Xincheng, the location of this city is just right stuck on the path of the original steppe barbarians, although the new city has been put into use a year ago, but at that time it was more like a military camp, only a city wall facing the barbarians was built with boulders, and other places were no different from ordinary military camps, not so much a city, but a city wall.

But now it has changed, the simple wooden fence city wall has been abandoned, replaced by rammed earth for the wall, covered with stone strips and blue bricks, up to more than ten zhang of the Xiongcheng, although not as tall and majestic as Xuancheng, but his unique fortress design makes him completely a strong military fortress, the new city is like a rock, deeply rooted in the road of the barbarian advance, to ensure the safety of Qin Wuling, at least since last year no barbarians have entered Qin Wuling.

The main city of the new city has long been basically completed, and some auxiliary facilities are being installed intensively, while outside the city, the construction of the Weibao has officially begun, and the busy people are carrying all kinds of materials like ants.

The design of the new castle is much more clever than the other cities in its territory, of course, this is above the military, after all, this is originally a military fortress, and the civilian function is only incidental.

Because it was newly built, Ye Qing designed an underground passage between Weibao and the main city when he was designing, and in Weibao, there was a secret passage leading directly to the main city, so that once the war broke out, the main city and Weibao could effectively support each other, and the necessary troop mobilization was not like Tsing Yi City, as soon as the battle started, Weibao became an isolated island.

More periphery, some of the enclosure houses have a basic prototype, most of these initial enclosure houses are free of charge materials provided by the Ye Qing Lord's Mansion, but they need to come to the reclamation of the people to build their own construction, the government only provides technology for construction guidance, although the initial investment is larger, but compared with the later income, there are still a lot of landless outsiders who rush to come, call friends, and do it in full swing.

Especially in the past year or so, the displaced people who have poured into Qin Wuling from other places, the desire for land makes them not care about the dangers they may face, and the current reclamation point is under the nose of the new city, hundreds of thousands of new city garrisons have given them a great sense of security, not to mention that last year's successful repulsion of the barbarian attack also made them eat a reassuring pill, for these people, the ferocity of the grassland barbarians is not yet painful for them, no more than the local people, once bitten by a snake "ten years afraid of the well rope."

On the main city, Luo Bin stroked the edges of the triangular table, these stacks stretched forward, poked out of the main body of the city wall, and hung out of the city, he sighed and said: "Lord Lord, ah no, now it's the Hou Ye, I really don't know where to learn these city-building skills, you see, it is such a simple change, it has caused great trouble to the siegers, and there will be greater losses in the battle." ”

Li Xin deeply agreed, as the person who presided over the construction of the high city, but also as a battlefield general's own experience" He said: "Luo Duwei is right, if this city is well stocked, it will become a nightmare for the enemy, at least in the grassland, the barbarians have no way to shake the new city." With him, we can retreat and protect the territory, and we can attack the hinterland of the grassland, take the strategic initiative, and do our best. Every time I think of this, I have to admire the foresight of the Hou Ye when he decided to build the new city. ”

Li Xin laughed: "Moreover, there has been news from the Hou Mansion that Hou Ye has ordered the army to enter a wartime state, and Hou Ye will wave his army into the grassland again in the near future, killing the living force of the barbarians to the greatest extent, and making a good outpost for the expansion of the territory next year!"

Luo Bin was surprised and delighted, "Really, how many people will Hou Ye bring this time, and who will lead the army?"

Li Xin's lips pursed, pulled down slightly, and said: "According to the latest news obtained by the scouts, the grassland we swept last year has now been reoccupied by the barbarians, and it is still a medium-sized tribe with a stronger strength, the number of barbarians is about 10 million, and the standing army is at least 800,000, not to mention the large number of tribal armies, this battle is not easy to fight!"

"But fortunately, Hou Ye will dispatch the 10,000 heavy cavalry guards this time, it seems that Hou Ye is ready to test the power of this heavy cavalry. Li Xin said.

"Heavy cavalry guards?" Luo Bin said in surprise. As the high-level leader of the Qin Wu army, he has long heard of the heavy cavalry guards, and the uniformly equipped iron cavalry is the nightmare of all troops, and the 10,000 heavy cavalry are selected from the millions of troops, that is, the most ordinary soldiers, and even have the martial arts cultivation of the military rank, and the captain of the heavy cavalry has the cultivation of the Hou rank, which can be compared with these captains.

"If the heavy cavalry is here, I'm afraid that even the standing army will have to retreat, that army is simply a group of demons. Luo Bin sighed.

