Claudia can understand his worries and even fears, as the commander of the Seventh Corps, many years ago when Dominich was still the deputy commander, the Seventh Corps that participated in the attack on Jiayuguan had suffered heavy losses, the then Seventh Corps commander Count Latin was killed on the spot, after so many years, Jiayuguan is still strong, and the commander of the Seventh Corps has been replaced by the deputy commander of the year.

Although Claudia is arrogant, he has a deep understanding of the precipitousness of Jiayuguan, even if he has the support of nearly 200,000 troops, he only dares to say that he will do his best, but now this qiē has a turning point, that is, they have an extremely important trump card in their hands, and at a critical time, this person will play a decisive role. Of course, only a few people in the Kaman Empire know this information, and even Viscount Dominic, who is his deputy, knows nothing about this killer feature, so he has all kinds of concerns.

With a confident smile on her face, Claudia lowered her voice and said, "Your Excellency, I assure you that we will truly have control of Jiayuguan in a month's time, and from now on, Jiayuguan will be the most important checkpoint in our Kaman Empire. ”

Dominic was very surprised by Claudia's self-confidence, he looked at the calm coach in surprise, in his opinion, even if there is hope to capture Jiayuguan, it is only hope, and as the coach dares to be so sure, he really can't believe it, he even doubts whether it will be a mistake for the prime minister to appoint this fierce young man in front of him, self-confidence is good, but blind confidence will bring irreparable losses to the troops.

"Your Excellency, I can understand your concerns, there are some episodes in between, please forgive me for not being able to explain them to you now, but it will be clear as soon as I take Jiayu Pass." Claudia turned a blind eye to the deputy's look of surprise. He shrugged helplessly in apology.

Jiayuguan is located in the northern border of the Great Qin Empire, across the northern border of the empire Zagros Mountains and the Hindu Kush Mountains like a huge protective wall separating the northern part of the empire from the northern enemies of the Kaman Empire and the Sislo Empire, and Jiayuguan is just on the lowland at the intersection of the Zagros Mountains and the Hindu Kush Mountains, it is on both sides of the majestic and steep mountains, the reckless mountains stretch out, to the east of the remnants of the Zagros Mountains until the territory of the Principality of Gerlock. To the west, the remnants of the Hindu Kush Mountains extend to the territory of Yinchuan Province.

It is also the natural dividing line between the West Throw Empire and the Kaman Empire, to the north out of Jiayuguan is a vast steppe, there is a small river ditch winding to the north, this small river ditch is called the Duck River, the east of the river is the territory of the Kaman Empire, and the west of the river is naturally the boundary of the West Szlo Empire. The remnants of the two mountains meet here to form a peculiar basin, the basin area is very small, and Jiayuguan is built on this basin.

More than two hundred and fifty years ago, in order to prevent the harassment of the imperial territory south of the mountains by nomadic barbarians in the steppes north of the mountains at that time. At that time, the 77th Emperor Zhao Qian ordered to build a fortress here, stationed an army, to defend against the invasion of nomadic barbarians in the Central Plains, after more than 10 years of engineering construction period, the magnificent Jiayu Pass was finally completed, it is said that the construction of this Xiongguan used 200,000 people, cost nearly 20 million imperial silver, after the completion of the checkpoint. Zhao You, who is already the seventy-eighth emperor of the empire, personally presided over the inauguration ceremony. This is the first time in the history of the empire that His Majesty the Emperor has presided over the inauguration of a checkpoint fortress, which shows the importance of this pass.

Due to the peculiarity of the geographical location, the walls on the east and west sides are built against the mountains, which is extremely steep, and the terrain of the mountains under the city walls is dangerous, even if the enemy infantry wants to launch an attack, it is extremely difficult to deploy. As for siege engines, it is even more difficult to use. At the key crossings on the north and south sides of the basin, a wall of 20 meters high has been built, and the city defense facilities have been repaired and improved many times over the past few hundred years, which can resist the attack of more than 10 times the number of troops and stand still. Under the city walls, water from the mountains on both sides was drawn, forming a natural moat that was both deep and wide. Both from south to north and from north to south formed an excellent defensive fortress.

In order to ensure the stability of this fortress checkpoint, in addition to the troops stationed in two divisions at any time, a large number of residents were also moved in from all over Taixuan Mansion at that time, and later with the development of the economy, a considerable number of people came to move in, and the ordinary people in the fortress have reached as many as 80,000 people. In addition to a small part of these people engaged in agricultural production in the vicinity, more of them were engaged in occupations related to the garrison in the fortress, such as service, entertainment, commerce, etc., and in fact formed a large town.

The fortress has a grain reserve that can be eaten by the garrison and the people for a year, and if emergency measures are taken, it can even last for about a year and a half. In addition, the fort has abundant groundwater, which can also be drawn from the mountains on the east and west sides, so that there is no need to worry about the waterway being cut off in the fort. There is also a military warehouse built in the fortress that is large enough to make the ordnance depot of Taixuan Mansion embarrassed, which stores a large number of military and civilian materials to ensure that it can deal with all kinds of unexpected shapes at any time.

Jiayuguan since the previous emperor changed the military department to be directly managed by the Taixuan Mansion, its essence has not changed much, the three garrison divisions of the Taixuan Mansion are nominally local garrison troops, but its predecessor is the original garrison of the Jiayuguan Imperial regular army, and its supplies are also directly allocated by the empire. In normal times, three garrison divisions and two garrison divisions of Taixuan are stationed in Jiayuguan, and one division is stationed in Taixuanfu City, and the two cities echo each other from afar.

Fielding sat alone in his study in the castle guard mansion and looked at the map, and the recent drastic changes in the shape of the Taixuan Mansion made him feel a little uneasy. The anti-aristocratic riots in the four counties in the northwest were what he expected, but the expansion of the riot shape shì made him feel a little surprised, of course, he was also wondering if Qin Du's subordinates were suspected of acting, how could the originally calm northwest shape shì develop to such a point in just a few days?! Even if Qin Dui himself was not in the northwest, it was impossible for the situation to develop to such a point, and he was indeed a little suspicious of this, because the ability of Qin Dui's right-hand men to help him left a deep imprint.

However, just when he was still puzzled and doubtful about the changes in the shape of the four counties in the northwest, a larger military conflict broke out in the east of his territory, which made him feel that he couldn't control the shape at all. (To be continued......)