"Looking up at the sky, where the sun and the moon shine and the rivers go, they are all Han soil!"

"Look down at the ground, wherever my Tang soldiers are and where loyal people are, they are all Chang'an!"

Looking at this sentence, which is neither neat nor rhyming, Guo Xin's eyes were moist, he smiled with tears, he sighed abnormally, shook his head slightly with a smile, and Guo Xin continued to read it.

Although it has experienced twists and turns, the two eloquent monarchs of the Emperor and the Emperor have regained control of the situation in the Tang Dynasty, the chaos and endless internal friction have come to an end, and the Tang Dynasty has walked on the road to rejuvenation.

The current Datang is in the midst of a period of rejuvenating and recovering from the cocoon, and the current Datang lacks nothing but time to recover and replenish strength, and Qiuzi is the most important nail of Datang in the Western Regions.

Please Guo Xin lead the Anxi army to defend Qiuzi for the Tang Dynasty, at least three years, at most five years, Guo Rong will lead the army westward, sweep Hexi, fight back to Anxi, rebuild the glory of the Anxi army, and let the battle flag of the Tang Dynasty replant the Western Regions.

The person who represents the letter is the exiled prince of Anguo who has been destroyed, after exile in Chang'an to do business, was captured by himself for special reasons, and is now working for himself, worthy of trust, I hope Guo Xin will take care of it, as for how to use other personnel and materials, please Guo Xin decide.

The number of words is not much, only more than 300 words, but Guo Rong's thoughts are thoroughly displayed in front of Guo Xin, with a feeling that I have a good child growing up, Guo Xin read through it again.

Seeing the end, when Guo Rong wrote that he wanted to take care of Anda Xian on his behalf, Guo Xin, who couldn't help it, laughed directly, Guo Rong, this kid has also learned badly.

Anda is a big man, not a woman, and the word care is used for this......

This kid should be afraid that he won't be able to see it, and he specially added a sentence to the signature that Anda is trustworthy, although there is a suspicion of painting a snake and a dog's tail continuing to mink, but this directivity is more obvious.

As for everything to be decided by himself, this kid obviously means something, but he can't know what this kid wants to do until he asks about the specific situation later.

With patience, he carefully read through the letter of Guo Rong's "Oracle Bone Inscription" calligraphy twice, and after making sure that he was not wrong and did not understand Guo Rong's meaning, Guo Xin thought about it briefly.

When he looked at Anda Xian again, Guo Xin's face was no longer so cold, on the contrary, the miserable old and wrinkled face showed a kind of kindness and kindness unique to the elderly.

"Your name is Andahian? Are you from Anguo? ”

Guo Xin's face is kind, his voice is gentle, and his eyes are kind, no matter who looks at him, this is a high-powered, kind and kind elder.

However, seeing Guo Xin's smile and hearing Guo Xin's voice, different from Guo Rong's inducement, different from the old captain's deterrence, the moment he looked at Guo Xin's gaze, Anda Xian had a feeling of being directly seen through his soul, and even more of a sense of fear of being dominated.

Originally, after being cleaned up by the old lieutenant once, he was afraid that Anda Xian had no other thoughts, and now in the face of this indescribable sense of fear, he poured beans into a bamboo tube and said everything about himself.

"My name is Andaxian, my father is ......, when Anguo was destroyed by the Great Cannibals, I fled from Anguo under the protection of the guards, and later entered the Tang Dynasty through Hexi and stayed in Chang'an...... Two years ago...... Until last year......"

Anda Xian's degree of cooperation made Guo Xin more or less surprised, but after a simple two sentences, he understood that his old buddy had already done it before him.

His old buddy has already planted the seeds of fear in the heart of this Hu person, Guo Xin naturally will not draw a snake to add to it, threatening that this thing will not be worth much if it is used too much.

So, Guo Xin asked about the issue he was most concerned about.

