Next, Ye Tong accompanied Shangguan Wan'er to play and traveled all the places around him. The relationship between the two has heated up rapidly, and it has reached the point where they are indistinguishable from each other, and when there is time, the two will be entangled together and cross Wushan together.

Seeing that the construction of the city has begun to take shape, and all kinds of defensive measures are basically in place, even if the Huns come to attack, it will not be able to break through in a short time. Ye Tong named the city Qiangcheng, hoping to attract a large number of fake Huns to vote through this city.

Ye Tong had been here for three months, and it was time to leave, so Ye Tong persuaded Shangguan Wan'er to return to Hanzhong and refused Shangguan Wan'er's request to join the army.

Joke!

There will be danger at any time, how can Shangguan Wan'er stay in the army, it is not safe like that. Your own woman, of course, must be loved and protected, and she must not be put in danger.

After sending Guan Wan'er away, Ye Tong did not have any concerns, leaving 2,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Qiangcheng, and asked the commander to consider appropriately recruiting some fake Huns into the army if conditions permit. One is to increase the number of troops, and the other is to send a message to the fake Huns that as long as they behave well, they have the possibility of becoming imperial soldiers.

Ye Tong led the army to continue to advance westward, until it reached the Salt Lake, and carried out a large-scale cleanup of the Salt Lake area.

Seeing the salt lake, Ye Tong knew about it, and said to Bai Lixin next to him: "This is a treasure land!" ”

Bai Lixin wondered, what kind of treasure land is a salt lake, even the fake Huns are not willing to be nomadic in this area, they don't grow grass and can't grow crops, who cares about this poor place.

"Lord, the ecological environment here is bad, and even the grass doesn't grow, what's the benefit!"

Hehe!

"Bailixin, don't you eat salt every day? Salt is one of the elements that people must eat, and this salt lake has an inexhaustible supply of salt, or is it not a treasure land? ”

"Lord, the water in the salt lake is salty, and the problem is that it can't be refined!"

At this time, the Qin Empire did not have the technology to dry salt, and Bai Lixin had doubts, which was a normal reaction.

"Bailixin, who said that it can't be refined, let's build a super-large-scale salt factory here, which is specially used to supply the surrounding grassland peoples. Once the salt factory is put into operation, people on the grassland will definitely come to buy it, so isn't there money to be made? ”

"Lord, what if the Huns send troops and horses to plunder?"

"We're going to build strong fortifications here, station troops, and clear the surrounding area from time to time. As long as it is found that the Xiongnu iron cavalry has the possibility of attacking, immediately call for help, and there is no time.

Besides, we're not just defending here, we're going to have troops stationed elsewhere without worrying too much about security. ”

Next, use this time to let the captured real and false Huns build a city on the salt lake, and the city is close to the salt lake. In this way, the salt factory can be built in the city, and there will be no problems with safety.

At the same time, Ye Tong arranged for Zhang Han and Zhou Bo to lead troops and horses to clear the surroundings and advance westward, all the way to Yangguan and Yumen Pass. At this time, there are no two dangers, first look at the geographical location and landform, draw the map, and then send troops to push the defense line of the Great Qin Empire to that area.

Due to the need for territorial defense, Ye Tong ordered to recruit 20,000 local recruits in Hanzhong again and pull them to the Salt Lake area for training. At the same time, there were also 20,000 soldiers and horses produced by the system, and the total number of soldiers and horses in Ye Tong's hands reached more than 80,000 at once.

There is no way, if you want to defend the western region, you must have a strong army, otherwise no matter how many cities are built, you will not be able to resist the attack of the Xiongnu iron cavalry. At the same time, it is also to prepare for the future westward advance, once the world is unified, westward expansion is an inevitable trend.

In another two months, the construction of Yancheng was completed, the road from Yancheng to Qiangcheng was also completed, and the salt factory was successfully put into operation. Ye Tong called Zhang Han, Zhou Bo, Bai Lixin, and Peng Yue, who brought new recruits, to discuss the next military action plan together.

