Chapter 535 circulated

Ye Tao did not dismount to fight, but quietly reviewed the battle situation and dealt with the military information from all sides, surrounded by personal guards. Xie Boan mobilized heavy troops to storm the place, but this annoyed the Dongping army guarding the two wings, and one of the three remaining complete 10,000 troops in Xie Boan's hands was wiped out at an unprecedented speed. The heavy equipment battalion concentrated more than half of its firepower to cover the enemy in front of Ye Tao, and when the artillery fire stopped, the ground seemed to be burning, and every stone, every gravel was hot. And the few fighters who were able to rush in front of the guard battalion were killed by the guard battalion one by one. Everyone in the guard camp has a unique skill, and the sharpshooter is not a matter here, and no one can rush to within fifty steps of the guard camp.

And after the failure of such an attempt, the Northern Liao army, whose morale was becoming more and more low, finally slowly retreated. But Ye Tao did not let go of Xie Boan, and the infantry troops naturally gathered their formations and counted the casualties. But the cavalry units were in full pursuit.

This lasted for a whole day of fighting, and the results completely met Ye Tao's expectations. The Northern Liao army was reduced from 200,000 to 90,000. When Xie Boan retreated, he was unable to even take the wounded with him due to the pursuit of the cavalry. On the Dongping side, a total of 37,000 casualties were paid. However, due to the huge superiority in equipment and the very adequate preparation of ambulance, the actual death toll was only 6,400. Of the remaining 30,000 casualties, more than half were able to recover from injuries in a short period of time. There are 4,400 people who need to observe and recuperate. Only 2,300 people were seriously disabled. Such a result made the tribe happy. They originally thought that after such a big battle, even if they were victorious, more than half of the tribal warriors would return to Bliss. They fought with such preparation and determination. But now the results are many times better than previously expected. As for the casualties, Ye Tao has already said, all of them are implemented in accordance with the pension standards of the Dongping army. For the tribes who have been trapped in the mountains, the standard bereavement pension in Dongping is simply astronomical, and the one-time bereavement pension plus the annual subsidy after that can allow the family that has lost a pillar of support to live a fairly decent life.

In the process of commanding the retreat of the defeated army of Northern Liao, Xie Boan suddenly discovered that the retreat had been blocked by the Dongping troops from Fuyu Port. Although there were troops of three to five thousand people stationed everywhere, if it was in peacetime, Xie Boan would definitely have taken it with an order. But now, the morale of the army is weakened, and there are chasing soldiers behind, Xie Boan can only choose a detour. But how could Chi Lei let Xie Boan get his wish? He personally led 5,000 elite cavalry to carry out continuous harassment and sabotage operations, especially the night attack on the camp for two consecutive days, which greatly delayed Xie Boan's progress. Finally, the army chasing from the rear caught up. Xie Boan had no choice but to fight another battle with the pursuers, and after another defeat, he withdrew from the battlefield with less than 50,000 remnants of the army under the support of the friendly forces of Northern Liao. Since then, the northeastern boundary of Northern Liao, from the north of the first line of Fuyu Port, all belong to Dongping. The more serious consequence is that the tribal alliance has been able to threaten the flank of the Western Route Army, which is fighting hard with the army under the Northern Xinjiang Jingluo Mansion and the Blood Qi Army that are attacking from the direction of Yunzhou. Although the Western Route Army has enough tactical depth and will never allow the two Dongping armies to be connected, it is enough to divide troops to take care of the rear, which is enough to give Gao Senqi a headache. What he lacked was troops.

Ye Tao, who has mastered a large number of new territories and already has sufficient experience in the occupied areas, has gradually started various treatment work. After all, there is still a considerable distance between the current control area and Dongping itself, and even though the Fuyu port has greatly reduced the distance by sea, it can only ensure the supply of the army by relying on a large number of ships. As for all kinds of civil affairs needs, we can only ensure the supply of food and medicine that are urgently needed. The city destroyed by the fire is gradually being repaired, and Ye Tao attaches great importance to the restoration of farming, and has a lot of incentives. Those big families who spared no effort to support the Northern Liao side in the war against Dongping were originally worried about whether Ye Tao would attack them, after all, the foundation of the family was not something that could be transferred if they wanted to. But Ye Tao is obviously very tolerant in this regard. He did not settle accounts after the autumn, but demanded that all tribes in the area under his control be subject to the agricultural tax system of Dongping. As for the wasteland left by the families who had already run away, Ye Tao did not hesitate to issue a notice, soliciting displaced people to gather for the village to cultivate, and to grant land to families and villages, and stated that even if the original owner came back in the future, the government would not return the land to the original owner. As soon as such a measure came out, a large number of displaced people who had gone into hiding came out one after another, eagerly pulled up their relatives and friends, gathered into units of several hundred people, and applied for land. In practice, not only the land, but even the houses left behind by the families who had escaped were treated as the public property of the village. But this part of the assets needs to be paid by these new villagers in ten years.

