At the beginning of June of the third year of the Apocalypse, Tuoba Siji, who arrived from Huqiu Pass, took over the administrative affairs of Ganzhou under the management of the military, and transferred people from the National Guard and the Ministry of Guards to maintain order in the city, and arranged for some people to go out to exterminate the dark forces such as stragglers and sand bandits, quickly reversed the increasingly chaotic situation in Ganzhou due to the war, and allocated some food and other daily necessities from the treasury, which was the warehouse of the former Uighurs, to distribute to the people who had lost their relatives due to street fighting. And as a reward for work, these people and the captives of the previous war quickly built the broken city and the surrounding roads, and restored communication with the rear. Tuoba Sizhi is very familiar with these, and quickly assigns subordinate officials at all levels to be in place, and then divides labor to deal with various affairs. With the arrival of Tuoba Siji, Yeluqi, the eldest son of the Yelu family, also rushed to Ganzhou on the tenth day of the sixth month to assist Tuoba Siji in dealing with the Uighur problem, accompanied by supplies brought by the caravan and a large number of goods from the Central Plains. This is very important for Ganzhou, which is recovering from the war.

The arrival of Yeluqi also means that the Chang'an base camp is already preparing to carry out the second phase of the task, so the two of them summed it up and notified Yeluqi to increase the transportation of cement and other construction equipment from the rear, and prepare to open up the straight road from Ganzhou to Huqiu Pass, build the cement road in the northwest, and ensure the smooth flow of traffic. At the same time, the main force of Wan Yi's Western Expeditionary Army also camped outside the city, ready to open at any time.

"Marshal Qiyu, Xuanying guards the emergency military situation in Suzhou." Wan Yi glanced at the information and handed it to Liu Xuan and Li Lisan, and after the two looked at each other, they said in unison: "This is the Cao family's plan." ”

"If something happens to the Long family, I'm afraid that there will be signs in the short term, Zhao Si, you go and inform Xuan Yingwei that you can contact the other party when necessary, and let the Flying Eagle Brigade cooperate with you. In addition, the Anxi battalion was also sent out to lurk in Suzhou, and you can also mobilize. Wan Yi only muttered: "You can go to Suzhou to see the opportunity to act, and you must ensure that the forces of the Long family's heart to the Tang Dynasty can be answered at a critical moment." ”

"Please rest assured, Zhao Si will definitely complete the task." After receiving the order, Zhao Si hurriedly left the camp and began to rush to Suzhou with the Anxi camp, preparing to respond to the Long family.

"Dashuai, why do I think this Long Family Long Xuan is very strange, at this time, the organization force is against the head of the family, how do you look at it, how weird, will there be fraud in it?" After Zhao Si left, Liu Xuan was still a little surprised, obviously he was a little strange about the Long family's behavior.

"It's not surprising that the first thing the Guiyi Army did after entering the city was to take all the business and trade of the Long family into its own, which was equivalent to cutting off the lifeblood of the Long family's survival, and everyone would be like this. Moreover, Long Xuan has long been in charge of the Long family's trade, and his sensitivity to commerce and trade is more than that of others, although the head of the Long family may have other considerations, but from Long Xuan's point of view, this matter is absolutely unacceptable. Li Lisan obviously believed in Xuan Yingwei's information, shook his head and said, "And the Cao family is also in charge of commerce, how could they not start when this is the time to strengthen the Cao family's strength?" I am the head of the Long family, maybe it is because I saw this that I will agree. ”

"We don't have to discuss this matter, even if it's a conspiracy, Xuan Yingwei is enough to deal with it." Wan Yi's words stopped the argument between the two, and it was obvious that the coach of the Western Expedition had a plan in his heart, and he had full confidence in Xuan Yingwei.

In fact, when Wan Yi was still discussing the affairs of the Long family, Zhao Si and Zhang Sheng, who had already set off, were also talking about this matter, and Zhao Si briefly talked about the news he had received before with Zhang Sheng, and Zhang Sheng quickly came to a conclusion similar to Li Lisan, and directly judged that if the Long family continued to be annexed by the Guiyi Army, then Long Xuan would sooner or later rebel against the Long family.

