"Commander, General Staff Emergency." Inside the headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army, Wan Yi was looking for Liu Xuan to check the number of troops that had been transferred from the north to assist the Anxi Bu Embassy in the summer to reclaim the land, and the guards hurriedly walked in with the urgent report that had just been delivered.

"Is the General Staff planning to let our Western Expeditionary Army also clear the big auction? Why do you even plan to sell all the food and clothing in the munitions warehouse? Liu Xuan took it and hurriedly glanced at it, handed it to Wan Yi and said with a wry smile: "In this way, how can we eat the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army?" ”

After reading it, Wan Yi shook his head and said: "Chief of Staff, you have calculated the right time, now that Da Shi and Da Qin are desperately increasing their armaments, they don't want to give each other up, but they are afraid that a big war is imminent, as long as they can sell it, they will do whatever it takes." That's why the General Staff asked us to vacate the air demand warehouse, and take out all the materials that could not be used for the time being and hand them over to the logistics department and the Yelu family, so that we could free up transportation capacity to transport more materials and trade goods to the northwest. Wan Yi paused for a moment and continued: "Chief of Staff, you immediately contact the logistics base, count all the materials except weapons, equipment and ammunition, and then leave us to need urgent needs for the time being, and take out all the others and sell them." In order to save time and transportation capacity, the Logistics Department was required to purchase the materials needed for the fire of the Western Expedition as much as possible in various parts of Anxi, so as to save time and money on the one hand, and on the other hand, to support the local construction of the provinces of Anxi in the form of military procurement. ”

"What the marshal said is, I'll do it right away." Wan Yi's idea Liu Xuan immediately understood, and with great interest, he took a group of staff officers to arrange it urgently, and at the same time contacted Anxi Bu's political envoy Qu Chengmei and the military and political parties to jointly handle this matter, after all, once the huge military procurement list in the later period was determined, it would be necessary for Qu Chengmei, who was also the deputy prime minister in charge of northwest affairs, to coordinate the provinces.

"Marshal, I found out that you lost money if you didn't go to the Ministry of Commerce, and this idea is even better than that of the cabinet." Soon after Liu Xuan hurriedly came out, Gauss came in and said with a smile: "The General Staff has already mobilized Liu Yi's corps to be stationed in various parts of Hexi Province, and I think it is to prepare the second-line corps for our Western Expeditionary Army." If the Great Cannibals and the Great Qin people start a war, more troops will be transferred to Hexi in the future, and they will be stationed in various parts of Anxi at any time. After Xu Tianxiang came out of the palace, he and Wang Houchun immediately began to mobilize follow-up troops and horses to enter the northwest, while Liu Yi's corps, which was supposed to be rotated into the garrison of Tatar Province, was urgently dropped to Hexi, and the follow-up Cangzhou corps was gradually transferred to the northwest. Although such a move was only to inform the headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army, according to Gao Siji's vision, he could naturally see at a glance the follow-up thoughts of the General Staff.

"Is there any new progress on Qin Kong's side? Didn't you say you had already infiltrated it? Tell him that according to the scale of the current arms race between the two countries, I am afraid that in only half a year at most, they will have to go to war, otherwise the whole country will be dragged down by this endless competition. Therefore, if there is no substantial progress between these two countries before the end of the year, Xuan Yingwei will have to pick up this layer of window paper for them. Wan Yi nodded and said, "But I'm not optimistic about Qin Kong's plan, the so-called crusaders are simply a group of rabble, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to play an effective role when the time comes." And there is another point that the Great Qin side has not yet exterminated the Gauls, but I am afraid that it may not be able to fight when the time comes, if it retreats from the Great Qin-"

"Qin Kong has a backup plan on his side, if Great Qin retreats, then encourage the Gauls to counterattack, so that the Great Food Empire will definitely not give up such a good opportunity. It's just that we haven't figured out where the big cannibals plan to start at the moment. Gauss Ji smiled: "Another point is that the marshal may not know that the crusader is under the banner of the Holy See, and one of the supporters behind it is the Gauls, so I have a hunch that the crusaders will definitely be able to play a role." ”

"The Holy See? Crusade? Wan Yi pondered for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "What kind of Gauls do you say, will they find us through this crusader?" Didn't I hear that the Gauls and the island country were called, and the naval strength was actually not bad, right? ”

