"How many of my men are left now?"

Hearing this, Xia Qi looked at Li Chuan on the side, and the matter of the captives was handled by him.

"Two hundred and three longbowmen, one hundred and fifty-one large shieldmen, and one high-ranking general."

Hearing Li Chuan's words, Yulia Lily's heart was dripping blood, you must know that this time he brought an army of three thousand people!

After some bargaining, Yulia Lily eventually ransomed the men in exchange for a silver-level skill book and a silver-level longbow making blueprint.

After that, Xia Qi did not let them leave, but put them under house arrest in the city.

Then, Xia Qi began to get busy, and after a battle to defend the city, there were so many things to death.

"In this siege, 1,113 men were lightly wounded, most of whom could return to the regiment after healing, and 567 were seriously wounded, two-thirds of whom were permanently wounded. Fifty-seven men died, and one hundred and seventy-three horses were lost. ”

Listening to Li Chuan's report, Xia Qi's mood became heavy, the so-called permanent trauma, the lightest of which is the kind of nose loss, and missing arms and legs are also common. Not to mention, there have been cases of death.

After a moment of silence, Xia Qi sighed heavily, this battle was really not easy, if it weren't for his whim to trap Yulia Lily in the city, I believe the number of casualties would be much larger than this.

"If you can no longer go to the battlefield and have participated in many battles, let them serve as instructors in the army. Other serious and minor injuries will be arranged to the security stations in each city, and if they want to be discharged, they will be paid according to the death pension. As for the ...... who died in action Double the bereavement pension for their families. ”

"No!"

Hearing Xia Qi's words, Li Chuan immediately nodded and agreed. This policy has been in place in Great Xia for some time. It is also because of these policies that the young people of Daxia, who have no resistance to joining the army, are even more enthusiastic about joining the army.

Even Da Yan, who used to be in the royal court, had a higher recognition for Great Xia because of this matter.

The former Dayan soldiers died in vain when they were fighting, and they didn't pay any money, and the comparison between the two was obvious.

This matter is said to be seen, but it is very troublesome to do, and when this matter is over, the minimum time limit of seven days for the invasion war has been reached, Yulia Lily decisively chooses to retreat.

[End of Invasion]

[Result judging ...... in progress]

[Judging Result: The invading player "Yulia Lily" is captured, and the defending player "Xia Qi" wins]

【You have obtained a Silver Chest*1】

Ignoring the system prompt, Xia Qi opened his personal warehouse and checked the ransom money that Yulia Lily had given him earlier.

Chi Road Design Drawing (Gold Level): After use, you will get a five-star strange object "Chi Road Design Drawing (Gold Level)", which will increase the success rate of building Chi Road by 40%, increase the construction efficiency by 60%, and save 30% of construction materials.

Xia Qi did not hesitate, and immediately chose to view.

Dash Diagram (Gold): Deepens the connection between regions, increasing speed by 15% (15% for the initial speed, and 5% for every 100 kilometers of total length of the trail).

Obediently, it's terrible!

Xia Qi looked at the introduction, his eyes flashed, and he secretly said that he had found a treasure.

For Chidao, I believe that the people of China are no strangers, this is actually an ancient version of the highway built in the Qin Dynasty, which played a key role in the war of the Qin Dynasty to destroy the Six Kingdoms.

And one of the most popular is its service life, this Chidao has been used from Qin to Sui, seeing that this Chidao is about to reach its service life, and then Yang Guang appeared in a daze.

Ahem, in short, Chidao is indeed a very important thing for the current Great Xia.

With it, exchanges between various places will be more convenient, and commerce will be more prosperous, and this is not the most important thing. With this thing, no matter where there is an enemy situation in the future, the army can go to suppress it as quickly as possible.

Moreover, the longer the trail is built, the faster it will increase. Imagine how terrifying the speed of travel will be when the gallop is built all over the planet!

However, at present, Tianxiong Pass is under construction, and the engineering department really can't allocate manpower, and the increasingly haggard face of the engineering minister sounded, Xia Qi still felt that it was better to hold off for a while.

After putting the design of the road into his personal warehouse, Xia Qi shifted his attention to several other things.

The silver-level skill book is called identification, and it can check the information of characters and strange objects, but there is only a normal chance each time, and it also has a cooldown time. This skill may be pretty good for other players, but for Xia Qi, who already has the Eye of Insight, it has no effect.

The other item is a silver-level longbow crafting blueprint.

In the previous battle, the longbowmen troops brought by Yulia Lily made a deep impression on Xia Qi.

