On the banks of the Tuotuo River, thousands of horses gallop.

A total of 10,000 cavalrymen from the Western Regions, led by Li Hai were preparing to cross the river. Unlike the Tang army in the Central Plains who all had their own complete engineering and baggage units, they could support themselves. Countless large trees were cut down, and then dragged by war horses to gather here from all directions, and then tied together one by one, making a pair of double-layer rafts.

Wooden stakes on both sides were deeply penetrated into the soil, and long thick hemp ropes wrapped in steel wires connected the two sides. Relying on this, rafts formed a floating bridge on the Tuotuo River.

Ten such floating bridges were built at the same time above the entire river surface.

On the other side of the river, about hundreds of cavalrymen who were the first to cross the river were wary of possible attacks.

However, after Han Rui's first storm-like attack, the Tubo tribes with a little climate in this area were almost wiped out. Some of the remaining small tribes had discovered that another large-scale cavalry had arrived here, and they had long been missing.

Liu Ruyan was not very satisfied with such efficiency of crossing the river. However, there was no way. The current Western Regions army was at this level. Compared with the Central Plains, the two sides are not on the same level in terms of productivity. Just like this one that crossed the river and drove the bridge this time, the Western Regions Protectorate could not produce it. Don’t underestimate such a hemp rope. To reach the current strength, the technology contained in it is really not something that ordinary people can do.

However, they also have their own unique features. For example, now Liu Ruyan is full of interest in the thousands of camels in their team.

The camel Liu Ruyan was naturally seen. It was presented to Chang'an as a tribute by the Western Regions Protectorate. The pairs of camels presented at that time were all beautiful with white hair. They were directly brought to her zoo by Liu Ruyan. Because of their gentle temperament, they are now a big income-generating household in the zoo in Xingqing Palace. If they ride on and take a walk, they will charge ten cents.

But it was really spectacular to gather thousands of camels at once like now.

"In the Western Regions, sometimes camels are much more useful than war horses." Seeing Liu Ruyan paying attention to those camels, Li Hai smiled and said, "They are gentle and hard-working, and they are much easier to raise than delicate war horses. This time, they have made great contributions to this time."

"I heard from the Ministry of War that you have met the big cannibal camel cavalry there." Liu Ruyan asked.

"Yes, but there are not many such things. When fighting, camels still have many flaws. They are not as good as war horses, but if you march for a long distance, camels will be indispensable wherever we are." Li Haidao.

"The military discipline of this cavalry is not bad!" Liu Ruyan looked at the Western Regions cavalry who were crossing the bridge in sequence not far away. These people looked different and had different clothes. At a glance, they knew that they were a cavalry team composed of different races, but now they were crossing the bridge in order under the command of the officers.

"It wasn't like this at first!" Li Hai said: "The individual quality of these cavalry is really good. To be honest, it is more than one level stronger than our cavalry in the Central Plains, but when we really go to the battlefield, it is not very useful. This is also the reason why we can defeat them again and again when we first jumped into the Western Regions."

"The organizational discipline is too poor?" Liu Ruyan asked.

"Yes." Li Hai smiled and said, "They can be said to be a one-stop person, but when they are organized, they become a worm. They lack the discipline and tenacity of combat, and they fight with the wind for a long time. Once they encounter battles against the wind, they often collapse suddenly."

"What about now?"

"It has been ten years since we entered the Western Regions." Li Hai said proudly: "They have changed drastically from the beginning. As long as he integrates into our Tang Dynasty's army, their mental outlook will undergo a huge change. Of course, severe punishments are indispensable here."

"Yes, otherwise, your last conflict with Dashi would not end in victory." Liu Ruyan smiled and said, "By the way, how do you think the combat power of Dashiren?"

Li Hai frowned: "Empress, this is an opponent worthy of our attention. They have very strong combat power and extremely tenacious fighting will. They are really a team that is fearless. As far as we know, we are only facing a partial division of the great cannibals, and they are not their main force. Moreover, when they fight with us, they do not seem to have any intention of competing with us. If we want to go further in the future and expand our power outward, we will inevitably have a head-on conflict with them. At that time, we are afraid that we will not face the current force. With the current strength of the Western Regions army, we are afraid that we will not be able to catch up."

Li Hai's evaluation of his opponent was a little surprised by Liu Ruyan. Li Hai is a proud person, and the opponent he attaches so much importance to should not be bad.

"We know too little about them now." Liu Ruyan said: "The focus is still in China. After taking down Tubo, the surrounding areas of our Tang Dynasty basically have no direct threat to our opponents. As for whether we will go out, it will take a long time to go. I believe that by that time, our understanding of them will be more detailed."

