The great battle that took place on the northwest border of Egypt profoundly changed the situation of the entire Taixi, not only announcing the official intervention of the Tang Empire, but also exhausting the last advantages and forces of the original Great Qin Empire. After the end of the war, nearly 40,000 prisoners were handed over to Li Shaozhou, who were immediately sent to the construction site of the Phoenician Canal. After so many more laborers out of thin air, at the end of May of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, the canal excavation team led by Lin Yuantu and Xu Anmo finally extended the canal to Baylakh, and the wide waterway transported the water of the Red Sea all the way from south to north into the vast desert. And because Egypt has been declared an imperial territory, Xu Anmo's side is more careful in building the canal, and all the materials and works are also more rigorous in construction. The construction of buildings and ancillary facilities on both sides of the river was also started day and night under the auspices of the Chang'an Construction Company, and after being delayed in the early stage, they gradually caught up, and three successive bridges began to be erected in Suez, on the north bank of the Great Bitter Lake, and in Baylach.

The results of the Anxi Corps were also sent to Gauss Ji after these prisoners were brought back, and the brilliant results Gauss Ji didn't pay much attention to it, but just let Qin Kong, who was temporarily his chief of staff, archive a copy and then directly transfer it to the Western Expeditionary Army Headquarters. What he is now thinking about is that although the Great Qin Army was almost completely annihilated by himself by surprise, the navy led by Eridogan still has complete combat strength, and once the diplomatic negotiations come to a standstill, then the other party will definitely send out the whole army to attack Phoenicia in the next step. After all, now that the main force of Great Qin has been defeated by himself, the only thing that the other party still has the ability to dispatch is the naval fleet.

"Deputy marshal, this is the latest information, Amdullah did not choose to withdraw his troops, but planned to continue the attack, completely occupy the Thracian region, and try to draw a demarcation line based on the Balkan Mountains." Qin Kong handed the latest information he received to Gauss and said, "Is Amdullah thinking about the aftermath of the war?" But with such a large army continuing to fight on the front lines, do you really think that their domestic economy, which is close to collapse, can afford to sustain them for a long time? ”

"I think they will be able to hold out until the canal is opened, and the new warships can sail into the Mediterranean." Gauss shook his head, he could guess that Ayebi had already transferred all the supplies exchanged by Egypt from the empire to the front-line army, so that as long as Amdullah could clear Elidoan's continued blockade of the Dardanelles, it was indeed certain that he would survive until the end of the year. What's more, now that he has directly defeated Daqin's expeditionary legion in Egypt, if Daqin wants to retaliate, he is afraid that he will bear the brunt of it, so he has nothing to fear.

"You pass on this information to the commander and the Uighur Hammoud to pay more attention. Also, find out if Eridoan has any intention of attacking Phoenicia. Gauss thought for a moment and said: "Then inform the marines and ask them to send someone to come to the Phoenician garrison port in advance, anyway, the Phoenician port will also be the main base of their navy in the Mediterranean in the future, so they can be stationed and repaired in advance." "One of Li Shaozhou's current three battalions of marines has to accompany the canal engineering team to supervise the escort of prisoners, only one battalion is in the city of Phoenicia with the advance headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army, and the rest are patrolling other parts of Egypt, and they also have to maintain local law and order before the arrival of the National Guard, so Li Shaozhou does not have any extra manpower to enter the port. But fortunately, the current Persian fleet of Qu Chengmei is currently the same as the new fleet of Da Shi, and can only stare at the unfinished canal.

When Gauss began to meditate on Elidogan's next move in Phoenicia, the news of the defeat was gradually sent to Rome, the new royal capital of the Great Qin Empire, along with the remnants of the defeated army to recover the Iberian Peninsula. Since no one had expected the Tang Empire to intervene so suddenly, the high-level leaders of the Great Qin Empire had no plan for this at all. All they were thinking about was how to deal with the relationship with the Tang Dynasty after taking Egypt, and even many of them suggested that in order to alleviate the contradictions that had arisen with the Tang Dynasty before, after the occupation of Egypt, the Great Qin Empire should also take advantage of the situation to recognize the Phoenician Canal Treaty signed by the Great Food and the Tang Dynasty, after all, the opening of the Phoenician Canal is also a great thing for them. But after the news of the war came, all the talk died down. After the last main force was completely annihilated, what they were most worried about at present was that they could no longer suppress the chaotic situation that was about to move in the country. Great Qin's strength is above that of Great Eclipse, so it has an advantage over Great Eclipse at the current strategic level, and it can still support the expeditionary legion to Tunisia after stabilizing the defeat in the east. But after this corps was almost completely wiped out, the local localists in the newly occupied land in the country were only afraid that they would turn their faces directly after learning the news, right? Previously, it was possible to rely on strong military strength to forcibly suppress it, but what should be done at this time?

