In recent years, the propaganda of the media group has made the empire deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the rapid improvement of living standards has made the people of Chang'an and even the entire empire begin to break away from their own life of one acre and three points of land, and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty has gradually raised the people's morale to the point of the country in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, as soon as the matter of the Guiyi Army's conspiracy to rebel and become self-reliant was publicized, all the people were immediately extremely indignant, and for a while, many people spontaneously went to the Yamen of Chang'an, preparing to write to the imperial court, asking the court to send troops to exterminate the Guiyi Army and recover Anxi as soon as possible. made the Chang'an Yamen cry and laugh for a while, and they didn't know how to channel the resentment in the hearts of the people.

Just when the legal court was busy preparing for the public trial, the urgent news from the General Staff and Xuan Yingwei was also sent to the front line in Suzhou as soon as possible, informing Wan Yi of Chang'an's intentions. However, at this time, Hu Xiaosi and Wang Houchun also went to Suzhou one after the other to arrive at the location of Wan Yi's army.

"I said, senior brother, hurry up and give me a few catties of cantaloupe, melons and raisins here." Before entering the handsome tent, Hu Xiaosi dragged Wang Houchun and yelled at the top of his voice, for fear that others would not know that she was coming. However, as soon as he spoke, the door of the tent was opened, but the person who came out was Shi Jian, who was immediately happy when he saw Hu Xiaosi and Wang Houchun, and directly stepped forward and hugged this guy and said with a smile: "Your kid is here, it's been more than half a month, why are you so slow, walking slower than the pack horse in the logistics department." ”

Hu Xiaosi ignored this guy and walked in directly, but when he saw Wan Yi being stunned at a piece of paper, he couldn't help but laugh: "I said senior brother, I came all the way over, why are you still playing silence if you don't say welcome?" There's not going to be any information to get you in trouble, is it? Besides, it's my trouble to be in trouble, haven't you seen that I'm here myself? ”

"You're on the way, and the information of Xuan Yingwei hasn't been sent to you yet, so let's take a look?" Wan Yi handed the information to Hu Xiaosi, beckoned Wang Houchun to sit down and said with a smile: "Zhao Si has already set off for Guazhou, and Tiancheng has also rushed to join in the fun with the Flying Eagle Brigade." You can help me take a look, these bastards have simply lost Datang's face. ”

Hu Xiaosi was a little strange, took the information, swept it away, handed it to Wang Houchun, shook his head and said: "Senior brother, don't be angry, some people don't know the current affairs and are too ambitious, if you don't give him a basin of cold water to splash it, it is estimated that they will not wake up." Forget it, the intelligence matter is handed over to me, originally I was going to see if the Guiyi Army was still saved, but before I came, I made a bet with Tianxiang that I had a way to deal with Zhang Chaofeng, but this time I was really blind. However, Senior Brother Zhang Chaofeng must have reached an agreement with the Uighurs if he dares to do this, and your army must be ready, take advantage of the winter to fight well, at least to defeat the opponent's mobile forces, otherwise we will not be able to fight against these local snakes once the northwest winter comes. ”

Wang Houchun nodded and said, "Did Senior Brother have a plan in mind when he received the information?" "He had just arrived, and he lacked the specific military information on the front line, so he couldn't make an accurate judgment for a while. However, Wang Houchun was very curious about Yang Tiancheng traveling with the Flying Eagle, it stands to reason that his fourth brother is very stable, why did he suddenly think of going to the front line? Could it be that something happened to the rebels?

Wang Houchun's face showed a contemplative look, and naturally he didn't hide it from Hu Xiaosi, who quickly understood what was going on, so he stood up and said, "Senior brother, I plan to go to Zhao Si to personally deal with the affairs of the Guiyi Army, do you have anything else to explain here?" ”

Before Wan Yi could speak, Liu Xuan walked in outside the tent and handed Wan Yi the latest information he had just received from the General Staff and said: "Marshal, the latest news from the General Staff has come that the envoy of the Guiyi Army was taken down by the emperor on the spot in Chang'an, and the other party wants to fight against the Tang Dynasty, in a vain attempt to establish another court and plot to rebel." ”

"Sure enough, this big battle must be advanced." In the tent, Hu Xiaosi, Wang Houchun and Wan Yi looked at each other and understood the meaning in each other's eyes, Hu Xiaosi said directly: "Houchun, do you stay with Senior Brother to help or do you plan to go to Guazhou with me to have a look?" ”

Wang Houchun glanced at Wan Yi and said, "Senior brother, there shouldn't be anything going on here, I also want to see why this Northwest Han force has come to this point." After speaking, he said to Liu Xuan: "The logistics department escorted thirty pieces of the latest artillery, 100,000 shells, and a mechanical crossbow with ammunition, you can arrange someone to receive it immediately." It is estimated that there will be some military weapons in addition to food and grass before August, so you should be ready. ”

Liu Xuan's face was overjoyed when he saw this, Wang Houchun can be regarded as solving the biggest fire support problem of the Western Expedition Group Army, since the start of the war, the group army has nearly 200 artillery pieces, plus the 30 guns this time, there are almost 250 guns, which is enough to support the frontal artillery support of more than 200,000 troops. If you add the mechanical crossbow to a total of three, then the firepower of the Western Expedition Group Army can be said to be extremely powerful, but this also reflects the strategic consideration of the General Staff for the Western Expedition on the other hand.