"Now Governor Xue and Yuan Dupuja have made efforts in this regard." Li Hai said: "Since the two sides have made peace, business interactions will naturally become prosperous. Investigation between each other is indispensable. Now we know that this Great Food Empire is even bigger than we imagined."

While speaking, a floating bridge not far from them was finally built. Teams of cavalry shouted and led their war horses to the floating bridge, heading towards the opposite shore.

An officer leading the team looked like an alien, with his brown eyes particularly eye-catching. Listening to him giving orders with a very awkward Tang Dynasty official language, Liu Ruyan couldn't help laughing.

"The army gathered so many different races and different languages. How do you communicate in daily life?" Liu Ruyan was very curious: "In combat, communication between each other is still very important."

"No matter what they usually say, the issuance of military orders must use the official language of the Tang Dynasty!" Li Hai said: "This is a rule set by Governor Xue from the beginning. In the Western Regions, other ethnic groups want to be promoted and become officers, and being able to speak the official language of the Tang Dynasty is a prerequisite. Therefore, it is necessary for everyone who wants to go up to practice the official language of the Tang Dynasty and learn the Tang Dynasty. Over the years, the popularity of the official language of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions has increased year by year."

"Ten years of hard work!" Liu Ruyan said with emotion.

"Yes, ten years of hard work!" Li Hai also nodded repeatedly: "When we first arrived in the Western Regions and conquered the first place and just gained a foothold, Governor Xue ordered the opening of a school. To be honest, we still didn't understand it at that time. Over the years, no matter how tight the funds were, we conquered the land and opened the school became the top priority. For more than ten years, our schools are now spread all over the Western Regions Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate, and we have also tasted great sweetness from it."

Naturalization, return to the heart, these policies implemented by Xue Ping in the Western Regions are very simple to say, which is to destroy the original culture of those races and then transplant the culture of the Tang Dynasty. This is a skill of drilling stones through the water and flowing through water. After ten years, it finally began to show its power. Now, most of the young and strong people in the Western Regions can speak a bit awkward official language of the Tang Dynasty, but the younger generation can skillfully speak the official language of the Tang Dynasty.

Any debits that were not written by the Tang Dynasty were basically taken away by the government, and some valuable ones were picked out from it and preserved. The rest were all given a promise, and all these valuable debits were sent to Chang'an by Xue Ping. In fact, if Li Ze had not issued a strict order, Xue Ping would even be ready to kill all the historical records of other races that he could find.

If you want to assimilate a race, the first step is to destroy his history.

"Now I have realized the power of this policy!" Li Hai shook his head repeatedly: "We big guys and the rough guys can't think of such things. In the long run, they are much more powerful than the big swords in our hands. We can only cut grass, but this can be eradicated. Empress, the ethnic groups there have gradually accepted that they are one of the great Chinese family advocated by His Majesty. Even if their appearance is very different from us."

"To be honest, I don't understand this very much!" Liu Ruyan said frankly: "But Your Majesty, Mr. Gongsun, and Mr. Zhang all have a lot of thought about this matter. They all think that the right thing is naturally correct. Especially Mr. Gongsun and Mr. Zhang have never dealt with each other, but they work together in this matter."

"What about scholars, hehehe!" Li Hai smiled. "But then again, if you want to do this, the first step is to rely on the guys in our hands."

"This is not bad." Liu Ruyan said: "The first step is to conquer, and then, to assimilate. Li Hai, I haven't seen your magical arrow skills for many years. Have you made progress over the years?"

"I was worried about losing to General Chen Changping back then. I didn't dare to slack off for many years. Now General Chen Changping's position is getting higher and higher, and I believe there are fewer and fewer times when practicing arrows. When I meet again, I may not lose to him."

"Is that true?" Liu Ruyan raised her eyebrows, "Then let's compare, A Ming, bring my spear."

A female soldier in military uniform trotted over and handed the bag of short spears she was carrying to Liu Ruyan.

Three were pulled out of it, Liu Ruyan weighed it, raised her arm, and a short spear flew into the air with a whimper, one spear flew out, and the other one flew out, the first one flew high up, turned around and fell down, the two short spears collided at the tips of the spears in the air, splashing out a little fire. At this moment, the third spear also flew. At the point where the two spears collided, the three spears collided, turned around and fell, and inserted into the ground in a shape of a font in front of the two.

"The Queen's magical skills of flying spear are getting more and more sophisticated!" Li Hai took off the Heavenly Punishment Bow that never left his body, and shot out three arrows.

Their competition between them immediately attracted countless people by the river.

Seeing Li Hai's three arrows colliding in the air in the same way, and when it landed, it happened to fall between the three short spears. The arrow of the feather arrow was actually stuck in the same place, Liu Ruyan couldn't help but shake her head.

But I lost this competition.
Chapter completed!