"I suggest, recover Byzantium." Eridogan's suggestion at this time shocked everyone, and while everyone was thinking about how to stabilize the internal situation, only the famous admiral proposed that it was still a foreign war to defeat the main force of the Great Food Empire entrenched in the old Byzantine land. But as Eridoan gave his reasons little by little, everyone stopped talking. When the main force of the army was almost completely annihilated, and Dodell and others were busy gathering the remnants of the army, Elidoan's prestige was even higher, and he had overshadowed all the generals in the royal court.

At the beginning of June of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, the new mission of Great Qin began to set out from Rome and headed for Egypt. Obviously, the Great Qin delegation came to ask for the guilt, after all, when the Tang Dynasty chose to intervene in the war, it was done suddenly, and there was no declaration of war at all. All Great Qin had enough reasons to question. However, these are not what Gauss Ji needs to consider, because at this time, Li Chengyu led the Egyptian receiving officials have also arrived and are coming from Suez. Therefore, Gao Siji and Qin Kong didn't even take the Great Qin Mission to heart, but it was another news from Qin Kong that made him frown.

"You mean that the real purpose of the Great Qin Mission's visit is not to intend to engage in a foreign dispute with us, but to take a fancy to the prisoners of war in our hands?" Gauss Ji was frowning and thinking about this matter, but as Qin Kong put all his strength into investigating through various channels, this news was not far from ten.

"Deputy Marshal, we'd better have a case in advance about this matter, otherwise the Deputy Prime Minister will definitely ask about it. After all, the matter of prisoners of war is not only about civil affairs, but also about the military in the current situation. Qin Kong said: "I have already counted with Li Shaozhou, and there are currently more than 80,000 Great Qin prisoners of war on the construction site of the engineering team. They were originally formed into an army and were captured by our army, so as long as they were put back, they would be able to conjure up an army of 80,000 in a few days if they rearmed, plus the remaining elite in their country, Kyiv Russia could still muster some manpower, and it would not be difficult at all to form its army of more than 100,000 or 200,000. If such a huge force is put into the battlefield, then it will inevitably completely change the situation in a short period of time. ”

"You mean Elidogan eventually chose to return to Byzantium, right?" Gauss nodded thoughtfully and said, "This Elidoan is really a talent, and he can grasp the last trace of outside power in the chaotic situation, which is not inferior to me." ”

"The lieutenant means to promise them?" Qin Kong heard Gauss praise Elidoan, and said: "If Elidoan is really so much, with an army and a superior navy, I'm afraid that Amdullah won't be able to gain a foothold in Byzantium at all, and the last hundred thousand troops will all be buried in the Bosphorus, so I'm afraid that the Great Food Empire will collapse first." ”

"Do you think the Great Food Empire will last long? Even if we don't release the prisoners, Alidoan has other ways to defeat Amdullah, and that strait is enough for Alidogan to completely cut off all communication between Amdullah and the rear. So Amdullah is more than a step behind Elidoan. Gauss Ji shook his head and said: "Even if it is just a blockade, Amdullah will not be able to fight in the Thracian region, although Great Qin currently has no combat strength to attack, but after all, the Balkan region is the territory of hundreds of miles of the Great Qin Empire, and it is their heartland, just one move to clear the wilderness is enough." ”

"You go and inform the deputy prime minister and say that the military has no special opinion on the release of prisoners of war, and that the deputy prime minister can discuss it from the point of view of civil affairs and the excavation of the canal. Prisoners of war may be released if the civil administration allows. Gao Siji's words obviously directly told Li Chengyu that the prisoners of war could be released, but the Great Qin Empire had to pay enough to exchange it.

Qin Kong forced a smile and turned around to do this, and soon Li Chengyu and his party, who had just arrived at the construction site and had not had time to rest, received a report from Gao Siji.

