On the second day after Liu Ye led his troops to destroy the Ava Tribe, Fan Yong, who received Liu Ye's order, took his subordinates, as well as the two towns near the Stone Fort, and nearly 1,000 idle mountain people to the city of Ava (the former station of the Ava Tribe. )

Subsequently, under the orders of Liu Ye. Sima Liu Wu of the other department served as the defense envoy of Dongying. With Xu Jiqu and Tang Juequ as the main soldiers, a small number of baptized and strong Zhao Nu and some of the mountain people who supported the city as auxiliaries, a total of more than 1,200 people formed the Dongying Defense Corps. Choose a dangerous place on the official road to the east of the town to build a camp to guard against the upcoming Hu cavalry.

Fan Yong, the commander of Qu, served as the defense envoy of Beiying. The Beiying Defense Corps is composed of Fan Yongqu as the main soldier, and the auxiliary soldiers are also composed of the relatively strong and baptized Zhao Nu and some mountain people, totaling more than 600 people. The main defense is the northern official road.

Compared with the official road in the east, the terrain of the official road in the north is very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Hu people will not attack from here as long as they are not stupid. So Liu Ye did not garrison elite troops. But even so, Fan Yong was very grateful to Liu Ye, after all, this was a rare opportunity for Xixiang to lead the troops alone. Moreover, Liu Ye handed over the defense of the north gate to him, which was Liu Ye's trust in him.

Among these two official roads, the Xixiang Army focused on defending the eastern official road. The Oriental Official Road is the main official road that has left the moment. It is different from the northern official road, which has a narrow terrain and is not conducive to the use of superior forces. The official road in the east is relatively wide, and the geographical advantage is far less than that of the official road in the north. If the Hu people attack the Xuan, as long as their heads are not dizzy and feverish, they will generally choose the Oriental official road.

So it can also be said that the gains and losses of Dongying are related to whether the Xixiang Army can hold the moment. If Dongying is lost, the Hu people can drive in, and the city that has no danger to defend will definitely not be able to be saved. Liu Ye could only retreat to Xixiang to survive. Therefore, for the defense of Dongying, Liu Ye attaches great importance to it. Most of the resources in Xixiang are also inclined to Dongying. Even the Xixiang Engineer Corps, which had not yet arrived at the end of the day, was sent to Dongying by Liu Yezeng.

Due to the time constraints. Liu Wu the day they received the order. After packing up a little, he led his troops to set off. As for the remaining Liu Shiqu, the light cavalry, the longbow team, and the two towns of Tuntian were stationed as mobile troops.

At the same time, in order to prevent a small group of Hu people from infiltrating and sabotage. Liu Ye specially organized the light cavalry to patrol around in small teams every day, mainly responsible for destroying the infiltrated Hu people and the mountain thieves who took advantage of the fire to rob. Since the Xixiang army destroyed the Awa tribe and captured many war horses, Liu Ye ordered the expansion of the light cavalry. It is worth mentioning that the main target of this recruitment of light cavalry is Hu Nu, who surrendered to Xixiang. Many of these Hunu were skilled in cavalry warfare and were high-quality sources of light cavalry. However, Liu Ye was a little uneasy about these Hu Nu who had initially completed the sinicization (changed to Han surnames and the like). Most of these conscripted Hunu were ordinary soldiers, and except for a very small number of highly skilled Hunu, the rest were not awarded the rank of commander.

In addition to expanding the light cavalry, feeling the lack of troops, Liu Ye also prepared to train at least five warriors. Although this is a big challenge for Saigo's finances. But now Saigo is in a hurry. Liu Ye couldn't care about so much.

In addition, because Fan Yong led his troops to guard the northern camp. The stone fort is now devoid of troops. In this regard, Liu Ye set up a stone fort garrison to guard the stone fort, the stone fort garrison was composed of Tuntian soldiers, and Liu Ye also specially sent a cautious and trustworthy old subordinate to lead it. After all, the stone castle is Liu Ye's only way out, and there must be no mistakes.

After dealing with these military affairs, Liu Ye immediately threw himself into the intense autumn harvest work. There are still large wheat fields waiting to be harvested outside the city. The reason why Liu Ye was able to attack at night was successful. It is also related to the fact that during this time, Vala's work was all focused on the autumn harvest, and the vigilance work in the city was not in place.