Looking at Zhao Si's strange eyes, Zhang Sheng continued: "General Zhao may not know that Long Xuan's talent is actually no less than that of the contemporary head of the Long family, but he was originally the concubine of one of the seven veins of the Long family, and he climbed up by his own efforts. At this turbulent time, coupled with the arrival of my Tang soldiers in the city, he will definitely make his own choice. And the most important thing is that he has a grudge against Zhang Chaofeng with the Guiyi Army, and he has also fought several trade wars with the Cao family. ”

Zhang Sheng's words made Zhao Si instantly have a strong interest in this Long Xuan, and said with a smile: "Your information is very timely." Brother Zhang, you are a clear man in the Western Regions, I hope to help Xuan Yingwei act more in the future, and when I wait for Chang'an, I will definitely want to report to the commander and give credit to my brother. ”

"It's not that the door is clear, it's just that we were all chased by these guys to hide in Tibet before, and we could only hide underground. Alas, it is also sad and indignant to say, the descendants of Yan and Huang, the people of the Tang Dynasty are actually called Tang Kou by these barbarians. Zhang Sheng's face changed after saying this, but then he smiled and said: "But God finally treats me and waits for the Han people in the Western Regions to be good, and finally waited for the Tang Dynasty to return to the northwest." ”

"The recovery of the Western Regions is not only an imperial effort, but also a descendant of the Han people like Brother Zhang, who is unyielding and unswerving for decades. Otherwise, even if we come back, we will lose our foundation. Zhao Si shook his head and looked at the wrinkles on Zhang Sheng's face and sighed, "Before he came, the emperor had been worried about the life of the Han people in the Western Regions, he was afraid that the century-old fault line would make these Han people under foreign rule lose the backbone of the past, and failure is not terrible, what I am afraid of is the loss of spirit, the loss of confidence in Datang, and the loss of confidence in himself." I think this is also the reason why the emperor let all the soldiers of your Anxi battalion return to Chang'an, he is not at ease, he wants to see with his own eyes, and see the indomitable and arrogant bones of these brothers in the Western Regions. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Sheng was also embarrassed, when he led the team to Chang'an, he may not have thought of why Li Xuanqing insisted on seeing him, but at this time, when he heard Zhao Si say this, he immediately understood the meaning, and couldn't help but say solemnly: "Although the Han people in the northwest are in a difficult situation, the people who really think about the Tang Dynasty at all times will definitely be the majority, and we are the people of China, and we should always remember the emperor's words, sweep the Western Regions, and restore Anxi." ”

Zhao Si nodded, and listened to Zhang Sheng's reaction in his heart, coming from Hexi to Ganzhou, although many Han people have changed their homes for several generations, and even have forgotten that they were once descendants of Han people, but what still can't be stopped are those remnants who rushed from the deep mountains and old forests and the edge of the desert to hear the news, they are the hope of the Tang Dynasty in the northwest.

"Actually, the Long family was also regarded as our Tang people back then, and they were still the Yanqi royal family back then, but they have already forgotten about this matter after a hundred years of accidents, right?" Zhang Sheng said suddenly, but he hadn't specifically investigated the history of the Long family's migration over the years like Xuan Yingwei, so he wasn't sure where the Long family came from. In other words, many of the previous generations of descendants of the Anxi Army like Zhang Sheng have been omitted from generation to generation.

And when Zhang Sheng and Zhao Si talked about the Long family, in fact, in the base camp of the Long family in Suzhou at this time, an undercurrent was also surging, and the sudden strong entry of the Guiyi Army naturally gave the younger generation of the Long family children a lot of disgust, and even this emotion was vented to Long Yi, the commander of the Long Family Army, and many people thought that he was the one who led the Guiyi Army in after his defeat. And after losing the right to manage commerce, it directly threatens the wealth of most of the Long family, which makes this disgust and undercurrent even the Dragon King of the Dragon Family unable to suppress it for the time being, in order to temporarily avoid the intensification of the conflict, Long Xuan, who is in charge of trade, and Long Yi, the commander of the Long Family Army, were dismissed by the Dragon King and went home to reflect. And at this time of turmoil, the hearts of the Long family, who were suffering from internal and external troubles, were completely scattered after being hit like this, not to mention the arrogance of the younger generation, even Long Xuan himself was already dissatisfied. Especially in the past few days, the Guiyi Army has discussed with the Dragon King that the two armies will be united and reorganized to jointly fight against the Tiance Army. In everyone's eyes, this is a direct seizure of the military power of the Long family.

After the chaotic young generation failed to boycott together, some radicals began to take action, and almost that night, three descendants of the Long family secretly pulled part of the Long family's army out of the city, and then disappeared. What is even more strange is that the next day, although the Long family and the Guiyi army, and even the Uighurs who had fled to the area, participated in the search, they did not find out why. In this regard, Li Mingzhen, the commander of the Guiyi Army, obviously looked at the Dragon King's face and was not right. For him, this was obviously negotiated by the Long family on their own, and they were unwilling to hand over military power to join forces to resist the enemy.

