In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the people of the empire called for troops to exterminate Qarluq to Chinese New Year's Eve, this year's Tang Empire, except for the Western Expeditionary Army and the Southwest Group Army, which were fighting abroad, all other places have been stable and developed for a year, not only the entire northern grassland gradually entered a period of peaceful development, but a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock were sent from the Central Plains to the north and then processed into various canned meat products and sold everywhere. There are as many as 17 new agricultural products and meat products processing factories in Bingzhou and Fengzhou alone this year, not counting the grassland agricultural and animal husbandry products processing industry that has gradually developed in the grassland, and the grassland wool textile raw material acquisition firm led by the Yelu family, and slowly the entire Datang industry and commerce have tied the grassland to their own industry chain. After the grassland reform, a large number of livestock were distributed to the herdsmen, and the living standards of the people of the grassland tribes have soared compared with before for more than a year, and the recognition of the Tang Dynasty has also risen with the improvement of living standards. The herdsmen and slaves, who had just turned into their own hands, even reached the level of food and clothing in the first year, which was even higher than that of Baikal province in the east.

This point was already understood when Li Xuanqing decided to implement the five-year industrial plan, and the early development of industry in the north could not only rely on local mineral resources, but also more likely to use the tentacles of economic development extension to incorporate all ethnic groups and all the output of the grassland into industrial development. In addition to natural resources and science and technology, what is more important is the broad market in order for the Northern Industrial Belt to be fully formed. In a sense, grasslands are more suitable as dumping grounds for finished industrial products than other parts of the mainland. Because the types and quantities of goods produced are limited. There is a greater demand for a wide variety of daily necessities on the grasslands. This was especially important for the early development of light industry, and the herders who became richer after the New Deal reforms on the grasslands had higher purchasing power. People in this era may not be aware of the role of purchasing power in promoting industrial development, but as Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi, who experienced the industrial explosion in later generations, this is a natural step. Therefore, Li Xuanqing plans to take advantage of the fact that the cabinet and the six major families led by him are concentrating on the development of large-scale industries and heavy industries, and those small and medium-sized industrialists and businessmen with large scale but scattered financial resources need a stable grassland market with gradually stable demand, which is enough for them to complete capital accumulation at the fastest speed, so that they can have more ability and strength to go further.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, when Li Xuanqing was banqueting the top leaders of Chang'an in the palace, Cen Tianshi excitedly chatted with everyone who came to the banquet about the speed of economic development in the past year. Cen Tianshi's proud expression also made everyone excited, after all, the economy of the Tang Empire is now developing at a stage almost every year, and his contribution to it is obvious to all. In particular, the latest statistical methods introduced by Li Xuanqing began to be gradually popularized in various places, the concept of the imperial economic development of the cabinet was gradually clarified, and the fiscal revenue of the Ministry of Finance and the total value of the empire's workers and peasants began to be gradually popularized. According to the results of the joint statistics of the Ministry of Finance and the newly added Audit Department, the financial revenue of the Tang Empire in the fourth year of the Apocalypse reached an astonishing 7.1 billion Tang Yuan, and the total value of workers and peasants exceeded 20 billion Tang Yuan in one fell swoop. However, this kind of explosive financial revenue is mainly enriched by the huge seizures brought back by the three major wars between the East and the West. However, for Li Xuanqing, these are not just a matter of numbers, but through the data of fiscal revenue and the total value of workers and peasants, it can be seen whether the amount of money put into the market by the money bank can meet the speed of economic development. The total development rate of nearly 10% also made Li Xuanqing gradually begin to consider that the issuance of Tang coins needed to increase, and he still needed to find a way to obtain more gold in order to support the amount of money needed for the development of this increasingly large empire.

"Haha, thank you for the banquet." In the sound of everyone's giggling, the fireworks prepared by various institutions in Chang'an City and the fireworks prepared by the wealthy families and even the people themselves began to rise into the sky in various designated places in the city, and the brilliant fireworks bloomed in the night sky of Chang'an City, making Chang'an in the festival extraordinarily beautiful and peaceful. The dragon and lion dance team specially invited by the Chang'an County Ya also began to go to Chang'an's Suzaku Street to perform for free for many people, celebrating the stability of the empire in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the prosperity of the people, and the celebration of the whole world. Similar images have appeared everywhere, and the wealthy people of the Tang Dynasty have never been stingy in celebrating the New Year with their enthusiasm, and all kinds of celebrations accompanied by the pen and paper of the reporters of the media group have subsequently spread to every part of the empire.

