Bowen was actually very jealous of the salt mine in Ying Zihan's hand, if it weren't for the news he had recently received that the border army of the Principality of Heilin was going to attack Thorn Ridge again, he would not have agreed to Ino's conditions so quickly.

As a big businessman, some of Bowen's sources are still very powerful. This time, he got the news that a major named Mead was going to lead thousands of troops to avenge his revenge. If Ying Zihan can repel these people, it means that Ying Zihan has the strength to hold the salt mine. If Ying Zihan is defeated, Bowen is still very interested in the salt mine.

Yang Yuan also received the news that the scouts sent back, during this time, the scouts who had infiltrated the Black Lin Principality into the Thorn Ridge had a large number of spies. Yang Yuan had already smelled the smell of war from it, and his body had already begun to tremble. It's just that it's not scared, it's excited. As a general, you naturally have the idea of making meritorious achievements, and war is the only way.

But why didn't Yang Yuan worry about being defeated? Yang Xi naturally didn't have to worry, because he had already calculated everything.

In Rock Town, a conference hall gathered almost all the middle and upper class generals of the Macedonian Phalanx Army and the Yulin Army. At this moment, they are discussing the solution to the problem that the Heilin Principality is about to raise an army.

"General Bai, you see, there are a total of 8,000 garrisons in Mogolei County of the Heilin Principality, including 1,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry. Their defenses included the Duke of Field's fiefdom of Narage, Northshire and Thorn Ridge, and if they sent troops to us, the infantry would definitely not exceed five thousand, and their cavalry had been crippled last time. So we are facing a maximum of 5,000 infantry this time. With our forces, we are already invincible. Yang Yuan said his analysis to Bai Ling.

Bai Ling nodded, with their strength, as long as they don't do stupid things, they will not lose in the face of the enemy, but Bai Ling has another opinion.

Bai Ling glanced at the people in the tent and said, "But there is another problem, during this time, General Yang's focus has been on cultivation and the Heilin Principality, but my people have found a problem. ”

"What's the problem?" Yang Yuan asked

"Viscount Reed has been moving recently, and although they are very careful, Mr. Eno, who bought the food, still found that they began to move a large number of soldiers and rations to our border without leaving a trace. It would be very bad for us if they attacked us from behind while we were at war with the Duchy of Heilin. ”

Yang Yuan immediately asked, "It's just that Viscount Reed's soldiers still have Field's help." "If it's just Viscount Reed, it's not a matter of concern, but if there is the help of Duke Field, I'm afraid this matter will be much more troublesome.

"I don't know," Bai Ling shook his head and said, "But without Field's support, I'm afraid Reed wouldn't have been so bold." ”

Yang Yuan suddenly felt that the current situation was getting more and more complicated, they had found an excuse to send troops before, and now Reed was so bold.

"In this case, General Bai will lead the Yulin army to meet the army of the Principality of Heilin, and I will lead the Macedonian phalanx to defend against Reed's army. Yang Yuan thought about it.

"No problem," Bai Ling agreed. Regardless of whether the other party came with 3,000 people or 5,000 people, Bai Ling was confident that he would defeat them, which was his pride as the commander of the Yulin Army.

This matter was also sent to Chaoge through Shinying, and it was supposed to take three days to deliver it quickly, but the news arrived in less than a day. Ying Zihan was sleeping at night when he was woken up by the sound of his subordinates knocking on the door.

"What's going on outside the door?" asked the maid beside the bed,

The maid replied, "The person who came said it was an urgent report from the army." ”

Ying Zihan immediately woke up after hearing this, comforted Yang Xixi to sleep, and immediately changed his clothes to check the letter. However, Ying Zihan first became angry after looking at the letter, and then suddenly thought of something and laughed again. Yang Xixi was also woken up just now, although Ying Zihan asked her to continue sleeping, but she didn't fall asleep when she heard the emergency report in the army, and kept paying attention to Ying Zihan's movements. Now Ying Zihan's appearance made her wonder, is this a good thing or a bad thing? But she was sure in her heart that this was a bad thing, otherwise she wouldn't have sent the letter at night.

"All right, you all go down. Ying Zihan put away the translated letters, sent the messenger and the maid away, and then returned to bed.

Yang Xixi immediately leaned his head over and asked, "What happened?"

Ying Zihan showed her the letter, Yang Xixi still didn't understand it after reading it for a while, this should be unfavorable news, why is Zihan so happy?

Seeing this, Ying Zihan said: "Okay, let's rest first, and discuss this matter tomorrow, otherwise I won't be able to get up tomorrow morning." Then Ying Zihan blew out the light.

Yang Xixi naturally couldn't see after the lights went out, and she was now caught in this matter. Asked Ying Zihan and said, "Then why are you so happy?"

Ying Zihan had no choice but to tell her: "Reed, this idiot, I couldn't find an excuse to attack him, and now he is just killing himself." The sins of heaven are forgivable, but they are not allowed to live. ”

Yang Xixi was speechless for a moment, what Ying Zihan said was really like this...

The next day, Ying Zihan ordered Yang Jian to lead a thousand cavalry from the territory of Viscount Merlin to the border of Viscount Reed. If the other party dares to attack Thorn Ridge, go and destroy the opponent's lair first, and eat this piece of fat in your mouth. At the same time, let Hunter lead a thousand recruits to watch over Viscount Merlin, and if he is honest, let him live for a while longer, otherwise let him be killed directly. Of course, Merlin can't escape after Reed is destroyed, but Ying Zihan will spare his life for the sake of watching him be very wasteful.

There are some things that you can't hide even if you want to. Viscount Reed is a person who can't be avoided, he can be said to have the heart of a hero, but he does not have the strength and ability of a hero. Now he naturally knows Ying Zihan's ambitions, and he is afraid that one day he will die as inexplicably as Viscount Hall, especially after the Macedonian phalanx defeated the cavalry of the Heilin Principality. So Hall was scared, he wanted to get rid of the tiger, and this time he got the news by chance that the Principality of Heilin was going to gather heavy troops to attack Thorn Ridge. So he saw an opportunity, and he wanted to seize this opportunity. He told his backstage, Duke Field, about this, but the old fox refused the matter, and only helped him with a thousand sets of fine equipment. Reed naturally understood the duke's idea, and then Reed began to recruit troops. He had to gather enough two thousand people to inflict heavy damage on Yang Yuan and the Heilin people when they started a war. In this case, Ying Zihan is not worried if he wants to take revenge on the forces, not to mention that the people behind him will not stand idly by at that time.

Reed is well aware of Duke Field's strength, although the empire has ordered that no nobleman's private soldiers exceed 10,000. And the Duke of Field's soldiers on the surface were less than 5,000, but he secretly prepared a large number of armor and swords. If one day you want to rebel, you can quickly pull an army of 10,000 soldiers.

However, after Ying Zihan knew about this matter, he probably laughed at Reed again's stupidity, can a person who takes up a weapon and is not trained to call a soldier? Even if there are many people, but the slightest disadvantage in the war may lead to defeat. Otherwise, in the previous life, Huaxia would not have been invaded by foreign tribes. After the Yellow Turban Uprising, there was nothing to do with Cao Cao.

(Let's see how it goes in the evening, I'll update another chapter when I have time, and now I owe a total of seven chapters.) )