At this time, Long Xuan, who was dismissed at home, heard the news, but his face became extremely ugly, although there are not many troops pulled away by the younger generation this time, but it is an obvious signal, the young generation of the Long family is unwilling to be swallowed up by the Guiyi Army, and for the Guiyi Army, this is a deep estrangement, I am afraid that they will not believe in the sincerity of the Long family, so that the previous concession is meaningless? Thinking of this, Long Xuan couldn't help but think of the news that the caravan from the east had brought to him before, the Tiance Army would have more troops enter the Western Regions in the future, and the Long family was not on the combat target of the Tiance Army at all, and Tang Kou, who had been surrounded and suppressed by himself before, had also defected to the Tiance Army. In this way, the legendary empire of the Tang Dynasty should be real this time, and the situation of the division and rule of various ethnic groups in the northwest will inevitably be swept into the torrent of history.

Because he has been in charge of commerce and trade for a long time, Long Xuan understands the energy of the legendary Tang Empire in the Central Plains better than others, especially in the past two years, the empire has been reborn from the ashes, and under the leadership of a young emperor, it has almost swept the world with lightning speed and completed unification. And how long has it been since the army moved into the northwest?

Thinking of this, Long Xuan couldn't sit still at all, and instructed his housekeeper to secretly go to the Jietai Temple in the city to find Zen Master Huixin. It's time to start arranging for many years, even if it's not for yourself, it's actually not bad to leave a way for the family, at least not to wipe out the whole army.

Long Xuan stood in his courtyard and looked at the residence of the head of the family and couldn't help but sigh, if Long Xuan secretly prepared his forces before in the hope that one day he would be able to give himself an advantage in the competition for the next head of the family, then what he did at this moment was to hold the incense of the Long family in case of emergency.

Long Xuan went to contact his own forces here, and prepared to secretly contact the Tiance Army through the Huixin Zen Master of the Jietai Temple, while Long Yi was more of the generals of the various departments of the Long Family Army who tried their best to see their commander. Because since the army was taken away by the heirs of the Long family, the remaining 50,000 people of the Long family army were surrounded by the Guiyi army almost overnight, and then forcibly disarmed, and all of their generals were dismissed on the spot and sent home.

"What the hell does the head of the house think? Could it be that I just watched my Long family being swallowed up by the Guiyi Army little by little? Compared to Long Xuan, who did not have the slightest illusion about the head of the Long family and directly used his own power, Long Yi complained more about the head of the family. blamed his own head for being weak and incompetent at a critical time, and did not resist the coercion of the Guiyi army.

In fact, at this time, almost everyone in the Long family was puzzled by the head of the Long family, and they didn't understand why the former mighty and unyielding head of the family was so weak in front of the Guiyi Army, and he couldn't even defend the most fundamental interests of the family. The Long family, who has lost its military power, is a giant beast that has lost its minions in front of the Guiyi army, and the other party can directly swallow the Long family at any time.

When the various departments of the Long family moved, Zhao Si and Zhang Sheng had also arrived near Suzhou, Zhang Sheng looked for a place to lurk on his own, and Zhao Si received a message from the city when he went to meet the Flying Eagle Brigade near Suzhou City. The changes in the Long family naturally couldn't escape Zhao Si's eyes, and he immediately sneaked into the city with the Flying Eagle Brigade that night and connected with the secret guards in the city. Naturally, as soon as he entered the city, Zhao Si obviously felt the depression in the air in the city. So he didn't say much and told the dark guard to act according to the plan. Since the Long family has begun to split, there is nothing to say about the branch that is willing to return to the Shun Tiance army. It's just that like everyone, Zhao Si was also very curious about the thoughts of this Dragon Family Master, so after thinking about it again and again, he decided to send the members of the Dragon Group who had lurked and the team of the Flying Eagle Brigade left in the city to find a way to get into the headquarters of the Guiyi Army in the city and near the Dragon Family Master, and prepare to investigate. Zhao Si always had a feeling that the head of the Long family must be plotting something, and there may not even be any other conspiracy in this.

Zhao Si's intuition and his subordinates also laid the foundation for the Long family's return to the Tang Dynasty, and the most important thing was to save the lives of the Long family at the most critical moment. However, these have nothing to do with the present, and the arrival of Zhao Si also means that the Suzhou strategy of the Tiance Army has been officially launched. Over there, Li Tianyi and Qian Ning had already passed the Tiger Hill Pass at this time and went straight to Ganzhou. The arrival of reinforcements also made Wan Yi let go of the burden in his heart, and the war machine of the Western Expeditionary Group Army began to move rapidly.