Even with the addition of this part of the cost, after the implementation of the agricultural tax in Dongping, the burden on the peasants was still much smaller than the original burden under the control of the Northern Liao. Not to mention that in recent years, when dealing with the huge sergeants and economic pressure in Dongping, the Northern Liao side still has a large load of donations. Now, due to Dongping's relatively perfect economic management system and the method of disposing of the final budget accounts, it is not so easy to raise taxes, and if taxes are to be raised next year, there will definitely be corresponding provisions this year. Moreover, this type of tax burden varies from region to region. The governors of the states only get the total tax figures that need to be paid to the central government, and the specific amount of additional taxes is in the governor's hands. In the second year of his reign as the governor of Yicheng, when Lu Dan was faced with a small increase in the tax requirements to be handed over to the central government, he skillfully mobilized the resources of agricultural products and merchants by flexible means, matched the two sides, and refined and reduced the 3,700 old and weak city guards. In a country like Dongping, which has a large area but a relatively sparse population, population itself is a resource. In Dongping, where migration is not restricted, it is possible to truly implement the people-oriented governing strategy......

It may take several years to consolidate the rule of this part of the region, but at least judging from the reaction of the people, officials, and gentry, it has been relatively successful. Although it was tantamount to asking the landlords and wealthy families to reduce the rent in disguise, it did not change the subordinate relationship between the land and the tenants for the time being, and the newly built villages that were completely subordinate to Dongping were integrated into the local production with a new look, which became a solid foundation for Dongping's rule. What Dongping paid was only the business of land measurement and document issuance. I can't see much benefit in the short term, but after a year and a half, such a disposal will show its power. Just like the governance implemented by Ye Tao around Zhongjun Town. Of course, there are still differences, in Zhongjun Town, Ye Tao can quietly wait for those governance measures to take effect and stabilize Dongping's rule, but in this northeastern border, Ye Tao obviously does not have the patience to wait. The destruction of Northern Liao, I'm afraid it will be a matter of the year. The current disposition is to a greater extent to prevent fire in the rear in the process of attacking Northern Liao.

After all, Ye Tao couldn't stay in Tianmeng City for a long time and leave after everything was done. When Chi Xianping arrived, Ye Tao handed over a lot of work in his hand before leaving calmly. Chi Xianping has already been scheduled to be the governor of the Northern Liao border in the future, and now let him take over the tribal alliance, on the one hand, so that he can be familiar with the various affairs of the Northern Liao first, but also so that he can accumulate enough merits, so that in the future, in the position of the governor, he can sit firmly and will not be attacked by too many people. And Chi Xianping's merits, on the other hand, are the accumulation of power on the Northern Liao side. Without such a deterrent, how could he dominate this fierce land that had just fallen into Dongping's hands in the future?

Ye Tao, on the other hand, took an airship and flew directly to the place where the Chinese military camp is now stationed. After the end of the battle of the Weeping Forest, in the main attack direction here in Yunzhou, another battle is about to begin. When Ye Tao deployed the battle of Chuixianglin, he originally just asked Dai Yun to exert considerable pressure in the direction of the main battle, but she didn't expect Dai Yun to win several small victories in a row in the continuous advance, which made her suddenly see the combat effectiveness of the Western Route Army. Although Gao Senqi is powerful, the strength of the Flying Tiger Battalion is limited after all, except for the Flying Tiger Battalion, which can roughly match the combat power of the Blood Qi Army, the combat power of the rest of the troops is not so strong. Dai Yun decisively mobilized heavy troops to attack, and won several big victories in a row, and also forced Gao Senqi to the point where he had to fight with all his might. Now the battalion of Gao Senqi is on the shore of Qianze Lake, once the line of Qianze Lake is broken, with the siege ability of the Yunzhou army, it is estimated that it will not be much difficult to capture Li'an City. And between Li'an City and Yanjing, there is hardly any terrain suitable for defensive operations, it is a whole open plain. At that time, Yanjing, the capital of Northern Liaoding, was interested in the strong grain production capacity of this plain, but now, this has become a very fatal thing. For Gao Senqi, what is even more embarrassing is the east of Li'an, which is not the jurisdiction of the Western Route Army. Once the first line of Qianze Lake Li'an is broken, the Northern Liao is even facing a situation where it is difficult to communicate with each other by being divided into three major parts. Once the Western Route Army is thus divided in the middle, it is only a matter of time before it is destroyed by concentrated forces.