After half a year of uninterrupted experience points, Zhang Han was successfully promoted to division commander, and Zhou Bo was promoted to brigade commander. To Ye Tong's surprise, Peng Yue was also promoted to the commander of the division, so that Ye Tong's generals who could independently lead troops and horses to fight were much more relaxed.

At this time, Qian Qian told Ye Tong that Jiang Song, Chen Ping and others had pacified the Dian Kingdom, and established a new county in the Dian Kingdom, which was called Dian County. The system makes rewards, because the Dianchi country is strong, and it is not easy to destroy the Dianchi country, so the system rewards 5 million wealth points.

Cool!

What made Ye Tong even happier was that Jiang Song was promoted to the commander of the legion.

Hehe!

It's not easy to finally get out of the corps commander! The system is too rigorous, there is no human touch at all, the experience value is not enough, and I am determined not to be promoted.

Han Shin hasn't been promoted yet, I'm really looking forward to it! As long as Han Xin is promoted to the commander of the corps, Ye Tong will not have to worry about leading troops to fight in the future, and he will have time to deal with the matters of the core base.

After everyone arrived, Ye Tong smiled and said: "I will tell you a good news, Jiang Song and Chen Ping have eliminated the Dian State and have newly established the Dian County at the original site of the Dian State, and in the future, that place will belong to the territory of the Great Qin Empire." ”

"Congratulations, my lord!" Baili congratulated him.

Hehe!

"We are all the people of the Qin Empire, rejoice! Rejoice! ”

Ye Tong looked at the participants, and was really happy in his heart, a few of the soldiers produced by the system were promoted to brigade commanders, and there were even more regiment commanders. At present, there are not so many soldiers and horses to lead, so they can only temporarily resign themselves to the position of deputy commander. Ye Tong felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and the system must be a high-quality product.

"Peng Yue, how is the recruit training?"

"My lord, the training is strictly carried out according to the requirements, and it basically meets the requirements of recruit training, but without the baptism of war, there will definitely be problems when you go to the battlefield. However, if you have a veteran, you should be able to adapt quickly on the battlefield. ”

The 40,000 recruits who came this time were all infantry, mainly pikemen, shield soldiers, and archers. There's no way! Ye Tong also wanted to go directly to the assault cavalry, but the problem was that he had no money. If you exchange for the Troopers, with a full set of equipment and a full set of equipment, each soldier needs 500 wealth points, which is really unaffordable.

After weighing the pros and cons, Ye Tong decided to recruit spearmen, shield soldiers, and archers first. Originally, I wanted to exchange some mountain soldiers, but I lacked wealth points in my hands, so I didn't dare to exchange them again, so I had to wait until I thought about it later.

"Starting tomorrow, the new and old soldiers will be reorganized and the new recruits will be inserted into the veterans. Speed up the synthesis training, let's take action against Longjun next. ”

"Yes!"

At this moment, the scout (Tanma) came in and reported: "General, there are a large number of Xiongnu iron cavalry in the Yangguan area, and it is estimated that there are 100,000 iron cavalry, and they are killing Yancheng. ”

"Continue reconnaissance, report the situation in a timely manner, and increase reconnaissance in the surrounding area."

"Yes!"

Hehe!

100,000 Hun iron horsemen should be real Hun iron horses, and there will be no more fake iron horses. After thinking about it for a while, Ye Tong understood in his heart that the Yancheng Salt Factory was put into operation, and this situation must have been reported by the Huns on the grassland, so there would be this attack.

O Huns! Really greedy, want to plunder Yancheng, the target is the salt factory, the grassland lacks salt, has been relying on the Central Plains trade procurement. When I saw that there was salt coming out of Yancheng, I wanted to come and occupy it. Hehe! Just kidding, is the thing in Ye Tong's hand so easy to grab?

