"Big brother, is there a way to deal with it?" Qiaoxi saw the smile on Li Xuanqing's face, and knew that the other party already had an idea, so he asked with a smile.

"The General Staff immediately summoned the headquarters of the Western Expedition Group Army, and asked the senior brother to immediately transfer the old department of the Anxi Battalion to immediately enter the Anxi area in disguise, and find a way to use Zhang Sheng's previous identity and current identity to get in touch with the descendants of the nine surnames of Zhaowu before Cao Rengui, and adopt the same method to absorb the descendants of the nine surnames to join the Anxi Battalion." Li Xuanqing looked at Cen Tianshi, who pushed the door outside the door and entered, nodded and said: "Tell Zhang Sheng that time is money, and when necessary, you can negotiate on behalf of the Tang Dynasty and the Zhaowu Nine Surnames, they are the seeds of our future rule in the northwest, and we can keep as much as we can." ”

Xu Tianxiang hesitated a little and said, "What does the emperor mean is that we are the first to contact the surname Zhaowujiu?" However, before his words were finished, Yang Tiancheng took over and said: "This can indeed destroy Cao Rengui's plan, but in this way, wouldn't it give those people who have a heart an opportunity to take advantage of it and bargain with my Datang?" ”

"The fourth brother is actually not true, the eldest brother means to absorb those staunch elements of the Zhaowu Nine surnames who are still committed to the Tang Dynasty and the Central Plains Dynasty. The northwest region has been out of our control for more than 100 years, and many people, including those Han people, have basically forgotten the glory of the Tang Dynasty's invincible territory, and have been assimilated by foreign races and forgotten their own bloodlines and traditions. So at this time, those who still insist on Tang Yan and Han unification must be the people of my Tang Dynasty. Since this is the case, there is no such thing as bargaining, the same clan as me must be our fathers and fellow villagers, and we Datang will definitely treat them as our own people. I think that as long as Zhang Sheng can show his banner, it will be equivalent to sending a clear signal to those people who are still looking to the East that Datang will return to the Western Regions just around the corner, and although Datang has returned to Anxi after a hundred years, they have not forgotten their unswerving commitment to the Western Regions, and the Chinese ethnic group who have inherited the blood of heroes from generation to generation without regrets. This is the most important thing for those who have been surrounded by aliens for many years and have no hope. Qiao Xi obviously understood Li Xuanqing's thoughts in an instant, so he shook his head and said.

"There is a more important point, Zhang Sheng's trip can represent my Tang Dynasty and the Central Plains Dynasty, but Cao Rengui can't, he is just a remnant of the Guiyi Army, to put it bluntly, he is a lost dog, how can he give hope to the descendants of Zhaowu Jiu and even the people of the entire Anxi heart to the Tang Dynasty?" Li Xuanqing said with a solemn expression: "And the most important point is that in fact, the banner that Cao Rengui can play and the people who can win over are those who can submit to our Tang Dynasty, and we can grab one less Cao Rengui, so this is tantamount to digging up Cao Rengui's roots, and he will inevitably have other actions and reactions." ”

Hu Xiaosi nodded and said: "What the emperor said is that I am afraid that Cao Rengui will bewitch the Uighurs and a few other tribes to re-advocate the threat of Tang Kou, and maybe there will be another time when the northwest tribes join forces to suppress it, so we must act quickly." ”

Wang Houchun, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly said: "If you want me to say that if Cao Rengui uses this trick, it will actually be equivalent to cutting off other retreats of the descendants of Zhaowu Jiu, and it will be beneficial to our actions at that time." Therefore, I think that in the case that the Northwest Army cannot enter Anxi, it is better to let the Flying Eagle Brigade enter, and it can directly intercept and kill the leaders of various departments under the banner of the Tang Dynasty, so as to make the momentum bigger, give greater confidence to those who are committed to us, and accelerate the unification of the people in the northwest. ”

"I think Houchun is right, when the time comes, the cabinet will instruct Tuoba to send more manpower and energy to publicize the various national policies of my Datang Dynasty and the ethnic policies towards the northwest provinces, so as to win back the hearts and minds of those tribes among the various ethnic groups that are in line with our policies. After all, there are countless large and small tribes in the northwest, and we Han people or descendants of the Tang people do not account for the majority, according to the emperor's policy of ethnic integration, anyone who can support our ethnic policy and is willing to join the big family of the Chinese nation should be classified under the rule of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Cen Tianshi also finished reading the information handed over by Li Xuanqing before, and said with a little bit of thought, "It's just that Cao Rengui is afraid that he will find a way to cut off our trade routes at that time, so I am afraid that the connection between the northwest side and Anxi and other places will be interrupted, so we should have a countermeasure in advance." ”

