Zhanyunfu County, handed over to Li Rui and Yu Zhan to guard, there is the southwest corner of the border of the Yuanhe Empire, which belongs to the dispensable but significant border area, the two of them carry not many soldiers, adding up to about 8,000, but it should be enough to defend a county seat, not to mention that the geographical location of Yunfu County is between Dongzhou and Liusha County, once attacked, the nearby city will soon get news.

Kaiyuan County and Yanhai County, as well as the most important Kaiyang Port, are the places that Yuan Fang cares about the most, and the troops left behind are also the most elite forbidden army corps, including Qin Yan's rock heavy infantry corps stationed in Kaiyuan County, and they exist, whether it is the right wing of Dugufeng or the front of Kaiyang Port.

Yanhai County, located in the interior of the empire's controlled territory, is basically immune to foreign enemy attacks, so there are not many troops left here, only 3,000 infantry to maintain order.

As for Kaiyang Port, Yuan Fang made a bloody investment and sent two forbidden army corps to garrison, the area of Kaiyang Port is not large, the scale of the port is medium-sized, and the garrison of 20,000 elite forbidden troops is a bit overkill, but Yuan Fang just wants to be foolproof, because in his plan, this place may become one of the naval bases of the empire, and large-scale expansion will be needed in the near future, so Yuan Fang will attach so much importance to the safety of Kaiyang Port.

The victory was triumphant, Yuan Fang took the requisitioned merchant ship to return to China along the coastal route, and the rest of Tang Jian, Chang Xun, Chen Xin and others returned separately with their men, Yuqing did not go with Yuan Fang, the Taiji Legion has been disbanded, she will lead 50,000 female soldiers to Rizhao County and Heng County in the north of Dongzhou to garrison, of course, as one of the top commanders of the Royal Guard, Yuqing will not stay in Dongzhou forever, she is only responsible for the training of female soldiers along the way, and when she arrives at the Dongzhou station, she will leave with the best soldiers and return to the imperial capital, Added to the Imperial Guard to strengthen the Imperial City's guards.

Say goodbye to Dugu Zhen, and hand over the prisoners of war captured these days to him to deal with, including Wang Yong, the former lord of Guangyuan County, Yuan Fang and his entourage left Kaiyuan City and went to Kaiyang Port, as for how Dugu Zhen dealt with those prisoners, whether to kill or kill or reform and surrender is not something that Yuan Fang should worry about.

Outside the city, the female soldiers led by Yuqing looked at each other to see them off, and in the ranks of the female soldiers, a fair-faced female soldier stood in the front row of the queue, holding the rough spear in her hand with her right hand, staring at Yuan Fang's back for a long time until she disappeared at the end of her vision.

The troops were pulled out, and the female soldier was still immersed in memories, and the companion next to her pulled her and said, "Xueqin, why are you in a daze, let's go." Xueqin followed the group with a sigh and never looked back, because she believed that there was still a chance to see her again.

Xueqin, that is, the dusty woman who had seen Yuan Fang in the Qinglou of the imperial capital, and later went to the bathing center, at that time she said that she wanted to join the army as a female soldier, and later Yuan Fang told her that the empire would recruit soldiers again soon, at that time Yuan Fang thought that Xueqin was just talking, but Xueqin, really abandoned everything, gave up a luxurious life and resolutely joined the army, and followed the army here to see Yuan Fang again.

If Yuan Fang saw Xueqin, he would be surprised, the current Xueqin is completely different from the fair-skinned and gentle Xueqin before, at this time her hands are full of rough calluses, and there are a few freshly worn blood blisters on her slender fingers, the originally refined beautiful face is not only full of dirt, but her skin is also slightly tanned, but she doesn't care at all, her face is full of heartfelt smiles, and while completing various marching orders according to the officer's orders, she naughtily makes eye contact with her comrades-in-arms, From time to time, he whispered about which of the male officers he had seen before was more handsome.

Yuan Fang and his party, in addition to Xia Yi, Ye Qingru, Huo Bingyan, and Lin Menghan, the four personal guards, there were also five hundred female guards, in addition, Dugu Allah asked Yuan Fang to bring back the relatives of the imperial capital, including Dugu Zhen's wife, five children under his knees, and some close family friends.

In fact, everyone knows that they will appear as hostages in the imperial capital of the Eastern Saint Empire to live for a long time, which is also a condition of the previous agreement between the two parties, but at the beginning, Yuan Fang asked Dugu Zhen to send his eldest son to the imperial capital, and now, Dugu Zhen can be said to be in ruin, leaving all his relatives to Yuan Fang to help take care of them, in order to express his sincerity and reassure Yuan Fang.

Board the merchant ship and sail away, from Kaiyang Port to Wanghai Port in Yingyue County, Gushui County, Nanzhou, Eastern Saint Empire, this port used to be just a small wharf, uh, and it is now, but this time has begun to rebuild and expand the scale, according to Yuan Fang and Yang Xing's vision, the sea area here is open, the water depth reaches almost twenty meters, and there is just a rectangular reef island extending into the sea, it can be said to be a natural large-scale seepage wharf, as long as it is slightly rebuilt, it can become the largest port of the Eastern Saint Empire, And the geographical location is also suitable, but it has been harassed by the Lausanne Empire in the past few years, so this good place has been delayed until it is still a small dock for fishermen.

Kaiyang Port is not far from Wanghai Port, although it has not been run before, but in recent times those merchant ships have explored a safe sea route, this sea route is almost along the coastline a few miles of sea sailing, the sea water is deep enough, even the largest cargo ship is no problem. After the merchant ship, Yuan Fang asked, this trip will probably take less than a day, if the wind and water are smooth, most of the time will be about the same, compared with returning to China by land, it can save at least ten days.

Ten days is nothing for an idler, it passes in the blink of an eye, but for busy people like Yuan Fang and Yang Xing, ten days is enough to do a lot of meaningful and important things.

Eleven days

On the deck of the bow of the twelve-day ship, Yuan Fang held on to the railing and curiously admired the unique scenery of the sea, the sea breeze blew, bringing up white waves one after another, Xia Yi took a thick cloak and draped it on Yuan Fang's shoulders: "Brother-in-law, go back to the cabin, it's too cold here." ”

Thirteen days

Fourteen days Yuan Fang woke up from deep thought, smiled faintly, tightened his cloak to block the cold wind, but found that Xia Yi and the others were still wearing thin leather clothes, and their little faces were red from the cold, Yuan Fang smiled apologetically: "Let's go, go back to roast the fire, it's really cold this day." "There is no apology, no self-blame, this is the tacit understanding between Yuan Fang and Xia Yi.

When the cotton curtain was lifted, the warm heat came to the face, blocking the cold outside, and the lights in the passage were not bright, and as the hull swayed from side to side, it looked a little dim and a little gloomy. Yuan Fang's cabin is in the middle, where the warmest space is also large enough.