"Tiancheng, why are you late? Why did you bring the chief of civil affairs? Liu Baoliang, who came to Fengzhou to greet Yang Tiancheng, saw a few people coming up from the Yellow River crossing, and came up with a smile.

"I received a notice from my lord that I was asked to be a matchmaker." Cen Tianshi said with a smile: "It's just that the lord didn't say who he was the matchmaker for?" Baoliang, it won't be for you, right? Could it be that the lord has found a girl? Cen Tianshi said curiously: "Where is the lord now?" ”

"In Nash Town, let me tell you, the lord is planning to build a vacation base over there, and I heard that the third sister-in-law has already set up a company. I don't understand, I'll know when we get there. Liu Baoliang turned over and took a few people towards Nash Town quickly.

Two hours from Fengzhou to Wuliang Suhai had arrived, and when a few people arrived at Nash, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi were busy leading people to make food, and the strong aroma permeated the area, which also made several people suddenly feel that they were actually hungry.

"Big brother, Mr. Cen, they've arrived." Qiaoxi looked up and saw several people speeding in the distance shouting towards Li Xuanqing, who was concentrating on grilling fish.

"Come on, come on, it's better to come early than to come at a good time. Today I'll cook, and everyone will eat first. Li Xuanqing didn't raise his head, and directly beckoned everyone to sit down and eat first.

"I said, lord, you won't call me and Tiancheng just to eat the grilled fish you made, right?" Cen Tianshi sat down at the makeshift dining table and was not polite, grabbing a piece of barbecue and laughing while eating.

"Hou Chun sent a war report and a strange thing, I want to ask Mr. to come over and discuss." Li Xuanqing waved his hand skillfully, took a document handed over by the latter, and said with a smile: "Tubo Zampu said that he wanted to make peace with our Tiance Mansion and marry their princess, so I want to ask Mr. to be a matchmaker for Tiancheng." ”

"And pro?" Cen Tianshi put down the food in his hand and took it and looked at it, and said thoughtfully: "The policy of harmony has always been basically an important way for the Central Plains Dynasty to maintain relations with various states, but most of the Central Plains Dynasty married women, and there were relatively few people who came to the dynasty and relatives. There won't be any fraud here, right? Before he finished his words, Yang Tiancheng on the side smiled bitterly: "Lord, this kind of kiss is usually married by emperors or leaders, how can the lord push it on me?" I heard Houchun say that the Tubo people don't look very good? Lord, can't you hurt me? ”

Li Xuanqing's eyes widened, and he feigned anger and said: "If you are asked to marry you, you can marry you, my brother is used to betray at a critical moment, besides, Hou Chun said, that Tubo princess is good-looking, and she will not harm you." ”

Li Xuanqing's words made the people present cry and laugh, Yang Tiancheng hammered Liu Baoliang, who was snickering beside him, and said, "Then why isn't it someone else?" I think Baoliang is good, and he is a good match with the princess of Tubo. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple, regardless of whether the Tubo people have any bad ideas, this is also a model for Tiance Mansion to handle foreign relations in the future, so we should be cautious." Cen Tianshi stopped the two brothers from fighting each other, and said thoughtfully: "Isn't the lord already having an idea?" ”

"Let the Foreign Affairs Department study it, and those who are not in harmony with each other will come second, and we must seize the opportunity to sign a comprehensive agreement with Longyou Tubo to change the previous relationship between the clan and the vassal, so the Ministry of Civil Affairs may wish to receive and receive them first, and then talk to them slowly." Li Xuanqing's smile gradually turned cold, "In the future, the plateau will also be the territory of my Datang, so this is just the first time that our political force has shown." The Ministry of Civil Affairs asked the Foreign Affairs Department to prepare as soon as possible, and we will be busy in the future. ”

"What does the lord mean to change the current consistent practice of Datang to the outside world and reformulate a new foreign policy? So what is the main program? Cen Tianshi suddenly understood what Li Xuanqing meant and asked.

"There is only one program, which cannot harm the interests of our Datang, and mainly protects the interests of the people of Datang in various places. And the most important one is to completely change the policy of the clan and conclude a new treaty that is in line with the interests of the Tang Dynasty, which guarantees the interests of the Tang Dynasty, not necessarily the interests of both parties, understand? Li Xuanqing's words spread with an indifferent atmosphere, which made Cen Tianshi thoughtful, but Qiaoxi on the side understood what Li Xuanqing meant, and walked over and said: "Sir, you might as well strive for the interests of the industrial and commercial circles in economic exchanges, the interests of the Tiance Mansion in politics, and the garrison and command rights for the Tiance Army in the military." ”