"Minister Lin, if these 80,000 prisoners of war are extracted, how long will your canal be delayed?" Mr. Li had previously been an aide to Yang Qiu at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, where he took charge of the ministry and served as deputy prime minister in charge of overseas affairs after the latter left the cabinet to become president of the Senate. Therefore, the starting point of his consideration of the problem is basically from the perspective of civil affairs.

"If all 80,000 prisoners of war are withdrawn, then the canal engineering team will only have the last 20,000 cannibals and the more than 10,000 people we recruited from the local tribes of Egypt, which is simply not enough to support the construction of the canal through Kantara by the end of the year." Lin Yuantu pointed to the newly drawn map along the canal and said: "Only after passing Kantara can we really enter the northern region of Egypt, and we can have the nearest fresh water supply site. "At present, the Phoenician Canal project is experiencing the most difficult journey, most of the projects are actually ancillary, to divert water from a long distance, the fresh water resources of the Bailaheben area can not withstand the consumption of more than 100,000 people and countless projects, and the last resort can only divert water from other river sources and snow-capped mountain areas, which is why the canal construction is so difficult every step forward, not just because of the road, if it is in China, according to the strength of Xu Anmo's canal dredging company, I am afraid that I will be able to complete the task in three months, but in Egypt, Xu Anmo does not dare to guarantee it for three years.

"And what if we release them in batches? For example, what about releasing the previous 40,000 prisoners of war, and then detaining the batch in their hands and delaying their release for three months or half a year? Li Chengyu's words made Qin Kong next to him think of a solution, and said with a smile: "The deputy prime minister's method is good, in my opinion, let's negotiate with the Great Qin Mission, in addition to the fact that Great Qin needs to pay enough price to redeem the prisoners of war, there is also to ensure that the other party does not arm these prisoners of war against me Datang, half of the prisoners of war will be released in advance, and the remaining half a year will be released later." Three months to half a year is enough time for us to find a way to transfer some manpower from other channels, so that the canal project will not come to a complete standstill. ”

"That's fine." Qin Kong's words made Li Chengyu and Lin Yuantu quickly unify their opinions, and after arranging the main political officials in the rear and various cities, Li Chengyu and Qin Kong began to rush to Phoenicia City together and began to take over the negotiation work with the Great Qin Mission.

However, after Li Chengyu took over the negotiations, Qin Kong's side also received definite news, and Elidogan really led his naval fleet from Rome City and began to move towards Byzantium one step ahead, preparing to assist the army in Thrace to stabilize the situation as much as possible. And Hamoud, who was far away in the Volga region, also received the final mobilization from the Russian side of Kiev after joining up with Wujie, mobilizing the last garrison troops to go south to the territory of the Great Qin Empire to participate in the war. This meant that Elidogan's plan was being implemented little by little, and it was clear that Elidogan was not pinning his hopes on Egypt's 80,000 prisoners of war, but was preparing for the second step of the plan while the mission was negotiating.

Because the Tang side has already made up his mind, so Li Chengyu and the other party's embassy negotiated very quickly, on the price of the redemption of prisoners of war, the anxious Daqin did not bargain, and paid a one-time price of four million gold coins for fifty gold coins to redeem all 80,000 prisoners of war, but the condition given by the Tang side was because considering the security of the Egyptian region and preventing the Great Qin Empire from arming these prisoners of war to attack Egypt again, so it could only deliver 40,000 people in advance. The remaining manpower will need to be delivered after half a year.

The Great Qin Mission was obviously authorized, but there was no other opinion on shortening half a year to three months, and in order to show its sincerity, it then transported all four million gold coins to Phoenicia City by warship, and then began to transport prisoners of war back to China by the way.

In order to increase the difficulty of the Great Qin Empire's counterattack on Byzantium, Qin Kong also revealed the news to the Great Food side after Eridogan's fleet arrived in the Dardanelles, and warned the other party that it should stop at the right time to avoid being cut off from the mainland by the other party. But at this time, Amdullah couldn't stop at all after taking the entire Thracian region, not to mention that in his opinion, the Thracian region was rich in products and enough to support his army to fight independently after the rear supply line was cut off, so he rejected Qin Kong's suggestion, so the last big battle between Great Qin and Great Food gradually unfolded.