Gao Senqi has never been a person who is willing to swallow his anger, and in this case, he is not afraid to ask for reinforcements from the Northern Liao Imperial Court, after all, it is not only Gao Senqi who sees the crisis in the direction of the main battle. Gao Senqi was able to get 60,000 reinforcements in fifteen days, which may be the maximum number of troops that the Northern Liao lord can now put together to ensure the safety of Yanjing. Excluding the two directions of the western front and the northern front, as well as some of the troops that assisted in the defense of the first line of attack at Zhenning Pass, the remaining troops in the rest of the Northern Liao border are already quite dangerous. In this case, the special battalion made waves on the almost undefended territory of Northern Liao, and although Gao Senqi knew the power of the special battalion, he was also limited by the strength of the army and was unable to clear it.

On the front line of Qianze Lake and Li'an, a big battle is imminent, and at this time, it is best for Ye Tao to return to the Chinese military camp.

Ye Tao had just returned to the Chinese military camp and was not in a hurry to read the battle report during this time. He pulled Dai Yun, who had been shouldering the heavy responsibility of commander-in-chief during this time, out of the tent of the Chinese military and accompanied him for a walk by a scenic river not far from the Chinese military camp.

"Why, I'm always missing a piece of the military information I get?" Ye Tao asked with a smile.

"It's nothing, you're on the side of Tianmeng City, I'll tell them not to report to you about the city and the military's public opinion. Now, some people are spreading rumors, and the intelligence bureau is in a hurry. In order to prevent your prestige from being affected by those small things, I will withhold this part of the information first. Would you like to see it? ”

"About what?" Ye Tao's curiosity about the complicated military situation is actually not very big. It's just that, as a commander, it's just a job that has to be done.

"There are rumors that Sophie has an affair with her elementary school."

"Sophie? And...... Ye Yunjing? "Sophie is now neither a maid nor only manages all of Ye Tao's documents and drawings, but often represents Ye Tao, checking designs and finished products on various engineering sites or manufacturing projects. She has also occasionally designed projects, built courtyards and pavilions, and even participated in the design of special civilian airships. She has been following Ye Tao for 20 years, and now she understands and summarizes Ye Tao's various design ideas, even better than Ye Tao, who often does some strange things with a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west. And Ye Yunjing, the child brought back from Nanyang, after a long time of training, is now a technician, he is not very good at ordnance, but in terms of courtyard design, his plan is full of romance and imagination, and incorporates many other categories of artistic characteristics, although it is still relatively immature, especially for the relationship between the design plan and the specific construction is not very well understood, but it is conceivable that this guy will be a master gardener in the future. And Ye Yunjing has been a scholar in Ye Tao's study for several years since he was a child, and he has been helping Sophie sort out documents and drawings, and his relationship with Sophie is very iron. Now, when Sophie is busy, she always supports Ye Yunjing to help. After all, there is such a thing as gardening, and it is really unlikely that a guy who comes up with a plan will be too busy to get to the ground. In Dongping, design and construction are two completely different industries.

What is the purpose of such rumors? Ye Tao couldn't think of it. Sophie is naturally the closest person to Ye Tao, but if she wants to hurt Ye Tao through this kind of thing, Ye Tao has to be stupid enough to believe it. Sophie and Ye Tao have been together for many years, and although they have no children, their relationship has always been very good. Back then, Ye Tao even lost his temper for Sophie and Tan Weixin. And over the years, Sophie has almost been Ye Tao's spokesperson in the field of technology. Even Sophie compiled her entire process and experience of learning design from drawing into a series of books. And this set of books is now almost the only design book with the nature of a textbook in this era. And when compiling this set of books, the trust, admiration and admiration for Ye Tao unconsciously revealed in the book, although it was the material that many people canceled to ridicule Sophie, but Sophie was not a Middle-earth person, and she was not angry about revealing this mood, but she seemed to be a little proud.

As for Ye Yunjing, it was even more ridiculous. Although Ye Yunjing and Sophie are close, the relationship is more like that of a teacher and a student, a sister and brother, and Ye Yunjing even relies on Sophie as a mother. Although Ye Yunjing is an orphan in Nanyang, his little girlfriend is now the daughter of the wealthy Qian family in Danyang.

Anyway, this whole rumor is so unreliable. But if it's not reliable, it's not reliable, and now in this world, three people become tigers is also established. I don't know where this rumor started and why, but then it was used by some well-intentioned people. There are those who contribute to the trouble, there are those who take the opportunity to make trouble, and there are even some people who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and make up more exaggerated versions of this matter and spread it around. Many people don't care about whether things are true, where the rumors come from and what kind of impression they will have on people, but only care about what they can get from such remarks. For some people who have always regarded Ye Tao and the huge power he has at his disposal as a thorn in their eyes, they really took advantage of such an opportunity to launch it. Tan Xiaopei's desk was full of related twists and turns, which was just what Ye Tao expected.

