"Your Majesty, this is a joint letter from the senior brother and the deputy prime minister in the northwest, and the Emperor intends to establish a state in the plain between the Dnieper River and the Volga River. The opinion of the senior brother was to take advantage of the fact that the Slavs were attracted by the Slavs, and we should send troops to occupy the eastern Volga region, extend the northwestern frontier to the west to the Volga River valley, and take all the lands east of it. Xu Tianxiang hurriedly handed the Northwest urgent news transferred from Xuanyingwei to Li Xuanqing, and at the same time expressed his opinion: "If the Northwest side of the Silks plan to establish a country independently, then there will definitely be a big war with the Slavs, and our original balance strategy of maintaining Great Qin and Great Eclipse will also be broken, once the Slavs are dragged to the battlefield by the Wolves, presumably the Great Cannibals will definitely send troops to sweep all the places on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea this winter, Then, using the newly captured large number of warships, they took the opportunity to cross this narrow strait between the territory of the Green and White Foods, and burned the flames of war to the territory of the White Clothes and the White Food. The situation on the entire Tessie side will change accordingly. ”

"It is indeed necessary to make changes immediately, so the General Staff immediately issued an order to transfer the Modao battalion from Ganzhou to Gaochang and station. Then inform the Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately work out a plan for the establishment of the country, and tomorrow morning we will have a short meeting in the Changqing Hall and come up with a charter. After Li Xuanqing asked Xu Tianxiang to issue an order for the Modao Battalion to arrive in Gaochang and station, he began to think about the new changes brought by the founding of the country to the Taixi side. However, at this time, Wu Huan and Qin Kong, who were rushing back urgently at the Aral Sea border, also received a report from the border garrison, and a secret mission from the Aral Sea followed the caravan to the northwest region of the Aral Sea and requested transit.

"It seems that we don't need to take the initiative to send people over, you see how active they are, and they will send someone over." Wu Huan said with a smile: "Originally, I thought that we would clean them up from behind after the people of the Quegasi made a fuss, but now it is good that we can't fight." On the one hand, the two men instructed the garrison to bring the secret mission to the city of Chel, and on the other hand, they sent someone to inform the rear command and report the specific situation. However, Qin Kong didn't stay long in Wu Huan's military camp and returned directly to Shule, there were still many specific things on his side that needed to be reported to Wan Yi, but it was precisely in this way that he almost arrived in Shule with the Huangjia Mission.

At this time, Li Xuanqing, who was far away in Chang'an, was also holding a high-level meeting including Xu Tianxiang and Cen Tianshi, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs put forward its own opinions on the founding of the country, that is, the strategy of supporting the Huangjia people, striving for greater interests for the Tang Dynasty in Taixi, and when necessary, the Huangjia people could be allowed to act as the thugs of the Tang Dynasty to fight against local forces, so as to change the direct occupation of troops to support the vassal forces. It can be said that this method of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the direct occupation conflict that the military thought of are quite obvious, but neither Li Xuanqing, nor Xu Tianxiang nor Cen Tianshi who were present opposed this method, in fact, when the people of the Huangjia were persuaded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to abandon the northern steppe and move westward, the two ministries considered this idea. It's just that the people of the Tunja have been in the northwest for more than two years and actually want to establish an independent state, which shows that in the past two years they have learned from their opponents something they were not aware of before, about the concept of tribe and state.

"I agree with Minister Wang's opinion, but at present, I don't agree with Senior Brother's initiative to send envoys to Huangjiasi, which will make the people of Huangjiasi feel that I have a request from them in Datang, thus laying hidden dangers for the future." Xu Tianxiang thought for a while and continued: "If the people of the Tunja develop eastward after the founding of the country, how should we deal with it? ”

"Before the envoy, let Wu Huan send troops to the west, the winter there is very cold, but when the spring of next year arrives, Wu Huan's Sixth Corps will be dispatched to move troops to the east bank of the Volga River, so there will be no problem." Li Xuanqing nodded, for that land is more for the future, after all, it is the hinterland of the polar bears in the future, in addition to the endless plains, there are countless mineral resources, but the place where the people founded the country is a bit inconsistent with their own ideas, but it doesn't matter much, after all, if you want to go to the ocean of the Western Continent, there are more paths. However, these thoughts flashed quickly in Li Xuanqing's mind and said: "Tianxiang's opinion is actually not bad, and the rash words of the envoy are indeed not in line with the image of the Tang Dynasty, but according to my estimate, the people of the Ques should have thought about announcing the founding of the country at this time, and they have also calculated about the increasingly tense situation on the side of Taixi, and they want to build a country under the noses of the Slavs and there are two great powers next to it that are facing each other in an increasingly tense confrontation, and the only thing they can rely on is our Datang." Therefore, it is enough to let the senior brother and Tuoba Sizhi get ready, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send a commissioner to the northwest to wait. ”

