In Zhang Xun's letter, the first thing was to mention the news of Princess Yuzhen's death, and mentioned the special relationship between the Ma family and Princess Yuzhen, although it was not explicitly stated, it could be regarded as a reminder to Ma Lan that no one knew about the bribery of Princess Yuzhen at the beginning.

Ma Lan didn't care about this, it was just a trivial matter, and Zhang Xun couldn't sue himself for this matter. Zhang Xun knew this, and it would not affect him to send another sum of money to Princess Yuzhen's family.

At the beginning, not only did she follow the path of Princess Yuzhen, but also sent 100,000 yuan to Yang Guozhong, all the purpose was to open up territory for the Tang Dynasty. These things are done with a clear conscience, and they are not selfish.

However, in retrospect, at that time, he was a general in the west of the moraine, although he had military merits, but he had to look at the faces of those bigwigs in the DPRK and China. Now that he is the governor of the west of the city, he doesn't have to look at anyone's face, and he doesn't have to worry about the position being lost at any time, and all his efforts are in vain.

Later, Zhang Xun wrote a few more appointments and dismissals about personnel in the letter, basically all of which were preliminary exchanges with Ma Lan during the Lanzhou meeting. No longer reuse the generals, this is the consensus reached by Ma Lan and Zhang Xun outside the city of Lanzhou, Longyou Jiedu envoy Ge Shuhan and Hexi Jiedu envoy An Sishun have been recruited into the court, and they are replaced by two Han generals, young people who have emerged in recent years. The successor to the Longyou Jiedu envoy is the Baishui military envoy Wang Rare, and the new Hexi Jiedu envoy is the Shence military envoy Li Sheng - there is also a Li Sheng in the Anxi army, who is the second son of Li Siye, and this person is not the same person - the Shence army finally appeared on the stage of Tang history.

Both of them can be regarded as one step to the sky, and Zhang Xun still spares no effort to promote young people. Of course, the two of them can take the position, and Ma Lan's suggestion outside Lanzhou City has a lot to do with it.

According to Zhang Xun. Ge Shuhan left Shanzhou very happily. A happy handover of power. And on the Hexi side, there are thousands of Hu people who cut their faces and shed blood and wept bitterly to keep An Sishun, and the messenger sent to deliver the decree had no choice but to return to Chang'an to restore his life, and then was directly killed by Zhang Xun, and after sending the messenger again, An Sishun obediently completed the handover with Li Sheng, and reluctantly went to Chang'an City to serve as a general.

Basically the same as in the original history, An Sishun still plays this kind of trick. But this time it was Zhang Xun who met him. Zhang Xun is ruthless, how can An Sishun be allowed to act like this, not to mention the reaction that An Sishun will have, Ma Xuan has already told Zhang Xun outside Lanzhou City. As for the messenger, he had accepted a huge bribe from An Sishun, how could Zhang Xun allow him.

In the end, Zhang Xun talked about the matter of the southern expedition to Tianzhu, and Zhang Xun was also very enthusiastic about this matter, but said that the household department would not give too much financial support, and could only rely on Ma Xuan himself.

He also clearly explained the reason, after all, it is now in the territory of the Tang Empire. There is an insurrence. Li Jing in the east set himself up as emperor, and Li Siye and Guo Ziyi did not move. Waiting for spring to pick peaches, Zhang Xun was under great pressure in Chang'an. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that most of the ministers in the court were promoted by him, this matter would have been suppressed for a long time, and even the ministers he promoted now have some doubts about Zhang Xun's decision.

After all, it was a rebellion, and if it was not put down as soon as possible, there would be no peace of mind. For every minister who is eligible to sit in the Chamber, this is basically the same idea. Everyone is afraid that Li Jing will sit in the northeast, and in the end the situation will be out of control. In fact, Zhang Xun himself also has such thoughts, and he is also a little apprehensive about Ma Lan's opinion on picking peaches.

Therefore, after the beginning of spring, Zhang Xun's energy will be concentrated in the northeast direction, and he will make every effort to quell Li Jing's rebellion. Now, in addition to transporting grain to Guo Ziyi and Li Siye, the sailors have been assembled in Dengzhou, and they will cross the sea to attack in the spring. For Zhang Xun, he was unwilling to let Datang bear the pressure of fighting on both sides, so the support he could do for what Ma Lan said about the southern expedition to Tianzhu was limited.

Of course, there is still support. Zhang Xun had already sent a decree to the Luo Gong Ren of the city, so that he would enter the court alone to serve in the military department, and ordered the newly appointed Longyou Jiedu to make it rare for the king to lead troops into Qiangtang, to defend the town of Luo, and discuss the matter of the southern expedition with Ma Lu.

After Gong Ren left Luo, the last general with a large amount of military power was gone. The soldiers and horses he brought to the city of Luo were originally the headquarters of the Longyou army, and it was rare for the king to bring some more people, and the Longyou army would also be strong and strong in the city. However, for Ma Lan, the most important thing is about Gongren's departure itself, and he does not trust Lu Dongzan's descendants.

Zhang Xun gave Wang a rare will, so that he fully assisted Ma Lu, planning the southern expedition to Tianzhu, Wang rare is a Han Chinese, and young, it is the time when he is eager to make contributions, and now he has just been promoted by Zhang Xun, and he has become a general by the White Water Army, it is the time to show himself well, and now he has the opportunity to perform, and he does not ask about the attitude of the southern expedition.