Due to the lack of fertile land, the whole of Saigo was not wealthy. Now nearly four thousand mouths have been added. Even after defeating the Ava tribe, there are some gains. But if the wheat fields outside the city cannot be harvested in time. By next year, it is very likely that Saigo will be short of food, and in severe cases, many people may even starve to death. Therefore, Liu Ye attaches great importance to the autumn harvest.

Since most of the civil officials in Xixiang were in Xixiang, they did not follow Liu Ye to Liyu City. The hard-working Liu Ye couldn't be lazy this time, so he could only bite the bullet and patiently organize the autumn harvest outside the city in person.

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Shi Zhao, Yecheng, the general's mansion.

"Old Zamao is really cunning this time. Everyone in the court was deceived by him! Dong Yan, who was sitting in the guest seat, said with a big grin.

"Yes! Unexpectedly, Peng Chenggong and Yan Gong jumped up and down for a month, and finally cheapened Qi Gong (Shi Shi)! Zhang Wen, who was sitting opposite Dong Yan, exclaimed.

It seems that Lao Zamao was frightened and confused by Shi Xuan's rebellion. In the current time period, a ten-year-old doll was chosen to be the crown prince. Dong Yan continued.

Now Shi Hu's condition has deteriorated, and he won't live long at all. Once he dies, the crown prince Shi Shi will succeed to the throne, and the lord will be few and the country will be suspicious, doesn't this give people a chance?

"He's not confused, he just loves himself more than anything else. Now that Lao Zamao's condition is good and bad, if one of the Duke of Peng Cheng or Duke Yan is made the prince, can Lao Zamao still recuperate with peace of mind? On the contrary, the young Duke Qi is the crown prince, and the old miscellaneous hair doesn't have to worry about him taking the throne! Zhang Wen seemed to see through Shi Hu's thoughts and said with disdain.

"It's good for us to mess up like this. Now only the Zhang Jackal brothers support Qi Gong on the surface. After the death of Lao Zamao, with the prestige of the Zhang Jackal brothers, coupled with the identities of the two Zhao people, they would definitely not be able to control the Longteng Army. The only thing they can actually control is the soldiers and horses of their own department. With Brother Zhang Jackal's less than 10,000 troops, can they suppress the ambitions of Duke Yan and Duke Pengcheng? Shi Min, who was sitting on the main seat, said happily.

"What the Lord has said is very true!" Zhang Wen and Dong Yan both replied at the same time.

Shi Min lifted a jar of wine on the case, put it on his mouth and drank two or three sips, wiped the wine flowing from his mouth, and asked Zhang Wen, "Zihui, how is Li Nong's contact?" ”

"Back to the sovereign, the minister has already had secret contact with Li Sikong. He also vaguely told Li Sikong about our alliance's request. Zhang Wen replied respectfully to Shi Min.

"What did Li Nong say?" Shi Min asked with great concern.

Li Sikong didn't agree, but he didn't refuse either. The minister then vaguely mentioned it a few more times. However, Li Sikong kept pretending to be stupid. Pretend not to hear. Zhang Wen replied truthfully.

"I knew that this old pig and dog who was greedy for life and afraid of death would be like this!" Shi Min smashed the wine jar in his hand to the ground and said angrily.

"The Lord is angry!" Zhang Wen and Dong Yan hurriedly saluted.

"Forget it! I didn't expect this old guy in the first place! Shi Min said with some irritation.

"But my lord, if there is no help from the beggars. With our current military strength, the chances of achieving great things are extremely low. Zhang Wen reminded boldly.

"You know, do you have any good ideas?" Shi Min pressed the irritability in his heart and asked patiently.

"This? ……”

After thinking for a while, Zhang Wen and Dong Yan shook their heads helplessly.

After seeing that his two henchmen had nothing to do, Shi Min was slightly disappointed in his heart. However, Shi Min did not force them too much. Shi Min knew that the two of them were just fierce generals in the army, not resourceful people.

Because Shi Min was not born into a family, and his official position and reputation were not very high. Even now he is a powerful figure with heavy troops in the Shi Zhao Dynasty. But Shi Min still couldn't recruit a better strategist. There is no shortage of fierce generals in Shi Min's army, but there is a lack of wise men.

At this moment, an old appearance appeared in Shi Min's mind. It wasn't that he couldn't save the death row inmate who was locked up in the prison. But the cost of saving is too high. Shi Min was reluctant at first, but now he regrets it a little.