Xia Qi put it away and prepared to teach it to the research department when the time came.

Looking at the silver treasure chest in his personal warehouse, without hesitation, Xia Qi directly chose to open it.

[You have obtained the "Railcar (Silver Construction Blueprint)]

"Hey, this thing ......"

Xia Qi was stunned for a moment, and then decisively glanced at the effect.

Railcar (Silver): After use, you will get a copy of "Railcar (Silver)", which will increase the success rate of building railcars by 20%, increase the construction efficiency by 30%, and save 10% of construction materials.

The effect of the railroad is similar to that of the gallop, or it is used in conjunction with it at all, but because it is a silver class, it only increases the speed by 5% initially, and only increases the speed by 1% for every 100 kilometers of track built.

However, when the total length of the orbit is raised, the effect it can exert is still very considerable.

The rail carriage, which is also the black technology of the Qin period, can be said to be an ancient version of the freight train.

Laying the track on the ground, the sleeper between the tracks is also exquisite, just so that the four hooves of the horse responsible for pulling the goods fall on the sleeper, through some exquisite design, so that the horse runs more and more excitedly and faster.

It can make the transported materials reach their destination more quickly.

Still the same as before, Xia Qixian temporarily put the drawings in his personal warehouse.

In the following days, Daxia, as usual, entered a plateau.

Tianxiong Pass is still being built in an orderly manner, the crops are about to be harvested, and the lost troops have been replenished and are being trained.

In addition, the preliminary construction of the Chi Road has also begun.

Xia Qi's plan was to build the three cities of Qingyan City, Mustang City and Mulberry Forest at the same time, and then gradually move westward, and finally gradually connect Great Xia as a whole.

It was at this time that Qingniu, who had been stationed at Qingyan City, passed a message.

"You mean, a group of horse thieves appeared near Qingyan City, often plundering caravans outside the city and grain in the fields?"

A group of horse thieves has appeared near Qingyan City, often operating in the vicinity, and has already caused a lot of damage. The number of the horse thieves was not very large, and they often went out in the size of twenty or thirty people.

Fighting head-on, it is definitely not their opponent of Qingyang, but the tricky thing is that the whereabouts of the horse thieves are erratic, and they are very slippery, and when they see that the momentum is not good, they immediately turn their heads and run, and they don't fight them at all.

And the huge grassland is not easy to locate, and Qingniu does not dare to chase too deep, and his task is to garrison Qingyan City, once he leads his troops to leave, won't the defensive forces on this side of Qingyan City be empty?

The Green Bull set up an ambush several times, but each time it escaped.

Qingniu also asked Qingyang on the side of Wild Horse City for help, after all, she had the only formed cavalry in Great Xia, but Qingyang refused his request, on the grounds that she needed Xia Qi's approval.

No, Qingniu sent his lieutenant over.

Hearing this, Xia Qi obviously realized the trouble of this matter, and after thinking for a while, Xia Qi immediately wrote an order and handed it to Qingniu's deputy general.

"I've written the order, you can leave for Bronco City immediately."

"No!"

After receiving the order, the deputy general respectfully saluted Xia Qi, and then turned around and left the main hall.

Qingyang is undoubtedly the most suitable character for the entire Great Xia, after all, she has survived on the prairie for a long time before, and if she wants to track the enemy in the vast grassland, she should have relatively rich experience and means.

After a while, Xia Qi got busy again.

At present, Great Xia has completely stabilized, and the loyalty of the people of the previous Great Yan cities has also reached a relative level, and at this time, the rear has been stabilized, and Xia Qi decided to start using troops against other indigenous forces.

The first is to train troops and cut out possible threats in Great Xia; The second is the population, as the scale of the war with the player grows larger, the loss of troops is also increasing, and with Great Xia alone, this population will only get smaller and smaller.

For other players, large-scale and frequent wars can only result in more and more instability in the rear, and there will be rebellions in the later stages, but for Xia Qi, there is no need to worry about this aspect at all.

But at the same time, with the development of Great Xia, the scale of Great Xia will become larger and larger, and what will rise with it is his daily workload.

In order to avoid sudden death or exhaustion from overwork, he simply directly established a department similar to the inner one, and distributed part of the work.

Just like the emperors of ancient China, the most important thing is not to know everything and know everything, but to know how to use people, know who to use and where, and control and weigh the whole overall situation.

At this point, I don't know if it's because he does have a talent in this area, when he usually uses people and gives orders, Xia Qi has always been quite comfortable, and he is not used to it at all.