubo people are all in the north, and there is the best pasture at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, which is occupied by the Tubo people, in fact, there are not many Tubo herdsmen, but if they occupy it, it will belong to them, and if you want to take it back, it means war." ”

Speaking of war, Guo Song muttered and said: "The Tuyuhun army in Putao City was killed by 4,000 people, and the Tubo people were killed by 1,000, so it can be said that the whole army was destroyed, does the marshal think they will give up?" ”

Guo Xin shook his head, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, "This is actually what I want to say to Changshi, this time and the battle of the last five cities, the other party suffered heavy casualties, no matter Tuyuhun or Tubo, they will not give up, they will definitely come to retaliate, I estimate that it will be in March, this is their traditional time to send troops, we must be fully prepared." ”

Guo Song smiled: "Since the handsome agrees with my idea, I want to make two suggestions." ”

"Please!"

"The first suggestion is about the Tibetan herdsmen in the north, since the Tibetan army is coming, they simply rob their cattle and sheep and use them as military rations."

Guo Xin nodded, "This plan has also been proposed by the general, I have no objection in principle, but this matter must be discussed with the Qiuci Kingdom, if the King of Qiuci resolutely opposes it, then we must respect their opinions, this is the basis of our cooperation between our two sides, it is very important." ”

Guo Song also knew that Guo Xin was reasonable, so he stopped arguing about the matter, and continued: "My second suggestion is that when the war breaks out, it is best to have an army on the periphery, constantly harassing and sneaking up on the other party, and reducing the pressure on the defending army. ”

Guo Xin smiled slightly: "If Changshi takes the initiative to ask for help, I will be very happy to accept it!" ”