"Your Majesty, why don't we send a special person to explore the way?" Hu Xiaosi, who originally came to find Li Xuanqing and planned to send someone to loot the gold within the various forces inside the poison peninsula after the year, suddenly smiled at this time: "Didn't we capture one of their commanders named Wujie when we fought in the grassland before?" He has been serving hard labor on our side for almost five years, so we can pardon him and send someone to send him back. I'll arrange for someone to explain it, and as long as the people of the Zombies are not stupid, they will understand what is going on. ”

"If you don't say it, I almost forgot that there is this person, Your Majesty, I think Xiaosi's method is good." Hu Xiaosi's words made the people present nod for a while, and Xu Tianxiang said: "In this way, even if you don't say anything, the people will understand." ”

When Chang'an planned to use the former captive Wujie to make a fuss, in the following days, at the end of September of the ninth year of the Apocalypse, Shule ushered in a special caravan.

"The Yaks intend to pay us tribute? This is? The news brought by Tuoba Si Ji made Wan Yi frown and said, "Then are there any other conditions?" The vassal relationship of Nagong is not prevalent in our Tang Dynasty, I don't think they will know this, right? ”

Tuoba Si Zhi nodded and continued: "Naturally not, the people of the Tunis plan to ask us to support them in establishing a political structure and military system similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, and then send the children of the nobles to study in Chang'an. However, they also made more sincere conditions, if the Tang Dynasty promised to help them gain a firm foothold in the Dnieper River and resist the attack of the Slavs, they were willing to agree, if the Tang Dynasty had any war in the northwest in the future, the army in the country could unconditionally obey the dispatch of the Tiance Army. ”

Originally, Wan Yi's brows were furrowed, and he wrinkled badly after hearing this, but after thinking for a while, he said: "I will arrange for people to escort them to Chang'an as soon as possible early tomorrow morning, but you and I still have to come up with an opinion so that there is a room for reference on the base camp." ”

"What the marshal said is very true, in fact, the more the people of Huangjia offer conditions that are beneficial to our Datang, the more I think there are ghosts in it, but I can't say where the problem is." Tuoba Si said with a wry smile, but as soon as he finished speaking, Qin Kong's voice came from outside the door, "That's because the two of you don't know the predicament faced by the people of the Gang at this time. ”

"You guy's elusive, why are you only back now?" Tuoba Sijian saw Qin Kong rushing in, and couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "If you don't come back, I will go to your commander and ask him to report to you for sacrificing his life for the country." How can you talk about the situation on the front line, and what is the situation of the people of the Hungarian today? ”

"Dashuai, deputy prime minister, the reason why the people of the Tunja put forward such favorable conditions, and even handed over the command of their own army to me in a certain sense, is because they are currently in a difficult situation at home and abroad, and they are at the point of life and death. Within his tribe, when I came back, it was already snowing heavily on the Dnieper, and I was afraid that this year's land would suffer from snowstorms, and they had been fighting with the Slavs almost all year this year, and they had no time to develop production, and if there was no foreign aid this winter, I was afraid that the millions of people brought from the eastern steppes would become a serious drag on him, and the lack of food in this place now has no way to use the previous way to loot other tribes in the east to survive, On the contrary, they will face the encirclement and suppression of Slavic tribes from all sides. Before I returned, I had already heard that the Russian principalities in Kiev had negotiated with the Slavic tribes to send troops together to encircle and suppress the Slavs, and even some of the Slavs who had previously known the Slavs had changed their attitudes. Moreover, the move of the Russian principality of Kiev was also approved by the Great Qin people. After Qin Kong came in, he came out with most of the information he had collected from the front line about the Slavs, and then said: "In this way, the Zombies will face the siege of hundreds of thousands of Slavs, and if they choose to start the war in winter, I am afraid that it will further drag down the already difficult logistical supply of the Zombies." Moreover, there are enemies on all sides, and if you don't deal with it right, you are afraid that not only will you not be able to achieve the goal of fighting to feed the war, but you will also let people rush into your own tribal territory and slaughter your people, thus greatly depleting your own war potential. ”

