After pondering for a while, the girl followed the train of thought again and said: "I don't know much about the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army, but it is estimated that it will not be bad if it can compete with the Huns and the Sislos, but if you want to get involved in the Kansai war with only two divisions, I am afraid it is also impossible, unless Qin Duan makes other arrangements." ”

After a pause, the girl suddenly asked, "How many garrisons are there in Lishan County Government?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied: "There is only one garrison division, and one of them is stationed in the easternmost Yangmakou fortress. ”

"Then what is the combat effectiveness of this garrison division?" The girl then asked.

"This," the man hesitated a little, to be honest, the main focus of the intelligence department was not on the local garrison force, not to mention that he was not a specialized intelligence officer, "This is not very clear, but the garrison forces throughout the empire are generally poor, except for the troops stationed in Jiayuguan in Lishan County, which are only nominally garrison forces, in fact, they are all evolved from the regular army." His subordinates dared to speculate that even if the combat effectiveness of the Lishan County Garrison Force was better, it would not be too high. ”

The girl didn't say anything, obviously still thinking about it.

"Then, according to Your Royal Highness Princess, will Lord Li draw troops from the Northwest County to the south?" Seeing that Her Royal Highness the princess was still thinking, the man had another possibility.

Slowly but helplessly shook her head, and the girl lightly opened her lips: "Perhaps, but we have not received any news of the army changes in the Northwest County at all, and in this place in the Northwest, ours is actually no different from the blind." ”

The hall fell into a dull place for a while, and both of them were silently thinking.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I heard that this Taiping Sect has been developing in the empire for more than ten years, and now there are rebellions everywhere, which are difficult to extinguish. It's all because it's ingrained in various places, but why don't we find a similar situation in the Northwest? ”

The man suddenly asked such a question, which made it difficult for the girl to answer for a while.

After scrambling the wording, the girl reluctantly replied: "There are several reasons for this, first, it turned out that when the Taiping Sect was prevalent. The northwestern counties have always been under the actual control of the Huns, wars are frequent, and the people in the territory are empty and lack the necessary conditions; Second, after Qin Du took control of the northwest, he brought in immigrants from all over the mainland, such as the Tokugawa, and the Indo-Ans immigrants accounted for a considerable number, of course, including immigrants from all parts of the empire; Third. I speculate that Qin Duan must have also discovered the traces of the Taiping Sect, and perhaps he had already taken countermeasures in secret, which is why this situation occurred. ”

The first two reasons are a bit far-fetched, and only the last reason makes the man feel quite playful, to prevent the slightest mistake, to take precautions, and it is naturally much easier to do the work in front, like the current Kansai and other counties. It's already rotten, and you have to clean up the mess. Easier said than done!

It is easy to think of the situation in Kansai and other counties, and even her previous explanation is not convincing, the girl gently brushed her cheeks to hide her embarrassment, and quietly changed the topic back to the topic: "I heard that it seems that it is not quiet in Beiloulan. It's a little bit of a war, isn't it? ”

Shaking his head, the man shook his head and asked in surprise: "Our intelligence network in Beiloulan is still too far away, and it is difficult to obtain valuable information. I wonder where Her Royal Highness the Princess got the news? ”

Originally, it was just a casual remark to change the topic, but unexpectedly, it attracted the persistent questioning of her subordinates, and the girl felt even more embarrassed, and hurriedly said perfunctorily: "I met a messenger from Beiloulan in the Jiedu Embassy's Mansion, and I guessed casually." ”

The military intelligence communication in the northwest and north Loulan has gradually been transmitted by carrier pigeons, because this area belongs to Qin Dui control, so the security is much higher, but the more heavy and complex matters still have to be supplemented with fast horses after being transmitted with carrier pigeons, and the girl happened to meet in the Jiedu Embassy, although she didn't see the content, she guessed eight or nine with her cleverness.

"Oh." The man bowed and said, "Then the subordinate will go and pass on the information he has now." ”

"Well, I won't be busy making judgments first, just report the situation and make a conclusion after there is reliable information." The girl returned her gaze to the fan in her hand, and in the empty hall, her slightly thin body looked so lonely and helpless.

Sheep Horse Pass Fortress. Yangmakou was not a very dangerous place, it was originally just a small market town, and later due to the gradual busyness of the trade route from the northwest to the Central Plains, over time, it naturally flourished. After Qin Duan took over the power of the northwest control, he valued the special geographical location here, only sixty miles away from the Partridge Pass of the first outpost in the west of the Guanxi, and the Partridge Pass just stuck his throat to the Central Plains, if he wanted to go out of the Central Plains, this would be the most important checkpoint, so the strategic position of the sheep and horses was also important.

The barracks of this fortress were not large, and although the troops of a division and regiment were stationed in it, although it was not too crowded, the closed life of not allowing them to leave the barracks casually made a large group of soldiers almost choke their sickness, but in the face of iron discipline, no one dared to violate this death order.

There was nothing unusual inside and outside the fortress, except that the vicinity of the barracks was routinely listed as a forbidden place, nothing else was special, and the soldiers of a wing originally stationed there were reduced to a brigade for some reason, and the sparse patrol soldiers made the passing travelers and caravans not feel that the neighboring prefecture was already in flames of war.

People who went west from the Central Plains couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they arrived here, and had a good rest and recuperation, because they knew that since then, the west would be the territory of Duke Qin Duan, the military and political envoy of the northwest of the empire and the governor of North Loulan, and although the Taiping Sect rebels were rampant, they didn't seem to dare to provoke this iron-blooded king who was famous in the northwest at will, at least they couldn't see anything related to the Taiping Sect in this area.

Yiqiē seems so calm, but behind this calmness hides a tense atmosphere that is difficult for ordinary people to detect.

"Well, I don't know how long I have to wait? If you keep it in this way, the morale of the brothers will suffer. ”

The young man who spoke could be seen from the military badge on his arm that he was already the highest-ranking admiral among the mid-level officers of the empire, and the thin black man next to him did not look a few years older than him, but the military mark showed that he was already a high-ranking officer of the empire, the governor.

"Then you have to be patient! The adults have strictly ordered us not to go out, if we expose our hidden power and let the other party have precautions, we will lose the first hand of the assault. But I don't think we can wait long, as long as the situation at Partridge Pass is dangerous, we can't care about much, even if it's a little out of line, there is no way to do it. The thin black man replied without raising his head, just looking at the map on the desk.

"I hope so, the assault plan has been rehearsed many times, and all of them are ready, and now we just wait for the order." The young man shrugged his shoulders and said, "I hope that this battle can play the prestige of the first battle of the establishment of our independent second mixed division." ”

"Hey, that's a good idea." A hearty voice woke up the two people in the room. (To be continued......)