"Your Majesty, the Tiance Army has already cleared the battlefield outside the city, and they have not pursued it far, the cavalry units of the Russians in Kyiv have basically fled, and the remaining infantry brigade has more than 10,000 people crossing the estuary." Usuke's report made the king of the city look not good-looking, but at this time, the war was over, and the Tiance army did not pursue and did not agree to let the army in the city go out of the city to participate in the battle, which was equivalent to throwing away this opportunity to annihilate the opponent's main army. And the Tiance Army was originally only assisting in the battle, and they would definitely withdraw from the Gaz after the war, and it would be the Wagers themselves who would need to face the anger of the Russians in Kiev alone at that time.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the commander of the Tiance army outside the city has seen our intentions, so he will make a plan to prevent our army from going out of the city to pursue, in order to leave us an opponent, so as not to be unfavorable to Datang in the future." Wu Jie also sighed and said: "Looking at the posture of the army today, does Your Majesty consider another strategy, don't have any thoughts about Datang for the time being, and firmly follow Datang's side, maybe the Tang Emperor of Chang'an will still take care of our vassals, and will be able to support me in the future." ”

"This king knows that all the troops of the Tang Dynasty have been handed over to you to command, and the internal affairs have also been handed over to the Minister of State, and this king intends to personally go to Chang'an to pay tribute, in order to express the respect of my Huang Jia Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty, and to eliminate the hostility of the Tang Dynasty towards us." The king thought for a while and said, "During this period, if the Tang Dynasty has other wars in the northwest, you must lead the sons of your headquarters to obey the generals of the Tiance Army. ”

"Rest assured, this king, the Admiral understands." Usuke nodded, he was originally from the royal family of Huangjiasi, and there was nothing to say about taking over the national army at this time, but he was still a little suspicious that the king of Huangjiasi was going to Chang'an in person, but he didn't say much. For the Tang Empire, Wujie knows more deeply than anyone in the Tang Dynasty, and if he wants to come to the Tang Dynasty, he does not disdain to rely on the control of the king of the Tang Dynasty to persecute the Tang Dynasty, and the tribal leaders who have gone to Chang'an to pay tribute for so many years are free to come and go, and the Tang Dynasty rarely makes restrictive moves.

When the monarchs and ministers began to discuss good relations with the Tang Dynasty, Wang Shoutian also went out of the city to meet with Wu Huan, Qin Kong and others, and Wu Huan specially set up a banquet to entertain Wang Shoutian and other foreign affairs delegations.

"General Wu, please immediately inform the Seventh Corps not to come to Sizhao City for the time being, just return directly to the Volga region and join the deputy marshal." Wang Shoutian said with a smile: "The king of the Gang has decided to return to Chang'an with me later and go to pay tribute. ”

"Don't worry, minister, I've already arranged it." Wu Huan was also very impressed by Wang Shoutian Yijie Wenchen actually staying in Sizhao City to stabilize the people of Sizhao City at the time of war, so he personally came over to toast and said: "The minister has suffered in the city these days, if the emperor knows that the minister and the envoy of our Western Expeditionary Army are still in the city, he will definitely open his mouth to scold people if he is fighting hotly outside." ”

"It's not enough to scold, but Minister Wang, why did this king of the Zodiac agree to go to Chang'an to pay tribute so quickly? Isn't he afraid that we will detain him in Chang'an when the time comes? Qin Kong smiled: "And this time this kid Wujie is careful, didn't the minister blackmail them into something?" ”

"You, I found out that Xuan Yingwei learned all the faults from your commanders? When do you want to take advantage? The Slavs don't know anything but grazing, and some time ago we gave them some wheat seeds, but it turns out that these people are not as good as those Slavic barbarians, they don't even know how to farm, what else can you expect to extort from them? Wang Shoutian and Wu Huan couldn't help laughing at Qin Kong's character of plucking feathers, Wang Shoutian shook his head and said: "So I have promised them to go back and support some of their mining workers, and come here to guide them for three years. ”