But some of these strange things, after all, have attracted the attention of people with intentions, and Nie Rui first discovered the person who is behind the scenes, obviously an expert. Rumors first arose in Danyang, in fact, Danyang made a deal at the beginning, and the Danyang city guard quickly caught a few ruffians and hooligans who spread rumors, and the military sticks were heavily responsible. But then, the Dongping official mansion was secretive for His Holiness, and Ye Tao didn't want strange things such as housework to come out. Then, no matter what Ye Jingyun and Sophie did, or if others had anything to say about this rumor, there were always new remarks to add to it. Obviously, the people who spread the rumors have a very clear grasp of the whereabouts of Sophie and Ye Jingyun, and they have eyeliner throughout Danyang. If it weren't for the deep-rooted wealthy family in Danyang, then I am afraid it would be an enemy spy who is willing to spend money and effort to lay out in Danyang.

But rumors are raging, and it is almost impossible to find out who first posted each statement. While Nie Rui was strictly questioning, he could only report the situation to Ye Tao.

"Ye Jingyun, that little guy is okay, right?" Ye Tao asked.

"It's okay, he's now assisting the second senior brother in Danyang's landscaping project. The little guy and his little girlfriend said at home that they continued to work as if nothing was going on. The second senior brother appreciates him very much. Dai Yun replied, "But during this time, it is not convenient for him to visit Sophie." ”

"Sophie...... Where are you now? Ye Tao sighed and asked, "In Gondor or in Yejiabao?" ”

"Huh?" Dai Yun asked, "How do you know that Sophie is back?" ”

Ye Tao said helplessly: "Sophie has been with me for so long. Am I not clear? It's true that she doesn't care about anything else, but she cares about two things: respect and trust. Now the rumors are raging, and she's not one of us...... All she knew was that it was slander and slander, and she would be afraid that we wouldn't trust her. And at this time, she can only go back to a place where she can feel safe, and she can not hear what is being said outside, and think about her own thoughts......"

Dai Yun said with a smile: "After getting along for so many years, it is really different. Sophie is now in Yejiabao. Are you ready to go back once? ”

Ye Tao nodded, he sat by the river, and then patted the grass beside him. Dai Yun smiled, sat beside Ye Tao generously, and gently leaned on Ye Tao.

"I'm ready to ...... Go back to Yejiabao early tomorrow morning. Ye Tao said lightly.

"A big war...... You're going to miss it. The war has been going on for a few days. I don't want to give Gao Mori too much time. Dai Yun said: "Why don't you wait until the fight is over." You're the best conductor. ”

"I command? Why? Ye Tao laughed and said: "I don't need to be famous, what do you do when you command operations?" I've been gone for a while, and I don't know what the battle situation is on the front line, which units are strong and which need to be repaired. It won't interfere with your command. Besides, is it difficult to achieve this victory? ”

Dai Yun tilted his head and sighed, "Yes, it's really not too difficult to win now. It's nothing more than knowing how to advance and retreat, not to rush forward. The advantages and disadvantages of the combat strength of the enemy and us have become more and more obvious, and the battle of Chuixianglin has greatly dealt a blow to the morale of the Northern Liao army. You can win a battle with inferior forces, most of which are new tribal armies. I now have the advantage of strength in troops, and it is strange that I can lose. ”

Although he has been married to Ye Tao for a long time, and Dai Yun is already a mother, his arrogance and heroism have never changed. In terms of commanding operations, her ability has become more and more sophisticated with age, experience and vision.

"Well, I'll leave it to you. …… If possible, the battle to conquer Yanjing will be handed over to Captain Chi. ”

"Oh?" Dai Yun frowned, but quickly understood. This battle feat, it was originally an indifferent thing for them, and Ye Tao was worried that there were too many troublesome things now. But for Chi Xianping, it is a good opportunity to make a contribution. If the generals of the Northern Liao side, whether it is Gao Senqi or Xie Boan, if they hear that the two have now begun to discuss who to hand over to the battle to conquer Yanjing, I am afraid that they will all be angry, but I am afraid that this is the gap between the combat power of the two countries now.

"Don't be too tired, there are so many things now, where can you take care of everything by yourself? The staff team is just to make it easy for the main general. Ye Tao sighed and said.

"I hope so...... After this battle, I think I can take it easy for a long time. Dai Yun closed his eyes. Leaning on Ye Tao, she quickly fell asleep. This is also the first time in this period of time that Dai Yun can completely relax and fall asleep.