"This gentleman rest assured, Zhao Si has arranged for Xiaohu to sneak into Anxi and other places with the Flying Eagle Brigade before he comes back, as long as Cao Rengui cuts off the trade route, we will take action immediately, and the Western Expeditionary Army will also send troops to respond, and at that time, it must be another looting of the ethnic groups in the northwest with Xiaohu's temperament." Hu Xiaosi shook his head and said with a smile: "This time the Battle of Shazhou, the Flying Eagle Brigade mission is heavy and the casualties are not small, and I have arranged for the replacement personnel from the mainland to start their journey towards Shazhou." But with Xiaohu's temperament, I'm afraid that when the time comes, the killing will be counted on the Uighurs and Cao Rengui, and I'm afraid that this guy will not be able to control his murderous nature. Su Xiaohu and the Flying Eagle Brigade, the people present couldn't help but mourn for Cao Rengui and the Uighurs, the murder of the Flying Eagle Brigade on the grassland this time was only afraid that it would spread to the ethnic groups in the northwest, so that the ethnic groups would be terrified from now on.

"The Flying Eagle Brigade doesn't care about him, the real king of soldiers is never trained, but tempered by a battle of life and death." Li Xuanqing didn't care about this, the Flying Eagle Brigade was a real special force for later generations to be formed, especially the breech gun and other new weapons began to be manufactured, and the Flying Eagle Brigade was undoubtedly getting closer and closer to the troops of later generations. Moreover, although the number of the Flying Eagle Brigade is small, relying on this kind of strong combat power in this kind of infiltration and harassment and even assassination mission in the northwest, it will inevitably be able to destroy Cao Rengui's anti-Tang alliance on a larger scale.

"In that case, then the three of us will dispatch personnel to jointly formulate a plan to recover Anxi." Xu Tianxiang saw that the basic opinions had been almost said, clapped his hands and said: "This matter still needs to be resolved as soon as possible, the sooner our plan is decided, the more time Zhao Si and Senior Brother can have, I suggest that after the plan is completed and approved by the emperor, it will be sent to the northwest as soon as possible, and the senior brother will start to implement it immediately." ”

"By the way, tell Wan Yi, that Cao Rengui caught me alive, I want to see what this traitor who blatantly joined forces with foreign enemies to resist the Tang Dynasty looks like." Cen Tianshi agreed with Xu Tianxiang's words, but he still said them with a sneer. In recent years, as the unification of the Tang Dynasty has become more and more rapid in economic development, Cen Tianshi's loyalty to Li Xuanqing has become more enthusiastic.

"I think it's better to let Xiaohu find a chance to take a look, this guy turns his back on his ancestors and clan, what's the use of keeping it?" Hu Xiaosi's gloomy words seemed to make everyone see the scene of Cao Rengui being caught by Su Xiaohu and beheaded, and they couldn't help but shudder.

"Okay, let's make a plan as soon as possible, complete it within three days, and then send it to the northwest as soon as possible, and hand it over to Wan Yi for implementation. If Zhao Si can't come back in time, let the messenger inform Zhao Si along the way to return to the front line urgently and discuss with Wan Yi to carry it out. Li Xuanqing interrupted everyone.

"Little Four, you take Xuan Yingwei's people directly to the General Staff, let's discuss it together, the cabinet can make it alone, and let Tuoba Si Zhi deal with it as appropriate." Xu Tianxiang nodded and said, "In this way, we can also save a lot of time." ”

In fact, the plan on Xuan Yingwei's side has been said almost before the big guys, but it needs to be systematically sorted out and arranged, relatively speaking, there is no big problem, Hu Xiaosi is very good at this aspect, but the General Staff is facing the embarrassment of the whole plan being overturned, so after Xu Tianxiang finished speaking, he pulled a few people out of the Changqing Hall to go to the General Staff to work overtime urgently, and handed over all other matters to Chen Fan, anyway, Chen Fan is not very familiar with the things in the northwest, and there are not many opinions that can be provided if he participates. Moreover, the Northwest Territories are far from the central domination area, so the steady and steady style similar to his is really not suitable.

However, although Xu Tianxiang and the others were in a hurry to go back to the General Staff to formulate a plan for the northwest, Cen Tianshi stayed, Li Xuanqing knew his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Sir, don't worry, although Cao Rengui's anti-Tang alliance caught us a little off guard, the previous plan was also in danger of being overturned. However, it is not without benefits, and if it is carried out well, the process of reunification in the northwest may be greatly advanced. ”

Cen Tianshi, who Li Xuanqing said, could also think clearly, he thought for a while and continued: "The northwest winter road goes south, and it is difficult for us to transport materials in the Central Plains, so I am afraid that Wan Yi will need to cut back on food and clothing." Moreover, I am afraid that a large number of people were captured in the first battle of Shazhou, so I think that if Yang Yi is not notified, they will escort some of the prisoners back to Hexi, so that the construction of the railway can be accelerated. I asked the Department of Railways before I came, the temperature in Hexi is not so low, and the terrain is low, and the railway construction in this section of the Hexi Corridor can still continue in winter. ”