"Isn't that too lenient? We help with prospecting and then have to spend money to buy their minerals? How can you lose money on this deal? Wu Huan shook his head, obviously a little dissatisfied with such conditions, but then he heard Wang Shoutian laugh: "You guys, why are you all this kind of character?" Okay, to tell you the truth, I have approved the border between the east and my Datang, this is the approximate distribution map, and it will be sent to the deputy marshal when the time comes, it doesn't matter if you two take a look in advance. Wang Shoutian knew that Wu Huan's Sixth Corps would be stationed in the Volga region in the next eight years, and this map would have to be given to him sooner or later, so he smiled after opening it indifferently: "The Volga River is all owned by the Tang Dynasty within a hundred miles, the southern region is subject to the source of the Volga River, the horizontal line is drawn to the source of the Dnieper River, and the southeast region belongs to the Tang Dynasty. Well, such conditions are always okay, right? ”

"Sure enough, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still powerful, so we should fill in another province in the northwest this year." Qin Kong and Wu Huan compared the map, admired Wang Shoutian's ability, and gave each other a thumbs up.

"When are you going to be a teacher? I made an appointment with the king of Ognes to set out in three days. Wang Shoutian and Wu Huan agreed on the time to return to the Volga River valley together, but Wu Huan needed to go to Gauss's side to report on the battle, and there was also a large group of prisoners who needed to be handed over to the logistics troops who came later. So near the Volga River, he separated from Wang Shoutian, who continued eastward with the king of the Zodiac and embarked on the road to the city of Chel, northwest of the Aral Sea.

"The deputy marshal means that he intends to build a city here?" On the third day of Wang Shoutian's departure, the Seventh Corps of Wu Si'er also led his army to this place to join the division. Gauss Ji also began to say his own plans for this time, which had already been implemented after Wu Huan and Wu Si'er brought back tens of thousands of prisoners. However, Wu Si'er couldn't react a little and said: "The deputy marshal has no Han people here at all, just rely on these Slavic prisoners of war, can we build a city for these prisoners of war to live?" ”

"What does the deputy marshal mean to use the city as the foundation to expand the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule in this place? Is it possible to govern this area with points and areas? Wu Huan and the others were puzzled, but Qin Kong nodded and said thoughtfully: "Is the deputy marshal pulling the large-scale state farm over there in Vladivostok in Northeast China here?" But I guess it's a bit difficult, right? Previously, when we reported to Xuan Yingwei internally, we said that the empire's grain output will reach a peak this year, and I am afraid that tens of millions of stone grain will be thrown into the empire's grain market in the northeast alone, and if there are state-owned farms in the northwest, then the Ministry of Agriculture will definitely not approve it. After all, even if we have abolished all agricultural taxes internally, the continued low price of grain will hurt the enthusiasm of the peasants, and thus lead the peasants into a state of long-term poverty. "Because Qin Kong is the senior commander of Xuan Yingwei, he has an understanding of many aspects, so he is also the head of the conversation when it comes to this part, "I heard that the Ministry of Agriculture has set up large warehouses in various places to hoard grain to avoid low grain prices, and this year it seems that the cabinet has also introduced a lot of policies to encourage agricultural processing enterprises, that is, to increase the processing of grain." ”

"Is that so? That's a pity, I've seen these places in the past few days, they are all good land, if they can be used, not only can they be self-sufficient but also can supply a large area to the surrounding areas, at least the grain of our northwest garrison can be satisfied by the output of this land, even if it can only be planted once a year, it will not be much worse than the northeast. Qin Kong's words made Gao Siji stunned for a moment, and then shook his head and said: "I'll go back to the deputy prime minister to talk about this matter, and I'll listen to him on how to arrange it." However, it is imperative to build a city, and so many prisoners of war have been handed over to Wu Huan, it is necessary to build a new city in the shortest possible time, I have thought of the name, it is called West Pole City. ”

"West Pole City? Does the deputy marshal mean to use this new city to show the surrounding cannibals and Great Qin people that our Datang will not expand outward for the time being? Qin Kong was very interested in Gao Siji's deliberate name, so he pondered for a moment and smiled: "I will arrange for the secret guards to spread it all over, at least so that Great Qin and Great Cannibal will not redirect their attention to our side." ”