"Yes, willing to play for Datang, I believe you will not regret it, especially the current Datang, so what is the situation of Datang now? Guo Rong's letter said that it was not very clear, although there were caravans coming and going, but through their words, it was difficult for Qiuzi to obtain accurate information. ”

"Dadu Protector, General Guo used to ...... before he went on patrol with the Emperor"

From his own point of view, Anda Xian showed everything he knew about Datang in front of Guo Xin.

Eunuchs, nobles, high-ranking officials, generals, wealthy families, royal families, feudal towns, and foreign races......

Almost all the forces that threaten the Tang Dynasty have either been weakened or deterred under the wrist of Emperor Taishang Li Yu and the new forbidden army with the Changying Army as the core.

With the stability of Guanzhong, Chang'an has become more and more prosperous, with Chang'an and Guanzhong as the core position, with education, technology, and shipping as the core content, a large-scale reform has begun.

Under the joint promotion of the imperial court, nobles and wealthy families, countless new products, new equipment and new technologies have sprung up:

Jiangnan, Jiannan, Lingnan, Huainan, the change of improved varieties based on Champong rice has made an explosive increase in the grain output of Datang, and under the inspiration of Champong rice, some people have begun to study the improved varieties of wheat, barley and sorghum in the north;

With the joint efforts of the imperial court and the wealthy families in Shandong, new sea ships are being developed, and the shipbuilding industry in Jiaodong, Liaodong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Lingnan and other places is developing rapidly at an astonishing speed.

For Dongying, the Shandong giants who are already eager to wear it can't suppress their desires and impulses!

Theoretically, the latest keel-laying sailing ship has not yet gotten the sea, Shandong has not invested a lot of money, in Liaodong Province, in Hebei Province, in Jiangnan Province crazy construction of the original ships that are not very suitable for navigation, they want to through these, open up a stable Dongying route, preemptively occupy the land full of silver Dongying!

On the southeast coast, because the imperial court released a very clear signal, instead of prohibiting it, it supported various places to explore outward, and one of the side effects brought about was:

As the financial resources of the Tang Dynasty, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, and Jiangxi also began to ambitiously form their own fleets, trying to discover the legendary Americas and Australia, which are full of gold and are no less than the good varieties of Champa rice.

In the western border, the four counties of Jiannan and North Dao, Longyou Dao, and Lingwu Shuo Fang Jiedu have become the places where all the nobles and generals want to enter.

In the place of grass creation, counting the two servant armies, the combined strength was only 60,000, and in less than two years, the strength of the Tang army in the three Tang Theaters directly under the Tang Dynasty near Tubo had exceeded 80,000.

Moreover, a large number of caravans have crossed the border between Tubo and Datang from Longnan and Longxi into the Hexi Corridor.

In the south, the Lingnan Jiedu envoys, who were originally indisputable with the world, were also fighting with Annan, Guiguan, Yongguan, Rongguan, and Qianzhou Economic Strategy, sharpening their knives and looking at the land south of Annan.

As for the north, when he set out from Chang'an, Guo Rong's expedition was not long, and Anda Xian didn't know that Guo Rong and they were going east directly, but Anda Xian was very sure that Li Yu had already made up his mind to rebuild a defensive line in the north to guard the reform of the Tang Dynasty.

In terms of foreign expansion, the Li Tang royal family, Guan Longxungui, Shandong wealthy families, and southeastern feudal towns faintly have a tendency to ally alliances.

From Anda Xian's mouth, the changes in the entire Tang Dynasty, Guo Xin, who is over seventy years old, is excited, and at this moment, Guo Xin finally understands why Guo Rong has the confidence to return to Anxi within a few years.

In this long long-distance race of ten years and a hundred years, connivance is rampant for a while, and the Tubo people can't resist the profound heritage of Datang and the tenacity of Datang after all.

His decades of perseverance were finally not in vain, in order to defend Anxi, in order to guard the Anxi army that died in battle and grew old in Qiuzi, there was no sacrifice in vain.

