Throughout the summer of the eleventh year of the Apocalypse, the attention of the high-level leaders of the Tang Empire was basically focused on the reform within the empire, the money bank was divided into two, and the central bank of the empire and the industrial and commercial bank of the Tang Dynasty were separated and established one after another, so that the financial system of the empire gradually matured. Financial progress has always been a catalyst for economic development, coupled with the strong import and export trade between Daqin and Dashi and Datang, a large number of Datang industrial goods were exported overseas, bringing back a huge amount of wealth and all kinds of raw materials, so that an industrial chain of industrial production and sales began to take shape on this vast continent with the pace of imperial trade. After entering the two countries, the industrial commodities of the Tang Empire brought great benefits to their military expansion in a short period of time, whether it was food, clothing, ammunition, weapons or even all kinds of other commodities, almost as long as they needed the Tang Dynasty, they could produce and export in large quantities, so that not only the meager handicraft workshops in the two countries were quickly squeezed out in a short period of time, but also their own agricultural production and animal husbandry were facing great challenges. However, at present, the two countries have brought huge seized wealth through the expansion of their territory, and this wealth has become a variety of imported goods, which has made the markets of the two countries extremely prosperous in a short period of time, which has also blinded the ruling classes of the two countries, indulging in the great joy of expanding their territories and recovering lost territories, and those profit-making classes have spared no effort to use means to exchange the looted money for all kinds of luxuries, indulging in drunken dreams and death.

However, these industrial and commercial classes in the Tang Dynasty and even ordinary people are out of control, the massive export and excess also make the income of the people of the empire rise year by year, a large amount of wealth allows all classes to begin to enjoy the benefits of the empire's economic development and industrial advancement, so the policies of the Tang Empire are also more and more popular among the people, once the industrial and commercial class becomes rich, it will inevitably have its own needs, so it will become more urgent to advance to the northwest, Although Li Xuanqing temporarily bolted everyone's attention to the country through his series of innovations, even he knew this situation that once the northwest side heard about the change in Taixi, it would inevitably cause the peep of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, when the financial reform of the Tang Dynasty was in full swing, the Western Expeditionary Army also received an urgent report from Xuan Yingwei.

"Great marshal, the Xuanying Guard's secret guard is urgent, there will be a big change on the crusader's side in the near future, and Commander Qin asked the marshal to prepare early." The secret guard hurriedly sent the information he received to the chief of staff Liu Xuan.

"The Crusaders plan to secretly Chen Cang?" Liu Xuan opened the information and quickly translated it according to the code, and then said with a wry smile: "Dashuai, Qin Kong said that the Crusaders have top-secret news from there, and they plan to change the direction of their march in the Mediterranean, which is called Macedonia and Athens, and go to Byzantium in the shortest possible time to attack the capital of the Great Qin Dynasty. Liu Xuan's words made Wan Yi and Gao Siji next to him suddenly stand up, quickly find the local map, and immediately began to outline the route of the march.

"Isn't Daqin's navy quite powerful? Isn't it all the credit of the navy to take the Apennine Peninsula and this coastal area called Greece before? Didn't they get the message? With such a large army messing around in their country, they don't care? Are these people really good? I've heard from the Dark Guard that the Crusaders are more of a rabble of rogue ruffians than a papal army, and that if they reach Byzantium, it will be a catastrophe. Gauss Ji asked the staff officer next to him to immediately start the deduction, and at the same time was puzzled: "These people can't be carried away by victory, right?" ”

"It is also possible that this is the case, but in this case, the Gauls will inevitably launch an unprecedented counterattack, once these crusaders appear in Byzantium, then there will be a great chaos in Daqin, and even the frontline border army that is encircled in the Gallic plain to encircle and suppress the Frankish kingdom will cause changes and chaos, I am afraid that the Gauls have already thought of a countermeasure, just wait for the chaos of the Great Qin army on the front line, and then the main force of Jizhong will counterattack and recover the land occupied by the Great Qin again." Wan Yi's words made everyone in the entire command frown, the military competition between Great Qin and the Great Cannibal has reached a critical moment, once one of the parties changes in advance, then this competition will soon come to an end, then everything will be out of the control of the Great Tang, once the Gauls are caught off guard and fight a big counterattack, then the Great Qin will inevitably lose its troops, so once the balance of power is broken, it will inevitably be taken advantage of by the Great Food Empire. Originally, Datang's plan was to make the strength of Daqin and Da Shi evenly matched, only in this way could the strength of both sides be consumed on the battlefield as much as possible, and only the outcome of both defeats would be the most beneficial to Datang.