"The big cannibals estimate that they wish we could expand westward, Daqin is at least some distance away from us before, but this Slav is considered to have completely offended us, although the Kiev Russians escaped part of the main force in this battle, but more than half of the more than 100,000 troops were lost. I estimate that they will definitely turn around and continue to attack the Qiangsi in the next step, and by the way, the eyes of the Great Qin people will also be attracted to this side, and before I return, I have already informed the various trading houses that are doing business in the Russian principality of Kiev to retreat, so as not to suffer from the fish in the pond. After all, we don't have much strength to fight westward now, and it's better not to make a big fight until Daqin and Da Cannibal really fight. Qin Kong's words made everyone present nod, the situation in the northwest has been completely clear, so far the war of the Huangsi Kingdom can be regarded as surviving in the cracks, even if there is a war in the next step, it is not a big problem to rely on Wujie's ability to deal with it independently, at least in the case of the Tiance army not being dispatched, the Great Qin people will not let Kyiv Russia go all out. What's more, under the control of the Tang Empire, a large amount of arms was bought by the big cannibals after the beginning of spring, and even in order to facilitate the transaction, Ayebi let his son stay in Shule. If such a large effort to buy into the army and start a big war in the territory of the white-clothed food, it is enough to drag down the financial system of the big cannibal.

"Okay, Qin Kong, you can also stay here to assist Wu Huan for a while, and wait until the deputy prime minister's men come before returning." Gauss continued to ponder for a long time and said: "After the return of the aid officers on the side of the Legnes, they will also be temporarily enriched to the Sixth Corps, and after repairing the city, if the cabinet wants to establish a state farm, they will naturally send someone over, so the next task of those prisoners of war is to continue to build roads, on the one hand, to connect with our straight road to the east, and on the other hand, to find a way to build a straight road to Sizhao City, if these two things can be done, this land will never escape the grasp of the empire."

"Don't worry, deputy marshal, leave it to me, anyway, I have already been the city lord once on the side of the Aral Sea, this time it's amazing, and I will be it again." Wu Huan clenched his fists and laughed. After several people discussed, Gauss gave Wu Huan the sketches he had drawn during this time and the surrounding road construction drawings, and said that after arriving in Shule, he would apply to the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Communications to send a bridge engineering team to find a way to build a regular bridge on the Volga River. In fact, this idea of Gauss was also realized, and it was similar to the most modern railway and highway dual-purpose bridge in the Central Plains, with the drive of this bridge, the new city of Xiji City embarked on the road of rapid development from the beginning, and the caravans and Han people in the Central Plains also began to gradually follow the pace of the army to come here to multiply, and gradually took root in the land of the empire little by little.

It was precisely because of Gauss's construction of a new city on the west bank of the Volga River, coupled with aid and trade with the Ural side, that this new trade route reached its climax at the beginning, and a large number of caravans that had arrived here through the Ural Mountains had a solid stop to rest and rest. After tens of thousands of prisoners of war arrived in the back of all kinds of building materials, work began day and night, and in just over three months, the West Pole City had a basic outline, which was full of oriental city style from the inside out, and gradually became the object of discussion for caravans on the west bank of the Volga River. After Tuoba Sijian promised to find a suitable sales channel for these grains, the Ministry of Agriculture also agreed with the Northwest Military Administrative Region, and ordered a batch of machinery and equipment from the Central Plains, as well as specially trained industrial workers and their families, all of which were packed and sent to Shule for Tuoba Sijian to deal with by himself. In this way, the large-scale farms in Xiji City have gradually been established, and when this famous land of fish and rice has been gradually developed and utilized, Li Xuanqing hopes to use grain exports to influence the internal affairs of other countries.

However, when the northwest side was still working hard to build the West Pole City, Li Xuanqing, who was packing up in Chang'an and planning to go to sea to see the palace on the Hokkaido side, was quietly stunned with the battle report sent back from the northwest. If nothing else, after the kingdom of Rigus recovers its strength, after being cut off from the expansion path in the southeast and southeast directions, their only way out is to open the road to Taixi all the way to the west, and they can also extend the footsteps of the empire to the other side of the continent through them, so as to truly establish a great empire where everything reaches the ocean, and the legendary West Sea should be in that distant place.