However, at this time, in the far northwest, in the northwest of Anbei, where the wind and snow are combined, the Flying Eagle Brigade led by Su Xiaohu rushed to the coast of Yibo in the New Year. Su Xiaohu asked the teams to stop for a short rest, and then began to set off towards Gongyue City. The distant ancient city of Jaisangbo in the distance is the seat of the royal court of Qarluq. Due to the growing power of the Turgish and Anxi Uighurs in the previous years, they fought a series of battles against Qarluq, who had previously occupied the Shuanghe Prefecture and other places, and expelled them to the north of the Daoyinshan Prefecture. After the Tiance army strongly broke the balance of power of the various ethnic groups in Anxi, Ge Lulu originally wanted to go south to reoccupy Shuanghe, but after Hamoud and Tuobas joined forces to intercept Ge Lulu's southward movement, they took Shuanghe Hot Spring Pass and other places with lightning speed, completely blocking the latter's southward journey. With the fall of the city of Shule and the collapse of the Uighurs of Anxi, the bloody suppression of the two Uighurs by Hammud, and the reform of all the remaining tribes in accordance with the officials arranged by the Northwest Military Region, the Tiance Army's control over Anxi became stronger and stronger.

At this time, after Ge Lulu did not know whether to live or die, and used the methods of vassals and marrying princesses to provoke the Tang Dynasty and the Tiance Army, all the military and political departments in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, including Wan Yi, were extremely hostile to this tribe that had betrayed the Tang Dynasty and caused the Anxi Army to leave eternal regrets in Genross. It's just that now the wind and snow and severe cold in various parts of Anxi are getting more and more serious, and even the most belligerent Tie Liang and Li Feixue are shaking their heads in large-scale military operations, unwilling to lose their precious soldiers in vain because of the weather. But to let the Western Expeditionary Army endure this breath in vain, everyone is unwilling, plus Wan Yi and Gao Siji both feel that if the Qarlu people are not crazy, then there must be some conspiracy in it, or they simply want to induce the Tiance Army to brave the snow to go north, so as to use the climate to fight a war in their favor. Therefore, Wan Yi decided to send the Flying Eagle Brigade, the sharpest blade of the Tiance Army, to Gongyue City at this time, on the one hand, to carry out the plan to punish the Qarlu people, and on the other hand, to cooperate with the Xuan Ying Guard to quickly open up the situation and reconnect the secret guards of the two places who had been cut off due to the heavy snow and severe cold. Therefore, in the team of the Flying Eagle Brigade, Zhao Si, the intelligence leader of the Northwest Xuanying Guard, is particularly eye-catching.

"I said, my Great Commander Su, when do you plan to arrive in Gongyue City? I'm out of luck, following you unreliable guy to spend the New Year in this hellish place. Zhao Si was deeply contemptuous of Su Xiaohu for taking the wrong path and almost bringing the entire team to Yibohai, if it weren't for the mountainous area in the eastern area of Yibohai, he found out that the road was not right, but he was afraid that they would go directly to the west, and they would go farther and farther.

"Okay, the tiger also has a nap, okay? Besides, didn't I compensate you for the big fish that you caught for you? "Su Xiaohu is a little ashamed, but this kind of thing can't be said in front of his subordinates, how much loss of face for Commander Su? So Su Xiaohu decisively dragged over a big fish of more than ten catties, which was very familiar with it, peeled it, and then cleaned and poured it into the pot, and boiled the fish stew. The soldiers of the Flying Eagle Brigade directly cut a hole in the frozen ice and then put down the hook and directly dragged out countless big fish, enough for all the soldiers to eat, plus wild goats and other animals hunted from other places, this Flying Eagle Brigade's Chinese New Year's Eve meal was not cold at all. At least Zhao Si ate so much that he complained: "I said that you Flying Eagle Brigade can do everything, even hunting and fishing are so proficient, did you do this every day before?" ”

"You are protected by our Boss Hu every day, either to go to any big city, or to some royal court sweat tent, and eat all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, when have you experienced the hardships of our Flying Eagle Brigade?" Su Xiaohu sneered: "We are adapting to survival, don't we?" When the emperor taught me a lesson, he said that the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Brigade must learn to survive in the wild, and when necessary, as long as they can save their lives, they must eat anything, and tell you that I have eaten living creatures to survive and be flayed alive. ”