Li Xin laughed, "Captain Luo, don't look down on these heavy cavalry, although they are indeed very powerful in charging, but their mobility is not good, such a force may be able to continuously win victories in a small area, but in terms of grand strategy, how much help can it have." ”

Luo Bin smiled!"Lieutenant Li said very well, as a cavalry general, commanding such a unit is something that you have to wake up with a smile in your dreams!"

The two teased a few words, and then turned the question back.

"My sentry has been released for nearly a thousand miles, and this new blood eagle tribe of the barbarians has finally made a move. Luo Bin said.

"They have sent several small tribes thousands of miles away and began to set up camps, forming a rough position against the new city, so as to force the new city not to penetrate into the hinterland of the grassland. It seems that this autumn, this thousand miles will become a battlefield between the two clans. ”

"Small tribe?" Li Xin asked rhetorically.

"Yes, one of the leaders is named Haningqi, this is the closest to us, and the tribe of the other leader, Abbas, has followed closely behind, and has moved the big tent to the wild wolf slope five hundred miles away, although the two have not poured into the nest, but they are all elites, a total of 50,000 accounts and nearly 300,000 people, and after removing the logistics women and children, at least about 100,000 elite troops may be gathered, for us, it is a bit troublesome. ”

"Yes, although with the strength of Xincheng, we don't want to be afraid of this barbarian, but from now on, we can't enter and leave the grassland at will, which is not good for inquiring about intelligence!"

"And this new Blood Eagle tribe seems to want to test our strength through these two small tribes, so as to decide how to treat us, the leader of this Blood Eagle tribe has some ideas. ”

"Moreover, I heard that this Blood Eagle Tribe has accumulated strength for many years, and it seems that they want to promote large tribes, with their strength, it is enough, but they lack resources and heritage, and this time they came to the Terran border to seem to want to plunder resources and increase their heritage. “

Or if he wants to directly capture a Terran territory as a tribal station, it is not necessarily, after all, the barbarian forces on the grassland have already been divided, and the new tribes like them basically can't find a station. “

"Reasonable, do they want to use our Qin Martial Territory as a territory, or do they want a Qin Martial Territory as a breakthrough to directly attack Xuanguo?"

"It won't be long before the barbarian tribes attacking the outpost will try to attack us, and only by testing our strength will they be able to determine how many troops they want to send. ”

"Then Captain Li, how are we going to fight, and do we still have to take the initiative to attack?" Luo Bin said.

"Fight, of course we have to take the initiative to fight!" Li Xin smiled, "Even if we don't fight, Haningqi will fight, but we must defeat him, but we must not beat him too painfully." Let him feel that he can defeat us with a little more strength, and then he will definitely not bring more troops when he attacks us, and at this time, we can eat away at their living forces little by little, in order to reap the maximum benefits. ”

Li Xin's eyes flashed, "When their vital strength is consumed by almost all over the world, it is time for us to launch the most fierce offensive, and at that time, it is time for us to solve the grassland problem in one fell swoop." ”

"Therefore, during this year, the strategy of our defenders of Xincheng is to defend and counterattack militarily, and Xiaogu's elite troops enter the grassland to harass the enemy's rear, weaken the Blood Eagle tribe as much as possible, accumulate strength, and carry out the final blow on the grassland. ”

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In September, although it has entered autumn, the weather in Qin Wuling is still as hot as ever, this kind of heat, not to mention people, even dogs are sticking out their tongues, wilting under the shade of the tree, seeing someone coming, looking up and barking a few times weakly, then lazily lying down.

But in such weather, Wang Yang, the city lord of Yangcheng, was wearing a strict official robe, leading a group of officials of all sizes in the city, respectfully standing in the shade of the roadside, looking forward to it. The weather was so hot that everyone here was dressed in sweaty robes, as if they had just been fished out of the water, but no one was clothed in order to cool down.

Today is a very important day for them, after the Marquis of the Dynasty, the Marquis of Qinwu Ye Qing returned to the territory, the first thing he did was to inspect various places, and the first stop was set in Yangcheng. This made Wang Yang very nervous, although Yang City was the second city that Ye Qing had defeated, but due to the serious invasion of the barbarians before, both the entrance and the materials were greatly damaged.

Although there is the rescue of the Lord's Mansion, coupled with the active self-help of the people of Yangcheng, Yangcheng has regained its former style in the past few years, and even because this is a transit station between the new city and the Lord's Mansion, it is the transportation artery of Qin Wuling, and the rich and prosperous is even the capital Tsing Yi City, after receiving the official letter that Ye Qing wants to come to inspect, Wang Yang summoned officials and repeatedly confirmed that there is nothing in Yangcheng that can make Yangcheng find out the problem, and only after extinguishing all the possible signs before he put his mind at ease.