Looking at the Partridge Pass that slowly disappeared behind him, Qin Duan didn't know whether he should be happy or worried. Such a loose defense shows the combat effectiveness of the Lishan County Garrison Division, and from this, it can be deduced that the combat effectiveness of the garrison forces of the entire Kansai region is the combat effectiveness, and he has long learned about the weakness of the garrison forces in this area from the intelligence sent back by Gu Dengyun from Kansai, but when he looks at it today, he is still surprised.

After a brief observation, Qin Duan knew that the wing that was lined up to see off just now was short of staff, it should have been a wing of more than 4,000 people, but it seemed that there were only 3,500 or 600 people, and the number of missing places was about 1,000 people, needless to say, these missing places were swallowed up by those officers at all levels and even senior officers and local government administrative officials as additional income, and even the remaining 3,000 people Qin Du could see that the armor was worn out and the army was not in order, how could he take on the heavy responsibility of guarding this Partridge Pass?

Thinking of this, Qin Duan couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile, such a thin defense, of course, his troops can be overcome in one attack, which is naturally a good thing for him to enter Guanxi, but for the Taiping Sect, which is about to start an incident, what is not a good thing?

According to the information he had, with the existing garrison strength in the Kansai region, it would be impossible to resist the rebellion of the Taiping Sect at all, and once the incident started, Qin Duan dared to assert that within three months without the intervention of external forces, the entire Kansai region would have to change masters, not to mention that with the way the Taiping Sect acted, there must be many hidden secret forces that were not known.

This qiē also seemed to be developing too quickly, making Qin Duan always feel difficult to deal with for a while. In the half a year that I was delayed in the imperial capital, the northwest and North Loulan were certainly developing, but after all, the foundation was too poor, the development speed was limited to a certain extent, and I was not in the northwest. It is also difficult for many major subordinates to make decisions for a while.

However, the Taiping Sect in the Kansai region already has a fairly good mass base, and with the full help of foreign interference forces in the past six months or so, it should be expected that its strength has expanded. It's a pity that the Kaman people also sent troops too Xuan at this time, dragging their hands and feet, so that they could not get out of the northwest, maybe this was originally a part of the calculation of the Kamans. The rapid development of the Taiping Sect's power was absolutely inseparable from the Kamans, and Qin Duan firmly believed this.

Thinking of the military operations taken by the Kamans throughout the territory of the Principality of Gelok, according to the information obtained, Qin Duan roughly estimated that the Kamans had used more than 400,000 troops during this period of time, which already accounted for more than 80% of the army that could be used by the entire Kaman Empire, and now the garrison in the Kaman Empire was only about 100,000 at best, and it was really hard to deal with the harassment of the northern barbarians.

Thinking of this, Qin Duan became more and more worried. The Kaman people have spent so much money, and even the royal guards have been dispatched, this plot must be great, whether it is Jieluo or Taixuanfu, Qin Dui is inclined to Taixuanfu, in this Taixuanfu, is the target Taixuanfu City or Jiayuguan?

Although it seems that Taixuanfu City is more dangerous, but the intuition tells Qin Dusk. It is likely that the real target of the Kamans was Jiayuguan, although it seemed impossible to conquer Jiayuguan in a short period of time. The Kamans were undoubtedly wasting their forces in vain, but how could they make such a stupid mistake with the resourcefulness of Prime Minister Gomez and the ability of a few of his most famous generals, which only shows that there is a great conspiracy involved.

But Qin Duan was just a person, not a god, and even if he was more shrewd than others, he couldn't imagine what problems would arise within the defending army. And it is a huge problem, and this qiē is also destined to the inevitable end of the loss of Jiayu Pass and even the opening of the northern gate of the empire.

While thinking about it, his heart was like a fire, and Qin Du urged the horse to hurry. Although he was already tired, Qin Duan still had no intention of resting. The guards who followed also followed closely behind Qin Dui's galloping horses, and soon crossed the realm of Lishan County and entered the territory of Northwest County.

As soon as he stepped into his own territory, Qin Duan felt that his mood was also much more steady, and an inexplicable sense of relief filled his heart, and it seemed that even the grass and trees that were not different were much kinder, which may be the psychological effect, but Qin Duan still felt that even his fatigue had disappeared a lot. Forty miles into the Northwest County, it is an important checkpoint in the southwest corner of the Northwest County - Yangmakou, where the main military and political officials of the Northwest County who have already received the information have already greeted Qin Dui's arrival.

Seeing a large group of civil and military officials gathered in front of the Yangmakou Pass, Qin Duan couldn't help frowning, he didn't like this kind of noisy scene at all, but when he drove his horse away, he saw the sincere and eager looks and heartfelt cheers in the eyes of the old subordinates who came to greet him and all the gentry, merchants and ordinary people who came to greet him spontaneously, and the feeling of dissatisfaction in his heart suddenly disappeared without a trace.

What a touching scene this is, how can I make so many people have such high hopes, if I can't bring them a happy life and a happy life, I am really ashamed of the expectations of the people! Many years later, he has become the emperor of the Chinese Empire, and he is still deeply touched by this scene, and in his autobiography "Swinging the World", he also used thick ink to describe this touching scene.

While greeting his subordinates enthusiastically, and at the same time generously walking into the crowd to shake hands and hug those long-admired merchants, farmers, and craftsmen to show goodwill, which aroused the frenzy of the already surging people, the situation suddenly became a little chaotic, and the dozen or so guards who accompanied him seamlessly were even more bitter.

Such a chaotic formation was something they did not expect, and it was impossible to separate Qin Duan from the common people in this situation, which would greatly dampen the enthusiasm of the people for Qin Dui's worship, they could only watch and listen to all directions and concentrate all their attention to observe the possible danger, but fortunately, the people who came to greet them were all loyal and honest people, they were only inspired by passion, and there was no other outrageous behavior.

It was easy to get out of the encirclement of the people, Qin Dui and many of the guards were already sweating profusely, and they waved goodbye reluctantly until Qin Dui disappeared into the protective circle of the officials and soldiers, and these people who longed to see the protector of the people of the northwest gradually dispersed.

At this time, Qin Duan really took out his energy to officially meet with the officials of the Northwest County who were already preparing to report to work. However, there was nothing to see from the face of Mu Ziqi, the guard of the Northwest County Town, but Qin Duan keenly noticed that Shangguan Yonglun and Chen Deming, the chief and deputy commanders of the Northwest Second Army who came with him, had a slight trace of melancholy on their faces. (To be continued......)