Chapter 1327 Recruiting a transportation team

For nearly two months, the entire Western Region has been shrouded in darkness. To catch spies in Chang'an City, you still need to restrain yourself, but if you want to say that in the Western Region, there is no need to restrain anything at all, as long as this person If you have the slightest suspicion, arrest him immediately.

According to Li Xiang, people who are not from my race must have different minds. Maybe some of these people are of the same mind as us, but a larger part of them cannot be believed. As long as you have sufficient reasons to arrest them and examine them first.

Facts have proved that there is nothing wrong with Li Xiang's idea. Although there were some unjust, false and wrongful convictions, they were all vindicated in time. What's more, these people really have problems, and their flaws were exposed during the interrogation process. If we had opened the Internet at the beginning On the one hand, I'm afraid there's no way to catch these people.

The entire Western Region is vast. If these people want to run away, we really have no way to find them. We can just find a corner and hide them. Where are you going to find them?

Not to mention us outsiders, what can the locals in the Western Regions do? They can't get people out of the desert. There are some oases with water sources in the desert. As long as they rush into them, you can't help them. To know the location of this oasis, I might have to search the entire desert.

The Western Region Protectorate is almost full of bosses, and so many traitors have been pulled out of Chang'an City, let alone places like the Western Region, so the number of people arrested is unimaginable.

"I'm just wondering, what kind of magic power does this Arab Empire have? Why do they have such a strong ability to confuse people? Many people have already gone to Chang'an to worship, and now they have become their pawns."

Li Chengyi just came out of the interrogation room, covered in blood. It's hard to imagine why these guys are so strong. Have we been too bad to them? Calculating Datang's policy in the Western Regions, it was still passable.

"Actually, this is normal. If we can penetrate into the vassal states of the Arab Empire and operate it a little bit, then we can also have a lot of handlers. In fact, they all have the same idea, that is, they want to rely on external forces to gain their own independence, but we don’t know that after becoming independent here, we will also suffer on the other side.”

Cheng Chuliang seems to have seen this matter very clearly. When your country is not strong, you can only rely on a big country. As for which country you rely on, it depends on your eyesight. You can swing left and right and finally follow. No one will have good fruits to eat.

"Your Highness's order has arrived."

General Molun came back from Gaochang. This time he was a Gaochang soldier who returned to Gaochang to lead troops. He followed the Tang Dynasty in the east and west expeditions. He has been stealing the show these days, so when carrying out the western expedition, the first thing to consider is the use of the Gaochang army. Coupled with Datang's artillery team, they cannot be said to be victorious in every battle, but they will never fail easily.

"Capture Samarkand?"

Cheng Chuliang did not read the order. He thought for a moment in his mind and immediately knew what the result would be. This was not a full-scale war. It should be regarded as a local war. But even so, the Arab Empire could go to war. Look up and down and understand that our Tang Empire is not joking. If you dare to put your hand in, I will cut off your hand.

"The commander-in-chief guessed it right. We should have set off a long time ago, but there are too many internal things. Now His Highness is urging us to march to Samarkand."

General Molun said very excitedly that the countries in the Western Region no longer have the strength to resist. Many people stood up to rebel some time ago, but they were all killed by us. Now that tens of thousands of troops are in our hands, of course we must find A strong opponent will do.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has told us several times that the people of the Arab Empire are very powerful. We killed 5,000 of them some time ago, but we did not see how powerful they were, although they were slightly stronger than other cavalry. , but if we want to defeat us, it is simply impossible.

Now that they have finally received the order for the Western Expedition, everyone wants to prove their strength on the battlefield. So isn't the Anton Governor's Mansion in the Arab Empire a good piece of material?

"Your Highness has given us half a month. During this half month, you will not conduct military training. There is no need to continue these military trainings. I know the strength. The most important thing is the supplies along the way. For supplies, especially for the artillery team, we can replenish other items on the spot, but not the cannon shells and other items."

Cheng Chuliang said with some worry that without the Datang artillery team, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the Gaochang soldiers was, complete victory could not be guaranteed. As long as the Datang artillery team followed and the Gaochang soldiers fought bravely, even if Don’t be afraid to continue heading west.

"Commander, please rest assured. I have already placed twelve storage areas on the road leading to Congling. All of these places are very dry, and it has not rained for a long time. It will not be harmful to us." The gunpowder will cause any damage. If the supplies from the rear cannot be sent, we can also temporarily obtain them in these places."

The biggest trump card in Li Chengyi's hand is these gunpowder, so on the way to march into the Arab Empire, we must prepare this first. If I don't have this thing, it will be equivalent to dismantling the backbone of the entire army. .

"Because there are more transport teams recruited this time, you need to carry more gunpowder. The northwest region is already dry, and with the special waterproof materials sent by His Highness, we don't need to worry about the gunpowder getting damp."

Although the army now has a lot of gunpowder, Cheng Chuliang still feels a little uneasy. After all, we are far away. If there is no gunpowder, then we will almost have lost half of the battle.

The enemy's advantage is the light cavalry that comes and goes without a trace, and our advantage is the ability to blow up their enemies with gunpowder, so we must strengthen our advantage. In the past, it was because there were not so many transport teams. , now that the tribes have recruited so many people, why not let them transport gunpowder?

"The commander-in-chief said that for the transportation team we have recruited this time, all of them are related by family members. Those who are single are not allowed to get close to the gunpowder. There is no problem with their trust."

General Molun also nodded. The Gaochang soldiers' hope of victory lies in these gunpowders. (End of chapter)