"You can rest assured, we will repair here overnight, and we will set off on time on the first day of the new year tomorrow, and we will rush to Gongyue City within ten days to see what is the Great Khan of Gelulu called Bosten." Su Xiaohu glanced at Zhao Si and said with a smile: "You can rest assured that there are a thousand people over there in Gongyue City, I have a thousand people now." It's a piece of cake to deal with them. And most importantly, this damn weather has even cut off the communication channel of your Shadow Guard's secret guards, do you think they will think that we will touch their lair? So when you enter that Gongyue City, you do your business, and I'll kill my people. This time, I will take Bosten's head back to Datang, so that all the people know that the Tiance Army will always conform to the will of the people at all times and swear to defend the dignity of Datang to the death. ”

Su Xiaohu was right, after setting off on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Flying Eagle Brigade stole the horses from several nearby tribes and galloped all the way out in the direction of Gongyue City. However, Zhao Si didn't care about these at all, the Flying Eagle Brigade had a way to cover his whereabouts, so after seeing Gongyue City, he nodded at the other party, and took a team of fifty people assigned to him by Su Xiaohu to sneak in while the night was missing. As for Su Xiaohu's team, they had mixed into the tribes near Gongyue City and hid, and they needed to wait for news from Zhao Si's side.

According to the standards of the mainland, Gongyue City is not so much a city as a grassland outpost, which is the remnant of the grassland left in the Governor's Mansion during the Anxi Army era. After a hundred years of ups and downs, although the Qarluq people have also repaired many times over the years because of the royal court. However, in the steppe area, there was a lack of materials to build cities, and the Qarluq people did not know how to build cities at all, so the low earthen walls could not even stop the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Brigade from climbing with their bare hands. After finding out the distribution of the various tribes outside the city, Su Xiaohu formulated a complete retreat channel, and sent people to hide the horses he brought on the way out of the city.

After these things were done, the news from Zhao Si's side also came out. Zhao Si did not reveal more information, but only drew a map of the roads and garrisons in the city, as well as the troops stationed in the royal court's tent. As for the rest of the news, it is not for the Flying Eagle Brigade to know. Moreover, after Zhao Si arrived in Gongyue City, it meant that the secret guards of Gongyue City already had a direct leader, and the rest of the things were naturally handled by Zhao Si himself.

After studying the arrangements in the city, Su Xiaohu immediately broke into the city on the night of the thirteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, with more than 500 people under the cover of the soldiers of the two brigades of the Flying Eagle Brigade in advance. As he said before, the Qarluq people didn't know that they were being targeted at this time, although Su Xiaohu saw all the tribes and armies preparing for war along the way, but the center of gravity of their defense was facing the outside, and they didn't know that the most dangerous enemy at this time had already touched the inside of their hearts, and was revealing their bright bayonets.

With the intelligence of the secret guards and the response of the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Brigade who had entered the city in advance, Su Xiaohu appeared directly in the other party's royal court as if he was strolling in a leisurely manner, and a middle-aged man in his forties in the big tent with a golden roof watched a stranger appear in front of him, and the sound of the snowy butcher's knife blocked the words that he had not had time to scold.

"You still dare to marry my Tang princess like this?" Su Xiaohu didn't pay any attention to the scene of chaos outside the tent because of his actions, and directly cut off the other party's head, and then Shi Shiran opened the tent door and walked out.

"Emperor Qiqi, Su Xiaohu, the commander of the Flying Eagle Brigade, reported in Gongyue City on the night of the thirteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and the culprit who insulted me in the Tang Dynasty has been corrected by my Flying Eagle Brigade on the spot. The last general will definitely carry the head of Chief Hu and the high-ranking countrymen to comfort the thousands of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Su Xiaohu's passionate voice was particularly harsh in the constant gunshots, but it made all the soldiers of the Flying Eagle Brigade enthusiastic.

"Brothers, let's go back and resume our lives, it's just a matter of Qarluq." After Su Xiaohu let out a long roar, he led everyone to start withdrawing from the area around the big tent, leaving behind a mess after the continuous explosions, leaving all the Qarluq people stunned.