He finally survived to the moment of the revival of the Tang Dynasty, and the real weakness of the Tubo people that he accidentally discovered did not follow him and the Anxi army and was buried in this lonely Qiuzi City.

Guo Rong, this kid, said in the letter that everything is up to his own decision......

"Anda Xian, how many people are there in the caravan you lead, and who is it composed of?"

"Daduhu, when we set off from Chang'an, the entire caravan exceeded 1,000 people, but from Chang'an to Qiuzi, there were still 600 people left......

"What about the four hundred?" Guo Xin's brows furrowed slightly.

"Most of the capital is too worried, the Tubo people are already in civil strife, and now the aftermath of the battles of Weizhou, Longxi, and Longnan is still there, plus the border of nearly 100,000 troops and Chen soldiers, the Tubo people do not dare to do it at will."

"General Guo wants me to establish a stable trade route from Anguo to Chang'an, and the reason why there will be 400 fewer people is because they stayed in the important towns of Hexi along the way, such as Shazhou, Shanzhou, and Lanzhou, to set up shops and establish warehouses, which have become important nodes on this trade route."

Commercial roads, commercial roads, shops, commercial storage, commercial station nodes......

Guo Xin, who has been sticking to the Silk Road for many years, naturally knows the meaning behind the so-called trade routes, and those who are in business may not be able to do something else!

It's just that from Chang'an to Anguo, but the distance is close to 30,000 miles, with his own strength, to establish such a long road, Guo Rong, this kid is so bold, Guo Xin has to sigh, this kid is worthy of his fancy!

"Has the business war node from Chang'an to Qiuci been completed?"

"Yes, I personally led people to complete the negotiations, bought the Tubo garrison, the Tubo generals who were wooed, the Tang clans from all over the country, and purchased shops and warehouses, so that I could provide supplies and support at any time!"

Seeing that Anda Xian was full of confidence, and even said what he had completed with a somewhat proud attitude, Guo Xin's senses for Anda Xian also improved a lot.

What Anda Xian said looks very simple, but with a caravan of the Tubo people who died, he played a juggling performance in Forte, the core of the Tubo people, which is not something ordinary people can do, in terms of ability, Guo Xin feels that he can give Anda Xian a performance close to full score.

Judging from his performance, Anda Xian has indeed been persuaded and influenced by Guo Rong, otherwise he would not have worked so hard.

His old buddy probably couldn't get used to Hu Shang's style, and subconsciously planted the seeds of fear of Datang in Anda Xian's heart.

With these two points, it is actually enough, but Anda Xian is looking at Guo Xin, a septuagenarian veteran with excellent strategic vision, extremely firm will, and flexibility.

"Yes, Anda Xian, you are very good, no wonder my righteous son is willing to keep you and entrust you with important responsibilities, of course, everything you do is also right Shang Guo Rong's trust in you, but have you thought about your future?"

"Future?"

Anda Xian was obviously stunned, he couldn't imagine why Guo Xin would ask this to himself.

"Although you are surnamed Zhaowu Jiu, a descendant of the An royal family, you don't want to return to the country, if it weren't for Guo Rong's heart, you wouldn't even want to set foot in Hexi and Anguo?"

"You have almost seen your family members die one by one under the butcher's knife of the big cannibal, do you think that instead of being a precarious king, or a puppet to be slaughtered, it is better to be at ease in Chang'an, naturally!"

"Do you just want to return to Chang'an after completing Guo Rong's entrustment, stay in Chang'an with peace of mind, and live the rest of your life rich and leisurely under the protection of Guo Rong and the Changgong Mansion?"

"Really?"

Anda Xian was completely confused!

Guo Xin's judgment of him is too accurate!

It's accurate enough to know herself better than Anda!

Anda Xian never knew why he was reluctant to leave Chang'an, but now, he knew from Guo Xin's mouth that when he was young and young, the fear of the tragic death of his father, brother and uncle was buried deep in his heart.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should have been born after the Battle of Talas!"

Anda nodded subconsciously.