"I don't know about this, but according to the news from the dark guard, in fact, the quality of their naval warships is inferior to the wooden sailing ships that our Datang used before. Therefore, the dark guard is already contacting domestic merchants, preparing to build a shipyard on the side of the Persian governorship, and supervise the construction of wooden ships to sell to the big cannibals. Gauss shook his head and continued: "I heard that their ship does not even have a watertight cabin, and as long as there is a problem with the hull, it will inevitably capsize. ”

"Building a shipyard in the Persian Governorate? Isn't that a joke? Even if it is sold to the Great Cannibal, can the Great Cannibal drive to the Mediterranean? Wan Yi shook his head and said, "If the warships can't go through, the big cannibals are not stupid, what do you want these warships for?" It would be better to send someone over and sell the technology of the wooden sailboat to the big cannibal, so that they can sell it for some money. "Now that Datang has completely entered the steam age in China, as long as it is a little bit large, it will use powered iron-hulled ships, and wooden sailing ships have withdrawn from the shipbuilding market except for a few areas. That's why Wan Yi said that he would sell it directly for money.

"I don't know about this, but I heard that the emperor is very supportive of this matter." Gauss Ji waved his hand and said, "Dashuai, since the fight is about to start on Tessie's side, shouldn't we also be ready?" Let Hammoud and Wu Huan's gang of boys have a number in their hearts, so as not to come to me to inquire about the news in three days. ”

"Although there is no clear order from the General Staff, but no order is actually an order, sit back and watch the success or failure, no matter how the Great Food and the Great Qin people are, as long as they fight, we will complete the task, and when the two of them are mired in the quagmire and cannot extricate themselves, then it is time for us to attack. At present, the most important thing is to seize the time to hoard more war materials for them, so that they will not be able to stop for a short time once the fight starts, and only in this way can I have the opportunity to profit from it. Wan Yi looked confident, walked to the large battle map hanging in the middle of the tent and said with a smile: "Didn't you already arrange a point before?" When the time comes, let Wu Huan lead people to the west with the army of the Kingdom of Huangjiasi, which is not a big deal. Even if necessary, I can even ask Wu Huan to go south directly to take down this surrounding area called the Caspian Sea for me. ”

Gauss Ji nodded, agreeing with Wan Yi's idea, this kind of pure robbery while the fire is on fire, and compared to Wan Yi, Gauss Ji had previously led troops to assist the Kingdom of Gans to repel the siege of the Slavs, and he was very familiar with the land near the sea over there, compared to the Aral Sea Province, most of which were deserts, but there were basically fertile fields, and at the most of them were endless steppes, rich in water and grass, and sparsely populated, as long as they were taken down, they could become the land of the empire forever.

"If we can build the railway to the Aral Sea Province, then our army's ability to advance westward will inevitably be greatly strengthened, and the scope of radiation will be wider." Wan Yi drew his finger on the map and said, "I hope our railway can be repaired sooner." You take the time to contact Qu Chengmei's side to see if you can transfer the workers and prisoners of war of the southern railway to the vicinity of Baishui City as soon as possible, and build the railway between Shule and Baishui City first. Roads are being built much faster in the northwest in the summer than in the winter. Wan Yi and Gauss Ji were thinking about the Western Railway, and Qu Chengmei in Shule City in the distance was so anxious that his mouth was bubbling, Sima Daoxin in Persian Province had already dispatched most of the railway workers to the north, but the hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war he couldn't make up his mind for a while whether to transfer them over, so he had to transfer the 100,000 naturalized prisoners of war in Khotan first. After the opening of the southern railway, a large number of materials and commodities transported to Dashi were directly transferred to the Persian governorate and then shipped to Baghdad, but the trade with Daqin could not take this road, so they could only take the western route honestly. So these days, the caravans on the western front leading to Whitewater City and then turning to Chelsea are endless, and they are working day and night, so that even the small city of Chel, which was originally just an inconspicuous city, has developed rapidly. Even after the city of Chel was saturated, the newly built Aral Sea city on the eastern shore of the Aral Sea became prosperous, transporting supplies by ship to the new city in the west, and then by land again. However, in Qu Chengmei's view, this kind of back-and-forth hungry transshipment wastes too much time and money, and if there is a railway, then it will definitely be able to greatly promote this trade, so that the development of the northwest will also hitch a ride. Although Qu Chengmei has been away from the army for many years, he still has basic vision, the amount of goods and materials imported by Daqin and Dashi from Datang has increased rapidly in a short period of time, and the bulk material transactions are concentrated in arms and food, and even the fur and wool textiles produced in the northwest have also increased rapidly, how can he not see what is happening on Taixi's side? Besides, the basic strategy of the Western Expeditionary Army and the war report on Taixi's side will also be transmitted to him, the deputy prime minister, in a timely manner, so his mind is the same as Wan Yi and others, thinking about how much he can earn during this time. Qu Chengmei is not interested in what the rivals of Daqin and Da Shi are like, what he is thinking about now is how to repair the railway in the shortest possible time, and then send these materials over as quickly as possible, for this reason, Qu Chengmei has ordered all the treaty ports and major merchants in the northwest to adopt the principle of paying money before delivery or trading money and goods in Datang, and all the transaction methods of credit transactions or cash on delivery have been temporarily stopped.