Wan Yi had no objection to Hu Xiaosi and Wang Houchun's idea, and after thinking about it, he asked Zhang Sheng's Anxi battalion to follow the action. The Anxi battalion was originally formed by Li Xuanqing's order, and the soldiers did not plan to leave from the recruits, but planned to let Wan Yi and Zhang Sheng transfer the young and strong people of the Han people in the northwest to join on the spot, which was also a psychological comfort to the Anxi army a hundred years ago. After all, since the Tang Dynasty sent troops, Wan Yi's banner was to recover Anxi and comfort the souls of the former sages of Anxi a hundred years ago.

Wang Houchun obviously also understood what Wan Yi meant, this is to take the opportunity to absorb the essence of the Guiyi Army and join the Anxi Battalion, so as to completely destroy the soul of the Guiyi Army through the war and achieve the Anxi Battalion. Therefore, Hu Xiaosi and Wang Houchun immediately reorganized and set off to enter the sandbar boundary after Zhang Sheng was ready. At this time, although the Guiyi army had been fortified throughout the territory to prevent the Tiance army from entering, according to the style of Zhang Shengdi and Tang Kou, these naturally could not stop him, and the Anxi battalion of more than 3,000 people spent one night to break into pieces and enter the border of Guazhou, scattered and hidden. And Hu Xiaosi immediately began to inquire about the specific situation of the Guiyi Army after finding the Xuanying Wei Secret Guard in the Shazhou area, leaving Wang Houchun and Zhang Sheng in Guazhou.

In fact, not only Wan Yi received the news from Chang'an, but also the Guiyi Army, after all, the envoy rushed to Chang'an, and he would definitely arrange two sets of people, one bright and one dark, which is why Li Xuanqing decided to let the law court prepare for the public trial with great fanfare, that is, to inform the Guiyi Army of Datang's decision.

After receiving the news, Zhang Chaofeng immediately convened his own think tank to discuss countermeasures. Because Li Mingzhen had been killed by the Flying Eagle Brigade in Suzhou, Zhang Chaofeng now relied on the descendants who accompanied him to defeat Suo Xun. Among them, Cao Rengui, as the confidant who supported him at the beginning and gave Suo Xun a key blow at the most critical moment, stood up directly, saying that this matter has reached the most critical moment, and he cannot hesitate, otherwise he will definitely be interrupted and constantly suffer from it. Especially on the side of the Gaochang Uighurs, preparations have been made, and the army of 100,000 has already arrived at the border of Yizhou, waiting for the action of the Guiyi army. At this time, Zhang Chaofeng summoned himself, the generals of the think tank, to discuss what happened in Chang'an, and he must have hesitated in his heart. In fact, after Zhang Yichao volunteered to go to Changbao to live in the independence of the Guiyi Army, the Zhang family began to split into two factions, one faction insisted on taking the Central Plains as the Tang Dynasty, and always pursued the policy of returning to the imperial court, while the other faction was the opposite, thinking that the Tang Dynasty was unkind and unrighteous and had a negative return to the righteous army, and the Hexi Corridor was lost for a hundred years, and the last contact between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty had been separated. The last hope of the Han people in the northwest is in the hands of their own group of people, and they should not have illusions about the Central Plains, but should create the foundation of the Han people in the northwest.

However, since Zhang Chaofeng came to power, he began to think about something else. Although the Guiyi Army has maintained its independence, both de facto and formal, it is still an immature regime in the final analysis. And this point Zhang Chaofeng is not reconciled, in the face of all kinds of minority tribal regimes in the northwest, Zhang Chaofeng's mind also began to change, his ideas are more radical, thinking that in order to make the minds of the Han people in the northwest turn on himself, it is necessary to erect a big banner, and the power of the Han people in the northwest has to be established. And it was when he took Suo Xun that the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty was suddenly unified, and the most important thing was that after the Tang Emperor ascended the throne, he sent troops to the northwest in a very short period of time to carry out a unified reconquest war. This made it difficult for Zhang Chaofeng to accept, he finally took power, and thought that when he went further, the Tang Dynasty was actually unified after a hundred years of war, and the Western Expedition army went all the way, not only defeated the Ganzhou Uighurs, but also the Long family and the 100,000 troops sent by himself were completely defeated by the other party overnight, which made it difficult for him to accept.