"In the Battle of Talas, Dadu Hu (Gao Xianzhi) fought against the 200,000 army of Abu ***, the governor of Khorasan, and 100,000 reinforcements with 15,000 Anxi troops, 15,000 Qarluq troops, and Bahanna army!"

"No matter what the reason, my Anxi army was defeated when it was defeated, and a total of 7,000 Anxi troops died in the west of the Green Ridge, which was the heaviest loss of our Tang Anxi army since it became an army!"

"But how much did the big cannibal lose, as the victor? Fifty thousand? Lakh? One hundred and fifty thousand? Two hundred thousand? I'm afraid no one knows except Abu ***! ”

"But it doesn't matter, what is important, do you know, Andaxian?"

Anda Xian is very clear about the Battle of Talas, even if ten years later, when his father was killed and Anguo was destroyed, the big cannibals were secretive about the battle damage of the Battle of Talas, but Anda Xian had faintly heard the numbers, it is said that 70,000 were killed on the spot, and more than half of the battle was lost!

Especially on the way to pursue, the elite cavalry of 30,000 big cannibals attacked the defense line of 3,000 Tang Mo sword soldiers, but that battle became the dream demon of all big cannibals.

However, Anda Xian still doesn't know what Guo Xin is talking about.

Seeing An Daxian, who was dazed and shaking his head, Guo Xin smiled.

"The point is that after the Battle of Talas, after the Great War, the Great Cannibals immediately retreated to the mainland of the Great Eclipse, and did not dare to take a step to the east!"

"In the second year after the defeat of the so-called Talas, in the twelfth year of Tianbao (753), our Anxi army regrouped, and under the leadership of the deputy marshal of Fengjiedu, it once again crossed the green ridge, attacked Da Bolu, broke the enemy army, captured the city of Bodhisattva Lao, and slaughtered 50,000 enemies!"

"After the slaughter of the Great Bolu, my Anxi army continued its westward expedition, and the soldiers were in Talas, do you know how the Great Cannibal responded?"

"Send an envoy and sue for peace!" Anda said these four words tremblingly.

"Yes, send an envoy and ask for peace! It's a pity ......"

Anda Xian didn't speak, but he knew what Guo Xin was talking about, and the nightmare of Zhaowu Jiu also stemmed from the Anshi Rebellion......

"I don't know what happened to Datang after the Anshi Rebellion, so that you who came to Chang'an across thousands of miles ago went astray, but there are some things you must know."

"You were born in Sogdia and you live in the Tang Dynasty, do you think there is anyone besides the Tang Dynasty who can stop the cannibal Bing Peak?"

"You have lived in Chang'an for several years, do you think that if the current Datang fights against the big cannibals, can it be victorious?"

"You are sheltered under Guo Rong, do you think that if you are free from Guo Rong's protection, you can still be as free and comfortable as you are now?"

"You were persuaded by Guo Rong, you should know that Guo Rong, who looks fierce, is actually not black enough in his heart and hands not ruthless enough, although he is cautious, but he is also more willing to treat others with kindness, do you think you will not regret losing Guo Rong, a friend who understands you and trusts you?"

Guo Xin's series of questions, Anda Xian did not answer a word, but each sentence pointed directly to Anda Xian's heart, and Anda Xian, who was already extremely smart, also understood the first question from Guo Xin - the future!

His future is inseparable from Datang and Guo Rong......

Knowing the essence of his future and the Tang Dynasty, Anda Xian seemed to have suddenly found himself.

The Anxi Dadu Hu in front of him was still the elder with a smile, but when he looked at Guo Xin again at this time, An Daxian was calm......

Looking at Anda Xian, who had regained his self-confidence, Guo Xin's eyes showed appreciation, and his expression was smiling again.

I don't know, should I say that Guo Rong's vision is good, or Guo Rong is a fool and has stupid luck, and he can find such a talented person with excellent ability and good understanding.

How can a slave who is dominated compare to a capable person who struggles for his future, through Anda Xian, who has regained himself, Guo Xin's gaze is projected to the southwest.