Qiaoxi's words made Cen Tianshi startled, but Li Xuanqing continued: "I also want to clearly tell them that the household registration promulgated by the Tang Tiance Mansion is my Tang people, and the Tiance Mansion will do its best to protect the interests of the people under its command from being violated." ”

"Does the lord mean that those who don't have a household registration won't be maintained?" Cen Tianshi said: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land." From this point of view, these people can be regarded as the people of the Tang Dynasty? ”

"What Mr. said is right, but this sentence has been passed down from ancient times to today, isn't it still the opposite when the Quartet should be opposed? And the most important point is that this world is very big, and there are many areas besides Datang that my Datang forces cannot reach for the time being. What we have to do is to integrate the interior as soon as possible, and then expand the living space for the people of the Tang Dynasty, expand the territory for the Tang Dynasty, and truly realize the words of the sages. Li Xuanqing's words still hadn't been explained clearly, but Cen Tianshi was such a smart person, he instantly understood the meaning, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Tianshi knows what to do." ”

There is the Tang Dynasty, not the later generations of the period of seclusion and isolation brought about the ignorance of world geography, the Tang Dynasty's operation and expansion in the Western Regions has made the people understand that in addition to the Central Plains, there is a vast and vast land in the west, these places in addition to the Western Regions and the surrounding areas can be controlled by the Anxi army, other places can not be deterred, especially in the West There are two great powers, Daqin and Dashi.

"Sir, don't worry, the hinterland of the Central Plains is the foundation of my China, no matter when and where, no matter where our territory expands in the future, this is the center of the dynasty, and we must fully maintain the strength ahead of other regions, so that we can control the vast territory we will fight down in the future before the transportation reaches the limit, and we don't have to embark on the old road of the feudal system." Li Xuanqing said these words with a confident smile on his face, in fact, he and Qiaoxi are already solving this matter, transportation will not be a problem soon, as long as the concept of the Chinese people is changed, then they can rely on the power and resources of the world to promote the Central Plains to enter the capitalist society in advance, so as to lead the group and prosper for a long time.

With the growth of the new generation of civil officials in Tiance Mansion headed by Murong Hanhai, it is inevitable to find the benefits of this method for the development of industry and commerce, so that what Li Xuanqing guided will also have results, instead of gathering sand into a tower and the foundation is not solid.

Everyone present was moved by Li Xuanqing's words, and fell into deep thought, even Yang Tiancheng was thinking about this matter, his starting point was not from the consideration of civil affairs, but to think about the development of this line of thought, how the Tiance Army should deal with it in the future.

"Okay, let's discuss this matter with the Ministry of Civil Affairs first, as for the Tubo princess, if Tiancheng likes it, let him marry, if he doesn't like it, he will retire." Li Xuanqing knew that everyone had taken these words to heart, so he didn't say more, but pointed at Yang Tiancheng and said with a smile.

"The lord can't bully honest people like this, even if he wants to marry him, it should be Houchun, he is on the front line of Yuanzhou, how convenient, right." Yang Tiancheng was taken aback by Li Xuanqing's words, and shook his hand again and again and began to cause trouble.

Li Xuan glanced at him innocently and said with a smile: "Okay, this matter is settled." There is one more thing I want to tell you in advance about this time. Seeing that a few people stopped talking nonsense, they also said solemnly: "I plan to build a northern front headquarters in Fengzhou, secretly form the Northeast Group Army, the logistics department, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the general staff need to be arranged according to the No. 1 plan from now on, wait until the beginning of spring next year, attack Youbei, take the Youbei grassland on the northern line, squeeze the Khitan Department to Jizhou, Danzhou and Wuzhou line, the southern line east to Cangzhou, west to Zezhou." ”

Li Xuanqing asked his guards to spread out the large map they had with him and pointed to the vast combat area above: "This battle will not only be a one-sided group army operation, but the largest action of the Tiance Army to the east, the purpose of which is to unify the area north of the Yellow River and the strategic commanding heights of the entire Central Plains, so as to reverse the reality that we belong to the border army." After Li Xuanqing finished saying this, he looked at Yang Tiancheng and said, "Tianxiang went to Lingzhou to supervise the war, so there are some things that need to be prepared in advance. ”

"How many troops does the lord plan to invest? After the war on the Western Front ended, did all the main forces of our Tiance Army participate in the war after being transferred eastward? Yang Tiancheng pointed to this large combat area and said, "My lord, has this decided to expand the No. 1 plan?" After saying this, he glanced at Cen Tianshi beside him and said: "It seems that the Ministry of Civil Affairs also formulates the number of people to be received according to Plan No. 1, and we have more than doubled the combat area at once, will all aspects be tight?" ”

