Nearly a month later, this information finally reached Li Xiang's hands. Of course, the intelligence personnel cannot be blamed. It was mainly because all of it was within the territory of the Arab Empire. If we wanted to transmit the information quickly, it would be a test for our intelligence personnel.
Li Xiang was reorganizing the entire Western Regions. When he received this information, he was a little surprised. However, Li Xiang had nothing to worry about such things, because we have stationed a large number of troops in the area of the former Anton Governor's Office. If the army of the Arab Empire arrives, it may be a little difficult for us to wipe them out, but there will be no problem in resisting their attack.
So Li Xiang started his work slowly and had to do it well. When the war started, this place would be the rear base for the Tang army, and all dangers must be eliminated. If you voluntarily go to Chang'an City, then some things would be easier to handle, but if you continue to stay there, then a new round of purge will come again.
In fact, many people in the Western Regions are smart. They have already realized that no matter how many times the purges are carried out, as long as the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire's armies are going to fight, most of the local young people will have to go to the battlefield. You dangerous elements cannot be left behind. Once something goes wrong, the Tang Dynasty court will be unable to do anything.
Those who can understand this matter can either move to the inland areas with their families. As long as they are in the inland areas of the Tang Dynasty, no matter how many people you have, you will not be conscripted to the battlefield. Of course, those who can go to the inland areas must have money. If they don’t have money, they will not be able to bear the expenses on the road.
Therefore, Li Xiang's cleansing policy divided the people in the Western Regions into two parts. One part of the people was unwilling to let their family members go to the battlefield, but they had no way to resist the Tang army locally, so they could only sell their property at a low price, and then take their families on a long journey to the inland areas of the Tang Dynasty.
This way you can escape the fate of being a soldier. The other part does not have that much money, so they can only line up to enter the temporary assembly point of the Tang Dynasty, and then follow the Tang Dynasty army to Central Asia. Of course, you can also run directly to the wilderness. If you can take your whole family with you and can avoid the Tang Dynasty military stations scattered across the wilderness, then congratulations, you really have saved your life.
But if you can't escape and happen to be caught by the searching Tang army, then your family will lose their status as free citizens. The Tang court will never tolerate people like you who make mistakes. It already has opinions about people like you. Now you happen to be caught. How can this be good?
According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty court, you all immediately became a group of fugitives.
The Tang Dynasty court also has regulations for these people. Within thirty years, these people cannot own any assets. Even if they own assets, they will belong to the Tang Dynasty court. These people also have no freedom and must be transported to the border areas by the imperial army. As for what they do after arriving, that is not your business. You just do what kind of people are needed.
Of course, you can also restore your status as a free citizen if someone pays for you, then you can buy back your original identity, but the price is definitely not cheap. Each person needs at least 400 strings of money.
Although the lives of the common people in the Tang Dynasty are a little better now, for ordinary people, if they can take out this money, they will be considered wealthy people in a certain area. Therefore, it is impossible for anyone to use this money to buy the status of a free citizen. Maybe they will find a pit to bury it and wait to dig it out in the future thirty years.
Xiao Shougui, who was in Chang'an, also received the news. He was originally going to stay at home for half a month, but after receiving the news, he immediately started to rush to the Western Regions. He only stayed at home for seven days. After the Tang Dynasty court learned of the news, not many people were worried. Instead, many people were happy.
According to their thinking, we have so many troops in the Western Regions, and the daily expenses are astronomical. If the people of the Arab Empire do not fight with us, then we have to find a way to find the money, otherwise the court may suffer deficits.
But no matter how much money we make, the daily expenses of these armies still exist. If we want to solve this problem fundamentally, we can only seize the time to fight against the army of the Arab Empire. Once we defeat them, it means that the problem has been fundamentally solved, and we will not have to keep so many troops in Central Asia.
Therefore, many civil officials and military generals applauded. They originally thought that this war would not happen until two or three years later, and we would have to fight on their territory. It would be glorious if we won the war on their territory, but fighting on someone else's territory would be inconvenient in many ways, and the chances of winning would be much lower.
Now that they've all arrived on our territory, it's cause for celebration. Aren't the armies of the Western Regions already boasting about their strength? They could easily handle an army five times the size of the Arab Empire. We don't know how many times that is, but the time has come to test you. We don't need to defeat an army that's as strong as yours, just an army of the same strength. Then, the Tang Dynasty will be able to win the Central Asian war.
Officials from the Ministry of Revenue of the imperial court also began to step up the transportation of various items. Although the front-line could purchase these things in the Western Regions, gunpowder and the like had to be transported from Chang'an City. It was unknown how many carts joined this journey, and many ordinary people also wanted to make money from it.
A large number of horse-drawn carriages were heading to the Western Regions in groups. Each carriage had more than two coachmen. They would eat, drink, defecate and urinate in the carriage to ensure that the carriage would not stop and would reach the Western Regions as quickly as possible to ensure the progress of the Tang Dynasty's war and, of course, to ensure the fullness of their own wallets.
Because of a piece of intelligence from the Arab Empire, half of the Tang Empire was put into operation, even Fuso and Goguryeo were also put into operation. After all, they were the rear base of the Tang Dynasty.