With this caravan sent by Guo Rong with great effort, with the trade routes that have been opened up and will be opened up by this caravan led by An Daxian, plus the life gate of the Tubo people that he has mastered, everything will become promising!

Finally, he did not bury the true weakness of the Tibetan people with him in this Qiuzi City.

Let Feng Tong leave with Anda Xian, Guo Xin thought quietly in his room for half a day.

It wasn't until night fell that Guo Xin, who was a little tired, slowly walked out of his room.

In the evening of the same day, the main military schools of the Anxi Army gathered.

Three days later, the caravan led by Anda Hsien left Qiuzi, but their departure left the city with endless hope.

After leaving Qiuzi, the composition of the caravan changed slightly:

Originally, all the guys in their twenties were mixed with more than a dozen old men with white hair, and dozens of middle-aged people in their thirties.

Leaving Qiuzi, Andaxian led the caravan along the river to the west, and after a seven- or eight-day trek, they arrived at the first big city at the confluence of the Hotan River and Tarim.

When entering the city, he handed a few copper coins to the officer guarding the door, looked at the long caravan, and then looked at the few copper coins in his hand, and the greed in the eyes of the Tibetan officer was not filled.

Although their eyes were full of disgust, the Tibetan officers at the city gate still raised their hands and let them into the city.

However, after the entire caravan entered the city and entered the market in charge of trading in the city, the Tibetan officers directly turned their faces, and the Tubo soldiers who commanded the brigade directly besieged the entire caravan.

Then this guy set his sights on a few pulsatillas in the team, although they were wearing the clothes of Sogdians (Zhaowu Jiu), but their skin color and appearance were definitely Tang people, this is their handle!

"Who are they?"

Faced with the inquiry of the Tibetan defenders, Anda Xian replied that these were several elders in the tribe......

It was obviously a few yellow-skinned old men with the appearance of a Tang people, but the guy in front of him said that this was the elder of their Sogdian tribe surnamed Zhaowu Jiu!

As long as he wanted some pocket money, this kind of behavior of talking nonsense with his eyes open and directly treating himself as a fool made the defending officers stationed in Bachang City furious.

With a whip slammed into Andaxian's forehead, the entire caravan was seized in the name of colluding with the Tang people.

"Send someone to inform Maben that a large number of Tang spies have been discovered, please make a decision!"

Not long after the seizure, the Tibetan garrison of Bachang City, Mahben Avarid, appeared angrily in front of the Tibetan officers and caravans.

The Tibetan Ma Ben Avalid, who was anxious about the rebellion brought about by the suppression of those hairless fellows from the Ganges Valley, raised his whip and walked over when he saw Andaxian, who was accused by the officers of being a spy of the Tang people, and cursed.

However, just after scolding, Tubo Ma Ben Avarid saw the other party stretching out his hand with a smile on his face.

This action was too familiar to Tubo Ma Ben Avarid, although he was still dissatisfied, but he still had to collect what should be collected, and then he stopped scolding, withdrew the whip, and also stretched out his hand.

However, the next moment the unexpected happened.

A heavy thing fell from the other party's caravan leader to his own hands, and when he was caught off guard, Avaried directly stumbled,

After weighing the weight, this whole bag of golden sand, this is a lot of wealth.

At this moment, Avarid thought that he needed to treat the businessman in front of him seriously and cautiously, and the whole person calmed down, and under Andaxian's suggestion, the two walked to a quiet corner.

"I came with sincerity to make friends with Maben!"

Before Alvarid could speak, he once again had two heavier bags in his hands, and through the two bags, Alvarid felt Anda's full sincerity.

Originally in a very bad mood, the angry Alvarid was in a good mood in an instant, the angry words disappeared, and the gloom disappeared without a trace, and his expression became soft and relaxed.

"What are you called?"

"My name is Andaxian, a Sogdian, from the former Anguo!"

"My Avarid loves making friends the most!"