"Okay, the meeting is over, immediately synthesize the new and old soldiers, and strive to train them before the Hun Iron Cavalry comes. Just happened to meet the Hun iron cavalry, so that the recruits could see the blood and transform into elite soldiers in a hundred battles as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!"

Ye Tong sighed, his plan was disrupted. It seems that the Huns had a lot of ambitions and wanted to directly occupy Yancheng and occupy the salt factory.

Ye Tong said: "Bai Lixin, immediately notify the officials who are building roads outside the city and bring the prisoners back to the city!" ”

The captives who built the road were basically real and false Huns, which was a rare strong labor force, and Ye Tong didn't want to lose. What's more, there are still some real Huns in it, once they are escaped or rescued by the Huns' iron cavalry, the Huns will immediately increase the number of iron cavalry.

It seems that they are captives, and once those captives are on their horses, they will become elite soldiers in a hundred battles. They are all people who have experienced the baptism of war, and their combat power is amazing!

"Yes!"

Ye Tong walked to the sand table and looked at it carefully, frowning slightly from time to time. Ye Tong thought in his heart, how to leave the 100,000 ferocious Hun iron horsemen behind.

The decisive battle must be in Yancheng, it is impossible to go to other places, holding Yancheng is the first, and destroying the Hun iron cavalry is the second. 100,000 Hun iron cavalry, if you want to stay all, you have to cut off the retreat of the Huns, otherwise, with the speed of the war horse, it is difficult to stay.

Ambush in advance, the idea came to mind. If you take a closer look, it's not easy. There are few troops, and the ambush is not successful, but it is destroyed by the other side. If you send a lot of troops, there is a problem with the defense of Yancheng. After all, there are multiple roads leading to Yancheng, which is not easy!

It seems that the only way to do this is to send a surprise soldier and make a detour back to the back of the Huns and wait until the decisive battle is going on. Once the Hun iron cavalry is defeated and retreats, they will only flee desperately, and will not consider whether there is a blockade. But where to stop it?

Ye Tong thought about it all day and did not determine the location of the blockade. It's really a bit difficult, the area is vast, and the Huns will go in many places, but the problem is that I can't figure out which way to go?

Eagle's mouth?

Ye Tong's eyes were fixed on the place at the mouth of the eagle, although it was a little far away from Yancheng, reaching 100 kilometers. The pursuit of Yancheng can be considered in rotation, so that there is time to change the war horses, which can ensure that the pursuit does not stop, and force the Hun iron cavalry to speed up and escape.

The war horse galloped 100 kilometers, and I don't know how much physical strength the war horse would have at that time. Hehe! At the same time, scouts (scouts) were sent to ambush in other passages, closely monitoring the route of the retreat of the Hungarian cavalry, and if there was any discrepancy, it was transmitted in time through the letter eagle.

Candidate?

Who is suitable? Zhang Han, Peng Yue, Zhou Bo, Chen Fei, etc.?

Zhou Bo, Chen Fei and others have not independently commanded the battle, so it seems that it can only be the choice between Peng Yue and Zhang Han? Zhang Han is good at positional warfare, Peng Yue is good at guerrilla warfare, blocking? As for Peng Yue, even if the blockade fails, he can still carry out guerrillas.

The next day, Ye Tong called Peng Yue in and arranged: "Peng Yue, come and see, here?" According to the report of the scouts, the Hun iron cavalry will arrive at the eagle's mouth tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow should be the decisive day.

General Ben is not worried about not being able to defeat the Hun iron cavalry, but is worried about how to leave the 100,000 Xiongnu iron cavalry.

Let's defeat each other on the frontal battlefield, there is no problem, the key is that as soon as the Hun iron cavalry escapes, we can't pursue, they are all cavalry, the performance of the war horses is not much different, one escapes and chases, we don't have an advantage, and we can't catch up. ”

"Lord, do you mean to let the humble lead the soldiers and horses to wait for the defeated Hun iron cavalry at the mouth of the eagle?"