"Why don't you let the army help." Qu Chengmei thought for a long time and then hit the idea on the Western Expeditionary Army, and hurriedly found Gauss Ji to explain his thoughts.

"I said, Brother Qu, Deputy Prime Minister Qu, you really don't plan to let those young men from the army help you build roads, do you?" Gauss was so big that if he wanted to maintain order, he could directly order the garrison to help, but he was afraid that if he let the general staff know about it, he would directly pick his own skin, and this matter still needs the approval of the Ministry of Defense. Although the Western Expeditionary Army is on the front line, there will be a war at any time, so the Ministry of Defense does not interfere much in the daily management of the army, and Wan Yi himself is also the person in charge of the Northwest Theater, but this road construction does not make the Western Expeditionary Army, the largest wartime group army in the empire, not do its job? Besides, really think that there is no war on your side?

It's just that the construction of the western railway is imminent, not to mention that the railway is repaired, and the effect on the army's march is more obvious than that of the people, so Gauss thought about it and said: "Why don't you use the more than 200,000 or nearly 300,000 prisoners of war when the southern line railway was built?" In the Persian province, after more than a year of labor reform, it is basically usable. ”

"Because of religious taboos, I have only transferred about 100,000 prisoners of war who have all been naturalized in Khotan for the time being, and the other Sima Daoxin can't guarantee it himself, so no matter how bold I am, I don't dare to let these Tianfang disciples enter other places easily?" Qu Chengmei smiled bitterly: "I was still thinking about the good things of the army, but now I will think of something else." ”

"In this way, I will arrange for the garrisons along the way to help you watch this group of prisoners of war, the military discipline of the field troops will definitely be much stricter than that of the National Guard, you will send about 100,000 people over, I will help you watch, this is always okay, right?" Gauss Ji also knew the other party's difficulties, and time was more important than anything else at this time, so after thinking about it, he gave the other party an idea.

"If you have a way, I'll arrange it right away." Qu Chengmei nodded, he agreed with Gao Siji's method, so he left in a hurry. Gauss also asked Liu Xuan to immediately arrange for the armies along the Western Railway to send troops when necessary to assist the government and the construction company in managing these prisoners of war.

When the high-level officials of the Western Expeditionary Army and the political envoys of the northwestern provinces led by Qu Chengmei were trying their best to make a fortune for this arms race between Taixi and Taixi, Qin Kong, who came out of Great Qin and passed through the Kingdom of Huangx, was worried about another matter, and the secret guard in his hand actually heard the latest movements of the Gauls.

"The Gauls, are they really going to fall for the cannibals? Doesn't it mean that their religious beliefs are not in agreement? They still want to cooperate with the infidels they call them? Qin Kong was a little distressed, originally he had planted men in the crusaders and waited for these people to be able to gradually complete the deployment after crossing the sea from the Apennine Peninsula, and when these people crossed the Mediterranean Sea and appeared on the east coast, this big war was bound to be unstoppable. But at this time, it was rumored that the supporters behind the crusade were actually ready to fall to the side of the big cannibals, so can this crusade still be successful?

"What the hell is this Gaul thinking? Could it be that something is wrong here? Qin Kong frowned and was a little puzzled, and then arranged for the elite men of the Dark Guard and the members of the Dragon Group to immediately find a way to find out the true thoughts of the Gauls. At the same time, Qin Kong was also thinking about a backup plan.

"Grandma, if you can't do it, you can only take risks." What Qin Kong didn't know was that what he was thinking at this time was dangerous, and it was not much different from the war game deduction that Wang Houchun did at this time on the side of the Chang'an General Staff.