Of course, for Ma Lan, no matter who comes to Qiangtang, as long as he can do it without hindrance, it is actually enough. As long as Zhang Xun is willing to cooperate, then everything else is fine.

Zhang Xun vaguely expressed his dissatisfaction at the end of the letter about Ma Lu's beating of the messenger sent to the third surnamed Ge Lulu to deliver the edict, but also mentioned that for the sake of the overall situation, he had decided to give up the canonization and plot to assassinate Tenglu, and asked Ma Lan to keep to himself in the future and stop doing things that offended the majesty of the heavenly family.

Ma Lan just smiled at this point, Zhang Xun had already tested his bottom line this time, and it would be much easier to get along in the future. During the time when Qian Xi was on his main side, he would not allow Zhang Xun to get involved, and Zhang Xun already knew this attitude. As for offending the majesty of the heavenly family...... Hehe, your old man is pretentious every day, why don't you say that you have offended the majesty of the heavenly family? The edict was written by yourself, and the envoy was sent by yourself, so at most it can be regarded as an offense to you Zhang Xun, how can it be said to be an offense to the majesty of the heavenly family!

After reading Zhang Xun's letter and throwing it into the fire, Ma Lan was in a good mood.

Anyway, after all, he didn't misunderstand Xiao Zhang Tanhua, and Zhang Xun's choice was not what he expected.

Then the next few days will be busy again.

The southern expedition to Tianzhu, the soldiers were divided into two routes, and before they got the Zhang tour letter, they could only arrange the way of the Xiangxiong people for the time being, and all the previous plans only referred to the side of the Xiangxiong people. And now that Zhang Xun has decided to cooperate, then he can already start making detailed plans on the way south from Ni Bora.

In general, the situation is very good, the Qiang people should starve to death in winter, and when it comes to the beginning of spring, give the remaining Qiang people a chance to live, although the remaining adult men of the Qiang people at that time are less than 200,000, but women can also go to the battlefield, and when the time comes, it will bring great disasters to the Ganges River valley when the time comes to cross the mountain pass like a tide, and the fertile land there will also give them great attraction.

Nibora is also mountainous, so the Qiang people don't know about the more fertile plains in the south, and this time, they will understand how stupid it is to live on the bitterly cold plateau and seize land in the direction of the Tang Dynasty. And after they spread out on the plains of the Ganges, they probably won't miss the cold plateau.

And Qiangtang, where the number of people has been reduced enough to be small, will be the same as the south and north of the desert, and the county system will be implemented and become the direct territory of the Tang Dynasty.

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At this time, the entire moraine is extremely cold.

The same is true of the various parts of the river that have recently been incorporated into the territory of the western part of the moraine.

The west of the Aral Sea, in fact, is not technically a river. On the desolate oasis, although there is no snow, there is not a trace of green in sight.

This is no longer part of the territory of the Fire Seekers, but the territory of the Oghuz people. In the cold weather, if in previous years, the shepherds were all cats in the felt tents and would not come out, and the whole oasis would be extremely calm, but now there is a sound of killing, and there are felt tents on fire everywhere.

The oasis is not large, and there are only about 20 shepherds, so in the face of the attacks of dozens of Guanzhong men, they quickly fell behind. Blood splashed in the cold air, the sound of blades clashing sounded, and the shepherds who did not have time to mount their horses were suddenly attacked, and retreated step by step under the attack of the men in Guanzhong. The men in Guanzhong were angry, fighting one by one, and venting all the humiliation they had suffered these days through this knife.

There was a sound of horses' hooves behind the tent, and two tall Oghuz people riding war horses rushed over, and among the crowd of men in Guanzhong, two figures suddenly passed through the crowd, and pounced directly on them with the momentum of wind and thunder, and several shepherds in front of them were directly cut down, and in a blink of an eye, the two of them had arrived in front of the Oghuz people.

The Oghuz people on horseback are all good hands, and they smashed over with heavy maces, and the two people who rushed over were extremely agile, and they were extremely easy to avoid, and then shouted at the same time, and the narrow and heavy special horizontal knife in the hand brought out a snowy knife, and rushed down like a frightened rainbow, and fell directly on the two Oghuz people.

Both of the Oghuz people have some status, and the leather armor on their bodies is quite exquisite, the moment the blade falls on their bodies, the leather armor has been shattered in an instant, and then the whole body is split into two halves. The next moment, the war horses under the two of them also turned into two in an instant, and fell to the ground with a wail.

Just by using a horizontal knife, the opponent and the horse were split into two pieces, what a might! The men in Guanzhong watched from behind, their morale was even higher, and they cheered loudly. The shepherds were even more lacking in fighting spirit, and were soon dismembered by the men in Guanzhong.

The two big men looked at each other and laughed. Although the Chang'an Ranger is happy, it is not as happy as killing aliens.

The short battle was over, and the Guanzhong men searched one tent after another with various weapons, and soon found several Guanzhong men who were tied hand and foot. Like them, these people were Han Chinese who had been taken captive during the Battle of Xihai City, and were now slaves of the Oghuz. After these people were released, these Guanzhong men also picked up their knives and killed several old and weak Oghuz fiercely.

The others didn't stop it, but after the two big men saw it, they walked over quickly and ordered a few Guanzhong men to stop.

For them, it is natural to kill people when they fight, but they have already won, and it is not permissible to kill each other's women and children to vent their anger. In their minds, there is no room for such evil. (To be continued......)