And at this time, the Tianfang Sect, which had infiltrated from the west, found itself and said that it could use the advantages of religion to condense the hearts of the Han people in the northwest on the side of the Guiyi Army, to be precise, on Zhang Chaofeng himself. At that time, Zhang Chaofeng, who bears the hope of the Han people in the northwest, will inevitably be no worse than Chang'an. Moreover, they could use the cavalry advantage of the surrounding Uighurs to help resist the westward advance of the Tiance army. Moreover, the missionary elders of the Tianfang Sect swore that as long as Guazhou and Shazhou, where the Guiyi Army was located, could allow the Tianfang Sect to preach freely, then the Great Food Empire of the Tianfang Sect would not sit idly by and watch the Guiyi Army be annexed by the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Chaofeng had heard the information spread by the Tianfang Sect in the West in his early years, and he also knew the strength of the Great Food Empire of the Tianfang Sect, although there were several Uighur regimes between the other party and himself, but if the other party connected with the Cao family and the Uighurs, then he would definitely be able to achieve his goal. So after Cao Rengui's words fell, Zhang Chaofeng decisively focused his attention on this man called Abdullah. Abbas. Barcelona's Heavenly Sect Elders. This Westerner from Samarkand, that is, Genros, has been very active in his own territory recently, and the Heavenly Sect has been able to develop and grow in a short period of time, and it has indeed taken a lot of effort for this person to develop, and it can be seen that his ability is indeed good.

"Dashuai, please rest assured, now that the people in the territory are calm, I have reached an agreement on behalf of the true god and Buddhism and the Wohuo Sect to fully support Dashuai's early ascension to the throne. Only with great righteousness can we call on the people to support the commander and support the righteous army. "Abdullah. Abbas. Barcelona is about forty years old, in fact, he looks exactly the same as the Han people, according to his own words, he was actually a Han Chinese, but his ancestors were forced by the Samanid Dynasty, and all Han people must change their customs, and now the three generations are not Han people too early.

"Rengui, is there any news from Anxi?" Zhang Chaofeng's face remained unchanged, but his eyes couldn't help but stare, he naturally understood Abdullah. Abbas. Barcelona meant, so he turned to ask Cao Rengui.

"Don't worry, although the Anxi Uighurs have not sent troops as much as the Gaochang side, the other side has also been attracted by our proposal. And the most important purpose of the three of us is the same, which is to prevent the Tiance Army from advancing westward. So they won't have bad intentions about us. And-" Cao Rengui said with half-squinted eyes: "They have already withdrawn the garrison troops from Datun City to Dao Bo Xian Town. ”

As soon as Cao Rengui's words were finished, everyone present understood what this meant. Although the Anxi Uighurs did not send troops directly, the intention of withdrawing troops from the border was obvious, that is, to let the Guiyi army not care about their side and seize the time to gather troops and horses to resist the Tiance army.

"The herald ordered the whole army to immediately reorganize, set up defenses in Guazhou, and wait until the troops and horses of the Gaochang Uighurs arrived, and we will take the initiative to attack." Zhang Chaofeng's faint tone was a little gloomy at this time, and said: "Rengui, immediately prepare money, food, and weapons, and sign 50,000 people again, and at the same time contact the Tubo mercenaries in the south, and tell him that this time I want their whole army to help me." ”

"Doctor Li, you have to prepare the edict of enthronement, and prepare a full set of civil and military uniforms, and the Jinshan Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty will be established." Zhang Chaofeng threw down a sentence and turned around and walked out. Shazhou, the largest gathering place of Han Chinese in the northwest, will change color from today.

"My lord, my lord has a word, please consider it." After Zhang Chaofeng walked out, everyone present rushed out and began to make various preparations. After Zhang Chaofeng came to power, he carried out a major purge of the manpower left by Suo Xun, and a large number of his own henchmen occupied important positions, and the power of the Guiyi Army was firmly grasped by him in a short period of time, and there were indeed many capable people under him. So Li Yichang, who was dragging behind after everyone left, that is, Zhang Chaofeng's master, came over and said in a low voice: "The lord really wants to establish himself as the king and completely deviate from the Tang Dynasty?" ”

"Master means I shouldn't?" Zhang Chaofeng turned to look at himself, the man who accompanied him through his childhood and always stood behind him and silently gave him support, and sneered: "Datang owes me so much to the Zhang family, and now I have come to fight the territory left by my ancestors, how can I not rebel?" Master doesn't need to say any more, I have made up my mind, and this time I will completely settle accounts with the imperial court in Chang'an. ”