"The vision and means of the Gauls are good, they can hide from the world and the sea, and they have played the role of this army outside the chessboard to the extreme, and easily hooked the overall situation of the entire Taixi, it seems that although the Taixi side does not have the strategy that I have summarized in the Central Plains for thousands of years, but some things can still rely on talent and vision to understand themselves." After Wan Yi sighed, he continued: "It seems that we must also make adjustments immediately, otherwise once the Gauls really do this, the situation will definitely collapse for Tessie." ”

"Dashuai, why don't we pass on this news to Daqin in advance?" Liu Xuan said at this time: "Great Qin is not a fool, once they know the news, they will inevitably make an emergency response, then relying on the crusaders, this rabble will not be the opponent of Great Qin's regular army at all." According to the news from the Secret Guard, although there were not many regular troops near Byzantium, there were three legions in the neighboring Central Asia region, and there were also a total of seven or eight legions in the Balkans and Danube regions to the north, with nearly 300,000 men. What's more, the main force of their navy is also stationed in the nearby major ports at the moment, if they can intercept these people when they cross the sea, I am afraid that a detachment will be able to bury these people at the bottom of the sea. Liu Xuan's words made several staff officers present nod for a while, it is true, Daqin's side is late to the loss of intelligence, but once Xuan Yingwei makes up for this link for them, then there will be no such troubles, after all, relying on the regular army, these hastily organized rabble will not have any chance at all. And once the trouble on the Byzantine side is solved, then there will be no abnormal movement of the Great Qin army on the front line, and the plans of the Gauls will be completely frustrated. It is even predictable that the Gauls had no other way out than to flee to the islands in the northwest of the mainland, or to flee to the territory of the Vikings while the Great Qin army had not yet closed up. And once the rebellion of the Gauls is suppressed, then Great Qin will also eliminate the biggest opposition force, and the various tribal forces in the territory will gradually stop because of the hopelessness of resistance, and Great Qin will also take advantage of the great war to eliminate the unstable forces in the territory in one fell swoop, so as to go all out to prepare for war. Even the Vikings in the north can be handed over to their allies, the Slavs, and he himself can easily divide the army of the Great Cannibals in two and then calmly choose the battlefield, so that the war between the two sides will definitely advance in the direction that the Great Qin people want.

A small sudden change in the crusade caused a chain reaction, which lasted for most of the year, and the situation in Taixi fell apart, and even the foreign strategy of the Tang Empire with the east of the continent is likely to be completely changed by this, and all the people who thought of this made this decision on the Gallic side admired it, this is called stirring up the situation in the world with their own strength, right?

However, Liu Xuan's suggestion made Gao Siji and Wan Yi shake their heads at the same time, which surprised Liu Xuan and others. Wan Yi glanced at Gao Siji and said with a smile: "Since Siji has already thought of it, why don't you open your mouth so that these boys can also have a long experience?" ”

"Siji thought of a little, but it may not be a good way." Gauss Ji smiled and said, "Didn't the chief of staff find out?" Xuan Yingwei's side just asked us to prepare early, and didn't mention anything else, and didn't even mention what kind of contingency measures they planned to take, this was not Qin Kong's personality. So just now I was thinking that the Dark Guard had already taken measures, and if necessary, they might be able to stop or influence the Crusaders. And the most important point is-" Gauss Ji said solemnly: "The most important point is that although the chief of staff's method can make Great Qin respond in a short period of time, the Crusader army has been completely destroyed. Doesn't this frustrate our plans? ”

Gauss's words made Liu Xuan suddenly realize that the crusaders played a vital role in the Tang Dynasty's planning, and even the shadows buried in Qin Kong's side had already begun to prepare for the aftermath of the war. The Western Holy See and the Celestial Sect were originally incompatible, and the Crusaders originally planned to attack Jerusalem, the holy land of Catholicism and the Celestial Sect, as long as this flashpoint is opened, then there will be no peace between the two major empires of the entire Taixi Empire and the two religions, so the Tang Dynasty will have the opportunity to include the entire continent into its own rule in the future, even if it is not directly ruled, then it is okay to support the vassal forces to rule indirectly, and even the model has been found, isn't the Duchy of Rigus ready? Such a plan involving all aspects, even spanning such a large span of time and distance before and after the war, absolutely does not allow any accidents, no matter how the situation changes, and this result is not allowed to change.