"The recovery of the Central Plains by the Lord is related to the development of my Tiance Mansion's strategy, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will allocate manpower as soon as possible, and Murong recently proposed to me that if there are not enough manpower, you can let the wealthy merchants manage it in advance, and then accept it step by step, I am also considering the feasibility of this matter." Cen Tianshi said: "No matter what, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will definitely find a way to overcome the difficulties, and will not embarrass the army." ”

"Don't worry, Xuan Yingwei has already begun to arrange according to this goal, and your General Staff will immediately start acting according to this plan, all preparations for the year before are carried out secretly, and all transfers must be completed by April of the following year. If the Hexi side estimates well, after this battle, the Wen people will not have much ability, and when the time comes, you can transfer part of the main force back to the base camp, and you, the chief of operations, need to calculate the troop allocation and conduct war games with the chief of the general staff in advance. Li Xuanqing saw Yang Tiancheng looking at him and reminded him.

"Don't worry, this is the case, I will rush to Lingzhou immediately, and after discussing with Tianxiang, I will go back to Chang'an to make a plan immediately." Yang Tiancheng nodded.

"This battle is divided into two parts, the northern front is commanded by Chen Fan, including the steppe cavalry battalion of Tahi, and the southern front is personally commanded by you, responsible for dealing with Li Keyong's main group. Therefore, you have to think about the configuration of the troops on both fronts in advance. Li Xuanqing pointed to the Youhe area and said: "This battle will be a model for the future war, so your General Staff must plan in detail." ”

Li Xuanqing's gaze began to shift from the east to the west, and he began to look at the fierce battle that was going on in the northwest. This battle is also destined to go down in history, and the Tang Dynasty once again entered Hexi after a hundred years, opening up the Hexi Corridor, which was later known as the "throat of the Silk Road".

Li Xuanqing's thoughts, the few people present knew that after stabilizing the northwest, the main force was transferred east to recover the Central Plains, and then used the power of the Central Plains to go out of the customs and attack Anxi. Since the old things of Anxi have been circulated in Tiance Mansion, all the people of Tiance Mansion have been thinking about the vast land and the magnificent history of the Western Regions.

And just when Li Xuanqing was looking at the northwest and thinking about Hexi, the battlefield outside Wuwei City, the war between the Tiance Army and the Wen Mo people had also reached a node. After the Tiance army sacrificed the epoch-making weapon of gunpowder, these improvised coalition forces of various ethnic groups were finally demoralized by the continuous explosions, and the Modao battalion and the heavy cavalry battalion joined forces to withstand the impact of these northwest cavalry, and at this time began to push against the trend, and the counterattack finally appeared.

"Immediately give an order to the infantry battalion. Follow the Modao Battalion and cover its attack. Wan Yi stood on the command platform and saw this scene, and decisively asked Qian Laoliu's two infantry battalions to start joining the operation. The Tiance Army, which played with momentum, completely suppressed these miscellaneous armies, and the heavy cavalry battalion rushed into the enemy formation like a brute bull with a dull pace, plowing all the obstacles along the way to the ground, and in order to expand the results of the battle, Tie Liang violated the operation and did not let the heavy cavalry battalion return separately after the impact for a while, but relied on this brute strength to rush towards the Chinese army of the Wen Mo people, that is, the direct troops of Yige. His move directly led to the continuous migration of the entire Tiance Army. Wan Yi couldn't stop it after discovering this anomaly, so he simply asked other units of the Chinese army to follow it with the Modao battalion, and at the same time let the artillery battalion start to move forward and accompany the infantry to make continuous strikes.

The cavalry corps of 670,000 people of the first group of the three groups in front of the Wenmo coalition army was sifted through a sieve after a charge in the heavy cavalry battalion, and countless people were stabbed to death by iron spears or trampled to death by armored horses. After the explosion wave set off by the artillery battalion, the chaotic cavalry was not much better than the infantry, and there was no room to fight back in the face of the heavy cavalry battalion and the Modao battalion that restrained the light cavalry, and the main force was quickly slaughtered, and the rest of the few people were also frightened by this bloody killing, and turned their horses' heads and rushed madly towards their own military formation. In this way, Yige's arrangement was completely broken by these defeated soldiers, and it was impossible to support each other and encircle the opponent when it was necessary for each other's horns.

"Blow the trumpet and order the cavalry corps to charge." Wan Yi waved his right hand, and a loud horn sounded on the battlefield, and at the same time, the commander of the artillery battalion also took out Yi Ge's strange arrow from behind him, and bent his bow and shot an arrow into the sky.

I saw that a huge firework suddenly appeared in the sky above Wuwei in an instant, and after flying into the sky, it exploded rapidly, blooming gorgeous petals, which did not disperse for a long time, and the dazzling snow and bright brilliance even overshadowed the noon sun in an instant.

This is supposed to be the first time fireworks have appeared on the battlefield, and when this beautiful flower comes out, it brings a burst of death.