When they saw Pioneer City for the first time, not only Yan Peng, but even Sun Xiao were also shocked, Pioneer City was completely different from what they imagined.

In Sun Xiao's imagination, the current pioneer city should be the same as when he built the Niulanshan camp, first build a simpler, but have great potential for development, and then improve it step by step, and use a few years to transform it into a strong city, in fact, the Niulanshan camp is indeed the case, of course, now he has not changed the Niulanshan camp, but was renamed Tonghu City, which is the base camp of Helanxiong of the East Road Field Army.

The current Pioneer City is naturally not comparable to Tonghu City, but his progress shocked Sun Xiao. It's on the verge of becoming a behemoth. The one in the middle should be the first big camp to be erected, but the city wall formed by the wide wooden fence filled with earth and stone has now begun to wrap most of the outside with green bricks, and on the left and right, two large camps of comparable scale have been built, Sun Xiao is an expert in this area, and naturally knows that if the two large camps on the left and right sides are connected with the pioneer city in the middle, there will be the first real big city on the Hetao Plain.

As far as the eye can see, wisps of green smoke are rising from a brick cellar in the distance, and outside, piles of green bricks are being pulled by horse-drawn carriages to transport here, looking at such a speed, I am afraid that it will not be long before the entire exterior of Pioneer City will be wrapped with green bricks. The strength of the city wall after the brick wrapping is naturally not the same as that of the city wall with wood and earth structure.

"How can there be so many people?" Just glanced at the soldiers who were working and training within the sight, and Sun Xiao was startled.

Xu Yuan looked very proud, "Commander, I have divided the people of the department into three shifts, one to build a city, one to train, and one to take turns off, and change every three days." That is, to ensure the speed of city construction and the training of preparatory operations. It also ensured that the soldiers had a full body. ”

"I'm asking you, where did so many people come from? You have only three or four thousand men, but I think ...... Wait a minute, you said that you divided the people into three classes, but now there are more than 3,000 people who are busy building the city, and you actually got tens of thousands of horses, where did you get them? ”

Sun Xiao's eyes widened and looked at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan laughed proudly, "Commander, please go to the city." We'll talk about it when we enter the city. ”

Yan Peng, who had the same doubts as Sun Feng, was also puzzled, thinking that after the arrival of the 4,000 people of the Second Army under his command, there was no doubt that he would become the backbone of the Hetao Plain, but at the moment, it seemed that this was not the case, Xu Yuan's command actually had tens of thousands of horses, one army and two divisions. One division and three regiments, one division has 12,000 combat personnel, plus other miscellaneous personnel, it is 15,000. 20,000 people, it is reasonable to say, the establishment of an army will definitely exceed 30,000 people, if it is really as Sun Xiao estimated. That Xu Yuan now has at least one division that can be fully loaded, and when he thinks about his command, he is much colder. Only the strength of one regiment can be guaranteed.

There is a huge gap in strength between the two sides, and after that, he will be in the Hetao Plain, but he will become a supporting role.

Obviously, Xu Yuan will pay more attention to the external defense, and a new brick and wood structure house is Xu Yuan's military headquarters, walking into the house, you can still smell a strong earthy smell, and after a few people sit down, the guards serve hot tea, Xu Yuan began to talk about the rapid development of the first army during this period of time.

Gongsun Yi and Luo Lei with their cavalry, under the guidance of Chen Bin, connected and swept several Donghu Tun reclamation points around Tengger, and rescued more than 10,000 Yan prisoners of war in these places in one fell swoop, and now these people have become Xu Yuan's subordinates, except for a small number of people who no longer want to become soldiers, but have changed to farmers, and are in charge of Tuntian here, the rest have joined Xu Yuan's first army, and now there are more than 15,000 soldiers in the first sergeant. It is indeed a fully equipped division, and after being divided into two divisions, it is also possible to let each division be fully equipped with two regiments.

Sun Xiao and Yan Peng looked at each other, Xu Yuan's luck was too good, the Governor's Mansion originally estimated that Donghu would send a large number of men and horses to the Hetao Plain to fight with the Eastern Army to seize this area, now it seems that this is not the case at all, Donghu did send people, but most of the people who came were prisoners of war, and what they did was just a matter of Tuntian, it seems that the Donghu people did not take the Eastern Army as a thing, as if they concluded that the Eastern Army did not dare to provoke casually, Xu Yuan just took advantage of this loophole and succeeded in one fell swoop. But this is also a hammer deal, Xu Yuan succeeded, and the latecomers will no longer be able to use the same gourd, the Donghu people have suffered this loss, how can other reclamation sites not be strictly guarded?

"Why didn't you go on the sweep?" Sun Xiao asked knowingly, "The Yan army has more than 50,000 prisoners of war in Donghu. ”

"After a few successes, it was not so easy later, the Donghu people began to mobilize a large number of soldiers and horses here, and the news that the sentinel inquired about was that the Donghu general who presided over the Hetao Plain was called Yuwenke, who was not easy to deal with, and attacked a few times, the loss was not small, the harvest was not large, and the income was not the top expenditure, so I just left, returned to Xi'an, and began to build the city with one mind." Xu Yuan was idle, looking like he had taken advantage of the cheap enough and was satisfied.

