The common people of Gaochang are not satisfied with this, although in the foreign war of the Tang Dynasty, they did get a lot of benefits, but there are also many people who died in the family, if they have a choice, they would rather live here honestly, than go out to ask for money that they don't deserve.

But there are many things that small countries can't decide, when the army of the Tang Dynasty sets foot here, the fate of Gaochang has already been decided, in the entire Western Regions, the people of the Tang Dynasty are naturally the first level, the people of Gaochang are ranked in the second level, and the rest will be the third level.

Although they are reluctant to do this, but compared to people from other countries in the Western Regions, it is still a lot better, at the beginning they were not happy, but after understanding all this, it can only run with the wheels of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise you may be the object of suppression, in the expansion of the Tang Empire, no one can stop it.

After leaving Gaochang, the environment in the Western Regions began to deteriorate, although we chose the better places along the way, but most of the year, this is in the yellow sand.

Zhang Jiuli is not reckless at this time, after all, there are more documents transferred by the imperial court, so he can only sit in the carriage honestly, fortunately, many roads have been sorted out over the years, if they are not sorted out, they are likely to go the wrong way.

Of course, it also cost a lot of money to clean up the road, not to mention other places, just 10,000 laborers were transported from Fuso, which is a huge price, and it is said that after the road was repaired, even half of the 10,000 laborers were not alive, and basically all of them were buried under the roadbed.

Now the second round of renovations has begun, and these second rounds of renovations have been brought from Annam, and it is said that some of our prisoners of war have been captured, and these people, after a long journey, have not ushered in a new life of their own, but have ushered in the overhaul of roads in the northwest desert.

Anyway, this is the policy of the imperial court, either you can win the war, or you have to obey the policy of the imperial court.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions

On the 42nd day of departure from Chang'an City, they finally arrived at the Eastern Protectorate of the Western Regions, and if the road had not been repaired, then I am afraid that this number would have doubled, and they would not have been able to reach here.

Cheng Chumo brought a welcome banquet to the two of them in the Duhu Mansion, Xiao Shougui was also waiting here, the order of the imperial court had already been received, but Xiao Shougui was just like Li Xiang predicted, many places still need to be considered, and now that Zhang Jiuli is here, as long as the two of them discuss it, there is nothing that cannot be solved.

As for the matter of fighting on the front line, Qu Tushou brought it up at the beginning, hoping that Cheng Chumo would approve himself to take the army to the front line, which is also what many people from military generals are willing to do, but Cheng Chumo still has his own considerations.

Qu Tushou has just come from Chang'an City, although he has been tested by the Nanda Battalion, but after all, it is not on the battlefield, some people have to go through the test, if you are casually allowed to take the army to the battlefield, it is not only irresponsible to yourself, but also irresponsible to the army under you.

Although these 20,000 people came from Chang'an City, they were not all Qu Tushou's subordinates, they just let Qu Tushou bring them over, which Qu Tushou also knew very well.

According to the order of the imperial court, Qu Tushou's subordinates only have 5,000 people, and these 5,000 people are his army, and Li Xiang can be regarded as giving him a chance, if you have the ability, then these 5,000 people are a start, but if you don't have the ability, it is the peak at the beginning, and you don't want to bring more people in the future.

"General Qu's heart to serve the country is very good, and I deeply admire your ability, and I also know that I grew up in Chang'an City, and many things need to be said to be okay, but the problem is that now with soldiers, we have to follow the rules of the army."

Cheng Chumo didn't beat around the bush, he knew very well what kind of temper the children of these military generals in the capital were, if you made a lot of trouble, it is estimated that the other party would not understand, so let's just say it directly, not only saving time, but also saving internal friction.

"I understand the general's words, a few years ago, watching you fight outside, my heart is really hot, and now I also have this opportunity, and I hope the general will test it as soon as possible."

The two Cheng Chumo brothers were named in the Tiance General's Mansion, so they were also promoted this time, although the imperial court has not yet issued an explicit order, but both of them are worthy of a general.

"I like to work with cheerful people like you, since that's the case, then we don't have anything to say, about 500 miles northwest of Duhufu, there is an entrenched bandit with about three or four thousand people, most of them are Western Turks who rebel against us, there is no time limit, as long as you can solve them, then you can take your men to the front."

Cheng Chumo came directly to the sand table next to him, in addition to providing 5 guides, he didn't care about the rest, since His Royal Highness said that you are a capable person, and you also want to prove yourself, then you have to come to something real, this group of people has not been here for a long time, if Qu Tushou does not come, Cheng Chumo is ready to personally lead people to kill them.

"Please rest assured, give me two days to rest, after all, I have been on the road for so long, and I will personally lead the team to set off the day after tomorrow, and there will be results within 5 days."

Qu Tushou said with great confidence, they are not joking, they are ready to set off as soon as they get the order, of course, after more than 40 days of long journey, they must let their subordinates rest well, and the Duhu Mansion has also prepared all kinds of labor and army items, which can definitely allow them to recover within two days.

"Then this is the best, when the time comes, it depends on your performance, after these people are resolved, then you can directly lead people to the front line, there is no need to return, this official will send 1,000 Gaochang soldiers to follow you, and after you win, just hand over all the prisoners and messy things to them."

Cheng Chumo's words made Qu Tushou even more grateful, there are all kinds of follow-up things after the fight, this is the most annoying thing, Qu Tushou is the same as other generals, he only likes to lead troops to ventilate, and he doesn't like to care about these messy things, now that someone is in charge, it really saves us our business.