Cen Tianshi said this, which made Qiaoxi think of something, and said with a smile: "Before the Ministry of Industry and Commerce prepared to open a large-scale steel smelting plant in Hexi, I think it can be constructed in advance, and the problem of site selection is not much of a problem. ”

Qiaoxi means to imitate the great northwest heavy industry of later generations, and build the Jiuquan Iron and Steel Center in advance, and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce originally had this idea, but Zhang Quanfu considered that Suzhou was located near Juyanze, so he was afraid that the steel plant would cause huge pollution to this inland lake after it was built, so he kept it under pressure and did not approve it. However, the industrial group has started to improve the equipment and technology of steel smelting, and has produced a less polluting system, and plans to try it there. The Ministry of Water Resources and Environmental Protection has also taken other measures to solve the pollution problem, and it is time to set up Northwest Heavy Industry, so that the railway construction in the northwest can produce rails on the spot in the future, which saves a lot of time and capacity compared to transporting them from the mainland, and the speed is also faster.

"Okay, I will let Murong and Zhang Quanfu discuss this matter and implement it as soon as possible." Cen Tianshi nodded, as if he remembered something: "Your Majesty, the Murong family was also a descendant of the surname Zhaowu Jiu before, and I heard his father say that it is still a branch of the Kang family, should we let their family also send representatives into the northwest to assist Zhang Sheng and them?" ”

Li Xuanqing was stunned for a moment, then understood Cen Tianshi's thoughts, nodded and said, "The Murong family is very suitable for doing this, after all, the two sides are originally the same branch, but they are just branches of the Central Plains. In this way, you tell Murong to send a powerful man to the northwest to follow him, and follow Xuan Yingwei's plan. ”

The Murong family was originally a branch of the Kang family, and the Kang family was the first surname among the descendants of the nine surnames of Zhaowu back then, and it also established the Kang State in that year, which was powerful, so it was able to send a clan to assist the Anxi army when the Anxi army returned to China to quell the rebellion. It's just that what I didn't expect was that after the Anshi Rebellion was quelled, the Hexi Corridor was occupied by Tubo, and the land passage between the mainland of the Tang Dynasty and Anxi was cut off, and the main people of the Kang clan were also wiped out by the Great Eclipse because of the decline in the strength of the Anxi capital. Li Xuanqing vaguely remembered that during the Tianbao period, the leader of the Kang clan actually asked the Tang Dynasty to help him resist the Great Food, but at that time, the Tang Dynasty no longer had the strength to deal with it, but the Tang Dynasty at that time still gave Kang Guo the title, which was regarded as a positive response in spirit.

In fact, the countries established by the descendants of the nine surnames of Zhaowu at that time were basically destroyed by the Great Eclipse at the same time or a similar time, and basically they all asked for help like the Tang Dynasty. And this is also Li Xuanqing's determination to let Zhang Sheng dismantle Cao Rengui's anti-Tang alliance. Since those descendants of the nine surnames back then were able to persist for more than a hundred years and still be able to turn their hearts to the Tang Dynasty, then it was worth the empire to protect them. Not to mention that it is just a small anti-Tang alliance, even if it is really facing the big food in the future, Li Xuanqing will not have any hesitation.

Cen Tianshi hurried away immediately after getting Li Xuanqing's reply, the cabinet was the busiest at the end of the year, and he had to arrange these things, so he didn't delay for a moment. As soon as he left, Li Xuanqing began to think about how to make the necessary reinforcements to Wan Yi, who was on the northwest front, if Hu Xiaosi's plan did not achieve the desired effect, then the Western Expeditionary Army would face a joint counterattack by all ethnic groups in the northwest, and Wan Yi's men and horses would not be enough. It's just that the transportation pressure in the northwest region can only support the combat needs of about 200,000 troops at the maximum.

"Big brother, aren't our new guns already finalized? Immediately organize production and send it to my senior brother in winter. I think that relying on the advantage of breech guns, the role that the Western Expeditionary Army can play will definitely be greatly enhanced, so that by next spring, I think the army in the northwest will be able to complete the reloading, and we can rest assured. If the war is tight, other troops can be transferred into the sandbank, anyway, after the winter, the northwest transportation line is better than now. Moreover, the railway can also be repaired to the vicinity of Ganzhou, and the logistical pressure will definitely be much smaller. Qiaoxi saw a solemn look on Li Xuanqing's face and spoke.

"Breech guns?" Li Xuanqing raised his head, watched the look on Qiaoxi's face sweep away, and laughed softly.