As for Xiao Shougui and Zhang Jiuli's side, it is even more harmonious.

Both of them belong to the kind of people who have brains, but Xiao Shougui is a little younger, and in many ways he needs an older person to guide him in the direction, in fact, all policies have been formulated, and now he only needs Zhang Jiuli to take a look, if no one is in charge for him, Xiao Shougui always feels a little unsteady.

In fact, Xiao Shougui also guessed that maybe Li Xiang would let his grandfather come here, but thinking of his grandfather's age, he tried not to come to the Western Regions, not to mention that the people of the Arab Empire were eyeing him, once there was any problem on the front-line battlefield, he might fall into war at that time, and an old man would probably not be able to run out in such a situation.

Of course we've been winning all the time, but a lot of things have to be prepared for the worst, and if we have a problem on the front line, will I regret going then? Now that Zhang Jiuli has been sent, Xiao Shougui's heart is also relieved.

For this policy formulated by the imperial court, Xiao Shougui can be said to be in favor of raising his hands, in fact, regarding these problems in the Western Regions, Xiao Shougui is very much in favor of it from beginning to end, if it is our management method like before, sooner or later people will take advantage of it.

Time and time again, just like those toast masters in Sichuan, they can play hard with you, but the imperial court can't do foolish things year after year, so now you should station troops and officials everywhere, we can respect your habits, but when it comes to national security, you people have to listen honestly.

Of course, there is only one empty word, then I'm afraid these people won't believe it, after all, they have all been kings, and no one wants to have a emperor above, so we have to let them understand that we are not empty words, we will station officials and troops here with you, and let them supervise you.

We will not interfere in things within the scope of power, this is also your freedom, as long as you don't do anything to betray the Tang Dynasty, your life has not changed much, but if you have two hearts, then the army stationed here is not vegetarian, and not only will your life not be saved, including your whole family, there may be no chance to eat.

Of course, this must also be done gradually, it is impossible to master all the 36 countries in the Western Regions at once, according to the policy of the imperial court, for the kind of more remote, and the population is not very large, then try to move them to the core area, we can't set up military camps for so many people, it is too expensive for the imperial court, then it can only be two countries for one country, convenient for us to manage.

Of course, it is a bit difficult to do this, which is also one of the reasons for sending Zhang Jiuli, this guy is best at using economic means, and he may not be able to see it in a short time, but if it is a long time, this guy can always make people voluntarily go to the settlement stipulated by the imperial court.

After a few days of repair, Qu Tushou took his men on the road, this guy is also full of confidence, mainly because he was brought out from Chang'an City, this group of troops is extremely elite, they have gone through nearly 7 months of training, all kinds of weapons are used very perfectly, plus the help of local guides, what is lacking is Qu Tushou's command ability, Cheng Chumo saw this.

On the 4th day after leaving the Metropolitan Protectorate, Qu Tushou ordered his men to attack, first a round of shelling of the local bandits already knew that they were not Qu Tushou's opponents, so they immediately led people to retreat, as long as they can run out of the vast desert, then we have a chance to take revenge.

Qu Tushou himself also knows very well that if you only give the person in front of you a chance, then you don't need him to go out, you can just find a small piece, and the reason why you send him out is to let you never have trouble.

Before, Qu Tushou had already found out that after leaving here, there were only three oases that could meet the lives of these people, so he only called 1,500 people to attack, and the remaining 3,500 people here were divided into three oases, which had already been pondered.

More than 1,000 people were killed and wounded in two hours, and the remaining 2,000 or so fled in all directions, but similar to Joseph's in Qutushou, and after a few hours, these men reached the three oases outside.

Fortunately, he had already arranged the people, and after the exchange of fire again, the original bandit gang of three or four thousand people, at most, 500 people ran out with injuries, and the rest were either captured or killed, and the bandit gang entrenched here disappeared.

Cheng Chumo's subordinates naturally also saw Qu Tushou's command in their eyes, which was also heartfelt, and there was no need to say much about the rest of the things, Qu Tushou could rectify the 5,000 people under his command and go to Cheng Chuliang to report.

As for the endgame of these bandits, naturally there are those 1,000 Gaochang soldiers to solve it.

In addition, there is also a 2,000-strong Western Regions army under the command of Qu Tushou at the same time, which can be regarded as a reward for him in disguise.

Now Cheng Chuliang really needs support there, after the defeat of Prince Salaman, he is already ready to gather the troops of the Governor's Mansion of Anton, plus these people under him, to form an army of 150,000 again, and then attack Cheng Chuliang's military camp.

In the past, it was a small fight, but now it is necessary to prepare for a decisive battle, Cheng Chumo will naturally not drag his younger brother's hind legs, all kinds of military supplies are transported all the way, of course, the most important support is the 5,000 people under Qu Tushou, they are the real Tang Army, all kinds of muskets and crossbows have been armed to the teeth, and after arriving on the battlefield, these people are the elite of one to ten.

Cheng Chuliang has been waiting for it since his last big victory, but he did not advance alone, and the whole army was stationed in Shiguo City.

Although all the countries in the Western Regions have sent troops over, Cheng Chuliang knows very well in his heart that the combat effectiveness of these people cannot catch up with the army of the Arab Empire, if you want to defeat them, you must wait for the Tang army to come, and now after the 5,000 people in Qu Tushou's hands come, they have 25,000 Tang troops and 40,000 Gaochang troops in their hands.

With these people, even if the Arab Empire gathers 150,000 troops, it will never be their opponent, we are already invincible, no matter how you Arabs jump, it is useless.