At the end of March, Kang Fu, the envoy of the Northern Court, finally arrived in Shatuo (Balikun) in northern Illinois.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were more than 20,000 soldiers of the Han army under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Protectorate, with Tingzhou, Yizhou and Xizhou under its jurisdiction, and the jurisdiction was thousands of kilometers longitudinal and horizontal. Unfortunately, due to the Anshi Rebellion, the Beiting Han people were confined to Hudi for more than 200 years, and then re-Huhua, and many people no longer knew that their ancestors were Chinese descendants.

The area around the Altai Mountains and the Tianshan Mountains is the land of the Western Turks, after the defeat of the Turks, the Turks and Grolu briefly dominated, and then the Hui rose up, replacing the Western Turkic status in the past. Later, the Uighurs moved inward, and the Uighurs living in Gaochang were the most prosperous, and there were also Shatuo, Qianghu and the Zhaowu nine tribes attached to Central Asia scattered on the east side of the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

Over time, the Uighurs living in Western Prefecture established the state of Gaochang, and then began to gradually invade the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, intending to rule and annex the nomadic Shatuo, Qianghu, and Zhaowu tribes that lived there.

It was under these circumstances that the Shatuo and Zhaowu tribes, who lived in the area of Shatuo (Balikun) and Beiting, asked for support from the Tang Dynasty and the imperial court, who had already unified northern China and were born in the same clan.

Although the emperor couldn't speak Shatuo at all, at this time of crisis, these nomadic tribal leaders north of the Tianshan Mountains finally remembered that they still had many distant relatives in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Qi really still "remembered the old feelings" very much, and happily agreed to the request of Shatuo and the envoys of Zhaowu to send troops.

On March 26, the eighth year of the Republic, Kang Fu led a cavalry army of 5,000 and a huge camel team composed of thousands of camels, set out from Yanmen, trekked for more than 6,000 miles, lasted 42 days, and arrived at the Balikun grassland where the Shatuo tribe gathered.

The caravan brought weapons and armor to the Shatuo and Zhaowu tribes, which they were very short of.

Subsequently, Kangfu led 5,000 Tang troops and 3,000 rearmed Shatuo and Zhaowu cavalry to regain Tingzhou Luntai City and Changbali (Changji) in one fell swoop, and drove the Gaochang Uighur army back to the south of the Tianshan Mountains.

King Gaochang was frightened and sent an envoy to call the ministers, and Kang Fu, the pacification envoy of the North Court, announced on behalf of the imperial court that the imperial court would take back Yizhou, and the two sides took the Tianshan Mountains as the boundary, and strictly ordered the Gaochang army not to enter the north of the Tianshan Mountains to attack and harass the tribes.

Subsequently, Kangfu set up a military office in Luntai City, and ordered the headquarters to start Tuntian in Luntai and Changbali.

In May, the imperial court took Huoming as the assassin of Yizhou (Hami) and led 2,000 Yunnei cavalry to move to Yizhou.

At this point, the process of reopening the Western Regions began.

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In the Yellow Sea, several two-masted and sloops were scattered not far from the coast.

Xia Chengting stood on the rickety boat tower and looked at the large trawl hanging between the two boats with great interest.

The sails on the ship had long been lowered, and the two ships, under the control of the sailors, were slowly approaching and began to reel in their nets.

Some people are born sailors, such as Xia Chengting, who got on the ship for the first time, and after two days of turbulence on the sea, he didn't feel the slightest feeling, ate well and slept well. There are also people who can't do it, for example, most of the Gualishui Division battalions transferred from the Zhenzhou Army under his command are all vomiting messes, including his deputy general Huo Xunhao.

"If you want to train a water army, you must first be a fisherman!"

I don't know which bastard said this first, anyway, the emperor felt that it made sense, so the daily training of the Gukou camp and the Dengzhou camp was changed to fishing.

It was a lucrative side hustle, and the two royal firms under the jurisdiction of Taifu Temple set up workshops near the wharf to make the fish of coastal fishermen into dry goods or canned food, which were then shipped inland for sale.

Lu Song, the boss of the ship, turned up from the side of the deck: "General, we will definitely get a good harvest from this trip to sea." ”

Xia Chengting sighed: "How do I feel like I'm a fish boss?!" ”

"The fish boss is so good, it turns out that the small boat we fish in can't come to sea even if we want to. Look at our big ship, along the Bohai Bay, it is our ship that is most suitable for going to sea. ”

"Fishing is fishing, how long will it take for these soldiers on board to adapt to life at sea?"

"It's not enough for half a year, it's okay in normal times, but it's not good when it encounters wind and waves, just the small storm a few days ago made them feel like they were seriously ill."

"It's not all like that, is it?"

"A quarter, of course, there is basically no problem with those children recruited from fishermen."

"Take your time, you will get used to it after throwing up a few times, no one is born to go out to sea to fish." Xia Chengting said, this recruitment of sailors is better for the children of fishermen.

There are only two brigs in the Gukou camp, and the rest are dhows, and the situation in the Dengzhou camp is similar.

According to the plan of the Ordnance Superintendent, the shipyard has begun preparations for the construction of three-masted warships, but due to the technical level of craftsmen and raw materials, it is not possible to start construction for the time being.

These vassal states on the southeast coast that established themselves as kings, except for Wu Yue, others such as Wu, Fujian, and Southern Han all had the heart of disobedience. Especially this year, the King of Min actually called the emperor, which is really a bit unbelievable. This kind of thing, it's okay to be called the king, if you dare to call the emperor, then you will really tear your face with the court, and everyone is ready to meet each other. It's just that the sky and the earth of Fujian are far away, and the imperial court can't reach it for the time being, so he can only toss it first.

Xia Chengting estimated that if the imperial court wanted to pacify the south, it was very likely that it would use a sailor to make contributions at that time...... Thinking of this, his heart suddenly became eager again.

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After the beginning of spring, the imperial court ordered Fu Yanchao to move to Xiangzhou with the Chinese army and replace Kang Yicheng as the envoy of Shannan Dongdao.

At this time, Li Congke was frightened by the Weisheng army stationed in Dengzhou, and when he looked at it, there were enemies on all sides, so he simply ran to Jinyang to ask the Son of Heaven for his guilt.

Li Qi was a little strange when he saw Li Congke's sincere and frightened appearance, and after this guy presented the plea, he immediately felt very funny.

"I have known the imperial brother since I was a child as the prince of the King of Jin, and you can be regarded as having made great contributions to the restoration of the Tang Dynasty, and you have made great contributions, so I don't blame you for the things of the year, and I don't mean to settle the previous account. Even from Houzhen did not remove his sect membership, besides, he is the imperial brother, so you can rest assured of this. As long as you live up to me, I will never treat you badly. Li Qi comforted Li Congke, who was frightened, "The imperial court is now on the southern line of Chen Bing, and it is preparing to use troops to the south, if the imperial brother feels uneasy, you can go back to Jinyang to retire, I promise your family to be prosperous and rich, there is no problem." ”

After hearing this, Li Congke hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him: "The minister is willing to let His Majesty drive him and be willing to be a dog and a horse." ”

Li Qi nodded: "In the future, to pacify the south, I will count on the imperial brother to contribute." ”

Li Conghou was kept in captivity by him in Jinyang, so the continued appointment of Li Congke played a role in calming people's hearts, and it was no good to deal with him. He can be lenient and merciful to his original enemies, but he will never be soft on those who dare to betray him, and he must deal with them extremely harshly.

It is also a political ploy......

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