"That deputy marshal, in addition to the possible actions that the dark guard may take for today's plan, what should I do in the Western Expeditionary Army or my Datang?" At this time, Liu Xuan looked at the two helmsmen of the Western Expeditionary Army in front of him with a look of respect, and only they would quickly find a breakthrough and find the key in the chaotic puzzle.

"Let the Flying Eagle Brigade on duty in the northwest immediately enter the front line with the whole army and hand it over to Qin Kong's command, so that it can intervene in the direction of the crusaders in case of accidents." Gauss drew a huge circle on the map to encircle the peninsula where Athens was located, and said: "At this time, the crusaders were already far away from Gaul proper, and they attracted many papal forces on the Apennine Peninsula along the way, which was very different from the scene when it was first formed, so this is where Qin Kong's confidence lies." Therefore, we need to give him more support at this time, and it is the group of soldiers of the Flying Eagle Brigade who can carry out such a special mission at this time. ”

"The chief of staff immediately summoned the third brigade of the Flying Eagle Brigade in Shattered Leaf City, and asked Captain Li to immediately lead the entire army of the Flying Eagle Brigade to the west immediately, and converge with the members of the Xuanying Guardian Dragon Group and Qin Kong along the way, and let the secret guard send a message to Qin Kong, and hand over the crusader matter to him with full authority, and make a decision directly in case of emergency without hesitation." Wan Yi instructed Liu Xuan to write an order immediately, and said to Gauss: "Then let the secret guards of the army immediately increase their efforts to probe the internal intelligence of the Great Qin and Great Food, and if possible, they can send someone to inquire about the movements of the Gauls." ”

"Brother Si, you and I should write a clause and report this matter to the General Staff immediately, after all, this matter is not only a military and political matter, but also involves the large-scale export trade on the cabinet side, so we must notify in advance." Wan Yi walked to the desk and began to write a note immediately, while Gauss Ji hung up the map and took the staff officer to conduct a tense war game, for the Western Expeditionary Army on the front line, everything has a contingency, so any situation can happen, and the Western Expeditionary Army Headquarters must be fully prepared. And whether it is Gao Siji or Wan Yi, they have a hunch, but they are afraid that the battle of Liantian is not far from them. Therefore, whether it is the dispatch of troops to assist Qu Chengmei in stepping up the construction of the Western Railway, or taking advantage of the summer to start establishing a solid logistics grain procurement base in various parts of the northwest, it all indicates that although the logistics warehouses of the Western Expeditionary Army will be emptied because of the support for foreign exports, the two helmsmen of the Western Expeditionary Army, whether it is the General Staff of Chang'an or the Western Expeditionary Army of the Northwest Front, have unconsciously seized the time to make up for the shortfall in the materials allocated and began to make active preparations.

When the headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army on Shule's side quickly set a strategy, the Qinkong side, which was on the front line and penetrated deep into the territory of Great Qin, was also preparing to make a dangerous march to prevent the crusaders from changing the direction of the march, and still headed towards the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the original direction before.

"In this case, you should rush to the Frankish kingdom at once, and see if you can find out the news from there." After pondering for a long time, Qin Kong began to pay attention to the movements of the Gauls before Wan Yi's urgent news came, and sent his right-hand men to rush over to take up the town, and he rushed to the side of the shadow son he had buried in the crusaders overnight, intending to blend in with the crusaders and take necessary measures when necessary. However, he didn't know that at this time, the Flying Eagle Brigade began to be mobilized by Wan Yi towards Great Qin, so Qin Kong, who did not have enough manpower around him, planned to let the shadows secretly contact the manpower to overthrow the part of the people controlled by the Gauls. Fortunately, as Wan Yi and others expected, the crusaders themselves were extremely chaotic, and there were countless internal forces, large and small, coupled with the representatives sent from several wealthy city principalities on the Apennine side, it was impossible to make a final decision for a while. In addition, the shadows planted by Qin Kong were early enough that the shadows themselves were the leaders of one side of the crusaders, so it was possible for his plan to be implemented.