Sun Xiao touched his chin and pondered for a while, then stretched out two fingers at Xu Yuan, and Xu Yuan's face immediately showed a look of pain.

Two fingers, naturally representing Sun Xiao's desire to transfer 2,000 people from Xu Yuan to the headquarters of the group army. Seeing Xu Yuan's reluctant appearance, Sun Xiao smiled, "There is no room for bargaining, and no one can be missing." ”

"Okay, two thousand is two thousand, and when the commander leaves here, he can take it with him."

"I want the strongest." Sun Xiao added uneasily, "Don't hit my sloppy eyes, otherwise you'll have a good look." ”

"In front of the commander, where do I dare to be sloppy!" Xu Yuan had a bitter face, "The guarantee is the best." ”

"That's pretty much it." Sun Xiao stretched his legs with satisfaction, "I've been walking for more than a month, and I'm really tired, Xu Yuan, get some delicious food today, the governor asked me to bring you a few jars of good wine, to reward you for your hard work during this period of time, and also to compensate for your lack of years in Jishi City, today is just a beautiful drink." ”

Xu Yuan immediately jumped up, "What I have here is the wine, but save the wine sent by the governor, I am reluctant to drink it." ”

Sun Xiao laughed, "You kid fell in front of me and played sloppy, the little wine in your hand can be compared with the one specially given to you by the governor, if you want to hide the good ones and enjoy them privately, there is no door." Naturally, it is good for everyone to be touched, Commander Yan, don't you say? ”

Yan Peng immediately nodded again and again. "Naturally, yes, the big guys are brothers, brothers, and the benefits are naturally shared. It's better to be happy alone than to be happy in all. ”

Xu Yuan's face elongated again, looked at Sun Xiao, and then looked at Yan Peng, "It's not like this to fight the autumn wind!" He naturally understands the meaning of Sun Xiao's words, where is the problem of wine, and there are other meanings hidden in it.

Sun Xiao smiled slightly, Xu Yuan is a smart person, he naturally understood his words, and he also knew that he would definitely be dissatisfied with letting Xu Yuan cut his flesh like this, but this is also a helpless thing, the first army and the second army are under his command, if the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, many things will not be settled in the future, and the second army will be completely subordinate to the first army in the future.

"One qiē for the governor, one qiē for the Eastern Army, one qiē for the defeat of the Eastern Hu!" After saying three qiē, he stared at Xu Yuan and stopped talking.

Xu Yuan was silent for a moment, "Okay, I'll allocate another 2,000 people to the Second Army." ”

"Commander Xu is noble!" Yan Peng couldn't help but be overjoyed, and gave Xu Yuan a thumbs up, "Up and down the Second Army, thank you for the support of the brothers of the First Army." ”

Xu Yuan had a smile on his face, but his heart was dripping blood, and he shouted loudly: "Come on, tell the back kitchen, prepare a good appetizer, today I will accompany the commander and Commander Yan to have a few drinks, Huazong, go and inform the officers below, and prepare a few drinks to the commander and Commander Yan in the evening." ”

Sun Xiao and Yan Peng glanced at each other, with a wry smile in their eyes, Xu Yuan cut the meat, they are ready to go out sideways tonight, looking at Xu Yuan's posture, if they don't pour them down, they will never stop.

But for the sake of 2,000 people, it's a fart!

Just when the Pioneer City was jubilant and Xu Yuan held a banquet to welcome Sun Xiao and Yan Peng, in Tengger, a Donghu general stood on the scorched earth and was also making an impassioned speech.

He is the patriarch of the Yuwen Tribe, Yuwen Ke, and now he is the newly released general of the Left Route Army of the Donghu Dynasty.

Thorpe's unification of the Donghu tribes, the establishment of a centralized dynasty work finally came to an end, coerced the defeat of the Yan State of 100,000 troops, coupled with the bloody butcher's knife, Thorpe's unification of the cause of the great cause of unification carried out much faster than expected, Lao Wang purged a group when he was alive, and when the Yan army attacked, a group was weakened, and the only one that really belonged to Thorpe's lineage was the Tieling Department of Alendai, but after the three divisions of Kohler were added to Tieling, the strength of the Tieling clan was restored to the pre-war era.

Yuwen Ke originally belonged to the neutral tribe when the two kings seized the throne, but he changed his style very quickly, as soon as the old king made a move, Yu Wenke keenly judged who was operating behind his back, and immediately made a decision to join Thorpe's side, which is also a major reason why he was rewarded for his merits and deeds after Thorpe became king, and the official was awarded to the general of the Left Route Army.

And now, Thorpe has put the command of the Hetao Plain in his hands, which is also a recognition of his ability.

The Hetao Plain must not fall into the hands of the Eastern Army. This is Thorpe's bottom line, that is, Yuwen Ke's stubborn defense on the east coast will not work, he must attack. (To be continued......)