"I understand." Shi Wannian nodded, saying that he knew, he could completely understand Huo Gang's approach, after all, he had just joined Huo Gang's forces, and he had not yet shown his loyalty and value, no matter who he was, he would not believe it so much.

"That's it, I still have something to discuss with the Bright Moon City Lord." Huo Gang nodded.

"The minister will retire first." Shi Wannian got up directly and left.

"Chief, I'll take my leave first." Amato and the others also stood up one after another.

After they all left, Huo Zheng finally went out and closed the door of the room, leaving Huo Gang and Mingyue in the huge room.

At this time, Mingyue took a deep breath, raised her head, looked at Huo Gang with a pair of blue eyes and asked, "General, I don't know why it's me?" ”

"You have the ability." Huo Gang nodded quietly and said very casually.

"That's it?" Mingyue was stunned for a moment, she thought of many reasons, for example, she was also a beauty, especially a beauty like her in the Western Regions, she should still be very popular in the eyes of the Central Plains, not to mention that she was also from the Ashina clan of the Western Turkic royal family, it was normal for Huo Gang to have any thoughts about her.

But what she never expected would be such an answer.

"What more do you want? In my case, as long as the ability is sufficient, it is fine. Huo Gang said with a calm face.

"But, general, I am a woman, whether it is in the Central Plains or the Turks, or even in the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, there are almost no women who are officials." Mingyue paused, but still asked her doubts.

"Isn't that what you want to do when you try to show your strength?" Huo Gang asked rhetorically.

"That's right...... Mingyue didn't know what to say for a while, just like what Huo Gang asked, this was what she was pursuing, but it came so easily, she couldn't believe it.

"Besides, God doesn't care if you're male or female." Huo Gang said in a strange tone, and then continued to speak: "Why, don't you have confidence in your own ability? ”

"No, General, if you really want to compare, the ministers are confident that they can do better than these ministers." Mingyue's face became serious.

"Okay, tell me how the Igo Kingdom surrendered." Huo Gang smiled and shifted the topic.

"The role of the subordinate is not much, it is all your reputation as a general." Mingyue said.

"We don't have to talk about this kind of sycophancy." Huo Gang waved his hand directly.

"No, the minister is telling the truth, the general's devil has already spread throughout the grassland, plus the white horse cavalry under the general's command defeated the seven thousand Turkic elite cavalry led by the leader of Ashye, and the white devil led by General Gongsun has also become completely famous in the Western Regions."

"I only asked Shi Wannian City Lord one sentence, after we completely blockade Yiwu City, without outside support, how long can Yiwu Kingdom last?" Mingyue smiled and said, "In fact, there are only two people in the entire Western Regions who can support Yiwu, the first Western Turkic Royal Court, the second Eastern Turk, in addition to this, Gao Changguo himself is difficult to protect himself, Datang will not step out of the border, Datang's most important task is to ensure his own stability." ”

"Besides, there is no one who can support Iwu, and in such a situation, the food in Igo City will only be enough to feed for two months at most, and if they don't leave the city, we can besiege the city for a long time."

"Therefore, Yiwu has no choice, not to mention, the miracle of the general drying up the Peacock Sea has completely spread throughout the Western Regions, even if Shi Wannian is unwilling to surrender, these ordinary people of Yiwu don't want to die completely in the city."

Huo Gang nodded, think about it carefully, it is indeed just like Mingyue said, this is the current situation of Yiwu, this is probably the reason why Yiwu directly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Zhenguan, after all, there are not many foolish countries like Gaochang.

"Okay, then Iwu City will be handed over to you, but the next task is not light." Huo Gang said.

"General, please command, Mingyue will do her best."

"First of all, you select a group of people, whether it is to form a caravan on your own, or by other means, and develop these people into an intelligence department, which is in charge of you, mainly to inquire about the situation of Gaochang and Yanqi, including the Western Turkic royal court and the Eastern Turks." Huo Gang said with a serious face.

Mingyue was stunned for a moment, she thought that a deputy city lord had already given her a status far beyond ordinary people by Huo Gang, but she never expected that Huo Gang would actually let her set up such an intelligence department.

Mingyue immediately fell silent, Huo Gang pretended not to see it, in fact, the person under Huo Gang's current name is really not too suitable, and the one who can do this job is not only smart enough, but also ruthless enough.

As for Mingyue's loyalty, it's very simple, just figure out what she needs. As for the rest, anyway, Huo Gang doesn't have the manpower and material resources to support her for the time being, at most it is some gold and silver, and what she can do depends on her ability.

The most critical point is that in the early warning system of the Spirit of the Jade Gate, if she is hostile to Huo Gang, then it will instantly become a red mark, but Mingyue is a green mark of her own people.

Huo Gang didn't know how the Spirit of the Jade Gate was determined, but for now, the Spirit of the Jade Gate had not made a mistake at this point.

When Tongluobu had just surrendered, all the Turks were yellow dots, and then when the Peacock Sea dried up, almost most of them turned green, but in Ake City, which was already surrounded by Huo Gang, many of those people in Ake City were still yellow dots.

The same is true for Yiwu City, which has just joined Huo Gang's forces, most of them are yellow, and there are even a few red, but there are very few reds.

Huo Gang also probably figured out the meaning of these logos, a bit like the game he played in later generations, green is himself, yellow is neutral, but red is hostile, simple and clear.

"Yes!" Mingyue took a deep breath and agreed.

"In addition, send people from here all the way to the Tang Dynasty's Suoyang, Yumen Pass line of the Silk Road route to find out, now these are our sphere of influence, along the line to give an estimate of the daily distance traveled by the caravan, and then about every half a day to set up a post station, the people of this post station in the future you will arrange your own, with the caravan coming and going, the people in these post stations are an excellent place to listen to information."

"In addition, these post stations can buy and sell some food to caravans, and can be responsible for the profit and loss of the personnel of the post station. After the establishment of the caravanserais, all caravans that pass through our territory will be taxed. Huo Gang said lightly.

This practice, Huo Gang learned from the highway of later generations, toll stations, and in this era, this toll is much more expensive than that of later generations!