"Marshal, the situation is urgent, my opinion is that before the new plan of the base camp arrives, the Western Expeditionary Army must make an emergency response in advance, no matter what, the General Staff and the emperor's side will definitely not give up the Huangjia people, otherwise they will not let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs persuade them to move west." After Qin Kong finished speaking, he continued: "In the early stage, I think we can let the caravan transport some grain over to make up for the shortcomings of the Huangjia people, and as for the rest, we will wait for their mission to negotiate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chang'an. ”

"I think Qin Kong's method is feasible." Tuoba Sizhi nodded and said: "The food problem is not big, the northwest side itself has been self-sufficient this year, and there is a large amount of reserve grain transported from the rear, so it is nothing for the Yelu family to entrust the local caravan to transport some of the grain." ”

"Yes, the matter of food will be transported by the deputy prime minister in the form of a civilian caravan before there is no new instruction from the base camp. As for the Western Expeditionary Army, Wu Huan's side can prepare in advance, but I estimate that the General Staff will not let us do it in the short term, at least until the people of the Gang are really unable to hold on or before the arrival of next spring. Wan Yi nodded and said, "But I will let Gauss go to the Aral Sea and coordinate the Uighur Corps and the Sixth Corps just in case." Qin Kong, you immediately write down all the information that Xuan Yingwei heard during this time, write down one in detail, hand it over to the chief of staff, and send it back to the Chang'an base camp as soon as possible. ”

"Don't worry, Marshal, this time I have established the intelligence network framework on Taixi's side, and the second brigade of the Flying Eagle Brigade is also assisting the secret guards in carrying out intelligence work in various places, and the normal channel intelligence will continue to be sent." Qin Kong nodded and then went down to prepare. And Wan Yi also sent himself and Tuoba Siji's arrangements back to Chang'an as quickly as possible, and at the same time asked Gauss Ji to immediately set off for Chel City to take control.

Almost at the same time as Gauss arrived in Chel City, the person in charge of the Yelu family in the northwest also took a caravan to find the local reserve warehouse in Chel City with the order of Tuoba Siji, and after transporting a large amount of grain, the caravan set off to Sizhao City, where Ques is now stationed. This is a new city rebuilt by the Hujia people after they arrived on the east bank of the Dnieper River, and unlike the local castles that are basically Taixi style, the Hugs brought a square city in the style of the Han people in the East. And this royal city of Huangjiasi, which is very sinicized regardless of architectural style or name, is also nervously waiting for the news of its mission to the east at this time. The Russian principality of Kiev has persuaded the leaders of the four Slavic tribes to agree to jointly attack the Slavs, and this move has also made all the large and small tribes in the two river basins begin to move, and the situation that has been stabilized by iron-blooded suppression in the past two years has reached the most critical juncture. And all this was detonated by the decision of the Yaks to establish an independent state again. However, the high-level of the Ques did not regret their actions because of this, the migration and war in this place in the past two years have also made this group of tribes hiding in the high-latitude steppe grow a lot, not only the Kiev Russians in Hexi but also the Great Qin Empire in the south have their own unique side in politics, economy and culture, and even created a civilization comparable to the Tang Dynasty, and this is the envy of the Hangs people, and it is also the root of the change in the tribe. Therefore, when the envoys went to the Tang Dynasty, they put forward a message hoping that the Tang Dynasty could help the Tang Dynasty establish a complete set of systems, and allow them to send the children of the nobles to study in the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the unfamiliar Daqin civilization, the Tang Dynasty behind him made the people feel closer to him. And this point is in the parallel world, when the Tang Dynasty was in decline and was no longer able to control the northern grassland, they still insisted on being a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, and even after defeating all the tribes of the entire northern grassland, they always treated the Tang Dynasty as a courtier.

However, compared with the high-level leaders of the Huangjia Dynasty who were worried that the Tang Dynasty would not agree to their request, in late October of the ninth year of the Apocalypse, Li Xuanqing took the time to meet them after learning that the envoys arrived in Chang'an, but Li Xuanqing nodded directly at their point, which was beyond everyone's expectations.